Threat (First Update)
A flock of Turtle Dove flew across the cloudless sky. Cindy's expression changed. She had been observing from the backyard and knew how formidable these Turtle Dove were. Her two older sisters had been eliminated thanks to these Turtle Dove.
The fact that these Turtle Dove had helped her pick beans earlier had already shown her that they were connected to the Hazel Tree. She had also noticed that the Turtle Dove not around before, which is why she had Des cut down the tree.
Unexpectedly, the flock of Turtle Dove returned. Cindy looked at the Hazel Tree in the distance, closed her eyes, and made a wish. "Mother, for my happiness, please don't resist anymore. Haven't you always helped me? Then please help me one more time."
The Hazel Tree swayed, as if granting a promise. Des looked up in confusion but didn't feel any wind. He shook his head, thinking that fulfilling the future queen's instructions was the right thing to do. He picked up his axe and chopped the Hazel Tree hard. The Turtle Dove, which was about to swoop down, could only circle in the air before finally flying off in one direction.
The bark of the Hazel Tree was oozing glistening water droplets, as if the Hazel Tree were weeping. Des paused, about to ask Cindy, when he heard Cindy's voice behind him. "Keep cutting. Those are my mother's tears of joy, shedding tears of relief from her suffering."
Upon hearing this, Des looked at the Hazel Tree that seemed to be weeping, swallowed hard, and picked up his axe to continue chopping.
The Turtle Dove that had been perched in the sky suddenly flew into the carriage and transformed into a long-feathered woman. The people sitting in the carriage were Prince William and Lu Li.
"As expected, you can also Aggregation during the day. All that talk about only being able to transform into human form at night was just to appease me," Lu Li said with a smile, looking at the feathered woman. "So, may I ask what business the Witch has brought here?"
"I never imagined I'd misjudged you; Prince Highness is actually a skilled wizard." The Witch didn't immediately answer Lu Li's question, but instead glared angrily at Prince William before turning to Lu Li and saying, "Don't you want that qualification anymore? My rebellious daughter is chopping down the Hazel Tree. If you don't want to lose it, then hurry and stop my daughter, and make her shed tears of joy. Otherwise, before the tree falls, I will trigger the curse on that qualification and destroy it."
"Why don't you stop it yourself? With your abilities, it should be easy, unless you can't stop it." Lu Li didn't move, but instead speculated with interest, not worried at all that the qualification required for the mission was about to be destroyed.
"That Sacrificial Spirit Tree, its owner shouldn't be you, but your daughter, right?" Lu Li confirmed this guess, and then continued, "That's why the Sacrificial Spirit Tree transformed into Wraith Tree after being watered by tears."
"Therefore, once the Wraith Tree matures, it will not refuse any of Cindy's requests. However, as the Wraith Tree's companion spirit, you have no way to resist Wraith Tree decision, so you can only seek help from others."
"I know that better. The Sacrificial Spirit Tree involves a ritual," the Prince interjected. "You must have suffered some kind of injury back then, or perhaps you were near death, so Bai placed his hope of continuing to live on that ritual."
"The ritual involves one's own blood relative planting a Sacrificial Spirit Tree, which is then continuously worshipped. The soul of the person in question resides within the tree, Nurturing, and enters a deep slumber, transforming into a pure spiritual being, similar to Fairy."
"When the time is right, seize the body of your own blood relative, and you will be able to live again, and obtain a wishing tree with a low-level wish-granting ability." The Prince pointed out the correct ritual, then said mockingly:
"But your judgment of people is really terrible. You originally thought that since your daughter lived in a noble family and the Baron was inherently weak, your daughter would be able to grow up healthily, but..."
"But that fool ruined all my preparations," the Witch said viciously. "The Sacrificial Spirit Tree, nourished by tears of pain and resentment, underwent a transformation, and my slumbering soul mutated along with it."
"So what if you know all this? What you need is the qualification to get there. If you don't keep your promise, I'll destroy that qualification."
"So you really can't judge people properly. Look at your husband, look at your daughter, and you still don't see through me." Lu Li took out a ball of light from his hand, which was the qualification that the Witch had given Lu Li earlier.
"Impossible! With your abilities, it's impossible for you to break the curse on it." The Witch stared in disbelief at the ball of light, where the curse seal she had placed had vanished.
"While I myself cannot break the curse, it doesn't mean I'm truly helpless against it." Lu Li at the ball of light with a rather speechless expression, "Leaving aside my other special abilities, the Prince beside me alone should be able to break the curse."
"You're incredibly naive." Lu Li looked at the Witch in front of him, who was completely different from the Witch in the Merfolk instance. She actually naively believed that his curse seal was foolproof.
Lu Li's mission was to obtain the ticket to Fairy Tale Town, not to help Cindy become a queen or to help the Witch escape. In fact, when the Witch presented the ticket, Lu Li could have simply killed Witch and taken it. However, he found Cindy's dream of rising to power quite interesting, so he stayed to help her.
As for how Lu Li broke the curse, although he didn't have that ability, the things he possessed could easily break the curse. When Lu Li took the ball of light into his hand, the unknown thing in his mind began to stir.
Compared to the previous curse from the Yellow Face Village, this Witch's curse, while not bad, was still somewhat weak. After being swallowed by the unknown thing in her mind, it only spat out some knowledge about curses.
"You, you!" The Witch, facing the threat of death and the rage of being fooled, wanted to transform into Turtle Dove to vent her resentment, but all she saw was the chilling aura emanating from Prince William's hands, as piercing as death itself.
The Witch's half-spirited existence immediately lost control, and she could only slowly sense the Hazel Tree being cut down, falling into utter despair.
As the Hazel Tree was cut down, the Witch, as Companion Spirit, began to dissipate and vanish. She cursed wildly, "I curse you all to die a horrible death! May your souls be forever condemned to the void, to suffer endless torment of emptiness! And that bitch Cinderella, she thinks she has good taste—a husband who uses necromancy! I await her death!"
"No, I will give her eternal beauty," Prince William said, his hand clenching so tightly that a wisp of cold air emanated from it, and the Witch's spirit dissipated like smoke. Meanwhile, Cindy, watching the Hazel Tree finally fall, smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Mother."
There will be a minimum of three chapters today, followed by one chapter for every 100 monthly votes and one chapter for every 10,000 reward, for a total of five chapters. Xu Ming might not have enough time to write them all, so some chapters may be delayed.
With an average subscription of only 800, which did not meet Xu Ming's expectations, I'm truly sorry that I can't evolve into Sangeng Beast.