Wizard: I Add Points and Hunt Monsters

Chapter 248: Chapter 126: Saving Up Another 1000...

The white-haired girl waved her hand and said excitedly, "I found a fun place. I’ll take you to have a look."

"A fun place? Caster City State?"

"’Of course,’" ’Tina’ replied, snapping her fingers. Her body slowly went limp and slumped to the ground.

Wei’en watched the clown doll open its mouth and let out a long, satisfied sigh. His jaw dropped as he asked, "You... You can move around freely without using her body?!"

"Who told you I had to use her body?"

The clown doll stretched. "Quite the contrary. If I leave her for too long, her body will break down and mutate."

"I have to admit, though, that little girl’s power is truly terrifying. It nearly crushed my bones."

"So you’re saying... you’re protecting Tina?"

Wei’en froze for a moment. This was completely different from what he had previously understood.

He remembered Lisi saying that the only way to prevent Tina’s body from mutating was for her to sign a partner contract with someone. ’But now...’

"Is that so strange?"

The clown doll raised a hand, tore off one of its button eyes, then its hands became a blur as it sewed the button back on. "Don’t lump me in with other forbidden objects. I’m usually quite friendly, wouldn’t you say?"

Wei’en: "...Yes."

’If you exclude it summoning three Abyssal Creatures to fight me to the death, then yes, I suppose you could call that friendly...’

"It’s a long story. In fact, it’s my first time encountering a Calamity Host. The experience has been rather interesting."

"But I saw you in Tina’s spiritual vision. She was suppressing you. Was that interesting, too?"

The clown doll tilted its head to look at him, a wide smile spreading across its fuzzy face. "Has anyone ever told you that some things are better left unsaid?"

Wei’en pursed his lips. He was feeling less and less afraid of this forbidden object.

"I find it hard to understand your actions..."

"It’s better that you don’t understand, just as I don’t understand the speed at which you’re growing stronger."

"Uh, I..."

"Stop! Don’t give me that look," the clown doll interrupted, holding up a hand. "And don’t you dare tell me a lie that even the most naive person could see through. That would be incredibly foolish."

"Over the long eons, I’ve only remembered one thing: finding Lilith. So you help me, and I’ll naturally help you. It’s a fair trade, isn’t it?"

Wei’en stared at it blankly. "You don’t seem insane at all right now."

He truly had no way to explain the speed of his power growth. Anyone who spent enough time around him would likely discover that there was something off about how quickly he was improving.

Hearing such sincere and rational words from a forbidden object completely upended the worldview he had so painstakingly established over this period.

"Insane? HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA..."

The clown doll gesticulated wildly, cackling. "In the future, you’ll discover that it’s not me who’s insane, but the entire world!"

"Then I hope I never have to make that discovery..."

"That’s not up to you. Now then, it’s getting late. Any longer and we’ll miss a good show."

"Huh?"

Before Wei’en could react, the clown doll snapped its fingers, and they both instantly appeared somewhere else.

"O great Master of the Profound Abyss, King of Darkness! We call to you with blood and soul, with burning flames and overflowing curses! In this dark night, we pray for you to grant us pain..."

In a clearing within a deep, dark forest, countless figures knelt piously on the ground under the pouring rain, chanting in unison. Though their clothes were ragged, their faces were all strikingly beautiful.

Every so often, a person would leave the crowd, pick up a nearby dagger, slice open their own chest, and with a trembling hand, remove their heart and place it on the altar in the center...

Wei’en glanced at the scene around him. ’What is this?’