Chapter 1 The Curse Space

Outside the cursed space.

Danze Oliver, surrounded by bodyguards, wore a relaxed smile.

Having spent so much and hired so many experts, he was determined to obtain the [Wailing Witch's Cursed Hair].

Not to mention the experts from the Oliver family's main branch, the Raven Gang was also funded by his family. What was rare was that they had managed to invite Toynbee, a super-strong cadre of the Steam Party, "Mechanical Tyrannosaurus."

Of course, everything was thanks to the beautiful woman in fox fur beside him.

Danze looked at the exquisite beauty with a lithe figure beside him, feeling great. He laughed and said, "Hahaha... This time, we must thank Madam Shabina for her generous help."

After all, this was a ruin deep underground, not Old Lingdun City.

It would be impossible for his Oliver family to gather so many wasteland scavenger slaves in the camp in such a short time without the help of the three major gangs. After all, the wasteland scavengers were all from the outer city.

He hadn't expected that when he casually asked, this beautiful madam of the Steam Party would immediately agree to help.

Hearing this, Shabina smiled charmingly, "Young Master Danze is too kind. It was just a small favor."

"We must thank you."

Danze smiled, his eyes involuntarily glancing at the impressive peaks on her chest.

As the direct descendant of the Oliver family, what kind of beauty had he not seen?

But this gang leader's woman gave him a long-lost sense of excitement. Knowing that she was the woman of a gang leader supported by a competing family, and that he shouldn't touch her, only aroused his possessive desire.

She seemed within reach, yet elusive, and also carried a hint of conspiracy and danger...

Danze knew this well, but he enjoyed the feeling very much.

Conquering such a woman would be all the more rewarding.

A cunning glint flashed in Shabina's bright eyes. She didn't seem to mind showing off her proud figure in front of others. She opened her red lips slightly and said, "Young Master Danze, with the witch's hair this time, you should be able to advance to Tier 2, right?"

"Yes. The advancement materials and colonialization blueprints have long been prepared."

Danze nodded confidently. "This time, I was just following the family's trade caravan to the ruins to take a look, and to stay in the rich dark spiritual energy environment for a while to increase my body's tolerance. I didn't expect to encounter one of the rarest silk threads most suitable for puppeteers, the 'Witch's Hair'. This is a pleasant surprise..."

His tone didn't hide his joy. He could already imagine that with the colonial equipment refined with "Infinite Hair," he would definitely amaze everyone in the Old Lingdun puppeteer field.

As he spoke, Danze didn't forget to say very gentlemanly, "I am very grateful for Madam's strong assistance."

Shabina smiled charmingly, "Then congratulations in advance."

"When I successfully advance, my Oliver family will hold a celebration banquet. Please be sure to honor us with your presence, Madam..."

Danze had already begun inviting guests to the celebration banquet.

But the accident came unexpectedly.

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly saw a six-pointed star magic gate appear on the sealing barrier in front of him.

"Could it be that they killed the witch?"

Danze was about to be overjoyed when he saw the magic gate, but the next second, his expression froze.

Because he saw several figures escaping in a panic.

.......

Because the Wailing Witch suddenly broke free and went berserk, the four Tier 2 survivors all had some injuries.

Seeing the ugly dwarf with an injured leg, Danze's expression changed drastically. He quickly went up to him and asked, "Teacher! You... how did you get so injured?"

He had never seen anyone force his teacher into such a state. After all, that alchemical golem was an ancient relic that the family had spent a great price to acquire. It was indestructible. Who could force him to abandon the puppet and escape?

Could it be that there was an accident in the siege of that strange being?

How could that be...

They knew the witch's attack methods like the back of their hand. How could there be an accident!

The same question appeared on everyone's faces.

Hearing the question, Lloyd, the "Illusionist," was furious. He angrily questioned, "Damn it! How could that wanted criminal appear in the witch's cursed space? Didn't you notice when you sent people in?!"

This was the first time he had exposed his dwarf body in front of outsiders. Feeling the strange gazes around him, he was even more furious.

"Ah...?"

Danze was confused by these nonsensical words. He asked in confusion, "Teacher, what... what wanted criminal are you talking about?"

Lloyd was furious, "Hmph, we were only one step away from killing that Tier 2 witch, but we were ambushed!"

Hearing this, Danze was shocked and angry, "Teacher, you were ambushed?!"

Lloyd gnashed his teeth in hatred, "Someone sent that 'S-Rank wanted criminal Soren' into the cursed space. Then that guy used the [Sleepless Night Scythe of Hypnos] to kill Bloom and Picor, ultimately leading to the failure of the plan to besiege the witch. Even I almost died inside!"

Was there really a problem with the siege?

Danze's eyes trembled, his face full of disbelief, "How is that possible... They were clearly just ordinary slaves."

As soon as he said this, everyone immediately understood.

The streets near this monastery had been space-locked. The only people who could have entered must have been the slave group they sent in.

Since they recognized the [Sleepless Night Scythe of Hypnos], these people immediately guessed that the one who did it was Soren, who had been making a lot of noise in Old Lingdun City recently.

But... how could a wanted criminal whose wanted posters were plastered everywhere be sent into the space?

Just when everyone was racking their brains to figure out how the ambusher had混入the cursed space, a captain of the Warblade Squad suddenly remembered something.

He said, "That, if it's someone wearing a parrot mask... I have a bit of an impression. The 'Drunkard Squad' had such a guy before."

Danze frowned when he heard this, "The Drunkard Squad?"

The captain continued, "A third-rate rogue squad that had all been sent into the cursed space. However, they disappeared suddenly before Young Master Danze arrived."

"Then why didn't you say so sooner!"

"We thought they had been caught in the witch's cursed space and died long ago..."

"Drag him down and execute him!"

"Don't, Young Master Danze..."

"..."

Although the Warblade Squad captain's words cleared up the confusion, he not only didn't receive a reward, but was directly executed by Young Master Danze, who was consumed by anger.

Such a big accident had occurred. If their captain hadn't already died in the space, even a Tier 2 expert would have been executed on the spot!

You were supposed to bring a slave group to探雷, but you brought an S-Rank wanted criminal with ulterior motives?

And almost caused the annihilation of the hunting team!

.......

The person had been killed, and some of the anger had subsided.

But now that things had come to this, there was no point in thinking about the question of "why he appeared in the space."

Moreover, it seemed that the losses weren't too great.

Only two professionals and a batch of slaves had died. The witch's space was still here, and the main force was still there. This wasn't a big problem for the Oliver family.

Danze asked, "Teacher, what do we do now?"

"We can't enter the witch's space for the time being. Without a crowd-control術士, entering rashly will cause great casualties. If we want to get the hair, we'll have to wait for the family to send another batch of experts."

Lloyd also sighed slightly. After pondering for a moment, he said, "What we need to worry about now is... the subsequent actions of that wanted criminal."

Hearing his teacher say this, Danze was a little puzzled and said, "Teacher, that wanted criminal hasn't come out yet. He's probably dead in the cursed space. After all, it's very difficult to kill a Tier 2 witch with just physical damage. Even if he has that sealed black scythe, how many slashes can he make?"

"We can't be careless."

Lloyd shook his head. Seeming to have thought of something, he frowned and said, "There was intelligence before that that guy had a means to possibly avoid the backlash of the scythe's curse. Now it seems that it's probably true... Otherwise, he would have died long ago after killing three high-level combatants from the Umbrella organization in the outer city of Old Lingdun."

After a pause, he continued to analyze, "Since Soren can wake up from the witch's dream-making ability, then he must have come prepared. And since he dared to act, he must have the certainty of surviving."

Hearing this, Danze also frowned tightly.

Lloyd: "Moreover, when that guy launched the sneak attack, I clearly captured that he had manipulated the movements of a puppet limb. I guess he used the [Shroud of Oz the Ice Man] to make an invisible puppet."

Hearing this, Danze frowned in confusion and immediately said, "Invisible puppet? But teacher, I have personally seen that scythe封禁物before, but even if a puppet uses it, the curse backlash will definitely trace back to the origin..."

Lloyd was also puzzled, "I don't know either. Perhaps it's some kind of special living puppet. That guy's puppet control technique is not bad. He should be a rare puppet profession, and may have some ancient special puppet refining techniques..."

Danze's face darkened.

If it could really avoid the curse backlash, then how terrifying would that scythe封禁物be?

And the fact was that Soren had already killed at least four Tier 2 professionals with this scythe.

Thinking of this, everyone felt a chill run down their necks.

At this time, Lloyd thought of something again and said in a serious tone, "Maybe Soren is coming for Young Master Danze... This point, we must be careful."

Danze was shocked and puzzled, "I have no grievances with that wanted criminal, why would he come for me?"

A sinister look flashed in Lloyd's eyes: "No... we've met before."

Danze was puzzled: "Ah?"

Lloyd continued: "Before in the market, do you remember someone who bought those witch 法师 before us? Just now, that Soren's manipulation of the living corpse had no traces at all, obviously using a transparent silk thread. Apart from this, I can't think of any other silk thread that can satisfy this situation!"

Danze listened: "It's that guy?! Damn it, if I had known, I should have killed him in the camp at that time!"

He had sent bodyguards to track him before, just to get the hair back. Maybe this action angered him?

"Don't be careless, prepare yourself, that guy may have other means to escape the cursed space."

Before Lloyd's words could finish, someone suddenly shouted: "Not good, the witch's cursed space is collapsing!"

At the same time, a shadow with eight legs scurried out rapidly.

"It's him!"

Lloyd's pupils shrank suddenly, and he shouted: "Kill that guy!"