Chapter 196 Circe's Suffering Day (4k)

Sisyphus was the builder and king of Corinth. According to legend, he once kidnapped the god of death, making death disappear in the world.

So, if nothing unexpected happens, that guy should be the culprit of this kidnapping case.

According to the original fate, his bad deeds will be exposed sooner or later, and after offending Zeus, the father of heaven, kidnapping Thanatos, the god of death, and defrauding Hades, the god of the underworld, he will be punished forever in the underworld.

Anyway, it is only a matter of time before you are caught and punished, so you should make a small sacrifice.

Loen, who successfully diverted the disaster to the east, muttered in his heart, and then offered a few seconds of silence insincerely to repent.

There is no way, I would rather die than die with my friends.

"Yohoo! That woman is finally gone!"

An excited cheer interrupted Loen's thoughts. Circe, who successfully escaped, tiptoed, patted her apprentice's shoulder hard, and praised loudly.

"Well done! I really didn't raise you in vain!"

Lorne smiled and took away Circe's claws, revealing his mercenary face.

"Teacher, I've helped you so much, but it seems that it's not enough to just say some empty words? What are the benefits?"

"Yes, yes! Everyone gets one!"

Circe nodded repeatedly with a smile, and immediately took out a few small cakes from the basket and stuffed them into the hands of Lorne and Astraia.

Looking at the exquisite snacks in the shape of piglets, gray wolves, white rabbits and other animals, and the sweet smell in her hands, Astraia couldn't let go of them.

"So cute!"

"Haha! Not bad, not bad, you have good taste!"

Faced with praise, Circe's pretty face showed a satisfied look, and she raised her head to show off.

"In order to make these shapes, I made special molds. And I added apples, figs, grapes and other fillings with different flavors. You will never get tired of eating them!"

Hearing this, Astraea swallowed her saliva, her eyes lit up, and she wanted to eat the small cake in her hand in one bite to taste the taste.

But a hand stretched out from the side, pressed down the head of the goddess of justice.

At the same time, the owner of the hand, Lorne, looked at his witch teacher with doubt.

"Besides being delicious, is there nothing else?"

"Yes!"

Circe nodded heavily, raised her hand and pressed it on her barren chest, and solemnly announced.

"That is my witch Circe's kindness to you! Like the dark moon that travels in the sky, my gratitude will always be with you!"

Realizing that the corner of his clothes was gently pulled by the little Medea behind him, Lorne narrowed his eyes, looked at the "conscience" on Circe's chest that was equivalent to nothing, and handed over the small cake in his hand with a smile on his face.

"No need to thank me, come, help me eat these first, I've been a little averse to sweets recently."

"Hey...? Uh... this... this..."

Circe subconsciously took a few steps back, mumbling something, then glanced at Astraea who was swallowing her saliva, and immediately rolled her eyes, took the small cakes, and handed them to the goddess of justice.

"I haven't had a good appetite recently, you can eat them all!"

"Okay!"

Hearing that there was such a good thing, Astraea nodded excitedly and wanted to taste one first.

"Bang!"

However, just as the greedy goddess of justice raised her hand, there was a dull collision on the Ares Mountain, and billowing smoke and dust filled the air.

Noisy sounds and chaotic commotions came one after another.

"Oh no! Two pigs ran to the sacrificial site and made a scene!"

"Pig? Where did it come from?"

"He just rushed out of Stheno and Euryale's room. He has pink-purple fur and snake scales underneath! Is it...the two adults'...pets?"

"Don't worry about so many things for now. Quickly, deploy the suppression spell and catching net, and catch them first!"

"Wait, the suppression spell doesn't work? What's going on? Goddess above! They can actually fly!"

On the Ares Mountain, two pink and purple piglets spread their golden wings on their backs and ran around like lightning, knocking off the priests and priests who were chasing and blocking them around the square.

Hearing a cry for help, Astraea immediately put down the cake that was already on her lips, feeling a sense of justice in her heart.

"I'm going to help!"

"It's okay, it won't cause much damage. According to the situation, it will probably calm down in a while."

Circe stopped Astraea, waved her hand casually, and comforted her with a smile.

"Besides, there are so many priests and priests up there. We can definitely solve the problem. Let's eat something to fill our stomachs first..."

"boom!"

Before Circe could finish speaking, a dull roar came from the courtyard at the northeast corner of Ares Mountain again.

"No, no, no! Pigs! Pigs! There are some here too!"

"It rushed out from the backyard of Master Hestia's house. It's golden, very small, but very fast!"

"No, it's coming to the temple!"

"Defense technique! Activate the defense technique quickly and force it into the uninhabited area to the north!"

With his excellent eyesight, Lorn saw the three little pigs on the sacrificial site that seemed familiar through the diffuse smoke and dust. Lorn suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. He pointed at the small cake in the basket and faintly ask.

"Who did you give this to?"

Circe blinked and thought for a moment, then counted on her fingers and answered casually.

"Well, first there were two purple-haired twins who were rude and aggressive!"

"There was also a little brat with golden braids and a pair of wings on his back, who actually dared to say that the color of my wings was not as good as hers! Damn it!"

"Finally, there was a centaur with golden brown hair and green eyes. He was quite nice and told me that there were more customers down the mountain, so I gave him a few more for free..."

As a certain witch counted her few three batches of customers, a dull crash was heard again on the mountain.

A huge wild boar with golden brown hair and several meters high stood up from the collapsed wooden house and looked around blankly.

And it seemed to have the ears and tail of a horse...

"Yes, that's it!"

Circe looked back and saw this, and couldn't help but clenched her fists excitedly and cheered excitedly.

"Yohoo! Great success! The effect of Hukeon 7.0 is outstanding!"

"What effect?" Lorne asked faintly.

"This time, the formula of Hukeon is the one I have worked hard to test. It can skip the language hints and directly inject the animal characteristics I want into the food, and the general poison resistance and potion resistance will not work at all!"

Circe proudly introduced her latest academic achievements, looking at the four pigs running around on the mountain, and raised the corners of her lips happily.

"It's really amazing, even the gods can't avoid it." Loen looked over and couldn't help but admire it sincerely.

"It's not perfect." Faced with praise, Circe couldn't help but be modest again, regaining the rigor of being a researcher, "Although Hukeon version 7.0 can even temporarily change the characteristics of divinity, the effect and duration shown are not very stable, and further research is needed."

When it comes to this, Circe is a little indignant.

"I first took out the original Hukeon oatmeal 7.0 and ran to the Athens Academy to let people taste it. But after hearing about the effect, those guys all frowned and shook their heads and refused. They didn't have the spirit of devoting themselves to magic at all. It was so rude!"

"So, you used these as fillings, made small cakes, and then ran to the Ares Mountain to sell them?"

"That's right!"

Circe nodded repeatedly, and then looked at the small cake with more than half of it in the basket, with regret in her eyes.

"Unfortunately, there are only four people buying my little cakes now, and the experimental data seems not enough."

Immediately, a certain witch cast her eager eyes on her beloved disciple and a certain goddess of justice in front of her.

After listening to Circe's story, Astraya suddenly felt that the small cake in her arms was a little hot, and quickly stuffed it back into the witch's basket.

She finally understood why Lorne beside her kept preventing her from eating these cute-looking snacks again and again.

"Hey, don't! What I give you is the one with minimal side effects. It doesn't matter how much you eat. I promise you won't be like them. Try one piece. Come and taste one piece!"

Circe picked up the small cake and continued to sell it to the two people in front of her.

Astraea and Lorne shook their heads resolutely, and at the same time blocked the front and rear of the mountain road without saying a word, looking grimly at the unscrupulous witch who was selling black-hearted products.

Suddenly, Circe, who was caught in the middle, shuddered and shrank while holding the basket.

"By the way, why are you looking at me with such scary eyes?"

"What do you think?" Lorne gritted his teeth.

"Okay, okay, I know I was wrong."

Circe quickly raised her hands in surrender, her head drooped in defeat.

Lorne continued to ask relentlessly: "What's wrong?"

Circe thought for a moment and answered carefully.

"Shouldn't we just find those four on the Ares Mountain? Should we put more of them and choose some comparison units?"

"..."

Even though Lorne knew Circe's character well and was mentally prepared, he was speechless at this genius answer.

"No hope..."

Asteria shook her head and her eyes grew colder.

This stubborn character is no longer someone who can be persuaded and educated to repent.

——We must use a heavy punch!

The goddess of justice, who almost flipped over, snapped her finger bones and raised her itchy fist angrily.

Circe sensed the strong resentment on the other side. She hurriedly shrank her head and hid behind her beloved disciple, holding him firmly in front.

"Wow... wow wow! Lorne, help me!"

"You want my help? I haven't settled accounts with you yet!"

Lorne unceremoniously pried open Circe's claws and pushed the unscrupulous witch who tried to use him as a shield to the front.

"You have no conscience. I worked so hard to raise you! After you ran away, I was still worried about your safety!"

Circe, however, was like a piece of sticky candy, clinging to the life-saving straw in front of her, crying and accusing, while showing a tearful expression.

"I love you so much! I miss you from the bottom of my heart. I should not have taken you home... woo woo woo..."

Facing Circe's tragic drama of crying, making a scene, and hanging herself, Loen, who had been cheated dozens of times since childhood, was already immune to all poisons.

He first pulled the sticky candy off his body with an expressionless face, and then pointed to the Ares Mountain behind him, where violent auras were rising into the sky, and sneered.

"It's useless for you to beg me. If you want to run, at least ask the victims behind you if they agree."

At this moment, as the turmoil subsided, streams of light broke through the air from the sacrificial field above the Ares Mountain and rushed straight to the foot of the mountain.

Angry shouts and resentful curses echoed all around.

"Catch the cake seller! Don't let her run away!"

"I'm going to pluck out all her hairs!"

"Tie knots with her wings and then cover them with gum!"

"..."

Hearing the vicious punishments and watching the dangerous streams of light approaching from the mountain, Circe immediately realized that something was wrong. She immediately let go of Loen, opened the magic circle, and quickly took out two full-body cloaks of the previous style.

"Medea, put them on quickly, those guys are chasing us!"

At the same time, a certain unscrupulous witch rolled her eyes and stuffed the basket full of cakes in her hand into the arms of little Medea.

"Come on, take this too, and follow him closely! We'll run separately and contact each other later!"

As she said that, Circe threw away her confused little niece, turned around and rushed forward, trying to rush out of the crime scene before the closed barrier of Ares Mountain was completely covered.

"Snap!"

However, a hand that fell on her shoulder fixed her firmly in place like an iron hook.

At the same time, a faint voice came from behind.

"Circe..."

"Ouch, what are you doing, running for your life! Ugh...!"

Circe turned back subconsciously, and just as she was about to complain, a hand instantly removed her jawbone.

Then, Lorne, who could no longer bear it, grabbed a basket of small cakes with a dark face and stuffed them into the mouth of the unscrupulous witch in front of him.

Not only the apprentice, but also the niece!

This woman is hopeless!

"Woo woo!"

Under that unshakable force, Circe, whose mouth was filled with small cakes, could only let out a helpless wail, swallowed hard, and reaped the consequences.

A moment later, accompanied by a stream of light in front of her, a pink piglet hummed and crawled out from the clothes scattered on the ground, looking around blankly.

At the same time, several streams of light fell to the ground.

Familiar figures such as Stheno, Euryale, and Nikki rushed forward, gnashing their teeth and looking around, looking for the culprit who made them embarrassed.

In the end, everyone's eyes were half stunned and half surprised, fixed in front of them.

"You're back?"

Lorne smiled and nodded, then grabbed the back of the neck of a piglet in front of him, lifted it up in front of him, and spoke righteously.

"Witch Circe, you are suspected of selling dangerous food, kidnapping young girls, and framing others to get away with it. I am now filing a lawsuit against you in the name of the Athenian judge. From now on, everything you say will become evidence in court, and the goddess of justice Astraea will make a fair judgment on your crimes!"

"Woo? Woo!"

The arrested pink piglet heard this, his eyes went dark, and he fainted "happily" in a shrill cry.