Chapter 106: [Witch Hunters!]

[Leena's POV]

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"Hey, Anna. You asleep yet?" I asked as I looked at the ceiling of the shop. To be fair, it was kind of odd to find yourself in a safe place.

"Umu," she spoke as she snuggled against the blanket, trying to get into a proper sleeping position.

Us sisters were always on the run ever since we were born. In the beginning mother protected us, but as that damned array began taking over her more and more, she grew weaker.

From protecting us to being protected, times have always been rough on us.

"You think we can cure mother this time? I honestly don't have much hope," I spoke as I turned at Anna. It wasn't the first time that I had asked this question...

"Umu. I have high hopes this time," She spoke as she opened her eyes and looked at me. She was rather confident about this, which gave me hope once again.

"Don't you always say that, idiot?" I laughed a little as I tried changing the topic.

":p" She stuck out her tongue with a cute smile before she smiled lightly. I patted her head before I stretched a little.

"I should relax a little and sleep too," I spoke to myself as I got back on the mattress.

"AAAAA-!!!!!"

"WH-!!"

"FU!!!!!"

"WHAT IS THIS?!!!!"

Though it seems like our sleep was short-lived as we heard screams from the outside. Both me and Anna got on our back as we looked at each other before looking outside.

From the glass window, there was little that was visible except the empty street. And the screams were only momentary before they were gone.

Even after half a minute passed, there were no more screams.

"Check?" asked Anna as she looked at me, but I was rather skeptical. While we should definitely see it or else it's gonna be all night, we still don't have any idea about the situation.

"All right. Let's be careful though," I said as she nodded before. She wore her hat and then picked up her staff from the side.

I, too, picked up my hat before taking the bag carrying my grimoire.

"Enhance," Anna chanted her magic at me, while I touched her head as I chanted,"Reverse Blessing."

The power to reflect all magic back to the owner, good or bad, without consuming any mana. That was one of my real powers that I used with Anna to survive.

Anna's chants were also special as the magic's effects were usually 2 times more powerful than normal and worked 3 times as long. It was in her innate nature of sorts that she was born with.

"Mana Magic" she chanted again.

Now that they reached closer, I could see a bunch of them rather oddly. There was a fat man that was twice as large as most of them. And another giant that was thrice as huge.

The guy that seemed like the leader was a man in his 40s, walking in front with a red scar on his left cheek, cutting his eyes as well. His white hair and that scar gave away his identity as well.

"Silver Ranked Witcher, Barbados," I said, as I didn't expect a known hunter to be coming for us. This was my first.

"Flame sisters, Anna and Leena. You have amassed quite a bounty on your head... by the law of the witch hunting society, we have come here to take you into our custody. Dead or Alive," the leader spoke as he took out a folded paper and threw it towards us.

The paper opened in front of our feet, showing 300 Golds and 500 Golds each. 300 for me, and 500 for Anna.

"Wow. Seems like it has increased quite a bit compared to last time," I spoke with a joy filled voice as I turned to the leader,

"And yet you come here thinking you have a chance."

My grimoire then began levitating in the air in front of me as a red hue began glowing around it. My eyes turn red as a dozen of fireballs flew in the air around.

Giving them a side look, I then smiled as I asked them again,

"And yet you come here thinking you have a chance."

"Foolish choice," the leader spoke and two of the witch hunter pointed their crossbow at us and began shooting immediately.

The crossbow arrow points were made of gray silver, while the wood was made of paraffin wood, designed specifically against the witches.

"Burn. Melt," though as I looked at those arrows, they vanished without a trace before reaching us. And those witch hunters looked at us with their eyes, surprised.

"So it really is true that you aren't affected by either of them, huh?" One of the hunters from the side seemed to be particularly interested in that.

'So they really have come specifically to us?' I thought as I saw them testing us first.

Normally witches are quite weak against gray silver and paraffin wood, since both these absorb pure magic at a higher rate. But because of being in contact with our mother's cursed array for so long, our mana became impure.

That impure mana helped us overcome our weakness. At least there was a silver lining within the dark clouds... not really happy about it, to be honest.

"Can I have the younger one?" Another sicko bastard among them eyed Anna with his lust filled eyes as he moved closer to us at a rapid speed. His speed was quite fast, much more that I almost couldn't see him.

But just because I cannot see him...

"Burn... Ashes.... Flames," I mumbled as I saw that guy almost reaching Anna, but stopping in between as his eyes turned wide. He paused as his skin turned red and then orange before....

"AAAAAA-!!!"

-BOOOOM!!!!! He shouted loudly before he got blasted into pieces in front of us. Making the witch hunters a tad bit more cautious against us than before.

Some of them stopped walking, while others pointed their weapons at me.

The unfazed Anna, who just kept looking at them without any care, made them even more surprised than just what happened.

And I looked at them with a smirk that was far more sinister than before as I asked again,

"And yet you come here thinking that you have a chance."