Chapter 120: Chapter 102: The War Between Rust Curse and Fire Demon (4408 words) _1 Chapter 120: Chapter 102: The War Between Rust Curse and Fire Demon (4408 words) _1 The Hearthstone Grand Witch sprinkled some seeds of the carnivorous flower around the room. As soon as these magic-infused seeds hit the ground, they rooted and sprouted on the wooden floor, the carpet, and the brick walls. The powerful magic in these seeds dissolved all obstacles hindering them from absorbing nutrients. Even the kilned soil in the bricks and the wool turned to leather on the carpet could provide them with nutrients, allowing them to grow rapidly.

With an incantation from the old witch, the formerly simple and classic lounge was instantly filled with carnivorous flowers, turning it into a lush indoor garden.

For safety, the old witch invoked a spell once more, this spell transformed into black smoke curling on the ceiling.

Ivita asked curiously, “What kind of spell is this?”

The old witch chuckled, “It’s a spell that only the Great Witch can learn. This is a Rust Curse, a spell designed by the witches specifically to deal with iron utensils used by mortals.”

“The range of its effect is about the size of a room and cannot be used outdoors.”

“Mortals cannot see the black smoke on the ceiling of the room, but when they step into this room with their iron weapons, the weapons in their hands will quickly rust.”

“However, only a layer of rust will cover the surface of the iron swords. Once polished slightly, the rust can be removed. But in this way, the weapons in their hands can’t cut through the carnivorous flowers I plant here.”

Ivita nodded.

Only the weapons of the Son of Iron can harm her magic plants.

Iron is the nemesis of the Hearthstone Grand Witch, but the Rust Curse can cause all iron to rust.

Ivita noticed that these spells seemed to have gone beyond the use of natural forces, such as wind, water, and fire, resembling some kind of rule.

So, is this type of spell something that a wizard apprentice can’t learn?

The old witch suddenly extended her right hand towards the window of the rest room. After a while, a sparrow flew in backwards from outside, hitting the glass window and causing it to shatter.

The sparrow fell into her hand.

“We may encounter unpredictable dangers in the mechanical clock, so I have to divine first.”

“Your Highness, please wait a moment.”

The old witch’s fingernails on her left hand suddenly became sharp and pointed. She cut open the belly of the sparrow. The poor sparrow barely had time to scream before its stomach was ripped open.

Then, the sparrow’s intestines flowed out, falling into the hands of the old witch.

The old witch held up the sparrow’s intestines, looking down and examining them carefully as if looking at a famous painting, searching for every detail in it.

“This…this…”

“Hmm, there’s a bit of danger…”

Ivita curiously looked at the old witch.

It’s a pity that he hasn’t learned divination yet; otherwise, he could calculate it himself.

The divination of wizards and witches, after all, does not have the cheating service provided by the Spirit of Nature, so their accuracy is very low and can generally only be used as a reference or psychological comfort.

Two minutes later, the old witch threw the sparrow into the fireplace. A flame rose from the fireplace, turning the sparrow’s corpse into ashes.

And flames rose from both of the old witch’s hands, burning off all the filthy things on her hands.

Ivita blinked. Unexpectedly, fire magic could also serve this purpose, acting as a cleaning agent.

But fire magic is indeed convenient. Without moving a finger, you can burn all stains on your body clean.

Speaking of which, even the bacteria and parasites on human skin should fear fire magic. No wonder witches always appear much cleaner than ordinary people.

The old witch said to Ivita, “Your Highness, my divination result is that we have no danger in entering the mechanical clock.”

“We can enter with confidence now!”

Ivita raised an eyebrow. “Are there any taboos I should be aware of?”

The old witch shook her head. “That’s the Druid’s business; we witches don’t do that.”

Ivita asked her to confirm again with some qualms, “I remember you said your divination accuracy rate is only thirty percent?”

The old witch nodded and said, “Yes, Your Highness, you remember correctly.”

“…” Ivita was speechless. This accuracy rate was like a lottery. “I think you should divine again.”

“Divining multiple times can indirectly improve accuracy, right?”

The old witch shook her head and said, “No, Your Highness, no divination can divine the same or similar events in a short time; otherwise, completely erroneous results will be obtained.”

“Before the arrival of the key to the Holy Seat of the Church, divining fate is not a difficult task. All blame goes to the severe consequences caused by the time war. The act of predicting the future is like threading a piece of tofu with a needle. Each divination will affect the tofu of fate; although the tofu can heal itself, the damage is always there.”

“However, after the radiance of heaven descended, fate was amplified.”

“The accuracy of witches’ divination significantly declined and could not be improved by repeated divination.”

“In that case, the Druids’ divination is more convenient,” Ivita sighed. The divination of the witches was not as effective as the Druids’. With the help of the Spirit of Nature, the Druids had a high accuracy rate in their divinations.

The Hearthstone Grand Witch said, “Your Highness, although the Druids’ divination is reliable, its flaws are also significant. They lost the War of Civilization in large part due to their divination.”