Chapter 708: Wendy and Maria (2/2)

Wendy knew that Maria was still alive, she's waiting for her. Maria became the sole purpose of Wendy's actions. But no matter how many years passed, she failed.

At first, Maria could whisper words to Wendy, allowing her to sense her presence. But as time passed Wendy changed into something that she could no longer understand, Maria couldn't connect to her sister anymore and could only watch in sadness and frustration as her sister ignored herself and focused all of her attention on trying to revive her.

Then she came - the Forest Witch that is.

She was a being that's was nurtured by the Great Tree in the swamp. A black serpent that could spit out poison that nobody could cure. She's an existence that is favored by the heavens. At first Wendy could easily defeat her but as time went on, the forest witch's growth allowed her strength to catch up.

The forest witch didn't want to kill Wendy, she wanted the hag to be her pet, her loyal servant. But the Hag's too ferocious and wild. To reach her goal, the forest witch used Maria as a tool to threaten the Hag but Wendy was a sly.

Wendy knew one of the forest witch's secret. She has a lover that lives on the east. It was another Demonic Beast that made a name for himself there. In order to reign in the forest witch, Wendy used her hexes and seduced the guy. Once he let his guard down, Wendy enslaved his mind, soul and body.

The forest witch was incensed and wanted to kill the hag but more importantly, she wanted to restore her lover back. She needed the Hag since Wendy clearly knows how to undo her spell.

They're at a stalemate now. The forest witch still had Maria as her bargaining chip and Wendy has the forest witch's lover. Unable to defeat each other, they had a temporary truce but that doesn't mean that they were close.

The birth of the other Hags was the Forest Witch's idea, she wanted to create her own pawns in hopes of freeing her lover but Wendy discovered this and neutralized her advances by introducing herself as the Forest Witch's Eldest Daughter.

Wendy also has some ideas about the other Hags but it didn't come into fruition thanks to Vendrick's recent actions.

All this while, Maria constantly tried to search for ways herself but she was similarly helpless and could only watch. She constantly wandered around the wilderness to search for ways but she failed time and time again.

That's when Maria saw Vendrick from afar. She was surprised that human managed to get this far, in fact she was surprised to see a human in the first place.

She knew Vendrick has some tricks up his sleeve, seeing as how he easily avoided the detection of both her sister and the forest witch. She originally wanted to make contact with him, hoping that he could see her.

When Vendrick started talking to her, she rejoiced. At that point, she was determined to use him as a tool to free herself but alas...she was too careless.

She had no idea that Vendrick was something she could never hope to use. The moment she thought of doing that, the plan already backfired. She was caught and she once again became a prisoner.

Vendrick confirmed that Maria wasn't lying, hence he allowed her to live but not before making sure that she's 'comfortable'. He couldn't care less about her past, he didn't pity her either.

What's important to him is that, now his chances against those two were more optimal thanks to this intel.