Exploring Technology in a Wizard World

Cheka acutely perceived the change in Pandora's aura, and seeing Pandora's appearance, he expertly guessed that Pandora intended to use some powerful attack, likely some form of Transformation Magic.

However, Pandora was still too naive to do so right in front of him.

If it were an ordinary wizard, it might not matter, but he would not let Pandora succeed so easily. In fact, Pandora's actions now only gave him a huge opening.

Fixing his gaze, Cheka raised both hands, conjuring two pure black energy spears in his hands, locking onto Pandora's body and throwing them swiftly like lightning.

At this moment, Pandora was just entering the transformation stage; her swelling body hadn't even had time to stretch the new clothes. Sensing Cheka's attack, she was startled but it was too late to block or dodge, and could only watch as the energy spears got closer and closer…

Just when the spears were less than three meters away, the air around shimmered, and a blue energy shield appeared, blocking the spears.

"Boom boom," two explosions followed, lifting a large cloud of dust.

Afterward, when the dust settled, an old figure appeared between Pandora and Cheka, none other than Witch Demon Elder Ah Fu.

Cheka watched the Witch Demon Elder warily.

The Witch Demon Elder, however, ignored Cheka and turned around, placing one hand on Pandora's shoulder, astonishingly pressing Pandora's body, which was about to stretch her clothes, inch by inch back into her little girl's form.

"Huh?" Pandora, having her transformation stopped, looked at the Witch Demon Elder and made a sound.

The Witch Demon Elder seemed to understand and pointed towards Cheka, explaining to Pandora, "Little girl, this guy is mine, not yours. I will take care of him, and you just watch from the side obediently. Of course, don't forget, after I successfully deal with him, you must apologize to me for saying the wrong things earlier."

"Huh!" Pandora frowned, looked at Cheka, then at the Witch Demon Elder, and said, "You can't beat him."

"Ha, I can't beat him?" The Witch Demon Elder laughed, unusually not angry, smiling at Pandora, "Little girl, don't speak too soon. You've never seen my true power. Wait until I show my real strength before drawing conclusions! I'll make you understand that an old person like me should not be underestimated."

"Huh—" Pandora hesitated.

The Witch Demon Elder turned to look at Cheka.

Cheka looked back, scrutinizing the Witch Demon Elder from top to bottom.

After a moment, Cheka spoke: "Interesting! That little girl just now lacked any mana fluctuations but could easily perform a sneak attack on me successfully. And you likewise have no mana fluctuations but can cast spells to block my attacks. This… mine seems to have many secrets, and it seems I've come to the right place."

"You must be here to gather information?" the Witch Demon Elder said to Cheka, "I'm curious, why are you here investigating, and what's your purpose?"

"Apologies." Cheka's expression became serious, bowing slightly, "I can't tell you that."

"Then alright." the Witch Demon Elder said, "I'll defeat you and force you to tell me."

"Are you sure you can do that?" Cheka questioned.

The Witch Demon Elder remained unfazed: "To your eyes, this body of mine is indeed a bit weak, seemingly not your match. However, my strength doesn't come from my body, but from my soul energy."

"Soul energy?" Cheka raised an eyebrow, then showed a surprised expression, guessing something, "Are you… an undead wizard?"

"Undead wizard?" The Witch Demon Elder curled his mouth, "That name is really vulgar. Compared to an undead wizard, I much prefer to be called… a Witch Demon."

"Witch Demon!" Cheka's demeanor became very grave, squinting his eyes, "I must say, it really surprised me, considering that Witch Demons are very rare. In this current era… no, even in the last, they were near extinction. I truly didn't expect a new Witch Demon to ascend."

"No, no." The Witch Demon Elder shook his head, "It's not ascension, but awakening—I come from a very distant past and happened to wake due to certain reasons and appear here."

"That's truly rare then." Cheka said.

"Indeed it is." The Witch Demon Elder affirmed, then looked up, seriously asking Cheka, "Do you know what's even rarer than this?"

"Hm? What is it?" Cheka asked.

"Then I'll tell you, it's this!"

The Witch Demon Elder shouted, extending both hands, soul power surged forth, condensing a mass of pure black smoke between his hands.

The next moment, the Witch Demon Elder uttered the peculiar syllable "Dal," and with a "swish" sound, a giant scythe took shape.

The entire scythe was over two meters long, the scythe blade over a meter, entirely pitch-black, exuding a chilling aura.

"Pa!"

The Witch Demon Elder grasped the giant scythe with one hand and stomped his foot, transforming himself into a black shadow. Demonstrating speed even faster than Pandora, he swiftly rushed to Cheka's face, swinging the scythe fiercely downward.

Watching from the side, Pandora couldn't help but blink.

Cheka, as the target of the attack, reacted more intensely. Seeing the Witch Demon Elder swing down the scythe, he felt an incredibly sharp aura, and even before being hit, his skin tingled with intense pain. He even had a premonition that if actually struck by the Witch Demon Elder, he would be cleaved in half.

With a life-or-death crisis impending, Cheka changed color, quickly extending his hands to erect a golden shield, blocking the scythe.

"Crash!"

The black giant scythe slashed down, and the shield only lasted a moment before shattering.

The Witch Demon Elder coldly snorted with disdain, again swung the scythe, this time sweeping horizontally from left to right.

If it connected, it would mean separating his upper and lower body.

Cheka hurriedly raised another shield.

But the result was the same as last time; with a "crash," the shield only held for a moment before breaking.

"Go die!"

The Witch Demon Elder spoke, slashing heavily for the third time.

Cheka gritted his teeth; he didn't want to keep being at a disadvantage and prepared to risk dodging to seize the initiative in the battle. Watching the black giant scythe coming at him, he lifted his leg, ready to gather strength and cast teleportation magic.

But just as he lifted his leg, his movement suddenly stalled, then he found his entire body out of control, falling backward.

"Bang!"

A sound resounded, and Cheka fell heavily to the ground, then saw a wisp of vague black smoke slowly dissipating from his foot. The source of the smoke was a protrusion at the end of the Witch Demon Elder's giant scythe.

This!

Cheka was stunned; the Witch Demon Elder, holding the black giant scythe, mercilessly slashed towards his neck, intending to decapitate him.

Amused, the voice resounded: "Didn't expect it, did you? I, as a Witch Demon, am skilled in close combat. Ha, isn't that very rare?"

"Uh..."

"Swish!"