No matter how I calculate, I still missed something.

I don't know if there's a compass in this world, but there must be something similar. Otherwise, what would the black market do if they got lost?

Fortunately, coming out from the west side of Night Fall Town, I can see Mountain Dotch. Mountain Dotch runs north and south and can be considered a natural compass. As for the map, without a scale, I can only roughly determine the locations of different places. I have no idea how far north Mountain Dotch is from Night Fall Town.

"Wife, what can you see?"

"Um... trees..."

"What else?"

"Nothing."

My wife stood straight behind me and looked into the distance. There are large forests around Mountain Dotch, and the further north, the denser the forests become. With this density of vegetation, there must be many monster nests hidden inside, right?

"Husband, there's a long-necked rabbit!"

"Ah? Where?"

"Just wait."

"Hey, what are you doing?"

I felt an arrow flying out... Wife, we bought so much dried food, don't harm the big rabbits. But for Medusa, her way of life isn't something I can change overnight. As a monster, my wife enjoys the process of "capture + eat".

After changing weapons, the attributes indeed improved. Not to mention anything else, at least the range is longer. Without using magic, this arrow can hit a target at least twenty meters away. Before shooting the arrow, I didn't even notice the long-necked rabbit there.

Next, there was a rabbit carcass on the cart, and it was the one I brought up. But that's not important. What's important is that my wife's mood became amazingly good...

"Husband, eat."

"I... I'm not hungry."

My wife leaned on my back, her hand covered with rabbit blood pressed on my shoulder. Using a small snake to hold a piece of raw meat just cut from the rabbit, she offered it to my mouth.

"Eat, eat."

"I... um... I'm not hungry."

"Quick, eat~"

Didn't you see that I'm herding cows here? And the smell of blood is too strong. And you're feeding me with a small snake, are you trying to say "I can feed you with a dozen mouths at the same time"?

Although I don't want to eat raw meat again, I also don't want to make a fire and roast the meat right now. I just want to reach that witch colony before dark. So, let's eat. Your happiness is more important than anything else~

I swallowed the piece of meat, and with each breath, there was a smell of blood. The small snake licked the corner of my mouth with its tongue, and it seemed very happy. Then, the second piece of meat was passed to me...

"Husband, you're so good. Eat quickly~"

"Um..."

...

In the end, I compromised because the time spent on making a fire and roasting the meat made us get lost in the dark forest.

Although it's a bit dangerous, I still lit the lantern I obtained earlier and hung it on the front of the cart. The forest has always been dangerous. When viewed from afar, it looks like a beautiful woman wrapped in green gauze. But when you can't resist the temptation and approach this beauty, everything becomes synonymous with beasts and getting lost. And the forest at night is even more so.

"Wife, what can you see?"

"Trees."

"What else?"

"Nothing."

Ah... why am I so scared? Anyway, let's rest for today and continue walking when it's light. Just to be safe, I set up the tent on the cart, making it look like a camper. Why sleep on the cart? Because I'm afraid that someone might steal the cart. In hindsight, I think it's incredibly silly. If someone wants to steal the cattle, they can just take them. The cart has four wheels and won't flip, and I wouldn't even notice it. And if someone takes the cattle and cart together, my wife and I might not even notice...

And then, the cart was really being pulled away...

For the first time, I was awakened by my wife, and her panicked expression startled me.

"Husband... the cart, the cart..."

"Shh... it's okay, it's okay."

I touched my wife's head and realized that the cart was moving on its own. Could it be that we really encountered robbers? No, no, it can't be. Robbers would definitely check if there's any money or valuables in the cart and rob those first. Then, who could have done this?In addition, my dear wife, why are you panicking? You are Medusa!

Hmm...yes, you can sneak a look outside from the opening of the tent, just to see who is leading the cattle.

I held my breath and swept my gaze from the left to the right of the cattle. Then, I saw my wife's Taobao black cloak, only cost 58 yuan, a must-have for coolness and uniqueness. Free shipping for orders over 100 yuan, darling!

What the heck! Only monsters wear black cloaks!

"Hu, hu. Wife, please listen to me..."

"What...what's wrong?"

"There...is a monster outside."

"What?"

"Shhh...keep your voice down!"

"Oh, I see, I see."

"Here's the plan: when the cart stops, we open this, then go out."

I gestured with my hand, indicating that when the cart stops, we will overturn the tent from inside and launch a surprise attack.

"Bows and arrows, bows and arrows."

"Yes."

I loaded each gun with ammunition, and she placed the arrow on the bow.

The cart gradually came to a stop. I made a hand gesture, and my wife understood. Together, we lifted the tent with all our strength!

"Surprise! Surprise! You guys...oh!"

Unfortunately, the tent didn't fly as beautifully as I had expected. It was halfway up when it got stuck and then fell over. As a result, Medusa, who was leaning back, hit me in the back, and I held onto the tent and fell off the cart.

"These...these idiots..."

I held a gun in one hand, enduring the pain in my knees, and recited the lines I wanted to say the most with a dog-eating-shit expression on my face. I looked back at my wife. She was lying on the cart in a supine position...

This is not what we had planned! I thought we would both come out of the cart like a pair of cunning thieves and catch them off guard. Now, it seems like we are just a pair of foolish lovers.

But it only took us a second to regain our seriousness. She stayed on the cart while I stayed under it, aiming at the few "black cloaks" in front of us with our backs against each other.

"Oh? There are people in this cart!"

An immature girl's voice came, and I didn't relax my guard at all. Looking to the right, a cute face appeared after taking off the black hood. The dry hair, which barely resembled a bob hairstyle, contrasted greatly with the rosy skin. The girl had big eyes and a round chin, giving me the feeling of a neighbor's little girl that I had imagined.

"Wow, this is Medusa, right?"

"Lulu, come back."

Before I could react to what was happening, a taller "black cloak" began reciting strange language. I knew this was preparing to cast magic.

"Wait, we mean no harm!"

I immediately dropped the gun in my hand and showed a surrender gesture.

These cloaks contain humans. Although they may want to steal our cart, I didn't want to enter into conflict with them. As fellow humans, we should be able to have a civilized conversation. Plus, being surrounded, I felt that my wife and I were at a disadvantage.

"Everyone, we are a married couple who are traveling and looking for women who can use magic."

After learning many lessons, I understood the importance of avoiding confrontation between the two sides. So, I broke the silence with a simple and straightforward statement.

"Go find Auntie Bonari."

Auntie Bonari should be a person. Judging from the words, auntie is probably a title.

But since they decided to find someone, it indicated the possibility of communication. On the other hand, there was a gun behind me. Even if a conflict suddenly erupted, I still had the ability to fight back.

The little girl named Lulu hid behind a black cloak and giggled at me. Based on her height, there was no mistake, she was the brat who led our cattle away.

"Oh my...what's going on here?"

A low voice squeezed out from the old lady's aged throat, and it gave me goosebumps as if I could feel the wrinkles on her vocal cords with my right ear. Everyone's attention turned to the source of the voice - the hunched old woman.

I asked my wife to put away the tense bow and arrow and fixed my gaze firmly on the little old lady, who had more than a 90% resemblance to the old witch I had imagined.

"Oh my, you two...""Hello, this is my wife, and we are on a trip..."

"What did you say?"

"We...are on a trip...what's the matter?"

"No, the previous sentence."

"This is my wife."

The old witch walked towards us shakily, like a wind-up toy, and the surrounding black cloaks instinctively moved aside. Her wrinkled face had a pair of bright eyes, and her hand, which had several age spots, held a pair of glasses without temples. The knuckles covered in dry skin seemed to make a cracking sound with each movement.

The old witch carefully scrutinized me and Medusa. I tightly held my wife's shoulder, with my other hand grasping the gun behind me.

"What did you just say... what are you two doing?"

"Oh, I said we are on a trip, searching for women who know magic."

"Oh, I see. First of all, they shouldn't be called women who know magic, they should be called 'witches.'"

The old witch turned around, as if she had let out a sigh of relief. Her hunched back seemed to straighten with the rhythmic movement of the black cloak.

"Secondly, welcome to the Home of Witches."

The black cloaks took off their hats one by one, revealing female faces full of welcoming and friendliness. I lifted my wife down from the car and we exchanged smiles.

"It seems like we've found it."

"Yes, we really did."

Auntie Bonari stood with her hands on her hips, smiling and showing us her crooked teeth that didn't align.

"Come on in, I know you have a lot of questions."