The girl who spoke was the shyest witch.
She and the other two women were sisters. That was why, even though she was extremely scared, she stayed when others had fled.
The witch's name was Liliah, and her innate ability was healing.
Her family had been witches since ancient times. In each generation, there were always a few women who awakened their witch bloodlines and gained special abilities.
In her generation, there were only three daughters in the family, and surprisingly, all of them had awakened their witch bloodlines.
Liliah was the most special one.
Throughout the family's history, almost every kind of miraculous ability had appeared, but no one had ever had the power of healing like her.
This ability was incredibly powerful, but it also took a heavy toll on her.
For example, her older sister Lilian could make all glass - like objects emit a strong light, and the price she paid was at most blindness.
Her other older sister, Lilve, had a voice like a siren that could bewitch others, and the biggest price she had to pay was just tinnitus.
Only Liliah consumed her own vitality, lifespan, and health.
After her family learned about her ability and the high price she had to pay, they strictly forbade her from using it.
But Liliah was a very kind - hearted girl.
Even when she saw a half - dead bird, she would feel pity and use her ability to save it.
This soft - heartedness was like a natural side - effect of her powerful ability.
Liliah tried to control herself, but when she really saw an injured person or animal, she couldn't help herself.
Even though she had been very cautious, at less than 20 years old, her body was already on the verge of collapse.
Before the Holy Church came to them, Liliah was so weak that she couldn't even get out of bed. Her family was in great pain but helpless. No matter what they did, they couldn't stop her life from slipping away.
The people from the Holy Church came to them on their own initiative.
It was a gentle - looking man with a Chinese face.
One night, he knocked on their door and immediately recognized the identities of the three sisters. He also told them that he could cure Liliah.
Witches were naturally vigilant towards strangers, so at first, they didn't believe the man.
But the man said that if she wasn't treated immediately, their sister would die that night.
For a person who was doomed to die, what was there to be afraid of in trying?
The two older sisters were convinced. Hesitantly, they invited the man in. When he said he needed to be alone with their sister for a whole night, they were extremely resistant.
But hearing their sister's urgent coughs and gasps of pain from the room, they finally didn't drive the man away.
No one knew what had happened that night. Liliah was delirious from illness at that time and only remembered that there was always someone around her.
When she opened her eyes the next day, her body had miraculously recovered, even healthier than before.
The man walked out of the room with her, looking exhausted, and handed a healthy Liliah to her two sisters.
Then he brought up the Witch's Mark.
According to the man, he had given the Witch's Mark to Liliah, which was why she had recovered so well.
However, there was no special mark for the so - called Witch's Mark. It was just a legend passed down orally, and there was no evidence to prove that Liliah had really received it.
But her completely healthy body was the evidence.
The two older sisters were extremely grateful. The man proposed that he could help them find more Witch's Marks, but on the condition that they introduce more witches to him and let them serve him.
To repay their savior and to regain their health like their sister, the two older sisters agreed.
Then they began to travel around, finding all the witches they knew and proposing a cooperation.
At first, the other witches naturally disagreed. But when they saw the lively Liliah, they had to believe this absurd story about the Witch's Mark and decided to cooperate.
No one didn't want to live like a normal person.
All witches hoped to live a normal life.
But since they were born and awakened their witch bloodlines, this simplest wish had become an unattainable dream.
Some witches' abilities could protect themselves, while others' couldn't.
If they revealed their identities as witches, they might be captured and exploited by others until all their power was drained and they died.
There was a period when people feared, hated, and were even hostile towards witches.
They had done nothing wrong, but they had to live like outlaws.
Once caught, they were either burned to death or exploited.
There was a witch with the ability to resurrect herself.
People couldn't kill her in any other way, nor could they steal or use her ability. So they locked her in an iron cage and sank it into the sea.
She would drown, but then she would wake up because of her resurrection ability and drown again. This cycle would go on forever.
Unlimited life had brought her a nightmare.
To this day, no one knew where that witch was.
Apart from the ability to resurrect, that witch had no self - defense ability at all. She was just an ordinary weak woman.
The iron cage was a prison she could never break free from.
The witches weren't unwilling to help each other, but using their abilities would harm their own interests and bodies, so no one was willing to sacrifice themselves for others.
But if they got the Witch's Mark and could use their abilities without limitations, they could gather together and help each other.
Then they wouldn't be afraid of being bullied and exploited.
The temptation of the Witch's Mark was too great for them. So even if it went against their will, they were willing to become part of the Holy Church.
However, they were just cooperation partners and didn't have the qualification to access the core ideas of the Holy Church.
They just did what others told them to do.
If no one asked them to do anything, they wouldn't take the initiative.
So far, all they had done was transfer some extremely vicious criminals to the people of the Holy Church and cooperate with the werewolves to harass the vampires.
"We really don't know much. We and my sisters really have no idea why they're targeting the vampires," Liliah said timidly, lowering her head.
She was the quickest to talk and the shyest, but she also knew the situation well.
She knew she couldn't lie in this situation, because once she did, she would lose trust.
Anyway, what she said wasn't very important, and she really didn't know much.