The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 260

By the time Gregor reached the haunted mountain, the sun had long set beyond the horizon, causing the already gloomy forest to look even more menacing.

At the base of the mountain where not a single living thing could be found, it could be seen that the large ominous trees were bare, and there were no visible trails to follow as everything was covered in thick fog. The further one walked, the less the eye could see. It was due to this phenomenon that caused even the villagers nearby to fear the dead forest as even a veteran hunter could get lost if they were to stray off the known paths.

Gregor was led by the King's knights, the men carrying torches to be able to see through the foggy darkness. It seemed as if there was something lurking among the shadows. Even as a man, he could not help but feel the fear of the unknown.

As they walked in hollow silence on the uneven rocky ground, only the sound of the baby's crying could be heard.

"That's enough. We can leave the cursed child here," the leader of the knights announced.

Gregor looked at their surroundings and there were only dead trees and sharp rocks around, nothing even to shelter her. Several feet away from the torches, only the fog awaits.

'How can I simply leave her here?'

Gregor held his crying daughter closer to his chest, as if to say he would not let her go.

"Your Highness, the King would not take your act of disobedience kindly. Unless you do as you are told, no one you love is safe."

The knight didn't have to remind him as he was aware of this fact.

Gregor lowered his head, gazing with a heavy heart at the crying face of his daughter.

,m 'My little princess, please...please survive.'

With movements as heavy as his heart, Gregor carefully put his daughter on a relatively flat part of the rocky ground. After fixing the cloth wrapping around her body again and again, he even took off his outer coat and put it on her. He also asked for two fire torches from the knights escorting him and stuck them in the rocks around her to chase away the darkness and chill from her tiny body.

Though he heard that no wild animal could survive in this dead forest, he still thought the fire could help ward them off on the low chance they exist. He only wanted to give his daughter as much protection as he could.

'Once I assured the King that I had followed his instruction, I could send someone to get my daughter.'

When Gregor returned to the Royal Palace of Valor, he didn't go to meet the King as he could not bear to see that cruel man who he used to call father. It was the King's most trusted knight who informed him that his orders had been followed.