My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 417 Top-Rank Tactics
Kalia's storytelling skills were surprisingly excellent.

Perhaps because she had read a lot of storybooks, she, like a wandering poet, recounted her long, half-dreaming journey to Roland.

Kalia, from that journey, was a cult assassin whom the world both respected and feared.

She is a powerful witch who controls the shadows.

Even the bishops whom the cultists regarded as God's chosen ones could only be swallowed by the shadows under her rule.

During that journey, Iluvia became a ruthless and cold-blooded monarch.

She weighs everything in the world on a celestial scale; everything in the world has its price in her eyes.

She spearheaded that devastating war, and the colossal weapon, the Celestial Nexus, displayed its power for the first time after its creation.

The Demon King awoke and returned, and at the end of that journey, the demons and the empire signed a cooperative alliance to jointly resist the true enemy.

And the representative of the demon race was still Danso, the Blood Demon Lord.

What a strange coincidence... Doesn't this guy have a bit too much screen time?

In short, apart from Frum's death and Cherlinina's complete absence, everything seemed to be unfolding exactly as Kalia had envisioned.

Perhaps she believed that Frum's death had helped her grow and made her realize the cruelty and danger of the world.

In the lingering echoes of her soul, there seemed to be no option to resurrect or prevent Flam's death.

Or perhaps, in her mind, she couldn't do these things.

It's also possible that Flam said something to another Kalia before she died.

But in any case, in that timeline, even in the imagined happy ending, there was no script for her to live.

What a tragic elf.

"Hmm...that's all I remember."

"If I hadn't noticed something was off about the Blood Demon Lord's appearance at the end, I probably wouldn't have realized it yet."

"You found me just as I realized something was wrong."

By the time Kalia finished telling the story, it was already dark.

In the clear night sky, the moon, radiating a cool, pale light, is clearly visible.

"Hey, do you think I should send the Blood Demon Lord some gift or something?"

After telling the story, Kalia seemed to feel a little better.

I no longer get caught up in meaningless self-destructive struggles like before.

Roland shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

"The story is over... It seems that no matter which path you take, you will always have a longing for a better life in your heart."

"They've even become a little cautious."

"She doesn't even dare to imagine a life that's too good to be true... It's hard to imagine what she's been through."

Kalia turned to look at Roland, her deep blue hair falling from her forehead, partially obscuring her face.

She quietly looked at Roland's profile and began to ponder what Roland had said.

Another version of herself... what exactly did she go through?
She didn't dare to think about it too deeply.

When she realized that without Roland's intervention, Riescan would inevitably fall into destruction, she would not be able to escape the trap set by the Chaos Brotherhood, and Flam would also die... or even more.

They would become puppets controlled by an evil god, and destroy the world with their own hands.

Looking back now, she thinks it was a very wise choice to run over when she smelled the aroma of the fish soup.

If I hadn't done that, if my conscience had slightly outweighed my hunger and I hadn't wanted to involve innocent people in the incident... I might have ended up the same way.

Just thinking about this made me feel guilty again.

yes……

Roland is clearly unrelated to most things.

Without me, he would probably have followed the usual path of studying, developing a relationship with Iluvia, resolving some political troubles for her, getting engaged, getting married, and eventually becoming a powerful imperial prince and a great nobleman.

Oh no... Just thinking about that possibility makes my stomach hurt.

Thinking about it carefully, I realized that I and Iluvia didn't seem to be much different.

For Roland, both of them were "troublemakers" who suddenly barged into his life.

Moreover, his troubles were far greater than Iluvia's.

At least the trouble she caused is over for now.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that it will not cause any trouble in the future.

But I am different.

Although Roland kept saying it was nothing, helping her was also helping himself.

But she couldn't accept that explanation.

At the very least, it cannot be accepted openly and frankly.

She had always wanted to do something to truly repay Roland.

But as I helped... I found that I owed even more.

Roland sensed that after a brief moment of high spirits, Kalia's mood quickly returned to its low point.

But he has already gotten the answer he wanted.

The other Kalia must have indeed left her something before she completely vanished.

This was a judgment based on Roland's intuition.

Based on his understanding of what Kalia might do.

But he was unaware of the true nature of this gift.

However, what could Kalia, who had once been a vessel for the power of an evil god and whose own will was perhaps pitifully weak, possibly leave behind?

It will definitely be an unexpected gift.

Just then, Roland heard a system notification.

[Ding, congratulations host for completing objective three of the second phase of the Silent March mission.]

You have successfully assisted your trusted demon ally in unifying the demon forces.

[Rewards are now being distributed.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a fragment of unclaimed divine power.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Heart of the World-Destroying Witch (Fragment)] [Unowned Fragment of Divine Power: After fusion, it enhances the host's life essence, and all damage dealt gains a special effect: Divinity.]

[Heart of the World-Destroying Witch (Fragment): A fragment of the shattered heart of the witch who brought eternal silence to the world; it appears to be a third of her heart.]

Roland: "..."

Was the Demon King moving a little too fast? I haven't been gone long, have I?

And although the integration was completed, why didn't the mission option to successfully stop the war pop up?

Could it be that even the unification of the demon forces couldn't prevent the outbreak of war?
The Demon King has been kidnapped?

After a brief pause, Roland looked at the task bar.

The integration progress is still shown above, at only 76%.

So it turns out that it only determines that the task is completed, rather than that it is fully integrated?

That makes sense; having controlled nearly three-quarters of the forces already means they essentially control the vast majority of the power within their territory.

It seems this task can be automated.

Unfortunately, the three royal courts, led by the Demon King's Court, along with a large number of royal court troops, occupied the territory of five member states.

The combined territory of the five member states was enough to cover the size of an empire.

If resources can be coordinated effectively, it is not impossible to directly carve out territory and even rebel on the spot.

To completely stop the war, we need to get Neve free from the mind control she has imposed.

Moreover, after the lifting of the ban, the local garrison must be decisively and swiftly wiped out.

Roland quickly came up with a plan for the first phase, then looked at Kalia.

Let's put the matter of the demons aside for now.

These matters can be left to the demons to handle themselves.

He needs to focus his energy on more important things.

"Leah, are you ready?"

"It's time to go."

……

……

After jumping off the hill, Roland led Kalia to the River Styx flowing in the mortal world through constant spatial shifts.

Logically, once the gates of the underworld are completely closed, the projection of the real River Styx should also disappear.

But it seems that death has opened a back door for the river flowing before us, allowing it to continue to exist.

It serves as an insurmountable barrier, preventing anyone from entering this place and tainting the power of the evil god.

Neither flying across the River Styx nor using spatial teleportation can cross it.

Those who attempt to pass through will only be dragged into the River Styx, and teleportation will only result in them being directly teleported into the River Styx.

unless……

You have some minor privileges.

For example, you can ask the ferryman to project a small boat onto your screen.

When Roland contacted Elena, who was on vacation, through the Gray Spear, she readily agreed to the request.

A small boat made of bones appeared without warning on the River Styx that Roland and Kalia had been on before.

They even thoughtfully included a pair of oars.

Even Kalia, who knew of Elena's existence, was surprised by how easy the ferryman was to talk to.

Feeling quite intrigued, she was the first to jump onto the small boat and then called for Roland to come up quickly.

They weren't afraid at all of the possibility of the boat capsizing and they falling overboard if they lost their footing.

Roland stepped forward, then started rowing, and in no time he crossed the unexpectedly calm River Styx, which was only about twenty meters wide.

When they jumped off the skeletal ship and stepped onto its gray, lifeless ground, Kalia immediately reacted.

Countless evil god powers, which had seeped into the ground and had not yet been extinguished by the influence of the Styx River, suddenly surged out from underground and converged on Kalia's body.

The dense, visible power of the evil god instantly triggered the Styx River's response mechanism, and the river water immediately enveloped Roland and his companion.

The Styx waters slowly receded under the influence of Elena's power emanating from the gray spear in Roland's hand.

Yes, Roland was not worried about what was happening at that moment.

Roland, standing right next to Kalia, could see some interesting phenomena.

The power that tried to flow into Kalia was stripped away by a thin, almost imperceptible membrane just before it entered her body.

What entered Kalia's body afterward was something completely different.

If the shadow carrying the power of the Whisperers of Eternity is like Swedish herring mixed with Wang Zhihe stinky tofu, then it is a shadow that carries the power of the Whisperers of Eternity.

What was flowing into Kalia's body at that moment was stir-fried bok choy with black bean dace.

Tsk, why did I come up with such a bizarre metaphor?

In short, if the original power of the evil god was foul and repulsive, then the power that has now entered Kalia's body is a hot and delicious stir-fry.

The root cause of this change lies in the "membrane" covering Kalia's body.

It seemed to be some kind of purification mechanism, or perhaps some kind of protective measure.

"Is this the gift you left behind?"

Roland murmured to himself, then he noticed the subtle expression on Kalia's face.

Immediately afterwards, the foul-smelling evil god's power surged out of Kalia's body, completely robbing away the wonderful aroma of the stir-fried dish.

This scene startled Roland so much that he almost dropped the Gray Spear in his hand, thinking that something had happened to Kalia.

But after a while, he realized... this didn't seem to be the power of an evil god.

It just looks similar.

Kalia then looked at Roland, her face showing a mixture of bewilderment and excitement.

"Roland... I really want to be able to completely control the power within me."

"No, not just the part inside the body!"

"It seems I really do have some of the 'authority' power you mentioned."

(End of this chapter)