Millennium Witch.

Chapter 145-144- The Mysterious Garden of the Polar Regions

The next day at noon, Yvette came to the study and saw Lant's message on the communicator. She was stunned for a moment, thinking that being missing for more than a hundred years was a bit too long, almost comparable to her own century of slumber.

However, the good news is that Ice Rain is only missing. Through some method of the Machine Race Sanctuary, it has been confirmed that she is still alive, which is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Immediately, Yvette began to carefully read the information that Lant had sent later, regarding that mysterious legend.

The legend also originated more than a hundred years ago when a mechanical explorer risked his life to cross the Arctic ice field and discovered an incredible garden deep in the polar region. It was not only vast, resembling a huge city, but also contained strange man-made buildings, which did not match the descriptions of other explorers as desolate and empty.

After sharing his discovery with his friends, the explorer, filled with curiosity, stepped into the mysterious polar garden... and was never heard from again.

After that, this strange legend attracted many explorers like a magnet. They formed teams full of curiosity and tried to uncover the mystery of the polar garden. However, no matter the size of the team, all those who entered disappeared without a trace and never returned.

Even Bingyu was one of the earliest explorers.

Subsequently, after the "Blessed Ones" squad dispatched by the Holy Temple also failed to return, that area was finally officially designated as a "high-risk zone" by the Holy Temple, and all mechanical races of the Puppet Kingdom were given a stern warning not to approach it.

……

After reading Lant's message, Yvette raised an eyebrow, her curiosity piqued.

She remembered that the North Sea was the territory of the "King of the Heavenly Sea," one of the nine monarchs, and the Arctic was the core area under his jurisdiction.

The mechanical race disappeared there without a trace. Is it related to the King of the Sky and Sea? Is that mysterious polar garden the King of the Sky and Sea's habitat?
But how could the Sanctuary be so certain that the missing were still alive? How could they communicate with the outside world, or had the God of Machines and the King of the Sea had some kind of communication?
Regardless of the truth, Ice Rain was one of her few friends, and a mysterious garden with no return seemed worth exploring.

Three days later, Abella returned in her magical motorcycle. After briefly explaining the situation to her, Yvette immediately began modifying the motorcycle to better adapt it to the harsh polar environment.

Immediately after preparing the necessary supplies and equipment, she took Abella with her and drove into the depths of the Abyss North Sea, plunging into that vast, white, and frigid world built of endless ice and snow.

……

The endless polar night shrouded the frozen land, and the cold wind whipped up snow dust, swirling and howling across the wilderness.

Above, the emerald green aurora borealis, like a giant blue python, twisted and turned, turning the cold, hard snowfield into a hazy, ethereal green.

“Master, there are so many aurora borealis here.” Abella sat in the passenger seat, looking out at the scenery through the car window covered with a thin layer of frost.

"It's a pity these are all genuine aurora borealis," Yvette sighed regretfully.

When she first arrived in the polar region, she was pleasantly surprised to see the aurora borealis occasionally appearing during the polar night. However, she soon discovered that the aurora borealis here did not have any remnants, and it was completely different from the aurora borealis she wanted, which greatly diminished its significance.

The magical motorcycle sped across the hard ice.

In the boundless darkness, the metal car body resembled a giant ice mirror, reflecting the ever-changing blue-green light in the sky.

Occasionally, snow-limited aberrations appear, resembling frozen ghouls or white-furred snow monsters, in both human and animal forms. However, they are often crushed to death by magical motorcycles as soon as they emerge from the snow.

Several days passed, and the two wandered aimlessly across the vast ice plains without finding any clues. Until the seventh day, at the bottom of a deep ice fissure canyon, Yvette discovered something unusual.

It was the wreckage of a severely damaged magical mech, lying alone in the shadows of the canyon, almost blending into the ice and snow.

Yvette immediately got out of the car. The wreckage likely belonged to one of the Divine Graces who had disappeared in the polar regions, and might provide some clues about the Mystic Garden.

After carefully clearing away the ice, snow, and discarded parts, Yvette recognized a somewhat familiar bionic face among the wreckage.

She vaguely remembered that she and Abella had both seen the unconscious Divine Grace in this magical mech, whose name seemed to be "Elite White Dove," nicknamed "White Dove Detective." It was back in the Water Tower Kingdom, when Yvette's harvesting of mutants was so horrific and bloody that it attracted the attention of this White Dove Detective, who even gave her the nickname "Blood Demon."

During her subsequent 20-year journey, she met Detective White Dove several more times, each time at a scene related to the "Blood Demon Incident." But Detective White Dove never doubted the three of them, always firmly stating that he would find the terrifying Blood Demon and nip it in the bud. Unexpectedly, a century later, they met again here.

After dragging the unconscious Elite out of the wreckage and confirming that his vital parts were not damaged, Yvette found his charging port and transferred a little magic power to him.

A few minutes later, as magic flowed through the magic wires again, Elliott's body trembled slightly, and his closed bionic eyelids opened slightly, revealing a blank expression. He looked at Yvette and said blankly, "What... happened?"

“We should be asking you what happened,” Abella asked, arms crossed, with an air of haughty aloofness.

Yvette asked, "We found you here as we were passing by. How did you end up lying here?"

Elliott's gaze shifted blankly, moving between the two faces. But after a moment, as if a memory switch had been triggered, he suddenly sat up straight, looked up, and said, "I... I remember! I escaped from 'that place'! But 'White Blaze' and I were almost out of energy, and we were attacked by mutated creatures on the way... In the end... we collapsed here..."

He turned to look at the wreckage of the magical mech, his expression filled with sorrow. Clearly, "Bai Zhi" was referring to his battle comrade.

"'That garden'? The mysterious garden of the Arctic? Do you know where it is?" Yvette asked. "What kind of place is it? Why have all those who went there disappeared?"

Elliott's expression became complicated, as if he were recalling a terrible nightmare. He murmured, "That place... I've never seen such a beautiful place, but I've also never seen a more dangerous place... There are some strange rules there, and everything related to magic is restricted and cannot be used at will, yet there are also terrifying magical creatures that will attack you..."

He paused, then warned, "If that's your destination, I advise you not to go. Even the top-tier Divine Grace users won't be able to unleash their full potential there. You must stay far away from that place!"

Yvette's brows furrowed slightly. Judging from the other party's description, this mysterious garden was indeed very strange, as it could actually restrict magic itself, and even powerful beings like those with divine favor had to abide by its rules...

Why does this sound like some kind of massive, million-dollar-scale technique? Like the no-fly zone in Fusjiang.

Could this be a super ruin left behind by an ancient civilization? Are the so-called magical creatures and rules just automatic defense mechanisms of the ruin?
Although there are still many questions to ask, the other person has just recovered, so we should give them some time to rest and sort out their thoughts.

After confirming that even the core of the magical mecha "White Blaze" was damaged, Yvette helped the grief-stricken Elite into the car, then changed the subject: "Mr. Elite, it's been a long time. How's your investigation into that 'Blood Demon' going?"

Elite, who had just pulled a wire and was using the magic motorcycle to recharge himself, was taken aback when he heard this and asked, "How did you know I was secretly tracking the Blood Demon?"

Now it was Yvette's turn to be speechless. She had just chatted casually, trying to help Elliott recover from his depression, but more than a hundred years had passed, and it turned out that this guy was still looking for her?
“We met a few times when you were investigating the Blood Demon incident,” Yvette reminded her. “The first time was in the Water Tower Kingdom.”

"Oh, it's you guys... Uh, what are your names again? Sorry, there's a problem with the memory, that part of the data might be corrupted..." Elite said awkwardly.

“Master, this guy wants to catch you. Why don’t we catch him here…” Abella quietly leaned close to Yvette’s ear, made a throat-slitting gesture, and gave a wicked smile.

Yvette glanced at Abella, thinking to herself, "You're going too far... and where did you learn that pose?"

Then she briefly introduced the two of them to Ellit.

“So it’s you, Miss Yvette, Miss Abella,” Elliott said. “That Blood Demon… well, how should I put it, it’s much more cunning than I thought. It must have discovered that I was looking for it. For the past hundred years, it has been completely out of the public eye. It’s incredibly patient.”

No, she's just sleeping.

"But it's also possible that they used more covert methods to erase the traces, deliberately trying to test my reasoning skills and intentionally provoking me."

No, not at all.

"But please rest assured, my fellow countrymen, I will continue to investigate until I find out the truth!" Elliott said again, his expression resolute.

That would truly be a long-term career that one could dedicate their entire life to...

Yvette offered a perfunctory expression of her admiration before getting to the point, asking, "Mr. Elliott, could you tell me about what you saw inside that secret garden?"

(End of this chapter)