Millennium Witch.

Chapter 87 - Moving
Considering that he had already used all his strength, the other party, as a commander, should also have little strength left. Therefore, Commander Zi quickly concluded that "the two sides are evenly matched."

This was not the answer he wanted, but since he couldn't win, he had no choice but to change his strategy and use a method that he wasn't good at but that humans often used: negotiation.

“You are very strong. We can talk.” Commander Zi said after a moment of silence, his tone surprisingly polite.

"What do you want to talk about?" Yvette asked, somewhat surprised.

The Purple Commander said, "I want to know first why you've been lingering around Cooks for so long and why you keep attacking the Broodguards? Which monarch sent you here?"

Clearly, by this point he was already suspecting that the silver-haired girl was not a native leader of Black Tide Continent, but an outsider like himself.

Otherwise, there's no reason for him to keep doing so many strange and incomprehensible things nearby.

Yvette shook her head and said, "What if I said there was no mission involved, it was just my own curiosity?"

Commander Zi thought to himself that it would be more believable if he said he was bewitched by Abella.

Seeing that the Purple Commander clearly didn't believe her, Yvette sighed inwardly. Curiosity was indeed part of it, but if she said that she had asked your Broodguards to be her sparring partners in order to write the "Flame Magic Codex", it would probably sound even more absurd.

She then asked, "I know what you're doing here. The goddess won't allow this to happen. Is the King of the Sea prepared for this?"

Commander Zi was startled. The worst thing had indeed happened. Could this guy really be a spy sent by another monarch to find something on the King of Tianhai?

But his expression remained unchanged: "You have no evidence."

Yvette said, "Would a goddess need evidence to make a judgment on something like this? The number of aberrations in this region is so small, yet the Machine Race's Divine Graces suffered heavy losses in Kux. What could be the reason for this?"

When the incident of the Divine Grace's intrusion was mentioned, Commander Zi's expression finally changed. He gritted his teeth and said, "This... has nothing to do with the 'King'! It was my personal doing!"

He paused, then seemed to remember something, and asked with a gloomy expression, "What exactly are you trying to say by bringing this up?"

"My point is simple: a little compensation and a little hush money, which is essentially nourishment."

Yvette's lips curled up slightly, giving her a slightly wicked look, but she was still very cute. She smiled and said, "I think you wouldn't want the fact that the Purple Commander under the King of the Seas secretly crossed the border to Black Tide Continent to plunder nutrients to become common knowledge on the continent, would you?"

Upon hearing this, Commander Zi fell silent. He calmly looked at the silver-haired girl below, his eyes flickering as if he were secretly weighing the gains and losses.

……

The tense standoff lasted for nearly half an hour.

Of course, this is only from an outsider's perspective.

In fact, after making the request, the Purple Commander considered it for about five minutes before agreeing—as long as it wasn't sent by another monarch to find fault, hush money and such were within acceptable limits.

Besides, he couldn't win against his opponent. If a conflict were to break out, he would only fight and retreat, sending the Pale Mother Nest to request help from the King of the Sky Sea.

Half an hour later, the nutrients arrived, and what emerged from the mouth of the delivery whale was a large chunk of purplish-red flesh.

This is all the remaining nutrients in the entire Cooks. It was originally planned to be sent to the North Sea of ​​Abyss Stream after a while, but now it has all been taken out, which is enough to show the Purple Commander's sincerity, or rather, his fear of Yvette.

To avoid being seen, Yvette entered the mountain whale's mouth and, where no one could see, used her tentacles to suck it clean. After deducting the 3000 points spent today, she still gained an extra 4000 points of Aberration Magic, bringing her total Aberration Magic to 54,000.

In other words, this flesh and blood gave a full 7,000 points of aberration magic, which is equivalent to the total amount of aberration magic that an entire Agash could harvest.

Afterwards, Yvette returned to the valley entrance in a good mood. Although she didn't know what Commander Purple was thinking, she was quite satisfied with the hush money.

For an immortal who has no external pressure in life, being able to avoid risks such as death battles and steadily earn an extra 4000 points of aberration magic is a very worthwhile thing.

"Remember what you said, don't leak this information, or I won't let you off, and neither will the King."

After finishing speaking, Commander Zi gave Yvette a deep look, then immediately turned around and led the vast pod of mountain whales back home.

……

The monstrous army that had come on such a fierce charge retreated on its own initiative. This unexpected turn of events caught the golems in the valley completely off guard, leaving them with a sense of relief, as if they had survived a catastrophe.

But what shocked them even more was the power Yvette displayed. They didn't know how she did it, only guessing that, like the Divine Graces, she had used some kind of magical equipment.

Even so, they clearly remembered that a Divine Grace from the Sanctuary had once suffered a defeat in Cooks, losing a combat comrade.

In this way, Miss Yvette, who was able to defeat the army of the Cooks Aberrations single-handedly, would definitely be stronger, have a higher level of attainment, and be more valued by the Holy Temple than the God-giver!
Combined with her naturally serene and human-like temperament, an astonishing answer slowly emerged in the minds of Copper Skin and other local residents.

Could it be that Miss Yvette is actually a divine messenger in disguise?

……

With the retreat of the mountain whale pods, the previously tense Puppet Kingdom quickly returned to peace and tranquility.

But this is certainly only on the surface, because the magnificent battle scenes seen during the day will likely stir up emotions in people's hearts for a long time to come.

So, the next morning, as Yvette wandered through the valley, she received many more grand greetings from the puppets than usual, and their attitude was much more respectful, as if they had completely regarded her as an agent of the gods.

This made her feel very uncomfortable. On the one hand, she was indifferent by nature and did not like the feeling of being the center of attention. On the other hand, she was already very familiar with the puppets, and this drastic change in attitude made her feel somewhat unfamiliar with the entire kingdom.

Especially since she is actually human, one can't help but wonder, if I were to reveal my true identity directly, would these puppets all have to kneel down before me?
This is not impossible. After all, she once discovered that a poorly written fictional romance novel with a court background had actually become a popular historical source in the Puppet Kingdom, leading to the poisoning of the minds of many puppets with its content.

Therefore, it's really hard to predict how Yvette would react if she were to discover that she is human.

but……

Having stayed here for so long, her original intention was simply to find out Cooks' secret. Now that the truth is out and she's even earned 4000 points of Aberration Magic, she suddenly feels that it's time to pack her bags and head to the next stop.

Nine years is not a long time for her, but it's not short either.

……

On the afternoon of the day after the crisis was over, Yvette informed Dugrabi and Ice Rain that she was preparing to leave.

Dugrabi's reaction was rather calm; it simply said "oh." But Yvette could tell that it was still a little disappointed. Perhaps it had been there for a long time and developed some feelings for the place, but was too embarrassed to show them.

Ice Rain was alright, after all, she was a traveler herself and had long anticipated leaving. In fact, if Yvette's sense of time hadn't been even more outrageous than hers, she might have left this snowy region and gone to the next place several years ago.

Back in the RV, Yvette, having nothing to do, turned on the monitor, intending to spy on... no, to keep an eye on Cooks' situation.

Yes, she installed cameras in the mountains surrounding Cux, allowing her to monitor any significant activity in the city from a great distance. The signal generator was provided by the Puppet Kingdom; it was originally a spare part for maintaining the shrine in the Sanctuary, and it could transmit signals using elemental waves—all things that had been used during previous expeditions for Dugrabi.

Otherwise, how could she have noticed so quickly when Dugrabi sneaked into Cooks yesterday morning and was nearly beaten to death by the Spider Witch? She's not a prophet.

Then, after turning on the monitor, Yvette noticed something unusual after only a short while: a large number of aberrations were flooding into the mouths of the mountain whales.

After their mouths are stuffed full, these mountain whales will rise up and fly towards the snow-capped mountains, clearly intending to cross the ridge and head to the deep North Sea behind the mountains.

This is……

Troop transport?

No, it's moving?

Before long, when she saw the enormous, pale mother nest, like a large fleshy sac, barely being carried on the back of the pod by its toothpick-thin legs and the efforts of some mountain whales, Yvette finally realized that this was the great retreat of the mutant forces within Cooks.

Otherwise, why would you release the Pale Mother Nest for no reason? It's just a waste of its huge appetite.

Immediately, as she watched the mountain whales struggling to carry away the pale mother nest, Yvette's heart stirred, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl upwards slightly.

She thought, "We had a conflict yesterday, and he ran away today. Commander Zi's actions are quite decisive. It's as if he was scared away by me... If I suddenly rush over now and greet Commander Zi, will he feel embarrassed?"

However, she wasn't that kind of person to be so bored, so she decided to let it go for now.

Moreover, she was still somewhat curious about downtown Cooks. After Commander Purple and his Aberration Legion had completely left, she planned to go and take a look to see if there were any other valuable discoveries.

(End of this chapter)