It felt so good to be close to the witch!

By the end, the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights' tone had become extremely stern.

"Management..." Faced with the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights' reprimand, the man only smiled sadly: "After all these years, what you've seen and heard, is that really just 'management'..."

"Shut up!" the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights shouted sternly. "Harvey, think of your wife and your eldest daughter. Don't make another mistake."

“They are all unconscious and not involved. I will take full responsibility for everything.” The man shook his head: “Captain, you are also a father. What would you do if something like this happened to your daughter one day?”

The captain of the Divine Punishment Knights fell silent. After a few seconds, he slowly took the greatsword off his back: "...It's no use saying more."

“Yes.” The man lowered his head. “No matter what she becomes, she is still my daughter. I am an incompetent father, but protecting her is the only thing I must do.”

"Hula..."

A night wind suddenly blew up, and the dark blue flames grew even stronger. Roy's vision blurred again at this moment, shifting to Cecil the little boy.

Run, run...

The surrounding scenery rushed past on both sides.

After awakening as a witch, Little Cecilia's physique became incredibly strong, and her running speed far exceeded that of ordinary people.

She kept running until she was exhausted, tripped over a protruding stone, and fell into a babbling brook.

The sharp rocks cut her tender skin, and the bright red blood and the pain gradually brought little Cecil's dazed mind back to normal.

She held the doll tightly, instinctively protecting it in her arms even when she fell.

Lying on her back by the stream, the cool water flowing over the edge of her body, little Cecil stared blankly at the night sky.

"Witch...Witch..."

"I've become a witch?"

The people of every empire are familiar with witches; they are the most evil beings in fairy tales, symbols of natural disasters and demons, and heretics destined to be burned at the stake by the sacred temple.

Even now, young Sehill's mind remains foggy.

She couldn't understand why, in her sleep, she suddenly transformed into the witch that others were talking about.

Dad, Mom, Sister Yuna...

She subconsciously raised her hand, and in her palm, a small cluster of dark blue light formed a flame that burned quietly, reflecting the sorrowful yet tearful expression on her face.

"Tap..."

A few minutes later, heavy footsteps sounded nearby, and a Divine Punishment Knight appeared by the stream, gazing at the girl with multiple cuts on her body under the crimson moon.

Sympathy and pity flashed across his face beneath his helmet, but ultimately, they turned into coldness.

"I'm sorry, little Cecil."

"forgive me."

As Harvey's companion, the Divine Punishment Knight had met Cecilia many times and liked this girl with a sweet smile. However, everything was irreversible the moment the girl was transformed into a witch.

"Qiang..."

The sharp, ringing sound of a knight's sword being drawn rang out, its bright silver blade reflecting a chilling luster in the moonlight.

Little Cecilia's scattered gaze quickly focused as she watched the Divine Punishment Knight approaching her step by step, weapon in hand, and suddenly let out a scream.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

Layers upon layers of dark blue fire erupted instantly, engulfing everything around them.

The dark blue sea of ​​fire erupted too suddenly, its speed and power were so great that the approaching Divine Punishment Knight had no time to react. The battle aura emanating from his body was like a fragile paper shell under the dark blue flames, and it was burned away in less than half a second. Then, the flames directly engulfed his body.

But when the dark blue sea of ​​fire subsided, the surrounding trees, rocks, and even a large section of the stream disappeared without a trace, leaving only scorched earth.

The gradually dying dark blue sea of ​​fire resembled a dark blue flower slowly blooming, and little Cecil stood in the center of the flower, like a queen who controlled everything.

Roy watched quietly from the side.

Is this how the Moonlight Witch Cecilia awakened to become a witch...?

And how does this relate to her being sealed away later?

At this moment, Roy's vision blurred, and the scene before him changed once again.

Chapter 92 Like a Spark Before Dawn (Part 1)

When his vision returned to normal, Roy found himself in a desolate wilderness in the dark of night.

It was a moonless, starless night. A slender, short figure wearing a worn-out gray hooded robe walked alone on the gravel path.

The gray-black clouds above were exceptionally thick, and glistening snowflakes fell from the sky, carrying a biting chill. The whistling wind made the long robes worn by the figure flutter backward.

After walking for a short while, the slender, short figure suddenly stopped. She raised her head, her dark blue eyes scanning the surroundings before finally settling on the edge of a slope ahead. She said indifferently, "Come out."

The sound carried far across the open fields, and the next second...

"As expected of the Moon Witch, your senses are so sharp that even the C-level forbidden item - the Veil of Night - could not escape your notice."

A soft laugh came from beside the slope. As the sound faded, the air there seemed to be lifted by an invisible hand, and amidst the ripples, a total of fifteen Divine Punishment Knights appeared.

"Tap..."

The moment they appeared, the Divine Punishment Knights sprang into action. Except for five who remained in place, the remaining ten, divided into groups of five and led by their respective captains, were enveloped in a layer of white light. In the light, they circled around to the Moon Witch's back at an astonishing speed, eventually forming a triangle that surrounded her.

"Moonlight Witch Cecilia, first awakened a year ago, caused a fire, killed a Divine Punishment Knight, and then fled. In the following year, five more Divine Punishment Knights died at your hands."

"The heinousness of your crimes is beyond description. Today, we are here on the orders of the bishop of the Cathedral Temple to arrest you. I advise you to give up resistance, otherwise, we have the right to kill you on the spot!"

A cold, menacing voice came from the head of the Divine Punishment Knights captain. The armor he wore was different from that of the other Divine Punishment Knights, and even the other two captains. The sword and shield emblem etched on his front had a faint golden edge.

That's an honor that only those at the Gold rank are entitled to!

Faced with the stern pronouncement of the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights, the slender, short figure did not respond. If it were before, she might have chosen to argue with the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights, but a year later, she would not do so.

It's pointless...

The Moon Witch Cecilia removed her hood, revealing flowing hair that was even blacker than the night, and a pair of blue eyes.

She stood quietly in place, doing nothing, but an invisible pressure suddenly descended upon the place, causing all the Divine Punishment Knights to show solemn expressions.

After the routine pronouncement of the verdict, seeing that the Moon Witch Cecilia had no intention of surrendering, the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights roared, "Attack!"

In an instant, all the Divine Punishment Knights were enveloped in a dazzling aura of battle energy.

"Whoa..."

From all directions, fourteen Divine Punishment Knights simultaneously launched an attack on Moonlight Witch Cecil.

"Qianglang——"

The captain of the Divine Punishment Knights stood atop the slope, silently gazing at the battle unfolding before him.

Despite her formidable reputation, this witch, who has only been mutated for a year, could not cause any trouble under the combined attack of nine Bronze 3-star, three Silver 1-star, and two Silver Peak knights.

But the next moment, something happened that made the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights' pupils shrink.

A dark blue crescent moon appeared behind the Moon Witch Cecilia's head. In an instant, all the Divine Punishment Knights who came within ten meters of the Moon Witch Cecilia, including the two Silver Peak Divine Punishment Knight captains, were like insects frozen in amber, unable to move at all. Even the fighting spirit that leaped and burned like flames on their bodies was frozen in the air, like a portrait.

A ray of dark blue moonlight pierced through the Divine Punishment Knight's brow, leaving a hole about the size of a thumb, charred and corroded inside, but without any blood.

"Boom!"

The two Silver Peak Divine Punishment Knight captains, their battle auras surging, retreated dozens of meters away in terror, hiding behind the Divine Punishment Knight captain.

Their foreheads and brows were also attacked by the dark blue moonlight, but their much stronger fighting spirit barely withstood it. Even so, a deep wound appeared between their brows, revealing the white skull. They were just a hair's breadth away from following in their companions' footsteps and dying with their skulls pierced.

At this moment, the two captains of the Divine Punishment Knights looked at the Moon Witch Cecil with uncontrollable fear, as if facing a demon that had crawled down from the abyss to the human world.

Seeing his two subordinates who had lost all courage, the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights did not reprimand them.

To be honest, even he was startled by the move that Moon Witch Cecilia made just now.

Silently, where the dark blue moonlight reached, death followed...

With his eyes fixed on the terrifying witch in the distance, her gaze empty and lifeless, the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights spoke in an extremely solemn voice: "A witch who has touched the Grand Rank..."

The dark blue crescent moon rose higher and higher behind the Moon Witch Cecil, finally stopping thirty meters in the air. The cool, dark blue moonlight poured down, intertwining with the crimson moonlight, creating a strange and beautiful scene.

Moon Witch Cecilia raised her hand, and a fist-sized ball of dark blue fire, burning quietly, appeared in her palm. She gently blew on the dark blue fire.

"Wow--"

The captain of the Divine Punishment Knights' expression changed, and his battle aura flashed. At the critical moment, he swerved nearly three meters to the side. Just as he finished this action, a dark blue sea of ​​fire, starting from the location of the Moon Witch Cecilia and spreading out in a fan shape for nearly fifty meters, roared past his side.

Unlike the usual blazing red flames, the dark blue, cold flames burned hard rocks to fine black ash wherever they passed.

No, saying it was burned is not quite accurate; "erosion" is a more accurate description.

"Ahhh!"

The piercing screams reached his ears, making the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights' face turn extremely ugly. Just now, the situation was critical, and he didn't have time to take his two subordinates with him to escape. Now, the two were engulfed by the dark blue sea of ​​fire, and amidst their screams, their armor and even their flesh and blood were corroded into black ash.

Even with his strength reaching the Gold rank, the terrifying and horrifying scene still sent a chill down the spine of the Divine Punishment Knight Captain.

Such domineering and terrifying power... All the information the intelligence department provided about the Moon Witch Cecilia was wrong, and ridiculously wrong!

Such a powerful witch is simply beyond the capabilities of a small squad of Divine Punishment Knights like theirs. Only by gathering at least three Gold-rank Divine Punishment Knights would there be any possibility of defeating her.

As for now...

The captain of the Divine Punishment Knights took a deep breath, his eyes hardening, and his fighting spirit erupted at an extreme level, disregarding the limits of his physical endurance. He then launched a ferocious charge towards the Moon Witch Cecil.

Three minutes later.

In this secluded and deserted wilderness, the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights knelt in a deep pit.

His upper body, covered in silver-white armor, was completely shattered. His chest and abdomen were charred and corroded in several places. One of his eyes was completely blind, and there was a charred and corroded mark on the side of his other eye. What had brought him fatal damage was a dark blue energy beam gun.

The dark blue energy beam gun, over three meters long, pierced the heart of the Divine Punishment Knight Captain, pinning his body to the ground.

The formidable vitality of the Gold Rank prevented the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights from dying immediately. He looked at the witch standing silently at the edge of the pit, a dark moon floating behind her, and gave a bitter laugh:

"Monster...monster..."

"You're all wrong... This kind of monster... should be annihilated by the combined power of the entire temple..."

The voice of the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights grew weaker and weaker until finally, he fell silent.

The dark moon behind her shattered, and the Moon Witch Cecilia turned around, walking away into the night. Meanwhile, the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights in the deep pit was blown away by the wind and shattered into black ash.

Roy, who witnessed this battle, was filled with shock.