Becoming a god by raising witches

At this point, the flames on the mud monster's body had been extinguished by the mud it was constantly secreting, so there was no need to worry about Sieg being burned to death first if he threw it over.

Fighting a mud monster that is incredibly fast and silent in the thick darkness is certainly unwise.

The best way is to blow it open from the inside. It will take enough time for it to reform into such a large monster. Taking advantage of this time to escape is the best strategy.

After finalizing the plan, Locke threw Sieg out without hesitation.

Sieg cursed and his body quickly transformed into a tree-like state.

The mud monster loved to eat and would eat almost anything. When it sensed something approaching, it opened its blood-red maw and swallowed Sig whole.

The treant's body swelled inside the mud monster, then gathered its power and spat out Sieg.

Covered in mud, Sieg shot out like a cannonball and landed some distance away.

Locke also quickly ran away.

A deafening roar came from behind, this time even more powerful than the explosion of the cloned treant.

The mud monster exploded from the inside, turning into a rain of mud that filled the sky.

The mud will re-aggregate, but at a significantly slower rate.

Sieg fell heavily to the ground, Locke helped him up, and the two continued their escape.

Fifteen minutes later, the two finally saw the light source ahead.

"It's saved."

Sieg sighed.

Locke nodded, and the two rushed toward the source of the light.

Finally, they left the mud monster in the darkness, their bodies melting into the warm light.

Before me stood the brightly lit Hagen Earl's Palace.

"We're back again?"

Locke and Sieg swallowed hard at the same time.

They looked back and found that the dark street and the mud monster had vanished.

It all felt like a dream.

Mrs. Suman stood at the door, elegantly holding a lamp.

She wore a faint smile, a gorgeous dress, and a shawl draped over her shoulders; her long red hair stood out strikingly against the night sky.

Like a gentle wife waiting for a lost traveler to return home, it was an incredibly warm and beautiful scene, yet it sent chills down Locke and Sieg's spines.

"Welcome back."

Mrs. Sueman seemed to have anticipated Locke and Sieg's return.

"What should we do now?"

Locke looked at Sieg. When faced with such strange events, Sieg, as a veteran investigator, sometimes acted quite unreliably, but he was much more experienced than Locke.

Of course, more importantly, Locke believed that Sieg's previous strange behavior was due to the influence of some kind of force.

When Sieg got into Lady Malvina’s carriage, he smelled a strange fragrance.

He once said it smelled so good.

Locke guessed that it was that fragrance that made Sieg so impatient that he played poker with Mrs. Malvina in a flash and left behind his "copy".

After that, when Sieg saw Madame Malvina, he couldn't resist wanting to play cards, which was quite unusual for a playboy who frequented the Rose Theatre and various balls. He had already slept with Madame Malvina, and he wouldn't still be so attached to her body, after all, Madame Malvina wasn't the kind of stunning beauty that could topple kingdoms.

The reason Locke was immune to that scent was most likely because he was wearing the red crystal necklace that Sheria had left behind.

From the beginning, Mrs. Malvina's target may not have been Sieg, but Locke.

She wanted to replicate Locke to gain his memories and obtain information about the Witch's Book.

The copy turned out to be Sig, which explains why the newly born copy of Sig didn't rush to attack Sig and Locke, but instead went back to Mrs. Suman and told her what he knew.

Unfortunately, they were besieged by Locke and Sieg and were eventually defeated.

Mrs. Suman considered both the possibility of success and the possibility of failure, which is why she arranged for the mud monsters to block her way.

They were forced to return to the ball.

"There must be some strange object that has isolated this place from the surrounding area. We can't leave until we find it."

Sieg said, based on his experience.

Locke frowned slightly. Could there be some strange object hiding at the ball? What could it be?

At the same time, Locke's long hair, under Eileen's control, slowly appeared on Madam Suman's neck.

With just a gentle tightening, Lady Suman's head could be easily severed.

However, Mrs. Suman seemed completely oblivious, her perception as dull as that of an ordinary person.

There are two possibilities in this situation. First, Madam Suman is just a believer who has been bewitched by a witch. She does not possess any strange powers and is still considered an ordinary person.

Secondly, she was fearless because this was just an insignificant clone.

Locke had seen many beings with clones, including Director Renis, himself, and the Smoke Demon Rebecca, so he naturally thought of clones.

“I can’t sense anything strange about Madam Suman; she’s just an ordinary person.”

Sieg whispered in Locke's ear,

"Let's go back to the ball. Since she doesn't pose a threat to us for the time being, we can only find the strange object as soon as possible and leave this place."

Locke touched the mask on his face again.

Eileen gave an affirmative answer, pulling Locke's long hair back without strangling Mrs. Suman's neck.

Locke nodded slightly and followed Madam Suman back to the Earl's mansion.

Locke and Sieg were covered in mud, and as soon as they entered the hall, they attracted the attention of many people.

"Take the two gentlemen to change their clothes; they just accidentally fell into the mud."

Mrs. Suman said with a smile.

Locke and Sieg were led by a servant to the adjacent guest bedroom's washroom.

The two took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

As a precaution, Locke summoned his shadow clone, while he himself hid in the mirror world.

The shadow clone and Sig followed the servants back to the hall.

Count Hagen walked over and put his hands on their shoulders.

“I’ve been looking for you all this time. My dear Suman said you left early. How can that be? Let someone else take your shift. Today, besides Andy, you are also the main characters. You are the ones who saved Andy.”

"Thank you, Earl Hagen."

Locke and Sieg said.

"Come on, find Andy quickly. You can definitely do it. As long as you find Andy, you can get [The Girl's Smile]."

Count Hagen raised an eyebrow.

"Sieg, why didn't you wait for me? Didn't we agree to ride in my carriage back together?"

Wearing a gorgeous long dress, a white rabbit mask, and carrying a feather fan, Lady Malvina walked up to Sieg and complained in a low voice.

Sieg's hair stood on end instantly, and he instinctively took a few steps back, distancing himself from Mrs. Malvina.

Mrs. Malvina looked at Sieg in surprise.

"what happened?"

Sieg hid behind Locke's shadow.

"Have we been pulled into a dream world? And why is there another Lady Malvina?"

"No, this is not a dream world, otherwise you wouldn't be able to stay awake."

Locke said confidently.

"Then what's the deal with this Mrs. Malvina?"

"Perhaps the one who went out with us at the beginning wasn't the real Lady Malvina, and this one was. Of course, it's also possible that one of them is a clone, just like you just now."

Locke analyzed.

Sieg thought it made a lot of sense, but he no longer had the courage to face Mrs. Malvina.

Seeing her skirt, my instinct was to avoid her.

“I’m sorry, Mrs. Malvina, Sieg has recently developed gynophobia and I’m afraid he will be unable to dance with you.”

Locke smiled and said to Mrs. Malvina.

Mrs. Malvina looked at Locke with a puzzled expression, then at Sieg hiding behind her, and turned away with a hint of disappointment.

Locke heard her return to her group of friends, where Judith was comforting her and cursing Sieg for being a liar who wouldn't get away with it.

Locke and Sieg begin searching for strange objects in the hall under the guise of looking for Miss Andy.

“The strange attract each other. If you see a strange object, you can recognize it at a glance because you yourself are strange.”