I am a mage, with an infinite mana bar!

The Witch of Fate?

Lynn's pupils immediately contracted.

Wasn't that the name Sirin had reminded him of regarding Eliora?

He recalled the page filled with bloodstains on "Eleohra" in the book "A Collection of Witch Legends from Around the World," and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

He clearly remembered that Sirin had said that the book and the anomalies within it were the way the Witch of Fate, Eliora, sought "connection".

Although he had burned and discarded the book "A Collection of Legends of Witches from Various Places," he felt inexplicably uneasy when he saw the report in the mage's newspaper.

Lynn glanced at the date of the report; it was from June of last year.

That Witch of Fate actually exists, and she was once imprisoned in the "Tower of Ashes" of the Seven Towers of Mages, yet she still managed to escape...

According to Ulsie, "witches" are neither purely magical creatures nor any kind of life that exists in nature. They exist between magic and reality and require specific methods to manifest.

The "Fate Witch" Eliora achieves this goal by "fooling and manipulating the fate of others".

Lynn carefully recalled the original owner's previous experiences and was surprised to find that the original owner's family had undergone a change of events after June of last year.

After her father passed away due to illness, the original owner of this body took a handwritten letter from her father and went through many twists and turns to reach Colin Town, where she found Sirin and the other two.

It was during this process that he awakened his magical talent, luckily learned a few simple tricks, and conceived the idea of ​​becoming a mage.

Is this a coincidence?

In the magical world, the more coincidental things seem, the more likely there is an unseen connection between them.

Suddenly, Lynn's spirit stirred, as if he sensed a gaze from an extremely distant place, and he immediately shivered.

Was I under the witch's "gaze" from beginning to end?

He suddenly felt that all his current experiences were part of a carefully orchestrated drama.

Could it be that accidentally saving Eli and joining the Golden Tower... were all part of that witch's "fate"?

No, that's not right. If the Witch of Fate could truly control everything about others, she wouldn't have been imprisoned in the Gray Tower.

Lynn quickly broke free from the inexplicable sense of absurdity. He was determined and clear-headed, knowing that he didn't need to be entangled in these pointless thoughts.

"The key is how to assess one's own situation?"

I need to gather more information about the Fate Witch Eliora, and it would be best to find a powerful spellcaster to help me confirm whether there is a curse or strange mark on my body.

However, this also comes with great risks. I must be careful that the "Root Codex" is not discovered by the outside world, otherwise it will cause too much turmoil and bring a lot of unnecessary trouble...

But whose help should I seek?

Barton or Luke?

Now that I'm a member of the Golden Tower, it should be easier for me to find Luke.

Luke is the most powerful spellcaster I know so far. Although he has shown great appreciation for me, I still don't understand what his purpose is in coming to Colin Town.

Besides, I don't really know him. What if the witch's affairs provoke him...?

As far as Lynn knew, people who became involved with evil and black magic usually didn't fare well, even if the Magic Association or the Mage Tower was notified in time.

The reason is that these legitimate organizations have always abhorred black magic and dealt with it in extremely harsh ways.

Ultimately, it's because about twenty years ago, a large-scale, vicious magical incident occurred in the territory of Assassin.

"Birth Night".

On the same night, thousands of pregnant women across the country experienced strange changes simultaneously.

They were all mothers who were more than seven months pregnant, but suddenly lost consciousness in an instant, unable to speak or move normally, and became like babies who could only cry loudly.

Meanwhile, the fetuses already formed in the womb became unusually active, struggling to escape from their mother's belly.

To this end, they even forcibly ripped apart the uteruses and internal organs of those mothers.

Most of the mothers died as a result, and the babies in their wombs gradually lost their vitality and died from lack of oxygen.

However, some babies were lucky enough to crawl out of the cervix or be rescued by cesarean section.

But the panicked fathers and the victims' families had no time to rejoice at the birth of their newborns.

They found the baby in their arms with wide-open eyes, its wrinkled face filled with fear and anxiety, and it was groaning incoherently.

When the spellcasters from the Magic Association arrived and used mental magic to probe the infants' minds, they were able to hear what they were saying:

"Roy... I feel strange, like I just had a nightmare. Is our baby alright?"

This bizarre event took everyone by surprise, and in the end, the official spellcasters reached a consensus:

These mothers and the children in their wombs have completely swapped souls.

After Roy's husband and father understood everything, they looked at their wife's body lying in a pool of blood and immediately lost their minds.

The same thing happens to many more unfortunate families.

The whole country was in turmoil as a result, and even the high-ranking mages of the Mage Tower joined the investigation.

Finally, after they joined in, the source of this nightmare was quickly identified.

That is the "corrupt cult".

The Corruption Cult had only recently split from the Green Tower, yet it had grown to an unprecedented size, even capable of holding such a nationwide "sacrifice ceremony."

King Francis was furious and ordered an immediate purge.

The Magic Association, the Adventurers' Guild, the Seven Towers of Mages, and others have all joined the campaign to annihilate the Corrupted Cult.

Under this unprecedented "purge operation," this insane and evil organization, which originated from the Green Tower but whose ideology was completely contrary to it, suffered heavy casualties and almost disappeared from Axia.

After the "Night of Birth," Asha deeply abhorred such evil organizations.

The way these incidents are handled leaves no room for compromise, and there are frequent reports of innocent people being harmed as a result.

For example, Lynn once heard of an old mage who was possessed by an evil spirit. After seeking help from the Magic Association, he underwent an "exorcism ritual," but because he used too much force, he was turned into an idiot.

This is exactly what Lynn feared.

Such a secret encounter would inevitably require the use of mental magic to probe the mind and check whether there is a curse or evil mark on the body, but this would have a very high probability of revealing that he possesses the "Root Codex".

"Perhaps I should take advantage of the banquet the day after tomorrow to talk to Eli, who is a member of the Magic Network and swore to Brown Star to keep the relevant secrets."

I can ask her to help me investigate information about the Fate Witch...

Given her connections with the Frey family, she should know some spellcasters who are skilled in exorcism and removing curses. I can slowly get to know them, gain their trust, and then find a way to ask them to check if I still have the witch's 'mark' on me.

Fortunately, compared to the Corruption Cult, the witches seem to be merely more mysterious, rather than extremely evil beings.

Otherwise, I probably would have died a horrible death from the start...

With the direction confirmed, Lynn felt a little more at ease. He planned to take advantage of his free time tomorrow to visit Celine and the other two again.

Next, he took out the wooden box he had received from Carlisle that day, and after opening it, a small bottle of shimmering Destiny Potion lay quietly inside.