Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

“No,” Isadora shook her head. “It’s just that Cecilia was right. You’ve only experienced their good side and have only met the good people.”

"Unfortunately, I'm not a good person."

Her fingers tightened, and a terrifying demonic aura seeped into Clara's body, burning wildly like dynamite!

"Ah...!" Clara's head was gripped tightly by her, her eyes stung and became bloodshot, and she screamed in agony.

Then, she felt suffocated, her whole body turned red, her pupils widened, and the little girl's body began to convulse.

Chapter 92 The So-Called Rebirth of the [Calamity Spirit]

"Isadora! Stop! You can't do this!"

"Can't what?" Isadora's eyes turned icy.

Just one glance.

Cecilia was rendered immobile by her terrifying aura.

Even breathing was extremely difficult, and he felt suffocated as if his abdomen was being crushed by a boulder.

"Let her fall into the demonic seed and become a member of our glory. If we fail to achieve this, then so be it. She will simply become one of those monsters."

“But, hahaha~” she laughed, “even if she turned into a monster, her mother would still go crazy searching for her remains and taking her back, right?”

"Cecilia, this is what a witch should do, this is the true method!"

"So-called gentleness only brings about a painless disaster, and a weakness that will ultimately lead to being killed by the enemy."

She lifted Clara up as if she were squeezing a balloon, and grinned foolishly.

"Look, the girl is writhing in pain, shaking her leg wildly. Her nerves have been damaged to the point of incontinence, and she is urinating. Naturally, she will die in this world."

"It seems she won't have the chance to become a witch."

He simply flicked his hand out.

Clara was thrown into the corner like a lump of minced meat, and her body began to contort, gradually becoming grotesque—

"In that case, her mother, who will feel the pain of her death, will be even more enraged and launch a full-scale attack, right?" Her eyes flashed red.

A villain, a truly wicked person.

It is also a demonic species that Cecilia hates... It is a monster that is truly despised by everyone in this world.

“That’s the real method… Cecilia.”

"I will be your last resort in tomorrow's siege of the Duke's mansion, so go ahead and slaughter them all!"

"I remember you had a human you really liked? Is he there?"

“…” Cecilia bit her lip, her expression becoming increasingly terrifying.

Her aura turned violent, and as she watched Clara transform into a monster before her eyes... her heart was in unimaginable turmoil.

It is self-blame, anger at still not having enough strength, and hatred for the ignorant.

"Looks like he really is there? Don't worry, I won't touch him. Witches, after all, have their own preferences. We're partners, you know."

"Partners should help each other, of course."

Isadora walked over to Cecilia and patted her on the shoulder—

"I... I'm just teaching you how to hunt humans."

"Don't blame me, otherwise, if you are killed by humans in the future, all the witches will be sad... After all, you are our future."

……

...

"So, you want to restore my power to that of an Eternal Sage?"

Merrick seemed to have heard the biggest joke, and a smirk of pleasure crept across his face.

At this moment, Rhodes and Lilith sat in front of the sofa, and Professor Merrick was sitting opposite them.

"Well, given the current situation, we believe that if you were the most powerful being, no enemy would pose a threat," Rhodes said earnestly, still with a respectful tone.

The Eternal Sage, before those forbidden beings appeared, was undoubtedly the power standing at the pinnacle of the world.

She is also a terrifying being capable of wiping out everything. At least, whether it is a hero who has been promoted five times or a saint who has been promoted six times, they are all ants in her eyes.

“That’s true, but my problem is not something you juniors can solve.” Merrick shook his head. “Give up.”

"We have to give it a try. At least tell us what caused your strength to drop, otherwise I won't give up."

"Tsk...troublesome fellow." Merrick's face darkened slightly. She was quite displeased that she would voluntarily reveal her weaknesses, even though she was her student.

But she also knew what kind of habits her student had—

She rested her chin on her hand and began lecturing to her student with dissatisfaction:

"A simple explanation."

In this world, everyone's power is a unique technique belonging to their own consciousness.

Each person's technique is like a math problem, which can be solved with a perfect answer.

The problem is that my surgical technique is different.

Decades ago, it reached a dead end, or in other words... a perpetual, unbreakable cycle of death.

Therefore, I have lost less than one-tenth of my strength, and the chance of breaking through is even more impossible.

Even though I prepared countless materials for the repair, in the end no one could help me solve this problem.

It's a very simple reason: because I'm too strong, and also too unpredictable.

As a follower of the spirit god of wisdom and vitality, the power I wield is that of slaughter and corpses.

Therefore, beings of the same divine race cannot comprehend my question, and those of other divine races have even less opportunity to glean it.

Merrick spoke these words at length, as if instructing Rhodes in a classroom.

The purpose was not to make Rhodes actually listen, but simply to make him understand that restoring her power was absolutely impossible.

“I understand.” Rhodes nodded.

Of course I understand. To put it bluntly, Merrick was just trying to figure out his own logic, which resulted in him making a mess of things.

This kind of question might be unrealistic for the average scholar, but...

"Lilith, can we give it a try?"

“I don’t know.” Lilith shook her head. “If it’s something familiar, I can solve it, but if it’s an elven god, it will indeed be very troublesome.”

"After all, my current power has only been upgraded four times, so it is quite difficult to mobilize a large amount of energy to unravel it."

"But... it's worth a try."

Lilith's calm voice faded as she held the teacup in her hands and took a small sip.

But these words sounded incredibly harsh to Merrick.

Her gaze was coldly fixed on Lilith—

From the moment she first met this guy at the academy, she knew that this so-called Lilith was no ordinary being.

That's why she warned Rod to "stay away from this woman."

She squinted her eyes:

"How arrogant! To claim that you can deduce someone else's techniques as if you've lived their entire life? Girl, how many years have you lived, and how many years have I lived?"

“...about the same size,” Lilith replied after a moment’s thought.

Merrick stared at Lilith.

"A human, about my age? Ascended four times?"

"Just the power we have now."

"Hehe, I see, how interesting..."

Merrick was certain at that moment.

The woman before her was almost the same type as her, someone who had fallen from her peak strength to this level due to special circumstances...

"Although I don't know exactly what your peak level is, since you are so confident, it wouldn't hurt to let you experience it."

Merrick gave a mocking smile, stood up, and beckoned with his finger as if toying with a dog;

"Come with me to the treasure vault, and try everything you need with the materials I've prepared."

“If you are truly capable of repairing my spell, then Rhodes, I will reward you with a prize that will absolutely tempt you.”

"As for you, Lilith, feel free to take whatever you like from my treasure vault."

An exciting reward?

Rhodes' eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of curiosity suddenly appearing in them.

Chapter 93 Ultimate Treasure and Glory

Merrick's treasury was not in the academy, much less in the duke's mansion, but in the forest outside the city of Phillips to the west.

Under Merrick's guidance, it took less than a few minutes to travel from the Duke's mansion to the forest thirty kilometers away.

It was an illusory ocean shrouded in secret magic. The moment Rhode stepped into it, a strange sense of confinement made it difficult to breathe.

“Follow my steps. If you go astray, you’ll have to stay here and wander around for ten days or half a month.”

Merrick casually uttered those words, but his pace didn't slow down at all.

This is a crucial step.

She was simply giving this student a dressing-down because she was feeling quite annoyed by being looked down upon lately.

but--

To her surprise, even though her movements were complicated and she didn't slow down at all, Rhodes and Lilith were still able to keep up with her.

Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she found it increasingly interesting...