Witch Redemption

"first aid!"

"It's done! He will die soon. To save him, we must immediately cleanse his wounds with life elements and then transplant the Faith Imprint into his heart to suppress this evil aura!"

With intense concentration, Li Lan swiftly moved the knife in her hand. A series of exquisite sword techniques gradually eased Christian's pained expression, restoring his composure. As the faith imprint, crafted from a high-level demonic two-headed hound, was implanted into his heart, Christian seemed to be imbued with a powerful driving force. He radiated an unprecedented aura, a terrifying pressure unique to high-level demons subtly emanating from him...

"Finish!"

After completing the final steps, and until the wound on her chest healed rapidly under the effect of the advanced recovery potion, Li Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling utterly exhausted.

"Next, we just have to wait for him to wake up."

After covering Christian with the sheet, Li Lan turned around and gestured for the somewhat dumbfounded Viscount Ivan to speak privately...

Indeed, cooperation between sincere parties is always pleasant!

"That witch really didn't deceive me!"

Having arrived at this secluded spot, Ivan concealed his excitement, "Next week, I will gather another high-level monster's magic core, at which time you will need to personally transplant it into Lachesis."

“Viscount Ivan doesn’t want to…” Li Lan was surprised. He had just taken out a storage box belonging to the Beicheng Merchant Guild from the storage space of the magic book when Ivan interrupted him.

"No rush. After we deal with Lachesis, I will send a group of people every two weeks. You can just transplant the magic cores of mid-level monsters into these people."

“I understand.” Although a group of people coming every day was not a problem for Li Lan, he still dared not reveal too much of his trump card at the moment. “These are the drugs that were agreed upon earlier: three grades of recovery potions, a potion to increase strength for a short time, a high-potency antidote, and a potion to restore a man’s virility. Please check the approximate quantities.”

"This..." After taking it, Ivan's serious face showed a rare look of surprise, because the amount of these medicines was completely beyond his expectations.

It wasn't too little, it was far too much! He had never expected it to be so much!

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The morning sunlight streamed in through the small cracks in the closed window, causing Christian, who had just woken up, to squint.

"Awake? How are you feeling?"

A familiar male voice came from beside me; I had heard that voice in my dream just now.

"Ivan?"

"I'm not lying to you, am I? This is our only chance; she's practically our savior!"

The red-haired middle-aged man, who seemed to have aged somewhat, made no attempt to hide his excitement. For twenty-three years, Christian had finally seen his dear friend's sunny smile again, a smile full of hope.

“I had a long dream, Ivan, I dreamt of Vanessa again.”

However, upon waking, memories resurfaced, leaving Christian with only an unbearable pain.

“Yes, that’s a good thing. When you can no longer have some people or some things, the only thing you can do is to not forget them. I’m the same way, Christian.”

"This is a new beginning!"

Ivan's expression remained unchanged. He extended his strong and powerful right hand. "Let's go. It's time to see you off."

The melancholy and weathered middle-aged man was touched by these words. He smiled, a smile he hadn't shown in a long time, and extended a hand of friendship in return. "Your decision is correct. I will work with you to keep her identity a secret at all costs!"

Chapter 28 The Awakening of the "Mummy"

Ivan Hank and Christian Will, a clergyman from the Dark Order, had left sometime earlier, and were nowhere to be seen when Li Lan went upstairs again.

"They're all very gentlemanly; they probably won't barge onto the third floor, right?"

The strange girl who was trapped like a mummy is now left in the bedroom on the third floor. Li Lan knows that this girl's identity is probably that of an ancient relic. She is currently being hunted down by a large group of powerful people. If her whereabouts are exposed, her fate may be unimaginable.

Driven by his inner worries, he went straight up to the third floor and opened the door with a creak.

"what?"

Unlike usual, this strange fellow has miraculously awakened today.

For the sake of secrecy, the windows were tightly covered with wooden boards, making the entire room extremely dark. Perhaps it was this dim light that made Li Lan immediately feel that this strange girl seemed very lonely and her mood seemed very low.

"Are you OK?"

He asked the question, then cautiously approached the little guy. Upon hearing this, the little guy merely raised his head slightly, his blood-red eyes revealing only confusion, without any other complex emotions.

"Strange, she gives me the impression of a sickly, ordinary person who won't live much longer. Oh well, since she's awake, let's see if we can get some valuable information out of her. Maybe she's affiliated with a powerful faction. We can figure out a way to get rid of her then."

Li Lan admitted that she couldn't bring herself to use someone and then kick them when they're down, so she could only consider other compromises.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am a doctor, and this is my personal information." Since she couldn't directly reveal her false name, Li Lan cleverly used her personal information card to make it more convincing. "When I saved you that day, you were seriously injured and unconscious. You've been in a coma for about eight days now. Can you tell me your name and what happened that day?"

The strange girl shook her head blankly. "I don't know... I don't know why I'm here, or what happened..."

Even with numerous bandages binding her face, the girl's bewildered expression was still evident; she resembled a walking corpse.

"Have you lost your memory?"

Li Lan frowned. For a moment, he instinctively felt that this guy might be a drama queen who didn't want to tell the truth, but judging from the guy's emotions afterward, it seemed that he really did have amnesia.

"What about your name? You should still remember your name, right?"

"name?"

"Yes, how do your family and friends address you?"

"Mira, Mira..." The girl lowered her head helplessly, her emotions seemingly reaching their lowest point.

Ah, this is too troublesome!

He finally managed to rescue this guy, but he's lost his memory. What's he going to do now? He can't get any information out of him, which makes things extremely difficult for Li Lan. For the first time, he even thinks he wish he had a method to search for memories.

"Looks like I did something stupid that night, took a risk and got nothing in return? Should I leave her here for now? Or should I ask Viscount Ivan to intervene? If we can find a force connected to her, maybe we can send her back. It's not a good idea for her to stay with me forever."

Feeling a sense of shared misfortune, Li Lan, who was also on the run, felt some sympathy for this girl who had suffered the same fate.

However, in this world, sympathy can't put food on the table. Right now, he can barely take care of himself, so it's naturally difficult for him to take on another burden.

After thinking for a moment, he still asked, "It's okay if you can't remember the past. Take care of yourself for the next few days. If you can remember your relatives or anything like that, tell me. Maybe I can find a way to send you back."

If this thing really is an ancient relic from tens of thousands of years ago, does she still have relatives now?

On second thought, amnesia might not be a bad thing. Perhaps she was being hunted down because she was a vicious person. If she still had her past memories, she might want to kill her savior the moment she woke up.

There is absolutely no one in this world who can be trusted. Whether a glamorous exterior hides a beast is still unknown, and everything needs to be tested slowly.

"Let me see how you are," she gestured, and the short man who had stood up obediently came to Li Lan's side. "You're so thin!"

As the bandages were removed, the skin, which should have been grayish-white, had turned into the fair complexion that humans should have, although it did not yet show any signs of health.

As for the numerous shocking wounds from before, they have all healed without leaving any scars, and the internal injuries are also gone.

"So the only problem is this heart? Hmm, there's a heartbeat. It seems the implanted faith imprint has replaced the heart's function. Unfortunately, this isn't a long-term solution; the faith imprint must be re-implanted every month. Besides that, what's even more perplexing is that she only has one year left to live."

It has to be said that since arriving in this world, Li Lan has encountered the physical structures of witches, humans, and all sorts of monsters, but the girl before him gave him the most unique feeling. This girl was more like a puppet than a living being; her internal skeletal structure was nothing like that of a human.

It is impossible for humans to have a closed, spherical skeleton in the heart area.

After confirming that the guy was alright, Li Lan habitually took out her notebook and quill pen and recorded some basic information.

The preliminary confirmed name is: Mira

Race: unknown

He has about a year left to live, and requires surgery every month to transplant a faith imprint. The first one has already been implanted, and there are 23 days left until the next transplant surgery.

Since establishing the "Roman Clinic" with the help of the Beicheng Chamber of Commerce, Li Lan has prepared a special notebook called the "Medical Record Book." This practice is unique to Earth in the original world, and it is mainly used to record patient information.

"If we find her current faction and send her back, she probably won't live much longer. Without the faith imprint I transplanted for her, she's practically dead. Of course, perhaps her faction can find a way to prolong her life. At that time, not only her heart problem, but also her lifespan problem can be solved."

But is that even possible?

With insufficient information, Li Lan had two guesses for the time being. One was that this guy was extremely vicious and everyone wanted to kill him. The second was that she had been betrayed; in that terrifying battle that night, the one who wanted to kill her might have been one of her own.

"Ugh, this is so troublesome. How could I have been so stupid that night? I acted impulsively and rescued her, and now I can't get any information out of her because she's so timid and hesitant. She's disgusted with me!"

While inwardly she felt disgusted, she put on a natural smile and said, "Come with me, let me wash you up first. Don't go out for the time being."

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Consciousness was born from endless darkness, and the moment her body became aware, an icy chill overwhelmed all her senses.

Who am I? Where am I?

The murmurs, emanating from the depths of her soul, were conveyed to the countless terrifying unknown beings along with her doubts.

Suddenly, the emotion called "fear" swept over her like a tidal wave, and countless chilling sounds echoed in the dark void once again. The sounds were like boiling water, chattering and indistinct, the wavelengths emitted by the trembling of the soul. Yet, she could understand them perfectly and recorded them word for word in her soul.

"She's awake! She's awake! The last doll!"

"I can't wait any longer, hehehe. What other surprising things do you think these ants will do?"

"Truly worthy of being the most advanced toy. Just by informing them of our world-destroying plan, they began to fight back fiercely, even breaking through a spacetime portal a trillion light-years away and establishing such a self-rescue system using the galactic world. Amazing! Absolutely amazing!"

"Tsk tsk, this is Yogg-Sothoth, the supreme masterpiece of the God of Time and Space, the supreme toy named 'Space Goddess Chronos'. Compared to this, how foolish is the piece of trash I created?"

The incessant, delirious chatter continued for an unknown period of time. The countless voices were filled not only with terrifying contempt but also with indifference towards life. What was clearly a one-sided and brutal massacre was described by them as a trivial game, and some terrifying beings even seemed to have placed bets on this game.

She was terrified, her mind blank, simply immersed in the abyss, trembling as she listened to the creators' noisy discussion.

"The Milky Way world, isn't that the territory ruled by the Supreme God Azathoth? It's so boring. This Supreme Father is so boring. He doesn't want to interfere in anything. How can these ant-like civilizations make any progress? Speaking of which, will interfering in the Supreme Father's territory this time displease Him?"

"It's not like we're going to interfere ourselves, so what's there to be afraid of? Wouldn't it be better to use this opportunity to get their attention and join the game? It's called! The Infinite Possibilities of Humanity!"

The dark void continued to clamor, the numerous murmurs growing increasingly noisy, as if some terrifying being was once again approaching this land. They did not pay any attention to the ants in the abyss, and it was unknown what they were observing.

"It's time to get rid of these increasingly boring toys. The rules will be changed temporarily. Since they were able to create such a magical system, why not continue to observe them for another ten thousand years? Let's see what tricks they can come up with and what their will will become when their dreams are shattered."

"Creator of Chaos, you still have the same twisted sense of humor as always. You lost this bet, but you're still unwilling to admit defeat? Even someone as insightful as you can't believe your toy would betray you!"

"Stop talking nonsense! I've left plenty of backup plans; it's up to you whether you dare to gamble!"

"Why not! If we can draw the Supreme Father into this game... then it's time to let these apostles enter..."

Suddenly, the dark void exploded with endless pure white light, engulfing everything in the space...

Suddenly awakened, the naked girl regained consciousness amidst chaos and fear. She stood up blankly, only to find a desolate battlefield, filled with horrifying skeletons and overgrown weeds. "What happened to me...?"

Her blank mind was suddenly flooded with a large amount of knowledge and ideas, giving her an almost splitting headache.

"Sixth Apostle, Caramiti, this is your identity and true name. Go, assist the goddesses in this battle, and after they have all perished in this world, you will become the true rulers! Maintain the sealing barrier of this world, so that their legacy can continue to operate!"

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Dolls do not possess emotions. They are not human beings, and no matter how much intelligence they possess, they cannot understand the emotions that humans should have.

At least that's how it is for her. What is happiness? What is sadness?

She knew nothing, knew nothing at all. She was like a walking corpse, only able to fulfill her life's destiny by offering her soul to the supreme being until she was completely consumed by the flames.