Witch Redemption

As a former witch, how could Ann Grenas not know that so-called witches are strictly controlled by powerful nations? Their every move, whether they live or die, is closely monitored. Ann Grenas currently has no good means to solve this problem, so he can only turn to another organization for help.

The Rus' royal family.

Only the faction he temporarily serves has the ability to interfere with the witch's cause and effect.

Ann Gnath also knew that this return to the United Kingdom of Kazan would likely bring a large number of orcish duchies pursuing him, making things quite turbulent.

Chapter 25 The Basement and the Coward

Just after the black-haired Yu Hui activated the ancient teleportation array, Li Lan and the others only felt their consciousness blur for a moment. When they came to their senses, the surrounding scenery had turned completely black.

"Is it safe?"

With this in mind, Li Lan quickly checked the current situation.

As expected, Hei Fa Yu Hui successfully activated the teleportation array, though it's unclear where it transported them, but at least they are safe for now.

As the grimoire opened, it emitted a faint light, and he could clearly see that they were in a secluded and spacious area, or more precisely, a secret underground chamber.

There were only uneven rock walls all around, no windows, and the ground was covered with tiles covered in a thick layer of dust. You could barely make out the numerous circular engravings on the tiles, which echoed the teleportation array you had seen in the sealed area earlier.

Here, the only way to the outside world is through an old, black metal door. The door looks rusty and almost unusable, and it's unclear how many years it hasn't been used.

Li Lan took a breath of the damp, smelly air, keeping an eye on the movements outside while using the "survey" interface of the magic book to confirm the situation.

The "survey" map in the magic book shows that there are many floors above 50 meters. The rooms on each floor are filled with messy "impurities". These "impurities" are probably various furniture and utensils left over from ancient times, all of which have been completely decayed due to the erosion of time.

Beyond the main gate, there are numerous long corridors, seemingly built deep underground. There are no windows on the walls, only doors at regular intervals and recesses specifically for placing lighting fixtures.

Besides these, what was truly terrifying were the countless skeletons on the ground. These skeletons were all mottled with black patina, and judging from the bony horn on the forehead of the skull, they were not human bones, but rather those of some other type of intelligent creature. Moreover, even after so much time had passed, Li Lan could still sense a strange life force emanating from these skeletons.

They are still alive!

After learning this shocking fact, Li Lan was terrified, because there were so many bones like these in the long corridor outside and upstairs!

It feels like I've stumbled into a ghost town.

Without making a sound, he gave the witches around him a wink, then raised his finger in a shushing gesture. They all understood and remained silent, instead sitting down to conserve their energy.

“Yu Hui is currently asleep, and Shub has also temporarily disappeared. I don’t have many trump cards left, so it’s better to stay here for now and not wander around. We can consider things again after they wake up.”

In situations where specific information is uncertain, Li Lan would never act as a reckless and irrational person; she would back down if necessary at crucial moments.

"Furthermore, now that we can confirm that Violet and the others are on my side and have been successfully turned, I must also make arrangements for their future."

The British Empire has a code of causality to restrict witches, and the United Duchy of Ries will definitely have similar methods. Li Lan knows that the best way to get out of this situation is to make use of the "Book of Judgment of Fate". Wasn't he attacked by Ann Gnath before?

Framing someone is always the best tactic of the "Book of Judgment," so Li Lan will not be polite to this enemy at all. After opening the "Book of Judgment," she will make a decisive judgment.

"On January 11, 10005 of the New Calendar, the witches Violet, Anne, and Sophia Laura were killed by the witch Anne Gnath at the sealing site of the pillar god Vipa."

Watching the powerful sealing artifact begin to take effect, Li Lan breathed a sigh of relief before checking the details of his current natal magic book.

Indeed, at the moment they defeated the Pillar God Vipa, both he and the three witches beside him advanced to the Gold Grimoire, which means that their current Grimoire level must be above level 30.

Reaching level 30 in a magic book signifies not only a further improvement in a witch's physical attributes, but more importantly, additional class skills. Some of these skills can bring about a qualitative change in a witch's strength.

Name: Karen Elf

Race: Elf

Occupation: Pastor

Secondary Profession: Life Creator Pharmacist

Level: LV30 Experience: 0

This unusual information left Li Lan momentarily bewildered. "The magic book has reached level 30, but the experience points aren't displayed as a series of numbers as usual; they've been reset to zero? What's going on?"

A sense of foreboding arose in his heart, and it was only at this moment that he suddenly remembered that from the very beginning, his grimoire level was far superior to that of the three witches around him. However, after killing the pillar god Vipa, all four of them acquired gold grimoires, and at the same level.

"The Golden Spellbook automatically advances to the next level after reaching level 30. Does that mean level 30 is the limit a witch can reach? Is there another way to break through this limit?"

Li Lan pondered for a long time, then remembered what Mira had mentioned before: above the Golden Spellbook, there was the Dawn Spellbook.

Without a doubt, the required level for the Dawn Spellbook is not simply level 30, but a higher level, perhaps level 50? Level 60? Or even level 100?

In conclusion, there will definitely be a limit, and this limit is very likely to be the power of a god-level being in this world.

Based on this guess, Li Lan took out paper and pen from the storage space of her magic book and silently inquired about the situation of the three witches around her. It turned out that their magic book levels and experience points were normal, not reset to zero, and they were all at level 30 in their magic books.

"Strange, am I the only one having a problem?"

Li Lan didn't ask any further questions, but he began to realize that things seemed to be getting a little bad.

Stagnation in his spellbook level would mean he would forever remain at his current level, making revenge impossible in the future.

With only a level 30 magic book, such a level of strength is not even worthy of carrying the shoes of the stronger young generals in the Empire, such as the heretics Eisen and Abbot whom he once faced.

"It seems I have to wait until Shub wakes up and have her check on the situation. If it's really not working, I can look for opportunities to change things later when it's safer."

As a man of action, and a true man who never wallows in self-pity, Li Lan did not lose his composure at the moment. Instead, after gaining a firm grasp of the situation, he continued to check the status of his natal magic book.

After all, although there was a minor problem, it was still a great thing to upgrade the magic book from level 24 to level 30 in one go, and it was something to be happy about.

With the spellbook at level 30, Li Lan's "Priest" class unlocked two new skills: one called "Life Link" and the other called "Divine Descent".

Life Link is a special support skill that targets two individuals. It transfers all injuries suffered by one individual to the other, who then unconditionally bears the damage. Limited to three uses per day, it is currently the most restrictive skill in Li Lan's natal magic book.

"This skill looks a bit overpowered!"

Isn't this just a disguised "healer skill"? The difference is that this kind of healing is simple and straightforward. If you want to "heal" one person, you just draw the "blood" of the other person into that person.

Thinking about it carefully, isn't this a perfect fit for Li Lan's title of "Creator of Life"? He currently has a large number of followers, and he can easily find an unlucky one to take the blame for. However, the limit on the number of times he can use it is a bit exaggerated. He can only use it a maximum of three times a day.

Divine Power is the last skill Li Lan learned after advancing to the Golden Magic Book. It's a Priest-exclusive skill, granting the Priest divine power to empower them for one minute, allowing them to break through their limits. This skill also has strict limitations: it can only be used five times a day, one minute each time.

At first, Li Lan thought this skill would be the key to unleashing his full power with the Great Hammer of Life, but it turns out this damn thing's method of use is just to slam the hammer into the ground? And the effective range after slamming it into the ground is only a hundred meters in radius?

In other words, "Divine Power" can be considered an aura skill that only applies to himself, similar to the effect of a blessing field, and its range of effect is quite limited.

"Sigh, I should have gotten used to it by now."

As a true "ground-planting healer," Hammer is just a mascot. Li Lan should have known this long ago. After seeing the related effects, he could only helplessly accept reality.

...... ...... ......

Violet felt as if she had been in a long dream. Everything that had happened since she left the Rune tribe had been beyond her expectations.

He never imagined there were so many truths behind the witches, never imagined he would encounter the witch he now knew, Roman Hydra, and never imagined that there was infighting among witches. Besides the reliable Roman Hydra, there was another man-eating witch, "Ann Gnath".

Although he still finds it hard to let go of the parting ways with his former comrades, his mind is gradually calming down.

Along the way, it can be said that he and the two witches of the same generation were under the protection of this witch senior. They only needed to hide behind their senior and slack off. Who wouldn't want such a pleasant feeling of clinging to a powerful figure?

"Ah! Senior Luo Men is so handsome!"

In Violet's eyes, the mysterious and powerful Roman Hydra was an incredibly reliable witch senior. Violet had never seen this senior panic. He always seemed so calm and composed, and in times of crisis, he was swift and decisive.

More importantly, just being by this senior's side gives you a strange sense of security and trust.

"This is truly..." an incredibly strange feeling!

Now, when Violet recalls this witch senior claiming to be a male transmigrator, coupled with the senior's mature demeanor lately, she can't help but think, "Compared to her, I, this office worker, am just like a useless woman, utterly incomprehensible!"

That's what she thought, but now that she's been teleported to this dark place, Violet didn't dare to be too distracted. Instead, she followed the example of this witch senior and opened her natal magic book, focusing on being vigilant about her surroundings.

"Thanks to my senior, I've now reached level 30 in the Magic Book, unlocked several Axe Warrior class skills, and my physical strength has increased considerably. I shouldn't need to worry about too many things now, right?"

When people become stronger, they gain confidence.

However, being a coward is something that is innate. As a Reiwa-era corporate slave from a capitalist country, Violet would at least have some self-awareness.

Right now, when he noticed the horrifying bones everywhere outside, and the witch senior next to him seemed to be intimidated, not daring to make a sound, but instead staying in place staring at the magic book with a serious expression, and even borrowing paper and pen to ask them about the magic book, he knew that something must have happened.

Fear is contagious. If the senior is so cowardly, then Violet is naturally even more cowardly, and her face even changes color.

"Amitabha Buddha, God above, please bless us, Amen!"

Violet could only pray in her heart that nothing bad would happen. As for anything else, she didn't want to think about anything else right now, she just wanted to figure out how to rely on this witch senior.

Because this witch senior seems to know a lot, and she is trustworthy, so she definitely wouldn't cheat them.

...... ....... ......

Yin Anni, a witch of the Tucoa beastmen, was just as shy and reserved as she is now, even before she transmigrated. She was very quiet and liked to keep many things to herself.

She and her teammates all traveled through time together. They all came from the same world, and it was because of everyone's care that she was able to survive to this day and even become the team leader.

However, she is now caught in a dilemma because she parted ways with her teammates yesterday.

The teammates believed that as long as they stood on the side of the other witch, "Ann Gnath," they would be able to regain their original bodies, since they were men in their past lives and would never be willing to live as women in this life.

Yin Anni still remembers how many times Lubena and the others mentioned that they could not accept their current bodies at all. Every day when they woke up, they couldn't help but check what was wrong with their bodies, which was followed by a strange and strong psychological resistance and nausea.

No matter how much time passed, they could never accept the fact that they had become women after time travel, and they even continued to feel pain, especially the two couples.

Yin Anni wasn't a man; she wasn't male, and she couldn't understand what her friends were thinking. All she knew was that Ann Gnath made her instinctively uncomfortable and fearful. So she chose to stand with Roman Hydra, but she hadn't expected that she ultimately couldn't persuade Rubena and the others.

"Is it really that important to regain my original body? Why must I become a man? If we could find a way to return to our world, wouldn't that change the current situation?"

She couldn't understand it because she was too weak and always lived in fear. Even with the protection of her teammates, she often worried that she would suddenly die in this world one day because of her lack of strength.

Rather than returning to her original world, rather than reverting to her original body and identity, what she kept thinking about was how to live on as much as possible and step out of the wings of her teammates.

Are the rest really that important?

Unable to calm her emotions and filled with distress, Yin Anni couldn't help but linger on the witch senior who had just saved them, even after surviving the ordeal.

According to this senior, he was also a male time traveler, and he never seemed to feel any resistance to his identity. Now, he seemed to be holding onto a certain hope, constantly striving and moving forward, as if he wanted to realize a certain ideal.

"Why is my senior different from my friends? Doesn't he want to return to his original body?"

Little did they know, if they had actually asked Li Lan this question directly, she would have replied, "What a waste of your time! Is gender really that important? In this world, you'll die if you don't work hard. Who has the time to think about how to turn back into a man, how to conquer the world, or how to have a harem?"

Ultimately, it's because they've eaten too much! They don't know what kind of person they are until they starve themselves for a few days!

Yin Anni secretly observed the witch senior beside her for a long time, and her mood gradually calmed down. "You should be able to trust her, right? With her protection now, we're much safer. If we can stay by her side forever..."

For this naturally shy girl, she possesses a decisiveness that her teammates lack. Whether it was her decisions as captain or her later choices of sides, she was always resolute. Now, having officially announced their parting ways and learned all the truth about the witch, she will only continue to look forward and do her best to live on; nothing else matters.

With this in mind, the serene Yin Anni was also observing the "Exploration" interface in her natal magic book.

"Outside, it seems a bit..."

It was a little scary, and Yin Anni trembled with fear, unable to resist squeezing into Sophia's arms.

She suddenly understood why Senior Luo Men looked so serious; this unfamiliar area was truly terrifying, no different from a real haunted house.