Witch Redemption

Even a fool could guess that the witch favored by the Creator has a big problem; she might even possess the method to seal the Creator!

"What about those witches?" A hint of excitement appeared on the Moon God's face, but his heart was filled with rage. "If, if there really is a way to deal with these damned creators, then I will make these ugly creatures pay the price!"

If it weren't for these creators, she wouldn't have fallen to this state, and the Lanno Divine Kingdom she had painstakingly built wouldn't have faced destruction.

Upon hearing this, Yonnies gestured to the long-waiting Rune orcs, and soon four corpses were carried in.

Three of the bodies were no longer human, only barely recognizable as the bodies of young girls, covered in blood and gore.

"strangeness......"

Her body did not possess the characteristics of a witch, but rather resembled that of a simple demon. Even though she had been harboring such doubts in her heart, her instincts kept telling her that these three were indeed witches, only they were all completely dead.

Her gaze then fell upon the last relatively intact witch's corpse. Unlike the previous three, this corpse carried an eerie aura of a creator, much like the former unclean goddess, giving her an extremely unsettling feeling.

The Ancient Goddess of Moonlight recognized this extraordinary witch. This witch was powerful, and her soul was blessed by an ancient creator. One of her summons bound a powerful creator—or rather, sealed it. This seal weakened the creator, who possessed unparalleled power.

"Where are their grimoires from when they died?"

When witches die, their grimoires are left behind, either mutating into "sealed objects" with special abilities or transforming into powerful artifacts with unique powers due to the ash effect.

It was only after the question from the Moon Goddess that the divine messenger Yennefers realized something was wrong. In his anger, he hadn't considered the witches' grimoires.

"How is this possible? These corpses are fake? Those witches are still alive?"

Unbelievable, utterly unbelievable! These witches killed over 70,000 believers of the Restoration Divine Court. Even if most of them were cannon fodder, how could these four possibly escape unscathed after killing so many people?

Are they really that strong?

Absurd! Utterly absurd!

Knowing that things were going badly, Yonnieux quickly prostrated himself on the ground, saying, "Your subordinate will give chase immediately, please wait a moment, my lord!"

"Wait!"

Although the Moon Goddess was furious inside, she actually had a sliver of confidence in the current situation: "They took away my artifact, but they didn't know that the artifact originally housed my power. I can sense the direction and location of that artifact!"

Having made up her mind, the Ancient Goddess of Moonlight closed her eyes, and then everything within a radius of tens of thousands of meters was brought into her perception.

Whether it was the terrain, monsters, or various intelligent creatures, they all presented a three-dimensional image in her mind, lifelike and incredibly clear.

Suddenly, she spotted the Moonlight Greatsword's location, but just as she was about to pursue it further...

"Hey! Ants!"

What entered her consciousness was a hoarse sound as noisy as boiling water. There was no mistake, all ancient creators had this kind of sound.

In an instant, the newly resurrected deity felt as if she were facing a formidable enemy and instinctively wanted to retreat. However, her resentment towards the creator made her suppress her fear and continue to trace back to the past.

"Instead of hunting down my servants, you'd be better off looking at the wonderful gift you've received, hahaha!"

The hoarse voice eventually turned into a vulgar, maniacal laugh, and then all clues came to an abrupt end, the last trace of power vanishing without a trace.

"Wha...what happened?"

The Moon God, who suddenly opened his eyes, saw that the corpse named "Roman Hydra" was rapidly expanding!

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

They didn't look back at the black beam of light shooting into the sky; their gazes remained fixed on the front.

"Art is an explosion!"

Hidden in the shadows of the Demon Forest, two petite figures hurried forward, continuing deeper into the interior of the United Duchy of Ries. They planned to bypass the Moon Sea region, cross another border of the duchy, and head towards the distant western continent.

The seemingly timid guy was Leviathan, and the other was the black-haired Yu Hui; there was no one else.

"Is this really a good idea? Don't you want him to die once?" On the surface, he was meek and timid, but Leviathan's voice was extremely calm and devoid of any emotion.

"I can't bear to part with it, okay?" Black-haired Yu Hui clicked his tongue helplessly. "Even if it's a toy, it's still a bit unpleasant to see your toy being played with by others. Besides, if it really has to die once, it shouldn't be that ant that does the deed, but me, hmph."

"Terrible, what an ugly possessiveness!" Leviathan joked a few times, then tactfully changed the subject, "The attack just now at most severely injured her, damaged her foundation, but could not kill her. I'm afraid something might happen in the future."

"What variables?"

“There is an agreement among the true gods that they must never directly interfere in the affairs of the mortal world. In the end, the agreed day has not yet arrived, so it is a bit inappropriate for us to attack another creator’s toy, isn’t it?”

"Why are you such a coward?" Black-haired Yu Hui replied unhappily.

"I can't help it, I value my life and I'm terrified of pain." Her pitiful expression made it seem quite true.

"This guy isn't backed by any true god, but by a guy named Shoggoth. You should know who that is. This guy has been coveting our avatars since ten thousand years ago, probably wanting to gain the opportunity to evolve from our avatars. Otherwise, he wouldn't have instructed this Moonlight Ancient God to scheme against your toy."

"Yes, the situation was very unclear at that time, so I chose to protect myself. It is said that at that time, many creator avatars in the Moon Sea region were plotted against and then perished at the hands of this Shoggoth. Based on this guy's characteristics, he may be incredibly strong now."

Leviathan's words seem to reveal that the ancient gods' wager was not simple, and that the waters involved were quite deep.

“Let’s wait until the appointed day arrives and the time is right. Then we will have to unite and get rid of this Shoggoth.”

True gods are immortal beings, but these monsters, which cannot be considered true gods and can only evolve and multiply infinitely, are different.

“I’m worried that once the other guys wake up, they’ll cause trouble for us.”

"Tch, it was the body of the goddess of impurity that attacked this toy, a finger of the hand of Abhoth, not you. Besides, we're prisoners now, so we should make good use of such a good excuse!"

Nodding confidently, Yu Hui's smile grew increasingly cunning. "Don't you think our current situation makes things easier? Even if we accidentally eliminate the backup plans left behind by those ancient beings, we can still say it was all done by these witches, and that it has nothing to do with us. We are now this servant's killing tools. Instead of blaming the servant, they blame us. Is there any justice or law in this?"

Cheer up, things are getting better.

"In short, let's get out of here first. It will take at least three or four days before we can release this servant," said the black-haired Yu Hui, who smiled as he raised the Moonlight Greatsword in his hand and stroked it a few times. "This is a good thing. I'll accept it as payment for this ant offending me."

Little did they know that all the witches were doomed not long ago. Although the two ancient wills were originally capable of protecting everyone, Li Lan stood up alone and took on all of this as a matter of course.

These two old wills, who were always putting on an act, went along with it and joined forces with Golden Feather to keep him in the dark, leaving him with no choice but to "heroically sacrifice himself."

At the last moment, Golden Feather used the talents "Radiant Descent" and "Elemental Reversal," seemingly intending to unleash a final, deadly attack. However, this was not their true intention. Instead, they used the boundless darkness as a decoy to conceal their whereabouts and thus achieve a successful escape.

Leviathan is an oddball; all her talents are geared towards defense, especially "magic immunity." This means that to harm her, you have to use physical means. The divine messenger Yennefers thought he could kill her with magic constructed from magic? That's just wishful thinking.

Therefore, by taking advantage of the powerful effect of "magic immunity" and the hypnotic effect of "resurrection field" on the surrounding orcs, Leviathan quickly took advantage of the chaos after Yonnies took away the fake witch's corpse and escaped from the vast Lanogulin. The real Li Lan and the golden-haired Yu Hui were placed in a special space and are still in a long-term coma.

On the morning of December 20, 10005 in the Gregorian calendar, as the witches successfully escaped, a terrible explosion occurred in the Rune tribe. The energy released almost leveled the entire area and killed more than half of the population within the tribe's territory.

If the Moon Goddess hadn't sacrificed half her life to guide this energy burst outside the temple, the losses to the entire Restoration Divine Court would have been even more devastating. Even so, the Restoration Divine Court, which had almost lost the means to contend with the United Duchy of Rhys, was nearly crippled, and its subsequent plans to pursue these witches were abandoned.

It is said that shortly after that, the Restoration of the Divine Court began to use the strange ancient temples within the Moon Sea to pray for the arrival of the ancient creator, Shoggoth.

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

On December 24, 10005 of the Gregorian calendar, three days after Violet and her two witches escaped from the Rune tribe with the unconscious Celine Bellman.

Just before nightfall, they found a secluded cave and decided to spend the long night in the wilderness of the monster-infested area.

Just as Senior Roman said, using the witch's ashes to construct a protective barrier was indeed the best way to block the crawling darkness. All of this proved that everything the senior had said was true. This world was definitely not as wonderful as they imagined, full of justice and kindness; there was only deception and ugliness.

"It's so cold!"

Outside the cave, a fierce wind howled and snow fell heavily; inside, no matter how bright the campfire burned, it was difficult to dispel the biting chill.

"Have you been spending all these years alone like this, senior?" Violet murmured to herself.

Yin Anni and Sophia also looked somber upon hearing this. "Senior Luo Men was lucky to have the company of his summoned creatures. I wonder how the other seniors managed to get through it."

In particular, there were Lana, Della, and Lolina, whom Senior Roman mentioned, as well as three other seniors who were grandfathers.

If what Senior Luo Men said is true, so many years have passed, and the other seniors are probably long gone... I don't even want to think about it. The death of just one senior Luo Men is enough to make them feel heartbroken, let alone the other seniors who are nowhere to be found.

With a frustrated sigh, Violet asked again, "Is Miss Celine still not awake?"

Yin Anni felt Celine Belluman's pulse. "Don't worry, she's still recovering. I've calculated that she should be almost recovered."

The three fell silent once again, all keeping a watchful eye on any unusual noises outside.

Thinking back to the past three nights, every night had been like this, and the terrifying atmosphere kept them awake all night.

"Hmm, how long have I been asleep?"

It wasn't until around 1 a.m. that Celine Belluman's weak voice suddenly rang out.

"Miss Celine?!"

Violet, who was on night watch, happily woke up her two companions, and the oppressive atmosphere in the cave was relieved for the first time in many days.

"Ah, it's been more than three days. This is really bad. Where is this place? Where is your senior Luo Men?"

Somewhat dazed, Celine Bellman instinctively noticed the sadness on the faces of the three witches and immediately realized what was going on.

Sure enough, Violet's next words began to confirm Celine Bellman's premonition.

“I see, she did this to cover your retreat…” Unable to even utter a word of condolence, only feeling a heaviness in her chest, Celine Bellman quietly comforted her, “It’s alright, I’m here for you. Since I’ve already promised her, I will definitely get you to that destination.”

Indeed, Celine Bellman was an ancient being who had lived for over two hundred years. She was very experienced in traveling, far surpassing the three little witches. If she had woken up earlier, they wouldn't have had to stay in this dangerous monster area tonight.

“Yes,” Celine Bellman said, though it was a bit cruel, “Don’t think about revenge. That organization is not something you can fight right now. Like your predecessors, just being able to survive is enough, understand? You can have everything if you live, and you have nothing if you die.”

The three witches remained silent, but from that moment on, they must have already made up their minds.

Chapter 60 The Third New Year in Another World

Suddenly, I awoke from an endless nightmare. When I opened my eyes, I saw a gray-white stone ceiling with many signs of erosion. The numerous patterns looked ghostly in the light of the campfire.

"I......"

A flood of memories rushed into Li Lan's mind, causing her expression to change. "Shouldn't I... be dead?"

Just as he was thinking this, the blond Yu Hui quietly approached him and extended his warm little hand. Judging from the strength and slight trembling of the hand coming from Li Lan's right hand, the little guy seemed extremely excited.

"Oh, servant, what's wrong? Surprised?"

A distinctive voice that feels familiar, husky with a mischievous tone.

Why...am I here?

It's incomprehensible. That should have been a dead end. He had no other choice but to let those three witch juniors escape safely.

“Because your life can only belong to me, and no other scum can take you away from me,” Black-haired Yu Hui grinned with his signature wicked smile, his chaotic red eyes staring directly at the weak witch who had collapsed to the ground. “Does this answer move you a little?”

"..."

"I'm just kidding you. Look how happy you are. It's just pure possessiveness. You're my toy, and only I have the right to destroy you with my own hands. That's it."

Li Lan hadn't expected such an unexpected turn of events. He was very happy to have survived, but now this debt of gratitude felt too heavy.

"So, you saved me? You already had a way to escape from there?" These two bastards really took advantage of the situation! They have the ability but only care about messing around? This is infuriating!

"Of course, the result wasn't easy either. What do you think I wanted a finger from the Hand of Abhors back then? Wasn't it to leave you some insurance?"

All of this was thanks to the assistance of Leviathan, another ancient will. If it were just Black-haired Yu Hui alone, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly. If things had gone wrong, she would have had to make the witch abandon her original body and then escape with the witch's soul.