Witch Redemption

"I will not regret what I did back then. Killing all of you, including you now, is justice for me!"

Morality? Kindness? In Lana's dictionary, only his fellow countrymen are entitled to them. As for the rest of the world, what do they care about his life or death? Anyone who tries to harm him or his fellow countrymen, he will kill their entire family, eradicate them completely, leaving no one alive!

The raised foot, along with the jet-black armor, crushed "Karen Elf's" head.

Lana then went on high alert, because she discovered that the Raven Feather Witch, who should have been lying dead on the ground, had somehow vanished into the darkness.

"Hiss—"

Suddenly, like the wailing of a banshee, a terrifying giant creature charged down from above, raising its massive, scythe-like forelimbs and slashing down.

wrong!

Lana had clearly blocked the attack, yet she still felt a sharp pain in her left shoulder. An invisible attack had transcended the physical laws of this world, directly reaching the level of causality.

"Revelation!"

"Divine power!"

"Holy Light!"

"Lightning speed!"

By this time, more than three minutes had passed, and the successfully restored witch Kallen Elf finally awoke again, returning to Lana Sivir's side once more, just as she had fought alongside Lana Sivir in the British Empire.

The Libra Cross Greatsword, imbued with "Holy Light," exerted an absolute restraining effect on the undead. Combined with "Divine Descent," its momentum was overwhelming, cleaving through the pitch-black monster head-on!

"Kallen..." Unbelievable, wasn't Karen already dead?

"Well, it's me."

Chapter 25 An Inescapable Death Ground

"Be careful, this guy might be that necromancer from before," Lana quickly warned.

Although Li Lan cleaved the massive monster through its front with a single blow, forcing it to retreat again, she had not actually killed it completely.

"A necromancer?"

In the dim light, one could barely make out that it was a black monster resembling a praying mantis. Its lower body consisted of numerous slender, centipede-like legs, dragging a long, thin body and a long, barbed tail. Its upper body had two enormous forepaws, each composed of two huge, extremely sharp scythes. Beyond that was its hideous head, seemingly twisted from countless tentacles, grotesque and radiating intense malice.

If a witch transforms into this form, there can only be one explanation: "deification."

A demigod witch only has mutations in some of her limbs, while a deified witch is like what Li Lan is seeing now.

"Soul solace!"

Reacting extremely quickly, Li Lan didn't even hesitate before decisively casting "Soul Soothing" on the monster that was about to attack again not far away. Instantly, the emerald green light emanating from her natal magic book condensed into "thorny"-shaped markings all over the monster's body, causing the creature's movements to completely stop, and then melt into pus and blood, slowly spreading out.

Indeed, this "deified" monster is none other than the witch Hope. Through necromancy, she gained her strongest power, a power that can transcend cause and effect, causing real damage to everyone present. However, the price for gaining this power is the permanent loss of her sanity and her once-proud professional skills.

Li Lan's "soul soothing" can awaken the souls of those who have fallen into darkness.

Because the deified witch Hope herself had become an embodiment of corruption, Li Lan's "soul soothing" was extremely lethal. Awakening his consciousness was tantamount to unlocking the shackles protecting his soul, causing his soul to be directly annihilated by the terrifying corruption of his body, resulting in his complete death.

Thus, as Li Lan and Lana were reunited after a long separation, the first wave of powerful threats sent by the British Empire was finally completely eliminated.

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

As expected, the attack unleashed by the "divine" witch Hope caused serious damage to Lana. It took Li Lan quite a bit of time to treat this last, unhealable wound.

By this time, it was almost evening on March 18, 10009 in the Gregorian calendar, and the surrounding environment had changed from gloomy to pitch black.

The terrifying darkness was temporarily dispelled by the "holy light" that Li Lan had conjured, its pure white, soft light illuminating the eerie scene around them.

Looking around, one might occasionally see one or two towering stone pillars brushing past, their surfaces deeply corroded and devoid of any ancient patterns. The ground is mostly hard, dark gray stone, pitted and uneven, with the occasional glimpse of a highly poisonous plant called "Nether Grass" clinging to the rocky surface.

"That year, after I fled the empire, I headed towards the central junction of the four continents..."

Lana, leading the way, accompanied Li Lan, the human adventurer Lily Williams, and the newly joined witches, heading towards his current base.

As they traveled, an overjoyed Lana couldn't help but reminisce about the past.

It has to be said that Lana was a lucky person even before she transmigrated. In Li Lan's impression, she was a "lucky dog" who "grinds and spends money". As a result, she was still incredibly lucky after transmigrating. Even the "Luck E" of the Lancer couldn't bring down her luck.

According to Lana, shortly after he fled in June of the new calendar year 10003, he encountered several human adventurers. After that, he used his "bragging" skills to fool a large number of people. In the end, he even formed an adventurer mercenary group called "Transportation Society" and retreated behind the scenes to act as a high-level henchman.

Although her identity as a witch was exposed two years later due to betrayal by an internal traitor, which also led to her being hunted down by the empire, Lana already had enough strength to deal with everything by then.

Lana didn't explicitly state the danger involved, but the whole process sounded like she'd just gotten incredibly lucky.

"Actually, it was quite painful to be betrayed. I once considered them as my own people. It was precisely because I knew that the Abyss Rift was extremely dangerous and that people who went there almost never survived that I tried my best to stop them. Even I myself did not initially intend to enter this hellish place."

"But there's nothing I can do. They don't believe in me. They're willing to betray me for the sake of so-called 'becoming a god,' and they even intend to kill me to seize my benefits and power."

As Lana spoke of these things, a hint of melancholy appeared on her face. After all, people are not plants or trees, and even the natives of this world will develop some feelings for each other after spending a long time together.

Lana often tries to forget that day of frenzied killing, but the anger, despair, and ruthlessness of that time linger in her mind.

To save his own life, he destroyed the adventurer mercenary group he had built from a weakling to a powerful force that day, wiping out almost the entire group. If William Elliott hadn't escaped beforehand, he too would have been dead.

Therefore, when Lana encountered her former deputy commander William Elliott again today, she was reminded of the past once more.

William Elliott, a confident man, was once married to another woman, Margarita Rupert. Margarita Rupert was also one of the founding members of the mercenary group, responsible for bookkeeping and diplomacy. She was seven months pregnant when she was killed and knelt before Lana, begging for mercy.

Lana did let the pregnant woman, who was crying her eyes out, go her way. However, she never expected that this woman would be so shameless as to take advantage of her sympathy to launch a sneak attack. The outcome was predictable.

"So sometimes I just can't understand the people in this world. What are they so desperate to live and die for?"

If you kill too many people, you will gradually become numb and no longer be yourself.

For these transmigrators, the moral principles they had learned in their previous lives had been completely destroyed after they transmigrated. The collapse of their values ​​brought about more than just a loss of ideas.

Upon hearing this, Li Lan simply said, "It's normal for those with low strength to pursue immortality, aiming to become demigods and join the ranks of the immortals. On the other hand, those with high strength who have come into contact with the truth of the world are striving to transcend the constraints of this world and seek greater power."

Everything is driven by desire, but few people know that the end of this world is only destruction and despair.

Furthermore, everyone in the world is nothing but ants, including these witches.

As they talked, they arrived at a clearing. From there, more and more strange stone pillars appeared around them, and the ground, which had been pitted and uneven, became smooth red jade tiles, stretching all the way to the end.

"arrive."

Lana explained again.

The Abyss Rift is no good place; it is a prison filled with death and despair.

Just as Li Lan knew, Lana was indeed forced into the Abyss by the Empire at the end of 10005 in the new calendar. At that time, Lana was seriously injured, just like Li Lan and the others today, and fell tens of thousands of meters without any warning.

In other words, without any buffer, Lana would have inevitably been smashed to pieces anyway.

In a critical moment, Lana decided to use the "Dragon Transformation Technique" to activate her dragon bloodline, intending to use her strongest physical healing abilities to resist the injuries from the fall. As a result, her actions fortunately resonated with this cursed place, allowing her to initially regain control of her body and finally manage to dissipate the force before making intimate contact with the ground, saving her life at the cost of temporarily losing her hands and legs.

"The entire Abyss Rift is extremely vast. The place you were in before is called the 'Primordial Land.' All creatures that cross the Traso Corridor in an attempt to enter the Abyss Rift will eventually fall to that location. You've probably already seen the consequences; aside from beings at the demigod level or higher, most others simply die."

There is only one plant in the Abyss Rift, which is the "Nether Grass" with a strong poison. This poison is so potent that even the witch, who is said to be immune to all poisons, cannot withstand it. It is a highly potent poison that targets the soul.

In other words, apart from this poisonous herb, no other food is produced in the entire Abyss Rift.

Even if they manage to survive in the original land, the situation they will face afterward is predictable.

Demigod-level beings belong to the ranks of the immortals and can generally survive after a fall. However, even demigod-level beings cannot go without food and water for a long time and must replenish a certain amount of energy.

Over the past ten thousand years, countless demigods have entered the Abyss Rift, and most of the creatures that could be eaten have already been devoured.

Therefore, in order to protect themselves, a small portion of these demigod-level beings are the many shadowy figures that the witches saw earlier. They guard the primordial land day and night, waiting to be "fed".

According to Lana, they all belong to three super-large organizations, and these shadowy figures were once normal intelligent beings, but later transformed into another kind of "carnivorous monster" because they hunted their own kind, and from then on could not accept normal human food.

"Although it is a forbidden area, the major forces here are really not to be trifled with. On the day I fell down, if it weren't for the fact that I still had Osiris's power firmly under my control, I would definitely be dead. These guys are ruthless when it comes to eating people."

Osiris's Sky Dragon, Lana's little pet, has been like this for years: eat, sleep, eat, sleep. However, its once-a-day "Wrath of the Gods" has been transformed into "The Wrath of the Sky Lord," making it one of Lana's strongest trump cards.

It was this very trump card that saved him when he fell into the valley, killing two demigods with a single blow and severely injuring more than three hundred shadow demigods. It intimidated the entire power of the Abyss Rift, and from then on, few dared to provoke him, and they all tacitly kept a certain distance from him.

Behind the three major forces are normal intelligent beings. Only these mutated shadowy creatures are errand runners, specifically guarding the "Primordial Land" to forage for food. Normal food is handed over to the rulers behind them and then allocated in a unified manner.

"Behind each of the three major powers is a near-god-level being, who are said to be ruthless characters with half a godhood. They actually sent some people to try to win me over, but I didn't join them because it was pointless."

Wherever there are people, there is a world of intrigue and backstabbing. Even demigods are still essentially intelligent beings like humans.

Since we are human, we are definitely social creatures and like to stick together, which is normal.

"After that, I just drifted along, and eventually found a place of my own near the primordial land, which is what you see here!"

Lana found an open space and sat down, leaning against a huge stone pillar. "Lying in a place like this is much better than lying in those bumpy areas. Besides, I can stay away from those shadowy demigods, so I won't have to sleep in discomfort."

Those shadowy figures are always guarding the original place, unlike Lana, who only goes there once during the day.

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

It took Lana a long time to tell Li Lan about her past and the various precautions to take in the Abyss Rift before she turned to Li Lan's situation and asked about her new witch teammates.

Lily Williams, this legendary adventurer, an extremely impatient human woman, has been in a daze and filled with terror ever since she began following the witch Karen Elf and fell into the Deathly Abyss.

She was like an ordinary person who suddenly witnessed a battle of gods. At first, she only planned to enter the Abyss Rift and kill her parents who had abandoned her.

What's the result now?

Suddenly being told that anyone below the demigod level who enters this place will only die? Whether she can accept reality is another matter. Now she is filled with regret and just wants to go home. Just thinking about that bunch of ferocious demigods frantically devouring the witch's corpse makes her feel nauseous.

Although the demon witch Rosa was terrifying, she felt completely at ease after witnessing the power of the witch Lana today.

There was no way around it; this was his teammate. The stronger his teammate, the safer he would be, since he was now a defector. Moreover, just a few words from the witch senior had confirmed almost all the previous speculations.

The Empire did indeed conceal countless truths, portraying the Seven Witches as vicious villains, but that was not the case.

Rosa was also very glad that she was on this senior's side today, otherwise she would have ended up like those imperial witches when she fell.

Of course, envying Karen Elf's immortality is one thing, but what's even more shocking is the final moment. Even at the risk of being killed outright, this senior still did everything in her power to save them. It would be impossible for Rosa not to be moved by this.

Watching the two witches reminiscing happily, he merely followed along somewhat forlornly, wisely remaining silent.

The other eight witches from the United Kingdom of Kazan were doing the same; they were all trying their best to absorb information about the place and thinking about what to do next.

After all, this is the Abyss Rift, the legendary "Land of the Fallen Sky," the homeland of the dragons with abundant treasures, and the place where the Kingdom of Kazan gave them an exploration mission.

Now that we're here, we should definitely look for it, right?

After introducing the identities of his accomplices, Li Lan began to recount countless past events, speaking in detail, but he did not mention the deaths of the middle-aged and elderly trio for the time being.

Wow! That's great, Karen!

Only through comparison can we see the gap. Lana once wanted to create her own power, but in the end, she was not as successful as Li Lan.

"The witch summoning is actually a measure to save the world, that's for sure. Our current bodies are probably occupied by transmigrators from this world, and they'll likely continue to operate using our current bodies..."

When Li Lan mentioned this, his expression was very serious. He didn't know whether Lana could accept it or not.