Witch Redemption

The two of them working together are no longer just two witches, but two massive armies.

Li Lan was confident that if he and Luo Lina could stand on the territory of the British Empire, it would be a winning hand, an absolute trump card.

"Let's set a time so I can prepare in advance."

Li Lan will soon consume the "Dark Blood Orb" given to her by the black-haired Yu Hui, and it should be no problem for her to directly reach the level of a god.

In addition, he is a person who finds it difficult to settle down, so he was very proactive at this time.

"In that case, how about September? I can assign Luciara to formally contact the Empire's diplomats, and you and Lady Lorina can officially set off in September, traveling at a normal pace."

"September? Sure!"

Li Lan slammed his fist on the table. He knew he really needed to rest for a while and also needed to find ways to help Rosa and Miranda fight against the mental pollution caused by "deification".

Chapter 7 The Old Woman's Premeditated Plan

The British Empire, the capital city of Kate, the central sanctuary of the Witch Prison.

The Witch Prison Warden, Iris the Undying, who had just returned from the Imperial Royal Family, had a gloomy face and was clearly very unhappy.

"When General Lucas and General Crosanne arrive later, please allow them to enter the sanctuary."

After giving these instructions to the gatekeeper, the old woman, whose age was unknown, slowly walked across the long passageway and stepped through a domed archway into a dark, open-air circular arena.

But on the rough rocky ground, a large number of strange and mysterious incantations were engraved, interlocking and spreading, and finally intertwining at the very center of the field, forming a circular magic circle.

The immortal Iris stood alone in the center of this open-air circular arena, lost in silent contemplation.

"Ten years already?"

Ten years have passed since the escape of the Seven Witches in the year 10003 of the Gregorian calendar.

No one could have imagined that ten years later, the witches Karen Elf and Lana Sivir, who were once mere ants, would become unsolvable.

Even though she knew from the beginning that the witch had terrifying potential for growth and that if she couldn't control her, she had to kill her as soon as possible, the Undying Iris still didn't expect that a simple oversight would cause such a huge change.

This variable is the present-day Dark Kingdom, a newly emerging nation with enormous potential.

At this moment, the immortal Iris began to recall countless past events. Starting from the year 10003 of the new calendar, the long-lost Flame Witch suddenly appeared on the border, causing a huge disaster before being killed on the spot. However, the mysterious sealed artifact she carried disappeared.

Following this, in order to find the location of this sealed artifact, the Undying Iris began to deploy many of her subordinates to probe from various angles, but she found no flaws among that group of witches. Suspicion gradually shifted from Ann Grenas to Lana Sivir and Lorina Euphemia, but she left behind only the weakest witch, Karen Elf.

So, originally intending to eliminate all the witches as soon as possible and to recover them all during the Crimson Night Flood in June of the new calendar year 10003, unexpectedly, on the night of the Crimson Night Flood, two heretical judges, Eisen and Geno, would lie dead on the spot, becoming the first case of death of surveillance personnel involving witches in tens of thousands of years.

Given Ann Grenas's status as a member of the Abyss Gods, the death of Abbot, the first Inquisitor that year, was indeed related to the Ross royal family. Furthermore, the purpose of assassinating Major General Abbot was likely to ensure that Ann Grenas could smoothly become a member of the Abyss Gods.

However, the deaths of heretical judges Major General Eisen and Major General Geno were completely illogical.

Judging from the scene of the deaths, Major General Eisen and Major General Geno died at the hands of the abyss monster Hati, who was loyal to the Sixth Apostle, Karamit.

"Apostles are important figures in maintaining world stability and ecological balance after the Age of Gods. They all appear out of thin air and their identities are extremely mysterious. Whether it is the Empire or other countries in the world, they have made eternal vows with them and will not become enemies. Logically speaking, at that time, the relationship between the Sixth Apostle, Kalamiti, and the Empire was still normal, so the Icefield Wolf Hati should not have attacked Eisen and Jeno."

Why? What caused the deaths of these two heretical judges?

Ten years ago, the Immortal Iris realized that the deaths of the Seven Witches and the two Inquisitors were highly suspicious. However, at that time, the Seven Witches did not have enough power to resist the Empire, let alone kill two Inquisitors of the rank of Major General.

"Following this, the Icefield Wolf Hati disappeared, and various signs indicate that this abyssal monster may also have..."

The more I think about it, the more unbelievable it seems. Overnight, an extremely powerful abyss monster and two young generals all died at the hands of seven witches whose magic books were only level ten.

What kind of joke is this?

Regardless of the cause of death of the two imperial major generals, the empire initially believed everything was foolproof, and all seven witches did indeed die. However, subsequent news from the Viana Theocracy was perplexing.

At that time, the empire sent soldiers to the Viana theocracy with only one purpose: to kill the Sixth Apostle, Carametti, who was at his last gasp, and bring back his body.

The year 10003 in the new calendar was destined to be an eventful one. First, the Sixth Apostle, Caramiti's plot to overthrow the Elf Kingdom was exposed, leading to a dramatic shift in the Elf Kingdom's attitude towards the witch. Then, the other five apostles, believing that the Sixth Apostle Caramiti had violated the Eternal Oath and become a traitor, joined forces to assassinate their former ally.

Although the immortal Iris did not witness that epic battle firsthand, there is considerable intelligence indicating that the Sixth Apostle, Caramiti, was severely injured by the five apostles, losing his divine status sufficient to sustain his life and power, and would soon perish.

Given the Sixth Apostle's connection to Chronos, the goddess of time and space and the creator of witch summoning in ancient times, he carries a crucial secret that opens the path to another world, a secret that could also be the key to saving the world.

Therefore, after consulting with numerous superpowers, the Empire dispatched an imperial army led by Major General Virginia Palmer and Major General Arnold Hopkins to the Viana Theocracy to participate in the siege of the Sixth Apostle, Kalamiti, in an attempt to seize his body. The reason they couldn't send someone stronger than these two major generals was because the Empire feared the name of the Goddess of Darkness and didn't want to provoke a conflict with this small nation for the time being.

However, the soldiers subsequently dispatched by the Empire were killed one after another. Although it was eventually determined that the body of the Sixth Apostle, Kalamiti, was obtained by the Pillar God Lerakin, which belonged to the Kingdom of Ross, a special elf named "Romon Hydra" began to come into the Empire's sights.

At this moment, the immortal Iris thought about how she had always firmly believed that the witch Karen Elf was dead and that Roman Hydra was someone else, and it was all incredibly absurd!

The real suspicion that Roman Hydra was the witch Kallen Elf came after the year 10005 of the New Calendar. In that year, the dragon-born witch Lana Sivir, who was far away at the intersection of the four continents, was confirmed to be the real person. The three witches Peggy, Matilda and Sherry Nancy, who were causing trouble in the Elf Kingdom, also came into contact with the Empire's intelligence.

Only then did the Imperial Witch Cult officially confirm the fact that the last seven witches had survived, and realize that there had been a lapse in the Empire's control.

What has already happened cannot be regretted by the immortal Iris. What she needs to do is to use the empire's trump card as soon as possible to nip these witches in the bud.

The three rogue witches from the Elf Kingdom were dealt with simultaneously by three major kingdoms, eliminating the need for the British Empire to intervene from afar. As for Lana Sivir, located at the crossroads of the four continents, while the Empire reacted swiftly, it ultimately underestimated her strength. In the end, they could only pay a heavy price, severely injuring her and forcing her into the Abyss Rift, a region beyond the Empire's reach, where she disappeared without a trace.

Furthermore, what frustrated the Empire even more was that this witch, Karen Elf, who was supposed to be the weakest, passed through the United Duchy of Rhys, the Elf Kingdom, and the Northern Territory under the alias "Roman Hydra," but the Empire had never been able to track her down.

There is only one reason: this witch is protected by the ancient creator.

All ancient creators are enemies of this world and the source of all destruction.

The witch Kallen Elf, having pledged allegiance to the ancient creator, had ulterior motives that are easy to understand.

These rogue witches will not stop there; their goal is not only to avenge the empire, but also to potentially become the driving force behind the world's destruction. Once they become pawns of the ancient creator, both they and the ancient creator behind them must be eliminated as soon as possible.

The empire has always wanted to eliminate these scourges.

However, the mobilization of troops in the North, the mobilization of troops around the Abyss Rift, and even the deployment of powerful god-level beings all ended in failure.

The empire has lost countless armies, and even the avatar of the present god Mitchell Geller perished in the Abyss Rift, resulting in a significant reduction in the power of the present god Mitchell Geller's main body, which can only slowly recover from its injuries in the Heavenly Realm.

In fact, as early as after learning that Roman Hydra, also known as the witch Karen Elf, was connected with the independent city of Kobe, which was part of the Viana theocracy, the Empire had sent a large number of spies to help the country eliminate dissidents, and even considered sending a god-level being to directly destroy Kobe.

Unfortunately, her true identity should be the dark goddess of the ancient creator. She revealed her true form once and forced the empire to retreat, which led the empire to stop attacking the city and allow it to grow into the dark kingdom it is today, which has been difficult to deal with ever since.

"It's not that the Empire is powerless against the Dark Kingdom, but that even if a god-level being were to be dispatched, it would still have to pay a terrible price to eliminate this threat."

All major powers steadfastly maintain their existing borders and refrain from easily deploying god-like beings capable of destroying the world, for one simple reason: they have cultivated this land for tens of thousands of years, hoping to one day confront the "Prophecy Day" and make their territory the only pure land amidst the darkness and nothingness.

Now, the time is not yet ripe, so they naturally will not activate the country's "Guardian Domain," lest they prematurely expose their trump card and give those ancient creators who intend to destroy the world an opportunity. They will only choose to use swift and decisive means to eliminate most of the ancient creators after all the ancient creators have entered the arena, and then implement a further "God-Making Plan" to save the empire and the world in one fell swoop.

Originally, the gods behind many superpowers had begun discussing whether to unite and eliminate the Dark Kingdom in advance, and kill the ancient creators Shub Nicholas, Abkhos, and Cthulhu. However, today's unexpected event interrupted the discussions of many superpowers.

Today, July 16, 10013 (New Calendar), Archbishop Luciala of the Dark Order of the Dark Kingdom personally contacted the Empire's diplomats to explain his intentions and announced that he would send envoys from the Dark Kingdom to the Empire in September of this year to discuss a peace agreement with the Imperial Royal Family.

"Peace agreement?"

absurd!

Does a mere little dark kingdom have the right to negotiate peace with the empire?

That's what she thought, but now that she's calmed down, the Undying Iris felt a rare sense of astonishment.

Because they did not know how powerful the three ancient creators were, nor did they know how many powerful god-level beings the Dark Kingdom possessed.

If war breaks out, the Empire can directly deploy its gods to seize the Dark Kingdom and completely raze it to the ground.

The problem is, if the Dark Kingdom also has beings of the same or even greater power, and they launch a direct attack on the Empire when it is attacked, causing mutual destruction, the Empire cannot withstand such consequences, which would be very troublesome.

Because the true nature of the Dark Kingdom is unpredictable, all the superpowers are now divided on the issue of joining forces to deal with it.

After pondering for an unknown amount of time, footsteps suddenly came from the passageway outside, and two figures, one tall and one short, rushed into the open space one after the other.

The tall, middle-aged man was wearing the Empire's black army uniform. He was incredibly strong, and a hideous scar beneath his golden bangs added to his inexplicable murderous aura, making him appear aggressive.

This man was none other than General Lucas, a member of the Imperial Third Army Regiment, who belonged to the Witch Cult and usually guarded the border.

The other is a witch, Krossanne David. In the year 10008 of the New Calendar, she exposed her accomplice Trish's rebellion and, incidentally, uncovered Rem, a spy left behind on the Imperial border by the rogue witch Karen Elf, as well as the Heart series of monsters. She subsequently gained the Empire's favor and is now the commander of the Sixth Witch Legion of the Imperial Witch Order, a position far beyond her former glory.

"Warden!"

Both of these powerful individuals, who had been suddenly summoned, bowed respectfully, showing the proper respect.

“General Lucas, please wait aside,” instructed the Undying Iris.

"Yes!"

The imperial general understood that the first task to be assigned needed to be kept secret, so he stepped aside and waited quietly.

The Undying Elise simply set up a soundproof barrier and then went straight for it.

"General Crosanne, have those spies still not given up?"

“Yes,” Crosanne’s face showed a hint of pain. He loved that woman, but she didn’t love him. “For years I’ve been suggesting that they be executed beforehand, so that…”

Crosanne murmured, "Actually, it's hard for me to see the person I love suffer, which is why I've wanted to give that woman a quick death all these years, but the Witch Cult has never promised."

There is only one reason: that woman is connected to another traitorous witch, Karen Elf. The Empire spared the lives of that woman and her accomplices so that they could be used as bargaining chips in the future.

“It’s time to execute them, not now, but in September.”

The immortal Iris made a startling statement.

"for......"

"Because in September, the former rogue witch will return to the British Empire as an envoy of the Dark Kingdom."

A simple sentence made Crosanne clench her fists tightly, even burning with jealousy.

Karen Elf!

It was this witch who stole his beloved Rem's heart, and took away the love that should have belonged to him!

"As an envoy of the Dark Kingdom, the Empire will not take action against this witch, nor will the witch harm any of the Empire's citizens, so as to avoid triggering a war between the two countries. The Imperial Royal Family will try its best to avoid conflict, but the Witch Cult and the Holy See have different ideas."

"General Krossan, I will arrange the specific time. At that time, please personally execute anyone associated with the witch Karen Elf, and provoke her as much as possible! Make her attack the Empire!"

As peace envoys from the Dark Kingdom, if they were to initiate violence upon arriving at the Empire, it would be disrespectful to the Empire. The Empire would respond with swift and decisive action, even using sealed artifacts, to execute these two envoys on the spot. Only by seizing the moral high ground could they legitimately deal with the Dark Kingdom and, more importantly, use it to coerce the overly cautious gods of the mortal realm.

Peace talks are possible, but before that, we need to secure Karen Elf's head as securely as possible.

This is the consensus reached by the Imperial Witch Order and the Imperial Holy See: they do not want the envoys from the Dark Kingdom to have it so easy.

In particular, these two envoys were witches who had once defected from the empire: Karen Elf and Lorina Euphemia.

With Ann Grenas having already taken advantage of the situation, the Empire will not tolerate the rogue witches committing similar acts a second time.

Regardless, a great power should at least give them some face. Since they have already been given face, and these two witches dared to make a move even after coming to the empire, then the great power has a legitimate reason to get rid of them.

The Immortal Iris had already made arrangements for how to eliminate the threat. In addition to the descent of a god from the mortal realm, there were numerous sealing artifacts to assist in the operation, and related assassins were waiting to sacrifice themselves for the empire at any time.

Crosanne gritted her teeth, her heart filled with resentment, and finally uttered, "I understand, I will arrange it as soon as possible!"

"By the way, about your previous trials..."

"Thanks to the warden's concern, I have successfully passed the test and have now reached the maximum level."