On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

When they arrived at the boss area where the witch was, Liao Ji didn't have to make a single move. The mechanical servants took care of everything. This made Liao Ji realize that when it comes to reliable teammates, the mechanical servants are definitely among the best. They have a reassuring beauty.

However, the servants' shortcomings are also obvious.

They are typical examples of people with a very high lower limit, but their upper limit is also locked in.

Liao Ji made no attempt to conceal his power, and such a grand and imposing attack had already attracted the attention of the witch. So, as soon as Liao Ji entered the area, the original Atishius immediately appeared.

When faced with the powerful witch in black and red, who loathed the world and hated everything, the servants were helpless and forced to stop there; their attacks were utterly ineffective against Ateseus.

"The darkest shadows will eventually shroud the earth, and the moon of righteousness will fill your empty eyes. All living things will receive redemption in my hands, a redemption called 'destruction'."

"Your very existence is a mistake."

The witch's cold and ruthless voice echoed across the battlefield. Liao Ji noticed that the lines were exactly the same as last time, only the order of the words had changed. Indeed, after all, the witch was practically an NPC to Zero Dream.

"Commander, what should we do next?" Control One asked Liao Ji as he saw the witch begin to prepare the Gate of Turbid Calamity, intending to summon countless Turbid Calamity monsters.

They had repeated this kind of battle hundreds and thousands of times, so they had no need to predict that they would inevitably be defeated by the witch and torn apart by the turbid monsters time and time again.

The former Control One, despite knowing the outcome, would still command the servants to fight without hesitation, because this was their destiny, or more accurately, their program.

But now Control No. 1 hesitated and turned his attention to Liao Ji.

For the first time, she felt a resistance to "death".

Because if she dies in battle, what will happen to the commander? So they must avoid death as much as possible, at least until the commander's safety is ensured.

Of course, Control One soon realized he was wrong.

As Liao Ji took out the three-piece "Fading Light" brand from his bosom, a treasure in Zero Dream's setting that was similar to the "Holy Sword" and specialized in attacking witches, even the almost expressionless face of Control Number One showed surprise.

Not to mention the witch Atticus on the other side.

"This light... how could you possibly have it! No, no, no! Why does it really exist?!"

The woman in the sky, who looked like a queen of chaos, was terrified when she saw the radiant brand on Liao Ji's hand. She lost all her composure.

She covered her eyes with her hands, and her floating body took several steps back, as if the light emanating from the brand alone made Ateseus very uncomfortable.

"It's fake! It's all fake! That kind of ending doesn't exist. It simply won't exist!"

"No one can save us. Humanity is only driven by jealousy and greed. The world cannot be saved; destruction is the only outcome!"

After the initial panic of being branded, the witch quickly rallied herself by talking to herself, clearly indicating that Attisius did not believe in goodness or the holy light.

What Liao Ji held in her hand was merely a beautiful fantasy from her childhood, a fantasy. What's so scary about a mere fantasy?

until

Liao Ji activated the final effect of the Brand, an effect that could only be triggered within the Zero Dream. The holy radiance on the Brand instantly surged several times over, transforming into a pillar of light that shot into the sky in the blink of an eye.

The pillar of light was like a dazzling lighthouse in the dark night. For a moment, the entire blood-red world seemed to be illuminated by the pillar of light. The soaring light made even the blood-red turbidity in the sky retreat.

"No, this can't be true, could it be...?"

Amidst Athena's incredulous and utterly unbelievable screams, the brand on Liao Ji's hand began to crack inch by inch, as if it had exhausted its energy, and finally followed the light completely, turning into light itself.

But instead, a holy nun appeared before Liao Ji, emerging from the pillar of light.

The nun seemed a little unaccustomed to Dream Zero, much like a new player logging in for the first time, getting used to her body and moving her limbs around.

Immediately afterwards, the nun began to look around. The first thing she saw was Liao Ji, and she immediately locked onto him, revealing a look of relief and great victory.

However, the sweet smile on Styutia's face soon faded a little.

Because the nun quickly discovered that, besides 86, there were fifty other servants dressed like attendants, seemingly imitating the church, with their eyes covered by black cloths, who were following Liao Ji.

Then, when Styutia turned her head again and saw the witch Atticus with an "this is impossible" expression on her face, the smile on the nun's face froze completely.

There's no particular reason.

It's nothing more than this short witch who looks to be less than 1.5 meters tall.

It's just that this "witch" can barely show a tiny bit of her short legs under her scarlet dress.

It was nothing more than a witch's chest, which looked like a dried pomegranate, so shriveled that it was unbearable to look at. Even that cat girl from the Dragon Kingdom had to shake her head when she came.

It's nothing more than

"Hypocrisy! Falsehood! Ha! It's nothing but a mirage, a fool's ramblings! Just the mediocre life of ants!"

"I am the terminator of this world!"

"No one can stop me, for I, Athenius, am the very embodiment of evil!!"

The witch spread her arms and legs wide, her messy hair flying wildly in the sky along with the turbid, raging wind behind her, her face grinning wildly, revealing her true nature as a witch.

Chapter 237 Witch? What witch?

"Ignorant, arrogant, how dare you imitate me!"

"And she even imitated such a vulgar, evil, and tasteless version of me!"

"I will kill you all, no, I will kill you a thousand times and it still won't be enough!"

The witch Attis, her eyes red in every sense of the word, roared angrily at Liao Ji and the others.

Especially when she saw the other her, summoned by Liao Ji's mark.

His entire body seemed to be enveloped in holy light, not to mention the pure white aura emanating from him.

But what was that incredibly lewd, fair, and smooth long leg that was exposed under the high-slit nun's habit?

What is that evil abundance that makes the predecessor of the nun's habit so bulging and full?

The only similarity between them is perhaps their faces.

Yet, on that same face, the other person, upon seeing the young man, possessed a vulgar sense of happiness she had never seen before and that she despised!

That's why the witch is so unable to accept it, so angry, and filled with jealousy towards her, who is almost perfect, or rather, who is another possible version of herself.

Liao Jineng can understand this comparison.

After all, in the world of the witch Atticus, she had been wandering the wilderness until she was finally bewitched by the evil and fell into becoming a witch. As a result, she suffered from malnutrition for a long time and was in a state of hunger for ten meals and half a meal for half a meal, so her physical development was naturally delayed.

On the other hand, the key turning point for Styutia is that she is taken in by the Ashes.

After joining his community, he wanted nothing more than to give all the community's resources to support the little nun he had taken in.

Liao Ji would rather let the "protagonist" he controlled go hungry than allow Sciutia's hunger level to ever drop below 90%.

With adequate nutrition, Styutia's overall development naturally improved as well.

so

"Tia, Zero isn't just making things up, you know... calm down, we can talk this out."

Liao Ji's heart skipped a beat when he saw the nun's expression darken. Before he could finish his comforting words, Styutia's cold voice rang out.

Unlike the witch's desperate screams, the nun's voice was clear and not loud, but its effect was just as good, still echoing throughout the entire battlefield.

"Holy Spirit Technique: Break Through Evil Eyes"

"Sacred Protection Technique: Divine Protection Veil".

"The Holy Word technique can be seen through."

The light surrounding the nun seemed to suddenly go berserk at that moment, with the outer halo beginning to materialize, becoming like a silk veil, veiling Sthiuthia in a mist.

Then, beneath the veil, the nun's azure eyes became incredibly deep, like the most crystal-clear agate in the world.

Anything that is scanned by these eyes will be unable to hide anything, exposing all its weaknesses to Styutia's eyes.

The witch opposite her felt the same way; it was as if she had been stripped naked, a feeling that made her extremely uncomfortable and filled her with fear.

She struggled to fight back, but the Gate of Calamity, which had destroyed the servants, was opened again by the witch, and countless brutal Calamity monsters rushed out of the gate to attack the nun.

Unfortunately, they couldn't even penetrate the aura surrounding the nun's veil. As soon as they came into contact with the light, the turbid monster's body melted rapidly, like an ice cube thrown into boiling water.

"Forbidden Spell Sanctuary".

Centered on Styutia, pillars carved with sacred patterns descended from the sky, bringing a series of muffled thuds to the blood-red earth.

In the end, a total of seventy-two holy pillars stood majestically on the battlefield from all directions. Then, light burst forth from these holy pillars, and each pillar was connected by holy light, echoing each other. In just a few breaths, they greatly dispelled the turbidity on the battlefield, reducing the concentration of turbidity to an extreme point, turning it into a sacred area where only holy light existed.

As for the monsters of the Chaos within, after losing the Chaos environment around them, they were like dehydrated fish. Without Sciutia even lifting a finger, the monsters of the Chaos were all annihilated in the holy light and "suffocated" to death in the Holy Domain.

"You! You!"

"This power, what right do you have to do with it?!"

"You weren't chosen by the Calamity, so why are you here? Where does your power come from? What is your true nature?!"

Before the witch in the sanctuary could finish speaking, Styutia seemed unwilling to see, hear, or allow this Styutia to make even a single breath in front of Liao Ji again.

"Forbidden Spell: Light of Redemption"

"Forbidden Spell: Sacred Flame"

"Forbidden Spellbook - Activate!"

The blood-red sky trembled violently. In this world ruled by turbidity, a rift was forcibly torn open in the firmament, and rays of holy light began to shine upon the earth. Countless rays of light shone directly upon the witch.

Holy light is a salvation that brings the dead back to life for normal people, but for a witch like her, a vassal of calamity, it is the greatest disaster. Her scarlet dress, which was formed from the power of calamity, and the huge black scythe in her hand, both disintegrated under the light of salvation.

Immediately afterwards, white flames rose from around her, initially just flames, but soon turned into raging flames that engulfed the witch entirely.

Finally, even though they were all burned to ashes, before Sthiuthia, a holy book that seemed to condense the power of all the churches in the Holy Kingdom slowly opened. The runes and words inside the holy book turned into merciless blades, beginning to annihilate the witch's remaining turbid aura, like a storm of holy light.

Within a mere dozen seconds, wave after wave of dazzling holy light swept through Liao Ji's vision, leaving him almost completely blinded. He could only sense that the witch opposite him was utterly powerless against the real Styutia, her aura plummeting at an alarming rate.

When the holy light that filled the screen finally faded a bit, Liao Ji looked at the witch's location again. There was no witch left, only a barely perceptible, very weak and dim shadow, as if it were the last bit of turbidity that escaped from the witch's body after she was destroyed.

But Styutia clearly had no intention of letting this go.

How could she possibly accept that Lord Ash had seen her in such a state, so disgraceful and a complete disgrace to herself?!

"The art of silent speech is silent."

The nun moved so fast that Liao Ji couldn't see it clearly. With a single stroke of her black scythe, she severed the last illusory figure of Turbid Calamity in two, completely erasing even a trace of "Athenisius" from the world of Zero Dream.

After doing all this, Styutia seemed to have a weight lifted from her heart and floated down from the sky.

The divine veil surrounding him was removed, his deep blue eyes returned to normal, and the pillars of the surrounding "sacred domain" all disappeared.

Liao Ji couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache, saying, "Tia, actually I have some questions I want to ask the witch."