I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

Chapter 194 The Undertaker

"Sorry, Duke."

Cecil knew she wasn't smart enough, and compared to Duke, she was even more of a fool. Therefore, she couldn't guess what Duke was planning. As a smart man, Duke would surely come up with a better, more reasonable solution, and she also knew that her rash actions might very well affect the plans Duke might already be thinking about… Therefore, she apologized in advance.

She wasn't a smart person; she couldn't consider the bigger picture, she couldn't come up with a solution that satisfied everyone, and she couldn't control her emotions.

All she knew was that she was furious.

then.

"The Sword of Judgment".

The sword formed from holy light pierced the fourth brother's brain. The cannibalistic madman didn't even struggle before collapsing to the ground. Although his body was still convulsing in response, all his vital signs were rapidly deteriorating after losing his head. Blood splattered out, filling the narrow conference room with a pungent stench.

Upon realizing the death of the fourth brother, the second brother screamed. The more skilled third, fifth, and sixth brothers launched a counterattack almost simultaneously. The fifth brother, despite his short stature, leaped up with incredible speed, pulled a short curved knife from his pocket, and the blade emitted a dazzling light, drawing an arc in the air as it slashed towards Cecil's throat.

But before his attack could hit, Cecil struck first, kicking his own coffin and sending it flying. The kick sent Xiao Wu crashing into Xiao Wu, stopping him from moving. Cecil then dropped the enraged silver dragon and reached into the opened coffin, pulling out the Angel of Judgment.

Logically speaking, this knight's sword, which is over two meters long, should not be able to be used effectively in such a confined environment. In addition, the starting position is already close-quarters combat. By all accounts, the short-statured Xiao Wu and his short curved sword should have the advantage. However, such common sense is completely irrelevant to a near-legendary.

The angel of judgment, imbued with holy light, wielded freely in the cramped room. Silken holy light entangled Xiao Wu's limbs and Cecil's sword, leaving him with no way to escape. He could only watch helplessly as his body was pulled and struck by Cecil's sword.

The holy light only released his limbs after the sword tip pierced his abdomen... and then burned everything inside his abdomen.

This highly ritualistic killer, who would disembowel his victims before and after each murder, was thus subjected to Cecil's tit-for-tat method of disemboweling and burning their internal organs.

In less than five breaths, two of the Tower faction's leaders fell to the ground, their souls not spared either, both being purified into ashes by the holy light.

"Light...Radiant Witch!"

The second brother's shrill voice rang out again. After Cecil took off her mask, they immediately recognized the witch who was known to everyone in the floating city. However, the second brother could not understand why the Radiant Witch would appear here.

Cecil lowered his longsword, flicked his wrist to wipe away the blood, then looked up at the remaining three men and said coldly:

"Today I am not the Witch of Radiance, but the undertaker who will send you to hell."

“Big sister, you…” The beautiful woman was about to ask Duke for help, but was immediately interrupted by the second brother. His face was very ugly, but he did not look at Cecil, who had just killed his two companions, but stared at Duke: “You’re not the big sister, what did you do to Talia? Why do you have her soul fragments?”

The second brother, as expected of someone who rose to become a member of the Ta faction through deception and trickery, managed to maintain basic composure amidst such drastic changes and immediately understood everything.

“My name is Duke.” Duke sighed. Cecil’s sudden attack was also very sudden to him, but he did not want to blame her. Instead, he silently stood beside her and smiled provocatively at the three surviving people: “Your Talia has been killed by me.”

"What did you say?! You bastard! Aaaaaaah!!!"

Xiao Liu went completely mad upon hearing Duke's words. Her once lovely face twisted with rage and hatred. She took a step forward, seemingly about to charge at Duke and Cecil in a fit of rage, but the composed Second Brother grabbed her, holding her tightly in his arms with all his might. Then, he shouted to the beautiful woman beside him, "Let's go! Let's go—"

The holy light shone again, and a cage made of holy light instantly sealed the three of them, blocking their escape route. The second brother turned around in despair and looked at Cecil, seeing her expressionless face.

The Radiant Witch of the Floating City, beloved by all, rarely shows this expression, but whenever she does, it signifies something significant is about to happen.

She stared at the three men and whispered to Duke beside her:

"Duke, I love the floating city, so I'm trying my best to protect it in my own way. This is my first time underground. I never imagined there was such a place in the floating city, such a dirty underground place beneath its glamorous surface."

"I don't understand why the shadows have grown so silently. I don't understand why justice is nowhere to be seen in this corner, and why order itself is synonymous with evil. I don't understand why such a place exists in the floating city."

"I want to destroy the underground, not just kill these scumbags, I want to destroy the entire underground world of the floating city, and wipe out all the disgusting things!"

Since following Duke to the underground, Cecil hadn't said much. She had remained silent, ignoring her own feelings and impulses for Duke's sake, trying to understand and tolerate this dirty and evil underground world. But at this moment, she finally couldn't bear it any longer.

Duke glanced at Cecil beside him. Cecil's body trembled slightly with rage, and her eyes were fixed on the remaining three Tafel officers as if they were three dead men—or as if they were three damned men.

He said slowly, "Even the worst order is better than no order at all."

Cecil turned his head sharply and stared incredulously at Duke beside him.

"But it is only on the ruins of disorder that a better new order can be rebuilt. I suppose Carol is happy to take over the underground world of the floating city. For her, as well as for her two predecessors, a lawless land that has broken away from the control of the witches of the floating city has always been a thorn in their side."

“You don’t have the ability to rebuild order, and neither do I, but Carol and the others do… and we can destroy this rotten order, this old and decaying order, this utterly flawed order! Aren’t you the undertaker? Then send it to hell.”

Duke looked at Cecil as if she were something beautiful and precious—no, not as if, in his eyes, Cecil was such a beautiful and precious thing; her justice shone like a jewel, and her radiance was dazzling and enviable.

Shouldn't it be natural for people to want to protect something like this?

"Although justice has been far too late for this underworld and for the poor people who have suffered because of it... even delayed justice is always better than absent justice, isn't it?"

"So go ahead and do it, Cecil."

"I will always be your partner."

Chapter 195 The Door

Cecil looked at Duke beside her, something shimmering in her eyes, but she quickly nodded heavily and gripped her longsword and staff tightly as if she had made up her mind.

"The underworld isn't so easy to destroy."

Norton’s voice came from behind them, but the moment he spoke, Cecil pointed her sword at him. She had stopped her killing spree earlier because she had noticed his movements and had to make a stopgap measure to avoid being attacked from both sides. In Cecil’s view, Norton was a greater threat than the five members of the Tower faction combined.

Norton, who was being pointed at by the Angel of Judgment, smiled. He didn't seem to mind being treated as an enemy by Cecil. He just chuckled and pointed to himself, saying casually, "If you want to destroy the old order of the underworld, then I am your enemy too."

“Of course I know that.” Duke also turned around and looked at Norton. “Shall we fight?”

“Fighting with you is pointless. This little girl can’t kill me, and you’re just a weakling who hasn’t even scratched the surface.” His words made Cecil somewhat eager to try, but Norton himself was uninterested in fighting and had no intention of “striking first”—it seemed he wasn’t very interested in Cecil, who couldn’t kill him. “I’m just reminding you that in this underworld, I’m not the only one stronger than this little girl.”

“It’s alright,” Cecil said decisively before Duke could speak. “I will defeat you one by one.”

She had already stepped into the threshold of legend, and was only one step away from truly becoming a legend. Although the vast majority of aspiring legends failed to take that final step even after a lifetime of effort, it was undeniable that Cecil did have the potential to become the sixth legendary witch of the floating city.

Norton hadn't been particularly interested in Cecil before, but after she spoke those words with such confidence, he stared at her for a few seconds, then burst out laughing:

"Hahaha, interesting! Then I'll be waiting for the day your talent blossoms."

After saying that, he appeared to be preparing to turn and leave.

"Wait a minute, are we just going to let them do whatever they want with them?"

"Whatever," Norton shrugged. "I don't care. I don't expect them to be the murderers anyway."

"Huh?" Duke was slightly taken aback. "Didn't you come here because you thought one of the five was the murderer?"

“Of course not, how would I know who the murderer is?” Norton turned his head and gave Duke a strange look. “I’m just questioning each organization that doesn’t have an alibi. Anyway, I have the authority to use lie detectors, so what if I guess right?”

Duke: "?"

So he didn't know the Tafskys were behind it, but was using the simplest, most brutal, and stupid method—exhaustive search!

This arrogant and unruly legendary powerhouse waved to Duke and Cecil, then stomped his foot and leaped out through the hole he had smashed on his way in, leaving the remaining people somewhat bewildered.

"Is this the kind of strength that comes from trading intelligence?"

Duke muttered something, but quickly glanced at Cecil beside him.

Guangbao: "...?"

Guangbao, who has extensive experience of being persecuted, always felt that Duke's words sounded strange.

"Ahem." Duke coughed, turned around to look at the remaining three people who were locked in Cecil's holy light, and casually asked, "What are you planning to do, these three?"

“Kill him.”

Cecil's voice sounded incredibly cold. She had no intention of wasting her compassion and sense of justice on such evil people whose sense of right and wrong was twisted; she only wanted to kill them.

“Okay.” Duke had no objection whatsoever; he had already planned to do this, though his intended action wouldn’t be as extreme and impulsive as Cecil’s. “But before that, do you know that girl wearing the witch’s hat?”

During the conversation between Duke, Cecil, and Norton, Xiao Liu kept her head down until she heard Duke mention her. Then she suddenly raised her head and stared at Duke with bloodshot and hateful eyes. Among the five executives of the Tarf faction, she had the deepest feelings for Talia, even more so than Annie's obsession with Duke.

She truly regarded Talia as her master. No matter what Talia ordered her to do, even if it meant giving up her own life or doing something utterly immoral, Xiao Liu would not even flinch.

He was arguably Talia's most loyal dog.

But even Xiao Liu didn't carry out Talia's orders on that day. Why?

Moreover, the witch's hat she was wearing looked so much like the standard hat worn by the witches of the floating city that Duke had noticed it the moment he saw her and had been paying attention to it ever since.

If Talia's memories were complete, he could get the answer from the fragments of her soul. Unfortunately, his memories of Xiao Liu were incomplete; he only knew that she was an unconditionally obedient and loyal person, and nothing else.

Cecil was slightly taken aback when he heard Duke's words. He then narrowed his eyes and carefully examined Xiao Liu's face. After a long while, he suddenly exclaimed, "Ah!"

"What, you know her?"

"Oh no!" Cecil panicked, suddenly raising the enraged silver dragon in her hand, because she really recognized who Xiao Liu was—she really was a member of the Floating City witches. Although she was usually very inconspicuous, Guangbao, who was very popular, had heard her friends talk about her and remembered what her signature spell was. "She is the Spellbreaker Witch Millie! Her signature spell is an anti-energy field, similar to the eighth-circle spell Anti-Magic Field!"

Holy Light is Cecil's exclusive spell, incompatible with ordinary magic systems, but the use of energy is the same. Not to mention, Millie's exclusive spell targets more than just ordinary magic systems. Of course, while Millie's abilities seem powerful, they are actually quite limited. In a direct confrontation, the Radiant Witch wouldn't give her any time to nullify Holy Light.

But she hadn't remembered Millie's identity, and gave her some time to cast the spell!

As Cecil made his move, the holy light that had been blocking the three Tafel faction cadres suddenly went out. At the same time, the second brother picked up Millie and ran away with the third brother.

The high-concentration holy light cannon instantly locked onto the three people who had started to flee.

"Trying to run away? You're dreaming."

"boom--"

The beautiful woman shielded her companion, and the holy light pierced through her body as she wished. Before the blood could even splatter onto the second brother and Millie, it was evaporated by the holy light. With the last bit of strength in her body, she reached out and pushed the second brother's back, forcefully shoving him toward the conference room door.

Then, Millie, who was being held in the arms of the second brother, reached out and opened the door.

A door leading to another dimension unfolded before everyone.

Chapter 196 Cretaceous Past

Duke looked towards the doorway with some surprise.

Thanks to the villain's heroic sacrifice, the second son and Millie got almost the only chance to escape. If they just opened the door and rushed out of the conference room, they would not be able to shake off the "vicious" funeral attendant Cecil behind them. However, the door that the sixth son Millie opened led to an unexpected path.

Another dimension... or rather, a witch's game.

It was unexpected, yet also quite reasonable.

Although Millie's true identity is that of a member of the Tower Clan's Silent Ones, a notorious terrorist, and a lackey of Talia, a wanted criminal in the Floating City, she is still a member of the Floating City Witches on Earth, and naturally has the qualifications and ability to preside over the game. The Floating City's underground world, a lawless zone that the Floating City authorities have never been able to effectively manage, also has connections to other dimensions.

Unlike the witch games on the surface, which are monopolized by witches, the underground alternate dimension is divided up by a chaotic and complex number of organizations and used as an important resource for their respective powers.

However, compared to the powerful floating city authorities with their large number of adventurers, the underground forces have extremely poor capabilities in developing other dimensions. Furthermore, due to the influence of magical machinery, the connections between these dimensions are highly unstable, making development and even exploration extremely difficult. Without the backing of the floating city authorities, entering these dimensions is fraught with danger; only by successfully completing the game can one return safely.

This witch game is also known as the "Dark Witch Game" by adventurers who frequent the underground world of the floating city.

Among the underground forces, the Tafel faction, which once possessed Talia, was a very powerful faction.

Their mission is to "completely open these different alternate dimensions with their varying rules to the real world, and utilize the characteristics of these alternate dimensions to bring about a great evolution to the floating city." With such a mission, how could the Tower faction not have alternate dimension resources? The Sleeping Beauty Game that Talia possesses is one of them, and the world that the door opened by Millie leads to is another alternate dimension owned by the Tower faction.