I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

“But you can’t leave now, otherwise the news that Black Fang, Duke, and Cecil have conspired will spread very quickly, and it seems that Cecil can’t stop everyone from escaping.”

Duke claimed he wouldn't interfere with Cecil, but his body betrayed him by glancing at the situation every now and then—Chido had regained consciousness after a brief period of unconsciousness, proving himself worthy of a monk renowned for his physical prowess and mental strength. However, even with the Rainbow Witch joining forces, he was still being brutally beaten to the ground by Lightbringer. Because he had to deal with two legends simultaneously, Cecil had no energy left to prevent the others from escaping.

“I… understand.” The bunny girl nodded and obediently stayed by Duke’s side, but soon she suddenly spoke up: “Mr. Duke, I have a question for you.”

"what?"

Where is Talia now?

"Huh?" Duke looked at her with a puzzled expression, then pointed to his heart: "Talia? Let's leave her inside me for now?"

Then, he stopped looking at the now-quiet bunny girl agent and turned to speak to the old man beside him, leaving the bunny girl alone with a terrified expression. Duke obviously meant that Talia had been devoured by him, but in the bunny girl's eyes, Talia was a powerful legend, while Duke, according to intelligence, was only a veteran-level (level 10) adventurer. Therefore, the meaning of Duke's words was immediately misinterpreted in her mind in another direction:

Duke's body had indeed been possessed. The real Talia was originally scheduled to attend this strategic meeting, but for unknown reasons, Talia's soul suddenly fell into a deep sleep. Duke took advantage of this momentary slumber to contact the Radiant Witch, and together they launched an operation to protect the floating city's underworld!

The bunny girl's inner monologue suddenly became quite entertaining.

Duke, of course, had no idea what the bunny girl was thinking. He certainly couldn't fathom that a professional intelligence officer in the mob possessed such a vivid imagination, adding another layer to his already extensive experiences. If he had known, he would have definitely corrected her thinking to avoid any misunderstandings.

Unfortunately, he didn't know.

Duke was having a friendly conversation with the president at that moment.

The president of the Ancient Magic Empire Research Association, whose name, age, and strength are unknown, is generally referred to as "President" by the permanent residents of the Underworld. Even Talia only knows that he has lived for at least a thousand years. The Underworld is a gray area that has existed since the establishment of the Floating City, and this president has been active in this land since the very beginning of the Underworld's existence.

However, based on Talia's fragmented memories, she believes he is not a legend, but rather someone with the blood of a long-lived species, or someone who has other ways to extend their lifespan, which is why he has lived to this day.

"President, you've been staying in this city since you took off from the floating city, haven't you?" Duke asked humbly, "Do you know what the situation is like inside the Tower of Babel?"

“Duke, this old man has indeed seen everything, and the Tower of Babel has built its prestige little by little right under my nose. But I have always been a law-abiding citizen of the floating city, and I have never been imprisoned in the Tower of Babel. How would I know what it is like inside?” The guild leader said with a smile, “What I said before was not a lie. I attended this war meeting at Norton’s invitation because I was curious about what was inside the Tower of Babel.”

Duke still wouldn't give up: "Don't you know anything at all?"

“None of the prisoners locked in the Tower of Babel have ever come out, not even the legendary criminals who were imprisoned there. What information could I possibly have?” The guild leader said with a smile, “But speaking of which… I have indeed heard some rumors.”

"Explain in detail?"

"The tower that's upside down inside the floating city is actually empty, except for an entrance that connects to another dimension. In other words, it's a hell where prisoners can't escape and can only go in and not out. It's a witch's game controlled by the floating city's officials."

Duke wasn't too surprised.

Or rather, this answer is not surprising. Among the mute, there is a faction like the Tower Faction that advocates using witch games, so how could the official Sky City not have one?

The other dimensions connected to the floating city ten years ago were not the first batch. In fact, there have been precedents in the past thousand years. It would be strange if the floating city officials hadn't tried to make use of these witch games!

But the president's next words surprised Duke:

"By the way, I've also heard that the true form of the mute is deep within that game."

Chapter 238 Forgiving you is God's business; I'll take responsibility for sending you to see Him.

The old man kept saying, "I've never broken the law or been caught, how would I know what's inside the Tower of Babel?" But when he revealed information, he was very clear-cut, and each revelation was more significant than the last. Moreover, although his words were uncertain and vague, his tone was unusually confident, as if he had witnessed the events firsthand, which left Duke completely stunned.

The Tower of Babel's measure to prevent prisoners from escaping was the Witch's Game.

The mute's true form is hidden in that witch game.

These are indeed two bombshells, but the former is one thing, while the latter sounds somewhat unreliable.

"Are you sure?" Duke narrowed his eyes. "The Mute Ones are the gods who protect the Floating City. Is it reasonable for the true form of a god to be in another dimension?"

“I’m talking about the essence of the person who has lost their voice, not the essence of the person who has lost their voice. These are two completely different things.”

The president seemed completely unafraid of the divine punishment of the mute, and played word games with a smile.

But Duke immediately understood what he meant.

The "mute" in that witch game was her body in life. After the poor mute was ambushed and killed by the former city lord, her soul ascended to become the god of this city. So her body, like Duke's body, was abandoned by her soul.

"But why is her body stuck in a witch game?"

“Perhaps it’s because she died in that game?” the guild leader said with a smile. His words sent a chill down Duke’s spine, but the guild leader quickly corrected himself: “Of course, that’s unlikely. The place where a god fell and ascended should be ‘contaminated’ and become a holy site for the mute, thus making it unusable by the floating city authorities. Since the Tower of Babel is still there, and there’s a constant stream of prisoners being placed there, it means that it’s not yet a holy site for the mute.”

"In other words, someone deliberately sent the person who lost their voice to a prison where they could only enter but not leave?"

Duke frowned.

And now, Megan, the "child" of the mute, has also been sent into that alternate dimension.

What exactly are these people trying to achieve? And who exactly did these things?

The mute was likely sent in by the former city lord, but what about Megan? How exactly did she get into the Tower of Babel? Was she taken in with Bugatti when he went to prison, or was she sent in by someone with malicious intent? Was it Carol? Or someone else... like Norton?

Duke could only confirm that Talia did not do this.

Although she was a complete troublemaker, involved in every chapter of the previous story, Duke, who inherited Talia's memory fragments, could confirm that Megan was given to the Common Heart faction as a price for their support, and that Talia completely stopped caring about Megan after giving her away.

For her own purposes, she sold Megan without hesitation, even though Megan was the son of the god she believed in and a saint in the sect's theory.

As expected of Talia, the worst of the worst, she's so incredibly filial.

Duke ordered Cecil to act because Noelle said that Norton went to the Tower of Babel to see Saint Megan, adding Norton's favorite phrase, "Silence is golden." This made Duke feel uneasy. Duke couldn't say for sure what Norton's true purpose was in entering the Tower of Babel, but he was sure it wasn't to chase after a star; he would be content just to see Saint Megan once.

"Norton's goal... could it be to have the Aphasia God descend into Megan's soul?"

In any case, they need to hurry to the Tower of Babel and catch up with Norton!

With that in mind, he first asked the guild leader for his opinion: "We will be heading to the Tower of Babel later. Would you like to come with us?"

The president stroked his white beard, shook his head with great self-awareness, and then said with a smile, "I won't go. I'll wait for Mr. Duke to come back and tell me properly what's inside the Tower of Babel."

"Alright." Duke shook his head and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hurry up and take care of the Lightbao!"

"Don't talk like that without understanding the situation. I'm fighting two near-legendary opponents. How about you take over?"

Cecil also shouted at the top of his lungs.

"I'll do it."

Upon hearing this, Duke immediately burst into laughter, rolled up his sleeves, and excitedly shouted:

"I'll just test if my Soul Requiem works on Legends, and see if it can put them to sleep too."

When Guangbao saw this situation, he immediately became anxious.

She finally encountered two opponents of the same level, how could she let Duke steal her kill?

No! Please don't!

Having said that, she stomped her foot and began to spin the spear in her hand.

"I want to hit all the evildoers who have escaped."

Cecil gently tossed the spear in his hand out of the meeting room. The meeting room had been almost destroyed by the battle between the three near-legendary figures, and most of the evil people who had fled in fear had also escaped. This was what Duke had been worried about, but in fact... Guangbao did not intend to let anyone escape.

After being thrown out of the conference room, "I think" transformed into countless magnificent branches of holy light, each a separate spear. They were as precisely guided as satellite-guided missiles, chasing after the evil ones who had left the conference room earlier.

The speed of holy light is the speed of light.

Before Chido and the Rainbow Witch could seize the opportunity, the magnificent spear was back in Cecil's hands. I imagine the spear tip was completely untainted, yet the sharpness of the holy light unmistakably pierced the chests of every fleeing evildoer.

"Legendary destiny! Legendary destiny!"

Qido screamed as if possessed. His eyes, bloodshot from taking too many psychoactive drugs, were fixed on Cecil with a jealous gaze, as if he wanted to tear a piece of flesh from her body with his eyes. He was so jealous, jealous that Cecil could wield such a powerful legendary destiny, while he himself could never find a path forward and could only remain stuck at this awkward quasi-legendary level.

The lucid Rainbow Witch, however, felt a sense of retreat. She could see clearly that Cecil's legendary destiny was a powerful category among the legendary ones—a legendary destiny composed of willpower and holy light… Its strength was closely related to what Cecil believed in. If she firmly believed that she could kill the two of them, she definitely could.

Even in conventional combat, they are no match for Cecil, let alone her ability to use the legendary Destiny!

They have no chance of winning!

The Rainbow Witch began chanting her most treasured ninth-level spell, Rainbow Wall.

On the surface, she was preparing to attack, but in reality, she was planning to escape. She had transformed the rainbow light magic wall into a spatial portal, and once the spell was complete, she would immediately leave the floating city! She wanted to get as far away from this terrifying radiant witch as possible!

"Go! I'm about to start chanting, cover for me!"

While preparing the spell ritual, she urged Qido to go up and die, buying herself enough space and time to complete the spell. Qido, somewhat intoxicated by the drug, actually believed the Rainbow Witch's enticements and rushed forward as cannon fodder, howling as he charged.

"I want to see this poor addict in front of me sober up."

Chedo heard the sound of burning.

He looked down at his body and saw only white flames. The burning holy light was scorching his body. His body had been soaked in the power of the nerve drug for many years. There was no normal part of his body. Everywhere he was covered with terrifying lesions catalyzed by the drug. These lesions usually gave him greater strength than other monks, but now these parts were all covered by the flames of holy light.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

He cried out in pain, but soon his mind became clearer than ever before.

Cheetos began to reminisce about his past.

From a happy family to the first try of "happy drugs," from addiction to the destruction of families, from selling to forcing others to suffer the same fate.

For Chido, the faith of the mute and the addictive effects of drugs numbed his brain for the rest of his life, bringing him to the level of a near-legend... He could have reached that level through his own efforts; his monk talent was praised by his master. He shouldn't have fallen so low; he could have truly become a legend.

Why did I do so many sinful things?

"God, forgive me!"

In the final moments of his life, the delirious Chido recalled his kind nature, which only made him more tormented. He screamed and cried out in agony, as if this would wash away the sins he had committed.

of course not.

Only the Holy Light and his own sense of guilt can wash away his sins, for both of these will cause him to die a painful death.

The mute might forgive His followers, but Cecil would not; she would only send these wicked people to their gods.

The burning Chido collapsed and was burned to ashes.

Cecil pulled the spear from his chest and pointed the tip at the Rainbow Witch.

"Too late! Hahahaha! I'm leaving!"

The Rainbow Witch laughed as she completed her spell:

"Rainbow Light Magic Wall - Spatial Gate!"

"I want there to be no spatial changes here."

The Rainbow Witch did not leave the conference room. She showed a surprised expression, and then... the tip of the spear pierced through her chest.

"impossible……"

The Rainbow Witch looked down at the spear piercing her chest, coughed up blood, and weakly roared:

"Bugatti will leave the Tower of Babel... to avenge me..."