I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"Huh? This thing is a Bugatti?! Did he have a botched plastic surgery?"

Monica was shocked and couldn't even maintain her poker face anymore.

Bugatti is a legendary brand, so of course she knows it... But the Bugatti she knows is an unkillable cockroach, not this kind of lion that can stir up elemental storms with every move, right? But to be honest, elemental storms aren't the key point. What's really key is its familiarity with and application of quantum superposition effects, which rendered Monica's numerous attacks useless.

"I can't beat this thing! Quick, Duke, think of something!"

"What can I do?!" Duke roared back, still holding Amber around his waist, and teleported away from Norton, carrying him and Annie quickly. "We still have a Legendary character here in perfect condition. You should think of something. Aren't you the former Lord of the Floating City who has regained his full power? If you can't even handle an enemy like this, how are you going to deal with Carol?"

Duke's words struck a nerve with Monica, who immediately recalled the humiliations of the past few decades: her heart core being damaged by constant time reversals, being trapped in the shadow laboratory by higher-dimensional shadow creatures and unable to move, being stripped of many memories and some personality traits, thus becoming a "fool"... These humiliations made Monica furious.

She intertwined her fingers, making a contorted gesture, and then yelled at Duke:

"I don't care anymore, the rest is up to you, Duke!"

After saying that, the shadowy evil god beside her instantly retreated back into her shadow. Then, shadow tentacles crossed and intertwined around Monica, forming a shadow cocoon that completely enveloped her. A mere second later, Monica emerged from the cocoon, and a brand new shadow creature was born.

A pair of shadowy wings unfolded behind her, a halo of shadows rose above her head, and she held a longsword entirely outlined by shadows in her hand.

The existence of the mute has profoundly affected the entire floating city in every aspect. Among them, the mute, as the second-in-command of the floating city and the culprit who personally plotted to assassinate the mute's humanity, and who has become a god, also has a huge impact on her. Monica does not believe in the mute, but this does not prevent her from using the mute's own demeanor and her only divine messenger as a reference to modify her own combat style.

Just like the scene right before our eyes.

The mythical form of the Shadow Witch.

Monica took a deep breath, gripped the shadowy longsword tightly with both hands, and said softly:

"bring it on."

"Roar!" The Beast of Sin was wrapped in strands of black silk, symbols of its sins. Since arriving in this world, its sins had become far more apparent. Its vertical pupils stared at Monica, who appeared in her mythical form before it. Its mane bristled, and it took a half-step back warily. Then it roared, "There's no other way, Norton! Let's cooperate! Our goals are the same: to bring the Mute God to the Floating City, aren't they?!"

“Don’t lump me in with you, Bugatti.” Norton sneered. “You’re just using the power of the Mute to restore the power of the Sympathetics. Once you achieve your true goal, you’ll abandon the troublesome gods, won’t you? If it weren’t for your betrayal back then, how could Monica have so easily assassinated Miss Mute?”

Norton's words struck a nerve with the Beast of Sin (Bugatti), who jumped up and cursed:

"Don't talk like you saw it with your own eyes! You weren't even in the Floating City back then... Wait, you brat weren't even born yet, you bastard!"

"That doesn't stop me from despising you."

Norton quickly approached the resurrected remains of the mute. Duke and the others couldn't stop him, now back to his full strength. He looked at the mute with deep affection, reaching out his trembling right hand to touch the tears on the mute's cheek, but then withdrew his hand in fear, whispering reverently:

"Great mute, please wait a little longer, soon you will be able to reign over your loyal floating city."

Norton had two keys to achieving his goal: one was the mute's artifact, and the other was Saint Megan. Norton already had the former, but the latter… He raised his head, took a deep breath, and then reached out and pulled sharply forward.

As it turns out, Duke's earlier statement that Norton "didn't understand the principles of quantum superposition" was incorrect. In a short period of time, Norton also saw through the essence of this world and was even able to use its properties to do many incredible things, such as...

The next moment, a bewildered Megan appeared in Norton's hands.

"Huh?"

Megan, who hadn't seen him in a long time, instinctively looked at Norton, and then saw the remains of the mute person next to him. Her face changed instantly, and she covered her head in terror, screaming, "No! No!"

In Duke's memory, Megan was a mature woman, though not very reliable and always letting him down at crucial moments (this was somewhat endearing when she was initially his enemy, but became a problem after they became partners). Overall, however, the saintly Megan was a calm and composed mature woman.

But Megan, who had been captured by Norton, showed no signs of maturity. Instead, she resembled a panicked child. Her emotions and demeanor did not change when she saw Duke, as if she had never met him before.

This Megan appears to be much younger than the Megan Duke is familiar with.

Got it, it's the reverse Conan, right? "The brain may shrink, but the body remains sexy"?

Duke slowly exhaled, the cheat device appearing in his hand. Then he whispered to Amber beside him:

"Please take me to Norton's side, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Amber's eyes widened immediately: "Duke! What are you going to do now?"

“I’ll take him down.” Duke smiled, reaching out to ruffle Amber’s hair. “Give me three seconds, okay?”

Looking at his expression, Amber's previously heightened nerve sensitivity subsided slightly, and she slowly exhaled. In the past, when faced with sudden accidents and emergencies, she would always panic and scream. However, as she spent more time with Duke, she learned to stay calm, to think things through, and to... trust Duke.

"No problem." She nodded, but immediately added, "This time I won't leave you again."

"……it is good."

The next instant, Amber appeared abruptly in front of Norton with Duke in her arms, forcing him to let go of Megan and separate them from him.

"Varied--"

Norton looked at Duke and Amber who appeared before him with surprise but not panic, and then he felt a pain in his chest.

The pain travels from the wound to the nerves, and then further to the cerebral cortex, allowing Norton to understand the occurrence of the pain... This entire process takes only a moment, a moment Norton doesn't even have time to react before Duke punches him.

But in that very instant, Norton, whose legendary destiny was destruction, experienced true annihilation.

Every cell in his body, every bone, everything... met its doom with a single punch from Duke.

It doesn't take three seconds, just one punch.

The quantum superposition state, named Norton, is observed by a strong observer, and its probability collapses into a definite one: death and destruction!

"boom--"

Norton died at the last moment before achieving his goal.

Duke fell straight backward, his overloaded prosthetic body groaning in agony. Even worse, his soul began to groan as well. The side effects of instantly killing a legend might last forever. This feeling of weakness left Duke with no strength to stand.

Fortunately, someone was able to support his falling body.

"Are you alright?" Amber caught Duke as he fell backward, asking anxiously, "Duke, are you alright?"

“Hiss—that’s bad, but at least Norton is taken care of…”

Duke breathed a sigh of relief.

"Silence is golden."

But at that moment, Norton's persistent voice rang out once again.

Duke suddenly raised his head, but Norton's body and soul should have been destroyed in that punch, so how could he still speak?

It has to be said that Duke was somewhat on the defensive.

Talia, Norton... are all the legends of you mute people destined to live and die like this, haunting us like ghosts?!

But this time, fate truly sided with Norton.

Inside a shop with its doors open, there was a mirror, and Norton's reflection was imprinted on it. He smiled smugly at Duke through the mirror. His quantum superposition collapsed into a definite possibility under Duke's strong observation... But this does not mean that in a higher-dimensional superposition state, other possibilities disappear.

Norton was incredibly lucky; one of his possibilities was imprinted on that mirror.

In this bizarre and fantastical world, even the figures reflected in a mirror can stand alone.

The remains of the mute and the saint Megan also exist in the mirror world. He put his hands together and began his ritual in the mirror.

"Great mute, descend!"

The wailing in the quantum floating city abruptly stopped.

Instead, there were hymns that resonated throughout the heavens and the earth.

Whether in the real world or the mirror world, the remains of the mute and the saint Megan vanished the instant the hymn began to play. A great being that had always been watching over this world of memories had never been so close to this alternate dimension.

The mute are descending.

And those who came before Him were the messengers of God who belonged to the mute.

Eleven angels appeared in the sky, illuminating the floating city in the quantum superposition state, and causing a large number of possibilities to collapse and become certain. The possibility of Norton in the mirror world was also thus determined—in fact, he simply transformed into a messenger of the gods, with a pair of black and white wings growing from his back, and a halo above his head emitting a pure golden light. He left the mirror world and came to Duke and the others.

He carried no weapon; his fists and strength were his greatest weapons.

Norton bowed devoutly to the sky and cried out in prayer:

"Silence is golden! Silence is golden! Silence is golden!"

Then, he smiled, lowered his head, and looked at Duke.

Duke was too weak to move and could only stand with Amber's support. Amber immediately activated a spatial spell to try and move Duke away, but the spell failed for some unknown reason. Unable to activate it, she remained standing with Duke.

Amber trembled violently. She wanted to scream, but Norton's aura and murderous intent almost made her scream. However… despite her immense fear, Amber stared wide-eyed at Norton, gritting her teeth and speaking in a trembling voice:

"I will not let you hurt Duke!"

“Very courageous, little girl… Unfortunately, you don’t seem quite up to the task.”

Norton shook his head, then raised his fist at them.

Everything has gone downhill to the worst possible course.

But at that moment, the sound of space shattering rang in everyone's ears, and at the same time, the scene of space shattering appeared between Norton, Duke, and Amber.

Immediately afterwards, dazzling holy light illuminated the streets of the quantum floating city. A magnificent but blood-stained weapon drew blinding sparks across the ground, and a tall figure leaped in from the shattered space, asking with murderous intent:

Am I qualified?

Duke and Amber were stunned, as was Norton, because they all knew this person and had never expected to see her at this time and place.

She is the Witch of Radiance.

Cecil!

Chapter 287 The Invisible Hand in the Dark

Cecil!

Duke, Amber, and Norton all called her name at the same time, but the emotions in their words were completely different; the first two were surprised, while the latter was utterly astonished.

Cecil appeared before everyone in a terrible state, covered in wounds and wearing tattered clothes. A lot of blood clung to her Holy Light Armor, which she had conjured with holy light, but even this armor looked as if it had been brutally beaten several times.

However, in Norton's eyes, she reminded him of someone.

Eve, the Witch of Wishes.

That near-legendary professional who has been unable to advance to true legend because of the "oath," that monster who is capable of fighting against true top legends!

A hundred years ago, during Norton's heyday, he fought Eve, who was also active in the underworld of the floating city. At that time, he had already become a legend, but he was still brutally beaten by Miss Eve and couldn't even see her boss, Carol.

Therefore, it's perfectly normal that the mute faction led by Carol and Eve was able to ultimately reach the top of the floating city. What other faction in the entire floating city could put together such a magnificent lineup of "a genuine top-tier legend and a monstrous near-legendary who can fight alongside a top-tier legend"?

Even the Floating City Lord's Mansion at that time couldn't do it!

The feeling that Cecil gave Norton was similar to that of Eve. If Cecil hadn't made that great vow, she would probably already be a true legend by now. But it was precisely because of the power that vow gave her that she was able to dance freely in the face of the legendary barrier while wearing shackles, and thus gained her current fighting power.

"Norton, what's with this look?" Cecil stepped in front of Duke and Amber, slung his spear over his shoulder, and said nonchalantly, "How did you turn into a hermaphroditic birdman?"

Even though Guangbao had repeatedly shown off a look similar to that of the divine messenger, it didn't stop her from mocking Norton, who was half white and half black in front of her—she probably forgot that she had also been a birdman and had developed the "reverse holy light" that didn't shine.