I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

For example, the Lord of Holy Light, higher-dimensional shadow beings... Has she completely gone mad?

“Carol’s gone mad… Well, that’s obviously not the right answer. The current city lord’s calculations and plans are truly outrageous, spanning over several decades, yet still managing to include everything.” Duke clicked his tongue. “Monica and the others’ return, and the appearance of the memory monster… Could she be planning to use them against the mute?”

Duke had no objection to Karu'er wanting to deal with the mute, the only problem being... in every sense, he was the mute now, so if she wanted to deal with the mute, it would be the same as dealing with him.

"Annie, I think we should leave the floating city and hide on the mainland for a few decades!"

Chapter 298 Conquering Witches is Duke's Primary Productivity

"Annie, I think we should leave the floating city and hide on the mainland for a few decades!"

Duke made a casual joke, but Anne took it to heart. Her eyes lit up immediately, and she hooked her arm around Duke's, saying excitedly, "Okay, okay, let's elope!"

Duke rolled his eyes, glanced at her, and casually said, "Elopement is fine, but I'll have to take Amber and Cecil with me."

He had expected that these words would make Annie extremely jealous, or at least turn her face dark, shake off his arm, and turn to challenge Amber and Cecil to a duel so that he could have her all to himself. But to his surprise, Annie nodded with delight: "Okay, okay, it's a deal! I'll go tell Amber and Cecil right away. Don't worry, when the four of us sleep together in the future, I will definitely give way to them."

Duke: "?"

Duke was shocked and shook off Annie's arm, taking two steps back and exclaiming in astonishment, "You're not the Annie I know! Damn it, who are you, and when did you switch Annie with someone else?!"

Annie tilted her head, gave Duke a cute smile, and then muttered under her breath, "Take him away while there's only Amber and Cecil around. If he keeps staying in this floating city and flirting with women, it won't just be a matter of two or three..."

Duke: "?"

What image does this girl have of herself?! A walking embodiment of hormones, a succubus from the bottomless abyss?

Oh my, my Charm is now a whopping 25, even the succubus from the bottomless abyss isn't this outrageous.

That's fine.

Duke rolled his eyes, then re-examined Annie in front of him. She seemed to be joking too (referring to the elopement plan, because she knew Duke wouldn't actually elope with them, which meant abandoning everything from their past. The part about Duke's womanizing was no joke at all). He waved his hand and said:

"Just kidding, just kidding. I can't guarantee that I'll give way to Amber and Cecil when we're sleeping together. Well, I can only guarantee that if you ever spend the night with them, I'll be knocking on the door right on time, right after you've taken your clothes off. Trust me, I have the ability and the energy to be bored."

"Damn it, are you a devil?!"

After the Turtle Soup Witch Game, Annie seems to have undergone quite a change.

First and foremost, the biggest change is that her relationship with Amber has changed from rivals to rivals and good friends. This yandere who used to focus all her energy on Duke has finally shifted some of her energy to Amber.

Secondly, her attitude towards Duke was no longer as aggressive and possessive as before. It was as if she had seen through some philosophy, and she suddenly restrained her unrestrained madness and morbidity. She also changed from silently following, spying on, and eavesdropping on Duke's life to participating normally in Duke's daily life.

Although traces of her former self can still be glimpsed occasionally in her daily life, Annie's "condition" is generally trending towards stability and improvement.

In any case, it's always a good thing that Anne can become a normal girl—both for Duke and for Anne herself.

And what caused these changes was, of course, what happened in the turtle soup.

[Annie's Affection Level: Close.]

[Once you reach the "Passionate" level of Witch Anne's affection, you can claim a reward.]

[Item: Yandere's Stalking Diary, already generated.]

[Once you reach Intimacy with Witch Annie, you can claim a reward.]

[Item: Bone Transformation, already generated.]

That day, Anne entered the intimacy level of affection once again!

Of course, Duke didn't do anything special; he just played the hero and showed off. This kind of thing was very commonplace for Duke. He didn't expect Annie to be so easy to win over, and he went straight from the bottom of the favorability rating to the top.

Well, Annie's last time reaching Intimacy was even more inexplicable, so Duke should be used to it by now. The only difference is that the last time she reached Intimacy, the Affection Reward System wasn't unlocked yet, but this time not only is the Affection Reward System unlocked, but Annie's guide also gave Duke a ten-pull opportunity.

[Item Name: Yandere's Stalking Diary]

[Item Description: The yandere girl was once obsessed with stalking, eavesdropping, and voyeurism, which were once her motivation and support in life. She even wrote about these activities in her diary, fully proving the truth: "Who writes a diary if they're a decent person?!"]

[Item Effect: Within one hour of opening the diary, the holder's tracking skills will be greatly enhanced.]

Duke was able to easily track down the dream-clan guy, find out his home address, and take the drunk guy home thanks to the effects of this yandere's tracking diary. However, Duke felt it was best not to explain the contents of the diary.

After all, it's rare to see such a long record of a Gachi fan's illness, let alone one that's his own die-hard Gachi fan. The embarrassment Duke felt reading this diary was like a virtual streamer going to a comic convention and accidentally stumbling upon a Gachi fan engaging in intense oral sex on his merchandise.

Of course, although the diary entries might make Duke awkwardly dig out a four-bedroom apartment with his toes, its effect is surprisingly good among "passionate" level favorability items. Unlike countermeasure items such as Space Anchor, Tome of Truth, and Voice of All Things, it is extremely versatile and much more practical than the less powerful Mirror of Radiance.

In comparison, the "intimacy" level favorability items seem rather difficult to use.

[Item Name: Transformation Bone]

[Item Description: She believed that every necromancer harbored a similar desire: to freely control the shape of their bones. This would allow her to use herself as the perfect experimental subject, arbitrarily modifying her body with necromancy. It wasn't until much later, when she had completed this item, that this genius young woman realized that not every necromancer was as twisted as she was.]

[Item Effect: Allows for free modification of the body's skeletal structure.]

Generally speaking, favorability items are more effective when given to the witch being pursued. For example, the Displaced Coordinates in Amber's hand, or Duke giving the second "I Want" Gun to Lightbear, will definitely have a much stronger effect than if the witch herself uses it. However, in most cases, other people can use them.

For example, misaligned coordinates. Although Duke might not know how to use them, Megan could use them.

As for this "bone-changing" item... well, to put it simply, Duke isn't a pervert, he has no desire to modify his own body, and he certainly doesn't intend to use necromancy to turn himself into a corpse. Therefore, he has absolutely no intention of using it, and he can't imagine anyone else daring to use such a bizarre and suspicious-sounding item!

Incidentally, he had subtly inquired with Annie, and she really did have this wish. The genius beauty described in the prop introduction is most likely her!

Therefore, Duke dared not give the item to Annie, fearing that she would be overjoyed and begin to carry out all sorts of terrifying modifications on herself after obtaining the Bone.

Affecting the city's appearance is a minor matter; what Duke fears is that Annie, through cruel human experiments on herself, will single-handedly lower the moral standards of the entire floating city!

Of course, not being able to use the Bone Transformation item is still acceptable for Duke, since the real prize for conquering the witch has never been the favorability item, but the ten-pull ticket.

Thinking of this, Duke subconsciously looked at the gashapon machine in the system interface.

Chapter 299: Pulled the Main Boss in One Ten-Pull

Duke failed to conquer the Turtle Soup Witch Game. It remained safely inside the Tower of Babel. After Carol's "restart," the Witch Game was exactly the same as before Duke and his companions entered, except for a few fewer prisoners.

Therefore, Duke did not get a chance to successfully complete the Witch Game lottery, but only a ten-pull ticket for completing Annie's game.

[Current number of 10-pull coupons: 1.]

Based on Duke's limited experience with lotteries, the 10-pull ticket lottery guarantees at least one gold-quality item—the World Watch and the cheat item are both gold-quality items, each a decisive item that can completely turn the tide of battle at crucial moments.

However, the World Watch's abilities seem somewhat awkward in the face of Carol, and the side effects of cheat items are too great to use. Neither of them can compare to Duke's only purple item: Deus Ex.

However, at this moment, Duke suddenly realized a problem.

At the end of the Turtle Soup Witch game, Duke used a cheat item inside the mute person's body to activate "resurrection," bringing the mute person back to humanity. So the question is... what are the side effects of using resurrection?

He frowned. So far, he hadn't felt any side effects. Could "resurrection" be the only cheat item that didn't come with any side effects? Was that even possible?

Duke pondered for a moment but couldn't find an answer. He could only sigh and refocus his attention on the gashapon machine in front of him. Just then, the system notification sounded:

[Should I use the 10-pull coupon?]

【Yes. 】

As Duke activated the machine, it shook violently before bursting forth with a dazzling golden light, accompanied by a series of system notifications.

Duke glanced at his inventory and saw ten items: one gold, two blue, and seven gray.

Given that a 10-pull ticket guarantees at least one gold item, this result is already quite good. After all, the last 10-pull ticket from the Light Treasure event only yielded a super pity of one gold and nine gray items, leaving only one usable cheat item. Now, at least there's one gold and two blue items... which means that in addition to the gold item, there are two barely usable blue items.

Some of the blue items are incredibly useful!

Don't you see the blue bottle paper lazy man's magic wardrobe? It has now become a permanent prop, and it is the MVP of Duke's daily life!

But just as Duke was about to examine the specific effects of the one gold and two blue items, one of the seven gray-quality items unleashed a power from his soul—a power that did not belong to him and could not be controlled by him—and flowed into the system interface before him along with his divine body!

Duke stared in astonishment, this was the first time he had ever seen the system being influenced by forces in reality... The only person in reality who could influence the system was Duke, and this "force that did not belong to him" seemed to be mixed with his own power, using it as a medium to further influence the system!

However, Duke did not panic. Logically, he should have panicked. His greatest reliance in reality was the unknown system. Although he always enjoyed going against the Witch Conquest System, Duke repeatedly escaped danger and survived by relying on the trump card and confidence given to him by the system. Duke had fantasized about such a thing happening before, and he originally thought he would panic.

But he didn't.

Duke might be even crazier than Duke himself imagines.

The power that did not belong to Duke surged toward the ten items that Duke had just drawn at an astonishing speed. It first spread to a gray-quality item, and then caused it to burst into gray light!

The hazy, gray light was mixed with impurities. These impurities weren't blue, gold, or even purple; instead, they were a red that Duke had never seen before among the items. The gray light, tinged with red, swallowed the remaining three usable items—one gold and two blue—in an instant, and even began to spread to the other items in his inventory!

Startled, Duke quickly pulled out all ten props he had just drawn and held them in his arms.

The ten items, which had been engulfed by a grayish-red light, did not stop mutating after Duke took them out of his inventory; instead, they lit up even more intensely.

In Duke, Annie, and Zun's eyes, the blinding red light completely tore through the gray hues, swallowing up the ten items Duke was holding in one go, along with Duke himself. But then, the red light faded away like an illusion, revealing a bewildered Duke and the items in his arms.

"Duke, what did you do?" Annie asked in a strange voice. She rubbed her eyes, looked at what Duke was holding, and a look of horror appeared on her face. "What...is that?"

The red light that just now not only startled the three people present, but also attracted the attention of Amber and Cecil, who were busy with their own things in the distance. Amber immediately teleported over with Cecil and asked nervously:

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Carol has brought her people here to attack?"

Of the rebellion squad that had seduced the West Coast, only the little black dog perched atop Cecil's head seemed unconcerned. It yawned, rubbed its sleepy eyes, and asked curiously, "Meow? What's wrong, meow? Duke, what brings you to another human female, meow?"

"what?"

Duke was clearly still processing what had happened; after the red light engulfed him, his consciousness momentarily went blank. He instinctively looked down at the ten items he was holding in his arms… Where were those ten items? Not only were the two blue items and seven gray items gone, but even the gold item was nowhere to be found.

Suddenly, a quiet little girl appeared in Duke's arms. She looked curiously at Duke, who was looking down at her.

The moment their eyes met, Duke's pupils contracted slightly, because in the little girl before him he saw humanity, divinity, and props... these three contradictory things simultaneously constituted the little girl before him.

The little girl in Duke's arms tilted her head and opened her mouth, only able to utter babbling sounds, completely unable to form coherent words. But as those chaotic syllables rang out, a voice resonated in the hearts of everyone present:

She asked Duke:

"Are you the Duke who resurrected me?"

Duke swallowed hard and asked in return:

"Are you the 'mute' I resurrected?"

The little girl shook her head, and in the instant everyone breathed a sigh of relief, her clear voice rang in everyone's hearts:

"What is a person with aphasia? I am not a person with aphasia."

"My name is Ida."

Chapter 300 Dancing with the Gods: A Symphony of Destiny

[Item Name: Mythical Age]

[Item Description: The madman who dared to resurrect a god has tied his fate to the mythical era of the floating city, dragging the only mute god in the sky down to the mortal realm, to live and die with him!]