I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"However, I do have some ideas. Or rather, after the three legends of the underworld died one after another, there aren't many people who can still make such a big commotion here."

Anne narrowed her eyes.

The mute Ida, the witch of time Carol... who else could it be?

……

A little earlier.

The Lord's Mansion of the Floating City.

"Eve, do you know what the components of aphasia are?"

Carol, who was comfortably lounging on the sofa, suddenly spoke up, asking a question to another person in the office. However, the question only earned her a glare and an annoyed rebuke: "We're supposed to be believers of the mute people now, right? It was one thing to discuss gods in private before, but now you're directly checking the mute people's background. You're really something! I think the mute people might send down a bolt of lightning and kill you at any moment!"

"Hey, can't we even have a little discussion?" Carol waved her hand. "The mute is still inside Duke's body. He doesn't even respond to prayers, so how could he respond to disrespect? Relax."

"Okay, so what does the term 'aphasia' refer to?"

"Where does her divinity originate?" Carol held up a finger, revealing a mysterious smile that kept everyone in suspense. After a moment, she said triumphantly, "The starting point of the Mute's Mythical Path comes from the Soul Song, a legacy of the Witch Game 'The Little Mermaid.' Then, she gradually gathered everything she needed for the Mythical Path, relying on the alternate dimension linked to the Floating City, which is the Witch Game."

"As expected."

Eve spread her hands.

Clearly, she, Carol, and even most of the powerful individuals native to the floating city grew up through these alternate dimensions.

"So, do you know the specific structure of her divine authority?"

"I don't know. What is it? Silence? Stillness? A secret?"

Eve casually mentioned a few theocratic domains that sounded related to "the mute".

"It is an interweaving of matter and energy, or to put it more precisely—it is 'creating life,' 'pioneering spirit,' 'sky,' 'sun,' 'moon,' and... 'starry sky.'"

Carol smiled and shook her head, pointing to the sky:

"Without a doubt, the mute are gods that only the floating city could give birth to."

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The flames ignited by the holy light were gradually engulfing Zabuka's mansion, while Cecil strode out of the mansion and waved to Ida and Alice behind her, who happened to be passing by not far away.

Guangbao certainly knew Ida's identity. Ida was a mute, the only guardian of this floating city, and the object of worship for many mute people in the floating city.

It must be said that Cecil doesn't have a very good impression of the Aphas, because for a long time, she has been fighting against this loosely structured but individually powerful group of believers. From the earliest assassination attempt against her by a certain Aphas organization in the Gambling Tower, to the appearance of Talia and the series of events she caused, and now to the Aphas she has encountered in the underground world of the Floating City... frankly, given this storyline, it's normal for Cecil to have a bad impression of the Aphas.

But there are definitely normal people among the mute. Isn't the Dream Witch Joan perfectly normal? Most of her abnormal behavior is due to Talia controlling her body. Besides, Cecil doesn't have much of a problem with the current management of the floating city. She's "rebelling" with Duke because it's Duke, not because she has any major issues with her friends Carol and Eve. It just goes to show that men are like limbs, and sisters are like clothes.

Plastic sisterhood, it's that simple.

Because of her complex feelings towards people with speechlessness, Cecil's feelings towards Ida were also very complicated at first. However, as everyone knows, Guangbao is always carefree and thoughtless. After spending a day or two with Ida, she completely forgot her prejudices against people with speechlessness and only regarded Ida as a cute little girl.

But why is the adorable god appearing in the underground world of the floating city?

Cecil tilted her head slightly, a little puzzled, but didn't think much of it. She continued waving in Ida's direction and calling out her name loudly: "Ida! Ida, what are you doing here—"

Her voice stopped abruptly.

Or rather, the world suddenly fell silent. Cecil spoke, but no sound came out, and she could no longer hear anything. The buildings behind her, which had been burning and were beginning to collapse, also fell silent.

Cecil had experienced the same situation once before in the Tower of Babel, except that the one who plunged the world into silence that time was the Mute, and this time... it was the Mute's Humanity Ida.

Ida didn't even glance at Cecil, while Alice, who was following behind Ida, clasped her hands together and assumed a singing posture. Although Alice's singing did not materialize into actual sound in this desolate world, her posture underwent a dramatic change as she sang silently—a bright blue halo appeared above her head, and strange, fin-like wings unfolded behind her, giving her an eerie yet unexpectedly sacred appearance.

Duke didn't have time to tell Cecil about their experiences in the Little Mermaid Witch game, so Guangbao didn't know about Ida and Alice's relationship. But when she saw Alice's classic look, she suddenly understood everything.

Divine messenger.

What exactly are they trying to do?!

An ominous thought flashed through Cecil's mind, so she once again drew the Spear of "I Think," plunging its tip deep into the ground before her, awaiting Ida and Alice's next move. As she unleashed her legendary destiny, Ida turned to look at her in surprise, but quickly looked away, clapping her hands lightly.

"Snapped--"

In the deathly silence of the world, a single sound rang out.

With that short clap of applause, the streets and buildings they had walked through vanished one after another—yes, they suddenly disappeared into thin air. And because there was no sound, in Cecil's eyes it was like an absurd and unreal silent play. The buildings disappeared as if they had never existed, and the people who might have lived in them also vanished from this world.

In just a few seconds, a street was turned into an empty space.

This is the filthy underworld of the floating city, teeming with cults, madmen, criminals, fanatics... But because it has a black market that doesn't exist on the surface of the floating city, and offers relatively cheap living costs and gray jobs where revenge can be obtained, many desperate residents of the floating city also live here, as do many adventurers who come to participate in the witch's game.

In other words, there are also innocent ordinary people in the underground world of the floating city.

What did you do?!

Cecil's eyes widened, and though she couldn't utter a sound, she still managed a silent roar at Ida and Alice.

"The path of mythology is different from the path of legend, which is based on the ultimate personal ability. To embark on the path of mythology, one needs to gain the faith of living beings and to obtain authority in a certain field." Ida's voice resounded in Cecil's mind. After Cecil's silent cry, Ida turned her gaze to her and explained somewhat casually, "And now, I need to acquire some authority... to open a brand new path of mythology."

Is this your excuse for indiscriminately killing innocent people?

"Indiscriminate killing? I don't understand what you're talking about."

The mute man opened his arms, and then the street that had just vanished returned to Cecil's view, along with the humans visible in the buildings. They seemed completely unaware that they had disappeared into thin air, or even that the world had lost its sound.

Am I the only one who can't hear anything?

Cecil had doubts, but turning to look at the streets that hadn't experienced disappearance and reappearance, where the residents were clearly caught in the chaos of silence, proved that the problem wasn't with them, but with them.

What did you do?

Cecil asked the same question, but this time it lacked much of the murderous intent and excitement, and was instead filled with utter incomprehension and confusion.

"Life is fleeting, but all life is meaningful to the gods. In this situation, how could I possibly kill the innocent?" Ida clasped her hands together again, and the street that had disappeared and then reappeared vanished once more. This time, the area of ​​disappearance expanded to many nearby streets, turning the area into a wide open space. "They have only temporarily entered a parallel world that is separate from this world. It's a technique I learned from the witch game in the Tower of Babel."

"what?"

Cecil gasped in surprise. Every word Ida had said… oh, she couldn't even understand the meaning of each individual word, let alone put them together into a sentence. But something more obvious happened: she regained her voice.

Somewhat surprised, Guangbao touched his throat. Unbeknownst to him, the silence of the world had faded away, and the singing of the divine messenger Alice, who had been following behind Date and maintained a singing posture from beginning to end, entered Guangbao's ears as the silence subsided.

The melodious music was mixed with some harsh, discordant noises, making it impossible to enjoy the music at all.

However, it didn't take long for Cecil to find out what Ellie was calling out for.

A spatial rift appeared beside them. Cecil sensed an otherworldly aura emanating from the rift, clearly connecting to a different dimension within a witch game. Ten years ago, before the witch game was widely implemented, these other dimensions could open anywhere at any time. It wasn't until the witch game's successful implementation that the gateways to these other dimensions were barely established and fixed within it.

Despite this, new alternate dimensions still connect with the floating city from time to time.

And Alice's journey toward the soul seems to be accelerating this process.

Less than three seconds after the first spatial rift opened, the second spatial rift appeared beside Cecil, followed by the third, the fourth... In a short time, more than a dozen alternate dimensions connected to the floating city tore open spatial rifts, appearing in the open space cleared by Ida.

Cecil frowned as if facing a formidable enemy.

The aura emanating from these spatial rifts was not to be underestimated; some of them even caused Cecil to break out in a cold sweat. While there might not be any Crown-level Witch Games among them, and the rules of the alternate dimension might not be able to cross the spatial rifts and affect the floating city and the main plane, the inhabitants of these alternate dimensions could cross the spatial rifts to reach reality.

Moreover, Cecil's intuition told her that among these dozen or so alternate dimensions, there definitely existed crown-level witch games, whose alternate dimension rules could spread out from the spatial rifts and directly affect reality.

"Ida, Alice, do you really know what you're doing?"

"of course."

Ida's clear voice rang in Cecil's mind. Then, a young man emerged from behind the burning building, carrying a small box. With a polite smile, he first nodded to Cecil, whom he had met once before, and then respectfully bowed to Ida.

"My revered deity, great mute, hello."

"This is our first meeting, isn't it, Noelle?"

Ida nodded, her voice resonating simultaneously in the hearts of the young Noel, Cecil, and Alice, inspiring an urge to prostrate themselves in worship—in fact, Noel and Alice, who believed in the mute, almost simultaneously knelt before her on one knee, while Guangbao, who had no faith in the mute, also felt the urge to do the same, though he barely managed to restrain himself.

"This is the first time I've met you, but I'm sure you've seen another version of me before, haven't you?"

“That’s right, the kind Noel who offered me the replica of the Leaf of the Tree of Life.” Ida walked somewhat lazily toward the young Noel. Her figure was still petite and adorable, without the growth spurt that occurred in the witch game. She slowly walked up to Noel. “So, Noel, are you ready to offer me your tribute?”

"of course."

Noel, kneeling before Ida, offered up the box without hesitation and opened it, revealing its contents.

That was the most precious thing in the entire underground world of the floating city.

Leaves of the Tree of Life.

The original, not the replica that makes up Duke's current body.

The power level of this genuine Tree of Life Leaf is the same as that of the replica. If it were in the hands of someone else, it would have almost the same effect. The only difference is that the replica comes from a parallel world and has no close causal connection with the Tree of Life, a god-level being in the real world, while the genuine one does.

This is something that most people cannot use effectively, and even for many top-tier legendary figures, it is impossible to achieve the desired effect. In the entire floating city, perhaps only Lady Scarlet, the epitome of "miracle," and Ida the Mute, can bring out the unique effects of the genuine Tree of Life Leaf.

"My God, I offer you this leaf of the Tree of Life!"

"very good."

Ida took the leaf of the Tree of Life, then reached out and gently stroked the boy Noel kneeling before her. As the boy received the touch of the god, a pair of tiny wings sprouted from his back, and a small halo condensed above his head.

During the Battle of Babel, Duke used his cheat-like ability to instantly kill the Aphas's messengers, freeing up a large number of messenger slots. Ida then made full use of these slots, distributing them among her close followers as both a reward and a bridle to bind them.

Ellie was like that, and so was the evil Noelle. Noelle, now a messenger of the gods, closed his eyes, feeling the power surging through his body. He clenched his fists to keep from laughing out loud; clearly, his desires had been satisfied by becoming a messenger of the gods.

Of the three people present, two were on their side. So who was the last one?

Ida, holding the small box, turned to look at Cecil and said with a smile:

"Cecil, believe in me."

Faced with the alluring words and sacred demeanor of the mute, Cecil felt an impulse surge within her, but in the next instant, Duke's image flashed through her mind.

He frowned slightly with concern, then shook his head helplessly in her heart and said softly, "If I'm not by your side, don't trust strangers, and don't let yourself be easily kidnapped."

“I won’t!”—that was Cecil’s reply.

It was this memory that jolted Cecil, pulling him out of the atmosphere Ida had created. He instinctively took a half-step back and protested defiantly:

"Why? I don't want to!"

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it then. Goodbye."

Ida didn't seem too surprised by Guangbao's answer. She raised the box containing the leaves of the Tree of Life and pointed it at Cecil.

In the next instant, Cecil and the building behind her, which had been ignited by holy light, vanished into thin air, replaced by a towering tree, a Tree of Life large enough to be seen from any corner of the underworld.

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