I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"destroy?"

The way to beat most witch games is to go against the most basic rules of the other dimension. If the world rules are destroyed, the world will naturally be destroyed as well... But strictly speaking, beating witch games essentially only requires severing their connection with the floating city, without needing to completely destroy them.

However, most of the time, complete destruction is far more convenient than severing ties.

"It's hard to say whether it will be destroyed, but all the witch games that have been completed will no longer establish any spatial or causal connection with the floating city. At least in the past thousand years, there has never been a precedent." Carol waved her hand. "And now, because someone completed a very important witch game, we are missing a key figure."

"?"

Duke gave him a look that said, "Aren't we mortal enemies? Why are you telling me this?" He didn't respond to Carol at all. Besides, he didn't think that the "someone" Carol was referring to was him—if it was him, then who was the key figure?

When he played through the Witch Game, he always followed the principle of "saving those who can be saved." As long as he could bring the friendly natives back to the floating city, he would definitely bring them back. From Cake Princess Greta to the Star Sisters, from tens of thousands of Dream Clan members to Alice... Duke didn't think he could have missed any key figures.

"The Little Prince from 'The Little Prince'".

The moment Duke heard those words, he felt a sharp pain in his head. He clutched his head and bent over slightly. Seeing Duke's pained expression, Carol showed a hint of heartache, but quickly suppressed her impulse and continued, "I need you to bring him back to our world from the parallel universe."

Why...why would I do this?

"Because I will use your companions and this floating city to threaten you."

Carol glanced at Amber beside her, who was frozen in time, but Carol wore a look of surprise and amusement. Then, she suddenly opened her arms and gave Duke a surprise hug in front of Amber, whispering in his ear:

"Bring the little prince back and save the floating city, my hero."

Before he could finish speaking...

Time resumed its flow, and the emerald arrow pierced the sun, detonating it directly.

"Boom—"

An explosion led to another explosion, and destruction befell destruction.

The impact began in the underground world of the floating city, first affecting the power turbines, followed by an even more terrifying explosion that engulfed the entire floating city in one fell swoop.

The floating city that had flown over the continent for a thousand years was destroyed.

But before the explosion caused by the sun and the destruction of the floating city could engulf Duke, a dizzying, vertigo-like sensation took hold of him first.

When the dizzying sensation subsided, Duke opened his eyes and saw a dirty, dilapidated street covered in neon lights.

Where am I?

"I don't know?"

Duke turned his head and saw amber.

Chapter 340 Welcome to Night City!

“This is definitely not the floating city we are familiar with.” Duke pinched his chin, looked at the scenery in front of him, nodded and said something that even he found hard to believe: “But I am a professional commentator, and a professional commentator must be brave enough to make a judgment—it is obvious that this is the floating city.”

Amber, with one arm around Duke's waist, mimicked Duke's gesture by pinching her chin and nodding in agreement:

"To be honest, that's true."

At this moment, they were using Amber's spatial magic to stand in the sky, looking down at the street they had just left—and what appeared before them was a floating city that looked very similar to the floating city, sitting high in the sky far from the mainland, moving aimlessly.

After Duke and Amber officially started dating, they would often use spatial magic to leave the floating city and go on dates to the city on the ground when their friends weren't looking (mainly a certain stalker and yandere). Every time they slipped out of the floating city, they would admire its magnificent panoramic view for a while, so they were very familiar with what the floating city looked like from an aerial perspective.

The structure of this aerial city is almost identical to that of the floating city, but it also has many differences from the floating city.

For example, its age was so great that it seemed to have existed for over a thousand years longer than the floating city they were familiar with. Furthermore, its urban planning wasn't as neat and orderly as their floating city; the whole city looked chaotic. On the other hand, the floating city they were familiar with was a city for spellcasters. Because spellcasters were mostly scholars, the overall style of the floating city was very restrained and understated. But this floating city… alongside its dilapidation, was dazzling light pollution and neon lights that never stopped shining.

Their floating city is also a city that never sleeps, but it's far inferior to this "cyberpunk-style" floating city.

A quick glance from an overhead perspective reveals that the cyberpunk feel intensifies when the two return to the "Floating City Streets" embracing each other—extremely dirty and chaotic streets, thugs and impoverished residents everywhere, dazzling neon lights, blatant and eye-catching magical advertisements, and magical mechanical technology integrated into the lives of the residents.

A magical cyberpunk version of a floating city, right?

Their floating city also studies the magical mechanical technology of the ancient magical empire, but a large number of the results are organically integrated into life, rather than being crudely handed over to the residents for use without any supervision, like this "floating city".

“This must be a parallel world.” Duke clicked his tongue and walked with Amber, who was holding him, through the dilapidated streets. Every now and then, he would glare at the thugs who were looking at them with ill intent, scaring them away. “We need to think of a name to distinguish this place from our floating city… How about we just call this place Night City?”

"Okay, whatever you say."

Amber didn't care what Duke planned to call the city. The lewd elf was staring intently at the magical billboard next to her. The billboard featured a scantily clad elven girl making seductive gestures while holding the advertised product—clearly, the product being promoted was some kind of magical item that guaranteed a harmonious and fulfilling sex life for couples.

The floating city also has magical billboards, but their use is not as frequent or complex, and they certainly don't feature such revealing advertising girls.

"Duke, do you think the cash I'm carrying will be usable in this parallel world?"

"Hard to say... What do you mean? Are you interested?"

"To be honest, that's true."

Of course, this was just a joke, and Amber didn't really plan to buy that magical item—after all, the skill of summoning her future self to possess her had a cooldown period, so she couldn't think about getting close to Duke anytime soon. At most, they could hug and cuddle, but they couldn't even kiss.

However, after arriving in Night City in the parallel world, Amber seemed to suddenly become obsessed with hugging, constantly clinging to Duke and refusing to let go. She was the clingy type of girlfriend, and her daily interactions with Duke consisted of "wanting hugs" and "wanting kisses," so at first Duke didn't feel anything was off.

But when Duke realized that she hadn't let go of him the whole way from the street to the hotel entrance, he belatedly realized something was wrong—she was usually quite clingy, especially recently due to the lack of intimate communication caused by her divine body, which made Amber even clingier in her daily life... But the two of them had clearly had a full intimate conversation last night, so there shouldn't be any withdrawal symptoms, right?

what happened?

Duke looked down at Amber, who was leaning against him, for a while, and then, seeing her pouting lips and sulky little face, he realized what had happened.

Clearly, Amber, who has learned to connect space and time, maintained her consciousness during the previous time stop, so she witnessed Carol embracing her and is now obviously jealous!

"You should have said so earlier, you little jealous king of the floating city." Duke rolled his eyes, reached out and ruffled Amber's hair, and said softly, "Jealous?"

"No."

Amber, still clinging to Duke and refusing to let go, buried her head in Duke's chest.

"Carol and I have never done anything to wrong you, so don't overthink it."

Duke felt absolutely no guilt whatsoever; after all, he had a clear conscience and hadn't done anything wrong in his relationship with Carol. If Amber were jealous because of Cecil or Anne, he wouldn't be so nonchalant—Anne still didn't know about the forced kiss.

"Oh." Amber's voice was a little muffled. She sniffed Duke's body and said slowly, "What about Cecil and Annie? They didn't do anything to wrong me either, did they?"

Duke: "..."

My princess, when did you learn mind reading? Did you bring it back from the world within the Gate of Truth?!

Amber raised her head, but her body remained pressed against Duke's, allowing him to fully feel the softness of her body. At the same time, she looked at Duke with her seemingly expressive amber eyes, making the scumbag, who was initially feeling guilty, unable to meet his girlfriend's gaze. Seeing the evasive look in his eyes, Amber suddenly laughed out loud: "Pfft."

A soft, bell-like laugh rang out. She released Duke naturally, lightly punched him, and then walked into the inn first, leaving behind a light, airy message:

"Actually, I don't really mind being with Cecil..."

"?" Duke was slightly taken aback, standing there for three or four seconds before he reacted and chased after him. "No, what are we doing together? Explain yourself!"

"Pah, you scumbag, I'm not saying anything."

Chapter 341 The Noble Master

Duke held onto incredibly beautiful fantasies about what Amber said, and then... completely disbelieved it.

Ha, women's words are deceiving; how could he possibly believe that Amber wouldn't be jealous?

He's a notorious witch assassin in the entire floating city, a super scumbag who juggles five women at once, how could he possibly die on such a death-defying question? Are you kidding me!

The timelines of the two worlds seem to be somewhat different. When the sun, moon, and stars map was unfolded in the underground world of the floating city, it was still a sunny morning (although even in the morning, the underground world wouldn't get any sunlight), but when they arrived at this city of night, it was already late at night.

Despite their reversed day-night cycle, Duke and Amber, who were still jet-lagged, couldn't possibly rest right away, even though they had booked a room at the hotel.

So they returned to the streets of Night City and began to observe this floating city in a parallel world. They quickly realized that the biggest difference between Night City and the floating city was not the dilapidated state of the streets or the stark contrast in style, but rather the difference hidden among the crowds on the streets.

The proportion of "adventures" in Night City is even higher than in the floating city where the Witch Game event has started. And often, the higher the proportion of adventurers, the more chaotic the city—because adventurers are often associated with terms like "thugs," "rulebreakers," and "drunken troublemakers," all detrimental to city management. Keep in mind that the adventurers who have been staying in the floating city for the Witch Game are already of fairly high caliber, but these troublemaking adventurers still keep the chivalrous Lightbringer busy for most of the day!

On the other hand, besides the frighteningly high proportion of adventurers, spellcasters in this Night City were so few as to be almost invisible. Duke and Amber walked the sleepless streets for a full hour without seeing a single spellcaster, a situation that would be almost impossible in a floating city.

The floating city is a city of spellcasters. The official ruler of the floating city is a witch. Before the large influx of adventurers, the residents here were all spellcasters. After the large influx of adventurers, the spellcasters also fully integrated with the adventurers, forming a population characteristic that could not possibly appear anywhere else on the continent—a high proportion of spellcaster citizens.

In the floating city, if a brick hits ten people, at least six of them would be "noble" spellcasters.

This is not a joke.

“In this parallel world’s Night City, the proportion of spellcaster citizens is probably far less than that of the Floating City.” Duke narrowed his eyes, casually kicked away the thugs who wanted to cause trouble for the two of them, and made a very calm judgment. “Night City and Floating City are two completely different floating cities with completely different backgrounds.”

"So, it's not spellcasters or witches who rule this place?" Amber blinked, suddenly remembering the story Duke had told her. "It's not like the witch games you described, where witch trials and witch hunts are rampant, and all female spellcasters are burned at the stake?!"

When Duke told his friend stories about medieval witch trials and witch hunts, he didn't reveal his time travel. Instead, he used the convenient setting of witch games to create a fictional backdrop. Amber had taken it as a joke at the time, but now, thinking back, she trembled with fear.

“Indeed, we cannot rule out that possibility.” Duke glanced at the sly elf who took the opportunity to snuggle into his arms again, rolled his eyes, and reached out to rub her little head. “However, judging from the takeoff of Night City itself and the magical mechanical creations that are everywhere in sight, it is more likely that… the social structure here is probably similar to that of most cities on the continent.”

Amber paused for a moment, then realized what Duke meant:

"The spellcasters are all noble lords, so it's naturally rare to see these distinguished figures on the streets. Indeed, why would noble lords come to such dirty streets?"

This nobleman (princess) of the highest status in the Elf Kingdom, showing no awareness of his noble status, began to criticize the nobleman's behavior in a scathing manner, despite Duke's subtle expression.

“Ahem, that’s exactly what I mean.” Duke coughed a few times. “In our world, the construction and successful takeoff of the floating city are absolutely inseparable from the legacy of the ancient magic empire, the super artificial intelligence Zun, and the personal abilities of the miracle witch Fei. As long as this is still a floating city, it will inevitably attract powerful spellcasters.”

Amber countered curiously, "But we just saw the whole Night City. At first glance, it doesn't seem like any place is particularly luxurious. The whole city looks dilapidated. If there really are spellcaster nobles, where do they live?"

"It's very simple."

Duke smiled slightly and stomped his foot on the ground.

Although Amber couldn't compare to prodigies like Duke and Annie, she wasn't exactly a naive girl either. With Duke's prompting, she immediately understood.

The noble district is located in the underground world of Night City!

"But where the noble district is is none of our concern. Do you know our target?"

"The Little Prince from 'The Little Prince'".

Amber answered Duke's question honestly, completely unaware that her answer confirmed to Duke that she had indeed remained conscious during the time stop and that her earlier hugging and cuddling was indeed out of jealousy.

“Yes, I’m inclined to believe that Carol didn’t lie to me.” Duke nodded, then shook his head. “But before that, we need to find the cats who entered this parallel world before us.”

Earlier, after the blazing sun appeared, Ida, Monica, and Bane attacked Duke and Taruki. Kohaku, who was with Kuro, arrived in time to save the day. The attack quickly revealed its results: Taruki was ruthlessly smashed by Monica and fell to the ground. Then, Kuro and Monica, who were in the way, were "sent to a parallel world" by Ida. Bane, who had ulterior motives, went into hiding, and Duke was rescued by Kohaku.

It was because of Xiao Hei's "sacrifice" that Duke learned about parallel worlds.

However, neither of them knew at this time that Cecil had also been sent here by Ida.

"Oh, Blackie's here in this city too." Amber nodded in realization, then added with some concern, "Monica's here too, will there be any problems?"

"Once we find Xiao Hei, we can go find the Little Prince witch game. There shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?"

Duke wasn't entirely sure... but just then, a beautiful figure flashed past in his vision. He paused slightly, then instinctively took a step forward to follow. Amber followed behind him, somewhat puzzled: "What did you see?"

"I saw it..."