I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

The crystal blade she swung above her own head, its power and sharpness striking her own leg.

When Zi Yuan struck herself, all the crystal blades came to an abrupt halt. Zi Yuan spread her dragon wings and took off. The pressure from the amber made her feel the breath of death. She was ready to fight to the death—she was ready to use her legendary destiny!

But at that moment, Amber appeared beside Duke, wrapped her arms around his waist, and mouthed something to Ziyuan with a smile:

"Goodbye."

Then, they disappeared from the sheriff's sight, leaving only Ziyuan, who had lost an arm and a leg, still standing there. Even the pain that contorted her face couldn't stop her from cursing uncontrollably:

"*Floating City swear word*! If you're a legend, you should have said so earlier! Why did you run away before? *Floating City swear word*! And a legendary spellcaster specializing in space magic?! Were you just playing dumb with us before? *Floating City swear word*!!!"

Chapter 356 Couples Arguing

Duke looked at Amber, who was holding him as they crossed most of the floating city. A relaxed and calm smile was on her face. After noticing that Duke was observing her, she stuck out her tongue at him without caring and then continued forward.

Amber did not choose to traverse a long distance at once, lest such a long-distance teleportation lead them into some awkward or dangerous unknown location. Therefore, she chose to use short-distance teleportation continuously. As long as she used it enough times and maintained the direction, she could still create distance.

For Amber at this moment, crossing most of the floating city in this way would only take less than ten seconds, and dozens or even hundreds of teleportations would be enough to make it pass by in a flash.

Amber found a deserted, eerie alleyway before finally stopping, releasing Duke, and collapsing to the ground. Her previously relaxed and calm demeanor vanished instantly; cold sweat beaded on her forehead, and she began to breathe rapidly, as if enduring something, clenching her fists tightly.

"Are you crazy?!"

Seeing Amber's appearance, Duke immediately understood what had happened. In order to rescue him from Zi Yuan, she had once again used the "time magic" that summoned her future self, temporarily transforming herself into a top-tier legend. But it should be noted that the last time she used this move was only two days ago! Such a drastic change occurring twice in just two days was something even Amber, with her extraordinary talent, couldn't withstand.

He glared at her fiercely, then hurriedly squatted down, took a pill from his inventory, and forced it into her mouth, compelling her to swallow it. This potion was made by Eve to heal the soul. Duke had eaten it like a candy to barely stabilize his soul fluctuations after changing bodies twice.

The reason for Amber's current symptoms is quite simple: it stems from the mismatch between her soul and body. Her current soul is simply incompatible with the legendary body that she pulled from the timeline to replace her, let alone the combat experience derived from her future self. Don't be fooled by how easily she defeated Zi Yuan; in reality, Amber not only exhausted all her methods but was also nearly overwhelmed by her future self's soul. If Amber had been even a second slower, Zi Yuan could have easily turned the tables and killed her even with a missing arm or leg.

To put it bluntly, Amber's "time magic" should not only not be used frequently, but should not even be used directly in combat. The best way to use it is in daily life, to gradually adapt to the experience, habits and skills transmitted from the future, rather than using it to fight desperately—because if you use this move to fight desperately, you will fall down at the speed of light before you even win.

Fortunately, Eve's potion did work.

After taking the pill, Amber's condition quickly stabilized. Leaning against the alley wall, she slowly opened her eyes, looked at Duke in front of her, and revealed a genuine smile: "Duke, you..."

"Are you crazy, Amber!" Duke interrupted her abruptly, frowning and scolding, "Why are you doing this? Don't you know it's dangerous? That Purple Iris is a near-legendary, and using this time-manipulation technique in battle, you could die in a heartbeat!"

Instead of receiving praise from Duke, Amber was immediately scolded upon waking up, which made her unhappy. She pouted and retorted angrily, "Can't I fight a near-legend?!"

"Can't you even hit yourself without a sense of self-awareness?" Duke was clearly still angry. Amber's reckless behavior was completely unacceptable to Duke, who valued her highly. "Are you out of your mind?"

"And what about you? How dare you say that?!"

If Duke had spoken so aggressively, Amber might have quickly recovered from her displeasure. However, Duke's aggressiveness clearly stirred up some lingering resentment within her. Therefore, Duke's usually easygoing and model girlfriend suddenly erupted:

"Duke, I don't even want to mention how many times you've acted recklessly! In every Witch Game, haven't you been dancing on the edge of a knife? In every battle, haven't you been fighting with your life on the line? Forget about near-legendary, you've already faced the true legends! The gods of the floating city! Haven't you already faced them all? When you were risking your life, did you ever consider my feelings, or that I might not even want you to risk your life?!"

"After your battle with Talia, you left without saying goodbye, and I even thought you were really dead! And then there was your contact with Saint Megan, your trip to the underworld with Cecil, and... Duke, do you really think I'm your partner? Am I only capable of sharing your pleasures, but not your burdens, not capable of fighting alongside you?!"

"I……"

Duke wanted to refute something, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything because Amber's accusations left him speechless.

“If it had been Cecil who risked her life to fight Ziyuan, you wouldn’t have questioned her at all, because Cecil is very strong, and you trust and even rely on her abilities. If it had been Annie who risked her life, you wouldn’t have questioned her either, because you know Annie’s madness and understand that you can’t persuade her to stop her crazy obsession with herself.”

Amber pressed her hands to the ground, her amber eyes fixed on Duke, her fair face flushed red with anger.

"Then why am I the only one excluded? What exactly are you showing mercy to? Don't you trust me at all? Am I not qualified to fight alongside the man I love? Perhaps I didn't have enough fighting power before, and could only play the role of an assistant or a teleportation tool, but now I have my own way of fighting, and I want to keep up with you!"

Amber wasn't jealous of Duke's interactions with other women, and had even planned to share Duke with other women (referring to Guangbao). She would occasionally act a little capricious, but never in a pretentious way. She was petite, understanding, gentle, and considerate, and also had a particular fondness for eroticism, able to use her extensive theoretical knowledge to improve her practical skills. In every respect, she was the perfect girlfriend.

Therefore, Duke never imagined that she would have such intense emotions, or rather... that she cared so much about not being able to fight alongside him, or that she cared so much about the fact that he couldn't help Duke.

The seeds of this event were sown during the campaign against Talia.

The reality of losing Duke nearly broke Amber. Upon learning that Duke had chosen Cecil over her, she even felt a sense of despair. Therefore, after reuniting with Duke at Babel, Amber unhesitatingly refused Carol's offer to take Duke away; she later did the insane thing of breaking into the Gate of Truth; and just now, she risked using time magic to try and snatch Duke back from Ziyuan.

Amber was desperate to prove that she deserved to stand next to Duke, and she was willing to risk her life to prove that she was worthy of Duke.

But Duke poured cold water on her enthusiasm.

So, Duke's "perfect girlfriend," who had never argued with him before, exploded.

Chapter 357 Little Cecil's Request

Duke removed the kill list that Ziyuan had placed on him, so the sheriff was unable to give chase—she probably didn't want to pursue him rashly after being beaten up by Amber (Future Loan Version).

Therefore, Duke and Amber lowered their guard and walked back to their rented hotel side by side... but along the way, the two remained eerily silent, neither of them uttering a single word.

This silence lasted until they reached the hotel entrance.

"Hello, brother and sister."

Little Cecil stood timidly at the inn's entrance, waiting for Duke and Amber's return. Finally, she saw the handsome older brother and sister walking towards the inn and hurriedly went to greet them. Just as she was about to say something nervously, she suddenly sensed a strange atmosphere between the two, and she shuddered, swallowing back what she was about to say.

Duke gave her a cold glance, which made the already nervous Cecil shrink back even more timidly. However, her face, which was almost identical to their Guangbao's, still eased Duke's terrible mood a little.

How to put it? It's like getting a good scolding from your wife when you get home, but then seeing your silly daughter's cute little face, even the worst mood will be cured.

Duke clicked his tongue, his icy expression vanishing. He reached out and ruffled Cecil's hair, asking softly, "What's wrong? Is there anything we can help you with?"

It must be said that when Duke uses the power of his face, almost no female creature can resist it. Those who can resist are mostly his friends, friends who are already tired of seeing his stunningly handsome face—even these friends will occasionally be amazed to recall the terror of being dominated by Charisma 25.

Little Cecil was clearly not used to Duke's face. Her brother's smile immediately made her dizzy, and she said with a slightly red face, "I... my sister is missing. Brother, can you help me find her?"

Duke was somewhat surprised: "Sister? My biological sister?"

Cecil thought for a moment, then nodded.

Cecil had told him about her background. She was adopted by a cult that called itself the "Knights Templar" from a young age. She had never met her biological parents, let alone older siblings. Although she was popular and had friends everywhere in the floating city, she didn't have a single real relative. Unexpectedly, little Cecil actually had an older sister in this floating city.

However, this is, after all, a parallel world that is completely different from theirs, so any differences are understandable.

“She was at home last night, but she suddenly disappeared today.” Little Cecil sniffed and said pitifully, “I’m so worried about my sister. There are bad guys in the floating city who have been chasing her.”

Duke listened to Cecil's story, his brow furrowing slightly. He sensed something amiss, but didn't dwell on it, assuming it stemmed from a problem with Cecil's own logic rather than an underlying issue. His natural affinity for Cecil meant he wasn't overly wary of the young boy before him.

"It's okay, just leave it to your older brother and sister. We'll definitely help you find your sister."

"That's great!" Cecil laughed happily. "By the way, I still don't know your names, older brother and sister!"

“My name is Duke, and she…”

“My name is Amber.” Amber, who had been silent all along, interrupted, not letting Duke introduce her. “You can just call me Sister Amber.”

After saying that, Amber reached out and touched little Cecil's head. Although her face was almost exactly the same as Cecil's, it was obvious that she was several years younger than Cecil on the surface, and the actual age difference was probably even greater. So Amber could confidently turn the tables and become the older sister in front of her "Sister Cecil".

However, when Duke and Amber introduced themselves to Cecil, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, as if she had heard of them somewhere before. To hide her surprise, she quickly lowered her head, lost in thought.

Little Cecil is not Cecil. She doesn't have the powerful strength of Lightbear, and her growth experience is completely different. She must not be as carefree and mindless as Cecil to have grown up to this point. No matter how bad she is, she must adapt... Would someone who lives alone in the surface world of Night City really be as "naive and helpless" as she appears?

Her disguise and concealment were quite good, but they still couldn't fool Duke's eyes. However, he didn't intend to delve into what the little one was really up to. Even if Cecil was actually planning to sell them off as suckers, it didn't matter; after all, she was Cecil.

Duke smiled at Cecil, then reached out and took Amber's hand, pulling her closer to him, and whispered a reminder, "This child might..."

Before he could finish speaking, Amber shook off his hand, glared at him angrily, and showed no intention of listening to him alone.

Duke: "..."

Okay, I'm still angry.

Duke shrugged helplessly.

He did want to coax Amber, but a problem arose: the reasons she got angry were completely different from what other girls would get angry about. Duke had no idea how to appease her—what? Was he supposed to just tell her, "It's okay, go ahead and do whatever you want, I'll take it all in"?

The problem is that he completely disagrees with this kind of thing!

How to do?

The only solution Duke could think of was to lure her into the hotel and seduce her… cough, aside from the fact that this idea sounded far too Amber-esque, even Duke felt a little embarrassed to be so shameless. More importantly, due to his divine body's limitations, he simply couldn't carry out this plan!

Well, we'll just have to continue the Cold War.

Duke rolled his eyes, glanced at Amber who was hugging Cecil tightly and giving him a good rub, then looked at Cecil, whose face was ashen and who was "enjoying" face wash and a head pat. He coughed softly and said, "Let's set off now. Before it gets completely dark, let's try to find Cecil's sister as soon as possible."

Amber said indifferently, "Fine."

"Great!"

Little Cecil, who had managed to escape from the amber's clutches, cheered.

So instead of going into the inn, they followed young Cecil to another street, the very street where they had met him the night before. After a few more turns, the three of them finally stopped in front of a magnificent building.

The building is not tall, and a large part of it is buried underground. In fact, it is the entrance to the underground world of the floating city.

Chapter 358 Facing the 996 work schedule, one must bravely fight for paid sick leave.

This is the entrance to the underground world of the floating city.

A large amount of magical technology has been piled up near this entrance, such as magical surveillance cameras, magical advertisements, magical mechanical weapons hidden in the dark, etc. Despite being a city that almost completely eliminates spellcasters, it has integrated a large number of magical machines into the daily life of the floating city with an incredibly exaggerated degree of integration. At least in the ground world of the floating city, magical machines can be seen everywhere.

It is precisely because of the lack of spellcasters that these magically constructed artifacts, despite their extremely high technological content and large quantity, are mostly dilapidated and worn out, severely lacking in maintenance. Duke has hardly ever seen a brand-new, complete magically constructed artifact. The inhabitants of the entire floating city's ground world seem to know only how to use magical technology, but not how to create or maintain it, making it resemble a post-apocalyptic wasteland world.

If they bring Zun here, with her learning ability and genuine research and manufacturing skills, she would probably absorb the magical technology here like a sponge, and then surpass it at an extremely fast pace. Zun wouldn't even need to lift a finger; just having Annie come along would be enough to crush everyone in this floating city's surface world!

"I wonder if the underground world will be any different."

Duke muttered something under his breath, then stared at the guards at the entrance to the underground world. They wore uniforms of the same style but different colors, completely different from the uniforms of the sheriffs, including Zi Yuan. The sheriffs' uniforms consisted of a black trench coat-style jacket paired with a standard white shirt and tight pants, while the guards' uniforms looked like Japanese school uniforms from Duke's previous life, except that they were distinguished by four different colors: red, yellow, blue, and green.

At this point, as the entrance to the underground world was being completed, the number of guards in red, yellow, and green uniforms was roughly the same, around three or four each, except for the guard in blue uniform, who was few in number, only one. But it was clear that among the many guards, the one in blue uniform held the highest rank.

Duke withdrew his observing gaze and turned to look at Cecil Jr., who in turn looked at him and Amber. The three of them stared at each other for a while before Duke broke the silence: "How do you plan to take us into the underground world?"

“Brother Duke, aren’t you from one of the four great families? Don’t you have a pass?” Little Cecil was completely stunned. “Shouldn’t you be the ones leading me into the underworld?”

And so, the three of them were stuck in an awkward silence again.

Duke and Amber's demeanor was utterly out of place in the surface world of this floating city. It seemed that Cecil thought they were from one of the four great families and that they might be able to lead him into the underworld, which was why he had come to them—clearly, these two "smugglers" did not have the necessary permits to enter the underworld.

Are you sure your sister is in the underworld?

Cecil Jr.'s spirits were visibly dampened, and when he heard Duke's question, he could only nod listlessly.

Duke immediately waved his hand dismissively: "Then you can wait for your brother and sister to take you to the fields!"

These words sounded strange, but their actual meaning gave Cecil a jolt of energy, and even Amber, who was still giving him the cold shoulder, glanced at him sideways.

If Duke hadn't been in a cold war with Amber, he would most likely have let Amber teleport them down, adhering to the principle of "better to avoid trouble." But now that Amber is throwing a tantrum, she probably won't obediently become a tool. On the other hand, Duke is also preparing to show off in front of Cecil Jr. to satisfy his vanity.

Hey! My fighting power is nothing compared to Cecil's. Can't I just use little Cecil as a meal replacement?

After making that boast, Duke snapped his fingers and took out the neon revolver, which hadn't been seen in a long time, from his inventory.