I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

Should I use a single draw ticket?

【Yes. 】

After clicking the gashapon button twice, the gashapon machine in the system interface began to shake violently.

The grand prize in the limited-edition gacha machine "Mirror Image" pool is naturally "Mythical Armor: Amber" and "Mythical Armor: Cecil". This is partly because he has a close relationship with them and has absolute trust in them, and partly because they are right beside him.

Duke wanted to give Xiao Hei the mythical weapon directly, but it didn't know where it was, so Duke couldn't give it away!

"Shipping! Shipping! Shipping..."

As he silently recited these words in his mind, Duke suddenly noticed a detail—there was an item in his inventory that was currently in an active and usable state.

Deus ex machina fulfilled the conditions for the "final act".

Huh? Why?

Duke was slightly taken aback, and before his mind could process it, the gashapon machine revealed the result.

[Item Name: Mythical Armor - Amber]

[Item Name: Mythical Armor - Cecil.]

Is it really out?

Before Duke could even wake up from his ecstatic "dream," a faint static sound echoed in the small dark room, sounding like something wriggling. But then, a voice that sounded somewhat familiar yet not quite familiar suddenly resounded in Duke's mind:

"Duke... Mr. Duke, watch out!"

That was Nona's voice.

Chapter 384 Nona

ten days ago.

After Duke and the others followed Eve through the secret door into the underground of the floating city, Nona was left alone in Eve's single apartment. She sat somewhat awkwardly in the Pandora family head's hut, seemingly troubled by something.

Should we run away or not?

Although Duke was powerful and mysterious in her eyes, and this strange man could even change her opinion of him with weird and sweet food, as long as she could escape back to the Cavendish family, she would be protected by the Norton family head and Elder Noel. Even Duke and Amber wouldn't be able to bring her back, right?

Besides, the fact that the two of them followed Eve underground, leaving her alone here, was as if they were saying, "This is the chance I'm giving you to escape. If you run away this time, I'll turn a blind eye."

No matter how you look at it, Nona should run away as soon as possible, especially since Duke and the others don't know when they'll be back.

But after much deliberation, she ultimately decided not to run away.

I'm not...I'm not worried about Duke!

Nona, who was constantly struggling with her decision, never got to see Duke, whom she feared and longed for. Instead, she received Eve returning with bad news—Duke, Amber, and the "weirdo" had all been swallowed by Pandora's Box!

The entire process from Cecil's appearance to the three of them being swallowed by Pandora's Box was very short, so short that Eve hadn't even realized they were actually working together. At that moment, she was actually worried that the royal family from the Elf Kingdom and the wanted criminals from the Floating City had been imprisoned together in Pandora's Box.

As the head of the Pandora family, Eve naturally knew what was inside the Pandora's Box. That dark sea, filled with endless negative emotions, was enough to drive most living beings mad, and even several legends in the past had suffered greatly in front of this Pandora's Box.

Duke, Amber, and the weirdo are probably doomed.

Upon hearing the news Eve brought back, Nona was completely stunned. She never expected such a thing to happen, but deep down she didn't believe that Duke would die so easily. So, at her insistence, she and Eve went into the underground world and waited for three more days.

The three days of waiting made Eve completely give up. She originally wanted to use the princess of the Elf Kingdom, but she didn't expect that she would have to cover up the fact that the princess died in Pandora's Box. In addition, there were some problems in the floating city, so she left. Only Nona, who had brought enough supplies, was still holding on.

Three to ten days.

Until the tenth day, Nona still didn't know why she persisted or what outcome she wanted to achieve.

Will Duke and Amber return unharmed? Or will they witness Duke's death?

It must be the former, because she never thought Duke would die in Pandora's box—although Nona herself might not have realized this, and even if she had, she would never have admitted it.

And on the tenth day...

Before the mute Ida arrived, an anomaly occurred. Nona, who had been waiting in the dark room, suddenly felt excruciating pain all over her body and then fainted. Before losing consciousness, Nona didn't even see who had attacked her. When Nona awoke, she found herself still in the dark room, but the once pitch-black room was now as bright as day, with brilliant star maps etched onto the walls and ceiling.

She gazed at the star charts in a daze, and for a moment, time seemed to have passed.

What jolted Nona back to reality was the sound of high heels coming from the stairs. The sound gradually faded into the distance, and Nona's previously unfocused eyes regained their vision, shifting her gaze away from the beautiful star map.

At that moment, she unexpectedly saw the person she had been "longing for".

Duke.

He was leaning against the wall, resting with his eyes closed, while Amber and Cecil were holding a scroll and examining the glittering starlight on the wall of the small dark room, seemingly looking at something.

Huh? Why? When did he come out? How could I have missed him leaving Pandora's Box?

When? Nona felt a strong sense of disconnect, as if her memory was incomplete. One second she had just seen the star map light up, and the next second Duke was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, resting.

This sense of disconnect left Nona somewhat bewildered, but then she was startled when she saw a monster.

The monster was like a disgusting lump of mud, from which grew hideous tentacles with suckers. The tentacles were covered with a strange, pale green slime, and a few drops would occasionally fall to the ground, corroding a small pit into the already uneven floor of the dark room.

Nona saw the monster extend its tentacles toward Duke, about to engulf him as he leaned against the wall. Meanwhile, the monster's other tentacles were reaching toward Amber and Cecil. The scene unfolded vividly in Nona's eyes, but neither Duke, Amber, nor Cecil seemed to notice the hideously ugly monster.

Nona, however, was different. When she saw the monster and watched its waving tentacles, she felt a sharp pain enveloping her entire body, as if the tentacles were actually wrapping around her—the tentacles would wrap around her body, crush all her bones with great force and pressure, squeeze blood from her wounds, knead her into a lump of unrecognizable flesh, and then swallow her whole, flesh and blood.

Why? Why can't they see it?!

Nona didn't have time to think and hurriedly called out anxiously:

"Duke... Mr. Duke, watch out!"

Her voice didn't reach the small dark room, even though Nona had used the loudest she could to remind them. Cecil and Amber were still engrossed in comparing the star charts.

However, Duke heard it.

Nona's voice resonated directly in his mind.

He naturally sensed the anxiety in Nona's voice. Without even checking the details of the two mythical weapons, he suddenly opened his eyes. However, his senses did not detect any threat. He could not find any potential enemies or any trace of Nona in his sight.

Without hesitation, Duke pulled out the Voice of All Things from his inventory, put it to his ear, and then his expression changed slightly.

He heard a voice that did not belong to the main world.

That was the sound of something wriggling, the sound of liquid dripping onto the ground, the sound of a hungry monster craving food.

The sounds were so close, as if they were coming right next to my ear.

"What is that?!"

Duke jumped in fright, pulled out a rainbow crystal, casually cast a few first and second-level spells, and shouted:

"Enemies!"

Chapter 385 The Final Warning

"Enemies!"

Duke used the Rainbow Core as a staff to cast spells, launching attacks in the direction from which the Voice of All Things could hear the sounds, choosing low-level spells that did not require casting animations or materials.

Duke wasn't sure if his attacks had worked. Although more writhing sounds came from the Voice of All Things after the spell was cast, Duke still couldn't be sure if it was because his attacks had worked—after all, he hadn't directly heard the monster's screams.

As more wriggling sounds arose, Duke belatedly realized that the entire dark room was filled with these invisible and intangible monsters.

However, most of the locations were insignificant. Even if Duke had the means to hit the enemy, he couldn't inflict a fatal wound. The Voice of All Things wasn't that powerful; he could only barely locate the monster by sound and couldn't find its vital points at all. He couldn't see the enemy, couldn't even touch it, didn't know if his spells could hit the enemy, and didn't know where to aim to hit its vital points.

It's fair to say that this battle was impossible to even begin!

If Duke, who possessed the Voice of All Things, was in the same boat, then Cecil and Amber, who lacked it, were even more bewildered. Startled by the sudden sound, they immediately became alert, looking around but seeing nothing, their expressions slightly confused.

"Enemies? Where are the enemies?"

"It's all around you, invisible and intangible. I suspect it exists in some kind of otherworld!"

"Huh?" Amber closed her eyes, then quickly opened them again, denying Duke's guess: "No, there is only one layer of space here, there is no distinction between the outer world and the inner world."

Duke had complete faith in Amber's ability to perceive space—she said that if there was no other world, then there definitely wouldn't be one.

So, in what form does this monster exist?

And...where is Nona? How did she warn him?

Duke frowned, pondering the current situation, and shouted to Cecil, "Lightbear, quickly use your invincible legendary destiny to think of a solution!"

"Huh?" Cecil looked a little embarrassed. Clearly, she wanted to think of a solution, but couldn't come up with one. After a long pause, she finally managed to say, "I think the invisible monsters can't attack us."

After saying that, a dazzling holy light shone from the index finger of her left hand. Cecil then used this finger to gently draw a small circle of holy light around herself and Amber.

Cecil did not launch an attack.

This is bad news, but it's not unexpected for Duke.

Is Cecil's legendary destiny truly omnipotent? Indeed, it is. Whether it's the previous "I Want" Spear or the more versatile power of wishes now, Cecil's legendary destiny, regardless of its form, possesses the ability and effect of granting wishes. Apart from its excessive consumption, it seems to have no drawbacks.

This is clearly impossible. Although the status of a legendary destiny is similar to things like the world order of a witch's game or the divine fire of a god, it is not perfect. Cecil's biggest flaw in her legendary destiny is that it cannot achieve things that Cecil cannot comprehend.

For example, she can't use the all-powerful Legendary Destiny to enhance her breasts... cough! And for another example, right now, she can't understand what the monster Duke was talking about is, so she can't use the Legendary Destiny to launch an attack; she can only use it to protect herself and Amber.

All Cecil needed now was to see the monster in its entirety.

Duke frowned, but in that instant, a thick and terrifying tentacle suddenly appeared outside the holy light circle that Cecil had casually drawn. The tentacle's suction cups slammed into the holy light barrier, trying to shake the "spell" protecting the two girls, but were heavily bounced back.

Cecil raised an eyebrow, transformed his left hand into a chopstick, and lightly swung it:

"I want to cut off all enemies."

The thick tentacle snapped off with a crack, crashing heavily to the floor of the small, dark room, creating a small crater. Pale green slime continued to corrode the ground. This single tentacle occupied nearly a quarter of the room's space; just how big was the monster possessing it?

Before Duke could even think, another tentacle suddenly appeared beside him, grabbing him and attaching its suckers to his flesh, tearing open his skin to draw out blood. At the same time, the tentacle's immense power acted on Duke's divine body, causing him to show a slightly pained expression. However, before he could even use his divine body to wrestle with the tentacle, Cecil quickly swung his hand blade again, ruthlessly chopping the tentacle into several pieces. Amber then quickly brought him from his solitary position into Cecil's holy light protection.

"hiss--"

Duke gasped, glaring at the two tentacles (one relatively intact, the other nearly shredded by Lightspeed). In the brief moment he was caught by the tentacles, he was already covered in blood—if they had been attacked without warning, Cecil might have been the only one of the three to survive.

Duke's guess remains unanswered, but at this moment, through the Voice of All Things, he heard a clear call coming from within his arms:

"Use me, use me, make..."

He was slightly taken aback, then immediately realized that this was the talkative, argumentative mirror that he had been carrying in his arms.

So much had happened since he left yesterday that Duke had almost forgotten it was still in his pocket. He quickly took out the small bronze mirror and looked at it.

It still couldn't capture Duke's appearance, unlike the previous videos played by the system, which could capture Duke's image, but it did capture a large number of twisted monster tentacles.

Numerous tentacles were compressed into the image reflected in the bronze mirror, a sight so gruesome it would make anyone lose their appetite. The two tentacles from before had already taken up almost half the space of the small, dark room, and at least dozens more were visible in the mirror alone. These tentacles were pressed together, squeezed and compressed within the cramped space, creating a scene of utter absurdity and horror. The tentacles devoured and tore at each other, constantly growing new ones, blood mingling with green slime—a truly chilling sight.