I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

Duke stretched out his palm with five fingers outstretched towards the mini-planet.

If the "Little Prince" witch game in the parallel world is similar to or close to the world controlled by the Little Prince in this world, then honestly, Duke has absolutely no idea how he managed to complete it before he lost his memory.

Mini Planet is simply a

Back then, he had nothing. He didn't have the mechanical deus ex machina that could bring fate to a halt, nor did he have powerful items like cheat codes, the World Watch, or the "I Want" Gun. Even his own strength was far inferior to his current self, who had ignited the Star God Flame... Was clinging to Carol's coattails really that appealing?

Is one Time Witch really worth as many system reward items as he has accumulated over the years?

"That's not right. After the 'Little Prince' Witch Game, I had no items left except for the lucky dagger that came with me. I originally thought I had given all the items I got from the beginner quests to the witches—it wouldn't be surprising for someone like me to do that… But now it seems I don't have any items left because I used them all up in the 'Little Prince' Witch Game?"

Duke's lips twitched slightly.

Every time Duke reflects on his amnesia, he comes up with new and chilling speculations.

As expected of me, I am truly an unfathomable man.

Of course, it's impossible that Duke completed the "Little Prince" witch game before his amnesia was due to Carol's powerful support—after all, judging from all indications, the "Little Prince" game is a very important witch game. If Carol could have tried to complete it earlier, she probably would have done so long ago, instead of waiting to complete it with him.

Therefore, the conclusion is quite simple.

Either, as we just guessed, Duke obtained some items from the Star Chart system before his amnesia and used them in the "Little Prince" game, or Duke used his knowledge of the Little Prince fairy tale to complete the game.

Of course, it is more likely that these two possibilities will both be true simultaneously.

But if Duke's guess is correct, then it's normal that he can't figure out how he cleared the game, given that he lacks both items and information.

He couldn't recall anything about "The Little Prince." He knew it was a very famous fairy tale, but he just couldn't remember the plot.

"So here's the question: Carol was the one who messed with my memories... Why would she do that?"

Because she needs a Duke who, even after losing his memory, can still complete the "Little Prince" game.

"Alright, since the city lord trusts me so much, I can't let her down."

Duke sighed slowly, then snapped his fingers.

The divine fire ignited at his fingertips with a whoosh.

Sometimes, the more you know, the more you realize you don't know. After arriving in this parallel world, Duke learned a lot about the floating city and his own secrets. For example, he learned about the origin of the floating city, which was actually constructed by the power of the little prince from another world mixed with the power of a mysterious star map. He also learned that the system he had was not actually called the "Witch Conquest System," but had a more prestigious name like the "Star Map System."

But this is where the problem arises.

Duke absolutely refused to believe that the Star Chart system was unrelated to the Star Chart that helped him ignite the divine fire.

So, what is the relationship between them?

“If you want to know the answer to a question, you have to be willing to ask anyone who might know, like… the Little Prince.” Duke clicked his tongue and then murmured, “I saw someone who looked exactly like me.”

Before he could finish speaking, a phantom of a little prince suddenly appeared in front of him and raised his hand to strike Duke. But before the phantom's attack could hit, the Lightbear, who had been lying in ambush, jumped out and pinned the phantom to the ground.

Duke and his group had already experienced this before. There was a system similar to the punishment of the mute in this floating city. As long as two people from parallel worlds mentioned meeting in their conversation, a phantom of a little prince would suddenly appear and hit them. However, this system was obviously not very reliable. It only dealt with verbal issues. It couldn't detect when Cecil actually met Little Cecil.

According to the space master Amber, when allotropic aliens from parallel worlds meet, the space becomes fragile. That's why the Little Prince, as the creator of the floating city, created a correction system similar to a divine response system... except that this correction system isn't very powerful.

Incidentally, this concentrated outbreak of interdimensional links may be related to Cecil and Little Cecil's desire to meet and spend time together, a conclusion that left Guangbao slightly disappointed for a few minutes.

But in Duke's view, even if Cecil hadn't met with Cecil Jr., this concentrated outbreak of interdimensional links would still have happened, because there were just too many people expecting it to happen.

The Little Prince, Carol, Ida, Lady Scarlet, and the top experts of this floating city...

It is likely that this concentrated outbreak linked by space occurred with the unanimous tacit approval of the numerous ceilings in the two floating cities.

"What those old foxes are thinking is none of my business." Duke curled his lip, waved to Cecil, signaling her to release the illusory image of the Little Prince for the time being, and whispered to her, "Hey, can you hear me, Little Prince?"

"can."

The previously mindless phantom of the Little Prince suddenly showed a glimmer of light in his eyes, along with an overwhelming malice that pressed down on Duke, only to be quickly suppressed by the divine fire still burning in his hand.

“‘Stars’ is a composite authority, and the divine fire ignited by the authority of the stars carries concepts such as desires, clear goals, and hopes,” Duke explained with a smile. “Don’t bother spreading your worthless negative energy; it’s useless.”

"Tch." The phantom controlled by the Little Prince curled its lip and sat on the ground, looking exactly like a brat. "What do you want to talk to me about? Let me make this clear first, the fact that the mini planet has entered the main plane means there is no turning back... Now we can only fight to the death."

“I know, I just wanted to ask a question.” Duke shrugged. “Little Prince, can you tell me what the Star Chart system is?”

Chapter 418 The Day of Becoming a God

"Little Prince, can you tell me what a star chart system is?"

The little prince squinted at Duke, who looked completely innocent, while Duke shrugged and looked down at the bright red rose pinned to her chest.

Despite having no memory of it, Duke still had some feelings—he quickly realized that his previous success in completing the "Little Prince" game was inextricably linked to the rose pinned to her chest.

"You're asking me this question?" The little prince couldn't hold back any longer and questioned, "Aren't you the one who owns the star map system?"

Duke frowned, and immediately said in a righteous and indignant tone:

"Stop making fun of me, my system is clearly called the Witch Conquest System! What Star Map System? I'm really not familiar with that."

The Little Prince: "?"

Amber, Cecil: "?"

A brief silence fell over the top of the clock tower.

The little prince, who was controlling the phantom, twitched slightly at the corner of her mouth, seemingly unwilling to pay attention to Duke and preparing to separate her consciousness from the phantom. But at that moment, Duke took out a star map and interrupted her with a question: "Isn't the star map system directly related to the connection between the floating city and the other dimension? You didn't create the floating city with this star map, but with the star map system, didn't you?"

The little prince frowned.

"Or perhaps you don't recognize this star map? It's just a substitute that Lady Fei created to imitate the star map system in order to build a floating city in her world. You didn't use this back then, did you? Otherwise, there's no explanation for why this star map is in Fei's possession." Duke said, putting the star map away again. "Little Prince, you should tell me, what exactly is the star map system?"

“You’re wrong. Of course I recognize that star map. I drew it myself. How could I not recognize it?” The little prince said softly with a touch of nostalgia. “And the star map system is the origin of everything… something from another world, and also the culprit that links to that other world.”

Sure enough, we're getting closer and closer to the truth.

No wonder the Little Prince was just a key element, not the most important key, in solving the problem of connecting the floating city to another dimension. It turns out that she only used the power of the Star Chart System back then. The real key is me and my system!

But before Duke could confirm this and continue to try to get more information about the system from the Little Prince, he heard her continue, "So, I must kill you and take back the Star Map System."

"...So how does your 'so' connect to the context? Does it omit a whole paragraph? Can you please stop with the riddle?!"

Duke is getting a little anxious.

He felt like he was reading a novel and had encountered a wicked author who, in order to create a cliffhanger before the ending, had to awkwardly throw in all sorts of plot points without any foreshadowing, slapping a huge lump in the reader's face. But in order to maintain the suspense of the work, the author used all sorts of riddle-solving techniques, making it impossible to explain something that was actually very simple. He had read a long passage but was still completely confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Looking for a data-saving expert online!

However, the little prince did not respond to Duke's thoughts. She raised her head and looked towards the west of the floating city—where the sun was about to set below the horizon, bringing nightfall.

Whether it was the Little Prince in the beginning, when she stayed on her home planet, or when she traveled among the stars, or later when she was linked to countless other dimensions by the star map system and thus corrupted and turned evil... no matter when, the Little Prince was always fascinated by watching the sunset.

She never forgot her original aspiration.

"The sun is setting."

The Little Prince gave birth to a miniature planet in the sky, and thus things changed.

A new alternate dimension has appeared and invaded the mini-planet.

Duke suddenly looked up, and then he saw a huge hand. The hand stretched out from the void, showing only the palm and half of the forearm, but it was so big that it made people feel megalophobia. It treated the miniature planet hanging above the floating city, which was radiating malice, as a tennis ball and directly grasped it with its outstretched five fingers.

As it grasped the mini planet, the portion extending from the void gradually increased. The rate of increase was neither fast nor slow, but at the current speed, it wouldn't be long before the owner of this arm would appear fully in the main plane, above the floating city.

"Huh?!" the little prince exclaimed in surprise, then, blinded by malice, she roared in anger, "What the hell, daring to grasp my planet?!"

With that, the phantom of the little prince shattered into a cloud of magical powder, while the miniature planet held in the hand of the evil god emanated a power.

An otherworldly evil god and a near-divine little prince begin their struggle above the floating city.

Clearly, the power of deus ex machina is at work.

The alien space that invaded the mini-planet that night was clearly influenced by Deus Ex. The thing that resembled an otherworldly evil god was a monster no less powerful than the Little Prince. The appearance of a mini-planet in the sky already had a huge impact on the citizens of the floating city, and now this enormous arm had appeared.

To ordinary people, how is such a scene any different from the apocalypse of Ragnarok?

This floating city is different from the floating city ruled by witches. The vast majority of citizens here are ordinary people, unlike Duke's floating city, where the residents are either spellcasters, people related to spellcasters, or daring adventurers... If their floating city were to encounter this situation, there would definitely be more people who could remain calm than here.

But this chaos can also be exploited.

"Perhaps Ida wants me to take advantage of this chaos? If I can punch the otherworldly evil god and kick the mini-planet prince in front of the citizens of the floating city right now, even if I don't want to be a god, I'll be forced to ascend to godhood by the people's faith, right?"

Duke muttered a few words to himself, and Guangbao, who was next to him, obviously heard him and excitedly raised his hand: "I'll go, I can punch the evil god and kick the little prince."

"...Stop fooling around, what good will you do? Do you even have divine fire?"

“I do have it?” Cecil looked utterly innocent. “Don’t I have divine fire on my mythical weapon?”

"That divine fire of your mythical weapon is mine!" Duke's lips twitched slightly, and he gave the simple-minded Guangbao a light tap on the head. Then he turned to Amber, who was busy nearby, and called out, "Amber, are you ready?"

Amber poked her head out and gave Duke an OK sign.

"it is good!"

Duke pointed his finger at the sky.

"Since so many people expect me to become a god, then I'll give it a try!"

Chapter 419 Savior

Jack looked up.

Whenever he saw the miniature planet in the sky, he could feel a sharp, nauseating sensation. His whole body felt as if it were being stared at by some malicious monster. He trembled incessantly, but his limbs were completely immobile. His mind was filled with fear, unable to control his body. Not a single breath could get into his lungs; he could only feel a dizzying, suffocating sensation.

Every time he sees the miniature planet, he is reminded of events from more than a decade ago.

Back then, Jack was just a little kid not even ten years old. His parents hadn't yet brought him to this floating city high in the sky; he was living a miserable life in a ground city, leading a life without a future or change. He also lived carefree in a remote town. That day, he was playing with his friends as usual when suddenly, a ferocious monster stormed into the town, easily tearing his friends apart. The stench of blood filled the air, and blood splattered onto his face.

Jack can still vividly recall the scene: a mangled corpse lying beside him, the distant roars of adults unable to sway the monster before him. Its vertical pupils held a hint of mockery, its blood-stained claws scraping the ground, as if it wanted to savor the despair and confusion on his face before killing him.

At that moment, Jack dared not move.

Just like now.

No... that mini planet was ten thousand times more dangerous than the monster back then. It's hard to say whether that monster could even reach level 3. If it were Jack now, he could easily pin it to the ground with one hand. Even back then, when the professional hunters in town arrived, they quickly shot it dead on the spot.

But now? Can another "Hunter" hero appear, become his savior, and save him and the poor floating city?

Jack didn't know, and he didn't dare to know, the answer to that question.

But at that moment, a flame suddenly ignited in Jack's field of vision, attracting his attention and helping him escape from the suffocating feeling he had just experienced... It even reminded him of some long-lost feelings.

Somewhat strange.

Jack slowly exhaled.