I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

The intimate interactions with Witch Amber and Cecil have been completed, and the items have been obtained.

[Item Name: Time Diary]

[Item Description: Someone's diary.]

[Item Effect: Records someone's continuous efforts.]

[During the limited-time event, progress made in conquering the witch's counterpart in the parallel world will be reflected back to the original body at a certain ratio through the empathy effect.]

Settlement completed.

[Limited-time gashapon machine - The Man in the Mirror - has ended.]

Duke glanced at the dense array of system notifications, his gaze not lingering long on "Special Items," but rather on another notification. After looking at it for a while without getting any more information, he could only click his tongue in frustration. Just as he was about to close the system interface, another string of system notifications sounded.

[Limited-time event: Snow White.]

[Start.]

[During the limited-time event, you will be rewarded with one single-draw ticket for each successful time loop.]

[During the limited-time event, finding Snow White will reward you with a 10-pull ticket.]

[During the limited-time event, rewards for successfully completing the strategy will be doubled.]

[During the limited-time event, breaking the time loop will cause the system to restart.]

[During the limited-time event, the limited-edition Gashapon Machine - Snow White will be available, increasing the drop rate of the following items.]

Poisoned apples, golden apples.

Duke: ?

Unlike the previous limited-time event "Beyond the Mirror," this newly announced limited-time event, "Snow White," seems far too serious. Duke is even a little uneasy that the system hasn't come up with any mischievous terms—like conquering a witch, having intimate contact with a witch, or getting a witch pregnant… cough! The last one doesn't count.

Even if we take a step back, he's just a soul now, how could he possibly get a witch pregnant? He can't actually make anyone pregnant just by glaring at them... but that doesn't seem to be the point.

"Alright, so you're giving up on the system now? You don't want to play the 'Witch Conquest System' anymore, so you're ready to reveal your true form as the Star Chart System? But there are some things worth noting and complaining about, like what is this time loop thing... By the way, why are the only items featured in the gacha pool poison apples and golden apples?!"

Duke muttered a few words to himself, then closed the system interface and opened his eyes with some difficulty.

He had prepared himself for the scene where the floating city would be completely destroyed when he opened his eyes, but this "worst-case scenario" did not happen. In fact, the opposite was true. When Duke opened his eyes, he saw everyone.

It's fine if Amber, Cecil, and Little Black are there.

Annie, Ida, Alice, Stephanie, Dragon Girl Zun... all the fugitives who had been counted were in front of Duke, and he quickly realized that they were in the allure of the West Coast. Everyone was wearing swimsuits, and it was as if the Tree of Life incident and the subsequent parallel world events had never happened, and they had returned to their peaceful daily lives.

But this is definitely not normal.

Duke stared at the dragon girl's body in the bottle. Her body had clearly been destroyed in the Tree of Life incident, so why was she still intact here? He instinctively spoke, making a sound:

"What's going on...?"

Duke's voice abruptly stopped, because he finally realized, belatedly, that he possessed a body. At this moment, he not only had a soul, but also a complete body—to be precise, a divine body constructed from the leaves of the Tree of Life.

But his divine body was clearly destroyed in a parallel world, wasn't it?

The moment such a thought flashed through Duke's mind, the divine body inhabiting his soul suddenly trembled. Then, just as if something had happened in a parallel world, a powerful and uncontrollable force enveloped Duke's body and instantly crushed it into dust before everyone's eyes.

It vanished into thin air, leaving not a trace of flesh or blood behind.

"Gah?"

Duke is dead again.

Chapter 431 Time Reversal

There are different kinds of death.

Although Duke died again, thankfully this time his soul didn't collapse along with his divine body. He merely left his body, looking bewildered, and reappeared in the same spot as a spirit. This scene still elicited screams from the numerous witches present, especially Annie, whose eyes widened instantly. Almost without hesitation, she transformed into her Bone form, rushing towards Duke's soul, trying to find the fragments of his collapsing divine body, but found nothing.

"what happened?!"

Her eyes widened, and she nervously approached Duke, her gaze filled with murderous intent as she looked at Duke's soul, trying to find the murderer who had killed him. But like the remaining fragments of the divine body, she found no murderer.

So, with red eyes, Anne looked at the others in the alluring West Coast. She first looked at Stephanie, after all, she was theoretically their enemy. The armored witch was so frightened that she covered her head and screamed, denying, "I didn't do it! Don't look at me!"

The witch's pathetic appearance didn't seem to be a lie, so Annie, who had been squinting, shifted her gaze and looked at Ida and Alice.

If Stephanie's position gave her a reason to act, then Ida and her apprentice Alice had the ability to act—aside from that fool Cecil, they were the only ones present who could kill Duke silently!

Even Annie, who had always been at odds with Cecil, had to admit that the Radiant Witch would never lay a hand on Duke. So, disregarding alibis, the prime suspect was Ida.

"Why are you looking at me?" Ida frowned, her voice echoing in everyone's minds. She was about to retort when, as if remembering something, she turned to look at Duke, who had become a spirit, and asked with some surprise, "Where is this? Duke, you also came from..."

Ida instinctively opened her mouth, but in this world, she was unable to speak. Her inner thoughts also suddenly stopped halfway through, unable to utter a single word, as if she had suddenly forgotten a crucial matter, causing everything related to it to become incomprehensible.

Duke glanced at the somewhat strange Ida, then frowned at Amber and Cecil—especially after staring at the latter for a while, he turned back to add to Ida's question: "Parallel world?"

"That's right! You guys also came back from a parallel world?!" Ida clapped her hands suddenly as if she had just realized something. Her memories returned instantly from her smooth conversation with Duke, and along with her memories came her ability to speak normally—Ida in the parallel world could speak normally, but now she abandoned the telepathic dialogue and enjoyed speaking with her mouth: "Duke, you really didn't die."

"What, you're not happy that I didn't die?"

Duke sighed and looked around the scene—Zun and Stephanie wore bewildered expressions befitting outsiders. Alice was equally confused, but the little mermaid's expression was more conflicted, as if she vaguely remembered something but couldn't quite recall it. Annie also remembered nothing, but she frowned, glancing back and forth between Duke and Ida, occasionally turning to look at the strangely behaving Amber and Cecil.

As for Amber and Cecil's strange expressions—their expressions were somewhat similar to Alice's, but as soon as Duke uttered the word "parallel world," their expressions quickly changed. At the same time, the girls' aura suddenly surged.

Especially Cecil.

Duke was staring at Guangbao because she hadn't even reached the Legendary Realm yet, and the Spear of "I Want" was still right next to her—even though she had experienced Pandora's Box in the parallel world, and her Spear of "I Want" had become the cornerstone of her advancement to Legendary in the Dark Sea, why was it still here?

After a brief period of adaptation and recollection, Cecil advanced almost exponentially with each breath, returning to the legendary realm in just a few moments. Amber's rate of advancement wasn't as fast, but her improvement in a short time was equally significant, so much so that Annie's brows furrowed even more. On the other hand, Ida, who had also regained her memories, suddenly seemed much less imposing.

She used to carry a sacred sense of being a "mute" at all times, but now that she was able to speak, that sacred sense vanished completely.

It was as if she had never been a mute.

"What happened, Duke?" Annie didn't hold back her questions and asked directly, "What happened that I don't know about?"

Before you explain, could you tell me what day it is today?

Anne casually mentioned a date that sounded somewhat familiar.

The day before the Tree of Life event.

That is, the day when Amber first used the Time Magic to become Future Amber and Duke's Big DO.

Time has cycled... no, time has rewound from one day later to this very moment.

Aside from Duke, everyone else's memories were clearly faulty; Annie and the others who hadn't traveled to the parallel world were completely unaware of the time reversal. However, those who did travel to the parallel world, aside from Ida who sensed something was wrong, only experienced a bizarre, disorienting feeling and couldn't recall any further details—until Duke uttered the term "parallel world."

[During the limited-time event, progress made in conquering the witch's counterpart in the parallel world will be reflected back to the original body at a certain ratio through the empathy effect.]

Settlement completed.

Clearly, they were able to regain their memories because of the rewards from this limited-time event—only Ida, Amber, and Cecil regained their memories. Alice had also visited the floating city in the parallel world before, but because Duke and she didn't have much contact in the floating city, her memories couldn't be restored. She could only clutch her throbbing head and hide in Ida's arms.

Duke frowned in thought, while Amber and Cecil explained what had happened to the inquisitive Annie. The stalker, upon learning that Duke had traveled to a parallel world without her knowledge (referring to the memories lost due to time travel), glared angrily at Duke and said fiercely:

"You guys went to have fun in a parallel world and didn't take me with you?"

"? This isn't something we can just bring along whenever we want... Besides, is this even the important thing?!" Duke's lips twitched slightly, and he said irritably, "Can you be serious for once? Wouldn't it be better to help me analyze the situation?"

“What’s there to analyze? You don’t need me to analyze the situation for you.” Anne raised an eyebrow. “What you need is a body, my lover.”

Amber, Cecil: "?"

"Hey, just so you know, even if Lightbear has become a legend, you might not even be able to beat Amber now, Annie."

"...I'm sorry, I was wrong. I meant my friend."

Those who know the current affairs are handsome.

They back down on the spot when things go wrong, and then retaliate through all sorts of underhanded means afterward.

That's what a good Stuka should do.

Annie clicked her tongue.

Chapter 432 Big DO Special DO

"So, according to what happened before the time rewind, the 'Tree of Life' incident will happen tomorrow? The leaves of the Tree of Life will turn into a giant Tree of Life in the underground world, and then Bane will detonate it, almost destroying the entire floating city." Annie said, gnawing on her fingers. "Zun's dragon girl body will be destroyed in this battle, and you and the others will be sent to a parallel world under Carol's arrangement?"

“That’s right.” Duke nodded. “If things had gone according to the original plan, it would have turned out like this before it started tomorrow.”

Of the Duke members present, aside from Ida, whose true identity was still unknown, Annie was the smartest. Although she didn't use her intelligence for good, instead focusing on necromancy research that ordinary people feared and her ambitious stalking career, she was still quite trustworthy in crucial moments.

Even Duke was willing to consult her. After all, he was just a mortal, and he would eventually encounter difficult situations. Sometimes, having more people or more intelligent minds meant seeing more hope in desperate situations.

Without Annie… well, you can’t expect Duke to discuss battle plans with that perverted elf and silly Lightbringer, can you?

"And tonight? What were we supposed to be doing tonight?" Annie raised an eyebrow, suddenly asking a question without context, but it caused those present who retained their memories to change their expressions. Ida revealed a mischievous, playful smile, Cecil's face instantly turned red, while Duke and Amber exchanged a glance; the former awkwardly looked away, while the latter, hands on her hips and puffing out her chest, spoke with unashamed pride:

"We two are big DOs... Waaaaah."

Duke is currently in spirit form. Although he can touch anything he wants, entering a state where he can touch things requires a short period of energy control. It was because of this brief process that his action of gagging Amber was a step too late, causing her to utter only half a sentence.

From that half-sentence, Annie could already deduce what the perverted elf wanted to say. Her expression suddenly turned somewhat strange. She rubbed her cheeks, then revealed a peaceful smile, calmly asking, "Amber isn't trying to say... you two didn't have a really intense night of sex? Until you were completely satisfied, were you?"

"No, no, how could it... It hurts?! Amber, you bit me."

"Just bite, just bite!" Amber made a face at Duke, who had broken off the contact, and then unhesitatingly exposed his Shanghai-style denial, saying with a proud look, "He'll need to lean on the wall to go out the next day!"

Duke: "?"

In that instant, everyone present turned to look at Duke, especially the girls who hadn't been to the West Coast that morning (or didn't remember that day). Duke felt that their gazes held a certain unspoken meaning. Annie, upon hearing Amber's words, stiffened slightly, shut her mouth, and lowered her head.

Duke: "..."

Duke desperately wanted to refute the elf's words, but since they were true, he couldn't refute them. He could only resign himself to his fate, close his eyes, and then mutter in a self-deprecating tone, "What can I do? Haven't you heard that old saying? There's only something that gets worn out from overwork, not something that gets ruined from plowing?"

But at that moment, Anne suddenly looked up as if her expression had changed, a bright smile spreading across her face, and then she burst into unrestrained laughter:

"Hahahahahaha!"

Everyone exchanged bewildered glances. Duke and Amber stared at each other, their eyes conveying messages like, "It's all your fault! Look what you've done to Annie!" "I didn't want to either! How was I supposed to know she was so fragile?" "Isn't this what a yandere stalker is like? You need to learn how to be one."

But Anne quickly stopped laughing, then pointed triumphantly at Duke and announced, "Now you guys can't do whatever you want today!"

Duke: "..."

Duke's divine body was reduced to ashes due to the backlash from the gods. Even if he could still touch things in his spirit form, it was obvious that he wouldn't be able to have any intimate contact with the witches. Originally, while Duke's divine body wasn't something that could be touched by just anyone, there were always opportunities and ways to do so—but now, no matter how hard the witches tried, they couldn't change the fact that Duke was merely a spirit.

He doesn't have that ability, you know?