I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

“Then let’s go.” Carol stopped standing by and took Duke’s hand. She then stood on tiptoe and leaned close to Duke’s ear to whisper, “Let time continue to flow.”

The next instant, the enormous tentacle slammed down, crashing heavily onto the spot where Duke and Carol were standing.

……

Duke and Carol were not hit by the tentacles.

The moment the tentacle slammed down, they were transported to another world.

"Is this... Cinderella Witch Game?"

Chapter 471 Opening Ceremony Lightning Strike

"I think I've remembered something."

"Oh? What did you remember?"

"I don't think I'm really Carol."

Duke: "?"

Lightning strikes at the opening ceremony.

Duke and Carol traveled from a floating city in a parallel world to the alternate dimension of Cinderella Game. In this possible world, there is no linear time sequence at all, and Duke has no way of predicting what kind of world the next possible world they will visit will be based on.

They didn't see the raiding team that should have been there, and could only wander aimlessly in the alternate dimension of the Witch Game. They were all legendary or divine messengers, and the "words become law" and "wish fulfillment" that were so troublesome for Duke and Carol back then were no problem for them at all.

Even when Ge Yue was just a near-legendary, activating her legendary destiny allowed her to disregard the rules and act with unparalleled power in this world. This is even more true for Duke's Starry Divine Fire and Carol's legendary destiny. Duke could block the world's rules simply by igniting his Starry Divine Fire… As for how Carol became immune to the world's rules, he neither asked nor wanted to know.

Because they were so bored, the two strolled along, and Carol kept trying to find topics to talk about with Duke, even if there were no topics to talk about.

Duke didn't really want to talk to Carol, but the city lord was such a chatterbox that even if he ignored her, she would keep talking to herself, which annoyed Duke so much that he could only give her a perfunctory reply—until she revealed the aforementioned bombshell.

"What do you mean by saying you're not the real Carol?" Duke frowned, looking at Carol with some surprise. "You're an imposter?"

"Pretty much. My true form is still outside the world of possibilities right now." Carol chuckled. "Isn't that reasonable? You're the one whose fate is tied to Amber, not me. Is it hard to understand why I can't enter this quantum cloud?"

"Then what are you?"

"Why are you swearing?" Carol grumbled unhappily, then pouted and explained irritably, "Simply put, I am a possibility that Carol threw in, so I can move freely in these possibility worlds—and even change my clothes according to the situation in each possibility world."

After saying that, she twirled in front of Duke, showing him the outfit she wore after entering the Cinderella witch game. It was a fairytale-style gown, the hem of which, as she twirled, transformed into a cloud. On her head was a small crown that only princesses could wear, and her bulging chest was adorned with an expensive gemstone, but she did not appear mercenary or ostentatious. Instead, she seemed like a princess from a fairytale who had come to life.

Carol's dress is somewhat similar in style to the Cinderella dress worn by Amber and the others in the Cinderella game.

After showing off her new clothes, she lifted her skirt with both hands, winked at Duke, and asked with a playful smile, "Do you really think a normal person can change clothes with a single click?"

"I thought you deliberately stopped time and then took out the clothes from your spatial artifact to change."

"Is that really the kind of person you see me as?" Carol was stunned for a moment, then began to pretend to cry, sobbing softly. She wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand and complained in a resentful tone, "I'm just a pitiful, weak, and helpless possibility. I have no fighting power at all, and I can't stop time."

"...Didn't you just pause time in that parallel world?"

"You must have seen wrong." Carol winked at Duke, denying that she had ever stopped time, then grinned and opened her arms to Duke. "Duke, this witch game is too dangerous, I'm so scared... I want a hug."

"Please put away that silly grin on your face before you try to act cute. Be a little more professional."

Duke rolled his eyes, completely ignoring the city lord (not the real person) who was letting loose in front of him.

It seems she really isn't the real Carol; the real Carol doesn't seem like the type to be so unrestrained...

After this thought flashed through Duke's mind, another completely opposite idea suddenly popped into his head—Carol was just that kind of person who let herself go...

He paused for a moment, then shook his head vigorously.

However, his mind only managed to process a single thought; he ultimately couldn't recall how he and Carol had interacted or what had happened together—his memory remained in a state of "almost recovering but unable to recover at all."

Soon, Duke stopped worrying about it, because after a short hiatus, they finally found a place for the story to unfold.

They saw the final battleground of Cinderella's Witch Game, the Crystal Castle.

There, Duke used Soul Requiem for the first time, and also faced Talia head-on for the first time, defeating that guy who would later haunt him. But to be honest, for Duke now, the most memorable and far-reaching thing about Cinderella Game was... the Amber kiss incident that happened afterward.

Then, Duke saw the Crystal Castle collapse.

Duke: "?"

He never experienced something like this back then.

Of course, this is a world of possibilities. Even Anne (the yandere Cecil) disguised as Cecil could appear. So what if the Crystal Castle collapses? It's nothing surprising. Besides, the Cinderella game didn't just have one playthrough. Duke didn't retain memories of the first few playthroughs, so maybe this happened in one of those playthroughs?

Maybe.

Duke had just begun to comfort himself when he saw a man with a bare upper body, bulging muscles covered in crimson tattoos, black wings growing from his back, and devil horns on his head, flying up from the ruins of the Crystal Castle, holding a somewhat familiar-looking soul in one hand.

He quickly realized that the man who looked somewhat like Illidan Stormrage (the version with sharp hearing and eyesight) was himself, and the soul he was dragging away from the Crystal Castle ruins by the neck was Talia.

Cecil, Natasha, Geyue, and the others also rushed out, each pulling out weapons and pointing them at Illidan Duke, shouting things like, "Release Talia!" "What kind of hero kidnaps the weak?" "Pervert! Monster! If you hurt Talia, I will never let you get away with it."

Duke: "..."

It has to be said that this plot development was something he hadn't expected.

Chapter 472 He could only barely make ends meet by stealing divine fire.

Duke and Carol hid.

They originally had nowhere to hide, but Duke temporarily dissipated the ever-burning Starfire and then, through the "words become law" rule of Cinderella's world, created a large rock out of thin air and hid behind it to observe the situation.

The events unfolding in this possible world have exceeded Duke's expectations to some extent—three points can be discerned from the current standoff and what Cecil and the others have said.

First, in this world, Talia and Cecil are in cahoots.

Second, in this world, Duke and his team's enemies.

Third... there's still no amber.

"Although sometimes what I do isn't much different from what the villains do," Duke said with a subtle expression, "it's still hard not to feel complicated when I actually become the villain and get beaten up by Cecil and the others."

Carol glanced at him, then looked more closely at Illidan Duke over there, and said seriously:

"I have to say, you're much more handsome than him."

"Thank you."

It turns out that women are indeed not very attracted to men who are too muscular. As the saying goes, fitness attracts the opposite sex, but excessive fitness attracts the same sex... Although you can still vaguely see the shadow of Duke in the distance, and his face still has some foundation, his overly exaggerated muscles and the "fierce face" that a muscular man gives people still led this Duke down a completely different path from Duke.

Duke's physique could be considered fit, but overall he still followed the aesthetic route, and his Charisma 25 relied on that inhuman beauty—while Illidan Duke in the distance was someone who lowered his appearance through hard work.

It's hard to imagine that Duke's "charming 25" pretty boy also has a rugged body that he can't handle.

However, Carol hadn't finished speaking. She continued to observe Illidan Duke intently, and after a long while, she completed the second half of her sentence:

"But... he seems to be much stronger than you."

Indeed, Duke in this possible world is much stronger than Duke. This "much stronger" does not refer to the level of power. Duke is now the messenger of the gods and wields the Starry Divine Fire. The Starry Divine Fire originated from the authority that was first born in the Floating City. It has given birth to the Mute and the Savior. It can be said that the status of the Starry Divine Fire itself is very high, high enough to be compared with the legendary destiny of the Miracle Witch Scarlet.

While Illidan Duke clearly did not possess a powerful weapon like the Starfire, he had obviously reached the level of a near-legendary or even a true legend through his own efforts rather than external forces—he was currently using a legendary destiny, and that legendary destiny was one that Duke recognized.

death.

It was the legendary destiny used by the near-legendary Song Moon back in the Cinderella game, and it was also the first legendary destiny that Duke had ever seen in person since he could remember.

Compared to the legendary destinies of top-tier legends like Lady Scarlet, Cecil, and Carol, the legendary destiny used by Ge Yue back then was a common, mediocre one. Many "mediocre" assassins who wanted to advance to legend would choose "death" as their legendary destiny.

The terms "common" and "mediocre" are not negative evaluations. The fact that so many people choose "death" proves that the legendary destiny "death" has its merits—it is easy to understand and master, has an extremely high ceiling, and apart from the floor being subject to unstable fluctuations depending on the user, it is generally an excellent legendary destiny.

This legendary destiny of "low minimum and high maximum" shone with its purest brilliance in the hands of Duke.

He held Talia hostage, fighting with only one hand and without even a weapon, yet Duke managed to hold his own against Cecil and the others with his bare hands. In Duke's hands, "death" was used as Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception; he bestowed death not only upon living beings, but upon everything in the world.

This includes living beings, inanimate objects, and the rules of the world.

Duke could grant a fair death with just a flick of his fingernail.

Seeing his mastery of his legendary destiny, Carol couldn't help but admire him. Then she turned to him, squinting at him with a mocking tone, and asked, "Can you control your legendary destiny as freely as he does?"

"No... how will I know if I don't try? Maybe I'm a genius who can use legendary destiny?"

Duke stubbornly retorted, completely ignoring the fact that he had not yet grasped the legendary destiny.

In other possible worlds, Duke has already mastered the art of using legendary destiny, while he hasn't even reached the threshold of near-legendary status yet. He can only rely on cheating and exploiting bugs to appoint himself as a divine messenger and steal divine fire to barely make ends meet.

“Oh, I hope so.” Carol looked at Duke with a half-smile, but she quickly turned her attention to the others fighting Duke. “However, the strength of the others is a bit off.”

"They are far stronger than they should be at this point in time."

Those present included Cecil, Moonlit, Natasha, Joseph, Joan, and Bane—all the original raiding party members were present except for Amber. The three chosen to participate in the siege of Illidan Duke were Cecil, Natasha, and Joseph.

The Cecil in front of him was not as strong as the simple-minded Guangbao from the Duke family, but she was still much stronger than Cecil at this point in time—Duke saw that she was holding the "I Want" gun in her hand!

If Cecil had been able to use "I want" back in the Witcher 3: The ...

But what surprised Duke even more were Natasha and Joseph.

Natasha held a huge pink scythe in her hand, wore a revealing outfit, and exuded an aura of hormones. Her eyes seemed to have heart-shaped symbols. She didn't look like the innocent succubus Duke knew at all, but rather like a proper succubus—but she was clearly using a legendary destiny, and a mental one at that.

It is a species that Duke has never seen before.

As for Joseph, his strength is not surprising, he is only a near-legendary who can barely participate in the battle (Carol: Near-legendary? Your standards are too high). But what surprised Duke was that this Madman still maintained the habit of singing while fighting, but the songs he sang sounded so pleasant.

Damn, Kuang Ge isn't tone-deaf anymore when he sings!

This news is way more exciting than Duke or Natasha becoming legends!

On the contrary, the likes of Kagetsu and Bane on the side were far weaker than they should have been at this point in time.

Duke frowned. He wasn't paying attention to the battlefield; instead, he was pondering where to find amber. But just then, the battlefield, which he hadn't been paying attention to, came to him.

"Boom—"

The shockwave from the explosion reached Duke, Carol, and the large rock in front of them.

Chapter 473 Duke, Abused by a Second Wife?

Illidan Duke's strategy was clearly flawed. Despite holding Talia hostage, he failed to stop Cecil and his group's attack. Of course, this was not because Cecil and his companions didn't care about Talia; in this world, Talia was one of their partners. And in this world, Cecil was clearly not the yandere who cared about nothing but Duke from the previous possible world.

As far as Duke knew, Guangbao would never abandon her partner.

However... Cecil's legendary destiny is simply too strong!

"I want Talia to be unharmed until things are settled."