I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

Natasha? Jasmine?

The latter's signature spell, "Song of Destruction," was inspired by his Soul Requiem, which seemed completely out of place with the legendary Fate system (of course, Cecil's signature spell was Holy Light, but his legendary Fate became "I want"), while the former... Duke couldn't help but recall the legendary Natasha he had once met in the world of possibilities.

Natasha with the pink scythe, is she using a legendary fate-type ability? I thought it was some kind of charm or something!

Duke's lips twitched slightly, but he didn't interrupt Carol, letting her continue:

“Theoretically, the most suitable person to carry out this task is not you. Her fully realized legendary destiny is easier to manipulate than your Song of Destiny. That’s right, I’m talking about ‘Wishing Witch’ Eve Pandora, my closest confidante without a doubt. My closeness to her comes from more than a hundred time loops.”

"Don't underestimate her just because she's only a quasi-legendary at the moment. With my interference, she can complete her legendary destiny chart very early on and become the strongest destiny-type legend in the history of the floating city, even stronger than Lady Fei."

"No matter how you look at it, her legendary destiny makes her the best choice to carry out the mission. But unfortunately, Eve has never succeeded, and the consequences of each one have been devastating."

"So, after repeating it ten times, I couldn't bear to watch anymore. I gave up on making Eve the executor. Although I will still find her and grow with her, I will never again facilitate her legendary path. Without my intervention, she will not be able to fulfill her legendary destiny when the fate of destruction occurs."

"After that, I began to look for other options. One hundred and thirty-one time cycles, each lasting more than five hundred years... sixty thousand years is enough time for me to travel to every land I can, and to find almost everyone with a little bit of fame."

At this point, Carol closed her eyes, while Duke stared at her blankly.

He couldn't even imagine what it would be like to travel alone for over 60,000 years, so he couldn't imagine what kind of past Carol had gone through—if it were him, he probably would have gone mad long ago, but Carol at this moment still seemed like a normal person... She was truly remarkable.

“I know what you’re thinking. Don’t worry, I’m not crazy. This world is much more convenient than you think—I cast a spell to fix my mind in every reincarnation. Under the protection of the spell, I will not go crazy.”

Carol winked at Duke, demonstrating that her personality and mind would not change under the protection of magic, but she quickly showed signs of fatigue:

"But more than 60,000 years of trial and error still exhausted me, and the fruitless search plunged me into despair. I realized that I am just a mortal, and even if I had infinite time, I could not explore countless possibilities. My efforts may not be able to change the facts at all."

"At that very moment."

If this were a fairy tale, after despair and sorrow, the flower of hope would surely bloom.

"At that very moment."

But this is a real story, and in reality, there is no playwright in the dark who gives fairy tales a happy ending.

"At that very moment."

Reality is not a fairy tale. Princesses and princes may not necessarily get together, bad people often go unpunished, and good people may not necessarily be rewarded. The cold reality is like a time loop that repeats itself 131 times, each time exceeding 500 years, yet yields nothing. Effort does not necessarily bring rewards.

But at this very moment...

"I have discovered the only variable in this cycle of despair."

"I saw the only light in the eternal night."

His name is 'Star Map System'.

His name is Duke.

Duke looked at Carol, and Carol looked at him; the two simply gazed at each other in silence.

Although Duke still hasn't been able to recover his memories of when he first met Carol and doesn't know what kind of past he had with her, he can still imagine Carol's expression back then.

She may be surprised or astonished, but in the end, she will definitely be pleasantly surprised.

Surprised by my own descent into the abyss, I foolishly looked up and saw a glimmer of hope.

"Thank you, Duke."

Carol said sincerely:

"Your appearance changed Amber, transforming that timid and reserved elven princess into the decisive and proactive Space Witch she is today; your appearance changed Cecil, turning that easily frustrated and confused paladin into the resolute legendary witch she is today. Your appearance changed Annie, Natasha, Ida, Little Black... Your appearance changed many people."

"You are the only variable I've encountered on my lonely journey."

"But I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have changed me... or more accurately, you have given me the light of hope."

"You saved me."

In that instant, Duke saw the changes on the mini-planet from his own perspective of destiny. Time here suddenly accelerated, and then those severed and revived "destinies" grew wildly again, with the sun and moon changing at an extremely fast speed in the sky.

Just as she herself said, Carol used her legendary destiny to hasten the planet's recovery and catalyze the invasion of the alien world.

Duke instinctively tried to escape, but suddenly found that his body did not move according to his will. Only then did he realize with astonishment that although the environment he was in, the "mini planet," had entered a wildly accelerated time, he was like a fool, his time frozen!

Upon realizing this, his perspective on fate was immediately obscured by the time difference; he lost his sight, and in the process of losing his sight, his hearing became more sensitive.

Soon (because of the distortion of time, he couldn't say exactly how much time had passed), he heard a soft laugh:

"So, you want to know how I plan to kill you, don't you?"

Chapter 484 Seniors and Juniors

"Stop, stop, stop! This guy isn't Ida."

The prophetic witch, Zelvini, rushed forward, blocking the trembling Megan and stopping the Scarlet Lady from instinctively attacking. Then, panting, she said:

"I thought you got along quite well with Date in the parallel world before, so why is it different now?"

"What nonsense! When have I ever gotten along well with Ida?"

Fei frowned, very annoyed by Zilvini's rumors, but after Zilvini's "mediation," she put away her fist that she had already thrown. Then she glanced at Megan, who was hiding behind Zilvini, and her legs went weak, and she almost fell to the ground.

"Hmph, spineless coward." Fei scoffed dismissively. Clearly, although she and Ida were destined to fight on the spot, that didn't prevent her from acknowledging Ida's abilities and decisiveness. Therefore, Megan, who seemed somewhat humiliated in front of her, quickly lost Fei's interest. She turned to Tservini and said, "This girl is Ida's 'daughter,' right? Why does she possess some kind of divinity? What, after Ida abdicated, she naturally took over the position of the mute?"

Tservini, who appeared to be a mature woman but was actually an old woman, was panting heavily. Just the act of blocking Fei's path was equivalent to her daily exercise. This weakling was now catching her breath. She rolled her eyes and said with a mix of reluctance and annoyance, "How should I know? When you and Carol were plotting things, when did you ever tell me?"

"How dare you say that? Every single thing we've planned, you've known about it beforehand. Most of the time, you knew what I was going to do before I did!"

“This is not a reason for you not to discuss things with me.”

Tservini pouted, looking aggrieved. This seemingly innocent expression, combined with her mature and beautiful face, was full of alluring contrast. But for some reason, her voice sounded a bit tea-like.

The corner of Fei's mouth twitched involuntarily as her old friend complained. The Miracle Witch sighed resignedly, then, ignoring Megan who had been terrified, she reached out her hand to Tservini. At the same time, her gaze was fixed in a certain direction. Although the three of them were in the city lord's office in the city lord's mansion, their gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the walls and see what was happening in that direction.

Tservini clicked her tongue, her previous deliberately cute expression vanishing. She reached into her pocket, pulled out a pack of cigarettes, took out two, tossed one to Fei, and kept the other in her mouth. She didn't light it, but simply held the cigarette in her mouth, also gazing in Fei's direction.

"How about it? You're quite the young talent, aren't you? Did Eve and Cecil's fight put you under pressure?"

"Hmph, those two are still far from it." Fei raised an eyebrow, casually snapped her fingers, and two flames suddenly appeared in front of the cigarette between her fingers and the one in Tservini's mouth, helping them light their cigarettes. She lowered her head, took a deep breath, exhaled a smoke ring, and slowly said, "Did Carol say anything before I came back?"

"She said she felt this was the last time she would be reincarnated."

"hope so."

After saying that, Fei took two more deep drags on the cigarette in her hand, then casually threw the half-smoked cigarette on the ground and stomped it out.

Tservini looked at the half-eaten cigarette butt on the ground with a pained expression and let out a wail: "Do you know where I got this cigarette from?! You Crimson bastard!"

She howled and lunged at Fei, baring her fangs and claws, but was subdued by Fei with a single hand in less than a second. She could only continue her impotent rage, attacking without ever hitting her target. The latter shrugged noncommittally, looked up at the azure sky, and softly made her judgment:

"The interdimensional invasion has begun ahead of schedule."

“This time loop is indeed different from others, Carol is right.” Tservini also became a little serious. “She has really done her best in this loop.”

“I know… since the younger generation has done her best, then we old folks shouldn’t hold back, right?” Fei shrugged, then looked up at the sky and said, “You agree, Ruby.”

No one answered Fei's question.

However, abnormal fluctuations in time and space occurred within the floating city.

……

"Just now, time and space in the floating city experienced abnormal fluctuations."

Suddenly, Amber spoke out of the blue, saying to her companion whom she was carrying, "And it wasn't Carol's doing. If it were her doing, it would be time-driven, but this time the abnormal fluctuations, which are driven by spatial fluctuations... it's as if I'm the one doing it."

Annie, Amber's companion, rolled her eyes and said irritably, "Isn't it obvious? The one causing this abnormal fluctuation is the first Space Witch."

Anne actually had a lot of complaints about Amber carrying her around... but since she was no match for Amber right now, she kept those complaints to herself and didn't dare to say them.

God knows what happened to Amber, why she suddenly became so powerful after experiencing the Lost Quantum Cloud!

Amber, who had previously gained memories of a parallel world, was already an almost insurmountable opponent for Annie. Having used "Mythical Armament" and experienced the power of a legendary expert, Amber was far stronger than her... But at that time, Amber's strength was still within Annie's comprehension.

The current Amber possesses a power that Annie cannot comprehend at all.

legend?

It seems like this is the only explanation.

"The first Space Witch?" Amber blinked, puzzled. "Wasn't she already dead?"

“There’s no definitive news that the first Space Witch is dead. To be precise, the official announcement only states that she is ‘missing,’” Annie corrected. “Although her existence and even her name have become blurred over time, no one can be certain that she is really dead—after all, it’s normal for a legendary figure to live for several thousand years.”

Amber tilted her head: "But I received her legacy from the quantum cloud!"

Annie: "?"

Anne: "...Okay, although the first Space Witch is dead, the unusual fluctuations you felt are mostly due to the legacy she left behind."

“Oh, okay, never mind her.” Amber shook her head, then asked anxiously, “Annie, what should we do now? Where did Carol take Duke?”

Annie, who was being held by Amber, clicked her tongue. She was also anxious, but there was no use in this kind of thing. Only by staying calm could she get the next clue.

She frowned and pondered for a moment before offering a somewhat hasty guess:

"I think it's possible that Carol took Duke to the mini-planet!"

Chapter 485 The End of the World Ends at the City Lord's Mansion

"You think Carol took Duke to the mini-planet?" Amber's eyes widened, and she tilted her head in confusion, clearly unable to understand why Annie could come to this conclusion. However, she quickly gave up thinking and asked directly, "Why?"

This is why Amber brought Anne along. Miss Amber is just an ordinary person. Next to monsters like Duke, Anne, and Carol, she is made to look like an idiot. In most cases, she and Cecil are no different (a certain silly Guangbao: ?).

Amber was well aware of her limitations and knew she wasn't capable of analyzing complex situations, so she took Annie with her when she left the core compartment.

“A simple process of elimination: it’s clear that Carol has been searching for the Little Prince, but we’ve never known why she needs him. Now it seems there aren’t many possibilities left, so this is the most reasonable explanation.” Anne shrugged—but holding Amber in her arms made it a little difficult for her to do so. “By the way, I wanted to ask you a question.”

"What's the problem?"

"Just how strong are you now?" Annie frowned, scrutinizing Amber once more, but there was no difference—she simply couldn't fathom Amber's current strength. "Compared to the future you summoned using time magic, who is stronger?"

"she."

Amber answered without hesitation, then added somewhat hesitantly:

"But if it's a life-or-death struggle, it's hard to say."

The future Amber is incredibly powerful, ridiculously so. The present Amber is also a legend, but she has only just grasped her legendary destiny and lacks the time and experience to accumulate experience and progress. One day, Amber will surely catch up to her future self, but not now.

However... unlike the future Amber, the current Amber possesses the legacy of the first-generation Space Witch; in other words, she has her own area of ​​advantage.

Amber didn't explain in detail, but Anne understood her unspoken meaning from her expression.