I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

Neither of them could figure out the secret of the knight's sword. Amber guessed that the knight's sword was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, but Cecil, as its owner, was completely unaware of it!

"Why didn't you include instructions with your delivery?!" Cecil cried, "I clearly... I had a fine sword right in my house, and I didn't even know... It's a disgrace!"

Guangbao couldn't sit still any longer and immediately stood up, ready to run home. Meanwhile, Duke, who hadn't had enough to drink, slumped back onto the table, seemingly planning to continue drinking alone.

Seeing this, Cecil stopped in his tracks, seemingly worried about leaving Duke alone, yet also wanting to get home immediately to test his advanced magic knight sword. Without much thought, Guangbao extended an invitation:

"My house is quite big, would you like to come and see it, Duke?"

Chapter Ninety-Three: Cecil of the Azure Star

What would you like to drink? Would black tea be alright?

Cecil led Duke into his home, hung the key on the wall in the entryway, turned around and, striking a pose of homeownership, casually asked, "Perfect for sobering up."

"Damn, my DNA has been activated." Duke's lips twitched slightly. "I'm clear-headed enough, thank you."

"What nonsense is this?"

Cecil rolled his eyes at Duke for no apparent reason.

This guy always says strange things that no one else can understand. Whenever this happens, Cecil can feel a clear sense of alienation and loneliness from Duke, as if he doesn't belong to the same world as everyone else.

Suddenly feeling a pang of sadness, Cecil quickly shook her head, not wanting to show such an expression in front of Duke. After composing herself, she changed her approach: "How about some more? I have some fruit wine at home."

"it is good."

Cecil scurried into the kitchen to prepare the fruit wine that Duke always kept at home, while Duke looked around Guangbao's house.

She was right. As a Radiant Witch of considerable status in the Floating City, her residence was enormous, even larger than that of Amber, the elven princess. Of course, Amber arrived in the Floating City "empty-handed," without bringing any wealth with her, but she relied on her talent for spatial magic to become a witch and gain a foothold.

Following Amber's advice, Grete followed in her footsteps—becoming a witch. After a short training course, she could get a respectable job in the floating city, such as hosting witch games. With this job, every witch could earn a decent salary. It wasn't particularly luxurious, but at least it would be enough to establish herself in the floating city long-term.

The job of hosting a witch game may seem simple, but it's not something just anyone can do. Maintaining the passage to another dimension requires considerable magical power, so the one who comes out of the floating city to host the crown-level witch game is Eve, one of the top witches.

The jobs offered by the floating city are very easy. Even the witch game host does not need to be on duty every day. A witch may only need to work one or two days a week, but the pay is limited. If they want to improve their quality of life, witches need to develop their own "main job".

For example, Eve's potion business; Natasha's collaboration with researchers through the "Gate of Truth" in developing magical technology; and Amber's almost single-handedly handling all the spatial magic needs of the floating city.

As for Cecil...

"Me? I leave the floating city for a month every year to hunt, and the spoils from each hunt are enough to feed me for a year."

That's right, Monster Hunter Cecil.

In fact, Cecil was the richest of Duke's friends.

The Radiant Witch's status in the current hunting world is such that she could be called the reincarnation of the Azure Star.

After all, it's a rare sight to see a hero-level spellcaster lower herself to hunt with crude adventurers, let alone a hero-level witch who is also a human strategic weapon and a walking light cannon firing platform.

Every time Cecil leaves the floating city to hunt, it's a devastating blow to the hunting world.

In her living room, Duke soon saw the knight's sword he had given Cecil, and next to the "Angel of Judgment" was a huge skull.

In addition, Duke could see a large number of hunting spoils displayed in the house, filling the originally spacious house to the brim.

Cecil walked out of the kitchen carrying two glasses of beautifully colored fruit wine. He handed one to Duke and gestured to him, "Cheers?"

"cheers."

The two friends clinked glasses, each taking a large gulp of their mellow and sweet homemade fruit wine. They both exhaled a satisfied breath and exclaimed in unison, "So refreshing!"

Cecil was also a bit of a drinker. She gulped down half a glass of fruit wine in one go. This was homemade fruit wine, and its alcohol content was no lower than that of the high-end wines in bars. She had already drunk quite a bit at the bar before. This sip made her face flushed and her tongue swell up a little.

"Duke, I saw you looking at that bone dragon head just now, right?" Slightly tipsy, she boasted excitedly, "Do you know how it came to be?"

Duke immediately became interested: "How so?"

"Back then, I ventured alone into the Western Wilderness, intending to hunt rare and exotic beasts. Unexpectedly, I stumbled upon a dragon lich preparing a sacrificial ritual in a small town." Guangbao became excited as he recounted his hunting adventures. "If I hadn't arrived in time, it would have almost succeeded. A town of one or two thousand people would have been sacrificed to an evil god from another world in exchange for immense power. But at that critical moment, my holy light cannon destroyed its magic circle, thwarting its decades-long evil plan..."

Another reason Duke chose Cecil as his drinking buddy was this: once Cecil got drunk, she would ramble on and on, and the key was that she was a great storyteller. Drinking with her was like listening to a monologue radio drama, which was very entertaining.

However, just as Cecil was excitedly recounting her glorious feat of tearing apart a dragon lich with her bare hands, the anomaly from the "Angel of Judgment" interrupted her story.

Suddenly, the runes on the blade of the knight's sword hanging next to the skull-headed dragon emitted a holy light, and the intense, blinding holy light startled Duke and Cecil.

"I almost forgot about the important matter!" Cecil slapped his forehead and hurriedly went to get the knight's sword hanging on the wall. "Duke, look, it's been glowing like this from time to time lately. It usually only glows at night, but I don't know why it started glowing this afternoon."

She picked up the knight's sword, which was over two meters long, and showed it to Duke.

This knight's sword, named "Angel of Judgment," is essentially a magical weapon. Many of its designs are tailor-made for spellcasters, but this often leads to awkward situations, as most spellcasters cannot lift this knight's sword, which is over two meters long.

But for Cecil, the weight of the Judgment Angel itself was nothing—she even thought the sword was too light, despite being over two meters long, it had none of the weight of a heavy sword.

This is one of the reasons why she used this knight's sword as decoration.

Duke pondered for a moment, recalling the system's evaluation of the Judgment Angel. But to be honest, the system's evaluation of the items was incomplete and sometimes quite enigmatic, requiring him to test the items himself each time.

However, he was still able to answer the question about the glowing effect.

"This sword is specially enchanted with a very high level of 'Detect Good and Evil,' so it will glow whenever a demon or undead creature appears nearby." Duke didn't take it seriously, after all, the floating city was an inclusive city, and demons and undead creatures were not uncommon—look, there are even succubi who have become witches. "Don't worry."

"Demons or undead?"

But Cecil wasn't as relaxed as Duke. She wore a somewhat serious expression, then shouldered her knight's sword and, for the first time in a long time, began to cast a spell:

"Detection - Good and Evil".

Chapter Ninety-Four: We Are Cats

Detecting good and evil.

This is an incredibly classic first-level spell, and it's not just mages who know it; even paladins and priests from the neighboring class must learn it. It's one of the most basic spells.

Although Cecil was a terrible spellcaster and a notorious useless witch who "knew nothing but holy light," she was once an exceptionally skilled paladin. She was not only incredibly proficient in the basic paladin skill of detecting good and evil, but she even mastered it in ingenious ways.

During the spell's duration, the caster can sense the presence and exact location of any strange, celestial, elemental, spirit, demon, or undead creature within a 30-foot radius. Additionally, the caster will also be aware of any blessed or desecrated items appearing within this radius.

As a hero-level spellcaster and elite paladin, Cecil's ability to detect good and evil not only has a wider detection range and more precise targeting capabilities, but also makes it more difficult for the detected to detect magical fluctuations.

Cecil scanned the spell's range almost instantly, then frowned.

While Duke was casting the spell on Cecil, he suddenly realized that there couldn't possibly be any undead creatures or demons around here!

The floating city is indeed an inclusive city, but this is Guangbao's home. With the Holy Light content of the Radiant Witch, even if she has no intention of attacking, the Holy Light that has accumulated in this house over the years is enough to cause substantial harm to evil creatures.

Therefore, although the floating city has no shortage of undead, demons, and devils as its inhabitants, there are none who regularly live near Cecil's house! This street is too dangerous for them.

If it were a weak undead creature, it might be accidentally sent to heaven by the Holy Light. Even if it were a powerful undead creature that wouldn't be instantly killed by Cecil, it wouldn't want to be under such a threat all the time.

Under these circumstances, it becomes highly suspicious that the Angel of Judgment glows every night—this proves that an evil creature approaches Cecil's house every night, and if it doesn't live nearby, then what is it there for?

I only just realized this; I reacted even slower than Guangbao... Counterfeit alcohol is harmful!

Duke put down the fruit wine in his hand and quickly asked, "Did you find anything?"

“There is… an elemental creature?” Cecil’s voice sounded strange as he turned to Duke. “Are you sure this Judgment Angel only glows when it detects an evil creature?”

"correct."

Duke nodded affirmatively; this was stated in the system manual, so there was definitely no problem.

"Did it escape? Or is there a problem with my ability to detect good and evil, and that elemental creature is an 'evil creature'?" Cecil frowned, her expression very serious, looking professionally sophisticated. "First, let's go check the situation."

With that, she dragged the angel of judgment out of the room with murderous intent.

Duke was dumbfounded.

Who is this calm, decisive, experienced, and ruthless powerful witch?

Where is my adorable Guangbao? Where did you hide her?

To be fair, as an excellent paladin, Cecil has dealt with countless cases involving evil creatures, and her experience is indeed extremely rich... As for her calm and decisive handling style, and the murderous aura emanating from her, it's probably because she was drunk.

While others lose their IQ when they're drunk, Guangbao's drunkenness might have the opposite effect. In her slightly tipsy state, she transforms into a witty, calm, and decisively ruthless beauty, striding towards the location of the elemental creature.

Duke quickly followed her out of the room, grabbing the key and closing the door behind him.

Having drunk their fill, the two walked one after the other into the depths of a side alley. Cecil dragged the Angel of Judgment, the blade scraping against the ground, creating blinding sparks. Holy light gradually condensed on her body and the blade, and at the same time, her pace quickened, forcing Duke, who was following behind, to go at full speed just to keep up with Cecil's pace.

"found it."

With a loud shout from Guangbao, Duke finally saw the elemental creature she had mentioned.

It was a small black cat, but it was clearly different from ordinary black cats. Its body was made of shadows, and its limbs blended into the ground. The moment Cecil spotted it, it was startled and moved quickly, disappearing from Duke's sight in the blink of an eye.

"Where do you think you're going!"

Holy light condensed into lines, tearing through several dimensions and forcing the shadowy black cat back.

Cecil narrowed his eyes, raising his knight's sword with murderous intent. The greatsword, over two meters long, was radiating intense holy light as he prepared to strike the elemental creature judged as "evil" by the angel of judgment.

This sword strike could kill you.

Cecil was probably more intoxicated than Duke had imagined.

Seeing this, Duke quickly stopped Cecil: "Guangbao, you're drunk, slow down."

Cecil struggled to his feet, brandishing his greatsword and shouting, "I'm not drunk!"

“You’re not drunk yet.” Duke clicked his tongue. “Put the Judgment Angel down first. That little cat can’t withstand your sword. I can catch it, don’t worry.”

Cecil shook her head, then suddenly lowered her head and rested her forehead on Duke's shoulder. Perhaps the alcohol was finally taking effect, because her voice sounded a little slurred: "It's too fast, you can't catch it."

At this point, Guangbao, who had transformed into a crazy beauty, straightened up and squinted at the little black cat. The cat was so frightened by her murderous glare that it meowed and darted out of the alley.

"Ugh...no, I'm getting dizzy looking at it." Cecil swayed unsteadily, her eyes turning into circles. It seemed she had completely transitioned from the slightly tipsy state of a crazy beauty to a confused drunken state, even slurring her words: "Damn...I'm counting on you, Duke."

Duke was in slightly better condition than the dazed Guangbao, but only slightly better. He had also drunk quite a bit at the bar earlier, and his vision was still a little blurry as he watched the black cat running around. However, he still had a magical gadget to solve the problem.

"Clang clang clang, Demonic Woody Plough!"

This item was a reward from a long time ago. It's incredibly powerful, but he hasn't encountered any catgirls or cat-related enemies yet, so he hasn't had a chance to use it.

Previously, in the crown-level witch game "Cinderella" (the official name confirmed after the review), Duke added cat ears to the Wishing Fairy's body, intending to trick her. Unexpectedly, Kagetsu appeared out of nowhere, beheaded her, and took her away, rendering Duke's plan useless.

"But it's perfect for this situation."

Duke took out the Demonic Wood Cattail and waved it in front of the shadow kitten. Then, a shadow pounced on him and bit the Demonic Wood Cattail in his hand.

Then... the kitten turned into a naked catgirl and pounced on Duke.

Duke: "?"