I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

It seems that Talia, on the surface, appears to be a fun-loving person, but in reality, she is carrying out a mission assigned by the organization.

Her mission was to assassinate Duke, or rather, to use the rules of this alternate dimension to erase his memories. Poor Tom, having shielded Duke from the attack, was forced to retreat and return to the floating city.

“Just you wait, Talia.” Duke narrowed his eyes and said, enunciating each word clearly, “I will find you, and this time, I will defeat you completely.”

……

"No problem, I'll wait."

Talia's soul, residing within the magnificent gown, revealed a joyful smile.

She had clearly left the spot immediately to avoid being instantly killed by some random gadget Duke pulled out, so logically she shouldn't have been able to hear what Duke was saying. However, at this moment, she immediately followed up on Duke's words and gave her answer.

Talia had already returned to the royal palace of the Clothing Kingdom. She was extremely fast, and the alternate dimension wasn't very large.

In Duke's view, he hadn't completely defeated Talia in the Cinderella game, because he only managed to survive by choosing to complete the game and narrowly escape Talia's final, decisive blow. This kind of scheming wasn't a fair victory in Duke's eyes, especially since she managed to escape afterwards, and he didn't even retain a memory of it.

How can such a "humiliating" victory be considered a victory?

But for Talia, she had already lost completely once in the Cinderella game. The grand scheme that spanned thirteen playthroughs left Talia with absolutely no chance of winning.

The reason for launching this attack was not only because the mute people considered Duke a threat, but also because of Talia's own curiosity about Duke. She specifically followed him into this witch's game in order to play another round with Duke.

"Come on, Duke."

Talia manipulated the magnificent gown she possessed, creating a rather incomplete body. With her hand, woven from silk threads, she pressed it against the core of her soul, sensing its turbulent essence. She let out a triumphant laugh, knowing full well Duke couldn't hear her declaration of war, yet still loudly and arrogantly proclaiming:

"Come on, let me see if you can defeat me one more time!"

……

"Meow...meow?"

Little Black yawned and slowly opened its eyes. It had been sleeping soundly, and only now, upon opening its eyes, did it belatedly realize that the situation before it had changed somewhat.

Where is the giant monster in the clothes? Where is Tom? Why are Starflower and Star Sound back?

Who am I? Where am I? What happened?

Little Black tilted its head, but realizing it was still nestled on Duke's shoulder, it yawned again, deciding not to think about such complicated things. It closed its eyes again, and then heard Duke say to Starflower and Starsound, "This is a piece of clothing that only intelligent people can see. I think you will definitely get a perfect boost if you wear it."

Wearing a little apron, the little black cat curiously opened its eyes, glanced at Duke's hands and saw that there was nothing there. The little black cat immediately became angry and slapped Duke with its paw: "Meow!"

Are you implying that I'm not smart, cat?

"Holy shit?" Duke yelled, "Blackie, why did you hit me?"

"Meow!"

Who told you to insult me!

Xingyin squinted and scrutinized Duke, who was currently wrestling with his cat, with an expression of utter disbelief. She then turned to Xinghua and asked, "Is he abnormal?"

"It seems so, a little." Hoshino's expression was basically like a sweating soybean, but she quickly realized that it was Hoshino who was talking to her, and she immediately showed a face of refusing to communicate, "No... don't talk to me, you bad emperor!"

Xingyin sighed, then looked helplessly at Xinghua without saying anything to explain. However, because her eyes still held a hint of coldness, Xinghua's expression changed slightly, and she took two steps back warily.

When Xinghua and Xingyin stand together, anyone can tell that they are sisters. Xingyin clearly remembers that she once had a younger sister and has been trying to communicate with Xinghua in a friendly manner. However, little Xinghua always refuses to communicate because she is determined to defeat the empress, and the empress herself is not good at communication and kindness.

It's clear that it will take a long time for these two sisters to turn from enemies to friends.

“You two can’t keep bickering like this.” Duke thought for a moment and then advised, “How about this, I have two outfits here that only smart people can see, and they’re even matching couple outfits. I’ll give them to you. As a thank you, you can just wear them and dance for me.”

"roll!"

Faced with Duke's outrageous statement, the two sisters immediately turned from enemies to friends and shouted in unison.

Chapter 110 Your country has done a great disservice to people!

Duke's statement about "clothes that only smart people can see" was obviously just a joke... well, if the Star sisters wanted to, it could be more than a joke.

He couldn't let them continue like this without clothes. Whether they were ashamed or not was one thing, but in this world where clothes were equivalent to fighting power, if the two of them continued to go without clothes, they would have no fighting power whatsoever.

Fortunately, the gloriously "sacrificed" Rice and his entourage left them with an entire caravan. Rice's statement about "clothes that only intelligent people could see" was just a joke. Their caravan did transport goods, and many of those goods were clothes.

These clothes are made of exquisite materials and have a sophisticated design. They were originally brought here to be presented as tribute to Her Majesty the Empress. Although they cannot compare to Hoshino's sailor uniform and Hoshino's formal dress, they still make these two natural clothes hangers look different from ordinary people.

Incidentally, after Duke used the misaligned mark to destroy the clothing monster, he did rescue the caravan members who had been swallowed by the monster. However, they were all babbling incoherently, behaving even worse than Tom before they returned to the floating city. Duke was helpless with their symptoms and could only take them to a nearby village as quickly as possible to settle them temporarily, and then speed up his journey.

“We should go to my palace, which is the place where the devil planned the final battle.” Xingyin rubbed her temples, speaking slowly, as if confirming the remaining memories in her mind. “I remember… when the devil possessed me, she seemed to control me to enter the forbidden area beneath the palace. The forbidden area contained the God’s Scissors and a set of divine robes, but she only took out the scissors and left the divine robes behind.”

"Oh?" Duke asked curiously, "What does that divine armor look like?"

Xingyin pondered for a moment and then briefly described it in a few sentences:

"It's black, uses very little fabric, and is a separate top and bottom piece that only covers the sensitive areas. It looks somewhat similar to underwear, but there are subtle differences."

"...Bikini?"

Duke's lips twitched slightly.

Why would a secret weapon passed down from the royal family a thousand years ago be a bikini swimsuit?

Why is it that Hoshino, who was destined to be the savior, has a cropped sailor outfit as her strongest equipment?

What kind of country is this?! Your country is causing so much harm to people!

All they do all day long is bewitchment, and they even get the King (Queen) and the Savior to lead the way in bewitchment, it's really... amazing.

"However, Amber definitely hates this witch game. She hates clothes that are too revealing. I can guess her opinion—it's not as good as a fully covered maid outfit..."

"Mr. Amber, what are you saying?"

“Oh, I almost forgot about that setting.” Duke scratched his head and casually said to the Star sisters, “I’m talking about my twin sister. She’s a serious person who hates sluts (Amber: ?), and she considers punishing succubi her life’s pursuit (Amber: ? Don’t try to sow discord between me and Natasha).”

Little Starflower blinked and said sincerely, "Mr. Amber, your sister is truly a great person."

Duke gave her a pitying look and casually chimed in, "I think so too."

You wouldn't believe it, but the real Amber is a flirtatious elf who loves eroticism... But it doesn't matter, the two of them never had a chance to meet Amber anyway, so they never had a chance to be disillusioned.

"In short, Talia is most likely in your palace right now, right?"

“That’s right.” Xingyin nodded, then looked at Duke hesitantly before continuing, “Mr. Amber, I think you shouldn’t trust my memory too much—I think that devil may have already calculated what I would remember, and there may already be a trap set in the palace.”

This was indeed a very serious question, but Duke shook his head at her, signaling her to stop talking.

Don't use the suspect, but don't use it.

If you're still suspicious of your remaining companions, you won't be able to continue fighting.

After a fierce battle with the monster in the clothes, Duke and his men suffered heavy losses.

The total losses included a sailor suit, a dress, Tom, and a caravan of caravan members. Duke's Lucky Strike was also put on cooldown, and if he ran out of neon bullets, he would have a hard time guaranteeing that the reloaded bullets would meet his needs.

But their defeat of the monster in the clothes wasn't entirely without reward.

Duke picked up the single-bladed scissors and examined them closely.

This was their biggest gain: the scissors could shred any clothing with a single cut. For example, Hoshino's sailor uniform, which had remained intact despite the barrage of attacks from the military man, was shredded in one cut by the single pair of scissors, leaving only a pile of strips of cloth that could not be pieced back together.

[Quest item discovered: God's Scissors (Fragmented)]

【Item Name: God's Scissors (Fragmented)】

[Item Description: A legendary artifact from the Kingdom of Clothes, capable of cutting through any garment. It is said that whoever wields these scissors will rule the world for eternity. The Star Clan royal family possessed it for nearly a thousand years, developing various wondrous uses for it. Unfortunately, the Star Clan royal family, which ruled the Kingdom of Clothes, lost half of it in the previous generation, foreshadowing the nation's collapse.]

[Item Effect: Special attack against clothing.]

"Here, take this." Duke checked the system description of the God's Scissors again before handing it to Xingyin: "Only you can use it to unleash its full potential."

Xingyin looked at Duke with some surprise, but being naturally cautious, she simply did not believe that she had been possessed before. She shook her head and then gestured to Xinghua beside her to take the God's Scissors: "I will teach her how to use these scissors. Don't worry, Mr. Amber, she also has the blood of our Xing family flowing in her veins."

"Who are you insulting?!"

Little Starflower panicked immediately upon hearing this.

"Don't be silly." But Xingyin ignored Xinghua's protests and grabbed her collar, pulling her to an open space to the side: "Let's start training, little sister."

"You're not my sister! You're the one who's your sister, your whole family are your sisters..."

Duke watched with a wry smile as Xingyin dragged Little Starflower away, then shook his head, patted Little Black who had fallen asleep on his shoulder again, and then looked at the system interface.

With the resources he currently possesses, it's difficult to completely defeat the mysterious and powerful Talia, but it's not entirely without a chance.

Duke stared at a single draw ticket and a ten-draw ticket on the lottery page, for a total of eleven draw opportunities.

What if you defy fate and change your destiny?

The thought of this possibility rekindled the gambling mentality buried deep within Duke's unlucky mind.

Chapter 111 Wow, the Golden Legend! 4K

What are you doing?

Megan, summoned by Duke, looked at her nominal "master" with a dark expression and asked in an unfriendly tone.

Duke pulled out three incense sticks from somewhere, lit them in front of Megan, nodded and bowed respectfully to her, and then said matter-of-factly, "Invite the gods."

"?"

"I think you're long dead, just a soul left. You're barely a ghost or deity. Maybe praying to you will bring good luck." Duke clasped his hands together again, making the saintly lady's scalp tingle. "Please, ancestor, bless me to draw eleven SSRs in eleven consecutive gacha pulls. Thank you, eggplant."

"Something's wrong." Megan pouted. "If you have something to say, say it. If not, I'm going back to sleep."

"The situation was rather urgent before, so I didn't explain it to you clearly." Duke was referring to the previous battle, when Megan was temporarily summoned by him to use the misaligned coordinates, and she didn't even know the cause and effect of the battle. Now he summoned Megan again to ask her some questions about Talia. "I've met Talia again."

Megan's expression changed slightly after hearing Duke mention the name. It seemed that the Saintess's memories of the Cinderella game had been blurred by Talia's methods, and she only suddenly remembered them when Duke brought them up.

Megan looked around, seemingly to confirm the situation in this new alternate dimension, and asked somewhat cautiously, "Was the previous battle... an ambush she laid?"

"Probably."

Duke was deep in thought when he casually recounted what had happened to Megan. The saint listened intently, showing great concern for Talia, much like how Talia valued her in the Cinderella game. In the final playthrough, Talia, to guard against Megan, an unpredictable factor, even tricked Duke into summoning Megan before striking first and putting her to sleep.

“Let’s find a way to get out of this alternate dimension.” After listening to Duke’s explanation, Megan frowned and said firmly, “Duke, destroy the clothes and get out of here before she makes a move. Or, like you did in Cinderella, finish the game before she attacks you. Never confront her directly.”

Faced with Megan's warning, Duke simply rolled his eyes at her and replied instantly:

"I do not want."

"obedient!"

"I didn't summon you to hear this." Duke shook his head, then deliberately said, "If you want to persuade me, present evidence that can convince me. Why not confront Talia head-on? To be honest, what level of combat power does she have when she's just a soul?"