I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"Huh?"

It's Talia.

The woman sleeping on the ground looked exactly like Talia's soul form, except that this body was just an empty shell, while the terrifying Sleeping Beauty could possess other people's souls at will.

“A stunning beauty.” Annie narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing Talia on the ground. “Why would you hate such a beautiful woman?”

"Because she wanted to kill me."

Annie's eyes lit up: "Oh?"

Sister, why are you making that sound like you've discovered a new continent? Do you really want to be added to my hate list?!

Duke shook his head, really not wanting to understand Annie's bizarre thought process anymore. He awkwardly looked at Talia on the ground and fell into deep thought.

Oh well, she's dead now, and she wasn't ugly anyway. I'm definitely the one who benefits.

Duke gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and leaned down to peck "Talia" haphazardly on the face, not caring whether he had kissed the right spot.

But at that moment, he suddenly felt something flow out of his soul—the impurity was so small that it might be completely assimilated by Duke's soul in a day or two.

But the impurity rushed out and entered the body the moment Duke touched it.

"...Mr. Duke, we meet again."

The familiar voice sent a chill down Duke's spine, as if he had entered an ice cave.

The sleeping beauty in front of him woke up because of the "prince's" kiss and looked at him with a smile.

"Talia, you're still alive?!"

Without hesitation, he quickly retreated, drawing his Lucky Dagger as he shouted, "Megan! Megan!"

For the first time since the last game, Duke called out the Saint's name, and Megan responded and appeared before Duke, though Megan's expression was slightly different from the Saint Megan he knew.

She, who should have been completely calm, revealed the same eerie smile as Talia.

"Huh?"

"It was indeed a brilliant idea to erode the soul fragments into the saint's soul."

Talia's face suddenly peeked out from Megan's chest, startling Duke.

“I’ve done things to you and Xinghua that can’t be detected, and I’ve even parasitized Xingyin, leaving my mark. Whichever one of them ends up seeing Megan will bring me back to life—but I never expected that you would have thoughtfully prepared a perfect body for me.”

Duke gritted his teeth and demanded, "What happened to Megan?"

"Her...she's too weak, so weak that even hiding inside that cat's body couldn't put up a fight against me, tsk tsk." Talia swayed and completely emerged from Megan's soul, grabbing the weak and unconscious Megan in her hand and crawling into the body "tailor-made for her." "Do you still have a chance to care about Megan?"

The third name, "Talia," appeared on the large spinning wheel, while the Truth or Dare cards in Duke and Annie's hands disappeared after the one-on-one mode ended.

"That persistent ghost!"

Duke's clenched fist.

The requiem for the soul resounded once more.

He wouldn't mind burying Talia again, but then, the ethereal voice, almost breathless, spoke haltingly: "Adventure...Adventure successful...Seventeenth round...Annie."

When Duke's attention was completely drawn to Talia, Anne raised her eyebrows in annoyance.

Meeting Duke was the most regrettable thing she ever did, because it plunged Anne into a quagmire from which she could not extricate herself.

Her fanaticism, her morbidity, her obsession.

These things that turned Anne into a stalker all stemmed from Anne herself.

It stems from her confusion, her selfishness, and her question about the meaning of her life.

Anne's stalking of Duke started on a whim, but she later discovered how happy she could be when she was fully engaged in something (named "Duke"), and so the vicious cycle began.

Until that meeting with Duke.

"Pay more attention to yourself, Miss Anne."

Anne did as she was told, and then she realized how disgusted she felt, and that she didn't want to stop, not because she loved Duke, but because it made her feel alive—whether the person she was stalking was Duke or not seemed unimportant.

Self-loathing gripped Anne's heart.

She began to hope that Duke would hate her, so she went further and further as she subconsciously wanted to leave a deep enough impression on others (Duke).

That way, she could die without regrets.

But Duke is different from Anne. He doesn't need to get caught in the vicious cycle of "the meaning of life is to find the meaning of life," nor does he need to hate Anne or free either of them to make a comeback and find his own happiness.

This date was Anne's last chance for herself. She thought that through her interactions with Duke, she could understand the meaning of her life, or establish the meaning of her life through Duke, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Duke didn't care what she had done; her lack of presence meant she couldn't leave a lasting impression on him. And she herself couldn't find meaning in her life.

Anne began to take her anger out on Duke's hated people.

"The Great Adventure".

At the same time, Annie, carrying a boning scalpel, slashed at Talia!

Chapter 135 The Grand Arena of Games, Come and Fight If You Dare! (4k)

All the cards in Duke and Annie's hands were taken back by the Ethereal Voice. The content of the Great Adventure could only be provided by the Ethereal Voice, but after creating Talia's body, it was like a broken tape recorder, only able to produce intermittent sounds.

Before it could painstakingly recount the details of its grand adventure, Annie launched an attack on Talia.

The boning scalpel pierced the body that had just gained a soul. This sharp blade, honed from the spine of a bone dragon, could tear apart any flesh if it could penetrate the enemy's body, thanks to the chilling, corrosive damage contained within its edge.

However, this is on the condition that she can actually kill someone.

Talia lifted her toes and turned slightly, nimbly dodging Annie's scalpel. Then she reached out and touched the crystal crown on her forehead, chuckling as she asked, "Who are you?"

"Anne, the Witch of Bones".

Annie, having missed her first strike, immediately stopped, narrowed her eyes, and forcefully plunged the boning knife into the ground, embedding it deep into the floor of the alternate dimension plaza. At the same time, she raised the bone staff she was holding in her other hand.

"Bone prison".

Annie, whose name is "White Bone," has a unique spell centered around various bones. The corpse of the Thunder Desolate Dragon beside her was dismantled, fell to the ground, and was swallowed up by the ground.

Then, seven or eight skeletal claws rose from the ground, forming a skeletal cage that reached out to grab Talia. But before they could catch her, the skeletal claws seemed to be hypnotized, and one by one they went limp and collapsed.

Talia, now standing calmly in the center of the skeleton cage, looks like a proud queen, accepting the submission of the skeletons.

Duke was slightly stunned the moment Annie made her move. He really didn't expect Annie to launch an attack so decisively. He knew too little about Annie, so he only reacted now and quickly followed up to cooperate with Annie.

"The Mage's Hand".

The most classic and widely applicable magic trick.

Duke only uses second-circle and lower-circle magic. For the legendary spellcaster Talia, second-circle magic is no different from magic tricks. In that case, it's better to choose the more flexible Mage Hand.

A transparent magical hand appeared beside Duke. For some reason, his Mage Hand was much stronger than that of a normal spellcaster, especially after he obtained Soul Requiem. Compared to the Mage Hands of other level 8 mages (such as a certain lewd elf, whose Mage Hand was one of the few spells she knew), his Mage Hand was like a strongman compared to an ordinary person.

Then, under Duke's control, the mage's hand grabbed him by the collar, lifted him up, and moved around Talia at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, the requiem for the soul began to play.

“You’re acting kind of ridiculous, Duke,” Talia laughed, then suddenly narrowed her eyes. “Do you think I’ll fall for this trick again and again?”

With that, she snapped her fingers, and the Soul Requiem stopped abruptly. Duke, who was being dragged along at high speed by the Mage's Hand, felt a sweet taste in his throat and then spat out a mouthful of blood.

"There's no need to struggle anymore. With a body, I am a complete legend, and you cannot fight against me."

Talia shook her head, then softly announced her chosen legendary destiny:

"Sleeping".

It was not a dream, but an endless slumber.

Anne suddenly collapsed. Unable to put up any resistance, she was affected by Talia's legendary destiny and fell into a deep sleep.

Duke also felt a strong drowsiness; his mind was foggy, and he was almost unconscious. But at this critical moment, the system notification sounded.

Please select one of the following tasks.

[Mission 1: Killed by Talia.]

[Mission Two: Kill Talia.]

The system notification startled Duke awake. He snapped to attention, then flipped over to the ground, dodging the fatal blow aimed at his chest.

"You really are special, Duke."

Talia covered her cheeks, an unnatural flush rising to her face. Her voice, trembling with excitement, rang out suggestive gasps.

"So far, only you, the only person I've ever met, has been immune to my abilities. Hiss... Why is that? Is it because there's something special about your soul, or because of those three lines of curse etched on your chest?"

After entering the body that was tailor-made for her, Talia seemed a little too excited, looking almost like she was on drugs. She was already a bit of a fun-loving person, but now she seemed even more confused.

Duke himself understood that his soul was not particularly special, and the Soul Requiem in his chest was not the reason for his immunity to the legendary destiny. The real reason must be the system.

This ridiculous system called the Witch Conquest System does occasionally come in handy!

Duke had been passively rejecting the system for a long time, only remembering it when he needed to participate in the lottery; otherwise, he didn't even want to do the daily tasks. But this time, the system repaid evil with kindness and saved Duke's life.

He suppressed his excitement and reached out to take on Mission Two, but at that moment, Duke's heart skipped a beat.

His reason and emotions both rejected the first task, but a certain intuition told him he should choose task one. This intuition interfered with Duke's judgment, and his hand, which he slapped forward, didn't land on either task one or task two, but instead landed in the middle.

[Quest Acceptance: Who killed me?]

[Mission Objective: Be killed by Talia.]

[Quest Reward: Sulfur Fire]

[Quest Acceptance: And who did I kill?]

Mission objective: Kill Talia.

[Quest Reward: Nine-Lives Cat]

Duke: "?"

He never expected that there would be an option to accept two daily tasks at the same time. Previously, he would lose access to the other task after accepting one. Today was really strange.

And aren't the rewards for these two tasks... reversed?

Duke would have to think about the Brimstone Fire and the Nine Lives Cat if they appeared alone, but the fact that the two items' names appeared together immediately reminded him of a game called "The Binding of Isaac".

If these two items are similar to those in that classic roguelike game, then the sulfur fire is a lethal weapon that unleashes a blood-red laser cannon, while the nine-lives cat's effect is to grant nine resurrections and restarts in one go.