I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"Because I understand him, I know that one day he will fall in love with me."

Anne's voice was unusually firm and resolute, but along with that firmness and certainty, there was also a hint of determination.

"Correct answer."

"Round 21, Talia."

Anne's answer was affirmed by the ethereal voice, proving that at least she herself truly felt that way.

Duke was unaware of the meaning behind her resolute stance at that moment, but he soon learned the reason why Anne was fighting Talia to the death.

"Duke hates you... so I will kill you!"

"Come and try if you dare, you brat."

Talia snorted, and a simple and brutal fireball destroyed the undead rushing towards her. But before she could continue her attack, a boning scalpel made from the spine of a bone dragon appeared in her sight.

Her pupils contracted slightly, then she blurted out, "Truth or Dare!"

Her choice is actively accelerating the collapse of the alternate dimension!

Anne chose to continue playing Tata, while Talia backed down completely—a contrast that Duke never expected.

Chapter 137 New and Old Grudges

"Round 21, Talia."

Talia's pupils contracted slightly, and her entire body tensed. Already in a state of combat, the moment she saw the boning scalpel, recalling Annie's magic to bring the dead back to life, she immediately realized what was about to happen and shouted without hesitation:

"A great adventure!"

Even before the bone dragon appeared, Talia was already afraid. She didn't even care that she might be ganged up on by the legendary witches if she returned to the floating city. She was determined to embark on a great adventure to speed up her departure.

why?

Simply put, Talia's PTSD flared up.

Why did it turn out this way? He finally captured his nemesis, the saint Megan, and after many years, regained a body that perfectly suited him. These were two joyful events combined, and should have given him a dreamlike, blissful time. But why did it turn out like this…?

It's all Duke's fault!

In the previous witch game, Duke, through a series of deus ex machina coincidences, ultimately pulled off an unbelievable comeback, defeating Talia with a deliberate punch.

That punch not only shattered Talia's soul, but also her confidence. Keep in mind, Duke was merely a level seven or eight Rogue, yet he managed to defeat her twice despite the overwhelming difference in their strength!

Especially for Talia, who had just been resurrected, it felt like only yesterday that Duke had smashed her to pieces, and she certainly couldn't recover so quickly. She was now completely paranoid and easily frightened, and would start to panic and doubt herself whenever she got caught up in other people's rhythm.

Annie's plan wasn't complicated. If it were the usual Talia, she would have smiled and defeated her bone dragon. But this time, Talia chose to escape without hesitation!

You know, Duke and Annie are in cahoots! What if he uses that weird ability again? She's already run out of backup plans!

Talia, of course, didn't know that Duke couldn't use Deus Exusiai; in her eyes, Duke was even more terrifying than the legendary witch!

"Please close your eyes and count down from five, then look for the monsters hiding around you."

The ethereal voice, though weak, suddenly became somewhat solid. It was unclear whether it had truly caught its breath or was simply experiencing a final burst of energy before death.

Close your eyes and count down from five?!

Duke and Annie exchanged a quick glance. Both Annie, who had been determined to kill, and Duke, who had previously shown little interest in fighting, now had their eyes light up.

"Roar--"

The boning scalpel transformed into a roaring skeletal dragon, and then flesh grew back at a visible speed, filling the gaps in the dragon's skeleton. Meanwhile, Duke drew his neon revolver, ready to fire seven shots at Talia in a desperate gamble.

All three of them were waiting for Talia to close her eyes.

"Oh."

Talia let out a cold laugh, then closed her eyes. At the same time, monsters appeared before her!

They were plummeting at high speed into an abyss. Where could they possibly hide in such a place? The monsters created by the alternate dimension appeared naked right next to Duke and the others.

Titans, dragons, sirens, Medusa, chimeras...

Most of these monsters are epic creatures that are now extinct and only existed in the Age of Gods. They do not need to train hard. Even if they are lazy and carefree until adulthood, they can still have the strength of an elite or higher level. Not to mention that these monsters are all experts within their race!

The powerful aura emanating from the ancient wilderness stopped Duke from taking action. Annie's trump card, the Bone Dragon, seemed like a gentle little lamb beside these monsters.

"Five, four, three..."

Talia closed her eyes and counted down, but Duke and Annie failed to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They could only watch helplessly as she finished the five-second countdown and listened to the ear-piercing sounds of the alternate dimension teetering on the verge of collapse under the pressure of these monsters.

The game is complete.

Duke's mind began to wander, and the sensation of spatial leap blurred his perception of time. The blessing of the presiding witch was their best coordinate, which could help them return to the floating city smoothly.

Only the legend was able to remain clear-headed during this process. Duke and Annie both went into a daze, while Talia managed to stay conscious, which means... the roles of offense and defense have been reversed.

The one who seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity became Talia.

The next instant, the streets of the floating city appeared before him, but at the same time, Duke felt a sharp pain in his chest as a short sword made of dark magic pierced through his heart and plunged into the core of his body and the center of his soul requiem.

The Dark Corrosion damage corroded his chest at an extremely rapid pace.

Duke's mind was still not fully awake and he was in a daze. In the midst of the excruciating pain, he felt all his senses becoming blurred. In the midst of this chaos, he heard many sounds.

Screams, chaos, the sound of magic gathering, the sound of blood spurting out after one's heart stops, the sound of space fluctuating...

And there was An's grinding teeth:

"Duke, you can't die."

In his blurred vision, half of the girl's face had turned into glaring white bone, and the rate and progress of her withering was constantly increasing. As she underwent this horrifying transformation, the mutilated parts of Duke's body were visibly healing at an alarming speed, as if by miracle!

However, due to excessive blood loss, Duke was still on the verge of falling into a coma. He opened his mouth, barely managing to squeeze out the last question in his mind.

"……Who are you?"

……

Duke sat up abruptly, panting heavily. He then looked down at his chest, where he was completely naked from the waist up, revealing his chest and the three lines of musical score etched there.

"fine?"

Duke made a sound of surprise, but then a headache came over him, making him unable to recall what had happened before he lost consciousness.

Duke was now in a place he knew very well—yes, Eve's clinic.

Wearing a white lab coat, she frowned, brandishing the potion in her hand. Without a word, she raised her hand, pinched Duke's mouth shut, and forced the freshly mixed potion from the test tube down his throat. Then she questioned him:

"Did you remember anything?"

"You mean..."

“Jasmine, Joan, Megan, Anne… and Talia,” Eve asked calmly. “Do you remember? If you do, I’ll introduce you to someone.”

Duke clutched his forehead as a flood of information rushed into his brain, causing him to groan and barely manage to lift his head to ask, "Who is it?"

"it's me."

Carol stood in front of Duke.

"Long time no see, Duke."

Chapter 138 Not Seeking to Be Born on the Same Day, Month, and Year

"It's me, Duke. Long time no see."

Carol appeared before Duke, her face showing a mixture of seriousness, embarrassment, and helplessness, as if she would rather not appear before Duke at all.

Duke looked at the person in front of him with some curiosity. She resembled someone he knew, but there were subtle differences in both appearance and temperament.

"It's been a long time." Immediately, he recalled the incident during his date with Amber, and then asked somewhat speechlessly, "Should I address you as Little Rol, or Lord Carol?"

“Let’s go with Carol,” Carol said without batting an eye. “After all, my main profession is still the lord of the floating city. ‘Frozen Witch Rol’ is just one of my alternate accounts.”

Although Carol spoke frankly and without any shame about using a fake account to hook up with rich guys, Duke and Eve noticed the same thing and asked in unison, "Just 'one of'?"

"...Cough, no, it was just a slip of the tongue."

Carol's eyes darted around, looking as embarrassed as Adu, the Twitter warrior who was caught commenting on his alternate account. Her explanation only made things worse, clearly indicating that she had other alternate accounts besides "Frozen Witch Rol".

Eve gave Carol a strange look. She knew that Carol liked to run around and cause trouble under random aliases, but she only knew the pseudonym "Roll" before... Just how many unspeakable things had her best friend done behind her back?

She pondered for a moment, recalling the few things she knew—for example, that Carol, behind her back and wearing a vest (at the beginning), went to date Duke, the famous handsome man of the floating city.

This is only what she knew. How outrageous could this girl be if Eve didn't know?!

Eve snapped, "You little brat, you wouldn't have given your virginity to some random guy behind my back, would you?"

Carol: "?"

"What? Not a random man, but a random woman? Carol, you like women?!"

"Are you sick?" Carol interrupted Eve angrily, saying irritably, "Of course not."

"Waaaaah, I knew you wouldn't abandon me alone. My buddy, it's a promise: we don't need to be born on the same day, month, and year, but we must lose our virginity on the same day, month, and year..."

How do you plan to lose your virginity at the same time?

...That's a pretty big game.

"Eve, what are you talking about? I...I just...Damn it! I'll strangle you!"

Duke, who was just listening in, wasn't the only one who couldn't handle Eve's bad words.

Carol, who had originally intended to maintain a mature and intellectual older sister image in front of Duke, completely lost it. After rambling on to Eve for a while, she simply pounced on her best friend with bared teeth and claws.

Immediately, the two "plastic sisters" started fighting and got into a brawl, making Duke's mouth twitch uncontrollably.

No wonder the floating city witches he knew all had rather peculiar personalities; it turned out that the leadership of the floating city witches was just like that, a classic case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam being crooked as well.

"Ahem, gentlemen, can we get back to our previous topic?"

Duke coughed, interrupting their bickering. Only then did he have time to examine his physical condition and find that not only was he unharmed, but he was in better condition than ever before.

Duke has been playing the Witch Game intensively for a while now. Every time he finishes the game and returns, he experiences a sudden blackout and wakes up at Eve's clinic.

In his eyes, Eve's Clinic held a similar status to the Pokémon Center in the eyes of Pokémon players—a sacred respawn point after being defeated.

However, even with Eve's best efforts to heal him, he was still covered in hidden injuries. These old wounds had been accumulating in Duke's body and could not be cured by Eve's potions (after all, this was not her profession; healing was just a hobby for her). They could only wait for time and the body's self-healing ability to slowly repair them.

However, at this moment, Duke felt incredibly relaxed, his body was full of vibrant life force, the hidden injuries that had been aching were no longer bothering him, and even the level displayed on the system panel had increased by one level, reaching level 10, finally allowing him to escape the bottom of the floating city.