I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

However, the pocket watch in her hand now was completely different from the pocket watches she had held before.

This is her legendary destiny, the crystallization of her accumulated power.

“Yes, they’re already inside.” Eve, standing next to Carol, nodded. She could feel her power taking effect on Duke and the others, protecting them under the rules of the alternate dimension. “Rose is inside too, don’t worry.”

"She's really anxious, after all, one of Rose's star pupils is among the missing. As soon as she heard we were planning to seduce 'Sleeping Beauty,' she signed up without hesitation," Carol said with a smile. "Alright, it's time we dealt with our opponent, isn't it, Mr. Bugatti?"

"...How did you find me?"

Bugatti's voice echoed in the room, and then he emerged from the shadows, giving a somewhat forced, awkward laugh. "I thought I hid it very well, didn't I?"

"Your smugness isn't so hard to hide now," Carol shrugged. "What exactly did Talia promise you that made you come here to die in a two-on-one fight?"

"The soul of Saint Megan."

"..."

Carol, who was also a mute, fell silent. Her lips twitched slightly, and she muttered softly, "That Talia is really willing to spend money."

“I can’t beat both of you,” Bugatti said very sincerely. “So, can we just stay together peacefully… After all, you can’t take me down anytime soon, can you?”

"real or fake?"

The Time Queen of the Floating City snapped her fingers and attempted a time-stop attack. The effect of the time stop quickly ended, but the Bugatti in front of her was still alive and kicking... even though the hole in his chest had just healed.

An immortal, legendary destiny?! Truly the most difficult type to kill.

“Whatever, it doesn’t matter.” Carol rolled her eyes speechlessly, then sighed, “Anyway, Eve and I weren’t planning on going into this game in the first place… and we don’t need to go in.”

Bugatti paused, then asked, "Why?"

"Because we don't need them. The people we send are far more qualified than the two of us."

……

"Is this Sleeping Beauty's Witch Game?"

Duke looked around at the surroundings, observing the world that had fallen into slumber. He clicked his tongue, turned to Rose, and said, "Lady Thunder Witch, please help me."

"no problem."

The Thunder Witch is a near-legendary figure. The lightning she summons is not like electricity, but heavenly tribulation lightning carrying the power of purification and judgment. She nodded to Duke, then raised her staff and gave the unconscious crowd a burst of electric shocks.

With a series of crackling sounds, Amber and the others woke up.

"Um, Duke... good morning."

“Good morning, darling.” Duke greeted his lover, then nodded to her. “Let’s see if we can get that gentleman in.”

"it is good."

Generally speaking, the stability of the alternate dimension in Witch Games is insufficient to accommodate Legends, so players are at most limited to Quasi-Legends or incomplete Legends, such as Kazuki, the Death Representative, or Talia, who has no body.

However, to hunt down Talia, who is hiding in the witch's game, one must have legendary-level combat power. The Thunder Witch is only a near-legendary and may not be able to defeat Talia. Light Treasure is not qualified either, so Duke simply did not call her up. Cecil has indeed touched the threshold of near-legendary, but this step sometimes feels like an insurmountable chasm.

Carol couldn't get in anyway, but Eve could, though she was held back by Bugatti... But it didn't matter, because a gentleman said she could get in, and she was also interested in coming in to see what was going on.

Amber picked up the misaligned coordinates and began her experiment. Soon, another witch appeared in this world.

"Ms. Fei, it's been a long time."

"Yes. It has been a long time, Duke."

Fei stretched lazily and nodded to him:

"I heard you have something growing on your chest... Hurry up, let's take a look at your chest."

Duke: "?"

amber:"?"

Chapter 145 A Just Gang Fight

"Look at her chest, look at her chest."

Yesterday, the proprietress, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, seemed much more energetic and excited than when she was running the shop. She seemed very happy to see Duke again and was even more curious about the Soul Requiem on his chest. She grinned and reached out to pull off Duke's clothes, acting like a complete female hooligan.

Seeing this, Amber immediately panicked. She teleported between Scarlet and Duke, blocking Duke's path, and said irritably, "What are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I just can't help myself when it comes to these kinds of things."

Seeing Amber's anxious expression, Hiiro waved her watch and said, "Sorry for offending you... So, can I see your chest?"

Ms. Fei was wearing a simple hooded cloak that concealed her inhuman appearance, which was over 20 years old. However, the large cabinet she was carrying made her appear to be a completely different kind of "inhuman."

"Let's talk about it after we've finished the game. You can watch it whenever you want then."

Ms. Fei raised an eyebrow and pressed her advantage, asking, "Can I just touch it whenever I want?"

"...Of course not, what are you thinking?"

Was this guy's persona before? Did he mistake someone for someone else?

Duke's lips twitched slightly, fearing that Amber might misunderstand, so he quickly leaned closer to comfort her, "I believe Ms. Fei meant no harm."

“I’m not worried about Ms. Fei. After all, there’s a generation gap of thousands of years between you and her. I don’t think she would be interested in you, and I doubt you would accept her either,” Amber said earnestly. “I’m afraid you’ll rip your clothes off in public and awaken some incredible fetish!”

Duke: "?"

"Take exhibitionism for example. Exhibitionist doujinshi are pretty erotic if the protagonist is a beautiful girl, but if it's a handsome man like you... damn, it seems even more erotic!"

That's enough.

Incidentally, as the queen of doujinshi, Miss Amber has a wide range of knowledge about doujinshi. In her early years, she was open to all kinds of doujinshi and had thoroughly appreciated all types of themes. She can be described as a connoisseur of all kinds of doujinshi.

Her theoretical knowledge is richer than that of Duke, who came from the information age—however, this lewd elf still needs a lot of practice before she can apply her theoretical knowledge to actual combat.

Duke shook his head, trying to gather his thoughts, which were perhaps wandering off.

The alternate dimension they were in was a witch game called "Sleeping Beauty," which had existed for a very long time. It was said that this alternate dimension was already connected to the floating city ten years ago, before the witch game project officially began.

Talia is the one who left this witch game. She is considered to be the soul of Sleeping Beauty, the core character of the "Sleeping Beauty" game. It is because of Talia's departure that this witch game no longer has any possibility of being conquered.

Now that Talia has returned to her faithful "Sleeping Beauty" game, this witch game has once again become a possibility for strategy.

Duke and his companions' goal was to hunt down legends and rescue their friends, lovers, and disciples who had been kidnapped by Talia. Due to the influence of Sleeping Beauty's slumbering power, the memories of those kidnapped by Talia would become blurred in other people's minds. No matter how close the relationship, it would be difficult to be immune to its influence. Therefore, no one knew exactly how many people Talia had kidnapped so far.

The effects of these memories are so great that, apart from legends, only Duke has the ability to be partially exempt from them, and even a near-legend like Rose will be affected.

Joseph, for example, wandered aimlessly through the streets of the floating city for more than half a month, unable to recall that he had lost his fiancée.

According to the analysis of the floating city's advisors, the person kidnapped by Talia is definitely not in the floating city, and is even unlikely to be in reality... She most likely placed the hostage in an alternate dimension under her control.

That is, in the witch game "Sleeping Beauty".

Therefore, they dispatched a team of highly skilled plastic surgeons as key members of this campaign.

Xingyin was bait, a "flaw" Duke deliberately left for Talia. Sure enough, she ultimately stepped into the trap, further dragging Amber and the others in. Gretel was an accident; Duke hadn't expected Talia's first target to be the Cake Princess.

However, considering the principles of the Tafellowship of the Mute, one can understand her reasoning.

Next are Rose the Thunder Witch, who lost her beloved disciple Jasmine, and Joseph the Mad Song, who lost his fiancée Joan. For similar reasons, they both chose to cooperate with Duke, even going so far as to stage a play to deceive Talia.

Duke deliberately showed up in front of "Starflower" partly to provoke Talia into attacking Joseph, and partly to hand over Neon to him.

As for Amber, needless to say, as Duke's handpicked best tool, her role was decisive!

Who wouldn't want a capable girlfriend?

And the final Lady Scarlet—a legend of a thousand years, the first lord of the floating city, the creator of rune magic, the witch of words, the eternal queen of the rune dynasty… these titles are enough to illustrate her power.

With Ms. Scarlet here to join the fun, who needs Carol and Eve? They can go and party with Bugatti all night, which doesn't change the fact that Talia is about to be finished.

It has to be said that because of Scarlet's presence, Duke even felt a little sorry for Talia.

I've seen villains teamed up to be defeated by the "Great Demon King," but I've never seen a villain teamed up to be defeated by the "Great Demon King" (referring to Fei). That's so pitiful.

"Although this plan for a righteous brawl was my idea, and this magnificent lineup was assembled by myself... Tsk tsk, Talia, you deserve to die, Amen."

"Stop popping champagne at halftime, Duke."

The experienced Ms. Fei glanced at Duke and cautiously reminded him:

"I have seen far too many adventurers become complacent because of their advantages, only to end up losing everything."

"Ahem!" Duke put away his smugness and became a little serious. "Ms. Fei, you are right to reprimand me."

He also has to rescue Anne and Megan, and completely eliminate the persistent Talia; he can't afford to be careless at this time.

So, first we need to look at the true nature of this world.

Duke calmed down and focused his attention on the world before him, which had fallen into a deep sleep.

The world was utterly silent.

The witch game, named "Sleeping Beauty," is not open to adventurers due to a lack of core elements, but the review witches arranged by the floating city have conducted reviews of it.

According to them, this world is a world that is both blessed and cursed.

It is blessed with all the gifts of fate; the land is fertile, magic is abundant... it has all the natural conditions for a superior life, it is simply a perfect earthly paradise.

But the only problem is that it's cursed.

This world has fallen into eternal stagnation and slumber.

Chapter 146 A Deadly World

That was the first day of the world's birth.

As the girl opened her eyes, this world was born.

She looked curiously at everything that was both familiar and unfamiliar. Although she had just been born, she didn't seem like a child who knew nothing. For some reason, the girl already had a concept of beauty in her heart.

Born with knowledge, she didn't know how to make choices, nor did she understand that shadows inevitably arise beneath brilliance. Naïve, she began to unilaterally try to change the world.

The girl may be the creator of this world, but she has not acquired the qualifications that a creator should have. She is like a doting mother who gives the world gift after gift. Everything in the world that she can see becomes beautiful in her eyes, while the ugly, evil and terrible things disappear under her gaze.

If a world where light and shadow coexist and good and evil are opposed is a normal world, then this little world is like a dream, as beautiful as a fairy tale.

This is a girl's blessing.

But the seeds of tragedy were sown on the very first day of the world's birth.

The beautiful wish that there is only beauty and no darkness in the world has trapped the world and the girl herself.