I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

“…Amber, you just wait until tonight.”

"what?!"

Ms. Fei's lips twitched slightly. She rolled her eyes at the two idiotic lovers, then stepped over them and walked to the coffin. She stared at the body for a long time, seemingly lost in thought, before slowly saying, "This may be the core of this witch's game."

Upon hearing this, everyone crowded around, craning their necks to examine Talia lying in the coffin.

Joseph asked curiously, "What do you mean? If we kill her, we can beat the witch game?"

After rescuing Joan, he was now eager to return to the floating city so he could take Joan to Eve's clinic for a full check-up.

“She was already dead, how could you kill her?” Scarlet glared at Joseph who had asked the question. “Of course, if you could destroy this body, you could indeed complete the game, but can you do that?”

Joseph gave her a strange look, drew his broadsword from his waist, and slashed at the arm of the body in the coffin!

"Chong-"

The sound of metal clashing against metal rang out, and Joseph's expression changed slightly as he withdrew his hand. He felt a jolt in his hand, as if he had struck not flesh, but some divine weapon. The next instant, with a series of cracking sounds, the broadsword in his hand was riddled with cracks and quickly shattered into pieces.

"hiss."

Joseph gasped. Seeing this, the Thunder Witch Rose suddenly became interested. She raised her wand and pointed it at the coffin, while gesturing for the others to move away from her. Then she began to cast a spell: "Thunder, come!"

Boom—

Thunder rumbled in the narrow altar, and blinding lightning struck the coffin, charring the wood black, but "Talia" lying inside remained unharmed.

"Don't waste your energy. In this world, even I can't hurt her." Ms. Fei shook her head and announced speechlessly, "She is different from those half-baked projections that came from the past to the present. She is the true creator of this world, and her status is so high that mortals cannot reach her."

Before this body, all beings are equal. Duke and other adventurers who are dissatisfied with the legends are mortals, as are Rose, who has one foot in the legendary destiny, and Scarlett, who is a top-level legend, are also mortals.

"Can't hurt her?" Duke pinched his chin, pondered for a moment, then turned to call to the Cake Princess, "Little Greta, take her away."

"oh oh."

Gretel nodded. The treant she controlled, which had been outside the altar, stretched its vines out of the window and carried "Talia" out along with the coffin.

This body is the key to completing the game. Although their goal is not to complete this witch's game, but to hunt down the legend (Talia) and rescue the hostages (Annie and others), they keep the core as a backup plan. If things go wrong, they can use the core from another dimension to complete the game and take everyone back to the floating city.

Regardless of the circumstances, Duke has a responsibility to bring everyone back to the floating city.

"That's strange." After watching the treant take the coffin away, Duke first breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned with some puzzlement, looking around the inside of the altar. "Why do I still feel like Annie is here?"

Duke's intuition still told him that Annie was here, but they had already done a preliminary search of the altar's interior. The interior structure was exactly the same as the previous two altars, with no difference except for the coffin... There was even a mirror here that projected the past Talia clones—of course, it had been dismantled and taken away by Scarlet.

"Strange...where is it?"

Duke frowned, pondered for a moment, and then took out the Lucky Dagger from his pocket. Although Megan's soul had left the Lucky Dagger, its basic functions were still usable; he planned to use Lucky Strike to locate Annie.

Just then, Duke suddenly realized that his Deus Ex was off cooldown, even though he had checked it before entering the Witch Game and Deus Ex was still on cooldown.

[Item Name: Deus Ex Machina]

[Item Description: The technique of deus ex machina will break the story's logic and ruin the viewing experience, but it can save the protagonist, such as you, from a desperate situation.]

[Item Effect: Creates one "Deus Ex" (Cooldown: One Final Act).]

When did I finish a final act?

He thought about it somewhat blankly, and at the same time, Grete suddenly collapsed and fell into a coma.

“Grete?”

Duke was slightly taken aback. Before he could do anything, Amber followed in Gretel's footsteps and also collapsed to the ground.

"What?! Ms. Fei, help me!"

Chapter 153 Crowning Sleeping Beauty

"What?!" Duke reacted quickly, catching Amber as she fell. He gently placed her on the ground and shouted, "Ms. Scarlet, help her!"

"Don't rush."

Fei also realized something was wrong. She narrowed her eyes, looked away from Gret and Amber who had fallen one after the other, and turned to look at Xingyin, who had not uttered a word from beginning to end.

The Queen of the Clothing Kingdom is not weak, but in their power system, she is only slightly stronger than Amber and Grete. So, she will be the next one to fall victim.

However, Hoshino was an exceptionally calm person. She knew what was about to happen to her when Fei looked at her. Therefore, when she felt sleepy, she performed much better than Amber and Gret!

Without hesitation, she reached out and pinched her groin with all her might, using the pain to keep herself awake and warn the others: "I...I'm so sleepy. I feel a deep weariness from the depths of my soul. The attack is coming from below, from Underground Duke! It's..."

Before she could finish speaking, she fell silent—she had simply fallen asleep standing up.

Xingyin's reminder was extremely crucial. The alternate dimension she came from involved a battle of souls, which made her extremely sensitive to souls. At the same time, she had been attacked by Talia twice before and had developed some resistance. Now, taking advantage of the effectiveness of her resistance, she even directly discerned the direction from which the attack came!

"It was Talia's attack!"

Duke's face turned extremely ugly. This bizarre sudden slumber was clearly the work of Sleeping Beauty Talia, and also her legendary destiny that was impossible to guard against! He looked down at the ground. At this moment, there was no time to confirm whether Xingyin's words were correct. He could only place his hopes on the other person present.

"What should we do, Ms. Fei?!"

Duke himself was unaffected by Talia's abilities, but it was hard to say who would win in this life-or-death battle with Talia!

"I don't know either, just leave me alone, I'm fine."

Fei frowned, clasped her hands together, and then pulled Qiong, who was closest to her, into her arms, holding her tightly, which jolted Qiong awake from her drowsiness.

Judging from her strength level, she should have been the next one to faint, but Fei took the initiative to save her.

"And...and Joseph too!" Joan, who was no longer unconscious, panicked. Joseph's strength was roughly equal to hers. She had regained consciousness, but Joseph had collapsed, dazed. "Fei, save Joseph!"

"There's no way to save her." Fei rolled her eyes at her. "Do you want me to hug your fiancé like this?"

Qiong was slightly taken aback, briefly feeling the intense heat of Fei's embrace, and then the soft, voluptuous curves of her body against her back. Fei had been holding her very tightly to protect her, making these casual physical contacts almost unavoidable.

"Alright, let little Joshua fend for himself."

Joseph: "?"

Before he fell into a coma, Mr. Mad Song felt that he would die with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

The order in which everyone fell unconscious was clearly based on their strength level. Apart from Duke, who was unaffected by Talia's abilities, only Fei and Joan, whom she protected, remained conscious. Even Rose, who was close to becoming a legend, did not survive.

As a veteran powerhouse representative of the Floating City, Thunder Witch has truly embarrassed herself.

Duke's lips twitched slightly. He gathered all the unconscious people together and then, as quickly as possible, snatched back Talia's two bodies from outside the altar before turning his attention to the ground.

Underground?

Duke initially thought that Talia's sudden attack was an attempt to reclaim her two bodies, restore her to her full legendary form, and thus gain the right to face Scarlet in a direct confrontation. After all, those two bodies were in the hands of the treant outside the altar, and the treant had fallen into a deep sleep when he retrieved them, leaving the two bodies completely unprotected.

But Duke didn't see Talia. She didn't seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try and reclaim her body—perhaps she was too worried about Fei's presence, or perhaps she never intended to confront Fei head-on.

"So, why did she suddenly attack me?"

Duke frowned.

With Scarlet's presence, Talia, who has no physical body, doesn't dare to show herself at all. The moment she does, she'll probably get her head smashed by Scarlet.

Her legendary destiny is not unsolvable. Fei was able to protect Joan from falling into a coma, and it would take some more time for the others to wake up. They only need to wait a moment to make Talia's efforts futile.

To be honest, Duke didn't understand what she was trying to do. In his opinion, the fact that Talia didn't seize the opportunity to regain her body was already a huge loss for Chen Rui.

However, Fei's expression turned extremely grim. She looked up at the sky through the window and said coldly, "Duke, this place has turned into a Crown-level witch game!"

"Huh? How is that possible?" Duke looked puzzled. "A Crown-level Witch Game isn't about potential or power limits unrelated to other dimensions; it has to affect reality to be considered a Crown..."

Duke couldn't continue, because he understood what Ms. Scarlet meant.

Has this dormant power already begun to affect the floating city?!

……

Carol grabbed Bugatti's face and forcefully threw him out of the room. Then she stopped time and kicked him in the chest with a knight's kick, creating a large hole in his chest!

But after just one breath, the large hole healed at a speed invisible to the naked eye, making one wonder if the previous damage was just an illusion.

But before the restored Bugatti could make a move, a dazzling lightsaber appeared before him. The person wielding the lightsaber was named Eve. As she plunged the lightsaber into Bugatti's body, she whispered, "I hope life comes at a price."

As a result, Bugatti's originally terrifying recovery speed immediately slowed down—although it was still fast enough.

The legendary professionals' brawl was no longer confined to the narrow room of the city lord's mansion. They officially started playing Mortal Kombat (because the authentic witch duel and the eroge-modified witch duel were simply not compatible to fight together), and soon they fought their way out of the room and onto the streets of the floating city.

But despite being in broad daylight, the floating city, which should be bustling with activity all year round and 24 hours a day, was now deathly silent, as if it were an empty city.

Carol narrowed her eyes.

Is this your goal?

Bugatti glanced at the desolate streets and the unconscious pedestrians around him, his lips twitching slightly. He quickly denied it, saying, "That wasn't my intention. I don't know anything!"

You could tell he was desperate to shift the blame!

Chapter 154 The Riddler, Get Out of the Floating City

"Damn Talia! The damned Talia faction! That bastard Crown-class Witch Game!"

Bugatti raced through the desolate streets of the floating city, shouting and yelling as he fled:

"I knew that bastard had bad intentions and was just trying to get me to take the blame for his deal with me."

He took several quick steps, fleeing in a panic, but even so, he couldn't escape Carol and Eve, who were always right behind him.

That's terrifying! Those two women are terrifying!

If Bugatti manages to escape this ordeal today, he might just find himself surrounded by a legendary, murderous witch when he lifts the covers tonight.

However, on the other hand, Bugatti really wouldn't mind meeting the legendary witch in bed at night. After all, based on his extensive experience, the taste of a witch is really quite good... cough!

Bugatti was quite impressed with his own mind, managing to let his thoughts wander even in that situation. But soon, the real and undeniable threat of death forced him back to his senses, and he quickly continued shouting:

"I really don't know anything, you have to believe me. I don't know what Talia is trying to do, or why that witch game suddenly became a crown-level game, affecting the whole city."

"Ha, idiot, do you think I'd believe that?"

Carol, who was walking quickly behind Bugatti, smiled coldly. Her sharp killing intent was chilling. She had become like this immediately after discovering that the floating city was affected by the Crown-level Witch Game.

For the current lord of the floating city, the Crown-level Witch Game is far more serious than any terrorist attacks by the Aphasic Tower Faction or the Sympathetic Faction!

If a legendary powerhouse has no equal to contend with, destroying a city single-handedly is no problem, even a floating city with spellcasters of extremely high average quality.

However, what makes the floating city so terrifying is precisely this: on the surface, there are at least five legendary witches, and if you include those near-legendary, the number at least triples. This sheer quantity and quality of high-end combat power means that one or two legendary figures can't cause much of a stir, and Talia is no exception…

However, the Crown-level Witch Game is different; its influence comes through the rules of another dimension, and even a Legendary character can be affected if they're not careful. Even if the effect is the same—"putting someone to sleep"—Talia as a Legendary class and Talia as the core of the game are two completely different concepts.