Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

"What does it matter to me whether you advance to Sequence Three or not? Is it because you caused the deaths of many prophets in the Palace of Wisdom?"

Dong Ya sneered, "But their deaths were all part of the plan. It was just a matter of whether they died sooner or later, and whether they died at your hands or at the hands of someone else."

Tia sighed, "How heartless."

“It’s not heartlessness. It’s courage,” Dongya said. “They had seen the star chart of destiny before leaving the Palace of Wisdom and had a premonition of their inevitable death. Whether they thought they were chosen ones and could be spared the vicissitudes of fate, or they had already decided to face death head-on, at least they were prepared to bear their own consequences.”

"I'm not going to waste my breath on you. Sulph—you don't even belong to this world, do you?"

Dongya pressed her hands against the altar and leaned down to stare intently at Tia.

"..."

Tia nodded in agreement.

"Huh? You just admit it like that? Aren't you going to try to cover it up? Or are you trying to fool me into getting away with this?"

"There's no need for that."

Tia said, "Actually, Bareges should have realized this when she was spying on me. But she didn't learn it very well. Not to mention the Great Prophet."

“Byregas has become a bit unbalanced in his studies.” Dongya nodded and admitted, “But I’m not here to stop you from advancing. I’m here for your sanctuary.”

"This thing is right up my alley. More importantly, it's beautiful, exquisite. So beautiful and exquisite that blowing it up would easily cause violent deep-sea turmoil. But you absolutely, positively won't give it to me—at least not now."

"So let's make a deal."

Dongya waved her hand, jumped down from the altar, walked up to Tia, and said, "Let's talk somewhere else. This dilapidated temple is really gloomy. You're from another world, is there anything I haven't seen before?"

Never seen this before?

Tia thought about it for a moment, and realized that the girl had been in this world for over a decade, so her memories of Earth were somewhat hazy. Besides, Ansu had already entered the industrial age; frankly, Ansu had most of the things that Earth had.

For the rest, a whole bunch of anime-style images popped into Tia's head—many of them were filled with softcore pornography.

There's no way around it; humans have three major desires.

As Tia was thinking, the temple she was in rapidly changed, one moment becoming a steaming hot spring, the next a shrine dedicated to the dragon god, then a bedroom with neon lights and skyscrapers outside the window, and finally settling on a maid café.

Wearing a modern, modified black and white maid outfit, Dongya pondered, "This isn't much different from the clothes in Ansu, just a bit more revealing."

"Because I was human before I came to Ansu. I wasn't some catgirl. Humans' preferences are pretty much the same, right?"

"Cat-eared girls are also human. And cat-eared girls and humans have similar sexual preferences."

In Dongya's worldview, anything with a human-like appearance is considered human, and she has actually seen cat-eared girls. "But it's better if there are humans in this other world. I thought you would be some strange thing. The deal I'm making with you is actually very simple—I can sponsor your advancement from Sequence Three to Sequence One. But you have to give me the Sanctuary when you advance to Sequence One."

A maid who looked like Anne poured coffee for Tia, while a maid who looked like Eleanor massaged the girl's shoulders behind her. Tia took a sip of coffee and tentatively said, "To be honest, I find it hard to agree."

“I understand. After all, this sanctuary is a manifestation of your memories from another world. Taking it away is almost the same as taking away your traces from that other world. But it is very useful to us, and I will never give it up, even if it means going to war with you.”

Dongya's tone was very calm, almost like a casual joke, but the content was anything but lighthearted.

Tia said, "What do you want the sanctuary for? Can't you use other sanctuaries?"

"Sure. But it's too slow."

Dongya flicked her finger, breaking the coffee in her cup. The dark liquid was guided into the air by her hand. "You should know what we want to do. Our goal is just the Star Chart of Destiny, not to fix it."

"Isn't it fixed?"

"In a world where destiny itself is a chaotic system, it is impossible to establish a unified model of destiny. Therefore, destiny itself must be corrected first."

"The explosion of the sanctuary can trigger deep-sea turbulence, which can accelerate the star map of destiny that we are about to project into the deep sea."

"If it were a conventional sanctuary, after three rounds of extreme explosions, it could be accelerated to reach a depth of 500,000 meters underwater in 1600 years. However, to break through the Gutenberg Surface and reach the Layer of Truth, it would take at least 10,000 years. This speed is too slow, and there are too many variables."

Dongya looked at Tia and said, "But if we use your sanctuary, the situation will be different. Part of your sanctuary is already in the layer of truth. As long as I detonate it with my own life, it will be enough to carve out a temporary passage directly to the layer of truth. At that time, we can not only correct fate, but also correct the spacetime structure. Future generations will not have to live in chaotic time like we do. Future people will have the opportunity to control their own destiny and future."

Ah—

Tia hadn't expected the Palace of Wisdom to be so kind and benevolent, but she hadn't anticipated that a part of her sanctuary was actually located within the layer of truth.

In this way, she can't say for sure whether the physical rules upon which many technologies in this world depend were brought from Earth by her—after all, the history of a wretched place can indeed be altered by human intervention.

But Tia didn't want to agree.

She wasn't in a hurry to advance to Sequence Two or Sequence One. Reaching Sequence Three would be enough for her to be the de facto ruler of Ansu, and to be able to do whatever she wanted to Roman.

Even if she fails to advance to Sequence Three, it doesn't matter; she can take her time with the rest. She still has a long lifespan.

Moreover, while the utopia depicted by the prophets is certainly good, and pursuing utopia is also fine, the idea of ​​taking shortcuts to bring utopia to fruition immediately seems somewhat obsessive to Tia.

Furthermore, Tia has never been interested in sacrifice or self-sacrifice.

Dongya understood Tia's meaning and added, "I have another gift. It's free for you. You can accept it and then think about it."

"Gift?"

"It's about the whereabouts of your sister, Avina Sulph; she's in the Destiny Star Chart."

Chapter 438 The Path to Sublimation

—A formidable opponent.

This was Tia's first impression after exchanging only a few words with Dongya.

This great prophet was far less kind than her voice and face suggested. Even as they conversed, Dongya had already laid out four rituals within the sanctuary.

She didn't understand three of them at all; one of the rituals was the prophet's "time lock."

Unlike spatial locks that block space, time locks used to "freeze time" can only be applied to an individual or in conjunction with spatial locks.

Of course, there are exceptions. It can be used in nightmares, and its function is very simple—to adjust the flow of time.

The flow of time in nightmares is not as stable as in the material world.

In the time it took to say those few words, Tia calculated that at least 22 hours had passed in reality.

If this continues, even if Dongya does nothing, Tia's ascension ceremony will be disrupted. Her ritual array in the church will only last a maximum of three days!

“Avina Sulph was the designer of the ‘Pisces’ node on the Destiny Chart. We later had a little friction with her—well, I might owe her some money.”

Dongya raised her hand and guided the coffee liquid into the cup. With a light touch of her fingertip, a layer of shimmering oil film covered the surface of the coffee.

Despite the vibrant colors, the ritual immediately reminded Tia of snow-capped mountains.

Through the light, Tia saw the nightmare that Barragas had specially designed for her. The plot was exactly the same, the only difference being that it was Avina who was climbing the snowy mountain. She was being discovered by Barragas, who was checking the nodes at the top of the mountain.

Dongya sighed and said, "Then your sister had a big fight with Baileygas on the snow mountain. In fact, this wasn't her first time climbing mountains. The previous times she caused us a lot of damage."

Tia raised an eyebrow and asked, "Didn't the money arrive the last few times?"

"how do you know?"

"Because I am her sister."

Tia knew everything about Avina.

Dongya said, "Anyway, that's how it is. Then, when she tried to cause trouble this time—she accidentally fell into the Star Chart of Destiny."

Tia exclaimed in realization, "So you just killed her, the troublemaker, on the side? But I think I saw Avina in the deep sea!"

“Miss Sulph. First of all, for a large organization and a large plan, no individual can be described as murder. We merely removed an obstacle. Secondly, in fact, Barragas was completely unable to deal with a Sequence Four at all; Avina failed to discover and withdraw from the ongoing ritual in time.”

"The snow-capped mountain where Barragas is located is the Aries Palace, the core of the Destiny Star Chart projection ritual. In fact, they were attempting a Destiny Star Chart projection experiment at the time. I cut my past into three sanctuaries to help them complete the ritual, and then..."

"She was projected into the deep sea along with the star map in the ritual?"

"The projection reached below 40,000, but the projection into the deep sea itself isn't a big problem. The key issue is that her physical body was completely dissolved under the influence of the ritual, while her soul merged with the incomplete star map—which was originally a prototype used for experiments, and because of Avina's interference, the coordinates of the star map were lost after it was projected into the deep sea. Do you understand?"

"I understand. So, did she get the money or not?"

Tia's focus impressed Dongya.

After finishing the ceremony, Dongya took a sip of coffee, her face expressionless, and said, "Why is it so sweet?"

The young girl stood with her arms crossed, reminding her:

"Then please make sure to deliver the remaining amount to No. 404, White Oak Street, North Port District, Nuremberg, Kingdom of Ansu."

"We'll talk about the money later."

"No way—debts must be repaid!"

"The Palace of Wisdom can use prophecy to help you find Aviana's location, and also help you remove her from the star chart of destiny."

"Then forget it. I think it's fine for her to float in the sea..."

"Are you sisters?"

Tia tapped on the coffee table and stood up, feeling the nightmare beneath her crumbling.

This sanctuary is neither complete nor stable, something Tia sensed as soon as she stepped inside.

Even a great prophet couldn't possibly create an entire sanctuary just to deal with her. The Palace of Wisdom itself is short of sanctuaries to use as fuel!

After finishing her coffee, Dongya looked at the girl seriously and said, "It seems there's no point in talking. But are you really human? This might be the last time I invite you to make a deal with us, so don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

However, Tia completely ignored Dongya's sarcasm and said, "Of course! The real deal! If you still have the eyes of a prophet, you can see that I am a proper human, the kind that evolved from an ape. Of course I care about Avina, but I can't be bothered to make enemies with you."

Dongya said with amusement, "Then you should agree even more. Is it because I closed this place off for so long, and even tried to seduce your desires and manipulate your emotions, that you have a problem with me?"

"Or are you not interested in the first promotion sequence? The previous sequence was the Pale Emperor Solomon, the Solomon who unified the continent, the Solomon known as the living god, the Solomon who found the sacred number 9. A great philosopher, a person who pursued progress, a person with endless desires, aren't you interested in that?"

"I can even tell you how to advance to Sequence Two. Sequence One is actually not difficult at all. Gathering ten original texts, or reaching the pinnacle of a branch, is Sequence Two. Advancing to Sequence One is even simpler. As long as you personally drive the arrival of the next Holy Number era, you will naturally complete the Sequence One advancement. The next era is Holy Number 7. With the help of the Wisdom Palace, you have a real chance."

Is that all?

Tia's voice was exceptionally clear, and the collapse of the entire sanctuary gradually accelerated. Dongya's figure also changed constantly, as if it had been fast-forwarded, leaving afterimages all around her.

Tia's voice grew increasingly disappointed, both distant and close at hand, echoing heavily within the sanctuary, "This level of temptation is utterly insufficient to ignite my desire, Great Prophet. Your words are like a debtor's promise of a repayment many times greater than what's expected in the Financial City."

"However, the gift you sent was very sincere. But now that my conversion ceremony is about to begin, in order not to disturb my soul-splitting process, I'd better see you out first. By the way, I'll also gladly accept this sanctuary ruin; consider it interest!"

As soon as the girl's clear voice fell, the space of the sanctuary was accompanied by a loud shattering sound of glass breaking. With a "boom," the entire space shook rapidly like an earthquake. Outside the window, blood-red antlers suddenly pierced the moon.

Dongya, unhurriedly, snapped her fingers, and four dark tentacles flew up from the ground and wrapped around Tia's ankles.

A burst of violent light suddenly erupted from Tia's body.

Dongya's expression changed slightly.

The light was almost the ultimate "pure white," forming a stark contrast with the colorful coffee shop, the neon-lit night sky outside the window, and the dark seawater flowing out of the broken sky.

The contrast between this radiance and the surrounding colors continued to rise, becoming so dazzling that even Dongya had to squint slightly.

Edict of Saint-Simon!

How come Sulph and Peter are so close!

The scepter that the theocracy gifted to Peter eight hundred years ago, though devoid of any offensive power, possesses extraordinary strength: "absolute defense against all rituals of Sequence Three and below" and "absolute expulsion of all spirits of Sequence Two and below."

Even she would be mercilessly banished by this scepter—at this moment, she was a spirit diving into the deep sea.

immediately.

With two soft popping sounds, Dongya quickly detonated her eyes, plunging everything into darkness.

The purest and clearest light completely engulfed Dongya, utterly submerging everything Tia could see in the world.

Chapter 439 Transformation Ritual

Whoosh!

A bucket of cold water was instantly poured onto Dongya's tea-colored hair, waking the great prophet who was sitting on the golden throne with his eyes closed.

As Dongya pressed the armrest and stood up from her seat, Guzar, who was some distance away, quickly bowed and said, "Great Prophet! The diplomatic visit has already been sent to Silver Castle and Solomon City."

Dongya waved her hand, picked up a towel to dry her hair, and casually said, "Cancel all the scheduled trips."

"Cancel?"

“Tia Surf rejected my invitation. She doesn’t think much of us.”

"What a madman! He actually refused even the invitation from the Great Prophet!"

Guzad immediately exclaimed in surprise.

He remembered the great prophet's insane plan—Tonya was to groom Sulph to become the standard-bearer of the new era, so that she could advance to Sequence One!

The arrival of the final era has been difficult for the prophets to accept, and many of them wish to continue the current prosperous years.

But Dongya wasn't interested. All good things must come to an end, and the golden age was over.