Miss Witch, it's time to clean up the entries

Chapter 331 The Witch Conference Resumes
Through this brief encounter with the God of Tiger, Li En learned the truth about the world.

It turns out that the world they lived in had already entered a period of civilizational silence, and its technology was quite advanced, to the point that it could even use cryogenics to put humans into hibernation.

I didn't accidentally travel to this world; I was chosen by the God of Tiger.

[Entry Cleanup] It was He who gave Him the power from the very beginning.

The so-called Old World, the lost civilization, is actually the world we originally lived in.

The rift is the entrance linking two worlds, so countless monsters exist within it. These monsters are essentially creatures corrupted by spatial distortion and divine power.

Humans can cross the rift and return to their homeland, finding lost civilizations and continents.

They may find technologies and powers completely different from those of the Southern and Northern Continents, but they will not be able to save the world.

Because Tiger will only give humans one year.

If I cannot become a god within this year, I will be unable to save myself, the world, or Tiger.

After all the entries were restored, Li En was finally able to convene the Witches' Meeting again through the crystal.

Dorothy, Fia, Ellie, Cameron, Ash, Dora, and Fura—these long-unseen faces all appeared at the meeting. Although they were just blurry phantoms, Li En could sense their presence.

"Li En, you've finally shown up. How are you doing now?"

Dorothy asked.

"Dorothy, I'm doing pretty well now. How are you all?"

Li En looked at the many witches.

“Our Hall family has settled in the Azure Dragon Court. Although the Holy Empire has opened up new sea routes, there are no teleportation portals. It would take their army three or four months to get here. In addition, we have built magic defense towers and protective arrays, so the Azure Dragon Court is now very safe.”

Dorothy said, "We get along well with the Argonians and have established our first human city-state here, Rose City. Now, Father is the city lord, and we have brought over all the retainers and people who were loyal to the Hall family."

"Sounds good, Fia, what about you?"

Li En looked at the wise witch Fia.

“I’m still at the Institute of Wise Men. Although I’m not one of their core researchers, I’ve managed to gain their trust and become a peripheral researcher. I have some top-secret information to tell you: the Institute of Wise Men’s gift has been lost.”

Fia said, "The wise men suspect that it was that one who took the gift."

"All the gifts have vanished. Whom do they suspect? The God of Tiger?"

Dorothy asked.

Fia shook her head. "No, they suspect that Randall took the gift from the Institute of the Wise. Only Randall had been to the Institute of the Wise before, and only he was able to access that gift."

"What exactly is it?"

Cameron asked curiously.

"It is the ear of wisdom."

Fia said.

Although she didn't become a core member, Fia still managed to uncover clues using her witch's talents.

“Fia, we have encountered puppets created by the Institute of Wise Men in the North.”

Li En suddenly spoke up.

"puppet?"

Fia rested her chin on her hand, thought for a moment, and then said...

"This is a weapon created by the Institute of Wise Men to counter witches. It uses the bodies of young girls as vessels and forcibly infuses them with the power of witches. The puppets have no thoughts, not even souls, and only know how to carry out their missions. Now the puppets have completely replaced witches and are being promoted in 19 territories of the Holy Empire, becoming the new guardians. The lifespan of the puppets is shorter than that of witches, and a batch of them will die every year."

"No thoughts, no soul? How is that even possible?"

Cameron couldn't help but ask, even though they were also being hunted by puppets.

"You might not believe it, but life can be conceived without a mother. All the puppets were created by the Sages using cells. This knowledge came from the Old World and was obtained by the Sages' Institute through the rift. Oh, this is all thanks to the explorers from the Moria family. Li En, there was a traitor in your family. I don't know who it is, but perhaps you can investigate it yourself. It was this traitor who brought new knowledge to the Sages, allowing them to grasp the mysteries of life and create that batch of puppets."

Fia said calmly, her tone suggesting she quite admired the traitor.

This opened her up to a completely new realm of civilization and knowledge.
"The people of the Old World call this technology, gene cloning technology. The wise men found the most suitable carriers. I don't know exactly how many puppets were cloned, but in short, the witches have been completely replaced, and the puppets will become the core force of the empire."

“We are being hunted down by those puppets. They are incredibly strong and they don’t seem to care about getting out of control.”

Cameron said.

"It's not that they're not afraid of losing control, but that they have no thoughts and are not afraid of death. They just follow orders. Even if it means death, as long as it's worthwhile, they will do it without hesitation."

Fia explained.

"That's the trickiest part."

Cameron sighed.

"Cameron, is Ophelia with you?"

Lee En asked.

Cameron nodded. "Yes, Director, you led all of us witches in a defection. We were then taken in by the Revolutionary Army and are now hiding. We've ended up in Green Shade Territory, which was your former territory and is now managed by your father. Your friend, Father Simon, took us in."

"You all okay?"

Li En continued to ask.

"President, Ellie, Fura, and I are alright. You cleaned up the entries for us before, so we won't go out of control for at least two or three years. But the situation of the others is a bit worse. When those puppets were chasing us, two or three of the sisters had already gone out of control. It was precisely because of their loss of control that everyone was saved."

Cameron said, his head bowed.

"Director Ophelia plans to take us out to sea. The puppets are also afraid of seawater. If we can reach the Azure Dragon's Court, we will be completely safe."

Ellie added.

“I will build a temporary portal between Green Shade Territory and Azure Dragon Court so that you can all come here, but you will have to wait for a while.”

Dorothy said.

"If so, that would be great."

Cameron seemed relieved. "If we had lost control in Greenfield, it could have killed a lot of people."

"It's alright, I won't let you get out of control. Once I've settled things here, I'll come find you as soon as possible and reunite with you."

Li En said.

Cameron and Ellie exchanged a glance, unable to hide their joy.

"We will tell the director this good news."

"Dora, tell me, how are things on your end? Is Catherine doing alright?"

“Catherine is pregnant. She was very weak before, but after becoming pregnant, she became stronger than before. Yes, she gained strength, which seems to be due to the child. She is doing well now and maintains an alliance with Greenfield. Although she is no longer your fiancée, she still loves you deeply.”

The witch of disease, Dora, spoke slowly.

“Mary returned to Rose Territory and wiped out the White Cross Society. I escaped back. Unfortunately, we underestimated her power and the raid failed. But the good news is that we persuaded a large number of nobles from Rose Territory to move to Blue Moon Territory. They brought a lot of money, which is a loss for Rose Territory.”

Li En nodded, and felt a little relieved to hear that Catherine and the child were safe and sound.

"Master, everything is fine in Greenfield. Lord Jack is managing it very well. Miss Anna and Miss Anne have left Greenfield in search of you. I don't know where they went. Maybe they went to the North." Aisha said in a childish voice. She was a young witch who was only 8 years old. After this period of training, she had become much more mature than before.

Although Sophie also participated in the witch's meeting, she didn't have anything to say and stayed by Li En's side the whole time.

The Fire Witch Fura was with Cameron and Ellie, so there was nothing for her to report.

Everyone has been busy lately and hasn't been able to make any magic cards. Apart from Fia, no one can offer cards for trading.

However, Fia was a generous person, and she was willing to give away more than a hundred cards she had made to the association so that the witches on the run could use them.

While the witches were trading cards, Li En asked Dorothy, who was beside him,

"Dorothy, have your fairy tale books disappeared too?"

“Yes, Li En, Randall took all the Gifts. You can’t imagine what happened. Even I don’t remember clearly, but I wrote it all down. All the Gifts rushed toward Randall’s body, trying to find balance in him and turn him into a vessel for the evil god.”

Dorothy felt a lingering fear as she recalled the words she had recorded. She lowered her voice and said, "But his body simply couldn't withstand that level of invasion and began to collapse. It seemed that the evil god, not wanting to fail at the last minute, forced Randall and the dragon Achilles to merge. You can't imagine how blasphemous that scene was. Fortunately, I don't remember anything now, otherwise I would definitely have been corrupted."

"Randall and Achilles have merged?"

Everyone stared at Dorothy in shock.

It was only then that Li En realized that his contract with Achilles had been broken, perhaps by the evil god Abel.

Dorothy nodded. "That's what it says in my diary."

Where is Narlandel now?

"I don't know, I only know that he left in great pain."

Dorothy said,
"If you want to get those gifts back and find Randall, I can help."

“He has so many gifts, and we should indeed bring him back, but not now.”

Li En decided to take a step back and start by saving the out-of-control witch.

After all, he was destined to become the man who would become both a witch and a sea monster god.

“Fia, tell me what’s been happening in Arron City lately, what is the Holy Empire plotting?”

Lee En looked at Fia again.

Fia, who had just given away all the magic cards in her hand, adjusted her glasses and said slowly.

"It's probably the rift. I've heard the wise men talk about the rift the most lately. I guess they'll want to take back the North first, so it will be easier to study the rift."

"That's right. They sent out puppets carrying a lot of diseases, hoping to wipe out the Nightfall Territory with a plague. Unfortunately, the plan failed."

Li En asked, "Anything else?"

“Oh, it’s really unbelievable that Augulas and Emma have a child.”

Fia said.

"Children? Them?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Dorothy's eyes.

The other witches didn't understand the entanglement between the king and queen, nor did they know why they couldn't have children.

But Dorothy knew very well that Emma didn't love Augulas at all and would never have a child with him.

The man Emma loved was long dead; he was killed by Lee En himself.

"The Holy Empire celebrated this event for seven days, but none of you knew about it."

Fia shook her head and sighed, "It seems we really are very far apart."

Have you seen Emma recently?

Li En asked Fia, who shook her head, "I still don't have freedom in the Wise Man's Academy. I can't come and go as I please, so naturally I can't see the Queen."

"I'm sorry I couldn't rescue you."

Li En said.

"No need to apologize. I stayed here voluntarily. In fact, I feel more comfortable in the Wise Ones' Academy than anywhere else. I am the only witch who has not been wanted or abandoned by the Empire. I have even gained a certain degree of trust by now."

Fia truthfully stated that she found her time at the Wise Man's Academy not at all unbearable, but rather quite enjoyable.

She can immerse herself in the ocean of knowledge every day.

Why do you find it so strange that Augulas and Emma have a child?

Dorothy asked Fia.

"Because the Guardian Shield, a gift, left Augulas's control, Augulas, who had been using the Guardian Shield for a long time, should have lost his ability to reproduce, but he still got the Queen pregnant."

Fia spoke calmly, as if discussing an academic issue rather than gossip.

"Perhaps the Guardian Shield doesn't have such strong side effects."

Cameron said.

"Then Auguras wouldn't have wanted the Azure Dragon Whip so much in the first place."

Fia said.

"That does sound really strange."

"Fura said."

"President, if you need me to keep an eye on this, I will continue to pay attention to it."

Fia looked at Li En.

Li En nodded slightly. "Thank you, Fia. You've worked hard."

"Don't be so polite with me. Knowing that you're still alive is good news for me."

"Hearing such heartwarming words from you makes me wonder if you've been corrupted."

“Even if Dorothy is contaminated, I won’t. The House of Wise Men is safe, but Dorothy, who recorded those words, is not so safe.”

Fia said with a smile.

"Okay, I have been exposed to some contamination, but I can control it, so there's no need for anyone to worry about me."

Dorothy said.

Li En looked at Dorothy with concern, "Are you sure everything will be alright?"

“I’m really fine, you don’t need to worry about me, Alex is here.”

Dorothy said with relief.

After confirming that Dorothy was alright, Li En looked at the witches and said, "That concludes today's meeting. I look forward to seeing you in Green Territory."

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(End of this chapter)