Millennium Witch.

Chapter 91 - 91 - Another year has passed

After the simple onboarding process was completed, Yvette took some clothes from the car and had Abella change into them. Although she had her own black armor to cover her private parts, her dress was now tattered and looked rather undignified.

"It seems a little small..." Abella commented after putting on Yvette's clothes, but quickly realized something and said somewhat timidly, "I... I didn't mean to tease you..."

Yvette didn't understand, thinking to herself, "You're almost a head taller than me, so it's normal for your clothes not to fit."

She then started thinking that she should buy more clothes for her future trips to the dream world, and she might need to consider different body types... Hmm, she should also buy men's clothes, so that even if no one else needs them, she can wear them herself... She just wondered if there were any fitted suits suitable for someone who was 1.65 meters tall, and whether they would make her look too handsome and dashing...

After considering for a moment, Abella had changed her clothes. The casual attire instantly transformed the Spider Witch's aura. If she was an arrogant and aloof elegant beauty when they first met, and later a pitiful beggar girl when they met again by the sheep, then now she was a vibrant and youthful college student.

Yvette admired Abella for a moment, thinking she had the potential to be a dress-up doll, and then asked, "Can you drive?"

"I understand a little, Master," Abella said uncertainly.

“A little is enough.” Ivy nodded, not particularly concerned. Firstly, automatic cars are easy to learn to drive, almost like four-wheeled electric scooters, so there’s no need to suffer from the clutch. Secondly, in the post-apocalyptic world, there are hardly any traffic laws, so you can drive with peace of mind.

With Abella driving, she no longer has to sit in the driver's seat all the time. This extra time, whether used for meditation, continuing to design the "Grimoire of the Gale," or sleeping, will greatly relax her travel life.

……

The dragon moved about in the sky, stopping and starting, while the car stumbled and bumped on the ground.

After passing the Cux ruins and traveling eastward for more than two months, Abella's driving skills gradually improved after her early experience of driving the car into a ditch, and she was finally able to stop disturbing Yvette's afternoon nap.

As a result, life on the journey began to become more stable and comfortable.

Since Abella, like humans, needs three meals a day, the group would stop every so often to engage in activities such as hunting. Occasionally, Yvette would take the time to fish along the riverbanks they passed by—although what she often caught were mutants disguised as fish.

Dugrabi is still studying magic, mainly memorizing and practicing spells from the "Flame Magic Codex". Occasionally, when it encounters a powerful elite aberration, it immediately gets excited, howling and rushing forward to test its learning progress.

Bingyu was also very curious about the "Flame Magic Grimoire," but the mechanical puppet's body was different from that of a normal living being, making it difficult to become an elemental carrier and almost impossible to condense a magic core. Therefore, the path of mage cultivation was destined to be out of her reach.

If she wants to become stronger, she can only apply to the Holy Temple to participate in the cultivation assessment. Once she meets the requirements of the God of Grace, she will naturally receive enhancements in modification or equipment, thus gaining powerful combat abilities.

However, since she had applied once before the trip but failed, and the next application would involve a long wait, she probably wouldn't be able to become a combat expert for a long time.

During this slow-paced journey, Abella gradually regained some of her strength, reaching the level of a first-stage aberration, gaining the ability to summon a spider-leg spear from her body, and no longer having to worry about being humiliated by wild animals like sheep.

Although she still harbored thoughts of revenge, she had to admit that she found this kind of travel experience quite interesting.

First, her master's control over her was not strong; he didn't even require her to stay. She could leave whenever she wanted. This great degree of freedom made her less anxious to leave.

Secondly, her master was a top-tier powerhouse second only to the monarch. With her protecting her, she didn't have to worry about being caught by some indiscriminate killers and becoming food for the mother nest. Finally, her master would teach the black dragon some unique and exquisite magic, as well as corresponding concealment techniques. Although she wasn't a student, she could eavesdrop, and that's how she mastered many magical formulas that she had never understood before.

Fortunately, as a fifth-stage lord, although she no longer has the aberration factor, her magic core is still there, and she has a total of more than 3000 magic points, making her the person with the most magic points in the entire room. If she learns more magic, she can make full use of this advantage.

Incidentally, Yvette's total magic power only recently broke through to 2400 points.

He could easily defeat the Spider Witch at her peak with his magic alone, but his total magic power was actually less than hers.

As expected, mana and combat power are not the same thing.

……

Another year has passed in the blink of an eye on this long journey.

Over the course of the year, Yvette gradually stopped meditating and practicing. Apart from her important task of compiling the "Grimoire of Gale," she spent most of her time taking afternoon naps.

This wasn't because she was lazy, but rather due to two special circumstances.

Firstly, due to the "rune siphon effect," even without meditation, her body would spontaneously absorb runes, essentially leveling up while offline. Furthermore, because this leveling speed was close to her body's limit in processing runes, the difference between meditation and not meditating became negligible.

For example, even if she just lazes around every month, she can steadily increase her total magic power by 3 to 4 points, which adds up to about 42 points a year. 500 years ago, when she first transmigrated, she worked diligently for a whole year, but her increase was only 1 to 2 points – a significant difference.

Secondly, she increasingly felt the importance of mental strength. For a nature mage, mental strength is not only the soul itself, but can also be compared to the rune point cache in a magic terminal. The higher the mental strength, the larger the scale of the spells that can be cast instantly.

Given that the magic terminal will inevitably break down someday, striving to improve mental strength may be a better way to enhance combat power.

……

Meanwhile, the strength of Dugrabi and Abella also increased rapidly during this year.

Thanks to Yvette's unabashed magic lessons, Abella actually learned quite a bit of fire magic from her master, and its practical application far exceeded the spider leg spears she could currently summon.

Just then, Dugrabi needed a sparring partner, so every time after lunch, while Yvette napped in the car, Dugrabi and Abella would spar using fire magic in an open space.

Although in almost every situation, Dugrabi, with his "Flame Magic Grimoire" and more tricks, had an absolute advantage, Abella, as a fifth-stage lord with outstanding combat talent, often managed to fight Dugrabi to a standstill by using her few basic spells and her exaggerated total magic power of 3000 points, employing a strategy of attrition.

It's just that she can't read the Radiant Language; otherwise, if she had borrowed the handwritten copy of the "Flame Magic Codex" from Bingyu, Dugrabi might not have been a match for her.

(End of this chapter)