It felt so good to be close to the witch!

"Although the specific reason is unknown, women have a higher affinity for magic than men. When this affinity reaches a certain level, which is the minimum standard for a witch, the body can spontaneously absorb the magic power between heaven and earth. When the accumulation of magic power reaches a threshold, it is the time when talent awakens."

"Women with the constitution of a witch are extremely rare, one in ten thousand. And from the moment they awaken as witches, corruption will follow them like a shadow."

"Pollution is the witch's greatest enemy!"

The last sentence, highlighted in red and bold, is exceptionally eye-catching.

That concludes the overview of witches. Roy, please continue reading.

"The Witch Chapter".

"A witch's strength depends on two factors: talent and the upper limit of her magic power."

"The types of awakened talents are unpredictable. Some talents are extremely powerful, while others are quite weak. If your talent happens to be one of the weak types, don't be sad. Talents are not static and can evolve. This will be explained later."

"As for the upper limit of magic power, the difference between the upper and lower limits of magic power when a witch awakens is huge, depending on the degree of magic affinity. The weakest is comparable to the initial silver-white rank, while the strongest is only slightly weaker than the gold rank."

Upon seeing this sentence, Roy's mind automatically translated it: entering the Silver rank requires 10 units of energy, while being slightly weaker than the Gold rank requires 99 units of energy.

The difference between 10 and 99 is truly enormous.

"Talent, magic limit, and methods to reduce pollution are the three most important things in the witch stage."

"The application of talents will not be explained in detail because each witch's talents are mostly different. This book focuses on methods for increasing the upper limit of magic power and reducing pollution."

Upon seeing this, Roy's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to continue reading.

There are three ways to increase your maximum magic power.

"The first method is that as a witch grows older, her magic power limit will automatically increase. However, the increase in this method is extremely limited. At most, it can only increase the magic power limit by 20%, and the closer it gets to this limit, the longer it takes to increase."

"The second method is to use external objects to enhance magic power. By absorbing items containing natural magic power, witches can increase their maximum magic power. However, special care must be taken when using this method. At the very least, it must be natural magic power of the quality of high-purity magic crystals to increase the maximum magic power without causing an increase in pollution."

"The third, and most important, method is to practice meditation. A knight's fighting spirit can increase through breathing techniques, and a witch can also increase her magic power limit through meditation."

"Meditation method?!" Roy's eyes widened as he looked at the three words recorded on the page. He knew that this thing was likely the systematic path of witch cultivation summarized by the Witch Association, and it was also the most precious thing of the Witch Association. He turned to the next page, and sure enough, there was a meditation method and related annotations recorded on it.

"Basic meditation method".

"Because witches have different talents, their magical properties are also different. Through the painstaking efforts of the great witches of the past, a meditation method applicable to all witches has finally been created and summarized—the Basic Meditation Method."

"Compared to some specialized meditation methods, the basic meditation method is obviously less effective, but it is the only one that can be practiced by all witches, which is of great significance."

"More importantly, witches who practice basic meditation techniques can easily switch to specialized meditation techniques if they later find a suitable one."

"Next is the practice method of the first stage of basic meditation: repeatedly copying and drawing a specific rune in your consciousness until the rune is completely imprinted in the depths of your consciousness."

"The first stage has nine runes. Even a witch with the weakest magic power at the time of awakening can meet the requirements to break through to the Grand rank after completing the inscription of all nine runes."

"It must be admitted that witches with a high magic power limit at the time of awakening have a great advantage. They may only need to imprint two or three runes to meet the minimum requirements for breaking through to the Grand rank. When all nine runes are imprinted, their chances of breaking through to the Grand rank are far higher than their peers."

"Once the nine runes are engraved, they can be integrated into the heart, greatly increasing its strength and playing an extremely important role in the process of breaking through to the 'Crown' level."

Nine runes were depicted on the pages in a special way. After looking at just the first rune, Roy felt dizzy and quickly looked away.

A witch's starting point is the Silver rank, and for a mere Bronze noob like him to even think about getting involved in that stuff is a bit too early.

Roy turned to the next page and continued reading.

"Next, I will talk about the matter that witches need to pay the most attention to—methods to reduce pollution."

"Pollution will accompany a witch throughout her life from the moment she awakens, and no method can eradicate its existence."

"The more times the talent is used, the older the witch gets, and the more corruption there will be. This is something that cannot be avoided in any way."

"In addition, the practice of meditation requires the involvement of magic, which gradually increases the level of contamination."

"Therefore, reducing pollution is of utmost importance. At the witch stage, and even at higher stages, reducing pollution is something that witches must do."

"There are two methods recommended for the witch stage. The first is to absorb the natural magic power within high-purity magic crystals. This method can increase one's magic power limit and dilute the level of pollution in the body, thereby reducing the level of pollution. However, this method does not reduce the amount of pollution in essence. As the number of times the talent is used increases, the level of pollution will inevitably gradually increase."

"Secondly, there is the Blood Refinement Method. This is a special secret technique that witches would find in the ruins of previous generations. After mastering the first level of the Blood Refinement Method, one can control one's own level of contamination to 50% to 70%. However, to break through to the Crown rank, one must master the second level of the Blood Refinement Method and control one's own level of contamination to 30% to 50%."

"However, the Blood Refinement Method is extremely difficult and requires a large amount of living blood and energy to cultivate. Whether or not to cultivate it still needs to be carefully considered."

That concludes the content on the witch stage.

Roy took a deep breath.

Compared to the information he knew about witches, this book contained much more detailed information, including things he had never heard of before.

The most important of these is meditation.

As for the Blood Refining Method? With Roy around, the witches don't need to worry about contamination at all, and naturally they don't need to practice this secret method with such severe side effects.

Speaking of basic meditation techniques, in Roy's view, which has a sufficient reserve of high-purity magic crystals, the most important function of this technique is not to increase the upper limit of magic power, but rather the assistance that the nine runes provide when breaking through to the "Grand" rank.

The process of the Ice Witch Ais breaking through to the "Grand" rank was fraught with danger.

For the heart to become a true magical organ, there are very high requirements for the witch's body, and even higher requirements for the heart.

Ensuring the heart remains intact and undamaged amidst the immense magical pressure created by a massive amount of magic is an extremely difficult task.

If the Ice Witch Ais had practiced the basic meditation method and had the help of the nine runes when she broke through to the "Grand Rank", she would not have almost lost her life.

In other words, the Ice Witch Ais possesses profound knowledge and is highly skilled in using her talents. If it were any other witch, she would have been defeated long ago.

Now that they have the basic meditation method, it will be much easier for the other witches to break through to the "Grand" level, at least without any danger to their lives.

With Roy's ability to absorb pollution and the support of enough high-purity magic crystals, coupled with basic meditation techniques, it is believed that the witches of Blackrock Territory will experience a surge in strength in the near future.

The thought of the witches around him all possessing "Grand Rank" strength filled Roy with joy.

After calming himself down, Roy continued turning the page.

Having discussed the Witch stage, the next section will cover the Grand Witch stage.

"Grand Witches Arc".

"When the upper limit of magic power reaches the limit that the heart can withstand, in order to further improve one's strength, one must condense a magic organ—'Witch's Heart'."

"Three preparations need to be made here: First, the maximum magic power must reach the limit that the heart can withstand. Second, the first stage of the basic meditation technique must be completed, and all nine runes must be inscribed. Third, the blood refining technique must be cultivated to the second level."

"Among them, the third condition is not a necessary condition. If the level of contamination is below 50%, it can be ignored. However, most witches who practice the basic meditation method have a level of contamination exceeding 50% by this point, so the second level of the Blood Refinement Method is basically necessary."

"After advancing to the highest rank, the methods of cultivation still mainly consist of meditation and reducing contamination."

"Below are the nine runes of the second stage of the basic meditation method. The difficulty is far greater than that of the first stage. Each rune, once successfully imprinted, can help the body condense additional magical organs."

"When the body completes the condensation of nine magical organs, including the Witch's Heart, for a total of ten magical organs, the Witch's body can evolve into a magical body, reaching the pinnacle of the Grand rank."

"To break through to the Grand rank and reach the 'Great Witch Realm' above, two basic conditions need to be met."

"First, the pollution level is below 30%."

"Second, adapt to one's own original sin characteristics to a sufficient degree and find one's own 'path'."

What are the characteristics of original sin?

"Through the research of previous great witches, it was discovered that in addition to the superficial classification of magical attributes, there is also a deeper classification of original sin characteristics."

The Seven Deadly Sins: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust.

"The moment a witch awakens, her magic penetrates her soul, and the original sin hidden within it has a profound impact on her soul."

"Actually, there is another theory: it is not the original sin nature of magic that affects witches, but the original sin nature of the witch's soul that attracts magic with the corresponding original sin nature."

"Specific details will not be discussed here."

"The Grand Witches who have reached this stage of cultivation only need to know that if they want to go further, they must understand their own original sin characteristics and be in harmony with them."

“There are many ways to achieve harmony. The simplest and most direct way is to do things that correspond to the characteristics of original sin and follow the instincts of the soul. Only in this way can we continuously improve the degree of harmony and eventually find the ‘path’.”

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"A way to align with the characteristics of original sin..."

Looking at these words in the book, Roy seemed to be deep in thought.

The seven deadly sins are: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust.

Of the seven original sins, he has not yet seen only three: envy, sloth, and greed. He has seen the other four in the [original sin contamination aggregates] of the Ice Witch Ais, the Shadow Witch Lilia, and the Healing Witch Shanika.

Even he himself possesses the innate abilities related to the two original sins, "lust" and "rage".

Therefore, Roy was no stranger to the characteristics of original sin.

He recalled a line spoken by the old president of the Witch Guild in a fragment of the Moon Witch Cecilia's memory: "If there were no pollution, how could our alignment with the characteristics of original sin be so difficult! How hateful!"

Roy couldn't help but recall the increasingly obvious "behavior" of the healing witch Shanika after he cleansed her of her contamination.

Through the [Original Sin Contamination Branch Aggregate], Roy learned that Shanica's original sin traits were 60% lust and 40% gluttony.

Roy hasn't seen any gluttony yet, because due to the current crisis, he and the witches haven't been eating at the same time. But when it comes to lust, it's all too obvious.

When the two things were combined, Roy suddenly discovered something interesting.

With his help, the witches, freed from the afflictions of pollution, seem to be more likely to achieve harmony with the characteristics of original sin than other witches.

Furthermore, because Roy has a clear understanding of the witches' specific original sin characteristics, their collaboration will be more targeted.

In fact, distinguishing one's own original sin traits is not an easy task. Just like the Shadow Witch Lilia, she has as many as three original sin traits—60% rage, 20% pride, and 20% lust.

Since rage dominates, the presence of the other two original sin traits is indirectly weakened, making them difficult to detect.

If it cannot be perceived, then the so-called compatibility is naturally out of the question.

The records in the book end with the "Grand Witch Chapter," and what follows is a record of the Blood Refining Method.

Clearly, even the Witches' Guild doesn't know much about the Great Witch and can't organize a systematic approach.

Roy closed the book and stored it in his spatial ring, planning to give it to the Ice Witch Ais and the others to read together after they woke up.

He raised his head and glanced at the Ice Witch Ais and the Shadow Witch Lilia, who were still unconscious but breathing steadily and their faces gradually regaining color. Then he looked at the two little ones, the Light Witch Vivian and the Fox-Eared Witch Elena, who were nervously standing by the bed. Finally, Roy's gaze fell on the beautiful face of the Healing Witch Shanika, whose brows were still slightly furrowed even in her sleep, and he gently exhaled.

He is about to begin his spiritual practice.

I can't just be a useless burden forever, can I?