After going into the sea, I met the witch.

That look carried a certain expectation, hope, and deep regret.

A gentle voice appeared in the girl's ear.

“…My king, I felt the bloodline you passed down. To meet you on my deathbed is perhaps the best gift that heaven has given me.”

"My name is Bernhard the Moon Wolf, descendant of the king, please accept my final gift..."

To Cecilia's stunned gaze, the pure white light emanating from the Moon Wolf suddenly shone brightly. The light was so intense that even the blood-red light that permeated its soul paled in comparison.

The only thing here is the moonlight.

The abundant moonlight bathed Cecilia's body, causing her appearance to change.

Her hair began to glow slightly, turning a pale gray color, and gradually grew longer until it reached her slender waist.

Bathed in moonlight, her long gray hair gradually turned silvery-white.

The girl's pupils turned vertical, reflecting the moon in the sky, and her body ignited with a pure white light like flames.

Spirituality is being elevated; the broken vessel, under the burning of the moon's fire, is reborn from the ashes.

"The inheritance of the Moon Wolf King's bloodline, the human form of the Silver Moon Wolf, truly, how beautiful..." The Moon Wolf's eyes were calm and peaceful, while its body, starting from its tail, gradually turned into ashes and dissipated.

As the last ray of moonlight vanished without a trace, Cecilia's form returned to normal. However, compared to the beginning, her hair had turned completely silver-white, and even her pupils had become a pale silver.

A nameless, indescribable sadness welled up in my heart.

The knight girl reached out, trying to grasp the moonlight through her fingers, but she was powerless and could only let it slip away.

"Don't look at me like that, Miss Wolf Girl..."

A gentle voice appeared in her ear, and a woman in a bright blood-red dress stood where the moon wolf had disappeared: "Bernhard has achieved its life's goal. You should be happy for it."

Cecilia turned her cool gaze to the woman: "Who are you?"

"Me?" The woman in the blood-red dress smiled. "Just an unknown person who is about to die. Don't worry about me."

"By the way, you must be here to see your companions, Miss Dark Moon Witch and Mr. Knight Ryan, right?"

Upon hearing this, Cecilia snapped back to reality, forcibly suppressing the surge of sadness in her heart: "Where are they?"

"Don't be in such a hurry." The Blood Witch Serena smiled, raised her index finger and pointed it in front of her. Accompanied by blood-red spiritual ripples, a rotating vortex gate slowly opened.

The next second, Ryan and Freyne tumbled out from among them.

The moment he landed, his powerful physique allowed Ryan to steady himself. He looked at the Blood Witch Serena, whose presence he sensed was the strongest, and was about to say something when he saw her raise her index finger and make a "shushing" gesture towards him and the two girls:

"I wanted to chat with you guys some more, after all, I love chatting. Unfortunately, there's no time left..."

The crimson hue wove into a huge, rotating circular pattern beneath the three people's feet.

"Goodbye, Miss Dark Blue Witch, Mr. Ryan the Knight, and Miss Wolf Girl~"

The Blood Witch Serena playfully waved to the three of them. In the next instant, a crimson light suddenly erupted, enveloping the three of them. When the crimson light receded, the three of them had vanished without a trace.

"Click..."

As if the sound of shattering glass rang out, a terrifying, purplish-black, tree-like rift was torn open in the night sky over the Whirlpool Islands.

A giant eye slowly emerged from behind the crack, its gaze indifferent and ruthless, like a god looking down upon ants.

"Oh my gosh~ You came so fast!"

The Blood Witch Serena still wore a faint smile on her face, and countless hazy crimson light bands swirled and rotated around her, weaving into an incomparably mysterious and magnificent blood star map.

She tilted her head back and stared directly at the "giant eye." Her body rose slowly upwards, emitting a blazing light that turned the entire night sky blood red, even staining the moonlight crimson.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Chapter 109 You can't 'punish' me, can you?

The crimson glow filled the entire field of vision.

While in the situation, Ryan felt that he had lost control of everything except his consciousness.

Spinning, tumbling... in this state, time loses its measure.

After an unknown amount of time, as the nauseating spinning sensation gradually subsided and a second color besides blood began to appear in his senses, Ryan slowly opened his eyes.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Before he could even look around, after a free fall, there were two consecutive splashes of water.

Ryan paddled his limbs, raising himself above the surface of the sea. Nearby was the silver-haired knight girl who had also fallen into the water.

Frey, on the other hand, reacted more quickly, using magic to solidify the seawater beneath her feet before falling in, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation of plunging into the water.

After placing Ryan and Cecilia on the deep blue solid platform, the three of them exchanged a glance, all seeing the joy in each other's eyes.

Before any of the three could speak, a soft laugh reached their ears.

"Hello, Miss Dark Moon Witch, Mr. Ryan the Knight, and Miss Wolf Girl!"

The familiar voice startled Ryan and the two women, who immediately turned to look at the source of the sound.

The Blood Witch Serena appeared at the edge of the solid platform where the three were, her body slightly suspended in mid-air. Her body was somewhat transparent, clearly not made of flesh and blood, and blood-red particles were constantly emanating from the edges of her body.

"Don't be surprised. This is a spiritual projection I left behind. It's a spiritual imprint that will only be activated after I die."

Seemingly pleased with the expressions on Ryan and the others' faces, Blood Witch Serena narrowed her eyes, her long, narrow eyeliner resembling that of a cunning fox: "I used a very, very precious teleportation artifact to send you to the inner sea area south of the Whirlpool Islands. As for exactly where you are, hehe, I don't know either."

“I know you still have doubts in your hearts, but there are some things I cannot say. Once you know them, if your status is not high enough, it will trigger the perception of certain beings, causing you to suffer the calamity of overthrow.”

"As for what rank is required... well, at the very least, one must be a fourth-tier extraordinary professional."

"So, when I dissipate later, I will leave behind a spiritual box. After you advance to the fourth rank, you can open it and take a look if you want to know."

"Now let's talk about some more important things."

Blood Witch Serena blinked:

“The inner sea area is different from the outer sea area. The sea area here is more than ten times larger than the outer sea area. There are many islands, which has led to the emergence of forces of all sizes, including pirates, naval forces, and even personal armed groups.”

"You can find out the specifics yourselves later. What I want to say is that in the central area of ​​the Inland Sea, there is a large island called 'Li', and on it lives a small country called 'Sainttos'."

“In the outer city of Saint Tos, there is a place called ‘Black Cat Fortune Telling House’. It’s a branch of the ‘Witch’s Guild’. You can go and take a look; you should be able to get some information from there.”

"Oh, right, I also aimed at Saint Tos's coordinates when I teleported, but the distance is so great that some deviation is unavoidable~"

"That's about it for the important business."

The spiritual body of the Blood Witch Serena has now become quite transparent, and the blood-red particles escaping from its edges have become sparse.

"Miss Dark Moon Witch, well, I'll still call you Freyne. Please remember what I told you before, and if possible, pass it on. Of course, if there's really no suitable candidate, then forget it. After all, it's just a struggle by people trying to defy fate."

“Wolf Girl~ Miss Cecilia, Bernhard has placed all his hopes on you. Although I may be putting pressure on you by saying this, and I am not a member of the Moon Wolf Clan, as Bernhard’s friend, I still want to say, carry on with its expectations and strive forward. In the past, the Moon Wolf Clan was a golden race that stood at the pinnacle.”

"Finally, 'Hero,' Mr. Ryan~"

The Blood Witch Serena looked at Ryan, her wine-red eyes flashing: "You are the one who surprised me the most. An ordinary human professional, you actually managed to complete the script of 'Hero and the First Witch'. At first, I didn't expect this 'performance' to go smoothly."

"However, it was precisely because of your appearance that I was able to advance to the fifth-tier legendary level, and be able to shine a ray of my own light in the final moments of my life."

"Thank you~"

"To be honest, I really feel bad for forcibly dragging you here to 'perform,' but I'm about to die, so what's wrong with being a little willful? Hmph, you can't 'punish' me, can you?"

"Oh my, time really flies..."

Just then, at the edge of night, where the sea meets the sky, the rising sun peeked out, its golden rays spreading across the earth. A young girl in a bright red dress stretched out her hand, watching the sunlight slip through her fingers, a faint smile playing on her lips:

"This time, it's really goodbye forever..."

As the voice lingered, the Blood Witch's body gradually turned into particles of light, dissolving into the radiant sunlight.

Ryan watched this scene quietly, his mind filled with complex thoughts.

His feelings toward the Blood Witch were complex.

As the Blood Witch herself said, Ryan was definitely unhappy about being forced to perform the so-called "performance," but the compensation she later gave him—the right to enter the "Blood Moon Temple"—allowed him to receive "Holy Blood Baptism" and new relics, which were quite beneficial. In a way, the two sides were even.

"call……"

After a long while, Ryan let out a soft breath and turned to look at Freyne and Cecilia.

At this moment, the witch was lost in thought, and Cecilia had a similar expression. Sensing Ryan's gaze, the two women gradually came back to their senses.

"...In any case, let's get ashore first."

Freyne spoke first.

Following Freyne's gaze, Ryan saw the outline of a huge island.

"That must be the 'island' that Miss Serena mentioned."

……

An hour later, on the edge of the island's port, Ryan and his two companions stood on a beach.

Freyne's breathing became rapid. Carrying the three of them on the sea for so long had greatly depleted her magic power. If she were still at the first level, she would never have been able to do this.

Long voyages still require ships.

Speaking of ships, Ryan felt a pang of regret.

The three have now left the outer sea area and ventured into the inner sea area, so it is impossible for them to return and pilot the [Black Rose]. This fifth-level sailing cruiser from the Navy can only drift on the sea.

That's all money! Even if a Tier 5 sailing cruiser is sold at a discount to the Black Agate Merchant Guild, it can still fetch at least 50,000 gold pounds!

As for the navy and pirates on the Black Rose, Ryan didn't care. He had no connection with these puppets controlled by Freyne. Whether they lived or died was their own fate.

After looking around, Freya said, "Now that we've lost the Black Rose, we can't sail any further. Let's find a place on the island to stay for the time being. So much has happened recently, we need time to adjust and adapt. Let's also get another big ship while we're at it."

At this point, Freya's gaze fell on Cecilia: "Cecilia, I sensed your rank rising. Did something happen? And what about your eyes and hair?"

“…It’s Moon Wolf.” The knight girl said softly, “Moon Wolf Bernhard, it was the companion of that witch lady. In the end, it sacrificed itself to help me complete my ascension to a higher rank.”

"As for the reason..."

"It said that I am the bloodline of the Moon Wolf royal family in the world."

“So that’s how it is…” Freyne nodded slightly. Having grown up with Cecilia since childhood, she could vaguely sense the extraordinary nature of Cecilia’s bloodline, but she never expected it to be related to the Moon Wolf.

Ryan, standing to the side, looked surprised and muttered to himself, "The bloodline of the Moon Wolf royal family? So, the strange appearance I saw earlier came from the Moon Wolf royal family? Also, the Blood Witch just said that the Moon Wolf clan at its peak was a golden race. What does the so-called golden race refer to?"