Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

Pandora's current goal in controlling Subaru is to threaten Satella into going to the Fairy Forest to break the seal and unleash the power of the Witch of Envy.

Those familiar with the Witch of Envy know that she has two personalities: one is the Witch of Envy who destroyed half the world, and this personality is insane, tyrannical, and cruel.

Her other personality, "Satella," is more like a normal young girl—sensitive, delicate, and reserved—and is loved by all the other great sin witches except for the "Witch of Greed."

Emilia is the perfect vessel for the resurrection of the Witch of Envy, and she is also the key. Once the seal is broken, the "Witch of Envy" whose witch genes have gone berserk will return to the world.

At the same time, Pandora also knows that Natsuki Subaru is very important to the Witch of Envy. Whether it is the personality of "Witch of Envy" or "Satella", they both love Natsuki Subaru deeply, and even gave him the power of "Return by Death" in order to protect him.

Under the protection of the power of "Return by Death", Pandora may not be able to actually kill Subaru Natsuki, but her ability can manipulate him and even turn him into her puppet.

Satella, of course, could not accept such a thing. She was the "Witch of Jealousy," and jealousy was her very nature. How could she possibly be willing to share Natsuki Subaru, whom she loved so deeply, with anyone else?

"Do as I say, go to the Elf Forest, use your current container to break the seal, and I will return it to you."

"Don't try to fight me. You should understand that although we're not at our peak right now, influencing this boy shouldn't be a problem."

Pandora's powers are incredibly powerful; she can use words of magic to distort or alter reality. In other words, under the influence of her powers, some things that are originally false can become real, while some things that are real may become illusory.

"Return by Death" is a forbidden ability that surpasses Od Ragnar, the source of life, and possesses the terrifying power to alter timelines. However, Pandora's power to distort reality can also affect the entire world.

In other words, it's not entirely impossible for Pandora to disable Subaru Natsuki's "Return by Death" power.

Even when Wood was listening to Echidna explain Pandora's powers and strength, he never imagined how Pandora, with such overpowered abilities, could have been defeated...

"Okay, I promise you, but I also hope that you can keep your promise and return it to me when the seal is broken."

And you better be prepared. Once I reclaim my power, those of you who dare to use it to threaten me, don't think you can escape again like before.

Previously, Emilia's personality was the rather gentle "Satella," but with a change in her tone, even a fool would know that the one now in control has become the "Witch of Envy."

The "Envy Witch" personality, with its violent temper and cruel methods, looked at Pandora with unfriendly eyes.

Although she didn't understand why Pandora insisted that she break the seal and reclaim her power, she had to admit that it was originally Pandora's own goal.

Satella is kind-hearted and wishes to remain sealed away forever, even hoping that someone will kill her.

However, the "Jealousy Witch" personality thinks differently; she wants to break free of the seal and continue to fulfill her wishes.

The Witch of Jealousy couldn't understand why Pandora kept helping her break the seal and even founded the "Witch Cult." But since Pandora dared to threaten her with Subaru Natsuki, the first person she would kill when she regained her power would naturally be Pandora!

With Subaru Natsuki in their hands, the Witch of Jealousy, lacking absolute certainty, dared not gamble with Subaru's life, and thus ultimately had no choice but to agree to Pandora's demands.

The so-called sacred barrier can prevent demi-human races from leaving this place, but to the Witch of Pretense Pandora and the Witch of Envy Satella, this thing is no different from a toy.

The two not only passed through the sacred barrier without any difficulty, but also appeared in the Elf Forest in a short time.

The Elf Forest is the elven tribe where Hughes, the former Archbishop of Sloth, and Emilia's foster mother Fortuna lived.

This place was originally a secluded forest, but now it has been transformed into an icy wasteland where no living thing can survive.

The once vibrant plants are now covered with icicles, and within the thick ice, one can even vaguely see many elves who have been turned into ice sculptures.

The person who caused this scene was none other than Emilia, who was only seven years old at the time.

Emilia's magic went berserk after witnessing Hughes (the Bishop of Sloth), who was like a father to her, being driven mad, and the death of her adoptive mother, Fortuna!

Emilia, who was only seven years old, froze the entire Elior Forest along with herself when her magic went out of control, until she was rescued by Puck.

Because of her contract with Puck, Emilia lost her childhood memories. However, during the previous Sanctuary Trial, when faced with the trial of the "past," these memories were as if they had been pried open and all came flooding back to Emilia.

Emilia was deeply shocked to learn that she was one of the culprits who caused the Great Forest of Elior to be frozen, and was then taken advantage of by the "Witch of Envy" whose power was no longer restrained by Echidna.

Walking through the Elior Forest, the surrounding ice could not stop Pandora and the Witch of Envy at all. In fact, wherever they went, the ice that had been frozen for hundreds of years melted as if it were snow melting in spring.

The two soon arrived at a stone wall, the legendary place where the three heroes—the first sword saint, the dragon, and the great sage—sealed the witch of envy.

Pandora once controlled Emilia's adoptive mother, Fortuna, in an attempt to break the seal, but Fortuna managed to break free, so Pandora failed.

"I'm quite curious. Since you know where the Three Heroes sealed my power, and you also know that Emilia is both the key and my vessel, why didn't you choose to do it yourself?"

A hundred years ago, he manipulated Fortuna into acting, and later, after Emilia left the forest, he attempted to have the "Witch Cult" take action.

That's right. Although the "Cult of Witches" madly worships the "Witch of Envy" and considers resurrecting her as their top priority, this crazy organization was actually not founded by the Witch of Envy, Satella, but by the illusory witch Pandora in front of us.

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason she doesn't dare to touch the seal herself is because she's afraid of being discovered by beings like the Eternal Holy Dragon and the Seven Goddesses."

Her powers are generated by combining with the factor of illusion, originating from the cognition of consciousness, and can form a 'veil'-like existence to shield the cognition of the world.

Once she breaks the seal of the Three Heroes, her pretentious nature will conflict with the seal, causing her hypocrisy to be exposed.

The ability to hide outside of history, escape from past battles multiple times, and even remain elusive must be due to this skill.

So if her deceptive nature malfunctions, her enemies will probably all come knocking on her door in an instant, right?

The one who spoke was Echidna, the Witch of Greed, and behind her, Wood, who also slowly walked out of the portal.

As the wisest of the great sin witches, Echidna, the Witch of Greed, should be second only to the Witch of Envy among the great sin witches.

Furthermore, with his extensive knowledge, he was able to master all the magic in the world, so the mere Yin-attribute magic 'space gate' was naturally no problem for him.

What Echidna just said was merely a speculation about Pandora's own immovable seal. It's hard to say whether there are other reasons. However, her new partner, whom she has now formed a contract with, will probably not allow Pandora to achieve her goal too easily.

"Who exactly are you? I have never seen anyone like you in history."

I don't even know you, yet you've been blocking my path to achieving my goals.

Pandora's platinum blonde hair fluttered in the wind, and her white dress, which looked more like a bed sheet than clothes, was also swaying in the wind due to the surge of her aura.

The sharp-eyed Wood could even vaguely see that when Pandora's white dress billowed in the wind, she was wearing nothing underneath...

Unfortunately, Subaru Natsuki's eyes are glazed over, and he's clearly still under someone's control, missing out on a great opportunity to feast his eyes. If he finds out later, he'll probably be heartbroken.

"Who I am is not important. What matters is that as long as I help you all get rid of them, I will have completed the game."

Wood said something that left both Pandora and the Witch of Envy completely puzzled, and then for the first time in this world, he unleashed all his magic power without reservation!

Undeniably, Pandora is incredibly beautiful. With her platinum blonde hair, matching eyebrows, and flawless white skin and eyes, she looks like an angel fallen to earth.

Wood was clearly not a shallow fool whose values ​​were dictated by physical appearance. No matter how beautiful the girl was, he would never hesitate to act decisively if necessary.

The runes representing the 'Heart of God' shone brightly on Wood's chest, causing the Witch of Greed, Echidna, standing beside him, to blush once again.

She discovered something new about Wood that piqued her interest: a script she had never seen before, which she assumed was also a form of knowledge from another world.

Although she couldn't understand it at all, Echidna was undeniably captivated by its mysterious aura.

The Witch of Envy descended using Emilia as her vessel. Since they had known each other before, Wood did not consider her his primary target, but instead launched himself directly at Pandora.

The air was instantly shattered by the pressure, and the compressed atmosphere propelled Wood's figure to complete an extremely fast trajectory in a split second, instantly arriving in front of Pandora.

Pandora intended to use Subaru Natsuki as a shield, but she saw decisiveness in Wood's eyes and realized that threatening the Witch of Envy with Subaru Natsuki might work, but it would be useless against Wood.

If Subaru Natsuki were killed, she would lose the means to control the Witch of Envy. Therefore, in order to prevent Subaru Natsuki from being harmed, Pandora took the initiative to meet Wood's attack.

The ice blade, coated with Armament Haki, slashed through the air, not only cutting through the air itself, but also carrying wind pressure that directly tore the earth apart.

Faced with such a terrifying slash, Pandora maintained a blank expression, slowly extending one hand forward. The massive crescent-shaped slash, upon touching her body, seemed to vanish into nothingness, directly shattering into fragments and disappearing!

Wood was dumbfounded as he watched his slash turn into nothingness. Although he had heard about the nature of Pandora's power from Echidna, he never expected it to be this outrageous.

Pandora is a "deceptive witch" who can use the power of words to distort reality. In other words, she can use "lies" to deceive the world's perception and turn things that should exist into nothingness.

Such formidable power is even more troublesome than the Bishop of Greed that Wood encountered before. If his attacks are all rendered ineffective, then what's the point of him playing? Wouldn't Pandora be able to remain invincible forever?

"No, just like the Bishop of Greed, there is no such thing as true invincibility in this world."

If his abilities were truly invincible, how could he have been defeated by the real goddess a thousand years ago?

Weaknesses certainly exist; it's just that we haven't yet fallen short of the required level.

Chapter 384 The Power of the False Witch

She was, after all, a behind-the-scenes boss. Although she appeared to be a white-haired, emotionless loli, Wood didn't expect to be able to easily defeat her.

"Since long-range attacks are useless, then the effect of magic is probably negligible as well. Why not try close-range attacks?"

Judging from the attack just now, my slash should have been rendered "illusory" by Pandora's power when it touched her.

Because it is something illusory and nonexistent, it cannot cause any harm.

However, Wood also speculated that Pandora's powers had certain limits, and that her ability to use illusory factors to create unreal matter was probably only possible for non-living beings.

Otherwise, Pandora could have used her powers to erase Wood's existence and reduce it to nothingness, without having to make such a fuss here.

To verify his hypothesis, Wood abandoned swordsmanship and used only wind magic to amplify his own speed.

The combination of Moonwalk and Shave already gave Wood the ability to move at high speed in the air. Now, with the amplification of 'Heart of God' and wind attribute magic, Wood's speed far exceeds the third cosmic velocity, which is above the speed of sound!

In the blink of an eye, when Wood, whose figure had vanished, reappeared, he had suddenly appeared behind Pandora as if in a flash.

And without any mercy, he delivered a whip kick directly to the back of Pandora's neck.

However, to Wood's surprise, although his attack was not rendered futile by Pandora's deceptive factor, Pandora used her power on herself!

In other words, Pandora herself became an illusion, and no matter what kind of attack it was, it could not hit something that did not exist in the first place. Therefore, Wood's entire body naturally passed through Pandora's body.

"boom------!"

With a deafening roar echoing through the air, the ground shook violently, and the ice covering the entire Elior Forest shattered into countless ice shards under this earth-shattering blow.

"Don't waste your energy. No matter how strong you are, you are nothing in the face of my power."

Your will and strength are both very strong. My words may not be able to affect you, but you also cannot break through my illusion.

The reason I was defeated a thousand years ago was because my opponent was the true goddess. Truth and falsehood are inherently opposed; it can only be said that, in a sense, my power was restrained by her.