Witch Redemption

"The life transmutation was successful, but after the success, my secondary profession disappeared, replaced by a second new secondary profession: Dragon Knight. Moreover, this is the product of my life transmutation..."

Lana opened her natal magic book, pointed at it with her finger, and then a small creature suddenly appeared on the ground.

The creature looked like a little chick, red, and also somewhat like a fat little lizard...

"Uh, what is this thing?"

Not only Li Lan, but also Lolina and Della, who were standing nearby, curiously came over to observe the small creature on the ground.

"Who knows? According to the description in the magic book, this thing is a Sky Dragon, but I've never seen such a small dragon before."

This is hilarious! Lana's new secondary profession is Dragon Knight. If she sits on this thing, she'll just turn into a meat patty.

"I've never seen it before either." Li Lan and Luo Lina, two otaku from the same world, looked at each other and subconsciously wanted to touch the guy. As a result, the guy was startled and became limp and motionless, turning from a proud little chick into a dead fish that could be slaughtered at will.

"Forehead……"

"This bastard is not only weak, but also incredibly cowardly. Is he afraid I'll ride it? This idiot... Sigh, if only it were a girl! I was initially fantasizing about what good things life refinement could produce, but who knew it would be this thing."

With a puzzled sigh, Lana reached out and lifted the pitiful little red dragon as if it were a chick.

The latter rubbed against Lana's palm affectionately, making a strange cooing sound like a kitten.

"After life is formed, the grimoire will require it to be given a real name. Could it be..." Li Lan raised an eyebrow. The shared eccentricities among otaku made him think of an extremely catchy name.

"Yes, let's call him Osiris, the Sky Dragon of Osiris, what a majestic name!"

"..."

As expected, Li Lan and Luo Lina were both speechless for a while.

Standing beside them, Della remained silent for a moment before finally asking, "What you're referring to is..."

“I almost forgot, Della doesn’t seem to be from the same world as us,” Li Lan quickly explained, briefly describing what kind of world they came from before they transmigrated. “The so-called Sky Dragon of Osiris is actually one of the three Egyptian God cards in a certain card game. It’s very well-known, and even people outside that circle know a little about it.”

All the witches are transmigrators from another world, a fact that everyone, including Della and Li Lan, knows perfectly well.

Although Della and her companions had previously speculated that Witch Code 001 and Witch Code 002 came from different worlds, she still found it hard to believe after Li Lan confirmed it again.

Traveling through time via gacha events in games, or even through summoning rituals like these—besides these two methods, is there a third way to travel through time?

"By the way, Della, have you also unlocked any related secondary professions?" After storing the magic core of a monster into a magic book, you will more or less unlock some strange secondary professions. At least that's how it is for Li Lan and the others. So they are also curious whether this new accomplice will be the same.

"No, I did unlock a secondary profession, but it's related to Britney..."

When Della's former accomplices were mentioned, her mood immediately became even more depressed. Li Lan and the others naturally dared not delve into this matter, for fear of hurting her feelings later.

"Dual-wielding swordsman, that's my secondary profession." This may be related to Della's simultaneous use of two Libra Cross Greatswords.

“As everyone knows, an archer who can’t fight in melee is not a good archer.” Li Lan nodded, thinking of a certain character in red clothes.

“That’s right, we can even launch a few nuclear missiles in a critical moment.” Lana agreed with Li Lan’s statement.

"..." Lorina obviously also thought of that arrogant guy in red, and she shook her head, "That's called not doing your job properly!"

"By the way, my life creator experiment was also successful," Li Lan said as she opened the secondary profession interface of the magic book, clicked on the corresponding areas, and summoned Servant No. 1 and Servant No. 1 in succession. "That's about it."

The blue and green humanoid fluid-like monsters formed a stark contrast. The blue servant was polite and not overly shy, and it was clear at a glance that he possessed considerable intelligence. The servant, on the other hand, was timid as a mouse, and it was obvious at first glance that this thing did not have much combat power.

"They all have corresponding levels, and leveling up may require hunting monsters. These are things we need to try gradually."

Li Lan began to mention information related to the "Life Transformation" experiment and offered many speculations.

"Level, my Osiris also has a clear level, but looking at it like this, I can hardly expect it to help hunt any monsters. It seems that I can only hope that it can provide experience for it when I hunt monsters."

"I hope so. Actually, I can't count on my two lads for much in the short term."

The two sides talked for a while longer, then agreed to meet at the city gate in the evening, and then went their separate ways.

After all, for witches, the only way to maximize their gains is to hunt monsters alone. In order to improve their respective spellbook levels as quickly as possible, they usually operate separately in this monster area.

………………

The Libra Cross Greatsword, swung out, pierced through the body of the simulated chaos. With a practiced flick, it directly shoved the dark red intelligence core from the blackish-gray fluid out of the body.

As if it were a casual remark, Li Lan effortlessly took out a glove made from the hide of a special magical beast, picked up the Wisdom Core that was seeping out a corrosive liquid, and stored it in the magic book.

My personal magic book experience points quickly increased by ten points.

Li Lan quickly dissected the demonic core from the monster's corpse. Then, before the corrosive body could dissolve, she took out a subspace cargo bag and quietly covered it.

After doing all this and eliminating all the surrounding dangers, Li Lan said to the two humanoid, flowing monsters behind her, "These monsters are called Mimicry Chaos. They are very strong and have the ability to mimic shapes. To completely eliminate them, we must start with their core intelligence."

"Cuckoo-"

The Slime Servant tried to organize his thoughts, wanting to say that he understood, but ultimately couldn't say anything and could only respond with a "goo-goo".

As for the other grass-green servant number one, he kept trembling and didn't say a word, which was quite embarrassing and puzzled Li Lan.

Such a mindless thing is indeed unreliable.

He thought for a moment, then flipped to the page for the secondary profession "Life Creator," only to find that Servant Number One, the slime, had gained 20 experience points, as had Servant Number One.

"Sure enough, when I hunt monsters, the creations of the Creator of Life also gain experience, and it's twice the experience of a human character."

After a moment's thought, Li Lan began to wonder if this was due to the so-called "experience compensation" in traditional online games. In other words, Li Lan's level was currently higher than that of his followers and servants, which allowed them to gain twice as much experience as him.

Once their levels are the same, the experience they can gain might be the same.

In any case, in this somewhat realistic world, Li Lan didn't believe there would be any backdoors in terms of experience acquisition.

If the products of life refinement can always gain twice the experience of the character, wouldn't he be able to have his subordinates carry him to victory in the later stages?

Li Lan glanced once more at the trembling, grass-green humanoid monster, feeling inexplicably annoyed. Out of sight, out of mind, he pondered for a while before recalling the thing back into his magic book to avoid catching his eye.

So Li Lan began to wander through the dense forest with this intelligent servant, and even gave the "Hassan's Blade" to the slime, letting it learn how to hunt mimicry chaos on its own.

As dusk approached, Li Lan recalled the slime and continued her journey home.

………………

The four witches, having met, headed straight for their dwelling after entering the city gate.

Along the way, they could see large numbers of troops stationed everywhere, creating a very tense atmosphere. Some adventurers with suspicious behavior were even stopped on the spot and questioned for a long time before being released.

Li Lan and her group, on the other hand, didn't need to worry about that. They could tell at a glance that the clothing belonged to witches, which was their best proof of identity. No one would bother to stop them for no reason.

"As expected, the whole city is under martial law. Could something really be about to happen?"

A strange sense of unease kept spreading as Li Lan moved around.

Soon, they entered Building Number One of the Witch's Abode, where Chairperson Monica had been waiting for a long time.

"Have you seen what's happening outside?"

Monica, the old woman, brought up the situation of martial law outside the army, seemingly trying to introduce something.

"Is there some new task related to this that needs to be assigned to us?" Li Lan asked.

"Indeed, your mission in Dawn City failed, resulting in the death of Skul, the Icefield Wolf and a confidant of the Sixth Apostle Karamiti, in the Sunset Temple. The Sixth Apostle was furious and instigated the Goblin Kingdom of the Ruins of Mo City to attack the Empire. This has now caused many casualties among adventurers and the Imperial Army, and the Empire intends to retaliate."

It's like being caught in a crossfire when you're just sitting at home. Li Lan couldn't refute Monica's malicious accusations at all and could only pretend not to know anything.

"The Empire wants us to cooperate with the army in the war against the Goblin Kingdom?"

Li Lan had previously heard that goblins were also a type of intelligent monster, but she found it strange that if goblins were intelligent monsters, why didn't they also launch a frontal attack on the empire's border cities during the Crimson Night Torrent?

Or perhaps goblins are not normal monsters, and there may be more to the story.

In fact, Li Lan had never seen the goblins of this world with his own eyes, so he was unable to make any judgment at the moment.

Although he had several images of goblins in his memory, he had a premonition that the true appearance of goblins in this world was probably beyond his imagination.

"The Imperial Army will handle the war. What you witches are needed to do this time is to assassinate the King of the Goblin Kingdom and seize one of his items. The specific reward is as follows... In a week, the war will reach its climax. At that time, you will report here and the army will give you relevant instructions."

Chapter 74 An Unexpected Request

When I came out of the witch's residence, it was already around seven o'clock, and night had fallen.

As Li Lan and her companions reached the end of the ruins and were about to enter the bustling street, a voice called out to them from a nearby corner.

"Ryan?"

Li Lan looked up at the uninvited guest. He recognized the tall, rugged figure and the man's familiar features. Even though they hadn't seen each other for a long time, he couldn't forget the man's basic characteristics.

"Well, it's me."

Ryan's face was somewhat gloomy, and his brown eyes, which were filled with fear, were looking around as if he was hesitating about something.

Li Lan noticed that Ryan's expression was off, and guessed that he must have encountered some bad situation, so she asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

In any case, Li Lan and Lana had received a lot of help from this bronze-level adventurer before, so now that he was in trouble, Li Lan and Lana would naturally not refuse to help within their capabilities.

Discarding the bridge after crossing the river is something only a lowlife would do; one must have a conscience.

"..." Ryan remained silent for a few seconds after hearing this, and finally uttered a sentence, "Would you mind if we spoke in private?"

"Please." Li Lan raised her hand, gesturing for the imperial citizen to lead the way.

Ten minutes later, Li Lan and the other three were led by Ryan to an extremely secluded area. There was no one around, and they could only faintly hear distant noises.

This cautious adult made sure several times that there were no third parties around before beginning to explain.

"It's like this, I've recently run into a little trouble. A heretic inquisitor from the Holy See has come to me..."

When Ryan mentioned the Inquisitors, Li Lan and Lana's expressions immediately changed. Those were people that Li Lan and the others couldn't afford to mess with. Going against the Inquisitors would mean that even a hundred lives wouldn't be enough to kill them.

Ryan didn't hold back and immediately revealed what Major General Eric had asked him to investigate.

It was only at this moment that Li Lan and Lana realized with horror that on the night of the "Last Supper," Senior Number 47 and his group had indeed gone on a killing spree, murdering a double-digit number of ordinary people.

"It seems that the reason why Senior No. 47 and the others were injured that night must be because of the Order-Keeping Death Squad mentioned in the Witch's Code, and even the Heretic Inquisitor."

Li Lan and Lana exchanged a glance, having already formed a considerable judgment in their hearts, and thus felt very heavy-hearted.

No wonder Senior Number 47 asked them not to look back that night and to return to the witch's abode as soon as possible. The things involved may not be just the information on the surface.

“Those adventurers and the nobles of this empire were very likely killed by your deceased predecessors. What I can confirm for the time being is that much information has been suppressed by the Witch Cult. I dare not investigate too much for fear of getting into trouble. I just want you to be careful.”

Although Ryan's strength was average, he had accumulated a large network of connections due to his illustrious family background, and he was able to investigate some relevant information, such as the conflicts between the Imperial Family, the Holy See, and the Witch Order.

"Thank you."

Li Lan sincerely thanked the common people of this empire for their help on numerous occasions, and now for risking danger to inform on them. This had already moved Li Lan and Lana deeply.

"No need for thanks, I'm only telling you this to take advantage of you."

Ryan smiled wryly, his familiar tone of rebuttal startling Li Lan and Lana. However, compared to the past, Ryan's words were less arrogant and more pleading.