Millennium Witch

The next second, the attacks from both sides collided in mid-air, immediately bursting into dazzling particles, like blue fireworks filling the sky, almost covering half the sky. Every second, a blue crescent moon rushed towards the valley entrance, but at the same time, a slender silver-white hair, like an interceptor missile, shattered it in mid-air.

Then, in order to conserve the distortion magic, Yvette, whose eyes had turned completely black at some point, summoned a ring of four-colored runes representing water, fire, wind, and thunder around her.

She only intended to use the tentacle attacks as a means of interception; for offensive purposes, she would still mainly rely on spells, otherwise the energy consumption would be too great.

Undoubtedly, her actions propelled the aerial magical clash to another climax. Various kinds of lightning, fire, wind blades, and frost projectiles erupted in the sky, like paint spilled in water, spreading and weaving a dazzling array of colors. If it weren't for the elemental fields transforming into a chaotic storm and constantly spreading destructive ripples, from a distance it might have even resembled a battle of colorful paint buckets.

But this did not stop the high-ranking aberrations under the command of the Purple Commander, as well as the Ice Rain and other magical puppets, from watching in astonishment.

What level of confrontation is this?!

Is this still a human? No, is this still a puppet and a mutant?

Both of these are outrageous!

……

After an unknown amount of time, the violent elemental torrent dissipated, the water blades vanished without a trace, and several strands of silver hair were torn into pieces, drifting leisurely down from the sky.

Yvette frowned slightly. Her hardened tentacles were certainly not invincible; the spider witch's black magic could corrode many of them, but it would take time.

But this purple commander's spell attacks were even more astonishing; his water blades actually had the ability to cut through hardened tentacles.

Does this mean that the Stage 6 aberration has already acquired the ability to pose a threat to her?

Noticing this, Yvette's desire to hunt the Purple Commander immediately diminished considerably.

No matter what, she has plenty of time and many possibilities, and she has no enemies chasing her. There's definitely no need for her to risk her life against a sixth-stage mutant when she's not confident of victory. She can easily outlast him, or wait until she's accumulated more strength, which will definitely increase her chances of success—there's no need to rush.

In this way, the test just now was very meaningful. Although it consumed a lot of aberrant magic, it also gave her enough basis for judgment, so that she would not commit the sin of carelessness and immaturity like when she was tricked into the Corrupted Forest by the Twin-Edged Demon, which would have put her in an unnecessary dangerous situation and even almost dragged down her students.

……

Unlike Yvette's current cautious and serious demeanor, the Purple Commander's mood after the test was over was completely filled with shock.

As a commander skilled in water elemental spells for ranged attacks, this was the first time he had encountered a commander-level powerhouse whose firepower was on par with his own!

Yes, although it looked like a friendly spar, and that was the initial thought, as the fight progressed, Commander Zi subconsciously began to go all out, trying to break through the silver-haired girl's tentacle interception system, even if it was just to get her clothes slightly dirty.

but……

The more he tried, the less he could achieve his goal. Those silvery-white hairs were simply too outrageous. Every time he launched a water blade attack, it was precisely intercepted. To cut those silvery-white hairs, he had to launch at least two water blade attacks! In the past, others had always used two attacks to intercept his water blade techniques. This was simply going against the natural order!

Who is she?

Was she, like me, seemingly at ease during the recent firefight, but actually giving it her all?

Chapter 87 Moving

Considering that he had already used all his strength, the other party, as a commander, should also have little strength left. Therefore, Commander Zi quickly concluded that "the two sides are evenly matched."

This was not the answer he wanted, but since he couldn't win, he had no choice but to change his strategy and use a method that he wasn't good at but that humans often used: negotiation.

“You are very strong. We can talk.” Commander Zi said after a moment of silence, his tone surprisingly polite.

"What do you want to talk about?" Yvette asked, somewhat surprised.

The Purple Commander said, "I want to know first why you've been lingering around Cooks for so long and why you keep attacking the Broodguards? Which monarch sent you here?"

Clearly, by this point he was already suspecting that the silver-haired girl was not a native leader of Black Tide Continent, but an outsider like himself.

Otherwise, there's no reason for him to keep doing so many strange and incomprehensible things nearby.

Yvette shook her head and said, "What if I said there was no mission involved, it was just my own curiosity?"

Commander Zi thought to himself that it would be more believable if he said he was bewitched by Abella.

Seeing that the Purple Commander clearly didn't believe her, Yvette sighed inwardly. Curiosity was indeed part of it, but if she said that she had asked your Broodguards to be her sparring partners in order to write the "Flame Magic Codex", it would probably sound even more absurd.

She then asked, "I know what you're doing here. The goddess won't allow this to happen. Is the King of the Sea prepared for this?"

Commander Zi was startled. The worst thing had indeed happened. Could this guy really be a spy sent by another monarch to find something on the King of Tianhai?

But his expression remained unchanged: "You have no evidence."

Yvette said, "Would a goddess need evidence to make a judgment on something like this? The number of aberrations in this region is so small, yet the Machine Race's Divine Graces suffered heavy losses in Kux. What could be the reason for this?"

When the incident of the Divine Grace's intrusion was mentioned, Commander Zi's expression finally changed. He gritted his teeth and said, "This... has nothing to do with the 'King'! It was my personal doing!"

He paused, then seemed to remember something, and asked with a gloomy expression, "What exactly are you trying to say by bringing this up?"

"My point is simple: a little compensation and a little hush money, which is essentially nourishment."

Yvette's lips curled up slightly, giving her a slightly wicked look, but she was still very cute. She smiled and said, "I think you wouldn't want the fact that the Purple Commander under the King of the Seas secretly crossed the border to Black Tide Continent to plunder nutrients to become common knowledge on the continent, would you?"

Upon hearing this, Commander Zi fell silent. He calmly looked at the silver-haired girl below, his eyes flickering as if he were secretly weighing the gains and losses.

……

The tense standoff lasted for nearly half an hour.

Of course, this is only from an outsider's perspective.

In fact, after making the request, the Purple Commander considered it for about five minutes before agreeing—as long as it wasn't sent by another monarch to find fault, hush money and such were within acceptable limits.

Besides, he couldn't win against his opponent. If a conflict were to break out, he would only fight and retreat, sending the Pale Mother Nest to request help from the King of the Sky Sea.

Half an hour later, the nutrients arrived, and what emerged from the mouth of the delivery whale was a large chunk of purplish-red flesh.

This is all the remaining nutrients in the entire Cooks. It was originally planned to be sent to the North Sea of ​​Abyss Stream after a while, but now it has all been taken out, which is enough to show the Purple Commander's sincerity, or rather, his fear of Yvette.

To avoid being seen, Yvette entered the mountain whale's mouth and, where no one could see, used her tentacles to suck it clean. After deducting the 3000 points spent today, she still gained an extra 4000 points of Aberration Magic, bringing her total Aberration Magic to 54,000.

In other words, this flesh and blood gave a full 7,000 points of aberration magic, which is equivalent to the total amount of aberration magic that an entire Agash could harvest.

Afterwards, Yvette returned to the valley entrance in a good mood. Although she didn't know what Commander Purple was thinking, she was quite satisfied with the hush money.

For an immortal who has no external pressure in life, being able to avoid risks such as death battles and steadily earn an extra 4000 points of aberration magic is a very worthwhile thing.

"Remember what you said, don't leak this information, or I won't let you off, and neither will the King."

After finishing speaking, Commander Zi gave Yvette a deep look, then immediately turned around and led the vast pod of mountain whales back home.

……

The monstrous army that had come on such a fierce charge retreated on its own initiative. This unexpected turn of events caught the golems in the valley completely off guard, leaving them with a sense of relief, as if they had survived a catastrophe.

But what shocked them even more was the strength Yvette displayed.

They didn't know how it was done, but they guessed that it was done by some kind of magical equipment, just like the God-given.

Even so, they clearly remembered that a Divine Grace from the Sanctuary had once suffered a defeat in Cooks, losing a combat comrade.

In this way, Miss Yvette, who was able to defeat the army of the Cooks Aberrations single-handedly, would definitely be stronger, have a higher level of attainment, and be more valued by the Holy Temple than the God-giver!

Combined with her naturally serene and human-like temperament, an astonishing answer slowly emerged in the minds of Copper Skin and other local residents.

Could it be that Miss Yvette is actually a divine messenger in disguise?

……

With the retreat of the mountain whale pods, the previously tense Puppet Kingdom quickly returned to peace and tranquility.

But this is certainly only on the surface, because the magnificent battle scenes seen during the day will likely stir up emotions in people's hearts for a long time to come.

So, the next morning, as Yvette wandered through the valley, she received many more grand greetings from the puppets than usual, and their attitude was much more respectful, as if they had completely regarded her as an agent of the gods.

This made her feel very uncomfortable. On the one hand, she was indifferent by nature and did not like the feeling of being the center of attention. On the other hand, she was already very familiar with the puppets, and this drastic change in attitude made her feel somewhat unfamiliar with the entire kingdom.

Especially since she is actually human, one can't help but wonder, if I were to reveal my true identity directly, would these puppets all have to kneel down before me?

This is not impossible. After all, she once discovered that a poorly written fictional romance novel with a court background had actually become a popular historical source in the Puppet Kingdom, leading to the poisoning of the minds of many puppets with its content.

Therefore, it's really hard to predict how Yvette would react if she were to discover that she is human.

but……

Having stayed here for so long, her original intention was simply to find out Cooks' secret. Now that the truth is out and she's even earned 4000 points of Aberration Magic, she suddenly feels that it's time to pack her bags and head to the next stop.

Nine years is not a long time for her, but it's not short either.

……

On the afternoon of the day after the crisis was over, Yvette informed Dugrabi and Ice Rain that she was preparing to leave.

Dugrabi's reaction was rather calm; it simply said "oh." But Yvette could tell that it was still a little disappointed. Perhaps it had been there for a long time and developed some feelings for the place, but was too embarrassed to show them.

Ice Rain was alright, after all, she was a traveler herself and had long anticipated leaving. In fact, if Yvette's sense of time hadn't been even more outrageous than hers, she might have left this snowy region and gone to the next place several years ago.

Back in the RV, Yvette, having nothing to do, turned on the monitor, intending to spy on... no, to keep an eye on Cooks' situation.

Yes, she installed cameras in the mountains surrounding Cux, allowing her to monitor any significant activity in the city from a great distance. The signal generator was provided by the Puppet Kingdom; it was originally a spare part for maintaining the shrine in the Sanctuary, and it could transmit signals using elemental waves—all things that had been used during previous expeditions for Dugrabi.

Otherwise, how could she have noticed so quickly when Dugrabi sneaked into Cooks yesterday morning and was nearly beaten to death by the Spider Witch? She's not a prophet.

Then, after turning on the monitor, Yvette noticed something unusual after only a short while: a large number of aberrations were flooding into the mouths of the mountain whales.

After their mouths are stuffed full, these mountain whales will rise up and fly towards the snow-capped mountains, clearly intending to cross the ridge and head to the deep North Sea behind the mountains.

This is……

Troop transport?

No, it's moving?

Before long, when she saw the enormous, pale mother nest, like a large fleshy sac, barely being carried on the back of the pod by its toothpick-thin legs and the efforts of some mountain whales, Yvette finally realized that this was the great retreat of the mutant forces within Cooks.

Otherwise, why would you release the Pale Mother Nest for no reason? It's just a waste of its huge appetite.

Immediately, as she watched the mountain whales struggling to carry away the pale mother nest, Yvette's heart stirred, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl upwards slightly.

She thought, "We had a conflict yesterday, and he ran away today. Commander Zi's actions are quite decisive. It's as if he was scared away by me... If I suddenly rush over now and greet Commander Zi, will he feel embarrassed?"

However, she wasn't that kind of person to be so bored, so she decided to let it go for now.

Moreover, she was still somewhat curious about downtown Cooks. After Commander Purple and his Aberration Legion had completely left, she planned to go and take a look to see if there were any other valuable discoveries.

Chapter 88 How come he's almost turned into a savage now?

The Purple Commander's retreat from Cux lasted all night. Due to poor visibility at night, the surveillance footage was too dark to see clearly, so Yvette went to sleep. When the next morning arrived, she saw that the entire Cux was deserted and had become a dead city with almost no living creatures.

Without alerting anyone else, Yvette quietly returned to the ruined city that was perpetually covered in frost and snow, and saw the enormous pit where the Pale Mother Nest had once stood.

Standing at the edge of the pit, with the help of a beam of light that converged like a flashlight, she looked down and saw the material details in the pit after the mother nest had disappeared.

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary pit. The cross-section of the pit wall shows that the top layer is modern fill soil, mixed with steel bars, pipelines and various debris; the middle layer is an alluvial layer, composed of alternating sand, clay and gravel; further down, grayish-white limestone appears, which means that it has entered the bedrock layer.

But as the light continued downwards, illuminating deeper details, what entered Yvette's eyes was no longer the usual bedrock.

Instead, there were neat, reflective metal walls with obvious rust, like tiles, clinging tightly to the rock wall below the pit and extending further in.

Yvette was immediately surprised. In the Origin Civilization map and related information that she had copied, Cux was just a beautiful snowy town. It was not economically developed and was roughly equivalent to a large urban-rural fringe area. The only thing that made it popular was its outstanding tourism industry, making it one of the most popular cities in the New Eden United States.

In a small place that is no different from the countryside during the off-season for tourism, why would there be a buried and sealed metal tunnel leading deep underground deep in the city center?

And this tunnel is so huge that even a giant aberrant creature like a mountain whale could easily crawl through it and come to the outside world.

After a few seconds of surprise, Yvette quickly dismissed the possibility of an air-raid shelter, since a normal air-raid shelter wouldn't be dug as a straight tunnel that large.

This looks more like the aircraft entrance/exit of some kind of military base. When the base is operational, the tunnel opens, and fighter jets, space battleships, or magical mechs can fly out from here in succession to quickly support the battlefield.

After observing carefully for a while, Yvette no longer hesitated, and leaped into the endless darkness below.

After traversing a distance of about one or two hundred meters, what came into her view was a huge underground space. Numerous load-bearing pillars, like giant towers rising from the ground, supported the ceiling. The floor was made of alloy material and looked quite old. When she stepped on it, she could hear the crisp sound of her footsteps echoing in the darkness, spreading into the distance.

Yvette immediately unleashed an even more powerful illumination spell, spreading outwards from her center like a golden sun, restoring light to the massive metal tomb that had been sealed for hundreds of years.

However, after it was lit up, Yvette floated into the air and looked around, but didn't find much.

Perhaps it had been dealt with by Commander Zi before she left, because she didn't see any written information or useful items left behind. The entire base was just empty except for its size.

It's like an open-world game with only a shell; the map is huge, but after wandering around for a while, there's nothing to explore. After looking at it over and over again, Yvette couldn't even figure out which faction this base belonged to.

Two hours later, having explored the entire underground cavern without finding anything, Yvette returned to the surface.

She thought that the Purple Commander chose this place as his base not only because it was spacious enough to accommodate the Pale Mother Nest, but also because it held other important secrets. So much so that when he left, he made a point of erasing all traces of those things.

However, this must be a secret left over from before the apocalypse, so if she has the chance to enter the dream again, she will specifically search for information on this.

……

By the time we left Cooks, it was nearly noon.

The beautiful spring sunshine, like melting syrup, flows across the meadows covering the mountains. In the distance, the snow-capped mountains cut out tower-like shadows under the blue sky. The basalt on the mountainside is dark and rugged, with icicles left over from last winter still clinging to the crevices.