Mystery: The Witch of Desire

Amidst embarrassment and shyness, Livre finally managed to apply fire-retardant oil all over her body.

Next, with a death wish, she took a step forward, leaped onto the stake, stretched her arms out at both ends of the crossbar, and used spider silk to temporarily secure herself. Her long, slender, snow-white legs hung down like two straight lines, swaying gently with the rise and fall of her breath.

Edwina stepped forward and secured Livre firmly in place.

During this process, Livre experienced what Fors felt. It was a strange feeling, and it has to be said that one really needs a certain fetish to enjoy this kind of treatment.

Now, Livre was like a witch on trial, hanging on the stake. After a short while, she felt her chest tighten and her breathing become labored. Her head involuntarily wanted to lower to relieve the pressure of gravity. Her long, black hair hung down in front of her, making her look pitiful.

But what happened next was even more pitiful. Edwina ascended on the vortex, grabbed Livre's hair, tilted her head back, and poured the potion into her mouth.

Glug, glug...

Liviel swallowed the dark, greenish-black potion, which resembled a collection of pathogens, as if drinking a farewell drink.

"Cough cough... Ugh! It tastes awful! It tastes like menstrual blood that's been fermenting in the toilet for three months..."

Livre lowered her head, breathing rapidly, the foul taste filling her mouth and stomach. The smell alone was enough to cause her considerable pain.

But Edwina showed no mercy. She took a step back and once again cast the ritual magic that burned the psychedelic bell tree. Balls of crimson flame flew out and landed on Livr's fair and delicate body.

"what!!!"

As the flames scorched her flesh with a chilling hiss, Livr felt intense pain and screamed in agony. Every muscle in her body tensed up, and she instinctively tried to dodge and contract, but she was firmly bound by the ropes and could not move at all.

Whether it was due to the burning of the flames or the effects of the potion, her head quickly became hot, and her mind became confused due to the high temperature.

She couldn't help but recall the past.

Her thoughts were drifting, her will was sinking, and she was losing herself in intense pleasures.

However, the burning pain of the flames kept her somewhat lucid while experiencing those pleasures.

The extreme pain from the flames burning her body was like invisible threads, pulling at her self and dragging her consciousness, making her like a kite, swaying in a lost storm, not completely out of control.

As she swayed, Livre instinctively cursed inwardly:

It hurts so much, it really hurts!

Is this ritual meant to kill me?

Cough cough cough, hot smoke is getting into my trachea and lungs, it feels so bad, am I going to die...?

Damn, now I can say I smell amazing, the aroma of food, the aroma of grilled meat...

Edwina stood before the stake, enduring her physical discomfort as she watched Livril's beautiful, white body gradually turn black, her expression contorted to the point of utter loss of beauty.

Little White trembled in fear in her palm. After a long while, she timidly raised her head and looked at Edwina:

"Uh, does this mean you're going to become my new master?"

Edwina twitched her slightly furrowed brow, but still spoke calmly:

"She will not die; she will be reborn."

"Ah, I see..."

Xiao Bai looked enlightened, then said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Can we keep our conversation a secret from Lily...Monroe?"

Edwina didn't say anything more, because the smell of Livre's charred flesh made her unable to stop her imagination from running wild.

Faced with this horrifying and terrifying scene, she was overcome with inappropriate lust.

Fortunately, it's not serious and I can bear it.

Several dozen seconds later, the crimson flames burning on Livre's body suddenly turned pitch black, then turned into crystalline ice shards, which fell off piece by piece.

The charred skin also fell off, but instead of becoming covered in blood, Livre's body was exposed, revealing new, fair skin that looked as if it were moistened with a layer of water.

With just one glance, Edwina felt as if she had been bewitched.

She instinctively looked away, frantically recalling all sorts of dry knowledge in her mind to calm the pounding in her heart.

But by sheer coincidence, she recalled the experiences of digesting the potions of pleasure that Livia had passed on to her through the knowledge channel.

Now, Edwina felt even more...

Left with no other choice, she turned her back and activated a ritual magic to clear her mind, barely suppressing the desire.

As the flames gradually died down, Livre's painful screams began to take on a strange quality.

That was the sound of a fallen soul.

Gradually, she felt subtle changes in her body, not just in her skin, but also in her inner self.

Countless tiny particles, like pathogens, were growing inside her lower abdomen, exuding an eerie aura as if they were evil little sprites that could take lives at any moment.

Finally, a quarter of an hour passed, and the burning flames were completely extinguished. Liviel also completed her sublimation from the inside out.

At that moment, she realized that she had successfully completed her promotion:

Sequence 5, Pain.

Edwina walked forward with her head down, not daring to look directly at Livre, and untied her ropes.

Just by getting close to Livia's body, a rich fragrance filled her nostrils, cleansing her mind that she had finally managed to suppress.

"Witches are so terrifying..."

Edwina muttered to herself as she handed Little White back to Livre.

Little White quickly coiled between Livre's legs, excitedly flicking its tongue:

"Livia! I knew you would succeed, oh! I can already feel you becoming even more alluring."

Liviel smiled gently, offering no response, and focused on sensing the changes within her body:

Appearance, figure, and charm are further enhanced. The mere touch of her soft, supple, and smooth skin can drive ordinary people mad.

[Charm]: Charm has become an active ability, rather than a passive state. Combining one's appearance, figure, and temperament, the effect of actively used charm is greatly enhanced. Charmed enemies will feel remorse and be unwilling to fight with their full strength; some may even give up resistance and only want to get closer. In daily interactions, if one repeatedly uses charm on the same person and maintains it over a long period, that person will truly fall in love with them.

[Disease]: Can create various pathogens, initially affecting an area of ​​about thirty meters. With mastery and assimilation of the potion, and aided by spiritual activation, the final range can reach over one hundred meters. Not only can it induce the growth of various pathogens, but it can also accelerate their infection process and the onset of symptoms. The first few seconds are an incubation period, followed by mild symptoms such as allergies, fever, coughing, and sneezing; subsequently, the condition rapidly worsens, and the target will develop severe illnesses such as pneumonia. After two or three minutes, the condition completely deteriorates, and the target may die suddenly or completely lose the ability to move.

Pathogens cannot infect undead creatures, and the hunter's fire can also kill a large number of pathogens, weakening the disease's effects.

[Hair Manipulation]: Can control one's own hair as a weapon. The hair can pierce skin, inject black flames, and also cause a stiffening effect on the contact area.

[Curse]: Gain powerful curse abilities. By using a mirror to reflect the target's complete body shape, you can cover it with witch's black flames to complete the curse on the whole body; or you can simply reflect a part of the target's body to apply a curse to the corresponding part, with the effect precisely acting on the local part of the body.

【Mirror Maze】: A scene-based illusion created by using mirrors and pre-arranged layouts.

Furthermore, the spider silk ability is greatly enhanced, resembling countless flexible arms capable of performing various precise maneuvers. It can unleash massive amounts of invisible spider silk to entangle targets from all directions: some silk is hard, used for binding and imprisonment; others is soft, used to tease the opponent's body. Even extraordinary individuals who are usually calm in battle will experience a racing heart, burning ears, and a tingling sensation throughout their body, along with a cold-like discomfort and a restless, surging blood rush. Compared to the Witch of Pleasure, the spider silk ability is several times more terrifying.

The abilities he had previously mastered, such as frost, black flame, and mirror magic, have all been enhanced and expanded.

……

They gained many new abilities, and their old abilities were also strengthened, but the most crucial one was their ability to control diseases.

Livre smiled contentedly, radiating an alluring charm.

Edwina shivered.

She quickly grabbed Livre's clothes and threw them at her:

“In Remenberg, you would be sentenced for doing this.”

"Officer Edwina, please don't arrest me."

As Livre dressed, she put on a pitiful act, but Edwina ignored her coquettishness and instead conjured a dagger, beginning to dissect the flower-faced bat.

"The head and gallbladder of the flower-faced bat are both extremely valuable materials. You take the gallbladder, and I'll take the head."

As she spoke, Edwina skillfully dissected the bat, cutting off its head and opening its belly to extract a sphere about half the size of a fist.

"Is this the gallbladder of the masked bat?"

Liviel looked at the pink sphere, which emitted a faint fragrance and gave off an eerie feeling.

After a moment's thought, Edwina said somewhat uncertainly:

"I've never actually seen the gallbladder of a flower-faced bat, perhaps..."

Before the words were finished, the pink sphere suddenly burst open with a "poof," spraying out a large amount of sticky, slippery juice that splashed onto Edwina and Livre.

"What is this thing?!"

"Ugh, what's going on? It's so hot..."

At this moment, Edwina seemed to realize something belatedly and said in surprise:

"Could this masked bat be a very rare male? Male masked bats don't have a gallbladder; instead, they have a venom sac that can release a poisonous substance that can intoxicate females..."

Liviel was taken aback: Why does this melodramatic plot seem so familiar? It seems that the novel "The Dao Ancestor's Immortal Cultivation Chronicle" that I read in my previous life paid homage to this part.

She smiled wryly, somewhat helplessly:

"This stuff works on humans too? Are we considered females as well?"

"Well... from a biological point of view, yes, that's right..."

Edwina's tone became intermittent, and her rationality gradually faded.

Liviel suppressed the pounding in her heart and activated her ability to try and calm it down.

However, she was devastated to discover that the toxin was not psychological, but an instinctive reaction caused by biological pheromones with physical and chemical properties, which she could not suppress at all.

Do you have any ideas?

She used the last of her rationality, as if making a disclaimer.

Edwina paused for a few seconds, then spoke with difficulty in a tone filled with complex emotions:

"My crew will be heartbroken..."

……

……

After a long period of effort, the two finally eliminated the poison in a pure way.

This method involved Edwina activating ritual magic, praying to the goddess of knowledge and wisdom to remove the toxins from their bodies. However, the negative effect was that it made their relationship somewhat awkward.

Livre glanced down at Edwina furtively, feeling a wave of embarrassment wash over her.

Their relationship will probably never be the same again.

On the ground to the side, Little White lay limp and curled up in a ball, motionless as if hibernating.

The two people and the snake remained silent, with only the occasional bubble bursting in the air from the broken silver pouch of the flower-faced bat, making a soft popping sound.

After a short while, Edwina finally spoke softly:

"I feel like the arcane master has digested some of the potion."

"What? You're the Witch of Pleasure? Why can you digest magic potions even when you're poisoned?"

Livre asked, somewhat surprised.

"Because I gained a lot of new knowledge..."

Edwina's cheeks flushed slightly as she spoke somewhat shyly, but her light blue eyes shone with deep satisfaction, for she had gained knowledge.

"Okay, you're welcome... this knowledge is free."

Livre was both amused and exasperated.

Edwina was silent for a few seconds before speaking softly:

“No need. In that situation, the only option is for us to detoxify each other through pure ritual magic. Besides, this kind of thing is actually quite common at sea.”

Edwina slowly got up, quickly dressed, and used ritual magic to remove the marks from her body.

“Clean me up too,” Livre said with a smile. “Otherwise, your crew will still find out we’ve been poisoned.”

A sudden thought struck her: if she ever needed Edwina's help in the future, could she say something like, "Captain, you wouldn't want your crew to know..."

Edwina didn't say anything, and quickly used ritual magic to clean up Livre.

Afterwards, the two packed their belongings and left the underground ruins.

After returning to the ground, Edwina tried it out and found that she could use teleportation magic. She then took Livre's hand and teleported her back to the Golden Dream.

As soon as the two landed on the hard wooden deck, the surrounding crew quickly surrounded them.

"Captain, Miss Marilyn, you're alright! That's wonderful! Hmm... is it just my imagination, but Miss Marilyn seems even more beautiful?"