Mystery: The Witch of Desire

Miss Lover, what are you doing...?

Klein stared in astonishment, then suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, his pupils constricted, and he froze on the spot.

He lowered his head and stared blankly as a slightly pale hand emerged from his left chest, stained with blood.

Megas isn't dead yet... No, a new enemy... It's the mastermind behind it all... Am I going to die...?

Klein's thoughts scattered rapidly, his eyes almost lost focus, and his body slumped to the side.

His breathing gradually stopped, and finally he only felt the hand suddenly pull back. He only saw a dark figure rapidly dodging and weaving, fighting with his lover...

Everything went dark, and Klein lost all consciousness.

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Chapter 196 Klein, Death

Inside the ruins of the Blackthorn Security Company, there were burn marks and broken things everywhere, like a tomb.

Livre stared coldly at the middle-aged man before her. He wore a pure black clerical robe, a soft hat, dark gold hair, deep blue eyes, and features as sharp and distinct as a classical sculpture, without a single wrinkle.

He was blind in one eye, and his remaining eye revealed a cruel expression. Blood flowed from his withered hand; it was Klein's blood.

I couldn't find any trace of him at all...

A wave of self-reproach washed over Livre. For some reason, her mind had been caught up in those sentimental memories, allowing the one-eyed man to launch a sneak attack, leaving Klein lying in a pool of blood.

She swiftly raised her right hand, releasing a large amount of pathogens into the one-eyed man's body. The one-eyed man frowned, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Witch?"

Without lingering, he slipped past Klein and rushed towards the window.

Livre released spider silk in the direction he was heading, trying to bind the one-eyed man, but he nimbly changed into a strange shape, darting out from the gaps in the spider silk and jumping out of the window.

Livre rushed two steps toward the window, suppressing the urge to give chase, and went back to check on Klein lying in a pool of blood. His eyes were wide open, and there was a huge hole in his left chest, through which he could see the floor behind him.

"Hey, Klein..."

Livre trembled as she removed the Bloodthirst Gloves and put them on Klein's hands, hoping to use her healing abilities to heal his injuries.

However, Klein's heart had stopped beating, and the Thirst for Blood Gloves could only accelerate the healing of his injuries, not reverse the chasm between life and death.

“Klein, you…”

Livre choked up. Suddenly, she sensed an unusual atmosphere, abruptly raised her head, and met a pair of eyes filled with shock and anger.

Those were Emily's eyes.

Emily...

Livr looked at her in surprise, her first thought being: This place is dangerous, that one-eyed man might come back again.

But then she saw Emily draw the pistol from her waist and point the dark muzzle at her:

"It was you! You killed them!"

Emily's screams were filled with despair and anger.

Livre was startled, only then realizing that she was squatting next to Klein's lifeless body, her hand stroking his chest with a large hole in it.

Beside her lay Dunn and Leonard, unconscious on the ground. Anyone who saw them would have assumed that the Night Watcher had engaged in a fierce battle with her.

Liviel's heart sank, and she felt an indescribable pain. This pain was like swallowing a mouthful of boiling water, burning her internal organs, yet she had nowhere to vent it.

"No, no, let me explain..."

Before he could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out!

Emily pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew into Livre's body. With a snap, her body shattered like a phantom.

The next second, she appeared in a convenience store outside Zotland Street, and the mirror next to her shattered.

Along with it, the softness deep within her heart also shattered.

At that moment, she felt a valve somewhere inside her body loosen slightly, and the pain potion showed signs of being digested.

In the midst of this heart-wrenching experience, Livre summarized a rule for playing the role of the Pain Potion:

"The pain of being misunderstood by the one you love."

Liviel gave a bitter laugh, suddenly feeling an extreme aversion to the witch's path:

"I'd rather not digest the potion than endure this pain..."

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A few minutes later, Leonard Mitchell's body twitched and his eyes slowly opened.

He struggled to sit up and looked around. He saw Dunn Smith struggling to sit up, Emily kneeling on the ground in pain, and Klein staring wide-eyed in shock, the fist-sized wound on his left chest particularly gruesome.

Do not……

Leonard managed to squeeze out a single word as he staggered, half-crawling, half-walking, to Klein's side.

He kept verifying it, but in the end he could only accept the unchangeable result.

Emily knelt beside Klein, her light blue eyes filled with pain, tears streaming down her face, wrinkling her once delicate skin.

She has already lost all her relatives, and now she has lost her longest-standing friend.

She couldn't utter a single word, only cradling Klein's head in her hands, her eyes filled with obvious hatred and self-loathing.

Dunn's deep eyes were filled with astonishment. This Night Watch captain, who had endured countless hardships, once again tasted the bitterness of losing his comrades.

After a long pause, he slowly spoke in a hoarse voice:

"Who, who killed Klein... Megas was clearly already down..."

Emily gritted her teeth, her eyes blazing with resentful rage.

"It's that woman, it's that witch..."

Leonard was stunned, and said in disbelief:

"But she was with us against Megos before."

At that moment, an aged voice rang in his ears:

"The one who killed your colleague was a one-eyed man. The witch fought him for a while but couldn't stop him. However, you shouldn't tell anyone about this; you can't explain it to anyone."

Leonard froze on the spot.

He looked at the grieving Emily, and at Dunn's deep gaze, and fell into a deep hesitation.

The sound of running up the stairs came from nearby; the Punishers and members of the Mechanical Heart had arrived...

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On the outskirts of Tingen, a house surrounded by a green lawn.

It has gardens that begin to wither in early September and dark red chimneys.

Behind the bedroom window in this house is a desk with an ordinary notebook spread out on it.

A slightly pale hand turned the notebook to the first page, and then quickly flipped through it again.

Amidst the rustling of paper, lines of text faintly appeared:

"It is a logical coincidence that the Secret Order member Riggins, under the combined influence of exhaustion and hallucinations, mistakenly sold the Antigonus Family Notes as an ordinary ancient book."

"Drawn by the bloodline of the Antigonus family, the notebook subtly influenced its owners, eventually ending up in Tingen and falling into the hands of Sirius, a member of the Aurora Society."

"Siris was worried that the cryptic divination experts would track him down, so he decided not to take the risk and sold the notebook to someone else."

“Through a friend’s introduction, he found Welch McGovern, a history student at Hoy University, who was very interested in Quaternary texts, so this made perfect sense.”

"After that, Sirius came into contact with the fraudster Lanluus. Sirius greatly admired Lanluus's hidden madness and cunning, and he decided to recruit him as a member of the Aurora Society."

"Sirius secretly revealed to Laneus the evil ritual of praying to the 'True Creator' to send offspring, but he knew that the other party's chances of success were very low, because the ritual was extremely difficult and required very harsh conditions. The latter showed great interest and was extremely tempted by the divine rewards that might be obtained. He collected the suffering and resentment of workers and people in the slums and actively promoted the completion of this ritual."

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"After a dark divination, the power of the Antigonus Family Notebook was fully awakened. Welch and his classmates died, and the survivor, Klein Moretti, driven by the notebook, sent it to Riel Bieber's house. This was the inevitable ending."

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"What is puzzling is that, without sufficient reason, Klein did not commit suicide afterward and successfully survived."

"Through Welch's case, Klein met Dunn Smith and joined the Night Watch team."

"A mid-sequence witch named Livre Monroe found Klein and used necromancy to interrogate him. Strangely, Livre Monroe did not kill Klein, perhaps because Klein satisfied the witch."

"These things, though beyond Ince Zangwell's description, do not seem to affect the development of the story."

"Leonard Mitchell and Klein accepted a kidnapping case and, relying on their extraordinary abilities, quickly rescued the hostages. Unfortunately, Klein failed to immediately discover that the Antigonus family notes were hidden in a nearby house."

"However, his intuition reminded him in his dream that the Tingen Market Nightwalker team had obtained the relevant clues."

"When Klein was at the fortune tellers' club, the witch Livre Monroe happened to be passing by and became interested. Although she herself was proficient in divination using magic mirrors, she still decided to go to the fortune tellers' club for entertainment."

"She happened to run into Klein, who was performing divination for someone else. This mid-sequence witch easily subdued Klein and killed him..."

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"Unexpectedly, Klein survived and severely injured Livr Monroe. This is perhaps because Livr Monroe was too weak and underestimated her opponent, which allowed Klein to take advantage of her."

"Perhaps out of revenge, Livre Monroe set a trap to lure Klein into it. Despite his elaborate disguise, Klein was still discovered by the fortune teller Livre Monroe and captured by her."

"However, perhaps due to the witch's lewd nature, Livre Monroe did not kill Klein, but instead established a connection with him that went beyond a normal relationship."

"Ince Zangwell was very jealous of this because he lacked sufficient masculinity..."

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"After completing all the preparations, Lanius seduced Hud Eugen, a member of the Psychological Alchemy Society, and made him help him perform a ritual to conceive the offspring of the 'True Creator' using his deceived fiancée, Megous, as a vessel."

“Lanlus has almost no chance of success. The most serious problem is that even with the protection of ritual power, Megoos cannot withstand intercourse with the illusory projection of the god, which will cause her to die on the altar.”

"At this time, the kind-hearted Ince Zangwell secretly helped Lanluus. He separated half of the Death Descendant characteristics he had collected and implanted them into Megaos's body a certain amount of time in advance."

"Hood Eugen put Megaius into a semi-comatose state, making her mistake the illusory projection of the 'True Creator' for Lanius. Nourished by the resentment accumulated day and night in the factory district, and catalyzed by the substantial darkness and oppression, the ritual was successful. Megaius became pregnant with the 'True Creator's' offspring. Although this deity saw the coincidence, He did not refuse, hoping to break through the seal of the Seven Gods."

"After the ritual was successful, the mad Lanius regained his senses. He knew very well that if the offspring of the gods were truly born into the real world, he would become one of the sacrifices. How could a mortal become the father of the offspring of the gods? This is a great blasphemy!"

"Lanius decided to leave Tingen ahead of schedule and tell the Night Watchers, the Punishers, and the Machine Heart about the 'bomb' so that they could deal with the consequences. Madness always comes at a price."

"However, Lanluus did not write directly to those extraordinary teams, as he thought that would make him look like a fool."

"He deliberately revealed his residence and left the letter in his rented house, pretending to be playing a game with the official extraordinary beings."

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“It’s unbelievable! Klein Moretti has noticed that Lanluus is holding a ritual to bring forth the offspring of an evil god.”

"This is because of the influence of the witch Livre Monroe; she also harbors many secrets."

"Even so, it is still quite surprising and inexplicable that Klein was able to find specific clues."

"Whatever the reason, Ince Zangwell did not stop his actions, and the story continues."

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"Megoss was inexplicably summoned to Zotland Street and entered Blackthorn Security Company. Her unborn child was at a critical stage, and she was unable to stop her impulse."

"Dunne made detailed and correct arrangements, but he made one mistake. If he was determined to deal with Megas immediately, he would have been better off luring her behind the Charis Gate and using the advantages of the environment and the items to fight. If he intended to wait for help, he absolutely could not have taken out Saint Selena's ashes."

"Unfortunately, due to recent events, Dunn was in poor condition and mentally confused, and in his haste, he failed to think of a crucial point and made a mistake."

"At the crucial moment, the witch Liviel Monroe, who was far away at sea, actually returned to Tingen! Perhaps this is because she possesses a magical item capable of long-distance teleportation..."

"After the offspring of the gods sensed the threat posed by Livre Monroe, they were spurred on and began to draw power from the mother at all costs, attempting to be born prematurely, even if it was not a true maturity."

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"Megoss has become a monster, and the battle has begun. With the help of Livre Monroe, the Saint's Ashes, the 'Vessel Thief,' and strangely appearing high-level talismans, Megoss died, the offspring of the gods was expelled, Dunn Smith and Leonard fainted, and the power of Saint Selena's Ashes was also severely damaged."

"But Livre Monroe was not seriously injured and still maintained a certain level of fighting ability, which Ince Zangwell thought was not perfect."

Fortunately, Livre Monroe was lost in sad memories and her attention was temporarily diverted.

"Ince Zangwell seized the opportunity to kill Klein Moretti, the guy who always messed up his plans, and took Saint Selena's ashes."

"The Night Watcher Emily was accidentally awakened during the battle and coincidentally broke free from Livre Monroe's psychological suggestion. After the battle, she came to the reception hall and saw Livre Monroe squatting next to Klein's corpse."