What witch? The Deadly Pharmacist!

Upon hearing this, Lamia finally reached an agreement with Dorothy without much thought for the first time, and nodded silently.

Queen Alice is troubled by the memories passed down from previous queens and the historical problems left over from Moyland. Lamia is also deeply affected by this, and Dorothy also sees that the country has no future if things continue like this. This deadlock can only be solved by finding a power stronger than Queen Alice, while ensuring that the powerful power will not destroy Moyland.

For them, Leon was undoubtedly the most promising one. He had the potential to become a saint who could check the Queen, and he also had a positive attitude towards the existence of the witch and Moirai. He was also very loyal and would at least not harm his companions and benefactors.

At this moment, Lamia finally understood why Dorothy regarded Leon as a special person. After all, wasn't she herself the same?

With that thought in mind, she stopped offering any criticism to Dorothy and continued to wait patiently outside.

But the thought of Leon and Lena inside made her restless again.

"Could they really be inside..." she muttered unconsciously, then suddenly stopped, because she caught sight of Dorothy looking over with a smile, like a cat smelling fish.

Their eyes met, and a moment of silence followed before they spoke almost simultaneously:

"If you're so concerned, we can do it secretly—"

"No need!"

Chapter 722 Blessing of the Third-Order Blood Alliance

At this moment, deep within the ruins, at the heart of the labyrinth, lies the grotto containing the Fountain of Youth.

"Okay, I'm getting up," Lena called out, patting Leon on the shoulder.

Leon, still immersed in the afterglow, finally came to his senses, released Lena from his tight embrace, and stood up.

Lena, still in her succubus form, sat up, combing her long hair with one hand and tidying her disheveled clothes with the other.

"How is it? Any signs of a breakthrough?" Leon asked.

"If you really cared about this, you should have stopped when the first time was over. You didn't even give me a chance to catch my breath. How was I supposed to know?" Lena replied somewhat irritably.

"Uh..." Leon could only smile apologetically.

However, after saying this, Lena still tried to sense the magic power surging within her body.

She noticed something, stopped dressing, placed her hand on the front of her clothes which were not yet fully buttoned, and stretched out her other hand.

Red began to fill her nails, and then blood slowly seeped from her fingertips.

Leon sniffed; his sense of smell was more acute than most people's, and he could always smell an unusually sweet scent when Lena's blood seeped out.

But he knew this was a sensory illusion caused by Lena's Blood Oath Blessing and succubus abilities, like a pheromone that could influence the behavior patterns of living beings, making other beings feel a strong sense of goodwill and obedience towards Lena. They would find her appearance charming, her voice incredibly pleasant, and her scent sweet.

When bodily fluids, especially blood, are used as a medium, this effect can directly impact the mental level, making it more potent than any hallucinogen.

Now, he could smell that the effect was significantly stronger than before, and the blood dripping onto the ground was unusually viscous and showed faint signs of wriggling, like some kind of living thing.

Reina followed her newly emerging instincts and infused her blood with her thoughts. The blood immediately coalesced, boiled and expanded, and then coalesced into the shape of a rabbit.

Lena used her own blood to summon a monster, a headhunting rabbit, which is a basic blessing ability of a third-tier witch.

"I've broken through!" Leon was delighted. "Is there anything else special? The Blood Oath's blessing has reached the third tier, so it should be different too."

"I'll give it a try." Lena continued to explore her abilities.

The ability to bestow blessings, especially the ability of witches to bestow blessings, will form a biological instinct after it is obtained and broken through. Just as birds learn to fly by instinct, witches will also follow this instinct to master their own way of using blessings.

Rena followed this instinct and focused her attention on the headhunter rabbit she had summoned.

As she focused her attention, a new image suddenly appeared in her mind: a perspective that seemed to be looking around from a height close to the ground, with an unusually wide field of vision that created a blind spot in the middle. The color distribution was also different from what she usually saw.

Moreover, if Lena focuses her attention on this scene, she will feel that the surrounding sounds become unusually clear, and she can also vaguely smell some unusual odors.

She sensed something and continued to focus her attention on the image. Suddenly, she felt her entire body deform in an instant, collapsing to the ground on all fours, almost crawling on the ground, but she felt that this posture was very natural.

Within her field of vision, she could see her own and Leon's feet.

She suddenly came to her senses and found herself transformed into a... rabbit!

Lena quickly tried to withdraw her consciousness, and her consciousness returned to her body. At that moment, she almost lost her balance and her body twitched.

"Are you alright?" Leon steadied her shoulder beforehand.

“I’m fine, I just…” Lena gathered her thoughts, “I discovered that I can inject my consciousness into that headhunter rabbit and directly control its body.”

"You used to be able to do this too?" Leon didn't understand. Lena used to be able to completely control monsters through the blood oath, and she could even control a large group of them.

“No, I mean I feel like I’ve become this headhunter rabbit. I can control its body movements. I can see what it sees, hear what it hears, smell what it smells—I can sense all of that,” Lena explained further.

"You can share your senses with monsters?" Leon immediately sensed something. "How far can that last?"

"I don't know, I can try it, but I think it can go quite far, probably about the same distance as when I control monsters? Using blood as a medium, maybe it can be used like this even with monsters that I don't summon," Lena said.

"You can use monsters as familiars and even possess them?" Leon thought for a moment. "By the way, Lena, your blood pact works on ordinary animals too, right? Can that ability work as well?"

"I don't know, we'll have to try it out," Lena replied.

Leon felt his heart race and asked another question: "Can it be used on people too? Should we try it?"

If Lena's ability can possess other people, then the scope of its use will be much larger. Not only can she control high-level monsters to conduct precise battles, but she can also control animals to gather intelligence, possess hypnotized people to carry out various espionage missions, and even use other people's hands to create events!

This is far more strategically significant than many combat capabilities!

“Okay, let’s give it a try.” Without saying a word, Lena put her finger into Leon’s mouth.

Leon nonchalantly sucked the blood from her fingertip into his mouth and swallowed it.

Then Lena tried to focus her attention on Leon, but Leon only felt a moment of dizziness, and then Lena suddenly frowned and covered her head.

"What's wrong?" Leon asked.

"No, my head suddenly hurts!" Lena shook her head. "It doesn't seem to work for you!"

"Even if I don't resist at all, it won't work? But it doesn't seem to be completely ineffective," Leon pondered.

This ability is ineffective against those with higher-level blessings, even if they have no resistance. However, if someone of the same level resists, they probably won't be able to take control of the body.

Even if it could work on people, there would likely be many limitations; the higher the level of blessing bestowed upon the recipient, the more limited the effect would be.

However, we'll probably need to do a few more tests to see exactly how it goes, but in any case, Lena has successfully broken through to the third level of blessing.

"Great, you did it!" Leon said happily to Lena.

“No, you should say you succeeded. It proves that you have an extraordinary talent for helping witches break through.” Lena smiled. “Maybe we shouldn’t sell potions, but should go to Moilland and rent you out to those witches who want to advance.”

Chapter 723 Filling Each Other's Lives

Leon was genuinely surprised to hear Lena make this joke, but he still went along with it and continued, "Then wouldn't someone have to be angry every day until they're full?"

"What's there for me to be angry about? What difference does it make anyway?" Lena calmly straightened her clothes. "Alright, it's time to get out of here. There are two great witches waiting for you outside."

Leon was puzzled by Lena's attitude and said, "I have a feeling that you seem much more 'open-minded' than before? Or perhaps you're too open-minded?"

Lena used to get a little angry when other women appeared around him, but now she seems to be getting more and more indifferent, which makes Leon feel a little uncomfortable.

"What's wrong? Wouldn't it be better for you if I weren't jealous?" Lena said teasingly.

“That’s not entirely true…though I’m probably not qualified to say that,” Leon replied after a moment’s thought.

If Lena is jealous, it at least shows that she still cares.

If Lena no longer cares about him, Leon naturally can't say he doesn't care, but it still sounds a bit strange for him to say it.

Lena quickly understood what Leon meant. It took her a while to think of what she was going to say before she slowly said, "Don't misunderstand, Leon. It's not that I don't care about you; I just realized that our lives and the worlds we live in are actually different."

“It’s my fault for dragging you into this world. You’ve never really liked it, have you?” Leon said in a low voice.

Hearing Lena say that, he decided to speak frankly.

Deep down, he always felt guilty towards Lena. Lena originally became a witch only to save people. If it weren't for him, Lena wouldn't have been so deeply involved in the underworld business, nor would she have become the Red Witch with blood on her hands.

Lena once wanted to leave with Leon, but Leon still entered this world, and Lena chose to accompany him, and from then on there was no turning back.

Later, Leon realized that he really liked this path, but that didn't mean Lena liked it. He always felt that he had kidnapped Lena's life.

But Lena gave a completely different answer with unusual calmness: "No, on the contrary, I am actually very content."

This answer surprised Leon greatly: "Really?"

Lena smiled calmly, walked up to Leon, and slowly said:

“Leon, I was abandoned by my parents when I was young. My grandmother and I depended on each other for survival. After she left, I was completely alone. Now, looking back, my research on the antidote for the salt disease may not be because I really have such a grand dream as wanting to eliminate the salt disease. I just can't forget her. The power of the witch is the only legacy she left me in this world, and researching the antidote is the only reason I became a witch.”

Perhaps, the reason I chose to be with you is because I'm so lonely. Being with you, with that feeling of being one with you through thick and thin, reminds me of the time I spent with my grandmother, relying on her for everything. So, just being with you is enough for me.

As she continued, she gazed at Leon with that tender look and reached out to stroke his face: "But from the day you decided to continue this business, I knew it wasn't enough for you. Your world is too vast for me."

My highest life goal was at most to research a cure for halogenation disease, and now that goal has been achieved. This is only a small part of your life. The life you pursue only needs to be dedicate to this small portion to fill mine, and I know very well that my life alone cannot satisfy you.

If you had chosen to run away with me that day, you would probably have lived the rest of your life with regret. I was just accompanying you as you started a new life, but the time I can spend with you afterward is ultimately limited. And you won't stop because of me, just as I hope you prioritize your life, but in the end you will still take the risk.

"I'm sorry." Leon couldn't think of any other words, so he could only apologize.

Lena smiled and shook her head: "What is there to apologize for? You have the right to control your own life. I just want you to survive. Leon, you are the one who will change this world. You will need other people around you, like Weiss and the others. They will be attracted to you, and you will need their strength. It is meaningless for me to be willful in this matter."

After saying that, Lena lowered her hand, looked down, and said softly, "But since you're going to continue like this, then go all the way to the end. Promise me you'll live to the end and win to the end. You filled my life; if one day you just disappear like this, all that will be left for me is emptiness."

Upon hearing this, Leon became serious, pulled Lena into his arms, and said firmly, "I understand, I promise you!"

"Mmm." Lena turned around and hugged Leon.

After what seemed like an eternity, Lena patted Leon on the back and said, "Alright, we should go now."

"Okay." Leon then released Lena.

“There’s one more thing, although I said I wouldn’t get angry…” Lena added, pulling Leon’s hand again, “I don’t care what Dorothy made a promise to you, you still need to be careful around her.”

“I know,” Leon nodded.

"So it's that kind of thing, right?" Lena said, reaching out to pinch Leon's waist again.

“Actually, I have to admit that Freyd said something similar to me…” Leon simply confessed everything.

"Hmph!" Lena still gave Leon a pinch, not hard, but enough to make someone want to dodge.

"Didn't you say you weren't angry?" Leon smiled somewhat helplessly.

"Didn't you want me to care a little more?" Lena raised her eyebrows and asked, then turned and walked ahead.

A moment later, the two of them returned to the entrance of the ossuary ruins and saw Lamia sitting against the wall, asleep with her arms crossed, while Dorothy was smoking incense with a pipe.

"Welcome back!" Dorothy said with a smile as soon as she saw the two of them, deliberately speaking in a loud voice.

Lamia, who had just closed her eyes, frowned, opened them a crack, and then, rubbing her eyes, said in a somewhat disgruntled tone, "You're only just coming out? Why did it take so long?"

At this moment, Dorothy took a deep breath, moved closer to both of them, and said with a smile, "I think we don't need to answer. They both smell of each other."

Lamia immediately snapped out of her daze upon hearing this, looking at Leon and Rena with a complicated expression, unsure of what to say.

"I won't take up any more of your time. Goodbye." Lena maintained her composure and walked between the two great witches.

“Then, I’ll take you inside for a tour,” Leon said to Lamia and Dorothy.

Chapter 724 Experimenting with the Maze Doppelganger

Deep within the maze base in Redwood County, a beam of light shines faintly from the vertical shaft at the center of the altar. The magic that is the source of this maze constantly overflows from it, sustaining the monsters here.

Suddenly, the magic began to concentrate in one place, transforming into a writhing mass of flesh and blood.

This mass of flesh and blood rapidly expanded, developing like an embryo, gradually stabilizing into a human-shaped outline.

"Almost there, just a little more to stabilize..."

Leon tried his best to use the authority of the Labyrinth Lord, which he used to generate new monsters in the past, but this time he wanted to generate the physical body of the clone he was using.

He finally brought this body closer to his original body, gradually making it complete from bones to muscles to skin.

Finally, he felt his consciousness gradually merge with this newborn body, and tried to move around a bit.

Yes, it worked.

He successfully created a new body within the labyrinth he had access to.

After showing Lamia and Dorothy around the ruins, Leon retrieved the remains from the Fountain of Youth. The two of them used the temple's facilities to try to extract magic essence. Lamia even used the magic essence and her own newborn blood to concoct a potion to amplify magic power. Then she suggested that Leon try to use the new abilities he gained after fusing with the blood of Moirai, just like Queen Alice.