So I became a witch

Did those things really happen?

"But, in the end, humanity didn't die, did it?"

"Well, because this plan was finally blocked by someone. As for who it is, I don't think I need to say more?"

"Witch...?" Steller murmured.

"That's right, that witch finally stopped the execution of the plan, and, at the cost of her own life, gave the world a hundred years of respite. Therefore, the witch you are looking for did not exist a hundred years ago This world is over."

"...Ha, is this the so-called truth?" Steller suddenly wanted to laugh, and then he really laughed, "In the end, nothing was done, right?"

"No, what they did was not in vain." A third voice broke in.Steller turned around and found an unknown person standing at the door. Although she was also dressed as a nun, she was slightly different from the others. Her long black hair was fluttering in the wind, and her resolute and beautiful face was written all over. Vicissitudes.The visitor glanced at Steller lightly, then turned to Thanostin, "Please allow me to explain the next thing, can you?"

Chapter 120 Four The Last Hope

"Whatever, to you, she is considered the daughter of an old friend, right?" Thanostin smiled and did not continue to say anything.

"Thank you for your understanding." The nun bowed slightly and walked straight towards Steller.Steller took a few steps back subconsciously, and even she herself didn't know why, perhaps, she was simply afraid of something.

However, the other party did something she didn't expect. The nun walked up to her unswervingly, and then hugged her gently.

"...Huh?" Steller just wanted to dodge, but the hand that had just been raised was put down again.She felt great sadness from the person in front of her, as if she was going to crush the whole world, making people feel that if she lost her pillar, the other person would completely fall down.

"Sorry...for making you suffer."

"!!!!" Steller pushed her away violently, with a look of vigilance like a cat in his eyes, "That kind of thing has nothing to do with you, right?"

"...Sure enough, they are very similar, whether it's appearance or the character that rejects others."

"I said, don't mention that woman again! Even if there is no one else, I can still live on my own! It has always been like that!" Steller became inexplicably irritable, and she shouted at the woman The inexplicable nun yelled, but the other party calmly accepted her restlessness like the sea.

"Really...then, let me tell you what you want to know." The nun nodded and calmly narrated the past, "It probably happened a hundred years ago. The 'curse of death' came six Years later, this world is exhausted. The endless pain and the darkness of not being able to see the future made everyone feel hopeless. Thus, Project α was born."

"Plan Alpha?"

"Actually, it was decided earlier. Before the final doomsday comes, euthanasia will be implemented for all human beings. Your mother, Eve, and me, Isabel, and many godslayers are included , are the key implementers of this plan. Thinking about it now, what an arrogant and stupid act. However, the witch easily destroyed this plan. "Don't die, no matter how painful it is, you must definitely live, one day , hope will come after all.' That's what the witch told us, and then she broke into the black mist and never came back. However, this also gave our world a little breathing time. Because the witch Then, we finally understood our mistake. Later, in order to find the disappeared witch, we traveled to many places, experienced countless pains and tortures, and many companions fell because of this, and finally we found The place where the Witch disappeared, and there we met Lord Thanosteen," said the black-haired nun.

"Huh? Is it finally my turn?" Tynostin interjected with interest.

The black-haired nun, or Isabel, ignored her, but continued: "Master Thanostin, told us the truth of the end and the story of the witch, as well as the distress and sorrow she carried. After that day, The Moi religion, the largest church that once managed the world, split. One part, headed by the Pope's son Rockefeller, used the legacy of the witch to establish the Rockefeller Kingdom in the ruins. The other side, you Most of the godslayers headed by mother Eve, that is, us, built this city at the forefront of the restricted area. For some reason, she is now in a period of extreme weakness, so we and Thanos Master Ding signed a relationship similar to a contract. We will resist the void beasts pouring out of the restricted area and protect her existence, and she will provide us with strong support and delay the further erosion of the black membrane as much as possible. But the price is that we Trapped here forever, can't die, but can't leave either."

"...Why did you do this?"

"For redemption. Whether it's us, or Rockefeller, they are all making redemption for what they have done."

"... Then, why did she leave here?" Steller gritted her teeth and forced herself to continue listening.

"In order to find that hope. We have waited for a long time, 100 years have passed, and the witch has never returned. Even with the power of God, it is difficult to continue to fight against the increasing 'death'. We wonder if we have done something wrong , So, your mother Eve volunteered and decided to leave this city to find the answer."

"!!!"

"This is actually a very dangerous thing, because she is the weakest among us, and the ability she possesses can only be used to escape. But she still insisted on doing that, she said' Just because I'm the weakest one, even if I leave, it won't affect anything'. Her eyes are so full of determination, I can't even say the words to stop her."

"..."

"Because of the special nature of the enchantment, we can't even know what happened to her. No matter what kind of suffering or torture, we can't do anything."

"Is this what you want to say?" The expression under the mask of Steller was completely distorted, "Because I don't know anything, do you think you can seek forgiveness like this! Don't be kidding!"

The nun shook her head lightly: "I don't intend to argue, because of our fault, both Eve and you have suffered a lot. This is an undeniable fact. If you want to hate it, just hate it." Well, it doesn’t matter even if you kill me. But before you kill me, I must let you know that the answer she found is you. You are our last hope.”

"I am hope?" Steller covered his stomach and laughed wildly, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, "What joke are you talking about? You said that I am hope? Now, do you know how many people I have killed? Too many, too many to count. Ignorant children, helpless old men, hateful men, innocent women, and... my mother."

Ah, it's not that I forgot, it's just that I don't want to think about it.

Countless times, as long as you close your eyes, you will unconsciously dream of that scene.

In order to allow herself to escape, the mother took the initiative to rush into the crowd of monsters as bait, and finally died a miserable scene.

If she didn't have herself, wouldn't she have to die?

In order to live, one must kill; in order to live, one must stand on top of other people's corpses.

This kind of self will also be regarded as a wish by someone. If it is not that I am crazy, then the crazy must be this world, right?

Chapter 120 Five Rubik's Cube

"Before she disappeared, the witch left behind three treasures. The sharp blade that cuts everything, the knowledge to reshape the world, and...the hope to the future. The first two were taken away by Rockefeller and used to restore the ruins A surviving city can also be built on top of it, but the last and most critical item has been left here." Isabel said.

"Why?" Steller asked.Faintly, she seemed to have guessed something.

"Because no one knows what it is, that hope, kept in a small box. The witch seems to believe that there must be a way to save everyone, but the way to crack it has long been lost. If you use force, you can only It will cause the body of the box to be destroyed together. For many, many years, we have been looking for a way to crack it, and finally found a clue. That is the 'Eye of the Void'." Isabel said.

"'Eye of...?'" Steller repeated her words again.

"That's right, it's the 'Eye of the Void'. According to legend, it is an incredible eye that can see through everything in the world. However, its existence and ability are unknown. It seems that only a very small number of people have had this eye in history. But it disappeared quickly, leaving no more traces. Your mother left here just to find more information about it, and went to investigate many uninhabited ruins. We can't Knowing what happened to her, but in the end she did succeed, that is you, Steller. The right eye you have is the legendary 'Eye of Void'." Isabel stretched her lips , showing a sad but gentle smile.

"My right eye... the eye of the void?" Steller raised his hand and gently stroked his right eye through the mask. It was the eye that she hated but could not let go of, which gave her incomparable pain. It turned out to be such an important thing, which she never thought of.

"Looking at you, it seems that you still have some doubts. Then, try it yourself." Tenostine snapped her fingers, and an existence similar to a Rubik's cube crystal floated above her palm, spinning slowly It emits dazzling brilliance, instantly lighting up the whole room, because it is so bright that people even have the illusion that they are looking directly at the sun, "Don't look away, try to concentrate, use your right eye to see look at it."

"Even if you say that, you can't see anything!" Steller complained, blocking his sight with his hands.

"Calm down, if it were you, you would definitely be able to see something!" Thanostin said.

"...Cut." Sterler let go of the usual restraints on herself, and concentrated on her right eye.Gradually, she finally discerned, under the dazzling brilliance, the wonderful symbols that faintly emerged, the existence of matter disappeared, and only appeared in her eyes as an expression form of information, countless huge and complex data intertwined Together, the brain whines that it is endangered because it has exceeded its limit.

"Damn...give it to me, get out of the way!" Steller roared, the blood seeped out of the capillaries due to excessive force, and for the first time since birth, she finally completely let go of her right eye bondage.

After breaking through countless information barriers, she finally discovered, hidden under that brilliance, a small dot.She subconsciously stretched out her hand to touch that point, and at that moment, a certain voice seemed to ring in her ears.It was definitely not a human voice, speaking a language she had never heard before, but it was incredible that she could vaguely understand what that voice was saying.

"Certification started...perceived #￥#!@%&#￥'s request...asking for permission...the first-level qualification release permission..." The voice fell, and the light outside the Rubik's Cube crystal was restrained, gradually revealing its original appearance , the original cube's water chestnut disappeared, and the Rubik's Cube became a sphere, or in other words, that was its original appearance.Under the transparent shell, there seemed to be countless tiny nebulae slowly rotating, like...a miniature universe.

"Successful?"

Isabel's eyes widened, and an expression of excitement and disbelief unconsciously appeared on her face.The long-cherished wish of hundreds of years has finally come true today.Even Thanostin showed interest, observing the appearance of the Rubik's Cube from various aspects, and muttering something while looking at it: "Al, this is... so it is so, so it seems that in our During this period of deep sleep, the life in this world has really developed to an unbelievable level... If it is this, it may indeed be able to save everyone."

"Not yet... This thing seems to be an unfinished product. It's just not enough time to figure it out..." Steller's words interrupted their thoughts, and she fell completely down at this time. On the seat, she was panting heavily while talking, the behavior just now had used up all her strength, and her voice was decayed like a dying old man.

"Wait...are you alright?!" Isabel rushed to Steller's side and carefully helped her up.

"It's okay, it's just that I used too much force, and I'm used to it." Steller pretended to be understated, but only she herself understood how much damage the excessive output just now had caused to her body.

"Be sure, don't force yourself." Isabel said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter what I do. From the beginning, didn't you just want me to do this? What's more, there is no one else in this world who can do it except me, right?" Steller said lightly.

"..." Isabel was speechless.Judging from her experience of surviving for a hundred years, it is natural to see that there is something wrong with Steller's state.The so-called miracles are never free.Even the witch exists helplessly, but she cracks it, so what is the price that needs to be paid behind it?However, she couldn't make Steller stop no matter what.In order to achieve the long-cherished wish of the family, they have paid too much.In the end, she barely squeezed out a few words, "Don't be too anxious, we have been waiting for more than 100 years, and it doesn't matter if we wait for a while."

Steller glanced at her lightly: "Don't worry, I won't run away. If this is what my mother wishes for and the meaning of my birth, no matter what the price is, I will complete it. I'm sorry , I'm a little tired now, can you let me rest alone?"

"...Sorry to trouble you, please take a good rest." Isabel opened her mouth, but in the end she could only say this sentence.She bowed slightly to Thanostin, glanced at Steller again, and finally left through the door in silence.

Chapter 120 Six Real Faces

"Aren't you going?" Steller coughed violently and looked at Thanostin slightly displeased.

"This, you can take it." After playing with the strange Rubik's Cube for a while, Tenostin casually threw it to Steller.

"Huh? Are you out of your mind? Throwing such an important thing to me for safekeeping?" Steller subconsciously took the Rubik's Cube and said.

"Originally, no one in this world except you can unlock its secrets, so putting it in my hands is a waste, right? At the same time, this is also a chance for you to choose." Thanostin said casually .

"...What choice?" Steller paused.

"Untie it and fulfill the wishes of those guys, or just give up." Thanostin said lightly.

"...Are you kidding me? At this point, do you think I still have the option to give up?"

"The choice is always up to you. If you don't want to, no one in this world can force you. You, are you lying? It's not a small price to pay for exercising the power like a god in the form of a mortal?"

"... Completely, I was seen through by you." As Thanostin said, the power of the Void Eye is far beyond her control, and every time it is used, it is equivalent to greatly reducing its power. She can control her own lifespan, that's why she deliberately controls the Void Eye to avoid excessive use and exhaustion of power.

However, this Rubik's Cube is different. The technology it uses far exceeds her imagination. It is not a product of the human beings in this world, but more like some kind of existence that involves the concept of rules.The price of trying to understand forcibly will only greatly overdraw one's life.Steller wondered if he would have died suddenly before he completely solved the Rubik's Cube.

"Even so, so what? That guy also said, my mother, and many others, have paid too much to fulfill this wish. If my existence is the last piece of the puzzle, there is no Escape option, right?" Steller said.

"Oh, is that so? In that case—how long are you going to wear that mask?"

In the next moment, Steller felt as if a gust of wind had blown by, and the mask on her face had already appeared in Tenostine's hands.She immediately subconsciously covered her face with her hands, but it was too late.

"This is your true face. Sure enough——you are hating it."

Staller slowly lowered his hand.She was indeed lying. The reason for wearing a mask was not to prevent others from coveting her beauty, but to cover up the deep malice towards others and the world that would be revealed from time to time.

From the very beginning, the beautiful, reliable and charming Steller like a big sister didn't exist, it was just a personality she pretended to survive in order to survive.The real Steller has always hated everything.

Whether it’s the god in front of me, the nun who claims to be her mother’s companion, Celia, Leila, those knights, Isabel, the other children in the Black Feather Cult, or All the people who are kind or hostile to her, no matter who they are, she can smile back without discrimination, and that's just because she hates everyone equally.

Even... including the mother who gave him life, and the father he never met.

Steller wanted to kill Thanostin because he instinctively sensed her danger, so he wanted to get rid of her before he discovered his truth, but it was a waste of effort.

"Ah, I was discovered unexpectedly. I thought I hid it quite well." Steller said lightly, the face that was originally as beautiful as a dream was twisted like a ghost at this time, I am afraid that even Ignorant children will be frightened and cry when they see it.

"Hmph, who do you think I am? We are gods. Although it was only once, we couldn't hide the strong killing intent emanating from you. At first we thought you were simply It's just that I hate us, and I didn't realize until recently that your malice is not as simple as imagined. I'm afraid, if you are given a chance, you will probably kill everyone without hesitation, and, Still in the most cruel way."

"Correct answer." The corners of Steller's mouth slowly parted, revealing a big sickly smile.After being exposed by Thanostin, she completely gave up her plan to disguise herself, and simply revealed her true face, "Do you think you will be forgiven if you say a few words of 'I'm sorry'? They are already over 100 years old The old woman is really naive and ridiculous. Now, do you think that when a person finally sees hope, but at the last moment, that hope is suddenly shattered, how delicious is the despair that emanates at that time? "

"So that's why you agreed to her. Now, we finally understand - you are already broken."

Are you broken?Steller didn't know, and didn't want to know.

If "goodness" really existed in oneself, it must have happened a long time ago.After she had the memory, there was only Steller named "Evil" left in this world.

What she had experienced in the underground brothel was far more cruel than what she had told Leila.That is where all the ugliness and despicableness of human beings gather. Steller has personally experienced how cruel life will become when the constraints of laws and rules are lost. Even those philanthropists and nobles who are superior and kind on the surface You, in that place, are just one of the countless evil spirits.

"The so-called happiness can only be produced through constant comparison. Human beings are such a fragile and sad species. Even those powerful people are afraid that they will become nothing one day. So They need some consolation to prove that they are the 'strong' who will not be eliminated. And the easiest way to prove that they are the 'strong' is to bully the 'weak' and have the power of life and death over the 'weak' They, naturally became 'powerful', didn't they? In this case, even the gods should understand, right?"

"Unfortunately, we have been absolutely strong since we were born, and there is no need to prove this at all."

"Huh? That's really enviable." Steller seemed to be playing with her hair a little bored, "But, if it is a human being, this is the only way to prove it. Then, from Where to find the "weak"? The answer is us. Through various methods to collect beautiful girls and prostitutes, and supply those big men to abuse them to satisfy their desires. When pure sex can't satisfy them When the desires of human beings are not satisfied, they start to pursue torture, killing, piercing, dismembering, cutting in half, cooking... And when the torture can no longer satisfy them, they find a new way to relieve the pressure, that is, let us kill each other .”

Chapter 120 VII Misfortune

"..."

"It's funny, isn't it? They promise freedom to the victors, so they can watch the weak kill each other, and they can hear the lamentations of the maidens without even doing it themselves, and the disappearance of the beautiful things, so that it can be more manifested The calmness of the so-called 'strong'? That's where I learned how to disguise myself and how to make myself a 'weak'. It sounds incredible, right? But only in this way, everyone will not be wary of me, They will only focus on the enemy they consider themselves, and struggle desperately to survive. Little do they know, this is nothing more than seeking their own death. For those big people who are high above us, we are nothing but them after all The plaything in their hands is and can only exist as a 'weak'. They will never allow the strong to appear among us. If there is a girl who wins consecutively in the carnage, what awaits her will never be freedom, but a secret Execution. Observing the desperate expressions of the weak is also one of their hobbies. I can't lose, and I can't win. I just maintained that dangerous balance, survived little by little, and finally...killed them. "

"I see, you killed them."

"Of course! Still using the method they are most familiar with, everything returned to themselves. This is what they taught me? I'm just learning what I'm doing now. I'm aware of what I'm doing Afterwards, their expressions became very funny, some directly cursed, some tried to persuade me, but they all started begging for mercy when they couldn’t last halfway, then I suddenly understood, what, it turns out These 'big men' who have always been on top are actually a group of 'weak people'. So, killing them, is it enough for me to become a strong man?" Steller said, but before Thanostin could answer, he himself Gu Zi continued, "Perhaps, that's it. However, after I finally escaped from there, my heart became confused, I didn't know where to go, and I didn't know what to do. Until someone One day, when I saw the dead body attacked by wild beasts by the side of the road, a smile appeared on the corner of my mouth unconsciously, and at that time I finally realized that my heart must have broken somewhere."

"Hey, have you ever heard this saying? All the misfortune and happiness in the world add up to zero. That is to say, if one person is happy in the world, one person will be unhappy. I realized that I am the one The most unfortunate person. So, I started to hate this world, or rather, if I don’t hate, I can’t continue to live. If everyone in this world becomes unfortunate, then even I will become Have to be happy?" Perhaps because of being suppressed for too long, Steller started talking to Thanostin.

"Well, from a certain point of view, it's not a mistake."

"So, I collected those children who had suffered misfortune, and played the role of their mother and sister. Just looking at them so helpless, I felt that I seemed to be able to become happy. As a result, they spontaneously set up an organization called "Black Feather Cult", which means "Even in the dark night, I still yearn for the hope of flying". It's really ridiculous. From the very beginning, hope and Redemption is something that doesn’t exist. What I did was, after all, something similar to those who enslaved me. Everything was nothing but a lie. But, you handed over such an important thing to me In his hands, even though he claims to be a god, he would still do such a stupid thing, it's ridiculous to make people want to vomit."

Steller raised his right foot and looked at Thanostin provocatively.However, from the beginning to the end, Tenostine's expression remained unchanged, as if she didn't take her words to heart.

"Oh, it's been a long time since I relaxed like this. So, don't you kill me? Since it's a god, it should be easy to kill me, right? Otherwise, I don't know what I will continue to do What? Ah, I forgot, that woman seemed to have said just now that I am your last hope. Heh, I actually hope for something, that is to say, if I die, this world will never be the same again. It’s impossible to get hope, right? If that’s the case, it seems pretty good.”

"Then, do whatever you like." Thanostin put down the teacup in his hand and said nonchalantly.

Steller narrowed his eyes: "Are you underestimating me? Or is it the calmness of a 'strong man'?"

"Just by looking into your eyes, I understand that whether you hate this world or want to kill everyone, these are not lies. Perhaps, only death can make you stop your path of revenge , otherwise, as long as you live one day, everything will eventually be destroyed."

"if that's the case……"

"However, that guy will probably choose to believe it. From the beginning to the end, she has believed in the 'goodness' of human nature. I made an agreement with that guy, no matter what choices you (humans) make, I will not Intervene. Let me see your choices to the end."

"Beforehand, you will regret it, okay?"

"In that case, it would be an interesting thing." Thanostin smiled.

In the end, the trio's journey to find the witch came to an end.And the differences in the future, at this moment, made its choice.

After that, Thanostin never came to Sterler again, and Sterler stayed in his room as if nothing had happened, and after Celia learned the truth of the world, her body has not been very healthy. Well, stay in the room and rarely come out, and Leila is always by her side.It seems that the news about Sterler possessing the Void Eye has not been spread. The last hope left by the witch is stored in her hands as if it is a matter of course. No one asks or questions, which makes Sterler Feeling slightly uncomfortable.

After a few days like this, finally, came the moment of parting.

"Although it is protected by an enchantment, this is the deepest part of the black abyss after all. For those of you who are not godslayers, it is difficult to stay here for too long." Sister Tifa said with some apology.

"Well, it's us that's wrong. After all, it's really disrespectful to bother you for so long." Xilia shook her head lightly, declining her apology.After many days of rest, she finally stood up from the bed, but her face was still pale, and her body was as weak as if she would fall if blown by the wind.

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