So I became a witch

Leila was speechless.Although the vast area of ​​the royal city is composed of the aristocratic area and the civilian area, in fact, the scope of the uncontaminated area is also much larger than imagined, and most of it is contained in abandoned buildings. After the dead end, there may be an empty area. Unless you are a person who has lived in a slum since childhood, it is difficult to find the real exit from this maze-like winding road. It took months, which is one of the reasons why the kingdom has never been able to incorporate No Man's Land, and the slums are often referred to with distaste as rats in the gutter.Leila was able to travel between the slums normally, all relying on the existence of the guide, but now that the two have almost become sworn enemies, it is naturally impossible to rely on this method.

While paying attention to being unobtrusive, the two moved to the sparsely populated no-man's land.Standing in front of the entrance of the ruins in the wilderness, Leila seemed to have remembered something, and took out the badge she got from Steller again.

Although she didn't know if it would work, Leila still prayed in her heart.

Please, please let me see that person again.

I don't know if it was because of her prayer that the badge in Leila's hand suddenly glowed with a faint heat, and then, as if reflecting and reacting with it, a similar fork also lit up at the intersection not far away. symbol.

"Is this... a guide?" Layla froze for a moment.Is that the person who already knew he would come?Or, for some other reason?

... No, now is not the time to think about this, the most important thing is only one thing, and that is.

Meet with that person again, and let her tell the truth.

"Want to go in?" Lily asked.

"Ah, of course. After all, we came here for this purpose." Leila said in a deep voice.Together, the two stepped into this mysterious area.

It was unbelievable that this was supposed to be the most polluted area in the royal city, but Leila felt a gentleness and harmony that was never seen in the outside city. Even though it was not exposed to the sun, it still felt warm.

Following the sign of the symbol, the two walked deeper and deeper, and the road became narrower and narrower. Finally, after passing through the alley that only one person can pass through, the scenery in front of them suddenly opened up.The picturesque young girl sat kneeling on the root of a withered giant tree, looking out into the distance. Behind her was the abandoned but clean teaching building, but for some reason there were no people.

"Here we come." Steller said softly.She clearly didn't watch the two of them, but she was keenly aware of the human breath, "I never thought that the prodigal dogs who managed to save their lives and escaped would run back without authorization. Really, they are so stupid that there is no cure."

"That's the leader of the Black Feather Cult, Steller?" Lily murmured.Although it was the first time she saw Steller, she was also shocked by the girl's picturesque and dreamy beauty.

Chapter 150 Eight Capabilities

"Are you trying to kill me? This is indeed the best time. After all, they are not here now, and I am the only one left here, so there is no need to worry about reinforcements or anything?" Steller said, deftly Jumped down from the tree and landed on the ground lightly like a cat.

no one else?Indeed, according to Leila's perception, there was no trace of anyone's breath around except Steller, and it seemed that they had disappeared one after another a few days ago.What exactly happened that caused them to abandon their original base, why did Steller stay where it was?Listening to her tone, it was as if she was waiting for someone.

"It's not like that... I just wanted to talk to you," Leila said earnestly.

"Oh? What do you want to talk about?" Steller stood there calmly, as if blending with the surrounding scenery and becoming a part of the painting.

"Steller... No, Steller Stoke, that is your name. Your true identity is the last survivor who escaped from the black tide ten years ago." Layla gritted her teeth He stated his own inference, and wanted to see what he wanted to see from Steller's expression.However, to her disappointment, Steller didn't respond in any way, as if she was listening to a story that had nothing to do with her.

She had no choice but to continue: "Ten years ago, because of the outbreak of the Kuroshio, the Stoke family was in deep quagmire. All the distress letters sent to Wangcheng disappeared without a trace, and the Stoke family was destroyed. But, you But he survived, and without anyone knowing, he climbed all the way to the present, and even created the Black Feather Cult that is very similar to his past, in order to one day be able to take revenge on the king city that he hates."

"Thank you for being able to understand this level." Steller finally said, "So? Are you going to pity me? Or ridicule? Or do you want me to let it go?"

"...I understand your feelings. If I were you, I would probably inevitably hate everything. But, Steller, hatred will never bear fruit. In the end, it will only become nothing."

"Nothing?" Steller raised the corners of her mouth in disdain, her crimson pupils were full of confusion and emptiness, "From the very beginning, I have never owned anything."

"No! Me, and Her Royal Highness...at least we all sincerely want to be friends with you." Leila suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, stared at Steller desperately and said, "So, please! Stop now Well, neither I nor Her Royal Highness want your Excellency to continue marching toward the abyss!"

Stellar was silent.She looked at Leila speechlessly, and there was nothing in her clear eyes.

Did you make it?Layla held her hand nervously.She didn't know whether she could stop Steller, but she really wanted to end this endless hatred and revenge.

"You don't understand anything." After a long time, Steller said softly, "Understand my hatred? End revenge? It's really——too ridiculous."

Steller's right eye suddenly flickered, and something huge suddenly struck Layla's brain along the direction of the line of sight.Before she even had time to dodge, she was swallowed up by the darkness.

--hatred.

Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate hate hate hate hate hate.

what is this?

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Leila's spirit collapsed under the impact of the information flow beyond the limits of the human brain.In a trance, it seems that there are thousands of people shouting, roaring, struggling, and whining in her ears, their emotions, their memories, their sad wishes, their fate...all all all Everything echoed in Leila's mind.

Unable to bear the huge pressure, Leila knelt down on the ground subconsciously, the blood seeped out of the blood vessels and dripped onto the ground little by little.

Kill them...I hate it...help...don't kill me...please...kill them all...

enough!Don't do this in my body!Stop arguing in my head!

so painful...

I want to die.

……die?

Thinking of something, she tremblingly pulled out the sword at her waist, turned the angle, and pointed the tip of the sword at her throat.Facing the cold light, a distorted smile gradually appeared on Leila's face.

As long as you die, it's over, right?

As long as you die, you don't have to suffer so much anymore, right?

if that's the case……

That's great.

"Crack!" The sword in her hand was sent flying heavily, and Leila lost her balance at the same time and fell to the ground.

"Hey! Wake up!" Lily yelled, grabbing Layla's shoulders and rocking wildly.Leila gradually recovered her sobriety, looking at her trembling hands with an expression of disbelief and terror.

What happened to me just now?

Hallucination?dream?No, all the despair and all the pain I experienced just now are all real.

All of that is someone's past.

"You..." Layla looked at Steller, who seemed to be standing there without doing anything, and wanted to say something, but a trace of panic involuntarily arose in her heart, "What the hell was that... just now?"

"It's nothing, it's just for you to experience a little bit of the despair and pain that an unknown girl experienced during her lifetime." Steller said.

"That kind of thing..."

"Well, it's true." Steller interrupted Leila calmly, "I discovered this ability when I was very young. The right eye that can see the truth of the world, and, A container for death. I first discovered this ability when an elderly housekeeper in my family died when I was three years old. Others held a great funeral for him, and that was the first time I saw anyone else died. However, the next day, I found that the butler appeared in the house still intact, as if he was still alive. I told others about this, but no one believed me. However, he He actually appeared in front of my eyes, smiled at me, and talked about ordinary topics. At that time, I realized that I was different from others."

"After that, I witnessed several deaths. People, animals, without exception, the next morning, they all appeared in my sight, as if they were alive. However, I But I discovered the drawbacks of this ability. Those lost lives cannot be reappeared in this world without a price. Their memories, their feelings, and everything about them all blended together in my mind, and gradually , I even began to forget my real 'self'. This matter was finally discovered by my mother, and the family finally had to seal all my memories of the past three years in order to seal this terrible ability."

Chapter 150 Doubt

Layla said nothing.For her, this might be the first and only chance to hear Sterler talk about her experience, so she didn't make any reaction, just listened quietly.

"Since the investigation has been so deep, I must have already known it, a secret belonging to the Stoke family." Steller said, looking down at the two of them indifferently.

"You mean... the power to control the black mist?"

"Ah, we who have inherited the blood of the devil seem to have gained some incredible power. Because of this power, the people in the royal city will always be so afraid of us. This power has also been inherited by me, and Even among the successive members of the Stoke family, my talent is the strongest." Steller said slowly, and a black phantom gradually appeared behind her, with unparalleled coercion, towards The world shows its power and strength.

"This is...!" Leila was shocked. Although she had seen the huge black cloud that covered the entire royal city before, she experienced this power beyond human comprehension at close range. I couldn't help trembling.Run away, it is impossible for anyone to defeat, the voice in my heart kept shouting to her.Even the terrifying hydra Hydra they met in the sea of ​​​​forbidden areas may not be able to compare with the darkness behind Steller at this time.

"...No." Lily next to her was also shocked by this terrible coercion, but she bit her lip resolutely, red blood flowed down the surface of the skin, and her eyes were full of determination, "Sure enough , for the sake of Her Royal Highness, I absolutely cannot let you live!"

"Wait……"

Before Leila could stop it, Lily rushed out like a wild horse, the magic circles on her hands and feet appeared instantly, and at the same time, she manipulated the power of four-dimensional magic to roar and devour the motionless Steller.

It was the first time that Leila saw her colleague showing her own strength, and she was shocked.Generally speaking, a low-level magician can only control at most one magic backflow at the same time, and with each additional level, the difficulty and power will increase significantly. There are very few magicians who have reached the third level. There are even less than one magician who has actually reached the fourth level.However, looking at Lily's appearance, it seems that she has already stood above this realm.

However, as long as you look at it yourself, you will notice that the magic circles were not written by Lily independently, but were engraved into her limbs by some means, and they will appear as long as you use magic power.Layla had heard that the kingdom had secretly done similar experiments. By imprinting magic circles on the human body, it could reach the level of the strongest magician without the need for mental and soul power to control it.However, the results of the experiment were unsatisfactory. To engrave a magic circle on the body is equivalent to destroying the original natural circuit of the human body and weaving a new circuit.This process itself is extremely painful, and there are very few people who can survive it, either because the innate circuit and the magic circle are not compatible and completely become useless, or the spirit is greatly stimulated and loses sanity, so this experiment was quickly terminated up.However, Leila saw traces of similar experiments on Lily.

Leila suddenly couldn't understand this colleague who had been her classmate for many years. Although she served Her Royal Highness earlier than herself, her birth and death experience was never known. It is absolutely impossible for a person with such an ominous background to work in Wangcheng Yes, even beside the princess.However, Xilia accepted her without any doubts, and Leila had always trusted this colleague and friend, but until today, she discovered that Lili kept more things than she imagined.

Lily, what are you...

However, Facing Lily's power enough to sweep away a piece of land, Steller didn't even move. The phantom behind him shot out automatically, turning into countless mouths, easily devouring Lily's magic.

"What..." Before Lili had time to be surprised, she was hit back heavily by the hand transformed by the phantom, her body rolled and turned on the stone floor, leaving a long trace.The whole process ended in less than a second. Although the power was obtained through some means, it really only belonged to high-level magicians, but it was so easily defeated by Steller.

"Lily...!" Leila shouted anxiously. Lily seemed to have heard her cry, and tried several times to stand up from the ground, but failed in the end, and fell unconscious on the ground.However, she was not fatally injured. This was not because of her strength, but because Steller simply did not kill her.

Leila finally understood that the power in front of her was far beyond the limits of their imagination.No wonder even the undefeated royal twins died tragically in her hands.

"Is this... your power?" Layla said, swallowing with her throat agitated.

"Maybe." Steller said lightly.

"perhaps……?"

"The original me, I'm afraid I'll never have the chance to use it...until, ten years ago."

"The Kuroshio...?"

"I watched the familiar faces from the past fall down one by one before my eyes, and died miserably. Even my beloved mother, in order to protect me, rushed into the herd of virtual beasts alone and was torn into pieces. It was shattered. When I woke up, the familiar scene around me turned into a broken ruin. I survived, for no reason, maybe it was luck or misfortune.”

"It's sad...it's ridiculous...They see me as a star of hope, but I can't do anything. In this way, the young girl became alone. However, I am afraid of being alone For her, she used that forbidden power." Unknowingly, Steller suddenly referred to her in the third person.

"Could it be..." Leila realized something, her eyes widened.

"That's right, it's the power to forcibly bind the dead in the world."

"Cheat...?" Leila was shocked.She was forced to experience someone's memories and emotions because of Steller's power before, and she deeply understood how terrible it was. The mere existence of a person almost made her lose herself, and Silk How many people are there on Teller's body?hundreds?Thousands?Even, tens of thousands?

Layla couldn't imagine that, and didn't dare to imagine it.

No, no, if that's the case...

She suddenly thought of something, took a deep breath, and her voice was full of doubts and disbelief: "If that's the case...then, you who are standing here now, really, are you Steller?"

Chapter 160 Carrying the Dead

Layla's doubts were not groundless.She recalled all the memories from the first time she met Steller to the present, sometimes gentle, sometimes indulgent, sometimes arrogant, sometimes indifferent, sometimes quiet, sometimes laughing, these feelings are too real, people can't tell which one That's the real her.Although she claims that these are all disguises to get close to Xilia, this is a paradox in itself.Except for myself, no one should know that Her Highness the Princess will participate in that operation.

Then, after removing this error, the remaining answer, however improbable, can only be true.

"Those are the real you, but not the real you... Who are you?"

The corners of Steller's mouth parted slowly, revealing a big smile, but there was clearly no smile in her eyes: "Oh, have you been discovered at last? I think I'm pretending pretty well, Why do you think so?"

Steller put her hands on her cheeks and rubbed them at will, changing various expressions, sadness, anger, joy, pain, but no matter how she changed, her eyes were still like a pool of stagnant water, calm .

"Let me think about it, how should I explain it? For the time being, let's call it 'Sterler'?" Steller calmly used his own name, and narrated the story that didn't seem to belong to him. "Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's destiny, 'Sterler' has far more adaptability and manipulation of the black mist than ordinary people, plus she has the one named 'Virtual Eye' that can see through everything The right eye of the law, she has been regarded as the hope and salvation of all people since she was born, and she was named 'Sterler', which means the starlight of hope."

"As people expected, 'Sterler' possessed incredible power from a very young age, but this power gave her a burden at the same time. After being exposed to the darkness of this world prematurely, her young The soul is also gradually stained with filth. Other people's emotions, memories, and desires affect her existence all the time. Finally, in order to ensure that she can grow up healthily, 'Sterler''s parents, Eve and Luo Derek, together with other people in the clan, sealed the memory and ability of 'Sterler', 'Sterler' lost that power, but because of this, he may have grown up like an ordinary child."

"However, even so, hope has never come to her. The eruption of the Kuroshio has destroyed everything she owned. The surviving girl woke up in the ruins and saw only devastation. If she can use With that terrifying talent, maybe the result would be completely different. However, until the very end, 'Sterler''s mother did not undo her seal, and even sacrificed herself in order to protect her. Even so, at the last moment of her life, she still hoped that her child could grow up happily like an ordinary person. However, her wish finally came true. Out of anger, sadness, and despair , the power of 'Sterler' forcibly broke through the seal and swallowed up tens of thousands of deaths in the main city of Stoke."

"!!!"

The unimaginable number hit Leila's brain.The mere existence of a single person almost made her lose herself. Then, what has become of Steller, who is burdened with the death of tens of thousands of people?

As if seeing through her thoughts, Steller continued: "No matter how talented she is, she was just a child less than seven years old at that time, and it was still too much for her to bear such a huge death." Reluctantly. The despair, pain, and hatred of tens of thousands of people before they died combined together, shocking her mind to pieces, and her self-awareness was almost wiped out by the huge flow of memory and information. From a certain angle In other words, the real 'Steller' must have died at that time. The rest is just a living spirit whose body has been occupied by the dead."

"This kind of thing..." Leila murmured to herself, what Steller said had already exceeded her imagination, and the so-called truth seemed to be vulnerable to reality.

"Those dead souls did not dissipate, but existed in the body of 'Sterler' in the form of 'black mist'. She became the goddess of the dead, but she also completely lost herself. In order to deal with this situation , 'Sterler''s body instinctively created a personality that integrates all the memories and emotions that exist, that is, me." Steller put his hands on his chest and said the last truth.

I didn't expect the answer to be revealed so easily. The so-called Sterler is not a single individual, but the integrated personality of many dead people. This is enough to explain her previous trajectory like multiple personalities. Why, every Steller Layla sees is the real her, but not all of her.Leila was a little hard to accept, but she had to admit the answer in her heart.

"Since then, 'Sterler' has been acting all the time, giving mercy to the dead and bearing all their desires. Gradually, the 'black mist' of death that she carried on her body has already condensed to an unbelievable level. That is, what you see now. Keep a close eye on this black mist, what can you see?"

Leila suppressed the fear in her heart and forced herself to stare at the black mist behind Streller.In a trance, she seemed to see countless souls struggling, roaring, and expressing their anger and despair in the thick and invisible black mist.It is their existence that constitutes this terrifying "black mist".

"!!!!!!!!!!" Layla finally understood the truth about the century-old pain, black film and curse that this world has endured.

That is, "death".

The appearance of the black film, the enveloping black mist, all of these are due to the extinction of the world, which materialized the concept of "death".So after people came into contact with the curse, they either turned into terrifying monsters, or completely melted and became part of the black mist.They all became part of the concept of "death".

For a long time, the enemy that the kingdom has fought against is actually the power of the dead accumulated on this planet during the long history of countless billions of years.As long as there is life, there must be the dead, and the appearance of this concept gave birth to the "black membrane".

Chapter 160 Hug

"Do you understand now?" Steller looked down at Layla who knelt on the ground weakly after learning all the truth with pity, "I am the god of the dead and the manifestation of their wishes. No matter What a noble life, they will all meet their final death. I will bear everything about them, unwillingness, anger, and hatred for this world. I hate the world that abandoned them, and the existence of the living, so , I will replace them and destroy everything with my own hands. The royal family, the kingdom, and the entire world. Even so, do you have the consciousness to stop our revenge?"

Absolutely want to stop you... Similar words were swallowed in my mouth, but I couldn't say them no matter what.It is impossible to stop it, and it is absolutely impossible to stop it, because that is "death", as long as it is life, it is doomed to an inescapable fate.Even if the Kuroshio is temporarily repelled, the people who died in the Kuroshio will also become part of the Kuroshio, and after several years of silence, they will sweep back with a stronger posture.

It's like the players who play the leading role in the game, no matter how many times they are knocked down by monsters, they can start over again, keep getting stronger, and finally successfully kill the BOSS who stand in front of them.However, when the "players" become BOSS, and the enemies they face become existences that will be infinitely strengthened forever, the despair and pain they feel naturally feed back on themselves.

So far, even those gods who claim to be immortal have never been able to defeat "death". How can they be mere mortals?

but--

"You once told me..." Leila lowered her head and said slowly.

"Oh?" Steller raised his eyebrows, wondering why Leila, who had completely lost her fighting spirit just now, suddenly spoke again.

"'Protecting someone even at the expense of killing someone is absolutely unjust, and will never be forgiven, but if you don't have the consciousness to bear this sin, it is absolutely impossible to protect the object you want to protect '. If I can't stop you with words, then I will stop you with practical actions!" Leila stood up from the ground again, and the unsheathed ice blade was shining with a faint blue light .

"Interesting... Do you think you can beat me? Beat me who killed the royal twins?" Steller said, looking indifferently at Leila, whose body was still trembling slightly.

"I've never thought about it this way before, but..." Leila took a deep breath, and her slack gaze became firm again, "Whether it's Your Excellency or Your Highness, none of you are wrong, and you made mistakes. Yes, it’s just this world. So, I hope you can talk to Her Royal Highness one more time, even just once, instead of being bound by stubborn prejudice. As long as you can open your heart and tell everything about you, Her Highness the Princess must also be able to understand you and tell you everything about herself. I believe that if it is you and Her Highness the Princess, they will be able to save and re-correct this wrong world."