Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 1174 - 905: The Truth Inside the Package

Chapter 1174: Chapter 905: The Truth Inside the Package

Shallow Dream led them moving between the tents and supply vehicles, the activity in the camp was bustling.

Xu Cheng looked around, people were each busy with their tasks, repairing weapons, organizing supplies, making the most of the limited resources they had.

"The situation in Italia is not looking good, the moon’s collapse has caused abnormal tides and changes in landforms. The area of the Italian peninsula has expanded by one-tenth, but it’s all saline-alkali land flooded by seawater. Strange alien spores have also fallen here, all those water-absorbing plants have turned the land into a desert. Alright, we’re the only survivors left." Shallow Dream narrated.

"But you’ve become their leader!" Xu Cheng was curious.

"Because I’m very strong." Shallow Dream laughed.

She took out a white stick, twirling it in her hand; everyone else was a bit tense when they saw the stick.

"What is this?" Xu Cheng widened her eyes, sensing the magic power flowing through the stick.

"This is my ’Time Acceleration Stick’. Nobody can handle it if I poke them even once." Shallow Dream casually mentioned its name. She tossed the stick upwards, then caught it back in her hand with the agility of the Monkey King.

"Wow!" Xu Cheng was stunned. "Are we going to use the time stick to teach the vampires a lesson? How do we do that?"

"Haha, the Time Acceleration Stick is a sure hit on vampires." Shallow Dream put the stick back into the storage compartment on her back, speaking mysteriously.

Time and vampires? Aren’t vampires supposed to be ageless and immortal, what use is time against them?

Xu Cheng scratched her head, unable to understand. They would just become older and more ancient vampires, stronger instead!

Shallow Dream led Xu Cheng to a massive tent and stopped, taking a deep breath.

Xu Cheng felt a powerful force emanating from inside the tent, nearly rejecting her from entering. The force was sharp as a knife, making her want to retreat.

A mysterious enigmatic man unveiled the tent, walking out head held high. Xu Cheng hesitantly sized him up, leaning cautiously behind Shallow Dream.

The man had sea-green eyes, a prominent nose bridge, and bronze skin. He was dressed in a chain vest, leather apron, bronze greaves, and sandals, holding a spear in his left hand and a massive oval shield in his right. He seemed like he stepped out from an ancient manga or perhaps all ancient warrior depictions must trace back to him.

"Come meet our new friend," Shallow Dream said cheerfully, "This is Aslimos, the Ancient God of War, ruler of warfare, weaponry, conquest, and battle, invincible in every encounter."

His expression was stern, his face handsome, with faint scars of thousands of years of battles, wounds, and damages etched on it, unerasable by the passage of time. He had once guided ancient armies to expand territories, even able to rival the Witch Empire at its peak. His armor stitched together by intricate thousand chain links still looked newly forged.

"Let swords and blades do the talking." Aslimos’s voice was thunderous.

"Gulp." Xu Cheng hid behind Shallow Dream, feeling this ancient being was anything but normal.

"Alright, here’s the thing, let me briefly introduce the backstory: In ancient times, Aslimos, along with other demigods, schemed a plan to hunt Orcian. Our Lady Farosa—that time only twelve years old—became an essential executor, meaning Aslimos was once our ally in the past. As for now, he is searching for his new place. Unfortunately, the Secret Ritual Group painstakingly established was also destroyed by the Heavenly Tribulation..." Shallow Dream explained.

The lonely War God leaned on his spear, once revered for his might, now without a single faithful follower, like a forgotten forsaken deity.

"There’s nothing we can do now, people no longer casually worship deities, we have science instead of spears." Xu Cheng expressed her perspective.

"... Science cannot care for its pets, provide hope and inspiration, nor reveal miracles beyond the mundane." Aslimos responded slowly, "In this twisted era—skyscrapers towering up to the clouds, mechanical beings coming and going hastily, do you think I’m useless?"

"You don’t even own a cellphone, not even a social media account, how can you spread your opinions? At present, not many even know about you!" Xu Cheng said.

"..." Aslimos pondered.

"You should help us with big things, just drive away those vampires, then humans can grow even more numerous, so you can show your talent, recruiting more people to follow you." Xu Cheng’s words increased in volume.

She looked at Aslimos with wide eyes, hoping for some positive response from him.

Maybe everyone could unite together?

Aslimos only shook his head.

"... Farosa is not a trustworthy friend. I came here just to see how you will protect Italia." Aslimos stated.

"That’s how it is." Shallow Dream shrugged to Xu Cheng, "Ever since Aslimos arrived at our camp, things indeed got easier because after all, he is a demigod filled with a sense of honor, who helped us repel multiple vampire invasions, otherwise, we wouldn’t even have advanced all the way to the base of Seven Hills City, waiting for the opportunity to launch the final attack."

"But will this uncle definitely go to war with Farosa?" Xu Cheng was a bit disappointed.

"Yes, I am unwilling to surrender or bow to Farosa, unwilling to join the extraterrestrial invaders, and even less willing to bow down to the Seven Seals that triggered the Heavenly Tribulation. I am who I am, a god without an alliance, destined to be besieged. Since that’s the case, I’d rather die under the Godslayer Weapon." Aslimos declared generously.

"You can help us!" Xu Cheng said.

"No, you are Farosa’s pawns. One side will win, the other will lose; one will rule the world, the other will be forgotten by the world. I am a remnant of the old god camp; I will wait here for her to challenge me. I do not accept her terms because her honor is meaningless." Aslimos said proudly.

Xu Cheng saluted Aslimos.

"Quack." She said sincerely.

Aslimos’ zircon-like sparkling eyes blinked, surprised by Xu Cheng, such a little thing.

"But you... and the other Witches around you. You seem to be people who keep promises. I can feel that you are different from other Witches." He said.

"Yes! The reason I ended up here is because I accepted a commission at Jialong Slope, and I had to deliver a package to Sister Shallow Dream, that’s why I went through great hardships and traveled mountains and rivers to arrive here..." Xu Cheng nodded.

"Hey, let’s open the package quickly." Shallow Dream clapped her hands, "Such an important commission, I’m really curious what’s hiding inside!"

Upon speaking, Lianhua and Shahua each held one end of the package, offering the black anonymous package to Shallow Dream.

This is the important package that they managed with sweat to deliver all the way from Jialong Slope, it must be handed over to Shallow Dream. Shallow Dream realized the risks they faced on the way, so she solemnly nodded and placed her hand on the package. At this moment, Xu Cheng’s cash card emitted a beeping sound, delivery completed, 100000000 funds have been credited.

"Well, I’ll check what’s inside the package, see you later!" Shallow Dream waved coolly at Xu Cheng and the others, then bid farewell to Aslimos.

Xu Cheng nodded, the cash card in her arms suddenly felt extremely hot. A whole billion funds.

"As promised, I’ll split 30 million with you." Xu Cheng took out the cash card in her hand.

"So straightforward, could this be the leisure of a young girl?" Lianhua raised an eyebrow, satisfied with Xu Cheng’s high efficiency; she took out her cash card, ceremoniously rubbed the magnetic strip and then stacked it with Xu Cheng’s cash card.

With the completion of the transaction sound, Lianhua’s card had an addition of 30 million funds.

"Money... money..." Shahua raised her head, almost salivating.

"If we stick with this ’Girl of Misfortune’ magic power sister, no matter how much more money, it might just slip away." Lianhua pinched her cash card loaded with huge wealth.

"Sorry, sorry, please kill me..." Shahua said weakly.

"Alright, only by making money first do you have the capital to be troubled by it. Commission completed." Lianhua turned over the cash card and put it into her pocket.

"Quack." Xu Cheng patted her chest," From now on you don’t need to follow me anymore, you can move freely, go wherever you want. Netanya is a good choice."

"No." Lianhua shook her head, then raised her eyebrows at Xu Cheng, "We are heading back to the Northern Archipelago, to go back we must take your Shuttle Machine, we will continue to protect you, consider it as payment for our boat tickets."

Xu Cheng nodded, feeling quite comfortable in her heart. Although Lianhua often opposed her along the way, truth be told, she provided useful insights.

"Thank you." Xu Cheng nodded to Lianhua.

"We should be the ones to thank you." Lianhua sighed in relief, hands on hips," We crossed tens of thousands of miles, flying directly from Jialong Slope to Seven Hills, experienced so much along the way, saw so many different sceneries, we should thank you, you are the best pilot I’ve ever seen, Xu Cheng."

Xu Cheng showed a shy smile, Bubble grabbed her arm and smiled too.

About 10 minutes later, Shallow Dream returned with a solemn expression, her countenance was like a pool of ink, devoid of anticipation.

"Xu Cheng?" Shallow Dream looked her up and down, "Do you know who gave you this commission?"

Who else could it be? Oh, who would give someone such a major commission? Xu Cheng thought to herself. Other than Dad, wanting to test her, who else could it be?

"Dad, of course." Xu Cheng laughed," Dad wants to test me, I know that. Dad started with a billion back then, so I’m following in his footsteps."

"What if I say it’s not?" Shallow Dream said.

Not Xu Yang. None of this is related to Xu Yang? Xu Cheng felt flustered. She often dreamt of her father’s apparition because she missed him too much. But Shallow Dream’s words revealed a cruel fact: Xu Yang truly didn’t care at all about Xu Cheng.

"Huh?" Xu Cheng smiled, using her smile to hide the sadness and confusion inside her, "Then who arranged all this?"

"I saw the content of the package. Overall, thank you for giving it your all to deliver the goods. In the past, many envoys also tried to deliver goods to Italia, over six years, about twelve batches of envoys, only three batches arrived, delivering a box of seeds, a cage of animals, and a boatful of dead bodies respectively. The others all died. You managed to get through such difficulties, it’s really remarkable." Shallow Dream acknowledged Xu Cheng’s effort.

Aslimos silently watched from the side, his gaze falling on Xu Cheng’s increasingly woeful expression.

"Sister, you mean there was risk in this journey?" Xu Cheng asked.

"More than risk originally, your arrival here relied on sincere cooperation, your friends — supporting you with all their might, and your own dedication and effort, naturally, you’re definitely lucky, but this luck should not be tested in such a way." Shallow Dream closed her eyes, slowly sighed," I won’t beat around the bush anymore — the package was arranged by Lady Farosa."

"Ah?" Xu Cheng was startled.

"Lady Farosa never intended for you to live." Shallow Dream clenched her fist, nearly in tears, "Inside the package was only one instruction: no matter who brings this letter, kill all the envoys."