Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 174 - 152 High-Ranking Witch

Chapter 174: Chapter 152 High-Ranking Witch

After devouring Yahara Masato, the three-headed puppet wobbled and quickly knelt on the ground, reverting to its original state of a lifeless object sprawled on the floor.

Lady Farosa was thoroughly satisfied with the performance of the Forest Master, all things should yield to her, bending to her will.

"That’s... terrifying!" exclaimed 102 in shock. "I’ve never seen anything like that before! It was killed in an instant."

"Some kind of monster," Lady Farosa watched as the spirits dispersed, and the scene was a complete mess.

Fortunately, they left no lonely spirits or wild ghosts behind, Lady Farosa thought to herself. Now that even the Netherworld no longer existed, rebirth had become particularly convenient.

There was once a Netherworld in the world, located in the belly of Dead Earth Moriyard, where souls would be judged before rebirth, enduring a lengthy journey. But that place was now missing, making the cycle of rebirth a very random event. In the past, one had to accumulate good deeds in their former life to have the fortune of being reborn as a lovely Witch.

Lady Farosa walked to the large statue and took out the Dewdrops from under the statue of the Forest Master, planning to bring them back to her chamber to consume.

Betrayed in the last moments of his life, the faith and will of Yahara Masato and the Elders were shattered into remorse and emptiness, easily erasable, leaving behind only the pure essence of Divine Power.

"Close the door," Lady Farosa instructed, certain that other members of the Secret Ritual Group would come to investigate, which would be problematic.

immediately ran over, locked the glass doors of the hall, and dragged over a cabinet to block the entrance, making it convenient for Lady Farosa and 101 to gather the rest of the ritual items.

A Mithril Bracelet, Smoke Candles, Linen Nets from Near Eastern tribes, dried Ancient Flowers, a Jewel Gold Cup, a Floral Crown, spices gathered from the Hot Tree Continent—Lady Farosa didn’t know how much effort they had put into collecting these things, but now they were all hers. The Secret Ritual Group aimed to offer a variety of oblations to the Ancient Mystics in exchange for their blessings and powers, which required a lot of consumable materials. If she had to procure them herself, it would probably take half a year.

Now, this problem too was eliminated, and the Ascending God Ceremony could be considered imminent.

"Let’s go," Lady Farosa said arrogantly.

She looked around at the bloody and chaotic scene as if she were looking at wildflowers and weeds by the roadside. Lady Farosa found it amusing, even exciting, thinking that the world should operate this way, subject to her to destruction and trampling.

"Oh-ho!" 102 followed closely by Lady Farosa’s side.

With 101 carrying 102 and Lady Farosa, they teleported and leapt away from the scene.

As the Ink Tiger was time-limited, it turned into ink and dissipated when the time came, allowing the people below to escape the trouble. They gathered and headed upwards to check on the state of the ritual site.

They struggled to get past the cabinet barrier and returned to the hall, only to find the image of the Forest Master destroyed and all the main core members killed!

The leader Yahara Masato, who was nearly immortal as a member of the Forest Master’s Eternal Life clan, had been defeated.

Then, how powerful must the attacker be, to have the ability to bring him down...

At this thought, the faces of the Secret Ritual Group members turned ashen.

Only Yahara Masato knew the content of the ritual, and without his legacy, the ordinary members couldn’t continue to worship the Forest Master. They suddenly found themselves headless and plunged into chaos. As a reclusive group, the Secret Ritual Group members didn’t even have someone to ask for help, especially those lower-ranking members who had undergone significant tree-ification and hadn’t yet mastered how to revert to human form, were wailing even louder upon hearing the news.

Devastated, they stumbled downwards, passing the giant trees cultivated in the lower levels of the Apartment, where more than 70 half-crippled people hung from the trees, having lost the ability to move on their own. Now they turned their heads sluggishly, watching the members of the Secret Ritual Group looking distraught.

These tree-attendants were actually the original tenants of the Iwaki City Apartment, and to survive, they had paid their last Funds to the Secret Ritual Group, acquiring a greener way of living. As long as the great tree lived, they could continue to cling to life. Yahara Masato had promised them that once the Golden Branch was cultivated into the Supreme Golden Tree, they too could reborn as Treemen.

Thinking about the Funds they had paid, the surviving members of the Secret Ritual Group began to quarrel incessantly; one side wanted to split the money, while the other thought that they should at least leave enough to cover the next few months’ electricity bills for these tree-attendants, after all, they had lived together.

More than 70 pairs of wide-open eyes hung at different heights on the great tree, waiting for their fate to be decided.

On the other side, back in the small room where they were staying,

Lady Farosa felt completely satisfied. Shallow Dream, seeing everyone had returned safely, was also pleased.

Mizuiro Yoshioka had been watching Lady Farosa’s expressions carefully, and seeing that she remained unmoved, finally asked in a low voice, "Shall we go?"

"Let’s go," responding Lady Farosa, still savoring the aftertaste of victory, came back to her senses. They left the Iwaki City Apartment Complex using an Anonymous shuttle, the black Shuttle Machine silently entered the route, heading to the industrial park and back to the chamber.

They waited for Lady Farosa’s reward, and at this moment, the Witches’ thoughts were varied.

"I am going to promote one of you from Lower Rank to High-Ranking," Lady Farosa promised. With Divine Power, she could enhance the connection of other Witches to the stars, one of the fundamental powers of a deity.

Lady Farosa had thought the forthright 102 would immediately ask for credit, but she turned out to be quite shy.

"I think Sister’s power is the strongest," 102 explained. "If you could enhance Sister’s power, she would become incredibly formidable! Teleporting several kilometers away would be no problem!"

"No, no," 101 feared that the strong teleportation magic power would trigger Farosa’s envy and wariness, preferring to adhere to the philosophy of keeping one’s own counsel, "By contrast, Miss Mizuiro Yoshioka’s ink creatures are the ones worth further enhancement, as they possess a variety of talents."

A sudden thump in Mizuiro Yoshioka’s heart—such modesty from the sisters surely masked some ulterior motive.

"I’m just a supportive character," Mizuiro Yoshioka hurriedly said. "I feel... my ink beasts’ combat power can only be described as tragic. It would be better to give it to Shallow Dream! With her power enhanced, our strength will increase even more—that’s ’Time Stop’ we’re talking about."

"Okay, okay," Shallow Dream was excited. "Lady Farosa..."

Yes, could it be that the boon might fall upon her? Shallow Dream secretly hoped. If she could receive Farosa’s blessing and enhancement on her Time Stop ability, it would become incredibly powerful!

Shallow Dream also hoped to get closer to Farosa, she was just too enchanting. To stop time and then quietly touch Farosa, she wouldn’t notice, would she?

Farosa closed her eyes.

"You all may leave now, I will decide, and it won’t take long," she said.

"Yes," they replied, leaving Farosa alone in the chamber.

What to decide?

Forget it, too lazy to think.

Farosa got out her phone, coded 101 as 1, 102 as 2, Mizuiro Yoshioka as 3, Shallow Dream as 4. She then used a dice-rolling app, closed her eyes, and randomly tapped it dozens of times, finally opening her eyes to see a 1.

Fate was sealed!

Farosa summoned 101 into the chamber.

"...I’m very honored," said 101, nervously.

"I, the Witch Goddess Farosa, have decided to bestow the power upon you," Farosa solemnly amplified 101’s magic power, transforming her own divine power into energy that nurtured the growth of magical power.

—Close to the stars.

felt her internal magic power grow rapidly. With no burden, she used to only be able to leap hundreds of meters, but now she felt she could appear instantly within any location within 5 kilometers, her teleportation power greatly enhanced, and the number of consecutive leaps was also increased. Compared to before, it was like she had an inexhaustible supply of magic power.

She ascended to a high-ranking witch!

trembled with excitement, suddenly feeling omnipotent. Magic power surged within her, unleashing potential that was once hidden, like a prisoner long bound now entering a more expansive, unconfined world.

"Love me," Farosa said, opening her arms towards her. "Love me passionately."

walked unconsciously towards Farosa, knelt before her, and at that moment, truly and faithfully believed in Farosa’s power. She could change the witches’ fate, solve their difficulties, and rebuild the Witch Council!

The other witches entered the chamber and saw 101’s condition; they knew the gift had been bestowed.

"Sister has become a high-ranking witch?" 102 burst with excitement, nearly jumping up; she couldn’t help but cry and quickly walked towards 101, embracing her sister and kneeling beside Farosa, "I knew it... I just knew Sister could do it... Sister... Sister... "

"I can protect you..." tears spilled from 101’s eyes, "...I can protect you even better."

Just like two kids, Farosa thought with an inner laugh. But indeed, they had only lived for five years; they were still little children. Let them grow up. According to her previous agreement with 101, when the Children of Phantom Light’s lives were nearing their end, she would use the Law of Recovery to revert them back to their state from years ago—which could also be an excellent means of control.

She was the omnipotent Witch Goddess, after all!

Farosa stowed away the Dewdrops, satisfied with the operation of the Witch Division.

Mizuiro Yoshioka left the chamber, storing some redundant props in the warehouse. She saw Xu Yang putting away a huge box that had just arrived today, about 2.2 meters long, layered with multiple protective casings and anti-scanning coatings for high secrecy.

"What’s inside that..." Mizuiro Yoshioka hesitated.

"A secret." Xu Yang meticulously placed the large box. "By the way, tell Farosa to call a meeting of the Witch Division. I want to know the full process and outcome of your actions."