Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 306 - 277 Assassination Target

Chapter 306: Chapter 277 Assassination Target

Farosa threw away the thin Magic Blade in her hand, which was a cheap, commoditized tool that could only support the simplest of uses. After experiencing such lower rank substitutes, she missed the Godslayer Weapon even more and was determined to seize it for herself.

"Is she going to kill Xylophia?" Xu Yang wondered. This was an extremely heavy matter.

Considering the war environment, one needed to beware of other emergencies that could arise. Farosa’s attitude was quite clear: rather than leave her fate in the hands of others, it was better to take control herself. To minimize risk, it seemed prudent to eliminate Xylophia and prevent any troublesome incidents from occurring.

The Godslayer Weapon was a treasure that had to be obtained, whether by force from Xylophia or through protracted negotiations. Farosa preferred shortcuts, as always. In Xu Yang’s view, it indeed shouldn’t be delayed too long, lest changes occur due to hesitation.

Xu Yang was brought to Aizu City by 101, where they would assemble the strongest army to date to swiftly decimate Xylophia and capture the Godslayer Weapon.

Pan Ruiyi had already completed her surgery, with a whole pound of company components removed from her head, making her feel much lighter. However, before the full removal, Cui Junyou discovered that it had sent back a vast amount of psychological survey reports, indicating that Kyushu High Pavilion had already become aware of Pan Ruiyi’s betrayal and would sooner or later trace her whereabouts.

The contradiction with the company was always profound. To no longer fear the power from a corporate giant, acquiring the Godslayer Weapon took on even greater significance.

"Due to our position, we took a different path from the beginning than the corporate giants," Xu Yang said, "For this reason, having the power to confront such giants has become crucial, otherwise, we would still end up acting as an appendage to the companies. Farosa’s plan to become the Witch Goddess is the most significant boost to our collective strength now, and this Godslayer Weapon obviously possesses extraordinary power. Since it’s within easy reach at the Colosseum Arena, we won’t allow it to fall into the hands of any third parties—it must be controlled by us."

"With the Godslayer Weapon," Farosa declared, "I can kill the enhanced Yama and shoot down the Martinez, and use its prestige to secure an invincible position, furthering my Ascension enterprise."

An individual must become infinitely powerful to resist the constraints of an established system. Farosa longed for power, a kind that would allow her to remain undisturbed, to break through amidst the foggy world, capable of shattering the endless malice of a chaotic universe. After speaking, she gazed deeply at the witch in front of her.

"Ohh!"

"That’s the way to do it!" The witches were in high spirits.

To this day, indeed, a considerably sizable armed force had been gathered. It encompassed ground troops, air and armored forces, reconnaissance and support units, including witches, military shuttle machines, and almost 5000 regular armed personnel, led by Asa Katsuragi and Kong Tai.

"We cannot engage in close combat with Xylophia; it’s too dangerous. She could erase key members among us, causing unpredictable losses," Farosa explained, "Therefore, we must concentrate our long-range firepower to blast her into pieces. The Godslayer Weapon will not be damaged by mundane forces; once we’ve killed Xylophia, we can simply dig it out from the rubble."

"Good!"

"Wise!" The witches would certainly not contradict Farosa’s will.

Xu Yang could see the deep fear in Farosa’s heart—she was so terrified that she didn’t even want to talk to Xylophia, as being "erased" by her would mean irrevocable loss.

The backdoor installed in the Colosseum office by Du Qianqian was now of use. According to the continuous feedback from it, Xylophia seldom left, and the last time she was seen heading to the office, she never came out again. She must have left herself and the Godslayer Weapon in the top-floor room and hadn’t gone to attend to other matters since. The only visitor during this period was A40.

Xu Yang wanted to establish contact with A40, but the signal was too weak to communicate effectively, and he had no idea where it had gone off to kill again.

Not wanting to waste any time, they struck immediately.

While Black Fire Innovation was attacking crucial points across the city, Nestor Corporation was also transforming into a massive underground current, initiating their largest military operation to date, aimed at killing Xylophia and obtaining the Godslayer Weapon. Scattered Phase Demons and Black Fire Assault Squad members they encountered along the way were either killed or dispersed.

The military force led by Xu Yang had absolute authority in the currently fragmented city. Before any space mothership from another faction arrived, no organized unit could contend with them.

Lila entered a high-end hotel that was still in operation. Due to the city damages, the whole hotel was without power, leaving only maintenance robots at work while the human staff had been evacuated.

She bypassed the door lock and entered a suite on the 45th floor, aiming down at the Colosseum Arena office. She hid the sniper rifle barrel between the curtains. Lila’s magic power was so great by now that she no longer needed a sniper scope—she removed it, relying solely on her own formidable magic power to sense out her target, and instantly captured Xylophia’s position within the room.

"I’m in position," Lila reported to Xu Yang, "The target is resting on a white leather sofa, lying down, with skin age over 1000 years. Her preservation condition is much worse than Farosa’s; she’s super-aged... She’s dying."

"Dying?" Xu Yang was stunned for a moment, "You mean..."

"She’s about to die of old age," Lila acknowledged, "This Xylophia, even if we leave her be, could die of aging at any moment. As a millennium witch, the methods used to preserve Farosa were clearly much better than those used for Xylophia."

Should he tell Farosa this news?

Xu Yang felt quite conflicted. If Xylophia was truly as terrifying a witch as Farosa described, then she would be harmless due to her frailty and decay. But the target they were about to strike was an actual witch in her twilight years, and she had a close personal relationship with Farosa, which made things a bit peculiar.

Farosa was standing right next to Xu Yang, giving him an ambiguous smile.

"What’s the matter?" she asked.

"Farosa," Xu Yang whispered, "The Xylophia we’re going to kill is already close to dying of old age."

Old... die of old age?

Farosa looked out at the weather. The heavy rain had stopped, and the post-rain sunshine cast an ethereal glow over the ruined city, evoking past moments for her. She remembered a spring morning when she and the Chaos Witches went for a walk, enjoying the breeze, chatting and laughing, and stumbling upon a lake where they bathed together.

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It’s all in the past, you aging witch.

Only she still retained her youth, while Xylophia was just a footnote in history, long overdue for obsolescence. Only Farosa deserved to rise to fame and become a mark of civilization.

"Xylophia was already quite old," Farosa lowered her voice. "Let us send her on her way."

The attack plan continued to be carried out.

"In position, requesting firing authorization," Lila aimed at the wall, having meticulously prepared a 13mm caliber breaching round capable of directly penetrating the building, zipping through all obstructions in its path and blasting Xylophia’s head open.

"Authorized," Xu Yang nodded.

Bang!

Lila pulled the trigger.

At the sound of the gunshot, the lethargic, frail Xylophia scrambled off the sofa, lunged towards the chest containing the Godslayer Weapon, swung out her personal blade to shatter it, and the sea water serving as its storage medium whooshed out. She cradled the Godslayer Weapon in her arms and looked back at where she had been lying; the bullet had penetrated several layers of ground, leaving a massive bullet hole.

Disappear.

Xylophia clenched her hand, and the entire room around her and a large section of the floor vanished from sight. She fell from the air down to a part of the building that had yet to disappear in the middle.

Between the disappeared and the remaining parts of the room, there were tofu-like neat sections of the cut, with the broken faces of steel-reinforced concrete smooth and soft, not a single burr remaining, as if they were carefully separated cream, leaving only a pristine fracture.

She stood on the smooth flooring, cradling Farosa’s Godslayer Weapon in her arms and closed her eyes.

"The enemy!"

"Destroy her!" The Black Fire assault fighters roaming the skies also spotted Xylophia and rapidly fired their cannons and surface-to-ground missiles at her. Countless large-caliber automatic cannon rounds whistled down, only to disappear abruptly hundreds of meters from Xylophia, as if swallowed by the sea, vanishing without a trace.

Seeing the attack ineffective, the Black Fire personnel marked and reported the incident.

"Xylophia?" The captain of the Martinez received the special message, taken aback, "The emissary of the Seven Seals... "

To ensure the comprehensive battle plan was conducted in an orderly manner, he had not slept for 30 hours by now, while at the moment, medical staff were injecting him with combat stimulants, two maintenance personnel were replacing his aging prosthetics, and he himself was charging seated on an alloy chair. But the captain really wanted to cast aside everything around him and take the risk of a catastrophic failure to take the Martinez away.

The Ancient Witch Xylophia, originally encased in ice in the far north, seemed to have willingly submerged herself within the ice in order to achieve some purpose of conveying a message to future generations. It wasn’t until recently that the Ice Giants broke the seal and incidentally awakened Xylophia. Subsequently, she was summoned by the "Seven Seals" and joined them, wielding Supreme Witch-level disappearance magic power. With such an identity, status, and ability, it wasn’t the right time for rash actions, and the Martinez could not afford to provoke more enemies.

He gave the order to retreat, directing the personnel of Black Fire Innovation to actively distance themselves from the Colosseum area.

"A40 and the others are running down the street," Xu Yang detected A40 and other Samurai fleeing hastily, seemingly heading in the direction of Ankyu Airport.

That was alright; the airport, as a crucial transport hub, had long been heavily occupied by Black Fire Innovation. If these powerful individuals from the various realms of the Colosseum Arena could defeat the Black Fire Army, it would restore at least some of the material transit capabilities of Anjiu City.

Afterward, Xu Yang redirected his attention back to Xylophia.

Xylophia’s combat style, centered around "disappearance," was used quite adeptly by her. By using disappearance to eliminate all cover around herself, it provided her with an open view with no dead angles, and then she used her insurmountable disappearance magic power to destroy any weapons that got close to her.

"Just like in the past," Farosa murmured. "Look, my Godslayer Weapon."

Only then did Xu Yang see the dark red magic blade that Xylophia was holding in her arms, brimming with the light of slaughter and encircled by ominous smog. An exceedingly powerful and cruel weapon of destruction, it was hard to imagine anything that could block its slash today. No wonder Farosa wanted the Godslayer Weapon back in her possession at any cost; it truly was a legendary treasure of the present world.

"Farosa, is that you?" Xylophia squatted on the ground, her expression bewildered, emitting a sorrowful sound. "Farosa... will you come to me? I will give you back your thing, I won’t hurt you."

"Lies," Farosa remained out of sight, standing beside Xu Yang, gritting her teeth. "Let Lila keep shooting, she is aging, she is dying, she could die at any moment. That’s the difference between us; she is the weak one, I..."

Farosa deeply feared the potential malice that Xylophia might possess, and she would never trust anyone else. But Xu Yang had to try another possibility—if Xylophia bore no hostility, she might be Farosa’s last friend.

"Would you like to talk to her?" Xu Yang held Farosa’s hand. "Don’t be afraid."

Stand there impersonally like seeing an old friend and have an open and honest talk with Xylophia? Farosa stood in place, cold.

"I don’t need friends, I don’t need them," Farosa emphasized.

"Alright then, but I can make a new friend," Xu Yang said, trying to remotely access the nearest voice transmission device to Xylophia.

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