Otaku Witch
Chapter 1059 - 1059: 628. Mountain Ghost, City Dweller_3

Some of these recurring lanterns blend into the painting without incident, while others directly replace the images of corresponding ghosts and monsters in the painting, indicating that the witch's understanding of the way of demons has surpassed her predecessors.

However, regardless of how restless Miss Aoandon is due to her inability to obtain a new lantern, Dorothy is quite happy beside her.

In her opinion, knowledge never has distinctions of status or rank; it doesn't mean that powerful Great Witches necessarily know more than little witches.

It's worth noting that expertise has its specialization. While an agricultural doctoral student may understand much, oftentimes an illiterate old farmer in the field knows better how to farm than the doctor.

The saying "Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhuge Liang" sometimes holds true. Apart from the Omniscient God, no one dares to claim they understand all knowledge. There are always people who happen to know things you don't.

These weak Hyakki Witches may not have cultivation as strong as those Monster Witch Great Demons, but their ideas and insights from the perspective of the weak enlighten the homebody witch, sparking wild inspiration.

Moreover, sometimes these little monster witches may have something within them but don't know how to narrate it clearly, so they simply start recounting their experiences and then elaborate on their insights.

The life experiences of these little monster witches are also a precious form of knowledge for Dorothy.

However, it's true that most of these stories are genuinely distressing tragedies.

Take, for example, the story of a witch who inherited the legacy of the monster Ijiraishin.

Ijiraishin, a bird monster, grows a golden feather every year. These invaluable golden feathers can incite others' greed, but when someone truly covets them, Ijiraishin uses powerful claws, wings, and fierce fire from its mouth to give the greedy person a lesson they'll never forget.

It sounds like a law enforcement demon.

But the story of the witch who inherited this demon legacy is truly tragic. She was from a fallen noble family, who lived a poor but bearable life until a rumor spread that her ancestors left behind a treasure. As a result, her entire family was wiped out, leaving only her, a child, to escape into this Monster Mountain.

Eventually, her hatred and rage attracted the legacy of Ijiraishin.

And then there's the story of a witch with the Hungry Ghost legacy. She was sold into a wealthy family as a servant in her childhood, where she was abused and almost starved to death. From then on, she suffered from gluttony and later received the Hungry Ghost legacy.

Most stories of the Hyakki are like this.

And this also made Dorothy feel a bit downhearted.

Starvation, for vulnerable mortals, is quite common. However, it's rather outrageous that a witch possessing magical power almost starved to death. It can't be attributed to backward productivity; it must be a fixed query.

Alas, no matter how powerful, witches still have a human heart, and human hearts are treacherous, with good and evil indistinguishable.

Now she can slightly understand why Yae Miko is so determined to turn this island upside down.

Thus, the gathering of Hyakki continued until dawn, and as the first ray of sunlight appeared in the east, the Mirage Tower vanished in the sunlight, and the nighttime conversation for the Hyakki concluded with everyone parting ways.

Before leaving, Aoandon spoke once more, advising the Hyakki to remain in the mountain for cultivation. However, most of the Hyakki shook their heads, bade farewell, and decisively descended the mountain.

Preparing to stay on the mountain to survey the land, Dorothy did not descend. She watched the Hyakki's group gradually recede, shaking her head.

Hyakki descending the mountain foretells chaotic times.

But are the real Hyakki these mountain ghosts or the people in the city?

....The homebody witch is deep in thought....