Seele in Danger

Beneath the moonlit sky, the sky-blue figure was a combination of beauty and ferocity. She looked down at the disheveled, hunched figure below, elegant yet powerful.

"Old man... I must say, you've gotten old..." Weir said calmly.

"Splash..."

As rubble slid down, a hunched figure appeared amidst the ruins. She coughed violently, spitting out mouthfuls of blood. The old witch leaned on her sword, panting heavily.

She grinned and said, "Yes, time waits for no one, but my body can't handle this much..."

Weir frowned slightly. She said, "Open the barrier and let us go. We'll take back the puppets outside. We can pretend nothing happened."

"Pretend nothing happened...?" The old witch struggled to her feet, chuckling, "That statement is inherently a paradox. How can something that has already happened be pretended not to have happened? Now that I've taken action, how could I possibly stop?"

Weir frowned, a sense of unease rising within him.

A strange glint flashed in the old witch's eyes. She slowly straightened her back, and a huge magic circle formed beneath her feet. Then, her figure gradually grew taller and more slender, and in no time, she transformed into a woman in her twenties.

"Forbidden magic, Life Rewind, burning the last of your life force to restore the mage's body to its strongest state in a person's lifetime," the young woman whispered. "When the user's magic is exhausted, the user's life will also come to an end."

Weir narrowed her eyes, her face grave. Even without the old witch's explanation, she could feel a deep sense of oppression emanating from the woman below, who looked to be only in her early twenties. If she were to fight at full strength, she might be no match for her, but she also had the heavily injured Ailiya in her arms.

But this is the only way to fight for now!

She swooped down, conjuring a magic circle with one claw, and a jet-black magic ball condensed and shot out.

However, the slender, crimson figure below dodged her attack like a ray of light.

Weir gritted his teeth and kept launching magic balls.

The old witch skillfully dodged Weir's attacks; instead of fleeing, she charged towards Weir.

The two passed each other, making a series of crisp sounds. After swooping down, Weir flew upwards again, but an extremely dangerous feeling came from behind, causing her to turn around immediately, her claws held horizontally in front of her.

"Clang!"

A crisp clang of metal clashing echoed, and the old witch's figure appeared above her. She gripped the hilt of her sword with both hands, her eyes wide open, like the wrath of a Vajra.

He deflected the Demon Sword Crimson Sakura with a claw, then launched a flying kick, only to have it blocked by the old priestess's leg.

But magic circles appeared in Ailiya's eyes as she was held in Weir's arms, and the old witch's vision blurred for a moment.

"Sister, your chance!" Ailiya suddenly shouted.

Weir knew perfectly well that his claw was about to pierce the old witch's chest, but she caught it with one hand.

"Genjutsu? Sorry, it won't work on me!"

The old witch gripped Weir with her left hand, while her right hand wielded the Demon Sword Crimson Sakura, slashing horizontally with deadly force.

But a magic circle formed in front of Weir's mouth, and a wave of magical energy shot out.

The old witch hurriedly dodged, but that gave Weir an opportunity to kick her away.

It took to the air again, Weir was breathing heavily in mid-air.

"Sister, put me down. You can't beat her if you take me with you," Ailiya couldn't help but say.

"Shut up! How dare you say that! If you weren't so willful, I wouldn't be fighting this old hag." Weir scolded her, then said, "Stay quietly in my arms. You'd be better off conserving your magic power than wasting time talking nonsense!"

Ailiya obediently shut her mouth.

"As expected of the Demon God Halphas, he can still fight me to this extent with only one hand." The old witch began to draw a magic circle with Crimson Sakura, and a surge of powerful magic power flowed out.

"Are they going to use their ultimate move?" Weir murmured to himself, and then a massive magic circle appeared above his head as well. A gale howled around them, whipping up rocks and broken trees.

"Bite!"

In an instant, another silver magic circle appeared above Weir's head.

"Oh no!"

Weir was startled, but a dazzling light shone down from above, and a large figure enveloped her like a shadow.

"How... sad..."

Its broad figure seemed to be weeping, and golden light shone brightly in the night sky.

In an instant, Weir felt all the magic drain from her body. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and then she plummeted from the sky.

"Thump!"

Weir and Ailiya plummeted from mid-air, scattering into pieces. Will lay motionless on the ground, unable to utter a word.

"Sister! Sister!" Ailiya crawled toward Weir, crying and sobbing uncontrollably.

"Alya..."

Weir murmured softly, and for the first time, tears streamed down her face.

The last time I shed tears was probably when Ailiya's leg was broken.

Forbidden lives—she certainly knew that she and Ailiya were the forbidden lives the old witch spoke of. But there was one thing the old witch was wrong about: her mother, Menair, wasn't as wretched as the old witch made her out to be. Part of the reason Menair infused the two sisters with demonic blood was to study magic, but another part was to give the sisters the power to protect themselves.

However, Menair didn't really understand what kind of person the old witch was. In her youthful arrogance, she never imagined that she had already touched upon the taboos of magic.

A desecration of life.

Even a life that has been desecrated is still a life, a life capable of pursuing happiness, a life entitled to live. Does God say that if something cannot exist, it must die?

Edgar Town.

Seele sat on a rock, holding a cup of hot tea, swinging her long legs.

"Sister Feiyin, do you think Chiba is around here?"

Beside Seele stood the white-haired Feiyin, who said, "Yes, he seems to be out on a mission too. According to my senses, he's not far from here."

"Then let's go find him," Seele said.

"It's so late, we might as well go to sleep. Let's go find him..." Feiyin was about to refuse, but when she saw Seele's bright eyes, she could only wave her hand and say, "Sigh, never mind, the mission is over anyway, and I've already received my reward, so let's go."

"Mmm!" Seele smiled.

In the forest.

Chiba and his group walked through the forest, heading towards the village.

"Chiba! Oh no! Seele's in trouble!"

Suddenly, Feiyin's extremely anxious voice echoed in my mind.