Believe in The Fool, Gain Eternal Life! (Part 1)

The Witch pathway's Sequence Four, the Despair Witch, possessed a terrifying disaster-level ability.

She could spread disease and plague through the bodies of common living creatures, primarily infecting organs such as the heart, brain, and lungs.

From incubation to outbreak to severe deterioration, it took only a dozen or so seconds.

Then, within another minute, the target could worsen to the brink of death.

Its range was extremely broad.

However, that only applied to ordinary people; its effect on Beyonders would be greatly reduced.

"What is the Witch Cult trying to do? Creating a disaster of this scale in Backlund... do they no longer care about living?"

A flicker of confusion passed through George's eyes.

Backlund was Loen's capital. Aside from the demigods of the Three Great Churches, numerous Beyonders, and Sealed Artifacts, Angels of the royal family were permanently stationed there.

Even demigod-level cultists could only tuck their tails between their legs and hide their identities here.

If Angel-level cultists dared come, they might directly bring down divine punishment from the Goddess of the Night and the Lord of Storms.

The Witch Cult was not made up of lunatics like the Aurora Society. They would not do something so irrational.

Unless... unless the benefits far outweighed the risks, or the risks were not actually that great.

"No way?"

George's heart stirred as he came up with a few guesses.

If the Witch Cult created such a massive disaster, who stood to gain the most?

Without question, it was the royal family.

With this great fog and the countless deaths it caused, the royal family could smoothly implement those reform policies and complete the Black Emperor's ritual.

At the same time, they could divert the churches' attention, scatter their efforts, and stop them from investigating the ruins.

If the royal