It's Time to Settle Things!

[Warning... No Signal... Warning... Not Connected to Network... Please Find a Signal Source Promptly...]

Lynn's face immediately showed surprise and joy. After he saw the content clearly, the corners of his mouth twitched.

This artificial idiot...

"I don't need online narration, turn off the warning sound for me, and report the remaining energy!" Lynn silently recited in his heart.

[Remaining Energy 19.5%, Detected Significant Increase in Surrounding Energy Density, Estimated Energy Reserve Increase of 1% Per Hour.]

So fast, Lynn couldn't help but be a little surprised. An increase of 1% per hour, wouldn't that mean it would be fully charged in about four days.

But it had been five full days since the system shut down!

Lynn glanced at the intelligent system's prompt again.

A significant increase in energy density?

This certainly couldn't be related to the castle beneath their feet. Then... it could only be the influence of Moon Day!

"Carl!"

Lynn was contemplating when Joanne's shout beside his ear interrupted him. The three-meter-tall Spirit Realm Guard stomped forward, raising its stone hammer to smash at him.

"Enter overload mode, duration three seconds!" Lynn didn't look back, but silently recited in his heart.

The next moment, a large amount of data flowed into his mind. Lynn pushed off forcefully, and under the astonished gazes of the two witches, he leaped into the air using the recoil force, dodging the heavy stone hammer that was swung at him. He then stepped onto the Spirit Realm Guard's thick stone arm, drew his sharp witch hunter long sword, and embedded it into the crack along the stone statue's neck, pinning it firmly to the wall behind!

However, this blow clearly couldn't completely destroy the stone statue, and Lynn didn't force it. After temporarily restraining the Spirit Realm Guard's actions, he deactivated overload mode, grabbed Joanne, who hadn't reacted yet, and continued to flee.

The intelligent system's energy was less than 20% remaining, and it had to be used for more critical purposes.

The group ran wildly. Ten seconds later, the sound of the giant stone statue's heavy footsteps vibrating the floor rang out again. White Dove, who was holding Joanne's arm, trembled uncontrollably and sobbed in a low voice. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... Joanne... Carl..."

"You knew from the beginning that Will betrayed us, didn't you?" Lynn glanced at White Dove as he turned his head, stating it with certainty.

When Lynn had followed Will earlier that night, he had already sensed something was wrong because Will's behavior on the way to the storage room was too strange.

One should know that the White Dove on night watch might be using grey crows to monitor the entire castle, but Will showed no vigilance whatsoever, never once looking up to scan the windows or the surroundings.

This was clearly contrary to common sense.

Unless... Will was certain that even if he was discovered by these grey crows, there would be no problem.

"Can you tell me why?" Joanne tightly gripped White Dove's slender hand, unable to believe she would betray them.

White Dove's nose twitched, and with a tearful, choked voice, she began to explain.

Three nights ago, Will was on night watch, but as usual, she sent out the grey crows to patrol as a precaution. She unexpectedly discovered that Will was secretly reporting the situation here to the Holy See through an alchemy array...

"Then why didn't you tell me?" Joanne questioned.

"But Will... Will found me first. He said the Holy See already knew my identity, and if I dared to tell you, my parents, my brothers, and my sisters would all be tied to a stake and burned to death..." White Dove said, her face filled with terror, sobbing.

Joanne fell silent. For displaced Wizard Apprentices like them, the safety of their families was indeed a major concern.

Precisely because of this, inquiring about each other's identities had always been taboo; they couldn't even confirm if they were using their real names.

"Clearly, he lied to you. Perhaps Will doesn't know your true identity, or perhaps he intends to claim this credit all by himself..." Lynn stated calmly.

Judging from Will's hands-on approach to everything, his words were likely just to deceive her. Otherwise, he could have used it to threaten White Dove into doing more things.

Of course, it was also possible that Will intended to take all the credit for himself. After all, the more he did, the more likely the Holy See would see his "sincerity" and forgive him, a "Demon's Follower."

"Do you want to live, White Dove? I have a way that might deal with Antioch..." Lynn suddenly asked.

Before Joanne could speak, White Dove, who was beside them, nodded with tear-filled eyes. "Yes!"

She didn't want to die...

"Then tell me all the Magic you know now. I need to know their principles and how to use them." Lynn said directly.

"What do you want to do?" Joanne asked in astonishment.

"I think it's not too late to start learning now, is it?" Lynn said very seriously.

Since 071 had restarted, it was time to settle things!

Having been chased all the way and personally witnessing the deaths of Buck and Barton, Lynn was now burning with rage!

But... is there really enough time? Joanne looked at Lynn in disbelief, but after hesitating for a moment, she began to explain.

[Flame Touch], [Turn Stone to Mud], [Ice Curtain], [Lesser Flame Demon Hand]...

As Wizard Coru's most valued disciple, Joanne mastered over a dozen first-ring Magic. White Dove knew very few, only two extremely special psionic spells, which were said to be mastered only by a few Apprentices with psionic talent.

Considering the urgency, Lynn didn't try to learn too much. Instead, he selectively memorized a few and practiced them in his mind with the help of the intelligent system.

Lynn's calm and composed demeanor also infected Joanne and White Dove, increasing their confidence in defeating Antioch.

As the three walked, the sound of rushing water came from ahead. The breeze that blew carried a hint of moisture.

Before them lay a rapidly flowing underground river. Turbulent water continuously gushed out from underground, passing through a long tunnel and heading directly out of the castle...

[Holy Light Impact]!

Before Lynn and Joanne could reach the riverbank, a white light shot out from behind them.

[Ice Curtain] * 2

Joanne and Lynn exchanged a glance before raising their hands simultaneously. Two shield walls made of ice crystals rose from the ground, combining to block the second-ring Divine Spell.

The two ice crystal walls instantly disintegrated, fragments raining down like hail.

"What do we do now?" Joanne looked anxiously at Lynn. The exit channel was right in front of them, but if they were swept into the swift current and attacked by Antioch again, they wouldn't even have the ability to resist.

"It's simple!" Lynn glanced at Joanne, then, without any warning, reached out and took the girl's sword. Amidst Joanne's surprised, astonished, and uneasy expression, he directly pushed her into the swift current.

The cold river water submerged her nose and mouth, quickly soaking her entire body. Joanne clearly felt the tremendous inertial force of the rapid current forcibly pulling her toward the exit.

Through the blurry curtain of water, Joanne vaguely saw Lynn's mouth opening and closing, as if saying a final farewell. Then, a heavy object was thrown towards her by him. It was the panicked White Dove...

Watching the two being swept away by the current, Lynn wasn't worried about the safety of the two Witches. Wizards who could control Oxygen wouldn't drown in water, after all. He silently added the latter half of the sentence in his mind...

"It's simple, just don't get in my way here!"