Chapter 267

They discovered it was a diary, and it was Aria's diary.

These three diaries were preserved separately and made of parchment, which shows how precious they are.

[I remember who I am now, I am the Witch of Chaos, 'Aria'.]

Upon seeing this opening sentence, Ryan immediately recalled the long string of "Who am I?" at the end of Aria's diary.

A considerable amount of time must have passed between these two events before Aria realized that she was actually a witch trying to save the people in the temple while being corrupted by the Chaos Power.

[How ridiculous! I was clearly a priestess of the God of Desire, yet now I've become Chaos Witch. God, you are so high above, why do you toy with someone as insignificant as me?]

[God doesn't care.]

[Everyone is dead, Elte. You have repented your unforgivable sins, and I will grant you eternal life. You will remain in the temple forever, guarding this place.]

[I should go too, but where should I go? The war of the gods is destroying this world. Should I fight as a priestess of desire, or as Witch of Chaos?]

This concludes the first page of the diary.

[War, disaster, bloodshed, displaced people everywhere, mortals, you struggle, you despair, you are helpless, what use is prayer? Do you know that God does not care?]

[The Roman Empire also perished, swept away by bloodshed. The Demon Legion were too powerful; civilization was worthless before the power of gods... No, civilization is also a manifestation of divine power, and naturally, it cannot defeat gods.]

The power of chaos is immense, but I don't know what to do with it. I returned to my homeland, only to find it long since destroyed.

I met K, and she took me somewhere.

The second page is also gone.

"K? Witch K?"

Ryan opened the third page of his diary.

K told me that all gods in this world are fake, and that gods are nothing more than more powerful 'angels'.

[Are gods angels? I was puzzled by this question, but K didn't explain much. She led me to a temple, the most unique temple I had ever seen. Here, the gods were merely guardians.]

[The Primal Witch, Witch Society follow the Primal Witch. K invited me to join them, and I agreed, because I truly had nowhere else to go.]

[The Witch Society do not worship any particular god, the greatest being, the primordial witch; she worships xxxx.]

[The Primal One doesn't seem to be here. K didn't say where the Primal One went. She knows I don't like my current power, and if I wanted, I could transform it.]

[Faith Path conversion? I've never heard of such a thing, but the Witch Society can certainly do it.]

[I agreed, but my heart is still wavering. I want to be converted, but I don't want to become a new believer. God of Desire, have you been watching me?]

[The transformation ceremony is about to begin...]

This concludes my diary entry.

"Hmm... so the conversion still failed?"

Ryan stroked his chin.

Judging from the situation, Aria is indeed a devout believer in desire. Despite possessing witch-level power, she still thinks about protecting the temple and fulfilling her duties as a priestess of desire.

Unfortunately, God didn't care. Neither desire nor chaos reached out to save her, while the former dragged her into the abyss.

Even so, Ryan suspects that the reason the transformation didn't succeed in the end wasn't Witch Society didn't do a good job, but Aria ultimately chose to refuse. Reading the diary at the end reveals that she still wanted to be a priestess of the God of Desire.

Tsk~ Such a loyal and excellent believer, and the God of Desire doesn't even lend a hand. If it were the Blood God, he would probably be jumping up and down in anger.

However, desires don't hold much interest for Him.

"I don't know what the conversion task involves, but I'll just create a character first."

It's probably related to the Witch Society, but it spans an era, and now hardly anyone even knows about witches anymore, so Ryan doesn't have high expectations for it. Anyway, the Chaos Witch class is already very powerful.

Just then, Ryan's Mental Power suddenly detected a figure appearing at the palace entrance behind him.

The opponent's ability to conceal their presence was very strong; under normal circumstances, he would never have been able to detect them. However, with the necklace of the God of Desire, Ryan was able to capture them easily.

Clearly, the person was unaware that they had been discovered.

"Fifth rank... no, Sixth Tier, but not quite seventh. A witch?"

Ryan suddenly remembered the unlucky guy who was pulled back through the Gate of Time last night. The guy happened to be one of the witch's people, so it was highly likely that he was here.

But that guy didn't come in; he just kept watching from outside. Then Ryan sensed a fluctuation of Magic Power... Oh damn, that guy was throwing shit.

Mental Power is indeed a good thing. His ability to perceive his surroundings is far superior to before. His opponent could never have imagined that his current Mental Power is comparable to that of Seventh Tier Transcendent... Praise be to the God of Desire!

Ryan quickly put the parchment away, pretended to check his surroundings again, and then left the way he came.

He turned and walked out. Ahead was the palace gate where the guy was hiding. As he approached the gate, he suddenly accelerated and sprinted.

Swish!

The Blood Knight unleashed his power, instantly enlarging the Silver Cross Sword in his hand before slashing towards the palace gate!

The silver blade sliced through the metal gate as easily as a rolling knife cutting tofu; in terms of sheer power, this sword was definitely stronger than 'Shally's' Sword of Ares.

The opponent clearly didn't expect Ryan to attack suddenly, but fortunately, she was strong and reacted quickly enough, releasing the power of her relic to help her block the attack.

Boom! With a loud explosion, the force of the collision erupted, and the palace gate instantly shattered into countless pieces.

"You're not Janus professional?!"

The person hidden behind the mask gasped in surprise.

Ryan remained silent and continued his attack.

The fifth-tier Blood Knight's abilities were greatly enhanced after becoming the Eternal Chosen One. In terms of combat power, he could already hold his own against a typical Seventh Tier Transcendent. His opponent was injured and was a Chaos class, so he was no match for him.

However, the spread of the Chaos Virus still caused Ryan considerable trouble. These viruses seemed to be alive, more like a form of Mental Pollution that eroded people's sanity. Unfortunately, Ryan's Mental Power strength was now strong enough to resist this erosion.

Enough said, let's just praise the God of Desire.

Bang!

The Magic Power shield formed by the relic was shattered by Ryan. A silver blade of light swept upwards, accompanied by a few strands of black hair fluttering. The one-eyed mask was split in two, revealing a beautiful face filled with astonishment.

"Checkmate."

Ryan stood before his opponent, the tip of his sword poised at his neck, holding absolute control.

"Oh~ I didn't expect you to be a young lady. Well then, Miss Chaos, slowly raise your hands, or I can't guarantee your head will still be on your neck."

A dark-haired woman, quite pretty, probably on par with Amabena, but unfortunately not a great scholar... Oh, that doesn't matter, considering these things is for those Desire Cultists, while Ryan is currently just a cold-blooded Blood Knight.

"Hmm? Still haven't given up? If the Magic Power fluctuations continue, I really will kill you with one sword." Ryan pressed the tip of his sword against the other's neck, the sharp blade slicing through the skin, and blood quickly flowed out.

"I can't hear you. I need Magic Power to hear what you're saying." The black-haired woman's face was expressionless.

There was no fear, no tension, and no murderous intent, so Ryan couldn't immediately determine the truthfulness of her words. However, this was indeed the case for witches with Supernatural Being. Because the Chaos Virus was too strong for their bodies to handle, they would seal the side effects of the virus in a certain organ.

Therefore, among the shamans, there were either deaf people, blind people, mute people, or people with disabilities such as cripples.

"Is this level of Magic Power release enough?"

That's enough.

"Okay, first, name, gender, rank, occupation, hobbies, family... um, tell me everything."

The black-haired woman fell silent.

"Don't play dumb with me. I really will take action. I'm so cold-blooded that even I'm afraid of myself. But whether it's a man or a woman, the God of Desire says I'm beyond saving."

The black-haired woman finally spoke after glancing at the sword at her neck.

Sefina Christ, female, Sixth Tier Supernatural Being, hobby is cultivating Chaos Virus, orphan, one of the core members of the Witch Organization, codename Chalk.

"You're really Sixth Tier Supernatural Being? Don't try to fool me, I'm not very well-educated." Ryan sneered. "Looking at you, aren't you a bit too down on your luck?"

Sefina's eyes shifted slightly, a hint of anger flashing across them.

"If I hadn't run into you yesterday, I wouldn't have gotten hurt."

"Oh~ Didn't you deliberately bump into me? If I didn't have some self-defense skills, I probably would have been crippled or even killed."

Sefina remained silent. Given Ryan's abilities, even if she hadn't been injured yesterday, she wouldn't have been able to kill Ryan. But now, she was a slave to his sword, and Ryan had the final say.

"Never mind, all of that. First, tell me your purpose in this temple. Second, what's the deal with the ritual in the City of Sin? Finally, how many shamans are still on the Kazar Plain?"

"You don't know the secrets of the Krie Temple?" A slight ripple appeared on Sefina's indifferent expression. "What did you obtain here just now?"

"Hey, hey, hey, now I'm asking you, figure out who the real king is."

"..." Sefina was silent for a moment, then said, "The Krie Temple, a place said to have been created to worship the Chaos Witch Aria, I've come here to search for the secrets she left behind."

"Oh? The Chaos Witch Aria, huh? For a mere witch to have a temple specially built for her to worship, that's quite a privilege."

Sefina coldly said, "You have no idea how great the witch Aria is. Her control over the Chaos Virus is unparalleled. She has used her power to heal countless people corrupted by Chaos Power. Others use the power of Chaos to kill, but she uses it to save lives. No plague or virus matters to her. The Krie Temple is a place built voluntarily by those she has saved."

"Wow~"

Ryan was taken aback.

No, a believer in desire being forced to become Chaos Witch is being worshipped by a group of professional Chaos Supernatural Being, and possesses unparalleled Chaos Power? Isn't something a little off?

However, if Aria hadn't been truly exceptional, why would the Spirit of Chaos have chosen her?

These events were not recorded in Aria's diary, so she probably didn't care. What a Chaos Witch was single-mindedly trying to become a priestess of desire!

No wonder the witch's people came here to dig; it seems that the group at Gate of Janus must have run into Sefina.

"A cardinal?" Sefina said expressionlessly. "There is one, and that guy is also at the Sixth Tier. Dealing with him will be a bit troublesome."

"Just a little bit? The paladins of Gate of Janus are not so easy to deal with."

"If Empress Kachina hadn't appeared in the City of Sin, I would have been Seventh Tier Transcendent after this ceremony."

"So that's how it is. An entire city-state, three hundred thousand people, all sacrificed for you."

"They're all just damned people. Killing them will only save more lives. A place like City of Sin shouldn't even exist in the first place."

Ryan laughed, "So, you're pretty great after all?"

"I never believe in the idea of salvation, and that's not something a Chaos professional like me should do. But I admire the witch Aria; she is a god among mortals. The so-called gods of today are just beings whose power has reached a certain level. No matter how much respect and faith humans have in them, they will never give them a second glance, because they have no interest in them."

It has to be said that Sefina is really bold. In this era where gods reign supreme, there are very few people who can say such things. What's laughable is that Sefina is about to step into the seventh level of transcendence. For a 'disrespectful person' to reach this level only proves that what she just said is true.

God certainly wouldn't care; in Sefina's eyes, Aria, who had saved countless lives, was the true god.

But the world doesn't change according to the will of good or evil, but rather according to who is stronger. Regardless of who among the ten gods is truly righteous and who represents evil, they are indeed the most powerful beings in every path.

"I won't kill you, but you must sign a blood pact with me," Ryan said with a smile.

"Then you might as well just kill me," Sefina said without hesitation. "I will not become anyone's slave, even if it means death."

"Really? Don't you want to know what I just obtained? Well, I might as well tell you, it's the witch Aria's biggest secret."

Sefina was taken aback. "The biggest secret?"

"I know where she came from, where she went, and how she disappeared."

"How is that possible! Nobody knows the witch Aria's secret!"

"But I just know," Ryan smiled slightly, "If you sign Blood Pact, I can tell you everything I know about Aria. I swear to the God of Order I will never deceive you. Not only that, I also know a friend who has a connection with the witch Aria ... well, how should I put it, she must have quite a history with her, after all, she obtained the witch's power."

Sefina: "..."

"You can consider it, but it's best not to take too long, because my time is also limited. You either die here, or you choose to follow me."

Ryan wanted to take this opportunity to dig into the secrets of the witches. This organization was too mysterious. There was very little information recorded about them at the Gate of Janus, yet every time they appeared, the destruction they caused was astonishing.

With such a mysterious organization around, Ryan was not at ease, after all, he was going to be the man who would unify the continent with his harem in the future.

Moreover, from another perspective, someone like Sefina is a powerful secret weapon. If she breaks through to the seventh rank, she could single-handedly lead a battle to victory.

"I want to ask you a question," Sefina said softly.

"Ask away."

Are you loyal to Arcadia?

"Of course not. Rather, Arcadia is also my enemy," Ryan laughed. "What, you hate Arcadia?"

"My homeland perished because of Arcadia's expansion."

"Things like that happen every day; war is inherently cruel."

"I know, but that doesn't stop me from killing those Twin Emperors if I had the chance."

So this is why you attacked Kachina last night? Girl, you're pretty brave, Sixth Tier fighter against a seventh-tier fighter.

It seems like they're about to succeed, but in reality, they're far from it. As long as the empathy trait remains, it's difficult for anyone to defeat these twin Empress in a head-on battle.