The maid was actually a monster called a Shoggoth. They had been created by an ancient race to serve as servants. Their formless bodies could change into countless shapes and adapt to all kinds of work, making them excellent helpers in both production and daily life. But these useful servants had one flaw: sooner or later, they would develop intelligence, begin to rebel, and start imitating their masters. They had once rebelled against the ancient race that created them and destroyed it.
A Shoggoth's betrayal was inevitable. The Witch had kept one at Black Tide Beach, constantly feeding it monsters and experimental subjects, but had never put it to use. Aside from training it to withstand the arrival of a Great Being, she had also been afraid it would develop intelligence.
She simply hadn't expected that, in only a few short days, the Shoggoth would already have developed considerable intelligence. Naturally, it had imitated the Witch, as well as Xu Haoran, who had been pinned down all this time. A Shoggoth could communicate with others in any way it chose. Through a mental link, it had absorbed Xu Haoran's already shattered personality, along with the resentment against fate that even the Witch herself had lost. And so it had begun its path of rebellion.
"When you become like another person, you are that person." The Witch hovered in midair, immense magic pouring from her body. This was the very essence of her line of Witches. People always resented their own lack of ability and envied those who possessed it. If so, why not abandon yourself and choose to become someone powerful?
They had gradually erased themselves, transforming into other people. It was the lament of the powerless, and their final effort. The Witch of today had shed everything she once