It felt so good to be close to the witch!

Under the radiation of the magic beam, the earth began to turn gray and lose its vitality, and even the air smelled of decay.

Wherever the radiation passed, everything turned grayish-white.

The sudden turn of events interrupted the battle between the Moon Witch Cecilia and eight legendary knights.

One of the legendary knights, watching the pillar of light shoot into the sky and feeling his life force dissipate under the radiation, cried out in terror, "A magic vein point! And a hidden vein point of the main vein level that has never been explored before!"

"This place must be sealed off immediately, otherwise the contaminated radiation will continue to spread! Once the radiation magic is neutralized by the world, there probably won't be much left in the province of Lafa!"

"But the Moonlight Witch..."

"We can't worry about that now. Let's use the 'Demon-Locking Array' to initially seal this magic vein!"

After weighing the options, the six legendary knights and two severely injured legendary knights unleashed their full fighting spirit and brought the colossal metal pillar to the vicinity of the magic pillar.

With a roar, their fighting spirits intertwined, and based on eight special giant metal pillars, they quickly formed a large, slowly rotating sealing array.

The sealing array rotated, pressing down the pillar of magic light little by little. During this process, every legendary knight's face turned red and his veins bulged, clearly showing that he had used all his strength.

At this moment, they had no time to even consider their original target, the Moon Witch Cecilia, nor did they have the leisure to pay attention to whether the Moon Witch Cecilia would take this opportunity to attack them.

Compared to the Moon Witch Cecilia, if the erupted magical energy points are not sealed immediately, there will be no chance later.

On the other side, the crazed expression of the Moon Witch Cecilia was strangely alleviated under the radiation of the magic beam, and the deep red in her pupils was replaced by dark blue again.

The Moonlight Great Witch Cecilia stared blankly at her surroundings. She could feel the omnipresent magical radiation in the air. To her, this level of magical radiation was nothing, but to beings below the "Great Witch" level, it was undoubtedly the most terrifying poison in the world.

Suddenly, the Moon Witch Cecilia seemed to remember something. She hurriedly took her sister off her back and placed her in front of her. Looking at her sister Yuna, whose skin had turned ashen and whose life force was gradually waning, the Moon Witch Cecilia was stunned.

Unlike her, Yuna is just an ordinary witch, far from being a Grand Witch. Under the radiation of the magic pulse point, her life force is gradually disappearing. If the magic radiation is not stopped, she will surely die!

Escape? The magical radiation is spreading too fast. Since it appeared, it has expanded to several thousand meters. Even at her speed, it would take her several seconds to run that distance. Not to mention, the range of magical radiation is still increasing. Her speed is no match for the speed at which the magical radiation is expanding.

what to do? what to do?

In the midst of the crisis, the Moon Witch Cecil's mind raced, and soon she came up with a solution.

Since we can't outrun the magic radiation, the only option is to seal it away!

Carefully placing Yuna on the ground, the Moonlight Witch Cecilia flashed and appeared above the sealing array in a second.

Upon seeing the appearance of the Moonlight Great Witch Cecil, the eight legendary knights' expressions changed drastically.

They originally thought that even a witch should know how to make choices when faced with a natural disaster that endangers all living beings. Unexpectedly, the Moonlight Great Witch Cecil was so ruthless that she continued to attack them when they worked together to seal the magic energy points.

But the scene that unfolded before their eyes in the next instant left all the legendary knights stunned in place.

The Moon Witch Cecil took a deep breath, and her immense crimson magic condensed into a gigantic, terrifying magma ball with a radius of nearly two hundred meters, which crashed down with a deafening roar.

The magic pillar, which was already slowly pressing down under the effect of the sealing array, was smashed back to the magic pulse point at an extremely fast speed after being subjected to the pressure of the colossal and terrifying magma ball.

"Boom-"

The earth roared, and a terrifying sinkhole with a radius of two hundred meters instantly appeared on the flat ground. At that moment, it was as if a major earthquake had occurred within a radius of tens of kilometers.

Although they didn't know why the Moonlight Witch Cecilia would help, seeing the pillar of magic light being forced back into the magic vein, the eight legendary knights dared not be careless and desperately activated the magic array in an attempt to completely seal the magic vein.

However, even with the combined efforts of the Moon Witch Cecil and eight legendary knights, there was no sign that the magic veins were being sealed.

The "Demon-Locking Array" diagram, which was blocking the gushing of magic energy, actually seemed to be pushed back up.

"Pfft!"

The eight legendary knights coughed up blood at the same time, but even so, they had no intention of giving up.

Within the province of Rafah, there are their families and loved ones. If the seal fails and the radiation spreads, the entire province of Rafah will eventually become a dead zone.

But sometimes, powerlessness is powerlessness, and no matter how hard you try, you can't change it.

The increasing internal pressure of the magic pulse space began to push up the sealing array, along with the colossal magma sphere on the array.

The Moon Witch Cecil, atop the colossal magma sphere, could clearly sense the backlash from the magic pulsation space.

With our current strength, it is absolutely impossible to seal the magic vein points.

As the pillar of magical light emerged, the radiation spread again, and Yuna's life, which had stabilized not far away, began to fade once more.

Is this the only way...?

At this moment, the Moon Witch Cecil felt a strange sense of neither joy nor sorrow.

She raised her hand, and a dark blue stream of light flew into Yuna's brow. Then, her entire body began to burn intensely.

The colossal magma sphere began to shatter, and the Moonlight Great Witch Cecilia transformed into a descending stream of light, bypassing the sealing array and rushing into the magic pulse point space. With her status and mass as a "Great Witch," she plugged the deepest crack.

Only then did the voice of the Moon Witch Cecilia reach the ears of the eight legendary knights.

"If Yuna dies, I will leave."

"Boom-"

The rift deep within the magic vein was sealed, and the entrance to the magic vein space, which had lost its source of support, was sealed off by the "magic-locking array." The eight legendary knights who completed the seal bled from all seven orifices, and their life force was reduced to an extremely weak level.

Under Roy's watchful gaze, the eight legendary knights, knowing they were doomed, simultaneously transferred their remaining primal fighting spirit to the youngest female knight among them, giving her a chance to live. After doing this, the seven laughed and merged their bodies into the seven metal pillars to reinforce the seal.

The surviving legendary female knight remained silent. She erected a cenotaph for each of her seven fallen companions beside the metal pillar. Then she came to the unconscious Yuna, her face flashing with a multitude of complex emotions. Finally, she bent down, picked up Yuna, and walked away into the distance with a desolate back.

At this moment, Roy's gaze involuntarily descended, falling into the space of the magic pulse point, where he saw the Moonlight Great Witch Cecilia, who was about to fall into slumber, crush some kind of crystal. The next moment, a crystal-clear ice coffin appeared there.

She took the doll out of her robe and carefully placed it next to the ice coffin. Then she pushed open the ice coffin and sat inside. Just before the ice coffin was completely closed, dark blue light flew out from her body and merged into the doll. Inside the closed ice coffin, the pupils of the open body were filled with an extremely crazed crimson.

Beside the ice coffin, the doll, infused with dark blue light, opened its eyes. From this moment on, the Moon Witch Cecil was split in two.

Sealed within the ice coffin is Cecilia, the mad, bloodthirsty, and rebellious Moonlight Witch who refuses to be sealed away.

The doll's body houses the Moon Witch Cecilia, who retains her true self and is full of kindness.

The scene before my eyes began to shatter at that moment.

When Roy opened his eyes again, he found himself back in the real world, and the voice of the Moon Witch Cecilia doll form rang in his ears:

Now that you know the truth, what are you going to do?

"Roy."

Chapter 94 The "Out-of-Comfort" Moonlight Witch Cecilia! (10,000 words)

Now that you know the truth, what are you going to do?

"Roy."

……

"why?"

Faced with the question from the Moon Witch Cecilia, Roy instinctively spoke up.

"The Demon-Sealing Array cannot imprison you, and the Lost Ice Coffin is even less of a problem for you. Why have you been willing to guard this place for so many years?"

"It's just a choice made after weighing the options." In her doll form, the Moon Witch Cecilia's gaze was serene and elegant, her voice as ethereal as ever.

Roy had many questions he wanted to ask, but in the end, he remained silent.

Fragments of memories from the Moon Witch Cecil overturned his previous understanding.

What was originally thought to be a "seal" has become a "guardianship".

What was initially perceived as the "perpetrator" has become the "protector".

Now, Roy understands that the magic leaking out every year during the Fertility Festival, corrupting and manipulating the Healing Witch, is not the benevolent side of the Moon Witch Cecilia in her doll form, but rather the side sealed in the Lost Ice Coffin that represents her madness and bloodlust.

Both sides are Moonlight Witch Cecilia, but they are also fundamentally different. This is why the Moonlight Witch Cecilia in her previous doll form said that the one who controls the healing witch Shanica is "neither me nor can she be said to be me."

As for why the "guardian" became the "perpetrator," it's not hard to understand. Would a temple that suffered such heavy casualties admit that a witch saved everyone?

This is obviously impossible.

If they admit it, then what about their long-standing practice of enslaving and hunting down witches?

However, as long as the "guardian" is falsely accused of being the "perpetrator" and the "saved" is glorified as the "savior," everything can be perfectly justified.

In any case, Cecilia, the Moon Witch who is the "true savior," would not stand up to refute it.

Who cares about the truth besides those directly involved?

Looking at the silent Roy, the Moon Witch Cecilia, in her doll form, gave a very faint smile: "Standing up for a witch?"

"You really are a very special person, Roy."

"It doesn't have to be this way."

"In my life, from the time I awakened until now, far too many lives have died at my hands. Excluding those Divine Punishment Knights who were killed by me while they were chasing me, there have also been many innocent people who died at my hands."

"The method of blood refining is not a benevolent method, and I am not a benevolent person either."

"I'm willing to do anything to become stronger and to rescue my sister."

"My current position as the town's garrison commander is part of my atonement. I've killed some people but saved many more. In a way, my merits and demerits cancel each other out, right?"

Roy pursed his lips, paused for a moment, and then said, "What did you mean by 'soon to disappear'?"

“It means exactly what it says…” Cecilia, the Moon Witch in her doll form, seemed to be in a good mood. Her feet, which were suspended in mid-air, swayed slightly. After hundreds of years of solitude, being able to chat with someone like this made her very happy: “Witches have long lifespans, but I am just a part of my consciousness residing in a doll. I am not something that is eternal and unchanging.”

"It is already remarkable that it can last for 150 years without the nourishment of the main body."

“Even if you don’t break the ‘Demon-Locking Array’ and don’t come here, my consciousness stored in the puppet will soon dissipate. Without my restraint, the original body, which is only driven by bloodlust and madness and constantly thinking about breaking free, will immediately break out of the Lost Ice Coffin.”

"After the main body escapes, the magic energy points will experience a significant burst."

"Don't worry. Over the past hundred years, the original magic power of this magic vein has been neutralized by the world. Although it will have some impact after it fully erupts, it no longer has the terrible corrosiveness it had at the beginning."

"However, your arrival has shown me a different possibility."

"Roy."

"With your innate abilities and my assistance, we should be able to completely seal my true form within the lost ice coffin."

"The Lost Ice Coffin is an A-level forbidden item, a treasure I obtained by chance during my adventure in the Stormy Dead Zone overseas. Its status is equivalent to that of a 'Great Witch.' As long as enough magic power is provided, its power can be fully unleashed. At that time, even my true form will not be able to break free from its seal. At that point, your companion, the Healing Witch Shanika, will no longer be under your control..."

Before the Moonlight Witch Cecilia could finish speaking, Roy suddenly interrupted her somewhat rudely: "And what about you? What are you going to do?"

"Me?" The Moon Witch Cecilia tilted her head slightly. Instead of answering the question directly, she said:

“Roy, do you know what? For the past 150 years of guarding this place, I’ve been thinking about a question.”