Amber Sword

The young people of the Royal Knight Academy inherited her confusion; they seemed to be moving one step at a time within an invisible web, sharing her despair. Yet, she noticed individuals like Kagris and Antitina were full of confidence about the future, as if they already had a determined goal.

Regardless, this was enough for the Princess to discern the difference between the forces around Brand and the traditional nobles. It seemed to be what she had always yearned for, and with its emergence, she had subtly begun to reject the kingdom’s original power structure—like nobles such as Macaro, Liwu, or Duke Anliek—and instead hoped to join Brand, even if not as a princess.

She had such an impulse, but Griffith would never admit it. She even felt a conflict that she was ashamed to speak of.

As such, the princess locked her secrets in her heart with a cold expression, not revealing a single word. She looked at Brand and Barbara with her silver eyes, as if seeking an explanation.

Brand felt a slight stir in his heart and looked at the Old Witch. Barbara didn’t mind and smiled dryly, saying, "It’s actually very simple, Princess, this pool is in fact a teleportation array."

"Teleportation array, that’s impossible!" Brand immediately responded. He had a thousand reasons to convince himself this was nonsense, because players had discussed this before and found nothing. He had a blind trust in the information of the future, believing those guys wouldn’t make a mistake on such a naive question.

"The Lord is right; it couldn’t be a teleportation array. But in fact, it did leave some information that allows us to immediately possess a teleportation array," Barbara replied leisurely, seeming somewhat appreciative.

Brand was slightly startled, then his eyes lit up. "Are you saying this fountain is actually a blueprint for a teleportation array?" he immediately asked.

"Exactly."

"This teleportation array doesn’t require witches to draw it using a special method, does it? Wait, that’s not enough, blood refinement, I understand!" Brand suddenly realized, enlightened: "It’s the Sugar Jar’s blood that can draw this teleportation array, right?"

"Precisely as you predicted," Barbara replied with a look of admiration. But Brand no longer cared about her; he screamed internally, ’Damn it,’ these bastards are incredible. The designers of "Amber Sword" are downright scum. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. This was clearly a series of tasks. To open the third part of the ruins under Ambeser, it was apparent that the reputation among witches needed to be unlocked.

But the problem is, in the game, there are Cruz people, Wind Elves, and Erueins, but no Miner people. Even Madara, originally followers of the Dark Dragon, are at odds with the witches. The only place with the best witch reputation is underground Jogen Digan, but unfortunately, there’s no player power there.

Which means, to unlock witch reputation, one must risk opposing the ’government.’ Although it’s slightly better than joining a cult like the All Things Return to One, it’s essentially an unpopular route.

It’s not that players didn’t choose this path, but how many truly succeeded? And how many, after succeeding, happened to encounter the Life and Death Witch?

Among those entering this instanced dungeon under Ambeser, there are very few. This was originally just an early dungeon within Erune. Later, it wasn’t even occupied by Madara. One must know that although Madara was once on the same front as the witches, they later became mortal enemies due to the Dark Dragon.

There are almost no renowned witches within Madara, which explains a lot.

Precisely because of this, no one discovered the secret here in the previous game era. Everything seemed to be taken for granted, but Brand believed those designers were truly abnormal. The game’s purpose is to let players solve puzzles, but in his view, the mysteries in these ancient ruins were obviously unsolvable.

If not for his traversal.

But now, this unsolvable problem finally had an answer. Drawing a teleportation array doesn’t require much blood, nor does it require sacrificing the Sugar Jar in a blood ritual—if a kingdom needed to kill a little girl to be saved, Brand would rather choose a different path, even if it meant inevitable failure.