Chapter 791: Doomsday
Doomsday
"The entire kingdom? That's quite an exaggeration."
Lin Ye grilled the internal organs of the spiritual energy creature, most of which had already entered his stomach.
"You might think we're the bad guys, but we're actually on the side of justice. This world needs destruction and rebirth. Only by killing the Witch of Destruction can the whole world be reborn."
The old man said somewhat excitedly.
"So both sides want to kill her, just in different ways?"
Lin Ye glanced at Eura speechlessly. This girl really was pitiful to an extreme degree.
"No, it's not the same! If we don't kill the Witch of Destruction before Doomsday arrives, the destruction ritual will begin automatically. The Witch of Destruction will definitely die because of the ritual. This is an inevitable result, one even you cannot stop. So we must kill the Witch of Destruction before Doomsday comes!"
The old man kept his eyes fixed on Lin Ye, not glancing at Eura even once.
"That sounds terrifying. Where's the kingdom you mentioned? Why haven't they come to stop you?"
Lin Ye raised a question.
"That's what feels strange to me too. By all logic, they should have arrived long ago."
The old man hadn't acted directly precisely because he was considering this issue.
"According to what you're saying, this kind of ritual should have been held before. Has anyone ever brought the Witch of Destruction into the secret realm before?"
Lin Ye finished eating an entire spiritual energy creature, having guessed at some uncertain possibilities.
"Of course not. Our side only wants to kill the Witch of Destruction, and the other side only wants to hold out until Doomsday. No one would take the Witch of Destruction out of the palace."
The old man fell into deep thought. He had some understanding of what was happening inside the secret realm.
"If killing the Witch of Destruction early really would cause the world to end, then this world should have been destroyed many times already. After all, the Witch of Destruction is just an ordinary person-it's not hard to kill her. Haven't you succeeded even once?"
With every word Lin Ye spoke, the old man's expression grew heavier. By the end, he finally felt a sense of dissonance.
"Damn it! It's the phantom beast's ability! Someone has altered the common knowledge of the entire world!"
The old man clutched his head, letting out a pained roar.
Faith was the most perfect emotion in the world, while false faith was the complete opposite.
"You really aren't from this world. Otherwise, you couldn't have seen through the false ritual."
Several women wearing luxurious long robes appeared around Lin Ye. One of them grabbed Eura and dragged her aside.
"You must be the real witches, right?"
Lin Ye lay on the ground with a completely unconcerned expression. Under the influence of Gluttony, he always felt drowsy after eating.
"How do you know we're witches?"
The woman holding Eura asked with some confusion.
"Only those who slander you know how wronged you are. If you weren't witches, why would you force the title of witch onto a little girl?"
Lin Ye had experienced many things and learned plenty of useless knowledge from them.
"We say she's the Witch of Destruction, so she is the Witch of Destruction. That's beyond doubt."
The witch leader only glanced at the old man, and he swelled up into a thin layer of colorful bubbles, floating into the air.
"Can I ask a question? If killing the Witch of Destruction could prevent the apocalypse, why don't you just kill her directly?"
Lin Ye had already guessed the answer, but he still couldn't help asking.
"Because there is no so-called Doomsday, and no Witch of Destruction. All of this is just a strategy to deal with troublemakers.
Want to overthrow the kingdom's rule? Go kill the Witch of Destruction!
Want true freedom? Go kill the Witch of Destruction!
Want to establish a new order? Go kill the Witch of Destruction!
Don't you think that's interesting?"
The witch leader answered with a smile.
"Saying that puts my mind at ease. It's pretty much what I expected."
Lin Ye also smiled. He hoped the other party could keep that smile on their face.
"Now it's my turn to ask. What did you do to the secret realm?"
The witch leader observed Lin Ye's expression. She didn't actually care about Eura. Even if Eura was killed, it wouldn't be a big deal. They could just find a new Witch of Destruction. After all, the Witch of Destruction always had several substitutes. But the secret realm couldn't have problems.
Phantom beasts originated from the secret realm. If the secret realm had issues, it would truly shake the kingdom's rule. That was why they had found this place so quickly.
This matter had even alarmed the king.
"I'm actually an outsider phantom beast deity. Now let me ask a question: When an outsider phantom beast deity and an ordinary little girl called the Witch of Destruction enter the secret realm together, who caused the problem?"
Lin Ye asked with a smile.
"Of course it's you. She's just an ordinary person. She can't affect the secret realm at all."
The witch holding Eura lifted her foot and stomped on Eura's left hand, crushing it, speaking with disdain.
Eura let out a piercing scream, then began trembling violently.
"Then I'll answer your question with another one. What's one plus one?"
Lin Ye glanced somewhat speechlessly at Eura convulsing on the ground.
"Are you saying that the two of you together caused the secret realm's anomaly?"
The witch leader seemed to realize something.
"Do you know what a deity is?
Deities are beacons in the mental world. Phantom beasts are beings close to deities, and phantom beasts originate from the secret realm.
Eura is the vessel that carries wishes, and I am the bridge that fulfills them. When Eura and I entered the secret realm together, your wishes were already accepted by the entire secret realm.
The Witch of Destruction was born in that moment, within the secret realm."
Lin Ye made his declaration. He hadn't actually done this on purpose. It was probably Fate's choice.
It was also the choice of everyone in this world.
And the result was something like this-you could hate it, despair over it, celebrate it, but you couldn't refuse it.
The witch leader spun around and killed Eura in an instant, but before dying, Eura revealed a sinister smile.
Boom!
The Alienated Body disguised as Eura completed its self-destruction. It had been waiting impatiently.
Unfortunately, it didn't affect those witches. Eura was still too weak. Even adding a spiritual energy core bomb didn't pack much punch.
"None of you noticed? She really has no talent for acting. When she let out that scream just now, I almost lost it."
Lin Ye revealed a pleased smile.
"So you're fake too... I couldn't see through the trick at all. Truly an amazing technique."
The witch leader wasn't too agitated. There was still some time before Doomsday. No matter where Lin Ye and Eura hid, they would be found and killed.
"Thank you for the compliment. You don't seem anxious at all. How about I give you a completely meaningless hint? We went to a place where we can celebrate Doomsday."
Lin Ye smiled and activated his self-destruction. Unlike the useless little Eura, his bomb was quite different.