Otaku Witch

That’s literally her family’s ancestral ability.

As everyone knows, Lord Demon King also moonlights as the Demon God of Lust, one of the Seven Sins Demon God of the Abyss. Although She herself has actually mastered all the Original Sins, and could sit in any of the Seven Demon Gods’ seats She fancied, in the end She still chose the Original Sin of Lust.

To this day, no one really understands why Lord Demon King made that choice. After all, while the Seven Deadly Sins are equal in theory, the Original Sin Demon Gods definitely aren’t all on the same level. Anyway, in the Abyss, the Lust Faction has never been all that strong, far weaker than powerhouses like the Pride, Greed, and Gluttony Factions.

Mm, in short, the Lust Faction had always been the eternal second-to-last.

As for why not dead last? That’s because the one at the bottom has always been the Sloth Faction.

Oh, premise being that the Sloth Faction even counts as a faction. Sloth Demon God Belial can’t even be bothered to develop a Faction, okay? That tiny little force of His with just a couple of big cats and kittens doesn’t even qualify as a Faction, and He’s way too lazy to fight anyone for territory or rankings.

Of course, the current Lust Faction has already "won so hard it’s crazy", since they landed Lord Demon King, the Lord of Original Sin. They’d always survived by hugging big thighs wherever they could; this time they finally got their wish and grabbed onto the world’s number one pair of super-long legs—Lord Demon King’s.

And as Lord Demon King’s eldest daughter, Aphrodite naturally chose the Original Sin of Lust, which also happens to be the most suitable Original Sin for this half Succubus Witch, half Charm Witch hybrid.

She extracted the Authority of Pleasure from the Original Sin of Lust, and from then on used extreme Pleasure to charm all beings, dominate everything, and achieved the title of Dominating Sage.

Audrey walks precisely the path of Pleasure pioneered by her Ancestor. In fact, born with the innate Domination Magic Eye, she is an Innate Pleasure Holy Body. If she hadn’t accidentally turned into a social-phobic, she’d probably already be a "bad woman" with fishponds full of guys all over the world by now.

It’s just that Little Fox truly hadn’t expected that, besides her own weirdo self, there would actually be another expert on her Ancestor’s path.

She thought about Miss Wendigo’s terrifying getup and felt speechless.

What kind of witch on the Path of Pleasure goes out dressed in full Heavy Armor, with a creepy white-bone stag-horn mask on her face? How are you supposed to charm anyone like that? People take one look at you and get scared half to death, okay.

But her perception wouldn’t lie. That little ancestor’s final strike just now absolutely used the Power of Pleasure. Theoretically, with that halberd coming down, not only would her big sis feel no pain at all, she’d instead feel so good she’d be sent straight to heaven.

Although succubi can gain Strength from Pleasure, and the Power of Pleasure should have made her big sis even stronger, but...

Audrey thought of how her big sis had once been beaten "so comfortable she blacked out" by their senior Fanny, and fell silent.

Mm, her big sis is a Knight of Discipline after all, long since used to suffering. She can take pain, and the more bitter and painful it is, the more she enjoys it. But her personal resistance to Pleasure doesn’t seem all that high. If you make her feel too good, she’ll just pass out on the spot.

Besides, big sis’s specialty in Combat is using the Power of Pleasure to repair bodily damage during fights. With that inflow and outflow, she can maintain a balance. But she hadn’t been injured just now, and then someone suddenly slammed her with double Pleasure...

So, was big sis actually chopped to death? Or did she just get...

Little Fox’s face flushed bright red. She didn’t dare keep thinking along those lines. She decided that she definitely shouldn’t bring this up with her big sis later, or she’d absolutely get beaten by a big sis whose black history had just gone up by one entry.

It’s just that Audrey still couldn’t figure out why that little ancestor with such a terrifying look could even use the Power of Pleasure. The Power of Pleasure should only take effect once the other party has been charmed by you. So when exactly had big sis been charmed by her?

"Senior, how did she pull that off?"

Little Fox racked her brains and couldn’t get it, so she could only look toward her own senior.

In response, Dorothy glanced up at the Hat Senior Sister on top of her head.

Mm, this question should be answered by senior Fanny. Time to give her some stage time. After all, among her dual Authorities, aside from the Dream Realm, there is also Fear.

No one understands Fear better than senior.

"Heh heh, that Witch Wendigo is indeed not bad. She’s already grasped a solid third of the essence of The Path of Fear."

Senior Fanny made this lofty evaluation.

Sure, the shameful her might be a bit lacking in truly high-end matches, but in this kind of low-level fishpond game, she’s the real kami, towering above all beings. Little Qian is just her mount.

Mm, little Qian’s very well-behaved this time, actually knowing to give her a chance to show off.

Even so, the Evil God Witch still knew when to stop and quickly moved on to explaining. This was a rare opportunity to show off her Strength to her girlfriends; otherwise, they really might keep thinking she’s just a walking power bank.

"You know about the suspension bridge effect, right?"

She posed the question, then answered it herself.

"When people are in danger, Fear causes their hearts to race and all that. This feeling is said to be very similar to the flutter of a crush. So, if you throw two people into a dangerous environment together, then even if they were strangers at first, their feelings for each other will rapidly deepen, and they’ll feel like they’ve fallen for one another."

"Sometimes even enemies can turn foes into friends—like how a hostage who’s been kidnapped long enough might end up falling in love with the kidnapper."

"The human mind is very fragile. When Fear descends, they’ll be like drowning people, desperately grabbing at anything, even if it’s just a single straw."

"Hostages can’t bear the Fear of being possibly killed by the kidnapper at any moment, so they can’t accept that reality. They’ll subconsciously search for any tiny good point in the kidnapper to construct a false sense of security like ’maybe this kidnapper is actually a good person and won’t hurt me’. So even if the kidnapper gives them just a tiny bit of preferential treatment, the hostage will brainwash herself into being grateful and indebted."

"This is also a form of Charm, and an even higher level, more domineering Charm. Little Audrey, you still have a lot to learn. After all, your family’s Domination looks like it’s based on Lust and Pleasure on the surface, but at its core it’s still the Fear of the Three Great Hatreds. Those Puppets you dominate aren’t necessarily truly enjoying Pleasure; they’re just more afraid of losing that Pleasure."

Senior Fanny said so.

Dorothy nodded at that. What senior said was spot on. In the end, the House of Aphrodite’s methods are just maximized CPU tactics; those methods are all about Spirit-level domination of others.

And the core of those methods is exploiting the human weakness of fearing loss. That’s an application of the Power of Fear.

"So that’s how it is."

After listening to the two of them, Audrey’s worldview took a huge hit. Little Fox’s eyes went wide, as if she’d just opened the door to a whole new world.

So there are such special Charm techniques?

She thought this to herself.

It’s just that...

Audrey suddenly remembered her days playing Tamamo-no-Mae as the big villain on Japan, and realized that back then she seemed to kind of, maybe, probably have used this exact method.

Uh...

So I already knew this technique before?

Little Fox’s Spirit took another shock. She suddenly felt like she’d turned into some kind of bad woman.

Dorothy, however, had no idea what her obedient little junior was thinking. She simply lifted her head to look toward the arena.

At this moment, a giant screen had appeared in the center of the arena, where the draw for the next round’s matches was underway.

Mm, there were only Sophia, Mia, and Wendy left. For this three-into-two round, who would fight whom, and who would get a bye?

Soon, the draw results appeared on the screen.

"Alright then, just as expected."

Dorothy looked at the screen and thought this.

Mia vs Wendy.

As expected, Fate’s beloved daughter had once again been favored.

Sophia has never lost at things like lotteries or draws.

Nice, we’ve locked top two and are now fighting for first. This round is in the bag.

...The match continues...