Chapter 25: Witch Organization |
At this moment, a knock came from outside the door.
“Miss Vivian, are you alright? What just happened?”
Hearing the knocking, the anxiety hanging in Vivian’s heart finally eased a little.
These were the apartment’s security personnel.
After all, this was a noble residence—aside from the high rent, everything else about it was excellent.
For example, the response speed of the security staff.
Opening the door, Vivian quickly explained what had just happened.
Hearing this, their expressions changed drastically as they immediately entered to inspect the situation.
Not long after…
After inspecting the room, the security captain indeed found traces of residual magic near the window.
“Um… that monster just now… what was it?” Vivian asked cautiously.
“It belonged to a cult.”
“The Death Church?” Vivian blurted out subconsciously.
The captain shook his head. “No. The Death Church usually doesn’t deploy monsters.”
“If I’m not mistaken, this should be the Witch Organization.” As he spoke, his expression grew serious. “If it’s the Witch Organization, then Miss Vivian, I suggest you move into the academy. It will be much safer.”
“The Witch Organization?” This was the first time Vivian had heard of it.
“It’s an organization even more evil than the Death Church. It appeared suddenly in recent years. It is said that there are thirteen members in total, but no one knows who they are.”
“But all of them are extremely dangerous, and their behavior is highly insane.”
“Insane?” Hearing this, Vivian immediately felt a bad premonition.
“That’s right. They are a group of lunatics obsessed with magic to a perverse degree. In order to gain power, they fuse their bodies with powerful monsters, ultimately turning themselves into monsters.”
“At the same time, they often capture people and fuse them with monsters for experiments. In short, they’ve committed countless atrocities over the years.”
“The octopus creature you saw just now was very likely a product of their experiments—created by fusing an ordinary human with an octopus-type monster.”
Hearing this explanation, Vivian subconsciously swallowed.
“S-so… the reason they suddenly targeted me is…”
“That’s right. Just as you think—they likely want to capture you and use you as an experimental subject.”
“After all, to them, you are the perfect test subject.”
Hearing this, Vivian felt her heart skip a beat.
Wait…
Why am I being targeted again?!
Wasn’t one Death Church enough? Now there was also a Witch Organization.
Vivian felt like crying but had no tears.
I just want to be a nobody!
But why?!
Why is this happening?!
Why are so many evil organizations targeting me?!
Watching the security personnel leave and close the door, Vivian’s eyes lost their focus.
Her heart was already overwhelmed with fear.
As for their promise to strengthen patrols and ensure this wouldn’t happen again—Vivian didn’t believe a word of it.
“Why am I so unlucky…”
“I just want to graduate peacefully! Why did it turn out like this!”
Vivian felt that her future was completely bleak.
But at that moment, her gaze fell onto the chipped Holy Chalice on the nearby table.
At that instant, it felt like she had grasped something.
Scenes of the Evil God controlling her during the day replayed in her mind.
“If it were Lord Evil God…”
Even against a powerful being like the projection of Ross, the Evil God had handled it with ease.
At that moment, Vivian felt as if she had grabbed onto a lifeline.
After struggling internally for a long time, Vivian finally made a decision.
She carefully placed the Holy Chalice into her luggage.
“I have to rely on Lord Evil God.”
“Even if relying on him means I might eventually become like those cultists… at least I’ll still be alive.”
Her mother had always told her since childhood—being alive was the most important thing. Once you were dead, nothing mattered anymore.
At this moment, Vivian felt like she finally understood why so many people fell into becoming cultists.
When you are driven into a corner and given even a sliver of hope, no matter what that hope is, you will instinctively grab onto it.
Wasn’t she the same right now?
“If Lord Evil God doesn’t do anything too dangerous, then maybe things aren’t that bad.”
Vivian wasn’t a bad person.
Nor would she start killing innocents just because she believed in the Evil God.
If followers of the Evil God didn’t commit evil acts, could they still be considered evil?
Perhaps some cultists already had blood-stained hands and no path of return.
But she still did.
The Evil God had controlled her for a whole day, yet hadn’t done anything truly dangerous.
What happened in the Eternal Tower didn’t count—because death there wasn’t real death.
And after coming out, Lilith hadn’t reported her either.
“So as long as I handle things properly, maybe I really can solve the current situation.”
“As long as I can persuade Lord Evil God to restrain himself a bit, this might actually work!”
But persuading the Evil God was not an easy task.
And Vivian had also realized that after being controlled, it seemed the Evil God couldn’t hear her voice.
“So the first thing I need to do is establish a connection with the Evil God!”
Thinking this, Vivian took out the Holy Chalice again, placed it properly, and prepared offerings.
After finishing all of this, Vivian knelt on the ground, clasped her hands together, and prayed devoutly.
“Great Lord Evil God, I am your humble believer, Vivian.”
“Please, great one, hear the voice of your pitiful believer Vivian. Vivian has something she wishes to say to you.”
……
As Vivian’s voice fell,
the chipped Holy Chalice responded.
A faint, intangible force used it as a medium, seemingly crossing vast distances and connecting to a certain existence.
At this moment, in the deep ocean far away from Silvermoon City,
a pair of deep blue eyes slowly opened.
On the face of a breathtakingly beautiful girl appeared a trace of confusion, which was quickly replaced by anger.
In the next instant, her octopus-like hair began to move as if alive, and the hem of her blue evening dress swayed in the water.
A massive surge of magical power spread outward from her as the center.
The strange-looking deep-sea monsters around her trembled in fear at the girl’s sudden fury.
“Vivian!”
The girl gritted her teeth as she spoke the name.
Then her gaze seemed to cross the endless ocean, ignoring the barriers of the continent, and looked toward the direction of Silvermoon City.
After a long time, everything returned to calm.
“Silvermoon City, huh?”
“Hmph! Even if that old fellow Ailastra is still alive, I still won’t let you go!”
“You will pay the price for this!”