Chapter 155: Fulfillment

Chapter 155: Fulfillment

“Where did she go?” Zheng Yichen observed the ground below. Although meeting the man in black and the others earlier had wasted some of his time, overall he hadn’t been delayed for too long. Even though he hurried as fast as he could, he still found no trace of Loris.

A weakened Loli, such a big Loli, just disappeared without a trace. This was truly testing this dragon’s patience!

Landing on a mountain peak, Zheng Yichen thought about where Loris might have gone. Since she was preparing… well, preparations to deal with the Sanctuary Church certainly wouldn’t be too far from where she went Berserk. Otherwise, the preparations wouldn’t have any effect. That meant the location should be near the Berserk site, right?

If it was possible, he should go check the situation.

Muttering to himself, Zheng Yichen flew as high as he could, heading towards the Witch Hunt area. Taking a look wouldn’t cost him anything.

Elsewhere, the Sanctuary Church had also gathered ample strength and was heading back towards the Witch Hunt area. Some preparations left by the Witch there couldn’t be easily dismantled. The young maiden had to be present, accompanied by one Archbishop and three Bishops. This lineup was quite formidable, considering it was a contingency left by a Witch, so they had to treat it with utmost caution.

“Ugh… this is really unpleasant.” In a very luxurious room, Dan Marina looked at the water in front of her, which had turned as black as ink. She collected the water from the basin into a small bottle, then fetched a new basin of water and soaked her hands in it. The water in the basin gradually turned murky, eventually becoming as black as the previous batch.

Meanwhile, the spiderweb-like black markings on her body faded a little more. Seeing this, the corner of her mouth lifted slightly. Others shied away from the backlash of Power of Fate, avoiding dealing with it, and even she would pay a heavy price for it. This price wasn’t obvious on the surface. For others, it would trigger immediately, but she could prolong the process.

During this prolonged period, she had enough time to do many things to eliminate the effects. So, in reality, the price she had to pay wasn’t too severe, and she could even gain something usually hard to obtain from it… namely, this black water.

However, stripping away this backlash of Power of Fate was also a painful process. The spider markings had only faded by one-tenth, yet it was enough to make her face pale with agony. This pain wasn’t just physical; most of it was a soul-deep ache.

Even using some Secret Methods to suppress it couldn’t completely eliminate this pain.

In short, she had many ways to make Zheng Yichen ‘unavoidably’ expose himself. From these many methods, she could pick quite a few that wouldn’t affect herself. But these methods generally had no side effects, and those that did had side effects that were too minor. What she wanted was a side effect that was extremely powerful and made everyone wary.

Under such a side effect, the Secret Method unleashed would be extremely potent. And because the side effect was so intimidating, she would naturally be shunned afterward. At that time, if she chose to leave immediately, no one would say anything. This perfectly matched her needs.

Moreover, it was precisely because of this powerful side effect that it could conceal things easily discovered… such as the affected Contract!!

Multiple Contracts could be signed, as long as the contents of the two Contracts weren’t completely identical and they targeted different individuals. She used this point to prepare to forcibly break the Contract she had with the Sanctuary Church. It seemed simple: just sign a Contract that countered the previous one and rely on violating it to cancel the restrictions of the former Contract…

Actually, doing so was suicidal!

Otherwise, if there were such a loophole, it would have been seized upon by shrewd and cunning individuals long ago. How could it remain until now? Because it was simply impossible. Choosing to violate it would only trigger the backlash of both Contracts simultaneously, not cancel them out. The one suffering would always be the person who signed the Contracts.

But who was she? She had long prepared a trick in this regard. What others couldn’t do, she could! It was just that she had never found a suitable candidate before. Otherwise, even if she succeeded by chance, using this method would only plunge her into more troublesome predicaments. This method could only be used once… because the Contract she originally had with the Sanctuary Church was of the highest grade.

Any other Contract would be useless against it, let alone using a countering method to break it. However, among her reserved tricks, there was a way to forcibly elevate such a highest-grade Contract by one level. Of course, this method also required her to pay a considerable price. That was why, when Zheng Yichen saw her modifying that Contract before, unusual phenomena appeared on her body.

Moreover, because it was a forced elevation, that Contract became filled with anomalies. An ordinary person touching it would immediately be eroded by the Contract’s power, causing their SAN value to plummet and driving them mad. Hence, a suitable candidate was necessary, and even with a suitable candidate, they had to withstand the trial… or else, it would be troublesome!

Due to a Curse characteristic of Witches, anyone they trusted would eventually betray them. This was the root of the trouble… because the price of forcibly elevating the Contract was that she had to sacrifice something precious of her own. This something couldn’t be replaced by any external object.

What she chose to sacrifice was her absolute goodwill. This was almost equivalent to offering trust. And a Witch’s trust itself was an extremely precious thing. After all, trusting someone essentially meant handing over one end of her own fate to that person. Naturally, this counted as something precious to the Witch. Without such a sacrifice, the Contract elevation couldn’t succeed. Therefore, this kind of Contract could only be used once, with only one opportunity.

Thus, she had always kept this method hidden. No one but her knew about it, until she discovered that little dragon not bound by the Threads of Fate… Not bound by the Threads of Fate naturally meant there wouldn’t be that betrayal reaction that occurred after gaining a Witch’s trust. Of course, at that time, she wasn’t completely sure if this was the case.

That’s why she later sought out Zheng Yichen. Even if it wasn’t his true form, after spending a not-so-short time together, she confirmed that Zheng Yichen was indeed unaffected by that fixed outcome. Such a being, although not human, was the best choice. As for the Witch by his side? That was something to deal with later!

No one was willing to risk killing her under unknown circumstances, so the opportunity was not to be missed. After observing during that period, she made up her mind: “Don’t let me down…”

Looking at the basin in front of her, Dan Marina shook her head slightly and whispered to herself, “Actually, it seems I’m not qualified to say that~ Will that Little Dragon hit me later?… Never mind, I’ll slowly clean up along the way.”

As her voice slowly faded, the room was empty, leaving only the vacant basin behind.