Chapter 398 Attacks Again
"You totally disregard our thoughts and want to take us away by force?"
Echidna's eyes sparkled with a strange light, and the corners of her mouth raised: "You are really greedy."
In the original work, Echidna used various means to escape the seal of the sanctuary. At the cost of sacrificing most of her own witch power, she maintained herself and brought her own soul and the souls of all the witches to the outside world.
Echidna, who has regained a physical body, uses the pseudonym Omega and travels alone in the outside world. However, she is not lonely because of the presence of other witches' souls.
Because Echidna and all witches have a common enemy, in order to avoid the other party, Omega also acts very low-key.
As of the latest chapter in the original story, Omega has settled down somewhere.
Therefore, Echidna actually wanted to leave the Sanctuary, and even if she was taken away by force, it would be considered that she had achieved her plan.
"In what form will we follow you? Are you going to put us in your spiritual world?"
Whether to go to the outside world with the physical body, or to exist in Xia Yu's spiritual world with the soul, this is the issue that Echidna cares most about.
After all, for her, only by obtaining a physical body can she truly break free from the seal.
"Well..."
Xia Yu waved his hand to invite a chair, sat down, looked at the girls of different looks in front of him, and replied: "If I put you in my mind, I will definitely be annoyed to death, so don't worry, I will shape your body in the outside world."
"Will you force us to do something against our will?" Seeing Xia Yu's calm expression, Minerva couldn't help but clenched her fists and asked.
They are witches. Even if they look like normal girls, they are still witches in essence. If they are asked to do something that goes against their own conscience, they would rather die, although they are already dead.
"Hmm~"
Xia Yu snorted and glanced at the witches, but before he could answer, a small gray-haired figure suddenly pounced on him.
"Da...Daphne doesn't feel hungry anymore!"
Daphne, who had a round face, suddenly came over and sat directly on Xia Yu's thighs, putting her face close to Xia Yu's chest.
"You can smell a delicious aroma, but Daphne has no intention of eating you at all. Is this what it feels like to be full?"
Facing Daphne's question, Xia Yu took off her blindfold and smiled, "Yes, this is the feeling of being full. Are you happy?"
The eyes under the eye mask were golden, and the original lines in the eyes had all disappeared. At this moment, indescribable emotions were revealed in the eyes.
"For Daphne, being full is the highest pursuit in life. However, even if only the soul remains after death, hunger will always be with her."
Daphne kept talking, staring at Xia Yu with her golden eyes, as if she wanted to remember this face firmly in her heart.
"You have brought unknown happiness to Daphne, so Daphne is willing to follow you!"
"Yeah, good boy~"
Xia Yu reached out and stroked Daphne's little head. Daphne also closed her eyes, feeling the happiness of being full that she had never felt before.
"As for you..."
At this time, Xia Yu also looked up again and looked at the problem children in front of him.
"You have lost the power of a witch. In other words, you are now ordinary people with the nature of a witch... er, ordinary souls."
"Although I can make you disappear with a wave of my hand, firstly, there is no grudge between us, and secondly, you don't want to die, even if you are a witch, you will want to live if you can, right?"
The witches all agreed with this statement. After all, they had actually died four hundred years ago, and it was Echidna who collected their souls and prevented them from disappearing.
During the four hundred years of being sealed, even Sehemet, the Witch of Sloth, who endlessly craved indolence and peace, did not choose to let her soul dissipate and gain eternal peace.
If you can live without going against your heart, who would want to die?
"So come with me, I will give you a place to live and let you feel the world again."
Facing Xia Yu's words, the witches looked at each other. Finally, it was Echidna who stood up and replied on behalf of everyone: "Anyway, we don't have the power to refuse, and we can live again, so there is definitely no objection."
"Okay, let's go, it's time to go and have a fight with that guy."
Xia Yu smiled, stretched out his right hand and grasped the air. In an instant, the Dream Castle began to tremble, and then darkness fell.
…
The sanctuary ruins, inside the passage.
Xia Yu, sitting on the rattan chair, slowly opened his eyes. The ruins that had originally served as a trial site had now lost their function.
Because Echidna, the source, and the Castle of Dreams, have now been completely integrated into Xia Yu's spiritual world.
"Well... I can't just walk away after all."
Sensing the sub-humans of the Holy Land working outside the ruins, Xia Yu did not choose to leave directly. After all, the loss of the trial also meant that the Holy Land barrier would never be lifted.
If the barrier cannot be lifted, then those demihumans, along with their descendants, will never be able to leave the sanctuary and will only have the choice of being trapped in the sanctuary for the rest of their lives.
"Oh? Xia Yu, do you want to liberate the residents of the sanctuary?" Echidna's voice sounded in Xia Yu's mind.
Since he had recruited all the witches under his command, Xia Yu told them his names, and the witches also told Xia Yu their names.
"That's not the case. I wouldn't go to such lengths for a group of strangers. Besides, it's up to them to liberate the Sanctuary themselves."
"So what are you doing?"
"Let's reconfigure the trial. If one day they want to contact the outside world, they can leave through it."
While replying, Xia Yu's figure disappeared from the spot. He sensed the soul core of the holy land, which was also the core of the barrier.
The core of the sanctuary is actually a pink-haired girl sealed in a crystal. Her name is Luz Mayer. She was also the test subject of Echidna's exploration of immortality four hundred years ago.
As one of the smartest people in the world, Echidna naturally developed a flawed form of immortality, which is soul duplication.
By copying one's own personality, memory, knowledge, or soul, and stuffing it into a clone container, one can be successfully resurrected.
However, because the capacity of the replica Luz's soul was too small, Echidna had to cut off a part of her own soul, that is, the human heart. Thus, a new Echidna was born without the human heart.
Having lost the hearts of the people, the new Echidna has become the embodiment of pure desire for knowledge, having lost her emotions and lacking the empathy she should have.
Not long after, the new Echidna was sealed in the Castle of Dreams by the dragon as a safety precaution in case the Witch of Jealousy broke the seal in the future.
However, the new Echidna is not alone, because she has collected the souls of the other five witches except Satira in advance, and they were sealed with her in the Castle of Dreams.
Until now, Xia Yu broke through the seal of the Dream Castle and captured all the witches in one fell swoop.
"How about it? When you see Luz Meyer again, don't you have any thoughts?" Xia Yu, who suddenly appeared in front of the core of the Holy Land, said.
"Sorry, I don't have any ideas." Echidna's voice came in Xia Yu's mind.
"But since you asked this question, it seems that you know a lot."
In response to this, Xia Yu shrugged and did not deny it. He did know a lot.
For example, the emergence of the Sanctuary was actually to deal with the attack of the Melancholy Demon Hector. In order to create a barrier "Sanctuary" that could fight against the Melancholy Demon, Echidna chose Luz Mayer as the soul core of the Sanctuary.
The original plan was to let Luz's mana adapt to the local land and form a sanctuary with her as the core, but the attack of the Melancholy Demon came earlier than expected, so Echidna had to crystallize Luz's soul to quickly form the sanctuary.
After Luz Mayer sacrificed herself to activate the barrier, Echidna was able to stop Hector and save the lives of everyone in the Sanctuary.
At some point after the establishment of the sanctuary, Satira absorbed the "jealousy" witch factor for some reason, developed a jealous personality, and devoured half of the world.
At this point, all the history of four hundred years ago was buried in the dust, and people after that only remembered the Witch of Jealousy, the witch who devoured half of the world.
As for why Xia Yu asked Echidna this question specifically, it was because he wanted Echidna to develop a new human heart.
In the original work, Echidna, who became Omega, gradually showed behaviors similar to those of a human being as she traveled around the world.
This shows that even if you lose people's hearts, as long as you come into contact with the outside world, you will be able to reproduce them sooner or later.
Seeing that Echidna had no feelings at all about what had happened, Xia Yu said no more. After all, time had passed, and he didn't dislike development games anymore.
Looking at the crystallized Luz, the core of the sanctuary, Xia Yu reached out and touched it.
Then the soul power extended out. Because Luz Meyer's soul was crystallized, the soul power was more useful than mental power at this time.
With the guidance of soul power and Xia Yu's conscious modification, the new trial was completed in a moment.
The new trial has nothing to do with the protagonist group. Anyone living in the sanctuary is eligible for the trial. If they have a strong desire in their hearts, they can pass the trial and go to the outside world.
In this way, those who want to go out can naturally go out, and those who don’t want to go out can stay in the sanctuary. Compared with Echidna’s trial, his trial is quite humane.
Who makes him a good person? Compared with the Dona-style trial which can easily make a person's heart corrupt, his Yu-style trial has a direct HE ending.
As for whether this will prevent Natsuki Subaru and Emilia from growing, that's not a problem.
At that time, he would directly pull the two people into the spiritual world, and then watch each other's memories one by one. If he wanted, he could make it into a movie and directly invite everyone to watch it together.
There are so many forms of growth, why must we go through blood and iron?
After finishing their business in the Sanctuary, it was already noon, which was also the time when Natsuki Subaru and his companions had finished defeating the Witch Cult.
However, Xia Yu was not too anxious. After all, there was no warning from his incarnation.
This also means that the Witch of Disguise did not attack...
"!"
Well, the Witch of Pretense is here, and she's damn punctual.
Feeling a little speechless, Xia Yu tore open the portal and stepped in. After coming out of the portal, he caught a glimpse of a white figure.
"Disgusting guy!!"
Before Xia Yu could say anything, Echidna's hateful voice rang out.
Although Echidna still had no humanity at this time, she had hatred. She only hated three people in this world, namely Emilia, Satira and an unknown person.
Although the original book does not explicitly mention the third unnamed person, judging from Echidna's abnormal and vicious words to Pandora, the third person is most likely Pandora.
At this moment, Echidna's hateful words seemed to confirm this point.
Xia Yu ignored the hateful Echidna and the moment he appeared, he immediately stood in front of the Witch of Void Pandora.
"senior!"
Natsuki Subaru, who was originally on high alert, couldn't help but shout out in surprise when he saw Xia Yu appear like a ghost.
"Huh? Are you the one who is not in your destiny?" A soft and gentle voice sounded, as light as a feather, but just listening to it gave people an extremely uncomfortable feeling.
Pandora floated in the air, staring at Xia Yu gently with eyes that seemed to be able to speak.
"This dirty man has the power to carry out his dirty and vulgar acts to the extreme. What a disgusting fellow." Although only Xia Yu could hear it, Echidna still said it with undisguised disgust.
In response, Xia Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Pandora and said, "Hello, someone asked me to bring you a message, saying that you are a dirty person who has used your dirty and obscene power to the extreme."
After these words were spoken, not only Pandora was stunned, but Echidna was also stunned.
But Xia Yu did not stop, but continued: "I agree with what that person said. You are indeed a dirty and vile person. You should commit suicide. I will leave you a decent life."
"Hehe, the person you are talking about couldn't be Echidna?" Faced with Xia Yu's harsh words, Pandora was not angry at all, but just asked in a gentle voice.
"She and I both had the same goal, wanting to create an ideal world, but obviously, she failed~"
"Tsk, disgusting woman. Her so-called ideal world is to let the world be completely swallowed by the Witch of Jealousy, and then turn everything into nothingness and be reborn again." Echidna explained to Xia Yu, her tone full of disdain for Pandora.
"You and Dianhuo are a perfect match."
After listening to Echidna's explanation, Xia Yu touched his chin and looked at Pandora in the sky.
"Oh? Someone outside of fate, do you also agree with my ideals?"
"You don't agree with me, a woman with a hole in her brain like you should be burned to death by the fire, and then give me the witch gene so that I can change the world!"
"Haha, this is really interesting~" While speaking, Pandora maintained her calm smile.
"Since you don't agree, then let me correct fate. Someone like you who is outside of fate shouldn't be here."
While speaking, Pandora secretly activated her power. The power of disguise allowed her to tamper with the facts, but strangely, Xia Yu was still here.
Seeing this, Pandora's smile froze slightly, as if she didn't expect that things would not turn out as she said.
"Since destiny has deviated from its track, let's start over." The next second, Pandora looked at the nervous Natsuki Subaru and spoke softly.
Natsuki Subaru's heart tightened as he was being stared at. Because of this sentence, he did it again twice.
But, just as Xia Yu did not disappear on the spot, Natsuki Subaru did not die after Pandora finished speaking.
At this moment, Pandora, who had always had a hypocritical smile on her face for four hundred years, finally had the arrogant smile disappear from her mouth.
