Witch’s Night: Chapter 91 Attach, Attach a Big Tail?
Even after awakening her memories, Illusion still couldn’t remember everything clearly from back then.
She traversed countless spacetimes, solely to escape the ever-present “Destruction.”
It wasn’t until she fell into the domain of another God that the terrifying “Destruction” finally withdrew Its gaze.
Because the essence of Gods was rules, two completely different rules couldn’t coexist, no matter how much stronger the former was than the latter.
Just as Illusion said, she escaped into the embrace of another God.
—”Malice.”
“Actually, during the Old Era, humanity had already detected the existence of ‘malice’ and the Gods, but they just treated them as natural phenomena beyond comprehension.”
Illusion exhaled, “Even though I repeatedly warned humanity back then about how terrifying the Gods were, they remained indifferent, merely seeing them as another target for conquest.”
“So… human civilization met its demise?”
Luo Yan stared at Illusion and whispered.
She had an inexplicable connection with the God “malice,” and hearing these stories always brought an uncontrollable sense of guilt.
“I don’t know the specifics,” Illusion shook her head and continued, “Besides these things, the humans of this world were quite friendly to me. They even specially made this prototype machine for me to adapt to this world’s environment.
“When I entered the prototype machine, human civilization was still flourishing, but when I woke up again, what I saw was a devastated world.”
To be precise, Illusion missed the transition period between the Old and New Eras.
While she slept in the prototype machine, humanity encountered the unprecedented disaster “Calamity Tide,” and almost all achievements of civilization were destroyed.
Even the prototype machine containing her was buried in ruins somewhere unknown.
By the time Illusion reappeared in the world, she had lost all memories from before entering the prototype machine, but retained her basic friendliness and trust towards humanity.
Because this was the kindness she felt when she arrived alone in this foreign world.
This kindness and emotion supported Illusion in becoming one of the Twelve Saints, protecting humanity until now.
“Thinking about it carefully now, humanity’s kindness towards me probably stemmed from their self-confidence.” A hint of the vicissitudes of time flashed across Illusion’s young and lovely face. “The humans of the Old Era firmly believed that they could break through the shackles of the starry sky and explore every corner of the galaxy.
“Therefore, they naturally wouldn’t make things difficult for a visitor from another world who had drifted here due to disaster… However, there’s another possibility, it seems my appearance is quite popular among humans?”
“…I don’t know about that.”
Miss Luo Yan expressed her uncertainty.
But speaking of which, she originally felt that Illusion’s age of several hundred years was already quite old, but she didn’t expect her to have appeared in this world during the peak of the Old Era.
Not to mention how many years she had lived before coming to this world…
In other words, Illusion was actually the oldest living being in this world.
To the extent that even Mister Nine would have to call her Granny.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Illusion looked strangely at Luo Yan, Miss Luo Yan’s gaze becoming increasingly subtle.
“No, nothing…”
Luo Yan put aside the chaotic thoughts in her mind and steered the conversation elsewhere,
“By the way, you just said you were mixed-blood, human and fox?”
“…Humans and foxes have reproductive isolation, and I’m not a fox in the true sense.”
Illusion rubbed her temples with a headache, seemingly remembering someone asking her this back in the Old Era,
“To be precise, I am a combination of ‘Illusory Fox’ and ‘Dream Fox.’ These two races are the upper echelons in the ‘Land of Divine Advent’… Forget it, you wouldn’t understand even if I explained more.”
Illusion sighed and continued to explain,
“In short, I am a rare individual born simultaneously from both dreams and illusions. Because of this, the two clan leaders ‘Red’ and ‘Purple’ left the last chance of escape to me.
“Originally, I didn’t hold much hope of escaping, until I crashed into this world enveloped by another God, ‘malice’.”
A trace of fear towards “Destruction” remained in her memory, but thinking about it now, she only felt a sense of relief,
“At least the situation in this world is relatively good. The descent of the God ‘Destruction’ is the true terror. ‘Malice’… at least the World Will in this world can still find ways to resist slightly.”
“It doesn’t sound much different…”
Slightly, resist.
Using these two words gave a feeling of precariousness.
“Let’s not talk about these digressions,” Illusion composed herself and said seriously, “You should be able to sort out the general situation now.
“Whether you are the incarnation of ‘malice,’ or the convergence of the Gods, or some entirely new existence, as long as you can see the truth at the peak of the Holy Mountain, everything will become clear.”
“The peak of the Holy Mountain… should be above the starry sky, right? When you came to this world, didn’t you see it?” Luo Yan asked curiously.
“No,” Illusion shook her head, “Traveling through spacetime isn’t simply spatial movement… just like Void Traversal, simply put, I ‘directly’ appeared in this world back then.”
“Alright.”
Luo Yan stopped asking.
She understood when it came to the Void, because when she stepped into the Void, the feeling of entering another world was very strong.
And Luo Yan also had a premonition that she could also travel to other worlds through the Void, as long as the nodes were correct.
…At least for now, this was quite difficult for Luo Yan.
The nodes in the Void weren’t places one could just go to. Most nodes led to deeper parts of the Void, and only one in ten thousand, or even one in a hundred thousand, nodes were effective.
Luo Yan often made mistakes even when identifying nodes in the current world, let alone traveling to a world she had never been to before.
“Your current situation is very bad. Without the help of illusions, reaching the peak of the Holy Mountain is simply a fantasy.” Illusion said in a deep voice,
“Even now, if you take just one step out of this illusion, the Gods’ purpose will be achieved. The mortal body binding you will be completely liberated, and at that time, regardless of what you truly are… it will be an unavoidable disaster for all of humanity.”
Before Luo Yan could speak, Illusion continued,
“The primary reason I underwent atavism was to increase my strength. Before, I couldn’t even freely deploy illusions, but now I can set up an illusion within your body to maintain your current state.”
After undergoing atavism, Illusion’s strength had already broken through the so-called ceiling of humanity.
Forget about Mister Nine from before, even if a single God appeared, the current Illusion could put up a fight.
According to her, perhaps because of the God “malice,” the World Will of this world was unimaginably weak.
If it were the two clan leaders, they could even kill a God single-handedly.
Luo Yan’s hand almost trembled upon hearing this. There was actually a terrifying race capable of killing even Gods? The vast universe truly held countless wonders.
But then she thought, such a terrifying race still lost to the divine disaster…
The Gods’ fear was indeed justified.
“But it shouldn’t be time yet, right?” Luo Yan asked.
Although she had been in a half-dreaming state, she could occasionally hear voices from the outside world, and it seemed there was still some time before they could truly ascend the Holy Mountain.
“Yes, but we’re out of time.” Illusion’s expression darkened. “We haven’t been able to find any trace of the Church of the End Gods, nor have we received any news from them.
“At this time, no news is the worst news.”
“…I understand.” Luo Yan nodded. “What should we do next?”
“I… haven’t tried this before,” Illusion showed a troubled expression. “Actually, my race rarely interacted with outsiders, whether the ‘Illusory Foxes’ or the ‘Dream Foxes,’ they preferred to immerse themselves in the illusions and dreams they created.
“Specific abilities, even the bloodline inheritance isn’t very detailed, let alone the fact that I’m only in the early stages of atavism, and the power deep within my bloodline needs more time to gradually thaw.”
What Illusion didn’t have the heart to say was that most of her bloodline inheritance actually consisted of prank abilities…
This stemmed from the nature of her race; most abilities were developed for pranks.
“Then…”
Luo Yan didn’t know what to say for a moment.
“Can we try?” Illusion tilted her fluffy ears and thought carefully for a moment, then said, “How about you drink a mouthful of my blood? I remember there’s a race that can gain power through blood, maybe you can too.”
“Logically speaking, I should just be human… alright, at least my mortal body is human.”
The two discussed for a while and decided to try all methods.
The combination of dreams and illusions itself could produce rather magical results. According to the legends Illusion recounted, the ultimate form should be able to rewrite reality.
Unfortunately, although she was mixed-blood, she only inherited the inability to grow taller and the accent from the “Dream Foxes.” All other aspects were characteristics of the “Illusory Foxes,” and she knew nothing about dreams.
After fiddling around for a while, drinking blood, and infusing power, ultimately, nothing happened.
The reason Luo Yan could instantly master any demonic power she came into contact with was essentially because she was reviving it, not copying it. She herself didn’t have the ability to copy powers.
Moreover, Illusion’s abilities weren’t even from the same system as this world, let alone copying them.
Finally, Illusion gritted her teeth and plucked off one of her large tails—Luo Yan watched this entire process with wide eyes, completely stunned until Illusion attached the tail to her own back.
“This thing… can be plucked off?”
Luo Yan murmured in shock.
“Theoretically, no, it still hurts a lot.” Illusion rubbed her backside, her eyes teary. “But I’m only in the early stages of atavism, and the form of the tail is more like condensed energy rather than a physical entity, so the plucked part is similar to an avatar.”
The source of power for both types of little foxes was their tails. Illusion had no choice but to graft the source of power onto Luo Yan.
This way, even Luo Yan could use the power of illusion with the help of this tail.
Of course, essentially, it was Illusion using it, after all, it was equivalent to an avatar.
Luo Yan turned her head and looked behind her, watching the fluffy tail swaying randomly, still feeling like she was dreaming.
—In a trance, she felt like this was a dream again.
Seeing the abundant illusion power enveloping Luo Yan’s body, isolating her from the outside world, Illusion finally breathed a sigh of relief,
“Finally, it worked, although it hurt a bit… but at least it’s effective!”
“It just feels strange having an extra tail…”
Luo Yan said awkwardly, always feeling like it would be uncomfortable to sit on.
Actually, it was fine. Since it was a condensed energy body, and quite soft itself, it was more like a natural cushion.
Now Illusion didn’t even need a chair to sit down. She was already short, and her nine… oh no, eight large tails were softer and more comfortable than any chair.
“One more thing, I just said that the combination of illusion and dream can produce magical effects.” Illusion said seriously, “I’m not sure what kind of existence your dream is, and whether it can combine with illusion, but we can try if there’s a chance.”
“Mm.”
Luo Yan nodded.
“Let’s go, leave this place,” Illusion smiled brightly, but her ears drooped slightly. “Miss Luo Yan, your final journey… it’s time to set off.”
“Saint Illusion, aren’t you coming with us?” Luo Yan asked doubtfully. “The things you were worried about before… aren’t a problem for you now.”
It was mainly the worry that after facing the truth, she might choose to betray, just like Marytis.
But Illusion had even faced true Gods, how could she shrink back because of mere truth?
“But I am ultimately not human of this world, I don’t belong to this world.” Illusion whispered, “Every world has its own rules of operation, its own rise and fall of civilization. When I considered myself a part of it, I could strive and fight for it.
“But now, unfortunately, I can no longer do that.”
She was a visitor from another world.
From the moment she underwent atavism again, after her memories awakened, she was no longer the Fourth Saint, Illusion, but a refugee visitor from another world.
Even the environment of this world couldn’t accommodate her existence, let alone helping humanity.
Attaching a tail to Luo Yan was the limit of what Illusion could do.
Luo Yan was silent for a moment, then whispered,
“I hope one day, you can safely return to your own world, your own home.”
Illusion was stunned, then just chuckled and shook her head,
“Hopefully.”
The bizarre scenery gradually faded, and the small, nine-tailed fox figure slowly dimmed.
Finally, Luo Yan returned to the present world, stepping back into the small room from before.
“Wow, you really have a big tail!” Shadow’s surprised voice sounded. “But… why is it Miss Luo Yan?”
“Because Illusion lent me one of her tails.” Luo Yan replied, turned to look at Noah, and bowed deeply. “Thank you for your trouble, Lord Noah.”
“Mm, you’re welcome.” Noah nodded.
“Can you ask Illusion to lend me one to play with too!”
Shadow’s focus was, as always, completely off.
