Would the followers of the Destiny Witches not believe in fate?
This question seemed absurd, but it struck Alice like a bolt of lightning, instantly making her dumbfounded.
"I … I … of course … believe … in fate …"
Alice answered hesitantly, but her tone was getting smaller and weaker.
Ever since she had the strange spatial talent, she had regarded this as her instinct, and had never tried to trace it back to its source. As for the illusory "fate" that gave her all this, except for when Alice would inadvertently think of it and praise it a few times in her spare time, during the days when she became an apprentice, "fate" was like a non-existent god, with no sense of existence at all.
There were less than nine years left before the selection ceremony of the Destiny Witches. It could be imagined that all the people who had awakened the bloodline talent of the Destiny Witches would gather in the north, where the real Destiny Witch would be decided.
And there was only one place for the Destiny Witch!
Once one of the awakened ones held the ceremony to officially become the Destiny Witch, the rest of the awakened ones would die a painful death, and all the power of fate would gather on the real Destiny Witch. So, today, eight years later, Alice would either live or die.
At that time, she would face the first life and death limit in her journey of fate!
So what was it that decided her fate?
Strength? Of course, if Alice had the strength of a Level 2 Wizard after eight years, it would not be a problem to sweep the rest of the awakened ones. At that time, no one would be able to take the title of Destiny Witch from her hands.
But was this possible?
Eight years was not a long time, but it was not a short time either.
If Alice worked hard enough, she was still very sure that she could smoothly advance to an official Wizard, but it was absolutely impossible to jump to a Level 2 Wizard! It could be imagined that there would be a lot of awakened ones who could become Wizards, and how could she stand out from the many awakened ones and suppress the others?
Her spatial talent was indeed excellent enough, and her strength was also strong enough, but how much worse could the other awakened ones' talents be compared to her?
In this cruel competition of life and death, no awakened one would be willing to give up their own life to save others. Therefore, the selection of the Destiny Witch was bound to be extremely cruel and bloody. Those Awakened ones who were not prepared or did not make sufficient preparations were destined to become stepping stones for others.
They would wail in pain as they watched others step onto the high platform of fate, and then take away all the talents, bloodlines, and abilities that originally belonged to them!
Alice's face turned white with fear at the thought of such a terrible and tragic scene.
For the first time in her life, Alice felt as if she could not use up all the energy in her body. She clenched her small fists and tried to encourage herself.
"Alice, you can do it. Come on, work hard, I will definitely become the most powerful witch! Ouch … "
Before she could finish the motivational ceremony, Grimm knocked her on the head.
"If you are determined to be the most powerful witch, I can say with certainty that you will never become a Destiny Witch!" Grim glared at her fiercely. "Looks like I'll have to reconsider if I should continue to invest in you!"
"Why?" Alice bared her canine teeth angrily. "If I don't work hard to become the strongest, how can I defeat them?"
"Use your brain, idiot!" Grimm shook his head, as if the other party was hopeless, "You chose the Destiny Witches! The Destiny Witches! The core of this profession is always the word 'Destiny'. Therefore, it doesn't need the most powerful one, but the one closest to destiny! "
Alice's body was only the size of an eight-year-old girl, but her mental age was only fifteen or sixteen. Although she was intelligent and gifted with profound knowledge, when it came to the heavy topic of destiny, she could not grasp it at all.
"Then I don't have to work on improving my strength anymore, and I can use all my time to study destiny?" Alice asked timidly.
* Bang. *
Before she could say anything, she was knocked on the head again.
"Why did you hit me again?" Alice held her head with both hands and pouted. She felt so wronged that she was about to cry. "Didn't you say that the Destiny Witches rely on destiny, not strength?"
"Why can't you understand?" Grimm had a look of exasperation on his face. "Strength is your guarantee of survival. Destiny is the key to your victory! So you have to improve your strength first and ensure that you can survive. Only then will you have a chance to win. I dare say that the first batch of Destiny Witches to be eliminated will definitely be those who do not have the strength to advance to become Wizards. "
"And then?"
"As for those who advance to become Wizards, if they can't do anything to each other, then destiny will be the only thing they can rely on!"
"But how can something like destiny be strengthened?"
"That's simple. You have to advance to become a Wizard as soon as possible so that you have the strength to survive. After that, work hard to learn divination and prophecy! After all, this is the ultimate weapon that decides your life and death! "
"Then what do I need to do now?"
"The first thing you need to do now is to find a way to make yourself believe in destiny. It was not a false verbal belief, but a genuine, wholehearted belief. You can lie to me, but you can't lie to your heart, and you can't lie to destiny! So … little girl, from today onwards, work hard to become a believer of destiny! "
Alice held her head in her hands and nodded heavily in the quilt.
… …
After Alice fell into a deep sleep once more, Grimm sat by the wooden table and took out a crystal talisman in the shape of a pin to study it.
This was the Puppet Talisman that Ratfolk Councilor Paro had traded with him.
With it, Grim could easily carry his first Metal Golem around with him after he created it. When Grimm had first obtained it, he had thought of using the A.I. Chip's data scanning and analysis abilities to decipher the mysteries within the Puppet Talisman. Then, he could mass produce them himself.
However, after a few days of fumbling around, this unrealistic fantasy was shattered!
Damn it, this puppet amulet isn't a dimensional space that can store giant metal puppets like I expected. It's a strange witchcraft. The Puppet Talisman that could store a 10-metre tall war golem with a wave of his hand was not a spatial equipment, but a sealing spell!
Seeing this, Grim could not help but be enraged.
He had originally thought that with Alice's spatial innate talent and the void stone, he would be able to successfully clone the Puppet Talisman as long as he could decipher the barrier. Who would have thought that he would end up empty-handed?
Thinking about it again, Grimm couldn't help but be amused by his delusions.
If the Puppet Talisman was so easy to decipher, the Silver Alliance would not have monopolized this technique for thousands of years. Nowadays, high-ranked Magi from the other large organisations could only travel hundreds of millions of miles to the Silver Alliance to seek help if they wanted to carry a metal golem with them.
The Magus Association in the eastern part of the continent had gathered many powerful Magi, but they still couldn't decipher this Puppet Talisman Seal!
After studying it for two days, Grimm confirmed that he could not decipher this seal with his current abilities, so he could only give up.
After putting away the Puppet Talisman, Grimm couldn't help but start to think about his next journey.
His main mission in Sky City had been completed. Although he wanted to stay for a while longer in this area where arcane Magi gathered, he felt that it would be safer to return to Ferdinand City as soon as possible after considering the negative effects of the void stone.
After making up his mind, Grimm immediately contacted Wizard Angus and asked him to help him book a ticket back to the scattered Tower Forest in 10 days. He and the goblin Kabi went on a crazy shopping spree. Every day, they would frequently go to the shops in the outer ring, trying their best to collect things that would be useful to them.
Grimm had already earned a large amount of magic crystals after helping the Byron Family win the arcane competition. Now, he decided to go on a shopping spree. He spent almost all the magic crystals he had on him, exchanging them for countless materials, resources, and knowledge.
At the beginning, Grimm was hoping to buy a batch of potions that could help increase his power of the Will. However, after asking around for a couple of shops, he gave up.
The reason was that it was too expensive! Super expensive too!
Eris' Nightmare was a potion that could help increase the power of the Will of an official Magus. Every time it was used, it could increase a Magus' power of the Will by 0.12.
Its base price was 1,400 magic crystals per bottle, and it had a huge side effect.
Just like its name suggested, Magi who used this potion would suddenly fall into a strange illusion at a certain time every night. They could not break free with their own strength, and no one could wake them up.
Only by silently enduring the nightmare for two hours could the person involved wake up.
Such a terrifying side effect was a huge safety hazard for the Magus who took the potion!
As for the other potion, the Evil Spirit Water, it was even more terrifying.
Magi who used this potion would be especially favored by vengeful spirits and undead for a long period of time. If they did not take precautions, it was extremely easy for them to be possessed by evil spirits.
Therefore, Magi who had consumed the Evil Spirit Water would not dare to explore any ancient ruins or tombs. Otherwise, they would be like a magnet, attracting all the spirits out of the place. Any Magus with a brain would feel their hairs stand on end and their souls would not be able to leave their bodies.
Most of the other Magus potions were the same. They all had a despairing price and terrifying side effects. If Grimm wanted to increase his power of the Will by taking potions, he would need to increase it by 10 or 8 times.
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