Chapter 623: Finding Laila Means Finding All the Witches

"What do we do?"

Before making a move, Anna asked for Loren's opinion.

"Let's fish out the Eternal Ember Serpent first. With it around, dealing with the fire angels will be easier."

The God of Light and Fire's authority over light was stronger, so the Angel of Light was also stronger than the fire angel.

Him sending two fire angels made it clear He didn't want to put in much effort.

But that was more than enough for the Church of the God of Vows and Wind. Two fire angels were sufficient to catch the Church of Night and Thunder off guard.

"This prison is pretty big, how are we supposed to find it?"

The floating prison was essentially a small island, and the prison itself took up half of that island. It wouldn't be easy to search it anytime soon.

"Just smash the whole island to pieces. The Eternal Ember Serpent won't get hurt, and everyone else inside is a criminal anyway. If they die, they die. The guards know at least some wind magic, so they won't die from the fall."

"Smash the island, huh..."

Anna stared at the floating prison, a little excited.

"Strength alone won't cut it, but now that I have the Dawn Magpie's ability, breaking this island apart isn't hard.

"You wait here, I'll be right back."

That Dawn Magpie thing was just stats stuffed in with sheer reckless abandon, like the designer never actually played the game.

To balance its power, the World Card was made the last card in the deck, precisely to prevent players from copying the Dawn Magpie's ability early on and becoming invincible.

Players could respawn anyway, so there was no need to worry about recoil. If they ran into some unbeatable boss, they could just accelerate and ram straight into it.

The Dawn Magpie's normal speed could catch up to the sun, and its maximum speed could multiply that by three hundred and sixty-five times.

They quickly reached a conclusion, and the Angel of Wind was leading the fire angels toward the floating prison.

Just then, a second sun suddenly appeared in the sky. Compared to this sun, even the fire angels dimmed considerably.

By the time they realized what was happening, this sun had already crashed down onto the floating prison.

"Deliberate Heavy Blow!"

They only heard a furious roar, and the next moment, the floating prison was shattered in an instant.

As the island broke apart, the prison began to collapse as well. Countless screams rang out, and Loren finally caught sight of the Eternal Ember Serpent at the very bottom of the prison.

It was a massive grayish-white serpent, currently bound by iron chains. Several spots on its body had already begun to rot, sprouting decaying flesh that looked like coral.

As the prison shattered, the Eternal Ember Serpent also raised its head, locking eyes with Loren.

"Lord Observer..."

The Eternal Ember Serpent opened its mouth, and Loren heard its call.

Since the Eternal Ember Serpent mistook Loren for the Perpetual Observer, everything else would be easy to handle.

"Don't be afraid, I'm coming to save you."

Loren flapped his wings and instantly appeared beside the Eternal Ember Serpent, slashing through the chains binding it with a single strike of his blade.

"Not good!"

By the time the Angel of Wind arrived, it was already too late.

Its attention was completely fixed on Loren, and it utterly failed to notice Anna, who had already moved behind it.

"Die!"

Anna raised the Scythe of Harvest and swung down in one stroke, slicing through the intestines inside the tornado. Instantly, blood dyed the whirlwind crimson.

Its eyes suddenly froze, locking onto Anna behind it.

But Anna didn't stop. Two blood arrows shot out, blasting the Angel of Wind's eyes apart.

Witches' Arcane Ability worked wonderfully against angels, especially now that Anna had already reached angel-level combat strength.

The blood beneath Anna's feet gradually coalesced onto the Scythe of Harvest in her hands, and in the end, the scythe transformed into a massive blade over ten meters long.

As the two fire angels closed in, Anna violently swung the Scythe of Harvest, cleaving both fire angels behind her clean in half at the waist.

"Before, we had to gang up just to fight one angel. Now, I can hold all three of you down by myself!"

This gap between before and now made Anna more and more excited. She swung her blade out stroke after stroke, and the angels' bodies were severed again the moment they regenerated.

"Seems I was being too cautious after all..."

Loren had thought Anna would have a harder time dealing with the angels, which was why he'd rushed so eagerly to find the Eternal Ember Serpent.

"Can you still use your abilities?"

Loren sat atop the Eternal Ember Serpent's head and asked.

"I'm very weak right now, but suppressing those two fire angels won't be difficult."

"Then can you seal them?"

They were too far from the Eastern Continent here. By the time Loren fetched the materials, it would already be too late.

"I can. As long as we're at the bottom of the sea, sealing them won't cost me anything."

"Good, then get ready to make a move. First, let me help you cleanse the corruption on your body."

With that, Loren retracted the Dawn Magpie's wings, and the World Card's ability switched to the Ember-Ash Worm.

Immediately, the rotting spots on the Eternal Ember Serpent's body began to burn. The intense pain made it let out scream after scream.

The Ember-Ash Worm's ability could only burn away the corruption and suppress its spread, but it couldn't completely eradicate it. Otherwise, the Ember-Ash Worm wouldn't have been tortured into such a state.

After the corruption was burned away, the Eternal Ember Serpent's body was covered in numerous horrific wounds, but wounds were far better than corruption.

While burning away the corruption, Loren continuously used Abundant Magic to heal the Eternal Ember Serpent. Meanwhile, Anna was still suppressing the three angels.

It was just that even though she could beat the angels into uselessness, she couldn't truly destroy them.

After suppressing them for this long, Anna was starting to tire, but the three angels didn't even get a chance to catch their breath.

"Let's end this."

Loren switched back to the Dawn Magpie's ability and instantly appeared before the Angel of Wind, shattering its just-reformed body with a single punch.

At the same time, the Eternal Ember Serpent charged toward the fire angels. The moment it drew near, the flames on the fire angels' bodies were extinguished, and then they were both swallowed into the serpent's mouth.

After devouring the fire angels, the Eternal Ember Serpent didn't pause for even a moment, plunging into the water instantly.

"Eroding Wind Blood Mist!"

Before the Angel of Wind could reform, Loren unleashed the Eroding Wind Blood Mist, and the blood-colored fog instantly devoured all the wind around them.

This was the technique that necromancer who attacked the Kingdom of Anselm had used. Loren had obtained her magic book, so he'd naturally learned the spell.

The Eroding Wind Blood Mist might not be able to defeat an angel, but it could suppress the Angel of Wind's self-healing.

Loren controlled the range of the Eroding Wind Blood Mist to gradually shrink, finally trapping the Angel of Wind inside a small blood-colored ball. Only then did he and Anna dive into the sea together.

At the same time, another meteor streaked across the sky, its trajectory barely different from before, which meant Laila hadn't moved this entire time.

Loren's excitement surged. If Laila hadn't moved, then finding her would be easy.

Previously, Laila had placed Tracking Marks on the other witches to protect them.

So finding Laila was equivalent to finding all the witches.

Loren planned to explain the situation to the Eternal Ember Serpent, then immediately set out to find Laila. Since she was staying in one place, now was the perfect opportunity.