Miss Witch’s Devotion Has Gone… Twisted

”Forget it, I’ll hold back for now.”

Even if Loren had a way to deal with the Orthodox Gods, he couldn’t handle all of them at once, especially since he still had to find Mythical Creatures and Tarot cards while under pressure from the Orthodox Gods.

If it really came to all-out war, he’d at least have to wait until Loren collected all the Tarot cards, or simply until Loren fully became the Perpetual Observer.

Using a god to deal with gods, that was only fair.

”I’ll head off first. Anna and the others are probably getting impatient.”

Since everything had already been resolved, Loren no longer had any reason to stay here.

”Alright, please take care...”

Though Melody felt some reluctance, she knew Loren had more important matters, so she didn’t try to hold him back.

”Do you need me to see you off?”

”No need. My memory’s excellent, I know the way.”

Atlantis’s Protective Wards were useless against Loren, and since Loren had memorized the location, this place was now practically his own backyard. He could come and go as he pleased.

”Goodbye...”

Melody watched Loren’s departing figure, feeling somewhat emotional.

When she had been on the verge of death, Loren had suddenly appeared and saved her. If he’d been even a little later, she might have truly been finished.

Loren was still as reliable as ever.

...

Loren still remembered the ship’s position. Through Reflection Naclis, Loren could tell that the ship hadn’t moved at all from beginning to end.

Ordinary ships might be forced to move by the waves, but a ghost ship wouldn’t. Ghost ships ignored the influence of the waves entirely.

Knowing the position, Loren had no reservations and advanced at full speed, quickly returning to the ship.

From Loren’s departure to his return, not even a day had passed. Loren’s efficiency in handling matters was absurdly high.

”I’m back.”

Loren caught Anna as she pounced toward him, pulling her into his embrace.

”Did anything happen while I was gone?”

”A bunch of Pirates tried to attack us, but Anna already sank them with a single strike.”

There was no need to report this kind of news through Reflection Naclis and Loren. Perhaps those Pirates were some great sea criminals, but before Loren and the others, there was no difference at all.

”Where are we heading next?”

”To find Noah, see if he’s developed the nuclear bombs, and pick up some more powerful weapons from him while we’re at it.

”Now that Scarlett’s back, we can carry nuclear bombs with us no problem.

”Also, the next key item we need to obtain is in the God of Plague’s territory, but I’m not sure of its exact location.”

This time, what Loren needed to find was called the [Holy Spring Water]. A single drop could cure a hundred illnesses, and as long as a person was still alive, they could be saved.

In any case, if a person was already dead, it would turn them into a monster, and the monster would more or less retain some human characteristics. So many people had once attempted to use Holy Spring Water to resurrect the dead, treating the monster created as their emotional anchor.

Because of this, the Holy Spring had already been destroyed. Now only the Holy Spring Water remained.

Holy Spring Water was extremely scarce. After all, it could serve as a panacea, so even the Falling Star Merchant Guild couldn’t buy the stuff.

From what Loren knew, the Plague Church should have a bottle. This thing could save lives, especially the lives of Plague Believers.

The plague within their bodies had long accumulated to a terrifying degree. No matter how they tried to avoid it, as long as they were within the God of Plague’s territory, they would contract all manner of plagues.

If the God of Plague’s Blessing were lifted, they would die.

That was why some people kept Holy Spring Water around. Having it was equivalent to having an extra life.

Whether the God of Plague died in the Divine War, or they wanted to jump ship to another church, the Holy Spring Water would come in handy.

The healing effect was useless to Loren. Loren had already obtained the Ember-Ash Worm’s ability, and the current Loren had become the world’s number one Miraculous Doctor.

No matter what the illness was, Loren could simply burn it away. Loren just needed the Holy Spring Water as a key item for the initiation ritual.

If necessary, Loren could absolutely arrange an exchange as well.

He would help the Holy Spring Water’s holder cure their illnesses while exchanging for the Holy Spring Water.

Loren’s healing ability was unlimited, while Holy Spring Water was limited. If the person was willing, Loren could absolutely let them drag their whole family and flee this place.

Moreover, Loren’s intelligence had no small value either.

If Loren said the God of Plague was about to die, the person would probably believe him too.

Even if, due to Loren’s interference, the God of Plague ended up killing the God of Bountiful Harvest instead, it didn’t matter. As long as that person temporarily believed Loren’s words, that was enough.

The people who knew Loren had gone back on his word were either too far away or dead. To this day, Loren’s credibility was still as good as ever.

Loren and the others crossed the Endless Ocean and arrived at the Western Continent.

Along the way, Loren encountered quite a few Pirates. As the Divine War began, Pirates and evil gods became even more restless.

”So we’re back again...”

The moment they landed, the sky instantly darkened. Anna stretched and let out a sigh.

This time, they had still landed from the God of Night and Thunder’s territory. If they could avoid the God of Vows and Wind’s territory, they avoided it as much as possible.

”Should we go visit Cecelia?”

”Let’s go see Cecelia first. She’s probably already missing us.”

”Not missing us, missing you. Cecelia doesn’t actually care about us, it’s just because you like us.”

Anna corrected Loren’s phrasing. On this point, she saw things quite clearly.

Cecelia had basically never given the other witches a pleasant look. The key was that she was also different from Laila and the others. No matter what, Laila had never treated Anna as a rival in love. Cecelia, on the other hand, treated all of them equally.

”...”

Loren fell silent for a moment, then began changing the subject, since he really had no way to refute Anna:

”No rush with Noah. He said it would take two months to develop the nuclear bombs. How long has it been? We’re still far from developing them.

”Even if we went early, we’d have to wait quite a while for him.”

”So does that mean we can stay at Cecelia’s place for a while?”

Anna still quite liked staying over here. After all, this place was relatively more modern.

”Mm. If you want to have fun, we can even go straight to Ofemia’s. She has even more stuff at her place.”

As a shut-in girl, and an incredibly wealthy shut-in girl at that, Ofemia’s home basically had everything one could want. Her game consoles were more complete than an arcade.

And by now, Loren had grown increasingly trusting of Ofemia and the other Vampires as well.

But before that, Loren casually bought a newspaper, intending to see what had happened recently.

As usual, Loren occupied more than half the pages of the newspaper. The newspaper ceaselessly accused Loren of evil, pinning all sorts of fabricated crimes on him. It made Loren want to casually burn down the newspaper office.

Loren skipped past this useless information, and then saw something that shocked him somewhat:

”A new singer has debuted. Just like Cecelia, doesn’t show her face, only uses her voice. Cecelia even helped promote her...”

”What? You want a new harem?”

Anna snarked, and then she saw the contents of the newspaper. She was instantly dumbfounded too:

”How is this singer called Gwen?”