Should I answer?
Can you answer this?
Su Bai couldn't determine whether the being before him, known as the Despair Witch, was a friendly entity.
If his answer would provoke an attack, at such close range, he would have virtually no chance of survival.
Let's take a gamble!
Su Bai steeled his resolve.
The key issue is that he can no longer leave silently. As long as he moves, he will make a sound. Even with the Forgotten Mask, its effectiveness is minimal when there is only one target around.
and.
The effect of the Forgotten Mask is that it makes me unable to distinguish between friend and foe.
If he were to use the Mask of Oblivion at this moment, it might very well lead to the dramatic scene of the people above putting on an act of "Huh? Why is there a hole here? Let me crawl through it..."
"I'm here."
When speaking.
Su Bai, however, had already activated the second characteristic of the Forgotten Mask.
A blood-red figure rose up beside him, and then, in a moment, disguised itself to be exactly the same as his appearance.
Su Bai controlled the demon clone to move to the side, immediately attracting the witch's attention.
"Someone actually managed to get here."
The witch didn't attack him, and Su Bai seemed to have made the right bet; her tone sounded delighted.
"Are you from the church?"
She asked again.
"No," Su Bai denied, then before she could ask further, he directly asked, "Why were you locked up here by the church? How long have you been locked up?"
"It's been too long... I can't remember clearly. I only remember that this body is the 724th time I've been successfully resurrected."
"But I'm about to die too."
There was no sadness in her voice.
It was as if death was something she took for granted.
However, if she has truly been resurrected more than 700 times as she claims, then she certainly doesn't need to worry about dying.
"You haven't answered my other question yet."
Su Bai said.
The witch smiled slyly. "One question for each of us. Now it's your turn to answer me. You're not a member of the church, so why would they let you down to see me?"
"The Church of Redemption is now defunct in name only, and no one outside cares whether you are still alive."
Su Bai answered truthfully.
Upon hearing this, the witch was stunned, her expression subtle, devoid of joy, only a compassionate pity for humanity. "...It seems that day has truly come."
"Because my research touched upon taboos that the church could not tolerate, they could not kill me completely, so they could only seal me here."
She answered voluntarily.
Then, she immediately asked, "Does the research institute still exist? What is the situation in the city now? Is Master William still alive?"
"The academy is still there, but it has been taken over by monsters, and the city has fallen. Master William is still alive... but he is also dead."
Su Bai recounted all the information he possessed.
"These are three questions."
He reminded him.
The witch just stared blankly and said, "I've missed a lot of things..." Then, seemingly out of nowhere, she added, "Ask away, but I can't guarantee I can answer you for everything. I'm just me."
“...”
Su Bai glanced at him slightly and asked, "What taboo are you referring to?"
"I cannot answer this question. Taboos cannot be spoken, otherwise they will bring disaster upon you as well."
The witch shook her head.
She added, "Don't try to ask any more taboo questions; that will only waste your opportunities."
"...Then I have nothing more to ask."
Su Bai paused and said.
The witch said, "But I still have many questions to ask."
"Ask away, I'll try to answer you."
Su Bai said magnanimously.
“I never like owing anyone anything…” The witch paused, then reached into her clothes and pulled out a shiny badge. “I’ve always carried this with me. Perhaps it was important to ‘me’ before, but now I’m giving it to you.”
Su Bai's expression turned strange after he saw the design of the badge.
"This thing... is actually quite important to you."
He remarked with emotion.
[Obtained: Iceborn Gauntlet Demon Hunter Badge!]
...
No wonder we didn't find Darren's identification badge after killing him.
It turned out it had fallen down below.
It's estimated that Darren left it behind when he fought the Witch of Despair, but she seems to have lost some of her memories and mistook the badge for something very important to her.
—While that's not wrong to some extent.
You know?
The witch asked curiously.
Su Bai asked in confusion, "Don't you even remember how you got locked up down here?"
To everyone's surprise, the witch said matter-of-factly, "The one who was imprisoned was only the former 'me.' The current me was born here, and I belong here."
“...”
Su Bai couldn't think of any words to respond.
"Hey! Are you alright?!"
Ning Hongchen's voice suddenly came from above.
After instructing everyone to evacuate, he remained in the basement and did not come out, which inevitably caused some people to worry.
When speaking.
Ning Hongchen, carrying a shield, walked down the steps warily.
"Is he/she your friend?" the witch asked softly.
"Um."
Su Bai nodded in response, only to find that she had disappeared into the darkness at some point, like a shut-in with severe social anxiety, unable to have a conversation with more than two people.
"Huh?!" Ning Hongchen first saw the two Su Bais in the basement, and was suddenly stunned. Then he said, "How come there's a woman's voice?!"
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