"So, you want me to help you cut off the chains and send you to the real world?"

The witch, who had almost calmed down, looked at Bai Ling in front of her and spoke in fairly fluent words.

The reason why it was almost was that when Bai Ling made the slightest movement, she would still move two millimeters to the side as if she was guilty of something.

And Bai Ling responded readily: "That's right."

He said to the witch: "Someone told me that in order to completely get rid of these chains, someone who specializes in souls must come. And as far as I know, you are the only one in Tartarus who can connect with souls."

"What's more, you seem to have the power to open the gate of Tartarus. If I want to get out of this place, then the best way is to leave from you."

The witch had a complicated look when she heard this.

She first turned her head to look at Red Spider, and after getting a positive answer, she breathed a sigh of relief: "I understand..."

After saying this, the witch raised her head again and said to Bai Ling: "But I don't agree."

Huh? As soon as the witch said this, before Bering could say anything, Starscream got anxious first: "Why don't you agree?!"

She is so impatient.

If he wanted to obtain the secret of origin from Bering, he had to fulfill his oath first. And if he wanted to fulfill his oath, he had to leave here. If he didn't choose the witch's way, then Red Spider would have to go to other places with great difficulty, and he might not succeed.

So all things considered, the witch is the easiest.

But she really didn't expect that the witch didn't want to talk at all.

Startled by Starscream's sudden shout, the witch pressed her chest for a while before speaking to Starscream: "You are defending him so much because you signed an oath? Let me guess, the content of the oath is related to his condition?"

"But I'm curious, as the other party to the oath, what can you gain from this oath?" The witch narrowed her eyes, "Are you deceived by this guy?"

Facing the witch's gaze, Red Spider snorted coldly.

She was about to say "None of your business", but the next second, Bering spoke: "'Origin'."

Following the witch's line of sight, Bai Ling said frankly: "The content of the oath is that I tell her the secret of the origin. Or, how to get further to the origin."

After hearing Bai Ling's answer, the witch suddenly understood: "So that's it."

She glanced at Starscream beside her. "I was wondering why this crazy woman would listen to you so obediently. Now it seems that you have strangled her neck like a cat."

This metaphor made Starscream unhappy: "Who are you scolding?"

The witch did not explain anything to Red Spider, but turned around and continued to talk to Bai Ling: "Origin... Hehe, it is indeed a very valuable secret. But unfortunately, I don't care about it. Or rather, although I care about it, I am not like that crazy woman Qiluo, who treats this thing as something close to faith and is completely obsessed."

"So you want to use this method to impress me, but I can only say that you are still a little bit immature."

This sentence surprised Bai Ling a little.

Originally, he thought that the witch should be like Starscream, obsessed with the origin from the bottom of her heart.

Now it seems that what the witch wants is different from most of the alien species...

After pondering for a moment, Bai Ling reluctantly raised his head: "So, what do you want?"

Hearing this, the witch looked at him in surprise and said, "Aren't you going to use your prophetic ability to predict my answer?"

Bai Ling just smiled and said, "I think the premise of sincere cooperation is mutual trust between both parties. If I use my prophetic ability, you may not be willing to continue to trust me. After all, if I do this, I will know all your bargaining chips, and I may even know the answer."

"So I can tell you that my ability to predict the future will be weakened in Tartarus," Bering said frankly, "This is my sincerity to you."

The witch looked at Bai Ling with some surprise.

She also didn't expect that Bai Ling would reveal his "weakness" so easily.

After thinking for a while, her tone finally softened a little: "Although I personally don't really care about your so-called 'weakness'..."

Sighing, the witch continued, "To be honest, I don't think you can satisfy my requirements."

She glanced at Starscream next to her, and said helplessly: "I am different from that crazy woman. The origin is just the icing on the cake for me, not to mention that I already have some ideas about the 'origin'."

"But what you said reminded me," she said, "It suddenly occurred to me that if I want to make a deal with you, then there might really be something that I need your help with."

Bai Ling replied quickly: "Please go ahead."

After considering her words, the witch paid attention to Bai Ling's expression and said slowly: "I am seriously injured now, and you probably know this."

Bering certainly knew this.

Because he did it.

However, Bai Ling did not show any emotion towards the witch's implication. He just smiled at the witch and let her continue speaking.

Over there, the witch hesitated for a while before continuing, "I am currently doing treatment in Tartarus. For various reasons, I cannot go to human society. But do you still remember part of my work?"

Bering also remembered this.

"If I remember correctly, it's 'referee', right?" Bering said.

Seeing that Bai Ling seemed to remember this, the witch breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, it is the judge. Among the alien species, I exist as a 'judge'. The source of this is my experience in the Zaraktu family, plus my own special power, so I can take on this responsibility."

"But because I'm stranded here now, I haven't been to the human world for a long time. Therefore, I don't know if anyone would covet my position. Not to mention, I don't know if anyone needs me to make a judgment..."

After saying this, she was silent for a while.

When Red Spider was almost impatient, the witch slowly spoke: "So my request to you is that after you go to human society, you can help me eliminate some difficulties and covetous people that may hinder me."

Listen to the witch's conditions.

Red Spider was happy: "I know, you are scared! I know what kind of monsters exist among your so-called coveters! Because you don't dare to fight them alone, you want to ask for help, right?"

As he spoke, Starscream pulled the witch's shoulder and said intimately: "Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? If our Chris has any problems, then as a friend, I will definitely help!"

The witch just sneered: "Looking for you? Then I might as well surrender to those people myself! This is better than me not knowing when you will sell me to those guys!"

Starscream cried out in injustice: "How could I be such a person?! Besides, even if I had to sell you, I wouldn't be willing to do so!"

"Except for extra money, of course," Starscream added.

As she spoke, she laughed wildly, completely ignoring the witch's angry glare at her.

On the other side, Bai Ling pondered for a moment before finally speaking: "So you want me to help you solve the problems in real life?"

"Can I ask a question?" Bai Ling asked, "Why do you take this so-called 'referee' function so seriously?"

This question seemed to make the witch reluctant to answer.

But perhaps because of the sincerity shown by Bai Ling, or perhaps to show the authenticity of her previous words, the witch finally said reluctantly: "I can't say too much. But I can reveal that this is related to my idea of ​​​​promoting 'Origin'..."

When she said this, Bai Ling immediately understood.

So he nodded: "I understand."

The Red Spider next to him glanced at the witch and then at Bering.

Soon, she started to get anxious again: "You don't really want to agree to her, do you?! Hey, you are a human, and this guy is a monster! Even if she looks weak now, it's because she's not strong enough! Once we monsters get enough power to crush you, we will definitely tear you into pieces, right?!"

Hearing this, Bai Ling looked at Red Spider with a half-smile.

He now found that this guy was really interesting. Although she seemed to say one thing and do another, in the final analysis, she always acted in her own interests.

Just like now, it is probably because the witch can, and does, touch the "origin" with her own power, which makes Starscream feel dangerous, so he decides to use the relationship between the two camps to sow discord.

At the end of the day, someone like Starscream should never let his guard down.

On the other side, the witch said, "No."

She looked at Starscream with a calm expression: "If necessary, I will not abuse humans. Of course, the premise is that it is necessary."

"From a human perspective, I have indeed shed a lot of blood in the past, and I have no intention of denying the damage I have done to your race. But if I encounter a situation that may endanger my life, I will lie dormant and stop. Therefore, considering the danger alone, I am much stronger than you guys who can't suppress your desires. At least, I can communicate, unlike you who can't control your twisted desires at all."

This is true.

In the original world line, the witch did not appear for a very long time after being seriously injured.

Not to mention that Bai Ling's current perception of her is that she is a person who cherishes her life to the extreme. Once she thinks there is danger, she will not take action at all.

Just like the time when Bering scared her away in the abandoned hospital, the witch only dared to mobilize the local alien species in Morning Wind after that, instead of accumulating her own strength to fight Bering again.

Of course, the second time was because the witch thought Bai Ling was pretending and his real strength was just like that. She misjudged the danger to Bai Ling. The two cannot be confused.

But now, after confirming the power that Bai Ling possesses, the witch probably doesn't dare to act rashly.

Not to mention right now...

Bai Ling looked at the witch, and a hint of realization flashed in his eyes.

"I see." He suddenly smiled. "You feel the mark of the oathbreaker on me, right?"

These words caused the witch to pause slightly.

And her action also confirmed Bai Ling's guess: "Sure enough..."

He smiled and said, "It seems that you are more perceptive than Starscream. I said that if I really hurt you seriously for the second time, you shouldn't be so scared. It turns out that it's because I fought with that guy Oathbreaker before, and you found out..."

It seems that the witch's reaction was so excited, not just because she was afraid because she was beaten up by Bai Ling before.

It was also largely because Bai Ling still had the feeling of having fought against the Oath Breaker.

This is probably one of the reasons why the witch is so easy to talk to.

Fighting with the Oath Breaker, who is also a prophet, and with Bering standing in front of him, the result of who will win and who will lose is obvious.

In the prophets' battle, only one person wins and one person loses, there is no middle result.

The Oath Breaker had told the Witch this in person in the past, and she still remembered it today.

And now, Bering, who looked like a winner, stood in front of him, looking calm and composed...

It seems that he is more terrifying than he thought.

This is how the witch sees it.

To which she responded readily: "Yes, that's it."

"Although I don't know why you are fighting, and where that guy is hiding now, but at least I am sure of one thing," the witch said, "He is a real monster that is more terrifying than me, Qiluo, and Xiaobai combined. And you who can kill that monster are probably already a monster far beyond us."

"That's why I asked you to help me and told you the role of the 'judge'. Because I know that you know my character very well. Once I realize how terrifying you are, I will be very careful and will never do anything vicious. So, in your judgment, the degree of harm I can cause should be very small. And all of this is based on 'I am aware of your strength'."

She stood up and said frankly, "I admit that I was acting a little bit before. After all, I wanted you to know how scared I am of you and to understand my fear of you. But at the same time, my fears before were not fake - I was really scared of you, and you should be able to feel this real emotion."

"Therefore, as a prophet, you should also be able to understand that as long as you don't die or disappear, I will always be 'safe' and 'harmless'."

She stood beside Bai Ling and spoke sincerely: "You told me my weakness before, which was your sincerity. Now, telling you this is my sincerity."

Looking at the witch with a calm face.

Bai Ling couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

The witch is more...interesting than I thought.

He thought so in his heart.

"No problem, I agree," Bering said gently, "I do appreciate your sincerity."

After hearing Bai Ling's reply, the witch was relieved.

She quickly stood up and said to Bai Ling: "Then let's get started."

"Among my collection, there are sharp knives left by the Hermetic sect. They are particularly harmful to the soul. We can start by cutting them and see if we can remove these chains."

As she spoke, she took Bering and Starscream and pushed open the door in front of them.