Sonia slowly landed on the edge of the cliff, sheathed her sword, took the towel and sports drink from Deda Rose, wiped the sweat off her neck with the towel, and sipped water. In front of her was a huge rift valley that was too deep to be seen. From above, the rift valley looked like an ugly scar on the earth, almost completely cutting off the entire land.

But half an hour ago, this place was an endless plain.

“Sword Princess—” Diya rushed over and hugged Sonia, burying her head in her arms and sucking wildly: “Look at me sucking away your talent! How can you improve so fast! Slow down!”

"Don't be so sticky." Sonia pushed her away and fed her a sports drink. "You've made rapid progress, too. You're the only one among us who has created a new wonder. I was almost completely suppressed by your "Witch Domain" just now."

"But you still penetrated the "Witch's Domain"..." Diya muttered: "I was quite confident in the "Witch's Domain", and I thought I would definitely become the strongest this time, but in the end I still couldn't beat you... Sword Princess, you are too outrageous!"

"Both of you are outrageous." Weisser came over and said, "The witch built the heavenly wonder "Witch Realm" from scratch in just a few days based on the fairy tale gods and gospel gods. It can actually split into three sister clones with self-awareness and can freely use magic wonders. In the face of a melee, they are magic turrets, and can absolutely suppress a single unit. They even integrate prophecy miracles into the tactical system, and can always be the first to defeat the enemy... It's simply a demigod army."

"But the Sword Princess is an extremely dignified and charming sword. It can violently cut through mountains and seas, and poetically cut through time and prophecy. Even if the witch can defeat the enemy first, she still can't stop the sharpness of the Sword Princess." Weisser sighed, "You two are obviously the youngest. Looking at you, I always wonder if I have lived a dog's life in these extra years..."

"Do you want to flatter them or belittle me?" Vichy flew down lazily, the flames on her body dissipated, revealing her dark black bra. She took out a bottle of water and poured it on her head. The cold water slid down her collarbone, and crystal clear water droplets hung on her hemisphere and slid into the ravine, passing over her waist and wetting her short skirt.

She sat on a rock, gulped down a bottle of water, and said while panting, "I have seen many talented magicians like you, but how many of them can grow up?"

"One tenth?" Diya gave a reasonable range.

"In my era, infinity approaches zero." Weishi sneered and tilted his head and said, "How could I allow a talented magician to grow up?"

Everyone then remembered that the most recorded event in the "Ghost Handbook" was that Vichy hunted down talented magicians everywhere, and single-handedly caused a talent gap of several generations in the Sanctuary Legend.

"But even without people like me, it would be difficult for a talented magician to grow up." Weishi said, "The rise of a magician depends on many aspects. Talent is only one factor, and it is not even the most important factor. The ability to explore the virtual world, the ability to manage the reality, and whether one's heart is firm are more important than the magician's own talent."

"I have seen many geniuses who have bad luck in the virtual realm and whose growth progress is inferior to that of ordinary people. I have also seen many geniuses who are dragged down by real things and entangled in disputes all day long, but neglect the development of their magic. There are even more geniuses who cannot bear the pressure from all aspects and choose to escape and let God take away their talents."

"Including myself, you have all made rapid progress in this year." Wei Xi slid to the ground and leaned lazily against the stone: "For our current achievements, let alone our talents, even our efforts are only a tiny part of it."

"Let me put it bluntly," the maid crossed her arms over her chest, "You all gain power from Ash by selling your beauty."

"Including me."

"We usually use more elegant words to describe this kind of relationship," Weisser said calmly, "such as love."

"Love, sincerity, admiration, whatever you want to say." Vichy's black silk legs intertwined together, like two poisonous snakes: "But do you think that's really good?"

"What do you mean?" Diya became alert: "You want to sow discord between us and Ash? You bad woman!"

"Ash is my master. He has said more than once that if he dies, he will definitely take me with him. How could I sow discord between you and him and weaken his support? His enemy is a master of magic who can destroy the world." Weishi smiled and said, "I'm just wondering, does he need a lover or a strong teammate?"

"And for you, what is truly indispensable: love or the power to control your destiny?"

Deda Rose suddenly said, "I should go back and prepare dinner." Without waiting for anyone to respond, she nodded slightly and turned to leave.

After the most beautiful woman under the starry sky left, Weisser snapped her fingers, and silver light condensed into a soft chair. She sat on it casually, and her round buttocks pressed the seat concave.

"You scared Deda Rose," Weisser said, "She is not loyal to us, nor to power. She is only loyal to Ash... or the Five Pillars who love Ash."

"I said this even in front of Ash," Vichy said, "I used to think that Ash's needs, your needs, and the needs of reality were an impossible triangle. If I want to meet Ash's needs, it will inevitably cause your dissatisfaction; if I want to meet your needs, you will quarrel with each other; and whether it is meeting Ash's or your needs, you will sink into temporary happiness and be unable to catch up with the pace of the Supreme Stars, making you vulnerable in the future Supreme competition."

"But I was wrong," she said, "Now is the best balance point of this impossible triangle. Because without Ash as a "disruptor", we... at least there is no irreconcilable contradiction between you."

"If it weren't for Ash, you, the talented female magicians of this generation, could have become close friends. You weren't enemies from the beginning, were you?"

Diya and Sonia looked at each other, and the witch took her friend's hand and said softly: "These past few days... I feel like we have returned to the time continent."

Sonia smoothed Diya's bangs and a gentle smile appeared on her face.

When she was in the Continent of Time, she and Ash were still in an ambiguous relationship. Diya was an emotionally unstable little girl. During that time, what she liked most was to chat with Diya about the trivialities of life and complain about Ash's bad behavior... She always thought at that time that the witch would become her best and closest friend, because there was no conflict of interest between them, and Sonia could safely share her love, hate, sorrow and joy with the witch... That was the happiest time for Sonia. She could stay with her lover and friends every day. She really thought that this kind of life could continue forever and ever.

Sword Princess and Silver Lantern looked at each other, and both saw regret in each other's eyes. Weisser was undoubtedly a good teammate, and she was almost unanimously recognized by all the team members based on her own strength. Even though she later knew that Weisser was the Silver Lantern who had murdered Ash, when Sonia heard the news of Weisser's "death", she still felt that it was a regret of her life that she could not continue to fight side by side with Weisser.

They are all very good female magicians.

"If you ignore what I did to Ash, you don't have any bad feelings towards me. Even Silver Lantern, you don't hate me, but the "ghost prophet who will harm Ash." "We have been under the supervision of the Gospel Spirit for a few days. After I can no longer contact Ash, you will be able to accept me as part of the team... Although Ash has always had unrealistic fantasies about you, your moral bottom line is actually much lower than his own."

"I even think..." Vichy propped up his chin, his eyes licking at the female magicians like a snake's tongue: "The main reason why you are willing to abide by the law in the Starry Kingdom is not because you are worried about disturbing the stars, but simply because you are concerned about his opinion."

"Aren't you also law-abiding?" Weisser chuckled.

"I just can't resist his shackles." Wei Xi curled his lips, "He watched me so closely that I couldn't find any space to collect souls."

Silver Lantern said nothing, just smiled at the maid. The maid felt a little uneasy, and quickly continued the topic: "In short, after eliminating Ash, the "contraband", the relationship between us is no longer tense, but can be friendly and united. Not only is our team strength improved, but also because we don't have to rack our brains to think about how to win favor, our magic realm has also improved by leaps and bounds."

"That's why we quit because it's so effective." Diya said, "But this is only temporary. Once Ash recovers, we won't have to practice so hard."

"Why is it temporary?" Wei Xi asked, "Why don't we continue to maintain such a good team state?"

"Because we all..." Diya hesitated for a moment, and finally thought of a more elegant way of saying it: "...we all need emotional comfort."

"Really?" Vichy stretched lazily, her dark black bra seemed to be severely challenged, her proud chest and slender waist showed dynamic and graceful curves, "Can the comfort Ash really give you far exceed the good relationship between you and Sword Princess? For that occasional sweetness, you have to lose a good friend, is it really worth it?"

Diya was startled, and she held Sonia's hand tightly, shaking her head and saying, "But I can't give up—"

"I didn't ask you to give up." Wei Xi smiled and said, "Who asked you to give up?"

"It is precisely because no one's interests will be harmed that this is the best balance point of the impossible triangle." She said, "As long as you and Ash maintain this close-to-none-distant teammate status, you don't have to give up your lover, you can maintain a good relationship with each other, and you can study magic without distraction, perfectly meeting all needs."

"The only problem is what you call emotional comfort." Vichy glanced at them, "But aren't you happy without Ash these days? The emotional value provided by friends should be no less than that of lovers, right?"

"Is your desire strong?" The maid tilted her head and said slowly, "I don't know much about this. After all, I don't want to be shy with Ash..."

"No!" Diya shook her head repeatedly: "I just feel happy to be with Ash, not because of any desire."

"Even if we can accept it," Weisser said, "but can Ash accept it? He has been..."

Sonia suddenly said, "He will accept it."

Everyone looked at the red-haired girl, and Sonia said calmly, "If he thinks this is good for us and the only one who needs to sacrifice his own interests is himself, then he will definitely agree."

"And he didn't sacrifice his own interests. This is the balance point of the impossible triangle, and his needs can be met." Wei Xi said, "Who do you think is the happiest person to see us living in harmony these days?"

Diya answered immediately: "It's Ash! His greatest wish is to see us united and friendly!"

"He has always felt guilty for being the biggest troublemaker for the team." Weisser pondered, "In fact, he really is..."

"And you can also give him a good vision." Weishi clasped his hands together: "He knows clearly that you girls who like him can never get along with each other in a friendly manner. But if you become close friends first, is it possible that one day you will completely compromise and be willing to serve him together?"

Sonia chuckled, and the others didn't say anything, but the silence was enough to show their attitudes.

"Everyone's needs are met, and everyone can stride forward into the future." Weishi spread his hands: "Giving up sex is the only way out for our demigod team."

"If I have to point out the shortcomings, it's that you've abstained from sex for a long time, and you might start to doubt..." Vichy's voice became ethereal and deep: "Ash's love doesn't seem to be indispensable to you."

The air suddenly became quiet, and the female magicians quietly relaxed their bodies, each thinking about something in their minds for a while.

"You have enough time to slowly examine your feelings." Vichy stuck out his tongue and poured out the last drop of water in the bottle: "After all, your situation is more complicated, not as simple as mine."

"The Ghost Prophet has no lovers," she threw the water bottle into the chasm, "nor does he have a master."

"To me, Ash is my salvation." Weisser said seriously, "If his teammates mean more to him than his lovers, why should I be reluctant to give him up?"

Diya grabbed Sonia's clothes tightly, her big eyes blinking, and said pitifully: "I really don't want to lose another good friend."

Sonia didn't respond for a moment, staring blankly at the light in the distance on the horizon. After a while, Deda Rose spread her virtual wings and flew over to land next to them, saying respectfully: "The bath is ready. If you are done with training, you can go take a bath first. Dinner will be ready in 40 minutes."

"Deda Rose." Sonia suddenly said, "Do you remember the famous line from episode 17 of "The Wrong Blade of the Century"?"

Deda Rose thought for a moment: "I am with you to be loved and protected, not to be filled with grievances and tears, tossing and turning in the middle of the night wondering whether you are worth it."

"Yeah." Sonia nodded, "Go back and take a shower. Vichy, remember to put on your clothes."

"Yes—" Wei Xi responded lazily, "So Sword Princess, do you agree or...?"

"We can't just stand still and repeat the same mistakes." Sonia glanced at them and sighed with relief:

“It’s time to move forward a little bit.”