Chapter 42: Origin and Destiny

"Uh, what's wrong?"

Dorothy was startled by the intense reaction of this master and disciple. Her body shuddered, and then she asked cautiously, still a bit aggrieved.

"Isn't this rank useless? It's just a proof document, and it can't really improve my strength."

And to this, the master and disciple were stunned for a moment. They seemed to remember something, their expressions eased a bit, and then the angel witch spoke first.

"Young Lady, you seem to have always been studying at the Mage Academy before, so you might not really understand. Actually, besides being a proof of identity, witch rank also relates to another very important thing, and that is the witch's Destiny."

Sophie Liya remembered the veteran homebody setting of the Young Lady in front of her, and she seemed to have even graduated from the basic Mage Academy courses by taking online classes, rarely really going to school, which led to her lack of common sense in a sense.

Moreover, the secret of rank and Destiny couldn't be considered common sense. This is common sense for witches above the Great Witch level, but for witches below the Great Witch level, it belongs to a secret that only a small part of people know.

Generally, only those genius witches will be told this secret in advance by their elders. Judging from the surprised expressions of the Young Lady's family during the duel just now, the Young Lady's usual strength is hidden quite well. Her family didn't know she was so powerful, so it's no wonder no one told her this secret.

"Destiny? What is that?"

Dorothy frowned, a bit surprised. This was the first time she had heard this word, but it sounded very powerful.

"Destiny, simply put, is the degree of the world's love for you."

The Dragon Witch took over the topic. She looked at the daughter who kept giving her surprises in front of her. The idea of wanting to directly take action and tie her back home was eager to move. This child is really a waste if she is raised loosely. What if she is raised to be useless?

However, Yufillia ultimately controlled herself. She opened her mouth and asked Dorothy.

"Do you know the relationship between us witches and the Witch World?"

"Of course, this was written in textbooks long ago. We witches are both the masters of the world and the daughters of the world. In the early days when the witch race was still weak, it was the world mother who sacrificed her own vitality to give the witch race the possibility of infinite evolution."

Dorothy answered without hesitation. She is, after all, a top student on the path of omniscience, so she wouldn't not know this common sense.

In this fantasy world, it's not just the major races that have self-awareness, but all things have spirits. Look, even the old magic wand she used for a long time could give birth to a spirit race like Bast. Then, the world itself giving birth to consciousness doesn't seem to be something that cannot be understood.

In fact, according to witch history records, the reason the original witches could evolve from ordinary humans into the witches later was because of the help of world consciousness.

The original Witch World was just a mediocre and weak ordinary world. At that time, the world consciousness itself was ignorant, and there was no self-awareness yet. But later, the invasion of foreign enemies stimulated the world consciousness, accelerating the self-awakening of the world consciousness.

The foreign enemy that was eyeing this weak world at that time was none other than one of the veteran Natural Disaster races—the Angel race. A powerful angel who called himself the Lord of Radiance eyed this world, preparing to conquer and loot the world clean.

He displayed divine power in that original world, fooled the ignorant masses into respecting him as a god, built churches for him, and took the initiative to sacrifice the world's resources and wealth to him.

This is the old set of means of religious conquest by angels.

Of course, a world will always have a few smart people, and there will always be warriors who stand up and feel that this unknown god is not a good bird, and will launch resistance.

But how can weak mortals resist angels as a Natural Disaster race?

The weak resistance was easily suppressed by the angel and his believers. Subsequently, in order to pinch out any buds of resistance, the church began a bloody rule and launched a vigorous witch hunt.

Anyway, I don't know which little genius in the church at that time pointed at an innocent beautiful girl on the side of the road, opened his mouth and said that this woman is so beautiful, so charming, she must not be pure, there is a devil living in her heart, she must be the devil's lover, she is a witch, we must purify her.

Then the ignorant masses really put the innocent beautiful girl on the stake. The desperate girl cursed everything at the moment of her death, and she even started to really pray to the devil, hoping the devil would grant her power and let her become a real witch.

It's just that as a Natural Disaster race, the devil is not so easy to see. This remote and barren world being discovered by an angel is already considered very unlucky, and it's not enough to be eyed by a devil again.

Naturally, the innocent girl's prayer ultimately didn't reach the devil's ears, but the world consciousness, which was still ignorant, heard the desperate sound of its own child.

It's just that the world consciousness was ignorant, and the years of looting by angels made the world's power flow away severely. At that time, the world consciousness was basically in a deep sleep all year round, and only occasionally woke up for a moment. But the coincidence was that at this moment, the prayer of the girl who was about to be burned to death was just heard by the world consciousness that was also about to die.

Thus, the souls of the dying girl and the dying world resonated at this moment. Miracles were born from this.

The ignorant world followed its instinct and entrusted all its remaining power and hope for survival to this girl who was in the same situation as it.

The dying world and the dying girl made the initial contract.

The world would grant her power, and from then on, she would embark on the path of resisting the gods of the outside world and saving the world.

From this, the girl obtained the world's source power. This is the power of creation, the power of making, the power of miracles, the power of omnipotence, which is also the so-called mana of later generations.

The first witch was born from this.

She was the first Witch King—the God King.

Then the things that followed were familiar to everyone. Witches fought up to Heaven Mountain and plucked the bird feathers of that angel who called himself the Lord of Radiance to make a pillow.

This unlucky powerful angel who became a stepping stone for the witch's rise is still tied to the cross by witches, using various means to hang his life, forever enjoying various cruelest punishments in the world, never to be reborn.

This is now a famous tourist attraction in the Witch World. Tickets are free. If you add some money, you can also carry out the punishment yourself, enjoying the feeling of taking revenge with your predecessors.

Hmm, that's almost the origin of witches.

"Hmm, it seems your history class was learned well. Then what do you think is the key turning point of the God King's rise?"

After listening to her daughter's narration, Yufillia nodded and asked again.

"Of course, it's the world's gift."

Dorothy answered without thinking.

Subsequently, she was stunned. Lowering her head and thinking for a moment, she almost understood, knowing what Destiny was called.

Seeing this, the Dragon Witch nodded with gratification.

"That is Destiny added to the body. Now you know the preciousness and strength of Destiny, right." ===== CHAPTER 43 =====