Chapter 214: Wishstone

Luo De blinked in surprise.

He immediately realized that since entering the 【Cat Fairy Leyuan 】, he had never fought at all—his body had been too small to be convenient, and his local strength was weak, so everything had been handled by Tally.

So, did this make the other side believe Luo De, as the Dragon God's emissary, had no combat power?

Come on, you must at least see my spiritual accumulation—I'm at least Sixth Tier, early stage.

What? Princess Mei Mei is Sixth Tier, mid-stage? Oh, no wonder she's so confident.

"I'm utterly exhausted, Lord Luo De—you have no idea how loyal your sister is to you. I wanted her to attack you directly, but her memories were completely unshakable; just finding a part I could alter took me a full hour."

As Princess Mei Mei spoke.

The temperature inside the ritual array gradually rose, releasing waves of steam.

Soon, all the cat fairies except Luo De were dazed and dizzy from the heat.

Pudding trudged over, sweating: "Don't worry, Lord Luo De, I, Pudding, will die defending you."

"First, take care of yourself."

Luo De was now too lazy to overthink.

He looked again at the prompt:

【Affected by the 【Cat Fairy Leyuan 】 maze rules, shrinking in progress. Use 【Open-Air Maze Pass】 to exempt?】

He was about to select "Yes."

It wasn't that the maze rule had much impact.

He was just used to fighting in his original body form.

Pudding whispered: "I can still feel Princess Mei Mei's lingering affection for me. Later, I'll pretend to agree. Once we leave this ritual array, I'll find a chance to attack her."

Luo De smiled, then immediately put aside the thought of exempting himself from the maze rule.

He had come here purely to relax and sightsee.

The cat fairies' behavior and plot progression resembled fairy tales, so he preferred to remain an observer rather than personally alter events.

Of course, Princess Mei Mei's mental magic was a pleasant surprise—gaining it would be ideal.

"I will never disappoint Lord Luo De."

After receiving the Dragon God's emissary's approval, Pudding's confidence surged.

He strained to recall every moment he'd shared with Princess Mei Mei, while deliberately forgetting her affair with Duke Andy and all the evil deeds, then stepped forward to pour out his heart to his beloved.

Princess Mei Mei, too, had something to say, and the two began speaking.

As for the dialogue, it was overly saccharine and absurd.

Including but not limited to: "He just brushed against me," "I fought with all my might back then," "He couldn't, but you're so much better," "Every night after, I dug underground to find you," "I'm pregnant," "I still love you."

And also: "I don't care about your past," "Blood ties aren't that important," "Being a bit clueless as a cat isn't so bad," and so on.

Luo De didn't bother listening.

He went over to the witch cat.

Smiling, he kept rubbing salt in her wounds: "So busy talking to your lover, yet you ignore your best friend lying in a stinking ditch? Really."

The witch cat glared at him, then struggled to rise on her own.

"I heard you were Baha Dur's student, then dropped out—why?"

She ignored him, trying to cast a spell, but her injuries were severe—a gaping blood hole in her abdomen revealed her organs and bones.

In this state, not only could she not maintain the focus required for spellcasting, Luo De had no doubt she would die soon.

Luo De pulled out a healing magic potion and waved it in front of her.

"I noticed the soul contracts in your two headless knights. How about this potion in exchange for them?"

Last night, he tried enslavement spells on the headless knights, but since they were already enslaved, it didn't work.

To him, the sisters Mimi and Tatta were more valuable as collectibles than for practical use.

Still, the Windwall Forest was simply too vast—it needed more hands.

Pani the Ghoul's 【Necrotic Legion】 had plenty of bodies, but their negative energy was off the charts; for the trees' health, they should never enter the forest.

The witch cat glanced at him and muttered a few words:

"Facing death, why are you still talking to me about this?"

"Not necessarily."

"You're still hoping your sister will save you? Don't dream it. This place is inherently hidden, and Princess Mei Mei deliberately erased her memory of it—she'll never find it."

Luo De sat beside her, glancing at Pudding over there—still talking.

"Do you know what kind of spell that is?"

The witch cat coughed violently, then spat out a large gush of blood.

The blood immediately soaked through her tiny vest.

She was already withering, nearly dead.

Luo De could only force the magic potion down her throat.

The effect was decent—after ten seconds, she regained enough strength to speak.

"It's not a spell. It's a treasure I stole before leaving Baha Dur Magic Academy—called the 【Wishstone of Memory】. It allows the user to manipulate others' memories to a certain degree."

Seeing her condition still dire, Luo De feared she was experiencing a final surge before dying.

So he pinched her fluffy face and poured another potion down her throat.

"What are you doing! Ehn—"

Luo De shrugged: "So you knew what this treasure did, yet you still got caught?"

"What? Got caught? I gave it to Princess Mei Mei willingly—we're like sisters, sharing things is nothing."

"Then what do you think of this situation now?"

"Of course Princess Mei Mei has another goal—she'll save me at the last moment."

Aren't you completely brainwashed?

Luo De didn't bother dwelling on it.

As they spoke, Pudding actually succeeded in her seduction—Princess Mei Mei agreed to let her go.

Just as the two embraced warmly, Pudding, tears streaming, drove her sword into her lover's chest.

"Whoa."

Luo De let out a small exclamation.

Then he saw Princess Mei Mei shove Pudding away, her face shifting from shock to fury, then to bitter self-mockery.

The witch cat, witnessing this, tried to rise and help her sister—but her injuries were too severe, and within the ritual array, she could do nothing.

She could only watch helplessly as Princess Mei Mei pulled out the same cone-shaped brooch as Pudding's, cast a spell, and drove it deep into her own chest.

Immediately, Princess Mei Mei swelled and warped into a spherical monster composed of elephant legs, deer legs, insect limbs, cat paws, and human legs.

All the cat fairies present stared blankly, murmuring praises like "Beautiful" and "Magnificent."

Luo De sighed—he now knew the cat fairies' tricks were exhausted.

"Exempt from maze rule."

The next instant, he reverted to his normal human form.

He swung his golden sword, and a massive spiritual greatsword appeared.

With a single strike, he cleaved through the ritual barrier—and the monstrous sphere of limbs—sending both flying.

(End of Chapter)