Chapter 2089

When Su Xiao left the Old God Church, the Immortal Witch Gus was sitting on the steps inside the church, with a pile of blood-stained cloth strips beside his feet.

"Gus, the doll I created..."

Dawn's weak voice came through.

"Judging from Kuku Lin's deduction, the doll is most likely 'that existence.' I told Nia long ago that the doll must not have a heart."

Gus released the chains in his hands. He had been hanging upside down to alleviate the pain through his own ability. In order to temper the holy silver, over 90% of his body surface was severely burned. If an ordinary person suffered such injuries, they would be tortured to madness even if they didn't die.

"But, she doesn't have a heart right now."

Dawn's expression didn't change, her gaze unfocused, wondering what she was thinking about.

"Does that matter?"

Gus grinned. He tried to move his arms, sparks flickering on his charred skin. The pain of silver tempering persisted to this day, but he had long since gotten used to it.

"Is this normal, Gus? Don't get used by others."

Dawn closed her eyes and continued to sleep.

"He got rid of Sothoth, I help him deal with the doll; it's very fair."

Gus looked at the tightly closed stone door. Two days later, in the dead of night, he would go find the doll.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, blended into the environment, passed through the wall. If everything went smoothly, two days would be enough. As for the doll, there was no problem with the doll; it was just a smokescreen.

Su Xiao couldn't be sure if Gus, Dawn, and Laurent had any problems, so he diverted their attention. It was precisely because of this that he entrusted Gus to 'get rid of' the Sorrowful Daughter in two days.

Su Xiao indeed couldn't be sure if the three of them had problems, but he could be sure that the Sorrowful Daughter had no problems—at least not for now.

After leaving the Witches' Association, Su Xiao returned to the Sleepy House. The Sorrowful Daughter was standing quietly beside the bookcase, her hands bound in front of her lower abdomen.

Sitting on the wooden chair under the chandelier, Su Xiao held the Sorrowful Daughter's crystal heart in one hand and the Heart of Hope in the other, his eyes thoughtful.

"Doll, if I remember correctly, Nia had just reached adulthood. While she was practicing, she wouldn't have had much time to learn manufacturing from Dawn. Or rather, her mastery of this ability wouldn't enhance her combat power, so..."

Su Xiao's gaze turned to the Sorrowful Daughter, and he continued:

"Who made this heart?"

When he first killed Sothoth, Su Xiao thought the crystal heart was made by Nia, but upon second thought, he judged the clues within it.

It was unlikely Nia had the time to master such an ability. In other words, the appearance of this crystal heart was based on Nia's 'will,' but it was not manufactured by Nia.

"..."

The Sorrowful Daughter's mouth opened and closed, but she was 'muted' again. Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face.

"Nia never speaks to anyone else, of course, except for you, the doll."

"Yes, Lord Kuku Lin."

The Sorrowful Daughter bowed slightly, still answering everything she knew.

"Not speaking to anyone else—this point is very easy to exploit."

Su Xiao exerted force in his hand, and cracks gradually appeared on the crystal heart in his left hand.

Crack!

The crystal shattered, and crystal fragments slipped through Su Xiao's fingers.

"Doll, who made this crystal heart?"

Su Xiao asked the same question as before.

"The doll doesn't know. Lord Nia obtained it one day. This is a gift Lord Nia gave to the doll."

The Sorrowful Daughter was no longer in 'mute mode.'

"Oh? Is that so?"

Su Xiao shook the crystal fragments off his hand and continued to ask: "Then, who helped you take out this heart?"

"It was Lord Laurent."

The Sorrowful Daughter seemed to have lifted some kind of restriction and would never be 'muted' again.

"Laurent can still move?"

"Yes, Lord Kuku Lin. When a new 'life' is born, Lord Laurent can break free from the 'White Goat.' Seven days later, he will be bound again."

The Sorrowful Daughter did not feel regret because the crystal heart was destroyed; this was not something that 'belonged' to her in the first place.

The intelligence was still not much, but this allowed Su Xiao to verify his previous conjecture: among the three Immortal Witches, Laurent was the most miserable. He had been used all along, and during this period, he gathered Dawn and Gus, and even established the Witches' Association.

At the last moment, Laurent discovered the anomaly, but it was too late. The White Goat made him shut up 'forever,' and he could only watch silently while continuing to be used.

"My dear friend, what are you..."

Caesar, who had been watching from the sidelines, scratched his head. The situation was a bit complicated, and there were no subtitles; he had no idea what was going on.

"You don't even understand this?"

Baja, who was on Amu's shoulder, disappeared into thin air and appeared on Su Xiao's shoulder, whispering:

"Boss, what's the situation? Explain it in the team channel."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, but instead took Amu, Baja, and Caesar to leave the Sleepy House and headed toward the Witches' Association again. The train of thought in his mind was completely clear; what followed was cleaning up link by link.

Halfway to the Witches' Association, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang joined up with the squad and signaled that Gus's side had been fooled... pacified. Now they mistakenly believed that the doll young lady had a problem.

"Very good. Gus might not have a problem, but the subsequent actions must not be detected by Laurent. Unless absolutely necessary, he cannot be killed yet. He is the key to dealing with the White Goat."

Su Xiao walked on the cold street. After arriving at the Witches' Association, he headed straight for the fifth floor. There was a teleportation array set up here, connecting to the branches of the Witches' Association in other cities, which could be used by paying silver coins.

Just as he arrived in front of the teleportation array on the fifth floor, Su Xiao met an acquaintance—the female witch he had met on the tenth floor of the Witches' Association, the one who called herself a poor wretch.

"50 silver..."

When the female witch looked up and saw it was Su Xiao, she stopped paying attention.

"This is 50 silver coins, madam."

Caesar knew Su Xiao didn't have silver coins, so he took the initiative to pay.

"It's our own stuff, no money needed. Be careful when using it; it's very expensive if you break it."

The female witch lowered her eyelids, looking like she hadn't woken up yet.

When Su Xiao brushed past the female witch, she suddenly grabbed his arm.

"You... have you discovered it?"

The female witch didn't look at Su Xiao, and Su Xiao didn't look at her either. The two stood side by side, one standing and one sitting.

"..."

Su Xiao knew what the female witch was asking, but at this juncture, he couldn't answer, as it would affect the plan.

"He likes to drink. When you send him away, give him a bottle of wine. Please."

The female witch lowered her head, tears sliding down her face.

"Do you... want to die?"

Su Xiao turned his head to look at the female witch.

"This fierce aura—sure enough, only a guy as evil as you could kill Sothoth."

The wrinkles on the female witch's face deepened. In just a few seconds, she aged more than ten years, turning into an old woman.

"If my death can please you, do it. However... before 'sending him away,' give him a bottle of good wine."

As soon as the female witch finished speaking, a muffled sound came, and her head was embedded into the wall.

Su Xiao pulled his arm out of the rubble and stood on the teleportation array.

"Thanks."

The female witch lifted her head from the rubble and wiped the blood off her face. Spatial fluctuations emerged, and Su Xiao and the others disappeared from the teleportation array.