The Mission of the Fourth Potion

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[Mission: Help Isa rescue the witch imprisoned in Laita City. Reward: One bottle of Witch’s Restoration Potion (Note: Consuming the potion can solve some of the Host’s superhuman talent issues. For the remaining issues, please look forward to future updates!)]

Just as Su Ran logged into the Witch Game as part of his daily routine, he first closed the update notification that had been popping up for the past few days.

Immediately after, the mission pop-up for the fourth restoration potion appeared before him.

For the past few days, Su Ran had been living off the food Isa made for him, eating his fill of Earth Dragon meat prepared in all sorts of different ways.

He had watched with his own eyes as Isa faced her former villagers.

Su Ran did not interfere with any decision she made.

Because Isa was drawing a clear line with her former self, she did not need guidance from him, her “Witch Highness,” at this time.

All he needed to do was quietly watch her follow her heart’s choice.

The final result was just as Su Ran had thought: Isa’s pure heart had not been stained by a single speck of dust.

Calculating the time, Isa should have already entered Laita City by now.

The mission reward given by the Witch Game this time did not include a ten-pull scroll, but just seeing the note on the fourth potion, Su Ran had no reason to give up.

‘It can solve some of my superhuman talent issues, which means there’s hope for me to step onto a Sequence path!’

Although the Human Federation and the vampires had signed a ceasefire agreement, the scales of this so-called agreement were not balanced.

The current agreement was only effective under the supervision of the tyrannical Vampire Queen.

If one day she decided to go back on her word and dispatch the vampire army, then as an ordinary person, he would not have the slightest ability to fight back.

Only by stepping into a superhuman Sequence could he control his own destiny.

Therefore, Su Ran was determined to get this potion!

To be able to stand up again, and to have another chance to step into a superhuman Sequence… even knowing that the next potion he obtained would have side effects, Su Ran wouldn’t even blink while drinking it.

The allure of these two things was simply too great for Su Ran!

Logging into the game, Su Ran found that the game interface was covered in a ball of holy light, so blurry he couldn’t see anything clearly.

If it weren’t for the sound of Isa’s breathing in his ear and the row of small icons at the top of the screen, Su Ran would have thought the main interface was broken.

The sound of splashing water came through.

At this point, no matter how slow Su Ran was, he understood what Isa was doing.

‘Isa is taking a hot bath!’

‘That’s right. After all these days traveling through Noda Forest, she hasn’t had a proper bath. It’s only right that she cleans up properly after finally entering Laita City.’

The memory of her soft, delicate body pressed against his chest surfaced in Su Ran’s mind again.

‘Damn this holy light! Who invited the Paladin? Kick them out!’

‘Oh, right, the one I’m playing is a witch. How can she team up with a Paladin?’

At this thought, the holy light on the screen before Su Ran silently changed entirely into mist.

It seemed the Witch Game was dead set on developing in an all-ages direction.

Su Ran sighed silently.

He never saw any rewards when he logged into the game each day, yet it was so quick to change things in matters like this.

His hands didn’t stop moving.

He took out a slip of paper with a message, asking Isa to help investigate the situation of the witch imprisoned by the Church.

This concerned how he would help Isa rescue this witch.

Accompanied by the rustling sound of clothes being put on, Isa, having changed into her little witch skirt, reappeared on the screen.

Looking at the simple, rustic style of the room, Su Ran realized Isa was in a room at an inn.

“Your Highness, I already asked around when I entered the city today. That witch is currently imprisoned in the Church’s dungeon. In a few days, the Church will publicly judge the witch’s crimes. They’ve even erected the cross already.”

Following the direction Isa was pointing, Su Ran saw a cross erected in a place that looked like a square.

A cross large enough to hang a person was something one would likely only see in a church within the Human Federation.

After hearing Isa’s words, Su Ran sent another slip of paper to Isa, indicating he needed to think carefully and for her to go about her own business first.

According to the current situation, there were two options to rescue the imprisoned witch from the Church’s hands.

The first was to rely on brute force and directly break into the Church’s dungeon to rescue the imprisoned witch.

But the so-called brute force was just himself plus Isa.

Even if he, as a Sequence Six, forcibly broke into the Church, there was no guarantee the other side wouldn’t have some special means to deal with it.

Moreover, maintaining his Sequence Six form required a large amount of money and could only be used at critical moments.

Rescuing a single witch would be simple, but how to escape after the rescue would still require Su Ran’s intervention.

Then the remaining option was obvious: rescue her on the day of the public trial.

Compared to the Church’s home base, it was clearly easier to act in a temporarily arranged outdoor venue.

After thinking through the countermeasures first, Su Ran notified Isa to prepare various kinds of potions.

And in order to use the power of a Sequence Six, Su Ran needed to make some preparations.

In the dark and damp dungeon of the Laita City Church, Philly was bound by chains made of Holy Stone.

Not only were her witch abilities suppressed, but she couldn’t even mobilize her ordinary magic essence.

Ever since that Holy Maiden of the Church had escorted her back to Laita City, she had been imprisoned here for who knows how many days.

Even if she wanted to deduce the time by the meal deliveries, the people of the Church were very clever.

The delivery times were not fixed at all, making it impossible for her to know the approximate time.

‘Have Maimai and the others safely left and returned to the society’s location? I’ll probably just die like this, won’t I?’

Just as Philly was lost in her own thoughts…

Click. The door to the cell opened.

The Holy Maiden Yuffie, her eyes still blindfolded with a silk ribbon, walked in.

Without turning her head, she said to the knights waiting outside the door, “You two stay at the entrance!”

The two knights showed some concern on their faces, but since it was an order from the Holy Maiden, as knights, they still carried it out faithfully.

As a final line of defense, they left the cell door open so they could see the situation inside, allowing them to provide aid at the first moment.

Yuffie raised her head.

Even though her eyes were covered, she could still see the entire world through her spiritual power.

The bound Philly was completely exposed under Yuffie’s spiritual power.

“Still unwilling to give up your companions?”

This question was asked of her basically every time food was delivered, and all of them had returned empty-handed.

In the face of the Church’s people, Philly had only silence.

“Since you’re unwilling to confess, then I’ll change the question! Who was it that killed Captain Uriel? And why does she possess strength that surpasses Sequence Five?”

The moment Yuffie said this, Philly’s head shot up abruptly.