1 Mission Fail

Cold sweat formed on the two figures' heads. They were Ronald and Anna.

Currently, they were inside in an endless black inferno space. Weirdly, it was snowing at the same time.

In front of them was a female figure. It was a person whom they had placed their trust on since the beginning.

Nightingale.

"Nightingale! Snap out of it!" Anna screamed at her, hoping that Nightingale would break away from the controls of the enemy.

Nightingale's eyes were blank and on her hand was a diamond with the same designs as the universe' endless space. The diamond was flickering and inside it was a magic formation.

'Damn! We need that final diamond to power up the Eternal Eradication!' Ronald thought and clenched the the hand where the weapon was placed.

Eternal Earadication is an overpowered weapon that was invented by Ronald himself. It was their greatest weapon against the final enemy.

All they needed to do was kill the damn thing and it's psychological curse inflicted to the normal people against the witches will be lifted.

If only their companions could enter this space and everything would go smooth-sailing!

The fight has already been going on for a long time now and Roland had already unleashed the power of the Eternal Eradication once, but it missed. Since Roland's ring wasn't that spacious to begin with, Nightingale was tasked to assist and provide the necessary things to replenish the weapon and it's energy such as the diamond she was holding now.

"Swallow that diamond into your soul then come to me" An eerie voice resounded and Nightingale, after hearing those words, immedietely swallowed the diamond before Ronald and Anna could even utter a sound.

Suddenly, Nightingale violently spasmed and blood spurted out from her mouth, eyes, and ears.

"NIGHTINGALE!!!"

They did not expect Nightingale to fall victim against the enemy's trap.

She breathe her last and her soul was visibly vaccumed away from her body. Nightingale's corpse slammed onto the blazing floor, and without the invisible barrier protecting her anymore, her body was burnt into ashes within a second.

"HAHAHAHA!" Hoarse raucious laughter filled every area of the blazing world. "Now it's your turn!"

The dark flames of the blazing world suddenly formed into sharp massive thorns that went straight for the two.

Anna ignited her own flames and fought against the fire with fire. She put up a flame sphere barrier that temporarily shielded them from the dangers.

Ronald took out a cannon from his ring just in time the flame barrier was broken.

The black flame thorns dispersed and a vortex was born. The two tried their best to avoid being pulled away. The vortex gradually formed into a distinct figure of a black slender male. On his head was a pair of horns like a mammoth's. His eyes lacked eyeballs and gruesome wriggling worms replaced its spot. He let out a wide creepy smile that had blood gushing out.

"Although I feel your so-called Eternal Eradication weapon was capable of defeating me, too bad it couldn't be activated" It laughed and did not wait for the duo's reponse before he immedietely beheaded them.

Ronald and Anna died.

However...

"WHERE ARE THEIR SOULS!?" The being screamed in a rage that shook the blazing world.

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"Y-your Highness! The oracle jade showed signs of activating!" A maidservant excitedly mentioned the news towards the female sitting above the throne.

The empress eyes gleamed and she gracefully stood up. "Come with me" She said and beckoned every maidservant in the room to follow her.

After dismantling several security features on the way, after a push of a finger onto a spon in the wall, it immedietely moved to the side and showed a floating circular jade located in the middle of the dimly lit room.

Beside the jade was two maids kneeling down in respect at the empress.

"You can go now and guard the door with the others." The empress said and waved her hands dismissively.

The wall was shut once again and when no one besides her was in the room, she immedietly performed complicated handgestures. The empress' face went pale and suddenly, small formation circle appeared beneath her and the jade.

She closed her eyes to feel the oracle jade's aura and presence.

The Oracle Jade buzzed before a voice then resounded into the empress' ears.

"Create a male sorcerer within 20 years or else you'll face extinctinction due to the human's future counter formula against awakenings of a witch"

The empress' eyes went wide. She immedietly understood what the prediction implied.

If awakenings are prevented, the witches' numbers will gradually decline. And they couldn't just kidnap men and bring them to their empire since they are already trained by the humans to instantly commit suicide or be an eunuch as soon as they are captured.

A small boy was out of question. They couldn't afford to degrade themselves that much.

Therefore, they resorted to kidnapping female babies to sustain their population through the random awakenings. If the girls that do not awaken during the specified time limit, they return the girls to their families secretly and edit their memories.

They also couldn't send some witches there just to get preganant to bring the baby to their empire since their powers, even without using it, could already be sensed by a technology made by the humans if they spend more than a day.

The solution they could come up now was to have their race's own men.

A male sorcerer.

The Oracle Jade returned back from its former lustre. The empress stood up and bowed deeply in gratefulness.

It was because of the predictions or prophecies uttered by the Oracle Jade that they were able to get this far.

The empress then made her way outside the room.

"Call the alchemists, those who specialize in life rituals and spells, and the ones who could wield or call upon souls into the royal chamber immedietely!" She ordered.

"Yes!" The servants answered in unison and immedietly disappeared to act the command.