novelraw Chapter 75
Chapter 75
75. Closing the Net
"Finally took the bait!"
Listening to the piercing alarms around her, Anmir sat in her office with an excited expression. She knew that the Great Witch undercover agent had finally lost patience.
"The Spirit Terminal shows the erupted Great Witch fluctuation is here, exactly where Chen Li is being held."
Phantom's voice rang out, and a holographic projection appeared before Anmir.
This was the Spirit Terminal's perspective, viewed from above. The Spirit Terminal was a satellite created by witches, capable of detecting and monitoring Great Witch fluctuations.
"She'll definitely come here. This is what I prepared for her. She has no choice but to jump in."
Anmir looked smug.
Ever since she learned there was a Great Witch undercover agent in her academy, she had begun setting her trap.
First, she used Chen Li as the visible bait, then the list as the hidden bait, forcing Teacher to reveal herself.
"How do you know she'll come here?"
Phantom was curious. Such simple bait, the other party should be able to see through it.
"Simple, because I gave her a choice."
Anmir smiled slightly. "Do you know why Teacher, as a Great Witch, was never discovered?"
After all, there were only a few Great Witches in the academy. By logic, she should have slipped up long ago.
"Why?"
Phantom was good at providing emotional support. Anmir proudly snapped her fingers.
"Simple. Teacher wasn't using a Great Witch identity as cover. If I'm not mistaken, she usually presents herself as an Extraordinary Witch."
"Extraordinary Witch? Why would she do that? A Great Witch has access to far more intelligence than an Extraordinary Witch. Doing this would be completely pointless, wouldn't it?"
"Teacher wasn't there to steal intelligence. She was the Alliance's Cleaner, specifically eliminating undercover witches whose faith had wavered."
Anmir pulled out a thick stack of documents. These were the classified intelligence Winter Cicada had stolen.
Phantom flipped through them, sounding surprised.
"Has the Alliance gone mad?"
In the intelligence, Teacher's role from beginning to end was monitoring other undercover witches for signs of betrayal. Once any trace appeared, eliminate them without mercy.
"Trapped in the galaxy for tens of thousands of years, they've long since gone mad. The only complication is the Galaxy Wall. Otherwise, we would have conquered the galaxy ages ago. But it doesn't matter. Within a thousand years at most, the Wall will fail. By then, the Alliance will be trapped like turtles in a jar. Their defeat is already certain."
"Of course, Teacher knew this too. So when she learned she was a Cleaner, her heart had already died."
"Neither the Alliance nor Teacher herself realized that Teacher's faith was extremely firm, her feelings for the Alliance genuine. But to send someone like that to be a Cleaner, haha, how could her heart not die!"
Anmir's small face was filled with mockery. She deliberately revealed Chen Li's location to give Teacher a choice, a chance to choose death.
Under normal circumstances, Teacher would have chosen to continue lying low. But Anmir also gave her a chance at life.
That list. Anmir didn't immediately round up everyone on it. She gave Teacher time to think. Choose to ignore it, let all these undercover witches be wiped out, then wait for the Alliance to send new ones? Or expose herself, face death calmly, and give the people on the list a chance at life?
Anmir knew she had to give enough of a chance at life. So right now, there wasn't a single person at Huixing Harbor. She only sent some Student Council members to block the way, but how could the Student Council catch everyone? It was just for show.
As long as those undercover witches weren't stupid, they would seize this chance at life. And Anmir had already sent several Great Witches to wait at Chen Li's location. If Teacher didn't show up, these Great Witches would immediately turn and capture all those undercover witches.
"I still find it incredible. She's a Great Witch. She should know the value of a Great Witch. Sacrificing herself for these undercover witches, most of whom aren't even Extraordinary Witches, I can't understand it."
Phantom sounded puzzled. Such simple logic, Teacher shouldn't fail to understand.
"I've said it many times. Her heart has already died. She killed her own students, time and again, just because they showed a trace of wanting to fully become witches. Do you think Teacher didn't have other thoughts in her heart? Doing this also gives Teacher a chance, a chance at self-redemption."
Of course, the most important factor was a single line in Winter Cicada's intelligence.
Teacher believed firmly in her comrades and valued her companions extremely.
Just that one line had led Anmir to analyze that Teacher had a tendency to seek death. She had gambled on this.
Fortunately, she had gambled correctly. Now she only needed to wait to close the net.
"She's seeking death?"
"For someone whose heart has died, death is release, is redemption."
"Alright then, congratulations in advance. Should I go take a look?"
"Fine. Although I've already sent six Great Witches there, you should still check. Don't want any surprises in the final stage."
Anmir thought about it and agreed.
"Actually, I'll go too. With the two of us, that makes eight Great Witches. There shouldn't be any problems."
Anmir had climbed from a servant in the Servant Army to her current position. She relied on her extremely cautious nature and her ruthless style of doing whatever it took to push forward.
"You're too cautious."
Knowing Anmir's personality, Phantom smiled.
"No choice. For me, even with a ninety-nine percent chance of winning, the other side still has a one percent chance of turning things around. I must achieve absolute certainty."
……
The Sky-Reaching Tower, a famous landmark of the Witch Academy. Fifteen hundred meters tall, reaching into the clouds. Usually, the area around the tower was surrounded by witches on flying artifacts or flying pets taking photos. But now, it was completely empty, leaving only a solitary tower.
Tonight, the moonlight was beautiful. The bright moon shone on the tower, making it appear cold and lonely.
"Boom!"
Just then, a massive spatial rift appeared in the sky. A white giant hand emerged, wielding a white giant sword, slashing fiercely toward the tower.
[Sword. Second Stage] Dharma Heaven Sword
"Heh, so it's someone from the Sword Path. But only Second Stage? Aren't you underestimating us too much?"
A scornful voice came from the void. The next moment, just as the giant sword was about to strike the Sky-Reaching Tower, the giant sword and giant hand suddenly burst into flames. The sword and hand became like glass in fire, with spiderweb cracks gradually spreading across them, before shattering with a crash into points of white light.
[Flame. Third Stage] Burning Flame Successor