Chapter 366: Going All-In

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“So that's how it is...” Celia murmured.

“Your foresight... you actually experienced the future firsthand. No wonder. No wonder you knew so many details.”

This seemed to transcend any magic or divine art in this world, didn't it...?

As she spoke, she suddenly narrowed her eyes.

“Since that's the case, another question I've been curious about seems to have been confirmed as well...”

Ansu twitched the corner of his mouth, knowing what she wanted to say.

“You use it like this against your enemies,” she smiled and leaned closer, teasing him in a subtle tone. “But what about against me? Have you already figured me out completely?”

Ansu shrugged, neither admitting nor denying it.

“Sigh...” Celia suddenly remembered something, and her eyes dimmed. “Freya must have known for a long time, right? Much earlier than me. After all, you went through those events in the Talin region, and in the end, you used this trick to foil the enemy's conspiracy...”

Her tone was sour, and her chest felt a bit tight.

Freya had actually learned the truth about the so-called “prophetic dreams” before she did, but she couldn't complain about it...

After all, Freya would never hurt Ansu. She had trusted and admired him one hundred percent from the very beginning.

Looking back at herself, she had practically been half an enemy back then.

Ansu hadn't trusted her much, and had even feared her...

She smiled bitterly to herself.

Though her sharp tongue always crushed Freya, saying things like “being late is being late,” “there are no ifs,” and “fate has never mattered to me”...

In truth, she had only said those things to annoy Freya; she didn't feel nearly as confident in her heart.

She felt very insecure.

Though she hated to admit it, without those methods, without threats and dominion, she was nothing in this relationship.

If things followed the most orthodox path of legends, the Chosen One and the Holy Maiden should have joined hands to save the world. They were a match made in heaven...

She, the Ash Witch who had suddenly barged in, felt more like an accidental intruder.

A strong sense of unworthiness hovered over Celia. She never dared to puncture this fragile dependency, and she hoped Ansu wouldn't either...

Ansu stared at Celia, whose gaze was flickering slightly. The jealous aura she had just now unconsciously weakened.

He finally spoke calmly.

“She did know. She knew before you did.”

“When we faced that desperate situation with Gulzan, we relied on this ability to bridge the information gap and defeat him. Because of that, Freya learned of my ability and has been cooperating with me to lay out plans using it ever since.”

Seeing Ansu say this with a blank expression, Celia narrowed her eyes dangerously.

If their lives weren't on the line right now, she would definitely have punished Ansu out of anger.

But in the end, she only let out a cold snort. “Is that so? She really is your sweet little darling! While I, the Ash Witch, am probably just a thorny, poisonous rose you wouldn't dare touch, right?”

This time, Ansu didn't play along to coax her. Instead, he dropped a heavier bombshell.

“Not only did she know the truth before you, but even earlier, during the Norvigel Explosion, she actually guessed that she was in a false future.”

“That time, I killed many people, and the entire city was purged. Freya was on the verge of collapse, yet she still firmly believed that everything before her eyes was fake. Even if she felt the world was fake and she herself was fake, she never thought I was in the wrong...”

“Because she knew my true heart. She knew I would never commit a cruel massacre in Norvigel.”

After Ansu finished speaking, Celia stood dazed with her mouth slightly open for a few seconds.

First came astonishment, followed by a surge of irritation. Her eyes instantly swirled with a fierce, dark red.

But halfway through her rising anger, she forced herself to suppress it. She knew Ansu; he was never the type to deliberately say such things just to anger someone...

“Ansu, what on earth are you trying to say?” Celia asked, her face tense and her voice lowered.

“To give you a heads-up.”

“A heads-up? For what?”

Celia's heart sank. Could it be... that there were indeed more things ahead that she simply couldn't accept?

Things compared to which Freya's matter was completely trivial?

Ansu leaned forward, drawing close to her ear, and whispered, “Celia... I will definitely save you.”

“So, I must confess everything.”

“At this point, I don't want to hide anything from you anymore. Some things can't be explained in just a few words, but I have no regrets. No matter what happens in the future, I will leave everything to fate.”

Celia stared at him blankly, her heart suddenly racing with panic.

“An... Ansu...?”

Looking at her bewildered face, Ansu suddenly pulled a strange smile.

Emotions she couldn't read at all swirled in the depths of his eyes.

Who said there was no way?

This time, he was prepared to completely change his approach.

Feigning death, hiding, calling for help... none of these plans had broken out of the same framework. The test-taker was merely racking his brains to solve the test-maker's questions.

But if the test-maker couldn't be eliminated, none of this would be of much use. He didn't want to keep thinking like a mere test-taker; he had to think outside the box...

The curse had been cast by a false god at the instigation of the City of a Thousand Stars. If he directly charged into the City of a Thousand Stars, could he force them to cancel or remove the curse? If he let Celia go dark and become the World Ending Witch, could she slaughter her way through the demon army and the City of a Thousand Stars? Or perhaps she could withstand the false god's curse through sheer force?

In two timelines of a certain simulation, even the gods couldn't do anything to her. In one, the Black Flame burned the world to ashes, leading the world to its quietest end. In the other, the Second Demon Calamity War returned with a vengeance, forcing all the righteous gods to set aside their differences and join forces once more just to suppress Celia.

With Celia's status at that time, withstanding the God of Clamor and Filth would not be an issue.

She had always possessed this world-destroying potential. It was only because she met him and found a happiness she wanted to hold onto tightly that this great villain, who should have stood against the world, voluntarily reined in all her sharp edges and malice.

Celia hadn't become the World Ending Witch because she was happy; she had everything...

But if she lost all her attachments, the string suppressing her malice would snap completely and explode...

Ansu was going to create that condition for her.

And now, he happened to have just the thing.

The Filthy Heart.

Of course, Ansu didn't actually want to drag the world down to destruction with them. He still wanted the world to exist peacefully, and he wanted Celia to stay by his side, living a happy and joyful life together.

He wanted to achieve the most perfect ending.

Thus, the real difficulty lay in how to make “the Black Flame that burns the world” controllable and have it proceed according to his plan.

This would require some very careful maneuvering on his part...

Celia felt that the Ansu in front of her was becoming stranger and stranger.

She hesitated, and just as she was about to ask, she heard him suddenly say:

“I'm stopping all research. We're going back. We leave immediately!”

“Ah? Back where?” Celia was stunned.

“Back to the South.” Ansu's tone was firm, his eyes filled with absolute determination. “I will mobilize the entire battle mage regiment, gather them at the border of the South's blood mist zone, drive back the demons, and retake control of the Filthy Heart.”

The Filthy Heart was indeed the key.

Its characteristic of penetrating deep into the heart—especially touching one's deepest fears—actually made it the most useful tool in this desperate situation.

He was going to go all-in.

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