City of Witches - Chapter 1164
Seeing her father somersaulting in the air while shouting “Kkiyyahohou”, Mallika laughed as if something good had happened and the twins and Amelia smiled wryly.
That’s because no one in Hexen Nacht expected an easy victory in the war against Gehenna.
Erelim unexpectedly wants to join Hexen Nacht, and she says that she wants to believe her because she is an old acquaintance of Blanche, but Orcelia doubts her sincerity. However, Erelim says that she will fight for the witches, and Orcelia realizes that her joining could be a great advantage to Hexen Nacht. Erelim shows her the body of Tigarden and presents evidence that she was a spy for Gehenna. This convinces Orcelia of Erelim’s loyalty to Hexen Nacht, and she accepts her into the group.
City of Witches – Episode 1158
EP.1164 #277_Division (3)
#1158
1.
If you can explain the reason even if it’s not cool, it’s a familiar world.
However, in a world suddenly deprived of fantasy and light, humans feel like strangers.
2.
A guest came to Erelim.
She had definitely expected her to come.
For countless years past, she had been the grim reaper who leads the desperate to ruin.
Numerous witches swallowed the fruit she offered and met their death, unable to find the moment to stop.
An existence born from the dregs of Kether.
Unlike Kether, who was obsessed with the net called order, an existence that praised only endless chaos.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you like this.”
“Lilith.”
Between the pillars.
Golden eyes emerged from the shadows.
She was not taking on the form of another as usual.
Jet-black hair that seemed to melt into the darkness and golden eyes that shone as brilliantly as Kether’s.
The whispering witch, Lilith Kether’s original form.
“Why are you so surprised?”
Erelim deliberately frowned because Lilith’s appearance was not normal.
As if an old ruin was being stripped away, Lilith’s own flesh was slowly crumbling.
A precarious sense of existence as if it would soon disappear.
“Ah, this?”
However, Lilith, the person concerned, looked at her body so calmly and laughed.
“It’s only natural. I….”
“I’m not really curious.”
Lilith is an existence derived from Kether.
Kether without Lilith can exist, but the reverse is not true.
Since Erelim took Kether’s neck, Lilith’s existence naturally began to collapse.
“You’re cold. I thought you’d be waiting for me.”
“…….”
Erelim said nothing.
Because that statement was both true and not true.
Lilith walked calmly and approached Erelim.
“I can roughly guess what you’re going to do. I really want to cheer for you.”
“Why did you come looking for me?”
Lilith smiled wryly at Erelim’s response, which cut off the nonsense early.
“I won’t help you. I won’t get in your way either. So you don’t have to praise me too much.”
“No witches trust you.”
“Even so, you should listen. It’s good to be vigilant, but isn’t it a pity to just chase away an opportunity that has come to you?”
Lilith licked her lips and said, putting away her smile.
“The gift I’m going to give you is in case your purpose goes wrong.”
3.
Orcelia had been happy every day lately.
The priests shout from east, west, south, and north that they must trample on the humans who will do such terrible things someday, that now is the time for witches to take over the world….
Honestly, Orcelia doesn’t really care about the danger of humans.
Doesn’t it become dull after living for too long?
However, she just thinks it’s funny that the video Finn left behind united Hexen Nacht, which had not been able to unite, under the flag of Qliphoth, and on the contrary, split Gehenna.
The priests, who had been hiding in the shadows of Kether and Gehenna until now, ate about a third of the world.
Who would have imagined that such a day would come in a thousand years?
“I didn’t think the party would last long….”
However, there is a clear limit to the expansion and witchism triggered by the sense of crisis.
However, even the witch-hunt and expansion triggered by a momentary sense of crisis have clear limits.
Moreover, the propaganda that even the ‘Gehenna leader should be killed’ will make Hexennacht’s morale skyrocket, and Gehenna will be shaken even more by the sudden betrayal of its leader.
This is because no one in Hexennacht predicted a sure victory in the war against Gehenna.
It is a war that will still inflict many wounds if a full-scale war is fought.
In addition, there were also variables such as Duke Erelim, who is currently silent, and the True Name Academy.
The tense situation will easily change the moment they join Gehenna.
“Then maybe the story will be different?”
Orselia smiled at the biggest variable on the Gehenna side, who had visited the palace where she was staying in person.
“Should I say you’re brave? Or should I say you’re arrogant? I didn’t know you’d show up so calmly in the heart of the enemy’s camp. Blanche.”
“…….”
“I knew you were taciturn…. but you’ve gotten quieter as you’ve gotten older.”
No matter how you wrap it up, the relationship between the two people who reunited after hundreds of years is not a good one.
They fought for their lives before Gehenna was born, and the number of times they fought was in double digits.
At present, one is the current great sage of Gehenna, and the other is the head of the Qliphoth.
Nevertheless, the reason why there is familiarity in Orselia’s eyes is probably because they are both old witches.
Meeting the connection of those cherished days when everything was new made her feel nostalgic.
However, whether that was just Orselia’s sentiment, Erelim’s expression was very cold.
“So why are you looking for me? A ceasefire agreement? A peace treaty? A declaration of war? A warning?”
Orselia shook her head.
The examples above are things that Erelim doesn’t need to come here alone for.
“I will join Qliphoth.”
“Yes?”
One of the ten thousand candidates that had not been included came out of Erelim’s mouth.
Orselia opened her mouth blankly.
Erelim had been wary of humans.
Gehenna, which she belonged to, was not properly united after the Great War V-log video was released.
She must have felt frustrated and a sense of crisis at the same time.
But who is she?
She is one of the three dukes of Gehenna and the one who has made Gehenna prosperous for the longest time.
She will understand better than anyone what it means to join Qliphoth at this time.
“Oh, I thought you came with an unusual proposal. It’s beyond my expectations. Your jokes have gotten a lot better, Blanche.”
But she has lived a long time.
The moment she looked at the obsession in Erelim’s eyes, which was close to madness, and the look in her eyes that had found her own answer, Orselia noticed that something had changed in her.
She guessed that there had been a decisive change of heart, not a simple change due to time.
Orselia’s mood becomes serious.
Erelim is not a person who would tell a lie on a whim.
“For what?”
“For the witches.”
“Aren’t you going to war with Gehenna?”
“The reason I’ve dedicated my life is not for Gehenna, but for the witches. Gehenna is just following the wrong order and believing it is right. If you believe in something wrong, you have to change it.”
Orselia tilted her head.
Is this real or is it hiding its real purpose….
No matter how much she was, she couldn’t easily figure out Erelim’s intentions.
However, the return from Erelim’s joining is enormous.
The 25th-ranked Grand Witch and head of the True Name Academy.
The biggest variable is not going away and joining the team?
Furthermore, with the propaganda that ‘even the leader of Gehenna deserves to die by the sword’, Hexennacht’s morale will shoot up to the sky, and Gehenna will be even more shaken by the sudden defection of their leader.
It was truly an effortless victory.
“Hmm, I’m very sorry, but I don’t think it will work.”
However, the answer was already decided.
“As an old acquaintance of Blanche, I want to trust you, but honestly, even I wonder if there are any hidden intentions. Just because you are in a leadership position in the Qliphoth doesn’t mean they are your subordinates. The others in the Qliphoth will not believe your intentions. If they don’t believe you, there is no way I can persuade them either.”
Accepting Erelim in this situation is like taking an unnecessary risk.
No matter how pretty a mushroom may seem, if there is no guarantee that it is not poisonous, it is foolish to put it in your mouth.
“Why don’t you bring the neck of a more plausible person instead? For example, Duke Tiphereth.”
From Orselia’s point of view, it’s a kind of verification that she wants to do if possible.
If Erelim’s defection is true and she really brings the neck of Duke Tiphereth, the game will end there, and if Erelim is harboring ulterior motives and acting as a Trojan horse, she will be filtered out.
-Thud
Accordingly, Erelim took something out of the subspace.
It’s a body.
It was so horribly damaged that it was hard to recognize.
Orselia examined it carefully and made a blank, stupid groan.
“Eek….”
It was because it was a corpse lying on the table and it was round.
Small stature.
Blonde hair reminiscent of fluffy golden fleece.
The Aries witch, Psyche Tigarden.
It was the former witch who had been invited as a hardliner of Hexennacht, the signboard of Qliphoth, until just a while ago.
“Psyche Tigarden has been a Gehenna figure for a long time. Here is the proof.”
Erelim nonchalantly piled up a stack of documents like a merchant showing a quality certificate with a strange expression.
It contains detailed records of Tigarden’s activities, instructions, and leaked information, who was a former witch and was widely known publicly.
The activity had increased explosively, especially since the birth of Hexennacht.
Orselia burst into laughter.
“Wow, there was a leech attached to it. It’s creepy.”
“Is this enough proof?”
It was a bomb in the midst of the friendly forces that no one would have expected if Erelim hadn’t revealed it.
If I had stuck with Gehenna without knowing this fact, I would have been hit hard on the back of the head at any time.
After all, Psyche still held an important position in Qliphoth and had access to key information.
Erelim solved it with her own hands.
Moreover, she brought the body.
This suggests two things.
The fact that Erelim is a powerful person who can subdue the Aries witch, who boasted formidable combat effectivenessamong the public, without any problems.
And the fact that she took the joker that Gehenna would have taken advantage of if left alone.
In other words, it means that Erelim’s betrayal has been confirmed.