The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 154

From the shadows beneath Tara’s feet, four white figures surged out. Two white figures lunged directly at the terrifying monster opposite.

And the other two white figures, one blocked in front of Ciel, the other charged directly towards the door—this was to request assistance.

Immediately after doing all this, Tara’s vision instantly blurred. Everything before her eyes began to distort slightly, even covered by a faint mist.

Corpses of several tragically killed individuals began to appear intermittently in the living room. Tara was about to turn to warn Ciel, but found Ciel’s blood-stained face…

The monster opposite was not actively constructing the dream, but everything she created in the dream was like an illusion, affecting Tara’s spirit.

“Gurgle…”

The terrifying melting monster raised its head. Its fused, single eye with double pupils looked towards Tara.

Eerie blue-purple flames burned within the connected pupils. Tara froze in place, her expression gradually becoming dull, seemingly dragged into some environment.

Fortunately, at this moment, the white figure sent to the door for help worked.

A large number of black and white remnants surged into the room from cracks everywhere, using the scythe-bladed chains burning with black and white shadow flames in their hands to bind the monster.

Its shadow was quickly torn, and horrific wounds that were difficult to heal appeared on its physical body as well. Large amounts of dark purple viscous blood sprayed from its wounds like mud.

And Ciel, sitting opposite, looked thoughtfully at the monster’s death.

She just wanted to probe my memory, and her spirit directly collapsed and suffered the potion’s backlash?

She didn’t even do anything… Should this be considered a passive defense method?

What did she see?

Regardless, I now have a means of mental defense. I basically don’t need to worry about situations like being possessed by the quill pen in the simulation happening again.

However, this isn’t a perfect defense.

Because the opponent is only Tier 2. Even if she suffers the potion’s backlash, she just becomes a rampaging Tier 2 monster.

What if the one trying to invade my spirit is a Tier 3 or higher transcendent?

A Tier 4 being devoured by a potion before me… Let alone myself, the entire population of Berren City tied together couldn’t withstand that crazy transcendent.

Under Ciel’s command, the cultists who rushed over to help began searching the monster’s belongings like clothes for any valuable clues.

And Ciel’s attention finally shifted from the monster to Tara.

From just now, Tara had barely moved from her standing posture at all, as if affected by the monster from earlier.

“Tara? Tara?”

Only after Ciel called out twice did Tara slowly come back to her senses. She seemed to just realize she had stopped breathing. She looked up at Ciel, slightly gasping.

“Were you dragged into a dream? What did you see?” Ciel asked.

The monster’s ability just now didn’t directly affect Ciel, so she wasn’t clear what Tara had encountered.

After Tara recovered slightly, under her description, Ciel gradually understood what she had seen.

It was the scene from her dream just now, but it was very chaotic. It even contained some figures and objects Tara had never seen before.

Those people and objects she had never seen before were likely things the “Dream Thief” had constructed previously. Ciel told Tara to rest for a while, then to describe everything she had seen in the dream in writing.

At the same time, Ciel herself also began to take out a piece of white paper and drew a simple sketch portrait of the “Dream Thief” from earlier to reinforce the impression, ensuring she could recognize her at a glance if she saw her in reality.

After all, the appearance of the monster just now had blurred Ciel’s impression of the “Dream Thief’s” appearance somewhat. With just a thought, the figure in her mind would twisted into the monster’s appearance.

About half an hour passed. Tara finally completely broke free from the illusion. Those non-existent things would no longer appear in her vision. At this moment, she began to paint what she saw in the dream in the form of drawings.

Around the same time, another group of cultists also arrived at Ciel’s house. They carried a somewhat familiar burlap sack—a body bag Ciel had dragged before.

And the news they brought surprised Ciel slightly.

In the address revealed by that coachman, there was no one from the Society of Merriment, but an ordinary person.

That ordinary person, upon seeing that the people knocking on the second floor were not acquaintances, directly swallowed poison and died in the room on the second floor.

This point made Ciel exceptionally puzzled.

Because, judging by the performance of the young girl named “Leticia” just now, there were definitely people from the Society of Merriment at her destination. But why did the Divine Advent Church bishops find the place empty?

Moreover, she had strong luck blessing her. Logically…

No.

Did the strong luck believe that if she really found their hideout, she would be in danger, so under the interference of strong luck, the other party became aware, hence finding the place empty?

To test this possibility, Ciel played a few simple poker games with Tara. The result was three wins and two losses, nothing remarkable.

One time, even when Tara was sure to win, she deliberately drew an extra card and lost. Only after Ciel’s reminder did she stop deliberately faking it.

The effect of strong luck had disappeared…

This indicated that it had resisted at least one terrifying disaster comparable to a meteor falling.

This made Ciel suspect a possibility.

Meeting “Leticia” in a car crash might have just been a predetermined event, but whether she found the Society of Merriment behind her was an option interfered with by strong luck.

If she had tossed two tails in a row, perhaps she would have found them directly, and then triggered a disaster.

But this was just Ciel’s speculation.

The break in the “Leticia” clue made it difficult to continue the investigation. It was foreseeable that the Society of Merriment would continue to be active in Berren City in the future, and also include the Divine Advent Church in their disruption plans.

Unfortunately, Ciel didn’t have more time to follow up.

But at least, this simulation wasn’t completely without gains.