The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 269

Propping herself up to sit, Ciel, whose hair was still a little messy, looked at the still simple system interface and finally couldn’t help but complain.

“What have you upgraded since the 17th? The font?”

【Fixed a bug where I couldn’t accurately mock the Host sometimes, and my mouth wasn’t crooked enough when laughing ^^_】

【Of course, there are also update compensations ^^_】

Seeing the system as habitually sarcastic as ever, Ciel stopped complaining about it.

If the system was using emoticons, it meant nothing major had happened.

Ciel opened different interfaces one by one, quickly glancing through them, checking the system’s changes.

Unfortunately, most of the functions showed no changes.

After Ciel clicked on the 【Simulation】 interface, she paused slightly.

Indeed, there were changes in the 【Simulation】 interface.

It was still the three simulation options: 【Future Days】, 【Past Days】, and 【Old Days】. But unlike before, a new option appeared after the simulation date.

【Anchor】.

“What is this?”

Ciel asked directly in her mind.

【Just click it and you’ll know ^^】

Just as Ciel was about to directly touch the 【Anchor】 option with her mind, a new system language pop-up appeared.

【Hey, hold on, you’re actually clicking it! Wait a moment, I’ll show you the description!】

【Anchor: Thanks to the integration of 【Kiss of Time Corrosion】, the Host can choose a time node to anchor.】

【After successful anchoring, the Host can repeatedly travel back and forth between: 1. any anchored simulation time node and the current time node; 2. any anchored simulation time node and any other simulation time node; 3. the anchored current reality time node and the next anchored reality time node.】

【Each use of “Anchor” can only anchor one reality node. Each round trip will consume the Host’s mental power.】

【Note: The cost of each anchor is fixed at 100 Fate Points. The anchor duration is 24 hours.】

Ciel glanced at the system’s explanation. Soon, she noticed a problem.

“In reality, I need to anchor two nodes to travel back and forth? It requires using the ability twice? Consuming 200 Fate Points?”

Ciel asked directly in her mind.

【Yes ^^】

So expensive…

“Then after using an anchor, do I not need to deduct the Fate Points required for simulation?”

【Still need to deduct for the first time ^^】

What a trap…

Ciel roughly understood this new function.

The first option was the simplest: determine a simulation time node, and the new function would automatically form a closed loop between that simulation time node and reality. Ciel could travel freely between these two times.

For example, if she needed to accomplish something important in a simulation time node, she could drop an anchor in advance. Even if she almost died in the simulation, Ciel could quickly switch back to reality, then return to that time node before her death and start over.

This was equivalent to spending 100 Fate Points in exchange for infinite lives within the same simulation.

The second option, understood literally, was to set both anchors within the simulation. Ciel could continuously rewind directly within the simulation. However, there was one point Ciel wanted to confirm.

“Point two states ‘any simulation time node’ twice… Does that mean I can simultaneously enter a ‘Future Days’ simulation and a ‘Past Days’ simulation? Does this require anchoring twice?”

Ciel asked directly in her mind.

【Yes, a single anchor is sufficient.】

So that’s simultaneously entering Past Days and Future Days…

As for the third explanation, it was very similar to the incomplete ability Forte had gained from the Serpent Chain.

Forming a switchable time loop in reality, circulating within it…

Too expensive… 200 Fate Points just to anchor reality once. Why was Forte’s cost so small?

【He cannot retain memories, and there’s the side effect of 【Time Corrosion】. He will suffer the most genuine damage in any time and space… Is the cost really small?】

“That demonstration scene you showed me before…”

Ciel asked in her mind, “Was that the effect of anchoring reality?”

【No, that’s another ability of 【Kiss of Time Corrosion】. Anchoring is just one of them… Of course, you can’t use it yet. You’ll need to develop it further in the Old Days…】

There are other abilities?

Ciel thought of when she obtained the gear before…

The ability of the Overlimit Gear was directly manifested on the pocket watch.

Moreover, the integration of the Overlimit Gear also led to the upgrade of the pocket watch’s other abilities.

Ciel immediately raised her right hand. The silver-white pocket watch flashed into her hand. A delicate silver bone chain coiled around her hand.

A phantom silver interface unfolded before Ciel’s eyes.

【【Echo of the Silver-White Time-Binder (Damaged)】: Exclusive Sealed Artifact, Bound, can gain more abilities as the Sealed Artifact is repaired.】

【Current Abilities: 【Echo of Time Lv.3】【Overlimit Gear Lv.2】【Kiss of Time Corrosion Lv.1】】

【Echo of Time Lv.3: Records the Host’s current individual time and location. Within 30 seconds, or when life is threatened, causes the Host’s individual self to flash back to the first recorded time and location, removing all negative statuses. Within 30 seconds after returning, can flash back to the second recorded point.】

【Side Effect: Within 30 minutes after use, the Host’s individual space-time will be unstable. The Host’s state will jump between different save files, with increased jump speed.】

【【Overlimit Gear Lv.2】】

【Overlimit Overload: Rotate the gears, causing the Host’s designated skills, items, or Sealed Artifacts to enter 【Overlimit Overload】 state, enabling them to exert abilities beyond their limits and ignore side effects, lasting for 1 minute 30 seconds.】

【Side Effect: Skills, items, or Sealed Artifacts amplified by 【Overlimit Overload】 will enter a 48-hour 【Overload Damage】 state and cannot be repaired.】

【【Kiss of Time Corrosion Lv.1】】

【Time-Binder’s Barb: Activate Kiss of Time Corrosion, causing the Host’s attacks to add a layer of 【Barb】 effect to objects. When the same location in three different times and spaces is covered by the 【Barb】 effect, the object with overlapping 【Barbs】 will be erased from all timelines.】

【Side Effect: The Host will suffer causal entanglement from the erased time remains.】