After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 479 - 186: The Fork in Destiny

Magic Kingdom.

Great Library.

"Apprentice, triggering Time Retrospection to its limit is fast," Hecate set down her teacup and gave a straightforward conclusion, "If you go looking for Suna, you will fall into the trap prepared by the Future Goddess."

She looked at the apprentice across the table.

"Is it the world you choose, or is it..."

Xi Mu answered immediately, "I want both."

Hecate sighed wearily; she seemed unsurprised by Ahtal’s choice, as if she had anticipated this response long ago.

"Teacher, don’t worry about me." Xi Mu picked up the teapot on the table and poured Hecate a cup of tea, "As the King of Ash, I won’t be bound by mere traps."

"In the Orc Kingdom’s Broken Waist Mountain," Hecate replied, "that’s where the Calamity Witch’s body is buried."

Xi Mu nodded slightly, braced his knees, and stood up; then, he glanced again at Hecate, whose brows were slightly furrowed, and said:

"Teacher, don’t keep frowning."

"..." Hecate subconsciously touched her brow, realizing she was indeed frowning involuntarily; she had never been this troubled, even in the face of death, perhaps it was because she now had someone she cared about.

"Teacher, if you’re tired, take a rest." Xi Mu turned around, transformed into light, and disappeared on the spot, heading to the Orc Kingdom’s Broken Waist Mountain.

He remembered quite clearly the information about the Calamity Witch, possessing the ability to trigger and absorb all calamities, and before her death, she had nearly universal level power. However, because she had fallen in love with her follower Pandora, All Gods then locked Pandora in a box that sealed everything, and then told the Calamity Witch that only someone who loved Pandora could enter the box to release her.

Otherwise, Pandora would be devoured by the abyss of the world within the box, without even a chance for reincarnation.

And naturally, the outcome was crystal clear; the Calamity Witch entered the box, swapping places with Pandora.

Afterward, All Gods entered the box and strangled the Calamity Witch, then handed the box to Pandora, proclaiming that as long as she loved the Calamity Witch, she could swap herself to free the Calamity Witch.

However, the Calamity Witch had already died.

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Broken Waist Mountain.

In a dilapidated wooden cabin, a girl with long black hair wearing a black dress, holding a box, sat in the corner of the bed, her gaze empty as she looked at the Knight in silver armor appearing before her.

She asked in a puzzled voice.

"Who are you?"

"I am a Demon." Xi Mu answered immediately, reaching out to Pandora, "Give me the box."

"I refuse." Pandora hugged the box tighter, her head buried in it, "Inside here is someone very important to me."

"I’m not interested in stealing the box," Xi Mu explained, "I just want to enter the box to bring back my important friend."

Pandora shook her head in explanation, "To bring someone out of the box, you must truly love her, otherwise, the box cannot be opened."

Xi Mu did not explain further; he simply snatched the box with one hand while with the other, he touched Pandora’s cheek to prevent her from taking it back, his other hand gently hooking the latch.

The sealed box did open easily.

Xi Mu handed the box back to Pandora, then flew into the box. Though it was a small box, as long as someone approached it, they could easily fly in, seeming to have the ability to proportionally shrink people.

Seeing this, Pandora stood frozen in place, looking at the opened box in her arms, then reached into the open box, but her fingertips only touched the wooden inner walls of the box.

She still couldn’t enter.

No... actually, she couldn’t have entered from the beginning; the so-called requirement to love the person inside to swap her out was a clumsy lie from the start.

"All Gods, I curse you!" She clutched the box to her chest, issuing a vicious curse, "May you all be consumed by the flames of Ragnarok, losing eternal life!"

There was no one in the world who desired the coming of Ragnarok more than she, willing to accept any cost as long as it would lead to the death of the gods.

Even if that cost was the world itself.

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Inside Pandora’s Box.

Contrary to the outside world, the inside of the box was plagued by natural disasters, the earth constantly shaking, ceaselessly erupting and blowing, as if blades were slicing through the land.

In such an extreme environment, not just human survival was questionable, even dragons couldn’t live.

Encased inside the box was all the Calamity Witch’s power, causing disasters at every moment, damaging the box itself at all times.

Xi Mu floated in mid-air, his body flickering with flames, warding off any approaching calamities as he waited for an NPC to explain the situation.

This box was crafted by the gods, loaded with the power invested by the gods, sufficient to compose the elements of a world.

And opening this box was quite simple, find the only safe place inside the box, also known as the place of hope.

"Ahtal, don’t be hasty," several white doves flew through the storm, approaching Ahtal, "You want to find Suna, right?"

Xi Mu listened indifferently.

"Suna is hidden in the hope within despair," the white doves explained, "But that hope is very fragile; if you add even a little more catastrophe to this world, Suna will be consumed by calamities. You must find a way to reach the hope amidst despair."

"I refuse." Xi Mu’s pupils seemed to burn with fire as he drew the Sword of Light, "Did you forget that Suna could return from death?"

He said to the white doves.

"Just a moment of fluctuation is enough, caught by me once, I will be able to find where Suna is next time." As he spoke, he directly slashed down with the Sword of Light, the towering flames engulfing the world.