After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 90 - 10 The Fall of the Magic Queen_2

And the bloodstains at the corner of her mouth, the sadness and anger contained in her eyes, only made one pity her more.

In the game’s setting, the Magic Queen at her peak was undoubtedly stronger than her mentor Hecate, standing at the pinnacle of the "human" realm.

Therefore, to give players a reasonable chance of defeating the Magic Queen, she was specifically weakened due to the sudden deaths of her children causing mental instability, and because her attempt to advance to a Witch had failed, leading to a significant drop in power. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Then, she also had to face Hecate’s attacks.

Xi Mu withdrew his gaze, gripping the Sword of Light in his hand more tightly, then ran towards the Magic Queen, like a spectral apparition, dodging magic bullets falling from the sky, and for those he couldn’t evade, he cleaved them with the Sword of Light.

Dodging.

Rolling.

Deflecting.

Xi Mu’s brazen approach naturally did not escape the notice of the Magic Queen and Hecate.

The Magic Queen’s gaze was cold, watching a Knight in silver armor below holding a great sword blazing with flames, moving through the battlefield like a swimming dragon.

After a moment of silence, she raised her magic staff slightly, aiming at the silver-armored Knight below, multiple beams of light solidified by magic power shot out, like light dragons swimming, biting towards the Knight in silver armor.

Xi Mu was not panicked at all; on the contrary, he accelerated his approach to the Magic Queen, before the beams of light came too close.

Hecate appeared before him, waving her magic staff to create a barrier, blocking the incoming beams of light.

She turned her head to look at Xi Mu.

"Apprentice, why have you come in?"

"Teacher, get me close to the Magic Queen." Xi Mu spoke succinctly, his eyes locked on the Magic Queen.

Hecate, upon hearing this, observed Xi Mu and then focused her attention on the flames engulfing the Sword of Light.

"My apprentice, you can actually wield this sword." Her voice carried deep surprise; she had thought her apprentice’s character would never allow him to use the Sword of Light.

After all, the seal applied on the Sword of Light had a restriction that it couldn’t be used by the unvirtuous, and her apprentice was clearly not associated with virtue.

Quite the opposite, rather underhanded.

"Teacher, you’ve got the wrong focus!" Xi Mu refuted, seemingly dissatisfied, and then saw Hecate nodding her head, advising:

"Apprentice, this battle is very dangerous."

Xi Mu: "..."

With the Magic Queen’s weakened state, if he could just find an opportunity to get close, seize the moment to use the Sword of Light, there was a chance to incapacitate the Magic Queen.

Otherwise, if the Magic Queen grew desperate, she would resort to an indiscriminate area-wide attack, summoning the moon to crash down.

"Your teacher understands." Hecate, seeing her apprentice’s speechless expression, grabbed his wrist and flew into the sky with him.

She abandoned her usual preference for long-range combat, swiftly advancing towards the Magic Queen with her apprentice.

With her understanding of the Sword of Light, once activated, it may produce a slash nearly impossible to dodge.

But for a human to activate the Sword of Light, they could probably only swing it once, and to use the Sword of Light again, they would need to rest for at least a day or two.

That is to say, her battle plan needed to change from defeating the Magic Queen to creating the right opportunity to use the Sword of Light.

"Moon, fall." The Magic Queen, sensing the danger, watched the two rapidly approaching, raising her magic staff high.

The full moon in the sky began to descend slowly.

With Hecate focusing on long-range attacks, even using Moonfall, she couldn’t guarantee a hit. However, now that Hecate had chosen to close the distance,

she too could confidently use Moonfall.

Meanwhile,

Xi Mu, upon confirming that the Magic Queen used Moonfall Magic, threw the Sword of Light in his hand.

A pillar of light pierced the atmosphere, the protective magic barrier, and also the abdomen of the Magic Queen.

The Magic Queen, already severely injured, completely lost her combat ability after this strike and fell towards the ground like a waning moon.

The Moonfall Magic that had been initiated was also interrupted as a consequence.

The moon hid away, and the stars dimmed.

The Sword of Light was thrust into the wooden floor; the Magic Queen weakly tumbled to the ground, and the environment returned to the grand library.

"Ah... my children, forgive your incapable mother," the Magic Queen said, propping herself up on one hand, while blood flowed from her abdomen, staining the ground red.

She paid no attention to Hecate or Xi Mu but apologized to her children, unable to avenge them as a mother.

For this, she felt guilty.

"After you go to Hell, you’ll be able to see them," Xi Mu said as he pulled the Sword of Light from the floor and staggered toward a chair not far away.

After sitting down, he addressed Hecate.

"Teacher, become a Witch."

"I will soon complete the ritual," Hecate nodded gently, approached the Magic Queen, and crouched before her, caressing her pale face.

The two then vanished from the spot.

At this moment, Granny Saisi and Martha approached, looking at the weakened Xi Mu and then at the Sword of Light.

"You can really use the Sword of Light?" Martha spoke with surprise she couldn’t hide, clearly aware of the Sword’s constraints.

If lineage and divine favor could somehow be resolved, the condition that only the righteous could use it should have effectively prevented Ahtal from using it.

Yet the reality was that Ahtal had used the Sword of Light.

"That’s not surprising," Xi Mu casually retorted, using Healing Prayer to recover his body, while still under the effects of the Magic Potion he drank and able to continue using Magic Power.

It was necessary to heal his body during this time, or else when the curse’s time arrived, it would be difficult for him to use Magic Power.

Of course, even if he didn’t heal himself, Teacher Hecate would heal him later on.

Healing his injuries now was purely out of habit.

"No matter how you look at it, you have nothing to do with being righteous, do you?" Martha said as she came up behind Xi Mu.

She extended a finger and pressed it upon Xi Mu’s temple, using magic to alleviate his fatigue.

Xi Mu closed his eyes and countered, "What is righteousness?"

"Probably being a person with very good morals," Martha responded after a pause, and Xi Mu fell silent for a while, his voice taking on a complex tone.

"Isn’t that sort of thing only meaningful to humans themselves?"

"..." Martha was silent; she couldn’t refute his words and just gently massaged Xi Mu’s temples.

"A Hunter toils daily to hunt and earn money to provide for his family, which from a human perspective, is undoubtedly a correct and moral action," Xi Mu said with an even more complex and weary voice, feeling the hand on his temple slow down.

"But to the prey, the Hunter is simply the most evil incarnation."

His voice grew weaker.

"So I understood something long ago, this world never had anything called morality or justice, there’s only caring or indifference."

"I care about the teacher, so I am willing to combat the Magic Queen for her; I care about Letixia, so I am willing to go against an entire country for her," he said.

Martha didn’t speak, her hand pausing for a moment on Ahtal’s temple, then resumed its movements.

She believed in the Goddess of Justice and firmly believed that justice existed in reality, but seeing Ahtal use the Sword of Light and hearing Xi Mu’s words at this moment, her heart wavered slightly.

Was it that justice didn’t exist, or was there a flaw in her understanding of justice?

Granny Saisi, watching from the side, couldn’t help but shake her head gently, seeing Martha being swayed. If it weren’t for her vast experience, she might have thought Ahtal’s words made sense.

However, the reality was Ahtal, through his words, was trying to sway Martha, a disciple of the Goddess of Justice.

He really was... a bad man.