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If left unchecked, those vengeful spirits will eventually gather and turn into monsters that only know how to destroy everything.

Alicia looked up at Xia Die, her face already streaked with tears, her heart filled with grief for the countless vengeful spirits who had indeed died at her hands.

But just then, a figure flew into Xia Die's domain.

The butterfly slowed its pace slightly.

"Please wait a moment, miss." Muels, who had just arrived by teleportation, quickly landed beside Alicia, supporting the distraught Alicia while looking at Xia Die.

My name is Xia Die.

Xia Die nodded slightly.

There was no trace of a vengeful spirit on this person.

"Hello, Miss Xia Die, my name is Muelseth, and this is my best friend Alicia. I want to know how many vengeful spirits there are, and how long they have been haunting her?"

"Muirsey asked calmly."

She was quite surprised when she learned of the current situation, but she quickly accepted the reality. Since magical girls exist, it is not impossible for souls to exist as well. However, the only thing that puzzled Muirse was where the vengeful spirit on Alicia came from.

"Lord Muirsayth, the total number of those vengeful spirits is close to one-tenth of the number of souls lost in that great tsunami disaster."

"One-tenth...?"

Muirsey was also taken aback. That massive tsunami caused the direct deaths of about 500 million people, nearly one-tenth of them, which is almost 50 million people!

But then the sheer number of vengeful spirits sounded familiar to Muirsey.

More than 50 million people?

"And the vengeful spirit that has haunted Lady Alicia the longest has been around for nearly 5 years!"

Xia Die then continued.

She could see the traces of time that the vengeful spirits had haunted Alicia. Although it was quite simple, the deeper the imaginary energy was absorbed, the earlier the time. The earliest batch was the deepest and the most numerous.

It's probably not long before those vengeful spirits, now filled with nothing but resentment, will reveal themselves and begin attacking everything around them.

5 years ago

Muirsey then realized what was happening.

"Wasn't that when you first met the Witch of Reason?"

"But weren't all the people who died back then killed by the Witch of Reason...?"

Muirsey looked at the souls around her, frowned, and had some strange guesses in her mind.

"Miss Xia Die, can the human soul be transformed into magic?"

However, as soon as Muirsay finished speaking, she noticed that Xia Die immediately showed her a serious expression and then said in a deep voice.

"Lord Muirsayth! Such blasphemy is an unforgivable crime!"

Xia Die pronounced the four words "heinous crimes" very clearly.

Xia Die's implication was that if Muirsay dared to do that, she would take action!

But Muirseth was also convinced by the butterfly's reaction that souls could indeed be transformed into evil magic.

"Those witches killed tens of millions of people! They collected human souls and transformed them into evil magic..."

Muirseth looked at Alicia and said that the fact that the witch's evil magic was actually formed from human souls also greatly surprised Muirseth.

Unfortunately, Alicia was able to purify evil magic. After obtaining the Witch's Gem, she purified the evil magic formed from the souls of tens of millions of humans.

However, Muirses' words just now were also telling Xia Die that there were other people who were blaspheming against the soul! And there was more than one!

Sure enough, after Muirsay finished speaking, she saw that Xia Die's gaze had indeed become much sharper.

But for some reason, Xia Die suddenly closed her eyes, and when she reopened her purple eyes, her gaze had returned to calm.

"I'm sorry, Lord Muels, but my duty as an extradition envoy does not allow me to interfere in worldly affairs."

"Yes, of course."

Muirsey nodded in agreement.

Because she understood another layer of meaning from Xia Die. Xia Die was some kind of ferryman, and she had her duties. She certainly wouldn't actively interfere in the world. However, if Muirsays took the initiative to seek Xia Die's help, that would be a different matter.

If Xia Die still can't personally assist, then it wouldn't be a problem for the magical girls to go to Xia Die and learn a few combat skills from her, right?

Alishia, who had already recovered her senses, was completely confused and had no idea what Muels and Xiaodie were talking about.

But Alicia knew that she wasn't the real culprit behind those vengeful spirits... right?

Alicia discovers that within the evil magic transformed from the souls of those humans, the human souls and consciousness still exist; in a sense, they are not dead. However, Alicia's act of purifying the evil magic is equivalent to truly killing tens of millions of humans, leaving only the resentment of those humans after their deaths.

"Please wait a moment, sir. I need to deal with those vengeful spirits."

"Hmm, Miss Xia Die's duty is to guide souls into the Underworld Sea, right? But vengeful spirits cannot be guided?"

"Yes, those true souls have long since vanished. These vengeful spirits are nothing but remnants of resentment. Sending them to their release is the best outcome."

"Then, what use are these vengeful spirits?" Muels looked at the vengeful spirits howling around Alicia and heard their resentment towards her.

Although Muirse knew that these vengeful spirits were indeed killed by Alicia, why were they killed by Alicia?

These vengeful spirits have always resented Alicia, but they have never resented the witch who caused all of this.

Muirse doesn't believe the witches are unaware of the existence of souls; they may very well know, and perhaps even use these human souls to create their own armies and retinues.

As for why these vengeful spirits didn't hate the witch but instead hated Alicia, Muels knew after glancing at Alicia, who was still filled with guilt and sorrow. It was because Alicia, after learning all this, didn't want to kill these vengeful spirits. She had been attacked by them for so long and was still unharmed.

"..." Upon hearing Muirsays' words, Xia Die's gaze towards her became slightly subtle.

“Wraiths…are of no use,” Xia Die replied after a barely perceptible pause.

However, Muirsay noticed this slight pause.

"Miumiu, let's leave it at that..." Alicia looked at Muerseth pleadingly, she could sense Muerseth's thoughts.

After learning that she had actually killed tens of millions of humans with her own hands, Alicia was deeply shocked. She didn't know if the evil magic used by the witch was formed from the souls of the dead, and she began to hesitate and regret her actions in purifying the evil magic.

Those humans who were unintentionally killed are already pitiful enough; let's not exploit their lingering resentment in this world.

Muirsey didn't say anything more, and silently gave up the idea of ​​using those vengeful spirits.

Then, Alicia looked at Xia Die with sorrowful eyes as she raised the white scythe in her hand with one hand.

I... can't do anything.

"Sleep now."

Xia Die said indifferently, and with a light swing of her scythe, a purple glow slashed from the blade, and a purple light flashed by, clearing away tens of millions of resentful souls filled with hatred.

"Is there anything else, gentlemen? I need to continue performing my duties."

The butterfly that had sheathed its scythe turned to look at Alicia and Muirsey.

"I just wanted to have a chat with Miss Xia Die, what's the harm in that?"

Muirsey smiled and, seeing that Xia Die shook her head and didn't care, she then focused on contacting Wei Wan and the others outside to take Alicia away first.

Alicia's condition was not good, and Muirse decided to let her rest and adjust her condition.

Despite being concerned about Alicia being forced to kill tens of millions of humans without her knowledge, Muirseth wouldn't let it affect her, even if Muirseth herself was the one who did it.

Because Muelseth knew very well that the witches were the ones who truly caused all of this, not herself. After so many people were transformed into evil magic by the witches, Muelseth didn't know how to save them, so she naturally chose to purify them, allowing the humans among them to rest in peace.

Even if Emilia did the same thing, she would only feel guilty for a moment, and then try even harder to eliminate the witch.

However, Alicia did not think like Muels and Emilia. She valued the life of every human being too much. The humans killed by witches or natural disasters would make Alicia sad, let alone the tens of millions of humans killed by Alicia's own hands.

This is 50 million people, more than most countries have, and more than the population of any single city.

This filled Alicia with guilt, sadness, and remorse, and she also regretted her powerlessness.

Muirse knew she should offer some words of advice to Alicia, but she also knew it would be too difficult for Alicia to let go of this matter. Alicia loved humans, and she could only wait for herself to move on.

After watching Alicia leave the magical barrier created by Xiaodie, Muels then looked at Xiaodie, who was guiding the souls into the Underworld Sea.

Although she was supposed to be guiding souls, Muirsey found that Xiaodie was actually doing nothing, because it seemed that all she had to do was stand aside and wait for human souls to enter the gate to the underworld she had opened.

Muirsey looked around, observing the magical barrier.

This place is like a separate little space. After the real-world city ruins are covered by this magical barrier, every inch of land under your feet has become a deathly quiet sea of ​​purple flowers.

Muirse looked up at the sky, and the sky within the barrier turned into night, with the sun replaced by a shattered crescent moon.

Beneath the waning moon lay the illusory silhouette of a gate, a sight that seemed to appear out of nowhere, no matter how Muirsey looked at it.

From outside the barrier, the ruins of Singapore appeared as a hemispherical purple light curtain, through which people could be seen, but the purple flower sea, the waning moon, and the gate to the underworld were not visible.

"Miss Xia Die, how was this magical barrier formed? What is the Underworld Sea? Do all the souls of the world enter the Underworld Sea? And when did you become a ferryman, Miss Xia Die?"

Muirsey suddenly leaned close to Xiaodie and asked with great interest.

She seemed startled, her body involuntarily shrinking back, her expression turning somewhat cold and hard, but more like she didn't know how to interact with people. She quickly regained her composure, which intrigued Muirsay.

Miss Xia Die's reaction was so funny!

"I am not aware of the magical barrier you speak of. This is the realm I created, the gateway to the Nether Sea."

Xia Die took a small step back and said to Muirsay seriously.

"I can hardly describe what the Underworld Sea is exactly; it is vast and boundless. All I know is that the Underworld Sea is the final resting place for all souls in the world."

"Time in the Underworld is not the same as time in the mortal world, and I don't know how long I've been a ferryman for the Underworld."

"That's what Xiaodie replied."

As she said, the Underworld Sea is vast and boundless, and she finds it difficult to describe in words, but it is indeed the place where souls return.

Because the Underworld is Seele, the mother of the Butterfly, the Lawgiver of Life and Death who holds the power over life, death, and soul.

Of course, there's no need to tell anyone this.

Furthermore, time in the Underworld was completely meaningless. Xia Die felt nothing at all. She simply stayed in the Underworld until she became proficient in her Silent Death Power before coming to Earth to begin guiding the souls of the dead.

Basically, you just open the door and wait for the attracted spirits to go in on their own. If there are any vengeful spirits, just kill them.

After hearing what Xia Die said, Muirsey's doubts only grew, but she did not press for more information.

Meanwhile, Muels overheard a communication from Alicia, expressing her doubts about Xia Die's identity. Could she be a magical girl from a more distant past?

Wei Wan, who had been observing everything with her naked eye, had reported Xia Die's hesitant reaction to Alicia after she initially pulled Alicia into her domain to the Lighthouse Base for analysis.

Xia Die seems to know Alicia, but she is not Alicia.

After combining these findings, Muirsay believed that what Xia Die recognized was the magic of the pink fairy sister, but unfortunately the fairy sister had exhausted her power and fallen into a deep sleep.

Furthermore, Xia Die also explained that time in the Underworld has no meaning, so perhaps we can guess that Xia Die was once a magical girl, but later she served as a ferryman in the Underworld for too long, so long that she forgot many things.

"Where is Miss Xiadie's hometown?"

Muirsey then unfolded a world map of the Earth.

Xia Die looked over, and some common knowledge about Earth surfaced in her memory, all of which were given to her by Xi'er's mother, so she could remember them whenever needed.

However, Xia Die also has another memory, the memory of the Xia Die from Onpharos, who is the same as her, but completely different.

The prototype of Onphalus seems to be Greek, right?

Xia Die's gaze was fixed on Greece on the map.

“The Dark Sea,” she replied, then looked away.

Homeland? Strictly speaking, her homeland is the Underworld Sea, not Onphalus.

However, the way Xiaodie looked towards Greece was noticed by Muels, who had been watching Xiaodie closely. Greece? That means Xiaodie's homeland was in Greece in the distant past.

'It seems that Xia Die was indeed a magical girl.'

Muirse can be fairly certain that in the distant past, Xia Die was a magical girl from Greece, most likely from the same era as the fairy sister, except that Xia Die had stayed in the Underworld for far too long.

Chapter 422 'Senior'

"Magic? Is that what you call imaginary energy?"

"Imaginary energy... So it seems that the imaginary energy Miss Xia Die mentioned is what we call magic, and this domain was formed by Miss Xia Die's imaginary energy?"

"nature"

"Does the Sea of ​​Darkness also contain imaginary energy?"

"The Nether Sea is primarily composed of Nether Sea Power, which is different from Imaginary Number Energy. However, you should refrain from excessive curiosity or exploration of the Nether Sea. It is vast and boundless, and its power repels Imaginary Number Energy; entering it would be virtually impossible to return."