The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 111 - "Light of the City" Ciel (3/3)

Ciel fought against the intense urge to sleep. Even when raindrops fell into her eyes, she didn’t dare close them.

She had a premonition that if she closed her eyes, she would never open them again.

But, things went contrary to her wishes.

In Ciel’s eyes, a series of already completely blurred Old Ansu characters appeared again.

Ciel couldn’t see the others clearly, but the “3” at the very end, Ciel saw crystal clear.

Third Tribulation...

Ciel lay weakly in the pool of blood. After several seconds, her figure began to flicker. A silver wolf half-mask appeared on her face. The pain in her body instantly dissipated, though her spirit remained depleted.

“Damn...” A Chinese curse escaped Ciel’s lips.

She ripped off the silver wolf mask from her face, stood up unsteadily, muttering curses.

Ciel looked up. The lightning streams in the sky had dissipated, but layers upon layers of dark clouds still hung overhead, seemingly close enough to touch.

She quickly scanned her surroundings. Those transcendent items had long been blasted away by the shockwave to unknown locations. The idea of dying while hugging a pile of treasures was also dashed. Slowly, she turned her gaze towards Berren City, three or four kilometers away.

Ciel raised her hand, pinched her chin, and murmured, “In the Reconstitution Ritual, does this count as an assist?”

As she spoke, her feet had already started moving towards Berren City.

But after walking only a few hundred meters, she was stopped by a voice.

“Stop! You cannot take another step forward!”

Ciel looked up. Standing in the distance was Hugh, dressed in her white robes.

Countless white shadows stood before her, almost forming a human wall, completely blocking Ciel’s path.

“Hey, don’t be nervous,” Ciel raised her hands high, smiling weakly, “I advise you to run towards Deton Manor, the farther from Berren City the better, maybe you can save your life... By the way, do you understand Old Ansu script? Help me translate?”

Suddenly, Ciel noticed Hugh’s gaze was no longer on her, but looking somewhere behind Ciel.

Ciel turned around. Her suspended heart finally died completely.

A scorching bright, massive iron meteorite, almost illuminating the entire night sky, with a diameter exceeding one hundred and fifty meters, was hurtling towards Ciel at an extremely low angle.

“Awesome.”

As if the fire giant Surtr from mythology swung his burning giant sword, the burning meteorite filled Ciel’s entire vision in the blink of an eye.

Buzz—

No pain, no loud noise. Ciel only felt a ringing in her ears, and her entire body was already torn apart. Her head flew up, her vision gradually rising. She saw the iron meteorite carrying terrifying energy crash diagonally towards Berren City.

The massive shockwave and firestorm swallowed almost half of Berren City, like overturning pieces on a chessboard.

...

【Reality】

【Holy Year 741, June 23rd, 18:30】

【Evaluation: Congratulations to Berren City for thoroughly eliminating the trash and evil forces from the streets in this round of civic improvement and eliminating crime activities. It has been selected as a “Civilized City”. Comrade Ciel is now officially awarded the title “Light of the City”. Thank you for your great contribution to Berren City!】

【Papapapa——】

【Congratulations Host for obtaining the “Assist King” achievement in this simulation. KDA reached an astonishing 0-1-233157】

【Take it, this is deserved based on your performance.】

【Reward: Fate Points ×38, 【Death Reversal Lv.2】, Points Mall unlocked 【Basic Disciplines】 store】

【Fate Points: 99】

“Ciel...”

“Ciel...”

“What’s wrong with you...”

“Wake up...”

Amidst a wave of dizziness, Ciel slowly awakened, opened her eyes. Besides the system prompt panel before her, there was also Adele’s “big face,” which occupied almost her entire vision due to being extremely close.

“Ha!!” Ciel’s sudden eye-opening startled Adele, who was about to use her finger to pry Ciel’s eyelids open, causing her to sit down directly on the carpet with a thump.

Ciel turned her head. Besides Adele sitting on the floor, Avena and Amy were also standing there, along with Nia guarding the door.

Having woken up, Ciel felt a sense of emptiness from excessive mental consumption, as well as a very strong hunger.

“Sorry, fell asleep.” Ciel supported herself on the sofa, wanting to sit up, but her arms felt somewhat weak. Adele knelt up and helped Ciel sit up.

“Thank you... Adele, do you have any medicine that can restore spirit?” Ciel showed a somewhat forced smile, looking at Adele and asking.

But Adele hesitated and shook her head.

“Ciel... The spirit recovery potions I make now only have temporary effects, and all have side effects... If you really feel mentally fatigued, I still recommend you get some sleep.”

The sudden shift from the scene resembling Zeus’s doomsday battle to the study, surrounded by her living friends, this stark contrast made it somewhat difficult for Ciel to adapt immediately.

But fortunately, her adjustment speed was decent.

After sitting for a while, Ciel felt her body had recovered quite a bit.

She fought off the drowsiness, looked at the notebook placed on the table, picked it up directly, flipped straight to the end, and began writing.

Ciel didn’t hide it. Others could see what she was writing. Soon, Avena noticed something and muttered to herself, “Old Ansu script?”

Even Avena found it daunting, a language she hadn’t fully mastered yet. Ciel could actually write it?

And the square characters on the notebook earlier when Ciel hadn’t closed it... Just how vast was Ciel’s knowledge?

Only after Ciel had written down all the characters she vaguely remembered from her mind did she let out a long sigh and put down the pen.

“Ciel, this is...” Avena asked only after seeing Ciel stop writing.

“It’s nothing... No need to worry about it for now,” Ciel shook her head. She currently lacked the energy to think about these things anymore. She just wanted to fill her stomach. She looked up at Avena and asked, “Have you guys finished dinner already?”

“No, we were waiting for you, but didn’t see you come out, so we came looking for you.” Adele answered first. “Then we saw you asleep.”

“Let’s go eat... hungry.” Ciel placed her hand on Adele’s shoulder, using the support to stand up directly.