Chapter 393: Chapter 312: Dawn Witch

Once again, Duan Mingyuan was entrusted with high hopes.

Amirror’s words contained a tremendous amount of information. The Witch Council and the Void Demons had spent over a hundred years infiltrating the upper echelons of both corporations and the Shanqi Commerce Association. They manipulated human desires to turn those at the pinnacle of wealth and power into their puppets, all for the purpose of igniting a war that would sweep across the entire universe.

This couldn’t help but make Duan Mingyuan feel ashamed.

Compared to the wizards with such lofty aspirations, who had endured humiliation for a century to carry out their revenge plan, his own goals were far too shortsighted.

A few months ago, his goal was simply to help the Royal Hunting Court train a few hunters with high-level titles.

But now, Amirror hoped he would stop this war.

"This will make you a traitor to the Witch Council,"

he reminded Amirror.

This was different from her previous leaks; she was now truly taking a stand against the Witch Council.

Before making a decision, Duan Mingyuan was extremely cautious, as he had come to understand the history of the wizards from many perspectives. Companies had previously invaded their planets under the same guise, and they too had risen up in resistance like the Blue Star People.

But perhaps due to differences in departmental responsibilities, the companies had adopted different strategies in dealing with the two planets.

The Ashen Consortium had implemented a comprehensive witch-hunt plan, while the Huagang Consortium focused on turning Blue Star into their resource production site.

It was an undeniable fact that the Church had bombarded the planet where the wizards resided, and even the Universe couldn’t accurately count the number of deaths at that time. In Duan Mingyuan’s eyes, their actions were tantamount to genocide.

The Universe Company could not rationalize its behavior; therefore, they could only brand all the victims as wizards, trying to hide the numbers with the guise of "carrying out justice and sweeping away evil."

After that, the Church continued a persecution that lasted for over a hundred years, affecting countless innocent people.

Duan Mingyuan could hardly imagine the hatred borne by the survivors of that planet.

Amirror had thrown a hot potato at him.

In his view, there seemed to be only two ways to stop this war.

Either destroy one of the two sides in the upcoming confrontation, or persuade the wizards on the Eco-Ship to let go of their past hatred and leave before the arrival of the Ashen Church’s fleet.

Either option would make him into a complete villain.

He didn’t believe he could persuade the wizards either.

Without having endured similar fates, to play the dispassionate mediator advocating love and peace?

Duan Mingyuan felt that he’d probably be struck by lightning before he even got the words out.

"I am already a traitor to the Witch Council."

Amirror replied with a resolute gaze. The moment she made her decision, she knew she would be seen as a traitor by her kin, her name would be nailed to the pillar of shame, and no matter how many years passed, whenever her kin spoke of her name, they would spit on her betrayal.

But that was the best future she could envision.

At least, her people would get the chance to look back on this Chapter of history.

"I told you the Witch Ancestor’s plan and can provide you with a way to identify the wizards. I only have one condition,"

she said, looking directly at Duan Mingyuan, "ensure they survive and leave the Eco-Ship alive, no matter what means you use."

She had also found a somewhat acceptable reason for her kin’s failure.

Her sudden betrayal had led to the plan’s failure.

"You can tell them my name, the traitor,"

she said.

Then, there was a long silence.

Duan Mingyuan saw a certain awakening in Ah Jing’s eyes, a scene rarely witnessed.

He did not immediately give a reply.

Jiuyue fell into silence, as she, too, was caught in a dilemma.

Because the outcome was blatantly obvious.

Bearing the infamy of a traitor, even sacrificing her life, yet it could not bring any benefits to her personally.

This would cause her to lose even the last of her kin and companions.

After a long while, Duan Mingyuan slowly spoke, "What was your name again?"

...

All sorrow and awakening dissipated in that moment, Ah Jing glared with anger, never expecting Duan Mingyuan to ask such a question at this critical juncture.

The emotions she had been brewing were once again utterly shattered.

"I now finally understand why you were rated as ’the least popular employee’."

Ah Jing’s face darkened, something she had heard from Jiuyue.

Duan Mingyuan’s interpersonal relationships in the workplace were not ideal.

It served him right!

Only after a long while did she add, "...Dawn, Dawn Witch."

Dawn was her name in her homeland, and it has been a long time since anyone called her that.

She was born at dawn; both her parents were respected wizards on the planet, who placed all their beautiful hopes on her.

Before her parents could witness her become a skilled wizard, the flagship of the Ashen Church appeared in the sky above their planet, and because of their identities, her parents were among the first wizards to join the war.

Witch was a title given to her by the company.

Representing fear and awe towards her, only a handful of wizards who brought actual destruction to the company were bestowed the name of a witch.

Wherever the witch went, she would bring misfortune and disaster.

"I want to know your reason."

Duan Mingyuan engraved the name Dawn Witch into his heart; she also had many widely known deeds, such as being the first to discover the Reverse World and creating the Mirror Spell, a talent Fu Ling had mentioned.

If the wizard planet had not been destroyed, if they could live in a peaceful environment, he might have met this outstanding scholar of mysticism at some academic conference on mysticism.

"Don’t misunderstand, I have never let go of my hatred... the only disagreement I have with Dark Night."

If the conditions allowed, she would not hesitate to strike down each and every person listed, in the past, present, and future.

"Dark Night believes that for the cause of revenge, any degree of sacrifice is worth it."

Every wizard who infiltrated the Eco-Ship had made the same realization.

The wizards’ bodies were no different from ordinary people’s; if the Ashen Church’s fleet bombarded the Eco-Ship and the Space Station, they too would die, just like their kin who had perished under bombardment in the past.

Dawn thought that this might be the reason Dark Night had made a pact with the Void Demon.

In Dark Night’s view, as long as they could accomplish thorough revenge, their race’s mission would be fulfilled, even if afterward they would perish in the cold darkness, they would peacefully welcome everything as avengers and victors.

But she did not think so.

"I just want them to survive, that is all."

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