The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 106 - Slay Demons, Eliminate Evil (1/2)

The silver armor mask that had tightly covered her face lost all its abilities upon entering the Other Side, detaching from Ciel’s flesh.

After a dizzying spin, Ciel felt the terrifying hands holding her rapidly dissipate, until they vanished completely.

Although intentionally slowed, Ciel’s body still shot out like a cannonball, tumbling wildly on the ground. Pain, as if her bones were crushed, radiated throughout her entire body.

“Cough cough...” Ciel coughed up some bloody fragments of internal organs, her whole body trembling, completely devoid of strength.

Lying on the ground like a corpse for several minutes, Ciel’s figure flickered. “Instigator” Ciel’s form became illusory.

Her long red hair began to turn grey-blue. All her injuries and fractured bones fully recovered in an instant. Ciel abruptly sat up from the ground, but her eyes remained tightly shut, daring not to open them.

However...

At this moment, the previous buzzing whispers in Ciel’s ears hadn’t dissipated, but at least Ciel regained some ability to think, just feeling somewhat dizzy and muddle-headed.

Did I... leave the Other Side?

Ciel raised her hand, touched the ground, felt the sensation of stroking grass. Grasping downwards firmly, she could touch the soft soil beneath the grass.

Only then did Ciel confirm she had indeed left the Other Side.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked around.

Surrounding her was an empty wasteland. She seemed to be on a high slope with some sparse grass. Looking into the distance, she could see the faintly lit city skyline at the edge of her vision.

This place is...

“Mother Goddess...” Ciel murmured.

Did I get thrown directly out of the city?

Ciel supported herself and stood up, patting the dirt off her palms.

From being dragged into the Other Side to coming out, it was only a matter of seconds. In just that short time, those hands dragged her directly from inside Berren City to outside?

This escape speed was astonishing even to Ciel, almost no different from teleportation.

Did those hands use some ability in the Other Side?

Damn it!

This is outside the city!

Suddenly, Ciel remembered the misfortune rule still active on her.

Misfortune had already started exerting its force on her, and she actually left Berren City... Ciel could almost feel the misfortune substantially stacking upon her...

No, must return to Berren City immediately... Although the coin landed reverse twice, as long as she returned to Berren City and stopped the misfortune from stacking further, there was still a sliver of hope.

She picked up the scattered items beside her, then ran towards the city under the cover of night.

Right now, Ciel only regretted randomly getting the “Gambler” save file, which lacked any travel abilities.

Moreover, she couldn’t enter the city openly. She had to bypass Clock Tower Alley, otherwise, there was still a possibility of being arrested by Hugh.

Misfortune could strike again at any time. Ciel could only charge forward blindly.

She really wanted to toss a coin to determine her fortune for the next hour, but she didn’t have a single ordinary coin on hand to toss.

Ciel ran along the familiar road towards Berren City. Only when both her feet stepped onto the black gravel road within Berren City did Ciel’s constantly suspended heart fail to settle.

She wanted to immediately cross the Gem District to reach Clock Tower Alley, find Amy—only the Mother Goddess’s loyal divine servant on her could help her, a fellow believer of the Mother Goddess.

Just as Ciel planned to bypass Clock Tower Alley and enter the city from the Gem Factory area in the Gem District, she suddenly felt a flicker before her eyes.

Is 【Temporal Disorder】 starting again?

Ciel’s pace gradually slowed. Save file switching involved a few seconds of flickering. She was already used to this, preparing to wait for the switch to complete before continuing.

As long as it didn’t switch to the “Instigator” save file, which was already injured to the point of immobility, it was perfectly acceptable.

But soon, Ciel noticed something was wrong.

She slowly raised her hand, bringing her palm before her eyes.

Ciel’s palm faced herself, the lines clearly visible, still bearing faint traces of dirt—remnants from grabbing the ground earlier.

But... her hand was clearly still solid.

What was flickering wasn’t Ciel, but the entire street before her.

Unkown when, bloody mist had permeated the entire street. The dark street was terrifyingly silent, as if she had stumbled into some deserted area.

The bloody mist severely restricted Ciel’s vision. As the mist thickened, Ciel could barely distinguish things even a few steps away.

The moon, under the bloody mist filter, appeared eerily dark red. Sharp, piercing laughter and fragmented, indistinct whispers, sometimes near, sometimes far, began echoing incessantly in her mind.

Who... Who did this?

Ciel stopped, looked back. The path she came from was completely obscured by the bloody mist, making it impossible to see what lay beyond.

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The stabbing pain in her mind began to distort Ciel’s expression. She could only continuously chant the Mother Goddess’s name inwardly, praying that Mother Goddess Sadhana would protect her.

But now, “Gambler” Ciel’s mind was completely devoid of any whispers related to Sadhana, as if overwritten by other, more intense whispers. Even the “Sadhana Mark” on “Gambler” Ciel began to gradually crumble and dissipate.

“Gurgle...”

Clatter clatter—