Inside the research institute's core control room, Rashid Tariel faced Witch Sophia walking toward him, continuously using various curse magics. In an instant, over a hundred minor curse spells and various powerful blood curses continuously released from his hands.

From the observation port-like eye on Rashid Tariel's forehead, pupils continuously squeezed out, containing expressions of confusion, shock, horror, and impotent rage.

"You... why aren't you... afraid of our magic?"

Witch Sophia removed a white flower from her hat and bent down, placing it on the ground. The roots of that white flower quickly took root and sprouted, growing vigorously on the floor.

At the same time, around this flower, all curse magic failed.

Rashid Tariel continuously retreated while releasing his blood curses. He suddenly opened his right palm. The zipper in his palm automatically opened, spitting out a bright red tongue. A poisonous flame dragon stained with Corrupt Blood Curse flew from his palm, crashing toward Witch Sophia.

Witch Sophia furrowed her brows. "This is... Andy's mana?"

"I see, so that's where those pupils of yours come from."

The next moment, before that poisonous flame dragon could approach Witch Sophia, it automatically shattered.

Rashid Tariel was shocked beyond words. He completely couldn't understand Witch Sophia's methods.

"How did you do this?"

"How can you ignore the magic of me, a senior curse master, the inventor of Corrupt Curse, the great Wizard Rashid Tariel? This is impossible, this is unrealistic."

"Don't think you can kill me."

Rashid Tariel said, seemingly mad.

Witch Sophia casually blocked one of his curse spells and sighed. "This is really too ugly, Rashid Tariel. Have some dignity, would you?"

"Accept death calmly, and you can still preserve a shred of dignity."

"Rashid Tariel, you should understand this. In battles between wizards, when a wizard completely cannot understand the opponent's magic, that can only prove there's a huge gap between both sides."

"You are far from being my match."

Witch Sophia said, "After entering your research institute, I read all the relevant research materials you stored and understood your magic in a short time."

"Rashid Tariel, your curse magic has fundamental flaws. This is because you shifted from traditional blood curse magic to the microscopically immature curse creature system of the southeastern quadrant."

Witch Sophia extended her right index finger. Countless curse eaters appeared behind Rashid Tariel. Those curse eaters suddenly automatically absorbed the scattered curse energy around them, then one by one entered a state of self-detonation.

Rashid Tariel discovered with horror that the foundation of his curse magic was automatically collapsing under Witch Sophia's skillful manipulation.

The results of his more than ten years of research now seemed like a joke.

"The southeastern quadrant isn't mature? Then where is mature?"

"This is my original research direction." Rashid Tariel roared. From the eye on his forehead, a pupil full of anger squeezed out. "I don't allow you to slander me."

Witch Sophia sneered. "Your research direction comes from the Star Domain Sea, where there are plenty of similar research projects with more mature technology and longer history than yours."

"Moreover, these curse eaters aren't a First Circle research field in the Star Domain Sea, but mainly a Second Circle research field. This is the fundamental reason your curse magic experienced systemic collapse."

"You say this is your original research direction, so where did the initial idea come from?"

Rashid Tariel was about to defiantly tell Witch Sophia that it came from Blood Curse Court's Blood Master, but he suddenly thought of something and froze in place.

Because although this idea was given to him by the Blood Master, it was very likely that the Blood Master produced this idea after reading some articles from the Star Domain Sea, then told him, wanting to use him to perfect it.

"Blood Master... you've harmed me so much." Rashid Tariel said in a low voice.

Rashid Tariel wanted to manipulate the central control room's defensive magic array, borrowing the curse energy reactor pool at the bottom of the Curse Ritual Research Institute to obtain powerful mana to resist Witch Sophia and solve the disadvantage of Sophia dismantling the foundation of his curse magic system.

But he discovered that the research institute's defensive magic array and energy core had long been destroyed by the white wizards in their earlier actions.

Moreover, there wasn't a single wizard by his side who could help him now.

Regret arose in Rashid Tariel's heart. "Sephilin... where are you?"

"Your teacher is in danger, yet you don't come help me. This feeling of loneliness, no no no, I'm not me, I... am we."

On the edge of mental collapse, pupils continuously emerged from the eye on his forehead. Targets killed by Corrupt Blood Curse could be assimilated into his soul, so these pupils came from those people he had killed.

This way, it could solve Rashid Tariel's unique fear of loneliness that he'd had since childhood.

This way, Rashid Tariel would no longer be one person, no longer "I," but "we"!

Solutions to the current situation continuously surfaced in Rashid Tariel's mind, but each solution required at least someone to help him, and there was currently no one by his side.

In the end, "I" was still just "I," not "we."

He was still alone after all.

The pupils on Rashid Tariel's forehead actually began to collapse under this mental pressure. One pupil after another began to dissipate.

Of course, this was also because the foundation of his curse magic had been destroyed by Sophia, causing him to begin losing the ability to maintain his own curse magic.

In the end, Rashid Tariel only had one last yellow pupil remaining, precisely his original self.

Rashid Tariel was dejected. He swallowed and looked at Witch Sophia, saying, "Wait. Don't kill me. I have a very interesting piece of news I can provide you, something that most of us black wizard higher-ups in the southeastern quadrant know, but that your white wizard formal wizards don't know."

"Why do white wizard associations exist in every wizard territory, but black wizard leagues don't necessarily exist? In some places, black wizard leagues exist but are weak. In some places, black wizard leagues are strong like in the southeastern quadrant. In some places, there isn't a single black wizard."

"You're a wizard. Don't you want to know the truth? I can tell you all of this."

Witch Sophia stopped walking and furrowed her brows.

At the same time, Lady Morgana's voice appeared by Witch Sophia's ear through the Nibelung Astrology System. "Wait, Sophia. Though I know you may have different opinions, I don't recommend you listen to what he says next."

Witch Sophia frowned. "Teacher, why?"

"I'm already a formal wizard. My mental power has crystallized. I'm only one step away from Second Circle. Why can't I know the truth?"

Lady Morgana said, "Sophia, you are very talented. But you're about to leave. You're not afraid of trouble, but you must consider your student."

"Just this once, you must listen to me."

"Don't listen to anything that person says next."

In reality, Rashid Tariel retreated to his limit, crashing into the wall. He swallowed and shouted to Witch Sophia, "Sophia, I want to tell you a secret."

"You..."

The next moment, Lady Morgana manipulated the Nibelung Astrology System, cooperating with Digo's Feather to reverse the six-layered curse barrier.

In an instant, Rashid Tariel felt the curse magic power within his body being combined by six layers of sacred energy. His entire person was filled with large amounts of sacred magic, causing him to swell up. His soul and flesh simultaneously approached the edge of death in this instant.

Witch Sophia furrowed her brows. According to mission requirements, she had to personally kill Rashid Tariel, so at this moment she had no way to continue asking. Helplessly, she could only act, using a First Circle level plant spell to personally kill Rashid Tariel.

"Teacher..." Witch Sophia said in a low voice.

A thousand miles away, in the Nibelung Astrology System control room, Lady Morgana fell into thought. "This is for your own good, Sophia."

"Truth has always been the most dangerous thing."

"These black wizards of the southeastern quadrant are becoming more and more arrogant. It seems we must launch a great purge against them like in other wizard territories."