The Human Giant



"Impressive, so this is what a Cursed Witch is capable of. It makes sense why they would be considered a threat to immortal cultivators."

"Any mortal who has to face one of these curses will have no power to resist them. They will only have to deal with the aftermath and will have no way to figure out who had cast the curse on them." Yoze thought to himself after watching Lucien's performance.

This was what made witches so scary and mystical in all the stories about them. Due to the nature of curses, a witch doesn't even need to be near their targets to cast curses on them.

Meaning that no matter where a person escaped, a vengeful witch would always be capable of exacting their revenge. The only limiting factor was how much the witch was willing to sacrifice to make their enemies pay.

Other than finding the materials to cast the curse, it simply takes more crystal energy to cast curses from long distances. And due to the nature of Dead Crystal Nerves, the amount of crystal energy any witch can possess is extremely limited and can never be increased.

From the information that he could extract from Lucien for helping him, he learned that most witches would create crystal energy storage vassals to create more powerful treasures. Creating these vassals was expensive to create so even these vassals were limited.

"If witches had the huge storage of crystal energy that Immortal Cultivators and Immortals had, then witches would be even more terrifying. Just the ability to cast a curse almost instantaneously would make them as powerful as the most immortal cultivators."

"As for rogue immortal cultivators... They, unfortunately, will only have one more thing to worry about." Yoze felt his heart thump as he realized that combining witchcraft was compatible with immortal cultivation.

Witches truly were unlucky to be born with Dead Crystal Nerves. Even though witchcraft made up for most of their losses, it wasn't exclusive to them, like immortal cultivation was exclusive to immortal cultivators and immortals.

Everything that Dead Crystal Neres could do, Crystal Nerves could also do. Still, this relationship didn't work the other way around. So an immortal cultivator could learn and perform witchcraft, but witches would never be able to become immortals.

As Yoze thought about it, if immortals decided to learn witchcraft after some time, they would become even more skilled, knowledgeable, and powerful than 99 percent of witches. Only immortal witches might stand a chance, but that was only on the basis that immortal witches truly found a way to extend their lifespan indefinitely.

"Witches are in a very similar boat as martial artists. We are both in power systems that are powerful and full of potential, but the users can't or have never been able to access its full potential."

"Yet only in the hands of immortals and demons who have an infinite amount of time these power systems are capable of truly reaching their potential. One of the few differences between the two power systems is that witchcraft has gone much further than the path of martial arts." As Yoze was thinking about the similarities between witchcraft and martial arts, he heard Lucien begin to speak.

"Devi, how about we call it early today? You have just arrived today, and Luxy is still running around town. So there is no way for my student and yours to compete against each other before it gets dark." Lucien scratched his neck as he struggled to get up.

After sitting down for more than two hours, his back was killing him. Even though he had grown used to this treatment since witchcraft requires patience, he still didn't like sitting down for a long period of time.

"That is true. Okay, we can continue tomorrow afternoon when it's brighter outside." Devi said slowly with the same lack of inflection in his voice.

"I have a few spare rooms in the town hall that you can sleep in. As for you, Yoze, since you only plan to stay here for a few days to take this test, I recommend you stay here as well." Lucien said calmly while hiding his true thoughts.

"I hope none of you want to stay over. If you do, I will burn this town hall to the ground to ensure I get rid of any bad luck." Lucien thought to himself with a smile.

Not knowing that Lucien was cursing at him, Devi simply responded by saying he would be staying with the merchant caravan with Luxy. As for Yoze, he also didn't plan to sleep in the town hall since it was too dangerous.

Even though he knew Lucien was the hidden witch that was lurking during his battle with the Slug demon, he didn't trust him at all. He was currently contemplating whether he should just devour Lucien's and Devi's spiritual energy.

This way, he could get rid of any hidden dangers for himself and Justice Town. Even when he knew that all of Justice Town's progress was due to Lucien, he didn't think that his dying would have too much of an impact on the town in its current state.

All he would need to do was make sure that his death seemed to be an accident. After a few days of mourning, another mayor would take his place and continue growing the town.

As for Luxy, he didn't plan on killing him. From Luxy's current abilities, he stood no chance of being a threat to him. After copying Lucien's, Devi's, and Luxy's talents, there would be no chance of him ever being a threat.

"But I would miss the chance of getting that Cursed Book from their teacher. So maybe I can revisit Justice Town after a month or two to see if Lucien had gotten the Cursed Book."

"If he did, then that is good. I can just devour his spiritual energy and take the book. It would be a shame if he doesn't, but I will not suffer any losses." Yoze's eyes sparkled as he weighed his options.