"Hey, hey, I finally caught you!"
Wu Chen clapped his hands excitedly, his expression of surprise and excitement etched on his face as he gazed upon the delicate, charming girl bound in chains in the game scene.
Her eyes were captivating, her figure was incredibly voluptuous, her long legs clad in tattered black stockings, and her lace-woven, translucent gauze dress was draped in a chaotic pattern. She appeared to be a charming, delicate, and charming girl, but even after successfully capturing her, Wu Chen dared not slack off.
He knew full well that this was all just a facade. Before him was the most feared and powerful enemy boss in the entire game, the one that had frustrated countless high-level players and high-spending players alike—the Witch of Lust, Lytia! "Sondo of Love in Another World," a large-scale online strategy war game mixed with dating simulation elements.
Each player becomes a human lord on the continent, tasked with building territory, raising troops, developing technology and magic, and assisting the goddesses in their fight against the demonic forces invading from an unknown otherworld.
As a romance element, players can cultivate favor with female NPCs from any human realm, romance them, and ultimately marry them. Even goddesses are available for capture. However, despite this seemingly undeniable capture of all, there's one type of woman that players have never successfully captured, romanced, or married.
The witches, the most powerful rulers of each demon race, stand in opposition to the goddesses. Drawing their magical energy from the negative emotions of humanity, their power rivals even that of the goddesses worshipped by humans.
The reason players haven't been able to capture the witches is simple: their abilities are incredibly powerful. Even a max-level, high-end player would likely be slain within seconds of encountering one. Every time a player encounters a witch, they're slain within seconds, forcing them to return to their city and revive. In just a few tens of seconds, even a master of seduction wouldn't be able to do anything.
Take the Witch of Desire, for example. Any desire on the human side increases her stats. Every time a human player levels up, the Witch of Desire's increased "desire" also increases her level. Faced with a Witch with a level of 9999999..., how could players at max level 100 just stand there and fight her? Players protested fiercely against the game's botched stat balancing, but the game company remained unmoved.
Even as player numbers dwindled and revenue plummeted, they made no adjustments to the Witches' demanding stats.
"But today, I finally defeated such a powerful Witch of Desire and captured her!"
Wu Chen tugged at the restraining collar around the charming girl's fair neck, a look of accomplishment on his face. However, his victory was due not only to his superb gaming skills but also to a frustrating fact. The game was completely dead.
The servers typically only had a few dozen or so players year-round, and with each player's departure, the Witch of Desire's level automatically dropped. Facing the Witches of Desire, now ranked in the tens of thousands, Wu Chen finally found a glimmer of hope.
First, he visited the Temple of the Goddesses and raised the favorability of over a dozen goddesses to the ambiguous level. Then, with the goddesses he found ambiguous, he could request their assistance in a single battle. With the help of over a dozen goddesses and his nimble, snake-like maneuvering, he finally managed to defeat the strongest witch and imprison her with dozens of legendary binding artifacts, forged with countless precious materials and a fortune.
"Go, kill me!"
Seeing her attempts at evasion were futile, the pitiful girl's gaze suddenly sharpened. Her sweet, gentle voice, carried through the headphones, carried an intoxicating, demonic charm.
"Kill you? I can't bear to do that."
"And if I wanted to kill you first, I would have already done it."
"What do you want me to do alive? Collect the bounty in the Kingdom? Use me to please those bitches in the Goddess Temple!?"
If looks could kill, Wu Chen estimated he would have died at least a hundred times.
"No, I want to marry you."
"?"
Lytia raised her proud, fair face, her eyes glazed over. A large witch question mark appeared above her head.
"People, what you can't have is always the most disgusting." Wu Chen tilted her chin. "And you witches all have such comfortable personalities, with all the attributes of a loli, a queen, a beautiful girl." "Let me be frank, I'm greedy for your bodies!" "Huh!?" "You defeated and imprisoned a noble me for such a silly reason!?" "This is the greatest insult and blasphemy to my noble status!!"
Lytia was momentarily unable to accept it. Even if the other party was motivated by some noble cause or ambition, what the hell was wanting to marry me?
"Bullshit, that's not a boring excuse! What's wrong with liking someone and working hard to pursue them?"
"You call that pursuit!?"
Lydia's legs, clad in black stockings, struggled frantically, but the legendary binding artifact, revealing chains and spells, still held her voluptuous body firmly captive.
"What can I do? You witches kill me on sight, you're so evil. If I want to talk to you, I have to defeat you first!" Wu Chen's anger boiled over at the mention of this. Since the server launched, he'd been attacked by various witches using various methods hundreds, thousands of times! "Dawn Star, even if you can possess my body, you can never possess my soul! Sooner or later, you'll be completely corrupted by that lustful Qin witch!" Lydia called out Wu Chen's in-game nickname, a look of determination in her eyes.
"Don't worry, I wasn't planning on using traditional methods to win you over this time." Wu Chen said, glancing at his inventory. A smile played on his face as he took in the various X99 potions. In-game, winning over female NPCs often requires lengthy quests, conversations, and gift-giving to earn precious favorability points. It's no easier than flirting with women in real life. However, there are some tricks, like finding extremely rare items that can quickly boost a character's favorability. Wu Chen's inventory is currently overflowing with potions of these epic-level rarity. [Epic Item: Love Potion] [Instructions: Specially crafted holy water from the Goddess of Love. Consuming it instantly boosts your favorability.] [This item's effects are similar to the various gifts in mobile games that boost a female character's favorability. Giving away enough favorability points allows you to gift her a wedding ring. Who came up with this idea?] [Epic Item: Dormitory Cabin] [Instructions: Move in and your favorability will increase by one point every three hours.] Remember to buy some more furniture coins to decorate your dorm room. I still don't understand why bringing a beautiful girl into your dorm room increases your favorability. "Love potion, tailor-made just for you. Do you know how many 'cruel' things I did to the Goddess of Love to obtain so much of it?" Wu Chen shook the potion bottle in his hand, a nostalgic look on his face. Goddess of Love: MMP! Did you hear me? "Come on, take a deep sip!" "Love potion, tons, tons, tons!" Wu Chen pried open the bottle cap, pinched the charming witch's delicate nose, and poured the potion directly into her cherry-like mouth. "Wow... wow... that's too much, I can't drink any more..." [Ding Dong, system notification, Lust Witch Lytia's favorability towards you increased by 1. The character's current favorability level towards you is hatred.] "Huh? Only one increase? That's not magic." Wu Chen frowned slightly. Favorability is divided into levels of hatred, hostility, indifference, stranger, friendliness, ambiguity, and love. This epic elixir—if you give it to any ordinary NPC, even a married woman, they'll throw themselves at you. If you give it to other goddesses, it'll increase their favorability by at least a few dozen points. Why is it that when it comes to you witches, it only increases their favorability by a few points? "Hahaha! You think a little bit of goddess power will make me fall in love with you? Don't underestimate witches!" Lytia said with a teasing expression, laughing and taunting. "It doesn't matter. I've got plenty anyway. Come on, drink more." Wu Chen said, pulling out another love potion from his inventory. [99 love potions consumed, favorability +99, Witch Lytia's favorability towards you increases to Hostile.] "Ha...ha, don't think I'll let you succeed..." [Another 99 love potions consumed, favorability +99, Witch Lytia's favorability towards you increases to Indifferent.] "Humph, that's all... I won't admit defeat! Even if I die, jumping off here, I will never fall in love with you!"