So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests

Chapter 414 : Law of Beauty

Crackle—The blue-white lightning gradually turned into violet. The night sky, which originally had no clouds, now gathered several massive dark clouds, firmly blocking the moon above.

Yet, even though the moonlight had vanished, the continuous flashes of lightning instead illuminated the pitch-black sea, making it look like broad daylight.

At this moment, the beautiful mermaid in the center of the vortex, surrounded and embraced by seawater, was clearly reflected in everyone’s eyes,

every detail distinct.

"That is—Janna Roland!?"

After a brief moment of shock, Hela-Helheim realized that the mermaid embraced by the seawater was the very Janna she had been searching for.

Not only her, but also Louisto-Tulan flying high above, as well as the other contestants illuminated by the lightning, all recognized the mermaid’s identity.

"Could it be—her true identity is not human, but a 『Half-Mermaid』 with mermaid bloodline?"

Possessing the 【Phoenix】 bloodline, Louisto-Tulan, upon seeing the water elemental particles surging abnormally around Janna’s mermaid form, immediately thought she, like him, had inherited the bloodline of a top-tier extraordinary creature, thus enabling her successful transformation.

After all, Louisto-Tulan himself could only transform into a 【Phoenix】 because of his bloodline.

Otherwise, with the magic control ability of an apprentice, it would have been absolutely impossible to decipher the soul structure of a 【Phoenix】—a complexity comparable to the very patterns of a Law.

But what puzzled Louisto-Tulan was that Janna’s displayed 【Wizard Talents】 were purely “Plant-type.” Even her surrounding magic contained not the slightest trace of water elements—

"Could it be—that she completed 【Soul Conversion】, and that’s why she could transform into a mermaid?"

That possibility flashed across his mind, but Louisto-Tulan quickly shook his head to dismiss such a ridiculous guess.

【Soul Conversion】 was when a wizard simulated their soul into the form of another creature’s soul, as a prerequisite for 【Complete Transfiguration】.

This was mostly used by full-fledged wizards to simulate top-tier extraordinary beings, and it couldn’t be done too often, otherwise it carried the risk of “soul loss.”

Not to mention the extremely high perception required for 【Soul Conversion】—even just simulating the body structure of such beings, or manipulating one’s elemental particles to achieve cross-elemental transformation through 【Elemental Interactions】, demanded a level of magical precision far beyond what an apprentice could ever reach.

“Splash—”

The raging waves still rolled endlessly across the sea. As they stared at the expanding vortex, the contestants finally snapped back from the shock of seeing a “mermaid” and scattered in all directions, trying to escape.

“La-la—”

Just as everyone prepared to flee the vortex at top speed, suddenly, that enthralling and captivating song once again rang out. Upon hearing it, the contestants froze in place as though struck by a petrification spell, without warning.

"This is mental enchantment?"

Because he could not use magic, Louisto-Tulan couldn’t block his hearing with a spell. He could only rely on his remaining willpower to resist the instinctive pull of 【Extraordinary Charm】 affecting his body.

“Plop—”

Unlike Louisto-Tulan, who still fought back with difficulty, several contestants with weaker willpower couldn’t withstand the mermaid’s song at all.

Without much resistance, two transformed contestants—one a giant python and the other a crocodile—obediently turned toward Janna and dove headfirst into the powerful vortex.

“La-la——la-la-la——”

The ethereal chanting continued. More and more contestants, guided by the “song,” leapt into the vortex, activating their 【Anti-Magic Rings】.

"This is absolutely not ordinary mental enchantment—it is the power of a 【Law】!"

Seeing the number of surrounding contestants dwindle, Kumbu-Thornspike, his own spirit nearly breaking, was certain that the mermaid Janna had transformed into, even if naturally alluring, could never have achieved such overwhelming control with mere charm.

Others might not understand, but Kumbu-Thornspike, raised since childhood amidst the endless “buzzing” of 【Insect Speech】, had long tempered his spirit and will. Ordinary enchantments or control spells simply did not affect him.

Yet, since Janna appeared in her 【Mermaid Form】, within mere seconds, her song had crushed the will of several contestants, making them puppets under her spiritual control, and drove them into the vortex in “suicidal” fashion.

Even Kumbu-Thornspike himself stood on the edge of collapse, completely powerless to resist.

It was precisely because of this that Kumbu-Thornspike concluded Janna must have invoked some form of 【Law】, otherwise her song could never have had such an effect.

"Look at me."

Just as Kumbu-Thornspike wrestled with his faltering will, the song that coiled around his ears suddenly stopped. In its place came a voice—ethereal, alluring, yet incomparably gentle.

"Look at me, Kumbu-Thornspike."

The instant she called his name, the taut string in Kumbu-Thornspike’s mind snapped completely.

When he opened his eyes again, gazing into that face blending innocence and seduction, for a fleeting moment—

he seemed to realize the 【Law】 Janna had mastered.

"Could it be…the 【Law of Beauty】——"

But soon, his hazy consciousness vanished completely. Along with the contestant transformed into a giant octopus beside him, Kumbu-Thornspike plunged into the vortex, disappearing without a trace.

“Roar—”

Just as Janna was about to clear out the last contestants in the sea, suddenly, a dragon’s roar echoed.

On the surface of the sea, Hela-Helheim, who had been transformed into a Deep-Sea Undead Electric Eel, rapidly expanded in size. Moments later, a fifteen-meter-tall skeletal dragon with blue-white flames burning in its eye sockets emerged where she had been, leaping into the night sky.

"It’s the 【Skeletal Dragon】!"

Louisto-Tulan, his mental defenses on the verge of collapse, regained clarity the moment he saw the sudden undead creature, for the innate Dragon’s Might of the 【Skeletal Dragon】 jolted his consciousness awake.