# Chapter 2: Wicked and Full of Evil
Su Xiao quickly finished reading the world introduction, gaining a preliminary understanding of this world. It was now the year 1433 of the Dark Crow Era. The technology of this era was relatively backward. Due to war, this world had already invented steam engines and had a preliminary grasp of electricity usage, but power generation remained a major problem—only the wealthy could use things like electric lamps.
Steam engines and trains were basically the most advanced technology. As for weapons, they were all high-powered shotgun types, commonly called "blasters." They used diamonds as bullets, packed in as much gunpowder as possible to maximize power and kill range. As for heavy weapons like tanks and artillery, there were none at all—or rather, no one had researched in that direction.
The reason for such bizarre weapon development was that, in the eyes of this world's humans, their only enemies were witches—at least, that was what the kingdoms and tribal forces believed.
The existence of witches had long been accepted by ordinary people. They weren't hunted like rats in the streets. Witches' territories were called "human gathering places," while human-ruled areas were called kingdoms, empires, tribes, etc. Among these, tribes were the most backward, yet they were the strongest in resisting witches.
Countless kingdoms, tribes, and gathering places existed. No one could reunite this continent because the witches who appeared after the Dark Crow were far less powerful than her and had a weakness: diamonds.
After having diamonds embedded in their bodies, a witch's abilities would be greatly reduced. Of course, tens of thousands of humans might not be a match for a single witch—this was a lesson learned in blood.
Witches could basically be divided into three categories: Elemental, Cursed Arts, and Prophetic.
Elemental witches had the strongest combat power. Most witches controlled a single element, but they were fundamentally different from mages. Elemental witches' bodies were not frail, and they had no magical circuits inside them. They drove elements in a more violent, more direct way. In terms of power, elemental witches of the same rank had several times the combat power of mages.
If mages saw how witches cast spells, nine out of ten mages would be stunned and immediately flee. This wasn't fear—no one wanted to fight a "madman" to the death.
Cursed Arts witches were eerie. If they wanted to kill someone, they wouldn't directly confront that person. Instead, they would collect the target's hair, blood, etc., and use those as mediums to finish them off.
Prophetic witches were completely harmless—no, they were actually very popular. Although they also had the ability to kill enemies, this type of witch was very laid-back and timid. Their only headache was having too many admirers, nothing more.
It could be said that a witch's abilities were determined by personality. Extreme personalities were definitely Elemental, sinister personalities were Cursed Arts, and the more gentle ones were 100% Prophetic.
Witches were transformed from ordinary women. How this transformation occurred was unknown. Witches would choose their successors of power themselves, or seize it. Folk tales said that no one wanted to become a witch—it was a very painful process.
After reviewing the information on witches, Su Xiao found this world very interesting. The main combat force was witches. Of course, some "foreign races" on the continent's borders also had considerable combat power, and witches wouldn't easily provoke them.
Commoners' lives in various kingdoms weren't too happy, but they could survive. However, all commoners feared black witches—that is, Elemental and Cursed Arts witches—while Prophetic witches were called white witches.
There was no hostility between black and white witches. White witches weren't even qualified to be hostile to black witches—they also feared those black witches.
Black witches didn't like interacting with commoners. In their view, commoners were just mortals and living experimental materials, nothing more.
Whether a witch was good or bad couldn't actually be judged by being a black or white witch—it depended on their behavior.
Just as Su Xiao finished reviewing the witch-related information, a notification from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[The Hunter may choose one of the following main missions.]
[Main Mission: Witch Hunter (Difficulty LV35).]
[Main Mission: Explorer (Difficulty LV31).]
[Main Mission: Dark Crow (Difficulty LV37).]
[Main Mission: Blade Awakening (Difficulty LV40, Extremely Dangerous).]
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Because Su Xiao had entered this world at his own expense, he had four main missions to choose from—basically VIP treatment. Bubu Wang, as a follower, also saw these notifications, causing him to sigh emotionally. His little expression seemed to say, "Spending money really makes a difference."
The main mission was tailored to Su Xiao's personal situation—he had seen related prompts before. There was no need to consider the choice; it had to be Blade Awakening.
[The Hunter has accepted the main mission: Blade Awakening.]
[Main Mission: Blade Awakening.]
[Difficulty Level: LV40 (Extremely Dangerous)]
[Mission Briefing: Find the "Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device" and complete the Blade Awakening.]
[Mission Information: Specific intelligence on the "Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device" is known only to one witch. The witches call the "Blade Demon Energy Sealing Device" the Land of Death.]
[Mission Time Limit: 30 natural days.]
[Mission Reward: Soul Severing Shadow Stone · Fragment x1.]
[Mission Penalty: Forced Execution.]
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Activating the main mission had both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage was that Su Xiao now had a clue. Without the main mission, he would be completely in the dark, having no idea where to find the "Blade Demon Sealing Device."
Moreover, his original stay time limit was only 10 days, now increased to 30 days, giving him much more leeway.
Additionally, the main mission had a reward. Due to the particularity of this main mission, it actually rewarded a Soul Severing Shadow Stone · Fragment. Collecting five Soul Severing Shadow Stone · Fragments would allow Su Xiao to synthesize a complete Soul Severing Shadow Stone—a power inheritance gem.
As for the disadvantage of activating the main mission, it was the forced execution penalty. Basically, all the main missions Su Xiao had seen had this type of penalty.
After paying 5,000 Paradise Coins, a large amount of linguistic knowledge flooded into Su Xiao's mind. He quickly mastered this world's language.
Now looking at the notice on the wall, he suddenly realized it wasn't a wheat harvest statistics sheet at all—it was a wanted poster for a certain witch.
[Sharon Sharp, Black Witch.]
[Wanted Reward: 107 Gold Coins (hard currency, extremely inconvenient for transactions) or 6,250 Bei (some common currency) or 8,000 Lu of Wheat (1 Lu ≈ 18 kg), dead or alive.]
[Crimes: Multiple murders, abuse and kidnapping of male children (8-10 years old), sabotaging the marriage of the Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Cronia (seducing her husband, whose whereabouts are currently unknown, presumed dead), human experimentation, theft, solicitation of prostitutes (according to the prostitute involved, Sharon Sharp was only willing to pay with coins she personally made).]
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When Su Xiao saw the words "solicitation of prostitutes," he nearly laughed out loud. A witch soliciting a prostitute was already bizarre enough, but then she wrote an IOU afterward? What "personally made coins"? It was clearly just that the witch had no money on hand.
Obviously, the flesh trade wasn't illegal in this world. Judging from the wanted poster, it seemed to be officially protected.
The funniest thing wasn't the witch's crimes, but the portrait on the poster. Su Xiao hadn't been mistaken earlier—it was a field of wheat. But upon closer inspection, he could vaguely make out a silhouette within the wheat. It was truly a soul painter.
Bubu Wang stared dumbfounded at the wanted poster on the wall. After Su Xiao paid the Paradise Coins, he too had mastered this world's writing.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang was amused. His meaning was, "If this crappy wanted poster can actually catch the criminal, I'll spin around and pee in a circle while standing on my head—the kind that makes a perfect circle."