"Uh, what's wrong?"
Dorothy was startled by the drastic reaction of the master and disciple. Her body shivered, and then she cautiously, and with a bit of grievance, inquired.
"Isn't this rank useless? It's just a certificate, it can't really improve my strength."
In response, the master and disciple were stunned for a moment. They seemed to recall something, and their expressions softened a little. Then, the Angel Witch spoke first.
"My dear young lady, you seemed to have been studying at the Mage Academy before, so you probably don't really understand. In fact, besides being an identity certificate, a Witch's rank is also related to another very important matter, and that is the Witch's Destiny."
Sophia recalled the senior shut-in setting of the young lady in front of her. Moreover, it seemed she even graduated from the basic Mage Academy courses through online classes, rarely actually attending the academy, which led to her lack of common sense in a certain sense.
Besides, the secret of rank and Destiny probably can't be considered common sense. It's common sense for Demonesses above Great Witch, but for Demonesses below Great Witch, it's a secret known only to a small number of people.
Generally, only genius Demonesses would be told this secret in advance by their elders. And judging from the surprised reactions of the young lady's family during the duel just now, the young lady usually hid her strength quite well. Her family didn't even know she was so powerful, so it's no wonder no one told her this secret.
"Destiny? What's that?"
Dorothy frowned, a little surprised. This was the first time she had heard this word, but it sounded quite impressive.
"Simply put, Destiny is the degree of the World's favor towards you."
The Dragon Witch took over the topic. She looked at her daughter, who constantly surprised her, and the urge to directly tie her up and bring her home stirred within her. It was truly a waste to let this child roam freely; what if she turned out to be useless?
However, Youfeiliya ultimately controlled herself. She spoke to Dorothy, asking.
"Do you know the relationship between us Demonesses and the Witch World?"
"Of course, it's already written in the textbooks. We Demonesses are both the masters of the World and the daughters of the World. In the early years, when the Witch race was still weak, it was the World Mother who sacrificed her life force to grant the Witch race the possibility of infinite evolution."
Dorothy answered without hesitation. She was, after all, a top student who walked the All-Knowing Path, so she wouldn't be unaware of this common sense.
In this fantasy world, it's not just the various races that have self-awareness, but all things have spirits. Look, even her old wand, used for a long time, could give birth to a spirit race like Buster, so it doesn't seem incomprehensible for the World itself to develop consciousness.
In fact, according to the Witch historical records, the reason why the original primitive Demonesses were able to evolve from ordinary humans into Demonesses later was due to the help of the World's consciousness.
The initial Witch World was just an ordinary, weak world. At that time, the World's consciousness itself was still ignorant and had no self-awareness. But then, the invasion of external enemies stimulated the World's consciousness, accelerating its self-awakening.
The external enemy that targeted this weak World at that time was none other than the Angel Race, one of the old Calamity Races. A powerful angel who called herself the Lord of Radiance targeted this World, preparing to conquer and plunder it completely.
She displayed divine power in that primordial World, deceiving ignorant people into revering her as a god, building churches for her, and actively sacrificing the World's resources and wealth to her.
This was the Angels' old trick of faith conquest.
Of course, there would always be a few smart people in a World, and there would always be warriors who would stand up and feel that this unknown god was not a good bird, and would launch resistance.
But how could mere mortals contend with an Angel, a Calamity Race?
The weak resistance was easily suppressed by the Angel and her believers. Then, in order to nip any resistance in the bud, the church began a bloody rule, launching a vigorous witch hunt.
Anyway, it's unknown which little genius in the church at that time casually pointed to an innocent beautiful girl by the roadside and declared that this woman was so beautiful and enchanting, she must be impure, that a devil lived in her heart, that she must be a devil's lover, a Witch, and that they must purify her.
Then the ignorant people really put that innocent beautiful girl on the stake. The desperate girl cursed everything as she was dying. She even began to truly pray to demons, hoping that demons would grant her power and turn her into a real Witch.
However, demons, also a Calamity Race, are not so easily seen. It was already very unlucky for this remote and barren World to be discovered by an Angel; it wasn't so unlucky as to be targeted by another demon.
Naturally, the innocent girl's prayer ultimately did not reach the ears of demons, but the still-ignorant World's consciousness heard the despairing cry of her child.
It's just that the World's consciousness was inherently ignorant, and the Angels' years of plunder had caused severe loss of the World's power. At that time, the World's consciousness basically slept for long periods, only occasionally waking for a moment. But it just so happened that at this moment, the dying girl's prayer as she was about to be burned to death was heard by the equally fading World's consciousness.
Thus, the souls of the dying girl and the dying World resonated at that moment, and a miracle was born.
The ignorant World instinctively entrusted all her remaining power and hope of survival to this girl, whose situation was identical to hers.
The dying World and the dying girl made the initial covenant.
The World would grant her power, and from then on, she would embark on the path of confronting external gods and saving the World.
Thus, the girl obtained the World's primordial power, which was the power of creation, the power of transformation, the power of miracles, and omnipotent power, also known as magic in later generations.
The first Witch was born from this.
She was also the later first King of Witches - the God-King.
What happened after that is well-known to everyone: the Demonessesstormed Heaven Hill and pulled out the feathers of the Angel who called herself the Lord of Radiance to make pillows.
This unlucky, powerful Angel, who became a stepping stone on the Demonesses' path to rise, is still tied to a cross by the Demonesses, kept alive by various means, forever enduring the cruelest tortures in the World, never to be reborn.
Now, this is a famous attraction in the Witch World, with free admission. If you pay a little extra, you can even inflict torture yourself and enjoy the feeling of avenging with your ancestors.
Hmm, that's pretty much the origin of the Demonesses.
"Hmm, it seems your history class was good. So, what do you think was the key turning point in the God-King's rise?"
After listening to her daughter's narration, Youfeiliya nodded and asked again.
"Of course, it was the World's bestowal."
Dorothy answered without hesitation.
Immediately, she paused, lowered her head, and after a brief thought, she almost understood, knowing what Destiny meant.
Seeing this, the Dragon Witch nodded with satisfaction.
"That's having Destiny bestowed upon you. Now you know the preciousness and power of Destiny, right?"