So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests Chapter 317 : The Origin of the Cycle

Chapter 317: The Origin of the Cycle

「Withering Law Fragnt」

Looking at the 【Withering Law Fragnt】 displayed after the Law Authority entry on the character panel, Janna's eyes sparkled with joy, almost overflowing with delight.

「I thought I would still need more ti to comprehend it before I could officially condense the 【Withering Law Fragnt】. Who would've thought that just after stepping out of the Extre Cold Secret Realm, I’d already succeeded in grasping it——」

Today, during her ti in the Extre Cold Secret Realm, the mont Janna discovered the energy resonance frequency of the 【Withering Law】, she had a hunch that the ti to successfully comprehend the 【Withering Law Fragnt】 was drawing near.

However, what Janna didn’t expect was that this mont of comprehension would arrive so swiftly—so swiftly that it caught her off guard.

With that thought, Janna took off her witch robe, sat imdiately beside the laboratory table, closed her eyes, and as her consciousness steadily sank, she delved into her ntal sea, arriving at the Witch Tree deep within her soul.

「This one should be the flower bud representing the 【Withering Law Fragnt】」

So far, on Janna’s Witch Tree, three fruits and three flower buds had already ford.

The brilliantly radiant fruit, like a star, represented Janna’s first A-grade talent, 【Spirit Traverse】; another light green fruit, brimming with vitality, was the A-grade talent 【Affinity with Nature】 that she had recently advanced.

In addition, below these two talent fruits, there was a slightly smaller, deep green fruit, crystalline like jade, representing the 【Growth Law Fragnt】 which Janna had been increasingly proficient at using.

Below these three fruits were three flower buds of different colors.

The white bud represented the 【Purification Law Fragnt】, the rose-pink one stood for the 【Law of Beauty Fragnt】, and the final one—a pale yellow bud—represented the 【Withering Law Fragnt】. It was, so far, the smallest flower bud in size. After examining her 【Law Fragnts】, Janna extended a tendril of her consciousness and connected to the flower bud representing the 【Withering Law Fragnt】.

【Withering Law: The Origin of the Cycle】

「The Origin of the Cycle?」

Looking at this broad conceptual description, Janna naturally recalled the authority description of the 【Life Law Fragnt】: The Beginning of Life.

「The Beginning of Life, the Origin of the Cycle———」

Muttering this phrase repeatedly, the scene from today’s dream gradually resurfaced in Janna’s mind.

「Growth represents spring; withering represents winter. Beginning with spring is beginning with growth; ending with winter is ending with withering.」

At this point, Janna’s brows slightly furrowed.

「The power of the 【Withering Law】 represents the origin of the cycle. That is to say, neither withering nor winter is the endpoint of the cycle, but rather the starting point of a new one.」

「Which ans, the power of the cycle is in fact the cyclical seasons, the eternal force of life.」

During the dream, 【Euphresia】 had once said to that high-ranking green spirit that she had already mastered the “power of the cycle.”

And at that ti, what Janna saw in the dream, besides the withering and flourishing of forest trees, was the alternation of the four seasons.

In other words, before 【Euphresia】 mastered the 【Law of Nature and Life】, she had already grasped the powers of 【Spring】, 【Sumr】, 【Autumn】, and 【Winter】.

This also ant that if Janna wished to progress toward the ultimate goal of the 【Law of Nature and Life】, aside from 【Growth】 and 【Withering】, she would also need to master the 【Four Seasonal Laws】.

「And that pale hand… whose could it be?」

The mont that pale hand, large enough to be described as “covering the sky,” descended, all the scenes before Janna’s eyes turned entirely into shades of gray and white.

Not only that, the instant Janna saw that hand, her heart felt as if it had been struck fiercely by a heavy hamr.

Thus, it could be inferred that the owner of that pale hand must be a terrifying existence on par with an “Outer God.” As for exactly what level of witch they corresponded to, Janna couldn’t be sure.

「Hoo—」 As Janna’s consciousness withdrew from the ntal sea, she let out a long breath, as if expelling all the fatigue accumulated from comprehending the 【Withering Law Fragnt】 in the Extre Cold Secret Realm.

「Wither—」

Janna, standing up again from the chair beside the laboratory table, imdiately selected a relatively inexpensive pot of "Parrot Orchid" and invoked the power of the 【Withering Law Fragnt】.

As the pale yellow light emitted from Janna’s palm, the Parrot Orchid planted in the flowerpot instantly changed from its vibrant dark green to a decaying yellow hue. Soon after, its leaves broke, shriveled, and crumbled into fragnts,

falling into dust.

「So this is the power of the 【Withering Law Fragnt】—it’s truly eerie.」

When Janna used the power of the 【Withering Law Fragnt】, she could clearly feel a very faint but easily overlooked “life force” flowing from the withering Parrot Orchid into her body.

However, as this trace of vitality truly entered Janna’s body, she felt nothing unusual.

「Could it be that the amount of life force is too little—」

With that thought, she imdiately commanded the 【Hand of the Witch】 to move several other pots of magical plants in front of her.

「Wither—」

With the pale yellow light once again emanating from Janna’s palm, the magical plants withered rapidly. Janna could feel a more pronounced “life force” than the first ti flowing into her body.

「The fatigue doesn’t seem as heavy anymore——」

Because she had spent a long ti in the Extre Cold Secret Realm this afternoon, using the power of the 【Growth Law Fragnt】 to block off death energy for Vivian, Janna had been extrely exhausted both physically and ntally.

However, as she drew life force from these magical plants, Janna could clearly feel her body becoming sowhat lighter. With that thought, she raised her hand again and used the power of the 【Law】

on the already completely withered flowerpots before her.

But this ti, Janna did not invoke the power of withering, but the power of growth, which represented “the beginning of life.”

「Failed.」

Seeing that the flowerpots showed no reaction under the green glow, Janna slowly gained so insight in her heart.

「The 【Withering Law Fragnt】 allows to extract life force from magical plants, but once the life force is extracted, even with the power of the 【Growth Law Fragnt】, they can no longer grow—」

「Although it sounds strange, it perfectly aligns with the 'Law of Conservation of Energy' in mysticism.」