Otaku Witch

The exhibition area was right in the center of the talent market, resembling a large theater.

Dorothy and the others went straight in and found some empty seats in the audience area to sit down.

After carefully examining it, the homebody witch discovered that a small crystal ball control nexus was embedded next to each seat's armrest.

Out of curiosity, Dorothy reached out and touched this crystal ball nexus, slightly channeling some Magic Power into it, and information was fed back to her.

It was the instruction manual for this nexus. Enjoy new tales from My Virtual Library Empire

"Well, it's just a remote control," she said.

Having digested the information, Dorothy suddenly realized.

It turned out that the stage in the center of the large theater used space folding technology, hosting multiple different stage spaces, and the audience in the seats could freely switch to the stage they wanted to watch through this crystal ball nexus.

Yep, just like changing channels on a TV, you could watch whatever you wanted.

Of course, each stage had its own theme, such as some stages themed around combat, where the performers from otherworldly races often possessed great Strength and were skilled in battle. Similarly, some stages were themed around arts, where performers from otherworldly races might master all arts such as music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

In short, witches with specific needs could freely choose which stage they wanted to watch.

Also, if you took a liking to any of the otherworldly races, you could use this crystal nexus to vote, and after that otherworldly race's performance ended, all the witches who voted for them could start "bidding."

However, the bidding stage was quite interesting, as it was ultimately the otherworldly races themselves who acted as their own auctioneers, possessing the right to choose one among the bidders as their follower.

Tsk, it just goes to show that indeed capabilities earn respect. In this essentially "talent market," which in essence treated otherworldly races as goods, a system with such "human rights" emerged, which was indeed rare.

But upon closer consideration, it seems not so much about human rights after all, as these otherworldly beings do not receive information about the witches. When it comes to their turn to choose, the only thing they can see is still the witches' bids, and generally speaking, the highest bidder wins.

Essentially, it was still an auction, and not a mutual selection on equal footing, but at least it seemed a bit more equitable.

Upon considering this, Dorothy couldn't help but shake her head.

She was not feeling unjust on behalf of these otherworldly races but because she had just heavily bled her wallet, she really couldn't afford to raise much money. If it truly went to the highest bidder, she might end up going home empty-handed today.

"Oh well, since I'm here, I might as well gain some knowledge," she thought.

The homebody witch comforted herself and then began flipping through channels with the crystal ball remote control.

"Wow, the art zone is deserving of its name; this mermaid big sister sings really well, but I choose Magic Network music."

"Eh, there's even a beauty contest area, Turtle Turtle, these big sisters are really pretty, but having only myself as a vase at home is enough, more and I can't afford to keep them. I'd rather look in the mirror if I want to see a beautiful woman."

"Talent area, this is good, very nice, this elf big sister's Magic Potion skills are not bad, and she looks good too, she could at least be a Magic Potion assistant if I recruited her."

"That Dwarf over there's Alchemy skills are also decent, but this Dwarf-based system of predominantly young girls really isn't my type, I'm more a fan of mature ladies."

"Hmm, that Titan Giant big sister is not bad, also skilled in Alchemy, but she's just too big."

.....

Since there weren't any specific targets, Dorothy just aimlessly switched channels. However, she still remembered that unexpected law of the game, continuously searching for a suitable candidate, yet she didn't have much luck so far.

"Tsk, fate is indeed a bit elusive," she remarked.

Dorothy sighed and then pulled out a gold coin from her bag, which made the eyes of Fafnir on her shoulder light up.

"Didn't you just eat? Overeating isn't good for children, and this is a commemorative coin, not food."

The homebody witch chastised the insatiable Gold-Devouring Beast and then looked at the gold coin in her hand.

This was a gold coin cast during the era of the Divine King, bearing the image of a Twelve-winged Archangel clad in battle armor, holding aloft the Sword of Sacred Fire.

This was what the God King looked like.

The reverse side of the silver coin depicted a scene where two angels, each with twelve wings, were battling, with the Divine King above, in a superior position, her wings fiery red as if made of flames, holding the Sword of Sacred Fire poised for a thrust.

The other angel, below and at a disadvantage, had pure white wings like Holy Light, holding a lightshield in one hand and a lightsaber in the other in a standard defensive pose.

This recorded the scene of the God King's epic battle with the King of Angels from heaven, the Lord of Glory, who is still a sightseeing attraction to this day.

The minting of Witch Gold Yuan was often periodic, and the designs on the coins were chosen from events that caused a sensation in the Witch World at that time.

Therefore, the gold coin Dorothy held was indeed an antique. It represented one of the early risings of the witches, minted shortly after the God King's conquest of heaven, possibly over a hundred thousand years old now.

It was found by the homebody witch during an adventure in the terrestrial world with Adam at an ancient ruin; naturally, she was reluctant to spend such a collector's item. Moreover, this ancient artifact, weathered by eons, could effectively stimulate her Space-Time Talent, so the coin also served as her magic artifact for divination.

Well, since she was doing nothing anyway, she decided to do some long-overdue divination to see if her inspiration would be kind today.

"Let's get started then."

With a flick of Dorothy's thumb, as the gold coin flew up, the homebody witch's gaze constantly followed it.

Due to the unpredictability of fate, many traditional divination methods in the Witch World felt uncomfortable to use, and those methods were quite troublesome, filled with ceremonial needs such as pre-ritual baths, burning incense for blessings, and preparing a bunch of materials, all very fussy.

So Dorothy simply came up with her own method of divination, which she was using now, known as the Witch's Coin Game.

It was pretty simple to use; one just had to think of a question they wanted to ask and then toss the coin. The heads side indicated a successful divination, while the tails side indicated a failed divination.

Success would enlighten, while failure meant a lonely divination.

However, one shouldn't think about using tricks to influence the flip of the coin, because the power of fate was already intertwined with it from the moment it left the hand and soared into the sky, making external forces hard to interfere.

It's worth noting that this was one of the few spells in the witch series that bombed on the Magic Network, with somewhat dismal sales, as the high threshold of high spiritual sensitivity and space-time talent really discouraged many people. Moreover, the difficulty level of learning was at the ninth ring, downright lethal.

This led to comments like "Only a boss-level move, hard to learn," "Useless me just can't do this," "I can't even master inspiration A, are you sure this is a real spell and not a scam?" "I have the space-time talent, but it's really bad. Looks like the Witch of the Forest will fall from grace," reflecting the controversy.

But Dorothy didn't really care about that; as long as she was comfortable using it, who cares about a fall from grace?

"Yes! Heads up, seems like my inspiration is indeed powerful today."

When the coin landed back in her hand, Dorothy looked at the pattern on the gold coin and couldn't help but smile.

Then, in the next moment, her eyes became vacant, shimmering with the glow of space-time and fate.

A dense fog momentarily obscured the homebody witch's view, but through this haze, she could still glimpse some flickering images.

.....from the homebody witch's future sight....