Modern World Warlock

After Dante and Gabriel's heated encounter, Baba Yaga introduced herself to Camille and the other members present.

The handler doubted that the woman was the real Baba Yaga from the legends, but after pondering for five seconds and looking around her, she realized it might not have been such a crazy statement.

"It's been a while since I've met a direct descendant…" Yaga commented, and the only ones who understood the context of her words were Dante, Megan, and Vesnia, who already knew about Yaga's past.

"A descendant?" Camille repeated her words, detailing the witch before her. "Are you saying we are related?" she continued, a fair question considering their matching hair color.

"Oh, no—not me. I meant it as a descendant of Atlanteans…" Yaga quickly explained, prompting the handler to believe that she was being pranked.

Dante interjected in the conversation and mentioned that there were a lot of things they needed to talk about, so it would be easier to gather everyone in one room.

The warlock wanted to talk to his old friends to catch up on everything they had been up to until then, but when Yaga called Camille a "descendant of the Atlanteans," he became a bit more curious about their talk.

"Hey, Dante. Who is that woman?" Faelyn asked, her gaze focused and fixated on the witch.

Since the warlock's party was still unable to understand English, they felt they were missing critical information, so Dante quickly explained what he had been doing the past few days.

He wanted to find the witch from the tales after hearing that Baba Yaga had contact with his master, Xander. His intention was to gather information and leave, but Baba Yaga ended up showering them with ancient knowledge that they just couldn't ignore.

According to Baba Yaga, the gods of Terra were "High Humans." — A race of people who resided on Earth over 14,000 years ago.

Terra was a "blank" dimension connected to Earth, allowing ancient high humans to create a portal into this dimension and shape the world within it—and the first two high humans to start this process were called Arkanos and Discordia, the two entities known as the creators of Terra.

The party listened attentively, and while Soren's head seemed to spin from all the information, Faelyn and Sylas nodded in understanding.

Ever since the party met Goddess Aelara, Faelyn had always doubted the legitimacy of her title.

It was clear that Aelara possessed immense power that couldn't be matched by any mage on Terra, but she never felt that she was talking to a goddess, and now she fully understood why.

Baba Yaga was a high human who, instead of helping with the blank world, sought a way to travel to the future—and the party realized that the similar energy from the goddess they felt emanating from the witch was a part of their Atlantean lineage.

Dante told his party everything. He spoke about the message Xander left in a stone, and how Baba Yaga knew his real parents, which made it almost impossible for him to simply leave the witch alone when she knew so much about him.

As the whole group walked along the mansion's corridors to reach an auditorium for large meetings, Wolfram and Paige were waiting inside.

The scientist tapped her foot on the floor with impatience and took a puff of her cigarette, explaining that she still had many experiments to complete, so the meeting had better be quick.

The warlock was aware that the meeting would not be quick, but he also knew that Paige wouldn't leave the witch alone once she heard what she had to say.

There were other Jade Dragons members present, including Lilith, who decided to attend the meeting out of boredom.

Gabriel, who was waiting for Camille in her office, believed that he was getting left out. He couldn't come to terms with the fact that Camille clearly favored Dante when it was his duty to serve her.

The archangel even cursed Dante simply for not speaking formally to Camille, unaware that it was the handler's own wish, as she hated formalities with the people close to her.

Believing that he was entitled to know everything about Camille, the angel left the office and attended the auditorium for the meeting.

When Gabriel arrived just in time, Yaga was stepping up on the platform at the front of the room, where she could speak on a microphone for the entire room to listen to her.

However, when the angel's gaze landed on the witch, the same feeling of euphoria he felt with Camille returned to him, prompting him to dash to the front of the room and kneel before the witch while everyone watched from their seats, utterly stumped.

"A-Another goddess graces us with her presence!" Gabriel nervously shouted while bowing on his knees.

"... No, seriously. What happened to this guy?" Dante asked Faelyn, who was sitting next to him.

The elf explained that, apparently, Gabriel could sense the same "god-like" energy that he felt from Aelara in Camille's body. And now, it seemed he also sensed it in Baba Yaga.

Of course, the elf wasn't sure of the connection between the goddess and the handler, but after the reveal of the Atlanteans, Faelyn started to connect the dots.

"What the angel senses as god-like energy must be a characteristic of the so-called 'Atlanteans,'" Faelyn explained.

'Huh… Could that be why the demons showed so much respect for Camille?' Dante pondered.

The warlock already suspected that there was something special about the handler, who could tame Lilith, Cerberus, Varamor, and the twins. Even Krom, who rarely spoke to her, showed her his utmost respect when he did.

It was clear that there was something about her personality that attracted people to her side, but now he knew that there were other aspects that made this possible.

As the whole room was silent, staring at the angel before the witch, Yaga glared at Gabriel with a fierce, condescending look.

"Stay away from me," the witch said without an ounce of compassion for the angel.

Gabriel was shocked to hear those words when he sincerely showed his devotion, but it was obvious that Yaga not only hated that sort of treatment, but she was also disgusted by the angel himself.