“Heh, you’d be better off looking after yourself than lecturing me. That witch is quite active right now.”
Sherlock was about to say more, but Zakhar cut him off in a way that hit a raw nerve.
Sherlock’s initial mission was to find a way to control the Abandoned Land, a place where over ninety percent of the population were criminals.
Those desperate men, if utilized properly, were essentially an army.
They were all skilled and silver-tongued, and their awakened talents were bound to be highly specialized.
However, Sherlock had lost to a witch who simply flew in the air and dropped bombs. It was a simple, almost clumsy defeat.
Sherlock hesitated, unsure if he should continue.
His second point concerned the future development of the Pure Original Sect—something directly related to Zakhar.
Forget it...
Better not say anything.
An idiot like Zakhar might be better off dead. That way, Sherlock’s status in the club could rise.
“Hmph. I admit I was careless before, but if I run into that witch again, I’ll definitely take her down.”
With a dark expression, Sherlock replied coldly. He stood up the moment Zakhar dithered, flicked his sleeves, and left.
“Uh...”
Zakhar was stunned by Sherlock’s sudden departure. He stood there dazed for a long time.
Did that guy have something else to say?
Whatever. If he doesn’t want to say it, I don’t want to hear it. Stop acting like such a big shot.
Zakhar didn’t take Sherlock’s departure or the unspoken information seriously.
Compared to a ‘stray dog’ like Sherlock who lost his own territory, Zakhar held a much higher status in the club.
Well...
Perhaps it was just because he had been in the club longer and had a higher rank.
...
Back at her habitat, Lan Qingyou had intended to start making potions immediately.
However, after glancing at the messages on her card while taking out her items, she temporarily abandoned the idea.
So, another witch has joined the tea party? Right, there were already four witches on the Golden Plains.
And a Knowledge Witch is making magic scrolls...
Sealing magic itself onto monster hides? Interesting.
But isn’t this exactly what I wanted?
Unseen talents, spells, and knowledge were all new avenues of research for her.
Thinking of this, and knowing that Susie might quit her job to focus on leveling up, Lan Qingyou went to the warehouse. She dumped all the magic tools she had collected from dungeons into the Tea Party’s group storage.
This storage was much larger than the ten slots she used before.
It was even larger than the shop storage on her magic desk, so storing these magic tools was no problem at all.
After that, she added some materials, especially the monster hides processed by the leatherworkers.
The Tower: “@The Moon, get more monster hides. A witch on my end is experimenting with a new toy and needs a lot of them.”
The Moon: “Understood. I’ll have them prepare more.”
The Lovers: “@The Tower, how many do you need?”
The Tower: “Ten thousand for now. I might need more later.”
The Lovers: “Alright, I’ll try to start production as soon as possible.”
The Empress: “That’ll have to wait until The Tower finishes the magic circle.”
The Tower: “Haha, true. I’ll handle it tomorrow. If all goes well, I can finish it in about three days without sleep.”
Since she had done this before and had a mature plan, plus her recent refinements to magic circles, drawing a small Five Dragon Reincarnation magic circle wasn’t difficult for Lan Qingyou.
At most, it would just take a while because of its size.
After settling things with Jiang Lan and Frenna, Lan Qingyou turned her attention to the Witch’s Tea Party channel.
The inspiration she got from the High Priestess today made her realize that what she had feared might already be happening in places she didn’t know about.
Whether for research or self-preservation, she needed to gather the witches just in case.
Of course, this would protect the other witches as well.
Lan Qingyou wasn’t bragging, but she felt that when it came to defensive barriers, no one on the Kalim continent could match her.
This was technical confidence.
Once the witches arrived, the ‘Witch’s Habitat’ would become a true sanctuary.
It might even be possible to turn the entire Abandoned Land into a private domain for witches.
Since everyone was currently carving out their own territories anyway, staking a claim to one region didn’t seem like a big deal.
“I see. So, a Kalim version of a ‘witch hunt’ might occur?”
After Lan Qingyou told Susie about the potential problems in the world, Susie immediately thought of the ignorant, greedy, and cruel events from Blue Star’s history.
The ‘witch hunt’ slogan would fit the Witch race of the Kalim continent perfectly.
For her own sake and the sake of the race, Susie quickly replied.
“I understand. I’ll start gathering the witches tomorrow.”
“Invite them to the tea party first. There’s no rush to have them move in until the houses in the Witch’s Forest are partially built.”
“Understood. In that case, the Knowledge Witch’s Away Scrolls should come in handy.”
“Away Scrolls?”
Lan Qingyou was intrigued by the unfamiliar term.
“They’re scrolls the Knowledge Witch researched. They allow the magic desk to temporarily disconnect from the shelter so it can be taken outside and used to forcibly summon the shelter elsewhere.”
“Hoho, that’s interesting. Let me see how they work later. It sounds a bit familiar.”
“No problem.”
After their brief exchange, Susie put down her card and went to find the other three witches. She informed them of the potentially devastating news regarding a ‘racial war.’
The three witches, who had just left to experiment, rest, or study, were just as shocked as Susie upon hearing the news.
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