Ding!
…
The system sounded in Vaan's mind, but he was not in a hurry to collect his rewards.
anwhile, after the other witch rchants watched the first witch rchant die, they all entered a state of shock.
A few nearby witch rchants slowly glanced at the dead witch rchant lying on the ground and also saw the expression of disbelief that remained on her face.
Although there were instances where n rebelled against witches and killed them, they rarely happened and only occurred in the dark, far from other seeing eyes.
However, Vaan blatantly disrespected and killed a Peak-stage Senior Witch in front of several dozens of witnesses, not to ntion they were mostly Peak-stage Senior Witches with various connections.
Even if they were to be killed for their cris, it shouldn't have been done by a man.
Vaan's action was no different from openly and arrogantly challenging the authority of witches. However, only he could do so because he had the strength to back it.
Astoria didn't condone killing. Thus, she was affected by Vaan's killing. But for his sake, she decided to turn a blind eye to it. She only hoped he didn't kill too many.
anwhile, the second witch rchant in Vaan's grasp stared into his indifferent eyes with horror. She did not want to be like the first witch.
"I-I don't know much about Lady Dahlia's ambush…! I wasn't a part of it!" she denied her involvent. But when she saw Vaan's disappointnt, her fear intensified. She quickly added, "But! I did hear Dorothy's group was plotting sothing before Lady Dahlia was ambushed!"
"Dorothy's group, huh?" Vaan muttered before he gave the witch rchant a nod. "You've earned the right to keep your life."
Shortly after, Vaan released his grip and spared the witch rchant. The person thanked him profusely for his rcy before moving out of his way.
Still, she did not dare to go too far away from Vaan. Although her life was spared, it didn't an she could leave.
Vaan glanced at the other witch rchants and asked, "Who is Dorothy? And who is part of her group? You have five seconds to answer before I start killing indiscriminately."
"T-They are part of Dorothy's group! Her too! And her!" the crowd of witch rchants didn't hesitate to rat out six Peak-stage Senior Witches after hearing Vaan's threat.
As expected, the threat of death worked very effectively after Vaan made an example out of them. However, the accused witch rchants vehently denied their affiliation.
"What?! They're all lying! I am not a part of Dorothy's group, I swear! I've only talked to Lady Dorothy a few tis, that's all!" said one of the desperate witch rchants.
"Is that so?" Vaan uttered coolly before requesting, "Please force the truth out of her with a confession spell, Astoria."
"Alright," Astoria obliged.
After she used a confession spell on the witch rchant, the truth ca out of the person's mouth. The witch rchant was indeed a part of Dorothy's group.
"W-Wait…! I can explain—" the witch rchant revealed a look of horror after Astoria's confession spell expired.
However, she wasn't given a chance to make any excuses.
Puchi!
An arrow of blue flas pierced right through her head, scorching everything in its path and killing her instantly.
Ding!
…
"What the hell! If you're going to interrogate us with confession spells, why don't you just do so from the start?!" another Peak-stage Senior Witch affiliated with Dorothy's group questioned with outrage, indignance, and fear, knowing she could die at any mont.
Puchi!
Another arrow of blue flas shot her way, piercing through her head like the last Peak-stage Senior Witch and killing her similarly.
Ding!
..
The system notified again.
Unfortunately for the Peak-stage Senior Witch, she was correct about thinking she could die at any mont.
After the third witch rchant died, no one else dared to raise their voice. They could only tremble with fear in silence after realizing Vaan wielded the blue flas.
"You don't get to ask the questions here. I ask, and you only answer. And if you lie, you die. Simple as that," Vaan coolly stated. "Understand?"
While most witch rchants repeatedly nodded with obedience, a few inwardly felt vengeful and hostile in their hearts due to Vaan's arrogance and domineeringness.
However, Aeliana, who was sensitive to hostilities directed at Vaan, felt them. As a result, she killed another two Peak-stage Senior Witches with wooden spikes.
"If you bear even the slightest hostility towards Lord Vahn, you will also die by my hands," Aeliana coldly stated.
After the remaining witch rchants heard that statent, they felt their hearts turn icy cold. Then, they quickly beca completely obedient and cooperative.
Vaan went through two rounds of interrogations with the Peak-stage Senior Witches affiliated with Dorothy's group and learned only half of them were present. The other half went into hiding sowhere within Sunpeak Town with Dorothy.
Dorothy's full na was Dorothy von Helion. She was a mber of a small rchant guild situated in the neighboring witch kingdom, the Kingdom of Verdant Woods, and also the guild leader's daughter.
In other words, she was a foreign rchant with so status.
"If you want to live, bring Dorothy Helion and the rest of her group to for so questioning," Vaan directed the last four present mbers of Dorothy's group after he finished interrogating them.
According to their confession, Dorothy's group was not involved in Dahlia's ambush as far as they knew. Still, Vaan could gain so useful information from Dorothy Helion and figure out her motive in Sunpeak Town.
"There's still you lot," Vaan focused on the remaining witch rchants, causing them to shiver with fear and feel suffocated.
His simple gaze seed to possess crushing pressure on them.
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