Vaan had already suspected Dorothy's group's involvent when he found Dahlia's hairpin, but Solana's words turned his suspicion into a certainty.
Still, the whole group wasn't involved in Dahlia's ambush; only a few were aware of it, including the two High Witches.
"We've also procured a pile of items from their personal storage spaces. There are mostly rank-three to rank-four magical plants and magic tools among them. Still, there's even a rank-five item," Astoria ntioned.
"High Witches possessing this much wealth isn't unheard of and is even truer for flourishing lords and rchants. However, I have never seen or heard of these two from the Kingdom of Verdant Woods before."
"On top of that, they aren't even the leaders of this rchant group; they are only subordinates of the witch called Dorothy Helion. So I'm afraid they didn't co to Sunpeak Town purely for trading," Astoria added.
"I've also suspected as much," Vaan agreed with a nod before saying, "We'll know more details once we acquire the information from Dorothy."
"That said, do you know much about the Helion rchant Guild, Astoria? For example, is the guild leader so renowned or powerful man?" Vaan asked shortly after.
"Is the guild leader of the Helion rchant Guild a renowned or powerful man?" Not just Astoria but even Solana expressed a confused look when they heard Vaan's heard.
"You should already know the situation in the seven witch kingdoms, Vaan. n don't have much sway here, even if they are witch descendants. The only exception is if they are the offspring of the kingdom's ruler or so very powerful and respected High Witch," Astoria replied.
"I don't rember hearing Maude Helion ever getting married or even having a partner, for that matter. That said, I don't have much contact with the Kingdom of Verdant Woods; I might be behind on the news."
"Is that so?" Vaan uttered with a thoughtful look, recalling Dorothy's threat.
The person was obviously a proud witch and had a natural disdain for n. And yet when she was backed into a corner, the person she ntioned wasn't her mother but her father.
Even if Dorothy were a hypocrite, she wouldn't talk out of her ass for no reason.
"Dorothy made it sound like she had a very powerful father. But in any case, we won't learn anything new until we receive more information," Vaan ntioned. "So we should focus on other things for now."
"How should we deal with these witches, Sir Vahn?" Solana enquired.
"Since they ambushed Dahlia, we'll let her deal with the ones involved in any way she sees fit," Vaan replied. Then, after so thought, he added, "As for the rest, it seems like a waste to kill them. They have been quite obedient."
"Perhaps, we can train them to serve us," Vaan suggested.
Solana and Astoria were skeptical of Vaan's suggestion, thinking it wouldn't be easy to acquire the witches' loyalty even if they trained them.
However, the witches didn't seem to have a strong sense of attachnt to Dorothy of the Kingdom of Verdant Woods; the Peak-stage Senior Witches did not try to protect Dorothy as the Early-stage High Witches did.
They cared more about their own lives than their loyalty. As such, it was possible to use them after so training.
Coupled with Vaan's thods, it wasn't impossible to acquire their absolute loyalty.
Nevertheless, after Dahlia was called over to deal with her assailants, she simply killed them all. She didn't bother torturing them to her satisfaction.
This wasn't because she was soft and didn't want her enemies to suffer; she simply felt like it was a waste of ti.
She would rather focus her energy and ti on Vaan's developnt projects.
Seeing Dahlia's devotion, Vaan decided it would be best to raise her power with so intense training. She would be safer once she had the power to protect herself.
Still, they could only save the intense training for nightti. There was still much to do during the day, and mana was also richer at night.
Nevertheless, after Dahlia returned to work with Aeliana, Vaan collected the bodies of the three witches she had killed.
Even without the system, he could still collect the witches' mana to upgrade his Heaven-Swallowing Space.
He wouldn't waste the mana of two Early-stage High Witches and one Peak-stage Senior Witch.
Soti later, the group eventually dispersed.
Solana took the remaining witches from Dorothy's group to the old training ground next to train their obedience. Astoria also accompanied her at Vaan's request to ensure nothing unexpected happened.
anwhile, Vaan headed into the mountains not too far from Sunpeak Town and created a big cave to focus on his training.
He did not bother pursuing the remnant witch rchants that might escape Sunpeak Town during this period.
There was no need to stop the spread of information. But, more importantly, Vaan didn't want to continue obstructing traffic flow to Sunpeak Town.
No information leaving Sunpeak Town also ant no new information entering it.
After Vaan sealed himself inside the new cave, he illuminated the darkness with fire and took out the bodies of the witches in his inventory to reap his rewards.
However, his body had grown so strong that mana from Peak-stage Senior Witchs and Early-stage High Witches had little effect on his body.
Thus, he simply used the mana to upgrade his Heaven-Swallowing Space, expanding its size.
Ding!
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