The Witch Hunter System - Chapter 810: Young Master Punta

“Since that is the case, let us discuss something we can change, Your Majesty. The Nine Kingdoms Alliance is no different from a cage. Our kingdom’s development has been crippled by people we consider allies. This cannot go on any further, Your Majesty,” Minister Dudley spoke.

“So what do you propose, Minister Dudley?” King Herman inquired.

“Remove the blockade and send people to the Great Ratholos Empire to scout for information, Your Majesty. No matter what, we must understand its current situation,” Minister Dudley stated.

“A Great Devil’s descent threatens more than just a single country; the whole world is at stake. We can’t cower behind the safety of our walls forever. We must send support to the Great Ratholos Empire and restore our image. It is better late than never.”

“Only by doing this will we have a chance to break away from the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, Your Majesty,” Minister Dudley said.

“While I don’t agree with sending our troops to the Great Ratholos Empire, I do agree with Minister Dudley on the part where we have to break away from the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, Your Majesty,” the minister of external affairs voiced.

“The longer we stay with the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, the longer they drain our kingdom’s vitality. Instead of waiting for our deaths, I would much rather fight with honor alongside the Great Ratholos Empire.”

“The way that we are now cannot be considered living. It’s about time we take a stand for ourselves, Your Majesty,” the minister of external affairs stated.

King Herman sighed before saying, “While the words sound pretty, realizing them is much more difficult.”

“The moment we lift the blockade and send troops to support the Great Ratholos Empire, the Nine Kingdoms Alliance might send out their elites to besiege our kingdom for acting out against the collective interests of the alliance.”

“We all know the other kingdoms in the alliance want to swallow our kingdom to bolster their influence and might. However, none of them have done so because of our obedience.”

“The moment we defy the alliance may very well be our kingdom’s end. We need help, but no one can help us. We are completely isolated,” Kingdom Herman sighed sadly.

He felt like he had let down his ancestors for leading his kingdom to ruin. Perhaps he wasn’t a qualified ruler.

Nevertheless, no one knew that the Red Dragon Clan’s scouts had been eavesdropping on their morning meeting for the past two days. It was only a matter of time before the information reached Kuvat’s ears and beyond.

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Moon’s Core, New Colony

There have been many changes since Vaan brought the witches and dragons to the new ancient colony to rebuild and cultivate.

Although the ancient colony’s life support system was far from completion, a small area suitable for crop cultivation and accommodating life was prepared. The dragons have been using it as an air resupply station while High Witches studied and monitored the effects of their crop cultivations.

On the fourth day of their arrival, Ophelia overcame her bottleneck and stepped into Transcendence, becoming the eighth Transcendent Witch in Pangea.

However, Ophelia did not celebrate her breakthrough and simply requested to return to Pangea. To her, reaching Transcendent rank wasn’t something worth celebrating.

Vaan naturally agreed and sent her back with Aeliana and Eniwse after they stabilized their cultivations at the Peak-stage High Witch and Late-stage High Witch ranks, respectively.

Afterward, Vaan took another batch of battle witches and students to the moon colony.

Once the moon colony’s life support system was fully functional, it would be time to take a batch of men to the otherworldly subterranean region for research.

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Meanwhile, shortly after Aeliana returned to Sunpeak City, she discovered it had recently experienced a surge in visitors.

Due to Sunpeak City’s swift-rising reputation, it usually attracted all kinds of people from the seven witch kingdoms, be they travelers, merchants, or nobles.

However, the surge of visitors in the past few days was not limited to the seven witch kingdoms. They also came from the Holy Knight Empire and the Great Ratholos Empire. Among them were even many young masters and young misses from reputable noble families.

“So this is Sunpeak City, the current center of attention in the Black Rose Empire. It doesn’t seem all that special… Ah, I miss the food from home already,” commented a young master from the Great Ratholos Empire while eating from a chicken skewer.

In his honest opinion, Sunpeak City only looked nice. In terms of food quality, it was far too lacking compared to any coastal city in his home country.

“Well, at least the women here are all gorgeous and pleasing to the eye,” the young master added, licking his lips.

“Young Master Punta, please show some restraint. We are in another country,” the young master’s guard politely reminded.

However, Young Master Punta ignored the friendly reminder.

On the contrary, Young Master Punta boldly inspected the witches on the busy street before his lewd gaze settled on one who appeared to stand out from the mass due to her extraordinary aura, which was absent in the other witches.

Seeing the person looking around as she walked down the street by herself, Young Master Punta immediately assumed it was her first time visiting Sunpeak City.

“Since no one is trying to befriend such an extraordinary lady, I will be the first to do so.”

Young Master Punta confidently strode forward and intercepted the person’s path. At the same time, the person’s pleasant herbal scent drifted past his nose and heightened his interest.

“Hello, Beautiful. Are you by yourself? It’s also my first time visiting this city. Do you mind if I join you?” Young Master Punta asked as his subtle lewd gaze subconsciously roamed the lady’s fair body.

Aeliana immediately frowned before barking coldly, “Scram! Before I decide to gorge out your eyes and feed them to the crows!”

Young Master Punta was immediately stunned.

At the same time, an invisible strong force pushed him away, causing him to stumble to the ground and make a fool of himself. His guard also drew his sword defensively with alarm.

Countless people glanced over and couldn’t help but gloat. Young Master Punta quickly felt humiliated and enraged.

“You! How dare you push me! Do you know who my father is?!” Young Master Punta shouted resentfully.

Aeliana paused with narrowed eyes before coldly asking, “Why? Your mother never told you?”

“…”

Young Master Punta’s mind quickly went blank, feeling speechless and dumbfounded by the unexpected reply.

Meanwhile, the guard gripped his sword, breaking out in cold sweats as he overheard some of the bystanders’ remarks.

“Someone is actually looking for trouble in front of Lady Aeliana… I don’t know if this person is bold or just courting death…”

“You don’t say…”