Inquiry

Su Ran followed Lecy slowly to the entrance.

She stood behind the gate, looking out at the mercenaries surrounding the entrance of the Witch’s Society.

She could vaguely make out that the person leading the group was Raging Thunder, the leader who had participated in the attack that night.

A few people were gathered around him, crying and complaining.

“Big Beard said he was going to a nearby tavern for a drink. I even warned him that our mercenary group had offended the Witch’s Society, and that if the witches found out he was one of us, he would face retaliation.”

‘It seems my timing is just right. The exciting part of this play is just beginning.’

“You’re talking nonsense!”

Philly and Maimai stood at the entrance, retorting.

The two of them looked a bit thin guarding the entrance, but the entrance of the Witch’s Society was planted with a large number of flowers, plants, and trees, all of which were growing exceptionally well.

Philly only needed to lightly use her witch ability to get the assistance of these plants.

“We might be talking nonsense, but Big Beard hasn’t been back for half a day. Now that we’ve come to your door, tell me, was Big Beard captured by you witches?”

The subordinate who was crying and complaining squeezed out a few tears from his eyes and pulled out a thin, shifty-eyed man from behind him.

“You, tell them quickly what you saw.”

After pulling the man out, the crying subordinate gave him a look behind Philly’s back.

“I… I’m a bartender at the nearby tavern. The Big Beard they’re talking about came for a drink today. They had hunted a Sequence Three magical beast. Not long after he left, I heard him shouting for help from nearby.”

Listening to the man who called himself a bartender from behind the gate, Su Ran shook her head.

Putting aside the fact that she knew the truth, from the way the bartender stuttered at the beginning to how his speech gradually became smoother, it was obvious he was reciting a prepared script.

“See, even the witness we found said so. Shouldn’t you return our man to us!”

Hearing the bartender’s words, Raging Thunder secretly sneered in his heart, but his face remained righteous.

After speaking, he took a step forward, his aura continuously rising.

Facing Raging Thunder, both of them needed to be on high alert.

The surrounding trees began to move, coiling around Philly.

A silver glint appeared in Maimai’s sleeve, ready to strike at any moment.

“Enough, Raging Thunder! You want to accuse our Witch’s Society of kidnapping someone based on the testimony of a single bartender? Do you think we’re that easy to bully?”

Lecy, in her blue and white dress, slowly walked out of the Witch’s Society, her aura a match for Raging Thunder’s.

Raging Thunder was just testing the waters.

The others were still observing from the rear, trying to see if the Sequence Six witch had left.

Now, seeing that Lecy was alone, Raging Thunder’s spirits lifted, and he prepared to call out his allies hiding in the back to put some pressure on these witches.

“Today, you witches must hand over our man. Big Beard is one of us, but who knows if people from other mercenary groups have gone missing too!”

At the entrance of the Witch’s Society, besides the mercenaries participating in the siege, there were also some lone mercenaries who enjoyed a good show.

They had no interest in getting involved in the scheming between the powers, but they had heard a little about the conflict between the Witch’s Society and the other powers.

Therefore, after the conflict between the two sides completely erupted, they also stopped to watch the fun and pass the time.

After Raging Thunder finished speaking, the leaders of several other mercenary groups also appeared one by one, though they did not show their faces.

Seeing Raging Thunder’s confusion, Erke pointed at a flash of purple within the Witch’s Society and explained, “Mr. Ken has discovered a witch who is concealing her aura. It seems she wants us to think she has already left, and is waiting for us to make a move.”

Seeing the corner of a purple dress revealed within the Witch’s Society, Raging Thunder broke out in a cold sweat.

‘This witch is too cunning. She doesn’t show herself and even plays tricks, making me think she had already left, and I was about to call my men to go all out.’

‘Fortunately, Mr. Ken’s spiritual sense is sharp and saw through the witch’s plan.’

Seeing the sudden appearance of several Sequence Fives, if Su Ran knew what they were thinking of her, she would probably laugh out loud.

As the leader of the Giant Croc Mercenary Group and the initiator of the joint action against the Witch’s Society, Erke decided to stick to the original plan.

“We’ll still force the witches to let us in to search for our people. Finding the location of the crystal mine is the priority now.”

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Seeing the people from these mercenary groups appear one after another, Lecy wasn’t worried at all.

Because she had Su Ran, a Sequence Six, backing her up from behind.

Even though she was the only one from the Witch’s Society facing four Sequence Five enemies, at this moment, with such a strong backing, Lecy felt an unprecedented sense of security.

Erke, as the representative, spoke first.

“Lecy, let’s not make this too ugly. Return our man, and we’ll let this matter drop!”

“Pfft!”

Hearing Erke’s words, Lecy couldn’t help but laugh.

“Your man was also kidnapped by the Witch’s Society? Surely they didn’t all coincidentally go to the same nearby tavern for a drink?”

Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, Lecy looked at the other leaders and said sarcastically.

“What? Didn’t you hear they hunted a Sequence Three magical beast? What’s wrong with celebrating together?”

Hearing the sarcasm in Lecy’s words, Blind Snake couldn’t help but speak up.

“Then call the man over. I want to know how he recognized that it was our Witch’s Society who took the man.”

Thinking that his arrangement was flawless, Erke nodded to the person behind him, agreeing to Lecy’s words, and brought the bartender between the two parties.

“If you want to ask something, go ahead and ask. You can hear for yourself how your witches took our man away.”

The bartender stood in place, his eyes darting left and right.

Erke had already briefed him in advance and wasn’t the least bit worried that Lecy would get anything out of him.

“How do you know Big Beard?”

“He often comes for a drink. Everyone calls him that, so I got to know him.”

“How many of them were there? Big Beard is from the Raging Thunder Mercenary Group? What about the others?”

“What magical beast did they hunt? How much money did they get?”
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As Lecy’s questions became more and more in-depth, beads of sweat gradually appeared on the bartender’s forehead, and he even had to pause for a moment before answering.

“Lecy! Where are you getting all these questions? Shouldn’t you be asking him how your witches kidnapped our man?”

Seeing that things were not looking good, Erke forcefully interrupted Lecy’s questioning.

However, Lecy was not annoyed.

She looked at the bartender with a slight smile.

“Mr. Bartender, you’ve just answered my questions. Now, please add the answers you just gave and tell the story again from the beginning!”

“Since it was such an impressive personal experience, I’m sure it won’t differ too much from the answers you just gave.”

As Lecy spoke, she showed everyone the book in her hand.

“My witch ability, you see, has properly recorded all the answers you just gave!”