[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t":3,"chapter-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-137":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Survival: The Tower Witch with an E-Rank Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1374432,1818,"Chapter 137: The Stronghold of Sherlock, the Slave Owner","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-137",137,"\u003Cp>When it came to combat, Li Huai definitely had the most authority to speak in the group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the moment he spoke, everyone launched into another heated discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, Lan Qingyou mostly just watched, absorbing any useful information and speculations from their conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, she ate the food Gu Xiaobei had sent over to fill her stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the half-kilogram of beef meant as a reward for Steel Wool had also been sent along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steel Wool ate until its belly was completely round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moon: \"@Tower, have you figured out where you want to go? You can't just wander aimlessly around The Abandoned Land.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower: \"Gu Xiaobei invited me to her restaurant as a guest earlier, so I plan to drop by the ruins on the way to take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moon: \"The Abandoned Ruins?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moon: \"According to the intel I received, that slave owner Sherlock's stronghold is located right in the Abandoned Ruins. You could even say the entire Abandoned Ruins is now his territory. He failed to recruit you last time, so wouldn't going there now be walking right into a trap?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower: \"Oh! This is my first time hearing about this. Care to elaborate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that her destination was actually that slave owner's territory, Lan Qingyou suddenly felt energized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was a slave owner really that terrifying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, not many people took that sort of person seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More bluntly, anyone with even a little bit of power in The Abandoned Land would look down on such a guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was just someone who relied on a contract talent and enslaving others to strengthen himself. Calling him 'strong on the outside but hollow on the inside' wouldn't be an exaggeration, so Lan Qingyou merely treated him as a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, now that it involved her own interests, she naturally had to ask for the full details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Chuan quickly provided the intelligence he had compiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that Sherlock had initially started on the Abandoned Lake map. After the districts merged, he felt that the Abandoned Lake was a difficult place to survive with little room for development, so he sent people out to scout the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, just above the Abandoned Lake lay the Abandoned Ruins. A city with some remaining foundations, even if it was a ruin, was far better than a lake filled with islands where traveling required a boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he began laying out his plans for the Abandoned Ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although previous warnings from others had made his contracts less effective than before, he wasn't completely helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a descendant of demons, Sherlock still possessed some intellect and cunning methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumor had it that he first had his subordinates infiltrate the various 'families' within the Abandoned Ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, using various excuses, he had his men present disguised contracts for others to sign. Through this gradual process, many people in the Abandoned Ruins became his slaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After his power snowballed, quite a few people finally noticed something strange was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several individuals who had inexplicably become slaves even managed to secretly leak the information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that, a massive battle broke out in the Abandoned Ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one side was Sherlock's slave army, reportedly numbering around twenty thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side was a resistance force spontaneously organized by the 'natives' of the Abandoned Ruins, said to number over forty thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One side had a unified, compulsory command structure, while the other suffered from a fragmented leadership with conflicting orders. The battle lasted for about three days before the resistance army was utterly defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Shang Chuan's words, the data provided by his informants indicated that Sherlock's slave army suffered around ten thousand casualties, while the resistance army saw thirty thousand dead or wounded. The survivors all scattered and fled in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the place ultimately became Sherlock's stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower: \"Hmm... That is hard to evaluate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading Shang Chuan's brief explanation, Lan Qingyou scratched her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since joining Tarot Manor, she had basically stopped checking the World Channel and the Regional Channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, with Chu Yuan, a council member of the Supreme Council, present in the group, he would mention any major worldly events in the chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Regional Channel, she could rely on Shang Chuan, Gu Xiaobei, and Li Huai to gather whatever intelligence was needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like now, when she needed information, Shang Chuan readily delivered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she simply ignored those time-wasting channels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moon: \"It really is hard to evaluate. You can't say Sherlock's tactics are particularly strong. The key is that his forces aren't afraid of death, or rather, they can be forced into making sacrifices.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fool: \"Your District 666 truly produces some extraordinary characters. The way I see it, that Sherlock doesn't care about the lives or deaths of his subordinates at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High Priestess: \"Please, in the eyes of a slave owner, slaves are nothing more than objects. Why would they have any right to life?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fool: \"Haha, true enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As mentioned before, not many people would care about a slave owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, when the members of the manor discussed this topic, it was mostly just playful banter, as if they were watching a theater play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Shang Chuan, Gu Xiaobei, and Li Huai, who were currently in District 666, shared the same sentiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Lan Qingyou, to be frank, she also looked down on him, even feeling a sense of indifference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she absolutely had to visit the Abandoned Ruins, so she needed to suppress that apathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only caution would allow her to live longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Well... I'll just keep going. I'll wait a bit once I spot the ruins and head out to investigate the situation at night. It makes no difference,' she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Besides, I'm only here to search for any potential inheritance left behind.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought in mind, Lan Qingyou packed up her things. She stored her tent into a Card, slipped the Card into her little yellow duck satchel, slung the bag over her shoulder, and mounted her Magic Broom. With Steel Wool in tow, she continued flying toward the northwest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm... I have to admit, the heat insulation on these clothes is absolutely impeccable,\" she muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flying through the air, Lan Qingyou shook the white snow off her clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Constant temperature control was incredibly convenient. Whether it was the tent, her equipment set, or the custom-made pajamas she was currently wearing, she couldn't feel even a trace of the bitter cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, food, clothing, shelter, and transportation were truly everyone's absolute necessities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just two minutes after she flew away, a figure emerged from a nearby patch of bushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, despite sporting a different hairstyle than before, this person was none other than the skinny monkey-like man who had tried to sneak into her tent earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?! A witch?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the skinny man returned to his team's Shelter and reported everything he had seen, his leader let out an exclamation of surprised disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm absolutely certain,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the skinny man nodded earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She had that typical big, pointy, wide-brimmed hat, wore a scholar's robe, and flew through the sky on a broomstick. It's definitely the Tower Witch mentioned by the world's will before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that's the case, then it really might be the Tower Witch. Still, I never expected her to roleplay so thoroughly. Does she really think getting a witch's title makes her an actual witch? Dressing up like that, does she think she's at some international convention's cosplay event?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the leader muttered with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what do we do, Captain? Should we report this matter to the Master? After all, judging by the direction the witch was flying, she's highly likely heading straight toward our stronghold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1299,"2026-06-05T21:58:31.955Z",1,"novelbin.me","e9723bb8cd13ba04607db1cca622034a149b3d32fbc69e777e94d61886fa4cc3","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-138","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-136",965,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-cover.jpg"]