Chapter 255: They Even Learned How to Answer First!

So when they heard Lan Qingyou's infamous moniker, every one of them could not help but gasp. At the same time, they covertly sized up this figure wearing a pointed hat and sitting on a Flying Broom. Aside from the lack of a black cat, she fit the standard Witch template perfectly.

They were terrified that she might turn them into frogs or something similar.

Do not think this was a joke.

While such tales were used to frighten children back on Blue Star, here in a world filled with magic, it was no longer a simple children's story.

Furthermore, it was widely known that this Tower Witch was also an Alchemist who loved research.

Was Susi adding fuel to the fire?

You could certainly say that.

As the person in charge of the Adventurer's Guild in the Golden Plains, even if she was only a temporary acting president, these people had already encroached upon her jurisdiction.

Who they were, where they came from, what they were here for, and where they were returning to—these questions meant absolutely nothing to her.

As the saying went, her duty was to watch over the Golden Plains for the Adventurer's Guild.

If these people had just reported to the Witches guarding the border, she would not be this angry.

After all... this was damn well illegal trespassing!

No administrator could tolerate such a thing happening within their jurisdiction.

Perhaps some might think Susi was being a bit too domineering, considering the Golden Plains was not the property of the Adventurer's Guild.

But in reality, the Supreme Council's current strategy was to use the Adventurer's Guild as a wedge to gradually expand their administrative framework.

Therefore, any place with an Adventurer's Guild was regarded by the Supreme Council as their administrative zone, or rather, their sphere of influence.

Otherwise, Susi would not currently be employed by both the Adventurer's Guild and the Supreme Council.

And as the branch president of the Adventurer's Guild.

Susi naturally held the responsibility to defend her territory, which gave her law enforcement authority.

"Hmm... Let's put the matter of identity aside for now. I just want to ask who you people are."

Seeing that she would not get any answers from Huang Xingming, Lan Qingyou turned her head to look at the other men.

As for Huang Wei... he was just the foolish son of a wealthy landlord. She felt her own intelligence would be contaminated if she questioned someone like him.

"We are just traveling merchants! We saw on the world channel that the land here in the Golden Plains is very suitable for growing crops, so we came to take a look and do some research."

A pudgy middle-aged man, who had three of his fingers frozen off, flashed a classic merchant's smile at Lan Qingyou.

"Hehe, ordinary traveling merchants, here for research."

Lan Qingyou looked at him, tilting her head slightly with an adorable smile.

"Yes, yes, exactly! Our president wants to invest in the agricultural industry here."

The pudgy man nodded hastily, seemingly trying to solidify his excuse.

"Is that so? Then you must have been asking for directions in front of Huang Xingming's Shelter."

Lan Qingyou played along with his words.

"Yes, yes, yes, we were just asking for directions."

PEW!

In an instant, a smoking hole was blasted through the pudgy man's forehead. He immediately collapsed, dead on the spot.

"This..."

The sudden turn of events forced everyone to look at Lan Qingyou. Then, they noticed two iron cones floating beside her, gleaming with a cold light under the sun.

Wisps of smoke were still rising from the tip of one of the iron cones, matching the wound on the pudgy man.

Anyone with half a brain could see that this was a summary execution.

"You guys... don't actually think I have a lot of free time, do you?"

Lan Qingyou swept her icy gaze over the remaining so-called traveling merchants.

The stare made them tuck their heads down like quails, terrified of being called out by Lan Qingyou.

"You, yes, you. Go on, who are you, and how did you get here?"

Would fearing being singled out prevent it from happening?

Obviously not.

Thus, a guy who had just been praying internally was immediately singled out by Lan Qingyou.

"Ah! Me? I..."

PEW!

The man was gunned down before he could even finish his sentence.

"That was more than three sentences. I hope the next person pays attention."

"..."

Why pull this move so suddenly... You did not mention this rule earlier!

Seeing Lan Qingyou's complete disregard for normal conventions, the crowd was terrified. This was no longer a matter of being singled out; it was a matter of no one being able to escape.

They could obviously tell that Lan Qingyou was playing a game of extreme psychological pressure with them.

But so what if they figured it out?

Could they resist?

They could not resist in the slightest.

Setting aside the fact that they were currently missing various fingers and toes, they did not even know when Lan Qingyou had drawn the two Funnels hovering in the air beside her.

Of course, the most important and fatal point was exactly how many of those weapons Lan Qingyou had on hand.

They were naturally aware of the Adventurer's Card.

They would not believe for a second that Lan Qingyou, the number one person on the Kalim Continent, lacked such an item.

The storage limit of a Card was ten slots, and a single slot could stack up to ninety-nine items of the same type.

So the question was, how many did Lan Qingyou have on hand? Could she distribute one to every single person here?

"We are a liaison team under the 505 Formation!"

"We were ordered to negotiate with Huang Xingming about joining the 505 Formation!"

This time, no one needed to be singled out, because they had all learned how to answer first!

"Bastards! You all..."

PEW.

Another person entered a state of deep, eternal slumber on the Golden Plains.

Lan Qingyou did not even glance at the idiot who tried to stop the others from answering, acting as if nothing had happened.

Her behavior perfectly embodied the saying, 'I will destroy you, what does it have to do with you?'

This chilling indifference to life made even Susi, a fellow Witch, feel a trace of coldness rising from the bottom of her heart, especially when she saw the bright smile on Lan Qingyou's face.

"Then let's talk about what this 505 Formation is. By the way, how did you get here? Through a Teleportation Array?"

Hovering about three meters off the ground, Lan Qingyou beamed as she looked down at the two who had answered first. The answering duo tilted their heads back, gazing up at Lan Qingyou.

Coupled with the surrounding man-made ruins and the distant sunlight spilling over them.

The composition of the scene unexpectedly gave off an air of salvation.

'I must be losing my mind.'

'To actually have such an unrealistic hallucination.'

Susi, who was simply watching the drama unfold, rubbed her eyes and then pinched the bridge of her nose before mentally complaining in a frenzy.

"Oh, right."

Lan Qingyou clapped her hands together, leaning forward with an excited expression to look at the two men.

"How about this? If someone gives me a satisfactory answer, I will reward them with a vial of Witch's Potion as a gift!"

"Ah!?"

"Huh?"

Let alone the two men who had just rushed to answer, even the others nearby, the Huang father-and-son duo, and the spectating Susi were completely dumbfounded.