Chapter 315: Diana's List

Although Lan Qingyou said the name sounded familiar, it wasn't actually that familiar to her.

It was just a lingering feeling that she had seen this name somewhere before.

This paradoxical sense of both familiarity and unfamiliarity left Lan Qingyou feeling rather puzzled.

"This Nangong Lengyue looks a bit familiar. Who is she?"

"The white-haired Witch, Nangong Lengyue. She received a Witch's Potion back when you, Clan Head, were randomly selecting lucky audience members in the World Channel. According to her recollection, that might have been your very first time distributing a Witch's Potion on the World Channel."

'Huh? Wait a minute...'

Diana's description made Lan Qingyou freeze for a moment before the memory finally clicked.

It was more than just her first time distributing it on the World Channel—Nangong Lengyue was the very first person she had ever given one to.

She remembered that back then, this girl had seemingly been trapped in her Shelter by people from her region. Lan Qingyou had just decided to start handing out Witch's Potions, so she gave the very first vial to her.

She just never expected to see her appear on Diana's list, let alone be nominated as the captain of the Patrol Team.

According to this document, the Patrol Team was primarily responsible for conducting daily patrols across the entire Abandoned Land, preventing anyone from running into sudden appearances of high-level monsters.

After all, there had previously been incidents on the Kalim Continent where monsters would suddenly mutate from E-rank to D-rank.

Although such phenomena had not occurred for a long time, no one could guarantee it would never happen again.

Beyond that, the Patrol Team was also tasked with preventing outsiders from causing sabotage and other disruptions.

The current situation on the World Channel was unpredictable, and no one knew how things would unfold in the future, which was why Diana wanted to establish such an organization.

Moreover, a combat-oriented patrol unit like this was necessary everywhere. You couldn't just rely on peaceful days forever, could you?

Not to mention, as a functioning city, the Witches' Forest now had a population approaching five hundred thousand.

Under these circumstances, a Patrol Team was absolutely essential for maintaining daily law and order.

To put it bluntly, it was a position that required fighting.

And to stand out among so many Witches meant that Nangong Lengyue's combat abilities were undoubtedly flawless.

Nodding, Lan Qingyou continued reading down the list.

The person in charge of the southern golem factory district was a Witch named Margaret.

She knew this person as well. She had even met her while leading a dungeon raid once; her moniker was the Fantasy Witch.

Just from the nickname alone, it was obvious that Margaret was a visionary.

She could manifest the things she imagined and put them to practical use.

But the most incredible thing was Margaret's Magic Eye, known as the Eye of Transcription. It could perform basic deconstruction and material analysis on anything she saw, allowing her to create a perfect one-to-one replica through her talent.

It could be said that this combination of abilities, when paired with Eluel during dungeon battles, was simply a match made in heaven.

As long as conditions and mana permitted, one could craft weapons while the other produced ammunition. Together, they could easily supply enough gear to sustain a ten-person squad through an hour of intense combat.

Meanwhile, the massive herb fields cultivated in the north, as well as the western and northwestern regions outside the magic array, were managed by a Witch named Ursula Clementine.

"Who is this Ursula? I feel like she's a bit familiar too..."

"Uh... does the Clan Head remember that mushroom Shelter in the Witch residential area?"

"I remember. Or rather, anyone who takes even one glance at a Shelter like that would find it impossible to forget. It's just too unique."

Lan Qingyou shrugged.

When she first saw that mushroom Shelter back then, she had genuinely been worried about the owner's mental state.

"That is Ursula's Shelter. Because she's a bit shy around strangers, she signed up with me as soon as she saw we had herb fields. Right now, about eighty percent of the edible mushrooms sold in the markets of the Witches' Forest are researched and grown by her."

"Is that so? Then let's go with her."

Although she had never met this Ursula, Lan Qingyou instantly remembered her the moment edible mushrooms were mentioned.

Over the past few months, massive quantities of various mushrooms had been popping up all over the Witches' Forest.

They had even become so famous that a master chef like Gu Xiaobei personally came knocking at her door to purchase them.

It was only because of Gu Xiaobei's visit that Lan Qingyou even found out about this, and she had even specially eaten a mushroom set meal prepared by Gu Xiaobei.

Savory and rich in flavor, the delicious meal had firmly etched itself into Lan Qingyou's memory right then and there.

So, upon hearing that this woman was actually the person who developed those mushrooms, Lan Qingyou immediately approved Diana's nomination.

After that, Lan Qingyou continued reading down the list, going through the departments and the names of the Witches one by one.

After all, for a city with a population of several hundred thousand, the required manpower and scale were bound to be substantial.

However, the majority of the names on this list were only the primary and secondary heads of each department; there was no need to bother the top leader with anyone further down the chain.

It was just...

"Why am I seeing my own name under the column for the dean of the Witch Academy? Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Or does this document have some sort of illusion enchantment attached to it?"

When Lan Qingyou reached the very last row of the list, she was shocked to discover her own name written there, positioned as the dean of the Witch Academy.

Thus, she asked Diana with genuine bewilderment.

"Please do not use such boring jokes to deflect attention. I would actually like to turn the question around and ask you: who else could possibly be qualified to act as the dean of the Witch Academy besides you, our Clan Head?"

"Uh..."

It was a very good rhetorical question; at the very least, it left Lan Qingyou completely speechless.

She could not even find a way to wriggle out of it.

She absolutely did not want to become a dean of anything.

Are you kidding? That was a position that required teaching people, and she simply was not cut out for that at all.

"I know you are busy, Clan Head, so this position can be purely honorary. You will not have to go in and teach the Witches every day."

"Really!"

"However..."

"Here we go with the 'however.' Can't you just say everything all at once?"

"If you had not interrupted, I would have already finished what I was saying."

"Go ahead then. My mouth is shut."

Lan Qingyou smacked her lips a few times before actually clamping her mouth shut.

"However, I hope the Clan Head can write some beginner-level application textbooks on Alchemy, Potion brewing, and golem crafting."

"Don't we already have those foundational books? Is that still not enough?"

Lan Qingyou was dumbfounded.

"Well, or perhaps you just haven't noticed, but those so-called foundational books are actually not nearly as basic as you think."

"Otherwise, why would so many people struggle to even grasp the absolute basics?"

Diana shook her head with a wry smile.

Truth be told, if she hadn't obtained the Witch's Potion and received the associated mental enhancements to help process knowledge, the initial learning phase would never have been this easy for her.

It wouldn't have even mattered if she had ultimately taken on a massive debt from the Supreme Council in exchange for it.

It went to show that the knowledge of the Kalim Continent was actually quite difficult to master.