Chapter 451: Preparations

In fact, at times like this, not causing trouble was considered pretty good.

Just like Lan Qingyou's family members right now, they basically just lived in the floating castle all day without even taking a single step outside.

And Ursula was currently living in the floating castle as well.

For one, it was convenient for the administrative side to monitor Lan Qingyou's condition.

Secondly, although Typhon City was quite safe, in terms of comfort, it definitely couldn't compare to the castle where she was originally born.

Furthermore, right now, outside of the management, very few people knew what was happening outside.

For example, Lan Qingyou's family.

They only knew that Lan Qingyou might be trapped in the dungeon, and they didn't know about anything else.

So the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better.

Because there was the precedent of the Demon Race to look back on.

For this little girl with red eyes to say such things, although she currently belonged to the Witch race, no one would really treat her as an ordinary little girl.

Knowledge Witch: "In short, what we're going to do next is to catch the mastermind behind this, figure out their true purpose, and also what they need our blood for."

Steel Witch: "Do we also need to rescue the remaining witches outside?"

Knowledge Witch: "Of course."

Seeing that Diana hadn't responded, everyone naturally agreed that what she said was correct.

And at this moment, the one who was taking a sample from Diana finally spoke up.

In fact, the moment the group was established, Lilith had been pulled in by Diana.

She had originally just wanted her to be a silent observer.

But to their surprise, Lilith spoke up on her own initiative.

Vampire Lilith: "Although you are the number one race, speaking purely of combat experience, unless it's an adventurer born from the military or an assassin, you don't hold an advantage over those who play dirty tricks."

Vampire Lilith: "Especially since you still need time to cast magic. Against those stealthy assassins, you are basically targets."

At the mention of assassins, almost all the witches gritted their teeth.

It was exactly the existence of that group of damned people that caused all the major clans inside Typhon City to be deeply troubled.

It's true that you have all kinds of abilities, but we have numbers!

One person changing their life for a bottle of potion, two people for a piece of equipment.

In short, it's just exchanging lives for your lives.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe them as suicide squads.

After all, Typhon City really didn't lack poor people without food or clothes.

Therefore, almost everyone deeply resented those guys hiding in the dark.

And the reason Typhon City could currently remain peaceful was entirely due to Lan Qingyou's powerful strength and methods deterring them.

Coupled with the fact that they hadn't established teleportation arrays with other safe zones, making it impossible for people from other areas to enter on a large scale.

Otherwise, it would be hard to say.

However, what Lilith said next gave everyone present some confidence.

Vampire Lilith: "I'll dispatch fifty Viscount-level Vampires and five Count-level Vampires from the territory to go over later. At the very least, they won't suffer a loss when it comes to stealth and assassination."

Hearing this, Diana was startled.

She hadn't expected Lilith, whom she had only been chatting with for a short three months, to go this far.

To directly send out five Counts and fifty Viscounts.

This force alone could instantly wipe out half a safe zone, right?

Witch Diana: "Is that really okay? If this force is removed, it might have an impact on your territory, right?"

Vampire Lilith: "Don't worry, the situation on my side is similar to yours. If these guys successfully target you this time, they'll target us next."

Vampire Lilith: "So this time, the Vampires and Witches will cooperate just like in the competition."

Witch Diana: "Okay, I understand."

After finishing their communication, everyone quickly arranged their respective areas of responsibility.

First was the matter concerning the defensive magic array of the Forsaken Territory.

The entire nodes of the defensive array numbered exactly ninety-nine.

To activate it, ninety-nine people were needed to infuse magical power simultaneously.

And because these magic arrays must be protected at all times, ninety-nine people needed to be stationed there all year round.

This was originally an extremely arduous task for the Witch race.

Therefore, everyone usually operated on a shift system.

Three batches of people would rotate.

But right now, because someone might come knocking on their door, it was obviously somewhat unrealistic to continue operating like this.

Therefore, after the members of the Witch Coven held a small meeting within their group, they made a decision.

Cancel the shift system, and have three batches of people stick to a node at the same time to prevent accidents from occurring.

Secondly, although they didn't know who was manipulating things from behind the scenes, looking at the opponent's methods, it was definitely going to be an intense struggle.

So Diana found Beatrice, hoping she would deploy a portion of Typhon City's city defense army into the Forsaken Territory to serve as mobile support.

Although these people from the city defense army didn't possess much terrifying combat power.

But at the very least, they could buy enough time for the witches.

And after all these arrangements were made, the group finally started discussing how to deal with the mastermind behind the scenes.

Witch of Rules: "I'll go."

Just as the atmosphere in the entire chat group reached a deadlock, the [Witch of Rules] Niya, who had rarely spoken since completing the magic array arrangement with Lan Qingyou, suddenly bubbled up.

Silence.

As Niya made this remark, the originally lively group fell into an eerie silence.

After about a minute or so, a message finally appeared.

Flame Witch: "Phew... with Sister Niya taking action, this matter shouldn't be a big problem."

No matter who saw this message, they could feel that Flame Witch was relieved.

Actually, not only Flame Witch but even Diana and the others sitting in the office were the same.

After all, the person speaking was Niya.

A witch deeply trusted by Lan Qingyou.

More importantly, she basically possessed an ability similar to a 'conceptual attack'.

In her domain, she was invincible.

With her making a move, basically, the outcome was decided before the battle even began.

Silent Witch: "Need us to do anything?"

With Niya taking action, everyone quickly changed their attitudes and prepared to act as her assistants.

Witch of Rules: "No need. After so long, only one mouse's tail has finally been exposed. With my abilities, more people would just be a hindrance. Just have Nangong Lengyue and Lilith cooperate with me."

Witch of Rules: "Ah, speaking of which, [Tourism Department]... Adele, are you there?"

Wandering Witch: "I'm here, I'm here."

Niya usually rarely spoke, so everyone subconsciously thought of her as an unapproachable existence.

But actually, this unapproachable attitude was merely directed at enemies.

When she normally interacted with the witches, her attitude was surprisingly good.

Witch of Rules: "Where is that white witch right now?"

Wandering Witch: "She's at [Coordinate]. Since there was no movement from Typhon City after I passed the message earlier, I didn't let her leave."

Witch of Rules: "Well done. You two wait for me, don't walk around."

Niya's actions were very straightforward.

She practically logged off from the chat directly, turning her avatar gray.

It seemed she had already set off.

With this matter somewhat settled, Diana felt as if the stone weighing on her heart had been lifted.

Seeing that the sky outside was already completely dark, Diana finally ordered the end of this day's work.