[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-witch-hunter-system":3,"chapter-the-witch-hunter-system-the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-2":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Witch Hunter System",{"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},1517371,1970,"Chapter 2 It Was Not Enough","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>Shortly after, her gaze fell on the pendant worn about his neck before her brows knitted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re still keeping this useless Etherstone? The mana has already completely dried up. If you want, I can just gift you a new Etherstone. Money is not an issue,” Lady Eniwse spoke casually while returning to her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaan glanced at the big blue stone with a drop of redness embedded on the pendant before shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is all I have left to remember my parents after they lost their lives in the Gehenna Realm exploration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always thought that just maybe, the Etherstone contained a cheat-ability or something to help him survive in the world like all transmigrators in stories do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas, he had come up with nothing but disappointment in the past two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry…” Lady Eniwse apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t mind it, Lady Eniwse. You’re a noble witch, and I am just a useless servant who cannot awaken his Life Aura like any other 2nd generation offspring of witches. There’s no need to apologize to me.” Vaan shook his head casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the recovery spell continued to heal his body and remove his bruises, Vaan took a seat by the reading table and picked up a half-read book on magic crystal reactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When we are alone, there is no differentiation between a witch and her servant. Only a man and a woman. If you were truly useless as you claimed to be, you would not be allowed in this private office, reading precious books of knowledge only witches-in-training are permitted to read.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Eniwse’s lips curled into a smile before ruefully adding, “What I value is that intelligence and unique thinking process of yours. And truthfully speaking, if you had been born a witch, the Wise Scholar title would have belonged to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If, but I don’t really care about such things as fame. I am proud to be born a man, regardless of the situations I find myself in,” Vaan responded calmly while pulling out a drawer containing his written notes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Vaan’s words, Lady Eniwse shook her head with a slight smile. What was good about being a man? They can only live under the shadows of witches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then again, if Vaan were a witch, she would not get to experience his—Ahem, never mind. She felt conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, Lady Eniwse suddenly recalled something before casually inquiring, “How is that weapon project of yours going, Vaan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaan paused for a moment before he replied honestly, “It’s in its final phase, Lady Eniwse. Once I—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eniwse! How dare you touch my servants!” the young witch-in-training barked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Eniwse glanced at one of the four previous servants, whose legs had initially been broken with Mana Bullet, standing behind the young witch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Lady Eniwse to you, young lady. They deserved it for bullying my servant first.” Lady Eniwse nonchalantly responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph!” the young witch-in-training snorted before stating, “It’s just a useless servant anyway. So what if they bullied him?! Useless things should just die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young witch-in-training immediately glared at the indifferent Vaan before conjuring an elemental spell, Fireball, with the intent to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Fireball dispersed instantly. A Mana Bullet had shot through it with a quick flick of Lady Eniwse’s fingers while she was still seated behind her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dare to attack my servant in my presence? It seems you have forgotten your place, Isabelle. Should I file an official challenge to teach you where you stand in this academy?” Lady Eniwse spoke coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, she added with a cold smile, “I am sure that many thirsty servants would like to have a look at your bare body on stage after I am done humiliating you in front of everyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isabelle faltered with a slight change in expression after hearing Lady Eniwse’s threat before spat stubbornly, “I admit that I am currently no match for you. But even if I can’t punish him myself in front of you, I can still get my servant to do it for me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Violence between witches is prohibited outside of official challenges, but even you are not allowed to interfere in a dispute between servants when another witch is also present! You can only blame your servant’s incapability!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luwg, beat that useless servant up for me!” Isabelle ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my Lady!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very shortly, Vaan was picked up from his seat with his book in hand by the servant Luwg before his face was clobbered without retaliating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Eniwse’s face frosted at the sight before she spoke coldly, “Vaan, I grant you permission to fight back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my Lady.” Vaan’s lips curled into a smile before skillfully breaking away from Luwg’s hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just waiting for those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ptui!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some blood dripping down from his bleeding nose was spat out from his mouth before Vaan wiped his mouth with scorn, “Your punches are even weaker than Duvall’s punches.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Courting death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lwug’s expression darkened before lunging forward with his fists. However, his punches were gracefully evaded as Vaan closed the magic crystal reaction book in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slippery little bastard! Stop dodging and fight me!” Luwg roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brute force solves nothing.” Vaan shook his head slightly before lecturing with a stern look, “Knowledge is power. Experience it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luwg’s head was quickly smacked by the thick book in Vaan’s hand before he could even react, causing him to be dizzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, all he could think of was, ‘this was what he meant by knowledge is power?’ as he nearly coughed up blood from anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Luwg could recover his bearing, Vaan continued using the thick book to strike Luwg’s head, stunning the person with consecutive concussions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that her servant was losing, Isabelle’s expression turned ugly before she sneakily exerted pressure on Vaan and made his body freeze momentarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, it was just enough time for Luwg to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaan was suddenly struck with an Aura-enhanced punch in the chest, which immediately shattered his bones and catapulted him back as he sprayed blood sprayed from his mouth in the next instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood slammed against the cracking concrete wall before his broken body fell to the ground, bleeding profusely from a punctured hole in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So this is what it feels like to be struck by something enhanced with Aura?’ Vaan thought as he laid motionlessly, soaking in his blood while barely holding onto his consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one noticed that the Etherstone quickly absorbed large amounts of the blood due to Vaan laying on his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloodsoaked-Etherstone pendant disappeared as a sudden notification entered Vaan’s head, causing him to nearly puke out another mouthful of blood from excessive indignance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Sufficient blood tribute…? Son of a…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had tried dripping his blood on the Etherstone before—in fact, it was the first thing he tried, and on multiple occasions at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew that the problem was not a matter of dripping blood like in the cultivation stories but a matter of not dripping ENOUGH blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Those two years of suffering…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Vaan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Eniwse’s enraged cry was heard, and the intense rumbles in the office were the last thing Vaan remembered before his eyes rolled back and he passed out.\u003C\u002Fp>",1204,"2026-06-06T05:27:57.534Z",1,"novelbin.me","1f3cf458e13baeeaff971e4f5dd74e1a5a2a8549f81de7f4996203c4ee35bce0","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-3","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-1",1230,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-witch-hunter-system-cover.jpg"]