[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-witch-hunter-system":3,"chapter-the-witch-hunter-system-the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-239":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},1517758,1970,"Chapter 239 Worshipping a Holy Tree","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-239",239,"\u003Cp>Chapter 239 Worshipping a Holy Tree\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunpeak Town\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aeliana hadn't much thought about her territory before she arrived at the town's eastern gate with her appearance hidden under a black hooded cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon seeing the bleak situation within her town, her heart was slightly stirred by emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunpeak Town used to be a prosperous town under her mother's rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given its upward growth and rapid development, it could have turned into a major city of trade, becoming a reputable place in the kingdom's central region within a few years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before it could reach the peak of its prosperity, the town was ruined by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was to blame for its current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone walls were filled with cracks and filthy goblin blood stains that had not been washed or maintained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overgrown weeds had obscured the footpaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buildings looked aged and abandoned, covered in weeds, moss, wood decay, and even cracks. Only the doors and windows showed some maintenance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I thought I had abandoned everything behind and only have Lord Vaan as the sole purpose of my living, but it seems I still have some attachments to this town…' Aeliana thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she toured the town with her appearance hidden, she was neither approached nor welcomed by anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone minded their own businesses like they were just performing the bare minimum to get by. They were neither lively nor expectant towards anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, it bothered her to see the people like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I want to return the town to the way it was before,' such thoughts entered Aeliana's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, her lord sent her to Sunpeak Town for a few tasks, and she had every intention to complete them without fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her lord instructed, she should visit her mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she failed to find anyone at their old home, the Lord's Manor. That said, she vaguely recalled some memories from her spores that were spread out in the region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the incident, her mother has worked at Golden Peacock Inn for the past three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aeliana quickly dropped by the Golden Peacock Inn but discovered the place was temporarily closed. After she scanned the inn, she didn't find anyone within the property either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evidently, her mother, Solana Leclair, was away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Aeliana realized that, she didn't bother to look for her mother and went on to complete her next main task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went back out of town and connected with a tree with Dryad Transformation before she drew in the anti-magic spores scattered across the region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each anti-magic spore was filled with pure mana. But despite being a Peak-stage Senior Witch, the very peak of the Senior Witch rank, she easily absorbed all the pure mana into her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they weren't absorbed by her magic circles, which had already reached complete saturation, nor her Magic Domain, which was also full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Magic Domain was filled to the brim, the excess pure mana was stored inside her mutated mana veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Large volumes of pure mana poured into her mana veins in unending streams. Yet, her mana veins swallowed everything with a bottomless appetite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no sense of fullness; everything was devoured cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As that happened, Aeliana felt her mana veins becoming tougher. The pure mana inside her veins was constantly condensed and compacted to make room for more pure mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she vaguely sensed her two Specialized Magic becoming more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the standard practice of witch cultivation, she was a Peak-stage Senior Witch. But the power of her Dryad Transformation alone was already at Early-stage High Witch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, that power was still rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is the true path of a witch,' Aeliana thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a path that witches had long abandoned due to its lack of versatility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no matter how much they strengthen their mana veins, only their Specialized Magic becomes stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't use any other magic without mana rings, otherwise known as magic circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, it shouldn't have been so easy for her to raise the power of her Specialized Magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic circles wouldn't be the mainstream practice if it were so easy to improve. At the very least, there should have been more witches that practiced both paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mutated mana veins were most likely the reason behind her improvement. It was as if its limiter had been removed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Aeliana kept absorbing all the pure mana from her anti-magic spores, her mana veins continued to strengthen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometime later, Aeliana recalled all her anti-magic spores, including the ones trapped inside of the townspeople's bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By that point, she felt like the power of her Specialized Magic had already exceeded Early-stage High Witches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the enormous movement of mana did not go unnoticed. Many people were drawn to the tree that attracted all the mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't long before the town's witches realized they had regained their abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel like I can control mana again… Something was removed from my body… I can use magic again…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're right! I feel young and lively again. My body is receiving the nourishment of mana!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several middle-aged-looking witches realized with surprise before they became overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't long before they started worshipping the tree outside the town, treating it like a holy tree for curing them of the curse that plagued them for the past three years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Holy Tree! Thank you for blessing us! We've been given a second chance at life!\" a sixty-year-old True Witch prostrated to the tree Aeliana was hidden within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With people gathering around the tree, she found it hard to leave unnoticed. As such, she was forced to listen to the townspeople's ramblings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, it wasn't just the witches in the town that were cured of the curse. Even the aura users regained control of their aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haiz, we should quickly go and find Lady Solana. She had left to investigate the commotion in the mountains the other day and still hasn't returned. I fear something has happened to her,\" a woman in her 70's uttered with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't speak like that. That's bad luck,\" an Aura Master in his 50's chided before he added, \"What if something happens to Lady Solana because of what you said?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after the man finished speaking, the sky rumbled with thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>",1054,"2026-06-06T05:27:57.812Z",1,"novelbin.me","631583482ae182da2063a6071ee80a0d473c5cf260324d38c083ca4b5491961a","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-240","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-238",1230,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-witch-hunter-system-cover.jpg"]