[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-witch-hunter-system":3,"chapter-the-witch-hunter-system-the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-371":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},1517590,1970,"Chapter 371 Vaan's Surprise","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-371",371,"\u003Cp>Vaan cleared the area and placed the black cube in the center before pressing the button to activate the magic tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, the black cube expanded, turning into a giant gateway with numerous blue runes lighting up and charging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding mana was sucked into the center of the giant gateway before a spatial portal was opened, connecting to the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, Vaan stepped through and entered the Red Dragon Clan's First Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Astarot was quickly informed of the spatial gateway's activation and flew over as soon as possible to receive him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome back, Supreme Leader!\" Astarot greeted, though it had only been less than fifteen minutes since he had sent Vaan off. \"Is there a problem on the other side?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There indeed some issues, but they aren't urgent. Still, I need an expert in information extraction,\" Vaan mentioned. \"I've brought four prisoners for the information extraction. There's a high chance they contain some important knowledge related to the Devil's Contractors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, two of them seemed to have something cast on their souls. It might be some sort of anti-confession spell. Thus, it'll be good if you have a way to bypass it. Even better if there's a way to extract information directly from their minds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, keeping their eyes and ears will only risk exposing the Red Dragon Clan if we use standard interrogation methods to extract information from them,\" Vaan stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, Supreme Leader. There is indeed a spell that can read their memory and extract information from their souls directly. So we don't require them to speak,\" Astarot assured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, I agree, Supreme Leader. If there's any chance they worship the seven Great Devils, it's best if we cripple their vision and hearing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought as much,\" Vaan nodded and said, \"I'll be back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, he returned to the forest on the other side of the spatial gateway before ruining his prisoners' vision and hearing with fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smiling Knife and the others naturally woke up from the pain, but Vaan knocked them all out with chops again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, he brought them back to the Red Dragon Clan's First Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well then, I'll leave them in your capable hands to extract all their information, Lord Astarot,\" Vaan stated, passing his human kebab stick to the first dragon lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With honor, Supreme Leader. Just leave it to me,\" Astarot promised to get the job done perfectly before he asked, \"Is there anything else you require?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then, the dragon lords from the other eight mountain peaks arrived one by one after sensing Vaan's initial presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaan acknowledged their presence before nodding to Astarot's question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do, actually,\" Vaan admitted before saying, \"It seems I'll be requiring the service of the young elites sooner than expected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has any young dragon achieved the adequate level?\" Vaan directed the question to all the dragon lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the dragon lords all revealed apologetic looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My apologies, Supreme Leader. Your talent is peerless and rarely seen in a chaos cycle. It's not easy for our young elites to reach Rank 5 in such little time,\" Astarot mentioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, my son, Zodreg, has the highest talent among the younger generations and has already reached the peak of Rank 4. With your blessings, raising him to Rank 5 in the shortest time would be possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, we shall focus on him,\" Vaan acknowledged before asking, \"What are the requirements to raise him to Rank 5?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we can concoct a Rank 5 Fiery Lotus Potion enhanced with five drops of the Fire Dragon God's blood essence, any peak Rank 4 can be raised to Rank 5,\" Astarot answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There should be a Rank 5 Fiery Lotus available. I'll be back,\" Vaan stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, he made a quick trip to the Trial by Fire and procured the required resource from the black pyramid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he used Emerald's ability to create the seeds of new Fiery Lotuses and planted them in the blood essence pool, he returned to First Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One Rank 5 Fiery Lotus and ten drops of the Fire Dragon God's blood essence. Use what you need to raise Zodreg to Rank 5. You may keep the leftover blood essence as a reward,\" Vaan stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Supreme Leader! I won't fail you!\" Astarot replied ecstatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other dragon lords revealed their envy when they saw the good stuff go to the first dragon lord. Still, Vaan noticed their thoughts and made them a promise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will all get equal opportunities,\" Vaan assured before glancing at Narvim. \"Oh, right. Lord Narvim, I have left a surprise for you inside the memory crystal. Have you seen it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A surprise inside the memory crystal?\" Narvim revealed a doubtful look before he shook his head. \"No, I have not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you should check it out when you get back,\" Vaan suggested before informing all the dragon lords, \"I still have matters to settle in Sunpeak Town. So, I will return first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will check back later when you have the information extracted from the prisoners and ready for me, Lord Astarot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Supreme Leader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after Vaan returned to the forest north of Sunpeak Town, the spatial gateway closed, and the dragon lords dispersed soon after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Khaleesi followed Narvim to his cave to check out the surprise together. They quickly found the memory crystal before Khaleesi dibbed the first look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing the Red Dragon Clan had twelve main dragon exercises, Khaleesi was immediately surprised to discover an unfamiliar thirteenth dragon exercise among the memory bubbles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Formless Dragon Exercise?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unfamiliar dragon exercise only contained texts and no demonstrations, but Khaleesi was quickly drawn to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The further she read, the more astonished she became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having mastered all twelve dragon exercises, she could tell the essence of the twelve dragon exercises had been skillfully incorporated into a single dragon exercise, making the Formless Dragon Exercise profound and unfathomable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to memorize the text and put it into practice right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her deep concentration was suddenly interrupted when Narvim made a sudden outburst right next to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"K-Khaleesi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Khaleesi glared at Narvim, causing the latter to hesitate for a moment. But he quickly mustered the courage to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I… I've been robbed! My mana stones are all gone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1054,"2026-06-06T05:27:57.813Z",1,"novelbin.me","7b7692fb628b5768ea1c0e039af491bd778b42b0cd6992a516346c105eec5219","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-372","the-witch-hunter-system-chapter-370",1230,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-witch-hunter-system-cover.jpg"]