Chapter 112: Not Just the Conservative Faction

The factor of gender greatly affected Zheng Yichen’s workload. Even though only a few adjustments were necessary, those few adjustments still took time, didn’t they? This bit of time might not be a big deal, but the time needed to make an entirely new set was not short.

He still hadn’t made the Magic Armor for Apophis! Of course, a choice had already been made—to directly adapt the Sky Set from the source game of this sword…

“Anyway, let’s not talk about Magic Armor for High-Level Magic Soldiers for now. On one hand, there isn’t enough time, and on the other, my accumulation isn’t sufficient either. It’s very difficult to create a complete set… or perhaps, could you introduce me to that Witch who specializes in researching Magic?” Zheng Yichen said, jumping the topic to another aspect.

“No!” Dan Marina turned her head away, refusing bluntly. “If you want to meet her, go find her yourself!”

“…Fine, I’ll ask Qin about it later,” Zheng Yichen replied just as bluntly. The ability of the Witch Dan Marina found to improve the Light Tide was beyond doubt. Her deep understanding of Magic could greatly shorten the time Zheng Yichen needed to supplement his lack of experience due to his sudden increase in strength—provided she was willing to be a teacher.

Well, regardless of whether she was willing or not, the first step was to learn more. Some things, even if the possibility was very low, would have zero chance if you never tried.

“Then go ask,” Dan Marina said, waving her hand indifferently, her attitude unclear. Zheng Yichen looked at her with slight confusion. What did she mean by that?

He shook his head. Asking would have to wait until later; he didn’t have the time now. Moreover, the two-month period Qin mentioned was getting very close. Although the Mana accumulation in the Magic Weapon Summoning Book was substantial, the time since its appearance was ultimately too short. Given a few more years of development, the book would definitely be able to accumulate a massive amount of Mana…

Little by little, it adds up. Just like on Earth, if every person contributed one dollar… it could accumulate billions. The Magic Weapon Summoning Book couldn’t achieve that scale, but the people using it wouldn’t contribute just one ‘dollar’ worth of Mana. To oppose the Sanctuary Church, just one Magic Weapon Summoning Book was still not enough.

Zheng Yichen’s current strength… seemed decent, but as Dan Marina had said, his Mana Capacity was only comparable to a Ranked Practitioner nearing the High-Rank. But which such Ranked Practitioner hadn’t advanced through the accumulation of time? During that process of time accumulation, they had also gained a wealth of knowledge and experience.

If a real fight broke out, Zheng Yichen would have no advantage in Magic at all. If not for relying on his Dragon Clan physique, even if he truly had the Mana Capacity of a High-Rank Ranked Practitioner, he would be easily beaten by a proper one.

“Still not enough…” Zheng Yichen muttered to himself with a hint of regret, looking at the combat-type Alchemical Puppets stored in the warehouse. Even though he had been speeding up the production process, even having those Alchemical Puppets join in the production, the number of accumulated Alchemical Puppets still hadn’t exceeded one hundred and fifty.

This wasn’t just due to material constraints, but also constraints on the Alchemical Puppet cores. Those required Souls as material, and Zheng Yichen couldn’t obtain that many Souls in a short time. The Souls in Frostmourne were all Wraiths, and their quality was really too poor. Even with manual compression and purification, it wasn’t very sufficient.

Moreover, that method was the biggest waste of Wraiths.

As for obtaining new Souls from Qin, he couldn’t get enough in a short time either. The last time was just good luck. Therefore, during this period, even with Zheng Yichen’s main body putting in maximum effort, he had only managed to accumulate this many Alchemical Puppets. “If only there were computers… well, even if there were, it wouldn’t work.”

Muttering this, he cast aside this unrealistic thought. The Alchemical Puppet core was like the chip in a Terminator robot’s head, but its operating mechanism was completely different from that kind of electronic chip.

“The two-month period is almost up. What exactly is this Witch Hunt you mentioned?” Zheng Yichen found Dan Marina. The atmosphere of their conversation wasn’t as relaxed as usual. For the past two months, he had been preparing constantly, not only for dealing with the Sanctuary Church matter but also for Loris’s matter.

“Have you really made up your mind?” Instead of directly answering Zheng Yichen’s question, Dan Marina asked him in return. “What you’ll be facing are people from the Sanctuary Church.”

“Cut the nonsense. Since I’m asking, I’m definitely prepared!” Zheng Yichen said somewhat impatiently.

“Heh~ Believe me, other Witches would definitely be envious if they knew about this kind of thing.”

“Including you?”

“Including me,” Dan Marina said with some emotion. “I told you before, right? Because a Witch’s Power is too special, some Witches cannot fully control their own power. The part they cannot control affects everything around them. If it’s mild, then there won’t be major problems. Moderate cases can also avoid the hidden dangers of not being able to fully control their power through some methods, like Qin. If it’s more severe, even if they try their best to control the uncontrollable part of their power, there will still be times of loss of control.”

“It’s like a spring. You can press it down with force, but human strength is limited. If you keep pressing it down until your strength is exhausted, the pressed-down spring will rebound explosively. Although a Witch’s Power is strong, it’s not invincible. When a Witch can use her power freely, it’s hard for others to find a weakness. A Witch who has lost control of her power becomes even more dangerous, but her power lacks orderly control at that time, making her easier to deal with. As long as you grasp the cycle of when these Witches lose control of their power, when the time comes, it becomes a new round of Witch Hunt.”

So this was a Witch Hunt? Zheng Yichen originally thought it was a fixed cycle. As for this ‘activity’ called ‘Witch Hunt,’ Zheng Yichen was dismissive of it. After all, so far, all the Witches he had encountered seemed quite normal. Loris’s ability was dangerous, but she always avoided others. Qin’s ability was also dangerous, but before obtaining her Alchemical Body, she was similarly a seasoned NEET.

Dan Marina… well, he still wasn’t clear about what this woman actually did, but although the impression she gave Zheng Yichen made him a bit unhappy, it wasn’t exactly bad.

“Don’t think that just because the Witches you’ve encountered belong to the Conservative Faction, all Witches are like that,” Dan Marina continued, as if seeing through Zheng Yichen’s thoughts. “Some Witches are quite vicious.”

“How vicious?” Hearing Dan Marina emphasize the word ‘vicious,’ Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but let his gaze linger on her chest for a moment longer. Indeed, they were quite ‘chest’-ally vicious…

“You can refer to the major villains in novels.”

“I’ll worry about it when I encounter one. Besides, aren’t Witches like giant pandas? How can you just run into one so easily?” Zheng Yichen waved his hand. “I want to know Loris’s location.”

“She’s deliberately hiding her tracks. How would I know where she is?” Dan Marina rolled her eyes. Seeing Zheng Yichen’s annoyed reaction, she chuckled lightly and continued, “But when her power goes out of control, then it won’t be a problem. I can easily find her.”