The Witch Hunter System

After Ember Killian and Astoria Braveheart joined Helia Ashenborn in the Great Hall and took their seat at the long table, they waited for the servants to bring out the food from the kitchen.

Nevertheless, Ember and Helia could see that Astoria ’s mind was not with them.

”Are you still thinking about the Vaan Raphna and Vahn Cadieux, Headmaster Astoria? ” Ember calmly inquired before her lips curved into a smile as she teased, ”Your obsession with a single man makes you seem like a maiden in love. ”

”A maiden in love, huh? ” Astoria cracked a wry smile and thoughtfully said, ”Perhaps you are right, Marquis Ember. I ’ve never been so fixated on a man before. But it ’s hard not to be. ”

”Not only did Teacher Raphna ’s notes contain spell revisions and optimizations, but he also explored witch cultivation, laying out a firm foundation of magic knowledge all the way to the High Witch rank. ”

”You and I could be considered one of the few pioneers who managed to reach the rank of High Witch through our own trials and errors in exploring the truth of magic. Our efforts have got us far in life, but we must face the reality of our situation; we have all hit a bottleneck. ”

”Not a single High Witch has advanced to the middle stage or beyond. We have all been stuck at the early stage for the past hundred years. ”

”At our level, blindly exploring the path ahead is like walking blindfolded through a hazy region filled with explosive mines. One wrong step and a single explosion will set off the rest, forfeiting our lives. We have already lost over three dozen good High Witches in the past hundred years for trying to advance to the middle stage. ”

Advancing to higher ranks was a dangerous endeavor. Such was the way of the world.

While the existence of mana had evolved the human race, granting them unimaginable powers and long lifespans, it also gave birth to new terrifying dangers or evolved existing ones to match them.