Chapter 96: The Northland Witch Alliance
“The Northland Witch Alliance?” Owen hadn’t expected Ai Mi Er to reveal herself so readily, and not only as a member of some organization, but as one of the three leaders, a heavyweight.
“It’s called an alliance, but it’s really just a loose mutual aid society.” Speaking of this, Ai Mi Er was full of complaints, and her expression darkened visibly, showing how long she had been holding it in.
From Ai Mi Er’s introduction, Owen learned that the Northland Witch Alliance was only a newly formed organization, established not long ago, only about twenty years, with very few members in total and even less binding force. It was more like a group of people huddled together for warmth.
Although it was only a newly formed small organization, its leader was Emilia, listed as a rebellious witch by the Wizard Sanctuary. This was also the main reason why the Northland Witch Alliance had been able to survive until now.
Emilia’s strength was unfathomable, suspected to be Legendary. The only problem was that she was too rebellious. No matter how much the Wizard Sanctuary valued her strength and potential, it still couldn’t tolerate her staying in the sanctuary, so they drove her out and labeled her a rebel.
Being labeled a rebel and expelled from the sanctuary, Emilia didn’t care at all and went to the north to establish the Northland Witch Alliance, obviously to show the Wizard Sanctuary.
In addition to the mysterious and unpredictable leader Emilia, the Witch Alliance had two deputy leaders, forming the three leaders of the alliance.
The second leader was Ferrier, the Witch of Curses, yes, the only Countess in the Northland.
She was the earliest follower of the rebellious witch Emilia and the most loyal one. The problem was that after coming to the Northland, she was obsessed with role-playing and really thought she was a Countess, indifferent to the affairs of the Witch Alliance.
The third leader was Grand Witch Ai Mi Er. She met the rebellious witch Emilia while traveling and was attracted by her idea of establishing the Northland Witch Alliance. She spent many years searching for women with magic bloodlines from all over the empire, but when she came to her senses, she found that she was the only one working in the so-called alliance.
Where was the so-called three leaders?
The leader Emilia was called a rebellious witch, so don’t expect her to be honest and hardworking. Except for the beginning when she could still be seen, she made various excuses later, and finally, she couldn’t be contacted at all.
The second leader, Ferrier, could be found, but she was indifferent to the affairs of the alliance.
And Ai Mi Er somehow became the third leader, and the only one who was in charge.
One couldn’t be found, and the other was unreliable. Ai Mi Er had to find a way to settle those who were brought to the Northland by her, and suffered a lot for it. Now, when she thought about it again, she was really full of resentment.
So after seeing the dawn in Owen, Ai Mi Er very simply pulled him to work together.
The influence of Shikigami transformation was only a trivial factor in Ai Mi Er’s decision. Her daughter Dier, Owen’s attitude, the predicament she faced, and the mature magic system here were the key points that prompted her to make the decision.
Another point was that Ai Mi Er was about to collapse. She neither had the strength of the rebellious witch Emilia to be alone, nor the resources and territory controlled by the second leader Ferrier. It was difficult for her to maintain the Witch Alliance alone.
But in the face of the Witch Alliance that she almost single-handedly built, Ai Mi Er found it difficult to completely let go and ignore it.
The problem was that without resources and territory, how could it be sustained?
Now Owen’s appearance gave Ai Mi Er a solution. As for whether he would agree, she never thought he would refuse.
No one could refuse to have a group of magic professionals, and they were either witches or sorceresses. No man could refuse.
Sure enough, after careful inquiry, Owen agreed.
If it was a group of mature magic professionals, Owen would definitely not dare to accept them, because he knew he couldn’t handle them, and he didn’t have the capital to really suppress them.
But if it was just a group of students, then there was no problem. With his cheat, it was only a matter of time before he could recreate Hogwarts.
After they were educated, they would have to give him, the principal, some face, wouldn’t they?
With guaranteed jobs, food, and accommodation, wouldn’t they be willing to work for him?
Of course, these alone were not enough, after all, it was just empty words. The so-called Northland Witch Alliance only existed in her words, and whether it was true or false remained to be confirmed, so Ai Mi Er needed to show some more sincerity.
Owen didn’t take advantage of others’ danger. In fact, the two sides were in a cooperative relationship. Although Ai Mi Er had the intention of being acquired, it was too early to start now, and it felt too hasty. Moreover, his sugar-coated bullets hadn’t been fired yet, so he just asked her to provide some intelligence and see if she could relocate some people.
Ai Mi Er really didn’t lack intelligence. After discovering that the leader and the second leader were unreliable, she no longer placed the people she had gathered in Ferrier Town, but scattered them. After so many years, a prototype of an intelligence network had already been formed.
Hearing this, Owen was no longer in a hurry to ask Ai Mi Er to migrate everyone. Instead, he called Maya. In this regard, Maya was more suitable than him and could more effectively extract the value of the Northland Witch Alliance.
Sure enough, Ai Mi Er, who was still at ease and teased Owen from time to time, unconsciously fell into a passive position when facing Maya, and sweat came out in a short while.
Ai Mi Er was not fat. Although her belly was a little fleshy, her waist was considered thin according to her proportions. However, the two things on her top and bottom, front and back, were too big, and the fat content was too high, which made her sweat easily. At this time, under Maya’s interlocking questions one after another, her clothes were almost soaked. After a while, I’m afraid even the chair would be soaked.
Seeing that it was a bit unsuitable for children, Owen took Dier out of the house and went to the bedroom next door. As for what to do, it was mainly to explore more uses of the demon sealing nail found on Ai Mi Er.
Maya never disappointed Owen in her work. While he was busy going in and out, she had already dug out the details of the Witch Alliance from Ai Mi Er, and then it took her less than a day to complete the preliminary integration and planning.
“Not bad, let’s do it according to this. It’s no problem to let Ai Mi Er go back to preside over the operation, but wait a minute. It’s not a good idea to travel in winter, the efficiency is also low, and this plan needs some additional supplements to exert greater value.” Owen said, putting his eyes on the other two pieces of intelligence that Ai Mi Er provided.
A female demon centaur did not attract much attention from Owen. Although he had some ideas, it was useless if he couldn’t reach it.
The news that Mara Town was occupied by horse bandits made him frown.
As the nearest transit station to the territory, the importance of Mara Town was self-evident. Whether it was migrating people from the south, conducting business and trade, or even sending troops to attack, Mara Town was an unavoidable hub. Now it was occupied by a group of horse bandits, he couldn’t help but think more about it.
Owen was not naive enough to think that the group of people who occupied Mara Town were really horse bandits. They were probably the subordinates of some force.
The question now was how big their appetite was.
Whether it stopped here or used this as a springboard to expand in all directions would determine how the territory would respond next.
Owen didn’t know their purpose, but he couldn’t be careless.
From now on, the territory would start to prepare. If it didn’t work, they would be eliminated.
Although this would inevitably offend the people behind them, the vastness of the Northland and the current strength of the territory gave Owen a lot of confidence.
Unless a regular army of more than 3,000 was mobilized, Owen wouldn’t even bother to use tactics.
