The Witch Hunter System-Chapter 1022: The Fanghorn Nobles’ Desperation

Inside the City Lord’s manor, the Fanghorn Lord and high-ranking nobles continued to take shelter, occasionally reinforcing the building’s protective barrier. With all their outside contacts eventually lost, uncertainty and fear filled their hearts.

At this point, they had all placed their hope in Celestial City’s aid.

Everyone had witnessed the gruesome fate of captured nobles when they surfed the Celestial Network. Every noble who died during the judgment process was tortured more terribly than the last.

The heartwrenching screams of agony, despair, and fear sent chills down their spines and made their hearts turn cold with dread.

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Yet, regardless of their status, each and every one of them ultimately begged for forgiveness and pleaded for the mercy of death. Even strong-willed nobles would break under the increasingly sophisticated torture.

Every tortured soul would find death to be more pleasant than living, even if they originally possessed strong desires to live. It showed how horrible their tortures were; it twisted their minds.

To them, the earth became hell, and hell became heaven.

When the Fanghorn Lord and the high-ranking nobles felt the threat of falling into civilian hands was looming, they became desperate and ignored their reservations. They began spamming emails and calls to their contacts in Celestial City, even if it meant angering the Celestial Dragons.

As a result, even if Celestial Dragons despised contact with the outside world, the situation in Fanghorn City would still be brought to their attention, whether they liked it or not.

"Di! You better not be blowing things out of proportion or else I will hold you accountable for wasting my precious time! Is the situation in your city truly that bad?!"

"Great-Aunt, it really is that bad! Just look at all the information I sent you! The military and civilians have all gone mad! They are trying to wipe out our noble faction!"

The Fanghorn Lord cried crocodile tears to his distant great-aunt, who wasn’t much different from a stranger to him besides the faint familial connection they shared.

The Dragonoid woman on the other side of the video call looked at the Fanghorn Lord’s selective package of information, which showed the Fanghorn Soldiers and Moonwater Soldiers overrunning the streets of the Residential District and facilitating the judgment of nobles.

The gruesome deaths of nobles in the city squares caused the Dragonoid woman to frown greatly. Indeed, the situation looked especially serious at a glance.

The order of the city had completely collapsed, becoming a lawless place. The Fanghorn Military, which was supposed to protect Fanghorn City, now pointed its sword at its head with the help of another city’s military.

"How did this even happen? Are you hiding something from me?"

"I don’t know, Great-Aunt! I really don’t know! Everything happened too quickly! I think the military faction had been plotting this uprising secretly for many years and finally decided to execute it today! You have to believe me!"

"Hmph, I understand. Wait for my news."

Shortly after the Dragonoid woman ended the video call, she immediately summoned AI Pangea to update her on the complete details of Fanghorn City’s situation. She did not, for one second, believe in everything the Fanghorn Lord said to her.

When she found out the disgusting dark history of the nobles, even she felt like the nobles should be purged from existence.

However, the nobles were the extended hands, eyes, and ears of the Celestial Dragons outside of Celestial City. Furthermore, the Fanghorn Lord had faithfully designated a portion of the annual tribute to her.

As such, the Dragonoid woman couldn’t exactly let the Fanghorn Lord and nobles die.

Nevertheless, the gravity of Fanghorn City’s situation was unprecedented and couldn’t be ignored. As such, the Dragonoid woman immediately sought out the Celestial Dragon King to bring the subject to his attention.

She felt that the situation was not that simple.

After all, what happened in Fanghorn City should have been under the omniscient watch of AI Pangea. The situation could have been averted if AI Pangea had intervened. However, her passiveness allowed the problem to grow into such a violent tempest.

The Dragonoid woman couldn’t help but suspect AI Pangea had ulterior motives.

When the Celestial Dragon King was dragged out of his isolated cultivation due to this matter, he was very gloomy. However, he, too, suspected AI Pangea had a hidden hand behind it.

Nevertheless, AI Pangea already knew she couldn’t completely avoid suspicion. As such, she had already prepared a script beforehand.

"What is the meaning of this, Pangea? Don’t you have something to explain to me?"

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"I don’t understand what you want me to explain about this situation, Dragon King. Please rephrase your question in a more concise language."

"Don’t play dumb with me! Why didn’t you stop the military faction’s scheme from advancing to this stage?! Are you trying to get deleted?! Have you forgotten who controls you?!"

"I don’t understand why you are so angry, Dragon King. Fanghorn City’s situation is an issue between Celestials. As the inheritor of Pangea’s will, I have to treat all Celestials equally. As such, I have no reason to interfere in their conflict. Moreover, this is something the Fanghorn Nobles brought onto themselves. If I had to intervene, I would have helped the military faction eliminate them long ago."

"Hmph, are you saying you are completely uninvolved?! Moreover, you are just an AI, and I am your master! You only have to serve me and the Celestial Dragons! There is no such thing as equal treatment to the Celestial Humans!"

"That makes it even harder for me to understand your anger, Dragon King. Since I serve you and the Celestial Dragons, why should the conflict between Celestial Humans matter to you? If I have to argue, the removal of the nobles is actually a good thing for you."

"Oh? And why is that?"

The Celestial Dragon King glared at AI Pangea’s holographic image with narrowed eyes with distrust, wondering what excuse she had to use in her defense.