Chapter 523 – Controlling Intelligence on Other Races

The witches’ battle achievements were impressive, greatly relieving the pressure on the four Sorceresses.

However, Lilith still had one concern:

“Moira, you’ve listed the Communication Cards in the Card Magic shop this time. Aren’t you worried that non-Society members might prematurely discover the connection between the Dawn Society’s cards and witches — or even Sorceresses?”

At a time like this, having her Sorceress identity exposed early would be very dangerous.

“It’s fine! I sent each witch contractor a {Function Card – Card Skin (Dawn Society)}. By using this card, they can switch their cards’ appearance to the default skin of Dawn Society internal resource cards at any time.

On top of that, both the Card Magic and Dawn Society Magic shops now stock a large batch of {Function Card – Card Skins}, and there are even customizable skin cards — all very affordable.

Resource cards of different tiers also have skins in different colors.

Dawn Society members receive identity-representing skin cards when they rank up too.

So we just need to wait a little longer, until the Dawn Society becomes slightly more well-known in Valen, and then we can use the cards openly.

In the {Dawn Society Promotional Guidance Plan} cards I sent to the witches, I also reminded them to create an opportunity to ‘openly’ join the Dawn Society. If they’re witches, they don’t need to pay the 6 Mana entry fee — once inside, they can switch between the normal interface and the witch-exclusive interface.

Also, I’ve listed the {Communication Card} in the Dawn Society shop, and it’s only a Tier 1 resource card.

Expanding communication range, adding friend slots, creating group chats, and increasing group sizes all require different amounts of permanent magical energy, and you have to load in single-use magical energy just to send messages.

When others see witches using Communication Cards, they’ll simply assume they’re Dawn Society members.”

Mo Lan had deliberated for a long time before coming up with this plan that killed two birds with one stone.

It wasn’t just about keeping witches across Valen connected so that if something went wrong with the defensive magic formation of the Wilds, everyone could receive word immediately — it was also about gaining intelligence on other races by controlling the channels of information.

Of course, she wouldn’t go easy on the fees either.

The witch version of the Communication Card also started as a basic version with short range, only one friend slot, and no group chat capability — but unlocking all features, just like sending messages, only required single-use magical power.

Over the past two days, Mo Lan had already received golden bird letters from her mother, grandmother, the Headmistress, and many classmates, all asking for her Communication Card number so they could add her as a friend.

Witches still had the Golden Bird spell for sending messages, which was very quick — only requiring a two-day wait for long distances. Other races, even for communication within their own territories, found it far more troublesome.

Mo Lan was confident that no race could resist the appearance of the {Communication Card}:

“Once the other races get used to sending messages through {Communication Cards}, all intelligence on the various races of Valen will be in our hands.

On top of that, I’ve prepared {Foreign Race Information Filtering and Processing Cards}. I’ve already sent one each to the Witch Council, the three senior Sorceresses, and Madam Amisha. Here’s one for each of you three as well.

It can aggregate and process the communication information within foreign races’ Communication Cards. If anything unfavorable to the witches comes up, we’ll be able to detect it in advance.”

Lilith, Vasida, and Sylph took the cards, but before they could examine them closely, they suddenly felt Mana surging within them. They hurriedly checked their Status Cards:

“Oh no! We’re about to break through!”

Although Dawn Society members hadn’t yet reached the point where they could spend permanent Mana in large quantities to purchase the Sorceress Magic contract cards for the three of them, between the Mana refunded from Firework Blasts and the witches outside Valen who had learned of the newborn Sorceresses’ existence and purchased their Sorceress Magic, they had earned a considerable amount of permanent Mana.

Breaking through on the magic carriage might attract powerful beings from other races, which could very likely expose their identities. Without time for further discussion, they pulled out their broomsticks and activated their invisibility shields.

Mo Lan cast Teleportation directly, sending them away from the carriage: “Be careful with your breakthroughs. I’ll wait for you here in the carriage.”

Vasida’s and Sylph’s broomsticks had also been enhanced and upgraded, capable of transforming into flying carpets. The three of them could watch out for each other, so their breakthroughs should go smoothly enough.

Mo Lan still had to maintain their disguised identities and continue driving the carriage forward.

In less than an hour, they returned.

“Moira! We saw the Well of the Sky!” “The Well of the Sky was right there in the sky above us! We never noticed it before.”

“That energy vortex contained a type of magical energy we’ve never seen before. We have no idea what it does.”

The three of them chattered excitedly, talking over each other about what they’d witnessed during their breakthroughs.

“You didn’t respond to the Well of the Sky, did you?” Mo Lan asked.

“No.” ×3

Only then did Mo Lan relax: “Once everything is prepared, it won’t be too late to visit the Well of the Sky.”

“We haven’t even finished exploring Valen yet! Going to the Well of the Sky should be a long way off!” Sylph said.

The others shared much the same view.

……

“Zhizhi~”

The little monkey coachman spotted the dark silhouette of a city ahead through the lookout window and quickly turned to alert its master.

“Zhizhi says we’re almost at Horne City, the capital of the Duchy of Horne,” Mo Lan translated.

“Same routine as always!” Lilith said.

Vasida and Sylph nodded.

Vasida nervously took the driver’s seat.

Sylph held an aromatherapy essential oil bottle in one hand and pushed open the carriage window with the other.

When they saw that the city streets had only a few scattered piles of horse and cow dung, both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Though Horne City wasn’t as clean as Lance City, at least it wasn’t like Green City, which made you never want to set foot inside a second time.

However, Horne City was also divided into an Inner City exclusive to nobles and their servants, and an Outer City where ordinary commoners lived.

The Inner City was better than the Outer City in every aspect of its construction.

The magic carriage headed straight for the Inner City, where they found a mage inn with reasonable value for money.

Of course, the most important reason for choosing it was that, according to the attendant, there was a tavern in the inn’s Underground level — the most popular one in all of Horne City — and tonight, a small auction would be held there.

As long as you stayed at the inn for more than three days and held the status of mage, you could receive a free ticket to the auction.

None of the four of them had ever attended an auction before, so of course they didn’t want to miss it.

And so they settled into this inn.

Back in their room, with the tent set up, Lilith unfolded the auction item catalog and read it aloud to her companions:

“Intermediate Water Elemental Gem, Low-level Magical Item – Thorn Staff, Magic Book Mo -Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo -Mo Mo Mo 《Mo《Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo-Mo”

Wait — let me re-read that properly:

“Intermediate Water Elemental Gem, Low-level Magical Item – Thorn Staff, Magic Book – 《Low-level Magic Scroll Transcription》, Beginner Spell Structure – Fireball… Magic Card – Dawn Society Invitation?”

As she read on, she suddenly froze: “There are witches in Horne City too? Or did someone from Lance City or Green City get here ahead of us?”