The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 682 - 367: Moonlight Great Witch and the Gathering Place of Witches_1

Chapter 682: Chapter 367: Moonlight Great Witch and the Gathering Place of Witches_1

After getting rid of the entanglement of the Oting Family, Ivita brought the Hearthstone Witch and her minions to a remote village in Baron Lot’s territory, which is governed by the Joseph territory, named Chongke Village.

The villagers were not rich.

The village was almost devoid of service industries; there were no taverns, no blacksmiths, no leather workers, and everything was made by the villagers themselves.

Even the ball that the children played with at the entrance of the village was made by themselves from straw and rag. There were some scattered fields nearby, but they were not fertile, as fertile land was not meant for such a poor and unnoticed village.

The village was far from the river, and the farmland they owned was the poorest of all.

When Ivita’s caravan arrived at the entrance of the village, it aroused the villagers’ exclaim and public attention. The villagers who had lived here all their lives had never seen such a grand caravan and ’luxurious’ carriages.

Ivita got off the carriage amidst her followers, and the Hearthstone Witch followed.

Ivita said, "This is Chongke Village. According to the Dead Cow Wizard, Chongke village has a witches’ street which is the most prosperous witches’ gathering place on Cross Island. The witches decided to set their meeting place here because the original ruling family of the Joseph territory—the Joseph Family, is fragmented and attacking each other, leaving them no time to care about their own territory.

"The Dead Cow Wizard said that now that I rule here, the witches who originally gathered here will automatically leave quietly due to my increasing control at the grassroots level."

"Because witches will not gather in a prosperous, rich and powerful territory. Hearthstone Witch, what do you think?"

The Hearthstone Witch got off the carriage, stood behind Ivita, and laughed ominously. "Whether they leave or not is not up to them now. Since they have come to our territory, this witches’ gathering is our asset now, after all, everything on this land, theoretically belongs to me... No, it belongs to you."

Ivita glanced at the Hearthstone Witch.

According to the noble law of this world, that was indeed the case.

All public resources belonged to the lord.

The Hearthstone Witch pointed to the farmland next to the village and said: "The purple flowers on that farmland is ’Hypnotic Violet’, and the red flowers on this farmland are ’Pig’s Heart Flower’ nourished by fresh pig’s blood. These materials are used in very profound magic. It seems that the words of the Dead Cow Wizard can be trusted. This village is indeed not simple."

"Hmm... they must have used some concealed magic on their meeting place. Even if I stand at the entrance of this village, I can’t detect their location."

Ivita looked at a young man who was approaching the carriage. The young man was holding a hoe in his left hand while he politely asked Ivita, "Who are you, sir? Why did you suddenly break into our village and let your lackey stand at the entrance of our village, preventing our villagers from leaving the village to fetch water from the well."

Ivita frowned and gave the young man a stern look.

The other party didn’t even know that he was his ruler.

That wasn’t good news for a ruler.

This was a situation that appeared when the ruler ruled without governing!

That’s right, he was not a monarch of a country, so he didn’t mint new coins at his coronation, and naturally, his image wasn’t printed on the coins. How could his people recognize him then?

Ivita rolled his eyes and said to the Hearthstone Witch beside him, "After we get back, you discuss with Tartax and distribute some of my portraits to all the civilians in my territory, so that they know who their ruler is."

Ivita turned to the young man.

He then raised his right hand.

The young man involuntarily stepped back.

Ivita said, "I am Earl Augustus, your lord."

"I ask you, who are you? You let your lord declare his identity first, and you haven’t even disclosed your origin."

The young man swallowed a mouthful of saliva, threw away the farming tool in his hand, and then said to Ivita, "So... you’re the one who collects our taxes. Our village is small and doesn’t know much about the outside world. We don’t go out a lot, and not many people come in from the outside. I’m sorry, sir."

"This was my fault. Please don’t blame my village."

"My name is Dan, I’m the leader of the patrol team organized by the villagers."

Ivita glanced at him and saw he was very scared, worrying that he’d anger the entire village and increase their taxes.

Even the most steadfast and tough man couldn’t withstand the lord taxing him more.

Ivita let him off the hook, "I came to this village on some business. Have all the young men in your village surround the village, and no one must be allowed to enter or leave."

"Hearthstone Witch, let the hundred soldiers we brought join too."

"Surround the village."

"Don’t even let a fly out."

Ivita jumped on a white horse led by his soldiers, after climbing onto the horse’s back, Ivita was a little taken aback. He felt as though he was the villain.

Anyway, those witches were difficult to manage, he had to uphold his dignity as a lord, and he couldn’t even let those witches cast magic on the people in the village secretly.