The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 1001: Doomsday Lockdown



The Fanghorn Lord was the elder brother of the present generation's Ocean Master's mother. It was just due to this close connection that the Fanghorn Lord could become the City Lord of Fanghorn City.

Moreover, he relied on his relationship with the Ocean Master to live a lavish and tyrannical lifestyle in the Residential Zone.

There were many instances where the Fanghorn Lord abused his authority to get his way, whether it was removing a peasant he found unpleasant to his eyes or snatching a pretty woman that attracted his interest.

The Fanghorn Lord also had a sadistic side where he would toy with the women and force their men to watch if they offended him. Afterward, he would kill them and remove all traces of his involvement.

After all, the Fanghorn Lord was the City Lord; he still had a public image to keep up.

As such, none of his dirty deeds had ever been done openly. He would scheme, frame, or blackmail to achieve his twisted desires. If words of them ever got out, he would silence the whistleblowers and manipulate the media in his favor.

Of course, what he had done was considered normal among the nobles. None of them were clean; they each had their own twisted hobbies.

There was even one occasion when the Fanghorn Lord invited a group of young students who had won honors and awards at their all-girl schools to his mansion.

What everyone thought was a rare celebration party hosted by the City Lord turned into a tragic fire that killed twenty beautiful, talented young girls. Only the Fanghorn Lord and the noble friends he secretly brought over knew what had actually transpired that night.

Perhaps due to the absence of authority in the military department, the nobles found other ways to give them a fulfilling sense of authority and power, even if it meant stomping down on the weak and helpless.

...

Inside of City Lord's manor, the Fanghorn Lord and nobles gathered for a meeting. Their eyes were filled with anxiety and uncertainty. Some of them even possessed a hint of guilt and regret.

"What should we do? I haven't lived long enough yet."

"There's no need to worry. I have already sealed the transit pillars with my authority. Even if the Fanghorn General intervened, he would not be able to override it since the Residential Zone is my jurisdiction."

"So what if the Fanghorn General can't override it? Can't he smash his way through with brute force? He has General Neyi and the sea monsters on his side."

"Unless they don't care about the seventy million lives we are holding hostage, they will not act so recklessly, my friend. I called you all here to help me think - What can we do, and what can we offer to make the enemy reach a compromise with us?"

No one had an answer to the Fanghorn Lord's question.

All of them had been shrewd all their lives, but no one had a single understanding of Vaan and his character. They didn't possess any special relationship with him like they did with the last Ocean Master either.

They didn't have any connection or familial background they could exploit like they were used to.

Moreover, Vaan was a Land Dweller.

Since he became the Ocean Master and inherited the faith of the military, he wouldn't care about the nobles. In fact, he would find their privileges and authority to be hindrances in his ability to rule and stabilize his order.

In other words, they were all parasitic eyesores in the eyes of the new Ocean Master, who possessed zero relationship with them.

It would be strange if they weren't concerned after living the way that they had. "Hah... I have warned you all countless times about karma biting you back if you indulge in your lifestyles... You reap what you sow. This has nothing to do with me. I'm leaving."

A Celestial noble with a cleaner history wanted to leave as he did not want to join the Fanghorn Lord's sinking ship and go down with them. He believed he had a brighter future than their lot.

Unfortunately, he did not even take three steps out the door when the Fanghorn Lord suddenly put a hole through his head.

Even in his death, he couldn't believe that a "good friend" of many years would kill him over a disagreement.

"Anyone else wants to join him?" the Fanghorn Lord asked indifferently. He didn't need variables in the Residential Zone.

Many nobles shook their heads immediately.

However, they all felt a chill in their hearts after experiencing the Fanghorn Lord's cold- heartedness. They quickly understood that even they could be killed if they disagreed with him.

Still, a single Celestial nobleman was brave enough to speak up.

"You can't be doing this to us, Lord Di! Just because you are screwed, you can't screw us over with you!"

"But I can!" the Fanghorn Lord smiled coldly, saying, "If I'm going down, you are all going down with me. Do you think I don't have dirt on all of you?"

"You-!" the Celestial nobleman failed to respond.

Naturally, he had participated in some of the Fanghorn Lord's twisted parties to establish their friendship and gain some advantages for his noble family in the city. He didn't indulge in activities of such nature as the Fanghorn Lord had.

Still, it was a stain he could not remove. Once stepped in shit, a lifetime of smelliness.

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Fanghorn City, Cultivation Zone

"What's the current situation?" General Neyi asked the Fanghorn General after arriving with his troops. He shortly added, "Can the transit pillars be open with brute force?"

"No," the Fanghorn General said, shaking his head. "Fanghorn City was built differently with Doomsday in mind. If the transit pillars receive shock above a certain level, the entire Residential Zone will drop into the mantle layer."

"Once the Residential Zone falls into the mantle layer, it'll be hard to track and even harder to reconnect," the Fanghorn General stated.

Fanghorn City was designed to be a self-sufficient ship capable of surviving in the mantlen/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

layer. But without any navigation system or control to steer it due to its sheer size, it would

swim the sea of magma aimlessly.

General Neyi frowned.

Vaan had ordered him to take over Fanghorn City. He couldn't take over Fanghorn City if there were no Fanghorn City left. After all, a Fanghorn City without the core functions of the

Residential Zone and its population couldn't be considered a city.

What was a city without its people?

General Neyi didn't dare to take on the risk of forcing his way into the Residential Zone. He

could only look for alternatives.

"Is there a backup system to deactivate the lockdown state in the event that it was mistakenly activated or activated without official authorization?"

"Yes, but it can only be manually done from the other side."