Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi

Just a few seconds ago he was alive, but moments later he turned into a pile of ashy bones, which Ye Nai collected into her space.

There were too many skeletons in her space, so she had specially separated an area with fungal partitions.

Then, she found another soldier to inquire.

This second soldier made the better choice between money and life—he chose money. However, Ye Nai's offer here was lower; she paid only one silver coin. The man took the money, got up, and led Ye Nai through the streets to his superior.

Soon after, he collapsed on the spot and passed out again.

After waking up the superior, who also chose money over life, he accepted two silver coins and led Ye Nai to yet another superior.

In this way, most of the superiors were willing to take the money. She worked her way up the ranks, sometimes taking detours, and those who didn't cooperate were killed off, before seeking the next one.

After spending some time, Ye Nai finally found the naked Commander and a woman, just as bare, in a large bathtub of a detached house.

Luckily, they were squeezed together in the bathtub, supporting each other, preventing either from slipping under the water and drowning.

Ye Nai brought the naked Commander and the Commander's assistant, who had provided directions, to the Commander's office using Space Teleportation.

With a thud, the Commander fell to the floor, free-falling without anyone to catch him. His long-time loyal assistant was too preoccupied to help, staring with wide, disbelieving eyes like those of a bronze bell, seemingly unable to believe that a Space Wizard existed in this world.

"Are you a Great Witch born on this land?"

"Sure, you can think that. That's what people from your Selsa United Kingdom call me when they see me."

The assistant's heart skipped a beat, a bad feeling surging within him.

"You know about the Selsa United Kingdom?"

"Of course, I just came back from a visit to your Royal Palace back home. It's quite beautiful, just unattended, since your monarch and the royal family have long since settled on my Blue Star. Also, I took three transmission platforms from the back garden to spare them from lying unused." Ye Nai paused, "Oh, right, with your authority, did you know that there were three transmission platforms in the Royal Palace's back garden? One of them leads directly to your monarch's palace on my Blue Star."

"I... I know now!"

As a trusted loyal assistant to the Commander, he wasn't stupid. His shoulders slumped upon hearing her words, deflated and listless, responding with a flimsy voice, as if his spirit had left his body.

Ye Nai shrugged her shoulders, unconcerned with his current mental state, but his despondency was affecting her interrogation.

"Soldier, tell me your name?"

"My name is Hida, Great Witch."

"Hida, pull yourself together, I still have questions for you."

"I..."

"Your Military Fortress has a transmission platform, where does it lead to?"

"That..."

"Don't hesitate, Hida. You're a smart man, you should be able to see that your nation has already lost. If you cooperate, I'll send everyone from your Military Fortress home on the spot. If you don't, everybody dies. Your choice."

"...Home? The real home?" Hida stretched his neck.

"Is there a fake home?"

"I know what double entendre means—one meaning on the surface and another underneath."

"Quite clever, aren't you, Hida."

Thinking he had guessed correctly that there was indeed a catch to being sent 'home', Hida retracted his neck and fell silent.

"Tsk, I find that the men of the Selsa United Kingdom are not as good as its women, who are fierce and decisive."

Hida continued to retreat into his shell, playing dead.

"I'm running out of patience, and if you keep playing dead, I'll really send you to your death. After all, the Commander is still here, and you're not important."

Hida sprang up from the ground and hurriedly opened the filing cabinet, revealing a neatly organized stack of files.

"All the archived files are here; the ones on the desk are pending."

"Our military fortress's transmission platform leads to another fortress further behind."

Hida made his choice with that action.

"Was there a large troop that transferred over here recently? And they brought a lot of laborers?"

"Yes, they said the military fortress was attacked and the transmission platform went missing."

"Right, I took the transmission platform, and luckily, it's a direct connection to your country's Beigen Military Fortress."

Hida, who had been standing properly, immediately fell to his knees. When discussing the Royal Palace, he had no clue and couldn't judge the truthfulness, but at the mention of Beigen Military Fortress, he knew it was true.

"Good, you know that fortress. Now, tell me, are these two fortresses of different levels?"

"Yes, the level of a fortress is determined by its transmission platform; those that can direct connect to the homeland and the Royal Palace are Level 1, the highest level."

"That fortress is quite close to the front lines. Aren't you afraid that one day my troops might seize a platform that leads directly to the homeland?"

"That's no problem, should that day ever come, we would be able to destroy the transmission platform before your forces breach the fortress."

"Destroy the Transmission Witch Pattern? If the patterns aren't complete, they won't function, right?"

"Right…"

Hida suddenly choked up, hearing 'Transmission Witch Pattern,' a specialized term, a Great Witch born and raised locally could not only converse fluently with him but also knew such specialized terms. The opposing nation that they had never managed to conquer was indeed strong, to be able to nurture such elites even under these circumstances.

"What if we manage to protect the transmission platform in time and prevent your sabotage?"

"Even if you capture it, it would be useless. Heart Cores are precious and rare, and moreover, do you even know how to use a Heart Core to activate a transmission platform?"

Ye Nai extended her right hand, and a fiery red Heart Core appeared out of nowhere in her palm.

In the watchful eyes of Hida, Ye Nai calmly channeled energy from the Heart Core. A burst of intense heat made the room's temperature soar even higher.

Hida's face instantly turned ashen, devoid of any ugly pale yellow color it had.

"Mmh, such Heart Cores are indeed rare, a special product of the Yunding Continent, but they're not indispensable, right? As long as the energy is rich, it would suffice for one or two uses."

Ye Nai finished the demonstration, withdrew the energy back into the Heart Core, and put it away nonchalantly.

Hida wore a bitter smile, utterly at a loss for words.

"Did the Great Witch venture quite far into our homeland?"

"That's right, I also visited your Vice Capital's rear supply camp. I came from the South Royal Capital Camp."

Hida rubbed his face vigorously; he had been to the South Royal Capital Camp, which was the main transit point for dispatching troops from the homeland.

"If I cooperate, can the Great Witch really send all our fortress's people back to the homeland?"

"She can, and I mean what I say."

Having said that, Ye Nai also opened the entrance to the East Ridge Secret Realm.

"Look, you recognize this Space Channel, don't you? It appeared along with you; first it'll take you to the Secret Realm, and from there, you'll transit back to your homeland."

"My God of Nature…!"

Hida's jaw nearly dropped in astonishment as he watched the opponent open a spatial gateway out of thin air, without the aid of any medium.