The Witch Hunter System

While curious about what AI Pangea had to say, the Celestial Dragon King perused the information she provided. It detailed the chain of events that led to the uprising of civilians and the military faction against the nobles.

The rebel leader who brought about the eruption even possessed a noble lineage.

Everything seemed to suggest that the nobles brought the situation on themselves. Their unbridled past had accumulated too much hatred that eventually came back to bite them. They were simply reaping what they sow.

Nevertheless, AI Pangea controlled the Celestial Network; all the information on it was hers to manipulate freely.

The Celestial Dragon King wasn't so sure how much of the information she provided could be trusted or if she hid anything to manipulate the direction of his thoughts.

"As you have seen in the information I packaged for you, the Fanghorn Nobles have been too unbridled in their actions. They committed too many atrocities against the common folks, and their inhumanity had driven countless civilians to their deaths, Dragon King."

"And how does the death of some insects prove that the removal of the nobles is beneficial to me and my Celestial Dragons?"

"Naturally, the nobles killing a few civilians doesn't pose a problem for you. However, the amount of people the Fanghorn Nobles had killed isn't merely a few. Moreover, it has been increasing over the years. In addition, they had been destroying buildings and burning resources to cover up their crimes. This has led to a delay in Fanghorn City's development and a decline in annual tributes to Celestial City."

After saying this much, AI Pangea provided the full statistics to the Celestial Dragon King in a simplified and easy-to-read format.

The Celestial Dragon King was immediately surprised that the Fanghorn Lord had been falsifying numbers regarding his city's production to lower the tribute amount.

Furthermore, the Fanghorn Lord pocketed the extra resources for himself and used them to levy advantages and benefits among Celestial Dragons with a bit of connection to him.

Although Fanghorn City's resources still flowed into Celestial City, what the Fanghorn Lord did was no different from taking money out of Celestial Dragon King's pockets to give to other Celestial Dragons.

Moreover, the Fanghorn Lord took all the credit and didn't attribute any to the Celestial Dragon King.

"How audacious!" the Celestial Dragon King barked furiously.

After finding out what the Fanghorn Lord had been doing secretly for the past several thousand years, the Celestial Dragon King was so angry he wanted to kill the person himself.

Nevertheless, this anger was only directed at the Fanghorn Lord alone.

The other Fanghorn Nobles didn't necessarily deserve death, even though their disgusting acts have caused a slight drop in the potential tributes annually.

After a brief period of angry fits, the Celestial Dragon King quickly calmed down before coolly saying, "It's still not enough. Such meager benefits do not warrant the elimination of an entire noble group."

"Naturally, that wasn't all. Moreover, even I understand that the dark history of the Fanghorn Nobles doesn't represent the noble faction as a whole. As such, only the Fanghorn Nobles need to be pruned for the good of the Celestial City. At the same time, it is important how they are pruned, Dragon King."

"You mean allowing the military faction to take action against the Fanghorn Nobles benefits my Celestial City?" the Celestial Dragon King raised an eyebrow.

"Of course," AI Pangea acknowledged before saying, "No matter what, the Fanghorn Lord and nobles are under the protection of Celestial City. Only Celestial Dragons have the right to judge them."

"There is no way that the Fanghorn Military doesn't know this. However, the Fanghorn Military should also be aware of Celestial City's superior strength. As such, the Fanghorn Military will have to come up with compensation plans to appease your anger."

"Think about it. Not only did the Fanghorn Military help Celestial City remove the rotten eggs from Fanghorn City, but it also gave the Celestial Dragons an excuse to visit. While restructuring the governance of Fanghorn City, the Celestial Dragons will bolster the prestige of Celestial and collect generous compensation from the Fanghorn Military at the same time."

"How is this not a good thing for Celestial City?" AI Pangea asked rhetorically.

Indeed, after the Celestial Dragon King listened to her reasonable explanation, he was unable to refute her claim.

The situation in Fanghorn City presented Celestial City with an opportunity to intervene.

Although his Celestial Dragons wouldn't be able to weaken the military faction's faith in the Ocean Master, they could still collect some benefits from their side, which would indirectly diminish the Ocean Master's prestige in some way.

At least, in the eyes of the public, it would seem like the Ocean Master was making concessions to Celestial City out of consideration for him, the Celestial Dragon King.

AI Pangea couldn't help but feel some disdain when she saw the Celestial Dragon King's frown relaxed, becoming increasingly pleased with the situation.

Evidently, even if the Celestial Dragon King and the Celestial Dragons cared little about the outside world and looked down on other Celestials, they still cared about how others viewed them.

"How many Celestial Dragons do you think I should send to control Fanghorn City's situation after the Fanghorn Nobles are eliminated?"

"As many as you deem necessary, Dragon King. However, I must inform you that Sir Mugim had already departed for Fanghorn City with Lady Nurla under the Fanghorn Lord's plea. Lady Prisma, who intends to leave soon, also shares some connection to him."

The Celestial Dragon King immediately frowned after hearing this.

He was already convinced that letting the Fanghorn Military prune the Fanghorn Nobles from Fanghorn City was a good thing. However, the Fanghorn Military was very likely to fail if even a single Celestial Dragon arrived to stop them.
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"I understand," the Celestial Dragon King acknowledged.

Several minutes later, a group of Celestial Dragons was summoned to the Dragon King Palace. The Celestial Dragon King selected five volunteers who shared no relationship with Fanghorn Nobles and sent them on their way.

Five Celestial Dragons were sufficient to handle the situation in Fanghorn City.

Moreover, Sir Mugim, Lady Nurla, and Lady Prisma would not help the Fanghorn Nobles once they found out the five arrived on his orders.

The Celestial Dragon King did not know that Sir Mugim was already abducted and taken to Gehenna by Valefor. On the other hand, Lady Nurla became Vaan's maidservant after failing to charm her way into becoming his lover.

Moreover, Vaan had already sent Lady Nurla on her way to break the turtle shell that was protecting the City Lord's manor.

In fact, the Celestial Dragon King had no idea about the existence of Vaan and Valefor. AI Pangea had completely withheld the information from him.