The Witch Hunter System
chapter-737

In the Great Ratholos Empire, the Delarosa Household was one of the most prominent families. And yet, not many of its important figures were recorded in history. In particular, little was known about Galen and his daughter, Laeticia.

Only recently was one discovered to be a Devil's Contractor, and the other was the founder of a Great Devil-worshipping cult.

Since those two had such significant secret identities, what about Galen's wife, who didn't seem to exist on paper?

The person completely disappeared from all records and didn't seem to exist in the first place. If not for information confirming the blood-related father-daughter status of Galen and Laeticia, one would doubt Galen had a wife.

Besides this single flaw, there were no other traces of Galen's wife. She didn't seem to exist, but she truly did.

Perhaps erasing one's existence was necessary to become Hecate's Devil's Contractor.

Or maybe being Hecate's Devil's Contractor required erasing one's existence to carry out special missions – For example, establishing another Hecate-worshipping cult in another country.

After Vaan explained all this to Emperor Varan, the latter appeared thunderstruck.

It was said that Galen's wife died early due to poor health. Emperor Varan had never looked further into the matter. He didn't think there would be many records of a dead person from long ago, either.

However, after listening to Vaan, he realized the grave error in his assumption.

No one would be interested in recording about a dead person from hundreds of years ago. However, Galen's wife wasn't just anyone; she was also a member of the prominent Delarosa Household.

Furthermore, her husband was the supreme elder of the Delarosa Household, and her daughter was the founder of the Sacred Tirtha. Even if she were of ordinary birth and talents, people would be interested in looking her up or recording her history.

She should have been famous just by association.

However, all her records were erased, and even her traces couldn't be found. More importantly, some strange forces prompted Emperor Varan to glaze over such a person.

Emperor Varan didn't realize it before, but once he did, he couldn't help but feel alarmed. It felt like he had been hypnotized to forget everything about such a person and treat them as if they had never existed.

"If Galen's wife is truly Hecate's Devil's Contractor, and she went to establish more devil-worshipping cults for Hecate in other countries, why do you want my people to look for her in the empire, Venerable Dragon God?" Emperor Varan doubted, but he couldn't help but respect Vaan's analytical ability.

After learning Galen was Hecate's Devil's Contractor, most people wouldn't even think Hecate had another one. After all, throughout history, a new Devil's Contractor was only made after the death of the previous one.

However, everyone forgot one simple truth – If humans could break their contracts with the Great Devils, Great Devils could also end their contracts with humans.

Furthermore, as the ones who established the contracts, the Great Devils were most likely to face no penalties for breaking their contracts.

"Such a big event has happened in the imperial capital. Wouldn't Galen's wife feel concern for her family?" Vaan casually mentioned.

"There's a chance she will return to check if she hears of the situation. If she does, your people will be looking for her. Our odds of finding her will increase if we are searching everywhere."

"Once we secure her, we will have a channel to communicate with Hecate. Of course, since we are trying to gain Hecate's cooperation, you must instruct your people to treat her with care if they find her," Vaan continued.

"That goes with saying, Venerable Dragon God," Emperor Varan acknowledged with a nod before suddenly frowning, "However, if I want to mobilize such a large force to search for Galen's wife, I may not have enough people for the war effort here…"

"You don't have to worry about that. My people and I will handle the fighting here with the current army and warriors. You can just focus on the search, Emperor Varan," Vaan stated.

"But… I'm afraid this many will not be enough—"

Emperor Varan's concerns were quickly interrupted as Vaan asked, "Since you are willing to submit with your empire in return for my help in tiding your empire through this crisis, you shouldn't be picky with my means, yes?"

"Of course not," Emperor Varan answered before doubting, "But… What are you going to do, Venerable Dragon God?"

"You will see," Vaan coolly replied.

Shortly after, he contacted Chaezi, who had returned from her mission. He instructed her to signal the dragon lords to begin their mass spatial deployment of troops.

Several minutes later, huge portals began appearing a short kilometer away from the rear of the imperial army. Their sudden appearances immediately alarmed the imperial soldiers and shocked the nearby spectators.

Moments later, battle witches and holy knights marched out in large numbers with coordinated discipline. Thousands turned into tens of thousands, and tens of thousands soon became hundreds of thousands.

In a few minutes, the empty streets of several districts were quickly filled with battle witches and holy knights.

This sight further shocked and alarmed everyone.

Henrietta and Astoria led their respective armies towards the rear of the imperial army before stopping some distance away.

"W-Who are you people?! Where did you all come from?!" an imperial captain barked warily with his guard up.

rear of the imperial army before stopping some distance away.

"W-Who are you people?! Where did you all come from?!" an The imperial soldiers also formed two strong rows of defense in their rear with their weapons drawn.

"The Black Rose Army is here to support!"

"The Holy Knight Army is here to support!"

Boom!

As the imperial soldiers heard Henrietta and Astoria's announcement, it was like an explosion had gone off in their heads.

How did the Black Rose Kingdom and the Holy Knight Empire manage to bring several hundred thousand troops into the heart of their empire so easily?!

The emergence of the two armies generated countless looks of disbelief and horror.

However, that wasn't the end of the reinforcements.

Several large portals soon appeared in the sky before Dragon Lord Astarot emerged with several dozen senior dragons.

"The Red Dragon Clan is also here to support!" Lord Astarot announced.

Emperor Varan: "…"