Shang had to wait for about three minutes for the Inquisitor to arrive. During that time, Shang collected all the valuables and stored them inside his world. By now, Shang only needed about one second for a roundtrip to his world and back, making it easier to store stuff but still impossible to use during battle.

The Inquisitor was a grey-haired woman who looked to be in her early thirties. Of course, the appearances of powerful Mages and warriors were deceiving. She was probably nearly a hundred years old.

Shang showed the emblem he had received from Duke Whirlwind to her, and she nodded. Then, she glanced at the man on the ground and the Ice Adept waiting beside Shang.

"She's the Cleaner that surrendered," Shang said, gesturing to the Ice Adept.

"He's the suspected traitor from Duke Mithril's side."

The Inquisitor looked at the Ice Adept. "Approach," she commanded.

The Ice Adept walked forward with fear on her face.

"By surrendering and consenting to a Mind Read, you get the opportunity to turn your life around," the Inquisitor stated neutrally. "Ten years of working for Duke Whirlwind will not only be beneficial to you, but you will also make powerful connections."

"The path of a Cleaner allows you to reach the True Mage Realm very quickly, but the Cleaning Service doesn't have the necessary connections and resources to cultivate a powerful True Mage."

What the Inquisitor said sounded good, but the Ice Adept knew that it couldn't be that easy. After all, she would probably be sent to the most dangerous regions, which were outside Duke Whirlwind's territory.

She would probably end up in the frontlines.

There was over a 70% chance of her death over the next decade.

Sadly, she had no other option.

It was already too late.

"I consent," she said.

The Inquisitor nodded and put her hand on the Ice Adept's head. "Don't resist."

The Ice Adept closed her eyes.

moving

finish, but eventually,

the workings of the Cleaning Service,"

Adept didn't

over to the unconscious commander and

stopped looking after only three seconds

eyes widened

No barrier?!

That couldn't be!

barrier was a Magic Circle that hid certain memories from being read. It was very expensive and difficult to get through these barriers, and it even became impossible if a High Mage created these barriers

minds that required millions of gold to unlock. This increased the cost by so much that Duke Whirlwind couldn't afford to unlock every single one, and he

them only received orders from one of their superiors, who got orders from their

they never knew who it

didn't have a barrier basically

Shang said. "He attacked me as soon as he got the

know," the Inquisitor said. "I read her memories. I saw it. But that doesn't change the fact that

going through the proper channels and without a valid reason. Even

Inquisitor put her hand on the commander's

ten minutes, she was done. This warrior obviously had more memories to go through than the Ice

asked, looking at

and greed,"

remained silent, looking at the

of the Warrior's Academy. Sadly, his progress slowed down a lot after reaching the Commander Stage. In his mind, the reason

bit of progress, but nothing too amazing. In his mind,

realized that his chance had arrived," the Inquisitor said to Shang. "There are several open bounties for someone named Zero posted in Duke Mithril's territories

plan was to attack you on your way back, take your

a traitor, but he would have become one. In a sense, he is a traitor in training.

gold am I worth?"

Adept also looked with interest at the

million gold," the

Shang and the

surprise at the angered Ice

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