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.

that, the Ice Adept stopped moving as the Inquisitor moved through her

took a couple of minutes for her to finish, but eventually, both of them opened their

into the workings of the Cleaning

Ice Adept didn't

that, the Inquisitor stepped over to the unconscious commander and

three seconds and turned

eyes widened in

No barrier?!

That couldn't be!

was a Magic Circle that hid certain memories from being read. It was very expensive and difficult to get through these

Mithril's traitors all had powerful barriers in their 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 had to decide which

of these people had absolute confirmation that it was Duke Mithril pulling the strings. Nearly all of them only received orders from one of their superiors,

never knew

fact that the commander didn't have a barrier basically meant that he wasn't

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

saw it. But that doesn't

not, he has tried to kill a soldier under him without going through the proper channels and without a valid reason. Even if he doesn't work for the enemy, he still counts

the commander's head again

warrior obviously had more memories

Shang asked, looking at

and greed," the

looking

his progress slowed down a lot after reaching the Commander Stage. In his mind, the reason for that

nothing too amazing. In his mind, the reason was still his lack of resources. As long as he got better resources, he would ascend and become

to Shang. "There are several open bounties

your head, and flee to Duke Mithril's territory to gain

for a bit. 'So, he isn't actually directly a traitor, but he would have become one. In a

am I worth?" Shang

also looked with interest at the

gold," the Inquisitor

both Shang and the Ice Adept shouted in

at

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