The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 388 Lilith's Map
"Let's discuss where we'll go after we leave the wilderness!" Moran suggested.

“Come to my tent!” Lilith said immediately. “For the past year, I’ve been going to the Golden Bird Station at the clan council every day to see what news is coming from the wilderness. I’ve compiled all the information I’ve collected and marked it on the latest map.”

Although the clan's books are updated frequently, the pace is far slower than the changing situation in the wilderness.

It's fair to say that the overall situation can be taken into account, but when it comes to a specific region, it's hard to say.

Especially in human regions, where power structures are complex, a place might have been the territory of one mage yesterday, but tomorrow, when the mage lord dies, it becomes the territory of another mage.

The clan's Golden Bird Station is arguably the most well-informed place in the entire wilderness.

Of the nearly 30,000 witches, only a small portion remained in the wilderness or went to the Sky Well; the majority were scattered throughout Valen.

If any major changes occur in the surrounding area, the witches will use the Golden Bird spell to send messages to the post station, which makes it easier for witches in the wilderness to assess the situation outside, and also makes it easier for witches in the same area to get to know each other.

The "Valen Continent Travel Guide" states that before sending witches out into the wilderness, they must first check the Golden Bird Station for any recent mail indicating their destination and to see if any witches live in that area.

Upon entering Lilith's tent, one is greeted by a huge map that occupies an entire wall of the living room.

It was covered with a lot of information and had many small labels.

Just a casual glance reveals several points that I haven't seen in the book before.

It was so magnificent that Moran, Sylph, and Vasita stopped in their tracks at the entrance and exclaimed in admiration.

Looking at the walls on the left and right, there were also bookshelves, each book with a unique number. Judging from the titles, it seemed that news from each settlement of intelligent races was compiled into a separate volume.

The entire living room was devoid of chairs; instead, a few soft cushions and pillows were scattered on the carpet, which was littered with crumpled pieces of paper, seemingly intended for rest.

It's obvious that Lilith has been very busy this year, not idle at all.

"Senior, you've worked hard," Moran said. "This was originally something the four of us should have done together."

Vasita and Sylph nodded frantically: "Senior, you've organized everything so meticulously!"

Lilith suppressed a smile and said nonchalantly, "Who told me to graduate a year earlier?"

It was as if she wasn't the one who was nearly driven to the brink of collapse while organizing information and data.

"Come on! Let me show you how to read this map!"

Lilith cleared her throat and walked to the map: "This is a map of the area surrounding the Witch Wilderness that I drew myself, combining the latest version of the mainland map with some regional maps."

To facilitate labeling, it wasn't drawn to scale. Only the spatial relationships between different areas were considered as much as possible.

As she spoke, she pointed to a small red area, about the size of a palm, at the very bottom of the map:
"This is the Witch's Wasteland where we are now."

“If this is the Witch’s Wilderness, then this must be the Elf Forest!” Sylph said, pointing to a large green area northeast of the red zone.

“That’s right!” Lilith said.

Moran: "..."

As expected, it wasn't done in proportion.

On the mainland map, the Elf Forest is at most half the size of the Witch Wilderness.

On Lilith's map, the area is several times larger than the Witch's Wilderness. However, since there are no alien forces in the Witch's Wilderness and little information to mark, the reduction in size is normal.

Sylph mentioned the Elf Forest, and Lilith then started talking about it:
"We witches and elves have always had a good relationship, and the Elf Forest was originally a good choice for training."

She doesn't even need to deliberately hide her identity to spread witch magic over there.

But that's not the case now.

Two years ago, the half-elf lord Elvis launched a war against the Elf Forest under the pretext of "fighting for the right of half-elf infants to bathe in the Fountain of Life".

The elves have long suffered from the inability of their non-human partners and hybrid offspring to return to the Elven Forest, and Elvis has many supporters.

The northern region of the Elf Forest is now engulfed in war, with the situation at a stalemate and no clear victor yet.

The participants include many peak-level and super-peak-level powerhouses. If we go there now, we will probably get caught up in the war, which would be a loss for us.

Therefore, I suggest that we wait until our strength surpasses the peak level, or until the internal strife in the Elf Forest has subsided, before going to the Elf race.

Moran nodded in agreement. To profit from the chaos, one must have sufficient strength, and clearly the four of them were not yet qualified.

“We’re all still novices since we’re just starting out in the wilderness. Let’s choose a stable area that’s relatively friendly to witches to test our skills first!” Moran said.

“That’s what I think too.” Lilith gestured to a large area in the northern and western parts of the Witch Wilderness:

"The only intelligent race settlements relatively close to the Witch's Wilderness, besides the Elf Forest, are the human kingdoms."

North of Emerald Creek lies the Duchy of Lance, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Magic Empire.

To the north of the Poison Mist Swamp, separated by the Black Forest, lies the Kingdom of Watson, a subordinate kingdom of the Yara Empire.

The Tatali tribes live in the mountains west of the Green Highlands.

Of these three regions, I believe the Duchy of Lance is the most suitable as our first destination.

“The Duchy of Lance?” Vasita asked. “There was a fill-in-the-blank question on the graduation exam: the Duchy of Lance is currently the human nation with the largest number of witches and the most friendly towards them! The current ruler is, I think, named…”

“Clara Lance,” Moran said.

“That’s right!” Vasita said. “That’s the name.”

Lilith nodded: "Clara Lance is the third Grand Duchess of the Duchy of Lance."

Although the Duchy of Lance is only a duchy, its magical strength and sphere of influence cannot compare with the core regions of human kingdoms and empires. However, the Grand Duke is well-governed, and the ruling mages under his command are extremely capable, making the country prosperous and stable.

Breaking news: Clara Lance has just advanced to the peak-level mage. She is still very young among humans and is expected to advance to the super-peak level. At that time, the Duchy of Lance will have the basic conditions to become a kingdom.

The Duchy of Lance is currently at its peak, so if we go there, we won't get involved in any complicated conflicts.

Moreover, since the founding of the Duchy of Lance, three consecutive Grand Dukes have been women. Influenced by those in power, women in the country have a relatively high status.

The witch's character was highly regarded by the nobles of the Duchy of Lance.

Nobles generally believed that marrying a witch would help the continuation of the family line and the upbringing of children.

Many nobles would also hire a witch as a godmother for their daughters, taking pride in raising them to be as powerful as witches.