The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

The orc old prophet's apprentice specifically chose a goblin merchant.

Other merchants might be hesitant to spread the news widely because of the Dawn Society's connection to witches.

After all, the business model of Valen has undergone tremendous changes due to the impact of Dawn Academy's resource cards.

Merchants have evolved from transporting goods by cart and horse, traveling far and wide to earn price differences, to storing goods using {space cards}, and even running errands to sell cards for profit.

It's obvious to everyone that the Dawn Society is fully capable of standardizing prices and directly concentrating all transactions involving spellcasters into the Dawn Society's card magic.

However, the Dawn Society set prices for local resource cards based on the unique resource production of different regions, thus preserving the price differences caused by regional differences and giving merchants room to make profits.

Now they buy cheap cards at resource production sites, then use space cards to pack a batch of goods, carrying goods several times more valuable than before, while traveling light, with a higher safety factor, and earning no less than before.

They're not willing to go back to the way things were before!

This news is clearly bad for the witches. If something happens to the witches, and the Dawn Society is affected, their business might also suffer. Besides, the witches are not to be trifled with.

The best option is to pass this message on to the witch, earn some contribution points, and then get better resource cards.

Money versus life, immediate benefits versus long-term benefits—a savvy businessman knows how to weigh the pros and cons.

But goblins are different. Goblin merchants' greed for wealth rivals that of demons' thirst for souls and angels' devotion to faith. Moreover, they often disregard the consequences or are willing to take extreme risks to earn more money.

There's a saying among goblins: "If you can afford the gold, you can even get a goblin merchant to hand over his own head."

For goblins, gold is more important than life, which is nothing unusual.

The goblin merchant who received the information was named Norm. After receiving the information, he immediately contacted all his friends in his {communication card}.

He didn't miss any of them, whether they were goblins, humans, orcs, vampires, demons, or anything else.

He told people he had a big secret about the situation in Valencia and asked if they wanted to buy it.

The price offered to each person is different.

Those who weren't very interested in the news sold it cheaply, while those who were very interested sold it for a high price. For example, when selling to an elf, they only asked for a magic gold coin, but when selling to a human mage, he asked for a red gold coin. They handled the situation perfectly, and the transaction amount was very pleasing.

What's even more ingenious is that when he contacts other races, he uses coded language or private transactions, but when he sells to other goblins, he says it all openly through the {communication card}.

It simply states, "The orc prophet Brooks foretold that the Fireworks Witch Anita may have already perished."

If the witches behind the Dawn Society are able to trace him back through the communication information in the {communication card}, then his actions are tantamount to directly telling the witches that he doesn't intend to harm them, but is just an informant doing money.

If the witch behind Dawn Society couldn't find him, he could make money even more easily. Even more cunningly, just a minute before telling others the prophecy, he sold the information cheaply to a witch he knew via a communication card, claiming he had also bought the information from someone else and didn't know if it was true, hence the low price.

The witch then contacted the witch council, which used magic to verify the authenticity of the message before contacting all the witches and issuing the warning notice.

After the other goblins obtained the information, they did the exact same thing as the Norm.

If you're going to say they're bad, they didn't hide anything from the witch; in fact, they were the first to inform her.

Even a minute earlier is better than nothing! It's a way of giving them face.

Even if you praise them, they spread rumors that are detrimental to witches, profiting at the expense of the witch clan's safety.

If this incident affects any race other than the witches, there is a high possibility that the goblins will become angry with them for profiting from spreading the news, and may even use the Dawn Society to take revenge on them.

But ironically, the goblins affected the witches.

Given the witches' extremely reasonable nature, there's a real chance they'll let them go.

For example, right now, Lilith, Vashida, and Sylph don't advocate causing trouble for the goblins over this matter.

“Although they spread the news, they are goblins, not witches, and they have no connection with us witches. We can’t expect them to give up making money for witches! After all, money is more important to them than their own lives,” Sylph said.

“That’s right. This is mainly because the demons are interfering. The orc old prophet’s apprentice was seduced by the demons. We should just deal with them directly,” Vasida said.

“Goblins only care about money, they treat everyone the same way. At least they gave us advance notice,” Lilith stated.

They were all inclined to find the real mastermind behind this, and to take action against the witches' existence. They didn't care that although the news had spread, it had also alerted the witches to the goblins.

Moran initially thought that given the goblins' ability to maneuver around the situation, it wouldn't matter whether they pursued the matter or not. However, after seeing Lilith and the others' decision, he felt that the matter still needed to be investigated.

"The goblins dare to act so recklessly because they know we witches won't hold it against them. After the Dawn Society takes a stand, everyone who is on good terms with us witches will receive a discount on card purchases, while anyone who is detrimental to us witches will face price increases or even having their access restricted."

"Reward goodwill and punish evil; there should be a balance between them. Regarding the goblins, let's stick to the witch's favorability calculation method I set up: add favorability points where appropriate, and deduct points where necessary! We'll clearly state the reasons for rewards and deductions, both to show our stance and to discourage goblins from taking chances when facing witches in the future."

The goblins are too cunning; we can't let them scheme against the witch so recklessly all the time.

The friendship reward and punishment system was clearly outlined in the "Dawn Society Future Plan" that Moran presented before establishing the Dawn Society, and Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph were also aware of it.

Once the friendship reward and punishment system is launched, the goblins' actions will be rewarded and punished according to the regulations. The women couldn't find anything wrong with it, so they all expressed their agreement.

"You know what, this suddenly makes me feel much better," Vasita said. (End of Chapter)