Chapter 275: The Witch Cult
As one of the most top-tier and mysterious Wizard organizations, Jia Na's knowledge of the Witch Cult came almost entirely from a book in the library titled "Factional Strife".
On the Wizard Continent, there are countless organizational factions.
Just like the most common Mercenary Guilds, they are actually large organizations specifically for wild transcendents.
The book "Factional Strife" systematically categorized many well-known or little-known transcendent organizations and ranked them from low to high in a pyramid structure.
Undoubtedly, the power at the very top of the pyramid is the First-Level Wizard Gathering Place known as the "Capital of Alchemy" -
Sky City.
Following closely are the Second-Level Wizard Gathering Places in the Western Continent: Dordogne, Phoenix City, Atlantis, and Florence, as well as Falling Star City, Naxidol, and Dragon's Rest in the Eastern Continent.
To some extent, these Wizard Gathering Places cannot be defined as organizational factions at all.
After all, whether it's resources, status, scale, or influence - they are no different from countries in the mortal world.
However, because the operational model of these Wizard Gathering Places is very similar to ordinary organizations in many cases.
Therefore, the author of "Factional Strife" still included these major Wizard Gathering Places within the scope of statistics.
Following that are the top-tier organizations in the third sequence, such as the White Tower, Nature Forest, Three-Eyed Church, Silvermoon High Court, and Measuring the Stars, which are attached to Second-Level Wizard Gathering Places and enjoy extremely high status throughout the Wizard Continent.
In addition, some organizations with powerful energy that are independent of Wizard Gathering Places were also ranked in the third sequence by the author of "Factional Strife".
For example: Twilight Canticle, Saha Temple, the Witch Cult, etc.
These transcendent organizations are definitely inferior in overall strength compared to the White Tower and Nature Forest, which are backed by Second-Level Wizard Gathering Places.
However, the reason the author of "Factional Strife" also ranked these organizations in the third sequence is because these organizations have truly reached the extreme in certain fields.
Just like the Twilight Canticle, a transcendent organization dedicated to "immortality".
The personnel composition of the Twilight Canticle mainly consists of long-lived races such as elves and dragons, as well as transcendents in the field of Death, such as necromancers.
Their organizational belief is very clear: pursuing "eternal Life".
But the "eternal Life" they speak of is not at the physical level, but at the level of spirit, soul, consciousness, and even time.
All things pass, only the spirit remains eternal.
And the means by which the Twilight Canticle preserves the spirit is solidification.
Freezing space, solidifying time, transforming the essence of spirit and flesh into immortal amber, and forever stopping the epic of Life at the moment twilight descends - that is their belief.
Therefore, the Twilight Canticle has extremely deep research in Sealing Art.
Especially time sealing, space sealing, and soul sealing -
It can be said that the Sealing Art of the Twilight Canticle has reached the top level on the Wizard Continent.
Even Measuring the Stars, which is also skilled in sealing, is no longer a match for the Twilight Canticle, at least in the dimension of "time sealing".
Of course, the research achievements of Measuring the Stars in fields such as divination, higher mathematics, and Guardian Studies can completely outperform other organizations.
It can only be said that the author of the book "Factional Strife" is truly creative.
His sorting logic, in addition to considering the overall strength of an organization, also ranks organizations that have reached the extreme in a single field within the third sequence,
Just like the Witch Cult, the reason it is ranked in the third sequence is almost identical to that of the Twilight Canticle.
Unlike the Twilight Canticle's absolute leading position in the field of Sealing Art, the Witch Cult is far ahead in Pharmacology research.
For example, the most well-known Purifying Potion comes from the Witch Cult.
The patent usage fee income from the Purifying Potion formula alone made the Witch Cult one of the wealthiest Wizard organizations.
Not to mention, highly demanded, sought-after, and even priceless potions like the Elixir of Youth, Bloodline Potion, and Telepathy Potion were also developed by the Witch Cult.
However, the book provides less description of the Witch Cult; besides emphasizing matters related to potions, other aspects are mostly glossed over, completely lacking the detailed records found for the Twilight Canticle.
"Perhaps, the author of this book comes from the Twilight Canticle -
This sentence was Jia Na's evaluation of the author of "Factional Strife" at the time.
Otherwise, how could he be so clear about the concepts and beliefs of the Twilight Canticle?
Moreover, he praised the Twilight Canticle to the skies with numerous examples, while the descriptions of other organizations were relatively much less detailed. "Unexpectedly, Sophina is actually from the Witch Cult."
Looking at the signature at the end of the letter, a few ambiguous emotions flashed in Jia Na's eyes.
All actions are driven by the subjective intentions of the actor.
And Sophina-Silvermoon specifically marking the words Witch Cult at the end of the letter naturally caused Jia Na to have many thoughts.
"If this isn't Sophina's habit when writing letters, then it's highly likely she is sending me a signal -
That is: this banquet is not being hosted in Sophina-Silvermoon's personal capacity, but by the Witch Cult,
member, Sophina-Silvermoon.
Since it's an internal organizational banquet, and one hosted by a mysterious organization like the Witch Cult, which 'shows its head but not its tail', it should logically not invite Jia Na, an outsider.
Unless...
"Unless, this is an organizational action of the Witch Cult."
Thinking of this, Jia Na couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
If, indeed, on that Saturday, as Jia Na thought, the main body hosting this banquet is the Witch Cult.
Then, for Jia Na, the nature of this banquet would become a covert interview.
And this banquet invitation is equivalent to an interview invitation from the Witch Cult.
Should I go?
Looking at the light purple envelope in her hand, Jia Na's first reaction was definitely:
I must go!
The Witch Cult is a powerful organization that combines status, wealth, and strength, even if its overall strength is not as great as the White Tower, which is backed by Dordogne.
However, the Witch Cult's position of strength in the field of Pharmacology, which can be called the ceiling, is enough to make any organization dare not underestimate it.
