Hearing this, the prison warden led the way and brought everyone to the deepest cell.
Looking at the girls in the cell who were called 'witches', Ryan raised an eyebrow.
Seeing the look of disgust in Tok's eyes towards the girls, Ryan was a little confused.
"King Tok, are these girls the witches you mentioned? I don't think they pose any threat."
Hearing Ryan's words, Toke put away the disgust in his eyes and explained to Ryan.
"Master Ryan, you have just learned the basic principle of my Far Eastern Alchemy: equivalent exchange."
"Whatever alchemy you wish to unleash will require a price. It could be a source of alchemy, gold, treasure, a part of your body... anything."
"And the reason they are called witches is that they don't have to abide by this principle."
Hearing this, Ryan became even more confused.
"Isn't that better? Shouldn't they be alchemical geniuses in some sense?"
Tok shook his head.
"Not really. We thought so at first, too. We also considered witches to be alchemical geniuses. At that time, witches held a very high status in the Far East."
"But everything changed when the first witch came."
"It was also that disaster that taught us that nothing good comes without a reason."
"Although the witch can ignore the principle of equal exchange, the alchemy she uses has already been secretly priced."
"Therefore, in the Far East, witches are no longer taboo."
"If they are found, they will be executed to prevent them from causing more disasters."
After saying that, Tok looked at the witch in the cell and laughed again.
"But this time I anticipated the enemy. I think I've captured all the witches in Kudos."
"In two days, we will send these witches to the gallows, so that no other witches will dare to come to our country of Kudos."
Looking at the witch in the cell, Ryan stood there in silence.
For a moment, he didn't know what kind of existence a witch was.
Just when Ryan was silent, the voice of the book spirit sounded in Ryan's mind.
"Ryan, you can save them and make them work for you."
Ryan raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"Hmm? You know about witch control? Do you have any solution?"
The book spirit nodded.
"The Book of Arts contains several books on controlling the energy within witches."
"So I guess that witches don't have to abide by the principle of equal exchange because they have a different energy than ordinary alchemists."
"If you help them control this energy and prevent them from being controlled, then wouldn't you directly gain the help of the witch?"
Listening to the book spirit's words, Ryan nodded.
Then Ryan looked at Tok and spoke.
"King Tok, these witches are going to die anyway, so why not hand them over to me? I actually quite like women like this."
Tok frowned slightly at Ryan's request.
Seeing this, Ryan took out a gold card and handed it to Tok.
"I really like the principle of equivalent exchange in alchemy. I wonder if these one million gold coins can be exchanged for these witches?"
Looking at the gold card handed to him by Ryan, Toke's pupils shrank slightly.
What a huge sum of money, one million gold coins right from the start, which is almost as much as the tax revenue of Kudos country in one quarter.
Then Tok changed his mind and thought that since these witches were going to be beheaded anyway, why not hand them over to Ryan in exchange for benefits.
Toke, who had figured it out, relaxed his brows, took the gold card handed to him by Ryan without leaving a trace and smiled slightly.
"Master Ryan, what are you talking about? If you like it, it's yours. I will unconditionally agree to all your conditions."
Ryan didn't fully believe Tok's compliment, and then waved his hand lightly.
The locks on the cells holding the witches opened instantly.
Then Ryan went into the witches' cells one by one and took them into his own secret realm.
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