So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests-Chapter 274 : Witch Cult

Chapter 274: Witch Cult
As one of the most elite and also most mysterious witch organizations, Janna's understanding of the Witch Cult came almost entirely from a book in the library titled The Faction Wars.
On the Witch Continent, there existed countless organizational factions.
Just like the most common mercenary guilds, which were essentially large organizations catering specifically to wild transcendents.
The Faction Wars classified many well-known or lesser-known transcendent organizations in a systematic way and ranked them hierarchically from the bottom to the top according to a pyramid structure.
Undoubtedly, at the very top of the pyramid stood the so-called primary witch congregation site known as the "Alchemy Capital"—
The Sky City.
Closely following were the secondary witch congregation sites: Dordogne in the Western Continent, Phoenix City, Atlantis, Florence, and in the Eastern Continent, Falling Star City, Naxidor, and Land of Dragon Sleep.
To some extent, these witch congregation sites could not be strictly defined as organizational factions.
After all, in terms of resources, status, scale, and influence—they were no different from nations in the mortal world.
However, because these witch congregation sites operated in ways highly similar to regular organizations in many cases,
the author of The Faction Wars still included them within the statistical scope.
Next came the third-tier entities: White Tower, Forest of Nature, Church of the Third Eye, Silvermoon High Court, and Measuring the Stars—top-tier organizations affiliated with the secondary witch congregation sites, all enjoying extremely high status across the Witch Continent.
In addition, some organizations, which existed independently outside the witch congregation sites yet wielded great power, were also listed as third-tier in The Faction Wars.
For example: Twilight Hymn, Ancient Swaying Temple, and Witch Cult.
These transcendent organizations, compared to those backed by secondary witch congregation sites like White Tower or Forest of Nature, were certainly inferior in overall power.
However, the reason why the author of The Faction Wars still placed them in the third tier was because they had truly reached the pinnacle in certain specialized fields.
Take Twilight Hymn, a transcendent organization devoted to "eternal existence".
Its members consisted mostly of long-lived species such as elves and dragons, and transcendents of the Death domain, like necromancer witches.
Their organizational belief was crystal clear—pursuit of "eternal life".
But the "eternal life" they pursued was not of the body, but of the spirit, the soul, the consciousness—even the temporal dimension.
All things perish, only the spirit endures.
The means by which Twilight Hymn preserved spirit was through solidification.
By freezing space, solidifying time, and crystallizing the essence of soul and flesh into immortal amber, they sought to eternally preserve the poetic moment of twilight's fall—that was their creed.
Therefore, Twilight Hymn had deeply studied sealing techniques.
Especially time seals, space seals, and soul seals—
One could say that Twilight Hymn had reached the pinnacle of sealing techniques on the Witch Continent.
Even Measuring the Stars, also renowned for sealing, could not compete with Twilight Hymn in the realm of "time seals".
Of course, Measuring the Stars' achievements in fields like prophecy and divination, advanced mathematics, and defense studies, could absolutely outshine other organizations.
It could only be said that the author of The Faction Wars had a very unique perspective.
His ranking logic considered not only an organization’s overall strength but also recognized those that achieved excellence in specific domains, placing them in the third tier as well.
Such as Witch Cult, whose reason for being ranked third-tier was nearly identical to that of Twilight Hymn.
Unlike Twilight Hymn’s unrivaled position in sealing techniques, Witch Cult stood alone in potionology research.
For instance, the widely known Purification Potion was a creation of Witch Cult.
The patent royalties earned from just the Purification Potion formula had already made Witch Cult one of the wealthiest witch organizations.
Not to mention other high-demand, tightly controlled, and even priceless potions like the Youth Elixir, Blood Source Potion, and Synesthesia Potion—all developed by Witch Cult.
However, the book gave relatively little description of Witch Cult. Apart from emphasizing their connection to potions, most other aspects were only briefly mentioned—unlike the detailed records for Twilight Hymn.
"Perhaps the author of this book came from Twilight Hymn—"
That was Janna’s evaluation of the author of The Faction Wars at the time.
Otherwise, how could he be so familiar with Twilight Hymn’s ideology and beliefs?
Moreover, the way he praised Twilight Hymn so lavishly, with ample examples, contrasted sharply with the sparse descriptions given to other organizations. "Who would've thought, Sophina turned out to be someone from Witch Cult."
Staring at the signature at the end of the letter, a complex and indistinct emotion flickered through Janna’s eyes.
Every action carried subjective intent.
And the fact that Sophina-Silvermoon had deliberately signed off her letter with the large characters of Witch Cult, naturally sparked a multitude of thoughts in Janna’s mind.
"If this wasn’t just a habit of Sophina’s letter writing, then it’s very likely she was trying to send me a message——
That is: this banquet is not hosted in Sophina-Silvermoon’s personal capacity, but rather by a member of Witch Cult, Sophina-Silvermoon.
Since it was an internal event of an organization—especially a mysterious one like Witch Cult, elusive and veiled in secrecy—it made no sense to invite an outsider like Janna.
Unless...
"Unless, this is an organizational act of Witch Cult."
At that thought, Janna couldn’t help feeling a surge of excitement.
If, on that Saturday, as Janna suspected, the main host of the banquet truly was Witch Cult,
then to Janna, this banquet would be transformed into a covert interview.
And this invitation letter would effectively be an interview invitation from Witch Cult.
Should she go?
Staring at the light purple envelope in her hand, Janna’s first reaction was, without doubt:
She must go!
Witch Cult was a powerful organization that combined status, wealth, and strength. Even if its overall power couldn’t compare to White Tower backed by Dordogne,
Witch Cult's standing at the peak of potionology alone was enough to make any organization tread carefully—.