Once she was certain the illusion could be broken, Witch Sharon relaxed even further. She did not disturb Exus and Stop again, instead focusing on dealing with another matter.
The Guman Royal House's guards had arrived!
Through the Wizard's Eye, she observed that there were no formal wizards among the royal guards who had come, which matched the information Paganini had sent.
No formal wizards made things much easier.
The only thing she needed to watch out for was the possible spy among the guards.
That spy's background belonged to one of two camps. If they were a spy sent by a wizard organization, that was no great concern. But if they were a spy from the Extreme Sect, that would be troublesome. After all, although they were human, they had lived in the Savage World for years. The Extreme Sect was exceptionally sensitive to the aura of other worlds.
If the Extreme Sect fixed its gaze on them because of some minor detail, the consequences would be hard to predict.
Of course, Witch Sharon was considering the worst-case scenario. But in reality, once one had prepared oneself in advance, there were many ways to avoid the worst outcome.
In the end, Witch Sharon chose a simple and brutal method: intimidation.
She summoned several face spirits and merged them into the many ancient trees around the outskirts of the forest. In an instant, faces appeared upon the weathered bark of those old trees... From up close, they looked like members of the treant race.
These face-covered ancient trees were the first step of Witch Sharon's plan.
The face-covered ancient trees possessed little combat power. Their purpose was merely to threaten and dissuade the guards with words, warning them not to approach the forest.
Their message needed only to revolve around