<h4>Chapter 441 441 Distant Rtives</h4>


    "Indeed, we do have Kira here. She seems to have made herself right at home after she came looking for her cousin who lives in the area." Wolfeughed.


    "Oh, is she well? I hadn''t heard from her in quite some time, and that is why Kira hade all this way in the first ce. Our family might be quite spread out, but we do still try to keep in contact." The older Demon asked.


    "Quite well. In fact, we just finished making an essential supplies delivery to her vige yesterday, and they''ve gotten witch charms for both indoor lighting and a magical garden." Wolfe agreed.


    The old man''s eyes lit up in interest.


    "I had heard that you had wonderful things, but can you really grow a proper garden underground and not just various fungi and some fish?" The man asked.


    Wolfe nodded. "Quite easily, in fact. All that we require is a trade deal with our allies. You see, I am in the process of starting to ally the Frozen Wastes as one force to keep the Grand Dutchies and everyone else from simply running roughshod over the locals.


    With a bit of magic and some help, even the small viges don''t have to fear the monster packs or the travelling army units anymore."


    E smiled at the Kitsune. "I think that it might be easier to show you than to tell you. Would you minding into town with us? You have to ride the boat up the river, but we will have a pair of Witches here to watch your trucks."


    The Demon smiled back at her, then gestured to the trucks behind him, waving more people forward to join the conversation.


    "Our Kira is still here, and they really do have things to trade. Bring the drivers with us after they park the trucks at the edge of the tree line and leave the guards in the vehicles.


    They have a pair of witches on duty, but they''ll need des if anything attacks." He instructed.


    Wolfe was going to point out that it was a Rank Two witch on duty, but she beat him to it.


    "And we''re very good at making des. In fact, with a Rank Four Demon and Rank Two Witches, I would say that we make some of the finest magical weapons in the world," she agreed.


    "Even at his power level, he''s still helping out and making tools for the vige? You have no idea how rare that is. The powerful Demons either go into seclusion trying to regain the rest of their abilities, or they live as warlords until they''re killed." The Kitsune asked her, ignoring the fact that Wolfe was right there to answer for himself.


    "Indeed. Most of the fancy arrays in the vige were created with his help. I don''t think that we have any other male Demons, and certainly no more with his power level, so it''s been a lifesaver having him create the Arrays that the Witches couldn''t," the guard agreed.


    "Now I really want to see this city that you all have created in a Fae Forest. To think that the Fae would let you in is shocking enough." Heughed.


    E shook her head.


    "We also cast the spell to create the Fae Forest itself. The viges came first. Then we created the Forest over them as a defensive barrier with the help of a lot of powerful Witches and a Faerie." She exined.


    The drivers that had beening from the nearest trucks stopped in their tracks at that revtion, and the Kitsune was shocked into speechlessness.


    "Yeah, that''s the usual reaction. Just wait until you see what we''ve done with the ce. It''s the most beautiful city that any of us have ever seen, and if we find somewhere more beautiful, we will renovate." Wolfe assured them, breaking their stunned states.


    Cassie had the boat ready, and the other Witches made quick work of getting everyone loaded, spaced between them so that everyone had someone to talk to.


    The group was only one Demon, but a lot of Wolf and Fox-type animal mutants, which startled the girls at first.


    They had thought that there were more Kitsune in the driver group, but it was only one, disguised by the others who looked somewhat like him.


    That would be a genius trick to y on the Grand Dutchies this winter. They freaked out enough about the Snow Demon when it was just random attacks. But if they could verify the general appearance of the attackers, they would lose their minds.


    They were about ten metres away from shore and just about to get up to speed when the first of the drivers realized that these were Witches and they could talk with them.


    They had been holding an actual conversation with a Witch right here in the Frozen Wastes.


    "You''re a Witch, and I can talk to you. Even by the trucks, I could understand you. This is incredible. We will have to try this at home if the curse is breaking." The first to realize cheered.


    The Kitsune looked just as started as anyone else. He had done all the talking because he was a Demon. But he didn''t realize that the others could understand the Witches.


    "It''s one of the many wonderful things about the Fae Forest. We have a lot of mutants in the vige. Especially Bunnies. We held a job fair to recruit those who were spare hands in their viges, and as it turns out, there were a lot of them." Cassieughed.


    "Who would have thought?" One of the drivers asked sarcastically.


    "They live up to their reputation, plus they''re adorable. I''m not surprised. Now, everyone, hold on tight. We will be moving quite quickly since the forest is a fair distance away, and we don''t want to waste hours getting home." Wolfe directed, then gestured for Jenna to take over the controls.


    Letting E do it would get them there faster, but he wasn''t sure how the visitors would react to a trip that fast down the river. They had been moving pretty slow in the trucks, and a lot of the locals who had arrived in the vige weren''tfortable moving faster than they could run.