"There hasn't been any progress on Divine Sword City," Eniwse shook her head with a helpless sigh.
"In fact, my plans to expand the Shadow Witch Order's intelligence network throughout all twelve city-states of the Divine League had come to a standstill. None of these city-states seem to take kindly to outsiders entering their territory."
"Whether they are merchants or travelers, witches or regular men, anyone that steps into their domain will be secretly tracked and eventually killed. I lost many good witches just to understand this much," Eniwse said disappointedly.
"That's rather suspicious," Astoria rubbed her chin thoughtfully before guessing, "It seems they are either trying to hide something very important or extremely wary of outside threats."
"It might even be both reasons," Astoria further guessed.