The witch is a creature that relies on magic to survive, and even if she doesn't do anything, the witch will consume 1 mol of mana every day - this is the knowledge about witches recorded in the cup, and it is also common knowledge that has just been confirmed to Lillian.

But magic isn't like air, it's readily available. It's like human beings live on food, but food doesn't grow out of the ground on its own, someone has to work on it.

The main source of Debussota's magic is the drilling, a massive, witch-contract-driven device that starts in the middle of the city, penetrates the thick Aetheric Sea, burrows into the bottom of the sea, and draws a steady stream of magic from beneath the ocean floor to supply every corner of the city.

There are seven such wells, all of which belong to the same company in Uptown – Ether Exploration.

As a result, aether exploration is the lifeblood of the city, and it essentially rules the city.

According to Lillian, about 20% of the witches in Debussota work directly for Aether exploration, and more than 50% of witches work for Aether exploration, Aether exploration's subsidiaries in various industries, or other related companies that have close business dealings with Aether exploration.

Aether Exploration has laid mana pipelines throughout the city, and any witch can withdraw the mana she needs anytime and anywhere as long as she registers her information at the company's registration point.

Of course, any amount of mana withdrawn through the mana pipeline must be limited to the witch's personal credit limit in Aether Exploration, and the corresponding amount will be deducted at the same time as the mana is obtained.

If the withdrawer is an employee of Ethereum Exploration, Ethereum Exploration Subsidiary or related enterprises, then the magic she withdraws will be automatically deducted from her salary every month and the corresponding credit limit will be released.

If the drawer is not one of the above-mentioned employees, he or she must repay Ethereum before the deadline of each month, and if it fails to do so, it will be considered a default, and the defaulter will be targeted by Ethereum's most professional debt collectors - at least so far, no living person has managed to escape the debt collection of these debt collectors.

The existence of aether exploration has also directly led to the division of the city's three urban districts:

Uptown, Midtown, and Downtown.

As the name suggests, the city of "Debussota" resembles a three-tiered cake tower. In the middle of the city, at the top of the city is the Upper District, which is mainly inhabited by shareholders and senior executives of Ether Exploration, Ether Exploration subsidiaries or related enterprises.

In the mid-rise area that surrounds Uptown, most of the residents are middle-level managers and employees of the above-mentioned companies. The rest are witches who are not directly related to Aether exploration, but also have a good source of income - such as Lillian, who has a few properties on the edge of the lower and middle districts, and can only earn a good income from rent every month.

Some of the people who live in the lower city work in various low-end service industries, some are low-level employees of some small enterprises, and some are engaged in some gray industries; And finally, there are some people who are engaged in an industry that has only emerged in the past two years - whaling.

The whaling industry, as the name suggests, is the industry of hunting whales.

According to Lillian, whales are large and dangerous creatures that live in the depths of the Aetheric Sea. In the past, the people of Debussota did not know about the existence of whales, until a few years ago, a traveling witch who passed through the city accidentally talked about whales while talking:

"You ask me how I replenish my mana while crossing the Aether Sea? Oh, that's about a creature called a whale. They live in the depths of the ether, and their massive bodies store large amounts of whale oil, which contains extremely dense magical powers.

"What? You want to go whale hunting? I advise you not to do this, the whale is a very dangerous creature, and the torrent of magic that shoots out of its back cavity can wipe you out in an instant - of course, for this witch, who has already reached the peak of strength and beauty, it is just a bit of a troublesome stupid fellow, with a little trick, it can be killed, and the mana needed for travel can be replenished from whale oil......"

In this way, the outlaws of the lower city, tempted by magic, began to organize, and they entered the Aether Sea in rudimentary fishing boats, trying to find the whale in the mouth of the traveling witch.

After numerous failures, a lucky boat finally spotted the whale, and they returned to Debussota to tell the news to the people of the lower town.

So more people entered the Aether Sea and tried to hunt whales. And with that comes more failures, disappearances, and deaths.

Finally, about two years ago, several powerful and lucky witches, piloting a ship specially modified to hunt whales, finally succeeded in hunting a whale that was not too large, and when they dragged the whale back to port, cut the whale oil from the whale's body, and extracted the magic from the whale oil, the words of the traveling witch were finally confirmed.

And these witches also became rich overnight, they squandered this magic power, enjoyed it for a while, and then spent a lot of money to build a more advanced ship, and once again entered the Aether Sea, ambitiously ready to hunt whales again.

Then, they never returned.

It wasn't until a few months later that another ship discovered the wreckage of that ship.

But the tragedy hasn't changed people's desires, and in the last two years, more and more people in the lower city have entered the Aether Sea to try to hunt whales.

Although most people failed, and many were left with no remains, only a very small number succeeded.

But so what? Whaling means getting rich overnight, it means changing the status quo, it means hope; And for those who live in the lower city, what they lack most is hope.

……

Goo –

A sound came and interrupted the summer night's musings.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw Lillian clutching her stomach flushed.

It seems that this is the source of the "coo" just now.

"Witches are hungry and need to eat, too." This is also one of the little common knowledge that I just learned from Lillian.

Even though witches survive with only their magical powers, they still have the desire to eat, just as they still have the desire to sleep.

In addition, the price of food is very cheap, so as long as it is not a witch who is too strapped for money, she will eat three meals a day.

As for the food that went into the stomach, where did it go...... Xia Ye was embarrassed to ask, anyway, she was a witch, and she would naturally know in two days.

"No, I'm sorry......" Lillian said with a blushing face.

"It's nothing, I just got into it, it's time to eat?"

Summer Night said as she looked out the window, and it was indeed a lot darker outside the window—the sun was not visible in this world, but there was still day and night—which was also one of the common things that Lillian told her.

"Well, it's already 6 p.m." Lillian took out the crystal ball, and on the palm-sized rectangular crystal surface, a number was displayed:

6

"So ......?"

"So I'm ready to cook, Sister Summer Night, you can look forward to my cooking skills!" When it comes to cooking, Lilian seems to have a glow all at once.