Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 704: World War of Destruction
"Next game! This music is so beautiful."

Lucy licked her lips, still wanting more.

The symphony composed by war, a song performed by countless factors, is a true epic masterpiece.

Every moment, every second, countless musical notes can be heard intertwining and reflecting each other. Each of them represents a life, a drop of water, converging to form a profound rhythm as vast as the ocean.

She glanced at her loot in the settlement, then put it away and entered the normal difficulty mode.

The surrounding scenery changed.

The next moment, her body landed in the scene in a sitting position.

Lucy sorted through the memories brought by her identity, scanned her surroundings, and found herself in a private office with a separate magic network port in front of her, allowing her to directly access the command center's database from within the office.

"Did they inherit the background story from the easy difficulty level as well?"

In Normal difficulty, Lucy is still a Libra, but this time, her status is much better than before.

Last time she was a private.

Although she is extremely talented and highly regarded by her superiors, allowing her to participate in some crucial information screening, ultimately her power is limited.

But this time it's different; her position has changed to that of Deputy Palace Master.

These are proper school officers.

Normally, this is a position that only a domain wizard can hold, but because of Lucy's special nature, and the obvious aura of rules that she exudes while displaying her talent, she has secured her position as the deputy palace master.

After all, the wizarding world has all sorts of secret arts, and ultimately, results will speak for themselves.

Since Lucy is able to control the rules and efficiently filter information and intelligence, she should receive corresponding treatment and protection.

Lucy was quite satisfied with this, since in Libra Palace, there was no need for fighting, only for sorting out intelligence. Other matters that required fighting were handled by specialized officers, and even intelligence gathering was handled the same way.

Lucy reached out and touched the crystal ball in front of her.

He infiltrated the magic network, getting close to the command center's information database.

This time is different from last time. Last time, the information was extracted separately for analysis, but now, Lucy has access to firsthand information.

All the information was recorded in the Libra Palace's record room, with everything, big or small, placed there without any distinction.

Any wizard would find this scene daunting; reading information and categorizing it according to its various characteristics is a laborious task in itself.

When Lucy first came into contact with this place, there were already special instruments recording data and sealing the contents for transmission downwards. This allowed the Libra people in the subsequent process to categorize the data according to various characteristics, assign it to people with different permissions, and then summarize the information.

Lucy stood there, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

She felt as if she were standing on the beach, with the surging seawater surging in front of her.

The surging melody, the restless prelude, has already begun. Countless notes, countless instruments, and chords, some bright and some dark, are intertwining to form an epic symphony.

"I like here."

You have selected normal mode.

The third training test component is: intelligence analysis and strategic thinking.

In normal mode, your opponent will conduct normal intelligence analysis and develop countermeasures. Please analyze the key intelligence to influence and formulate key strategic directions.

Lucy glanced at the mission details.

It's different from easy difficulty.

In the easy difficulty, you only need to point out the key information; whether others believe you or not is not a consideration in the mission.

However, in normal difficulty, after analyzing the key intelligence, it is necessary to formulate a reasonable direction, which is a bit more advanced than easy difficulty. However, it is only a formulation and does not require specific implementation.

Even if it's just about direction, you don't need a specific battle plan. You only need to set a general objective, such as whether to fight or not, who to fight, and where to fight.

The requirements are undoubtedly much broader.

However, given this trend, it's almost foreseeable that if the difficulty level is high, a detailed battle plan will be needed, and it might even be necessary to ensure the plan's smooth execution.

But... what does this have to do with me?

Lucy smiled, closed her eyes, and opened her arms.

Although he was standing still, in her own perception, he seemed to have plunged directly into the chaotic ocean in front of him, swimming in the endless unknown.

Various musical notes and endless information were being sung in her ears.

Ding ding dong dong…

The prelude to the prologue has gradually come together, revealing the melody of the theme.

But as soon as Lucy heard the melody, her eyebrows furrowed.

The music has no stance, but Lucy does.

So, to Lucy's ears, the prelude itself subtly conveyed a sense of sorrow.

Based on experience gained from easy pieces, the perception of the music is related to Lucy's own perspective. A tragic movement most likely symbolizes failure and is an elegy for life.

Lucy's smile faded slightly, and her expression became unusually serious.

"I don't really like tragedies; I'd prefer cheerful and majestic pieces if I could."

Therefore, Lucy, through her keen intuition about the music, subconsciously marked several problematic parts.

At the same time as Lucy marked it.

The instrument responsible for packaging intelligence immediately stopped what it was doing, prioritizing the processing of the intelligence information at Lucy's marked location and marking it with a special label.

Distribute it as quickly as possible.

The officers of Libra Palace immediately perked up upon seeing the special markings that resembled musical notes.

They knew very well that this meant their core Libran side had made a move.

Any information that Lucy has marked is a key point that can directly affect future trends.

Through countless battles, their combat team had long established a tacit rule: Libra would prioritize processing information about Vice-Head of the House of Lucy, and use the marked information as an extension to quickly find related information, using this as the core to find the key.

Once found, it can turn the tide in a disadvantageous situation, gain an advantage in a balanced situation, and secure victory in an advantageous situation. The results are remarkably accurate.

Soon, the lieutenant and his team of sergeants began to analyze the intelligence from these few points and search for more related information.

Meanwhile, other departments, including the general commander and the decision-making team, were also putting pressure on Libra, not because they had any complaints about Libra, but because they urgently needed time.

Once a battle plan is launched, it cannot be too quiet, and it is inevitable that the enemy will discover it. If the enemy is prepared or activates any contingency plan, it will create complications and add more variables.

Everyone hopes that Libra can glean more clues from the intelligence to support their decisions.

After all, according to the original plan, if it succeeded, the victory in this war would be basically secured.

The End City is the core city of the Dark World. Due to the unique environment of the world, the settlements of the natives here are all based on the End City and expand outwards.

The upper echelons are all concentrated in the End City, while the surrounding satellite cities, like steps, support the End City.

To advance to a higher-level satellite city, one needs exceptional talent and knowledge to receive better education, access more resources, and a better environment.

So-called growth and learning are about moving upwards step by step.

If you have enough talent, you'll continue to rise; if you don't, you'll settle in your current satellite city, work your job, leave offspring, and continue to rise.

Therefore, the End City has attracted the top talents from all the satellite cities. It can be said that in this harsh world, the End City is the goal that everyone strives for and the ultimate faith.

In this war, the wizards' battle plan was also aimed at destroying the End City, and they made many arrangements for this purpose.

However, all of these arrangements are currently suspended.

Because in Lucy's intelligence analysis, there was a brief opinion: "Don't attack the End City for now."

This is the first time Lucy has provided information beyond the veracity of the intelligence.

They certainly wouldn't let their guard down.

After all, everyone already regarded Lucy as a natural-born prophet reincarnated, carrying the rules of destiny or foresight. Otherwise, how could she have managed to mark every piece of intelligence without missing a single detail after experiencing so many wars?

Therefore, based on the existing confirmed intelligence, after combining them, more related intelligence was also included in the scope of analysis.

Soon, the officers of Libra noticed something amiss.

The End City has long been on high alert, and personnel from satellite cities are being transferred to the End City. This in itself is not a problem, but the problem lies in the amount of food being consumed.

If they didn't already know there was a problem and weren't conducting such a detailed investigation, they wouldn't normally pay much attention to information about food consumption.

The End City is a self-sufficient internal circulation system, and its supplies do not rely on external sources, so it cannot tamper with food and therefore does not pay much attention to it.

However, upon closer examination, it has been discovered that the food consumption in the End City has actually exceeded the minimum level projected for overall food consumption.

The population of the End City was collected through three different channels: infiltration data from Gemini, statistical data from Virgo, and divination prediction from Libra. The final result was not significantly different.

This result proves that the other side intends to hold onto the End City, using satellite cities as a barrier to drive the world's deterioration and thus force back the Wizarding World's attack.

However, based on this data, food consumption would not be what it is now.

According to the information provided by Gemini Palace, there are no special wartime policies in the End City, and everyone's daily life and diet are proceeding normally without any rationing.

But this is strange, because even according to their research on the minimum daily nutrient intake required by the people of the Dark World, it is much less than the food consumption currently revealed.

There is a significant population gap, which means that a large number of people have disappeared.

The population drawn from satellite cities was intended to cover up this shortfall.

Previously, Gemini reported that the End City was promoting administrators on a large scale to manage the influx of people into the satellite cities. Does this mean that the core personnel of the End City are leaving?

Let's look at a few other highlighted intelligence reports: "The exchange price of Annihilation Shards is rising rapidly."

"Steel exchange has been suspended."

"The fog of war in the core area of ​​the End City has thickened, making it difficult for wizards to infiltrate."

"Twenty years ago, someone made a statement claiming to have discovered a way to penetrate the world's crystal wall. However, they quickly disappeared, and the statement was soon proven false."

In conclusion, it is highly likely that the End City has now become a trap, and the core group of people are preparing to escape.

The Annihilation World is a world on the verge of destruction, and even without the wizards, its environment will only worsen.

Of course, returning to chaos is not necessarily a bad thing for the world, but for the intelligent species that depend on the world, it is an imminent crisis of extinction.

The satellite city mechanism is designed to concentrate wisdom. Perhaps the discovery twenty years ago was an opportunity. Through continuous innovation, they may already possess technologies that transcend the world, but they are not yet mature enough.

The invasion of the wizarding world helped them make up their minds to take the risk.

As for whether that's true or not...

The commander-in-chief and the decision-making team had already made their plans.

With precautions in place, you only need to try it to find out.

The wizards manipulated the floating city to quietly appear on the edge of the End City.

As a war fortress, the floating city possesses its own magical rules. When it descends upon this world, it will serve as a source of magic within the area covered by the floating city, creating an environment suitable for wizards to fight.

The wizards from Aries and Taurus, who were launching a frontal assault, had already set off and, using the landing point markers left by Gemini, had officially bypassed the outer defense system and entered the interior of the End City.

Inside the End City, these caterpillar-like beings, known as the Dark Ones, are rebelling.

However, when faced with wizards who are adept at mastering the rules and have a wealth of magical means to deal with various situations, their methods of attack become somewhat limited.

However, the Annihilators have a special technique that looks somewhat like a berserk jutsu. Once used, their body's recovery ability and strength can be multiplied. Although their fighting style remains straightforward, their destructive power and speed will be greatly increased, making them a much greater threat.

Moreover, this berserk technique seems to vary from person to person. Some people can only increase their speed by one or two times, but some Dark Ones can increase their strength and speed by dozens of times after berserk.

A single punch from the front can pierce through a wizard's high-level magical barrier.

Although this secret technique doesn't last long, it can be used repeatedly after a short rest, which is still a bit of a headache.

The situation immediately became deadlocked.

Of course, this was only temporary, because a steady stream of troops was entering the City of Doom through the gaps opened by the wizards.

(End of this chapter)