Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 859 The Fortress Mage Who Was Scorned
Ezra had not anticipated this at all.

Therefore, Bowen's wide-eyed stare was interpreted as dissatisfaction with what he had just said... after all, Travis was still the true ruler of the North.

He has indeed handed over all power to Leon at the moment, but this is power that he can take back at any time.

Leon, burdened by a mountain of responsibility, had truly done his best... Ezra felt that if it were him, he would have been so angry at his scheming subordinates that he would have flipped the table long ago.

The throne is certainly a magnificent possession, but if Ezra could only sit on a third of it, and it was in danger of collapsing at any moment due to the chair's tilt, he would never sit on it.

His personality dictates that he would only choose to turn against the guy who kicked his chair.

Even if that guy gave him the chair, it's still not acceptable.

Leon is truly patient.

No wonder he's someone who's made his way up in the adventurer's world.

As for whether the path of destiny will affect Hamilton... well, it's not impossible!

If his son leaves, isn't this where he'll start?

Ezra completely disregarded Bowen's concerns.

However, Bowen, who had read a great deal of books, thought much more.

He knew Armies's character well. Although he would definitely want Hamilton to have a certain divine influence and become a so-called god on earth, he would never let his family be involved in such a terrible event as the reappearance of the world's will.

Indeed, that would bring Hamilton even greater benefits.

But that would cost you your life.

Armies, who cherishes his parents the most, will only try his best to prevent this from happening.

Therefore, Hamilton should be safe.

But that person in Qingfeng Territory next door might be a different story!

When has Lori Montes ever had a peaceful and uneventful life from childhood to adulthood?

Count Montes was nothing more than a biased nobleman. Although he wasn't very kind to Lori and Lady Agris, such people were common in the Northern Kingdom and even the whole world.

Having a father like that is certainly unlucky, but there are so many children with immoral parents!
Which restaurant was blown to pieces like Montes?
Of course, this is not Lowry's own problem.

But for Lowry, being born into such a family meant trouble from the very beginning.

Lowry's life of over forty years is a reflection of this troublesome situation.

Let alone how powerful he is as a mage, even among the mages in Starry Sky Fortress who are over level 20, is there one whose experience is more turbulent than Lori's?
He'd just criticize a god whenever he had nothing better to do!

The key point is that those gods really only confront him, but don't directly wage war against him.

Even the petty goddess of the night could smile at him after he had humiliated her.

What nonsense!
Bowen had some doubts. If it weren't for the fact that Lowry clearly had dragon blood, those gods would probably have regarded him as a 'substitute' for the world's will.

It's not impossible.

The attention Lowry initially attracted, and even the old guy from Scroll Mountain suddenly making those little moves, might all be related to these things.

He's so awesome!

The newly repaired castle received the favor of the Lord of Storms.

The act of delivering the Ice Prince to someone outside immediately caught the attention of the Goddess of the Night.

Who can be sure that the Dark Goddess's actions weren't an attempt to clear Lori of some kind of suspicion from the outside world?

There are many who do not want the world to return to normal.

Some humans, including some intelligent beings, genuinely believe that it belongs to the divine order and has nothing to do with them.

Also.

Having grown accustomed to freedom, who wants so many constraints?
Having witnessed the reckless behavior of their predecessors, those who were not yet strong enough and could only lurk on the ground, how could they possibly be willing to lose their 'freedom' from now on?
Even if they knew that only by returning the world to the orbit of the multiverse could they possess immortal souls, they would not be willing to do so.

Their pursuit is to live recklessly and die in complete annihilation.

After all, the astral plane can make them exist forever, so why bother thinking about what happens after death?
Although Lowry's dragon bloodline greatly reduced the suspicion, will those old guys who have long forgotten their identities due to their long lives really give up testing Lowry completely?

Bowen was really worried.

Although he had access to many secret documents thanks to royal permission, he still couldn't see the future clearly.

Even though a crucial battle was right in front of him.

"Uncle Bowen, what are you worried about?" Persephone couldn't help but look at him. "No matter what choice His Majesty the King makes, it won't affect us!"

“What I’m worried about is…” Bowen thought for a moment and then made his point clear.

"You have even less to worry about," Hades sneered. "This world has given them a choice, but it doesn't intend for them to do whatever they want."

Even from this distance, I can feel the overwhelming killing intent emanating from that archmage's castle next door. If those guys really dare to make a move…

"Didn't they leave because their strength was too great for the world to contain?" Bowen asked in surprise.

Persephone can explain this.

They're just a bunch of frogs in a well.

Since they cannot see the outside world, they naturally cannot be like the great mages of other worlds who cannot accept their stagnant strength.

Humans are not dragons; they do not have the kind of bodies that can freely grow and thrive in the universe.

Once you enter the starry sky, your magical power may still improve, since the starry sky is also a source of energy, while the body has its limits.

However, there are limits to the amount of magical and spiritual power that the physical body can contain.

How can spiritual power grow endlessly when the body stops the flow of time?
Archmages from other worlds only choose to settle in the stars after their bodies have reached the limits of humanity and they have undergone extensive elementalization.

Alternatively, one could use the simplest method: transform oneself into a lich.

Although it is still his own bone, it can be regarded as a magical artifact made from human bones.

That was a tool that could grow stronger as his soul grew stronger; the real ones were just undead who stole the power of death from the River Styx.

Only in their world, what the powerful gods truly guard against is the dragon's lair over there.

And this white dragon truly obeyed the will of the White Dragon King completely... Although occasionally a young dragon would fail to control its greed, that was not really a rebellion against the Dragon King.

It's no secret that the five-colored dragon's nerves occasionally break.

Only with restraint on both sides was it possible for those mages to stay peacefully in the starry sky for so many years.

After all, these mages, no matter how powerful they are, can at least remain in the middle as a buffer zone.

They are not unaware of their problems, but a lack of sense of crisis makes them prone to wishful thinking.

In addition, the top-level mages, whose strength is not too bad, were already in a state where they could no longer improve... The original Astral Fortress was originally a place for these archmages to retire!
However, even a high-ranking mage like this could barely hold his own against some impulsive white dragons.

After all, the most powerful white dragons had no interest in getting entangled with these impoverished human mages who only had one nest left.

Spending too much time under such a starry sky can easily make one feel complacent.

Especially those mages who later rose from the earth to the stars because they could not advance.

If they can't see their own place and are content with just reaching level 20... they really don't have the ability to stand in front of Lowry.

"Lorry, perhaps because he was threatened by the Goddess of the Night back then, has turned his castle, and even his entire territory, into... a battle fortress."

"It's a divine artifact." Persephone said seriously, "If I'm not being very clear, then you just need to know that the energy drawn from his castle has divine fluctuations."

Moreover, his magic array was drawing energy from the void almost constantly.

On the day the world reopens, an energy vortex will definitely rise in Qingfeng Territory... the incoming energy will even crystallize!

"That's ruthless?" Ezra gasped. "How much money would that cost?!"

Persephone gave a helpless smile... Ezra's focus remained steadfast.

But what he said wasn't wrong either.

On the day the world reopens, Qingfeng Territory is estimated to make a fortune.

Unfortunately, it's difficult for others to replicate that kind of success.

Persephone estimated that Lowry himself couldn't possibly produce another one.

After all, no matter how lucky he is, there will never be another god who will allow him to draw upon his energy source.

“That was the dimensional space of the Lord of Ice, which was abandoned because it was invaded by Poseidon’s sea people,” the Countess said softly.

Persephone knew about this, of course, but she also knew why the Countess had brought it up again.

Just like Bowen suddenly changing the subject... it was all to get Ezra's words over quickly.

Compared to Katarina, Hades was an outsider to Ezra's family who needed to maintain a certain image.

“Miss Pearl, are you saying that those archmages in the starry sky are poor?” Bowen asked, feigning surprise.

“For old dragons who have traveled through the astral plane for tens of thousands of years, those astral fortresses that were barely built with the minerals of the earth are not very attractive.” Persephone smiled. “Of course, they wouldn’t be so obedient if the White Dragon King didn’t give the order.”

The will of the White Dragon King can suppress greedy desires.

After all, the white dragon lairs in the Astral Plane are mostly inhabited by ancient dragons, the kind that have lost the desire to mate and reproduce.

Those who still harbor such thoughts will definitely remain in Dragon Valley until their offspring are born and they no longer have the desire to continue their bloodline in the short term, at which point they will enter the Astral Plane.

But such an old dragon must be more concerned about the continuation of the race... If his descendants cannot continue to reproduce, then what is the point of all his efforts?
In this new world, although it is difficult for the descendants of the White Dragon King to be born, ordinary dragon descendants are living quite well.

(End of this chapter)