Super Magician: The Magic Network Collapsed Again at the Start

Chapter 182 Kingdom, Heaven, and Wilderness System

"The spoils have been tallied. Would you like to take a look?" Elise handed Anser a list.

Anser took it and glanced at it; apart from dozens of muskets, there was nothing noteworthy.

Although Am was wealthy, it was impossible for them to form a full-fledged musketeer army; they were still mainly composed of melee troops.

"Keep the magic-powered turrets for now; they might come in handy. Give the other relatively intact weapons and equipment to the Federation; they can be repaired and modified and used. You can dispose of the rest," Anser said thoughtfully.

The Federation is undergoing military reforms, dividing itself into a guard force and a defense force, and is expanding on a small scale, which means it needs a batch of standard weapons and equipment.

“No problem.” Elise nodded slightly.

"What's the situation on Belgost's side?" Anser changed the subject.

"There's been a temporary ceasefire, and the Flying Dragon Guard has left. It's strange," Elise thought, finding something unusual.

Judging from previous battles, the Emerald Kingdom's attacks lacked any strategy; they relied on overwhelming numbers to launch continuous assaults until they defeated their opponents.

After a moment's thought, Anser analyzed, "It's normal that they don't fight. The Emerald Kingdom is sparsely populated and doesn't lack territory. It also doesn't lack people; there are plenty of dragon descendants, so they're not very motivated to invade."

"And Candleburg lies dormant to the west; that's the real threat."

Candleburg never attacks others first, but the people of Abel don't know that, and they must be quite wary of it.

“That makes sense. Then we can have some peace and quiet for a few days.” Elise didn’t even want to care about Durag; she only wanted to develop her innate magic and recover her spellcasting ability as soon as possible.

“Not necessarily.” Anser waved his hand dismissively. “The Green Dragon Queen may not be interested, but other races are not necessarily obedient. Beastmen are ambitious and arrogant.”

The kobolds are undisciplined; they eat wherever they go. If they roam around, it could be quite a problem.

“That’s not a big problem,” Elise said nonchalantly.

Offer a few bounties, and those adventurers can handle it.

Anser's lips twitched. This was the difference in mindset between old-school nobles and ordinary professionals.

People are used to allocating resources to solve problems, while ordinary people earn resources by helping others solve problems.

After chatting for a few minutes, the two returned to the castle.

Anser borrowed a tarot deck and two bundles of incense from his butler and asked him to help him purchase four ivory tablets.

It's always good to have some materials on hand, in case you need them someday.

Back in his room, he checked his belongings in the dragon skin bag again: a box of gems, a box of gold coins, magical items... nothing was missing.

Then, he took out the maple leaf-shaped traveler's badge, thought for a moment, put it aside, drew his fine gold short sword, and began divination again.

As for why he doesn't use tarot cards? It's a bit complicated, and he hasn't learned how to use them yet.

Elise, resting her chin on her hand, watched him with great interest. She had seen divination before, but this was the first time she had ever seen such a crude method.

With a strange fluctuation, the adamantite short sword stood upright, then fell limply to the ground, its tip pointing roughly to the right.

The sword blade fell to the ground, the outcome uncertain; defeat!

"What does this mean?" Elise asked curiously.

Outsiders cannot judge the outcome from the divination results; only a diviner can interpret the omens.

“There are no results.” Anser looked puzzled.

Each additional divination attempt increases the probability of ineffectiveness by 25%, but ineffectiveness and failure are two different things, and their performance and feedback are quite different.

“That’s normal. My mother likes fortune telling, and failures are common. Even if the fortune telling is right, you can’t believe it all,” Elise said wistfully.

If divination were truly so effective, how could her mother have died? "That's true." Anser sheathed her short sword, no longer dwelling on it.

The Starry Dimension is extremely distant, and the Traveler's Rest is a legendary inn, so it's perfectly normal for the divination in the Second Ring to fail.

"I'm going to start."

He nodded to Elise beside him, picked up the traveler's badge, and began reciting a lengthy command.

The Traveler's Badge emitted a faint glow, and the magical fluctuations grew stronger, reaching their peak a minute later.

A magical light flashed, and Anser felt dizzy, lost all five senses, and time seemed to stretch out infinitely.

At one moment, he felt his body lighten, his five senses returned, and when he opened his eyes, he saw an endless silver void in front of him, with no distinction between up and down, dotted with twinkling stars, and in the distance, swirling white and gray smoke clouds and bands of light.

'Starlight Plane...' His eyes widened in shock, his mind and body filled with indescribable complex emotions, as if he were an ant, insignificant and humble.

After a long silence, he took a deep breath and immediately felt his lungs filled with a kind of "sweet" energy substance, which was more solid than air, but did not make him feel suffocated or choked. His body was completely adapted and even a little fond of it.

"Calm down, calm down, this is the Astral Realm." He tried his best to calm his agitated emotions.

The Starry Dimension is a realm of thought and dreams, where beings do not age, nor do they experience hunger or thirst, nor do they need to breathe.

The physical rules of the material realm are meaningless here.

Anser scanned his surroundings and found himself in a spherical cabin, about four or five meters in diameter. Under his feet was a circular array of unknown material, behind him was a door, and in front of him was a hemispherical floor-to-ceiling window. He could reach out and touch a transparent energy barrier.

He stepped forward, pressed himself against the barrier, and looked to the side. He could see a row of protruding spherical huts, and through the barrier, he could vaguely see figures flashing by inside from time to time.

Turning his head to look at the other side, he suddenly tensed up and felt a chill run down his spine.

This is an extremely magnificent monster. Its full appearance cannot be seen. All that can be seen is that its entire body is covered with a thick, spiky carapace, with huge, blade-like claws, and a long tail covered with carapace that meanders in the silver void.

And he is inside this colossal monster!
'Impressive, they actually converted the corpse of some kind of astral behemoth into a hotel.' Anser clicked his tongue in amazement. He was roughly at the edge of the behemoth's head, and could just see part of its body from the window.

'Meow, an anti-magic field has been set up here.' Maeve crouched on the fallen spellbook, her little paws stepping on elemental orbs, her cat face full of frustration.

'This is safer, isn't it?' Anser chuckled, picked up Maeve and carried her on his shoulder, while putting the spellbook and elemental orbs into his dragonskin pouch.

'Meow, how annoying.' Maeve shrank back, feeling very insecure.

Anser took a deep breath, turned around and pushed the door, but it wouldn't budge. He pulled again, but it still wouldn't budge.

Click, click—the strange bird relief on the door suddenly came to life. Its body, still embedded in the door, stretched its neck, and poked its head out, its jewel-like eyes scanning Anser up and down.

"Is this your first time here? Let me teach you some rules. First, pay the entrance fee. If you don't have the money, go back to where you came from."

"How much?" Anser hadn't expected the Traveler's Rest to be so practical; without money, you couldn't even get in the door.

The strange bird glanced at the magic circle on the ground: "Kingdom of Heaven and Earth, gold, platinum, gems, mithril, anything valuable will do."

"How did you know I came from the Kingdom of Heaven? Are there many people from the Kingdom of Heaven?" Anser asked curiously.

The Realms of Kingdoms refers to the "Forgotten Realms" where Toril resides, also known as the "Realms of Kingdoms Wilderness System".

The Desolate Universe is the material realm, and each Desolate Universe represents a world.

If the astral plane is an ocean, then the desolate universe is like a cork floating in that ocean; no one knows how many there are.

As the astral travelers approached the Desolate Universe, the astral mist gradually thinned and eventually dissipated, revealing the Desolate Universe behind it. Then, the Desolate Universe's sun came into view. This sun was usually millions of miles away, surrounded by colorful clouds of gas, planets, moons, and other celestial bodies.

Anser also knew several well-known Wilderness Systems, such as Eberon, Klein, Wilderness Continent, and Gray Dome.

(End of this chapter)