Wizard's Journey

Chapter 136 Water Curtain Sky

Peranos took a deep breath, and Green, pulled by Peranos's traction, shot vertically into the sky.

"Master, the higher we go, the stronger the wind becomes. Should we fly over the mountains through the chaotic realm above the clouds?" Grimm asked in surprise. Although Grimm was relatively calm under Peranos's protection at this moment, if the power of the void began to spread and erode above the clouds, it would be a considerable drain even on Peranos.

(The void has no distance to spatial rifts between material realms; it is a shadow of the material realm and not a concept of a traditional three-dimensional system. That is: the material realm can directly traverse other material realms through spatial rifts, and there are void realms between material realms, which are infinitely vast.)

Peranos shook his head slightly.

As he continued to pull Green upwards, Peranos sneered, "You'll understand when you get up there. The wizarding world isn't some simple, pristine world. In ancient times, marine creatures, in their quest to wipe out humanity, certainly wouldn't have overlooked this mountain range that acts as a natural barrier between the sea and the continent."

Beneath the pale mask, Green's eyes gleamed.

After a good half hour of time, after passing through the thick clouds, a strangely peaceful space appeared.

"Huh? How is that possible?" Green exclaimed.

According to common knowledge among wizards, the endless world described in wizarding books, compared to the normal world, must be a chaotic world filled with elemental and void turbulence above the clouds. In this chaotic world, the unique rules of each world will inevitably be eroded by the void power of the void world, thus forming a strange place that is "chaotic" yet relatively "stable".

(The rules of each world in the endless world are different, but the chaotic realm above the clouds is the same in all of them. The energy is in a state of turmoil, so it has become a common feature of the endless world, a "relatively stable" space.)

Peranos pointed to the distant sky at the top and said, "Look up there."

Beneath the pale mask, Green's eyes gazed upwards, where faint, shimmering light shone in a tranquil space tens of thousands of meters above, like countless intersecting rivers rushing and roaring.

Feel it, this is the vastness and grandeur of the ocean!

This is……

Green trembled, muttering, "Is this the Sky River where the Rainbow Fish lives, mentioned in 'Hunter Nose Modification and Scent Atlas'?"

Peranos said calmly, "In ancient times, in order to cross this mountain range of human will, the powerful Sea King Altar used its ability to control the seawater, flipping an indescribable amount of seawater to the top layer of the Chaotic Realm above the clouds of the Wizarding World. This blocked the void turbulence of the Void World, and thus completely changed the foundation of the Wizarding World's rules, forming the Void Layer above the Wizarding Continent today."

"To turn the ocean upside down!" Green couldn't quite comprehend such an ability. This power to change the rules of the world was indeed far beyond the comprehension of a low-level wizard.

Green couldn't even imagine how he acquired such an ability.

If Green hadn't known beforehand about the Second Civilization War in the Wizarding World, and that that civilization possessed the ability to completely transform the world's rules, he simply couldn't have imagined that a living being could change the rules that govern a world.

The fact that such a level of world change could be achieved gives you an idea of ​​how terrifying the marine life of ancient times must have been.

Green thought for a moment, sensing the empty void around him. Elemental energy was pitifully scarce, so it wasn't hard to understand why elemental wizards couldn't stay in this stratosphere for long.

Of course, only a level three great wizard like Peranos could fly to such a height; it's likely that a normal level one wizard couldn't even reach that height.

"Let's get out of here quickly. Elemental wizards in the Void Layer of the Wizarding World consume many times more magic than usual, while those body-refining wizards can save a lot of energy." Peranos led Grin and quickly flew over the peak of the Human Will Mountain Range that pierced the clouds.

Looking down at the mountain peaks that swept past the clouds, Green suddenly thought of something.

"Mentor, you said that in ancient times, the Human Will Mountains were the dividing line between the Wizarding Continent and the ocean, but now the ocean line has dropped so much, even all the way down to the Black Shackle Mountains of the Black Tower Wizarding Academy. Could this be because of those turbulent Sky Rivers?"

As Peranos flew swiftly with Grin in tow, he pondered, "There should be some connection. However, the wizarding world now prefers to call this flipped ocean 'Water Curtain Sky.'"

A water curtain against the sky?

After flying for about half an hourglass, Peranos used both repulsive and attractive forces to pull Green down from the thick clouds.

After a rapid descent, as the gale and cold current gradually subsided and warm sunlight shone upon the two, Peranos breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now, we have arrived in the human heartland of the Seventh Ring Holy Tower of the Wizarding Continent. The prosperity here is far beyond what the outer regions of the regional academies can compare to."

"Hmm." Green nodded.

Not far from the two, a flock of giant birds flew by in a V-formation, carrying cargo on their backs. They seemed to be "livestock" that had been domesticated by wizards and used as transport vehicles to carry goods.

Green was somewhat surprised, as such a scene was absolutely unheard of in the human area of ​​the Black Tower Wizard Academy; even one or two such occurrences were considered rare.

It seems that, compared to the human heartland of these Seven Rings Holy Towers, the outer regions of the Regional Academy are indeed desolate places.

As for Green's hometown, Eastern Coral Island...

"Hmm? Good luck. Let's go, let's rest on the way." Peranos said this suddenly with delight, and before Green could react, he took Green and flew rapidly into the distance.

A moment later, a huge balloon airship, over a hundred meters long, appeared in Green's field of vision.

Above was a giant shark-shaped balloon, and below it, a wooden boat seventy or eighty meters long was suspended by metal cables. It was slowly floating and flying in the sky, and at the bow of the boat, a wizard apprentice holding a folding telescope was looking at Peranos and Green in surprise.

Boom, boom.

Peranos and Green stepped onto the wooden floor, and the wizard apprentice with the folding telescope rushed over in a panic, saying respectfully, "Is there anything I can do for you, sir?"

Every now and then, the wizard apprentice would steal glances at Green.

Green knew that the other person was looking at the halo above his head.

Peranos casually tossed out two mid-grade magic stones and said indifferently, "Your balloon airship should be passing through the area near Moon Lake, right? Call me when you get there. We need two clean rooms with hot water now."

The wizard apprentice caught the Philosopher's Stone, a smile plastered on his face, and said, "Of course we'll pass by. There are a few rooms on the airship, and hot water is always available. Please follow me, Wizard."

"Um."

Peranos nodded and casually followed behind the wizard apprentice, while Green followed behind in silence.

Suddenly, Peranos seemed to sense something and stopped abruptly, looking at a wooden door on the airship beside him. With a creak, the wooden door opened, and a frail old wizard leaning on a black magic staff stepped out. His wrinkled face exuded the last characteristics of a human woman, all smudged together.

The old wizard's eyes lit up when he sensed Peranos's magical fluctuations.

"Hmm? You're also a wizard from the regional academy?" The old wizard said to Peranoss after seeing the halo above Green's head. Moreover, judging from Green's rough senses, the other party was very likely also a level three archmage.

Peranos gave a polite smile to his狰狞 (zhengning, meaning ferocious or hideous) face, but this smile only made him look more ferocious.

"Peranos of the Black Tower Wizarding Academy in District 12," Peranos introduced himself simply.

"Um... District 12?" The old witch's voice was somewhat slurred, seemingly due to her missing teeth, as she said regretfully, "I am Bai Lian from the Orchid Garden Wizarding Academy in District 19."

"The 19th district?" Peranos murmured regretfully.

It turns out that the two sides are wizards from different factions. In that case, there is generally no way they will have any in-depth interactions. Otherwise, it is very likely that conflicts will arise due to differences in their beliefs.

Just as Green thought this unexpected encounter was about to end, a green-eyed witch apprentice with a flower wreath on her head suddenly stepped out from behind the old witch. The moment the witch apprentice saw Green, she instinctively cried out, "It's you!"

"Um?"

Green looked at the witch apprentice in surprise. Wasn't this the witch apprentice who exposed him when he tried to disguise himself and infiltrate the enemy's resource point for the second time during the Regional Academy War?

Uh……

To be able to meet her here, and the fact that she also has a transparent halo above her head, clearly indicates that she also possesses the qualifications of a prospective demon hunter wizard.

After glaring at Green for a while, the green-eyed witch apprentice suddenly said, "Hmph, you're so strong, what rank did you get in the Holy Tower ranking arena in your region's faction?"

The Holy Tower Ranking Arena? What's that? Isn't it the Battle Arena?

Green looked at the other person with surprise, then asked doubtfully, "Besides first place, are the other rankings still useful?"

"Griline, don't say anything more. The rules of the dark wizard camp are different from those of us light wizards." The old witch suddenly interrupted the green-eyed witch before nodding politely to Peranos and leading the green-eyed witch apprentice back to her room.

Peranos, seeing Green's puzzled look, said calmly, "The rules for the Ming Wizards are different from ours. Besides the official Demon Hunter Wizards, there are also a large number of peripheral Demon Hunter Wizards. Otherwise, who do you think the massive Ming Wizard army relies on? A mere two hundred Ming Wizards from one faction after each qualifying battle?"

After a moment of stunned silence, Green's doubts were finally resolved.

Dark Hunter Wizards are straightforward; they seek powerful individual entities to carry out tasks such as clearing out scattered resistance forces during conquests of other worlds. However, Light Hunter Wizards are the true main force of the wizarding world after the massive number of soul slaves and cannon fodder. How can a large-scale, organized operation be formed with only two hundred Light Hunter Wizards per generation?

It seems that this peripheral wizard is a supplementary force outside of the core power of the Ming wizard.

Moreover, it seems that these arcane wizard families in the central region should also have some kind of selection system to join the "technical department" of the Ming wizard camp and the peripheral demon hunter wizards.

(End of this chapter)