Wizard's Journey

Chapter 1660 The Wizarding World War (Part 1)

Although the elemental wizards were defeated, they still maintained their most basic dignity.

One ring, three rings, five rings, six rings, eight rings, nine rings—the six existing elemental true spirit wizards, not to mention the potential of those holy mark wizards who can advance to true spirits. As long as the Lever of Fate magic staff is still in the hands of elemental wizards, no one will dare to ignore the status of elemental wizards in the wizarding world!

The Second Ring Holy Tower, once a hidden treasure of elemental wizards and the birthplace of the Wizarding Coin financial rules, is the richest place in the wizarding world.

Second-ring True Spirit Wizards were once considered, alongside seventh-ring True Spirit Wizards, to be the most likely to inherit elemental legacies, and their power to deter others was undeniable. However, during the War of Civilizations, a single blow from the Stellar Orbital Cannon dealt a devastating blow to even such a promising True Spirit Wizard, nearly exhausting their Omnipotent Soul. They were forced to flee in disarray to the Eternal Sky City in the Wizarding World to avoid all interference, thus preserving their last vestiges of consciousness to contribute to the Wizarding World when needed in the future.

The Wizard Academy on the outskirts of the Second Ring Holy Tower had hundreds of districts before the War of Civilizations. District 22 was the most ordinary of them all. Apart from Wandering Dandelion, an extremely rare support-type Stigmata Wizard in the wizarding world, there was almost nothing special about it.

However, after the War of Civilizations, with the large-scale fall of the Holy Mark Wizards, the former District 22 has long been unrecognizable and has been replaced by a new generation of District 22, namely the Annihilation Tower Wizard Academy, the Peerless Tower Wizard Academy, the Great Destruction Wizard Academy, the Sinful Cloud Sea Wizard Academy, the Wandering Dandelion Wizard Academy, and the Ice Age Wizard Academy.

The old wizarding academy has undergone thousands of years of changes. As the wizards left, the wizarding towers fell into ruins, becoming a desolate place and a paradise for wizarding apprentices to explore.

Undoubtedly, the status of District 22 of the Second Ring Holy Tower is now vastly different due to the special status of the Tower of Annihilation. The boundless elemental clouds form a magical vortex, swirling and circling at the top of the Wizard Tower, exuding endless pressure.

It is a source of magic that is far beyond what an ordinary wizarding academy could sustain forever.

The 100th floor of the Tower of Oblivion!

Sendegarrot studied the handwritten copies of "The True Spirit of the Flame Soul" and "The Book of Truth," which were genuine works left by the Tower Master of the Tower of Annihilation. The profound truths contained in the books were too obscure and mysterious even to a peak level three great wizard like Sendegarrot.

Even those renowned Stigmata Wizards would likely be deeply moved and unable to calm down for a long time upon seeing these two wizarding books.

The ancient whale oil lamp flickered and burned, making the empty room slightly dim. The source of magic, like the wick of the oil lamp, provided the driving force for the dark clouds of the peak elemental vortex of the Tower of Annihilation.

"kindness?"

The urgent message from the crystal ball interrupted Sendegarrotte's thoughts. His pale golden fingers stopped turning the pages of his book, and his gaze, like the eyes of a ghost sealed deep within ice crystals, turned to the crystal ball.

With a gentle touch of the finger, an anxious face of an old witch appeared in the crystal ball.

"Dean! The concentration of demonic energy in the Abyss Passage has suddenly surged, exceeding the usual alert level by 3.5 times. In addition, a large number of Abyss Demonic Dragons have been spotted."

Sendegaroth's expression hardened. He silently closed the book in his hand and said in a low voice, "Have you found the reason?"

"not yet."

The endless crater behind the witch is one of the many demonic pits connecting the Wizarding Continent to the abyss below. It is also the source of the Tower of Annihilation's magic power, purifying demonic energy to provide power to the Extreme Abyss Magic Staff. Large caravans and abyssal creatures occasionally appear here, but due to the extraordinary relationship between the Summer Guardian and the Tower Master, their frequent visits are rare, and nothing unusual happens. Now…

Suddenly, Sendegaroth keenly sensed something!

After immediately shutting down the crystal ball communication, Sendegaroth contacted the Thousand-Eyed Crab Guardian, who had only arrived in the Shadow Forest a few months earlier, as well as the Tower Master of the Tower of Annihilation, who was the easiest to contact. She was the former Dean of the Annihilation Tower Wizard Academy and the Tower Master's eldest disciple, and reported the anomaly in the Abyss Pit.

"I will go and investigate myself in a moment. If there is any unusual activity, I will inform the Wizard King Grin immediately. Remember, if anything unexpected happens, you must protect the source of the Annihilation Tower's magic at all costs and never allow it to be destroyed by external forces."

After speaking, the Peerless Tower Saint Mark Wizard closed the crystal ball communication.

Realizing the gravity of the situation, although the Tower of Annihilation had avoided the power struggles between elemental wizards and mechanical wizards, as well as the power struggles between body-refining wizards and mechanical wizards in the abyss for over a thousand years, Sendegarrot knew that as long as the Tower of Annihilation Wizard Academy remained within the wizarding rules system and wanted to fight for a share of power in the wizarding world, it would inevitably be affected by the war.

The Academy War Ritual has a long history, passed down from ancient times to the present day. It is by no means just a simple fight. The conflict between the various factions of wizards has never stopped since ancient times, but it has only been temporarily suppressed by the powerful forces!

Sendigarott paced back and forth in the room.

a long time.

Taking a deep breath, Sendegarrot finally reached his peak. After continuously transmitting several secret training sessions within the crystal ball, he walked step by step to the window of the wizard tower. With a magical summoning, a Thousand-Eyed Soul-Stealing Crab Academy Guardian flew over, landed in front of Sendegarrot, and waved its left frost element crab claw in a salute, saying, "Dean, what are your orders?"

"Level One Alert! Recall all wizards currently out of the area, notify the deans of the six major wizarding academies, and protect the source of magic!"

The Soul-Stealing Thousand-Eyed Crab Academy Guardian froze, remaining motionless for a few seconds before finally realizing the seriousness of the situation. Like a buzzing fly, it flew away into the distance.

"Level One Warfare! Level One War Preparedness! All wizards, listen up! This is not a drill, Level One War Preparedness!"

Upon hearing the Thousand-Eyed Soul-Stealing Crab's warning roar, the other academy guardians seemed to be infected as well, also letting out strange cries and flying off into the distance. One by one, the innate wizards who had accepted the Ancestor of Wizards' plan gathered at full speed toward the Tower of Annihilation.

Click, click, click, click...

Hidden within the secret underground space, the mechanical capsules opened one after another, and one after another, metal Terminators opened their eyes. Their dark red eyes emerged from the capsules as high-frequency data streams passed through them. Mixed with a large number of mechanical puppets from the Wizarding World, they surged out of the passage towards the surface under the anxious command of the wizards inside.

Uh...

The melodious horn sounded, heavy and oppressive, and a giant, visible energy shield gradually enveloped the Annihilation Tower Wizard Academy. One after another, Light Fortresses rose from beneath the tiles that had been lifted from the ground, gathering astonishing energy.

"Quickly, quickly, quickly! Level one combat readiness! Level one combat readiness!"

Unlike other academies, the Annihilation Tower Wizard Academy has no wizard apprentices, only innate wizards who have received the rules of the Wizard Ancestor, who are urgently receiving their tasks according to the war mobilization. The Annihilation Tower is somewhat chaotic due to the large number of wizards surging in.

After taking a deep breath, Sendegarrot said to the two deans beside him, "I think the Tower Master must have foreseen this day, which is why he secretly returned to the Wizarding Academy beforehand and left behind these resources! The academy is likely in its most critical moment now, and you should already know why."

"Sean, enough said! Unleash the academy's secrets! We will defend the source of magic to the death!"

Before the three, amidst the infusion of magical power, lay three supreme sacred artifacts exuding an indescribable, terrifying pressure: a lamp, a ring, and a magic wand!

"The Yin-Yang Mutation Lamp, the Amber Ring, the Staff of the Extreme Abyss—Sain, of the three of us, only you can wield this Staff of the Extreme Abyss. With it, and supported by the endless source of magic from the Tower of Annihilation, even if a Saintly Stigma Wizard were to descend upon us..."

Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble...

The female wizard dean who picked up the Yin-Yang Transformation Lamp had only spoken halfway when, accompanied by a violent tremor of the ground, and shrouded in endless abyssal demonic energy on the distant horizon, it seemed as if some enormous creature was approaching step by step.

Gazing at the seemingly endless abyss dragon, the once confident female dean turned pale, and the Yin-Yang mutated lamp in her hand became unusually heavy after leaving the source of magic.

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PS: Step by step, he ascends to the pinnacle of the wizarding world, becoming the Wizard King. I believe all readers should have a direct understanding of the structure, existence, history, culture, and so on of this civilization. After all, over four million words have been written, all of which indirectly highlight these aspects. I hope that readers can understand that the Wizard King is not self-proclaimed, but rather a true power obtained by leading billions of beings. He is a powerful figure who has the authority to determine the structure, history, direction, diplomacy, and evolution of the civilization, and also has subordinates with different ideologies.

So, there's only one last step left: after Grimm becomes the Wizard King, his underlings will become his subordinates, that is, his henchmen and followers.

Neither of them is willing to submit to the other.

It's easy; a fight will bring them all to understand each other. This internal war is a process of mutual understanding among wizards, not an act of destruction. After all, no one wants to inherit a complete mess. It's also Bai Lu's final summary and shaping of the wizarding world. Through this shaping, one can imagine the glory of the ancient wizarding world. After Bai Lu, with his True Spirit and level of civilization, significantly transcended the mundane era, he was already able to continue developing. That's the purpose: because the entire skeleton and flesh of the wizarding world have been depicted!

By the way, the ending of "The Wizard's Journey" is still far off. What Bai Lu wants to say is that this is the third qualitative change in "The Wizard's Journey" after the formal wizard and the holy mark wizard. With a different perspective, the way of writing will also be different. Don't look at the subsequent growth with the same eyes as before.

In the final part, the egret will gradually become more mysterious, rather than formulaic and explained.

By the way, many people have keenly noticed the time span that Bai Lu mentioned. Well, you can think of it as the time between the Second Civilization War and the birth of the protagonist. If you understand it from this perspective, Bai Lu has already written a cycle, so there is no need to waste ink on that period of explosive development.

Frustrating, the outline I mentioned is still a bit behind schedule, back to writing...

(End of this chapter)