Wizard's Journey

Chapter 213 Guangling Fortress

one year later.

In the sky, the Ice Crystal Phoenix carried Millie, slowly soaring and circling, patrolling the surroundings for any possible scattered guerrilla enemies of Amonro, occasionally letting out a phoenix cry.

On the ground and atop a rocky mountain, a team of thirteen Ming Wizards was constructing defensive fortifications. They worked together seamlessly, possessing gentle, patient, and meticulous personalities.

Green used his superhuman strength and the dual properties of repulsion and attraction to continuously move heavy stones in order to complete the defensive fortification as soon as possible.

Hundreds of slave monsters dwell on the distant ground. These creatures, which accompanied the wizards on their expeditions, have gradually adapted to the unique rules of the Shadow Mystery world, and have begun to integrate into it, becoming top members of the food chain and demonstrating their super adaptability and vitality.

Three thousand meters to the west lies the boundary beyond the shadowy clouds, where the scorching sun shines eternally, causing the temperature to rise sharply, making it unsuitable for the long-term survival of flesh-and-blood creatures.

Six months ago, the Witcher Legion had already cleared most of the hostile creature strongholds in this mid-level Shadowlands and began constructing fortifications around the Shadowlands, attempting to establish this mid-level Shadowlands as a stable rear base for the Witchers.

On the top of the rocky mountain.

The defensive fortifications built on this hilltop stronghold at this time were called Guangling Fort.

Thirteen Ming Wizards continuously inserted template conductors into the interior of the Lightling Castle's stone walls according to a special magic array energy structure. The bottom layer of the Lightling Castle was filled with fire crystals, which were ubiquitous in this world, serving as the Lightling Castle's energy source.

At the top of Guangling Fortress is a golden energy stone, Guangling Stone, which is extremely smooth and exudes abundant and domineering light energy.

Based on reasoning, the strongest attack intensity of this type of Lightling Fortress's Lightling Ray is about 2,500 degrees. It can focus a single ray or fire multiple rays simultaneously.

The defensive capabilities of Guangling Fortress stem from its one-time high-power wizard shield and the surrounding war magic array.

The war magic circle serves as a standard defensive measure, while the disposable wizard shield is the last line of defense, boasting a defensive strength of five thousand degrees and lasting for six hourglasses to ensure the fortifications remain sturdy until spaceships arrive to provide reinforcements.

At this time, hundreds of Light Fortresses were being built simultaneously on the outskirts of this intermediate-level Shadow Land to create defensive fortifications for the Demon Hunter Wizards.

After six months of round-the-clock work, today, the Light Fortress, which Green and Millie were responsible for overseeing the defense of, has finally reached the final testing phase. As long as it is confirmed that it can establish communication with the Origin Space Fortress and that all attack and defense functions are correct, Millie and Green's official mission period as demon hunters and dark wizards will be completely over, and they can choose between free missions or bounty missions.

Looking up, Green watched as the group of Ming Wizards carefully carried out the final installation steps on the Light Stone.

hum...

A harmonious sound of energy flowing through it made the Light Stone even brighter and more dazzling.

The overall structure of Guangling Fortress resembles an inverted bowl at its base, with a maximum diameter of thirty meters; this is the energy base of Guangling Fortress. Above the base is a straight cylindrical spire, at the very top of which is the core energy emitter, Guangling Stone. This cylindrical spire is only three meters in diameter and one hundred and thirty meters high.

After an hourglass period, gradually, a layer of elemental aura began to gather at the top of Lightling Castle, colorful and beautiful, forming a stark contrast with the monotonous gray of the shadowy sky.

This marks the official start of operations for Guanglingbao.

Chirp...

The Ice Crystal Phoenix flew over, Millie landed slowly, and Green flew up from the ground. The two of them, along with thirteen Ming Wizards, gathered at the top of Lightling Castle, watching a precious intelligent mechanical puppet operate the core device of Lightling Castle.

First, we attempted to connect to the original space fortress.

Squeak, squeak...

After a series of chaotic energy noises, a blurry figure began to appear within the Light Stone. After a moment, the figure gradually became clearer. It was a radiant, golden-haired witch with fair skin and exceptional beauty.

"This is Lightling Fortress No. 112. It has been completed and has successfully received information from the Origin Fortress Operation Command." The leader of the thirteen technical wizards reported the mission to the sunny witch in the Lightling Stone.

The blonde witch in the Lightling Stone quickly recorded the information for a while, then turned around and gave a mission report to the other crystal ball before turning back to the group of wizards and saying, "The fortress command has completed the recording. We will now begin testing the performance of Lightling Fortress No. 112. The command will record detailed information and decide whether the mission is complete."

"Yes."

After a brief response, the leader of the technical department's wizards began to hand over full control of the Light Stone to the intelligent mechanical puppet.

The intelligent mechanical puppet, dressed as a middle-aged man, had a rather large head and six arms, seemingly a product designed specifically for the Lightling Fortress defensive fortifications of the wizarding world.

1,500 meters away, a soul slave had already moved a huge rock, ten meters high and made of hard material.

However, at this very moment, as a dazzling golden light flashed by, a loud "boom" was heard, the earth shook, the boulder shattered into pieces, fragments flew everywhere, dust filled the air, and even some traces of glass shards appeared on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, twenty-five slightly dim beams of light flashed by again. Of the twenty or fifty target stones, twelve were damaged, six had insufficient attack power, and seven missed their targets.

Subsequently, the tech wizards began testing the energy supply rate of the energy base, the safety of the disposable wizard shield, and any omissions in the war magic circle...

Three hourglasses later.

The blonde witch in the image of the Lightling Stone smiled and said, "Alright, the combat command has officially announced that the construction mission of Lightling Fortress No. 112 is officially completed. Everyone can take a good rest for a while and prepare for the next stage of development."

The thirteen wizards whispered excitedly, while Green and Millie each took out a mission scroll, and the thirteen wizards signed their names on the scrolls one by one.

After a while.

After a brief farewell to Grin and Millie, the technical wizards gathered the hundreds of slave monsters scattered around Lightling Castle and flew towards the Origin Space Fortress. These monster slaves were all members of the Stigmata Wizards' slave legion, and after the end of the large-scale war, they served as the protective attendants of the technical wizards, who were slightly weaker in combat but needed to travel around.

Green and Millie looked at each other.

Millie's silvery-white hair flowed in the wind, her wide, pristine white wizard's robes were spotless, and a dazzling diamond-shaped crystalline spot shone on her forehead. Her flawless eyes gazed quietly at the imposing, calm, mysterious, and wise Green before her, and she said softly, "So... now, do you intend to continue your research, or go on a free quest?"

The so-called "free missions" of dark wizards are to infiltrate behind enemy lines to develop freely and act as evil dark wizards in this world.

Green's long golden hair was hidden beneath his wide wizard's robe, and his face was covered by the gray-white Mask of Truth. He stood quietly, leaning on his magic staff, his eyes gazing up at the elemental halo atop Lightling Castle, lost in thought.

After a while.

Green lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Let's continue the research. We discovered some interesting things in this world before, but we only did some preliminary research. Perhaps we'll make some discoveries. As for free missions... let's see if we can find anything unexpected after the second counterattack in this world ends."

Nodding, Millie seemed to have anticipated Green's response. She turned and flew towards the Ice Crystal Phoenix, saying slowly, "Sometimes, I really envy you. It seems that in your eyes, there are always all sorts of clues to knowledge waiting for you to explore and discover. But since I left my father's guidance, I haven't made any breakthroughs. It's as if the whole world has been cut off."

With a long sigh, the ice phoenix flew away, disappearing into the shadows.

Beyond the boundless world of crimson sun, beyond this land of shadows, in this strange world, there are still many shadowy regions, where countless Amonroes live, resisting the will of the wizards.

Green was slightly taken aback.

Envious of yourself? Various clues to knowledge?

Green found it strange. Wasn't this kind of research supposed to start during wizarding apprenticeships? Why would Millie say something so odd?

A wizard, generally speaking, begins his research by gradually exploring and discovering the foundations of a wizard's apprenticeship, searching for deeper rules and truths that suit him.

Unable to find a solution, Green stopped thinking about it and used the power of nature to fly towards the direction where he sensed Little Eight and the Crystal Turtle.

In the underground lake space where the Crystal Turtle was discovered, Green had already established a temporary laboratory six months ago to conduct research on chimeras, the Thunder Mirror at the bottom of the lake, and biological specimens from the Shadow Mystery World.

Because each dark wizard is independent and doesn't have much contact with each other during their development, Green wouldn't understand some of the reasons...

Too many wizarding apprentices, after picking up a spellbook for the first time and learning their first spell by referring to its contents, begin to yearn for more and stronger spellbooks so that they can master greater magical abilities and control their own destiny in the cruel bottom tier of wizarding apprentices.

This is a true reflection of the lives of low-level wizard apprentices, but witchcraft is not the same as knowledge.

Witchcraft is simply a collection of knowledge that other wizards, based on their own understanding, summarized and recorded at some point in the past, which was suitable for their own development, and formed into magic books.

Magic books are merely a manifestation of rules.

Knowledge is merely a bridge, formula, and clue between communication and surface phenomena and underlying rules.

As a result, too many wizarding apprentices, driven by this thirst for magic, lose their spirit of exploring the fundamental knowledge at the bottom of the hierarchy. By the time they advance to become official wizards, the wondrous and colorful surface world no longer holds any appeal for them, preventing them from uncovering deeper rules and truths through the surface world, thus initiating a vicious cycle of a narrow path.

(End of this chapter)