Just a magical girl who picks up trash

Suddenly, her action undoubtedly angered the man who had fallen to the ground. He immediately stood up and looked at the woman in front of him with an angry look on his face.

17. Star Tower Conference

"What? My students are in a bad mood after my death. Do you have any objections?"

The woman called Little Poplar, who was actually the master of Aries Tower, faced the angry eyes of the man in front of her and said this with confidence.

"It's not really an opinion. I can see you're in a bad mood, but... I'm sure with your integrity that it's definitely not because of those two dead students. It's simply because you're mad at me!"

The unhesitating complaints were met with a smile from the girl, who didn't deny it, but instead said more confidently:

"That's right. You know I'm not happy with you, yet you still come to my house and get scolded for no reason. It turns out I was right before, you're a masochist!"

She looked like a soft girl when she was sitting still, but her sharp tongue was exposed when she opened her mouth, and the anger on the man's face immediately became even more intense.

"You want to pick a fight?!"

"Come on, let's fight. Whoever loses jumps off from here. No cheating!"

The sound was like that of children quarreling. While they were talking, the two men stood up at the same time and glared at each other. It seemed like a casual quarrel, but two magical powers that made the air tremble began to rise little by little at this moment, immediately attracting the attention of many people present.

"Ohhhh, are we going to fight?"

"Woo... I bet a hundred dollars that Xiaobai wins!"

"Xiaobai and I will definitely win!"

"What the hell is this? There's no point in betting. After all, Little Flame has never beaten Little White... in any way!"

"Who says they aren't? After all, these two are enemies. They clearly both have those... thoughts about each other, but in the end they're childishly mocking each other like little kids. Really..."

"It's quite interesting though, isn't it?"

"Young people nowadays~~"

“Hu~~Hu~~Hu~~Hu~~~”

The sounds coming one after another immediately changed the originally quiet atmosphere like a meeting to the casual atmosphere of a tea party. As everyone talked and laughed, time passed by minute by minute. Even the muscular man who was the first to speak and was originally furious sat down with a sullen look on his face, folded his arms and closed his eyes to rest.

"Everyone... Sorry for the long wait!"

But at this moment, a sudden voice sounded from the side of the table without any warning. When everyone looked over, they found that a figure had quietly stood next to the only empty chair, looking at everyone in front of him with a faint smile.

She was wearing an ice-blue, ink-wash long dress that looked like an ancient costume. Her every move and gesture exuded the allure of a lady from a noble family. Her jade-like face was half covered by an ice-colored carved mask, revealing only her pale pink lips, and her faint smile carried a hint of charm.

The woman looked to be about twenty-five years old. Her elegant and beautiful appearance did not conceal the vicissitudes of time and the mature charm. At this moment, she was just standing there, but her eyes under the mask seemed to look around at everyone as if she was looking at a junior, including the old tower masters sitting below who looked to be at least fifty or sixty years old.

"Hula~~"

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, everyone who was still laughing stood up from their seats, and one by one they bowed in unison towards the woman.

"Illusionist!"

The voices were filled with respect without a trace of hypocrisy, but were filled with genuine respect and reverence. Even the previously furious muscular man was like this. Seeing this, the woman known as the illusionist also smiled a little wider and nodded gently.

"Please take a seat, everyone!"

Then everyone took their seats. However, the strange thing was that the magician did not sit down with everyone else. Instead, he stood beside the empty chair, looking at everyone with a smile. After everyone was seated, he spoke:

"Because Master Ye has some matters to attend to, although it may be a bit presumptuous, I will preside over this meeting. I hope everyone will forgive me!"

The words were full of courtesy, and there was nothing wrong with his gestures. Just as the words of apology fell, everyone shook their heads without thinking:

"How could you possibly be so? Master Huan, it's our honor to have you here to preside over this meeting. How could we possibly be so presumptuous?"

"That's right, if you are so presumptuous, then for the sake of the entire Demon Realm, you have no right to stand there!"

When such a voice sounded, the magician smiled slightly and did not give any answer. He just smiled and nodded as if to thank everyone for their support.

The magician... her real name was Huan Bing. No one knew how many years this woman, who looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six, had lived. However, the tower master present knew very well that when they were still young and didn't even know what magic was, she had already looked like this... It was as if time had stopped flowing for her, and she hadn't changed at all in decades!

Illusionist was the respectful title given to her by everyone, simply because although she looked so young and weak, as if she had no strength at all, in fact, everyone present knew very well that the woman in front of them was definitely not a pretty face, but one of the absolute strongest in the Demon Realm!

If you want to know why, it’s because all the tower masters present... were taught by the other party!

Of course, this may not be quite right. In fact, it should be said that when these tower masters had not yet inherited the position of tower master and were still ignorant about magic, it was this mentor who led them into the path of magic.

She is the enlightenment mentor of everyone present, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the enlightenment mentor of all the masters of the Mage Tower in history!

Of course, this is just a rumor. After all, no one can give a reasonable answer to whether humans can really live that long, even magicians who are proficient in time magic are no exception.

"Thank you all for your support. Now... let's start the meeting!"

The Witch Tower, the thirteenth tower independent of the Twelve Star Towers, holds a symbol of isolated status in the Demon Realm. Unlike other wizard towers, the Witch Tower is responsible for only two simple things in the Demon Realm: organizing the Demon Realm to select gifted magic apprentices for magic enlightenment and... coordinating matters related to the Demon Realm Twelve Towers Conference!

Well, it’s similar to the overview agency of the Twelve Towers, with the function of merger and management… although the tower masters have never seen it use this power!

18. Yearly Conditions

"...The above is the casualty report from the Freshman Festival. The students returning from each academy have been properly accommodated, and the injured have received treatment. Apart from the two confirmed dead, everything is basically fine now!"

A voice as gentle as a mountain spring sounded from one of the seats. The purple-haired girl, who looked like she was wearing a pink bed sheet that she had simply folded twice and put on, and then simply folded a few times, which looked more like pajamas than clothes, said these words with hazy eyes as if she was sleepwalking.

"Really? Thank you for your hard work!"

As Huan Bing finished speaking, the other party had already sat down, shook his head, and quickly fell asleep.

"Then the next topic is..."

The routine meeting will gather the tower masters of the twelve towers to discuss some recent events in the Demon Realm and the next arrangements, etc. The current time is about a year after the Tianta City incident. Because of that riot, Tianta City and the Demon Realm were completely opposed. Of course, because students from both the Demon Realm and the Scavengers Alliance suffered losses there, they also joined in.

Among them, the Scavengers Alliance is undoubtedly the most active. After all, the Mirror Organization is hiding in the ruins. If something really happens, they will definitely be the first to suffer. What's more, they may be suspected of colluding with the Mirror Organization. Therefore, over the past year, they have spared no effort to cooperate with the mechanical soldiers of Tianta City to continuously conduct investigations in the ruins.

In contrast, although the Demon Realm also agreed to help, in fact, apart from sending some wandering mages (similar to magic adventurers) out to conduct bounty investigations, the tower masters in the core of the Demon Realm basically did not take any action.

The Demon Realm is an extremely mysterious existence even for the hermits of Tianta City and the Scavengers Alliance. It is an oasis that inexplicably appeared in the desert ruins thousands of years ago, and it is operating with mysterious magic that only exists in books. More importantly, it does not have the defense and space barrier protection like the high walls outside Tianji City, but it is completely unaffected by the invasion of strange beasts and the impact of natural disasters in the ruins.

There is no doubt that all of this comes from the golden protection on the periphery of the Demon Realm that wraps the entire Demon Realm but seems to have no edge at all.

"The protective net is currently operating normally... No, it's probably abnormal. Just two days ago, there was another violent fluctuation, this time lasting about two minutes!"

Holding a thick book in her hands, a petite girl wearing glasses and a purple robe moved her eyes away from the book, pushed her glasses and said this in a calm voice. However, her words made the tower masters present frown.

"It's fluctuating again? What's going on? Is this thing broken?"

"That shouldn't be the case. After all, he has been guarding the Demon Realm for so many years. How could he become bad just like that?"

"But no one knows how this thing was formed or who left it behind. We only know that it inexplicably appeared thousands of years ago to protect the Demon Realm... Maybe it broke down due to disrepair."

"This……"

The golden barrier is the first boundary line guarding the Demon Realm. No one knows how it was formed. The only thing known is that it is in the Guardian Demon Realm.

Of course, it is not the kind of protection that allows you to enter but not exit like a prison, but another kind of... The barrier seems to be able to automatically identify external malice or hostility, etc. If you want to enter the barrier, you cannot have any evil thoughts towards the Demon Realm, otherwise you will be blocked in it.

As a result, countless scavengers who had heard of the safety of the Demon Realm and even the psychics from Tianta City all returned empty-handed. The reason was that they all had more or less different purposes.

This barrier is obviously not controlled by anyone in the Demon Realm. It is precisely because of its existence that the Demon Realm has survived the natural disasters of ruins and the endless army of alien beasts for so many years and has become a mysterious existence like a paradise.

The barrier has been passed down from tower masters to this day, but it has long been recorded in the books they studied when they were young. No one knows the detailed information of the barrier, and even the time of its appearance can only be vaguely found to be about a thousand years ago.

Countless tower masters have studied it for generations, but they have never been able to grasp this mysterious power that is neither magic nor a product of technology in their entire lives, let alone have any impact on the barrier.

The only change is probably in order to further explore the barrier at any time or to ensure that changes in the barrier are discovered at any time. About a few hundred years ago, the owners of the twin towers, one of the twelve star towers, moved their star towers here. While relying on studying the barrier to comprehend new magical abilities, they also guarded the barrier and observed its changes at any time.

"Really…is there another fluctuation?"

I don't know what kind of mood he was in when he said this. Huan Bing, who was standing at the edge, seemed to have a slight flash of emotion in his eyes at this moment, but because it happened so quickly, no one noticed it. After quickly covering up this emotion, Huan Bing whispered:

"Well... let's do this for now..."

Were they planning to just ignore this matter? Of course not. After all, the barrier had been researched for so many years without any success. This kind of thing obviously couldn't be easily investigated, so they could only postpone it or...

"I'm sorry to bother you!"

"Ok!"

The girl nodded and sat back down, holding the book in her arms. Then, at Huan Bing's signal, she prepared for the next topic...

"We've received a request... A group of outsiders want to come to our inner Demon Realm. They seem to be looking for someone!"

Bai Yang, the tower master of Aries Palace, suddenly spoke up. Her light words immediately diverted everyone's thoughts from the barrier. They all looked at her, and then they heard her continue:

"It's said to be from a city called Tianyu City... Hmm, it's similar to Tianta City. I thought it was another subsidiary city of Tianta City, but after careful investigation, I found out that it was actually a high-level ruined city awarded to the champion of the previous Freshman Festival."

A ruined city is a city that was confirmed to still have basic buildings or some basic technologies after being excavated by scavengers. Generally speaking, after eliminating the dangers in such a city, it is very convenient to rebuild a new city here... Of course, rebuilding a city in the ruins will obviously consume a lot of manpower and material resources, not to mention various strange beasts and natural disasters.

In view of this, although such cities have great development value, in fact not many can be built... For example, major forces such as Tianta City and Demon Realm only have a dozen or so subsidiary cities, and the Scavengers Alliance is even more organized by villages, with only a huge ruined city built at the headquarters.

But now, a group of students who seemed to be just from a scavenger academy, after winning the Tianta City Freshman Festival and the mining rights of that high-end city, actually built their own city there. What's even more ridiculous is that they actually obtained enough capital to send envoys to other forces in just one year. This is undoubtedly an incredible thing.

"Need contact?"

After briefly discussing the situation in Tianyu City, Bai Yang immediately raised his head and looked at Huan Bing, only to find that Huan Bing's gentle smile had frozen on his face. After a long pause, he came to his senses and shook his head slightly.

"Not yet, it's not the right time!"

Having said this, which was a little hard to understand, Bai Yang nodded and said nothing more out of respect for the magician... In fact, in recent years, with the increasing power of psychics, magicians and even scavengers, new cities like this have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. It is very common, but the development of Tianyu City is a little too fast to attract attention.

The real value of such a town standing in the ruins obviously lies in whether it can survive safely in the dangerous ruins. This is the key point. If it can, it naturally means that the other party has the strength and is qualified to cooperate with the Demon Realm, the Scavengers Alliance, and Tianta City in some sense.

And if you don't have that ability... then there's no need to say anything.

Because such a city has long been turned into new desert ruins amid the roars of strange beasts!

The meeting did not last long. It was just a routine report on recent events in the Demon Realm, and then Huanbing was in charge of the overall summary. Of course, Huanbing was not the real commander of these tower masters, but was more like an intelligence center, so there was naturally no such thing as ordering them what to do. He would just make appropriate suggestions, and then everyone would consider and implement them.

Of course, out of respect for Huanbing, no one would object to some of her suggestions. After all, if one had to say, most of the people present were students taught by Huanbing.

This is why the meeting was so peaceful because Huan Bing presided over it. If another deputy tower master came... the result would be different!

"Well... now it's the last topic!"

All sorts of tedious matters had already been explained... In reality, the various tower masters had already dealt with these matters long before the report was made. Bringing them up here now was merely a matter of intelligence sharing or summarizing them, so there was nothing to waste time on. However, Huan Bing's tone suddenly took on a serious tone, and her next words undoubtedly heightened the atmosphere slightly:

"Regarding the Mirror Organization's attack on Tianta City!"

The incident happened a year ago. Tianta City suffered a large-scale attack from the Mirror Organization. As the core city, Tianta City suffered heavy losses: countless research facilities collapsed, hundreds of people disappeared mysteriously, and even later a big figure suspected to be from the Mirror Organization lurking in the dark attacked and killed a tower master of Tianta City.

The tower master was killed. This was undoubtedly the most shocking thing in the past hundred years. After all, just like the tower master of the Star Tower, the tower master of the Zodiac Tower in Tianta City could not be an ordinary person no matter how you think about it. However, such a person was actually killed, and was killed in the Sky City which served as the base camp. This was obviously an incredible thing.

And it was because of this incident that an all-out war broke out between Tianta City and the Mirror Organization. However...

"Was it really the Mirror Organization that killed him?"

To be honest, the Mirror Organization even denied the death of the Tower Master... Of course, no one paid any attention to it. After all, it was common knowledge that the Mirror Organization had created a dark space in Sky City and seemed to have cultivated some kind of monster in it. Moreover, the Mirror Organization also directly admitted that they were the cause of the disaster.

Under such an arrogant relationship, it is obvious that any excuses are useless. Both the shame and the lost lives need blood to wash away their existence!

Therefore, with an angry attitude of not wanting to listen to explanations and an arrogant attitude of not wanting to explain, this contest naturally began!

Thanks to this, the Scavenger Alliance was forced to join the war because it was caught between the two. The Demon Realm also suffered losses in the Freshman Festival and undoubtedly needed assistance out of alliance.

It can be said that the continent today is completely on the verge of a storm. The ruined world that has been peaceful for thousands of years since the Mirror Destruction Day is once again swept by a chaotic wind, and what shape this wind will blow... no one knows!

"Hmph~~ They say the Mirror Organization is to blame, but I actually think... maybe there's someone with ulterior motives!"

The Mirror Organization is notorious, and this is a well-known fact, but does it mean that the bad guys are responsible for all the bad things? Of course, that is impossible!

Regardless of age or appearance, all the tower masters present who can sit on this position are veterans. In fact, with a quick analysis of the current world situation, it is not difficult to see that the battle between Tianta City and the Mirror Organization is just a prelude. In this... there are obviously other forces involved!

"Now the ruins are gradually being opened up by scavengers. With the assistance of the Demon Realm and Sky Tower City, life is clearly getting better and better, and the world's resilience is increasing. With this trend... it's clear that some people's ambitions can no longer be suppressed!"

Under the threat of the apocalyptic wasteland, humans will do their utmost to cooperate wholeheartedly in order to survive, and even heroes who are willing to sacrifice themselves to save others are very common... But that is only limited to the apocalyptic era.

19. I also want to know

However, with the increasing development of science and technology in Tianta City, the Demon Realm's in-depth research on magic is getting deeper and deeper, and even the scavengers continue to dig deeper into the major ruins, and ancient weapons are constantly being discovered, all forces are using their own methods to strengthen themselves. Even in the ruins, cities like Tianyu City are constantly rising.

Under such circumstances, although they are still the strongest overlords as one of the three major forces, it is hard to guarantee that some gradually rising small forces will inevitably develop some inappropriate ambitions. After all, this thing... all humans have!

"It's said that some time ago, Tianta City secretly disposed of nearly fifty senior executives, including those from Tianji City, and publicly announced that they were assassinated by the Mirror Organization!"

As for why those executives had to be dealt with... it was simple. After all, Sky City was so heavily guarded, how could other forces sneak in silently and carry out such an astonishing conspiracy for so long?

There is no insider...that's obviously impossible!

And it is obviously impossible that all these traitors are members of the Mirror Organization. Some of them are still from Tianta City, but... they have been lured or bribed!

"Well, what happens in Tianta City has nothing to do with us. Anyway, it's better for us to protect our own home!"

The rebellious Aquarius youth leaned casually with his hands crossed behind his head. Although his words were a bit vulgar, it could not be denied that they were instantly recognized by everyone.