Four-Armed Divine Emperor

If a Supreme Being who is far superior to me makes a promise to me, whether He keeps His promise or deceives or goes back on His word, I cannot influence the final outcome of the matter, because our powers are too different.

"But you might as well trust my promise and my integrity. I won't lie about something that involves the 'essence'."

He spread his hands, and a blue planet appeared between them.

Skyscrapers, steel jungles, mechanical creations that can fly and hide without magic. Despite their frail bodies, lack of magic, and a lifespan less than half the average lifespan of the Il people, they have nonetheless created a brilliant civilization and developed an interest in exploring "beyond the stars"...

Al looked at the familiar aqua blue, his eyes filled with reminiscence and confusion.

"I am a wanderer who has lost his home..." His tone became a little sad.

"El is my second home, my second origin... So, in the name of El, I promise you that what I will bring to this world is only prosperity, only unity, only the pursuit and desire for the stars and the sea, only supreme, supreme—supreme~~"

"glory!"

The world was spinning beneath the feet of the three of them, black and white were reversed, time was confused, and countless things like meteors passed by them. Celine could capture the messages in them, which represented different worlds. These were the things that the white-robed wizards were fascinated by and wanted to find, even if they would rather abandon their home in Il and travel to the outside world.

But at this moment it seems so common, cheap and not worth mentioning.

She was truly convinced at this moment that the man who called himself "Al" had something in his hands that the White Tower could not match.

But words of surrender cannot be triggered by a single shock.

Under the huge shock, Celine chose to respond with silence, but Al didn't care about it. He had plenty of time and was willing to spend a little patience for it. Making Celine truly "surrender" to him became Al's current pursuit.

"I will still limit your power," Al said, "but I won't completely restrict your 'freedom'. I will give you a 'job'. You seem to enjoy teaching, so become a teacher. Teach the elves and orcs, and teach them how to master magic. As a captive, providing some service to the enemy to protect yourself is only natural, right?"

"This is not a betrayal in any way."

El smiled and said, "Go teach those young people. If you really don't agree, then you can just teach the elves' students."

"The final war will surely break out between you and me, but that has nothing to do with you for now. I will give you the opportunity to sit in the audience and watch until the end of the drama, and see who finally stands center stage—who deserves the chance to win."

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"We have lost contact with Ye Ge Zun Xi."

"There must be something wrong with those 'Romans'."

"......"

"Contact, instructors?"

Chapter 78: The War Begins

The war started quickly and in an unexpected way.

The Roman Republic - in the eyes of the world, this force that basically seized or "inherited" the legacy of the Alan Empire and emerged from the disputes among the heroes is still regarded as another "new Zoroastrian Empire".

They also used to use old terms such as "Alan" and "Fireman" to describe the Romans.

But it doesn't matter, because they will soon realize that the latter and the former are not the continuation of the trajectory of a huge empire, nor do they have any inheritance relationship with the so-called ancient Zoroastrian civilization.

Rome is "Rome".

Romans are Romans.

"They" are completely different from all the civilizations and races that have appeared in the history of the Il world.

Soon, they will bring hatred, anger...

Awe;

fear!

Call those who rise from the mountains "invaders" and do not dare to disrespect the "conquerors" coming from the east!

In today's mortal world, the legendary figure who has remained in the world of Neyr from the era of the sages who created the world until today, one of the white-robed sages, revered as the "honored seat" by the Nine Rings of the White Tower, and all newcomers who see him must pay homage to him as a disciple, the great elven wizard "Shilin Ye Ge" went deep into the territory of the "New Zoroastrian Empire" to explore the ruins of the King of Ashes and disappeared.

The threat posed to them by this "secular force" disguised as a "new empire" has been thoroughly revealed to the White Tower. Of course, of course, even if there is a one in a billion chance that His Excellency got lost because of the remains of the Witch King and has nothing to do with the invasion of the mortal world by the remnants of the old times, for Sky City, they no longer need more evidence.

Cracking down on organized crime requires evidence, while counter-terrorism only requires locations and lists.

All they need to know is:

First, there are many logical doubts about the rise of the "Romans";

Secondly, after Ye Gezunxi entered the territory of the "Romans", he disappeared without any ripples.

Well, that perfectly confirms all my suspicions.

As for what finally turned out to be a misunderstanding?

That has nothing to do with the mages. Of course, that is the best. If they misjudge, then at most they will pour their energy into this new empire for more than ten years, and then acquiesce to this new country which is simply a continuation of what the Zoroastrians represent.

Chapter 409

Just expand in all directions.

The secular wars and power games are nothing to the Sky City.

What's more, mortals are just like that. When a "new empire" is first established, it must be fresh, spirited, and ambitious. But after a few generations, it will encounter major setbacks in expansion, or there will be no setbacks at all, even if the expansion is smooth sailing. When the hereditary powerful class expands without limit again and completely monopolizes the power of the country, and then there are one or two generations of emperors who are incompetent, mediocre, cruel, and hedonistic, then the country will shift from the rising period to the "stable period", and then it will be a replica of the dynasty cycle.

Of course, because of the existence of extraordinary people, there will definitely be many variables, but the mages don’t care about these. For those extraordinary people who truly hold the power of mages, the fighting and changes that break out in the secular world for ten or a hundred years may just be the time for them to retreat and concentrate on a certain experiment.

It's just the rise of a new country, nothing special.

But there is only a 10% or 1% chance that the Old Ones will counterattack and invade the Nayil world.

That's different for mages.

This was a struggle of paths, of ideas, of ideologies, of political power, of national hatred and family feuds, of life and death—not to mention what the Witch Kings had done before, when the wizards "destroyed mountains and temples (supporters of the Witch Kings)", they killed all those relatives and descendants.

It was because of such a brutal purge that some of the true "Four-Armed Ones" of the Il world who worked for the Lord of Ashes fled to the demon-poor land of the Rutherso Mountains.

It was a purge of enormous scale and intensity. Some historians even claim that the Mortal Alliance at that time, in the process of resisting the tyranny of the Witch-King, carried out an uncompromising purge of his supporters, relatives and dependants, killing at least "one-eighth to one-ninth of the world's population at that time." Some people give this number as ranging from 30 to 50 million, or from 100 to 150 million.

Of course, there is no denying the legitimacy of this earthly act of divine reckoning.

After all, before the White Tower appeared and overthrew the Witch-King, "dark clouds" had shrouded the world for countless centuries. For thousands of years, "mortals" had been oppressed and enslaved for thousands of years under the tyranny of the Witch-King - not only the Witch-King himself, but also their descendants, relatives, and servants, a class represented by the "Witch-King".

These die-hard supporters of the Witch-King were the biggest vested interests besides the "gods" themselves when the "Witch-King" was not yet given this derogatory name and regarded as "gods". They also had the blood and tears of countless enslaved people on their hands, and were extremely loyal to the "gods" they served.

Many races that were transformed and created by the Witch King through "vicious and cruel" experiments, such as the Four-Armed Ones, should be regarded as deformed "species" under normal circumstances. However, since they are unable to resist the power of the Witch King, they will naturally worship the Witch King as their creator and true god.

In this situation, even the Witch Kings have fallen. Can we still expect the Mortal Alliance to be merciful to the Witch Kings' minions and lackeys?

If they are unwilling to surrender, there is no need to give them the chance to surrender!

Kill them all! Execute them all! Let the tyranny's lackeys and supporters know what revenge is!

Take the "sages" who built the White Pagoda as an example.

If they were living a good life, with enough food to eat and free time, would they go and oppose the high and mighty "gods"?

Isn’t it mostly because of hatred?

Although the Witch King takes charge and the Wizard takes charge, when the vendetta begins, it is obvious that neither side will bother about these meaningless issues. As long as the remnants of the Old Ones invade, both Sky City and the Old Ones will definitely rush to wipe out the other side and kill them without leaving a single survivor.

For the mages, they want to eliminate any minions that extend to the mortal world by pretenders and maintain the "legacy of the sages." For the old ones who have been exiled for so many years, they are obviously full of anger and revenge and are ready to take it out on the mortals who rebel against the gods.

The two forces represented by the Inner and Outer Ir respectively have a simple attitude of "fighting to the death" towards each other.

When the Old Ones return, they will certainly do their utmost to eliminate all traces of "rebels" in their eyes. Sky City, as a symbol of resistance, must be destroyed. The rebellious wizards will be tortured and ruthlessly executed. Anyone who supports the White Tower and the "new era" must be liquidated, just like the "Old Ones" were liquidated in the past.

And if the mages have the right opportunity, they will certainly not show mercy and let the other party go, and will kill all these exiles who have been coveting the mortal world.

So, just suspicion is enough.

The war has begun.

But the party that took action first was something no one expected.

Roman legions advanced westward to Ctesiphon, besieging the city and the Magian supporters within it.

Chapter 79: Ctesiphon

As the only city in the core power circle of the entire Zoroastrian Empire that is directly "above the sky".

The status of Ctesiphon is very special.

Shirvan is one of the origins of Zoroastrian culture and religion, and is a "holy place" in the secular sense.

Iskhanfa is a thousand-year-old city that can be traced back to the earliest Zoroastrian First Empire. Countless glorious legends, emperors, famous rulers, and celebrities have dedicated their best lives here. The great emperor of the Astarians also regarded Iskhanfa as the "axis of the Eastern world."

Chapter 410

　Samarkand was the hub of the eastward expansion of Zoroastrian civilization, the eastern core of the empire, and the gateway to defend against invaders from the east.

However, except for Iskhanfar, and even including Iskhanfar, all these cities and regions are not as influential in the extraordinary realm as Ctesiphon, the place that is directly bathed in the glory of the White Tower.

The population of the city is not large. For a long time, it has fluctuated around 250,000 people. In the presence of magic, this number is definitely not the size of a "big city".

However, precisely because of the small population, or in other words, those "extra" people are not worthy of living directly in the city of Taixifeng. Taixifeng, as the core, is actually surrounded by five large "satellite cities" for protection. The total population of these "satellite cities" and the areas under their control is at least more than three million, and these millions of people are almost entirely for Taixifeng - the Palace of Wisdom, the population of the twin cities of heaven and earth.

The Sky City - Palace of Wisdom, has had more than 300,000 registered spellcasters since its establishment. Of course, most of them who could not reach the Seventh Ring Realm have long since passed away, but even today, there are nearly 30,000 mages from the Palace of Wisdom still active in the world, making it one of the top mages among the 36 publicly known Sky Cities.

As a sky city built by the anti-Witch King pioneers among the Zoroastrians, the Palace of Wisdom has a huge influence in the Central and Eastern world. At the beginning of its establishment, the area from the Assyrian River Basin to the Alan Plateau was in depression. As the main battlefield in the East, the mortal coalition fought a brutal battle with the ancient king and his followers from Canaan to Indi. As the territory of the King of Ashes, the two core areas of the Alan Plateau and Babylonia were the most severely damaged.

The power of the King of Ashes and his clan may not be the strongest among the old kings, but in terms of destructive power, it is definitely top-notch. Farmlands, forests, rivers, and even the earth are all burning in the fierce battle... But when all the dust settles, all that is left is indeed "dust".

Among the sages who established the Palace of Wisdom, the majority were of Zoroastrian origin. Like the elves' Shilin Yege, they also felt a strong sense of responsibility towards their respective tribes. Faced with the devastation left by the war, they made a decision:

The Palace of Wisdom will not be raised to the clouds to isolate it from the secular world for the time being. Instead, it will be operated as a real "city" with the "Palace of Wisdom City" as the core to accelerate the recovery of the Babylonia region. In this process, the mages of the Palace of Wisdom are deeply involved in secular affairs, and are not isolated from the world like most other sky cities. They left behind their descendants, ties, and followers. So when the trauma of the war gradually subsided, the Palace of Wisdom did not directly rise into the sky to isolate it from the world, but maintained a lower position than other sky cities. People on the ground can clearly see the sacred and wise city above their heads when they look up.

The bloodlines and followers left by those mages naturally did not disperse, but chose to build a small city at the original location of the Palace of Wisdom, and regarded themselves as loyal servants of the Palace of Wisdom on earth. This action itself meant that they "cared" about the mortal Palace of Wisdom more than other sky cities. Naturally, their actions were recognized by the Palace of Wisdom and gave them affirmative support.

Gradually, Ctesiphon became a rare place where mortals could directly connect with the sky city without even going through a teleportation array. Some mages of magical machinery and alchemy combined with the technology of the dwarves once built an astonishing "ladder to heaven", a magical mechanical device that allows mortals to "ascend to heaven in one step" and reach the top of the Palace of Wisdom without direct contact with magic.

Although this kind of "shocking" thing was later banned, the "airship" route opened by the Palace of Wisdom was still retained and became a major feature of Ctesiphon. Every year, countless "pilgrims", who may be cloud tourists or children from wealthy families, come to Ctesiphon and ride on creations driven by mortals to climb onto the sky city. Although the place they go to is only the periphery, an area specially opened for pilgrims to visit, it is still shocking enough.

Many mortals see the Palace of Wisdom as a symbol of the connection between the transcendent and the mortal world, believing it to be an example of the integration of the transcendent and the mortal world...

To this day, most of the residents living in Taixifeng City are descendants of the earliest founders of the city, which means they are related to the magician bloodline. Every Taixifeng person has the opportunity to climb the White Tower twice a year. The outstanding ones among them may be lucky enough to be selected when they are young to listen to the teachings of the "sages" in the Sky City - that is, to become the magician's servants. As for apprentices, it depends on their talent.

Ctesiphon also has a strict registration system. Those who have no experience in serving mages will be expelled after the age of twenty. This is to prevent other sky cities, and most importantly:

Nine-ring White Pagoda.

There was dissatisfaction with the size of Ctesiphon. If there were no constraints, the city would undoubtedly grow larger and larger with the influence of the Palace of Wisdom, and it would not be impossible for it to expand to the size of Iskhanfar.

However, a city that, after all, belongs to mortals, but is so close to the Sky City, and the two have a close relationship, will make some mages with a "supernatural mentality" feel dissatisfied.

Therefore, in order to ensure that their dominant position would not be eliminated by the pressure from the extraordinary realm, the people of Taisifeng have always deliberately limited their size to not be too large to cause resentment. Now almost all residents can have some connection with the wizard.

Chapter 411

Master XX was his mother’s lover who used to be a mage.

It has always been a tradition for Sky City to accommodate these "near-lawful people".

Who stipulated that a great wizard of the ninth ring who had already reached the level of a saint couldn't love his great-great-great-great-grandson who had no talent for spellcasting?

Or do you like a 28-year-old commoner girl?

The "special" treatment given to these people is actually a kind of preferential treatment for the mages themselves.

Ctesiphon was merely situated on the ground and was slightly larger.

nothing special.

.......

In the past, Ctesiphon's special status made this city and the "Ctesiphon Province" named after it occupy a very special position in the Zoroastrian Empire. Legally speaking, this place was completely tax-free and had various privileges such as autonomy and independent courts.

Of course, in order to prevent the wizards from withdrawing their blessings to this place one day in the future, the people of Ctesiphon would still give some "gifts" to the court of Shafasha of Iskhanfa every year out of consideration.

But its special status is something that no one in the past, not even the tyrants who were known for their madness and brutality, dared to challenge. To touch this place is to use an apt metaphor:

The professional manager who works for the boss has his eyes on the fair-skinned, beautiful, bright and charming secretary - the latter is the chairman's mistress who is kept in the company with an idle position.

Even though the chairman may have too many "lovers" to care about, it is obvious that no secular king would risk his royal power to try to be a fellow traveler with the chairman.

But things are different now.

When the news reached the White Tower, the mages who were in meeting and negotiating fell silent.

Chapter 80: Is this the beginning of a war?

I'm a bit confused about what's going on.