"Connecting the world together? What an interesting plan."
Located in the Sky City in the clouds above the unknown airspace of the Free City, two members of the seven-member Parliament, which represents the highest deliberation body of the Mages Parliament, are gathering at the top of "Immerred". As the most senior among these members
The respected Fernando Wiggins then moved his old-fashioned single-lens lenses away from the thick parchment roll in front of him, and his first sigh after a long silence gradually spread around the cold hall: "What do you think?
"
"Arrogant."
After spitting out these two words for the first time, Romulus Haman, who was sitting in another corner of the hall, had a look of disdain on his face at this time: "I will take advantage of my busy schedule."
I invited you to this place just to listen to such useless things? This is a murder of my precious time."
"There is currently a serious shortage of members in the Seven-member Council, and all major matters have almost come to a standstill." Ignoring the sarcastic words of the middle-aged magician who was luxuriously dressed and seemed to be a little fat, Wiggins' expression remained unchanged.
The old man's unique calmness: "Although the restoration of the entire Sky City can still be maintained by relying on your colleagues, this is not a long-term solution. The magic power will be exhausted one day."
"Then it will be even more impossible to carry out this nonsense plan in your hand." Arranging the brand-new collar on top of his heavy magic robe, Romulus casually looked around the emerald-like hall: "We
If we can’t even supply ourselves, how can we provide it to these ignorant juniors?”
"You can think of it as an investment."
Wiggins clasped his hands together as if he were concentrating with his eyes closed, and lying back on his seat, Wiggins replied in a calm voice: "Just like the apprentice you have carefully trained, the first step of anything requires sacrifice.
As long as we dare to pay, we may receive corresponding rewards."
"That's just 'possible'." Romulus's square face was still full of sarcasm: "There is no way there will be any reward at all."
"In the final analysis, it's a matter of trust." Wiggins continued with a solid expression: "Why, you don't trust my students?"
"Come on, your student?" Romulus sneered at the corner of his mouth: "I have never seen such a disinterested student! The apprentices of other council members are very thirsty for magic knowledge and can't wait to stay there every day.
Magic is absorbed and practiced here, but what about your so-called student? I have never seen him appear in the Council of Mages! Not to mention that he has had any communication with you!"
"Such a student can only be accepted by our great Speaker of the Seven-member Parliament." He raised his hands in a pretentious manner, and there seemed to be magic light shining in Romulus's palms: "Understanding the righteousness,
The old and strong Sir Fernando Wiggins can trust your so-called students. You can even trust the plan that he has not reported his whereabouts for so long and only handed over when he wanted to take advantage of it. We humble people
, Ordinary congressmen who don’t have such noble moral character, but they don’t have such noble moral character.”
"...I completely understand what you mean." Ignoring the gradual sarcasm and disrespect in the other party's words, Wiggins just nodded again after a long silence: "Rex, Jin, Fleur
Ya, Christine, and Gardevoir - in the absence of the other members of the Council of Seven, you and I alone cannot reach a resolution on such a major issue involving the interests and future of the entire Council of Mages.
so--"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute."
The fluctuating light then appeared over the cold hall, and the magnetic and deep female voice also blocked Wiggins' unfinished words halfway. Romulu showed an expression of disbelief on his face.
Si suddenly raised his head, and what he saw was a female figure with long black hair in the fluctuating light, who looked as soft as an immortal: "You are still as weak as ever, Wiggins."
"...It's you." Different from Romulus' stunned look, the old speaker's gray beard moved slightly with half of his eyes open: "It's really rare that you actually show up at this time - how?
, finally couldn’t control his mood anymore?”
"After seeing that plan, you shouldn't be surprised by my appearance." The female body in Guanghua said calmly with a bit of disapproval: "It contains my hard work, and I
How could you not come forward?"
"I knew you would say that." Fernando shook his head and opened the other half of his eyes and raised his equally gray eyebrows: "But in this way, the feasibility of this plan will be more
It’s worth debating, after all—”
"Shut up!"
Romulus Haman interrupted the conversation like an old acquaintance by yelling, waving his arms to one side, his excited and trembling expression seemed to be burning with fire: "You, you... you actually...
I want to bypass the resolution and sell out the assets of the entire Mage Council!"
"No, that's not right! How did you invade this Hall of Emerald before this!" The middle-aged magician's face turned to the sky was full of fury and wavering: "This is the most protected place of the Mage Council.
A strict place! There are clearly four levels of magic barriers set up above, four-element distributed fusion absorption shields, and—"
"How can this old thing be useful to me if it's been out of date for decades?"
Romulus interrupted Romulus's words with a sneer, and then the projection floating in the air seemed to remember something, and straightened his originally swaying and graceful posture: "Ah, I seem to have forgotten to give it to you.
This junior, please introduce yourself."
"I am Violet, the former Lord of Violet - of course, I seem to be the same now."
Her fingers gently stroked the side of her cheek, and the beautiful woman with long black hair smiled like a crescent moon: "Entrusted by Naxia, an ancient relic of the Wind Continent, I am temporarily borrowing her
body, so if you can't recognize it, it seems to be excusable, hehehehe." Gu
"It's you!" He uttered the same exclamation as Wiggins before in a shocked tone, pointing at the black-haired Romulus. After a while, he adjusted his emotions and breathing together: "You are actually still here?
Dare to appear here! You, you are no longer an honorary member of the Mages Council! You are a traitor who has been removed from the membership!"
"I know, I know, you don't need to remind me, little guy." Answering the other party's accusation lightly, Violet still maintained the smile on her face: "But my appearance this time does not only represent me.
He came alone—you should be able to detect it, right?"
"After all, if I want to participate in your meeting, I must have proof of 'identity'."
She smiled coquettishly and blinked her eyes, as if she was sending a reminder to the other party in this way. The puppet master, who noticed something was wrong, also hurriedly checked the status of a row of magnificent magic gems at the entrance of the hall.
For a moment, he opened his eyes again: "The symbol of fire - is it Freya?"
"After all, we have the same bloodline, so it's no big deal to borrow our identities." Rearranging her mature and charming posture, Violet in the picture sat down leaning on something: "
I also asked her if she wanted to come forward to attend this meeting, but unfortunately she seemed to have no such intention."
"She's really not in a good mood lately, I can understand that." He closed his eyes and sighed. Fernando Wiggins stopped Romulus from continuing his counterargument with a low voice: "
However, investigating Christine’s current whereabouts is also something worth considering for us, at least... we need to be more cautious."
"You are so indecisive and hesitant, that's why you have lost so many people's trust, Wiggins." She accused the top leader of the Council of Mages mercilessly, and Violet's expression at this time also became extremely...
Disgust: "But I can understand your feelings. After all, you are also an 'old man' who has experienced many old things like me. When you encounter such a tragedy again, you will not only be cautious, but also deliberately eliminate those immature people.
panic and anxiety, becoming more callous and ruthless than normal people——"
"There is no need to repeat the unnecessary things." As if he was unwilling to continue this topic, Wiggins interrupted Violet in a cold tone: "In other words, the plan I have in hand
Did you take the initiative?"
"You can think so. After all, if you want to connect the entire continent, physical means alone are not enough." Violet answered again in a voice full of confidence in introducing the results: "In order to complete the majestic mission of my apprentice.
This level of technical support is also indispensable for us to create a grand banquet in the world of adventurers."
"Your apprentice?" The large number of eye-catching words did not attract Wiggins' attention. Only the special title caught the old man's eyes at this time: "Do you mean 'my apprentice'?"
"That's right, old guy, he is my apprentice now." The charming smile turned into a provocative smile, and Violet, who was floating in the air, moved her half-leaning body closer: "Do you have any objections?"
"Poaching the magic apprentices of other magicians, especially the apprentices of the chief magician of the Council of Mages - this is simply a joke." The old man sneered, and Romulus, who had returned to normal, also looked on coldly.
The fight between the two extraordinary beings was gradually rising in front of him: "If it were me, I might throw my white gloves at that magician."
"An outdated way." He simply commented on the Golem Master's words. Fernando Wiggins' old face at this time was still filled with calmness and indifference: "The account between us can be settled at any time.
But regarding this plan - unfortunately, the Mages Council currently does not have many resources to support such a huge operation of yours."
"Stop avowing personal vendettas here! We are not asking you to provide sufficient magic support. You just need to know this and not object to our actions." It's like you already know the answer.
, Violet waved her hand to zoom out a little in the projection: "The fulcrums throughout the entire continent will be distributed in all the places we need, which naturally includes the areas controlled by your Council of Mages. I don't want to go there.
Sometimes some of you 'ignorant' magician members clamor for various reasons to block it, and then cause unnecessary misunderstandings."
"Really?" Looking at the figure deliberately high above his head, Wiggins continued to question with a normal expression: "You can complete this plan by yourself? You don't need any support?"
"Who do you think I am? I am holding a clear spring of elements in my hand! Hahahahaha!"
Involuntarily showing a proud smile, Violet displayed a huge element dot pattern composed of violet eyes in the center of the projection: "The power of the spring of elements leads to the origin of this world! Just arrange a few of them.
In my eyes, the fulcrum loop is as simple as a painting drawn casually with a pen!"
"I see. This is the basis for making such an exaggerated plan."
The deliberate female laughter fell on deaf ears in Wiggins's ears. The unmoved old man just turned his gaze to the dot matrix three-dimensional image displayed by Violet: "But from now on you
Judging from the situation displayed, your progress does not seem to be going very smoothly. The nodes of these earth veins...well, they seem to be different from the mainland nodes we have."
"Of course, this is the connection map of the Wind Continent. After all, the level of development here is not that high, and there is no destruction and interference from many magicians." She put away the proud smile on her face unhappily, and the purple color in front of Violet
The three-dimensional image also began to change in response to her pouted expression: "On this side of the Free Continent... due to the existence of other elemental springs and long-term over-exploitation, the situation is far from as optimistic as we imagined."
"The magic depletion of the mainland has appeared a hundred years ago. We have already launched the rebirth plan of the Spring of Elements, which is implemented by the great magicians of our seven-person council." Wiggins introduced himself in a calm voice.
Situation grasped: "But you already know the current situation of the Mages Council. That plan has been shelved indefinitely. Just dealing with the Magic Empire and maintaining our normal operation has consumed almost all of our energy."
"Hmph, Christine probably disappeared while executing your plan." Violet snorted heavily, and glanced in a direction that could not be seen outside the projection: "But
Even so, I still——"
A change appeared directly above the hall where Violet had not finished speaking. The dim corner of the purple starlight that was originally projected by her gradually began to shine. The woman in white who stopped talking hurriedly checked for a while.
, the solemnity on his face gradually turned to joy: "Ha, the nodes near the Hulan Mountains have also been lit."
"It seems that our cute little guy is trying his best to move forward."
This chapter has been completed!