For a witch, being able to join the Council of Sages is the highest honor and an affirmation of her ability and reputation. But it also means that she must often attend the Council of Sages and make important decisions that can affect the fate of the world.

In Whisper's view, such frequent gatherings are completely unnecessary and waste a lot of time that could have been used for academic research. But the sages who are more senior than her agree that the world needs their decisions to function normally. So to

So far, Whisper has not been absent once.

In addition, there is another reason why she dislikes these meetings: due to the possibility of eavesdropping on the Magic Network, the sages are unwilling to use this convenient means of communication and insist on talking face to face.

In other words, if you cannot make it back to the Sage's Palace in the capital during the meeting time, you must use very energy-consuming projection magic to project your illusion into the meeting room of the Sage's Palace.

Unfortunately, Whisper's job requires her to live in Southrift year-round.

The last time she returned to her residence in the Palace of the Sages was five years ago. At that time, there were only six members of the Council of Sages, and if there were disagreements at the meeting, the voting would often reach a deadlock.

Whisper sometimes misses that period, but what she misses more is the time before she became the Protector of the Country. At that time, she could focus her time and energy on academic research, and did not have to point fingers at a kingdom like she does now.

When magic and politics are related, it can no longer remain pure.

She set up protective magic around her bedroom and entered a meditative state after confirming it again and again. All the candles in the room were extinguished, and the witch in her nightgown sat alone in the darkness.

Part of her consciousness left her body and flew towards the capital at extremely fast speeds.

The conference room is located on the top floor of the Sage's Palace, the highest point in the entire Crown Tower City. The scenery here is breathtaking, and it is an excellent star observatory. Unfortunately, astrology is not her area of ​​interest.

A white ball of light appeared in the conference room. After a while, Whisper reshaped the ball of light into a projection of herself. She took some time to stabilize the projection, and then transferred more consciousness to the projection.

"You're early." A witch sitting at the conference round table said, "No one else has come yet."

Lingfeng's tone is very soft, which is in sharp contrast to her chiseled face. This black-haired witch is the most senior member of the Council of Sages. She looks about thirty years old, but is actually at least three hundred years old.

.Today she did not wear her favorite cassock dress, nor did she wear any jewelry, because metal products may interfere with the stability of the projection.

"Deep Sea and Tian Yan are on the northern front line. It's understandable that they are late." Whisper said, "I don't mind waiting for a while."

"Then you don't mind chatting with me for a while, right?" Lin Feng casually tapped the table with his long fingers.

Whisper looked at her alertly, "If you want to convince me in advance to support your proposal..."

"That's not the case. Two people were absent from today's meeting, so we can't make important proposals." Linfeng replied with a smile, "And if you can't appreciate the expression on Sandstorm's face when he fails, what's the point?"

Howling Wind and Sandstorm, the eternal enemies in the Council of Sages. It is said that they were hostile to each other when they were apprentices, and they became even more hostile after becoming official wizards. Some people say that the reason why their mentor recommended these two people to become sages was to make them

Mutual restraint. Now it seems that the strategy chosen by the respectable sage mentor is quite successful.

Another blue ball of light appeared in the conference room, and then turned into a wizard wearing dark blue robes. As a wizard, Deep Sea has an amazing figure. Many witches cannot resist his attraction. If they meet during the day,

When she sees him, she will have a dream related to him at night. Even Whisper has dreamed about it several times, and every time she wakes up, she will be ashamed.

The wizard's projection fell back and sat on a non-existent chair. "Are you two planning to collude in advance?" He asked with a smile, "Can you let me join in?"

Linfeng's tone became softer, "You misunderstood, Deep Sea. We were just chatting."

"The small talk hasn't even begun," Whisper corrected.

"Okay." The wizard spread his hands, "If you still want to collude with me, then this is your last chance, because Tianyan will be here soon."

Before he finished speaking, a red ball of light flew in from the open window and turned into the projection of another wizard next to the round table.

Tianyan has messy curly hair and wears a pair of glasses - although he can use magic to correct his vision, for some reasons that no one knows, he did not do so. He is a taciturn person, most of whom

Sometimes I just listen silently, but every time I speak, my words are astonishing.

Whisper noticed a hole in his robe and understood that he had just come down from the front line. "Is the situation on the front line okay?" she asked out of politeness.

Tianyan's projection adjusted his glasses and nodded expressionlessly. He would not even speak when he could express himself through body language.

"In fact," Shenhai said, "the situation on the front line is not optimistic. We plan to explain this at today's rally and propose increasing the number of people on shift."

"It's a pity, but there are only five people attending the meeting today and no proposals can be passed." Linfeng said softly, "But I am happy to hear your explanation of the situation on the front line."

Shenhai raised his eyebrows, "If you are willing to condescend and leave this palace, you can go to the north to confirm in person. How long ago was the last time you went to the front line, Lingfeng?"

The black-haired witch smiled and said, "I don't remember, it was about two or three years ago."

Anyone who is familiar with Lin Feng knows that the softer her tone is, the angrier she is. When Lin Feng speaks softly, not even Sha Bao dares to continue to provoke.

"So, the erosion area you saw last time is still inside the Rift Shadow Crater." Shenhai said, "Now, in the past six months, the rate of erosion spread has suddenly accelerated. Just relying on the rotation of three people can't stop the erosion at all.

spread. The defense line has repeatedly retreated, and now even the original camp has been abandoned."

"The erosion is getting worse." Lin Feng tapped the table with his fingers thoughtfully, "What's the reason? Do you have any inferences?"

"We have three suspicions," Shen Hai said, glancing at Tian Yan who was silent. "Erosion is not an inherent phenomenon in the Shadow Mark Realm, but some kind of human-controlled invasion."

Erosion, the word made Whisper uneasy.

As a research sage, she only witnessed an erosion phenomenon three years ago - creatures from the Shadow Realm emerged from the cracks in the middle of the Shadow Pit and charged towards the line of wizards and troops. They would

Bring the creatures of this world back to the rift, and those creatures will be reshaped into the form of the Shadow Mark Realm within one day, and the transformation will be irreversible.

"You three." Linfeng tilted his head slightly, "Does Ashes also agree?"

"When he comes, you can listen to what he has to say." Shenhai replied, "In fact, this theory was proposed by him. We are trying to find evidence, and it has now been proven that those creatures from the Shadow Scar Realm who participated in the attack have a considerable degree of

Intelligent, they can always find the weak link in the defense and quickly change their offensive tactics."

"Sounds like an army," Whisper commented.

"That's right," Shenhai nodded, then smiled at her, "Maybe you should focus your research on the Shadow Mark Realm, Whisper."

"We all know that the study of whispers is of vital importance. The fate of this world depends on it." Cold Wind said softly.

According to Linfeng, the work of everyone in the council is related to the fate of the world, including her who never leaves Crown Tower City all year round, and Sandstorm, who rarely attends the council.

If the world needs to be saved by such a group of wizards with evil intentions, then it is probably in serious danger.

At this moment, the last ball of light flew into the conference room and soon turned into a wizard.

"Welcome to join us, Ashes." Linfeng said with a smile, "I know the current situation is very chaotic. You definitely don't want to leave Fire Seal City for too long, so today's meeting agenda will not be too long."

The projection of the seventh sage who protects the country nodded, "That would be great."
Chapter completed!