"Declaration of War"

Chapter 73 "Declaration of War"

On the seventy-ninth floor of the Black Tower, in the laboratory of Mentor Peranos, Green rushed back in a great hurry.

Inside the room, Green looked at his teacher's wife Alice, Varo, Gahe, and a strange woman wrapped in white stripes. After catching his breath, he quietly bowed to his teacher's wife Alice.

As a gourmet, Alice, the teacher's wife, was no different from an ordinary human, except for her unusual hands. Although Green had not spoken to this teacher's wife many times, she was always very kind, and one could directly feel her goodwill.

She is a gentle and kind woman.

Alice said gently, "Green, your mentor is out. This is your senior sister!"

"You can just call me Youquan. I heard about you from my mentor. Your ingenious solution to the problem of repulsive and attractive forces damaging the skin is very wise and creative."

The person Alice introduced as the senior sister had a cold and sharp voice, and her eyes, hidden beneath white bandages, were lifeless and indifferent, like a nightmare that had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!

Green stared wide-eyed at the strange woman he had noticed the moment she entered.

Is this woman the legendary senior sister?

If it weren't for his teacher's wife's introduction, Green would have almost forgotten that he also had a senior female student.

Once he realized that the strangely dressed woman in front of him was his legendary senior sister, Green couldn't help but twitch as he scrutinized her.

Actually, there's not much to look at.

This senior sister was tightly wrapped in a layer of white bandages from head to toe, with some bandages fluttering freely, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes that highlighted her somewhat slender, agile, yet wild female body, as if her next step would be earth-shattering!

A black, flaming longsword stood upright on his back, emitting wisps of eerie black smoke and exuding a terrifying and awe-inspiring aura.

"Senior Sister."

Green bowed respectfully, instinctively sensing that this senior sister had a very high level of spiritual life.

Varo chuckled and said, "Green, you don't know yet, do you? Senior Sister is a Dragon Body Refining Wizard, equivalent to a Level 3 Grand Wizard. She was the number one representative in the Black Tower Academy's Holy Tower Competition!"

Level 3 wizard!

Green stared in shock at the senior sister, somewhat unable to believe that this strangely dressed senior sister had actually caught up with the mentor's level.

"Hmph, you've been researching that useless junk for decades. I think Green will be able to become a full-fledged wizard in a few decades. The mentor's legacy will still have to rely on our third junior brother."

After letting out a cold snort, the senior sister actually rummaged through her bandages and took out a round bead the size of a fingernail, which she flicked at Green.

Green caught it quickly and looked at the crystal-clear little bead with surprise.

Youquan said calmly, "This is a little gadget I obtained during a demon-hunting expedition in another world. It contains a mindless evil spirit that is completely immune to physical attacks and negative energy attacks. You can try to control it after you advance to become a formal wizard."

Evil spirit?

Green suddenly remembered Robin's green-eyed macaque, a creature that was specifically designed to subdue such evil spirits.

Green was very pleased because evil spirits have many peculiar properties that might play a wonderful role at certain times.

Green said excitedly, "Thank you, senior sister."

At this moment, Gahei leaped onto Senior Sister Youquan's shoulder, licking his paws as he stood on the shoulder covered in white bandages. He said listlessly, "Grin, you still don't know why the academy is gathering this time, do you?"

Green paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Oh... because the Holy Tower Qualifying War is about to begin, and those wizarding academies in District 19 want to use our academies in District 12 to reduce their bloated and huge wizarding apprentice ranks, so they declared war."

Gahei continued dismissively, "Of course, there are a few excuses. There have been quite a few frictions between the two wizarding academies over the past hundred years. One of them was seven years ago when the Black Tower Wizarding Academy hijacked a ship belonging to the Lilith Hut Wizarding Academy."

The black cat gave Green a meaningful look.

war!

As Green was startled, he heard the black cat mention the incident seven years ago when the Masked Wizard hijacked the sea ship, and his face fell again.

If I had gone to Lilith's Hut Wizarding Academy in District 19 of the Seventh Ring, my experiences would have been completely different.

Alice, the teacher's wife, said softly, "The training philosophies of wizarding apprentices in District 19 and our District 12 are different. Our District 12 wizarding academies train wizarding apprentices through competitive elimination during their growth, which is quite brutal in normal times, selecting elites who are useful to the wizarding world. District 19, on the other hand, focuses on peaceful research of wizarding knowledge in normal times, and then conducts an extremely brutal selection process from the outside. Therefore, basically every ten years or so before the Holy Tower Qualification War, there will be a regional academy war between the two sides."

Regional Academy Wars!

This brutal elimination process made Green gasp in shock.

"Don't worry, most of the wizard apprentices in District 19 are pitifully weak. Their average combat ability is far less than that of our District 12. Moreover, their combat experience seems to be lacking because they haven't left the laboratory for a long time. Some of them are simply arrogant, stupid, and incompetent."

Senior Sister Youquan snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "As for how foolish we were, just look at the first few years when the new students entered the Wizard Academy. In my year, during the academy war, we plundered all the resource points of the nine opposing wizard academies and chased them for almost half a year, giving the opposing wizard academies a good selection process."

Resource points?

This must be the trigger for war that both academies arranged for their warring wizard apprentices.

"Could this so-called war simply be a war in which wizard apprentices kill each other?"

This time, Green understood the advantage that the desperate ones had when they first received the assessment information resources during the new recruit trials. At this moment, Green finally had some clue about the purpose of this war.

Ultimately, this is a wizarding world. Whether it's for the wizarding tower master's need to amplify the power of the magic source or for the wizarding world to invade other worlds, the minimum level is a formal wizard.

If there's a lack of cannon fodder, any level four or higher Saint Mark Wizard can easily summon a large number of alien creatures from those conquered small worlds, making it unnecessary for wizard apprentices to even appear.

The ultimate goal of Districts 12 and 19 is to select the elite among wizard apprentices and try to save more resources to cultivate formal wizards.

only……

The cultivation method in District 12 is a brutal one, while District 19 is a gentle and nurturing method, followed by a final, hellish selection process.

Unfortunately, the qualified elite wizard apprentices of District 12 became the selectors of District 19, responsible for cleaning up the bloated parts on the other side and making the bloated and huge wizard apprentice team more streamlined.

If we calculate it this way, it seems that the area is usually used for knowledge research and the benefits are quite good. However, due to the large size of its wizard apprentice team, it is impossible for newcomers to have the opportunity to exchange marks for a large number of magic stones after the trial. This means that the opportunity for a small number of elite wizard apprentices to advance further is lost.

It's a 50/50 mix of advantages and disadvantages.

Green remembered that when Helen was still under the jurisdiction of Lilith Hut Wizarding Academy, Wizard Dila personally ordered that wizard apprentices were not allowed to kill each other. And after the Maskless Wizard kidnapped Helen, he immediately conducted a nightmare selection.

Of course, this screening process was very effective, and the Bloodsail Alliance was a product of this screening.

Thinking this, Green breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the nine academies over there are just numerous wizard apprentices; in terms of individual combat strength, they are probably far inferior to the six academies on our side. Of course, there are also some elites in the opposing team that we need to be extra careful about.

"Sigh... Green, I'm not good at killing, so I won't fight for it. My priority is to protect the resource points. Remember, every wizard apprentice in District 19 has a badge, and that's very important. Collect as many as you can."

Varo said with a sigh.

"badge?"

Green immediately thought of the mark he received during the rookie trials and asked in surprise, "What's it for?"

Varo looked at Senior Sister Youquan and said, "Ask Senior Sister. I just heard that each time this badge is sold for an astronomical price, you won't be able to buy one for less than a thousand magic stones."

Youquan said calmly, "Collect one hundred badges, and you will have the opportunity to go to the Black Tower Secret Realm once, until the Tower Master's soul servant throws you out."

Greene understood somewhat; this was probably a small reward from the Lord of Black Tower, just to play a little game with his elite wizard apprentices.

What are the benefits of being in the secret realm?

Green pressed on with his questions.

After pondering for a moment, Youquan shook his head: "Back then, I only lasted for an hourglass in the secret realm before being thrown out, and I didn't discover much. The Black Tower Secret Realm is a small fragment of a world that shattered after the Wizarding World was destroyed in ancient times. It preserves many strange creatures that don't exist in the Wizarding World, as well as some ancient ruins and such, which are very worthwhile to excavate, explore, and study. Of course, there's nothing in the ruins that the Tower Master would be interested in, and they're usually guarded by the Tower Master's soul servants."

A shattered little world?

Could it be the world that was shattered after the first war between the wizarding world and the otherworldly civilization in ancient times?

Two hourglasses later.

Instructor Peranos returned to his room, his face somewhat grim. "The academy war has changed. New rules have been issued; both sides' regional wizarding academies will have three opportunities for their guardians to appear!"

Guardian, the owl of Blacksota?

That's a creature equivalent to a formal wizard, and one of the Tower Master's elite soul servants. If a wizard apprentice is targeted by a creature of this level, they probably won't even have a chance to escape.

This change surprised both Varo and Green. Green's face darkened as he asked, "What should we do then?"

Peranos pondered for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said, "Although I don't know the deeper meaning behind this arrangement, the only solution I can think of is to keep a low profile and not let the opposing wizarding academy notice our prominence, or simply concentrate a large number of wizarding apprentices to eliminate the opposing guardians. Each wizarding academy's guardian only has three opportunities to appear, and the nine opposing academies only have twenty-seven. Moreover, we have eighteen opportunities to offset each other, meaning we can only act nine times. With nine times, it probably won't be your turn."

It shouldn't be my turn?

Green dared not place his hopes entirely on a spurious stroke of luck, thus wasting an opportunity for the Key of Friendship of Hesotah.

Green frowned as well. The "above" that Peranos was referring to was naturally the Tower Master. He wondered what the Tower Master's purpose was in arranging such a change.

Could this be a reminder to all wizard apprentices that they should maintain a certain level of humility and avoid individualism before they possess absolute strength?

Or is it about unity or something?

Or perhaps it was to maintain a certain balance between the wizarding apprentice teams on both sides?

"The war resource points will be arranged within a month. You two should go and prepare well."

Peranos seemed a little off; something must have happened in the wizarding world. But he didn't say much to the two of them, only letting Green and Varo leave, while keeping Senior Sister Youquan behind.

"By the way, don't use the Key of Friendship unless absolutely necessary, remember that."

Peranos added another sentence to Green.

(End of this chapter)