Chapter 915
Declaration of War! The Dark World and Mount Golden Crown!
Chapter 915 Declaration of War! The Dark World and Mount Golden Crown!
'Boom~'
The entire treasure world was shrouded in thunderstorms. The terrifying power of Attila's lightning chains was released in an instant, and even the demons and monsters who were watching from the sidelines were enveloped in it before they could react.
Locke, on the other hand, burst out of this world carrying Douglas's body and all his magical brilliance.
When he returned, he immediately threw Douglas to the ground. At the same time, behind him, the dark, evil king reached out a hand—a hand capable of covering countless civilizations of shadow and darkness—"Wizard..."
"No matter who you are..."
The next moment, his dark hand touched the Black Hole Peach, causing the Black Hole Peach to suddenly open a black hole on the spot. The black hole frantically devoured his flesh and blood, trying to suck his body, soul, and dark power into it.
Driven mad by the relentless attacks, the Dark Lord unleashed the most insidious curses. Originally a creature of the dark world, he was now completely incoherent.
"Wizard~"
The sound pierced through the entire Golden Crown Mountain, causing countless wizards on Golden Crown Mountain to look towards the interior of the cave.
The voice of the Dark Great Evil King was filled with resentment and anger.
“I swear to you, I, the Great Lord of the Dark World, Lord Roro Ruya, will never let your wizarding forces go unpunished. It is only because you have trampled on my dignity time and time again.”
"I hereby declare that darkness will descend upon all of you."
The next moment, before his right hand was completely swallowed by the black hole automatically generated by the Black Hole Peach, he forcibly summoned his right hand back.
In the darkness, a crazed eye stared at Locke and the third-ring wizard beside him.
At this moment, on Mount Golden Crown, the Academic Committee, the Council of Elders, and the Deacon Group were all holding meetings in three different conference rooms. The wizards in the three meetings exchanged glances.
The Senate was a meeting of a group of senator wizards dressed in red inner and white robes. The meeting was chaired by a third-ring wizard who had not gone to the Genesis Academic Conference but had stayed at Mount Golden Crown.
"Honestly, ever since the high-ring wizards went to the Genesis Conference to discuss the future of wizarding civilization, these little bugs have been increasing in number. I don't know if it's because of Genesis or the Ascension Plan. It seems like it was caused by those brats on the Academic Committee."
The elder on his left whispered, "That lord of the Dark World is courting death. He's not declaring war on the Red Dragon Cultivation, he's declaring war on Golden Crown Mountain. He doesn't know what he's doing."
“A wizarding academy of our caliber cannot tolerate people from lower planes provoking us.”
The elder wizard on the right, who was presiding over the meeting, said in a low voice, "The authority of Golden Crown Mountain cannot be questioned. Many wizards from outside the city have heard this declaration of war today. So, war is the only option. But the Academic Committee caused this, so we should confront them during the Academy Council meeting."
"They've done a lot of work lately, but ever since the Red Dragon Witch took over, we've had so many more troubles for some reason. Wouldn't it be better to develop quietly? Why do we have to rush ahead of everyone else?"
The wizards of the patrol deacons, who were also in charge of the various laboratories, thought for a while after hearing the declaration of war from the Third Ring beings of the Dark World. After confirming that it was not caused by their wizards, they continued their meeting as if nothing had happened.
One of the lab directors said, "We need to persuade the wizards of the other two factions at the academy meeting to open up more programs that allow more wizards to learn. Breeding, bloodline studies, and power studies are all too niche. Breeding is a little better. It would be best to open a special lab for the Evocation school."
At the meeting of the Academic Committee, the witch Catherine, who was presiding over the meeting, asked a prophet friend beside her to observe what had happened. After learning that Locke had made contact with the Dark Lord, causing the Dark Lord to suffer repeated losses and directly declare war on Mount Golden Crown, she found that...
She immediately smiled.
"It's nothing serious. Just another reckless fool. The exploration of the Dark World was going to continue anyway, and we just happened to be discussing this matter."
Trajan, the sorcerer, said, “Teacher, esteemed sirs, I am about to report to you our discoveries in the Dark World. Through months of research on the Sorrowful Flowers obtained from the Dark World, we have preliminarily confirmed two points. First, the origin of the night sky on the Sun Shadow Peninsula in the Eastern Boundary is the Dark World.”
"In other words, the Dark World did not just come into contact with us, but has been in contact with us for a long time."
At the meeting of the Academic Committee, the major Sun Ring Wizards, the Third Ring Wizards, and even the avatars of the Fourth Ring Wizards all nodded in agreement.
Trajan the wizard said, "My lords, you are wise."
He opened a virtual canvas created by the School of Illusion, displaying the various things he encountered in the dark world as an unnamed wizard.
“Look at these ruins; they have now been confirmed to be the remains of wizards.”
"Secondly, through our research on the Sorrow Flower, we have confirmed a second thing: that there is a great connection between the Dark World and the Dark Ages of the Wizarding World."
Instantly, all the wizards at the academic conference snapped out of their nonchalant state and looked intently at the plant hunter Trajan.
Trajan the wizard said, "Then the wizard's ruins are very likely relics of the mysterious Dark Ages. The chain of evidence is as follows..."
"As we all know, the Dark Ages were one of the most mysterious wizarding ages. All we know is that the wizarding civilization of that period was full of ideological despotism, suppressing the ideas of others, respecting the mainstream while ignoring new ideas, and shaping authority and creating wizarding gods."
"But my research has confirmed that one of the most important symbols of that era—the Wizard Flower—has an absolutely direct evolutionary link with the Sorrow Flower of the Dark World. In other words, the Dark World is very likely related to the Dark Ages of the Wizarding Civilization."
A third-circle wizard avatar of the academic committee tapped his fingers on the table, pondering, "So what does this have to do with Golden Crown Mountain? We just want to focus on the development of breeding science and dragonblood science."
Trajan the wizard said, "The relics of the wizards of the Dark Ages are the greatest value in themselves. Secondly, I have a guess that the rigid thinking of the wizarding civilization in the past was not just a cultural problem, but a problem of magical plants."
The third-ring wizard's clone responded to Trajan's report with a bewildered expression.
"Very imaginative, but this kind of thing wouldn't even make it into a journal in Zone 1 of the Second Ring Road. Bringing something like this to our meeting is a waste of our time. Is this what Her Majesty Catherine wanted?"
The Red Dragon Queen said, "Let's not talk about that for now. At least those wizard ruins are indeed a resource, and they just happen to be densely distributed in the territory of the Dark Evil King. And since the Dark Evil King has declared war on us, we don't have any other way to deal with it."
The wizards on the academic committee all nodded in agreement.
Because this was indeed a move that went with the flow. Originally, everyone was going to discuss for a while whether to transfer some resources to the Dark World in order to support Trajan's seemingly outlandish research findings.
Especially now, during the Demon Winter, the resources of the wizarding lands along the Tianjiang River may be reduced to ashes.
However, the Dark Lord's declaration of war left everyone with little hesitation.
Therefore, the academic committee immediately approved internally the decision to allocate some resources to explore the Dark World.
Meanwhile, Locke was in the Black Hole Peach Chamber, supporting himself against the wall with his left hand, coughing violently. "I rarely suffer such a loss."
"There's a third piece in that place..." "The Witch King... how is Douglas?"
Locke turned his head and saw Douglas on the ground. He frowned immediately because Douglas was completely black and shrouded in darkness. The magical light on his body scattered like fireflies, hovering on the ground.
The old wizard of the Moon Ring appeared in the room. He seemed very anxious, raising his hands and looking at Locke with the eyes in his palms. "Young potion masters, what have you done? How could you cause such a mess in just a few hours?"
"The soul of this crystallization wizard was also shattered."
Locke immediately realized that the other party was a Moon Ring level wizard of the Mind School, and asked, "My lord, do you have a way to save him?"
The thoughts of the old wizard of the Moon Ring resonated in Locke's mind.
“I can use telekinesis to gather his soul fragments and reintegrate them into his body. Although this consumes a lot of my magical power, it is indeed possible.”
"This is something that the magic of the Mind School excels at."
Locke was quite pleasantly surprised.
"Then please, senior, save him."
The old wizard of the Moon Ring was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "I refuse."
“If you become like this, I can save you. But he… I can’t. He already has a second soul inside him. Don’t think I don’t know; I detected two souls inside him before you went in.”
A pink elephant with a long trunk appeared behind the old wizard of the Moon Ring; this was one of his great magics.
This elephant's ears are like fans, allowing it to fly like wings.
Its condensed magical pressure and perfect spell model made Locke, who was on the path of forging great magic, light up his eyes and show admiration after seeing it.
Clearly, this flying elephant is the source of this mind-based Moon Ring Wizard's telekinetic abilities.
The old wizard of Moon Ring said, "This person is unclear and his identity is unknown. He cannot even be considered a wizard of our Golden Crown Mountain. I will not save him."
"However, I can do you a favor. I'll give you an hour. If you can't collect his soul and take it away, or whatever, then I'll use my telekinesis to sweep these soul fragments away like trash and throw them into the Black Hole Witch Peach."
The old wizard of the Moon Ring disappeared from this place, forcibly moving his location using telekinesis.
Locke said, "The ultimate magic of a Moon Ring wizard is indeed significantly different in level from that of an ordinary Second Ring wizard."
He looked at the pile of soul fragments on the ground in front of him.
I felt rather helpless.
This is troublesome.
Locke looked at the fragments of soul and tried to speak, "Witch King, are you still there?"
Locke's voice fell silent, without any response.
Locke frowned. After thinking for a moment, he decided that he could only try to use the Golden Wheat to absorb all the firefly-like magical light into it.
Next, Locke prepared to seal the Golden Wheat plant to prevent it from absorbing other substances and contaminating it.
Just then, he felt someone tugging at the hem of his wizard's robe.
Locke turned around with a pleasant surprise. "Mr. Witch King, you're still here?"
Douglas got up from the ground and looked at Locke with a helpless expression.
"It seems you had a vague suspicion about my existence before."
“I have exhausted all the nourishment I had accumulated in Douglas’s soul. That Moon Ring Wizard was a low-ring thinker after all. I am not a soul parasitizing in Douglas’s body. If I still had a complete soul, I would only need a little soil to make my own body. Why would I need Douglas’s body?”
“I have no soul left, only a ray of spiritual light. My spiritual light is sustaining Douglas’s body. But I have exhausted too much and am about to fall into a deep sleep.”
"This time I was not steady enough and forgot that times have changed. The location of the treasure left tens of thousands of years ago has long since changed beyond recognition."
"Fortunately, the treasure is still there."
Locke nodded and said, "Senior Witch King, how can I help Douglas?"
The Witch King countered with a question to Locke.
"Why help him? You've already found the location of the treasure. If you fail to extract it this time, just try again. The token is now in your hands. If you need my help, you can extract my Light of the Soul from him and put it into another wizard."
"Douglas's talent and ability are average. Leaving him aside, you won't have any problems at all."
Locke paused for a moment, then frowned.
“I have my own principles. Douglas is the wizard in my team, he works for me, and I am very satisfied with his abilities.”
King Lagmamon chuckled.
"Seriously, there are always people like you in every era. I'm speechless."
"Am I destined to encounter people like you in every era? Last time, it was people like you who... forced me to challenge the Tower of the Black Sun..."
"I see."
“You can be trusted. My spiritual light is completely bound to Douglas. I am about to fall into a deep sleep, and I originally wanted to rely on myself. But since you have said so, it would be strange if I did not tell you. Put Douglas’s magical light and body together, and place them under a thunderstorm, burying him in the soil.”
“His soul will be restored after the storm. His soul has long since received the magical inheritance of my Lightning Gate and undergone special modifications. He is no ordinary wizard.”
(End of this chapter)