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As the wizard tower collapsed, the once powerful spiritual energy of the Morning Star wizard plummeted to rock bottom. And that wasn't even the end. He was forced to fall from the level of Morning Star all the way down to a level that was even lower than that of a third-level archmage before slowly stopping.
As a wizard bound to the Wizard Tower, and also the Morning Star Wizard responsible for guarding the Wizard Tower, his connection with the Wizard Tower is, in a sense, almost as strong as that of the Tower Master. When the Wizard Tower exists, he can use the "mana" in the energy pool to perform magic close to the level of the Radiant Moon, and use this as a reference to find the path to the Radiant Moon.
However, the moment the Wizard Tower collapsed, everything he had obtained from it had to be returned tenfold to offset the price paid by the true master of the Wizard Tower, the Radiant Moon Wizard, for the collapse of the Wizard Tower. On Earth, this would be a typical criminal case, but in the Wizarding World, it was a perfectly reasonable contract.
The strong dominate the weak, and the weak dominate the even weaker. Compared to Charles, the master of the Bauhinia Wizarding Tower, everyone else in the Bauhinia Wizarding Academy is weak. To join, one must sign such a contract. Even if Morning Star Wizard is unwilling, there are plenty of wizards in the wizarding world who are willing to accept such a contract.
After all, this is the most convenient "passage" from Morning Star to Bright Moon.
However, he failed, falling to a force from a barren land.
Gazing at the dust billowing below the wizard's tower, the Morning Star Wizard ceased his futile resistance. His remaining mental strength, after paying the "price," was insufficient to sustain him. At most, his remaining mental strength would allow him to complete one spell... his final spell as a wizard.
Wiping away the blood from his eyes and nose, the Morning Star Wizard ignored the excruciating pain that felt like his brain was being torn apart and mobilized his last bit of mental energy to guide the "Mana" that had dissipated into the air after the Wizard Tower collapsed, while he chanted a spell in a low voice.
"domesi, alikaya, huylmsdha——"
An ethereal magic circle gradually took shape before my eyes, and I could vaguely hear angry roars coming from the other side, as well as a mental pressure that felt almost tangible.
Even across a world, his mental power effectively interfered with the surrounding "mana," creating a scene similar to "cross-dimensional spellcasting."
However, Morning Star Wizard knew that all of this was only temporary. If anyone was most severely affected by the collapse of the Wizard Tower, it would only be the master who built the Wizard Tower—Radiant Moon Wizard. The reason why he could still maintain his peak power, and even be stronger than at his peak, was entirely because a large number of wizards had paid the "price" for him.
With the collapse of the Wizard Tower, the Moon Wizard, who was most closely connected to it, was constantly weakening. However, because the "price" paid by the wizards was greater than the rate of weakening, the Moon Wizard was able to appear with even greater strength than during the period of upheaval, but this was only temporary.
With the wizard's "price" paid, it's already quite an achievement that this Moonlit Wizard can maintain his original level of power...
Thinking of this, Morningstar Wizard felt a sense of relief. After exhausting his last drop of mental energy to complete the wizarding world coordinates lock, Morningstar Wizard, having fulfilled the last item of the contract, collapsed to the ground, completely losing his life force. In his place appeared another figure inside the wizarding tower.
……
"Ok?"
The gaze shifted from the collapsed upper half of the wizard tower to the still-standing lower half at the top. As one aura weakened and disappeared, another aura suddenly appeared and grew stronger.
Moreover, with the appearance of this aura, the remaining energy in the lower half of the wizard tower was instantly drained and channeled into the aura's body, and then, a sound was "heard".
"Die, ants!"
—The Ice Age.
Despite the absence of any air vibration, the "sound" was indeed transmitted deep into everyone's minds. This strange scene puzzled the expeditionary force that had just achieved victory, but they soon had no time to ponder the question.
At the cost of the collapse of a wizarding tower and the ruin of a wizarding academy, the enraged and reckless Moon Wizard, who had transmigrated beyond the boundaries, unleashed the most powerful magic allowed in the wizarding world under the Tower Pact—the sixth-circle magic: Ice Age.
The rapidly dissipating heat instantly condensed all the substances escaping from the air. The soldier who had just tried to turn around, along with his heavy mech, froze motionless. Centered on the Wizard Tower, a temperature of minus 250 degrees Celsius instantly covered an area with a radius of 50 kilometers. Not only the land, but also the clouds in the sky and the seawater beneath the surface were frozen.
Naturally, "Prometheus," which was within its range, received the same treatment. However, before that, a "box" that seemed to have been forcibly squeezed out of the crack surrounded the floating island. The Ice Age from the wizard froze the metal box layer by layer, but it could not do anything to the things inside.
Upon witnessing this scene, the Moonlit Wizard's face grew increasingly gloomy.
"Is it you? The one who led an alien civilization to invade the wizarding world?"
Amidst the distorted light and shadow, a figure in a black cloak appeared in front of the metal box, "watching" the Moonlit Wizard who had already floated to the same height.
"It's not a matter of leadership, it's more of a cooperative relationship."
"...Then let everything be destroyed, chayali!"
The power unleashed by the same incantation from different wizards makes one wonder if it's even the same concept of magic. If a great wizard uses one unit of mental power to manipulate one hundred units of "mana," then this wizard, who is already approaching the Sun level, is manipulating at least ten thousand units of "mana" with one unit of mental power. Not to mention that the Moon Wizard's own mental power is more than ten thousand times that of the great wizard.
The blizzard that seemed to freeze out of thin air instantly transformed into a massive, earth-shattering tornado that swallowed everything, including the "box" behind it. Following closely behind was a glacier giant climbing up from the direction of the sea—it was indeed a glacier giant, as it was a humanoid creature formed entirely of ice.
A giant, whose upright height already exceeds one thousand meters, wields a "glacier" of the same length and smashes it fiercely into the objects inside the storm tornado.
"Activation?"
Reach out and grasp the black gun handle protruding from the folding space, aim at the rapidly enlarging "glacier" in front of you and gently press the trigger.
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 779 Those Who Can't Kill Me...
The crimson particles instantly disintegrated the "glacier" in front of them, directly hitting the glacier giant's wide-open mouth—then emerged from the back of its head, traversing more than ten kilometers of sea before striking the ocean.
Before long, accompanied by a cloud of steam rising from the sea, the heat and impact instantly dispersed the towering tornado, and even the frozen ground showed signs of crumbling again.
The Moonlit Wizard's face grew increasingly grim as he watched this scene unfold, yet he also felt a deep sense of dread regarding the "weapon" wielded by the unknown individual before him. Its power was comparable to some of the few magical artifacts in the wizarding world, and it didn't seem to require a long period of energy accumulation, but rather it could be fired continuously for a short time.
Having obtained enough data, Lin Yi did not intend to delay any longer. Just as he was about to turn his gun around and end this contact with the wizard, he suddenly stopped and turned his gaze from the Radiant Moon Wizard who was waiting in the distance to the north.
An unusual fluctuation was detected at a distance via satellite lock-on.
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Looking at the steam clouds rising from the distant sea, Pebro swallowed hard, a long-forgotten feeling of regret washing over him.
As a member of the Tower, Pebro is responsible for a hundred-year patrol of the eastern coast, monitoring and preventing destructive actions by Morning Star and higher wizards against the Wizarding Continent.
Normally, this would be a leisurely job. After all, wizards, who represent wisdom and composure, would not risk being discovered and punished by the Tower Organization by engaging in fighting on the Wizarding Continent unless they were driven to the point of no return. This can be seen from the peace and tranquility of the entire eastern sea area for the past five hundred years. Pebro's responsibility was simply to stay for a hundred years as usual and then return.
However, this time an unexpected situation arose.
The terrifying fluctuations that erupted near the Bauhinia Wizarding Academy were impossible for Pebro to ignore, even if he wanted to.
The battle between the Morning Star Wizards was alright, since Pebro, also a Morning Star Wizard, could use the Tower Pact to intimidate them and stop their destruction of the Wizarding Continent even without personally intervening. But what about the two fighting in the territory of the Bauhinia Wizarding Academy?
Five thousand years later, the Sun Wizard once again displays his immense power on land?
The magical energy erupting in the distance far exceeded Pebro's capabilities. Even if he rushed forward, he'd likely be overwhelmed by the terrifying aftershocks of the Sun Wizard's power before he could even get close—practically suicidal. Clearly, Pebro lacked the resolve to sacrifice himself to stop others. Realizing it was beyond his control, he decisively relayed the information to the Tower organization, remaining on the sidelines to provide necessary coordinates and intelligence for any potential arrival of the Tower Wizards.
While waiting, the Morning Star Wizard Pebro also had some doubts.
"The strongest wizard at the Bauhinia Wizarding Academy is only at the Radiant Moon level. Although it is rumored on the Wizarding Continent that the tower master of the Bauhinia Wizarding Tower has power close to that of the Sun, it is still impossible for him to have completed the advancement in such a short time."
"Besides, even if the Moonlit Wizard successfully advances, how could he possibly provoke another Sun-level wizard so quickly, especially one of such high-level hatred that it leads to a direct battle on the Wizarding Continent..."
Limited information left Pebro unable to make a judgment, so he had no choice but to obediently conceal his presence and wait for the tower wizard to arrive. However, something seemed amiss in the distance…
"Stopped?"
As the steam cloud rose, the terrifying aftershocks in the distance slowly spread out, but no new magical fluctuations appeared. Puzzled, the wizard Pebro hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and cast the most covert reconnaissance spell.
For a Morning Star wizard, a distance of tens of nautical miles is nothing more than a moment's journey. When Pebro carefully placed the "Eye of Truth" in the area where the magical fluctuations were strongest, the first object he "saw" made his whole body freeze instantly.
"A mouse."
He did not reveal his face, but Pebro could sense that the being beneath the black robe was "watching" him—not the true eye, but himself, hiding his presence dozens of nautical miles away.
Then, the black-robed wizard pointed the strangely shaped object in his hand into the distance. After Pebro used various spells to calibrate the final angle he was pointing at, his gaze suddenly left the "Eye of Truth" and went straight to the southern sea.
……
The crimson ray vanished in an instant, and after a while, another billowing "mushroom cloud" rose from the northern sea. After confirming that the lurking "rat" had disappeared without a trace, Lin Yi looked ahead again and was surprised to find—
"Ran?"
After leaving behind an almost indistinguishable avatar, the Moonlit Wizard disregarded her declining mental strength from its peak and squeezed out every last drop of usable energy to move away.
That's definitely not a wizard!
If the intelligence he had previously encountered only made Charles suspicious, then the collapse of the wizard tower and the appearance of that strange and powerful ray, comparable to a Sun-level spell but which failed to activate any "mana," were enough for Charles to draw a conclusion.
That was a different civilization.
Dragging his battered body, the Moonlit Wizard, fleeing down the path, reflected on the many unconventional actions he had taken since coming into contact with the alien civilization on the west coast.
They ventured into the barren lands of the West Coast.
Ignoring the Tower Pact, they launched a war against organizations possessing wizard towers.
The ship carrying the apprentices was destroyed.
……
Now, they are unleashing this highly destructive attack on the Wizarding Continent with almost no restraint.
"Invaders from another land!"
The anger of fleeing, the hatred of the collapse of the wizard tower, and the despair of having his path cut off... many negative emotions lingered in the heart of the Radiant Moon Wizard. However, instead of driving him mad, this only made him calmer.
"Notify the Tower that, as guardians of the wizarding world, they have an unshirkable responsibility to destroy this alien civilization."
After encountering so many setbacks, the Moon Wizard did not blindly believe that he could fight against this alien civilization on his own. Putting aside everything else, the black-robed man who appeared at the end was not someone he could handle. He was at least an alien powerhouse at the level of the Sun Wizard.
Recalling that figure, Charles's calm composure was inevitably affected, and a feeling of extreme hatred welled up within him.
"You will pay the price... What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger!"
“Good awareness.”
Startled, the Moon Wizard looked up and, through a layer of earth over five hundred meters thick, caught sight of a blazing light shining from three hundred and sixty thousand meters above the ground. He tried to move, but the blazing light followed only his every step.
"Do not--"
The "holy light" fell from the horizon, and a few seconds later, everything returned to calm.
"Unfortunately, it's useless."
P.S.: Fourth update
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 780 History of Invasion
Wizarding Continent, Bauhinia Wizarding Academy.
The low-power laser emitter in his hand slowly cut through the hard ice layer in front of him, splitting it in half before smashing it down with a powerful hammer, revealing the sorcery item underneath that still maintained its pre-frozen state.
After whistling, disregarding the chill in the air, Ive carefully tossed the items into the box beside him.
Erlingbo~V age 9 Shan% sulfur ……
Only after successfully placing the magical item safely into the radiation-proof box did Ive relax, brushing the ice shards off his gloves as he stood up.
Looking around, one could see that there were many people like him on the frozen land. They were all members who had come down from "Prometheus" to be recovered after the war due to a shortage of manpower. This process should not have been so difficult. However, the "Ice Age" released by the Moonlit Wizard did not disappear with his death.
Even though the temperature on this land did not continue to drop but instead warmed up, it would still take at least a month to return to normal. This was unacceptable to Prometheus, who hoped to leave the Wizarding Continent as soon as possible to avoid the attention of other wizarding organizations. Naturally, he could only choose to forcibly break through the barriers and collect as many items related to "wizards" as possible.
However, compared to Ive's search on the periphery, the quantity and quality of what they found inside the collapsed wizard tower were undoubtedly much better. Unfortunately, the wizard tower wasn't allocated to them...
After glancing at the figures moving around near the top of the wizard's tower, which looked like it had been broken in two, Ive breathed out a puff of hot air to warm his hands before continuing with the ice-breaking activity.
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Staring at the crimson numbers displayed on the helmet's LCD screen, even though he was wearing a thick anti-radiation suit, Sakahavi still felt a sense of dread.
The unit of measurement is sieverts. Regarding radiation intensity, for the human body, an exposure exceeding 4000 mSiv per exposure is enough to kill. However, the residual radiation from just one collapsed wizard tower already exceeds a terrifying level of twenty times the lethal dose. One can only imagine what would happen if a hole appeared in this radiation suit…
Startled, Sakahavi tried to reassure himself that such a situation wouldn't occur, but he couldn't help turning his gaze to the two figures, one black and one white, in the distance.
Unlike himself and the researchers around him who were also eager to wear an additional layer of radiation protection clothing, the two "people" in the distance were wearing only the most basic robes, which had neither the ability to resist radiation nor the function of absorbing radiation—just two ordinary pieces of clothing.
However, despite wearing these clothes, these two "people" were exposed to over twenty times the lethal radiation level without suffering any harm, and even strolled around the entire wizard tower with great interest. In the past, Sakahavi might have been very interested in them, but now…
The rising steam clouds to the west and north had not completely dissipated. At this altitude, one felt not only the low temperatures brought by the "Ice Age," but also the scalding air currents blowing from the sea. While this made it less unbearable for Sakahavi, it also made him abandon all his little schemes.
Not to mention that not long ago, the entire "Prometheus" ship, including him, was saved by the other party. Although the wizard tower was nominally a joint development project between the two parties, its true owner was the "black-robed man" who personally resisted and killed the original tower master.
A difference of one time can inspire a desire to catch up, a difference of ten times can inspire a desire to explore, but a difference of a hundred times, a thousand times, or even ten thousand times will only result in a distanced and isolated attitude.
……
Ignoring the complex emotions swirling in the eyes of those behind him, Lin Yi, having just activated the space-based particle orbital cannon to vaporize the wizard hiding underground, began deciphering the numerous records within the wizard's tower.
Compared to the legacy born in the barren lands of the West Coast, the Bauhinia Wizarding Tower is far superior in both strength and foundation: one is a wizarding tower established by a second-level wizard in the barren lands, while the other was established by the Radiant Moon Wizard, who can be considered the center of the wizarding world. The difference between them is probably even greater than that between villages and countries on Earth.
Through this mostly collapsed wizard tower, Lin Yi also found a lot of information that was not recorded in the Dual-Striped Wizard Academy.
Two of the records piqued Lin Yi's interest.
The wizards have a recorded civilization that is 20,000 years old. During this time, the wizards developed a real and effective "promotion system".
From the initial Level 3 Wizard Apprentice to Level 3 Basic Formal Wizard, and then to the three levels of Morning Star, Bright Moon, and Sun, which are considered high-level wizards even in wizarding civilizations, and after Sun comes the Holy Spirit Wizard, who transcends the limitations of the wizarding world.
If we integrate the wizarding advancement system into the hierarchy of the main god, then wizarding apprentices would roughly be ranked from human to military level, the first three levels of formal wizards would be ranked from military to city level, and Morning Star Wizards, Radiant Moon Wizards, and Sun Wizards would be ranked from city to nation level. Based on this, Holy Spirit Wizards, above Sun Wizards, would be ranked from nation to star level.
This also explains why the "Tower Contract" of 5 million emu O=bell?mixed ②⊙[flag 4 shrimp$, which prevents holy spirit-level beings from easily stepping into the wizarding world. It's not that it can accommodate a large number of beings, but simply that its destructive power against star-level individuals is too enormous. This can be seen from the impact of the information integration thought entity on star-level transmigrators. Every move it makes is a collision at the level of tectonic plates. No matter how vast the wizarding world is, it cannot withstand a few conflicts against star-level beings.
Aside from confirming the existence of Holy Spirit Wizards above the Sun, the Bauhinia Wizard Tower has no further records of what appears to be a star-level individual. Based on the wizards' secrecy, it can be assumed that the existence of Holy Spirit-level beings is also a top secret in the wizarding world.
As he pondered, Lin Yi turned his attention to the second intelligence report, which was also the source of his interest in this wizarding world war.
—An expedition to a foreign land.
By constructing war fortresses, wizards of the Morning Star rank and above can lead multiple full-fledged wizards and wizard apprentices to tear apart the world's barriers and invade other realms with the help of the power of "wizard will".