Chapter 529

The ordinary graduates had the largest number of people, with a total of four hundred million people participating in the battle. There were also countless new weapons that could be used by mortals.

The old nobles had the same number of people, with a total of two hundred and fifty million soldiers. Their armaments were more luxurious, and although they did not have the advantage in numbers, their overall strength was stronger than the ordinary graduates.

Of course, the strongest were the apprentices. They had only invested a hundred million people, but there were almost ten million apprentices among them. It could be said that they were not inferior to the other two forces combined.

The wealth that the ordinary people had exploded with made even some of the mages speechless. Just the expenditure of armaments in this battle was almost equivalent to ten years of daily expenditure of a Hyperdimensional Mage Tower.

This was the biggest battle of the mortal war, which was later known as the Flesh Millstone. After the first half of a month, the ordinary graduates and the old nobles had formed an alliance to resist the apprentices.

Adam did not care how they fought or how they fought. The exploration robots were constantly sending back information about the battlefield. Adam only paid attention to the Anti-Mage's movements, as well as the official mages' participation in the battle, which was unlikely to happen.

A month after the war began, both sides had lost at least fifteen percent of their men. However, the war did not calm down because of the huge losses. Instead, it became more intense. The large-scale war weapons appeared, and the apprentices, who were the most powerful in combat, were all engaged in hand-to-hand combat. At this time, the Anti-Mage of the three forces also began to move.

Although they had joined the three forces separately, in reality, at least in the Academy continent, they were one. They were bound together for good or ill.

The Anti-Mage's main goal was to drive the Academy and Adam out of the Academy continent, returning the lives of the mortals to the barbaric scene of the island era. When that time came, these remnants could be divided into parts and merged with the mortals to silently accumulate power.

No one had any thoughts of restoring the glory of the ancient times. They only wanted to reproduce and gain the right to occasionally appear under the sun.

It was quite pitiful, but no one would pity them. If they really wanted to 'turn over a new leaf', they could have sent their descendants to the island and become mages through the normal channels.

However, they did not do so. First, it was because they still had a ridiculous sense of superiority in their hearts. Second, it was because compared to the barbaric acquisition of power by ancient magic, the modern system was too difficult for them. They were not willing to waste their youth and limited lives on uncertain things.

Of course, over such a long period of time, there were also experimenters and pioneers, such as Mage Maud during his apprenticeship days, but they were still in the minority.

Pitiful people must have a hateful side. They didn't stick to the mainstream and didn't follow the times. Instead, they wholeheartedly resisted. They only had themselves to blame for ending up like this.

This time, the battlefield was piled with hundreds of millions of corpses, flesh, and souls. It was the best environment for these ancient Mages to cast their spells. They were hiding in the army. Although they were official Anti-Mages, their aura was no different from that of an ordinary apprentice.

"Adam, should we stop them now?" Avril asked.

"No need. Just make sure they don't leave the battlefield. They can do whatever they want during the war," Adam replied. "Can you recognize the function of these magic arrays?"

Wendy knew the information about ancient magic by heart. She was even a master of ancient magic herself. She casually glanced at them and said, "Most of them are magic arrays that condense monsters. This one …" She pointed at nine of them and said, "This is a magic array that communicates with other planes. There are more sacrifices this time, so the power of Hyperdimensional creatures should descend."

It could only be power. Other than Dillus, there was no other example of a creature from another plane that had the ability to break through the crystal wall of the Mage World.

Adam could see countless energy stones being secretly buried in the ground. Flesh and blood began to flow in a strange manner, forming a magic array. It looked very frightening, but none of them were worried in the slightest. Super-dimensional creatures could become gods in ordinary planes, but in the world of mages, they were not worth mentioning.

"I do hope that they can summon more of them. This is a good unexpected gain."

Wendy and Avril nodded with a smile.

Not long after Adam finished speaking, the magic arrays were activated. Within the range of each magic array that condensed monsters, at least 655 monsters of the official level rose. As soon as they walked out, they attacked the others according to their factions. The flesh and blood of the dead creatures were all integrated into the summoning magic array.

An even more tragic battle went on for a day and a night, but there was no smell of blood on the battlefield. Even the souls of the dead had entered the magic array.

The next day, as soon as the sky darkened, the magic arrays lit up with a disgusting light. The leaders of the three forces entered directly, or sent their trusted generals to accept the powerful force from the other planes.

In a place where they could not see, the exploration robots were already on standby. When the magic arrays were activated and the passage to the other planes was opened, the robots went against the flow and entered their planes.

At this time, the nine people began to change.

Elemental systems were the most common in otherworldly creatures, and this time was no exception. The eight of them rapidly expanded in size, and their elemental auras directly reached level 8. Only Nicholas the Fifth, who was willing to take the risk of becoming a monster himself for some unknown reason, was different from the others.

His aura suddenly became dignified, and a strange 'sacred' feeling spread out in a mighty manner. For a moment, everyone on the battlefield was stunned, regardless of whether they were friend or foe. The old nobles even uncontrollably knelt on the spot.

Adam watched him go from an ordinary apprentice to level four. He was puzzled. "This... seems to be the power of faith?"

Up until now, Adam had never seen a plane that used faith as its power. This thing, in other words …

"It's faith. It's quite rare. Most planes in the Ether Void do not have the soil to breed faith, because such a system requires the plane's environment to be peaceful. However, in the Ether Void, it's not so difficult to obtain energy. There are many high-level creatures, and the path of faith requires more believers. They will inevitably be at war with each other, which causes the planes and races of faith to be very weak. However, this one seems to have a strong background. To be able to raise an ordinary person to the peak of level four, the god behind it must be at least level eight. " Wendy was experienced and knowledgeable. She explained to Adam, "Faith is quite troublesome. Should we just kill him?"