Chapter 959

Chapter 953 The Expectations of the Starfield Sea, A World in Great Chaos!

The Dragon Wizard took a step back, realizing that when he ascended Mount Golden Crown, the witch Catherine had left a spell on him without his knowledge.

“No. Your explanation is still flawed.”

The Dragon Wizard shook his tortoise shell one last time, revealing a crack. “So that’s how it is. I finally understand your entire scheme. So that’s how it is.”

“You…”

An arrow shot out from the heart-shaped mark on Locke’s forehead, piercing the Dragon Wizard’s heart. But at that moment, at the foot of Mount Golden Crown, the Dragon Wizard’s other half also displayed the heart-shaped mark, which appeared on his body. The arrow pierced through his enormous magical clone and then struck the heart of this other half.

Meanwhile, the witch Victoria, who was fighting him, removed a hairpin that looked like it was made of glass from her hair.

“Crown Magic…”

In an instant, the crown magic enveloped the Golden Crown Mountain region. At that moment, all alchemists specializing in optical alchemy felt their magic suppressed. The next instant, the bronze mirror-shaped hairpin suddenly enlarged, becoming as tall as a person, and shone a blinding light towards the half-body of the dragon wizard struck by the Peach Blossom Thorn Arrow.

The dragon wizard screamed in agony.

In that instant, his enormous magical clone collapsed and vanished, and his half-body was severely injured.

Because the Peach Heart Curse was still active on him, he could not directly contact the headquarters of the Black Sun Tower, or even its branch in this era, and could not report the situation back.

The dragon wizard felt his power waning; the power he had painstakingly accumulated through the crystallization of the magical plant was now all flowing away.

This era lacked a sacrificial environment, which was like a fish out of water for him.

Every moment here was merely a drain on his energy.

‘One wrong move; there are simply too many powerful wizards in this era.’ The Dragon

Wizard pondered, “It seems I can’t kill that brat.” “

However, this half-body was destined to die at the hands of the wizards of this era anyway, so in that respect, there’s no problem.” “

I can only carry out the main task the Tower of the Black Sun gave me first. As for that brat, although he escaped this time thanks to the protection of many powerful figures, as long as he still carries his dragon bloodline and the World Leaf, he will be noticed again.”

Twelve artificial flowers appeared behind the Dragon Wizard, each with its own unique characteristics. At the 0 o’clock position was a crystallized orchid, at the 1 o’clock position a plastic flower, each time point corresponding to a unique artificial flower.

The Witch Victoria immediately put on a monocle over her left eye. “What is this?”

…

On the first floor of the True Knowledge Institute, in the large conference room, the Wizard Trajan was about to kill Master Patrick when suddenly, the Wizard Valeria Kenway from the Star Sea intervened.

The Wizard Trajan looked incredulously at the Wizard Valeria standing between him and Patrick.

Master Patrick felt as if he had found a savior. “Your Majesty, save me!”

After bowing, Wizard Trajan exclaimed incredulously, “Your Majesty, this man has betrayed the Star Sea and us.”

Valeria Kenway smiled.

“It seems he has betrayed us, but does it matter? The Star Sea values tangible things. Young Trajan, let him go. Your teacher wouldn’t care about his scheming against your junior brother. Although it was indeed sudden, it’s still under our control.”

“Patrick will certainly handle it, but not now. We’ll continue with the Magic Plant Crystallization Technology project. Next, we’ll use it to test more wizards. Moreover, this technology itself has potential for development; it’s not without its possibilities.”

Wizard Trajan muttered to himself.

“We?”

The High Ring Wizards’ schemes were far too complex.

He couldn’t understand them at all.

But Wizard Trajan realized that Catherine the Witch was probably also involved.

The wizard from the Mystic Heaven looked at the twelve artificial flowers that had appeared on the back of the dying Dragon Wizard outside, arranged like a clock.

His face was grim as he looked at the wizard Valeria Kenway: “So this has always been the purpose of the Starfield Sea? You just want chaos throughout the world.”

At this moment, the twelve artificial flowers on the Dragon Wizard’s back went in twelve different directions in the Eastern Realm. His half-body began to disintegrate after losing the flowers.

“The Great Ritual, begin! Grant freedom to all wizards…”

“Bring these flowers to the wizards who need help.”

The Dragon Wizard’s half-body shattered completely, and after it did, a dragon soul appeared. At this moment, cracks appeared on the dragon soul caused by the Peach Blossom Thorn Arrow, and it split in two with a ‘crack.’ One fell into the hands of the witch Catherine, who had already left the Ashes of Time with Locke and Edgar. The

other fell into the hands of the Rose Witch, who was with the witches Rose and Esther.

The Rose Witch herself had come to Mount Golden Crown.

She tiptoed, reached out and grasped the half-dragon soul, then turned and left without looking back. The Rose Throne’s face was dark; she was clearly furious.

After all this scheming, she had only obtained the Ancient Dragon Soul, while her Mother Ring had been outmaneuvered by the Witch Catherine. Although she had gained a small advantage, her rival had profited far more.

Esther the Witch caught up with the Rose Witch, watching her retreating figure and her constantly swaying twin tails. “Teacher Throne,” she said, “I didn’t know your avatar would come in person.”

The Rose Witch huffed, “Could I not come? The hidden curse I left in the Mother Ring for you requires my presence. The half-rose I gave you, meant to help the wizard of the Black Sun Tower break the Red Dragon Witch’s powerful magic, also requires my personal presence. Without me, these spells are ineffective. But because I went out of my way, she actually noticed my presence.”

“That woman, Catherine… she’s truly despicable. Thinking about it carefully, I still lost out,”

the Rose Witch said. “But she knew the prophecy’s outcome back then. Even if I didn’t cooperate with her, she should have had a way to deal with it. So even if I wanted to refuse to cooperate, I had no other choice.”

“Rose, help me vent my anger. Crush those silver-clad peach orchards along the Tianjiang River. I need it as soon as possible, immediately, right now.”

The witch Rose bowed and smiled, saying to her, “Grandma, rest assured, I will definitely make you happy and satisfied.”

She helped the Rose Witch into a magical carriage provided by the Rose Council. At that moment, the Rose Witch seemed to remember something, lifted her skirt, and turned to Esther, saying, “Your mission is complete. You did indeed help me obtain the Ancient Dragon Soul. Esther, I need you to help me recreate a Mother Ring, using your accelerated tree magic to obtain the maximum power of the tree rings…”

Esther bowed and replied, “Yes, teacher.”

…

On the first floor of the Golden Crown Mountain True Knowledge Academy, after witnessing the twelve artificial flowers of the Dragon Wizard flying to various parts of the Eastern Realm, the wizard Valeria Kenway smirked.

“What’s most important in the Ascension Plan?”

The Throne Wizard from the Mystic Heaven coldly stared at him, his gaze icy, even tinged with anger.

But Valeria Kenway seemed oblivious, or perhaps even more excited.

“What’s needed is change, what’s needed is energy. Where does the energy come from? And where does the change come from? These ancient old fogies are always hiding in the corners of society, thinking about how to cause us trouble every day. If we don’t let them earn some gold and contribute some effort, wouldn’t that be unfair?”

“According to the research of the archaeological wizards in the Starfield Sea City, the Dark Ages began with the Black Sun Tower setting up a grand ceremony across the world. The twelve artificial flowers flew to various parts of the world, cultivating twelve super geniuses. The magical tides of the entire world experienced a rise in magical tide concentration during the grand ceremony.”

The Throne Wizard from the Mystic Heaven coldly observed.

Valeria Kenway said, “Why fear competition? Why fear chaos? During the Grand Ceremony, the magical tide concentration gradient of the entire world will rise one to three levels above its original level. This is something we determined after careful research. Ascension requires a vast amount of energy. Without carefully studying and utilizing every possible energy source from the past, it’s difficult to achieve ascension.”

“So when we discovered that the people of the Black Sun Tower would attack Golden Crown Mountain, we took notice. Although some unexpected things happened, the outcome was in the best interests of our Starfield Sea.”

The wizard from Mystic Heaven was practically bursting with rage.

“Then how were you so sure the Tower of the Sun would attack this place?”

Valeria Kenway said, “We calculated it using prophetic magic. The specific reason for the attack is unclear. But the Tower of the Sun has always been operating in secret, just trying to minimize our attention. It’s just that this time they’ve made a particularly big show of it.”

“The Red Dragon Witch seems to know something, but when I asked her, she wouldn’t say. This involves the secrets of Mount Golden Crown, so I can’t ask too much. Perhaps Mount Golden Crown has some special research that would attract the Tower of the Sun’s attention.”

The throne wizard from the Mystic Heaven didn’t understand. “You don’t even know the specific reason for the attack? Or is this how your White Wizarding Association operates?”

Valeria Kenway said, “Why do we need to know so much? Too much clarity leaves no room for fish. Does knowing more make any difference?” “

It’s normal for those below to have their own secrets. As long as the result is acceptable, that’s all that matters. The Starfield Sea has never feared chaos or competition.”

The throne wizard from the Mystic Heaven gave him a cold look.

“This is outside my jurisdiction, so I cannot interfere. I am here only as an observer. But I will report today’s situation truthfully.”

“Just don’t get yourselves into this mess; I truly cannot understand your behavior.”

“Farewell.”

The throne wizard from the Mystic Heaven departed.

Valeria Kenway frowned.

Clearly, a serious conflict had arisen between the two.

But this wasn’t due to differing opinions; the situation was far more serious because the high-ring wizards behind them held differing views.

Valeria Kenway didn’t have time to deal with him, because the dying dragon wizard had created twelve lucky individuals, and even this was something their Starfield Sea would exploit. Based on current research into archaeological data, these twelve chosen mortals should all possess very powerful wizarding talents, but for some reason, they would be rejected by the times. In other words, in this era, their talents were difficult to discover, and they were people abandoned and rejected by this era.

Although the high-ranking wizards in the Starfield Sea found it hard to believe that so many super geniuses in this era hadn’t yet developed their extraordinary talents, and were highly skeptical of the research conclusions, they still considered it worthwhile to find those wizards who had inherited the magic dragon wizard’s legacy and recruit them into the Starfield Sea’s primary academies.

This was the proper way to recruit super geniuses.

It could also be seen as using the grand ritual summoned by the Tower of the Black Sun to select geniuses for the Starfield Sea who might be useful for the future demon-ascension plan.

Valeria ignored the warning from the Mystic Heaven; it had always been like this. The leader wizards of the seven districts were likely to receive warnings no matter what they did, except for the leader wizard of the Southern District, the Hand of the Jungle in Green Steel City.

Some even speculated that the Hand of the Jungle was supported by the Mystic Heaven to counter the influence of the Holy Wizards.

Valeria looked at the mess around him and sighed.

“Things here are finally over, and I should go. This special grant… was very interesting. Zeno and Locke are both outstanding talents and deserve special attention.”

“Patrick, come back with me for your report.”

…

At the foot of Mount Golden Crown, at the Institute of True Knowledge, Locke and Edgar followed the witch Catherine back up the mountain. Edgar made an excuse to leave, leaving only Locke and Catherine walking together.

Catherine sighed.

“You must be thinking about many things right now, right?”

“You must have many questions. Locke, congratulations. Although the special grant defense was suddenly interrupted, an emergency internal review was conducted, and your application was approved. That means your proposal will be submitted this year.”

Locke said, “Teacher, I do have many questions, but the important thing is that I’ve qualified for the special grant. That’s enough.”

Catherine glanced back at Locke and nodded.

“You’re like me, capable of keeping things to yourself. I can tell you clearly that my initial desire to take you as my student was indeed because of your dragon bloodline, but that wasn’t the case later.”

“The bond between us, master and disciple, can no longer be summarized by dragon blood. Locke, you did very well this time. I read your defense; you performed exceptionally well, no less than I did back then.”

Locke bowed to the witch Catherine.

“Teacher…”

Catherine said, “This time was indeed very dangerous. It’s not that I couldn’t protect you better, but I’ve always considered that a selfish approach. To be my student is to be mentally prepared to stand alone.”

Locke said, “Teacher, that’s what I’ve always wanted.”

They smiled at each other, everything understood without words.

(End of Chapter)