Low Dimensional Game

by Stayrr

By accident, Lu Zhiyu found the entrance to a low-dimensional world, and thus began a totally different journey! Free to control everything in the low-dimensional game, Lu Zhiyu felt like a gamemaster, and even God.

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Chapter 235: The Origin of Alchemy

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The capital city of the Tuten Dynasty was a coastal city in the north called Tut City. Tut City was not too far from the kingdoms of the orcs by sea. Therefore, it was also a big trading city.

The king of the Tuten Dynasty was called Tuten for short. This was once the title that was given to every head of the Tut Kingdom.

The title signified that its bearer was the son of the Titan God. However, since each city started to declare its independence, which resulted in a bloody civil war, the Tut Kingdom had since fallen.

As such, the title of Tuten was only symbolic now. It no longer held its former meaning or power, as it was just another name to call the ruler.

Since the Tuten Dynasty became a nation of city alliances a hundred years ago, this was when the outsiders began officially calling it the Tuten Dynasty. However, it would currently be more accurate to call it the Tuten City Alliance.

At present, there were many orc ships that were parked outside of Tut City. The harbor was quite modern and nice. The flooring that was adjacent to the docks had even been built using marble.

There were also multi-tiered staircases onsite, which made everything look very classy. After all, this place was not only a harbor, but it was also a city marketplace.

This provided a lot of convenience to the sailors and merchants, as well as the city's shoppers, as many trading ships could just start trading right after they unloaded their goods from the ships. As such, many citizens and nobles of Tut City came to this place to buy exotic things.

However, things had changed recently, as the Tuten Dynasty had also started to sell strange new things. Among these new wares were convenient glass vapor lamps, beautiful colored glass art, essential binoculars and delicate compasses. There were even myriad pocket watches that allowed people to check the time on the go.

Even illegal guns and black alchemy powder could be purchased here. These goods had recently become quite popular within the Tuten Dynasty and the Alen Continent. As such, these goods would always be sold out, even if they were priced ridiculously high!

These extraordinary pieces were all from the Akkad Alchemy Workshop that was located in Tuten City. This new workshop was said to have been built by an alchemist named Akkad, who had come here from the west.

Everything that had the Akkad Alchemy Workshop's label on it could be sold for an astronomical price. Hence, in the eyes of the merchants of Tut City, as well as everywhere else for that matter, the workshop was like a money tree!

The Akkad Alchemy Workshop was built in the northern part of Tut City. It was a six-story round tower that was located next to the Lane River. The lower three levels of the building were where the workshops were located, but the higher levels housed the Akkad Alchemy College.

This portion of the building had originally been used as Akkad's living quarters, as well as for a place where he could teach the original alchemist apprentices. With more and more newcomers coming each day, this place slowly became the origin of alchemy. As such, many alchemists journeyed here to study the highest level of alchemy knowledge.

No matter who came to the city, their eyes were immediately drawn to the round tower. This was because it was tilted!

The round tower had been built on the side of the Lane River, hugging the banks as if it were tilting! However, it would not fall. In the beginning, no one understood why the owner of the Akkad Alchemy Workshop had built it like this.

Then, on the day that it was constructed, the alchemist Akkad dropped two lead balls of different weights. Instantly, everyone in Tut City was shocked to see that the two balls landed at the same time!

Akkad stood in front of the tilted tower and told everyone, "This is alchemy, discovering the secrets of this world and using them. This is true knowledge. An alchemist will produce things that make people's lives easier, as well as discovering knowledge that will change the world and the people within it. This will bring happiness to everyone."

The scene that day became legendary, and Akkad's fame started to spread far and wide. After that, the king and the heads of each city came to visit Akkad quite frequently. Even though Akkad had only been in the Tuten Dynasty for a few years, he was already one of the most important people in Tut City.

At the moment, Akkad was teaching the young apprentices in the tilted tower. Hundreds of people sat in one room, everyone perusing the textbooks and experimental apparatuses in front of them. However, there were only about ten people who had the potential to actually become true wizards.

Most of the people had come here to learn knowledge about alchemy. The students learned math, chemistry, and sketching. They also learned various techniques, like how to make glass, how to produce fertilizer, how to master blacksmithing and how to make simple clocks.

After they graduated, they could choose to become artisans, academics, pharmacists or artists. Some could even choose to become professional weapons builders. Hance, even the most ordinary student could graduate from this prestigious school and go out to make a change in this world.

"I hope that by becoming an alchemist, not only will you receive fame and money, but what I really want you to do is to make the world a better place, going out and changing the world with the knowledge that I taught you. Go! Bring light to the humans. You are the future and hope for this world!" Akkad always said to his graduates each year.

He had aged rapidly these past few years. Some of his hair had even turned white. Since he had failed to advance to level four wizard, it was if he had seen through something, finally understanding this world.

That was when Akkad came to Tut City and built an alchemy workshop and college. He started to teach the alchemy that he had been researching. Even if the student was only ordinary, if he had the desire to gain knowledge, Akkad would teach him.

"Mentor, someone wants to see you. He said he knows you!" Akkad had just finished the class and walked out of the room, when he was blocked by his student, Marina.

Marina had grown more beautiful in the past few years. The freckles on her face were now gone.

"What is his name?" Akkad asked her.

There were many people who came to visit Akkad everyday. However, since Marina had come to tell him directly, it must be someone important.

"Hmm, he seems to be a wizard. He said his name is Anthony."

Akkad blanked for a moment, then looked at Marina and asked, "What did he say he was called?"

Marina didn't understand what was so special about the name. Since Akkad was so excited, she repeated it again, "An… Anthony!"

At that moment, Akkad saw Lu Zhiyu in the hall downstairs. It had been a few decades since he last saw his mentor, so Akkad cried out immediately and excitedly rushed to hug Lu Zhiyu. "My teacher, Mr. Anthony, you came to see me!"

Marina smiled upon seeing Akkad getting so excited, almost like a child. She was even more shocked by what Akkad just said.

Looking at Lu Zhiyu, who was way too young looking to be his mentor, she asked quizzically, "Teacher?"

Lu Zhiyu patted Akkad's shoulder, feeling touched by his former student's wave of emotion. When Akkad first came into the wizard tower a hundred years ago, he was just a skinny, pale, introverted young boy. Now, he had grown so much!

Lu Zhiyu took his hand from Akkad's back, then looked at the tower and said, "I didn't expect you to remember the story of the tilted tower. You actually built that same tower here!"

Akkad nodded. "I will never forget any lessons you gave to us, not to mention that vivid experiment that you showed me about that tower! No matter how many years have passed, I will still remember every detail of what you said to me that day."

Lu Zhiyu looked at Akkad and his white hair, then asked, "Did you fail?"

Akkad nodded. "Yup, I failed. But, I am glad I'm still alive. I have lived for more than a hundred years. Bohr, Uruk, Li Weisi and Henry are all dead, yet I am still alive. So, there is nothing I am not happy about!"

Seeing Lu Zhiyu make a somewhat sad face upon hearing his words, Akkad laughed. "I am still healthy, so I will most likely live a few more decades."

Lu Zhiyu and Akkad walked together, while Akkad talked about the past few years and his future plans. "I always wanted to leave something behind, just like the blood witchcraft that Bohr left behind by Bohr. I will leave my alchemy behind me."

As he listened to him, Lu Zhiyu looked at the apprentices in the tower and the graduates that were producing goods downstairs. They were mostly ordinary students.

Lu Zhiyu nodded. "It looks like you are doing pretty good."

Akkad said, "Yes. I was thinking that, instead of wizards, maybe these normal alchemists can bring about larger changes to the world. Those wizards who hold strong power mostly use their knowledge to achieve immortality. As such, no one ever thought of bringing about a better future and light to normal people. I was among these mind sets. Maybe my near-death experience woke me up…"

He paused for a moment, then added, "Us first generation wizards, including me, Bohr, and even Li Weisi and Henry, thought that wizards were the future of this world. But now that many of us are aging and dying, we are realizing that the world isn't going as we expected it would."

He shook his head, looking a bit sad. "We were wrong. The wizards didn't bring light to the world, only harm and devastation. So, maybe these young alchemists can now bring joy to the people. Oh right, I also took in some students! But, I didn't teach them any offensive witchcraft. Instead, I taught them extraction alchemy, mechanical alchemy, and pharmacy!"

Lu Zhiyu was listening to Akkad, looking at his wise and shining eyes. Suddenly, he felt touched by Akkad's speech. Just like what he said, the ones lost in looking for more power weren't just Akkad. Lu Zhiyu now realized that he himself had also been among them.

Since when did my heart change? When did I start to not see normal people as being one of my own kind? Since when did I become so high and mighty, looking down on everyone?

Lu Zhiyu was being self-reflective, while he looked at these youthful alchemists and nodded. He then said, "Knowledge shouldn't have any barriers. The wizards now are all too closed-minded. They are slowly isolating themselves from the rest of the world."

He sighed, then turned to Akkad and smiled. "Bohr brought Kelermo Medical Coding to humans, and he was remembered by many for this contribution. Your alchemy will surely surpass Bohr's, and the name Akkad will be remembered forever."

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Chapter 236: The Trace of the Mermaid

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Marina knew that her teacher Akkad had come from the holy land of the wizards, the wizard tower. However, she didn't know many specifics about the wizard tower itself.

Aside from Akkad's few students, Marina had never met another wizard. For Marina's eyes, her teacher Akkad was already the strongest and the wisest man in the world. She had never expected that her teacher had a mentor as well.

That must mean that Akkad's teacher is already more than a hundred years old! He is older than my grandfather's grandfather! Has he already lived for hundreds of years?

As Marina was trying to figure out Lu Zhiyu's age, she slowly arrived at the harbor. She was dressed in a pretty orange dress and was wearing a leather watch on her pale wrist. The watch was a rare thing to behold, even in Tut City.

"Hey Ms. Marina!"

"Come shopping again?"

"I have some nice little things! Want to have a look at them?"

"I have books from the West! Ms. Marina, would you like to see?"

Marina was very popular among the merchants at the harbor, who were all shouting out to her to come and see their wares. She was a favorite shopper of those merchants. This was because, aside from the fact that she was a pretty girl, the wealth of the alchemists was common knowledge.

As Marina was Akkad's student, this made her even more popular. Many ships from outside, as well as the merchants in the city would often give Marina items that she liked for free. They did this to build connections with the Akkad Alchemy Workshop.

"Miss Marina, you are here just in time! I was going to look for you! I caught a rare thing in the sea. Do you want to have a look?" a merchant yelled to her.

The merchant's ship had just arrived in the harbor and was being checked and taxed by the tax officer. The ship was a bit old and its crew was busy unloading its wares.

The old merchant was standing in front of the ship, waving his arms and calling out to Marina. His face was filled with excitement.

"Old man Ganster, you wouldn't trick me by giving me the orcs' Sofawk stoneplate, then telling me it was some human ancient treasure, would you?" Marina crossed her arms and looked at the old man with some suspicion in her eyes.

The old man suddenly became awkward, fanning his hands around wildly. "No! That was only last time, a snafu! This time, all of my wares are actually good. Come have a look for yourself!"

Marina reluctantly followed him onto the ship. She saw Ganster holding two big buckets, which he then put in front of Marina. Marina tensed her face and asked, "What is this? Is it still alive?"

The old man smiled mysteriously at her and opened the wooden cover on the buckets. As Marina looked into the bucket, her face was suddenly struck by a jet of water that shot up from the inside!

Marina screamed. After she wiped the water off of her face, she saw a little kid inside the bucket! It was a little girl, and she looking around wondrously with her big watery eyes.

Her hair was blue, just like the sea, and her face had two blue stripes on it. The most eye-catching thing about her was her bottom half, which was a long fishtail!

She was a mermaid! She was less than a meter tall, and she looked just like a little kid.

"Oh my God! What is this?" Marina gasped.

This was a creature that humans had never discovered before. Her top half was like a human body, but her bottom half was like a fish. Also, her pretty blue eyes and hair had really caught Marina's attention.

Ganster told Marina, "We found her on our way here. Do you like her, Marina?"

Marina paused for a moment, as she was very tempted. She looked at the cunning old man and pouted. "Alright, how much for her?"

Ganster fanned his hands and said, "You may have her for free, as you are the special Miss Marina!"

Marina hesitated. After all, she knew the cunningness of this old man.

She had been tricked by this evil old man so many times already. Also, this was a new human-like species, so she knew that the merchant could definitely sell her for a good price. Since this old man was being so generous all of a sudden, she was immediately suspicious.

"What is behind all of this kindness?" Marina asked.

Facing Marina's suspicions, Ganster answered, "Recently, my grandson just passed the test at Akkad Alchemy College, and he will be commencing college soon. So, I want you to help him."

He paused, then continued explaining, "Of course, this would mean just looking after him and such, not letting him get bullied or anything. My grandson is a bit wimpy, which I always worry about. Also, I will be away, as I run my business from the sea. Moreover, his health isn't that good, and his father passed away when he was very young.So, now that he passed the test…"

As the old man continued rambling on, Marina finally understood, so she patted the old man on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, since we are friends, I will take care of him."

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Marina climbed the round tower with the bucket. It was heavy, but it was not a struggle for her. Even though she was still a wizard apprentice, she had already mastered the basics of the Body Modification Technique. This was a very complete witchcraft, which had many branches.

It included blood witchcraft and magical beast productions, as well as body modification and the awakening of bloodlines. In fact, there were many formulas that could awaken the bloodline of each wizard during the time of their apprenticeship.

As Marina carefully walked past the door of Akkad's office, someone called out, "Is that you, Marina? Come in and close the door behind you."

Marina was stunned. She felt just like a kid that was getting called into the principal's office after having done something bad. She looked inside and noticed that Akkad and Lu Zhiyu were both there. They were having a discussion, but as it seemed to not be about her, she calmed down.

Marina pushed the bucket away with her leg, while she closed the door. She then put her hands behind her and walked into the room carefully. "Teacher, are you looking for me?"

"Come have a look at this," Akkad said.

As Marina got closer to the table, she noticed that there was a palm-sized metal mechanical man on it. It looked at Marina, quickly bowed, then greeted her, "Pleased to meet you, Miss Marina."

Marina opened her mouth wide in amazement. She had seen many strange things today. She then realized that this was the highest technique that Akkad used to tell them about, the alchemy lifeform!

"Is this an alchemy lifeform?" Marina was amazed by this metal mechanical man!

It was walking and speaking. This was unimaginable for Marina!

Akkad, who had already seen the birth of Eva, was able to be calm about this. However, Marina was really disturbed by such a vision!

Marina thought that something like this only existed in the minds of alchemists. She didn't expect could be real!

This had already touched the realm of the creator's secret and forbidden knowledge. Looking at this little man, she suddenly felt fear creeping into her heart.

"So, life can be created?" Marina asked.

Lu Zhiyu looked at Marina, then at Akkad. "Did you not explain about wizards to your student?"

Akkad nodded, then said to Marina, "Creation and the modification of life were always easy tasks for wizards. Even some new magical beasts were created by wizards. Wizards entered the realm of life long ago, and in the early days, Li Weisi developed experimentations that led to the creation of the chimeras. And recently, Adenos even created the undead!"

He looked at her, then continued. "I didn't tell you about all of this because I don't think this is the right path. But, the path in front of you now is much deeper and more complicated. The highest technique of alchemy, the alchemy lifeform, is not simply about modifying life. Instead, its purpose is to create a metallic lifeform out of thin air, which is much more difficult than giving birth."

After Akkad finished speaking, Lu Zhiyu then told Marina, "This is only an alchemy lifeform right now. It is not a wisdom alchemy lifeform yet. As such, it only functions according to my programming. So, it's imperfect."

Akkad remembered Eva, emotions welling up in his heart and showing on his face. "But teacher, you already made a perfect alchemy lifeform."

Lu Zhiyu sighed. "It lacks replicability, so that was just luck."

Marina asked, "Is there a difference?"

Lu Zhiyu answered her seriously, "There are big differences, just like there are between a wizard and a normal person. Although they look alike from the outside, they are completely different on the inside."

Lu Zhiyu then stood up and said to Akkad, "I will see you next time, Akkad!"

Akkad laughed sadly. "I hope that there is a next time…"

"And, young lady, this thing is for you." Lu Zhiyu grabbed the mechanical doll and gave it to Marina.

The creation of metallic lifeforms required not only metallic cells, but also required design modifications to the life template. Aside from Lu Zhiyu, no one could do it.

Therefore, he just showed it to Akkad, since he wished for it. Even for alchemists, without first advancing to level seven or eight, there was no way that one could create an alchemy lifeform.

The mechanical doll was created impulsively by Lu Zhiyu. As such, it served no real purpose for him. So, he was gifting it to Marina.

For Marina, this was a treasured gift! She held onto the doll and looked at Lu Zhiyu, a big smile on her face.

Lu Zhiyu then disappeared. However, before he was gone, Lu Zhiyu saw the bucket outside of the room and was a bit surprised.

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Chapter 237:

Wave of Alchemy

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Marina felt like she was the protagonist in the legends those barts sang about. She thought she was the chosen one.

She was indeed a rare one, as she had been saved by a mysterious person from demons in her village. Then, she had been taken in as a student by a stranger. After that, she overcame her problems, acquired knowledge, and reached the peak of her life!

Then, there was the turning point. She accidentally met her teacher's teacher, who gave her a gift. He was an even more mysterious and strong person than her own teacher. He was also the founder of the wizard tower!

The gift was a mysterious creature that was known as a mechanical doll. Even after all these years, Marina still didn't understand how a mechanical doll was made, but this didn't stop her from being excited to own one!

Marina found that, even though she could not reproduce her mechanical doll, it was still very helpful for her to have it. In fact, it proved to be the strongest alchemy assistant, which also provided her with loads of inspiration.

Marina had named the mechanical doll Archimonde. She also named the mermaid that the merchant had given her. The mermaid's name was Gina.

Then, with the support of her mentor Akkad, Marina created something that defined alchemy. She called it the alchemy table.

The first generation alchemy table was very simple. It was made from metallic cells that Marina had made based on her study of the cells of Archimonde. However, the extraction of metallic cells was very difficult. Therefore, Marina slowly figured out a way to copy metallic cells after observing the super regeneration power of Archimonde.

This ingenious method utilized copying, not producing. So, all of the metallic cells originated from Archimonde!

Alchemy tables could be controlled by every wizard apprentice via mind power. This allowed them to create and modify things according to their thoughts. In this way, alchemy processes that were previously too difficult to complete were all replaced by this alchemy table!

The first generation alchemy table was very simple, as it only had one application. Even though it was basic, it helped speed up the production process drastically, allowing for the production of some amazing products!

Thanks to this invention, the once rare guns and alchemy cannons started to become commonplace equipment at sea. The sailors started to use these guns to defend themselves against sea monsters.

For example, man-eating blood eagles and groups of black magical snakes were easily warded off and killed. These monsters didn't have any special abilities, but were very abundant.

Even with priests and holy knights onboard, these monsters were still hard to fight off. As the guns and alchemy cannons could damage them, this made them invaluable.

However, this kind of artillery was not so popular on land. Aside from some cities that were still buying alchemy cannons for protection, the guns were mostly bought as souvenirs.

One reason for this was that these things were expensive. So, they couldn't be bought in big quantities. Also, the Blood Knights' melee weapons were far stronger than the guns. Moreover, they offered no combat advantage, except for the fact that sometimes the alchemy cannons could be used to defend smaller cities.

In the 115th year of the San Calendar, alchemists' rose in strength and number within the Tuten Dynasty. They brought new many changes to the country, pushing forward its evolution. Instead of having them filled by wizards and priests, the alchemists quickly took over all of the major positions of power.

The alchemists soon co-mingled with the wizards, since they had branched off from them. They were also welcomed by the people, as they brought positive change and wealth with them. After their arrival, many people wanted to become alchemists, as it was considered to be a miracle occupation that made people become rich overnight!

After the first generation of alchemists graduated from Akkad Alchemy College, some people stayed on, while others left for other cities. Though many people didn't have the potentials to become wizards or alchemists, they could still learn a large amount of knowledge during their time at the college. These people were awarded graduation certificates, but not alchemist badges.

However, even those normal graduates who didn't become alchemists were still in high demand by many nobles and leaders. As such, a large number of graduates rushed into each city within the Tuten Dynasty, looking to be employed by such top powers. This influx had greatly impacted the country.

Strange new products had started to appear in the country, as some of the graduates had become pharmacists and established pharmaceutical workshops. As a result, many cures to different diseases had been created and spread around. This allowed many people who couldn't afford doctors to be saved.

Some of the graduates had become blacksmiths. They learned how to make iron tools and built blacksmith workshops. They also learned how to make glass products and clocks.

The popularity of workshops had quickly risen in the Tuten Dynasty in the past few years as well, causing the owners and the workers within them to become an important class in the country.

Many of them also became builders, politicians, artists and doctors. As for the true alchemists, they became treasures to the nobles, as every alchemist represented a large amount of wealth.

As for Akkad's most special students, some of them stayed at the college to teach or work for the studio. Some of them returned to their hometowns to build their own alchemy colleges, copying the model of the Akkad Alchemy College.

Some of them even built their own studios. These were the ones who were particularly drawn to explore more alchemy knowledge in an attempt to make more perfect and more powerful alchemy products.

It was during this time that many of the Tuten Dynasty's alchemy products rushed into the Alen Continent, quickly becoming popular in the human world and the orc kingdoms. As a result, countless wealth flowed into the Tuten Dynasty.

However, this gathering of wealth triggered changes within the classes of the society. It also triggered many conflicts among other countries, as outsiders began to become jealous and crave such wealth for themselves.

Meanwhile, back in Tut City, Marina was staring at an alchemy table on the top floor of the Akkad tilted tower. Many mechanical arms were going through many processes. Archimonde would place parts on the table to be processed, then would take them out to assemble them. Finally, a bionic arm was created!

"Good Job Archimonde!" Marina took off her glasses and let out a deep breath. "We finally created a bionic arm! As I expected, we were able to successfully use metallic cells to create it. This way, we can help disabled, armless commoners function as normal citizens again!"

This idea had been inspired by her teacher, Akkad, who took the right arm of the special magical beast Minotaur and modified it. This was not something that was easy to do! In contrast, this bionic arm that Marina had created could be used by everyone!

She was excited to think of this accessibility for commoners, but after some consideration, she tensed her face and murmured, "But, with this current production cost, its price is indeed a bit too high…"

Marina pouted. The arm could connect to the neuron only if every part were built by metallic cells. However, the metallic cells were very expensive.

This made Marina very sad and frustrated. Her idea for how normal people could use this arm was turning out to be impossible after all.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened. Heavy footsteps came in, and a blue-haired girl ran in from outside.

She rushed in and jumped into the bath. Then she went underwater, while bubbles came surfaced up to the water's edge.

"Gina, didn't I tell you to take off your clothes before entering the water?" Marina angrily ran into the bathroom.

She saw that the girl's legs were still covered by a dress, but had turned into a long fishtail. After hearing what Marina was just saying, Gina quickly giggled shyly.

"Okay, Sister Marina," the mermaid girl Gina said, while giggling.

As her fishtail moved, the water in the bath splashed in the air. The drops of water were moving like a dancing party, arcing over the tub.

As Marina dried Gina's hair with a towel, she asked, "Where did you play again?"

Gina was the mermaid that was saved by Marina a few years ago from the ship. She had grown up.

Maybe it was because she had lived in human society all of these years, but aside from some parts of her body being different than human bodies and her special ability to control water, she looked and seemed just like a human.

Although Gina considered Marina to be like a sister, she would still always do as Marina said. This made Marina feel warm towards her, since Marina had no real relatives.

Marina pinched Gina's nose teasingly. "Here you are, playing everyday. Today, you have to memorize beginner's alchemy! Did you hear me?"

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In the luxurious palace in Tut City, the hall was illuminated by alchemy lights. The floor was filled with large stone plates, and the walls were covered with ancient paintings.

The Tuten Dynasty had their own religion, and every city had a different belief system and worshiped a different God. The God of Tut City was the Titan God. However, since this generation of Tutens came from the city of Fanse, aside from the Titan God in the painting, the two sides of the gate and the throne housed images of the God of War.

At this moment, a man in a dark red hood entered the palace gate, following behind the guards. He soon arrived in front of Tuten.

Tuten was already sixty years old. He was aging, and would soon die, as he was suffering from myriad diseases. As a result, Tuten looked skinny and weak.

"Kneel!" The guard shouted angrily at the person in red.

"Hehehehehehe!" A weird laughter came out from under the red robe. As the man looked up, a burnt and terrifying face emerged from under the hood.

"Are you asking the prophet of the True God to kneel? Do you want to disrespect God?" Tuten stopped the guards that were going to press the man in the hood.

He then asked in his husky voice, "Do you know the way of immortality?"

The man in the hood showed a fearsome smile, exposing his pale white teeth. He then replied, "Of course. The True God is omnipotent!"

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Chapter 238: Hot Air Balloon and the Church of True God

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A strange religion started to appear in Tut City. They called themselves the Church of True God. Even though there weren't many followers and they were very subtle about their activities, many of the upper classes and the nobles in Tut City quickly converted.

Every month, there was a gathering of the Church of True God in a mansion just outside the city. The nobles would go and release all of their desires at the party, which was considered a special way for them to pay their respects to True God.

This kind of classy gathering had quickly attracted many lonely noble ladies and knights. Then, it had influenced most of the nobles and the other people who were in power within the city.

The influence of the Church of True God had reached down to touch even the higher-ups of the Tuten Dynasty. Finally, it had reached the new generation of Tutens, the heads of the city of Fanse.

"Did you know that Tuten announced that he would make all the workshops pay five times the previous amount of taxes this year?"

"Why did Tuten change his attitude towards alchemists so fast?"

"Soldiers went to round up the whole college…"

A group of cavalry charged into the tilted tower, talking among themselves as they went. The rest of the soldiers, who were armed with swords and armor, had bombarded the tilted tower. This had naturally agitated everyone within the tilted tower.

"Tuten had ordered that all alchemists have to report to the palace. After completing registration, you will all work for Tuten." This announcement created chaos within the tilted tower.

Everyone got angry and confused about this sudden change in their situation. Many alchemist apprentices and assistants had no idea what to do.

"We are free citizens, not Tuten's slaves! Why should he be able to tell us what to do?"

"Yes, alchemists are free! You don't have the right to do this."

"Who do you think you guys are?"

As the apprentices and everyone within the tilted tower jeered at the cavalry, the leader of the cavalry lifted up his head and yelled, "This is Tuten's order. Are you going to betray his order? Are you going to betray the Tuten Dynasty?"

He then added, "Also, Tuten ordered us to take over the Akkad Alchemy Workshop. Everyone here, you are no longer working for Akkad Alchemy Workshop. From now on, you will work for Tuten!"

At that moment, Akkad and Marina were quickly rushing down from above. They saw a large number of soldiers and knights rounding up everyone within the tilted tower.

The knight who had just announced Tuten's order also saw Akkad. He walked up to him and said, "Mr. Akkad, the king had invited you and your student to pay a visit to the palace."

Akkad looked around and laughed. "This certainly doesn't look like an invitation."

The knight didn't responded, but only stared at him a bit awkwardly, so Akkad turned to point towards his students and said, "Well, we need some time to prepare. At least allow us to change, alright?"

Akkad's name and influence were comparable to Tuten's in Tut City. As such, the knight couldn't easily refuse his request.

So, he agreed reluctantly. "I will wait for you outside, sir. I just hope that you don't do anything stupid."

When Akkad saw that the knight had left, he rounded up all of the students and had them go upstairs. Marina then asked him angrily, "Teacher are we doing? We can just get caught…"

Akkad then interrupted her by asking, "What do we do then? Fight and kill Tuten? Make the whole of the alchemists outcasts of society. Let the foundation that we have built all these years go to waste? All the core members follow me, so everyone, don't panic or resist when the soldiers come in. Tuten wouldn't hurt normal students and assistants."

The higher-ups at Akkad Alchemy College quickly gathered at the top of the tilted tower. These people included Akkad's students, administrators at the workshop, and some qualified alchemists.

Soon, pieces of clothes were spread open and attached to buckets, and many pre-assembled hot air balloons appeared. After the hot air balloons started to rise up and slowly ascend towards the sky, every one of the higher-ups got into the hot air balloons and flew away into the sky!

Since Akkad had already advanced to level two, he could already fly at a low attitude. This was not new to him. However, for everyone else, including the other alchemists and Marina, they were all very amazed by the experience.

This was the first time in human history that someone had ascended into the sky. Also, it was the first time that humans had conquered the sky. As such, everyone cheered as the hot air balloons ascended.

"Wow!"

"Ohh! Ohh!"

"This is alchemy! Humans can go into the sky too! This is our first step in conquering the sky!"

"Alchemists can do anything!"

As they looked down from the sky, everything on the ground seemed so small. This made everyone feel quite proud.

Meanwhile, their cheering and movements were noticed by the people and the soldiers who were surrounding the tilted tower. They all looked up at the sky and noticed there was suddenly something floating among the clouds.

"Look up! There is something in the sky." A normal citizen pointed at the sky and opened his mouth in awe.

"They are fl… fl… flying!" A merchant on the side of a road also pointed at the sky. His fingers were shaking.

"They are really flying. Is this also a product of alchemy?"

"This is amazing!"

"Oh my God!"

The knight who was leading the soldiers around the tilted tower also saw the scene up above, his face suddenly changing. He led the soldiers and rushed to the top of the tilted tower, but it was too late. As he stood on top of the tilted tower, he watched a dozen hot air balloons whisk away the core members of Akkad Alchemy College.

The entire Tut City was also moved by the scene. Everyone went out onto the street, put their heads out of their windows, or climbed up to their rooftops to look at the hot air balloons passing by in the sky.

Even Tuten got the message of what had just happened. He saw a group that was led by Akkad fly around in the air for a bit, then head to the south. He was so angered by this, he went into a rage, throwing broken vases and glass art throughout the palace.

As Tuten had his temper tantrum, the burnt man in the red hood who was following him around was Heckfoss. He was the same man who became one with the devil back in Siti village.

After being disabled by Akkad, he lost nearly half of his body, as it had been badly burned. Even after taking power away from the devils, he endured immense pain in order to heal his body. The scars that remained were painful reminders of the devastation he suffered from Akkad's powerful witchcraft.

Now, he had become an adviser to Tuten. He was the one advising Tuten as he took control over the workshops and the alchemists.

In this way, Tuten could take the power of the alchemists for himself, thus making their wealth and abilities serve the Tuten Dynasty. This would also serve to unite the powers of the Tuten Dynasty, thus forming the City Alliance into one nation again.

Of course, part of the reason for these takeovers was also Heckfoss' own selfishness. During this process, Heckfoss could spread the beliefs and doctrine of the Church of True God across the whole Tuten Dynasty. He would then become the controller behind the scenes of the Tuten Dynasty.

Also, since he knew that Akkad was the person who took him down, Heckfoss was determined to use this chance to make use of the Tuten's power in order to take Akkad's power! He wanted to sabotage everything that Akkad had built so far!

Heckfoss had even sat traps within the palace, as he was waiting for Akkad to arrive. However, he didn't expect that Akkad would be so crafty and run away!

Heckfoss saw the hot air balloons slowly becoming smaller in the sky. Finally, they slowly disappeared before his very eyes. He clenched his fists and tensed up his face.

His eyes, which were filled with hatred, were almost glowing red. He then shouted the one name…"Akkad!"

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Chapter 239: Peace

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After flying across many cities, the group of hot air balloons finally landed in an open area in the south. As the alchemists disembarked from the balloons, they knew that they needed to make some plans.

They quickly figured that they could not return to the north. This was because it had been colonized by the city of Fanse.

"Teacher, where are we going?" While Marina carried the blue-haired Gina, she followed behind Akkad.

Gina was observing the hot air balloon. She still couldn't figure out how it was able to fly!

Akkad looked at everyone and considered his options. These people followed Akkad without question because they trusted him unconditionally. Hence, their lives were really in his hands.

"I am afraid that the world won't be peaceful for quite some time now. The evil ambition of King Tuten has been exposed! We have to go further south now! We are going to the city of Tephis!" Akkad announced.

Akkad then led his students and the higher-ups of the Akkad Alchemy Workshop to the southern Tuten Dynasty, as he knew that they would be welcomed by the city of Tephis.

Tephis was one of the trading cities in the south. It was also the first coastal city that Akkad had arrived at within the Tuten Dynasty. On top of that, it was Marina's hometown.

Once they arrived, Akkad soon rebuilt his alchemy workshop and college. This brought great joy to Marina, who hadn't returned to her hometown in a very long time. In fact, all of the alchemists happily made their new homes in this coastal city.

On the other hand, north of Tuten Dynasty, in the city of Fanse and the current Tuten Marlbus, Tuten was using his political power and strict order to weaken the power and control of each city in the north. Then, with force, Tuten slowly united the northern part of the Tuten Dynasty.

Meanwhile, many workshops were being taxed heavily. All of the graduates of alchemy colleges had to be registered within the government registries.

In this way, a large number of graduates who had learned a vast amount of alchemy knowledge, and even those alchemists who had been awakened, were captured. They were then forced to work for Tuten.

Due to their forced labor, large amounts of wealth were gathered, all to be used to support the Tuten Dynasty. Thus, the rise of alchemy had brought big changes to the Tuten Dynasty, none of which were good for the alchemists!

At this moment, everything depended on the influences of the alchemists. Even when King Tuten wanted to control the north or wage war, he heavily relied on the alchemy college graduates that he had basically made into indentured servants!

The workshops produced weapons and armor for Tuten military purposes. They kept the large amounts of Tuten soldiers in top-of-the-line gear. Many workshops even provided Tuten with money so that he could wage wars and unite the north.

As for the cities in the south, they were terrified by the actions and political orders of Tuten. They had especially begun to get nervous when many heads of the northern cities were killed or arrested, seemingly for no reason at all!

Understandably, the cities in the south were highly disturbed. They were afraid that any one of them might be the next unlucky person to be killed!

For this reason, the cities of the south had gathered in an independent meeting that was held along the border between the south and the north. The meeting took place in the city of Lamech, which was near the Pegasus River.

Shortly after the meeting adjourned, thirty-two cities declared their independence from the Tuten Dynasty. They called themselves the City Alliance of Sheehan, which was a namesake taken from a local sacred tree.

The formation of the City Alliance of Sheehan announced the official break between the north and the south of the Tuten Dynasty. As such, King Tuten Marlbus immediately declared war against the City Alliance of Sheehan.

One side was fighting in the name of taking back the country, while the other side was fighting for freedom. Thus, a civil war started. The battle quickly extended to areas near the Pegasus River, which immediately resulted in the two sides having a tug of war battle over who controlled the river.

At the beginning of the war, King Tuten had an absolute advantage over the City Alliance of Sheehan. This was because they were most fighting inside the core area of the City Alliance.

The Tuten forces had rounded up a hundred thousands soldiers in a castle called Finnlit. The siege lasted for a few months, which pushed the City Alliance to the edge.

However, they were defeated by reinforcements from the city of Tephis and other coastal cities. After this, the war continued for three years. But from then on, it was a very even battle, as the two sides had equally suffered devastating losses.

The crippling effects of the war, as well as its lengthy duration had again made the north unstable. As a result, rebellions kept rising up everywhere.

Many cities and nobles that were unhappy with King Tuten's actions were constantly causing trouble. Finally, King Tuten could only sign a peace treaty with the City Alliance Sheehan in the city of Lamech, which happened to be the exact same place where the independent meeting had happened all those years ago.

For King Tuten, the loss of this battle was a deep humiliation. This was made even worse by the fact that he saw the City Alliance of Sheehan as the enemy that stole his lands.

Years after the peace treaty was signed, King Tuten was able to finally solve the problem in his country. After that, once he had gathered enough power, he returned again to wage a war against the City Alliance of Sheehan.

However, at this moment, the Batko area in the northwest part of the Tuten Dynasty had united again after suffering through many conflicts. Upon winning countless battles, a country called Pusuote had united the area.

From that victorious moment, Sky Temples were built in every city of Batko, while the Kingdom of Pusuote took over the area. The belief of the Sky Temples had replaced all of the messy religions, thus becoming the main religion of the Batko area.

Many priests of the Sky Temples walked around Batko, spreading the secrecies of the Church of the Sky while holding the book of the living. For the underworld, this was considered as being the expansion of the Sky Temples.

The whole underworld was projected on the ground. It had changed a from surreal form to a half-real state. Many angels of death would rush out of the underworld at anytime, taking in those souls that refused to ascend. The underworld had finally started to function like it was supposed to all along.

Kingdom of Pusuote, City of Baber

The City of Baber was once the capital of the Batko Empire. It was built by the first emperor, Yip Ima Batko. However, it was invaded by the city of Fanse under the authority of the Tuten Dynasty. The city was then raided and the last emperor of the Batko Empire was killed.

Now, Cetisius had moved here. Today, he was wearing a deep black robe and his face had grown from a teenager into that of a middle-aged man.

In the palace, many people were going about their tasks. Since Cetisius had built the Kingdom of Pusuote, he had slowly united the whole Batko area, finally becoming the true owner of this land.

At this moment, Cetisius just received a report that had been sent to him from far away. After he read it carefully, he stood up and gathered all of the generals under him to hold an emergency meeting.

The invasion of the King of Pusuote, while King Tuten was waging his second war, had shocked everyone within the Tuten Dynasty. The twenty hundred knights of the Pusuote area had invaded the Tuten Dynasty from the northwest.

They quickly went down along the border and took over the northern part of the Tuten Dynasty. The army then rounded up the entire Tut City. After a few days, Tut City surrendered.

The Kingdom of Pusuote had then taken the rich lands and all of the wealth! Thus, the strong city of Fanse instantly became a thing of the past, put to an end by the Kingdom of Pusuote from Batko. In this way, everything came full-circle.

Meanwhile, King Tuten had lost the country. His head was even cut off by his own soldiers! The army of Tuten then surrendered to the City Alliance of Sheehan soon after his execution.

The Church of True God, which was popular in the north, was quickly suppressed. The priests of the Sky Temples drove out all of the believers and prophets of the Church of True God.

They did not even allow the souls of the prophets of the Church of True God to rest in peace after their deaths. Instead, they sent them to the underworld as heretics to await their judgements.

As for Heckfoss, he could only escape with the remaining prophets. They all ran into the City Alliance of Sheehan, looking for a chance to strike again.

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"When will this war end?"

"Yea, all the men went out to fight. Aside from women, there are only old people and children left."

"Shouldn't it end soon?"

"Who knows? They are warmongers!"

"Hey did you hear that? King Tuten turned into a terrifying monster when he died!"

"Yes, yes. He didn't die when his head was cut off. He was burnt until he really died. The whole army must have seen that scene."

"I knew it. That da*n guy must be possessed by devils. Otherwise, he wouldn't be waging war everyday."

Marina was looking at a bunch of the women, who were chatting while they were sewing on sewing machines. The model of using workshops had become popular in the entire City Alliance of Sheehan. These women, when it was not farming season, would come to work in the workshops to earn some extra money for their families.

In the city of Tephis, small workshops like these were everywhere. These workshops always needed laborers badly.

Also, during wartime, the prices of the goods that they produced were inflated so much. Throughout the city of Tephis, there were complaints about wars everywhere.

Many men died in battle, while others who survived didn't return home for years. While they were away, no one knew if they were still alive or not.

Marina felt heavy. After she walked through a few streets, she arrived at a castle in Tephis. There were people walking around in the castle. This was the site of the new Akkad Alchemy College.

In the principal's room at the top level, she saw Akkad. He had aged greatly since she had last seen him. His hair was white as snow and his back was crooked. Seeing him in such a state made Marina sad.

"Teacher, the war ended!" Marina said as she entered the room.

"What was that?" Akkad pushed up his glasses and asked her to repeat what she had just said.

Marina repeated herself, talking a bit louder for his old ears, "The King of Pusuote, Cetisius, signed an agreement with us. They drew the borderline. I heard from others that Cetisius is an honorable king. I think this peace agreement should last for some time."

Akkad nodded. "This is only temporary peace. The task of obtaining true peace I must leave to you guys, as I'm getting old."

Marina refuted his assertion immediately, mostly due to wishful thinking, "Teacher you are still in good health. You can definitely last until you're a hundred years old or more!"

Akkad burst into laughter. "Are you cursing me?"

Marina realized that she had said something wrong, so she stuck her tongue out at him playfully.

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Chapter 240: Mermaid Kingdom

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A giant Thunder Ray traversed on the ocean's surface. There was a topless woman lying on top of the Thunder Ray.

Her blue hair was blowing in the wind, while her long fishtail skimmed over the surface of the water and made splashes. As it made its way, the giant Thunder Ray released a predator-like aura of a highest tier magical beast. All of the monsters and magical beasts were terrified of this aura.

The Thunder Ray was the true son of the Sea God, and the one controlling it was a mermaid who also a descendant of sakun. It had been about a hundred years since the birth of the mermaid race. Since that time, they had grown into quite a big group.

At this moment, the mermaid that was riding the Thunder Ray suddenly noticed a giant shadow in the sky. She lifted her head and saw a flying castle that had just appeared from the clouds under the sun.

"Praise the Sea God!" She opened her eyes wide and exclaimed. She could see the flying castle passing through the clouds, heading towards the Swirl Continent.

The giant flying castle appeared like a small island in the sky. Anyone would be amazed by it.

At that time, the social structure of the mermaids was still a matriarchal society. As such, the female mermaids had the highest power and ruled over the other classes.

Aside from the hundreds of regular mermaids, there was another branch of descendants that were known as the sahagins. Their official name, which was given by Lu Zhiyu when he listed the species in the Alen Continent, was Koutao sahagins.

These Koutao sahagins, when compared to the beautiful mermaids, were more like abnormal mutants. Their heads were big and ugly, and their bodies were full of scales. Also, their hands and legs were attached webbing.

Aside from their huge bodies and superior physical strengths, Koutao sahagins were nothing special. They were not smart and didn't have any special powers.

Their lifespans were close to those of normal humans. In fact, the only noteworthy thing about them was their reproductivity.

After only being in existence for a few decades, the Koutao sahagins had already reached a hundred thousand in number. They lived in the inner lakes and lands of the Swirl Continent.

The mermaids controlled these Koutao sahagins, making them build palaces and enslaving them. There was a city of mermaids near the inner lake of the Swirl Continent, which was surrounded by a river.

The entrances of every building inside the city had a river flowing through them. As such, this city was built on top of the water, and it was called Alada City.

Streams of water passed through the city. The center palace was even built with a pool, fountain, and a fake mountain with a small waterfall inside of it.

Deep water tunnels connected every part of the city. These were like roads for the mermaids. As such, many mermaids and Koutao sahagins passed through them daily.

Their beautiful bodies could often be seen in the water. When some mermaids jumped out of the water, their fishtails turned into human legs. Then, they slowly walked into the palace.

There were also Koutao sahagin guards, who were holding Poseidon-like forks everywhere in the palace. However, the mermaids themselves didn't have any guards, not to mention armies.

They only used weapons for hunting. Aside from some magical beasts, they had no enemies.

The beautiful mermaids didn't consider the Koutao sahagins as their own kind. This is why they enslaved the Koutao sahagins. In this way, the majority of the Koutao Sahagins became slaves for the mermaids at birth, and were forced to serve them until they died.

Therefore, a decade ago, a revolution was organized by a group of Koutao sahagins that were not happy with being enslaved. The main organizer's name was Barry. He led tens of thousands of sahagins to storm the palace. During the melais, many mermaids were killed.

However, this revolution was quickly suppressed by the mermaids via their special powers. As their flashes of special power blinked into the palace, they easily killed the Koutao sahagins and dyed the whole Alad City red.

Every tunnel and river flowed red with the blood of the sahagins. The plans of the Koutao sahagins were completely spoiled. However, the princess of the mermaids was kidnapped by the leader Barry, who then dove into the deep sea.

As for the other rebellious Koutao sahagins, after their attack failed, they retreated to the forest of the Swirl Continent. They were still there to this day, hiding in the dark and plotting their revenge against the mermaids.

The mermaids had eliminated and suppressed them many times. However, since the population of the mermaids was small and the Swirl Continent was huge, the mermaids only took control of part of it.

The rebellions soon spread out into other tribes and hid in the corners of the continent. There was no way to clear them out by then.

However, after this revolution, the mermaids enforced their control over the tribes of Koutao sahagins even harsher. The defenses were especially tightened in the Alad City. However, this had only worsened the relationship between the mermaids and the Koutao sahagins.

At times like this, the past speeches and teachings of the rebel leader Barry were often brought up by the Koutao sahagins…

"We are all sons of the Sea God. We are all descendants of God. Why are they all high and mighty, while we are so lowly? This is not fair."

"We are also descendants of God!"

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The inner lake in the Swirl Continent was larger than the area of land. It was connected to the ocean, so the water was a deep blue.

The mermaids splashed their tails on the surface of the lake. The sunlight reflecting on the water and in the splashes was very pretty.

In the bright palace, the Queen of the Alad City, Sally, began the mermaid administrator meeting. Immediately, a massive argument broke out among all of those present…

"Those filthy Koutao sahagins! They should have survived!"

"They are humiliating the bloodline of God!"

"Letting them serve us was already an honor. Why should we give them any more rights, thus making them superior to us?"

Some people felt sorry for the Koutao sahagins, especially those mermaid who had sahagin offspring. They voiced different opinions.

However, they were the minority, as most mermaids considered giving birth to sahagins was a dishonor. In fact, if this ever occurred, most of them would kill them when they were born!

"You murderers! Don't you think that the Koutao sahagins are a part of us?"

"That's what you think. I never considered them as being a part of us."

Queen Sally stood up in a rage. "Alright, I have seen God himself, so I know the intentions of God. You all stay quiet."

The meeting abruptly ended, with no solution to the problem. If they didn't resolve this, the social structure of the Mermaid Kingdom would fall apart completely. As the population of mermaids was too small to build a civilization of their own, they had to be supported by the Koutao sahagins.

This newborn kingdom had already met their first problem, and Queen Sally had no experience solving this kind of problem. This society was so new, they had no written language yet. Clearly, they still needed to explore many things and make many improvements.

Queen Sally was the only mermaid that had met God before, so she had the right to explain God to the others and manage the kingdom. That was why she had been chosen to be the queen of the Mermaid Kingdom. However, many mermaids still didn't trust her completely.

There was a temple in Alad City. In the middle of the temple, there was a pool.

In the pool, there was a statue of God. He was wearing white and his face was not clear. The statue had been built according to what Sally saw when she was born and had met God.

"God! What should I do?" Sally walked onto the stone bridge that stretched over the pool, then knelt in front of the statue and prayed.

At that moment, she heard a laugh. She was shocked, so she looked up.

She saw a man in a white robe. He was sitting at the base of the statue, lazily leaning back on it, while his naked foot hung in front of Queen Sally's face.

This act of disrespecting God would usually anger Quen Sally and the mermaids. However, as she looked at this man, his face matched perfectly with one from her memories. This stunned her.

"Sally, right?" Lu Zhiyu thought back and remembered her.

This was the mermaid that he had called No.1 when he was creating the mermaids. She was the same mermaid who had opened her eyes so suddenly that it had spooked Lu Zhiyu!

Sally was sizing up Lu Zhiyu at the moment. She held her hands in front of her chest and asked for confirmation. "You… You have really appeared?"

Lu Zhiyu nodded and said, "Go look for your daughter. She was called Gina. Go towards the southwest. In a faraway land that is ruled by humans and orcs, you will find your daughter in a human kingdom called the Tuten Dynasty! The bloodline will lead you to her. She shall be the next queen of the Mermaid Kingdom, and she will lead you all into the future to achieve your goals!" After Lu Zhiyu finished speaking, he disappeared into thin air.

Mermaids were the first special race in the world, but they were too isolated and were born too late. Hence, the humans and orcs had already discovered the ocean and had begun exploring the world. In contrast, at this time, the mermaids were still in the initial stages of building their civilization. Only by communicating with humans, could they get the necessary access to push their society further into the future and sped up their development.

"Thank you for your orders. We will follow your instructions!" Sally stood up and said.

After seeing Lu Zhiyu disappear into thin air, she stood up and smiled. Her face was filled with joy.

"My daughter! Gina! Oh my God! She is still alive!"

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Chapter 241: The Journey of the Legendary Adventurer

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In the darkness of the night, a giant shadow passed under the surface of the ocean, coming close to the south of the Tuten Dynasty. The shadow caused the calm ocean to become choppy.

As the waves struck the shore and the harbor, many ships that were docked in the harbor started tossing and bobbing. The crashing of the waves made the whole ocean sound very unsettling. As a giant shadow passed under the ship, the ocean water under the ships became very dirty.

Seagulls that were resting on the shore or nesting on the walls flew away in large groups, screaming as they went. It was as if they felt some sort of ominous danger.

The old keeper in the lighthouse also sensed some sort menacing movement. He was looking out at the sea, but he couldn't see anything in the dark.

There is no wind? That is so weird!

Under the cover of the night, a shadow slowly rode the waves. A naked woman then stepped onto the beach of Tephis. Her giant fishtail had turned into a pair of pretty, long legs.

Her name was Salita, and she was among the group who was ordered to search for the next queen of the Mermaid Kingdom by the prophecy. They had traversed through the endless ocean and finally reached the Alen Continent. They had finally made it to the world of the orcs and the humans from the legends!

Salita had spent several years on the Alen Continent by that time. The first place she arrived was a kingdom called Hollyma.

It was there that she had learned the human language and began to understand how humans lived. Their advanced civilization had far exceeded her expectations. Of course, in the process, Salita also suffered a great deal due to her ignorance.

Some evil humans had bad intentions for Salita. As she obviously wouldn't tolerate that, she doled out devastating punishments to them.

However, during that time, she had indeed gathered some powerful knowledge about the humans. She now knew that there were terrifying beings called priests and wizards.

These kinds of people were powerful and sinister. She didn't actually meet one herself, but just by hearing their reputations, she already knew that they were not good people.

It had been a bumpy journey thus far, but Salita had never forgotten her mission. She had finally found the Tuten Dynasty!

However, finding her little girl in this huge country would be difficult, as all Salita knew was her age, her name, and that she had blue hair. Salita searched along the coastal cities in hopes of finding a princess. Finally, in the southern Tuten Dynasty, in a city called Tephis, she sensed one of her kind by following her bloodline.

She was also one that didn't know how to cover up the scent of her power! This got Salita very excited.

"It that you Princess?" she murmured with a hopeful heart.

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Gina was now a thirteen-year-old young girl. Her eye-catching blue hair had now been dyed red, just like Marina's. This way, no one would question whether the two of them were sisters or not.

Compared to Marina's being a careless problematic girl, Gina was more kind and easy going. However, she was just like Marina in most every other way.

She was brave and adventurous. But, as she looked very innocent, many people often mistook her as being a shy girl, and that was very wrong!

At this moment, Gina had run back to Marina's quarters in a panic. She closed the door and jumped into the bath. She then shut the blinds and refused to come out.

"What happened?" Marina was confused.

Gina opened the blinds just a bit and poked her little head out of the slit. She said nervously, "I met someone strange outside today!"

Marina asked, "What strange person?"

Gina answered, "She had blue hair, just like mine. She was wearing a cloak, and she was very mysterious. She said that she was one of my kind, then she told me that she had been ordered to take me home… To a place called the Mermaid Kingdom! She also called me a princess!"

Hearing this, Marina dropped her jaw. Until now, Marina still couldn't figure out what species Gina belonged to. She had even suspected that Gina could be a magical beast or a special lifeform that was modified by other wizards. Marina never expected this!

Marina only knew that, aside from orcs and humans, there was a race called elves on another continent that was far away from here. However, Marina had only heard this from her teacher, Akkad. She had never actually seen one herself.

But now, Gina had just said that there was another one of her kind! On top of that, they found her and told her that she was a princess of the Mermaid Kingdom!

This could be a legendary and unknown race. It could even be an intelligent race from the deep sea!

"That's so cool, and a princess, too! It is like those legends and fairytale fictional tales!" Marina started to joke about it.

This caused Gina to pout. She then said angrily, "It was true. She said she would quickly take me home."

"How did she get here? Where did she come from? The ocean is full of dangers, you know!" Marina demanded to know the details.

"She said that she was from a faraway continent, a place that is ruled by the Mermaid Kingdom. She said that we mermaids are the descendants of the Sea God. We apparently have the blood of the Sea God, so the monsters won't attack us," Gina explained.

As Marina finally started to believe what Gina said, her face tensed. "What do you think?" she asked.

Gina curled herself into a ball, then replied, "I don't know. I was scared. I don't really know these creatures at all…"

Even though Gina was a mermaid, she had grown up in human society and was used to living the lifestyle and speaking the languages of the humans. Hence, she would naturally be scared if she had to leave all of a sudden.

However, Gina was also curious about her race and her mother. She wanted to get close to her own kind and see what they were like. These complicated emotions confused Gina. She didn't know what to do.

Then, Marina lifted up her head and said, "I've got it! I have decided to go see that person with you. If all that she said is true, then I will go to your homeland with you."

Gina opened her eyes wide. "Really?"

Marina looked at Gina and said, "Even though you grew up in our human society, you are not human. When you grow up, you will not fit into this society. I was already beginning to worry about your future. However, we can now go and investigate your homeland. I wouldn't make you go alone!"

Marina laughed proudly, seeing the relief in Gina's eyes. "Besides, I was already planning to take on a journey to explore the world. After that, I will write a book. Let your kind take me to the sea, and I will go to the land of the elves that my teacher was talking about. Then, I will journey back to the Alen Continent to visit the wizard tower!"

As Marina was thinking about all of this, she added, "In this way, my name will spread throughout the whole world. I will be the first person to go around the world. Then, I will name my book, 'The Journey of the Legendary Adventurer Marina!'"

Gina quickly said, "But, it's dangerous out in the deep seas!"

Marina answered, "Ah, but isn't a little danger par for course for any adventurer worth their salt? Didn't you say that your race could go across the oceans? How else could she have come here? We just need to follow her."

Marina was so excited, then she remembered something and added, "Oh yes, and I need to buy a ship and hire some good crewmen. Surely Ganster old man will introduce me to the cream of the crop."

Gina felt like her sister had gone mad, but she was also relieved by her words. Perhaps, with Gina along, she would not be scared anymore.

Marina pinched Gina's nose gently. "Alright, I have not gone mad. But first, we have to meet that mermaid of yours!"

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Chapter 242: Adventurer

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"Marina, you are more adventurous than most men. Go and see how big the world is. This was also my childhood dream. After seeing it, come back and tell me all about it," Akkad said.

Akkad then took out the original tall tower badge that Anthony had given him. He told Marina that by crushing the badge, she could be sent back to the tower through a teleport matrix. Although Marina did not understand the preciousness of the badge, she did know that it was definitely not an ordinary thing.

"It's not as precious as you might imagine. In a dangerous situation, the enemy will not give you the chance to open the teleport matrix, so once you face a moment of life and death, it is actually of no use." The old Akkad appeared very calm when he said this.

Marina then took Gina and Salita with her and started her journey. It was a nice, sunny day, which seemed like a good omen.

Marina's ship, the Legendary Adventurer, was a beautiful ship that had ten alchemy cannons on it. After hearing about Marina's plan, Garnett, who had many years of sailing experience, demanded to join her. Thus, she made him the chief mate.

Salita was a trainer of the mermaid family, who was famous for taming a giant squid on the sea. So, led by the squid, the ship headed all the way to the Swirl Continent.

They encountered a variety of difficulties along the way. In particular, there were many storms, as well as some encounters with demons and monsters who were not afraid of the Sakun bloodline.

On one occasion, they encountered some hawk-shaped banshees whose sonic attacks were too lethal for ordinary lifeforms to survive. Plus, since they were flying in the sky, they could not be attacked by the alchemy cannons. Utilizing its firearms, the crew of the Legendary Adventurer finally inflicted devastating damage on the banshees.

But, the most dangerous part of the journey was when they were passing through a misty area. They were trapped in the fog and could not see the sky! They stayed trapped like this for nearly a month.

In the mist, someone was constantly singing strange songs. They also encountered wrecks, dead people, and even the deceased's relatives!

In this bizarre mist, everyone and everything was on the verge of collapsing. It wasn't until years later that Marina realized that what she had heard was the voice of a monster named Ecstasy.

They also encountered social monsters that looked like jellyfish and could float in the air. Where they lived, a haze spread out. Their individual abilities were not strong, but the great illusion-making ability of their groups could easily take many people's lives at once.

Finally, with Gina's help, they were able to escape the mist. After leaving the grey mist, that experience of not seeing the sky for so long became a terrible memory for everyone.

As Gina was of pure Sakun blood, she was unlike most mermaids, who were only part Sakun. Gina not only had the ability to affect temperatures, but she could also could control the mind power of others.

The Legendary Adventurer finally arrived on the Swirl Continent, which was the home of the mermaid family. In fact, humans had never even set foot on the Mermaid Kingdom before. This kingdom had beautiful mermaids, as well as the ugly Koutao sahagins.

The sailors saw from the ship saw a variety of exotic creatures, architecture, and customs that were very different from the human world. There were also huge ocean-like continental lakes and a big city named Alada.

The sailors sent back the princess of the Mermaid Kingdom, accepted the mermaids' praises, and received all kinds of marine gems and black pearls in exchange for their goods and books from the human world.

Gina and Salita, who had just returned from the human world, had learned what a country with a perfect system should be like. So, after broadening their horizons, they were able to bring opportunities for change to the Mermaid Kingdom.

The Koutao sahagins began to integrate into the mermaid family, and Gina learned how to govern the country with her mother, Queen Sally. Marina then drove her Legendary Adventurer to the Yala Continent using the map that Akkad had given her.

Salita gave Marina a trumpet and the female giant squid named Koukou, then told her how to tame it. After this, Gina sent Marina away.

Marina stood on the ship's deck, waving her hands and shouting goodbye. She then disappeared in the distance.

Gina had always known that this separation was inevitable. After all, this was her home and Marina did not belong here.

But, in her search for the Yala Continent, dangers along the road far exceeded Marina's imagination. This route to the Yala Continent was in a warm sea area, and for the first time, Marina was attacked by the Children of the Sea! These giant starfish emitted hot steam that almost burned them. Koukou also suffered a terrible defeat in its battle with them.

Finally, the whole ship was dragged deeper into the sea by the starfish. Marina could only save everyone by having them lie on Koukou and ride the creature to a nearby island. There, Marina used alchemy to build a new ship named World Conqueror.

They finally arrived at the Yala Continent on this new ship, where they immediately met the moonlight elves. After battling through a series of conflicts with them, Marina arrived at the Corolla Tower in the Forest of Life.

There, they saw beautiful elves playing harps and huge trees of life. There were also beautiful and exquisite buildings, the magnificent Sylve city, magnificent wetland forests, the Hagrid Grand Canyon, and the fascinating White Castle Spring! This place was like heaven!

As they were standing in front of Corolla Tower, everyone was shocked and speechless. It was as if they were in a fairytale world.

Moreover, the numerous elves who were dressed in loose white clothes looked like angels coming down from the sky! The Corolla Tower also had a great learning atmosphere, as well as delicious food and beautiful houses.

Upon her arrival, Marina met with Wolfe and Wendy, the deans and vice-deans of Corolla Tower Academy. They were also students of the Great Wise Anthony, just like her mentor, Akkad. As the first generation of wizards, they were also former wizard tower mentors.

Marina saw all kinds of strange witchcraft, dreamcraft, and Blood Witchcraft here. All of these things she had only heard about from Akkad.

She was immersed in this sea of knowledge. She was very impressed that the elves had even more profound knowledge than she had imagined.

Marina's knowledge of alchemy, the alchemy table, and the mechanical doll Archimonde caused a great sensation within the Corolla Tower. Her crew stayed here for nearly half a year.

Once they left, the journey home was much smoother than Marina had imagined. The ship from the wizard tower arrived in Yala, and some students from the Corolla Tower chose to enter the wizard tower for further study, as according to Wolf and Wendy's words, the wizard tower was the real wizard's holy place of origin.

There were several senior wizards from the wizard tower on the ship. Along the way, Marina saw a fierce attack of Blood Witchcraft and dreamcraft. During the attack, many ordinary monsters died. Even the Children of the Sea fled under the siege of the senior wizards!

They then arrived smoothly on the Black Forest Coast of the Kingdom of Rosa d'Oro. Marina then departed the ship and rode a railcar in the darkness. She was heading to the tower.

Once she was in the tower, she finally saw the holy place of the wizard. Everything here was beyond her imagination.

All kinds of witchcraft had permeated every aspect of life! She saw the jackdaw postman, the witchcraft communication badge, the transformation of biological slaves, projections for teaching in dreams, magical beast pets and so on. Even various wizard towers played different roles in this societal system! She even saw various magical beasts flying in the sky!

In the Black Forest, there were a huge garden where magical beasts grew, and there were also huge libraries that had Sphinx librarians! She even saw a legendary Titan Dragon guarding the tower.

It was a huge red dragon, and after taking just one look at it, Marina made felt terribly frightened. It was definitely the most horrible creature she had ever seen!

Even though Edward Kelermo, who was the fourth generation wizard tower master, had inherited the integrity of his teacher and adoptive father, Bohr Kelermo, he was still different in many ways. He grew up in the wizard tower, so the only beings that he ever met were wizards. This caused him to teach in different ways.

As such, Marina learned a vast amount of knowledge and received many gifts from Edward Kelermo, the tall tower master, and many mentors here. Her teacher Akkad's identity as the owner of the third generation tower owner had provided a great deal of convenience for her.

During her time here, Marina successfully transplanted the bloodline of a magical beast called the fossil horn rhinoceros. The fossil horn rhinoceros was a result of bloodline abnormalities that occurred when wizards cultivated magical beasts.

As such, it could only recast things, but for Marina and the alchemists, this ability was valuable, similar to that of an artifact. Although it could not directly change the essence of substances, it was easy for alchemists to make various kinds of alchemy instruments via its means of recasting.

Using its ability, an alchemist could easily turn sand into glass, clay into rock, pig iron into various alloys and so on. This had brought about unimaginable breakthroughs for alchemists, enabling them to analyze substances and to manufacture and explore various kinds of alchemy tools.

Less than a month after her stay at the wizard tower, Marina returned to the World Conqueror and embarked on her journey home. It took her nearly four years to complete the voyage and return to the Sean City State Alliance.

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Chapter 243: The End

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When World Conqueror arrived at the port of the city-state of Tephis, Marina and her crew became an instant sensation. This was because a huge sea monster had led the ship into the harbor, shocking all of the people!

Marina let go of the giant squid Koukou and said, "Thank you, Koukou! Now, you may return to the sea!"

All of them stood on the ship and waved goodbye to Koukou. After sailing together for several years, many of the sailors had sentimental feelings for the squid that had protected them. Some of them even began to wipe away a few tears as Koukou's huge body disappeared into the sea.

Legends of Marina's traveling around the world on the Legendary Adventurer quickly spread throughout Tephis. The sailors kept talking about the many monsters and dangers that they had encountered along the way, as well as sharing their many escapades in the magnificent Swirl Continent, the Mermaid Kingdom, and the beautiful Yala Continent.

Hence, everyone knew that a woman named Marina Bossay had crossed the dangerous sea and accomplished a feat of crossing three continents! For ordinary people, the mainland of Alan was their whole world. Now, everyone knew that besides Alan, there were many more magical continents out there!

The gems and black pearls that the sailors had brought back from the Swirl Continent, as well as the various crafts of the Yala Continent and the elves' harps, swords, and bows were all very popular among a large number of businessmen and nobles in Tephis. Hence, all of the sailors became rich overnight! They were even received by the Prime Minister of the Sean City-State Alliance and given the titles of Knight!

This made their stories even more legendary! The chief mate Garnett was particularly proud of himself. In fact, this was the most glorious moment of his life!

Even the children on the street were talking about the beautiful mermaid family, the giant squid Koukou, and the Children of the Sea, pretending that they were also among the wayfaring crew…

"Come on monster! I am the captain of the great Legendary Adventurer. I am not afraid of you!"

"Come on, Koukou! Tear up all of the monsters!"

"I'm the captain! Fire, fire!"

"I am the captain!"

"No, I am!"

As the children were roleplaying in the streets, throughout the city-state of Sean, everyone was talking about adventures, navigation, and wealth. Many sailors and merchants, forgetting the horror and fear of the sea, rushed to join other crews and embark on their own adventures as crewmen. After all, they also wanted to find the legendary Swirl Continent and Yala Continent, bring back huge wealth from the Mermaid Kingdom, and become famous overnight!

At the moment, however, Marina was not interested in all of this hubbub. Instead, she had snuck away to the newly established Alchemy Academy in Tephis. At the top of the castle, Akkad lay in his chair and watched snowflakes flying outside his window.

Unlike the north, Tephis was a warm city, so it was rare to see snowflakes in winter. But, at present, the temperature had dropped sharply, so the fireplace was burning in the lounge.

Marina talked to Akkad about her journey in a very peaceful tone. When she talked about Yala and Wendy and Wolfe, Akkad's expression slowly changed into one of clear sentimentality.

"Ah! I really miss them!" Akkad was now very old and look tired.

Akkad sobbed a bit, then asked, "Okay, what's next? Tell me about the wizard tower."

Marina suddenly remembered something. "Oh! There's a letter from mentor Catherine…"

A smile appeared on Akkad's face. "Catherine! Is she okay?"

Marina nodded. "Mentor Catherine reached Level Four. She's young and beautiful. She asked me to tell you that she misses you very much."

Akkad laughed. "If she said this about Bohr, he would be very happy. Bohr liked her best then, but unfortunately she married an ordinary person."

Speaking of this, Akkad sighed deeply. "Poor Bohr. I can't believe he is dead, and I…I'm dying too!"

Akkad coughed violently. Marina lowered her head and kept wiping away her tears. Akkad then opened the letter and slowly read it, recalling their childhood.

At that time, there were very few wizards, only them. Each of them were filled with longing and hope as they came to the wizard tower. It had completely changed their fates.

As Akkad read and laughed, he remembered the intelligent Bohr, proud and confident Li Weisi, honest Uruk, beautiful Catherine, and Henry, who always followed them. Every one of these first generation of wizards had been so young and full of expectations and dreams for the future! They had looked forward to using what they would learn in order to change the world.

"How young we were back then! I remember that Bohr standing on the steeple of the castle, shouting at the sky, 'The future is ours!' Bohr wanted to be a good doctor and Li Weisi wanted to be a real noble man. We secretly liked Catherine because she was the pianist's daughter. I didn't tell Bohr that I liked her though. She was born with a temperament that attracted us. Every one of us had a simple dream, as our understandings of the world were so small. We thought we could rule the world!" Akkad kept talking and his eyes grew dim.

He then added softly, "I really miss them, and I really want to be with them…?"

Akkad did not finish his thoughts. Instead, his fingers loosened and the letters fell from his mechanical arm. He then gradually closed his eyes.

The wind blew open the window, allowing a few snowflakes to flutter in. At this moment, the door suddenly opened and all of Akkad's students came in, each of them looking at Akkad quietly sleeping. Everyone took off their hats and lowered their heads.

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Akkad wandered through the gate of the underworld, where a tall monster was swallowing up those who were not in line. Akkad then approached the Styx River.

After crossing the Styx River on a ferry with a strange man who had bandages all over his body, he saw a familiar figure at the riverside. The figure reached out and pointed his finger to Akkad's forehead, which made Akkad remember things little by little.

"Anthony!" Lu Zhiyu stood beside the Styx River and looked at Akkad. "I said we would see each other again."

Akkad looked around and asked, "Where am I?"

Lu Zhiyu said, "In the underworld. Just in front of it, there is a city of souls where all of the dead will go. Some are nailed to the wall, others are sentenced to stay in the underworld, and some can return to the living world again to obtain the afterlife!"

Akkad looked at Lu Zhiyu and asked, "Why are you here, mentor?"

Lu Zhiyu looked at Akkad. "You should have had an idea as to my identity…"

Akkad looked at Lu Zhiyu and suddenly laughed. After that, he asked Lu Zhiyu, "How is my afterlife?"

"You meet up with your friends and lead an ordinary and happy life, just as you expected!" he replied.

"Sounds good!" Akkad smiled.

"Goodbye!"

"Goodbye!"

The two parted ways, both smiling.

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Chapter 244: Elemental Witchcraft

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The floating castle stayed above the clouds in the Arctic. The clouds here were sparse and thin.

Underneath them, the Arctic was cold and desolate, but above the clouds, the sun was bright and warm. Lu Zhiyu sat next to the window of the botanical garden, beside which a sphinx's eye projected various information for in front of him.

Gaia was responsible for gathering all of the information within Maria's World and presenting it to Lu Zhiyu. As such, it functioned like a huge electronic host. The sphinx was like an external terminal that was connected to Gaia.

Lu Zhiyu generally did not pay attention to the complex and useless information that had been collected from the whole world. After all, it wasn't necessary for him to know every single detail.

It would also complicate Lu Zhiyu's memory to be cluttered with such a vast amount of intel. Thus, Lu Zhiyu usually only viewed the most important information.

The sphinx that was in the wizard tower library was called Pyros. Every generation of Pyros was the same. As such, they all shared the same awarenesses, knowledges, and memories.

Lu Zhiyu sat and listened while Pyros rapidly went through its intel…

New moves from the Church of True God today. Stikua is only at level four. They dared not cross the Abyss World to Maria's World. Bitwalls could easily squeeze and suppress them to death. Some junior Abyss Wizards, underworld priests, and alchemist might be capable of dealing with them…

"Are these devil species beginning to appear in the central province? Does a wizard get the Book of the Devil? Lu Zhiyu asked Pyros.

"Yes, it happened a week ago, master! Alchemists are becoming more and more active, and their numbers are increasing. They have also played an important role in the development of the world. It seems that alchemists have a brighter future than the wizards," Pyros said.

"Are some Ghost Wizards making trouble? Regardless, the priests will exterminate them immediately," Lu Zhiyu said.

He rested in a rattan chair, watching the projection and listening to the report. There was news of human and orc incidents in Alan, as well as news about the elves and the Mermaid Kingdom.

At this stage, the system of extraordinary power had gradually been perfected. As such, many problems no longer needed Lu Zhiyu to worry about them. The system sufficient experience and ability to deal with them itself.

"Huh? An Elemental Wizard's advancement possibility! Is it Edward?" Lu Zhiyu immediately saw something worth noticing.

Just as Lu Zhiyu was ready to take a closer look, two winged girls rushed in. As they entered, their wings gradually folded and disappeared.

Delmedi rushed to Lu Zhiyu and said, "Dad, you said before that when we grew up, you would give the whole world to us. What does that mean?"

Verthandi then asked with a pretentious dignity, "Does it mean that we will be goddesses?"

Lu Zhiyu thought for a moment and said, "You have not reached level six yet. If you want to ascend to the throne of gods and light the divine fire, you must at least reach level seven. It's too early now!"

Verthandi opened her eyes wide. "So, after getting to level seven, can we be goddesses then?"

Delmedi jumped around excitedly. "What kind of goddess will we be? We must look dignified!"

Lu Zhiyu looked at them and expressed deep doubts as to whether or not they could be proper goddesses. "After reaching level seven, you have to pass my examination before you can enter the trial period to become a goddess!"

"What is the trial period?" Verthandi didn't quite understand him.

Lu Zhiyu pretended to look serious. "If you fail the trial, you will be fired!"

Verthandi and Delmedi made faces at Lu Zhiyu. "We will be the best and most qualified goddesses, then we will fire our dad! You're the most unqualified god, dad. You don't do anything all day!"

Lu Zhiyu put his hands behind his head and lay on the chair. "That doesn't sound half bad. After all, I am waiting to retire!"

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After Edward Kelermo took over as fourth master of the wizard tower, the whole wizard tower was isolated from the outside world. Edward commanded all of the wizards to not interfere with the human world, let alone interfere in the politics and events of the human world.

After these orders were issued, the wizards gradually became more mysterious and isolated from the human world. This resulted in the wizards becoming mostly immersed in their own witchcraft research.

A byproduct of this was the minimizing of damage and harm that wizards suffered from human society, but it also made wizards more closed off and wary of humans, which was much different from the first generations of wizards, who constantly tried to interact with and help guide the human world.

As a result, this new generation of wizards had gradually lost their senses of identity, as well as the ability to successfully interact with human society. Thus, they lived in a small circle of wizards, without any desire to interfere with or influence human society.

This caused the influence of wizards in human society to gradually decline. Over the years, some past events had gradually been forgotten. People's attitudes towards wizards had also gradually changed from hatred and terror to passing curiosity.

Edward had been at level four for decades. Although he had not reached the level five, his study of witchcraft was beyond compare.

At the top of the wizard tower, rows of black boards were filled with mathematical and geometric symbols. All of the resources within the wizard tower were being used, and everyone was involved in the research efforts.

If they succeeded, it would be an incredible leap forward for wizards. Hence, everyone was working on this huge project day and night.

"Almost there! Yes, absolutely! We can definitely deduce the first level four witchcraft! Even if we don't transplant an extraordinary bloodline, we can still use it as an extraordinary witchcraft." Edward was so excited.

After all, he was the creator of the Dream Wizards. After reaching level four, Edward had found that the level four witchcraft space was very different from dream space. In other words, dream space was like an inferior version of witchcraft space.

Edward had then transformed the original dreamcraft. As long as the witchcraft model was constructed in the witchcraft space with mind power, all kinds of dreamcraft could be used much more easily than before.

Later, Edward thought that since dreamcraft could create a model of witchcraft, he could also possibly create an extraordinary elemental witchcraft! Originally, they could only control air, metal, sand and water through bloodline transplantation, but he began to wonder if these things could also be released in the form of witchcraft models. Thus, he happened across the possibility of Elemental Wizards!

Edward published two articles about Elemental Wizards and the possibility of elemental witchcraft, which immediately caused a stir throughout the wizard world. Unlike Blood Wizards, Dream Wizards, Ghost Wizards and alchemists, Elemental Wizards must have reached level four, which is an option for senior wizards.

Although it had nothing to do with most of the low-level wizards, the possibility of a bright future still excited countless wizards. Thus, the whole tower was involved in exploring the possibility of upgrading to Elemental Wizards.

Edward's first bout of research on Level four witchcraft was a relatively simple bloodline witchcraft, which dealt with the lanleng snake's ability to control water molecules. Wizards analyzed this ability over and over again, finally coming up with the first level four model of witchcraft, the Water Ball!

When Catherine and another mentor constructed the witchcraft model of the Water Ball on the square in front of the tower, a huge water ball floated in the sky! All of the wizards cheered in amazement and smiled with pride.

The Water Ball then turned into a heavy rain. At last, the wizards gradually explored level four. Now, they had broken the level four barrier and explored their ways into the future!

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Chapter 245: Tephis Weekly

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"Tephis Weekly! For just one silver coin, you can have the latest news from home and abroad. It also publishes the latest knight novel, the Legend of the Dragon Knight Rooney, written by the renowned gleeman Toll. Get to know the legendary life of Rooney!"

"The chaos that was caused by the Church of the True God broke out again in Pusuote. The Church of the True God has enticed hundreds of poor people to offer sacrifices to evil gods and is now being driven out by the priests of the Church of the Sky!"

"The Prime Minister again issued a region-wide notice in the hopes that the domestic alchemy apprentices would respond. All alchemy apprentices can get an official job that offers the same benefits as senior officers receive!"

"I have admission information on Akkad Alchemy College! If you miss it, you won't get a second chance!"

Several newsboys, each carrying a large cannabis sewn bag, ran down the streets of Tephis and shouted headlines at the corner of every intersection. A large number of morning passers-by took out a silver coin and bought a newspaper from them.

"The Legend of the Dragon Knight Rooney has come out again. I want to read it!"

"How did the old base of the Church of the True God appear again!"

"I must get into Alchemy College this time. Even if I can't become a great alchemist, I can at least be a knowledgeable scholar."

People in Tephis kept discussing the news while reading their newspapers. Some people who bought the newspapers were telling their illiterate friends what was happening as well.

Since an alchemy apprentice from the Alchemy Academy had invented printing a few years ago, numerous paper mills had spread all over the country. Books, which originally were only owned by nobles, had gradually become affordable to the common people in the Sean City State Alliance.

Although the price of books was still not cheap, this greater accessibility at least gave the common people an opportunity to learn. Also, about a half a year ago, the newspaper that was originally only circulated at Akkad Alchemy College was brought outside. It then became known as Tephis Weekly.

However, Tephis Weekly was an irregular publication, printed usually only once a week, and even then only when there were some notable events happening. Also, its price was expensive, making the average family reluctant to buy it.

Moreover, not many common people could read. So, most of the people who bought newspapers were workshop owners or nobles. If ordinary people bought a copy, they would keep it as a treasure.

It is said that many other city-states heard of this and began to print their own versions of Tephis Weekly. At the same time, some newspapers that directly imitated the Tephis Weekly appeared.

However, these periodicals were only circulating in the upper class, so they had little influence over the majority of the people. If they wanted to become truly universal, a higher literacy rate must first be realized in Tephis.

At the moment, Marina was teaching in the hall on the first floor of Akkad Alchemy College in Tephis. After completing her world tour, Marina had taken over Akkad's position and become the dean of the holy place.

Marina now wore her long hair in braids and had glasses. As she was still young and beautiful, Marina attracted the attention of countless students and alchemists. As such, the whole hall was crowded with people.

Nearly half of the students and mentors present were her admirers. Throughout Tephis, even throughout the entire Sean City-State Alliance, countless people worshiped her.

Marina's independence and adventurous spirit were unique to the women of Tuten, especially in this era. Her legendary adventures, her alchemist accomplishments, and her position as dean of Akkad Alchemy College had made her a spokeswoman for the Sean City-State Alliance.

Countless women in the Sean City-State Alliance were eager to be like her. She had encouraged a large number of female alchemists in the alchemist community and also elevated the status of women in the Sean City-State Alliance.

Today, Marina was on stage explaining some important knowledge about alchemists. The most important subject regarded the properties of various substances. Many people didn't understand it, but they were still filled with excitement as they listened to her.

"The core idea of alchemy is to understand the properties of any substance. Based on the characteristics of each substance, you can create the stuff you want! I recently got some information from the Western world, where they began to carry out the study of materials' origins. They call this study the origin element."

She paused to see if she still had the room's attention, then continued. "We don't know how many elements we have at present yet, which means that all of us alchemists, generation after generation, must study and explore further! I hope that one day you can understand the composition of the world and the ultimate essence of the world. That is the ultimate goal of all alchemists!" She finished her lesson, smiling broadly.

She then said, "Since the advent of the first generation of the alchemy table, alchemists have changed their ways of studying alchemy. Now, what I want to tell you is that the second generation of the alchemy table is ready to be used! It will completely change the future of alchemists!" Marina was clearly very proud.

The second generation of the alchemy table was just a common metal table. Compared with the first generation's, it had a much less complex structure. It also was not large or heavy. When Marina started to operate it, everyone was amazed.

The sand on the alchemy table slowly converged and melted, gradually forming a glass puppy. The original ordinary glassware, after being recast on the alchemy table, seemed to have changed its entire essence!

Marina then threw it straight to the ground, revealing that it was still complete! Some of the damaged swords were then added on the alchemy table, along with other materials, all of which immediately turned into new and beautiful alloy swords!

"With this second generation alchemy table, as long as you understand the nature and characteristics of the substance, you can recast at will with your imagination!" Marina explained.

Many alchemist mentors rushed to the stage to watch the operation of the second generation alchemy table. Their hands trembled as they touched it, as if they were worshiping a sacred object.

"Can this be true?" An old alchemist could not help but weep at this awe-inspiring sight.

"It's not about changing the substance, it's about understanding and utilizing the properties of the substance. The substance itself doesn't change!" Marina further explained.

"This is real alchemy. Only with such a table can we be called true alchemists!" All of the alchemists near the stage were discussing this phenomenal alchemy table.

"How can I get one?" an alchemist couldn't help but ask.

"All of the mentors at Akkad Alchemy College will have the opportunity to get one, but only after they have accumulated some points and have succeeded in their audits," Marina answered.

"Are there any restrictions on using it?" another apprentice asked.

"Alchemy apprentices can use it. Here, put your hand on the alchemy table. It can sense your mind power, which activates the recast. But, most of its other functions are too advanced for apprentices," Marina answered.

Marina then incorporated her transplanted rhinoceros horn fossil into the second generation alchemy table. This could be regarded as a witchcraft object. As such, every second generation alchemy table must incorporate the horn of a rhinoceros. Although it's expensive, for alchemists, it's a necessity.

By the end of the presentation, the second generation alchemy table had thoroughly impressed and thrilled all of the alchemists. After that day, countless alchemists returned to Akkad Alchemy College to lead the second generation into further pioneering endeavors. The second generation alchemy table would also be used to bring enormous changes to the future of alchemists and the whole world.

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Chapter 246: Goddess

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Archangel Kelly fluttered her wings and flew through the sky. Her giant wings spread out like shiny stars. At this moment, in the Divine Kingdom, countless saints bowed, while angels flew about singing holy songs and playing their harps.

With the help of the Divine Kingdom, Archangel Kelly spent decades to upgrade from level five to level seven. Today, she would be the first to ascend to the divine throne and become a real goddess!

"Archangel Kelly! In the name of the Creator, you are crowned the goddess of light! Gaia! Synchronization Begins!" A Divine Shadow stretched out its hands and a light came out from its fingertips. The whole Divine Kingdom began to shake and lights fell from the sky, covering Archangel Kelly.

Gaia then followed instructions, as a mechanical voice resounded throughout Divine Kingdom, "Synchronization Starts! There are 135 seconds left for synchronization to be completed!"

One of the seventeen divine thrones collapsed, transforming into data and integrating itself into Archangel Kelly's body. Every throne here was equivalent to an artifact that represented the rules of a god.

Kelly's body grew bigger and bigger, while her huge wings unfolded. As cheers resounded throughout heaven, Kelly looked at Lu Zhiyu, who was sitting on the opposite throne.

Suddenly, a great divine throne appeared beneath her. Apparently, as long as she was in Maria's World, she would always been seen as a ruler of the theocracy.

There were now eighteen thrones, including Lu Zhiyu's. At the moment, only these two were occupied.

At the same time, on the Alan Continent, all of the statues of the Lady of Light in the Temple of Light looked like Kelly. All of the priests and saints heard the voice of this new goddess assuring them, "Everything is God's will!"

For the first time, the Goddess of Light responded to all of the prayers and all of the believers on the entire Alan Continent! Pope Arthur even held a baptism ceremony in St. Sarl City. Hence, it was a true occasion on the mainland of Alan!

This grand ceremony lasted for a month. More importantly, the first goddess had made the system of gods complete at last!

Lu Zhiyu added one more model of elemental witchcraft on Gaia. Now, all level four priests could also use their own elemental divine incantations. At the same time, the emergence of elemental witchcraft gave him another option to use his extraordinary power in addition to genes and cells!

Kelly, the new goddess of light, had not only taken over the largest part of the Divine Kingdom, but she had also begun to design her own unique divine system. This meant that, from now on, there would be divine incantations created that were unique to the believers of the Goddess of Light!

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It took Kelly a few months after being crowned to familiarize herself with her duties. Sitting on the divine throne, she could now project her figure over the sky of the whole Divine Kingdom. Hence, every saint could look up and see her.

As the first one to ascend to the throne, Kelly was nominally the goddess that created the world. As such, she was the one who set the space rules in Maria's World.

Seventeen thrones divided the powers over Maria's World, including aspects like governing the sun, the seasons, time, death, the sea, the earth and so on. Every position governed an integral part of Maria's World.

If any of those governing encountered difficulties, it would have a significant impact on Maria's World, perhaps even cause a devastating disaster. They were the true cornerstones that maintained the stability of Maria's World.

After Lu Zhiyu created Maria's World, everything had developed in a natural way. As such, once all of the thrones were taken, the whole of Maria's World would be completely under control.

It would then be like a machine that could be easily and systematically adjusted and repaired. Gods, in addition to maintaining the operation of the whole world, would then also promote the development of the world. This was a perfect system!

However, qualified candidates were needed to ascend to the throne before this system could fully function. This had been Lu Zhiyu's idea, but It was not easy to gather seventeen qualified applicants!

At present, Kelly sat on the throne, familiarizing herself with her new responsibilities and responding to all of the priests' requests and prayers. She was also receiving information that had been filtered by Gaia.

At the same time, Kelly was also completing her own divine system, within which she was adding a prayer system, a sacrifice system, and even an oracle system! Every God could then design His own religion and manage His followers according to His own ideas.

After all, as the Goddess of Light, Kelly must be familiar with her responsibilities, be able to manage the operation of the whole world, and successfully manage her religion and its believers. She was even responsible for promoting the progress of the whole world!

Although being a goddess was a very challenging job, it sometimes got a bit boring. So, in her spare time, Kelly would take a walk in Maria's World.

But, Kelly mostly preferred to sneak a peek at the floating castle that was sailing above the sky of Maria's World. She also often stared at the opposite throne, expecting the Creator to arrive at any moment.

Meanwhile, the Divine Shadows, after receiving news about several important believers in the Divine Kingdom, looked at each other in a daze. At this moment, on the opposite throne, a figure suddenly appeared…

"Lord!" Kelly exclaimed.

"How are you?" Lu Zhiyu asked her. "Is the goddess life a little too boring for you?"

Kelly looked at Lu Zhiyu and replied, "It's my joy and duty to manage the whole world for you!"

Lu Zhiyu did not speak for a while, so Kelly laughed and said, "It's interesting and fulfilling. When I was a saintess, I couldn't even walk out of the Temple of Light. Now, I can see the whole world! I can see the extraordinary in every ordinary thing and can understand human nature and the world, all of the things that I did not know anything about before!"

Kelly looked at Lu Zhiyu, waited for a while, as if she was conflicted about something in her heart, then finally said, "That's enough for me!"

Lu Zhiyu then said, "You know, you can always talk to me."

After Lu Zhiyu said this, Kelly's eyes narrowed slightly.

Lu Zhiyu then thought of something else and said, "By the way, those two little guys may be decades away from ascending to the throne. They're both young and naughty, so you must please take care of them for me!"

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Chapter 247: The Rise of Alchemists (I)

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"Legend has it that in the distant sky, there is a city that can fly. There are gods in it, and it is a city of miracles! Lars, the great artist, had been looking for this city for more than ten years. Finally, at the end of the ocean, he spotted it. He marked the occasion by creating this great painting, the Capital of God!" In a temple in the Sean City-State Alliance, a well-dressed businessman was introducing the story behind the painting to the audience.

Lu Zhiyu, Eva, and two little girls huddled together, observing the painting like a family of four. This temple was originally the patron saint's temple of Finnlit city. However, belief in the original patron saint was gradually declining, so in order to make ends meet, most of the temple space had been rented out.

The city of Finnlit had been devastated by the conflicts between the Tuten Dynasty and the Sean City-State Alliance during several civil wars. Then, Batkos came, gradually taking the northern part of the Tuten Dynasty and fighting against the Tutens' southern kingdoms and the Sean City-State Alliance.

Just looking at Finnlit's thin and broken walls easily revealed the aftermath of decades of war. Fortunately, after years of re-development, the Sean City-State Alliance was becoming more competitive and powerful.

This was greatly thanks to the many changes that had been brought by alchemists, who had created all kinds of guns and cannons for use in the battlefield. Also, a large number of national alchemy workshops produced swords, guns, alchemy artillery and alchemy weapons. At the same time, some alchemy apprentices were recruited to assist in the battlefield.

However, when facing Pusuote, a powerful kingdom of Batkos that had a large number of Blood Knights and various heavenly palace priests, the Sean City-State Alliance could barely resist such an enemy. As such, the Sean City-State Alliance's army almost collapsed in the early stages of its existence.

However, later on, aided by the continuous participation of the alchemists, the war gradually dissipated. The power of the alchemy cannon was credited with being an integral weapon in the war.

Armed with such divine ammunition and methods, for the first time, the combat capability of alchemists had been fully demonstrated. As a result, Pusuote had fallen into the quagmire of war. There, under the city wall of Finnlit, Pusuote met its Waterloo, just like the Tutens.

Although Cetisius, who was the King of Pusuote, still wanted to fight, he was not certain that they could defeat the Sean City-State Alliance. In addition to this, years of consecutive wars had birthed great voices of opposition within the army.

This resulted in King Cetisius' eventually abandoning his scheme of annexing the Sean City-State Alliance. Instead, he signed a peace treaty with them.

After the war, Finnlit began to rebuild and slowly, started to thrive again. A large number of artists and alchemists poured into this beautiful and historic city that was located along the Pegasus River.

Ten years ago, after the Sean City-State Alliance moved the political capital from Lamech to Finnlit, the city had grown in leaps and bounds. It had also been instantly infused with a great vitality.

A few years ago, there was an alchemist mentor who left Akkad Alchemy College and established his own alchemy college in Finnlit. He named it Wisteria Alchemy College, and a large number of scholars, workshop owners, businessmen and alchemists then came here to study.

They began to set up various workshops, which had a great impact on the people's lives. Many people got rich overnight, which constantly inspired others to come and see what all of the hubbub was about.

"There are countless gold coins flowing in the Pegasus River!"

"Go ahead, go to Finnlitt, where there are countless opportunities! As long as you seize them, you can become somebody important!"

"In Finnlitt, farmers can become nobles and slaves can become rich!"

Many people were saying all kinds of things about Finnlitt. Its newfound fame caused many downcast artists to gather here, as where wealth gathered, art also came into being.

Some of these artists were appreciated by the nobles of Sean City-State Alliance, and various art vendors emerged. However, there were only a few such lucky ones, as most of the artists could only sell their work in the streets.

Even so, there was a strong artistic atmosphere in the capital of Sean City-State Alliance. This influence of the arts was reflected in the beautiful buildings, exquisite statues, and lovely paintings.

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Standing in front of The Capital of God painting, Lu Zhiyu felt a bit strange.

"Dad! Our house was discovered by other people!" one of the little girls said.

"Yes, that's right. They even painted a picture of it!" Lu Zhiyu replied.

"It appears that our house is too small!" she commented.

"Yes, it's time for an upgrade!" Lu Zhiyu agreed.

The two little girls huddled together, curiously observing every detail of the painting. As they perused every part of it, they couldn't help but complain.

Lu Zhiyu looked at the picture in front of him, feeling that his floating castle needed to be upgraded. But, he didn't want it to be a big change. Instead, he would simply transform a hidden cloud into a sea of clouds, then add a storm near the castle.

Looking at them, Lu Zhiyu softly patted the two girls' faces. Verthandi and Delmedi were growing up fast. Lu Zhiyu had brought them to Sean-City Alliance, which was undergoing major changes, because he wanted them to have more contact with the world, so that they could better understand the world before they became gods.

Lu Zhiyu had stopped the floating castle above Sean-City Alliance and had taken Eva and the girls to walk around it together. As they walked, something very interesting had caught his eye, so they decided to stay for a while. This was how they had arrived at the Capital of God painting.

At this moment, several children who were standing beside Lu Zhiyu were looking at the painting as well, many of them commenting on it...

"Can alchemists do such a thing?"

"Alchemists can fly! They can even make something that sends people into the sky!"

"That is a hot-air balloon, silly! But, this is a city! Can an alchemist really fly a city?"

"Alchemists are omnipotent. They can even turn stones into gold! Hence, they must be able to make this happen!"

"Yes, alchemists are more powerful than gods!"

As the children squibbled with each other, Delmedi stood some distance away, clearly unhappy. She then said, "They are saying that alchemists are better than gods!"

Lu Zhiyu then turned to listen carefully to their arguments. One of the thin, brown haired boys suddenly said, "Alchemists understand the nature of substance, then transform the substance. Hence, knowledge is the essence of alchemy!"

One of the fat boys in the group was dissatisfied by that assertion, so he shot back a stinging retort, "You're not an alchemist, so how would you know?"

The little boy with short brown hair immediately said, "I will definitely become an alchemist. When I grow up, I will enter the Wisteria Alchemy College! I will then make an alchemy tool that will enable human beings to conquer the sky."

Lu Zhiyu suddenly opened his mouth and asked the little boy, "What's your name?"

Only then did the boy realize that someone was watching and listening to him. He was stunned for a moment, then said, "Lars! My name is Lars Brown!"

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Chapter 248: Lars Brown (I)

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"Lars Brown, you've been admitted to the Crafts Department!" an admissions staff member said.

"But, I applied for the Department of Alchemy, and I got great results on my written test!" Lars couldn't believe what he had just heard.

"I am sorry to tell you that you don't have the gifts needed to be an alchemist!" The reply was cold.

Lars stood outside Wisteria Alchemy College, stunned. He did not leave until late that night. Although he was successfully enrolled in Wisteria Alchemy College, Lars was upset by the fact that he could not become an alchemist.

Ever since his childhood, Lars had been deeply influenced by his father and had aspired to become an alchemist. He became familiar with the existence of alchemists early on, and he showed great talent for designing various alchemy props in particular.

When Lars was twelve or thirteen years old, he manufactured small hot air balloons that flew hundreds of meters high. He also made exquisite clocks and watches. He could even understand the designs of various complex alchemy items and props!

At the age of fourteen, Lars personally designed and built a windmill in the suburbs, the same model which was now springing up everywhere in the Sean City-State Alliance!

This idea of Lars' had been birthed from nature's great inspiration. In fact, he believed that as long as he could borrow the power of nature, he could do anything he wanted!

Just when he decided to enter Wisteria Alchemy College in Finnlitt and become an alchemist, he found himself unable to cross the threshold.

This was because he suffered one of the greatest blows of his life. Though he was young and ambitious, he was told that he was not gifted enough to become an alchemist.

After he journeyed back home in defeat, his father met him at the door. After a long time of silence, Lars' father clapped his son on the back and said, "The Crafts Department is also good. Later, you can take over my workshop and become its owner."

Lars shook off his father's hand and shouted angrily at him, "But that's not what I want. I have a different dream than you, father! I will be an alchemist! Certainly!"

His father slapped Lars hard across the face and said, "Wake up, you don't have that kind of talent! Do you think I never had that same dream? No talent is no talent!"

Lars' father, who also graduated from the Department of Crafts, had opened a small watch workshop in Finnlit, becoming a businessman and earning some wealth and fame. According to his father's plan, Lars would become a wealthy second-generation watchmaker in Finnlitt, eventually taking over his father's workshop. But, Lars refused to follow in his father's same footsteps.

The next day, Lars snuck away quietly with his suitcase. On the bank of the Pegasus River, he took a boat to Tephis, where the legendary Akkad Alchemy College was located.

When he arrived, Lars was shocked by everything in Tephis! Outside the city, he saw all kinds of windmills, and there were various hydraulic spinning workshops, all of which opened Lars' eyes to new and exciting possibilities.

After entering the city, Lars saw so many alchemists! He also saw fantastic alchemy workshops that produced all kinds of alchemy props and tools. Seeing the vast collection of the latest guns, alchemy cannons, mechanical pulley crossbows, music boxes, hot-air balloon airships in the manufacturing stages, new shipyards and so on, were truly overwhelming!

There were also a lot of water towers in Tephis. So, if the residents wanted water, they only needed a water pipe to get it!

The layout of the city was also very modern and trendy, and there were several horse-drawn carriages in use on the streets. Lars could clearly see how these alchemy items, which looked very simple in design, were changing the world bit by bit!

Alchemists can really change the world!

Only once he arrived here did Lars really begin to understand and fall in love with the city. Although the city did not have the artistic atmosphere and romance of Finnlit, Lars was deeply moved by it, especially because it seemed to promote innovation and growth!

At the square at the entrance of Akkad Alchemy College stood a statue of the great alchemist Akkad. A line of letters was carved on the stone at the foot of the statue, which read: Knowledge changes the world!

As Lars stood in front of the statue, his eyes grew brighter. "Knowledge changes the world!" he read aloud.

Lars then entered Akkad Alchemy College, attended an open class, and met his childhood idol, Ms. Marina. His greatest dream was to become one of her students.

Here he saw what a real alchemist should be. He also learned about the highest attainments in alchemy, the mechanical alchemical lifeform, Archimonde, and the second generation alchemy table.

Lars passed the entrance examination again, but was still told that he was not gifted enough to become an alchemist, so he was admitted to the Mechanical Manufacturing Department instead. Machinery was a tool that was used to help people reduce the difficulty of work, thus saving on labor.

Chopsticks, brooms, and tweezers were all good examples of this. These were simple machines, while complex machines consisted of two or more simple machines operating together.

Lars eventually decided to study here. So, instead of becoming a great alchemist, he would become a mechanical apprentice.

Although he acquired the most advanced knowledge in Akkad Alchemy College, he could only learn how to make machinery, glass, clocks and watches, how to smelt iron and how to design ships. His studies were also limited to some basic disciplines such as mathematics, geometry, and so on.

When it came to the specific knowledge that was related to alchemy, Lars could only touch lightly on it via public lectures. As for the specifics regarding how the alchemists meditate, the study of witchcraft, and the manufacturing of witchcraft materials, that was only circulated within the alchemists' inner circle.

Thus, even if Lars graduated from Akkad Alchemy College after several years of study, he still could only enter some workshops as a manufacturer. Even though he had a salary that ordinary people envied, he still could only teach ordinary workers all day long, as well as make some tools, like ordinary glass crafts, spinning machines, new carriages and so on.

This was because advanced crafts like the production of special metals, new guns, alchemy cannons and special materials would need alchemists' expertise. Especially when it came to the design of various alchemy products, a lot of money and time must be spent.

As such, expert designers were recruited by these big workshops, all of whom must be alchemists or apprentices. Moreover, only alchemists could enter state and city research institutes.

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Chapter 249: Lars Brown (II)

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"Only alchemists can design alchemy products and props!"

"Sorry, we only recruit alchemists!"

"You're not an alchemist, yet you want to join us?"

After Lars Brown suffered numerous rejections from various military workshops and official research institutes, he began to fully understand the high standards of the alchemist world. But, he was reluctant to go to smaller workshops, even though, with his knowledge, he could earn good money there.

While Lars conducting his own experiments, he continued to look for sponsors everywhere. He also tricked small workshop owners into sponsoring his experiments, saying that he would design and improve their products, while secretly spending their money on all of his experiments!

Lars was looking for a new form of natural force, one that was similar to wind and water power. This was a large-scale research effort that involved all aspects of knowledge. It also required a lot of manpower and material resources.

Lars quickly discovered that he could only get money for his experiment by cheating and deceiving people. This was because he was relatively unknown, and by the age of 30, he had still achieved nothing much.

Finally, in a small city far that was far away from Tephis, he found his big sponsor. He was the owner of a shipyard, who made small and medium-sized merchant ships.

Lars pretended to be an alchemist by making a fake alchemist's badge. Armed with that, as well as his smooth eloquence, he persuaded the owner of the shipyard to invest in his research regarding the manufacturing of alchemy products.

For the first time, he discovered many things about steam and its great power. Lars then promised the merchant that he would build a new type of alchemy ship that could sail without the help of sails and wind.

Lars said, "It will be a ship that can absolutely change the world, a real alchemy ship! It'll replace all of the old ships and sail even faster and carry more cargo!"

His eyes were glowing with excitement. "Then, all of the people in Sean City-State Alliance will come to you to order ships, and you will become the largest shipbuilder in all of Sean City-State Alliance. Everyone will come here! But, in order to have all of this, you just need to invest a little now!"

After his persuasive pitch, Lars got his first big investment and was able to build his own alchemy factory. For the first time, he had meaning and purpose for his life. Even if he could not become an alchemist, he could at least design great alchemy products that could have a shocking impact on the world!

However, just a few months later, his lie was exposed. Despite his explanation to the owner of the shipyard, he accused Lars publically of misrepresentation, and Lars was sentenced to six months in prison!

After learning that Lars had cheated the merchant by posing as an alchemist, Akkad Alchemy College officially revoked Lars' degree! The notorious Lars was then given a horrid nickname, the faker Lars!

After half a year of imprisonment, Lars left Tephis and returned to his hometown of Finnlit. However, when he returned home, Lars found that his parents had died during his imprisonment!

All that he saw upon entering Finnlit were rotting tombstones, empty houses, and closed watch workshops. Time had changed everything, especially Lars. The once proud Lars now had nothing but his useless dream.

What was worse, Lars found that news of his shady business affairs had also been transmitted to Finnlit. This wasn't really a surprise, as the circle of alchemists was very small.

Thus, everyone knew about the faker Lars. In Lars' eyes, he had lost everything.

He wandered into one of his childhood home's empty rooms, then journeyed on to the attic, reflecting on his youth. He was holding a portrait of his family, while he was sitting on the stairs crying.

He had a great dream of changing the world and had aspired to be a legendary alchemist, like Akkad and Marina. But, reality had given him a heavy blow.

It turns out that he couldn't become an alchemist. He was just a fake alchemist!

"Ha-ha-ha, father, you were right! But, I really don't want to give up! Why is fate so cruel? I want to become an alchemist, so what's so wrong with that? Is it wrong for me to have such a dream?" As Lars spoke to his father's image in the picture, his heart filled with despair.

A few days later, he decided to leave again. His plan was to give up everything and go to the countryside, where he would live the life of an ordinary man.

At this time, an unexpected person knocked on the door. It was his boyhood rival, fat Mike. But, this time, he had not come to make fun of Lars, but to invite him to join his institute.

When Mike was a teenager, he had scoffed at Lars. Since then, he had matured and become a true alchemist. Lars was really embarrassed that he was meeting Mike again at his lowest point.

"If you are really so unwilling to give up, why don't you try again? Come and join my alchemy institute. We're working on a project to make hot-air balloon airships!" Mike extended the invitation.

Lars looked at fat Mike incredulously. "Why did you choose to ask me? I'm just a fake alchemist!"

Mike nodded and said, "I know, but so what? Even if you are not an alchemist, you are truly clever! I believe in you, Lars! I know you better than anyone else!"

Mike's words gave Lars a glimmer of hope. They then sat together and talked about some crazy things from their childhood. At this moment, all of the old jealousy and hatred that had been between them became mere memories.

Lars talked about his frustrations and his failures over a few drinks. In fact, the pair drank a lot together that night! The next day, Lars joined Mike's institute, where he started a whole new life.

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Chapter 250: Lars Brown (III)

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"The reason that a hot-air balloon flies is that the hot air inside the balloon is lighter than the cold air outside the balloon. So, the balloon generates buoyancy, which enables it to lift off!" Mike was explaining airship design at his institute.

"We don't necessarily need to use hot air balloons. If we use another gas, a gas that is even lighter than air, we can do the same thing. I remember when I was at Akkad Alchemy College, some alchemists were looking for lighter gases than air. They wanted to use that to make airships!" he explained.

Mike's institute, which was aptly named the Mike Alchemy Institute, specialized in the manufacturing of airships. Akkad Alchemy College had carried out this experiment a long time ago, but in the end, it had failed.

The Mike Institute of Alchemy, which was an affiliate of Wisteria Alchemy College, had just started this project. In fact, Mike had just begun putting forward a few different concepts after Lars had joined them.

It took several years for them to design an airship. During that time, they experimented with different materials and drawings, constantly adapting them from one version to another.

Finally, a huge airship that could carry twenty people and tons of cargo successfully flew into the sky! However, it could only fly at a very slow speed and with limited weight. It was also very dangerous and had a few other minor problems.

Moreover, the airship production rate was also very low. This was because the speed was very slow and the price was high, which didn't scream practicality to consumers!

As such, only a few nobles and a few branches of the local military placed orders. Nevertheless, the concept and design had brought great wealth to the institute.

At the same time, the reputation of the Mike Alchemy Institute spread rapidly among alchemists. All the alchemists were surprised that it was a fake alchemist who had created what true alchemists could not even achieve.

Lars' story had spread among all of the alchemists and the various alchemy institutes. His was the story of an ordinary man who was struggling to achieve his dreams. Marina, the dean of Akkad Alchemy College, also heard Lars' story and wanted to meet him.

When the two finally met, Lars talked about his ideas about steam engines, saying that he was inspired by alchemists' use of wind and water and wanted to create a real power machine. Upon hearing his ideas, Marina praised Lars for his creativity. She was so impressed by him, that even though he was not an alchemist, she offered him the opportunity to do research with her.

At the age of 40, Lars finally fulfilled his childhood dream and became a student of the legendary adventurer and alchemist, Marina! The Akkad Alchemy College even reinstated his degree!

Back at the Akkad Alchemy College, Lars once again launched the research and development of the steam engine. He, of course, led the project.

After a few initial failures, the steam engine was successfully manufactured. Although it was not efficient at first, after some improvements and a redesign, it finally was fully operation!

Early steam engines were used in industrial production and industrial spinning, which further promoted the progress of the workshop. Throughout Tephis, a variety of workshops that were using steam engines as power engines began to emerge.

Unfortunately, Lars did not fulfill his promise to use the steam engine on ships, as he died before he had the chance. He was 74. But, he had brought the steam engine into the world!

When Lars was dying, he was very calm. He leaned down to tell his grandson, Little Brown, "A dream can change the world!"

On his tombstone, according to his will, his nickname was inscribed. The tombstone read: The tomb of the faker, Lars.

Underneath that, his last words to his grandson were inscribed: A dream can change the world!

In year 215 of the San Calendar, Lars' grandson, Little Brown, finally built the world's first steamship. It was a wooden steamship, on which its huge wheels were noticeable.

Though it still had sails, it was considered to be a great invention for this era. The fleets that had been sailing offshore were now able to launch explorations of the distant oceans!

In year 223 of the San Calendar, after the great adventurer Marina Bossey arrived in Yala for the first time, human beings once again were able to come to the elf lands!

The world was once again embracing great changes. Although barriers between different continents still existed and marine magical beasts and monsters dominated the seas, this was a positive sign of great reform in the world!

At Akkad Alchemy College, Marina was in the dean's room. She had finally become a level four alchemist. This was when her body had started to weaken.

After breaking through to level four, she was already a thousand years old. As long as she did not encounter any unexpected calamities, death was no longer a worry for her.

As she was at the threshold of level four, Marina had been much luckier than her teacher Akkad had been, In fact, she was also much luckier than most wizards.

Marina was very interested in the steam engine that had been made by her student Lars. In fact, she was thinking of Lars at that moment…

Unfortunately, Lars did not have the talent to become an alchemist. Otherwise, with his wisdom, he would have been a great alchemist…

Marina used her own alchemy table to make a simple steam engine. The pressure of the first generation steam engine was relatively low, and its valves could not be automated. So, there were many restrictions on its operation.

But, Marina was trying to improve upon it. Luckily, the mechanical alchemy lifeform Archimonde was assisting her. Marina looked at Archimonde and suddenly thought of something…

What if I use metal cells to make a steam engine? Metal cells have power…

What if I use them to function like the heart of a human body, then make a steam engine of metal cells that have some of the characteristics of alchemic life?

It will then be capable of self-repair, self-operation, and self-evolution! It can then be operated according to the ideas of whatever alchemists are controlling it! Then, I can apply extraordinary power to refine this alchemic steam engine!

Marina felt as if she had just had a breakthrough! Although many theories were still vague in her mind, Marina felt that, as long as she continued working on this, a real metal cell steam engine would initiate a new era in the steam world!

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Chapter 251: Probationary Goddess

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In the early morning, Lu Zhiyu heard the door being pushed open. He opened his eyes to see two girls rushing in.

"Get up! Sister is an adult now, so she can become a goddess!" Delmedi rushed over to him, shouting with glee.

Verthandi seemed to have grown up overnight in Lu Zhiyu's eyes. Now, she was wearing a long white dress. She was as beautiful as the rainbow on the horizon, while Delmedi still look like a little kid.

Verthandi said nervously and expectantly, "Dad, you said that when we grow up we could become goddesses!"

Lu Zhiyu nodded and said, "Yes! Your Divine Kingdom and the believers are looking forward to your governance!"

Verthandi had been looking forward to this day for a long time. It was her first adult job! However, she was a bit nervous, so she was hesitating and acting a little insecure, constantly twisting her slender fingers and fidgeting with her clothing.

"What if I don't do well?" she asked.

Lu Zhiyu patted Verthandi on the shoulder and assured her. "No, Verthandi, you definitely will be the most beautiful and generous goddess! You will surely be loved by all of the believers!"

Delmedi looked upset upon hearing his words, as she was also anticipating having this same job. "I want to be a goddess too!"

Verthandi rubbed her face gently. "I will come back to visit with you every day, but only after finishing the my work of being a goddess. You will be waiting for me at home, and I will talk to you about my work then!"

On the lawn of the floating castle, Delmedi and Eva waved as Lu Zhiyu and Verthandi left. Lu Zhiyu took Verthandi's hand, while they turned and disappeared into beams of starlights. They then travelled across the bitwall and saw a silver moon.

"Is this the Divine Kingdom?" she asked.

"Well, this is Kingdom of Light!" he answered.

After entering the Kingdom of Light, everything that she saw made Verthandi constantly exclaim in awe. Everything was beyond her imagination. Countless prayers and saints, grand palaces, lofty gates of heaven and even angels blowing horns amazed her.

As they came to the floating island where the thrones were located, Verthandi saw Kelly sitting on the throne. When Verthandi first saw Kelly, she had a sense of familiarity with her, but also felt fear. She held on tightly to her father.

Kelly's eyes swept over Verthandi, then finally landed on Lu Zhiyu. The two talked a bit, then Lu Zhiyu sat on the throne to activate Gaia.

With the help of Kelly, the goddess of light, Lu Zhiyu logged into Gaia and completed the registration for Verthandi. After her registration had finished loading, Verthandi sat on the throne and officially became a goddess.

At this time, Gaia, the main Divine Kingdom, had completely turned the silver moon into a huge silver metal ball, which was the host of Maria's World. Long ago, Lu Zhiyu had built the Kingdom of the Sun, which revolved around the sun and influenced the sun. Gaia, as the host of the entire system, had the main control authority, while Kelly had the access to the spatial authority in the Kingdom of Light.

As the throne of the Kingdom of the Sun had been empty, it was now taken by Verthandi. Lu Zhiyu took Verthandi all the way towards the sun of Maria's World, where they saw a star that was revolving around the sun. In comparison to the sun, the star seemed so insignificant, but as Verthandi kept approaching it, she found that it was actually a huge star that was far beyond her imagination.

In fact, she discovered that every Divine Kingdom was a star, making it a subsidiary of Gaia, the main Divine Kingdom. It was also a war fortress that could fly around freely! Hence, if someone wanted to attack a Divine Kingdom from the outside, he would soon learn how powerful a level eight Divine Kingdom could be, let alone be promptly taught that every Divine Kingdom had part of control over Maria's World!

Looking at the shining star, Lu Zhiyu said to Verthandi, "This is your Divine Kingdom. You are the new goddess Verthandi!"

The pair became starlights again and entered the Divine Kingdom. The Kingdom of the Sun's architectural style was different from that of the Kingdom of Light, as it had the characteristics of the Holy Seville Empire.

When they arrived there, countless Temple Knights knelt on the ground to greet their goddess. These believers, who had died in the war fighting for the Holy Seville Empire, could now finally welcome their goddess.

Verthandi ascended to the highest place, which was in the center. The huge throne was high up in the air.

When Verthandi ascended to it, all of the believers shouted her name. At the same time, all of the priests and Temple Knights of the Faith of the Sun received the oracle of Verthandi.

Verthandi seemed to be very familiar with all of these traditions, as if she had been sitting in such a position before. After ascending to the throne, she immediately began her work. As a new goddess in probation, she had a lot of work to do, especially since her Divine Kingdom was only at the beginning stage.

Verthandi needed to manage her Divine Kingdom and familiarize herself with all of her responsibilities, which mainly centered around maintaining the operation of the sun. After becoming more familiar with the sun, she could learn how to best maximize its power in order to benefit the whole world. After all, the sun was the most important thing in the world, and its operation affected everyone!

In addition, Verthandi needed to design a unique divine system for her followers and saints. This would specifically be a divine system for the Faith of the Sun and the Temple Knights.

As Verthandi was still very young, she followed Lu Zhiyu via the projection of her Divine Kingdom. As he went all over the Alen Continent, she learned about the life of her followers.

The gods' powers would be limited whenever that would leave their own Divine Kingdoms, which could possibly put them in danger. But, currently in Maria's World, there was no one that could be a threat to the gods.

When Verthandi returned home, within the hall of the floating castle, she talked excitedly about her experience with Delmedi and Eva. She told them all about the process of becoming a goddess, which made little Delmedi jealous. Delmedi hoped that she could grow up overnight and become a goddess like her sister, managing believers!

After many discussions with Lu Zhiyu and learning from the system of the Church of Light, Verthandi finally established her own divine system. She was then able to show oracles to all of the believers of the Sun Church.

In year 186 of the San Calendar, Verthandi ascended the throne. In the same year, the Scripture of the Sun of the Faith of the Sun was revised.

Like the Church of Light, it redefined its own doctrine, as well as the names of many deities. These two religions that were originally from the same source had now completely divided. Many years later, no one even knew about the past relationship between them.

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Chapter 252: Apocalypse (I)

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After the destruction of the Crete Empire, the Holy Seville Empire also collapsed during the ghost outbreak. The southwest region of the Holy Seville Empire was reduced to mere ruins, while weeds took over several major cities. Orcs still suffered to this day from the severe trauma that the ghost disaster caused.

For this reason, a large number of orcs began to migrate to the south. The central province became an area where people and orcs lived together. They even established new countries, where they lived together in peace.

After a series of annexations and integrations, more than a hundred years later, a large number of mixed-race orcs eventually dominated the population. The beliefs of the Church of Light and the Faith of the Sun became intricately woven into the public's chosen religion.

In Maple Leaf City in the Urabell Kingdom, a wooden sign that indicated an allegiance to a mercenary union was noticeable outside of a local tavern. It was this city that was largely responsible for the demise of the Crete Empire.

Hundreds of thousands of orc slaves had rebelled, and this city was the last place where they retreated. Count Titer then ordered that the Nami Riverbed be dug out. Within a hundred miles, the city became like a vast swamp, which led to the deaths of millions of orc slaves.

Now, over the past hundred years, this original city had become known as the Kingdom of Urabell. Also, Maple Leaf City was no longer the political center, but just a ruined small city.

On the first floor of the tavern, there were men in knight's armor, outfitted with swords and steel shields. There were also glory knights and archers with long bows.

Also at the tavern also tramps, beautiful waiters, and scantily clad dancers. Under all of the dancers' skirts, black cattails could be seen peeking out. This was because all of them had some human and orc blood, which resulted in such physical characteristics.

"One more dance!"

"Beatrice, don't be a maid here. Why don't you come with me? I promise you'll have everything you want!"

"Carol the Dwarf! You didn't die in the Grey Castle. Those da*n barbarians didn't kill you?"

"I'm tough! This pair of axes! See?"

"Are there any good jobs around here lately? These nobles and kings are fighting all day. I risk my life to earn so little!"

Those sitting within the tavern quarreled with and scolded one another. However, no one dared to cause trouble here, as the mercenary union was just upstairs.

In this central province, the outbreak of war had led to the emergence of a special organization, which was known as the mercenary union. Over the past decades, various mercenary teams emerged from this collective union.

Some of them had only three or four members, while others had thousands. Eventually, the mercenary union became a full-fledged management organization.

Within the tavern this night, most of the patrons were mercenaries. Some were experienced fighters, while others were Blood Knights. There was even one who was sitting at the corner of a table who looked like a Temple Knight.

There was also a young man, who was wearing a white cloak and armor, which signified that he was a mercenary priest. Among the others, some of them appeared to be wizard apprentices.

If these people had met decades ago, they would have fought each other fiercely. However, in this tavern, they sat together and drank in peace.

Over two hundred years had passed since the emergence of the extraordinary powers. Nowadays, priests, Temple Knights, and wizards had begun to appear in large numbers.

In every kingdom, there were priests and red cardinal bishops who mastered the extraordinary powers. Even the smallest cities and towns had priests who had extraordinary powers.

This meant that the wizards who had been active on the mainland could no longer do whatever they wanted, at least not like they could hundreds of years ago. Now, any ill-intentioned action would lead to a large number of Temple Knights and priests coming to suppress them.

At the same time, the rituals of the baptism ceremony of priests and the inheritances of the Temple Knights were not as strictly adhered to as before. Thus, there were a large number of idle priests and wandering Temple Knights who roamed the land. Although they were loyal to their respective gods, they did not fight for any official party.

Because extraordinary powers now appeared everywhere, they all lost their old high statuses. This meant that the wizard apprentices, priests, and knights did not receive as much attention as they used to. After all, each small town had its own churches and priests now.

Within each small city in the orc kingdom, there were also teams of Holy Knights. Some of the priests and Temple Knights who were unwilling to be nobodies in small villages chose to leave. Therefore, in the central province, Temple Knights, priests, and wizards formed their own mercenary corps in order to make a living.

The mercenary union was located on the second floor, just above the tavern. It had a receptionist and guards. At the moment, many mercenaries were waiting to be assigned their next jobs or checking with the reception desk on their statuses.

"Great job, 100 gold coins! Go to Misty Forest to catch a magical beast cub!"

"The Dean Principality is experiencing civil strife again. Duke Dean recruits mercenary corps to help suppress the rebellion. Pay will be on a daily basis…"

"The Red Caltrop Chamber of Commerce is employing mercenaries to escort them through the Bull Mountain Range to the Kingdom of Mara."

"Lord Huggs is looking for someone to investigate the strange things that are taking place in his territory. Let me know if you want to take over!"

The lobby was very busy. There were job lists hanging on the wall, while letters possessing orders arrived constantly.

The mercenary union used ravens as the messengers for these letters. This kind of raven had been bred from jays. Although it didn't have the jays' extraordinary powers, the species could speak!

This method of message conveyance, which was said to have originally been used by the wizards to communicate with each other, gradually became popular among the kingdoms. This growth in popularity then naturally led to the popularization of cultivating jays.

At the same time, jays, which were loyal to human beings, had become a very popular noble pet on the mainland. Every jay egg could now be sold at an auction for a high price.

Lynn Ahenaten, who was dressed in polished armor, stood in the mission lobby. Behind him was a two-meter-tall half-orc. This half-orc had two curved horns and a grim face.

Lynn Ahenaten was a native half-orc from the central province. His mother had tiger blood, as she was a descendant of the orcs who escaped from the north. She had migrated to the central province to escape the ghost breakout.

It could be seen from his strong body and facial features that, under the influence of his mother, Lynn Ahenaten had joined the town's Knights' team when he was a teenager, then was later chosen by the town's Holy Knights. At that time, he was officially made a Temple Knight.

Lynn's father claimed to be a direct descendant of Ahenaten, the oldest king. This would make Lynn the heir of the Ahenaten family, also known as the Golden Family.

Nevertheless, the Ahenaten family had disappeared for a long time, and Lynn himself did not really believe his father's claims. But, after Lynn became a mercenary, in order to gain fame, he added Ahenaten as his surname in order to show his noble blood.

However, only a few half-orcs believed it. Most of the half-orcs merely laughed at him.

"After we make some more money, we must build a large mercenary crop! Then, everyone will know our names! Wake up. Let's see if there are any good jobs today. Otherwise, we're all going to starve!" As Lynn was trying to motivate his colleagues, many of them did not pay much attention to him.

Theirs was a small mercenary team that had just recently been formed. The members had come from all over the world, and there were eight of them in total.

Lynn's mercenary team had originally wanted to name themselves the Golden Dynasty or the Paladin, but they were told that these two names had already been taken by two other mercenary teams. So, they chose the name Stormy Mercenary.

"We really need a job to make a lot of money!" Lynn said, unrelenting. "How about this one? Escort the deported Prince Monar back to the Kingdom of Mara, then help him ascend the throne. Wow, the reward is good. We can get a huge territory, the title of Earl, and countless lovely king heads (gold coins) with that reward!"

Lynn picked up a job notice at random, and as he read it aloud, all of his team members quieted in an instant. Then, Douri, who was a half-orc with sheep's blood, patted Lynn on the shoulder and said, "That notice has been on the list for more than half a year. To bring the deported Prince to the throne, you need to fight the current King of Mara, and he has at least a hundred thousand soldiers in his army! And we, uh… There are only eight of us! So, would you like to recruit a few more?"

Everyone looked at Lynn as if he was a fool. At this moment, he felt that not one of his men trusted in him.

He actually momentarily thought about leaving the team, then just laughed and said, "I'm kidding, I meant the following one, regarding the Red Caltrop Chamber of Commerce. The reward is attractive. And, we just need to protect them through the Bull Mountain Range into the Kingdom of Mara."

As he spoke, he attempted to cover his embarrassing blunder by moving quickly to the next job notice. The group then quickly left Maple Leaf City to embark on its first mission.

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Chapter 253: Apocalypse (II)

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The mercenary crop from the central province escorted the Red Caltrop Chamber of Commerce all the way through the Bull Mountain Range to the Church of Light. Along the way, besides a handful of robbers and hooligans, Lynn's crew did not encounter any danger. Although Lynn was young, he was a Holy Knight, so after revealing his identity and power to any passersby, no one dared to touch them at all.

They rented a boat and crossed the Nami River, then traveled all the way to the Kingdom of Mara, where Lynn's Stormy Mercenary and the Red Caltrop Chamber of Commerce were stationed in a remote town. It was a typical agricultural town, which meant that it was very peaceful.

There was a water mill in the town that belonged to the church. Farmers could use it as long as they paid a nominal fee. The streets of the town were very smooth, although they looked like they had been built many years ago.

Because the town was near Nami River, the soil here was fertile. There was also abundant forest lands nearby. Between hunting in the forest and planting in the rich soil, it was enough for the townspeople to support themselves.

Moreover, the town was under the governance of the royal Monar family, whose tax rates were much lower than those of the other aristocratic families. So, the townspeople's lives were good.

"Do you think the townspeople here are a little strange?" After a tour of the town, Lynn returned to the house he where he stayed.

The Red Caltrop Chamber of Commerce was a small business group that had only around twenty people in it. In addition to Lynn's mercenary team, there were about thirty people, all of whom were crowded into two adjacent houses.

Douri thought for a moment. "Strange? Not really. They were very enthusiastic though, especially the hot women. They must have fallen for me!"

Lynn frowned and said, "Everyone here has the same smile. Seriously though, when we entered the village, those guys looked at us strangely. I mean, we are are half-orcs, while they are human. You know, this is not the central province, but the Kingdom of Mara. Here, we're different from humans!"

"Well, maybe the people here are more open-minded!" Douri thought Lynn was being overly cautious.

"Even so, I still think that we should be more careful at night!" Lynn warned.

That night, the mist slowly crept in from the outskirts of the town, gradually engulfing the whole town. When the mist slowly approached the houses where Lynn and the others were stationed, several night watchmen who had been standing guard outside were swallowed up by the mist. They immediately disappeared amid a strange chewing sound.

Lynn, who had already been vigilant, was alarmed at the call of the night watchman outside, so he rushed out to alert all of the people. Only then did he realize that the whole village had been covered by this strange mist.

However, this mist was aversive to fire and heat, so it dared not approach the house. Realizing this, Lynn and the others lit torches all over the house, causing the fog to completely disperse. They each then grabbed a torch and rushed out, only to find that countless monsters were waiting for them outside!

These were the kind of monsters that had human forms, but had no faces. They constantly emitted cold air, and their skin was like a layer of frost. This made them eerily resemble walking corpses.

Hundreds of people in the town had all turned into these very same monsters! Along the town's slate streets, these faceless monsters besieged Lynn and the others.

The priest of the church in the village, who was in charge of the church, had even become one of these horrible monsters too! Those who were rushing out of the courtyard saw his new monster form, which was nearly four meters tall and had huge wings. His new monster form had no legs, so it was squirming through the mud on its belly!

Lynn's face suddenly turned pale, "This must be the devil's kin!"

Douri trembled. "D*mn it! What madman is offering sacrifices to the devil in the Abyss World?"

It was not the first time that the central province had seen the power of the devil. Stories about the devil had been circulated long ago, but written records of him had only appeared in recent decades.

Legend had it that there was a book of devil species that had been compiled by the Devil King of the Abyss World. This book was full of evil and filthy power. Even if one just saw the pictures in it, they would be devoured by that evil force, then dragged into the Abyss World!

The pictures and real names of the devil species from this book enabled people to summon the devils and make sacrifices to them. Many people made sacrifices in order to gain evil power, to satisfy their own wishes, to expel diseases, to revive their relatives or to live forever.

But, these things did not come without strings. Everyone who sacrificed to them would eventually be assimilated by their power and become devil kin themselves!

This had caused utter chaos to break out in the Alen Continent. However, most of them were immediately suppressed by the Church of Light or the Faith of the Sun while they were still in the early stages.

Lynn found it hard to imagine that there was such an evil town within the Kingdom of Mara, much less that the people here had became the servants of the devil! Lynn and the others held torches as they fought with the monsters, trying to break out of the siege and escape from the town that had been thoroughly infiltrated with evil.

These faceless monsters, however, could not be killed! Even if they were cut into two pieces or their heads were smashed with hammers, their bodies would always slowly came together before completely regenerating. It was as if, as long as they were enshrouded in the mist, they were immortal!

The mist covered the entire sky, even blocking out the moonlight. Lynn and the others set fires and lit torches everywhere they went, causing intense blazes to reach into the sky. But, the mist had already covered every corner of the town, making it impossible for them to escape until daybreak.

Hundreds of faceless monsters continued to besiege them. The monsters' huge arms easily destroyed houses, while those townspeople who couldn't escape were pressed into meat pies instantly. As long as one was touched by the monsters' acid saliva, their flesh would immediately become eroded, leaving only their bones left behind.

If things kept going at this rate, the monsters might kill them all before dawn! Lynn was using divine incantations to contend with them, yet he was falling into despair.

As this was Lynn's first mercenary team and his first mission, his many life dreams had not yet come true. Knowing that he might die here this day, he felt very regretful.

"Goddess! I pray to you with my most pious belief. I call out your name! Please redeem us! No evil can escape judgment, and no evil can harm the world!" As Lynn prayed over and over, Lynn's belief became stronger, breaking through his usual limits.

He instantly mastered a level one divine incantation, which he had failed to do before. Moreover, it was the strongest level one divine incantation!

He then aimed his sword at the devil kin and penetrated its body. Flames and a great light immediately rose up around it, then tore it apart.

After seeing the death of the evil kin, other faceless monsters started crazily attacking, but at the same time, the mist dispersed. Due to this stroke of luck, the Stormy Mercenary finally broke out of the siege, then immediately fled the town. All of them were wounded and exhausted.

The next day, the priests of the Church of Light arrived with a large number of knights. They surrounded the whole town and eliminated the remaining monsters, but still were unable to find the one who had plotted this fatal attack.

Lynn, on the other hand, escorted the Red Caltrop Chamber of Commerce to their destination, where they received a generous commission. After spending a few days in Babus, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Mara, Lynn was ready to return to Urabell, but before leaving, the team spent a night in the legendary Lake Tír na nÓg, which completely changed Lynn's fate.

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Chapter 254: Apocalypse (III)

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Lynn and the others stayed the night in a village that was not far from the city of Babus. This way, they would be ready to leave early the next morning and return to Kingdom of Urabell. This village was also near Lake Tír na nÓg.

Legend had it that this twin lake had originally been only one lake, but more than a hundred years ago, the evil Ghost Wizard Adenos concocted a terrible plan to turn the whole city of Babus into a city of ghosts. At that time, a star fell from the sky, dispelling the evil and forming Lake Tír na nÓg, the holy lake of the Church of Light. Thus, the second lake was created.

"Lynn! Lynn!" As Lynn was sleeping in a cabin near the lake, he heard someone calling his name. It was a soft but confident voice, one that might belong to a queen or a god.

Lynn was not completely awake yet, so he groggily walked out of the room barefoot, stumbling all the way toward Lake Tír na nÓg. When he arrived at shore of the lake, he was jolted awake by a cold gust of wind.

"How did I get outside?" Lynn was confused.

Suddenly, in the middle of the lake, there was a flash of light. Lynn, who was still in shock, watched a shadow slowly emerge from the water. He could only see that it was a beautiful woman with lovely blond hair and a crown on her head.

Hers was a kind of beauty that couldn't be described with words. If anyone saw her, they would feel immediately cleansed and purified. No matter how evil a person was, if he saw her, he would want to do good deeds in her name.

The woman opened her beautiful eyes, which were lovely and glittering. As she looked at Lynn, he instantly felt an enormous power enter him. His whole body could not help but tremble.

"Lynn Ahenaten!" Lynn was greatly astonished. No matter how groggy he was, he was very aware that this was indeed a revelation.

She is a goddess. Oh my god! What should I say to her? Hello? No, that's not right! What am I thinking? Was she the one calling my name?

Lynn's brain couldn't function well. He couldn't think of anything proper to say.

Before he had time to find his words, the shadow of the goddess said to Lynn, "Lynn Ahenaten, you are the descendent of the oldest King, Ahenaten. You have a king's bloodline and are the heir to the Golden Family dynasty."

She then added, "The central province has been in chaos for more than a hundred years. The conflicts between the Faith of the Sun and the Church of Light have lasted for too long. And you, who I have chosen, are the one to end this chaos! Lynn, you will be the next king of the central province!"

The divine shadow then pointed at Lynn, while a large number of golden fireflies flew to him and covered him. Then, he felt that he something was activated within him, and his pupils changed from a dark green color to a golden yellow color!

"Go ahead and fulfill your mission! Let the sun shine over the land of the central province!" After the divine shadow said this, all of the lights slowly dissipated and the shadow disappeared.

Lynn stood by Lake Tír na nÓg for a long time before he slowly recovered. He then looked around excitedly. It seemed as if nothing around him was real, as if he had just had a very vivid dream.

Was it a dream? If so, it was a beautiful dream!

As Lynn was pondering the situation, he saw something floating in the lake. It was shining even brighter than the silver moon in the sky.

When Lynn went into the lake to get a closer look, he saw a sword reflected in the middle of the lake. As Lynn reached forward into the water to get it, he seemed to transport into another world. Startled, he quickly pulled his hand back.

The sword was a silvery white color, and it had many strange symbols on it. It was also emitting a holy light.

Lynn held the sword tightly. As he grasped it, it emitted a buzzing sound. The light from the sword shone above the lake.

"Sword of the King!" Lynn said this without knowing why. He felt his throat tighten, and his voice was trembling, as if the four words had some strange sort of strange magic imbued within them.

If anyone knew that this sword had appeared in the world again, the whole world would be crazy about it! This was because every time the sword appeared, the royal power shifted.

Specifically, whoever owned the sword in every period that it emerged would be crowned the absolute and renowned king! This time, the sword had chosen Lynn. Actually, it was really the gods that had chosen Lynn as the next generation's king.

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"That is strange… Who took the sword?" Lu Zhiyu found that the Sword of the King, which usually hung on his wall as an ornament, was missing.

It was impossible for others who lived outside the floating castle to enter it, and as for Eva, Verthandi, and Delmedi, the sword had little significance to them.

Lu Zhiyu closed eyes, then immediately knew where the sword was, as well as who had taken it! Lu Zhiyu squinted his eyes and put his hands behind his back. Verthandi looked nervously at him, wondering what he would do next.

Lu Zhiyu leaned back on his chair and said, "Anyway, in the world of the mortals, gods can't interfere directly. Also, I have told Kelly to teach you a good lesson. Don't expect me to let you get away with anything! Remember what I said, you can't decide the future of the world of mortals at will, or I will remove you from your position. If you are bored, you can go with me to the astral."

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Chapter 255: The Central Province

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The world was dark and chaotic. Two thousand years had passed since the emergence of the Abyss World. The quiet and dull abyss was now much more active.

Among the space bubbles in the dark Abyss World, innumerable abyss demons moved from one to the other. Some were powerful enough to communicate their thoughts and manipulate an entire space bubble, while others were only capable of creating chaos, only knowing how to swallow each other up.

Some of these demons fought against each other, swallowed each other up, and connected space bubbles to form an abyss mainland. If they wanted to break through level four and become demon lords, they had to first change the essential structures of their soul fires, which was not something that could easily be done. In fact, this could only be accomplished by devouring other demons.

Some demons that had built connections with Maria's World found that human awarenesses and souls were the keys to their reaching level four or higher. Thus, they greedily watched Maria's World day and night.

Every powerful demon coveted Maria's World. In fact, Stikua, the King of the devil, had a large number of devil kin and followers in Maria's World already.

Maria's World

There was a dark castle that was surrounded by weeds and dead trees. It was an abandoned castle. Near this castle, where there once were villages, there only existed desolate and uninhabited land.

At the moment, Inside the abandoned castle, dozens of people in dark red cloaks were sitting in a circle. They were watching the a huge eye-shape tactical deployment circle of witchcraft that lay before them on the ground.

Ten people cut their arms, causing blood to drop into the tactical deployment circle. A special force in the blood was activated, which caused the tactical deployment circle to start to spin. At the same time, dark lights glowed from the ground, illuminating the whole castle hall.

This was an evil sacrificial ceremony. As the blood dropped from their veins, all of the people present were transformed into monsters. A few of the people in the center even transformed into horrible evil kin!

"Heckfoss! I need more sacrifices. If you want more power, and if you want to live forever, you must sacrifice more! With more sacrifices, comes more power!" an evil voice emerged from the circle.

Heckfoss stood in front of the others. He had a slightly pale face.

Due to the recent suppression by the alchemists of Tuten, as well as by the heavenly palace, the Church of the True God didn't have many believers left. As such, Heckfoss wanted to go and look for sacrifices in the Western world and the central province. However, when they had just arrived, utter chaos had broken out.

"The Great Devil King, Stikua, I will build your empire on this land!" Heckfoss said.

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"In the name of god, let the light shine again on the land that belongs to god!" The third-generation Pope of the Church of Light, Armenia, declared the will of god in the Temple of Light.

The army of the Church of Light was immediately mobilized, and most of principalities and kingdoms who had been ready for this very day responded immediately. A large number of priests, nobles, and even kings led the army across the border, then poured into the central province.

They mainly focused on the three principalities of Rose, Keville, and Gragou, which bordered the central province. This was because they had perennial conflicts with the Sumerian Kingdom of the central province, which had resulted from past territorial and religious disputes.

After more than a hundred years of peace, war had broken out again. A large number of nobles and knights took up their swords and lances and went to the battlefield.

War not only was a chance for justice for the people, but it also represented opportunity. In times of war, the peasants could became aristocrats that owned land, while aristocrats could become kings!

In order to cope with the invasion from the south, a large number of soldiers and mercenaries were hired. Mercenary corps soon joined the regular soldiers on the battlefield. Today, they fought for a kingdom. Tomorrow, they would guard the territory of a noble. As for the day after tomorrow, they would perhaps attack a duke.

Many cities had already been annexed during this war. After the arrival of the knights of the Church of Light, many kingdoms had surrendered rapidly. Only a very few had attempted to resist.

In this war, apart from the priests and knights, there were also alchemists who used alchemy cannons and guns on the battlefield. The head of a mercenary crop named Lynn Ahnaton had won a lot of battles. He had overthrown the Kingdom of Urabell and established his own kingdom of mercenaries, which made him the first mercenary to ascend the throne and become a king!

His kingdom soon rose up and flourished in the central province. Lynn took out the Sword of the King and claimed himself as the chosen one.

Numerous mercenaries came to him, hoping to be in his service, while all of the Temple Knights admired him. In this manner, he quickly established a grand kingdom.

However, a few years later, his kingdom lost the war with the expeditionary forces of the southern Church of Light. Most of the kingdoms in the central province of China who gradually surrendered to the Church of Light were forced to accept the Church's garrisons and belief system. As such, the territory of the Church of Light rapidly expanded.

After this initial setback, Lynn's mercenary regiment kept losing. Even the newly infused support of several orc kingdoms in the north could not stop Lynn's kingdom's decline. The flag of the Church of Light now flew everywhere in the central province.

Kingdoms that had originally believed in the Faith of the Sun now embraced the Church of Light. As a result, a large number of knights and priests of the Faith of the Sun were killed or driven away.

At this time, the Kingdom of Sumeria, which was in danger of being conquered, braced itself for one last battle. It was able to defeat the coalition forces of Rose, Keville, and Gragou at the Sumerian Plain, thus changing its situation instantly!

The allied forces were beaten and immediately abandoned their armor. Sumerians expelled the priests and Holy Knights of the Faith of the Sun and the Church of Light on their home turf, then immediately banned anyone who believed in these two churches, forcing them over the borderlines.

As a result, the Church of Light and Ahenaten's kingdom ceased fighting and withdrew. The central province suddenly had achieved a strange and calm sensen of stability.

The mercenary kingdom of Ahenaten, the Sumerian Kingdom, and the Church of Light, which had expanded to the central province, then found themselves in a difficult situation. It was a tripartite confrontation!

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Chapter 256: Return to the Elf Kingdom

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"That's it!" Lu Zhiyu said.

"Does that Sumerian Kingdom have anything to do with it?" Kelly asked.

"The Church of the True God? It's interesting. It does not use even the slightest propaganda in order to seek attention. Instead, it hides in the depths." Lu Zhiyu said and smiled. "Let them develop on their own. After all, they are just an ordinary devil species. At present, it seems that their king is very clever has no intention of confronting the wizards."

He then added, "Indeed, if we interfere, the damage that we would cause would be even greater. Wars might even break out. After all, those coming from the outside will naturally be oppressed by the bitwalls."

Above the clouds in the Kingdom of Light, three gods were sitting on their thrones. They were Lu Zhiyu, Kelly, and Verthandi.

They were discussing how it was a good thing for the common people that the war among the countries had ended and the situation had stabilized. However, the huge number of casualties that the war had brought about was shocking. The central province suddenly seemed empty compared to the hustle and bustle of the old days.

The conversation of the three gods ended, and two of them, together with their thrones, disappeared. When Lu Zhiyu and Verthandi returned to the floating castle, Verthandi sat down on Lu Zhiyu's lap and hugged his neck.

She seemed frustrated, so she asked, "Did I make a mistake? I did everything according to the book, but I'm afraid that so many people died because I was impulsive!"

Lu Zhiyu put down a book that he had been reading and held Verthandi in his arms, gently caressing her soft hair. It seemed that Verthandi, who had just become a god, wanted to do something to show Lu Zhiyu her capability, yet she had become panicked and confused.

"As a god, your every move will influence the development of the whole world, especially when you change rules, as that will have irreversible effects. It can even lead to the destruction of a large number of countries and the death of countless people!" he instructed her. "So every decision you make must be carefully considered. Let this be a lesson for you. You're responsible for maintaining the stability of the whole world."

Lu Zhiyu patted Verthandi on her back. "Being a god is not a matter for a moment, it is endless. For gods, time is just like the spring breeze that brushes your cheeks, leaving no trace, so you don't have to be so anxious! You have time!"

He then added, "Also, Eva and Delmedi miss you. Delmedi has been grumbling about you lately. You should go and see her!"

Lu Zhiyu then stood up and said, "Now, I have to go to the Yala Elf Continent!"

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Corolla Tower was originally a college in a remote valley of the Forest of Life, but it had gradually become another political center of the Elf Kingdom, especially after Wendy and Wolfe became members of the Council of Elders. During that time, wizards gradually assimilated into the elves community, and a special Elf Wizard civilization gradually arose on the mainland of Yala.

Before that time, wizards had always been marginalized and isolated from the human world, so all of the generations of wizards had tried their best to integrate into other communities. However, this was only finally achieved with the help of Wendy and Wolfe, who were previously not regarded as being gifted at all.

In fact, it turns out that the elves were naturally suitable for the cultivation of the wizard civilization. Hence, a large number of wizards and a variety of scholars, artists, and writers emerged within Corolla Tower.

Moreover, many elf Blood Wizards, thanks to their own constant research, grew into a different group from human wizards, known as the Druids. Elf Dream Wizards also developed a new branch. Unlike most human Dream Wizards, who mastered projection witchcraft and illusions, the Elf Dream Wizards paid more attention to witchcraft boundaries.

Also, wizards of the same origins divided into different branches over the centuries. This was something that Lu Zhiyu had never imagined.

Lu Zhiyu remembered that when he was just starting to build the wizard tower, he only taught the first generation of wizards Body Modification Technique. Since then, from this simple Body Modification Technique, a series of wizard types, such as Blood Wizards, Dream Wizards, alchemists, Ghost Wizards, Druids, Boundary Wizards and so on had appeared. This success far surpassed Lu Zhiyu's expectations, and Lu Zhiyu benefited greatly from the evolution of the wizards from generation to generation.

In the Forest of Life, elves had also built cities. But, a city of the elves was very different from a human city.

Every house was surrounded by a large number of trees, and gardens and fountains were everywhere. This was very unlike human cities, where the greenery was often replaced by industrial gray cement and metals.

In fact, green had become the main color of the city. In the center of the city, there was a huge old tree.

This was an Ancient War Tree, a supernatural plant that had been created by wizards via the method of cross-breeding it with the magical beasts to give the tree the characteristics of the Tree of Life. With the Ancient War Tree, level three Boundary Wizards could create a witchcraft circle to regulate the weather and temperature inside the city. and They could even protect the city!

Every Ancient War Tree had a strong fighting force. At this time, the Boundary Wizards had also become the most powerful among the Elf Wizards.

The cultivation of each ancient war tree required a lot of Philosopher's Stones and various witchcraft materials. Boundary Wizards also consumed Philosopher's Stones to a large degree.

For this reason, each of the Boundary Wizards would need an immeasurable accumulation of resources. However, at present, there were not many Boundary Wizards.

Lu Zhiyu entered the Forest of Life. This was only the second time that Lu Zhiyu had been here, and he could see that many great changes had taken place in the city of Sylve.

Along the way, Lu Zhiyu saw Ancient War Trees encircling the whole city. The trees connected together to form a cocoon that could not be seen by the naked eye, protecting the whole city.

This cocoon could detect any extraordinary power changes that occurred anywhere within it, as well as regulate temperature and climate. All year, the city was like spring and the temperature was pleasant, which made the people comfortable and idle.

There were also many magnificent buildings and white towers in the city, as well as rows of exquisite dome huts, interconnected forest paths, and bridges. Lu Zhiyu felt like he visiting a future city park!

At the center of these Ancient War Trees was a dead Tree of Life. This huge tree had been hollowed out and renovated by witchcraft, making it the political center of the elves and the hall of the council.

This Tree of Life had many small windows within it. On the foot of the huge tree was the crystal clear Lake of Life. Along its trunk, red, green, and brown vines and small flowers brought vigor and vitality to the tree.

Presently, Lu Zhiyu was inside the Tree of Life, looking out at the whole city of Sylve. Wendy, who stood beside him, was saying something to him.

Lu Zhiyu had apparently been surprised by her words. "To build an elf empire? Imitate the state system of human beings?" he asked incredulously.

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Chapter 257: Elf Empire

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"Is the current system not good?" Lu Zhiyu left the window and returned to the table.

The table was made with wood and had beautiful white patterns engraved upon it. On the table were some gold alchemy items from the human world, such as a steamed lamp and some gorgeous silverware. Abstract paintings lined the wall, filled with images of angels riding horses into the clouds, fairy girls in the woods, and goddesses jumping out of the lake.

Wolfe poured a glass of elf-made fruit wine for Lu Zhiyu. It was refreshing and tasty.

Wendy then said, "The number of elves in Sylve has reached more than one hundred thousand, and there will be even more in the future. In the past, the number of elves was small, and there were only villages and towns. For every little thing, the council needed to call a meeting, which might take months, even a year or two! Some controversial issues, such as setting up a legal system, had still not even been addressed after hundreds of years!"

Lu Zhiyu was shocked to hear this. "Hundreds of years, just for one thing? And it's still not sorted out yet? Wow! Bit, if you don't have official laws yet, how do you deal with the elves who commit crimes or have wrong behavior?"

Wendy looked at her teacher and smiled. "Every wrongdoer is presented to the elder elves in the council for judgement. However, from the initial charge to the decree of a final punishment, it takes at least a decade or more!"

She paused to let that shocking time period sink in for Lu Zhiyu, then added, "Now, the old council where the elders rule is no longer suitable for this era, so we must make a change. Sylve should have a brand new future. The people of Alan are becoming stronger and have begun to conquer the sea, but we have not yet seen the whole continent of Yala."

Lu Zhiyu nodded. "So what kind of empire do you want to build?"

Wendy thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to combine witchcraft with the elf civilization and build an elf empire. There are not so many wizards here, but in the mainland, all kinds of extraordinary professions exist, like wizards, priests, and Holy Knights!" she said excitedly.

She then shared her vision with Lu Zhiyu. "I want to build an elf empire in support of the witchcraft system. But, I need some advice from you first, mentor!"

Lu Zhiyu looked out of the window. In the area that was protected by Ancient War Trees, there were many cultivated farmland parcels. Although the richness of the Forest of Life freed them from any worries about food, they still grew some crops from the outside worlds.

As Ancient War Trees could regulate climate, the plants grew well. Also, if any magical beasts or wizards intruded into the area, they could be quickly detected.

At the same time, Ancient War Trees could also set witchcraft boundaries to protect the inside area. Lu Zhiyu even saw a Boundary Wizard leading an Ancient War Tree and a large number of wizard assistants called Pipi Elves to build a wizard tower in the distance!

Dreamcraft and other extraordinary witchcrafts were also used in all aspects of city life. Wizards who were proficient in Earth Blood Witchcraft built buildings, while others used superb witchcraft to refine gold and cultivate plants.

Elves' workshops also produced a variety of refined alchemy products. In the distance, there were gardens that were used to breed plants and magic beasts. In fact, many of the Druids that had evolved from the Blood Wizards ran around in these gardens.

Corolla Tower became the center for the elf wizards, as well as the sanctuary of knowledge. It was also the location where each of them could learn more about the witchcraft system.

"You did very well! The framework of the witchcraft system has been fully established. One day, when witchcraft has become an irreplaceable part of the lives of elves, the elf empire that you have dreamed of for so long will emerge!" Lu Zhiyu said to Wendy.

Lu Zhiyu, together with Wolfe and Wendy, took a walk in the Forest of Life to see the changes of the elves. Lu Zhiyu did not realize that Wendy and Wolfe, who had built a wizard college for the elves in Yala, could bring about so many changes to the elves in such a relatively short time.

"The life of an elf is relatively simple, as each elf naturally adapts to the witchcraft system. However, human beings and orcs have internal problems and complicated community structures, which makes it harder for them to accept wizards. With a little luck and the continuous development of witchcraft, a world-shaking wizard empire will soon appear here!" Wendy said to Lu Zhiyu.

"These changes in the elves are truly shocking!" Lu Zhiyu was amazed at the tremendous changes that he saw had taken place here.

Wendy, wearing a white elf robe, followed Lu Zhiyu as he observed everything. She wore a corolla on her head and a council badge on her chest. She looked like a goddess.

Wendy was the first level four Elf Wizard and the first Boundary Wizard. She had also been the one who cultivated the Ancient War Tree. This peculiar level three tree was a great masterpiece, even in the eyes of Lu Zhiyu.

"Unfortunately, Wolfe, you have failed!" Lu Zhiyu looked at Wolfe, who was standing next to him.

Compared with the first generation of wizards, Bohr, Li Weisi and Akkad, Wendy and Wolfe were not very talented. Wolfe in particular was not strong, as he wasn't even at level four yet.

However, Wolf remained open-minded and optimistic. "It doesn't matter. Even if I fail, I have a thousand years to live, which is the advantage of being an elf. Besides, I'm not as talented as Wendy! I'm just a fairly ordinary wizard!"

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Although Lu Zhiyu offered some suggestions, they were just icing on the cake. Wendy had wanted to see Lu Zhiyu because she was panicked and confused about the future of the elves, and she needed a trustworthy person to give her confidence. Besides, Lu Zhiyu was more important to her than anyone else.

Lu Zhiyu was attending a grand dinner that was being hosted by the elves in his honor. The night was clear and cloudless, and the silver moon was bright. The dinner was being held on the square under the Tree of Life.

Stairs rose from the lake bottom, and an arch bridge was built across the lake. Clear water in the square pool gushed out from the fountain, while elf-style statues had been erected in the center of the pool.

Several elves were playing harps, fairy girls were dancing in their green skirts and corollas, and the poet was reciting love stories from distant elf towns and villages. The bonfire's flames danced and flickered, and adding to this, the towering Tree of Life made this dinner seem like a grand dream.

Several of the witty fairy girls placed their corollas on Lu Zhiyu, Wolfe, and Wendy. Then, the members of the council raised their glasses to Lu Zhiyu.

"Thank you for your corolla. I like it very much!" Wendy said to the young fairy-elf girls. The girls nodded excitedly and blushed, as Wendy enjoyed a high status among the new generation of elves.

The food was also very special. The elves loved greens, but they didn't mind meat either. So, many unique dishes spanned the entire length of the banquet table.

"So, do you want to be the empress of the elf empire?" Lu Zhiyu looked at Wendy with his wise and deep eyes.

"Decades ago, I remember that a ship came from the other side of the sea. The ship was from the Alen Continent, but not from the wizard tower. The crew was led by a young girl, the captain, who told me that her name was Marina Bossay, and she was a student of Akkad!" Wendy told Lu Zhiyu.

Lu Zhiyu immediately remembered this as well, so he said, "Yes! She was a very lively little girl. Haha, in fact, at least in my eyes, Wendy, you are still a little girl too!"

Wendy grinned. "I'm over three hundred years old, so I'm definitely not a little girl anymore!"

Wendy then continued recalling her memory. "She came here with a mechanical alchemical lifeform named Archimonde, which you gave her as a gift. She took out Akkad's badge and asked to see me. After which, she stayed in Corolla Tower for some time."

Wendy took a breath, then kept talking. "At that time, she told me about the Sean City-State Alliance. Unlike the Council of Elders here, the leader of the Sean City-State Alliance was elected by the citizens. They call him the prime minister. I decided that the emperor of the elf empire should be elected in this same way, but as we already had a lifelong emperor, only after his death would there be an opportunity for such an election!"

Lu Zhiyu didn't seem to agree with her. "Can such a system be implemented? Is it even suitable for the elves?

"Give it a try. As long as I'm still here, there shouldn't be any problems!" Wendy replied.

Lu Zhiyu nodded. "Akkad's students and Bohr's students… How time flies. In the twinkling of the eye, hundreds of years have passed! The time has now come for a new generation of wizards!"

Lu Zhiyu put down his knife and looked at the lake in the distance. The lake shone brightly. He then asked, "How many are left from the old generation?"

Wendy's eyes sank after hearing his question. Her calm eyes were full of sadness as she replied, "Li Weisi, Henry, Bohr, Uruk and Akkad are all dead. Many other wizards have also passed away in the past few decades, leaving Catherine and Wolfe alone. Among the first generation of wizards from the wizard tower, all of whom were your students, only three of us are still here!"

As she gave him this report, elves were playing a somewhat melancholy, melodious song. It was almost as if the tune was directly reflecting memories and past events.

Lu Zhiyu closed his eyes and listened quietly to the music. After a long time, he opened his eyes, picked up the silver jug on the table, and poured himself and his other two colleagues some fruit wine.

Wendy looked at Lu Zhiyu and said, "Fate is really unfair. The most talented people are all dead! In the end, only average ones, like me, are left behind in the world!"

Wolfe said, "Wizards don't believe in fate. Instead, wizards believe that all things are the results of our own choices. I think that Bohr and Akkad also think this same way!"

"Yes. After all, wizardry has been passed on from generation to generation, and time can't erase the traces of those who have gone before us!" Lu Zhiyu raised his glass and said, "To wizards!"

"To wizards!" Wendy and Wolfe also raised their glasses.

Wendy was feeling quite emotional. After drinking a lot of wine, her face had turned rosy. She held her thin chin in one hand, while her other slender hand held her cup.

"No matter how many years have passed, you haven't changed, mentor!" Wendy looked at Lu Zhiyu with confused eyes.

Lu Zhiyu wore a silver robe that was similar to the one he had worn back in the wizard tower. His appearance remained largely unchanged.

His long black hair was tied back in a ponytail and his eyes were always calm and deep. No matter what happened, he always remained cool and confident.

Lu Zhiyu shook his head. "Time changes everyone, and I am no exception. I have changed, but you do not see it!"

Wendy covered her mouth and laughed. "Of course, as you are the wisest wizard, Anthony the Great Wise! You are always so mysterious in our eyes, just like the wind and the sun in the sky. No one can read your mind!"

Wendy babbled on, as she seemed to be a bit drunk. Lu Zhiyu listened to her quietly until the silver moon made it to the other side of the sky.

Even after the crowd in the square gradually dispersed, Lu Zhiyu kept her company until dawn. Soon, a red sun gradually rose.

Lu Zhiyu looked at Wendy, who was lying on the table, fast asleep, and he wrote a letter. After sealing the letter, he took off his silver robe and covered Wendy with it. After that, he turned and left.

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Chapter 259: Elf Empire ()

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The city of Sylve, which was founded more than a thousand years ago, was the place where the oldest elves lived. The oldest Tree of Life, which gave birth to the elves and also grew here, was still the habitat of the elves.

A long time ago, the elves had started an important reform. They abolished the old council system and built an elf empire, which they named the Sylve Empire.

They then began to manage all of the cities and towns by using a system that was quite similar to the human world. It was during that time that Wendy was crowned as the first elf Queen.

On Sylve's sacred altar, under the witness of tens of thousands of elves, a series of alchemy fireworks were set off and instantly rushed up into the sky.

A large number of elf wizards surrounded Wendy, while Wendy held a magic wand that was decorated with the Philosopher's Stones. This was the ceremony where she officially became the elf Queen, accompanied by the cheers of numerous elves!

The dissolution of the Council of Elders also meant that the elves needed to set up various state institutions, which had to be manned by a large number of talents. There was truly so much to do!

Hence, Wendy and Wolfe were quite busy. In addition to Sylve, they had established two cities in the Forest of Life, Haig City, which was built around Corolla Tower near Hagrid Grand Canyon, and Seth City, which was near the sea.

The towering Tree of Life was then transformed into a palace. Stairs were also built around it. At present, Wendy was in the lower hall, holding a conference on the compilation of the Elf Code.

"We need an Elf Code, so that we can let all of the elves the standards of proper behavior. If anyone violates the laws of the Code, there will be severe punishments. This is a necessary thing that must be done to maintain order!" Wendy said.

"I disagree with you, as such strict laws can only erase the true nature of elves! We don't need this kind of thing. After all, we are elves! We don't need to learn from human beings." An elder old council member quickly objected to the idea.

Another elder took this opportunity to chime in with their own opinion, "But, there will also be disputes among the elves, which will destroy and damage all of the elves. For example, there are disputes between the Moonlight Elves and the Daytime Elves currently, while there are numerous squabbles erupting constantly in many of the villages and towns."

Yet another elder spoke up, "Yes, and times are different, so we must learn to change, too. The fleets of human beings have begun to land here, and they are becoming stronger and stronger. Sooner or later, they will fully conquer the sea. We must be prepared for that!"

Soon, a heated debate arose among the leaders. As everything was just beginning, the elves felt like they were wading across the river in the darkness. Everyone seemed very cautious and uncertain.

Many of the Sylve Empire officials present here were also members of the old council. At this moment, although they all had different opinions, Wendy decided absolutely that there must be an Elf Code. Then, everyone began to discuss the provisions of the Code.

Most of the provisions had been settled through negotiations long ago, but in order to come to a unanimous official agreement, Wendy had called this conference. Finally, except for some minor remaining details, the first edition of the Elf Code was finally approved and the huge Elf Code stone tablet was placed on the main square in Sylve.

Wendy had never thought that it would be so much harder to run an empire than it was to be a wizard and build a wizard college! In fact, it was ten times more complicated and difficult!

As the Queen, it was impossible for her to satisfy everyone. Every law would inevitably hurt the interests of some people, yet Wendy had to make a confident choice in order to maintain stability within the empire.

Even though it was well past midnight, Wendy was still awake in the palace. She was reading a lot of documents regarding the renovation of nearby villages and towns. She also had some reports to go over, as creating jobs and setting the salary system for elves' wages were also her responsibilities.

Amid all of her duties, Wendy recalled what her mentor Anthony had told her, "It's not enough just to have an Elf Code. It's necessary to have a system that covers all of the wizards in the empire. In order to build a successful wizard empire, you have to enable wizards to assimilate into the elf community."

Wendy then began to think to herself about how to incorporate this wisdom into her own way of ruling…

How about starting by building a wizard city where wizards can benefit others with their skills?

I could let all of the wizards find their perfect positions in this empire! That way, the wizards would no longer be so isolated from the others!

In my wizard empire, wizards could even have ordinary professions! Then, they would become the cornerstone of the empire and support the operation of the empire!

Wendy's eyes lit up. Although she had succeeded in enabling wizards and elves to live together in harmony, she hadn't known how to help wizards make the best of their powers in order to serve the empire. She had just never thought about how to plan such things systematically!

Wendy was inspired and had an ambitious look in her eyes. Wendy had never seen this kind of city, nor had she imagined it before.

Even in the wizard tower, all of the wizards were dedicated to developing more powerful witchcraft and increasing their life spans. As such, none of them really thought about using witchcraft to help ordinary people.

At this time, Wolfe came in through the corridor outside. Apart from him, there was hardly anyone else left in the palace.

"Have you not slept yet? These things can't all be done in one day!" Wolfe sat down. As if he had known that Wendy hadn't rested yet, he had come bearing yummy snacks and milk tea!

"No, I am too excited. I have this feeling that the whole system is slowly taking shape in my hands. The great goal of leading the elves forward is making me obsessed!" Wendy said excitedly.

Wendy talked to Wolfe about her plans, explaining her vision of the future, including how she hoped to build Sylve into a city of wizards, so that the light of witchcraft would shine on the whole city!

Wolf listened to her and nodded. "But this is not a simple thing. It requires a lot of manpower and resources. It also requires a lot of wizards to join us!"

Wendy immediately responded, "What we have the most of is time, right? So, we can spend decades building a beautiful house of our own, take hundreds of years to learn a new skill, and spend a thousand years to change our futures!"

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Chapter 260: Elf Empire ()

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Olanca was a male Moonlight Elf who had a relatively high status. Hundreds of years ago, the Moonlight Elves had left the Forest of Life in Sylve.

After they left, they had developed their own belief system. Specifically, the Moonlight Elves believed in the goddess of harvest and earth. They lived in the Silver Moon Forest in the northern part of Yala, which explained their belief in the Lord of Natural Order.

The main differences between the beliefs of the elves and those of human beings regarded resources, among other things. Specifically, the beliefs of the elves were more focused on inner resources, which were interpreted as the will of nature by the elf poets.

Basically, this meant that all of the elves must protect the forest and coexist with nature. Even the elf wizards had to believe in the Lord of Natural Order and love the forest.

The elves in the Forest of Life had been expanding to the east, gradually increasing their contact with the Moonlight Elves and the Daytime Elves. During this time, Olanca went to Sylve in order to seek help on behalf of the Moonlight Elves.

A group of powerful magical beasts had intruded into their villages. Among them, a horrible spider had attacked them!

This spider had a lot of eyes on its abdomen. Whenever its eyes saw any elves, the elves would instantly become mad! This large-scale destructive power became a nightmare for the Moonlight Elves.

What was worse, this group of spiders was planning to overtake the Silver Moon Forest and cultivate their next generation! Although the Moonlight Elves had tried to suppress them, anyone brave enough to have made the attempt had been killed and dragged away as spider's food! Hence, the Moonlight Elves had no other option but to send Olanca to Sylve to ask for help.

"I heard that the Forest Elves had built the Sylve Empire. In fact, it said that earth-shaking changes have taken place! Many elves have learned a power called witchcraft, which is apparently from the human world of another continent!" Olanca said to his friend.

"Can they deal with the horrible monsters?" the friend asked.

"There should be no problem!" Olanca said the words, but didn't sound very certain.

After all, the horrible monsters filled the Moonlight Elves with terror! This was understandable, as the large group of white eye spiders lived in groups in the underground caves of the Moonlight Forest, not to mention their being huge and possessing extraordinary powers!

The most terrifying thing was that they hunted the Moonlight Elves for food. In fact, a large number of Moonlight Elves had already become food on their tables! If this continued, the Moonlight Elves would surely have to flee their beloved homeland.

With the continuous emergence of extraordinary forces, more and more magical beasts appeared. Many variants of magical beasts even came ashore from the sea!

If the Moonlight Elves could not learn some extraordinary powers in order to protect themselves, they would eventually die out. Moreover, within the Silver Moon Forest, there was the Tree of Life of the Moonlight Elves, which they couldn't give up!

So, Olanca not only went to ask for help from the Sylve Empire, but he also sought to understand how the Sylve Empire had become so powerful, especially as that related to this new witchcraft he had been hearing so much about!

After a long journey, Olanca arrived in the Sylve Empire. At present, he had only a dozen elves with him.

All of a sudden, loud sounds were heard from the distance…

"Magical beasts!" Olanca shouted. "Look, there are two magical beasts fighting up ahead!"

They looked and saw a huge Ancient War Tree rising up from the ground. Its roots were like giant steel thighs, and it was fighting a horrible lion-like flying magical beast!

Looking at the scene more carefully, they saw that a wizard in a white robe was on the top of the Ancient War Tree, controlling it to attack the magic beast. As both sides fought fiercely, dust swirled in the air and the lights of various extraordinary forces flashed.

The lights deeply scarred the beast. Finally, the beast could only turn around and flee.

At this time, the wizard who were controlling the Ancient War Tree came to them and asked, "You are not from this village, so why are you here? Also, you must be careful of the magic beasts!"

Olanca looked at the tree and the elf wizard. He was in awe of the huge tree and its strong force.

"We are Moonlight Elves from the Silver Moon Forest. I have brought letters from the elders for Her Majesty Wendy, the Queen of the Sylve Empire!" Olanca said, while holding out the letters.

The wizard reached out and saw the letters in Olanca's hand. He then nodded and said, "Come on, I will take you to the nearest town, then someone will take you to the Elf Forest!"

Then, one by one, they stepped onto the tree, which then began walking, using its its roots as feet. Just a single one of its step could cover a distance of 120 yards! Soon, they passed across a large area of forest, making the Moonlight Elves gasp in shock.

"Is this the power of wizards?" one of the Moonlight Elves asked.

The closer they got to the heart of the Sylve Empire, the more amazed Olanca and other Moonlight Elves became. Here, they could see all kinds of novel witchcraft props and alchemy products. Along the way, the roads were broad and paved, and there were posts and carriages, as well as letter crows that were sending letters for elves and wizards!

Oranca also saw elves enslaving witchcraft slaves in their mines. Smooth tracks were laid on the ground, and exotic foods were ripe at least three-fourths of the year!

Moreover, there were libraries in every elf town. In fact, there were so many books and advanced pamphlets of knowledge, it was beyond Olanca's imagination!

After arriving in the Forest of Life, all of the Moonlight Elves stood with their jaws agape. The elf guards of the Sylve Empire had already gotten used to it long ago.

"My God! Is this the city of the gods?" one of the elves couldn't help but wonder aloud.

What they saw before them was a city that resembled a beautiful garden. Trees lined the roads, which were paved with marble slabs, and layers of beautiful buildings encircled the central Tree of Life. At the root of the tree was the Lake of Life, which reflected the blue sky and white clouds above it.

There were many witchcraft slaves and Pipi Elves in the city, as well as ten huge Ancient War Trees, which surrounded the whole city and connected numerous boundaries. The traces of witchcraft application could be seen everywhere in the city, including such things as groundwater canals, waterways, and the continuous production of various alchemy products in alchemy workshops.

At that was just the beginning! Although it could not be called a city of witchcraft just yet, it was advancing constantly. All of these things greatly impressed Olanca, who asked in awe, "Is this really the Sylve Empire? What made them change it so dramatically?"

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Chapter 261: Elf Eggs

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As a representative of the Moonlight Elves, Olanca met Queen Wendy in the palace in the Tree of Life. The palace was very similar to a wizard tower.

Within the palace, a large number of witchcraft slaves were going about their daily tasks, while the elves were communicating with one another via earth telephones.

One amazing feature about this palace was that the elf wizards could mobilize all of the Ancient War Trees to defend Sylve with defensive boundaries in wartime. As such, when compared with the wizard tower, which was more of a symbolic monument and research institute, this palace could be regarded as a true wizard base.

Olanca was nervous when he met the Elf Queen. Adding to his anxiety was the fact that Oranca now understood that the power of the Sylve Empire came from wizards. As the wild magic beasts in Yala were growing and becoming stronger, the Moonlight Elves needed this power to defend themselves. Hence, this meeting was of the utmost importance!

For this reason, after giving the elders' letters to Queen Wendy, Olanca decided to go to Corolla Tower instead of returning with the other elves. The disaster with the spiders had made him realize that they needed a change, and while eliminating the spiders was important, Olanca saw a much brighter future here.

"You are quite welcome to stay, as our Corolla Tower is open to all. As long as you can pass the examination, you can even study there!" Wendy looked at Olanca and accepted his request to stay.

Thus, Olanca entered Corolla Tower. For the first time, he came into contact with the wizards. He met Druids that could be transformed into magical beasts, giant Ancient War Trees, and much more!

Although, his first major impression was taken from the sea of books that resided here! After all, grand libraries were the most precious wealth of all races! Standing in front of the vast library, Olanca's eyes glowed with longing.

Fortunately, Olanca had the talent to become a wizard. Soon, he became an apprentice. As Olanca was more diligent than most of the other elves, he always kept pushing himself forward, striving to learn more and more.

I have to work hard to change the future of the Moonlight Elves! Only when we are strong enough can we then protect ourselves and control our destinies!

It took him more than ten years to become a wizard. After that, it took him several more years to constantly enrich himself and make himself a powerful wizard with his own knowledge.

At this time, the Moonlight Elves returned once again to the Sylve Empire, hoping that Olanca would return with them. This was because the magical beasts in the Silver Moon Forest were growing in number and they needed his help.

With a carriage full of books, Olanca went back to his homeland, bidding farewell to Corolla Tower, where he had been studying for nearly 20 years! Thus, the history of the Moonlight Elves began a new chapter.

Olanca led the Moonlight Elves to expel or kill all of the magical beasts in the Silver Moon Forest. However, there were still some lurking existences that posed a threat.

Druids, Boundary Wizards, human Blood Wizards or Dream Wizards, which one is most suitable to help us fend off such attacks? There is no way that we can protect ourselves forever!

Although Olanca became a wizard and stayed in the Sylve Empire for a long time, he did not think highly of its system. This was because his ideals differed from Wendy and Wolfe, who were more influenced by the human civilization. While Wendy was crazy about human development, Olanca enjoyed the freedom of being an elf.

Olanca had become the elder of the Moonlight Elves, the believer of the goddess of harvest and earth. Standing under the tremendous Tree of Life, Olanca pondered the future of the Moonlight Elves.

Unlike the withered Tree of Life in the Sylve Empire, the Tree of Life that belonged to the Moonlight Elves was still in its prime. There were a large number of elf eggs on it, which hatched new elves. These eggs were the future of the Moonlight Elves race!

But, at the top of the tree, wounds could clearly be seen where it was attacked by a Dead Wing Bird a few years ago. The Dead Wing Bird was half-deer and half-bird, with a deer's head and legs and a bird's back and wings. It often came and ate the eggs off of the Tree of Life at midnight.

Olanca led the Moonlight Elves to fight with the Dead Wing Bird. As the flying monster could stir up a fiery storm with just its wings, the Moonlight Elves lost horribly.

Finally, Olanca set up a witchcraft trap to kill the terrible beast. But, by that time, The Tree of Life had already been devastated. During the next few years, it bore no elf eggs. In fact, it was only this year that the elf eggs began appearing again.

The night breeze blew through the Tree of Life, causing its leaves to rustle. Oranca stood under the tree, his eyes closed, as if he was listening for something.

Long ago, Olanca seemed to be able to feel that the Tree of Life had its own will. It seemed to have its own ideas. Whenever he came close to the Tree of Life, Olanca could feel that it had an immortal soul.

At this moment, a sudden sound came from the tree, frightening Olanca. He looked up and saw a figure sitting on one of its huge branches. The figure was dressed in a white robe and wore a mask with a sun pattern on it.

It was Lu Zhiyu, who bowed and asked Olanca, "Can you hear that?"

As Lu Zhiyu looked curiously at Olanca, who was below him on the ground, he thought that Olanca was a very interesting elf. He seemed to be able to communicate with the Tree of Life, which Lu Zhiyu could not do, as the will of the Tree of Life resisted communicating with Lu Zhiyu. It was almost as if it could perceive that Lu Zhiyu was a very terrible existence!

Lu Zhiyu had been choosing among the candidates that he would make gods. Only when seventeen gods had gathered together and all of the thrones were filled could Maria's World truly become a world of gods, thus making it a perfect world. Besides Kelly, Verthandi, and Delmedi, Lu Zhiyu was now tasked with choosing the next one with potential.

Olanca could clearly see the figure on the tree, but he could find out nothing more with the mind power. This told him that the image in front of him was only a fantasy. But, he could feel that the Tree of Life was scared of this existence.

"Who are you?" Olanca asked.

Instead of replying, Lu Zhiyu turned into a beam of starlight, then landed right in front of Olanca, who looked nervously at him, unable to speak. Even in front of the powerful Queen Wendy, Olanca hadn't felt so awestruck. Even his witchcraft was rendered useless by this fierce figure!

"I have many names. Some call me Faross, while some call me Randil, but your elves are more accustomed to calling me the Lord of Natural Order!" Lu Zhiyu said.

Olanca felt like he had been hit by a lightning bolt. The Lord of Natural Order was the Creator and the first god in the elves' legends!

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Chapter 262: Moonlight Elves

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Lu Zhiyu stood under the Tree of Life and looked at the tree that had given birth to innumerable elves. This tree had changed a lot compared to when it had just been created by Lu Zhiyu.

Lu Zhiyu had originally thought that belief could bring power. Then, when Stikua, with the help of the Church of True God, had gained extraordinary power and reached level four, Lu Zhiyu was finally able to confirm that belief could create power.

He also discovered that the Tree of Life had its awareness because of the elves' worship and belief. Specifically, as the Tree of Life was the mother that bred the elves, after it had absorbed the energy of their beliefs, a special life form was born.

"You're a god? The Lord of Natural Order?" Olanca felt his muscles tense as he stammered out the words. Although he had heard countless legends that spoke of the gods, when such an existence really stood in front of him, the emotions of shock, fear, and awe, suddenly rose up within him!

Lu Zhiyu nodded and pointed to the Tree of Life. "She also has the potential to become a god in the future."

"She? Is she the goddess of earth and harvest?" Olanca stuttered again. "She has an independent personality?"

The personality of this Tree of Life was stronger than that of the one that he had seen with Wendy. This one had reached level five and had an independent personality. So, it was no wonder that Lu Zhiyu felt that she could communicate.

Lu Zhiyu shook his head, "She is yet a god, but she has all kinds of potential to become a god one day. She even has many natural advantages. Her personality was born with your prayers. As you believe in the goddess of harvest and earth, then she will finally become a goddess of harvest and earth. When the time comes, she will become the goddess defending Moonlight Elves and she will sit on the throne."

Olanca looked at the Tree of Life. They regarded her as their mother. As such, no one could truly understand the elves' feelings towards the Tree of Life, let alone the grief that they all felt the moment the Tree of Life died in Sylve.

"Can she really be a god?" Olanca needed a little more reassurance.

Lu Zhiyu nodded. "Every world needs a god to maintain order and ensure the stability and development of that world. After all, the god is the guardian of world. She has the qualification to become a god, but now it is only a qualification!"

Olanca felt that this was what he had been waiting for, the future of the Moonlight Elves! If the Moonlight Elves could have their own goddess, then the Moonlight Elves civilization would never die!

Olanca gently touched the branches of the Tree of Life, then looked at Lu Zhiyu with determination. "Lord of Natural Order, what do we do now?"

"Protect her! That's enough," Lu Zhiyu said.

Lu Zhiyu turned around and looked at the Tree of Life. He then stretched out his hand, and the light that was coming from his hand kept glowing and illuminating the earth.

The light appeared to be a golden translucent crystal, with countless symbols and words flowing inside it. It was actually a seed that granted whoever possessed it the right to ascend the throne. Only with it could a candidate became a god after reaching level seven and ascending the throne!

At this time, the Tree of Life seemed to feel the great attraction of the crystal. As Lu Zhiyu held it high, the crystal slowly entered the Tree of Life.

The Tree of Life seemed to be rekindled by this merging. This integration of its independent personality and divine personality immediately caused a tremendous mind power to burst forth, while flashy lights shone in the sky.

For the first time, Olanca heard her voice so clearly and felt her. It was a beautiful female voice that said, "My name is Bernice!"

"When she comes to the throne, you will get everything you want!" Lu Zhiyu said to Olanca.

When Olanca looked back, he saw the Lord of Natural Order disappearing. At this moment, the change of the Tree of Life woke up the elves. Many of the elves looked at the Tree of Life, and everyone felt that this tree now seemed to have its own thoughts.

At that moment, the Tree of Life communicated with the elves for the first time, and the Moonlight Elves started to build their own beliefs around it. Olanca immediately became a servant to this god.

Although Bernice, who had a divine personality, could not yet ascend the throne or amend any rules in Maria's world, she had the power to grant divine seeds and establish a divine system. So, Olanca helped Bernice establish her own sacrificial system, as well as her own divine system.

Through sacrifice and worship, Bernice gained strength. In fact, she was expected to ascend to the throne soon.

Gradually, under the guidance of Olanca, many Moonlight Elves with extraordinary power were born. They then were able to successfully expel the ferocious magical beasts in the Silver Moon Forest and establish their own elf kingdom.

The Moonlight Elves gradually became different from the elves in the Sylve Empire. While the Sylve Empire honored wizards and knowledge above all, the Moonlight Elves cherished the customs and beliefs that belonged solely to the elves.

As time went on, there were greater differences in their belief systems, customs, and habits, which resulted in friction. Due to this, many conflicts arose.

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Chapter 263: The Age of Navigation

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Lu Zhiyu stood in his huge study, facing two rows of bookshelves. The sunlight was streaming in from the outside, falling on a long table that was scattered with drawings. A sphinx beast was resting by the door.

At present, Lu Zhiyu's eyes were fixed on the wall. There were many items on the wall, the most prominent of which was a mural. It looked similar to a Cabala tree, but Lu Zhiyu preferred to call it the model of the world tree.

This model of the world tree presented the rules of the gods in Maria's World. Upon the model of the world tree, 17 round wheels symbolized different rules and powers of the 17 gods.

Every wheel had a groove. Four of the grooves were empty, and the other thirteen grooves were inlaid with divine personalities, indicating that there were 13 gods that were still waiting to ascend their thrones.

Lu Zhiyu stood under the huge mural and looked up at the model of the world tree. He had a feeling that once the 13 gods were selected, all of Maria's World would be under the full control of these gods.

As all of these gods' powers came from Lu Zhiyu's Divine Kingdom of Gaia, when that time came, the power of the Divine Kingdom of Gaia would, in essence, control all aspects of the world! Then, as the gods continued to learn the rules, Lu Zhiyu would gradually become stronger until he was finally able to turn Maria's World into a divine world entirely!

Lu Zhiyu thought that, at that time, he would reach level nine. Then, he would not need the power of the scroll to create things any longer. Instead, he would be able to change materials' forms and shapes!

As he thought about these things, Lu Zhiyu felt excited. From the very beginning, he wanted to shake off his dependence upon the scroll. At present, it seemed that Lu Zhiyu would very likely achieve this goal!

"But… It's not easy to gather 17 gods!" Lu Zhiyu sighed.

It was not a simple task at all, as all of the 17 gods must meet his standards. If an unqualified existence was chosen to become a god, it could prove disastrous!

Lu Zhiyu kept rubbing his chin, wondering where he should go next to find a suitable candidate. While he was thinking, he sometimes frowned and sometimes smiled.

At this time, Delmedi, who was standing at the door, was holding some bread that Eva had just made for her. As she licked the butter on the bread, she stared at the changing expressions on Lu Zhiyu's face in amazement.

She then yelled, "Eva! Dad's gone crazy!"

Lu Zhiyu picked up the screaming Delmedi, who still looked like a child, causing her to giggle and scream out of both surprise and happiness. Lu Zhiyu hugged her and spun her around in circles as her giggles rang out through the study.

"Why don't you ever seem to grow? Your sister has been an adult for so long!" Lu Zhiyu said.

"That's because I'm still young!" Delmedi said, looking both innocent and quite dissatisfied with this question.

Lu Zhiyu pinched her cheeks and thought for a while before he shook his head and said, "No… I think it's because you are silly!"

Delmedi immediately glared at Lu Zhiyu and made threatening gestures towards him to show her anger. Eva, who had just come in with her plate, totally ignored the fighting between the father and daughter.

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Out at sea, on a huge wooden ship with visible wheels, a huge chimney emitted a thick cloud of smoke, while the continuous rotation of the wheels pushed the huge ship forward. The ship also had sails, and several identical boats, as well as normal sailboats, followed the ship on the sea.

It was a huge fleet that had the mark of the Sean City-State Alliance upon it. It was actually a miracle to see human beings' ships and boats in the deep sea area.

For hundreds of years, human beings had only been able to trade and sail in the coastal waters. As such, this kind of adventure into the depths of the sea was rare. In fact, it had even been considered suicide before!

However, during the recent decades in the Sean City-State Alliance, many adventurers had led their fleets into the sea. However, most of them had died, having been devoured and sucked into the bellies of the Children of the Sea, or they had been lost at sea and never returned.

Since the invention of the steam engine wheel ship, people who had explored the whole Alan Continent area were no longer satisfied with their past achievements. They didn't want to be confined to the mainland, and they yearned for the open sea, hoping to find a new route that would open the door to another continent.

Marina Bossay's adventure opened their eyes to the fact that, at the other end of the ocean, there was a whole different world, where magnificent mermaids and beautiful fairy-like elves lived! Thus, countless people attempted to follow in the footsteps of Marina Bossay by recreating her journey, but until now, no one had succeeded.

This fleet had been sailing on the sea for an entire year. Along the way, it had encountered all kinds of terrible monsters and dangers. If it had not been for the alchemists on board, it would have been destroyed in the sea.

However, they were still much luckier than Marina Bossay, as they had been gifted a precise map by Marina Bossay herself, which allowed them to travel directly from the Sean City-State Alliance to Yala.

"What's wrong? According to the map, we should have arrived in Yala ten days ago!" The captain looked at the map and frowned. This was not the first time that he had been troubled, feeling that something was amiss with this journey.

"Could it be that we have gotten lost?" a sailor asked from behind him.

"Maybe the so-called elf kingdom is just a lie!" another sailor said.

"No! The great Miss Marina said it was true, and she certainly wouldn't deceive us. So, it must be real!" Another sailor adamantly supported Miss Marina's words.

At this moment, the sailor standing near the mast suddenly cried out, "Captain Brown! Look ahead! It's a continent!"

The sailor's cry immediately shocked all of the people on board. The people who had just been quarreling immediately scrambled over to the ship's side, while looking at the distant hazy shadow, which was indeed a huge continent!

Captain Brown shouted out in delight, "We found it! The Elf Continent… Yala!"

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Chapter 264: The Secrets of God

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Captain Brown, whose full name was Jonathan Brown, was the owner of Brown Shipbuilding Workshop. He graduated from the School of Alchemy of the Akkad Alchemy College and was a well-known alchemist. People preferred to call him "Little Brown" because he was the grandson of the famous "faker Lars," Lars Brown.

Lars Brown carried out many research projects and made many inventions during his lifetime. Regarding the promotion and sharing of alchemy skills, he was in par with some of the most famous alchemists.

His most memorable invention was the steam engine. With the wider use of steam engines becoming prevalent in the Sean City-State Alliance, the name of Lars Brown was mentioned on a daily basis. It was incredible for a person with a normal background like him to have become such a prestigious and well-known alchemist.

Jonathan Brown was the first alchemist to build a steam wheel boat, and its popularity made him a well-known and wealthy man in the Sean City-State Alliance. After amassing a great deal of wealth and becoming a famous alchemist, Jonathan set his sights on the sea.

He hoped to recreate Marina Bossey's miracle, thus paving the way to gain access to the Yala Continent and a connection with the magical elf world. From the elves' various works of art to their peculiar medicines, as well as the gold and diamonds that were abundant in the Yala Continent, all of these things attracted the people of the Sean City-State Alliance.

Jonathan Brown was also eager to see elves with his own eyes, as they were legendary and were supposedly beautiful creatures. Jonathan first arrived at the southern part of the Yala Continent, where they traveled for a long time before they found one of the elf tribes, which were called the Sun Elves.

The Sun Elves lived on the edge of Sandro Highland, which was an endless highland. Sandro Highland was not a desolate desert, but was covered by soft grass and dense moss. The mountains were surrounded with clouds and mists. When the sun shone down upon this place, it looked as beautiful as a fairyland.

At this moment, the Sun Elves were in a very dangerous situation. The magical beasts in Sandro Highland were multiplying, while the living area of the Sun Elves was shrinking.

As a result, all of their scattered elves villages had been relocated to the surrounding areas of the Tree of Life. Even so, the decline of the Sun Elves seemed unstoppable.

Once again, the Sun Elves appealed to the Sylve Empire for help. But, as they lived far away from each other, the Sylve Empire could not always come in time, and they would not stay for long time even when they did make the journey to offer aid.

Thus, there were only two choices left for the Sun Elves. They must either become stronger or become part of the Sylve Empire.

At present, the Sun Elves were having difficulty making the final decision, and as the magical beasts in the depths of Sandro Highland were coming back again, ready to launch another disaster, time was of the essence!

This was a battle for survival, as both the magical beasts and the Sun Elves were fighting for their habitats. It was at this exact time that Jonathan's fleet came to Sandro Highland and met the Sun Elves.

For the first time, the people from the Sean City-State Alliance were able to cast their eyes upon the most beautiful creatures in the world! Moreover, Jonathan had not only gotten the map from Marina Bossay, but he had also learned some Sylr, which was the elf's language. Therefore, Jonathan could communicate with the elves.

The knights and alchemists in Jonathan's fleet helped the Sun Elves fight off the magical beasts. Gunners jammed gunpowder into their barrels and shot magic beasts, while Blood Knights cooperated with the elves to fight on the ground. The alchemists even used their alchemy cannons to tear the magic beasts to pieces!

The alchemists also used all kinds of witchcraft and alchemy props to aid the Sun Elves. Jonathan used alchemy props that were made with the magical beasts' deified cells, and many alchemists and knights were equipped with specially modified mechanical arms.

Their strong fighting capacity impressed the Sun Elves immensely. Thus, Jonathan's crew quickly built friendships with the Sun Elves and became their honored guests.

Jonathan had personally saved an elf shooter during the battle, and he had also won the admiration of an elf girl! During his stay with the Sun Elves tribe, the two fell in love.

Jonathan's brave performance in the battle had also impressed the elf elders. So, when Jonathan requested to marry the elf girl, they readily agreed and gave their blessing. The pair were then married under the Tree of Life.

This grand wedding was attended by tens of thousands of elves. They danced and sang, showing Jonathan the passion and merriment that the elves were so well-known for. Jonathan's marriage with the beautiful elf girl instantly made all of his crew members envious.

After exchanging alchemy cannons and various goods from the human world with the Sun Elves, Jonathan began to travel to the most powerful elf tribe in Marina Bossay's adventure records. This tribe was known as the Sylve Empire and was very different from the Sun Elves. In addition to Jonathan's wife, Rosea, several Sun Elves, who were going to study in the Corolla Tower in the Sylve Empire, accompanied Jonathan.

Jonathan stood at the ship's head with his wife in his arms. Rosea looked at Jonathan and said, "I find that the power of the alchemists is very similar to that of the elf wizards!"

Jonathan looked at his wife with loving eyes as he told her a secret, "I heard from my grandfather that the origin of the alchemists were actually the wizards. This is a forbidden secret among the alchemists!"

Rosea then asked him, "Are wizards the most powerful existences in the world?"

Jonathan immediately shook his head. "No. The most powerful are the gods. No one is more powerful than the gods. Also, besides wizards, there are priests of the Faith of the Sun, the priests of the Church of Light, and the Holy Knights of the Faith of the Sun on the Alen Continent. They are all equally or more powerful than the wizards!"

Jonathan then said, "In addition, there are some evil powers, such as demons and demon warlocks, which are said to belong to another evil and chaotic world. They do not belong to our world. There are also dragons. Also, wizards are divided into different groups and hold different powers. There are…"

As Rosea was listening to Jonathan talk about the outside world, she realized that the world was so big, so vast, and so extensive! It was astounding to her to hear that there were countless powerful races in the world, with all kinds of extraordinary powers!

"We Sun Elves only worship the Tree of Life, and now, there are not many left who worship the Lord of Natural Order. Moreover, I heard that the Moonlight Elves have their own god, and they are helping that god to ascend the throne. No wonder the Moonlight Elves have become so powerful. I heard that even the Sylve Empire dared not offend them!" Rosea told Jonathan.

Jonathan suddenly turned around and looked at Rosea as he asked, "What did you just say?"

After that, he shook his head, as if he had just heard the strangest thing. "How could it be possible that gods exist? Nobody knows how they are born. The Moon Elves want to create their own god? How is that possible?"

Rosea was confused by his words, so she asked, "I heard it from my father after he had gotten drunk. He was an elder of our tribe and had stayed with the Moonlight Elves. He wanted to learn the Moonlight Elves' magic in order to protect our tribe."

She took a breath, then continued to explain, "He stayed there for a period of time and participated in their sacrificial rituals. The Moonlight Elves relied on the power of their god to protect the Silver Moon Forest. As such, they have become much stronger than us, but originally, we were pretty much the same in regards to power. I thought that, perhaps if we had our own god, then our tribe would not be afraid of those beasts!"

Jonathan believed Rosea would not lie to him, but he still felt what she said was impossible.

"Whether this is true or false, we should still not mention it to the others. Let's keep this our secret and tell no one for now, as it would only bring disaster to us!" Jonathan said.

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Chapter 265: The Promoter of the New Age

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Jonathan saw the city of the Elf Empire for the first time. He crossed Seth City, along the River of Life, then entered Sylve City in the Forest of Life. The elf wizards had become the most important part of the Elf Empire.

Everything in the city surprised Jonathan, especially the applications of the alchemy in the elves daily lives and their attempts to build a city of witchcraft with the help of alchemy, Blood Witchcraft, and dreamcraft. He was shocked by the elves' industriousness.

The rise of the Druids and the projection of boundary witchcraft that was used by the Boundary Wizards were also unexpected to Jonathan. Only then did he truly see the real Elf Kingdom, which was a world that was totally different from that of the Sun Elves.

What shocked Jonathan the most were the Ancient War Trees. He wondered…

How did the elves breed such powerful magical beasts, which are also extremely rare?

This exceeded Jonathan's imagination. The super-large witchcraft boundary that the elves created while working with the Ancient War Trees also felt like a dream to Jonathan.

He took his wife's hand and wandered around the city for two days. After that time, he knew that even the Sean City-State Alliance could not build such a dream-like city, which had required the combination of all kinds of witchcraft and countless elites' efforts to create.

Wizards and alchemists, compared to the elves, had a natural disadvantage. This was because they were mortal. Therefore, in order to make a breakthrough, they had to spend a lot of time learning. However, no wizard was willing to commit such a large amount of time to only education.

At that moment, a group of elves were wearing moonwhite cloaks, each of which had a green seed image on the back. They all wore a green pendant on their chests as well. They walked on the slate road, crossed the fountain square, then stepped up the stairs and headed for the central Sylve Palace.

"Who are they?" Jonathan asked his wife, Rosea.

Rosea remembered her husband's advice and carefully said, "They are the Moonlight Elves from the Silver Moon Forest. The marks on their clocks represent that they are the priests of the goddess of harvest!"

Jonathan nodded. He had never heard about this goddess before. He pondered about whether the goddess had always existed, or if, as Rosea had said, she was about to ascend the throne.

Jonathan could sense these priests' power, and it was a power that he was was familiar with. The Church of Light priests, who were always doing missionary work in the Sean City-State Alliance, and the heavenly palace priests, who were often in direct conflict with the Sean City-State Alliance, had taught the alchemists a good lesson about priests.

At this moment, Jonathan had a feeling of intense fear and bewilderment. At the same time, he also felt that a force was constantly pushing him forward, coaxing him closer to the truth.

Maybe it was just because of his curiosity, or maybe it was an attempt to trade with the Moonlight Elves in exchange for special products, but Jonathan once again led his crew across the Hagrid Grand Canyon and highlands to the northern Moonlight Elf Tribe. But, when he was about to enter the Moonlight Forest, Jonathan abruptly turned around and left!

Jonathan could feel the mighty power of the other party, even when he didn't use his mind power. Even the wild magical beasts were afraid to approach this area. Jonathan, who was an alchemist, trembled as soon as he was at the border, and his mind power was constantly warning him of the nearby threat.

"Let's hurry and retreat!" Jonathan urged the others to leave, not daring to step into the Moonlight Elf Tribe's territory.

The group quickly gave up their intention of trading, as the Moonlight Forest completely suppressed their witchcraft power. This terrible existence made them feel intensely frightened.

Even though Jonathan already knew what was in the forest, he didn't say a word…

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After trading in Sylve City and receiving an interview from Wendy, Queen of the Sylve Empire, Jonathan began his return journey. It had been more than a year since he had left Alan, and the whole crew was looking forward to returning.

Although the Yala Continent was beautiful, it was not their home. They belonged to the human world.

During their return journey, their fleet was filled with cargo. Even Jonathan had brought a lot of witchcraft slaves and Pipi Elves aboard.

This was because witchcraft slaves were the most suitable creatures for hard labor, while Pipi Elves had great wisdom, and their abilities to turn invisible and become temporarily deformed made them perfect for certain high-level tasks.

On the ship, many sailors watched Yala disappear from sight, bit by bit. They felt a little sad, but were still excited to return home. When they thought about the fact that they would stay on the ship for nearly a year, facing all kinds of dangers along the way, they began to feel a little desperate.

"Why is it getting so dark? What's that? Look at the sky!" a sailor suddenly shouted.

When they had not gone very far from Yala, the fleet encountered something amazing. They saw a huge floating city, which was emerging from the clouds!

Many of the people present immediately recalled the old story about the famous painting of the great artist Lars, "The Capital of God." They all started shouting in amazement…

"The Capital of God!"

"My God, it really exists! This truly is the legendary city of gods!"

"The legend is real!"

Everyone was shocked at the scene before them. Even the powerful alchemists could never have expected to see such a thing!

As Lars had graduated from Akkad Alchemy College, most people thought that his painting was just a work of art that was based on the legends and his imagination. No alchemist thought that the city was real.

As everyone on board stared at the floating city in the sky, their mouths were wide open. The giant flying city hovered in the sky above the fleet, its huge shadow covering the whole sea.

The sharp-eyed Jonathan saw the bottom of the floating city, which was a huge mysterious pattern that looked like a tree. The pattern was composed of mysterious images.

There were 17 round wheels, each of which flashed a special symbol. Four of them looked quite familiar to Jonathan.

"The Church of Light, the Faith of the Sun, the heavenly palace, and the goddess of harvest!" Jonathan exclaimed.

He immediately remembered the four religions that he knew had gods, each of whose symbols now appeared on a strange pattern, which was branded on the huge sky city. It was the legendary capital of god!

At the moment, above the city, two figures leaned on its edge, looking down at the sea below. The huge fleet, when seen from the floating city, was only a few small, black spots.

Eva looked at Lu Zhiyu and asked, "Is that them? Have you decided yet, master?"

Lu Zhiyu nodded. "They will start a new era. Although they are not the heroes, they will still play important roles. It's not that I chose them, but that they happened to come here at such a time!"

After he said this, the floating city immediately broke through the clouds, penetrated the space, and left!

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Chapter 266: The One Who Peeped at the Secret of the Gods

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The mysterious pattern contained the secrets of the whole world. It was the realm of the gods and the forbidden place of mortals. Every symbol was full of mystery, and the huge tree structure was like a tree that held up the world.

The 17 wheels above, just like the cornerstone of the world, firmly held the tree structure steady. Upon the wheels, there were symbols that represented the thrones of the gods.

Why are there 17? What do they represent?" In the darkness, Jonathan felt that the pattern was constantly enlarging in front of his eyes.

Every symbol was being constantly distorted, and it appeared as if they were going to devour him! He was constantly questioning everything and was exceedingly puzzled.

He felt that he had just discovered the biggest secret in the world, a secret that could drive anyone crazy, no matter how powerful, no matter what race, and no matter whether he was a king or a civilian! But, Jonathan still needed a key clue to find out the truth of the secret…

"So… 17… There's the Church of Light, the Faith of the Sun, the heavenly palace, and the goddess of harvest! So… What are the remaining 13?" he wondered aloud.

At this time, all of the symbols suddenly distorted into huge and terrible Divine Shadows. These 17 huge shadows covered the entire sky.

They stood like mountains and looked down at him. Jonathan felt like the gods were about to destroy him because he had peeped at their secret!

"Ah!" At that moment, Jonathan woke up from his nightmare with a scream, while sweating and gasping.

Jonathan felt that he was possessed. He had been thinking about the unknown mysterious pattern constantly since the return of the fleet from the mainland of Yala.

In fact, Jonathan found that the secret that was buried in his heart was eroding him from the inside out. He felt that he had discovered something, but he did not know what exactly it was!

"Darling, did you have a nightmare again?" Jonathan's wife asked, while she stroked his forehead gently.

She was speaking Tuten, which was the language of the Sean City-State Alliance. Six months ago, Jonathan had finally ended his long journey and had returned to Alan. His wife had followed him, abandoning her tribe in order to accompany him to the world of mankind.

Jonathan nodded, then shook his head as he looked at his wife Rosea's worried face. "It wasn't a nightmare. I'm just a little confused!"

As a top alchemist, Jonathan did not dream often. Thus, all of this was because of the mysterious pattern. He felt that if he did not solve the mystery, he would never again be at ease!

Even Jonathan knew that the answer could be a taboo that mortals could never touch, or it was very likely to bring disaster upon his family, including his beloved wife. Hence, Jonathan thought that he should let go of this altogether.

After all, he already had everything that he needed, including money, status, and love. But, the more Jonathan thought about this, the more he simply knew that he couldn't suppress his doubts. After all, he was born a curious man!

When they returned, Jonathan's crew members were welcomed by countless people, and Jonathan, as he ushered his elf wife Rosea down to the dock, received a thundering round of applause.

All of the people present looked at Rosea. They had never seen such a beautiful girl!

Jonathan was a member of the Brown family, and was also a well-known and powerful alchemist. Although he was not a student of Marina Bossay's, he was thought of highly by her because of Lars Brown. As such, he was absolutely a powerful and wealthy figure in the Sean City-State Alliance.

Jonathan, who had now opened up the sea route to another continent, won the praise of everyone, just as Marina had in the past. Jonathan's experience had proven to them that Marina's legendary journey could indeed be replicated.

Moreover, the cargo that he had brought back in his fleet made the Sean City-State Alliance crazy with delight! There were gemstones that had been brought back from the elf world, all kinds of strange medicinal materials, spices, delicate silk clothes, and all kinds of alchemy tools, which were extremely popular among the nobles. He had even brought back all kinds of wizard slaves and Pipi elves, who were, of course, the alchemists' favorites.

Through the selling and trade of this precious cargo, Jonathan made a fortune. Meanwhile, his Brown Shipbuilding Workshop received a lot of orders. The Browns soon became one of the richest families in Tephis, perhaps even in the whole Sean City-State Alliance!

Jonathan also became as famous as his grandfather, and he was even called "Little Brown!" This was because Jonathan had inherited his grandfather's personality, which was marked by his absolute unwillingness to be mediocre.

At the moment ,Jonathan got up and went to his study, where he lit a steam lamp that immediately illuminated the whole room. Like most alchemists' studies, Jonathan's study was full of books.

There was also a second-generation table, which was quite impressive, as even today, a second-generation alchemy table was only a privilege that the top alchemists could afford to have.

The yellow light shone in the room, creating shadows on the walls. Jonathan carefully pulled down the rope on one side of the wall, while the cloth on the wall moved up, revealing a huge painting.

There was a large and complex pattern on the painting. The pattern was the world tree model! Its complex structure, mysterious symbols, and wheels that symbolized the various gods fascinated Jonathan.

Jonathan picked up the steam lamp and shined its light closer to the model. His eyes were filled with delight as his fingers touched every symbol on the world tree model, bit by bit.

He then murmured, "I will unveil your mystery, making me the first to unveil the mystery of the gods!"

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