Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 22: Viper Lighthouse
"Nothing, just remembered some things from the past."
William immediately controlled his expression and replied in a serious tone.
Talking about the past, William felt that he must reflect on his previous mentality.
Isn't it just a legendary magic caster plus a few master-level magic casters?
Aren’t they just some ordinary enchanters who have received basic training and can enchant [Sharpness] on swords and [Fortress] on shields ?
Are you still excited about this?
Back then, the enchanters who laid the source silver circuits for Dusk Fortress were required to be at the master level, unlike now when they have to pick out the usable ones one by one from home workshops.
When William thought of this, he suddenly felt mixed emotions, and in the end he could only sigh that times have changed.
Looking at the changing expression on William's face, the Crow Feather Prophet beside him asked in a low voice:
"Mr. Judge, it's just to retrieve the soul fragment. I think this shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"
He was still very confident about the strength of the Judge. After all, he was a legendary figure that even the "Father of Crows" respected as the Judge. It should be easy for him to snatch things from the Nightmare Lord and retrieve the soul fragments.
Even if he faces "Mania", the strongest demon general who once served under the Mad Fool, his chances of winning should not be small.
But William shook his head when he heard this:
"If you think about it this way, things are indeed a bit troublesome."
If it was just about taking out the fragments, there would be no problem for him.
Even if we banish the demon general "Mania" back, there won't be too much trouble.
But if you want to save all those enchanters, you must consider the issue of the aftermath.
He himself, the mania, and the tower keeper blessed by the star lighthouse.
In such a small area, three beings at the divine level suddenly appeared. Although one of them was just there to make up the numbers, the entire fortress might be razed to the ground in the end.
Especially for a demon general like "Mania" who would cause severe mental damage to the surroundings when fighting, maybe after the fight, the enchanters and mages with weaker mental resistance in the fortress would be almost crazy.
Or should we find a way to get those people out first?
William was walking on the road, thinking about the solution.
At this time, the two were walking on an official road about five or six kilometers away from Black Light City . If they were outside the Thorn City, they would generally be able to see scattered caravans in such places, but outside the Black Light City, it was a desolate and dead scene.
While walking on the road, William even had the illusion that the city might be a dead city.
A strong wind blew up, carrying a lot of dust. William turned up the collar of his coat and narrowed his eyes slightly.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of a question .
Speaking of which, why was "Mania" imprisoned under this tower?
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Serpent Star Lighthouse, Observatory.
A star map of a winding serpent made of lapis lazuli is inlaid at the end of the room. A woman with fiery red hair sits in front of the star map and meditates.
The magic power of the star realm that transcends the moon realm continuously poured out from the star map, and was then controlled by the woman's magic to circulate continuously in this observatory.
The speed of magic power circulation was getting faster and faster, and beads of sweat continued to seep out of the red-haired woman's forehead.
Until it reached a certain critical point, the magic power finally escaped her control, overflowed from the tower, dissipated into the outside world, and then fled from the world.
The woman opened her eyes and stopped, sighing.
"What kind of terrifying realm is the God's Realm..."
As a keeper of the Star Lighthouse, she could theoretically call upon enough magic power to reach the divine realm level within the support range of the Star Lighthouse. However, her mental strength was not enough to control such a large amount of magic power. Forcibly using it would be like a child wielding a sharp blade, which could easily hurt others and herself.
At this time, the door of the observatory opened, and a servant wizard wearing a robe embroidered with poisonous snake patterns walked in.
The other party bowed according to etiquette, and then said:
"I'm sorry to disturb your practice, but there's another letter from Thorn City urging you to contact the Grace Church..."
"Don't bring this kind of letter again. Just burn it."
She answered without hesitation, and then said impatiently:
"Then I wrote back a letter as usual, saying that I couldn't find the target he mentioned."
"Yes, sir..."
The attendant mage showed a hesitant expression on his face, but finally answered yes and prepared to leave.
But he was stopped by the tower keeper.
"Wait a minute, it sounds like you have some doubts about this?"
The attendant mage shook his head subconsciously at first, but after seeing that the other party's expression was still very calm, he hesitated and replied:
"Sir, I simply think it's better to investigate this matter. After all, I've never seen Thorn City rush something like this."
The red-haired woman replied:
"Do you know how many similar Moon Realm worship sects there are in Black Light City outside the fortress area? If we were to investigate them one by one, do you know how much manpower and resources would be needed? Today it's the Grace Sect, tomorrow it's the Blessing Sect, and the day after tomorrow it's the Curse Sect... They are like weeds, and we can never mow them all down."
After working as a tower keeper in this city for three years, her biggest lesson was to stay out of matters outside the Blacklight City fortress area, as the more she intervened, the more entangled she would become.
"But the Rose Palace only emphasized the Church of Grace, a group of worshippers of the Moon Realm..."
To this, the tower keeper just sneered and replied:
"Yes, I know, but do you know why he only mentioned this? Because this Gifted Cult was created by the previous Duke of Thorns, Simon, and they don't have the energy to eliminate the evidence now, so they have no choice but to target us."
In fact, as early as when she received the first letter, she had asked her connections in the Black Light City Mage Hall to investigate.
This so-called Gifted Sect was nothing more than a second-rate Moon Realm worship group in the mixed Black Light City. There was no point in asking them to leave the fortress area to clear it out. Perhaps after a while, they would disappear in the metabolism of this city .
I think Thorn City is so anxious to clear it out now, just to get rid of its relationship with the Moon Realm Cult. After all, the Star Council has issued an order to freeze all the indicators of awakening and promotion of mages in , so it is expected that he is anxious now.
After all, if Vincent wants to sit firmly on the Throne of Thorns, he can't just change his title to "First Citizen" by covering up the truth. He must at least seek the approval of the Star Council and the royal family to be qualified to sit firmly in the position.
Over the past few hundred years, many usurpers felt invincible after gaining independence, but once the Star Council froze the promotion and awakening quotas for mages, they were completely silenced, and finally had to submit to the Empire.
But when she thought of this, she still felt somewhat confused deep down.
Why after issuing the order to completely freeze the number of mages in Blackwater Province, the Star Council did not give any further instructions? Even the new keeper of the Stranger Lighthouse in Thorn City has not been arranged.
This is different from the usual process.
