In the era when the Final Watcher was active, the Mage Guild reached its peak under the operation of William. At that time, the best magic researchers in the continent gathered together and jointly proposed the idea of ​​the astral circuit.

After the mission of "Magic Dawn" was completed, William, who disclosed the astral circuit technology, also looked forward to whether a sequel to the game would be a world where magic and steam were combined.

However, contrary to expectations, at least a thousand years later, the world will still look like the productive forces of the Middle Ages.

But later generations actually realized the idea of ​​the astral circuit.

This made William very curious about how they solved those technical problems.

The biggest technical difficulty of the astral circuit is not to build a star lighthouse, or even to build a magic network covering the continent. These are worldly problems, and they can be solved as long as a ruler has enough courage to invest resources.

What is really difficult is how to find multiple paths that can bypass the moon realm and connect the real world and the star realm.

In this world, the stars are not real celestial bodies, but holes. They penetrate the moon realm that symbolizes nothingness, and transmit the creative substances in the star world from themselves. Those creative substances are filtered by the shell of the world and become

Starlight.

In William's time, even the greatest astrologer in the world could not accurately predict the direction of the stars due to the drastic changes in the moon.

Without a stable prediction of the direction, it is impossible to draw a star map, and it is impossible to build a natural star circuit.

According to calculations, it would take at least another five hundred years for the Moon Realm to gradually calm down. But he learned from Liliana that more than two hundred years after he left, the Law of the Stars was established.

So how did they bypass the unstable moon realm and go to the star realm to build a circuit?

The answer is that they did not bypass the Moon Realm at all.

When William saw the dense space stabilization runes engraved on the tower, his heart collapsed.

And when he saw the huge lunar crack on the top of the tower through the spell [Moon Detection], he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

The designers of the Star Law did not choose to bypass the treacherous moon realm, but simply and roughly cut open the shell of the world and built a star circuit directly through the moon realm.

The Scar of Sorrow suppressed by Dusk Fortress was once the largest rift in the Moon Realm in the world. It was the wound in the Shell of the World, and it was also the largest portal through which the Moon Realm invaded the Vic Continent.

As for the crack that appeared at the top of the Star Lighthouse, although its scale is far smaller than that of the Scar of Sorrow, once any king of nothingness wants to do something through it, it will definitely lead to catastrophic consequences.

After repelling the invasion of the Moon Realm, the Watchers of the End spent a lot of effort to seal the wound. Even so, the Scar of Sorrow is still the weak point of the shell of the world to this day.

The shambling demon summoned there can prove this.

And they actually cut open the shell of the world themselves just to monopolize the source of magic power in the star realm?

William still remembered that Liliana had said before that there were a total of twenty-four star lighthouses in the entire continent. If the moon realm fissures here were not an exception, then there were now twenty-four realm fissures evenly distributed in the dimension.

On the Ke continent.

This news is so shocking.

William made a simple calculation. If the Moon Realm were to invade, the scale and intensity would probably be more than twice as large as the one a thousand years ago. Considering that the cracks are spread across the entire continent, the level of trouble would be at least

More than ten times.

"What did you do after I left..."

William stared at the crack and sighed.

His hand touching the runes on the tower body trembled slightly, and he could feel that the space runes used to prevent moon monsters from entering the world were very powerful, and ordinary moon monsters could not even get close to it.

But these rune barriers are just superficial decorations for the Kings of Nothingness. They did not destroy them simply because they did not want to do so for the time being.

Is there no one at the trial court to stop those bastards from doing this?

Well, the Law of the Stars was formulated more than two hundred years after he left, and many of his partners in the Judgment Seat should have been gone by that time. But in the Thirteenth Judgment Seat, in addition to mortals, there are still many long-lived species.

.

Duva Jin of the dragon tribe, Coles Jackdaw of the arakkoa tribe, Remedios Moonshadow of the high elf tribe, and Korth who is already immortal...

If no accidents occur, their life span is definitely enough to survive until now.

Have they never tried to prevent these things, or have they tried to prevent them but failed?

In any case, there must be some deeper reason behind the founding of the Riel Empire eight hundred years ago.

The only thing that is fortunate now is that the size of the crack in the moon realm is not big enough for the bodies of those kings of nothingness to pass through, not even their incarnations can squeeze in.

As long as it has a health bar, he really won't be able to defeat it.

Thinking of this, William withdrew his gaze from the crack and continued to climb up the stairs of the lighthouse.

He was thinking as he walked.

This star lighthouse has been in operation for nearly 800 years. During this period, there has never been an invasion of the lunar monster into the Vic continent - at least, it has not been seen in the historical documents he has read these days.

Similar records.

Just as he thought before, the fact that the Kings of Nothingness did not take advantage of these rifts only meant that they did not want to do so for the time being, but this definitely did not mean that they had no plans, but that their plans were enough to prepare for more than eight hundred years until now.

Unknown threats are the most terrifying threats.

So what are they planning?

William, walking in the shadows, sidestepped the patrol route of a Flame Acolyte.

After entering the middle level of the lighthouse, there are more security measures and spell traps along the way, and the patrolling security personnel have also changed from guards to various elemental servants.

In desperation, William changed his illusion stealth method to shadow stealth method.

Of course, if he is still discovered in this way, then he can only try the unparalleled stealth method.

I hope this won't be the case.

…………

Only after Duke Simon returned to the Rose Palace did he realize that Vincent had been waiting for him in the conference hall for a long time.

Seeing Simon come in, Vincent directly invited the adjutant who came back with him out, closed and locked the door, and at the same time knocked on the door lock with the magic medium in his hand.

The blue electric light spread along the magic medium to the four walls of the room. All sounds in the room were blocked, and their conversation could not be heard outside.

This is a technique for using lightning magic that he has figured out by himself - blocking sound by causing slight ripples in space. This technique is not included in the spell catalog of the Law of the Stars, and is considered heretical behavior in a sense.

But neither of the two people in the room would care about this.

"If you do this, I can assume that you want to assassinate me."

Simon joked that probably the preparations for the ceremony had been completed and he was a little relaxed at the moment.

But seeing Vincent's serious expression, Simon also restrained his smile and asked:

"What's wrong? Didn't the matter in Silverstream Mine be handled properly?"

Vincent shook his head and said: "There are still things that are not blocked."

As he spoke, he pointed the magic medium in his hand at Simon's forehead, and a weak lightning link was connected between the magic medium and Simon's eyebrows.

In Simon's etheric realm, the connection between him and the three-month spirit was temporarily severed.

"What on earth do you want to do?"

Simon was really nervous now. He looked around without any trace and asked.

"I want to tell you what I just met under the Silver Stream Mine, but these things cannot be known to others. This 'other people' includes the spirits of several months who have signed a contract with you."

Vincent explained quickly.

"What happened? Is that person really the Holy Knight of the Demon Burial Agency?"

Simon asked suspiciously.

"No, it's much scarier than that. You listen to me first, and don't refute me like a rational, normal person before I finish speaking."

Vincent then began to tell about how he met the magic chanter who called himself "The Judge" after going down to the mine.

He spoke quickly, but with very clear logic, and without any emotion in his words.

Simon tried to interrupt Vincent several times at first to ask for details, but Vincent spoke too fast, giving him no chance to interrupt.

When Simon heard that the magic caster had used divine-level frost magic, his expression also became serious.

After hearing that the magic singer wanted Vincent to become the new ruler of Blackwater Province, Simon was completely silent.

"...until the end, he didn't attack me when I turned my back. I rushed here immediately after leaving the mine. I asked the housekeeper and learned that you had gone to the Star Lighthouse and would be back soon, so I stayed here all the time.

Waiting for your return here."

Vincent said finally, and then he looked into Simon's eyes and asked: "What should we do next?"

Simon looked at him silently, and after a while he slowly said:

"What about you? What do you think?"

Vincent analyzed:

"First of all, we need to figure out the identity of the magic chanter. Nowadays, a magic chanter who can reach the realm of God under the framework of the Star Law cannot choose to help the Blackwater Province become independent. And if he is a heretic mage, there is no way at all.

It is possible to reach that state silently..."

Fifty years ago, there was a heretical mage who arrived in the God's Realm in Broken Tooth Province. In order to satisfy his huge consumption of magic power, he spread a blight plague in Broken Tooth Province. It was a kind of infection that could make the body and soul work together.

Withering disease, all those infected by the plague will gradually burn their souls to become the source of his magic power.

This turmoil called the "Blight Plague" was finally solved by the cooperation between the Demon Burial Agency and the Platinum Magic Circle. The method was to kill all the people infected with the Blight Plague, thus cutting off the heretical mage of the God's Domain.

Source of magic.

From this example, we can see that if we rely on burning souls as the source of magic power, then the movement arriving in the God's Domain will undoubtedly be catastrophic.

"...and he said that his purpose was to get rid of the control of the gods, so it is unlikely that he reached the divine realm through the moon realm. Then there are only two possibilities left: one is that he came before the law of stars appeared.

A strong person who has reached the realm of God, such as the member of the 'Judgement Seat' we once saw under the stone tablet in the Holy Tomb, and this can be matched with his calling himself the chief judge."

Vincent continued his analysis:

"The second possibility is even crazier. He may be a divine enlightener like Terra I. If this is the case, everything can be explained. Because if the Holy Spirit comes to the world, he will not be affected by the laws of the stars.

constraint……"

Duke Simon listened to Vincent's eloquent analysis, and after a long time he said:

"That's not what I asked."

Vincent stopped and looked at Duke Simon with some confusion.

Duke Simon looked into Vincent's eyes and said after careful consideration:

"What do you think about what he said, that he hopes you will become the new ruler of Blackwater Province?"

Vincent had an expression of disbelief on his face. He never thought that Simon would ask this question.

"Simon Walder, I wish I could still call you that."

Vincent also stared into the other person’s eyes and said:

"Not to mention that I have served you as your mage advisor for twenty-four years. If I had...even the slightest intention of replacing you, do you think I would tell you everything about it?

?Or is it that you have long forgotten your original intention of fighting for independence for Blackwater Province, and have now turned into a monster who keeps grabbing power?"

After Vincent finished speaking, the two looked at each other in silence for a long time.

Finally, Duke Simon broke the silence:

"I'm sorry, Vincent, my current position does not allow me to miss any threats..."

Vincent said: "But you can always trust me."

Duke Simon asked: "Then what are you going to do next?"

Vincent replied: "Let's first confirm the identity of that person. If he is really a divine enlightenment person, or a member of a certain tribunal, I think it is not a bad idea to cooperate with him. The conditions he proposed are no better than those of the three goddesses.

Oops, as long as you swear to him to give up cooperation with the Moon Realm, he will definitely agree to let you do it..."

This is also the reason why Vincent wants to block the contact between Duke Simon and the spirits of those months.

But before he finished speaking, Duke Simon interrupted him: "No."

The expression on Duke Simon's face returned to the deep and superior look before.

"No, there is no turning back when the bow is fired. Whether it is the transformation of the king or the eternal gift, all the rituals are ready. You can go to the star observation room of the Star Lighthouse later and replace the old turtle as the half-day guard.

Tower people.”

Duke Simon said to Vincent in a commanding tone.

"After my ceremony is completed, there should be a few days before the Star Council shuts down the Stranger Tower. Then you can use the authority of that tower to break through that realm. After that, you and I

, and the Kingdom of Blackwater, together we announce our new life to the world."

Vincent looked at Duke Simon who was gradually becoming fanatical with a blank expression, feeling like he was looking at a stranger.

"The preparations for the ceremony have been completed? When did that happen?"

Vincent murmured and asked, but Duke Simon did not answer.

"What about the magic caster from the divine realm? How are you going to deal with him?"

Vincent continued to ask.

"When everything is settled, even a divine mage will not be able to threaten the new Blackwater Kingdom."

Duke Simon replied:
Chapter completed!