When the stability of space was broken and countless nightmarish monsters flooded in, countless powerful individuals who were in hibernation or living in seclusion all looked up at the southwestern sky of the continent.
In that direction, not only were there countless stars guiding the enemies of the mortal plane, it was also the source of the revolution. Even if the powerful individuals closed their eyes, they would still be able to tell where the battle was going.
The elemental waves were no longer just Elemental Tides. They were waves each higher than the last. The visitors from another world had broken through Aichy's Wall of Order, and endless elemental energy poured into this world. The era of high magic had truly arrived.
Ancient dragons in hibernation were coming out of their caves. Ancient species that lived in seclusion deep in the mountains and forests were coming out of their forests. The powerful creatures that could only live in high magic worlds were finally welcoming their own era.
In the chaotic sky, the airship fleet of seven airships met with trouble.
It wasn't that they had malfunctioned. It was that the mana tide had suddenly increased, causing their engines of the same power to produce several times more power. The airships instantly shot up into the clouds.
Fortunately, we had already prepared for the sudden increase in the Elemental Tide. Those at the helm were all experienced pilots, and they followed the plan and promptly shut down the secondary engines, adjusting the airship's balance, and stabilizing the airship's center of gravity. The mage towers also activated anti-gravity magic in time. That was the only way the hilarious situation of the entire airship being annihilated before even encountering any enemies occurred.
But while we were prepared, the same couldn't be said for other areas. Not only would the mechanical airships be in danger, even the magical beasts that relied on magic to fly, including the Dragons, would all lose their balance and fall down in circles.
This was just like back on Earth. If an airship was flying in midair, and the constant of gravity and the engine's output suddenly changed, there would be very few people who wouldn't fall down if they weren't prepared beforehand.
If Aichy also had an insurance company, just today's compensation alone would be enough to bankrupt them.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a grand sight …"
Our airship was fine, and our accompanying black and red dragons also fell down as expected. But judging from their pitiful screams, I guessed that they wouldn't die.
"You must have done this on purpose. Why didn't you tell them?"
"No, I did it on purpose."
Of course I was doing this on purpose. The Black Dragons and Red Dragons that I had hired were all incredibly arrogant. When I requested that they stay in my airship for the time being, they even dared to mock me for not having wings and not knowing how to fight in the air. They said that they would "not feel safe inside this iron fortress" and that they would all be dead if they were ambushed. Now, I wanted to see how they would fly even if they had wings.
An old dragon with plenty of combat experience would naturally be able to adjust the balance. However, an old dragon who knew my name and temperament wouldn't ignore my words. These little fellows who were less than one or two hundred years old … Heehee, bungee jumping without any ropes must feel really good.
Even if they didn't fly very high, other flying magical beasts should have died directly after falling from a high altitude. However, Dragons could use magic to strengthen their bodies. When they were close to the ground, they could still use magic. Generally, they wouldn't die, but they would inevitably fall unconscious.
Now that all the flying dragons had fallen from the sky, our airship fleet naturally needed to reorganize itself. However, they weren't the only ones that needed to be reorganized.
The difference between a high-magic environment and a low-magic environment was just like the difference between ancient Earth and modern Earth. The difference in "oxygen" would cause the ruling species to be vastly different in size. The most direct example would be the difference between the physical bodies of dinosaurs, whales, and modern humans. Since these ancient beasts had insufficient "oxygen" in this world, their overly powerful physical bodies were unable to adapt to such a poor environment. In the end, they all left the stage of history.
But now, the oxygen — er, mana — ratio had returned to ancient times. They had returned. A fierce melee battle between dinosaurs and humans was about to begin.
When considering the most dangerous levels of the Chaos Abyss, the natives that even I felt were incredibly dangerous, perhaps the difference between the natives of the Chaos Abyss and the natives of the mortal plane was even greater than the difference between the dinosaurs and humans.
This wasn't an exaggeration. For a long time, only the strongest Legends in the mortal plane would dare to team up and explore the Chaos Abyss. Even the ordinary natives of the Chaos Abyss would be a huge headache for them. As for the top-level combat strength of the Chaos Abyss, not to mention the Main Gods, even the Demon Lords would be incredibly difficult to deal with.
The most foundational difference was the difference in basic combat strength. Eighty percent of the mortal plane's natives were ordinary people who were busy with their daily lives. Rather than worrying about whether or not they would suddenly be eaten by demons, they were more worried about the price of food on the market, the increase in luxury goods, and so on. Fighting and so on were all warriors' responsibilities.
However, such a method of survival was far too naïve compared to the lower planes. There were no non-warriors in the Chaos Abyss. Every existence would have to fight for their own survival. Every mouthful of food and water would be fought for with their lives. Not to mention, only through killing and devouring could one evolve and obtain the power to survive.
Placing the mortal plane's natives and the Chaos Abyss's natives in the same world would be the equivalent of placing a carnivorous tyrannosaurus and an unarmed ordinary person in the same cage. It was obvious what would happen.
But now, the restrictions on "oxygen" and "magic" had been completely lifted. The ancient beasts hidden in the Chaos Abyss had returned to the mortal plane. And this time, even the mastermind who had been limiting the scale of this battle had disappeared. Perhaps this unbalanced battle between "dinosaurs" and "humans" would end in the most pitiful manner, with one side being completely annihilated.
However, there was always a way out …
"Hurry up and drag all the big guys out of those warehouses."
The airship was anchored in a grassy plain. The gnome and gnome engineers swiftly got to work, dragging out all sorts of equipment and weapons.
This was the next generation of the magical-powered heavy cannons, the second version of the magical-powered heavy cannons. Not only was it capable of using mana and magical ores to fire heavy cannons, it was also capable of absorbing elemental mana from the air to increase the cannons' power. The longer it was prepared, the more powerful it would be. However, in a low-magic environment, its power was far inferior to the first version.
But now, in a high-magic environment, when the cannons' power reached the upper limit, the cannons' power would be more than three times greater than before. It would be no laughing matter for one cannon shot to shatter a city wall.
Crystal Wall Armor was a defensive combination of many small and medium-sized magical shields. It was several times sturdier than current alloys, yet only half as heavy. However, it doubtlessly consumed a large amount of energy. But now, in front of a new piece of equipment, energy consumption was no longer a problem.
Core magical engine type 3 (high-magic version). Magical anti-gravity engine type 3 (high-magic version). These were the same models as the previous ones. However, from the annotations behind the names, it could be seen that this was an engine that had been specially prepared for the Holy War's high-magic era. This engine was much more powerful and consumed much more energy.
K3 Rocket Firing System, gnome sniper helicopters … all sorts of theoretical experimental weapons prepared for the Holy War were pulled out of storage. They had been waiting for this day for far too long.
In the game's history, when the Holy War of despair descended, magical engineering began a new era of great development. When the Chaos Faction sent out endless nightmares, the high-magic era ushered in a new era of high-magic warfare.
All of this originated from Olivia's Magic Box from ten years ago. Olivia's Magic Box's appearance allowed the flamboyant but impractical gnome engineering, gnome engineering, and alchemy to be combined together, giving birth to the brand-new magical engineering school. Magical swordsmen and magical Knight wielding magical mechanical weapons and equipment gradually replaced pure warriors and Knight warriors.
This wasn't a coincidence. This was the choice of the generation. In a high-magic era, the power of magic would multiply, which would greatly weaken melee job classes and pure rangers' combat strength. Warriors who were still active on the battlefield would definitely choose to change and use magical engineering to grasp a certain amount of elemental power.
Due to my interference, Olivia's Magic Box's appearance was brought forward by several decades. Magical engineering, which had originally only begun to greatly develop in the middle of the Holy War, was now flourishing everywhere. In that case, the appearance of these magical weapons and equipment, as well as the rise of magical sword job classes like the Four Elemental Swordcasters, had also been brought forward by several decades. In fact, it was even ahead of the generation itself!
The seeds that I had planted back then had finally sprouted.
And so, the moment that the Elemental Sea arrived at the beginning of the Holy War, the Mist Alliance's well-prepared armed fleets began to completely upgrade their equipment. While the new blueprints and weapons brought greater power, they naturally also came with many hidden dangers. However, we didn't have time to wait. We could only test the effectiveness of these new equipment through battle.
"Even if this fleet is completely destroyed, it'll be worth it as long as we can bring back the battlefield data."
From a certain standpoint, the Holy War was indeed a game between the Goddess of Order and the Goddess of Chaos.
While the Chaos Abyss achieved extreme evolution through the survival of the fittest and the survival of the fittest, the Order Faction was also evolving. The Order Faction was evolving their entire society, their entire civilization. Perhaps the Order Faction's individual power would be weaker than the powerful individuals of ancient times, but every technological advancement and innovation would mean the advancement of the entire civilization. And this advancement of civilization would also mean actual power.
This wasn't just something that humans could do. The Great Demon Empire's witchcraft and witchcraft, the Haletdam generation's alchemy and soul studies, the dwarves' smelting of stones and metals, and the Undead Republic's research on the nature of death and undead magic. It was only in this generation that the intersection of magic and engineering caused magical engineering to become the new favorite of the new generation.
I could only sigh as I watched the busy scene before me. I was both happy and sad.
I was happy because not only had we managed to keep up with the new generation, we had even become the new generation's leading sheep. But I was sad because my Great Faith Battle had mysteriously taken a hit again, and it was highly likely that I would be crippled … What I meant was that swordsmanship cultivation would probably decline. Even a Sword Saint who worked hard for several decades might not be able to match up to a newbie magic swordsman who could control a magic sword. How many people would still be willing to work so hard to improve their swordsmanship?
"In the future, I'll probably have to start learning meditation and magic sword control after learning basic swordsmanship."
By the way, mages who had mastered the secrets of magic were naturally the new favorite of the new generation. Their magic power, mana consumption, and mana regeneration abilities would all greatly increase. It would also be incredibly easy for them to advance in power level and research new spells.
Not to mention the summoners, necromancers, and demon warlocks who had connections to other dimensions. It would be far easier for mages to borrow power from powerful existences from other dimensions. Their magic power would also be greatly increased. With this two-fold buff, mages would become ridiculously strong.
They would be able to summon a group of cannon fodder at any time. They could casually cast meteors, blizzards, and thunderstorms. It would be far too easy for them to bully melee job classes. Pure warriors would finally be able to compete with summoned pets for the position of cannon fodder.
"Alright, as expected of the mages' sons. Warriors are poor losers, and mages are quite strong. Let's just kill sword girls …"
Cough, I digressed from the topic. Every generation, there would be a mage. As for those who went against the trend … I mean, there would be idiots who went against the trend. There was probably no need to mention what would happen to them.
Since a high-magic generation had arrived, we would have to adapt.
Besides, the Mist Alliance was definitely ahead of the rest of the world in this area with the help of the "strategy guides" and the combat experience in the high-magic Dragon World. It was good to have beta testing experience.
When I returned to my senses, I saw that the engineers were still busy working. Little Red was scolding the young dragons who had been pretending to be powerful but ended up falling all over themselves. The mages and warriors were also doing their best to adapt to the new environment. Harloys was also overjoyed.
As a pure mage, what could make her happier than a high-magic generation? Especially since this high-magic generation was different from the previous ones. There was no limit to the elemental elements. This was the strongest high-magic generation in all of history.
"I hereby announce that the elves' magical generation is about to arrive!"
Harloys still had a worried expression on her face as if she was worried about the elves in the Moonwheel Capital. However, she was already grinning from ear to ear.
Her words actually made some sense. All human magic had been taught to them by the elves. There were quite a few top-level mages and elves. Plus, there were all sorts of mystical inheritances. It seemed that this was indeed the most suitable generation for magic.
After experiencing so many Holy Wars between high-magic and middle-magic, the elves' storerooms should have many inherited magic spells. As long as they were properly excavated, it would seem that there was hope for the entire species to prosper.
However, I knew that this was impossible.
"You're wrong. In the game's history, the elves didn't last long before they were finished. They didn't even come into contact with many magical engineering products."
"What? Why's that? "
"Magical engineering is a combination of machinery and magic. What do you think the elves' attitudes towards machinery are? How many dwarves and gnome engineers would be able to stand the elves' faces? Besides, magical engineering greatly reduces the difference in combat strength between individuals. Do you really think that this is a good thing for the elves, who have fewer people and more skilled soldiers? "
Harloys fell into deep thought. The current her really did seem like an empress. After a while, she raised her head again with a resolute expression on her beautiful face. It seemed that she had come to a decision.
"This time, it won't be the same. At the very least, the elves under my command won't reject the change of this generation. "
"Yep, of course. The game's history has long since changed. The future is in our hands."
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