Sky City, Inner Ring Main Control Hall.
This was a huge palace built in the middle of the mountain, covering an area of nearly ten thousand square meters.
However, such a description was not accurate.
To be precise, it should be that this huge and magnificent mysterious palace was built first. In order to conceal its existence, the Silver Alliance put on a layer of mountain shell. Most of the buildings in the Inner Ring were added later, and the purpose of their existence was to study and protect the mysterious palace in the middle of the mountain.
If one had the opportunity to become a Sorcerer of the Silver Alliance, put on a silver robe, and gloriously become a member of the ruling parliament, then one would be qualified to step into this mysterious palace, study and understand the ultimate secret of the Arcane Sorcerers.
Stepping into this place, one would be surprised to find that it was simply a sea of runic machinery.
There was a huge space inside the mysterious palace, and in this space, there were trillions of gears, shafts, springs, levers … and other indescribable metal parts and components floating.
They were of different sizes, more or less, and their shapes and forms were not exactly the same. The only thing they had in common was that every part and component was silver-white, and they were all engraved with a strange golden rune.
These metal parts, the big ones were as big as an island, and the small ones could only be seen with the help of the highest magnifying glass.
They seemed to be floating in the void in a messy and disorderly manner, but if someone could take a panoramic view of the entire mysterious space, they would be surprised to find that everything had a pattern.
In the entire mysterious space, the trillions of runic machinery were completely operating according to some powerful rule power.
Mechanical parts and metal components of different sizes were randomly floating inside. Once two different parts collided together, they would randomly assemble into a new part. Once the number of parts increased, a strange runic rune rune would appear in the mysterious space.
No one could understand what this rune rune rune rune was.
Perhaps it was a part of a clock mechanism, or perhaps it was a part of a powerful runic puppet, or perhaps it was just a bunch of meaningless gears. Of course, it was even more possible that it was the prototype of a mysterious machine that no one had ever seen before …
Unfortunately, such a composite mechanical structure could not exist for too long.
Very quickly, the runic machinery that had just been pieced together would once again split into countless basic components in a new collision. But the strange thing was that these newly disassembled parts were obviously different from the parts before they were assembled!
Thus, trillions of silver parts floated in the void of the mysterious palace, assembling and disintegrating repeatedly. But no matter how they reorganized and decomposed, they were always confined to that empty space and would not flow out.
It was as if … as if there was a transparent boundary there!
This was the core of the Sky Castle — the Mechanical Realm.
Today was still the most ordinary day in the Mechanical Secret Realm.
A dozen Magi in silver robes with silver badges on their chests shuttled through the sea of rune machines under the protection of a silver glow. They were all members of the Silver Alliance's parliament, and possessed extremely high status and authority that others envied.
But here, they were just a group of diligent gardeners and porters.
In this mysterious space, any life form that did not have the protection of an esoteric amulet would find it hard to survive. They would either be crushed into meat paste by the densely packed gears and bearings, or be vaporized by the sudden disintegration of the runic machinery's energy storm.
The entire Sky City was like a huge energy concentrator. Every day, a large amount of magic energy would be gathered and poured into this mysterious space, providing it with an endless supply of powerful energy. What this mysterious space gave them in return were powerful runic machines that possessed great power.
Every day, a few Silver Robed Magi would enter the mysterious space and unfold a Runic Puppet Scroll that was the result of countless Arcane Magi's painstaking efforts. Amidst the endless sea of runic machines, there were layers upon layers.
When the silver light engulfed the surroundings, countless gears, bearings, grinding wheels, transmission rods, springs, pipes, and many other strange parts that could not be named floated above the scroll like bees attracted by the fragrance of flowers. They began to assemble themselves according to the power of laws engraved in the scroll.
There was no need for any external intervention at all. With just a puppet scroll that had perfect laws and a self-consistent system, an exquisitely designed and powerful silver runic puppet was automatically assembled. Under the control of the power of laws, the moment the silver runic puppet was completed, it possessed extremely high battle intelligence. It began to demonstrate various difficult battle moves according to the runic spell formation that was etched in its body.
If there was no conflict between the power of laws in the puppet scroll, the silver runic puppet could be maintained indefinitely. However, if there was even the slightest conflict between laws, the silver runic puppet would suddenly disintegrate during operation, and then revert back to its original parts and components.
The silver-robed Magi were responsible for recording the entire process of the silver runic puppet's assembly to its disintegration, so that the arcane Magi could continue to correct and improve the mistakes in the scroll. Relying on this method, the arcane Magi could continuously try and make mistakes, and continuously improve until the silver runic puppet's combat power met their requirements. Only then would it be finalized.
This way, they could directly deliver the final model to the puppet factory for mass production, thus avoiding the large amount of waste and long trial and error processes in the early stages of puppet development.
Of course, although they had the assistance of the mechanical secret realm, which allowed them to save a lot of resources and time, how could a mature and powerful runic puppet design be so easily completed?
There were tens of thousands of arcane Magi in Sky City, but less than a tenth of them had the qualifications to wear a silver robe, and only a thousandth of them had the qualifications to become a member of the council. In the end, there were less than ten who could come into contact with the mechanical secret realm and list it as a research project.
And all of them had the title of council elder, and in the whole of Sky City and even the whole area ruled by the Silver Alliance, they had great power and influence!
Therefore, according to the different levels of authority within the Silver Alliance, some people divided the alliance members into five ranks. The lowest rank was, of course, the ordinary silver-robed Magi who had the status of arcane Magi (rank 1). They were the foundation of the Silver Alliance, and also had some privileges in Sky City.
Above the silver-robed Magi were the silver-robed enforcers (rank 2). They were slightly more powerful arcane Magi, and were mainly responsible for the normal operation and security of Sky City. They had the authority to mobilize part of the Sky Guards. The silver-robed enforcers' headquarters was located in the bird's nest above Sky City, which was also the station of the Sky Guards.
If ordinary silver-robed Magi were like commoners, then the silver-robed enforcers were like police officers. The Sky Guards were a legion of runic puppets controlled by the silver-robed enforcers.
Above the silver-robed enforcers were the silver-robed councilors (rank 3)!
They were usually taken up by arcane masters, and were also the core members who controlled and promoted the development of the Silver Alliance. Most of the Silver Alliance's daily affairs were decided and executed by them, and their main place of activity was the alliance's council hall in the central area.
Above the silver-robed councilors were the chairman of the council and the elders (rank 4).
Currently, the Silver Alliance had a chairman and a deputy chairman, as well as seven elders.
These nine people were the core combat power of the entire Silver Alliance, and were also the guarantee of the Silver Alliance's strength as one of the three major Sorcerer organizations in the Sorcerer Continent. It was precisely because of their existence that the Silver Alliance could continue for tens of thousands of years without declining.
At any time, the Silver Alliance would always have at least nine rank 4 arcane Magi. Even if they died due to factors such as the end of their lifespan or accidental deaths, they would find ways to replenish the number of members in a short period of time.
Therefore, the nine rank 4 Magi would always be the Silver Alliance's top combat power on the surface. As for whether they were hiding part of their strength in private, it was always a mystery to outsiders!
Due to being buried in the witchcraft laboratory all year round, the arcane Magi usually came into contact with powerful and loyal witchcraft puppets. Therefore, they developed the habit of worshiping rules and order. Therefore, when Sorcerers from the outside came to Sky City, they mostly evaluated the Silver Alliance as dreamy, powerful, and inflexible.
Since the Silver Alliance had gathered nearly 60 to 70% of the arcane Magi in the Sorcerer Continent, Sky City had become a large stage where all kinds of witchcraft puppets gathered. Up until now, the Silver Alliance had amassed a large number of powerful witchcraft puppets. This had become the thing that Sorcerers from all regions of the Sorcerer Continent were most curious about!
Although the Silver Alliance sold quite a number of witchcraft puppets every year to supply the various Sorcerer families in their expeditions, they kept even more. No one knew how many witchcraft puppets the Silver Alliance had secretly hidden, but everyone knew that it was definitely an extremely large number.
However, at this moment, an abnormal alarm suddenly sounded in a space management committee under the silver-robed enforcer's headquarters in the central area of Sky City.
"Warning, warning. Abnormal spatial fluctuations detected … Initial determination is that it's a small alien wormhole … Target area being locked …"
"Target area has been locked. The source of the spatial fluctuations is at 167 Champs-Elysees Street in the 12th district of the outer circle … Verified to belong to the Byron Magus Family in the Taryn Dagon area …"
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