After the red ponytail declared war on the Clock Tower on behalf of the Thousand Worlds Tree, the entire Clock Tower almost went crazy with anger.
In particular, the aristocratic faction represented by the Urphis family of the Advent Division even threatened to completely erase the Thousand Worlds Tree from this world.
It was no wonder that the aristocratic faction was so angry. During the Holy Grail War, the Thousand Worlds Tree had already openly fought against the Magic Association once, but the result was a lose-lose situation. Because the Thousand Worlds Tree had blocked the news, the Magic Association did not know whether the Holy Grail War was a success or not. Of course, according to their thinking, the Thousand Worlds Tree must have failed.
At that time, the Magic Association also suffered heavy losses. Not only were all the magicians they sent to participate in the Holy Grail War annihilated, but they were also targeted. As a result, the Magic Association was rather dispirited for a long time.
This had already made the higher-ups of the Magic Association extremely angry. This time, the Thousand Worlds Tree actually officially declared war and even denied the centuries-old sorrow of the magicians, saying that it was a lie spread by the higher-ups of the Magic Association to control the magic world!
In the eyes of the Magic Association, the Thousand Worlds Tree was simply going against the heavens!
They had also discussed sending magicians to the Far East to completely destroy the Thousand Worlds Tree, but as soon as those magicians arrived, they were directly sent back to their hometown to get married. This made the Magic Association even angrier, but there was nothing they could do.
Lanis, who saw all this with her own eyes, sighed. What the Magic Association regarded as important was worthless to the Thousand Worlds Tree. Unfortunately, the magicians of the Magic Association still didn't understand what they were fighting …. No, it was normal that they didn't understand. After all, even Lynis herself wouldn't believe it if she didn't see it with her own eyes.
So, Lanis did not say anything. She just silently made her own preparations. Fangzheng did not give her any advice on what to do. After all, Lanis was the patriarch of a family. She should know what to do.
But in comparison, the Animusfia family was a little more carefree. They were already few in number, and it was normal for them to live in the mountains for a long time. The Animusfia family would most likely move into the colony ship without the Magic Association noticing. But Elmero did not have such an advantage. Their base was in London, Slee. Therefore, even the slightest movement could attract the attention of the Magic Association.
Of course, the advantage of the Elmero Clan was that they had fewer members than the Animusfia Clan. Although the Elmero Clan was a large clan, there were only a handful of people on Lynis's side. For Lynis, as long as she brought these few people with her, the life and death of the others ….. was not within her scope of concern.
All she had to do now was wait.
At the moment, the Magic Association was still angry about the Thousand World Tree. The monarchs of the various families began to coordinate and communicate with each other in private. They discussed how to deal with the Thousand World Tree, as well as the redevelopment of the London Underground Maze.
However, in a place they couldn't see, a large net was unfolding.
Moreover, it was the kind that was in full swing.
On April 5th, the game "City of Duel", which was based on "City of Duel", went on sale all over the world. Because of the Thousand World Tree's promotion at all costs, this card game became popular all over the world. From Asia to Europe, then to North America, and even Africa, this card game could be heard.
Three months after the cards went on sale, Suo Qing Entertainment, the manufacturer of the "City of Duel" card game, announced a global duel competition. The divisions were divided into four parts: city, country, continent, and world finals. The top ten in the China division would receive prizes ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 US dollars. The top five in the continental division would receive prizes ranging from 100,000 to 500,000 US dollars.
The winner of the world finals would receive a prize of up to 1 million US dollars!
This immediately caused an uproar all over the world!
For a time, under the temptation of the high prize money, whether it was the players who liked games or those who had no interest in games but wanted to make money, all of them joined the competition. After all, the threshold for such a competition was very low. You only needed to spend a little money to buy a card pack and then you could participate in the competition.
Not to mention, the prize money was quite considerable!
Even if you could only get a place in the lowest-level city division, as long as you could get into the top ten, you could still get a prize of 1,000 US dollars. For many people, this was much higher than the probability of winning the lottery!
As for the card pack, it was only one US dollar per pack. Even in Southeast Asia, it was considered cheap. In developed countries, it was even cheaper. If some people were lucky, they could spend 10 US dollars to buy a card pack. If they were willing to spend 100 US dollars, it would not be a problem at all.
A 100 US dollar card pack could possibly get at least ten times the profit. It was enough to drive people crazy.
As the saying went, "When there is a high reward, there will be brave men." Soon, the game took over the world in the shortest time possible. Of course, it was not that no one tried to make their own rare cards. However, Fangzheng had already expected this. In fact, all the cards used anti-counterfeiting technology similar to banknotes. It was not easy to forge these cards. Moreover, under Fangzheng's instructions, Suo Qing Entertainment also worked together with the police around the world to crack down on counterfeiting — as long as it could be solved with money, it was not a problem.
This was the reason for the high prize money. The mysterious nature of magic was that it was unknown, so as long as others knew about it, it did not matter whether they liked it or not. In order to get the high prize money, every contestant naturally had to know the effect, function, and record of each card. This was tantamount to knowing the truth of the magic.
For Fangzheng, this was enough.
Of course, this was a lot of money, but Fangzheng did not care. He had deducted all the money from the FBI's account. After deducting all the FBI's money, Fangzheng used all the CIA and NASA funds to hold the competition. The CIA was furious. They were trying to find out who did it, but … it would be best if they could not find the culprit.
Otherwise, Washington would turn into a sea of fire.
Ironically, even though this matter had developed to a point where it was in full swing all over the world, the Magic Association still knew nothing about it. In fact, many magicians from the Twelve Families had already discovered the problem. Many magicians from the Twelve Families found that the effect of the magic they released was not as good as before. In the past, the magic that could be roasted medium well could only be roasted medium well now ….
Of course, only some very young magicians who were not very strong had discovered this, so they did not pay too much attention to it. They just thought it was because they were not in good shape.
The funny thing was, the poster of "City Duel" was hung on the street outside the clock tower.
However, the magicians who came and went did not seem to notice the relationship between the two at all.
That was normal. Who would play this game except for the new generation of magicians? Not to mention the magicians from the Twelve Families.
But it was impossible for the new generation of magicians to know the magic secrets of the Twelve Families. Only the heirs and the higher-ups of the Twelve Families were qualified to know these magic secrets. Therefore, even if a magician played the card game, he would only find it a little interesting after reading the content. He would never think that the secret of his family's magic had been leaked.
As for Lynis, who had already found out the secret from Fangzheng, she could only sigh when she saw the scene in front of her.
If the Magic Association and the clock tower had sensed the slightest threat at this time, Lynis might have considered changing her mind.
Unfortunately, the Magic Association had already started to cut off the foundation of the magicians, but the Overlords still knew nothing about it. They did not even sense the slightest danger. This made Lynis feel that the difference between the Clock Tower, the Magic Association and the Thousand Worlds Tree was like heaven and earth.
They were like ants that only knew how to look for food on the ground. They had no idea that there was a foot above their heads that could fall and trample them to death at any time.
"How ridiculous, isn't it?"
Sitting in a tavern, Fangzheng, who had transformed into a red ponytail, was drinking Coke with his legs crossed while watching the TV. In front of the TV, a group of people were watching the broadcast. The broadcast was not a football match, but the European regional finals of the 'City of Duel' card game.
In order to maximize the influence of the card game, Fangzheng had even instructed the Thousand Worlds Tree to cooperate with a European gambling group. This way, even people who did not play games could gamble.
The European regional finals were to be held in downtown London.
"It's indeed ridiculous."
Lynis sat next to him, swirling a cup of coffee in her hand. Just as Fangzheng had said, it was hilarious. The other party had insulted them in the face, but the Magic Association didn't seem to notice anything …
"By the way, isn't there a Crown Resolution today? Aren't you going to attend? "
The so-called Crown Resolution was a joint meeting between the Magic Association and the 12 Overlords of the Clock Tower. It was a bit like the closed-door meetings of the United Nations in the magic world. The meeting was to be held at the center of the underground labyrinth under the Clock Tower, Albion. Originally, as the representatives of the Elmero family, Lynis and Elmero II were supposed to attend the meeting.
But Lynis chose to give it up.
"What's the point? After all, the Magic Association is about to be destroyed. If we go now, we'll just die. Olga and Mary didn't go either …. Hmm, my cute brother is probably busy in Silay right now. "
"Didn't you tell him?"
"If I told him in advance, the Magic Association might see through it. As the saying goes, if you want to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your own people, right?"
"That's right."
With that said, Fangzheng finished the cola in one gulp and stood up. He glanced at the television screen. At this moment, the European finals had also come to an end. Among the spectators, many people were cheering.
"Now, it's our turn."
For Elmero II, the recent days weren't easy at all.
First, Lynis suddenly came to him and told him with a smile, "Brother, the Elmero family has decided to withdraw from the Magic Association. Can you help us deal with the follow-up matters?" and so on. Elmero II had no choice but to take some medicine and deal with the matters in his hands. On the other hand, he felt that the atmosphere in the Clock Tower was a little off lately …. As for what it was, Elmero II couldn't tell.
However, he had a bad premonition, a very bad premonition.
Maybe he should go to the Clock Tower to investigate.
"Grey, pack up. We're leaving now."
"Yes, Master."
Upon hearing Elmero II's words, Grey nodded quickly. Then, the two of them left their residence and headed to the clock tower.
However, just as they reached the gate of the Clock Tower, they heard a voice.
"Oh my, Brother, what a coincidence."
"Lynis?"
Elmero II was taken aback when he heard Lynis's voice. He turned around and then — — Elmero II froze on the spot.
On the street, Lynis was smiling and waving at him, and beside her was a young girl in a white jacket and jeans with bright red ponytails that looked like they were on fire.
"Miss Red Ponytail?"
Grey was surprised to see the red ponytail.
"Why are you here?"
"Because the time has come, Grey."
"The time has come?"
"That's right. Didn't I tell you?"
As he spoke, Fangzheng extended his hand and took out the bright red broadsword out of thin air.
"I will only come to the Clock Tower under one circumstance."
Fangzheng turned the greatsword upside down and stabbed it into the ground.
"Seal."
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