"Forbidden spell reaction? Within Bair's territorial waters? Are you serious? Do you know what this means? "
Not long after returning to the mage tower, Archmage Rhys had a look of disbelief on his face when he saw the report.
If all these natural disasters had been caused by a single mage, then considering the long casting time of a forbidden spell and the powerful magical waves that were broadcast to the entire nation, none of Bair's mages had been able to react in time.
This meant that the massive spellcasting surveillance network that they spent tens of millions of gold coins to maintain every year was basically useless.
Just by looking at this possibility, Rhys could already imagine the scene of the court mages being surrounded and attacked by the king, the military, and even the commoners and merchants being scolded.
"Although I don't want to admit it, the alliance has already confirmed this as the truth. In fact, we even found an eyewitness. It was a young mage who forcefully cast a forbidden spell while being attacked by pirates, Seafolk, and sea monsters. "
"A young mage? Are you kidding me? If a forbidden spell can cause such catastrophic effects, then no matter how you look at it, it's definitely a country-destroying forbidden spell. How could a young mage possibly know such a spell? "
"He has a God Equipment."
Archmage Johann, who was smiling, was actually feeling rather complex inside. He also felt that this report was rather strange.
"But he has mana reserves? How could a young mage possibly have the mana to cast such a high-level spell? He would've been instantly killed by the spell's backlash. "
"He has a God Equipment."
"But there were magical waves? There was also an extremely long casting time? Could it be that our surveillance network really didn't work? "
"He has a God Equipment."
"… Can you put it in another way?
"Yep, he's also really rich. Not only does he have a God Equipment, he also has top-level mage magic armor, an abundant magical casting platform, and a super God Equipment that can be activated with one click. What a perfect combination."
"Hey, hey, hey, that's even worse. Does he think he can do whatever he wants just because he has a God Equipment?"
"Sorry, but it's true that he can do whatever he wants just because he has a God Equipment and money. As a mage, you've worked so hard for so many years. You have money, equipment, and plenty of mana. If you still can't do whatever you want, do you still have the face to be a mage? You might as well change your job class to a farmer knight. "
Rhys was rendered speechless as he felt rather depressed.
But no matter how aggrieved he felt, he had to admit this fact. Divine artifacts were just that unreasonable, and mages who had divine artifacts and money were just that unreasonable.
If it wasn't for the fact that it could turn the impossible into the possible, and had an effect that no other existence could compare to in certain aspects, how could it be called a divine artifact?
In that case, theoretically speaking, there was indeed a possibility of a divine artifact that could reduce the casting threshold and casting time.
"A God Equipment that can greatly reduce the casting time of a Forbidden Spell must be top-notch. Even the Magic Gods with Divine Roles don't have such a powerful God Equipment. There should be records of it in the past, right?"
"There are no records of it in history. Not only are there no records of it, there aren't even any records of the spell that person used. Furthermore … "
"Is there some gossip?"
"Yes, they did say that the spell was an incomplete version. If it's the complete version … heh."
Everyone fell silent. In the face of this kind of power, even a Ninth-Ring Arcana Master would have to maintain a certain level of respect.
"The complete version shouldn't be able to be released. This goes against the basic rules of the elements. Even a Divine Artifact wouldn't be so ridiculous. "
"Yes, that's their conclusion as well. It's already extremely fortunate that they were able to release an incomplete version of the spell that didn't explode in their hands. If it really did explode … "
"We'll probably suffer heavy losses. We won't even be able to protect a few coastal cities."
"No, it won't be that simple. It might even cause a direct Divine Battle. Our Bair will probably participate in it as well. Many things happened that day. There's far too much going on here. "
Lis looked at this report and carefully studied it, discovering many problems with it.
[October 20th, at 2: 32 pm, the first magic explosion occurred. The powerful magic fluctuations woke up all the magic monitoring stations in the entire continent.
On the same day, at 2: 13 p.m., which was about 20 minutes before the magic power of the Forbidden Spell exploded, the God of Messengers of the Ocean God System suddenly died. Moreover, he died in the native plane of the Nature Camp. This made people wonder if he had gotten lost and went to the base camp of another faction to commit suicide.
Then, at 2: 15 pm, a powerful divine power reaction occurred in the same area of the ocean. The source of the divine power reaction was the Ocean God who just died.]
Johann could only tell that something was wrong from this report. It was likely that two major God Factions were involved. Yet, Lis, who had directly participated in the investigation, already knew much about the situation. He was even able to connect all the dots.
"The mixed-blood wood spirit prince secretly visited Bair. He's probably trying to go to the wood spirits' home, the Forest of Dreams. Perhaps this also involves the inheritance of power within the wood spirits. No, considering the wood spirits' relationship with the Nature Faction, as well as the intense reaction from the Nature Faction this time, it's likely that the wood spirit prince is highly valued by the Nature Faction."
"The worst possibility is that the wood spirit prince is the reason why the Nature Faction and the Nature Faction are fighting each other. Even though the Ocean God Faction lost a God, they're still remaining silent. Perhaps they're the ones in the wrong … or perhaps they've been beaten into silence. If that's the case, perhaps the wood spirit prince is already dead."
"Our Princess Seviala seems to have been on the same boat, and was also attacked together. That old bastard Mieren even said that the military is involved … "
There were many clues, but they were all in a mess. Lis didn't want to get involved. There were at least four mega factions involved. If he wasn't careful, a world war could erupt.
However, some things couldn't be avoided just because he didn't want to.
As a high-level mage, Johann wouldn't be so bored as to come and chat with Lis. Since he came with a report, he naturally also brought a mission.
"A dragon knight from the southwest military region has gone missing. The higher-ups want us to find him at all costs, and then … kill him and his dragon. Don't look at me like that. Two dragon knight squadrons are on standby. As long as we find the target's location, we won't even need to do anything."
Lis was becoming more and more unsettled. The dragon knight squadron was basically directly under the royal family. Any dragon knight's betrayal would be related to the royal family's internal changes.
However, it would be impossible not to be involved. As a member of the royal family and a mage who specialized in divination, Lisi's current job was to use the traitor's personal belongings to divine his location.
And, as the core of their attention, where was the missing dragon knight …?
In the depths of a forest on an uninhabited island, an injured blue dragon was lying on the ground half-dead. Blood was flowing everywhere.
Meanwhile, his master was carefully observing the geography of this island. The compass in his hand was pointing in the direction of a distant beach.
Another reason why God Equipment was so powerful was that they would have magical waves similar to a living person's. Not only that, these magical waves also had their own personality. It was completely possible to create exploration equipment specifically for these magical waves.
"I haven't failed yet. I can still complete the mission … otherwise, there won't be any place for me in this vast world."
The dragon knight shivered as he recalled his master's methods.
"Complete the mission. As long as he can become the heir to the throne, he can still protect me."
He still didn't know that things had already gotten out of hand. Right now, it wasn't a question of whether or not his master was willing to protect him. It was a question of whether or not his master would be able to protect himself.
In fact, he didn't even know that he had already been betrayed by his master. He had become the "murderer who tried to murder the kingdom's princess." Not only were the Empire's dragonriders and mages on the way to punish traitors, even his master had sent out elites to kill him in order to protect himself.
Someone had to take the blame for such a huge crime. A dead person taking the blame was much better than a living person. Nobody wanted him to speak. No matter what, he was doomed to die.
But right now, he was still using his magic compass to search for the location of the God Equipment Ocean's Heart. He was excited that he was about to complete the mission.
Meanwhile, on the other side, there was another unknown existence who had locked onto the God Equipment's magical waves and was rushing over. This unknown existence had been greatly injured by the forbidden spell and needed magic to replenish its lost flesh.
Luckily, the forbidden spell was a forbidden spell that targeted the continent. Water magic originally dealt low damage to aquatic creatures, which was why this unknown existence was able to break off its limbs in time to survive and dive into the deep sea to avoid a large amount of damage.
Otherwise, according to the forbidden spell's law, the larger the body, the larger the sea. Even if this unknown existence had divine power to protect itself, this unknown existence would still be torn to shreds by the forbidden spell.
But now, not only was the forbidden spell unable to kill this unknown existence, it even caused this unknown existence to lose a portion of its flesh due to the unbearable amount of divine power. That portion of its flesh also took away some of the overflowing divine power, allowing this unknown existence to successfully undergo "bloodletting therapy" and recover some of its intelligence … More accurately speaking, after this unknown existence lost its master, it began to gain some intelligence under the influence of divine power.
Even though this unknown existence's intelligence was still rather low, it had evolved from an animal that relied solely on instinct to the level of a young child.
Right now, this "young child" that was hungry and uncomfortable smelled the scent of divine power not far away. That was the purest form of divine power from the sea. It was the nourishment that this unknown existence's body and soul craved.
Hungry … "
At the same time, Rorschach was having a lot of fun sneaking around in the forest. Of course, he didn't know that not only was there no less trouble, it was even more intense. He was currently staring in astonishment at an empty area in the forest.
His previous guess hadn't been wrong. This really wasn't some uninhabited island. It was just that the inhabitants of this island had been excluded from the ranks of civilization from the very start.
A group of fishmen children were currently chasing each other. A sea snake person who was coiled up and protecting her egg stuck out her tongue as she comfortably basked in the sun.
In the middle of the village, on a sacrificial altar made of conch shells, there was a half-human half-octopus statue of a primordial god that appeared simple yet ferocious.
"Damn it, this island is where the Seafolk live …"
"& …%% … (Uncle, what are you doing?)"
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