Chapter 929 - 929
Chapter 929 The Association's Predicament
“What did you say? All four are seriously injured and unconscious, with a delayed-action curse on them?”
The Wizard Apprentice outside the infirmary felt like he was about to have a cerebral hemorrhage upon hearing this news.
“Yes, the wounded are in critical condition right now, please... Hey, hey! Sir, please don't barge in...”
“What are you doing?”
At this moment, Xing Anlei dismissed the private chat panel in front of her, then stepped forward to stop the group of Wizard Apprentices.
“What am I doing? We should be the ones asking what you Witches want to do! What is the meaning of this!”
“What meaning could we have? We don't want this to happen to the wounded either. Don't we want to obtain intelligence immediately too?”
Xing Anlei retorted directly, facing several Wizard Apprentices of similar level without any fear.
“Who knows if you obtained intelligence in advance...”
“The wounded were watched by your Wizard Academy people all the way here. They only fell unconscious one after another after being sent to the infirmary. Which eye of yours saw us obtaining intelligence? If you cause any more trouble, I'll make you understand whose turf you are standing on right now!”
With this threat, the faces of these Wizard Apprentices indeed looked embarrassed.
They didn't dare to cause trouble here; this was the infirmary!
If they caused a big scene, they would definitely be in deep trouble.
At that time, a large group of “friends” of unknown wounded patients in the infirmary might come out and beat them up just for disturbing their friends, and that would be letting them off lightly.
They had witnessed these methods of Witches before and absolutely believed they were capable of doing it.
Therefore, even though they didn't have any evidence, they reasonably suspected that the coma of those four people and even the so-called curse were all staged by the Witches themselves... only the wounded were theirs!
So now they had to calm down.
The Witches must have a reason for doing this.
Did the Witches discover the ruins long ago and were just stalling for time now?
But... how is that possible?
But reality was indeed so...
So after calming down, they came to two conclusions.
Wasn't it just making those guys unconscious to stall for time?
Either the Witches obtained the location information in advance, or... they had a way to get the location information!
Using the process of elimination, they leaned more towards the latter...
“Hmph... don't think your tricks will succeed.”
The Wizards left some harsh words, then left with a group of Wizards, leaving only a few Wizard Apprentices here to observe the situation at any time.
And they also had to go back to formulate countermeasures to deal with those Witch tricks.
If the Witches really got the news, they would definitely go in to search, and they would just send people to follow.
There was always a way to deal with these petty tricks.
And at this moment, Tan Han and the others.
Were at the Ice Crystal Temple.
After accepting “off-site support,” the entire Ice Crystal Temple was covered by a large Ice Snow Maze.
Yes, previous spells like Ice Snow Camouflage were just spells Tan Han had seen.
Since she had already asked for help, she naturally needed foolproof means.
After all, having used a cheat, shouldn't one have some pursuit?
This super-large Ice Snow Maze was a huge composite spell composed of 32 alchemical items.
It was pieced together using the Great Snow Throne Spell Grand Spellbook disassembly technique as a guide.
Because I hadn't mastered True Editing technology yet, these 32 “fragments” couldn't be combined into a complete Spellbook.
This composite spell even used Spell Solidification Technique.
And because it was temporarily made, it could only be used once, with a maximum limit of three times, so Tan Han and the others theoretically only had two chances for error.
Fortunately, under precise guidance, they succeeded on the first try.
So here lay this vast Ice Snow Maze.
This Ice Snow Maze had powerful camouflage capabilities and could easily blend into the ice and snow environment.
And it could withstand attacks from Super Consumption Spellbooks.
Of course, for such a powerful spell, if it were a Spellbook, its defense would indeed be very strong.
But Spellbooks for this kind of spell basically didn't circulate in the academy.
Or rather, no finished Spellbook had appeared, only relevant spell materials.
Its main function was actually trapping enemies.
Although it certainly wasn't as good as the Spatial Maze in the experimental area, trapping people below Transcendence was still very simple.
Even if someone caused large-scale destruction inside, magic power could be consumed for spell repair.
Facing a small team with two people possessing Self-generating Magic Power, maintaining the existence of an Ice Snow Maze was simply too easy for them.
And in the center of the vast area protected by the maze, there was a spectacular Ice Crystal Temple!
Actually, calling this building magnificent wasn't quite accurate.
Its main architectural composition was actually a ritual altar made of ice and snow.
And the first thing built was the central main altar.
Eventually, their King would be born here!
Tan Han looked at the huge ice crystal in the center, somewhat lost in thought.
The Royal Clan of the Ancient Glacial Ice would be born here...
“Wait... Lie, you said the King is born here? Don't you choose a clan member with the qualities of a King to be crowned?”
Tan Han asked somewhat strangely.
“We choose a clan member with the qualities of a King to be crowned, and finally sacrifice them to the purest Ice Primordial Crystal along with the power of ice and snow. If the ritual succeeds, the King will awaken there!”
“This... this is becoming a King? This is creating a King, right?”
“You can understand it that way. The sole purpose of the existence of us remnant Ancient Glacial Ice is to welcome the return of the King. Just like minions sacrifice everything for the guards, and guards maintain the glory of the Royal Clan, we, the Royal Clan, welcome the return of the King. This is our destiny, and also the reason for our existence.”
Lie said all this as if it were a matter of course, as if it should be so.
“Then you will also...”
“Of course I will become part of the King's power, because we believe the King will lead us to a more glorious moment again!”
At this moment, not only Tan Han was silent, but the others were also the same.
Although Lie hadn't traveled with them for long, and hadn't even spoken much, seeing them willing to sacrifice their entire lives just so the King could awaken... they were also moved.
After all, they were all girls, and their empathy in this aspect would be relatively strong.
Tan Han didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that there seemed to be something inside the huge ice crystal cut like a work of art.
But she didn't think too much about it.
After all, the ice crystal carrier nurturing the King of the Ancient Glacial Ice race was just that special.
Moreover, it was covered with inscriptions and weird patterns, which was beyond her understanding.
While the Ice Crystal Temple was being built like wildfire in the Ice Snow Maze, things in another world far away were also fermenting constantly.
To satisfy my need to plant a tree, the Truth Protection Association gave me one of the few central parks in the city.
After returning from that negotiation, they also immediately searched for information about the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree in "Star of Sin".
After confirming how big this tree would grow and its other uses, they had an idea in mind.
After all, no matter how huge a tree was, it needed time to grow.
When that time came, whether they would still cooperate with this Calamity Witch was another matter.
But obviously... they estimated wrong.
Before the second cooperation talk was officially settled, they sincerely invited me to the place and planted this Myriad Connection Main Network Tree under the witness of both parties.
Because they soon faced the counterattack of the Infinite Group.
The dispersed harassment and destruction by those vanguard teams really brought them great trouble, so they wanted to quickly advance the progress of cooperation.
Honestly, they weren't afraid of those guys harassing and retaliating in the city at all.
They were only afraid of a rapid decapitation strike from the opponent.
If that really happened, then they would be completely finished.
Local harassment in the city was just the death of some ordinary people.
After pacifying them and then propagating some hatred and guiding public opinion, this matter would be passed over for the high-level officials of the Truth Protection Association.
But they never expected that the planted Myriad Connection Main Network Tree would grow at a speed visible to the naked eye in just these few days!
For a time, this place became a rare spectacle in the city!
To maintain order, Order Keepers could only isolate this area to avoid large-scale congestion.
After the Truth Protection Association took over the city, the Order Keepers and their institutions had completely become tools of the association.
After all, they were just people who worked for money; who would risk their lives for their masters for no reason?
Working for anyone was the same.
Even if the people from the Truth Protection Association were driven out of the surface city of Igsuo in the end, the Order Keepers would still just do the work they should do.
What loyalty, what professional honor, these things had long been abandoned in the continuous development process of this world.
The high-level people of the Game World didn't want the development of the world; they only wanted power in their hands.
If they had focused even a tiny bit on ordinary people, they wouldn't use the mode and thinking of a game to lead a world, a society, a civilization.
This world didn't record history.
I looked through a lot of information, and stories about history had even developed into something similar to myths.
It was even eventually entertaining, turning into virtual games in the Myriad Worlds Terminal for the lowest-level people to play.
The few names remaining in history were gradually entertained, fan-fictioned, and eventually even gender-bent to satisfy the most primitive desires and needs of the lowest-level people...
So they didn't understand the importance of history, nor the importance of learning lessons, and eventually, such a civilization was born.
It could be seen how crazy the initial Infinite Group was after mastering the power of an entire world.
Those who had never experienced the beauty of power gradually became mad.
Eventually, such power followed the flow of nature to the present.
But no matter what, under the general trend, even pigs could fly with the wind.
The current Infinite Group was still the biggest world talker in this world.
Even if it was constantly going downhill, it wasn't something some small fry could shake.
The current surface city of Igsuo faced huge pressure from two aspects.
On one hand, it was the pressure from the Infinite Group.
They didn't recognize this city led and independent by the Truth Protection Association, nor did they have the will to actively negotiate with the other party.
But due to the "Calamity Witch's" powerful and terrifying means, they could only constantly probe and launch harassing attacks.
On the other hand, it was the coveting of other resistance forces!
This was the independence of the first surface city!
If nothing unexpected happened, this would be the "lighthouse" for all scattered resistance forces in this world from now on!
Like some chaotic areas or the vertical cities under the rift, they naturally couldn't compare with a surface city.
Of course, more of it was actually the damage caused to them by those visitors from outside the world.
Accompanied by the communication prompt of the Seed of Great Knowledge, the message from Tang En was sent again.
"Is there anything this time? I haven't found anyone invading the surface city of Igsuo."
Connecting to the other party's communication, I asked directly.
As the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree took root in the surface city of Igsuo, the root network was also gradually spreading.
Although with the continuous optimization of the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree, plus the blessing of the city's Earth Vein, it was still impossible to cover the entire city within a few days.
The reason I knew no one came was because of the observation result through the Destiny Gazing Technique.
The movement of those vanguard players involved the movement of Destiny, and it was impossible to escape my eyes.
As for visitors from other worlds, they were constantly watched by the World Will.
Although they couldn't control Destiny, any big action of theirs would involve and interfere with abnormal fluctuations of Destiny.
Just like me, staying in the surface city of Igsuo, roughly describing it, was like an entire large spot of Destiny shrouding the whole surface city of Igsuo.
It couldn't be said to be unobvious.
"It's like this, Lord Calamity Witch. A group of elders who suspect the functionality of your Myriad Connection Main Network Tree appeared in the association. Their next actions might be against you..."
"Is that so?"
I interrupted him somewhat unexpectedly.
Regarding Tang En, I admitted he was very capable.
After leaving that negotiation, he brought me a large amount of information about this world.
And this time it was even more interesting.
I didn't tell him about the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree.
But he was very sharp, and came to snitch on them to me.
"Yes, I was also afraid that these elders of the advisory group would ruin your arrangement, Lord Witch..."
"It's fine. If even you can guess, let them suspect. Anyway, they are just some insignificant proposals. Did you contact me just for this?"
"Naturally not, there are other things. The association has contacted a large number of outsiders from other worlds these days. The president, the high-level officials, and many elders feel that just you alone might not be able to protect their safety well. Moreover, Lord Witch, you wouldn't lower your status to become their private bodyguard."
"I know this."
I nodded.
Naturally, I knew about these outsiders contacting the Truth Protection Association through the Destiny Gazing Technique.
Since they didn't ask for help, I naturally couldn't be bothered to care.
But I didn't expect so many of them came to seek refuge?
"If they are worried, let them hire bodyguards. Could I stop them?"
"No, Lord Witch, you may not have realized the seriousness of the problem here," At this moment, Tang En's tone was somewhat urgent, and he quickly explained.
"Those world outsiders who came to the door, they unanimously want to expel and remove you, as if they had conspired together. If the association is willing, they will become the new guardians of the association. They have more people, and many strong ones claim their strength is not below yours."