Chapter 478: The Thirteenth Holy Soul
Ancy Vodaus looked at his student and reminded: "Rennes, in the next few years, you should keep a low profile and treat yourself as if you don't know anything, but in private you should be vigilant and prepared. ”
Wren nodded silently.
Whether Master Ogullevi is depraved or not, he is extremely hostile to Wizeland.
Not only did he hide behind the scenes and cooperate with the minions of the Necromantic Lord, causing the Undead Scourge to destroy the Floating City, but he also sent people to interfere with the Dragonborn's restoration in Congatro, and most importantly, he clearly wanted to kill his teacher and weaken the Empire's supernatural powers.
If the plot succeeds and the Wezeland Floating City crashes, the other Floating Cities and Holy Soul Wizards will become new targets.
The destructive power of a traitor is often better than that of an enemy.
In less than a hundred years, the empire will fall apart, and countless people will have their souls harvested by the Lord of the Necromancy.
It's a chilling result.
Wren asked, "Teacher, I mean what are we going to do if, if Master Ogullevi really falls?"
"Naturally, it's to destroy him!"
Ancy Vodaus replied without hesitation, with a firm and decisive expression, and said: "When I secretly investigate him, I will also test other Holy Soul wizards by the way to confirm whether they know and whether they are involved with Ogulvi. Once it is determined that there is something wrong with Ogulvi, report it to the Goddess and join forces with the members of the High Council to destroy this degenerate, and he must not be allowed to destroy the empire. ”
Wren heard the teacher's resoluteness and couldn't help but sweat for him.
Master Ogulvi's fame and status in the empire are too high, not to mention the influence on nobles and commoners, just his Nether Floating City, the strength of the empire is ranked first, there is no dispute.
The first floating city in the world, Nether Floating City, was founded in 866 A.D. and has been producing countless wizards for more than 1,600 years. At present, there are nearly 2,000 wizards in Nether Floating City, which is more than four times the number of Wezeland!
More than 2,000 wizards are all disciples of Master Ogulvi, and more than sixty legendary wizards, of which twelve are Legendary High Rank, more than all the legendary wizards of Wizeland, who form the "Elder Body" that daily manages the Floating City of Nether, known as the "Little Supreme Council".
And these twelve legendary high-level wizards are almost all personal students of Master Ogulvi, with only two exceptions.
There are many more wizards who studied in Nether and later left the city.
These wizards either join other floating cities and spellcasting organizations, set up their own portals, or explore the New World and many planes, covering the world of Ehrenus.
They adhered to the Nether's philosophy of spellcasting, and all of them combined, there were more than 3,000 wizards under Master Ogulwe, which is not enough to describe the peach and plum in the world.
His words, there are countless wizards working for him.
In contrast, the overall strength of Wezeland Floating City is more than a notch weaker, suffering from economic problems, the number of wizards is too small, and the influence of the Mordu faction is slightly inferior because it is a latecomer.
The only thing that can rival Nether Floating City is the teacher himself.
If you want to find a wizard in the empire who is closest in strength to Master Ogulvi, almost everyone will think of the name Anthy Vodaus.
Balanced Master Tim Kennan came in third.
The Triumvirate of the Supreme Council of the Empire, Master Ogulvi is the strongest, Duke Redstone, and Grand Sage of Kongerard are his staunchest allies. These two floating cities belong to the Nethers, and they are both in the north of the empire, so they are naturally closely related.
In addition, the youngest Holy Soul Wizard, the Black-robed Duke, is also a supporter of Master Ogulvi, but his stance is not as firm.
The teacher also has his own allies in the High Council, the "Prophet" Medifer, the Storm Queen "Starcloth", and the Duke of Silverstar, all three of whom are hardcore allies, plus a total of four Holy Soul Wizards, accounting for one-third of the council's members.
Margna Elan, Duke of Purple Flame, Master Oroin, the founder of the School of Combat, and Master Vantusri Hohuai, a perennial reclusive Master, these three Holy Soul wizards generally remain neutral or abstain, and most of the time they favor the balanced Master Tim Kenan, becoming a third party, but not ununited enough, and the weakest side.
Master Ogulwe targeted Wizelan and his teacher, most likely because his teacher was the greatest threat to him.
Both in terms of personal strength and in the supporters of the High Council.
If the two sides completely tear their skins apart, it will inevitably split the empire and the Supreme Council, and Wren cannot foresee how it will end then.
The slightest mistake in the pool is a catastrophe.
"Teacher, you have to be careful. Wren said with a concerned face, "Otherwise, report it directly to the goddess and let him deal with it." ”
The Goddess of Magic will not allow the Empire to be destroyed.
"It's not that simple. Anthywodaus looked up, his expression was solemn, and he sighed: "Ogulvi is not the Chosen One, but he has a very close relationship with the Goddess, like an old friend who has known him for thousands of years, and the Goddess trusts him more than the Chosen One. ”
"Ogulvi dared to play with the conspiracy under the nose of the goddess, and he must have made all preparations to cover up his abnormalities and actions. ”
"Rashly complaining will only make the goddess suspicious of us. ”
"Even if the Goddess believes in us, She will rely on the High Council to solve the problem. ”
"Gods can't come to the mortal world easily, and if they only descend into incarnations, they are probably not Ogulvi's opponents. Once the avatar is destroyed, the divine power is weakened, giving the hostile gods a chance to take advantage of the void, and the result is more terrible than the division of the empire. ”
"Unless we have absolute proof, it must be kept secret from everyone, including the Goddess!"
Wren nodded cautiously.
The conversation between the teacher and the student does not mention the real name of the goddess of magic from beginning to end, and only refers to "the goddess" or "he". In the world of Erenus, anywhere except the Abyss, anyone who says the honorific title of "Vijeestro" or "Goddess of Magic" will hear the nine words before and after that sentence.
Of course, the goddess doesn't listen intentionally all the time.
He only listens to what is important or interesting to him, and most of it is ignored.
Anthy Vodaus's analysis made Wren completely aware of the horror of Ogulvi, this holy soul wizard is in the mortal world, and even the gods are fearless.
"Teacher, how are you going to investigate?" Wren asked.
The Supreme Council usually meets through long-distance projection, which is similar to the video conference in the previous life, and even the eyes of one's own soul can't see the clue with just the projection.
There are very few things that need to be done by Ogulwe, and he can let his students do it for him.
It's too hard to see his true body.
Ancy Vodaus is confident, "Under normal circumstances, Ogulwe will not show up easily, but there is one thing, he must be there. ”
"What's the matter?" Wren wondered.
"The canonization ceremony of the new Holy Soul Wizard. Ancy Vodaus replied lightly.
Wren was taken aback, "There are wizards in the Empire who want to promote the Holy Soul?" A number of well-known legendary high-level wizards flashed through his mind, and he quickly remembered a name: "Dean Sabra?"
"That's right. Anthy Vodaus nodded, "Half a year at the earliest, and no more than three years at the slowest pace, 'Sabra Blaindo' will be able to fully master the Holy Soul-level Demon Soul Transformation Technique, trigger the seventh soul transformation ritual, and become the thirteenth Holy Soul Wizard in the Empire." ”
"It's really Dean Sabra!" Wren exclaimed.
This Sabra Bryando is the dean of the Empire's oldest transcendent academy, Brookoz Academy, he was already a nineteenth-level wizard three hundred years ago, only one step away from the Holy Soul, and is known as the first person under the Holy Soul Wizard.
However, Dean Sabra is a shapeshifting wizard of the Soul Guardian School.
There are eight specializations in the three schools of wizards, only the transformation wizard has not given birth to a holy soul, he has taken a path that no one has ever walked, which is even more difficult, and has placed the expectations of countless transformation wizards.
Hundreds of years ago, people were predicting when Dean Sabra would be promoted, and generation after generation passed away, but there was no good news.
Finally, the day is coming.
It's an absolutely exciting event for all shapeshifters.
"Thirteenth Holy Soul Wizard!" Wren exclaimed, "Teacher, you should have a good relationship with Dean Sarab, right?"
Otherwise, Dean Sabra wouldn't have revealed his progress in promotion.
Ansivodaus smiled, "Sabra can be promoted to the Holy Soul, I have made great efforts, otherwise he will not be able to get the Demon Soul of the 'Fire Phoenix'." ”
"No wonder ......," Wren thought to himself.
The Fire Phoenix is not small in the Book of a Thousand Souls, also known as the Immortal Bird, this famous elemental creature is only born in the fire element plane, born with almost all fire spells, can be reborn in the flames, belongs to one of the rarest elemental souls, and of course the most terrifying monsters.
The teacher is a Holy Soul Wizard who specializes in the fire element, so he has the means to subdue or kill the Fire Phoenix.
If Dean Sabra is successfully promoted and enters the Supreme Council, he will inevitably join the teacher's camp and have one more supporter by his side.
The Morduites, then, surpassed the Netherites in the High Council.
This is clearly something that Ogullevi does not want to see.
Wren asked, "Does anyone else know about Dean Sabra besides you, and could Master Ogullevi also get the news?"
"Probably not. Anthy Vodaus replied, "I'm the second to know." He thought about it for a moment, and then said, "But he knows that I am relatively close to Dean Sabra, and whether I know it or not, he will be on guard. ”
"The ceremony of Sabra's canonization of the duke, Ogulvi is definitely going to show up. ”
"Less than a hundred years ago, when Tuzre was promoted to Holy Soul, he appeared, but it was only a doppelganger, and this time I will find a way to make him appear in his real form. ”
Anthy Vodaus didn't reveal his solution, and Wren didn't ask, but he was a little worried: "If Dean Sabra delays his promotion for three years, will it be too late?"
"Wren, you have to be patient. Ansiwodaus taught: "The battle between the Holy Soul Wizards will never end in a short period of time, let alone three years, even three hundred years is normal. Ogulwe's fall will never have started in a few years, I guess it has been three or four hundred years, and this time he failed to prevent the restoration of the Dragonborn, the conspiracy failed, and it will take at least a few years of silence before there is a new move. ”
"We're not in a hurry. ”
He looked at Wren, "I'm still pretending that something is wrong with my body, and I can't leave Wizeland and confuse the other party's judgment." Your strength is still on the rise, so it's time to take advantage of these few years to go further. ”
"I remember, teacher. Wren accepted sincerely.
"Anything else?"
Wren said directly: "Her Majesty Emily has something to ask for, she wants to give up her belief in the dragon god and lead the people of the Duchy of Drogenburg to convert to the goddess of magic, and I want to ask the teacher to pray to the goddess for a response." ”
He deliberately uttered the honorific title of the goddess of magic, wanting the goddess to hear him.
Anthy Vodaus was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "The dragonborn wants to convert to the goddess?" Seeing Wren nodding in confirmation, "This is not a trivial matter. ”
"This Dragonborn Majesty is really quite powerful. "I remember that the population of the Duchy of Zogenburg was one-third of the population of Congartro, more than 10 million, and it was not an easy task to convert so many people. ”
"Teacher, please read it. ”
Wren pulled out a thick plan.
He wrote it with Emilys, and it included a series of initiatives that had begun in the Duchy of Augustus, establishing schools to spread knowledge and wisdom, laying a good foundation for the populace, bringing in wizards from Wezeland, establishing a wizarding academy, and building an altar and temple to the goddess of magic.
The Duchy of Augustus was his own domain, and he was originally a believer in the goddess, who could build a temple in the open and ask the people to convert.
The attraction of the Wizarding Academy, not to mention, offers the Congatro people a path to the most powerful transcendental.
Wren hopes that graduates of the academy will have the opportunity to enter Wezeland.
It's a win-win for both Wizeland and the Congataros.
In addition, Wren is also preparing to reform the system of the Duchy of Augustus, except for being a duke himself, there is no longer a real title, and only a fictitious title like the imperial nobles. He now has more than 10 million gold in his hands, and plans to spend half of it to build the principality, cooperate with the steam and mechanical unions, and increase the productivity of the principality's more than 5 million people in an all-round way, and rapidly advance from an agricultural country to an industrial country.
Mayors were appointed, city halls were built, roads and bridges were built, schools, hospitals, and factories were built, agriculture was mechanized, and the judicial system was improved.
This is a long-term plan that will take at least five years to bear fruit.
It will take longer to wait for the Duchy of Augustus to get on the right track, and then slowly penetrate northward, gradually changing the beliefs of the people of the Duchy of Drogenburg.
The more Ancy Wodaus looked, the more surprised he became.
The plan is very complete, some of the words are very unfamiliar, such as "five-year plan", "productivity", "education", "industrialization", "technological revolution", etc., and even some of the words are self-coined, but they are so appropriate that you can understand the meaning of it on the first reading.
With his experience, he was faintly aware of the heavy weight of this plan, and behind it was a complete set of ideological logic, as well as a bottomless huge potential.
If it spreads, it will not only be applied to a principality with only a few million people, but to guide the development of the empire......
This sparked Anthy Vodaus's infinite reverie, and he turned out to be a little distracted.
"Teacher?" Wren called softly.
Ancy Vodaus came back to his senses, his eyes full of amazement, and asked, "You wrote this plan?"
"I wrote it with Her Majesty Emilys. ”
"You don't have to be humble. Ansivodaus laughed, "I didn't expect that your talent in governing the country is so superb, no less than your cultivation talent. It's a pity that you're too young to convince the public, otherwise you can compete for the position of Imperial Archon and use your talents. ”
The teacher laughed. Wren shook his head repeatedly.
The Imperial Consul, a position second only to the twelve Holy Soul Wizards in power and glory, is elected from among the Imperial Councillors, approved by the Supreme Council, for a ten-year term, renewable for a maximum of four terms.
"The fate of people can be said uncertainly, not only depends on the struggle of each person, but also depends on the historical process, I think you are quite suitable. Ancy Vodaus smiled meaningfully.
Wren's heart skipped a slight beat, and he didn't delve into the topic.
"This plan is here for me, I will pray to the goddess for a response, you go back and wait for news. Ancy Vodaus put away the plan.
"Okay, teacher. ”
Wren stood up and saluted and exited the room.
He teleported to his tower, remembering his teacher's words, which seemed to mean something, and couldn't help but let out a chuckle, worthy of a wise man who has lived for a thousand years, and his eyes are far enough.
After pondering for a moment, Wren summoned the students and instructed them in the study of magic one by one.
Soon half a day passed.
The students dispersed satisfied, Wren returned to the castle for a good night's rest, and the next day spent half a day dealing with the official business in the territory of Glamorgan, and teleported to the alchemy room of King Kong Castle to begin refining the more than 350,000 pounds of source crystal ore.
Elder Titan requires Source Crystals to be above ninety purity in order to redeem items.
The activated metal can be easily refined to a purity close to 100%, but Wren is not so kind, and controls the purity at a little bit in the early nineties, just enough to reach the standard, which can increase the number of source crystals by one-tenth!
It took him two days to refine all the ore in the alchemy room.
The purified source crystal, plus the previous collection, has a total of more than fifteen thousand four hundred pounds, the density of the source crystal is very large, the volume of such a large weight of the source crystal is less than half a cubic meter, and even a box is not enough, Wren directly threw it into the dimensional space ring.
As soon as he walked out of the alchemy room, an Ultramariner came up to him and reported that a distinguished lady had come to visit from Glamorgan Castle.
"Honorable lady?" Wren asked, puzzled, "Who is it?"
The Ultramarines shook their heads and said they didn't know.
He was called by the Fabian butler, and the lady did not reveal her identity, nor even her name, but the Fabian butler immediately regarded the other party as the most honored guest, and carefully served him personally, not allowing anyone in the castle to come near.
Wren was even more confused.
The only ladies who can make Fabian value so much are Viola and Osilia, but they don't do it this way, and it's not like their style.
If it is an enemy disguise, it is difficult to hide the gaze of the Ultramarine.
"I'll go back and see now. ”
Wren teleported back to Glamorgan Castle, and as soon as he appeared in the teleportation hall, he immediately sensed that something was wrong in the castle, but he couldn't say anything wrong, anyway, he felt very uncomfortable, but the will of truth did not trigger the danger warning.
He entered the castle's parlor with doubts, but saw Fabian without seeing him.
There was only a slender female figure sitting on the sofa, she heard footsteps, turned her head, Wren saw her face clearly, and suddenly, a huge wave was set off in her mind, and it was blank for a moment.