160, Third Arcane Empire (no protagonist)

Universe 2, the Oriental Peninsula, and the location of the Oriental Freeport of Universe 0 are located in a free metropolis full of magic, and there are magic flying carpets, airships, and broomsticks, which are extremely prosperous.

This is Silver City, the capital of the Third Arcane Empire, and a well-deserved magical mecca in the hearts of mages.

In the vast land in the northeast of the Ilibu continent centered on the Eastern Peninsula, extremely brilliant civilizations have been born, such as the ancient Arcane Empire, and great inventions such as magic nets and floating cities were born in that golden age that was most respected and longed for by mages.

Another example is the magic city-state, the second mage empire of the main material plane, which focuses on the study of beast-type people.

At present, the most important part of the witchcraft blade, the servants that the mages can't do without, the leopard girl, the cat woman, the scorpion man, the toad man, the vine monster, the human-faced sphinx, and the most powerful dinosaur sequence monster lineage and dragon spirit monster were all created during that time, and the arsenals dedicated to the manufacture of beast-type people also began to rise on the land of the Eastern Peninsula at that time.

- Again, orcs and beast-humans are two different concepts.

By the time of the Third Arcane Empire, more and more creative magical inventions appeared, from the virtual godhead, another great invention based on the magic web, to the arcane pyramid for major wars, to the magic lamp for lighting, so to speak, every citizen in the empire could not live without magic.

The comfortable living environment, relaxed learning atmosphere, and rich knowledge of spells attract every young person from all over the world who aspires to become a great mage.

The Third Arcane Empire is a paradise for mages, and there is no doubt that mages are a veritable privileged class in this land, but if you're an ordinary person with no mage talent, you might as well be a cowboy on a small-town farm in the middle of nowhere in the Holy Order Empireβ€”some of them are beast-shaped, golems, and constructs that serve mages.

On September 24, every legendary mage in the Third Arcane Empire received a joint summons from Ilya Ostrovsky, the Speaker of the Ninth Ring Council, the highest authority in the Empire, and the two Deputy Speakers Natalia and Grigory, asking all members to return to Silver City within an hour to participate in the emergency Sky Dome meeting, and not to use remote meeting mode.

Something very important happened, and every legendary mage who received the news came up with this idea, and they put down what they were doing and headed for the Tower of Babel as soon as possible.

An hour later, the Sky Dome meeting was held on time.

After the Speaker and the two Deputy Speakers sat down in their seats, the first thing they did was not to declare the meeting open, but to instruct Taling 1 to activate the Arcane Empire's XII Protocol, a meeting mode with the highest level of secrecy, and used six legendary level spells in a row, including anti-space teleportation, anti-telepathic link, and anti-photo.

Unlike Universe 0, every member of the Nine Rings Council of Universe 2 is a legendary mage cultivated by the Third Arcane Empire itself, and they are all descendants, and they will not easily leak the content of the meeting.

"Guys, let's start with a piece of information from the Dungeon Black Light Witch. ”

The legendary mages who can sit here in the meeting can project their will into the magic net, roaming freely in the nine-layer space, and some even have some of the authority of the magic net, not to mention the speaker Ilya, who is known as the emperor of magic, he holds the most critical virtual godhead of the magic web, so he can easily project the video data in the magic web ring into the conference hall.

A four-armed Naga bound by a few black lights first appeared in the picture, and then an old female voice came: "Dear Mr. Ostrovsky, just nine minutes ago, a strange species that had never been seen before appeared in the dungeon, a mutant of the Tidal Naga, and the Golden Palace suffered an attack. ”

"It's Talos!" "The legendary mages all have extremely perverted memory abilities, and some of the people who know the movements of the Elven Court only recognize the identity of the four-armed Naga in the video at a glance, "but it seems to be a little different from Talos in the center of the ocean." ”

"As I mentioned earlier, this four-armed naga has the singular charm to charm any woman below the fourth order, as well as the ability to split and reproduce. ”

Accompanied by the Black Light Witch's explanation, a ring blade flew from outside the screen, cutting off one of the arms of the four-armed Naga, and then, several more ring blades flew over, cutting the arm on the ground into a pile of minced meat.

Then, the unthinkable happened.

The minced flesh that should have been an arm wriggled on the ground, growing at an extremely fast rate, and even the blood-stained ground grew sprouts of flesh.

"Oh my God, this tenacious vitality!"

"How did he do it?"

Whispers belonging to the legendary mages rang out in the hall of the council, but soon, they didn't have the heart to continue the discussion, because a minute later, a new four-armed Naga appeared in the frame, formerly a piece of minced meat the size of a fingernail.

Second, third, fourth......

More four-armed naga appeared in the sight of the legendary mage, and they grew so fast that the Black Light Witch had to use the treasure night light to wipe the extra four-armed naga from the world so that the experiment would not get out of hand.

The video is not long, only three minutes long, but the amount of information revealed in it is very large.

"Your Excellency, the Third Arcane Empire must study this four-armed naga, no matter what the cost!"

It is not uncommon for flesh and blood to be derived into new individuals in the main material plane, and several kinds of demonic beasts are bred in this way, but it is the first time that the legendary mages attending the meeting have seen the reproduction in just a few minutes, and they have great strength as soon as they are completed.

In every way, this kind of picture is extremely visually striking and spiritually shocking.

"Yes, we need and must study this four-armed naga. ”

The voice was made by a Grand Arcanist, and in the Third Arcane Empire, only legendary mages who held some of the net's authority could call themselves Grand Arcanists.

Samsun is one such Grand Arcanist, an authority on the field of beastoid studies, well inherited from the knowledge and techniques of the Magical City-State era.

"The inability of bestoids to be fertile and unable to reproduce through mating has always been the root cause of the Empire's limited number of bestoids. If the root cause of the four-armed Naga splitting and reproducing can be studied, one of the most critical weaknesses of the beastoid will no longer exist. ”

Among the tens of thousands of experiments, only the dinosaur sequence Warcraft lineage born in the era of the Magic City-State had a low reproductive ability, but it was also a major breakthrough that could not be replicated by later generations anyway.

Now, an infinitely bright opportunity is just around the corner.

In Samson's opinion, once the beast-type people can reproduce freely, the Arcane Empire will be equivalent to mastering several tribes that can be matched in number to the orcs, and the kind that will serve the mage for life.

Compared with golems and constructs that need to be repaired, beast-type people have another excellent advantage, even if they can't continue to serve mages due to old age, injuries, etc., they can also be used as research materials for living experiments to extract the last bit of use value.

A race that is under the control of mages from birth to death, can there be anything more perfect than this?

"Evenβ€”" Samson made another point, "we can create and produce a new generation of beast-like people based on the four-armed Naga." ”

"We already have toad people in terms of maritime defense, and regardless of whether the creation of beast-type people based on Naga will anger the upcoming Naga Empire, there is no need in itself. Another Grand Arcanist retorted, "In my opinion, he should be used for potions." ”

"No, since the Snow Naga and the Desert Naga can evolve on the basis of the Tidal Naga and the Deep Sea Naga, why can't we induce and breed the four-armed Naga to create a new beast-type human suitable for various terrain environments such as land, sea, and desert. ”

The two Grand Arcanists immediately got into an academic bickering, and then more legendary mages with achievements in the fields of beast-shapes, potion development, and constructs got involved.

"Quiet!" Speaker Ilya tapped his finger on the table, and all the brawl was gone.

"Grand Arcanist Samsun. Ilya looked at the old man who was a little red-faced because of the argument, and then at the other middle-aged mage, "Grand Arcanist Kliment, it sounds like you have no problem with the Empire's research on the four-armed Naga. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. ”

"Yes, the sooner the four-armed Naga is studied, the better. ”

The Speaker nodded, and discussed in a whisper with the two Deputy Speakers who were in possession of the remaining two virtual godheads, during which a small argument arose.

A minute later, the argument stopped, and Ilya announced: "In that case, according to tradition, the speaker and the deputy speaker have the right to veto by a show of hands." ”

The ancient Arcane Empire, the Magic City-State, the Third Arcane Empire, and the three major mage empires are in the same line, and now the Nine-Ring Council, the highest authority in the Empire, has inherited the tradition that the legendary council during the ancient Arcane Empire was not allowed to participate in meetings, and also inherited the system of the ninety-nine people meeting during the Magic City-State period by showing hands.

After the birth of the world's greatest invention, the magic web, a large number of spellcasters emerged in this land centered on the Eastern Peninsula and even in the entire main material plane, and the number of legendary mages also increased dramatically.

The Magic City-State originally set up the Council of the Ninety-Nine in the hope that one day there would be a coexistence of ninety-nine or more legendary mages, and at that time, they would also activate the challenge mechanic, and the winner would be eligible for a seat in the Council of the Ninety-Nine.

Unfortunately, until the fall of the Magic City-State, there were no ninety-nine legendary mages at the same time, and of course, not now.

Whew!Whew!

Palms formed by spells rose from the bodies of the legendary mages and hung in the air of the conference hall, densely packed and spectacular.

Every legendary mage voted yes, and Samsun seemed to have seen the scene of the four-armed Naga being studied in the lab a few days later.

However, with a bang, a magical arrow appeared out of thin air, shooting down all the palms hanging in the air, from Deputy Speaker Natalia.

One vote no.

"Your Excellency Vice-Speaker......" The legendary mages expressed their confusion.

Natalia ignored them and said to Speaker Ilya in a serious tone, "That force is too evil and too dangerous, I think it is very necessary to disclose the secret information that has been sealed for many years, and after the participating mages have read several documents related to the "Dragon Queen's Nest", they will raise their hands again to vote." ”