Chapter 29: Exhaustion
The Five Rings Tower. Astrological Observatory.
In the large council hall, the monthly meeting is actually held, and the first to sit are the chief witches - Eve, Liana Witch and Winter Witch, because Stephen has too many things to do, so the academy is basically managed by these three witches. The Five Rings Tower has successively changed several chief wizards in recent years, first the former chief of the original astrological platform, then the former chief of the elemental pool, and then the wizard Victor who was ordered to be in danger, but because the wizard of Victor was seriously injured in the Battle of the Eye of Death and his current state is still unstable, the former chief witch of the Botanical Garden, Eve, took over the power of the academy.
If nothing else, the next Chief Wizard will be Stephen, and he will choose one of the two to take his place.
Below the three witches, the other wizards of the Academy Council sat down separately, and this meeting rushed back Helen Witch, Brando Wizard (Canaanite Secret Order), Eden Wizard, Oladin Wizard, Mograine Wizard and others, and now the power leadership of the Five Rings Tower has been reorganized, and even the successors of the Elemental Pool, Botanical Garden, and Astrology Observatory have been arranged in advance. Liana Witch is preparing to train Mograine Wizard to take her place in the future, while Winter Witch is preparing to hand over the elemental pool to Eden Wizard, and Stephen is personally optimistic about Oladin Wizard, who is very likely to become the future chief wizard of the astrological observatory.
The reason why all this was arranged in advance was because whether it was Liana Witch or Winter Witch, their strength was improving rapidly now, and they would definitely become Astral Wizards in the future.
In the future, their status will be transformed into honorary elders, and they will gradually retreat behind the Five Rings Tower.
"Ahem. ”
"I'll report first. "The figure of the Oradine wizard floated up, he was a wizard who transformed his body into a god monster, the upper body was a humanoid silhouette, and the lower body was a high-speed rotating hurricane and lightning, and the power of the elements was completely restrained in the body, without the slightest leakage.
His strength has touched the edge of the legendary wizard, and he may break through the current bottleneck at any time.
"We've made a lot of progress over there. Wizard Oradin said in a deep voice, "Now that many wizards in Silverdome are courting us, I propose to re-sign a new covenant. ”
"Hmm. The Chief Witch, Eve, said, "I see. I'll send someone to prepare. ”
Next, the Wizard Eden of the Elemental Pool stood up and said, "The exploration of the Flame Mountain Secret Realm is slow, and we lack enough manpower. I think we can increase the investment of manpower, and the resources of this secret realm are very abundant. ”
"There's no hurry. It was Witch Liana who spoke, and she shook her head, "The most important thing for us at the moment is to deal with the Death Omen. ”
"The secret realm of the Flaming Mountain can be explored slowly. ”
"Okay. Wizard Eden nodded, "Then I don't have anything to report." ”
A slight cough sounded.
Wizard Mograine stood up at this time, and said a little weakly, "I have something to report. ”
Say. Witch Liana glared at him.
As a high-level wizard who has only recently been promoted, Mograine Wizard has not yet had a strong voice, and he has not fully adapted to it, especially since he is still a little afraid of his mentor, that is, the fairy witch - Liana.
"Recently we've noticed something unusual on the other side of the mire of death. Wizard Mograine said slowly, "After that incident, the creatures of the Death Mire have mutated on a large scale, and due to the radiation contamination and the increased danger, we sent people to completely lock down the area. ”
"Recently, however, our men had discovered a large number of corpses of aberrant creatures during a routine inspection. ”
"It's a lot. ”
"Preliminary estimates suggest that more than 80 percent of the creatures in the area have died in the last month. ”
Dead so many?
Hearing the words of the Mograine wizard, the faces of the wizards present couldn't help but change, and the chief witch Eve frowned and said, "What about the cause of death?
"Hmm. Wizard Mograini nodded, "The preliminary judgment is that it is due to the failure of vitality caused by radiation contamination. ”
"Our people dissected and found that their internal organs were all aberrations of varying degrees, initially these aberrations strengthened their strength, but then began to erode their life force, and in the last month or two, these creatures began to die on a large scale due to life force failure. ”
How long has it been?
More than two years, right?
As someone who had asked Stephen about the [Eternal Blazing Sun] spell, the Winter Witch stood up with a serious expression and said, "Got it. I'll tell Lord Stephen about it. ”
"Let your people seal up the quagmire of death. ”
"No one else is allowed in. ”
"Hmm. The Mograine Wizard nodded, "I've had people lock it down." ”
The monthly meeting ends quickly.
About half an hour later, Stephen, who was testing the Magic Power Armor in Arantir, received a summons from the Tower of the Five Rings, and after listening to everything the Winter Witch said, he couldn't help but be silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice, "Got it." I'll take care of it myself. ”
"Send someone to cordon off that area. ”
"Also, do a radiation contamination check for all wizards operating in the vicinity of the mire of death, and I'll give them potions to purify the radiation contamination. ”
Has it been more than two years?
Stephen couldn't help but sigh, a little guilty in his heart.
Undoubtedly.
This must be the follow-up side effect of using [Eternal Blazing Sun], the radiation contamination has caused the organ failure of the organisms in that area, mainly because the Eternal Blazing Sun was used in the half-plane at that time, so many creatures did not die in the first place, but the subsequent radiation pollution leakage still eroded them, so there is now a large-scale death of organisms. If there was any other choice, Stephen would never have used the Eternal Blazing Sun at that time, but at that time, he really had no choice, only the Eternal Blazing Sun could kill the incarnation that the Death Omen Star was about to descend on.
This spell is taboo.
Even Stephen, who has always been bold, didn't dare to use it lightly, otherwise during the Battle of Chanda, he would have been able to kill at least a third of the swarm by throwing an Eternal Blazing Sun. However, if he did this, the remnants of Chanda would also be extremely seriously harmed, and it would be difficult for ordinary people to survive.
It will take at least a few decades for the quagmire of death to recover.
"I'm going on a trip to the mire of death. I'll leave this side to you first. Stephen turned to Ankara next to him.
No matter what.
He still has to deal with this matter himself.
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