After the greetings, the old headmaster Brunetto immediately said.

"Your Excellency, before you leave the Academy, I would like to invite you to participate in the Magic Inter-School Tournament and compete with the famous Seven Towers Magic Academy and the Hidden Valley Demon Martial Academy. ”

"Oh, is our school already capable of competing with the two most famous schools?! Or is there any particular reason?"

"Haha! Your Excellency is really smart. In fact, I myself have been determined to find the origin of the universe since I was a child, and I have no interest in the struggle for power or other mundane things in the world, so I left the disgusting Seven Towers Magic Academy and came to Itkanria. Thirty years ago, with the help of the wise rulers of the Two Islands Republic, who were willing to fund the progress of civilization, I established this young academy to teach not only magic, but also other humanities, arts, and other subjects. The price is simply to provide some talent for the two island republics. ”

"Well, that's true, the Augustian Academy is now the leader of the Encyclopedic School. And it's not just the two island republics that have cultivated talent. But what does this have to do with our game?" Salian admired the old headmaster's actions, but he was puzzled by these incomprehensible words. The Duke of New Mark was still anxious to know the answer.

"Hehe, please don't be in a hurry, Your Excellency Duke. As I said earlier, everything we magicians want requires the stability of the main material plane, or the stability of Mana's energy. Even if a war breaks out between the nations of the continent, it will not affect us very much, because these small human fights will not be able to shake the foundation of magic. Only those circumstances that break the law of Mana arise that affect us. For example, Discord uses forbidden spells, demons from the abyss. ”

The headmaster's words succeeded in piquing Salian's interest. The forbidden spell will affect the survival of all magicians, and they will naturally be cautious, so what remains is the other situation that the old headmaster said.

"Oh, you mean...... Our game is about the demons?"

Recently, that old immortal from the Seven Towers Academy of Magic sent me news that one of his professors had discovered a movement in the Abyss Plane when he was using a global magic perceptron, and then conducted a comprehensive investigation. Although they are not very good people, the work of guarding the main material plane and monitoring the local and other dimensional passages has not been left behind. ”

It turns out that there is such a thing, and there are really many secrets in the world for Salian.

"I've heard that the demons of the abyss, although powerful, rarely invade the main material plane. And the reason why there are so many believers in the Orthodox Church is that it completely eliminates the threat of demons and saves the living beings of the Western Continent?!"

I only heard the old headmaster answer disdainfully.

"Hmph, do you think that the demon's aggression is just a one-off? Don't listen to the boasts of those gods, relying on their power our Western Continent has long ceased to exist. ”

After a merciless taunt, the old headmaster continued.

"You don't know much about the Abyss, it's a place of constant strife, where the lords of each region are waging wars of power against each other all the time, and there is no logic to it. Some of them are highly intelligent and will often fight our minds in order to prepare for war and grab resources. There are quite a few times I have come to the main material plane, and our Western Continent's magic system is similar to the abyss plane, these demons like to come here to snatch resources, and even kidnap those with high magical talents for their own use. Of course, their aggression is not all bad. Conversely, we have learned a lot of new magical concepts and techniques in the fight against demons. ”

"I see, our Western Mana elementals, mines, and magical talents are what they need. ”

"That's right, if they frantically steal the resources of the main material plane, whether it is a simple magic system or all the living beings living here, it will collapse. ”

Salian said thoughtfully.

"Therefore, your three academies must act together at this time to stop the invasion of the Abyss Demons. The reason for our competition must have something to do with it, right?!"

"Well, the Academy of Magic is not only to block the current threat, but also to train the next generation of young people who will protect the main material plane in a timely manner. Besides, there are many demons from the abyss, and it is not enough to have just us, so the mature plane guardians deal with those powerful demon lord level enemies, while the students deal with those relatively weak demons. ”

"I have a general understanding of what you mean, and it is my duty to serve the survival of the main plane and the Western Continent. So how should the game be played?"

Seeing that Salian agreed, the old headmaster was overjoyed.

"Hehe, it's very simple, according to the information obtained by the Seven Towers Magic Academy, a dungeon has appeared in the mountains on the border between the kingdoms of Franços and Murasson, which is a newly built conscription fortress of the Abyss Demon to create ordinary soldiers. Each of our three academies will send a team of students there, and whoever can eliminate the defenders there will win. Of course, the winner gets all the loot, and each of the three magic academies awards a rare magic item to the winner. Let them assign it, hehe! Here's the list. ”

Salian didn't really care about the reward after the victory, he only cared about how to defeat his opponent. The old principal had already arranged this.

"I'll hand over all the materials of the Seven Towers Magic Academy to you, don't worry. ”

"And who else is going with me?"

"You are the leader of the order, and I know that you have two very good magicians, Miss Yulia and Miss Teresa, who are also studying at our school, so it goes without saying that you should bring them with you. And your good friend Count Sebastian von Riedlingen, the Imperial Count, has agreed. In addition, I have invited the princess of François, the president of the Academy's student council, Delve de Valois, and the head of the "Revitalization Society", Lindemann, who are excellent representatives of the students and will definitely help you. ”

"Well, of course the rest is fine, but I don't think you can invite Devia de Valois and Lindemann, the leaders of the rival organizations in the school, at the same time?!"

Salian was puzzled by the old headmaster's arrangement, and only listened to the old man's answer.

"The two of them are the strongest masters of the Academy's light magicians, and their strength is indispensable in order to fight against demons. Although the Orthodox Church only knows about intrigue, the light magic that the gods are good at does have a miraculous effect on the demons. ”

"That being said, their contradictions may be counterproductive!"

"I have convinced them with the righteousness of upholding the plane of the Lord. Oh, no matter which sect of Orthodox Christianity it is, it is necessary to gather its followers on the basis of the fundamental doctrine of preserving the existence of mankind. Moreover, it is the territory of Franços, and Princess Divea, who has a keen sense of politics, cannot sit idly by, and she can take this opportunity to make a lot of political capital. ”

Finally, the old wizard of Brunetto admonished Salian.

"To avoid panic, please try to minimize the number of people who know about it. If it is not necessary, it is better for the public to be ignorant and fearless. ”

After Salian left, he immediately went to Sebastian's room, where the Imperial Count was carefully wiping the magic sword and saw Salian. He asked with a smile.

"That old man has looked for you, too!"

"Yes, did you know that Devia de Valois and Lindemann will be going with us?"

"Of course, Lindemann was recommended by me, and you know that I myself went to the revitalization meeting in order to find out the news. This person is extremely powerful, he is already a holy priest of the lower level of magician, plus a white magician of the level of a junior magician, and it is very important for our task. And as a landlord and paladin, Devia de Valois is also indispensable, and things will be much easier with her. ”

"Hehe, you're an absolute rationalist. It's not going to be all of this plan that you came up with!?"

"I didn't dare to take it seriously, I just made some suggestions to the old man. ”

"Fortunately, we are partners!"

"Haha, because there's a magic item in the prize that I want. ”

The mind was decided, and the rest went according to plan.

According to the personnel of the Seven Towers Magic Academy who entered the dungeon and explored, the fortress should have been used by a powerful demon lord to use extradimensional teleportation magic to directly move from the Purgatory Steel Layer of the Abyss to the main material plane. The Abyssal Plane is different from the Main Material Plane in that it is not a separate dimension, but a sum of many interconnected levels.

According to the Mana Detector, the highest-ranking demons in this dungeon are about three Legion Commander leaders. Demons are a race that is purely based on strength, and it is a thoroughly militarized society, so regardless of the subrace, the military position can represent its strength.

Salian also has a full description of the information he received. Demons have a strict class system from the most basic inaccessible cannon fodder, to ordinary soldiers, army commanders, centurions, thousand-commanders, thousand-commanders, legion commanders, lords, kings, etc.

The strength of the legion leader is already an absolutely powerful existence in the abyss plane, far exceeding the strength of the human sword master or the magician, and it can be said to be an invincible existence compared to the magician. However, the energy structure of the main material plane is different from that of the abyss, and the demons cannot exert their original strength here, which is the so-called cross-dimensional punishment.

Similarly, as we mentioned earlier, if Salian really wants to go to the Void Plane to capture the Crystal Dragon, he will also encounter this kind of problem, for the Crystal Dragon of the energy lifeform to survive in the main material plane, a part of the body must be turned into an entity, and the strength will naturally decline. And when they are in the native world, the surrounding environment is enough to support their energy consumption, and Salian can only use the slim strength of non-energy bodies to fight the crystal dragon with full ability, which is hopeless.

"Let me think about it, what else do I have to bring, five square meters is a lot!"

Even though it was only the crudest of experiments, Salian was still very proud of his first spatial work.

Within this subspace, Duke New Mark divided his usual weapons into two racks. That is, one for Salian and one for Meyer. Relying on the black dragon girl's leisure some time ago. Quite a few pieces of equipment have already arrived at the August Academy from the secret armory of the "Stlingenburg" in Hehingen or from the Neumark Territory.

For example, in addition to the weapons that are often seen such as claw hook shields and chain hammers, as well as the golden mace, which is the trophy under the city of Severus, there is also a long-barreled magic hammer, which is an improved version of the weapon used by Estfaria in the battle with the Turde Nation Master and the Evil Eye Witch King Ozturk, and it is a pre-production model that has just been trial-produced by the newly built armory factory in the New Mark Principality. It is sent to Salian for use to achieve the purpose of collecting data, and can be improved according to the use of feedback.

On Meier's side, there are also a lot of two-handed swords and various specialized weapons of the Flame Empire.

In addition, there are two other sets of armor in the Space Pocket Watch, namely Salion's black-and-red full-covered plate armor and Meier's nameless light leather armor.

A week later, the "disorganized" six-man team quietly set off. Fearing that there would be no one to protect Max and Lola, Salian instructed Hilda to stay and let Chieko work with her to take care of the two, so that nothing would go wrong.