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The wizards of the Five Rings Tower, who had once mistakenly believed Eve to be a Morning Star wizard, only realized the strangeness of the attack that had destroyed the water elementals after they fled. However, when faced with an attack that, while perhaps not a Morning Star wizardry, was equally terrifying in power, they dared not make any rash moves. They simply relayed the information from the West Coast to the Five Rings Tower and then continued to observe this unknown force.

When the object, which resembled an island suspended in the sky, appeared above the sea, the Archmage Lordren immediately noticed its presence and linked it to a "weapon of war" that bore a striking resemblance to those found in the wizarding world.

"War fortress..."

Concealing his location as best he could, the Archmage Lordren used his magic to peer into the sky at the approaching, enormous shadow, filled with awe.

He once thought that those warships were powerful creations enough. At least it was quite terrifying that mortals could use them to threaten him, a great wizard—there had never been any similar records in the more than 20,000-year history of wizarding civilization.

However, compared to the "war fortress" before them, it seemed insignificant, because it was a completely different concept altogether.

What is a war fortress?

That was a true "weapon of war" that only wizards of the Morning Star level or above were qualified to build, used to accommodate wizards and contracted creatures to cross the world barrier and wage war in other realms.

The appearance of each "war fortress" signifies the fall of a world or the extinction of a race.

To some extent, war fortresses are equivalent to wizard towers, and even surpass them in some ways. They symbolize not just a weapon, but the essence of a civilization.

At this moment, the essence of this civilization is revealed in the peripheral region radiated by the Wizarding Continent...

Combined with his previous contacts with this unknown force on the West Coast, a completely impossible idea uncontrollably surfaced in the mind of the Archmage Lordren, causing him to tremble uncontrollably.

The Tower Pact binds the actions of wizards. No individual on the Wizarding Continent can ignore the punishment of the wizard's will and act recklessly, let alone use weapons of the level of war fortresses in the Wizarding World. This is the same as wizards above the Morning Star level not being allowed to have large-scale direct conflicts on the Wizarding Continent.

However, judging from this unknown force on the west coast, they seem to have never acted in a way that showed any concern for the will of the wizards. This was true of the "witchcraft" they used to destroy the water elementals before, and it was also true of them directly activating the "war fortress". All of these actions fit a nearly far-fetched hypothesis.

"By the will of the wizards... Could there really be a civilization foolish enough to attempt to invade the wizarding world?"

Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 772 Prelude

Regardless of whether the unknown forces on the west coast were invaders from another world civilization, after confirming their movements, the Archmage Lordren immediately transmitted the information to the Five Rings Tower.

Wizarding Continent, eastern coast.

Similar to the division between the core region of Wizarding Continent and the peripheral radiation zone of the west coast within the Wizarding World, Wizarding Continent, as the most central and important landmass in the entire Wizarding World, also has a similar internal division.

Among them, the Five Rings Tower on the eastern coast—the Bauhinia Wizard Tower, and its subordinate Bauhinia Wizard Academy are not remote and backward areas at all. In fact, they are already considered relatively powerful organizations on the Wizarding Continent. Otherwise, they would not have been able to launch an interdimensional war with the power of an academy.

It's important to understand that even though theoretically any wizard who reaches the Morning Star level can build wizard towers, construct war fortresses, and, with the blessing of a wizard's will, tear through the world's barriers to enter another world and wage war in another realm, there are probably only a handful of Morning Star wizards on the entire wizarding continent who can actually achieve this level.

Theory is theory, and practice is practice.

In most cases, wizards who have just stepped into Dawnstar on the Wizarding Continent spend all their resources on advancing from Archmage to Dawnstar Wizard. Let alone building war fortresses for interdimensional expeditions, they probably don't even have the resources to build a Wizard Tower. More often than not, newly promoted Dawnstar Wizards save themselves from bankruptcy by "working" for other wizards who have Wizard Towers or war fortresses. Only those Dawnstar Wizards who have worked for many years have the capital to establish a wizarding organization.

In such a situation, even more resources would be needed to advance the ranks of Moon Wizard, Sun Wizard, and even Holy Spirit Wizard. It's easy to imagine how many resources would ultimately be left to build Wizard Towers and War Fortresses.

For similar reasons, Charles, the dean of the Bauhinia Wizarding Academy and the master of the Five Rings Tower, was able to establish a wizarding tower on the Wizarding Continent with the strength of a mere Moon Wizard, leading the academy to grow into a powerful force capable of independently conducting expeditions to other realms. Even on a larger scale, this is quite rare on the entire Wizarding Continent. In fact, many wizards directly regard him as equivalent to the Sun-level wizards who stand at the pinnacle of the wizarding world. As for the even stronger Holy Spirit Wizards... the Wizarding Continent has not seen such a level of existence for three thousand years.

It's not that it didn't exist, but rather that it didn't "appear".

Even if beings of that level do nothing, their mere presence in the wizarding world would have a tremendous impact. Unless something major happens that even a Sun-level wizard cannot handle, those Holy Spirit wizards would never descend.

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After receiving intelligence from the High Wizard of Lordren on the West Coast, and after the Wizards Charles Moon and Dorrance Morningstar took the war fortress on an expedition to a foreign land, the only remaining Wizard of Morningstar, Yosafat, who was responsible for guarding the Wizard Tower, took it very seriously.

If the initial group of formal wizards who went to the West Coast to receive apprentices failed due to an "accident," then it's simply unacceptable that a team led by three archmages, based on the intelligence they provided, would still fail. Not to mention that Archmagus Lordren had mentioned that the West Coast possessed Morning Star-level power, as well as that floating island that also reminded him of the weapon "war fortress"...

Compared to the Archmage Lordren, Yosafat, as a Morning Star Wizard, had a deeper understanding of the civilization's heritage as a war fortress. Naturally, he wouldn't mistakenly believe that this thing was a variant of the "war fortress." After all, as a product of the wizarding world, no matter how its appearance changed, the layers upon layers of magical traces would inevitably remain. However, the floating island from the west coast did not have any magical traces at all, but instead had many ambiguous things.

However, even if it weren't a war fortress, its sheer size would be enough to make anyone with a brain not ignore it. After all, if this thing were to actually descend upon the top of the Five Rings Tower, the sheer force and power of its impact would be comparable to any Morning Star level sorcery.

The Morning Star Wizard Yosafat immediately made a judgment: this floating island must not be allowed to get close.

Since we can't let it get close, the only option is to sink it before it gets close.

"There's still half a month left."

Noticing the anomaly on the west coast, the Moonlit Wizard has accelerated the expedition to the otherworld as much as possible. However, no matter how fast it goes, it still takes time. This is the limit that the Moonlit Wizard can achieve. In half a month, the Moonlit Wizard will lead the main force of the Five Rings Tower back to provide assistance.

But before that, Yosafat had to rely on the wizard tower and the resident wizards to hold out for half a month.

"Is this a proactive move?"

Yosafat hesitated. If it were an ordinary opponent, there would be no need to worry. However, every time he came into contact with the unknown forces on the west coast, they would show stronger power. At first, he thought they could only threaten formal wizards, but later even Morning Star-level "magical attacks" appeared. This range was huge. Now, even units similar to war fortresses have appeared. If the battle continues, even Yosafat cannot guarantee what will happen.

Since the Moonlit Wizard will be able to return with reinforcements in half a month, the best course of action is to hold the position and rely on the Wizard Tower to hold out for half a month. However, the threat of the floating islands cannot be ignored. Otherwise, if the Wizard Tower is destroyed after all the hard work of waiting for the Tower Master to arrive, the Moonlit Wizard will probably not let him off the hook first.

Caught in this dilemma, the Morning Star Wizard, amplified by the magic of the Wizard Tower, noticed the anomaly on the western sea and realized he no longer needed to hesitate.

……

After three months of meditation, the wizard apprentice Holdana left his meditation chamber.

The first thing you see is still the towering wizard tower that reaches into the clouds. Its vertical height of over three thousand meters is nothing in the natural world, but it is a transformation of nature accomplished by wizards through their own great power. In the eyes of mortals, this is an absolute miracle.

"One day, I will also become one of those who create miracles."

He silently encouraged himself, knowing that as a mere second-level wizard apprentice, he was not yet qualified to enter the Five Rings Tower. He could simply acquire the resources he needed from the cities surrounding the tower.

As usual, Hordana went to the wizard trading market on the western coast and exchanged three magic stones—a special mineral containing mana—for the resources he needed. Just as he was about to return to continue meditating, he suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the trading market was a bit unusual.

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Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 773 Unease

After getting closer, Holdana easily overheard what was causing these wizards' anxiety—it wasn't something to hide; in fact, the Five Rings Tower had proactively notified every wizard to be prepared, so there was no need to conceal anything.

Even so, its contents were enough to astonish Holdana.

"Invaders on the west coast?"

As a mere second-level wizard apprentice, Holdana was far from qualified to contact other continents, but he was aware that the Wizarding Continent beneath his feet was the continent with the most wizards and was also the most powerful in the entire wizarding world. It was rumored that when other continents could not withstand the harassment and attacks of the sea races, it was the wizards of the Wizarding Continent who took action.

It was after that incident that the fact that Wizarding Continent was the center of the wizarding world became a universally acknowledged fact among every wizard, a fact that even Holdana, who had never been able to set foot on, was proud of.

However, now people from other continents dare to declare war on the most powerful continent in the wizarding world.

Even though it was only aimed at a five-ring tower instead of the entire Wizarding Continent, this "audacious" act still greatly surprised Holdana. Naturally, his first thought was not anything else, but how to use his current strength to join the war and seize enough resources for his advancement to a third-level wizard apprentice.

Like him, the anxious atmosphere among the wizarding apprentices was driven by their desire to join this unprecedented "war" in the history of the Five Rings Tower. However, compared to the official wizards within the tower, the number of spots that would ultimately fall to these peripheral apprentices was uncertain...

You have to understand, that's an academy war! It's the highest-reward mission that apprentices can access, aside from world invasions like inter-regional wars which peripheral apprentices have no right to participate in. They would definitely regret it if they just watched the opportunity slip away.

……

After learning some of the information, Hordana hurriedly returned to his stone chamber.

His magic stones were nearly depleted during meditation, and he needed to find a way to obtain them in large quantities quickly so he could continue his intensive training and experiments. The invasion of the West Coast had undoubtedly solved his immediate problem. However, unlike the other peripheral wizarding apprentices who were eager to join, Holdana first needed to find out exactly where the "Lower Coast" was, and what powerful wizarding forces dared to declare war on the Bauhinia Wizarding Academy, which housed two Morning Star wizards, one Radiant Moon wizard, a war fortress, and a standard five-ring wizarding tower.

Holdana was confident enough that with the Bauhinia Wizarding Academy's strength, which ranked among the top in the Wizarding Continent, there was no possibility of defeat. However, he, as a mere peripheral wizarding apprentice, was not so sure. Upholding the wisdom of a wizard, he had to first understand the enemy's situation.

……

Records about the West Coast on the Wizarding Continent are quite scarce, not because it is too mysterious, but because it is too remote. So remote that wizards are unwilling to delve too deeply into the records. Two short days were not enough for Hordana to learn more, and the biggest impression left behind was barrenness—a desolate land where even great wizards could hardly be born.

However, even if there were only first-level wizards and second-level wizards, it would still be quite dangerous for Hordana. If he faced them alone, he would definitely die. Under these circumstances, he suppressed his restless heart and watched as the wizard apprentices who originally lived around him signed up one after another, boarded ships, and disappeared into the endless sea to the east. He did not make any rash moves.

He needs more information to prepare.

……

Surprisingly, the scenario that Hordana feared—that the invaders on the lower coast would be defeated in a short time, thus depriving him of the opportunity to participate in the academy war and earn magic stones—did not occur. On the contrary, the opposite happened.

As the first and second batches of wizards embarked on their journey to the Endless Sea, the third batch of wizards also assembled at the call of the Five Rings Tower. Hordana, who had already made preparations, planned to go with this batch, but an anomaly prevented him from doing so.

Not only the wizard apprentice Holdana, but many wizards who noticed that none of the previous two groups of wizards had successfully returned gradually sobered up from the slightly fanatical atmosphere.

Despite facing invaders from a barren land like the Lower Coast, the rewards from the Five Rings Tower are excessively generous, even comparable to those from an alien expedition.

Moreover, the tasks assigned were rather strange; instead of the familiar tasks of annihilating enemies or capturing them as slaves, the tasks involved causing as much damage as possible to the target…

Six days after news of the approaching invaders from the west coast spread, and after the fifth group of wizards set out but none returned, a notification from the Five Rings Tower mission caused astonishment among all the wizards.

—Change the task and delay the process as much as possible.

No matter how unbelievable this may seem, numerous signs have clearly indicated one reality: the Fifth Ring Road Tower project has failed.

His restless heart instantly calmed down, even turning cold. Hordana began to doubt whether what he was seeing was an illusion, checking the revised mission again and again, each time arriving at the same conclusion.

The Tower's mission has evolved from eliminating targets at the beginning, to damaging them at the second time, and now to stalling for time. Each change means that the Tower's war objectives have been lowered, and now it no longer even hopes to defeat the enemy.

Under these circumstances, one can imagine what became of the first five groups of wizards...

Due to the change in mission objectives, and facing the sixth sea mission issued by the Five Rings Tower, the wizards, realizing that the situation was far from the optimistic fantasy, drastically reduced the number of people who signed up. In the end, less than a third of the number of wizards were gathered. The Five Rings Tower did not seem to be very persistent about this. After discovering that the number of wizards was lower than expected, they simply abandoned the sixth attack and sent the wizards back to remain vigilant.

Stay vigilant! (5) Be cautious and avoid complacency.

Sitting in the stone chamber, Hordana was somewhat restless. He couldn't enter a meditative state that he used to be able to do easily today, and he kept looking at the sea to the west.

He didn't know what he was worried about, but he just couldn't help doing it.

This behavior was repeated countless times until the black "iron bird" broke through the sea's blockade and completely descended upon the tower area.

Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 774 Cleansing

When the first "iron bird" appeared in his field of vision, Hordana thought it was his imagination. However, as more and more "iron birds" appeared and crashed into the magical barrier that had appeared at the edge of the Five Rings Tower domain, turning into flames, he was jolted awake.

This is war, and it has already begun.

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In the Earth's civilization of decades ago, drones, which were the mainstream of aerial warfare, could only be used as cannon fodder for probing and attrition. As flames erupted one after another on the magical barrier, a huge ring-shaped defensive field with an area of ​​more than 100 kilometers, centered on the Five Rings Tower, finally appeared in the command room of the space carrier Prometheus.

Around this massive defensive position model, many people hurried back and forth, exchanging only a few words here and there. Most of the time was spent transmitting the organized data to the required locations, as preparation for the actual assault later.

Within the crowd, a figure dressed in a long black robe stood out.

"A variant of the defensive stance."

"Yes, that's our assessment too, but the coverage and intensity are far beyond what we've encountered with other wizards before."

Whether it was a coincidence or because they had been in contact before, the person in charge of contacting Lin Yi during this operation was an "old acquaintance".

Pointing his fingertip at the top corner of the model, Zhang Longshao continued, "Based on the model of the protective field and the intensity comparison, there are more than 300 energy generation points, but the largest one is still at the very top—an area where a poster is located at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters."

"And this happens to be the top floor of the Bauhinia Wizard Tower. In addition, according to the records on the West Coast about the relationship between wizard towers and wizards, some powerful wizards can indeed use the 'mana' accumulated in the wizard tower to use magic far beyond their own level."

When deciding to launch a war against the Five Rings Tower, the expeditionary force made full preparations, not only in terms of military force, but also in terms of crucial intelligence. Relying solely on information from the West Coast might not be enough, but it shouldn't be as completely blind as it was two years ago when it first came into contact with the wizards.

"The First Fleet, the Fourth Fleet, and the Fifth Fleet will attack the Bauhinia Wizard Tower from 150 nautical miles away. If all goes well, we will use 1500 missiles to directly breach the Wizard Tower's defenses, and then Primecius will suppress the target position, striving to achieve the war objective before the Moon Wizard returns."

Zhang Longshao didn't say what to do after the failure, and Lin Yi didn't ask either.

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The sky near the coastline was ablaze with firelight, almost a continuous expanse of flames.

The Wizard Tower's defensive perimeter blocked the drones' charge, but it couldn't stop the transmitted heat and impact. When the outermost area collapsed and ignited amidst the violent tremors and high temperatures, even with their strong confidence in the Five Rings Tower, the wizards had to acknowledge a reality.

—The Wizard Tower was defeated.

The lower-ranking wizards were unaware of the struggles and sacrifices made by the upper-ranking wizards, but by the time they realized that war was upon them, they had no other choice.

The defensive perimeter of the Bauhinia Wizarding Tower was not only aimed at "intruders" trying to break in from the outside, but also at wizards and mortals inside who were trying to take advantage of the chaos to escape this place that was about to become a battlefield. After seeing two wizard apprentices who tried to break through the edge of the defensive perimeter turn into distorted shapes amidst their screams, the wizard apprentices who had a chill ran down their spines and gave up their last thought. They followed the official wizards who arrived late to the Wizarding Tower and, under their leadership, quickly suppressed the chaos.

Soon after, the Five Rings Tower officially revealed the reliable information to every wizard.

They need to hold out for a week. During this week, they need to use their mental energy to mobilize "mana" to replenish the energy of the Five Rings Tower in order to maintain the existence of the wide-area defense position.

A week later, the tower master of the Five Rings Tower—the great Radiant Moon Wizard—will lead the main force of the academy back to reinforce. At that time, it will no longer be a question of whether the Five Rings Tower can hold out, but whether the invaders can escape alive under the Radiant Moon Wizard's wrath.

It must be said that in this world where everyone yearns for the stronger, what a Radiant Moon Wizard can represent is not only his own energy, but also the recognition and centripetal force caused by his existence. As the news of the Radiant Moon Wizard's imminent return spread, the commotion among the lower-level wizards subsided in less than half an hour.

Witnessing this scene, Holdana breathed a sigh of relief and regained his confidence.

"...The Five Rings Tower has existed for over a thousand years; it's impossible for it to fail so easily."

While reaffirming his convictions, Holdana also felt ashamed of his earlier panic: "As a wizard, one should use calmness and wisdom as weapons. Being flustered like that will only hasten one's death!"

After recognizing his weaknesses, Wizard Holdana felt that the threshold to becoming a third-level wizard apprentice had loosened. Overjoyed, he was about to return to the stone chamber to break through when he noticed the anomaly in the sky.

As the "iron birds" fell one after another outside the Wizard Tower's protection, the attacks from the West Coast invaders ceased, and the sun and stars that revolved around the Wizarding World sank below the horizon.

As the night sky transitioned from dim to pitch black, Hordana spotted a streak of light, like a shooting star, streaking across the western sky—

No, it's not just one dish.

Following that first streak of fire, ten, a hundred, a thousand—

Mouths gaped open uncontrollably. Not only Hordana, but many other wizards who had also noticed the unusual sight in the western sky were equally shocked by this astonishing scene.