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The deep tolling of the bells echoed slowly within the tower until it disappeared completely. The wizards ceased their conversation and handed the floor to the five wizards seated at the very front. Unlike the wizards whose robes were adorned with stars and the moon, these five wizards wore robes decorated with the rising sun.
This is the Sun Wizard, the most powerful individual representing the entire Wizarding Continent in the absence of the Holy Spirit's descent.
"The first topic is the invasion of the Nightmare World."
"Of the five great lords claimed by the Nightmare World, three have already perished. Only the Black Heavenly Lord of the West and the Underworld Lord of the Central Region remain. However, the unique nature of spiritual beings gives them a high degree of immortality, so it is not yet possible to determine whether the three fallen lords are completely dead."
"Intensify the elimination of Black Heavenly Lord and Hades Lord, and destroy all the areas where they are active. Nightmare activities are based on dreams, and they will naturally disappear as long as there are no life forms capable of generating dreams."
"The second topic is the takeover of the Giant Spirit World."
"The branch of the Giant Spirit Clan has expressed its willingness to provide us with 50% of the new population each year through slave contracts."
“Tell it that less than 90% of wizards will not help it seize control of the giant race.”
"The third topic concerns the sea creatures..."
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In just a few words, the future and fate of worlds, races, and civilizations were decided by the wizards—whether to destroy, support, annihilate, or revive them. None of the wizards present were surprised by any of this; they simply accepted it calmly and fulfilled their role as judges of the fate of these alien civilizations and races.
then……
"The last topic is the Bauhinia Wizard Tower incident."
"It has been confirmed that alien invaders similar to the Nightmare Civilization have appeared on the West Coast. The vast majority of them are weak creatures without any power. Only one alien powerhouse, who is suspected of possessing power equivalent to the Sun-level, needs to be watched."
One of the five Sun Wizards at the head suddenly spoke up: "Meir Wizard, Gevner Wizard, Chahares Wizard, set off with the Level One Fortress. I will keep an eye on your surroundings. If that alien powerhouse truly possesses Sun-level power, I will personally deal with him."
After the three Moonlit Wizards readily accepted the task, the Tower Meeting came to an end.
"The Bauhinia Wizard Tower, I remember that was Charles's territory."
"Poor fellow, so stupid to die at the hands of such an opponent."
“Alright, Meir, don’t be careless. We all know Charles’s power. His ‘Ice Age’ is close to the Sun level. The one who can defeat and kill Charles is definitely not an ordinary opponent. Perhaps it is another unknown life form similar to the Nightmare Five.”
"Stay vigilant and never forget the roots of our strength."
"Calm down, and wise."
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The weather in the eastern sea area was rather gloomy that day.
"Level 7, leaning towards level 8, a storm is likely on the way."
As they retrieved the detector, the soldiers glanced down into the sea for a moment.
This is a habit that the expeditionary navy gradually developed after the emergence of the "sea creatures" and their large-scale attacks on the fleet. Unlike the azure navy that can move freely and flexibly on the sea surface, humans are able to move on the sea entirely by relying on this sluggish and cumbersome warship. The heavy metal hull certainly gives these "sea fortresses" strong defensive capabilities, but they inevitably feel a sense of constraint when facing attacks from the deep sea.
Fortunately, with the outbreak of the last East China Sea battle, a large number of sea creatures were captured and killed, and traces of these deep-sea creatures were not as frequent as before. In addition, the expeditionary force consciously strengthened the detection and early warning of underwater creatures, so there have been no reports of any ships being attacked and sunk in the past three months.
"They might already be extinct."
After entering another world through a portal, conflicts with the original inhabitants of that world in order to plunder resources have not only occurred, but have become the norm, often accompanied by war and death.
Some alien races that are willing to accept "transformation" are fine; even if it's for the sake of labor or "species diversity," they will still get some living space. But as for those stubborn ones... even species on Earth are disappearing at a rate of 75 per day. If they really anger people, who will care about the life or death of these alien creatures?
The name "terrifying upright ape" is well-deserved.
Just as they were about to return to report the possible formation of a storm, the soldiers suddenly noticed something unusual on the sea to the northeast.
"Note the two o'clock position."
The binoculars were aimed at the few blurry shadows that suddenly emerged from the sea in the distance. Just before they could see what they were, a violent tremor came from beneath their feet. Caught off guard, the soldier crashed into the guardrail on one side. If he hadn't instinctively grabbed on, he probably would have fallen into the sea.
"Look, what is that?"
"A mermaid?!"
Looking at the various gazes directed at her from the lower species aboard the metal warship before her, Delia was filled with impatience. Despite being forced to open her mouth by the "Sea Clan Contract" held by the three Moon-level wizards behind her, she was still compelled to do so.
Three minutes later, the command center on the west coast lost signal from the patrol ship. The last message it transmitted before disappearing into the sea was... a song.
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 803 The Mermaid's Song
"The Bauhinia shaman sought help from the sea creatures here."
With three war fortresses moved to the sea area not far from the west coast, out of respect for the suspected Sun-level alien powerhouse, the three Radiant Moon Wizards of the Tower Alliance did not immediately send the wizards in the fortresses to attack the west coast as if invading an alien realm. Instead, they stopped to gather information.
Meir's innate sorcery, Rewind, played a significant role. This sorcery is one of the few purely supportive sorcery spells in the wizarding world, and it was also the main reason why the Sun Wizard chose to have her accompany him.
Retrospection magic can use a certain piece of information as a key to collect residual traces of magic within a fixed range. In this sea area, Meir used retrospection magic to discover most of the actions taken by the three great wizards from the Bauhinia, including the sea creature contracts they carried and their use of the sea creatures' power to attack the metal warships.
Among these, what caught the wizards' attention was not the sea fortresses that the great wizards valued highly—during the long expeditions to foreign lands, the star wizards encountered things far beyond what the lower-level wizards could imagine. In the eyes of the great wizards, those metal warships were undoubtedly powerful weapons of war, but in the eyes of the star wizards, they were nothing more than that.
At least, any one of the three Moon Wizards present was confident enough to destroy and sink all the metal warships seen in the "Rewind" spell, and the attacks from those metal warships wouldn't even have a chance to get close to them, let alone harm the Star Wizards.
Compared to the weapons of the alien invaders on the west coast, what truly caught the attention of these three wizards were the sea creatures summoned by the sea creature contract.
"They only sent out the lowest-ranking sea creatures; not a single sea creature in the true sense appeared."
Gefner made no attempt to hide his displeasure: "These sea creatures are getting more and more restless."
"Perhaps the invasion of nightmares gave them an opportunity."
The grey-robed witch made no attempt to hide her schadenfreude, because a past experience had instilled in her a strong negative view of any creature more beautiful than herself. Unfortunately, every intelligent sea creature was a spirit born of the sea—a natural beauty.
Chahares interrupted the witch's urging: "We are only here for the West Coast and the Bauhinia incident. The sea creatures' affairs will naturally be decided by the will of the Sun Wizards."
The witch still seemed somewhat unwilling: "What if they treat the same way they treat the Bauhinia flowers?"
"Unless they want to perish, they won't be foolish enough to defy the will of the Tower Alliance."
Subsequent developments proved the wizard Chahares's judgment correct. Although the sea creatures' attitude was far from friendly, faced with three Moon-level wizards, three war fortresses, and the Tower Alliance behind them, even though they occupied 80% of the world's area and resources, the sea creatures still dared not disobey the wizards' will and had to obediently fulfill the "Sea Creature Contract," deploying a large number of mermaids, including Delia—true sea creatures, not those sea beasts that lacked even intelligence.
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The disappearance of the first patrol ship was like a signal. Then, under the bewildered and chaotic gazes of the command center, the maritime surveillance system that the expeditionary force had spent more than two years building in the eastern waters was shattered in less than half an hour. The attacked ships couldn't even get back what had happened.
Only snippets of singing were transmitted back and forth in the signal.
—Singing in a language they had never encountered before, and with melodies they had never heard before.
"The drones have been launched, and we have activated all the satellites, but due to the weather, we are unable to obtain more information. At present, everything happening on the sea is unknown, but it is highly likely to be related to the wizard."
Just as humans appreciate music, Lin Yi "appreciated" the "songs" transmitted back by the patrol ships before their signals disappeared. He seemed to realize something: "Mermaids."
"what?"
"A creature that lives in the deep sea should have legends about it on Earth."
He opened his mouth, then finally gave a look that was hard to tell whether to laugh or cry: "Sorry... I thought it really was just a legend..."
The sea, a mysterious song, a sunken ship.
When these three elements are combined, anyone with a basic understanding of "mermaid" culture on Earth will subconsciously associate it with mermaid legends. However, just as it is difficult to get materialistic humans to accept the existence of the idealistic "mana," it is still somewhat difficult to get these people to accept that mermaids are not just legends, but enemies that appear before them.
Of course, when faced with matters of great importance such as survival and death, difficulties of this magnitude can be overcome quickly.
Combining his experience of using the self-destructed war fortress to transfer to various worlds with the concepts of "wizards" and "mystery" with the current wizarding world, Lin Yi listed the information he had about the "sea race".
Compared to the mermaids in fairy tales who are basically useless except for their beautiful singing voices, the mermaids in the Wizarding World are undoubtedly high-end magical creatures. Putting aside everything else, the spiritual allure contained in their melodies is far beyond what ordinary humans can resist. It's no wonder that patrolling ships on the sea were wiped out before they could even transmit a single message; after all, they were already controlled by the pervasive singing before they could even begin to communicate.
In other words, the ability to interfere with the mind is lost in the process of converting electromagnetic waves into sound. Otherwise, even if they were hundreds of nautical miles apart, they would not be able to escape once they heard the songs of these mermaids.
None of those who have risen to their current position within the expeditionary force, which comprises most of Earth's elite forces, are fools. After hearing the information provided by Lin Yi, Zhang Longshao also realized the terrifying nature of these sea creatures. Thinking that he might have to fight against these mysterious species that can kill people invisibly with just their voices, his face turned pale.
On land, it's alright, but this is the sea. Even large sea monsters can't escape the heavy warships, let alone small and agile mermaids. Imagine a fleet sailing out to sea and being "sonically killed" by a mermaid that suddenly appears before it can even do anything. The scene would be too beautiful to describe.
However, whether it's fortunate or unfortunate, humans now possess the ability to block the mental interference from mermaids—forcing them to delve deeper into the battlefield.
"Using the skin of a gray leech, it can block the mental interference of the mermaid's song."
P.S.: Fourth update
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 804 Surge
The moment life steps out of the sea, this land that nurtures life forever loosens its embrace on those who depart.
On Earth, humanity has conquered mountains with perseverance, the land with sheer numbers, and the sky with technology—even setting its sights on the vast and unknown universe. Yet, humanity has still failed to "conquer" the ocean.
Even without considering its depth, its width and breadth alone are more than twice the area explored by humans, giving rise to an ocean world that even with today's 22nd-century Earth technology, it has not been fully explored.
So, let's turn our attention to the much larger wizarding world?
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Edbart harbored a deep-seated fear of the sea, a fear that remained unchanged even after he officially joined the expeditionary navy a decade earlier and spent ten years roaming the seas, whether turbulent or calm, vast or narrow.
Compared to the land where you can see the end, the sea is too deep, so deep that you can't see even a few meters below. And when you are above this deep and dark sea, you have no idea what is happening below.
Perhaps a shark happened to be swimming by while hunting?
Perhaps a few dolphins followed out of curiosity?
Or are they a group of soft-shelled fish forced to move by the undercurrents?
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But it could also be an octopus that rises from the deep sea, a behemoth capable of capsizing a ship, a terrifying creature capable of killing everyone on board!
Every ancient fantasy has its origin. Just like the legend of mermaids, the terror of the sea monsters is also recreated in the wizarding world. At the cost of two entire fleets and more than 60,000 people perishing at sea, it serves as a warning to people of the dangers lurking beneath the calm.
This time, it's my turn.
—That was the first thought that came to Edward's mind when he saw the large shadowy outline beneath the calm water.
Fortunately, not every naval soldier who becomes an expeditionary force suffers from thalassophobia. Rather, it is a rare case like Edward's. When the feedback from the sonar reached every corner of the warship, the soldiers, who were already prepared, quickly took action.
From above the deck, two enormous metal rods, each over fifty meters long, were slowly lowered into the sea by a crane. The terrifying creature emerging from the depths of the ocean ignored the two rods, simply slapping them aside—causing the ship to shake violently—before extending its long tentacles toward the ship's deck.
"pay close attention!"
The desperate shouts sounded so faint against the backdrop of the monstrous sea monster emerging from the ocean. They were drowned out by the deafening crash of the sea before they could travel even five meters. Waves tens of meters high swept over the deck, and some of the soldiers were swept to the surface by the surging water, disappearing completely in less than a second.
Taking advantage of this brief moment, Edward saw the terrifying creature emerging from the sea.
This is a deformed creature with a shark-like head, but wielding dozens of tentacles covered with sharp teeth. What is particularly terrifying is its size; the part exposed above the sea surface alone is over two hundred meters long—almost the length of this warship, not to mention the part underwater.
With just one glance, Edward was certain that this was not a creature that could have originated from nature, but a twisted creature created by some twisted race for some twisted purpose.
At this moment, its purpose is to destroy the warship, along with all the lives on it.
"put!"
On the gloomy sea surface, a bright white electric light suddenly ignited, spreading outwards from the center of two "metal rods" that were connected at one end to the crane and at the other end to the sea surface, flanked by a blue "halo".
A voltage of up to 200 million volts spread along the seawater into the sea monster's body. Accompanied by a shrill howl, the seawater-soaked skin turned black at a visible speed, and finally fell silent.
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War fortress.
Observing the sea monster gradually sinking into the sea in the distance, Gefner's eyes showed a hint of surprise: "A peculiar weapon. There is no trace of the release of witchcraft, yet it can generate such powerful energy. The energy level released in just one instant is already comparable to the third-circle witchcraft of some great wizards."
"If it's a great wizard, killing a sea beast that's not even at the first rank wouldn't be that difficult."
Chahares ignored the debate between the wizards Meir and Gaffner: "It can be basically confirmed that the power these alien invaders possess is limited to 'shaping' and 'form.' In contrast, their attainments in the realms of 'spirit' and 'soul' are quite weak, so much so that they have to resort to this most extreme method of destroying the bodies of the sea monsters to kill them, rather than directly crushing their fragile souls with witchcraft."
"Incredibly, even the faint sea creature songs had a complete effect on them... I really can't figure out how the Bauhinia failed. Such a civilization, I could easily destroy three of them with just my Griffin Wizard Tower, not to mention Charles's Bauhinia Wizard Tower. Although that guy is annoying, it is undeniable that his 'Ice Age' does possess some of the power of a Sun-level wizard."
"The key point is how this civilization could produce a Sun-level powerhouse. You should know that in any given era, the number of Sun-level wizards that the wizarding world can produce will not exceed ten."
"...Perhaps we should take the initiative to test the waters. Even if something unexpected happens, there is a Sun of the Tower Alliance watching us."
Gefner's suggestion was immediately accepted by the other two Moon Wizards. Originally, when faced with a foreign powerhouse who was suspected to be at the Sun level, these three Moon Wizards maintained the highest level of caution. Even though each of them had a war fortress that was equivalent to a "mobile wizard tower", they did not dare to easily set foot on the west coast. Instead, they drove the sea creatures forward.
However, judging from the current situation, although this civilization that has invaded the wizarding world has shown some impressive abilities, it is still far from enough to pose a threat to the wizarding world.
How then did a being of the Sun-level emerge from this situation?
Could the way that a weak civilization gives birth to a Sun-level being be reproduced within a wizarding civilization?
Driven by a mixture of curiosity and greed, the three Moonlit Wizards launched their operation in perfect unison.
Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 805 The Law of the Jungle
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