Chapter 328: Inverted Mental Imagery
“Turin, one cannot have any mercy for mortals who research all sorts of strange knowledge. That is often the root of blasphemy. Only ignorance can make blasphemy dissipate.”
Turin listened to Karim’s teachings, nodding vigorously. Clenching his hands tightly, he said, “Our glory originates from our bloodline, not knowledge. All knowledge is the whisper of the devil!”
Karim patted Turin’s shoulder with satisfaction and laughed heartily, “This time you will act with us. Young people must experience some iron and blood to grow. Of course, don’t rush to the very front; act according to your ability. Alright, go back and pack first.”
Turin nodded, turned, and left. For some reason, he remembered her—that girl with a beautiful smile—and what she said the first time she taught him magical common knowledge.
“I hope my descendants can live in a more enlightened era. I hope everyone has the opportunity to gain supernatural power. I hope we compete in knowledge and wisdom, not talents bestowed by gods.
“I hope people with the power of thought will strive to explore the truth of the world, drive the common development of all humanity, and achieve true great prosperity.
“The great Lord Torch-bearer said that such an era should come, and such an era will inevitably arrive. I also firmly believe that one day in the future, whether God-descendants or mortals, we can all coexist harmoniously.”
The girl’s voice was somewhat hoarse. For some reason, it struck directly at Turin’s heart. He suddenly felt the urge to cry.
“When you want to cry, close your eyes, otherwise others will laugh at you.”
That hoarse voice rang out again. Turin closed his eyes tightly and sighed softly.
He had made up his mind…
“Is it betraying my origin or betraying my beliefs? Without a doubt, someone has to betray their origin. Why can’t it be me?”
Turin murmured in his heart. The ring on his finger glowed slightly, and a magical signal was quietly sent out.
One day later, the magical signal arrived at the High Tower Territory after being relayed several times.
Daina looked at the message, her white teeth unconsciously biting her lower lip, and said to Ollie and Arno:
“Excellency Ancestar has already discovered traces of demons. According to investigation and interrogation, the demons likely have discovered us and may be moving north. Coupled with the Punisher Organization moving south, it’s… its very bad. If Lord Ace doesn’t return, I’m afraid we must evacuate!”
Ollie held Arno’s hand and said softly, “The key problem now is that our retreat route isn’t ready. Even if the Magic Ship is upgraded and modified again, it’s impossible to transfer all nearly 70,000 people in the territory.”
Arno rubbed his hair and said with a distressed expression, “I don’t know how to handle it either. But wherever effort is needed, I am duty-bound. Even if I sacrifice my life, I must protect everyone and protect you, Ollie!”
Ollie squeezed Arno’s hand firmly and said, “Brother Arno! You are not allowed to talk like that. Everyone must be save…”
Daina looked at the sweet appearance of the two, she’s getting stuffed with dog food out of nowhere.
Thinking of Ace, who was addicted to research, her envious heart felt like it was breaking.
She gently clutched the pendant Ace gave her and murmured softly, “Lord Ace, please come back quickly.”
Finally, in Ancestar’s absence, the remaining six decided to put all efforts into constructing the Magic Ship, deploying massive defensive facilities throughout the city, and urgently dispatching part of the magical population to enemy-occupied areas and the New Continent in advance.
Betty said in a somewhat sharp voice:
“We cannot wait for Lord Ace any longer. We must act immediately. If the destruction of the High Tower is inevitable, we must at least scatter the tinder across the New and Old Continents.
“The fire of magic will never be extinguished. Countless new bearers will hold the torch high. Our wizards civillization will surely rise!”
Daina frowned and said, “Don’t be so pessimistic. Lord Ace said that a prepared wizard is almost invincible among the same rank. We need to prepare with both hands—set traps and find every way to lure the enemy into the traps to destroy them, while evacuating the tinder and magical knowledge first.”
Betty thought for a while and finally nodded, “We will split up. Arno will observe the Marauder’s Map here. Polina, Caruso, and I will modify the Magic Ship. Daina and Ollie are free to deploy all Advanced Wizard Apprentices to manufacture magic traps!”
Arno rarely added, “Advanced Knight Squires will go to the south to bolster the front line. If necessary, Melancholy Uncle will lead the team to block the possibly invading demons.”
An hour later, Donna received the order from the Council of Seven to lead all Advanced Knight Squires to the southern front line.
Riding a Winged Gale Horse, Donna gathered all the Advanced Knight Squires.
Wearing full-body magic armor and holding a magic lance, she gave a valiant speech to the Advanced Knight Squires:
“The High Tower Territory has reached a moment of crisis. This is exactly the time for us Knights to dedicate ourselves. The light of virtue lasts forever, the knight’s spirit lasts forever, the High Tower Territory lasts forever! All Advanced Knight Squires, please follow me to support the south and resist the demons!”
A total of sixty-eight Advanced Knight Squires, wearing full-body magic armor like Donna, raised their lances and roared, “For the High Tower! for virtue!”
After bidding farewell to Nightlight City, a total of sixty-nine Advanced Knight Squires all headed to the southern front line, near Mt. Baal.
Daina and Ollie began to deploy large-scale magic traps using various alchemical creations, while Betty also started intense upgrade work on her side. Each one of them worked hard for the future of the High Tower Territory.
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Outside, Pocket World.
Ace’s Divine Kingdom had eroded most of the World Origin share. The sleeping World Consciousness shrank in a corner of the “Source,” stubbornly guarding the bottom line of control over the world.
He consumed the origin to deduce Shadow and Necromancy. This consumed almost half of the Origin Power controlled by Ace. What was deduced was not just Shadow and Necromancy, but also the creation of an existence in the Pocket World similar to the Inverted World of the Main Material Plane: the Pocket World Inverted Reflection.
In this reflection, large numbers of shadow creatures and undead bred. Ace witnessed with his own eyes how the undead and shadow creatures of a world were born.
It turned out that living beings always died in the world, and shadows accumulated. This negative energy would constantly pile up at the bottom of the world. This accumulation was both a burden and an opportunity.
When Ace consumed Origin Power to create the Shadow Rules and Necromancy Rules, he actually further connected with the Negative Energy Laws, perfecting negative energy and constructing an extremely complex Spell Model.
In the Pocket World, this Spell Model manifested directly, transforming all the dark negative energy accumulation of the entire Pocket World!
In this moment, Ace received a new blessing. The support of Shadow and Undead tipped the scales in his favor.
In Ace’s Mental Imagery World, the composite Spell Model of three Rune structures—Shadow, Necromancy, and Negative Energy—descended, instantly creating an Inverted world within the Mental Imagery World.
(End of this chapter)
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