Chapter 498: Preparation
Thoth did not know Ace’s mental activity. He said to Ace:
“Now, rouse your spirits for defense. There is a Demon Lord in the north; that is a matter for the Five Northern City-States. The one in the south is Dorkabach’s projection. We must be vigilant!
“I am currently at a critical moment of promotion and cannot take action. If the opponent arrives, you must stall them. Wait until I advance to True God status; I can briefly stay in the Inner World. At that time, whether it is demons or devils, we can purge them all together!”
Ace looked at Thoth’s expression and felt slightly relieved. He nodded: “I will do my best.”
Thoth’s clone faded away slowly. Ace then entered the “Fantasia” dream world and announced that the entire city-state had entered the highest state of combat readiness.
All Dreamwalkers detached from the “Fantasia” world. Some saw the “Emergency Notice,” while others returned to reality with confused faces.
But regardless of their state, they all heard Ace’s voice through the dream mist omnipresent in the city-state.
“Wizards, Warlocks, Knights, Warriors, and God-descendants of Thoth City-State, I believe you have already felt that chaos and evil, seemingly substantial. Two Demon Lords have descended on the Salia Region. We must enter a state of combat readiness immediately!
“Everyone, head to the Civic Square immediately to assemble and obey commands.”
At the same time, all existences above Level 2 in the High Tower Territory arrived at the top of the High Tower outside the city.
Bayen, Logan, Betty, Olli, Arno, Polina, Caruso, Warren, and the Lich Witte—a total of eight Level 2 Wizards and one Great Knight. The Undead Knight Ancestor had long gone out to travel, his whereabouts unknown.
The nine people sat around a round table with anxious expressions. Their eyes met, but no one spoke.
Just then, mana pulsed, and space distorted slightly. Ace’s figure appeared on the main seat. Everyone hurriedly stood up to greet Ace.
Ace waved his hand slightly and said: “No need to stick to etiquette. The situation is critical now; I’ll keep it short.”
He snapped his fingers, and dense sealing and isolation runes appeared, completely isolating this place.
“Our world has encountered an unprecedented great change and crisis. Another world has appeared beside the Kaya World. And at this juncture, two Demon Lords suddenly descended on Salia, while demons and devils are also active frantically throughout the Inner World.
“The Abyss Projection Area closest to us should also have a Demon Lord-level existence. Its movements are very important.
“Even if It prioritizes attacking the south, we still have to consider whether High Demons (Legendary) will invade our place.”
Hearing Ace’s words, the expressions of the nine people changed drastically. A huge world-level crisis had actually appeared. The impact of this was immeasurable.
Bayen calmed his mind and stroked his short beard: “Regarding the crisis between worlds, our current judgment is still too low. We need more time to collect more information. But this is not the most urgent matter. That Demon Lord-level existence in the south is what we should be most worried about right now.
“If possible, perhaps we should transfer some of the seeds to prevent the worst-case scenario.”
Betty also said: “This is Thoth City-State. I wonder if the Guardian God, Holiness Thoth, has any divine decree?”
Ace replied: “Holiness Thoth is at an important moment. Once He crosses it, He might achieve True God status and be able to stay briefly in the Inner World, easily suppressing all foreign enemies in Salia.”
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They discussed for a while and finally decided to evacuate some seeds first and activate the defense facilities of the entire city-state. Bayen led the wizards of the Astrology School to monitor the south using high-precision telescopes to guard against contingencies.
Ace looked at everyone. Dream mist swirled in his hand, and the phantom of the shelter gradually appeared.
“A year ago, I established a shelter in a remote place in the Outer World. I thought it wouldn’t be activated so soon. Now, we will immediately set up a teleportation array to send a batch of Official Wizards and wizard apprentices to the shelter—Syracur!”
Listening to Ace’s words, everyone was stunned. Caruso, in particular, had pioneered in Syracur. Over nearly ten years in the dream world, that once barren and savage land had become quite prosperous.
Caroso couldn’t help asking: “Lord Ace, what is the relationship between the Syracur you mentioned and the Syracur we pioneered in the dream world?”
Ace smiled mysteriously: “Just as you think in your heart, there is only one Syracur—the one you pioneered in the dream.”
Caroso’s breathing became somewhat rapid. He didn’t expect the dream city built from scratch to be real. This sense of dislocation made him a bit at a loss, and he couldn’t help asking: “If we live in Syracur, will the time flow also be ten times faster?”
Ace shook his head and answered: “Unfortunately, only in the state of dream consciousness bodies can you accelerate. The so-called time flow acceleration actually doesn’t truly touch the Law of Time, but uses the method of dreams to trick the perception.”
Ace didn’t explain too carefully. In fact, he wanted to turn the fake into the real in the dream, but time-related runes were too complex, and Ace had not yet created a Legendary-level Time Spell.
The entire city-state moved quickly. Thousands of young seeds were sent to the shelter in the Outer World—Syracur. This was a magical city where countless consciousness-derived dream creatures with physical bodies lived.
Most of these dream creatures were humans—specifically, false dream humans from the “Fantasia” dream world.
Although false, they still undertook the vast majority of basic work. Apart from them, this city was a pure wizard city, a magic city. There was no one else but wizards.
The ordinary people of Thoth City-State were settled in underground emergency shelters. The magic defense facilities of the entire city-state were raised to the highest level.
A large number of wizard apprentices and Official Wizards risked their lives to go near the southern Abyss Projection, setting up warning magic. Official Wizard Luther was one of them. His expression was somewhat desolate, even somewhat lonely and powerless.
It wasn’t that Luther feared the Abyss, nor that he feared danger. It was because he heard news that Demon Lord Arason had descended on the northern city-state of Milne and destroyed the entire city of Milne.
His parents and younger sister were likely in Milne. This news made him very depressed.
“I was clearly going to the north next month. I have already advanced to an Official Wizard and specialized in sensory magic and prophecy magic. Why? These damn demons destroyed a city so easily.”
Luther’s mood couldn’t calm down for a long time. The only thing that could comfort him was prophecy. He divined the life and death of his relatives, but the prophecy was “Unknown.”
“There is always a possibility. Maybe they are still alive.”
Luther murmured, beginning to carefully set up warning magic.
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