Chapter 753: Representative In Negotiation
The war between the Magus World and the Verdant Wilderness World concluded sooner than anticipated.
In fact, there was no direct significant conflict between Magus World and the native creatures of Verdant Wilderness World.
After crafting the Hexagram Sealing Array, the six demigod-level mages from the Magus Civilization merely restrained the Rank Four Verdant Wilderness God without attempting to kill or destroy it.
The divine towers of the Magus Civilization did not make things difficult for the large white gurdian bird either.
When Magus Civilization successfully conquered a plane, the guardian of that world would usually be decapitated.
The guardian’s death could rapidly weaken the planar laws on a large scale, typically resulting in the withering of the planar will.
Hence, the several divine towers from the Magus World seemed to be protecting the guardian of Verdant Wilderness World rather than harming it.
That was indeed the case.
For the sake of higher strategic goals, Magus World needed to harness the power of these native creatures from Verdant Wilderness World.
During the second week of the war in Lush Verdant Forest, the day after the completion of the giant hexagram array at the forest’s heart, Sein was summoned by the divine towers’ joint operations command center.
This joint operations command center, formed by the four divine towers, held authority not only over the battlefield of Lush Verdant Forest but also over the Twilight Forest where Bernice was stationed.
When Sein arrived at the heart of the forest, he found more than ten demigod-level mages gathered there, the majority being Rank Three grand mages.
In this assembly of high-ranking mages, each wielding astonishing elemental power, Sein might not have stood out as a Rank Two mage, but no one dared to underestimate him. This was not only due to his status as an apprentice to a tower master but also for another reason.
“What? That guardian appointed me to negotiate on behalf of the Magus World’s divine towers?”
Sein was stunned.
At this moment, the mage who appeared before Sein was a middle-aged man named Stefano.
He had curly red hair, wore a magic robe pulsing with a strong pyro element, and wielded a magic rod that impressed even an alchemist like Sein.
At least, the head of his magic rod was no inferior in quality to those of Sein’s latest two magic rods!
The Magus World was indeed teeming with talent!
Among the demigod-level mages, Master Stefano was recognized as a true genius and a top-tier pyromancer expert.
Before Andres and Holfson stepped down as the deans of the Divine Tower of Verdant Flame Academy, Master Stefano was said to be the strongest among the three.
What made this pyromancer superior to two apprentices of a Rank Six mage?
In the Astral Realm, life forms of Rank Four and above were referred to as “Gods”.
Within certain circles around the Divine Tower of Verdant Flame, Master Stefano was revered as “the mage closest to the Gods”—a title indicating that achieving Rank Four would be a breeze for him.
Incredibly, while Master Stefano already possessed the potential to advance to Rank Four with a high success rate, he chose to suppress his own progression.
According to his own words, he needed more time to settle and accumulate knowledge.
There was no doubt that Master Stefano was an imposing mage with a terrifying talent for magic!
Both Andres and Holfson failed to break through to Rank Four, severely traumatizing their souls.
Not long ago, they had resigned from their positions as deans of the Divine Tower of Verdant Flame Academy and were likely healing their souls in the Magus World for now.
Only their apprentices and grand apprentices participated in the ongoing Verdant Wilderness World War.
Considering the condition of the two former deans, it seemed unlikely they would attempt to ascend to Rank Four again.
Sein even wondered how many more years they could live with their bodies weakened and souls burdened.
Master Stefano, with his formidable presence, definitely held the most significant authority within the Lush Verdant Forest’s joint operations command center.
In fact, before departing, Feylis had also granted him the highest command authority—a role typically reserved for Master Andres, but unfortunately, circumstances had changed.
This peak demigod-level mage’s profound pyro elemental aura caused Sein to look up.
But after meeting him, Sein found that Master Stefano was surprisingly easygoing, lacking the expected fierceness of a hot flame.
Similarly, although Sein wielded the incomparably powerful Verdant Flame, he typically exuded a cold and aloof aura.
The elemental energy a mage possessed did not necessarily reflect their true nature.
On their first meeting, Sein and Master Stefano both had a favorable impression of each other.
In Master Stefano’s eyes, Sein was a cool-headed and respectful junior mage.
Given Sein’s attitude, even Stefano was willing to accept a mage like him as an apprentice.
“I have no idea why the guardian wants you to participate in the negotiation. Since you are Master Lorianne’s apprentice, I guess I can be transparent with you on some matters,” Master Stefano said inside the magic tower’s conference hall.
“To execute the war plan against the medium-sized world civilization known as the Wild Gorilla World, we need to ally ourselves with the native creatures of Verdant Wilderness World.
“The Tower Master is still doing her best to keep the space-time rift in the northern part of the world open, but the creatures on the other side of the rift seem to have realized the situation and they’re doing everything they can to close it. Only by using the power of Verdant Wilderness World can we successfully maintain that space-time rift until we can send the Magus Civilization’s combat legions through it.
“Since this may involve depleting the origin energy of the entire Verdant Wilderness World, negotiating with the native creatures and the guardian of this world is challenging. We have promised to adequately compensate this low-level plane after the war and integrate them into the Magus Alliance, but they still show significant distrust toward us.”
Master Stefano sighed.
“I see.” Sein nodded in realization.
“I am willing to represent the four divine towers of Magus World in this negotiation with the native powerhouses of Verdant Wilderness World, but I need to know what the Magus World’s bottom line is first,” he said, looking Master Stefano directly in the eye.
“Of course. I can tell that you right now... In fact, whatever the native creatures of Verdant Wilderness World demand, we will fulfill.”
“Of course, I can tell you right now the bottom line that our four divine towers can handle...” Stefano began.
“In fact, no matter what demands the native creatures of Verdant Wilderness World make, we are prepared to meet them. Once this war commences, it will no longer be a matter concerning just our four divine towers, but rather it will involve at least hundreds of divine towers and orders of knights.
“At that point, the financial burden of the war will not fall solely on our four divine towers but will be distributed among all participating forces from Magus World. I’m confident that we’ll be able to satisfy the appetite of a low-level plane without issue.”