The First Magic World War

Chapter 529: 495, Tony Stark Town has completed Maze-ification.

Chapter 529: 495, Tony Stark Town has completed Maze-ification.

With the procurement officer from Mecklen’s fleet making purchases on the island, the mood of the residents of Aegean Island finally eased.

After all, people who spend money to buy things aren’t too scary.

It’s people who don’t spend money, nor want to buy anything, that are truly terrifying.

Charles, along with Andreas and Agon, took a walk around the port.

The natural terrain of the port was quite favorable, even capable of accommodating huge warships like the Dolmabahçe Number.

However, since not many ships traveled between the New and Old Continents, its scale wasn’t large—it utilized only part of the terrain to construct a dry dock that could berth at most ten ships at a time.

The port wasn’t bustling, even fishing boats were sparse, hardly comparable to the ports of Fars and Inglima, and didn’t even match up to Cappadocia’s.

After turning around for a while, Charlotte suggested they take a tour through a few other small towns.

Temple Robin had a chat with Charlotte and Andreas and grew quite fond of them.

Charlotte’s speech and manners carried a hint of mystery, Andreas was a noble-born gentleman with an outstanding temperament, and although Agon hardly spoke, he seemed to have depth and astuteness.

Temple Robin now firmly believed that they had not come to conquer Aegean Island.

He recalled the Ghost Ships and his curiosity was piqued.

He asked, “There’s something I’m very curious about, though I’m not sure if I should ask.

How did your fleet come to have so many Ghost Ships?”

The Legendary Warship was powerful, but it wasn’t as terrifying as hundreds of Ghost Ships.

Charlotte smiled faintly and said, “My fleet didn’t originally have such things.

Not long ago, we encountered a Ghost Fleet and fought them.

These Ghost Ships are my spoils of war.”

Temple Robin was astounded for a moment.

He wavered between the two options, controlling hundreds of Ghost Ships or defeating a Ghost Fleet, and finally settled on the latter as the more believable of the two, though it was still hard to comprehend, it was a bit more comforting for the living.

He also didn’t want to think that outside Aegean Island, hidden within the fleet, there could be something like an Undead Lord.

In the eyes of ordinary people, such a creature was hardly distinguishable from the Evil God.

Temple Robin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, “Your fleet is just too powerful.”

Charlotte gave a slight smile and replied, “I think so too.”

Temple Robin’s curiosity stirred again; he wanted to know exactly what Charlotte’s purpose was.

After all, such a powerful fleet could destroy a medium-sized country.

In the end, though, he tactfully refrained from asking.

His previous curiosity had been life-threatening; this new curiosity was purely that.

He didn’t want to anger Charlotte, despite the “Clerk Chief’s” harmless appearance.

Temple Robin took the trio to the town of Tony Stack.

Upon setting foot in this small town, Charlotte knew someone had already ‘maze-ified’ it.

Ordinary people could not detect ‘maze-ification.’ Originally, Baron Leo hadn’t noticed anything amiss with Machu Picchu, but at High level, or Sacred level, a city that had been ‘maze-ified’ could no longer hide from their spirituality.

Not only was Charlotte a High level, but having faced the Evil God, as well as the True God, his spirituality was several times stronger than that of a typical High level, and he was someone who had mastered Labyrinth Power.

The ‘maze-ification’ technique used in Tony Stack was rather crude, so it certainly couldn’t deceive him.

Charlotte could even sense that Maze Town was not nearly as complex as the first time he ‘maze-ified’ Machu Picchu; he even suspected that the “owner” of the town probably only had the trivial skill of making people “get lost.”

In his eyes, Maze Town was full of holes.

Charlotte even tried to let Labyrinth Power seep into the town and encountered almost no resistance—much like a girl, playing hard to get, not putting up much of a fight against an unwelcome suitor.

The people of this small town were somewhat calmer than those of other towns.

Although some had hidden away, there were already people walking about on the streets.

As they caught sight of Charles and his party from afar, they looked on with curiosity.

With a warm smile, Charles even greeted these townspeople.

He said apologetically to Temple Robin, “I’m so sorry for bringing such panic to the island.

How about I send people over tonight to hold a party?

We’ll take care of the drinks and food, and all the island inhabitants can join in to relax the tense atmosphere.

What do you think?”

Temple Robin hesitated for a moment but eventually agreed.

After making his way around Tonystark Town and finding an excuse not to continue to the other five towns, Charles, along with Andreas and Agon, left the harbor and returned to the Holy Light Divine State Title ship.

Charles said to Andreas, “Tonight, you’ll take two hundred Great Act Devils to hold a grand ball with the residents of Aegean Island.”

Unable to help himself, Andreas burst out, “Is it necessary to care about these island inhabitants?

Most of them are ordinary people and of no help to us.”

Charles smiled and replied, “I know they are ordinary people, which is why I just want to pacify them, because of the panic we’ve caused.”

“Moreover, the previous labyrinths were all too difficult, and I have a feeling that the fifth one won’t be that simple either.”

“I’m already trying to maze-ify Tonystark Town, and I believe we will soon get a response.”

“I look forward to the transformation of this small town…”

The words had barely left Charles’s mouth when his face turned to one of embarrassment.

Agon had been silent all this while, but now he asked out of curiosity, “What’s the matter?”

Looking sheepish, Charles answered, “The maze-ification just finished.”

Charles climbed up to the highest deck and looked out toward Aegean Island, utterly baffled.

The first four labyrinths, one tougher than the last, had encountered the Isemeren Palace and the thousands-strong Ghost Fleet by the third Labyrinth, and the fourth labyrinth had trapped him for over a month.

Charles had thought that the fifth labyrinth would also have some hidden peril.

Yet, to his surprise, all he had done was to stealthily test the waters, trying to probe further changes in the labyrinth.

But now, the feedback he received was — Tonystark Town had completed its transformation into a maze.

This matter…

How could it be?

Andreas joined him at the ship’s deck and asked, “Are we still hosting the soirée tonight?”

Hesitating for a moment, Charles replied, “Let’s continue with it!”

“I always feel that this labyrinth won’t be that simple.”

“Perhaps it’s waiting for me to let down my guard before it reveals some bizarre transformation.”

When night fell, hundreds of sailors and Great Act Devils went ashore to Aegean Island for the bonfire soirée with the island’s inhabitants.

Initially, the islanders were quite wary, but when they saw the Great Act Devils, whose beauty was unlike that of humankind, all reservations vanished, and nearly every young man on the island swarmed out…