Transcendent Dawn

ꨡ[6Ba~oAs7: Chapter 0797: Rupture Chapter 797: Chapter 0797: Rupture In the year 253 of the Empire, the third and fourth Acute Angle Monuments were consecutively discovered.

In the same year, Tacro was promoted to a Level Five Mage.

The fourth layer of the Magic Net was subsequently perfected.

Under Ilya’s guidance, mages greatly improved their powers.

Magic academies sprung up throughout the continent, and all nobles and common people; humans and beastmen; were honoured to become mages.

A great number of magic apprentices began to emerge, and with their meditative spiritual power, the development and perfection of the Magic Net was greatly accelerated.

However, the construction of the fifth layer of the Magic Net, representing the ‘Forbidden Curse’ level, was not so simple.

By the year 256 of the Empire, a significant breakthrough in archaeology was made public.

After a great deal of effort from a large number of people, the mages finally located the capital of the Insect Clan; a city submerged in shallow seawater.

A few days later, two great mages challenged the sea and parted thousands of tons of water to let the city, which had been submerged under the shifting landscape of the ocean, see the light of day once more.

The emergence of this ruin meant a great deal to the development of the Magic Net.

A total of six Acute Angle Monuments were excavated.

These treasures of the mages instantly became the best guide to construct the fifth layer of the Magic Net.

Furthermore, the mages interpreted some unthinkable magic and alchemy techniques from it.

Such as…the Floating City!

“Powered by the fifth layer of the Magic Net!

Mages can completely build a giant Mage Tower flying in the sky…

it will be a city only for mages!”

Ilya excitedly declared at the mages’ meeting and firmly put it into action.

By the year 260 of the Empire, the fifth layer of the Magic Net was established.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, the massive Floating City had already entered its final construction phase.

The base of it is a mountain peak, which was cut in half by magic and then inverted.

On the smooth cut surface, a magical city was built.

Of course, at this point, it was still on the ground, waiting for Ilya to conduct the final ‘Ascension’ ritual.

Even so, its towering size and elevated view of the city still overlooked the nearby Imperial Capital.

The mages raced to spread the news, all of them incredibly excited.

The nobility and the Super String Warriors, however, looked gloomy.

They had a vague feeling that a new era was about to dawn!

…

Inside the Imperial Palace.

Emperor Chastain was now a white-haired old man.

But today, he was still dressed in his splendid robes, his hair meticulously groomed.

“My dear, does this necklace look good on me?”

The Empress, Lindsay, walked in wearing a mage robe.

Thanks to the use of magic potions, her face still looked youthful.

She appeared only middle-aged.

Standing beside Emperor Chastain, she looked more like a father and daughter.

“You are still so beautiful…”

Chastain looked at Lindsay, his gaze complex.

He then clapped his hands and two cups of fine wine were served.

“You’ve recently taken a liking to a champagne from the south – Mary’s Sigh, haven’t you?

I have built a royal vineyard especially for it.

Why don’t you try the champagne it produces.”

“Oh?”

Lindsay’s eyes lit up, “Perhaps we can use this for the banquets afterward…”

She took the wine glass and took a sip, “Hmm, the taste is very good, I like it very much.”

“I’m glad you like it…”

Chastain’s gaze turned cold, and he clapped his hands.

The magic symbols representing ‘isolation’ suddenly lit up around him.

“Huh?”

Lindsay’s expression changed, and immediately, she felt two hot streams flowing down from her nose.

She wiped it off, it was blood.

“Poison can assassinate the first generation Heroic Human King but cannot assassinate a legend.

Thanks to the magicians, they can purify this deadly poison for legends…”

Chastain’s eyes were cold: “The Level four mage is, of course, even less of a problem.”

“Your Majesty…

do you want to go to war with mages?” Lindsay’s body was already numb, but her strong spirit was still supporting her to speak.

She looked at the man next to the pillow, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Chastain said indifferently: “I don’t want to start a war with mages, but your teacher, she has always been pushing me!

There’s already people calling her the Magic King…

Also, they want to establish a city belonging only to mages, so what’s the next step, should it be renamed ‘The Great Magic Emperor’?

Where does she put me, my empire, and the nobles, including the Super String Warriors?”

“You will be destroyed…”

Lindsay couldn’t hate anymore, she slumped down.

“If that is the fate of the empire, I choose to accept it!”

Chastain looked at the dead Lindsay, wiping the corner of his eyes.

“Your Majesty, we should act now!”

At this time, two men appeared behind him, both were Super String Warriors, and legends!

Ever since he was forced to let Ilya view the first Acute Angle Monument, Emperor Chastain broke Jupiter’s iron law, allowing trusted heroes to view the monument.

By now, finally two people broke through!

The support of the nobles, the support of the Super String Warriors, the two Legendary Warriors, these are Chastain’s confidence to break with the mages!

“Well then, everything will proceed as planned!”

Chastain took a deep breath, instructed, “How sure are you?”

“Your Majesty can rest assured, we have researched defensive magic as well and have done experiments, perhaps Legendary Warriors cannot match Forbidden Curses in pure destructive power, but it’s hard for mages to resist a close-range surprise attack!”

The two legendary warriors bowed and said.

“Very well…

we must act before the power of mages becomes uncontrollable!”

Chastain said firmly.

He already smelled something wrong.

Once the fifth layer of the magic net is fully completed, along with a series of Floating Cities, his empire would be a laughingstock!

…

In the Floating City.

“I see…

The darkness is coming…

Blood and fire keep spreading in the Imperial Capital…”

Tacro stood in front of a crystal ball, muttering to himself.

“Just as I expected…

the nobles are about to act.”

A cold smile appeared on Ilya’s face: “Hiding the Prophetic Magic turned out to be useful!”

Tacro was silent, looking at the leader of all mages, the Magic King.

He understood clearly, although the nobles’ actions were secret, in fact, they were all pressured by Ilya.

She did this purposefully, trying to provoke the nobles to resist so she would have an excuse to thoroughly purge them and complete the power transition.

“Why do this, we were working well with the nobles, mages don’t need fiefs…”

Tacro voiced out his doubts.

“I used to think so too, but the construction of the magic net is too slow…

Especially the fifth and the sixth layers…

And understanding the Acute Angle Monument has gradually enabled me to grasp the key.

At present, it is the limit of the mages, but there are still many people on this continent who can be fully utilized to accelerate the construction of the magic net, to make it free from the physical world and become a rule.” Ilya replied: “And the key is faith!”

“Faith?”

Tacro understood, the mages essentially had to trade with the magic net and extract spells.

The common people being the majority, their spirit power would be a significant income, and yet there was no expense.

to seize this, would mean to breach the power of the empire!

The conflict between the two is irreconcilable and they have already become enemies!