For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 43 Rifts and Rifts

   In the era when the Doomsday was active, the Mages Guild reached its peak under William's operation. At that time, the best magic researchers in the whole continent gathered together and came up with the idea of ​​​​the astral circuit.

  After the "Dawn of Magic" mission was completed, William, who disclosed the technology of the astral circuit, also expected that if the game had a sequel, it would be a world with a combination of magic and steam.

   However, it backfired. At least a thousand years later, the world will still look like a medieval productive force.

   But later generations really realized the vision of the astral circuit.

   This made William very curious about how they solved those technical problems.

The biggest technical difficulty of the    astral circuit is not to build a star lighthouse, or even to build a magic net covering the continent. These are worldly issues that can be done as long as there are rulers who have the guts to put in the resources.

   The real difficulty is how to find multiple paths that can bypass the moon realm and connect the world and the astral realm.

   In this world, the stars are not real celestial bodies, but holes. They penetrate the moon realm that symbolizes nothingness, and transmit the essence in the astral world from themselves, and those essences are filtered by the shell of the world and turned into starlight.

   In William's time, even the greatest astrologer in the world could not accurately predict the direction of the stars because of the drastic changes in the moon.

  If you can't predict the direction stably, you can't draw a star map, and you can't talk about the construction of the natural star circuit.

  According to the calculation, it will take at least another five hundred years for the moon realm to gradually calm down. But he learned from Liliana that the law of the stars had been established more than two hundred years after his departure.

   Then how did they bypass the unstable moon realm and go to the astral realm to build a circuit?

  The answer is that they didn't bypass the Moon Realm at all.

  William's heart collapsed when he saw the dense space stabilization runes engraved on the tower.

   And when he saw the huge lunar crack on the top of the tower through the spell [Moon Detection], he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

The designers of the    Star Law did not choose to bypass the turbulent moon realm, but simply and rudely cut open the shell of the world, and built the astral circuit directly through the moon realm.

  The Sorrowful Scar suppressed by the Dusk Fortress was once the largest lunar rift in the world. It was the wound of the shell of the world, and it was also the largest portal for the lunar invasion to the Vic Continent.

  The fissure that appeared at the top of the star lighthouse, although the scale is far less than the scar of sorrow, but once a void king wants to do something through it, it will definitely lead to catastrophic consequences.

   After repelling the invasion of the Moon Realm, the last watcher spent a lot of effort to seal the wound. Even so, the Scar of Sorrow remains a weak point in the World Shell to this day, as evidenced by the shambling demons summoned there previously.

   And they actually opened the shell of the world themselves, just to monopolize the source of magic power in the astral world?

William still remembers that Liliana had said before that there are 24 star lighthouses in the whole continent. If the lunar fissures here are not an exception, then there are now 24 lunar fissures evenly distributed in the dimension. on the mainland.

   This news is too scary.

William made a simple calculation. If the Moon Realm intends to invade, the scale and intensity will probably be more than twice as large as the one a thousand years ago. Considering that the cracks are all over the continent, the level of trouble is at least more than ten times.

   "After I left, what did you guys do..."

  William stared at the crack and sighed.

   His hand stroking the runes on the tower body trembled slightly, and he could feel that the space runes used to prevent moon monsters from entering the world were very powerful, and ordinary moon monsters couldn't even approach here.

   But these runic enchantments are just cosmetic decorations to the Void Kings, and they didn't destroy them simply because they didn't want to do it for the time being.

   There is no one in the Tribunal to stop those **** from doing this?

   Well, the law of the stars was enacted more than 200 years after he left, and many of the partners of the Tribunal should have been gone by that time. But in the thirteen seats of judgment, in addition to mortals, there are still many long-lived species.

  Dova Jin of the Dragon Clan, Coles Jackdaw of the Arakkoa Clan, Remedios Moonshadow of the High Elf Clan, and Koth, whose body is immortal...

  If there is no accident, their lifespan is definitely enough to live to the present.

   Didn't they try to stop these things, or did they try and fail?

   In any case, there must be some deeper reasons behind the founding of the Rael Empire 800 years ago.

   The only thing that is fortunate now is that the size of this lunar rift is not enough for the bodies of those Void Kings to pass through, and even their incarnations cannot squeeze in.

   As long as it's something that has a health bar, he really won't be able to beat it.

  Thinking of this, William took his eyes back from the crack and continued to climb up the stairs of the lighthouse.

   He thought as he walked.

  This star lighthouse has been in operation for nearly 800 years. During this period, there has never been a case of moon monsters invading the Vic Continent—at least, he has not seen similar records in the historical documents he has read in the past few days.

  As he thought before, the fact that the Void Kings did not take advantage of these cracks only means that they do not want to do so for the time being, but this definitely does not mean that they have no plans, but their plans are enough to prepare for more than 800 years until now.

  Unknown threats are the most terrifying threats.

   Then what are they plotting?

  William, who was walking in the shadows, sideways avoided the patrol route of a Fire Samurai.

   After entering the middle level of the lighthouse, the security measures and spell traps along the way began to increase, and the patrolling security personnel also changed from guards to various elemental servants.

   In desperation, William changed his illusion-type stealth method to a shadow-type stealth method.

   Of course, if this is still discovered, then he can only try the stealth method of the peerless system.

  Hopefully not.

  …

   Duke Simon did not know until he returned to the Rose Palace that Vincent had been waiting for him in the conference hall for a long time.

   Seeing Simon come in, Vincent directly invited the adjutant who came back with him to go out, and closed the door and locked it. At the same time, he knocked on the door lock with the magic medium in his hand.

  The blue electric light spread to the four walls of the room along the magic agent, all the sounds in the room were blocked, and their conversation could not be heard outside.

   This is the technique of using lightning magic that he has figured out by himself - shielding sound by causing slight spatial ripples. This technique is not included in the spell catalog of the Astral Law, and is in a sense heretical.

   But the two people in the room won't care about that.

   "I can think you're trying to assassinate me by doing this."

   Simon joked that the preparations for the ceremony had probably been completed, and he was a little relaxed at the moment.

   But seeing Vincent's serious expression, Simon also restrained his smile and asked:

   "What's the matter? Was the matter in the Silver Stream Mine not handled properly?"

  Vincent shook his head and said, "There are still things that are not blocked."

   He pointed at Simon's forehead with the spell matchmaker in his hand, and a weak lightning link was between the spell matchmaker and Simon's eyebrows.

   In Simon's etheric domain, the connection between him and the three-month spirit was temporarily cut off.

   "What the **** do you want to do?"

   Simon was really nervous now, he looked around without a trace and asked.

   "I'm going to tell you what I just met under the Silver Stream Mine, but I can't let other people know about these things. This 'other' includes the Spirit of the Months who signed a contract with you."

  Vincent explained quickly.

   "What the **** happened? Could that person really be the Paladin of the Demon Burying Agency?"

   Simon asked suspiciously.

   "No, it's much scarier than that. You listen to me first, don't refute me like a sensible normal person before I finish."

   Then Vincent began to tell that after he went down to the mine, he encountered the magic caster who called himself "The Judge".

   He speaks quickly, but the logic is very clear, and there is no emotion in his words.

  Simon tried to interrupt Vincent several times at first to ask for details, but Vincent spoke too fast to give him a chance to interject.

   When Simon heard that the magic caster used the Frost Magic of the Divine Realm level, his expression also became serious.

   After hearing that the magic caster wanted Vincent to become the new ruler of Blackwater Province, Simon was completely silent.

"...Until the end, he didn't attack me when I turned my back and left. I rushed here immediately after I left the mine. I asked the housekeeper and learned that you will be back soon after you go to the Star Lighthouse, so I have been here all the time. Await your return."

  Vincent finally said, and then he looked into Simon's eyes and asked, "What should we do next?"

  Simon looked at him silently, and after a while he slowly opened his mouth and said:

   "What about you? What do you think?"

  Vincent analyzed:

"First of all, we need to figure out the identity of the magic caster. Now the magic caster who can reach the realm of the gods under the framework of the law of the stars cannot choose to help the independence of Blackwater Province. And if he is a heretic mage, he will not at all. It may be possible to reach that state without a sound..."

   Fifty years ago, there was a heretic mage who arrived in God’s Domain in Broken Tooth Province. In order to satisfy his huge mana consumption, he spread a blight plague in Broken Tooth Province. It is a disease that can cause the body and soul to wither together after infection. All plague-infected people will gradually burn their souls to become their source of magic.

   This turmoil called "Blighted Disaster" was finally resolved by the cooperation between the Devil Burial Agency and the Platinum Circle. And the method is to slaughter all those infected with the blight plague, in order to cut off the source of the magic power of the heretic mage of the gods.

   As can be seen from this example, if the burning soul is used as the source of magic, then the movement to reach the realm of the gods is undoubtedly catastrophic.

"...And he said that his purpose is to get rid of the control of the gods, so it is unlikely that he reached the realm of the gods through the moon realm. Then there are only two possibilities left: one is that he reached it before the star law appeared. The powerhouses in the Divine Realm, such as the members of the 'judgment' we once saw under the stele of the Holy Sepulchre, and this corresponds to his claim to be the presiding judge."

   Vincent continued to analyze:

"And the second possibility is even more crazy. He may be a divine enlightener like Terra I. If this is the case, everything can be explained. Because if the Holy Spirit comes into the world, he will not be subject to the laws of the stars. constraint…"

   Duke Simon listened to Vincent's eloquent analysis, and after a long time said:

   "That's not what I'm asking about."

  Vincent stopped, he looked at Duke Simon with some puzzlement.

   Duke Simon looked into Vincent's eyes and said with consideration:

   "What do you think about what he said, hoping that you will be the new ruler of Blackwater Province?"

   Vincent had an unbelievable look on his face, he never thought that Simon would ask this question.

   "Simon Ward, I wish I could still call you that."

  Vincent also stared into each other's eyes and said:

"Let's not mention that I've been serving you as your mage advisor for twenty-four years. If I had...even the slightest intention to replace you, do you think I'd tell you about it like this? Or have you long since forgotten your original intention to fight for independence for the Blackwater Province, and have now become a monster that keeps grabbing power?"

After    Vincent finished speaking, the two looked at each other in silence for a long time.

  In the end, Duke Simon broke the silence:

   "Sorry, Vincent, my position doesn't allow me to omit any threats..."

   Vincent said: "But you can always trust me."

   Duke Simon asked: "Then what are you going to do next?"

Vincent replied: "First go to determine the identity of that person. If he is really a divine enlightener, or a member of a certain tribunal, I think it is not a bad idea to cooperate with him. The conditions he put forward are no better than those of the three goddesses. Too bad, as long as you make an oath to him to give up your cooperation with Yuejing, he will also agree to let you come..."

   This is also the reason why Vincent wants to block Duke Simon from contacting the spirit of those months.

   But before he finished speaking, Duke Simon interrupted him: "No."

   The expression on Duke Simon's face returned to the deep, high-ranking look on his face.

"No, there is no turning back when opening the bow. Whether it is Wang Kou's transformation or the eternal gift, all the ceremonies are ready. You will go to the star-gazing room of the Star Lighthouse later and replace the old turtle as a half-day guard. Tower people."

   Duke Simon said to Vincent in a commanding tone.

"After the ceremony on my side is completed, there should be a few days before the Star Council shuts down the Stranger Tower. At that time, you can use the authority of that tower to let yourself break through that realm. After that, you and I , and the Blackwater Kingdom, together we announce our new birth to the world."

  Vincent stared blankly at Duke Simon who was gradually becoming fanatical, feeling like he was looking at a stranger.

   "The preparations for the ceremony have been completed? When was that?"

   Vincent murmured, Duke Simon did not answer.

   "What about the magic caster of the divine domain? How are you going to deal with him?"

   Vincent continued to ask.

   "When everything is settled, even a divine domain mage cannot threaten the newly born kingdom of Blackwater."

   Duke Simon replied:

   "Otherwise, why would I have the confidence to be independent from the Riel Empire?"

   Thanks to uffizi for the monthly pass, and thanks to the lost 98k for the reward.

   (end of this chapter)