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Wizard Calendar, 3980, December 9th.

One of the borders of the Wizard Alliance, the center of the Ice Jade Plane, next to the Cross-plane Teleportation Array.

Twenty-seven Third Ring Mechanical Wizards gathered here, their eyes fixed intently on the Cross-plane Teleportation Array, as if expecting someone to appear.

Twelve minutes later.

"Buzz—"

The Cross-plane Teleportation Array flickered again, and nearly ten thousand wizards, ranging from First Ring to Third Ring, dressed in various colors of Wizard Robes, appeared in the teleportation array out of thin air.

The group of Third Ring Mechanical Wizards glanced around, and upon seeing a Third Ring Wizard wearing a black Space Wizard Robe with unremarkable looks, their eyes brightened and they all sent him voice transmissions:

"Great Wizard Sik, join my War Fortress. I've participated in nineteen Tier Four Dragon Eagle hunts on the Dragon Eagle Plane, with ample experience."

"Great Wizard Sik, I have participated in twenty-three Dragon Eagle hunts, sincerely inviting you to join my War Fortress."

"Great Wizard Sik, my War Fortress is at Tier Five, and it can absolutely ensure your safety."

"Great Wizard Sik, if you join my War Fortress, I can offer you a 60% share of the war merits."

"Sik..."

A Third Ring Space Wizard is the dream partner of every Mechanical Wizard with a War Fortress.

The Great Meteor Technique Destruction Traits they possess are only slightly weaker than the Destruction Traits of their own faction.

And most critically, besides Vincentia, no Mechanical Wizard could control Destruction Witchcraft.

Therefore, recruiting a Third Ring Space Wizard for cooperation became the most important matter for ambitious Mechanical Wizards.

In the Cross-plane Teleportation Array, Sik smiled slightly, flew directly towards them, and stopped before the Mechanical Wizards, saying, "Thank you all for your kind invitations. Why don't we find a place to discuss slowly?"

The current offers from these guys are not enough to move him. If it's a Tier Four War Fortress, he would need at least 70% of the proceeds to make it worthwhile.

The remaining 30% would be shared among the other accompanying Mechanical Wizards.

A Space Wizard with the Great Meteor Technique, capable of swiftly killing Tier Four life forms, is worth this price!

As for a team led by a Tier Five War Fortress, he would need 55%.

It's not really about the extra 5% of merits, but mainly maintaining the face of the Space Wizard Faction.

As for working alone...

A single Tier Five life form's attack would be fatal, and even with Space Jumping Witchcraft, it might not save his life, so he dared not act recklessly.

"It just so happens that I've already booked a private room at Camille Restaurant before I came, Great Wizard Sik, please follow me." A Mechanical Wizard with a charming face promptly replied with a smile.

Camille Restaurant is considered the most luxurious restaurant in the Ice Jade Plane, established by the Third Ring Fire-Wood Dual-Element Mage Camille.

Camille's father is the ingredient specialist for Speaker Jerald, which is a testament to its quality.

"What a coincidence, I also booked a private room at Camille Restaurant." Before Sik could respond, another middle-aged Mechanical Wizard spoke up quickly, "And I also ordered a bottle of Holy Atia wine from the Forest Plane, just waiting for Great Wizard Sik to come and taste it with me."

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, the other Mechanical Wizards were stunned.

Good heavens, after hearing that a Third Ring Space Wizard had accepted the Ice Jade Plane Guardian mission today, they rushed over without stopping, not even thinking of booking a room first, but these two were very considerate.

"Great Wizard Sik, what do you like to eat? I can order specialties from any plane at once."

"Yes, I can too."

"Me too, if you're willing to talk in detail, I'll book a room at Camille Restaurant right now."

"I..."

Not booking a room at Camille Restaurant in advance is not a big issue; booking it now is fine. Preventing others from taking away this opportunity is the main thing.

"There's no need for that." Sik smiled moderately, "I think it's better if I book a room, and then we can all discuss slowly together, how does that sound to everyone?"

To get a higher offer, he certainly couldn't just go with one person; he needed to negotiate with everyone.

Using the rooms booked by these guys would seem generous with others' resources, not good to hear, so he might as well book a room himself.

Anyway, the cost of booking a room is trivial compared to the imminent gains.

"Ah, this..."

"Alright then."

"Let's do as Great Wizard Sik suggested."

"Fine."

All the Mechanical Wizards looked at each other, eventually agreeing.

They understood Sik's intentions, but they still had to go.

No choice, given that Third Ring Space Wizards are so rare and so useful.

The group of twenty-eight flew eastwards under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of wizards before the Cross-plane Teleportation Array.

For Mechanical Wizards, Space Wizards are extremely precious, a collaboration partner worth striving for.

For other wizards, Mechanical Wizards capable of commanding Tier Four and Tier Five War Fortresses are equally unattainable.

According to the Wizard Alliance's laws, wizards below the level of Legislator have no status gap.

However, in reality, the gap is as vast as the Celestial Abyss, even between wizards of the same tier, let alone different tiers.

In the private room of Camille Restaurant, the twenty-seven Mechanical Wizards and Sik negotiated for a full three days, and ultimately, a Mechanical Wizard with a Tier Five War Fortress offered 60% of the war merits for a collaboration with Sik.

This distribution ratio was significantly higher than Sik's expectations, making him very satisfied.

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Wizard Calendar, 4008, August 6th.

The tenth player descent onto the Wizard Plane.

South of Lor Wizard City, within a red castle a hundred and eighty miles from the Wizard Tower.

"Finally, it's open again." The red-robed Fourth Ring Wizard, Explorer, suddenly appeared in the bedroom, excitedly scanning the room's furnishings.

Ever since realizing that perception abilities have effects in the real world, he understood that this so-called game wasn't just a game.

Now, he has been granted the position of Minister of War for the "Light of Truth" in the Federation, considered among the top ranks in the Federation in terms of status.

"I wonder what changes have occurred in the Wizard Alliance during this update period." Explorer took out the Continent Communication Device, opened the announcement page, and started browsing.

As soon as he opened the announcement column, a strikingly pinned announcement caught his eye.

The announcement was titled: "Speaker Lor's Prophecy: After Wizard Calendar 4000, the Wizard Alliance will face a formidable enemy, hence the Wizard Alliance enters Level One Combat Readiness Status."

"Formidable enemy?!" Explorer's eyes widened suddenly.

In the past 3,500 years, anything daring to stand in the path of the Wizard Alliance was crushed and eventually became a vassal.

He thought the Wizard Alliance would remain invincible forever, but now it seems there are new changes.

"If the Wizard Alliance is defeated, will 'Light of Truth' disappear?" The thought surfaced involuntarily in Explorer's mind.

If 'Light of Truth' disappears...

"No, it absolutely won't, how could the Wizard Alliance be defeated?" Explorer shook his head vigorously, shaking off that dreadful speculation.

With a heavy heart, he hesitantly and slowly clicked on the announcement with his right index finger, carefully reading it.

[The war... Silver Wolf will be stalled by Speaker Lor... Tier Six life forms by the Speaker... border planes... preparation...]

"Good thing, the Wizard Alliance is not hopeless in defeating the formidable enemy; on the contrary, it is quite confident and well prepared." Explorer wiped the cold sweat that had appeared at some unknown point from his forehead and exhaled heavily.

Never mind that when the war begins, he would likely not be in the game; even if he were, he wouldn't be sure if he dared go to the battlefield in the early stages.

For until now, no Fourth Ring player has ever died, and he doesn't know what the consequences would be if he died now.

After reaching the Fourth Ring, the perception ability can be carried into the real world, but what about death?

Before being certain of the consequences of death, every Fourth Ring player remains cautious, afraid that if they die in the 'game,' they might also die in reality.

Just as Explorer was feeling relieved, the Continent Communication Device suddenly erupted with a continuous influx of communication requests from other players.

There were requests from major figures in reality, from beta testers, and from his subordinates.

He didn't hesitate to accept all the communication requests immediately, conveying his optimism about the future to these people.

Stabilizing these guys was an important task; if anyone couldn't figure things out and caused trouble, it might not wait until the war came before they were wiped out by the Wizard Alliance.

The pinned announcement's mention of entering Level One Combat Readiness Status was no joke; he suspected that the Wizard Alliance might very well carry out en masse punishments.

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