The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 824 Common Front
"All on alert! All... Zzzzz, all wizards, prepare for Level 1 combat! All wizards, prepare for Level 1 combat!"

The instructions from the floating fortress traveled through the magic network to the ears of every wizard.

Gawain put on the helmet, and the cold nerve-connecting needle pierced his spine and brain. After a brief period of pain, complex information detected by the warship's sensors flooded into Gawain's brain like a tidal wave.

Even a regular wizard, even one at the third ring, would be dizzy and disoriented for a while right now.

But Gawain had already gotten used to it.

His brain processed the information rapidly, and in just a few dozen seconds, his consciousness became one with the war airship.

The entire warship was like an extension of his body.

A surge of power erupted from the power reactor, flowing through the energy pipelines to every component of the warship.

The feeling was intoxicating. Even though Gawain was a third-circle wizard, his energy and his body could not compare to this warship.

This sense of power is enough to give any third-ring wizard an unreal sense of security.

However, Gao Wen quickly broke free from this euphoria.

This feeling of euphoria is a poison; it is the biggest cause of hallucination disorder.

Phantom body syndrome, a common mental illness among alchemists in the new era.

The main symptom of this disease is an extreme reluctance to leave the machine body. Severely affected wizards may even attack creatures that try to separate them from the machine.

According to a joint investigation by the Soul School and the Alchemy School, the main cause of this disease is prolonged neural connections that cause the soul and brain to have the illusion that the alchemical machine is their body, while the alchemist's original body is a cage that imprisons the soul.

This is a new mental illness, one that had never been heard of before the war.

The wizards of the Soul School suspect that this may be related to the rapid increase in power among wizards in the new era.

Before the war began, even a student of a great wizard had to be at least a thousand years younger to have a chance of becoming a third-circle wizard.

Even a wizard like Richard only became a third-ring wizard at over four hundred years old.

But in this era, it is common for a new wizard to become a third-ring wizard in their fifties or sixties, as long as they have made enough contributions or have outstanding talent.

The record for the advancement of a third-ring wizard has now been broken at the age of forty-one.

If this discovery is true, then all schools of thought on body-modifying witchcraft likely have similar side effects.

A great opportunity for the School of Soul Studies is quietly approaching.

Getting back to the main point, Gawain piloted the war airship, leading the vanguard out of the wormhole.

The moment he emerged from the cave, his sensors displayed an image that would normally have caused his heart to stop beating.

Gao Wen muttered to himself, "Goodness, why are there so many mayflies here?"

Directly in front of him were countless mayflies, so numerous that the sensors almost mistook them for a mountain peak.

And mountains like these stretch endlessly throughout the world.

……

"By order of the Great Ruler, we will fight alongside you."

In the conference room of the floating fortress, a mayfly king, with a greenish color and resembling a mantis, let out a low chirping sound.

Opposite him, a high priest dressed in white robes sat calmly behind his desk.

The great wizard's body was completely mechanized; only the mental fluctuations emanating from his voice allowed people to perceive that he was a living being rather than a mere machine.

"The ruler? Which one are you referring to?" the great wizard asked.

"This is his written order."

The King of Mayflies parted the space and took out a scroll. On the scroll, Richard's magical mark caused all the wizards present to bow slightly.

The great wizard took the scroll and opened it.

[Set up defenses and fight alongside the mayflies. The enemy you face is extremely powerful and possesses curse memes; all communication channels that cannot carry anti-curse memes must be shut down.]

After reading the contents of the scroll, the writing on it suddenly burst into flames, and the writing changed accordingly.

This is the Miracle Fire; use it when facing an invincible enemy.

The scroll was then rolled up again, and the great wizard opened the outer shell on his chest. The complex internal mechanical structure shifted, making room for the scroll.

“I have received the Crown’s instructions. We will fight alongside you against that unknown enemy.”

The mayfly king wiggled one of its tentacles, and a map appeared in the air.

"This is the defense map of this world. The Great Ruler hopes that you can strengthen the defenses."

The Grand Wizard glanced at the defense map, and in an instant, all the information on the map was recorded by him and transmitted to the computing array of the floating fortress.

Following technological innovation, the wizards' computing array technology has advanced by leaps and bounds.

Each floating fortress is equipped with a computing array comparable to that of a sixth-circle wizard, used to assist in the command of the floating fortress battle group.

"I've memorized the deployment map, and I'll proceed immediately if there are any results. But before that, I have a question for you."

A red light shone in the great wizard's eyes, and the complex mechanical workings gave his mechanical face a serious expression.

"What exactly is wrong with you?"

"...Didn't the Great Ruler tell you?" the Mayfly King retorted.

"What do you mean?"

“That means I don’t know what happened either,” the Mayfly King said in a low voice. “We received orders from the High Lake to surrender.”

We don't know what happened behind us... but my intuition tells me that something terrible must have happened to the Mother World. "Things are getting increasingly bizarre," the Grand Wizard muttered to himself.

After saying that, he suddenly looked at the King of Mayflies and asked again, "What are your measures against cursed memes? I have serious doubts about your protection against cursed memes."

In other technologies, the Star River Mayfly's technology might only be somewhat lagging behind. But in the study of curses, the gap between the Star River Mayfly and the wizards is enormous.

The king of mayflies had anticipated this question.

"The Prophecy Bug is in place. Furthermore, the Great Overlord has modified the Prophecy Bug, so you need not worry about the Star Mayfly's organized infection of the cursed meme."

"Has the Crown been modified? Then there's really nothing to worry about."

The Grand Wizard nodded slightly. Since Richard, the Crown of Miracles, had intervened, the Meme Curse would certainly be fine.

As a member of the School of Curses, the Crown of Miracles possesses profound expertise in curses.

"In that case, please come." The great wizard stood up from behind his desk and casually tore open a spatial rift.

"Although we were enemies in the past, now that the Crown has incorporated you, we are comrades-in-arms."

We need to coordinate all the forces in this world; I hope you will not hide anything from us.

The king of mayflies twitched its antennae slightly.

"I hope you will feel the same way."

……

"Damn, fighting alongside these bugs, this is a really rare thing."

Inside the war airship, Asu looked at the orders on the crystal ball and felt that this world was truly magical.

Two races that were fighting a while ago are now going to fight side by side.

“Stop complaining,” Gawain’s voice rang in Asu’s ear. “Quickly check the airship’s ammunition and energy reserves.”

Our Astral Legion hasn't kept up. When the battle starts, most of us flying units will be out there intercepting them.

Upon hearing this, Asu sighed repeatedly, but his movements did not slow down in the slightest.

He quickly inspected the airship's various reserves and any potential problems.

As a member of the kin, Asu doesn't have to go out into battle like other elite wizards. Instead, he has to be responsible for all manual operations when the warship malfunctions.

It's safe to say that Asu could easily build most of a war airship by hand.

After the inspection was completed, Gao Wen set sail and began patrolling according to the route planned by the command center.

Patrolling alongside them were the Sky-Splitter swarms they usually fought against.

……

"Dean, how are things on your end?"

Through the wizard dimension, Richard, who was constantly gathering the mayflies, contacted the upper corona.

"It's going well, but did you encounter that mayfly dimensional avatar? That guy fought me and then suddenly told me that the mayflies had surrendered, and that the civilization devourers had invaded the Star River Great World and were constantly expanding, and other such strange things."

“We’ve met,” Richard said to Corona, who was flying at thousands of times the speed of light.

"What he said is true. The civilization devourers have completely occupied the Star River Great World and are currently spreading to the surrounding worlds. And it's not just them; we've also been invaded, and my clone is handling it."

On the front lines, I have ordered the legions in the rear to advance and secure the main hub worlds.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the Constitutional Crown was taken aback. The amount of information implied in Richard's words was quite substantial, leaving him momentarily speechless.

"In other words, the Star River Mayfly has surrendered, and now we have to deal with the Civilization Devourer."

"Yes. Also, Dean, please note that the avatars and clones of the Civilization Devourer cannot be sent into dimensions. Without the Miracle Flame, it will be very difficult to handle them if sent into dimensions."

"Okay, I understand. What should I do now?" the Constitutional Crown said in a deep voice.

Although he was theoretically Richard's senior, he clearly knew less about the Civilization Devourers than Richard did.

A wizard should know to listen to the advice of professionals.

"Just seal those mayflies. If you encounter any minions, then fight them."

"Okay, be careful, my people are here."

The Constitutional Crown looked at the black Titan before him with a solemn expression.

He sensed a deadly threat emanating from the Titan.

The Constitutional Corona took a deep breath, a hint of excitement on his face.

"So these are the minions of the civilization devourers? Not bad at all!"

……

"...My people have already arrived."

Hearing what the Constitutional Corona said, Ricci looked in front of him.

Less than a streak of light away from him, a Titan with an aura as heavy as a mountain awaited his arrival.

Richard murmured, "You came really fast, you monster."

(End of this chapter)