I'm really a serious wizard.

Sky Castle.

Inside the central tower.

The virtual map on the round table rapidly zoomed out, revealing two bright spots, one red and one blue.
They move incredibly fast, jumping at a speed of nearly one centimeter per second on a scaled-down map.

Oh, are they members of other missions?
After thinking about the intelligence that the spies had sent back from the Federation mission, Lilvis revealed a disdainful smile.

The red and blue colors correspond to a powerful mage capable of freezing an entire sea, and a berserker warrior capable of hand-to-hand combat with a dragon.

Its fighting style and techniques have long been imprinted into the projection crystal, although the image is blurry due to environmental factors.
Based on rough calculations, these two women should be the strongest in Chrisel's hometown.

A frozen sea, a berserker warrior known for his strength.
No matter how he thought about it, Lilvis couldn't see anything about these two combinations that would make him care.

A frozen sea area, while it sounds intimidating, is actually only about 60 or 70 kilometers wide, according to rough measurements by the Federation mission's spies.
Sky Castle could easily replicate this capability.

Berserkers were even less worth mentioning, and in Lilvis's eyes they were simply laughable.

What, you can still use physical strength to deal with an invisible and intangible storm?
Perfect! If we eliminate both of them, the army can set off soon.

If I could find Chrisel's early research on Sky Castle and figure out the underlying logic, it might help me escape from here.
Lilvis's gaze was indifferent. With a wave of his hand, a sandstorm powerful enough to tear apart steel instantly arose on the virtual map on the round table.

Across the wilderness, a fierce wind swept up yellow sand, forming a thick barrier that halted Olivia's advance.

Her slender figure was caught in the storm uncontrollably in mid-air.

The black-haired woman froze, choked by a mouthful of sand from the sudden sandstorm.

"Bah bah bah!"

As a demigod, Olivia has long transcended the realm of humanity.

Even if you swallow the sand, there won't be any problem at all.

However, she was horrified to discover that there was animal droppings in the sand!

Are you kidding me?! How dare you stuff this stuff into my mouth?!
The next moment, Olivia's heart burned with rage, and a powerful gust of wind surrounded her, blocking the sand and dust flying everywhere.

She slowly raised her clenched right fist, her amber eyes extremely sharp, like a king about to judge his enemies.

Upon seeing this, Elena immediately conjured an ice crystal battle skirt to cover her entire body, blocking the extremely tearing sandstorm, and looked at Olivia with curiosity.

There are many ways to deal with extreme environments, but Olivia's method is very simple and brutal.

His right arm slid down sharply, instantly creating a vacuum around the sandstorm, which resembled a meat grinder.

The invisible air waves outside the vacuum surged and churned, carrying immense power that almost instantly tore apart, crushed, and calmed the sandstorm that had spread for hundreds of kilometers.

I knew it! She's now obsessed with violent punches instead of using magic.

Elena felt a mix of emotions upon seeing this.

Consider that Olivia achieved demigod status in just a few years through her own efforts.
Moreover, although she inherited the estate, her advancement to demigod status is still far from certain.

She acquired a portion of divine qualities from the dragon, but the witch still had no idea how to use them.

She once asked Olivia, and the reply she received was, "Isn't this something you can do with your hands?"
Thinking of this, Elena puffed out her cheeks in a huff, no longer looking at the smug black-haired woman.

The divinity derived from "power" seems to resonate extremely well with Olivia.
Second only to the "immortality" that comes from itself.

As for other divine qualities, her application, or explanation, was not comprehensive.

For example, "wisdom" at this stage can only lower the intelligence of the enemy, but cannot raise the intelligence of everyone.

As for "enlightenment," there was no clue whatsoever, so it could only be stored within the body, and one had to deal with the backlash from time to time.

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Sky Castle.

The sandstorm on the virtual map suddenly dissipated.
Seeing what had happened from a full-view perspective, Lilvey's face twitched.
For the first time, I felt what it meant to feel a chill in my heart.

"How can this be!?"

He suddenly let out a roar.

It's unbelievable that the invincible Sky Castle was so easily suppressed.

How can humans fight against natural disasters? Are they even human?!
Legendary powerhouses are not uncommon in the Federation; Serandis is one of them.

For hundreds of years, that elf had been trying to find out the location of his true form, but under the threat of the Sky Castle, he had been relatively well-behaved.

But today, what gives this outsider the right?!

A sense of absurdity, as if the norm had been broken, welled up in Lilvis's mind.

The woman in the projection, just by standing there, gave off an aura of boundless power, making one feel invincible and instinctively wanting to avoid her sharp edge.

Powerful strength is inherently awe-inspiring!

No, no, I have to stop them. The movement of those two outsiders seems to be heading straight for me.
They seem to know my location!

Who is it? Is it Serandis?

Did Verex tell them?
At this moment, facing the Oran Kingdom, which had a low level of production and was still in the era of monarchy, Lilvis suddenly had the illusion that he was the one who was a bumpkin.

In that case
"Then let me die under the control of Sky Castle!"

Lilvis's expression turned ferocious as he pressed his palm down hard on the two red and blue dots on the virtual map.

boom--

The sky trembled, the earth groaned, and endless pressure descended from above, causing gravity to increase exponentially.

Mountains and rivers were flattened by the sudden force, and countless wide canyons were torn apart by the immense gravitational pull.
The terrain within a radius of several hundred kilometers rapidly subsided, forming a giant basin that was a thousand meters below the average elevation.

This is the power of the Sky Castle!

Chrisel's original intention was to rebuild her home in this way, gradually changing the ecological environment after the apocalypse so that more races could have a place to live.

Even if Sky Castle was originally designed as a pioneering artifact,
From a macro perspective, however, this magical creation, comparable to a god, is terrifyingly powerful.

Elena felt the same way at that moment.

As a proper mage, her fighting style and areas of expertise are completely different from Ron and Olivia.

The witch did not resist the sudden pressure from the gravity.

Instead, it transformed into a mirror entirely plated with silver in a flash, and then used magic to cast a barrier.

The exquisite silver mirror suddenly blurred, transforming into an intangible phantom, freed from the constraints of matter.

This is what a true mage should look like!

In a flash of magical light, the witch wanted to pull her best friend into the mirror as well.

However, upon closer inspection, she discovered that Olivia's speed had not decreased at all, even in the heavy environment.

The president is good at nothing but being incredibly strong.

Her unparalleled stats allowed her to move freely even when gravity was a hundred times stronger.

Elena, hiding in the mirror, was sweating profusely.

this.
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Is this human?
What race is she?
Dragons? Trolls? Or some undiscovered ancient creature?

If Olivia's feat of shattering the sandstorm with a single punch was unbelievable to Lilvis...
To move freely in a hundred times the force of gravity is truly astonishing.

Inside the central tower, Lilvis took a deep breath of the stale air.

As the red and blue dots drew closer, he reached out and gently swiped his finger across the virtual map.

Sensing the will of the manipulator, the exposed gear bearings on the exterior of the Sky Castle began to spin rapidly, as if it were running at full power.

In an instant, the continental plates shifted and tore apart, creating an unprecedentedly wide canyon that resembled a gaping maw, threatening to swallow Olivia and Elena whole and bury them deep within the earth's unfathomable core.

However, this time Lilvis once again misjudged the strength of his opponent.

Hey!
Olivia cursed inwardly; the exaggerated scene, resembling the end of the world, was clearly beyond her expectations.

In terms of destructive power alone, she is indeed inferior to this magical artifact, which is comparable to a miracle. No, it's a difference in focus; a wide range doesn't necessarily mean greater damage.

It looks intimidating, but if you were to encounter that giant dragon, you probably wouldn't even be able to break its scales.
Big has its advantages, and small has its own charm.

Seeing the endless canyon about to bury him into the earth's core, the guild leader was about to twist his waist and use the strong wind to adjust his body.

"Give me a break, go into the mirror."

Elena's voice came from behind.

Layers of ice crystals bloomed, unfolding a giant mirror in front of Olivia.

The mirror surface is smooth and flawless, reflecting another world within it.

"Hey, you bitch, not bad."

"When we get back, I, the guild leader, will reward you handsomely!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Olivia used the ice crystals blooming on the soles of her boots to quickly change direction and plunge into another world with Elena.

The red and blue dots of light suddenly disappeared.

On the virtual map, only a desolate ruin remains, along with mountains and rivers scattered haphazardly.

Fortunately, most of this area in the Federation is unusable wilderness, and no cities have been destroyed.

solved?
Lilvis's gaze was serious, tinged with doubt.

He waved his hand to zoom in on the virtual map, trying to find the remains of the two people.

However, after searching for a long time, he did not find the result he wanted, and he couldn't help but have a bad feeling.

He zoomed out the map again, attempting to locate the two on a scale spanning the entire Federation.

But the result was still nothing.

But just then, the virtual map suddenly shrank and locked onto a location.

The sudden appearance of red and blue specks of light made Lilvis's eye twitch.

The location locked by Sky Castle is not somewhere else, but rather in the gap between reality and the deeper world.

That's the location of his true form!

They hid in the deeper world, and from there they found my location!?
Sky Castle's enemy detection system is mainly divided into two types.

One is magic detection, which is very accurate. Lilvis can see the slightest fluctuation on the map.

The other type is life detection, which can detect any living organism.

However, sometimes it is impossible to distinguish between specific races and genders.

Taking a deep breath, Lilvis remained calm.

Instead, he straightened his somewhat worn collar and walked out of the tower with a self-satisfied air.

In the interlayered world, there are no light bodies but there is light.

He squinted and he could see the humanoid Tyrannomon and Elena in the distance.

"Gentlemen, please stop. There might be a misunderstanding between us."

Lilvis smiled kindly and continued:

"The Elf Queen's side of the story may not be accurate; don't let her use you as a pawn."

Upon hearing this, Olivia frowned.

This was not the same as the ending she had imagined, where the enemy fought desperately but was ultimately beaten to a pulp by her.

On the contrary, Lilvis seemed surprisingly kind and innocent.

Hmph, you think you can fool me? In your next life!
"Heh, Lilvez, is that it?"

"You're probably not joking right now. When you were manipulating the celestial phenomena and gravity, you didn't seem to be acting out of misunderstanding."

"And I heard you're planning to start a war. Could there be some misunderstanding here too?"

Olivia snorted and was lifted into the air by the breeze, facing the Federal Speaker across the distance.

Lilvis showed no sign of nervousness upon hearing this; instead, a smile appeared on his face.
"The Elf Queen sent you to kill me, so it's only natural to resist, isn't it?"

"..."

Olivia suddenly fell silent.

Because she felt that what the other person said probably made some sense.

Seeing this, Lilvis narrowed his eyes and continued to smile, saying:
"Did the Elf Queen tell you how many bad things I did, and even that I was once a traitor?"

“Look at me, I’ve been trapped in this place for hundreds and thousands of years, protecting the peace of the Federation from the evil gods.”

"See that? I'm plugging the gap where the evil god is invading reality!"

"Honestly, the parliament is not under my control. Some people have lived for thousands of years, but they've fed their conscience to the dogs!"

Lilvey spoke with righteous indignation as if he were truly innocent, framed and reduced to this state.

"What's going on with Verex?"

Olivia asked sharply.

"Oh, you mean little Verex? This is a normal federal audit, there are records and procedures, and it complies with federal law."

"And you attacked Wind Tower Prison, didn't you?"

"The warden said he was in danger and needed my help. I didn't make things difficult for your companion either; I just kept him inside the prison."

"If you two don't believe me, you can ask Serandis now and see if this is how things went."

Hearing the so-called Federal Speaker's sincerity, Olivia nodded, her tone softening slightly.

How do you explain starting a war?

Lilvis's smile froze, then he sighed softly and said:
"The Federal Parliament is not under my control, and all votes are spontaneous actions by the members. Such a thing can easily be distorted in someone's mouth."

"Indeed, my absence as Speaker for so long has indeed emboldened the ambitions of some people."

"But rest assured, I also love peace and will reject this proposal again."

After saying that, he shrugged.

Olivia paused for a moment, then smiled and floated from mid-air to a high-rise building in the sky castle.

"What you say makes a lot of sense, but how do I know if it's a lie?"

"If you can answer my next question, I will not only trust you, but also help you deal with the traitors in the Federation."

"How about it?"

Lilvis scratched his head blankly and wiped the drool that had dripped to the corner of his mouth.
I felt a slight itch in my brain, and I could roughly understand what the woman in front of me meant.

"Okay, go ahead and ask. I won't tell you I'd lie to you."

"very good!"

"How is my comrade who went to attack Wind Tower Prison?"

Olivia asked, her voice slightly hurried.

Lilvis thought for a moment, then punched his left palm with his right fist.

"Oh, you mean that blond guy?"

"Hahaha, I killed him a long time ago. Although he had some strength, he couldn't resist natural disasters in the end. He's probably already turned to ashes."

The atmosphere above the aerial castle suddenly turned somber, and a furious roar echoed through the air.

"You're asking for it!!!" (End of Chapter)