Wizards begin with Occlumency.

The Shadow City interdimensional pioneering team suddenly entered the scene.

Just as the Flame and Metal Company's warship was about to enter the asteroid belt.

This was truly unexpected, except for Link.

Link had considered this situation when he finally made the decision to "stir up trouble" before the "Lark"-class battleships set sail.

This means that the Shadow City interdimensional exploration team can choose to accelerate, travel by curvature, or travel by leap.

Arrive early at the sniping battlefields pre-arranged by other wizarding organizations to disrupt the sniping teams' rhythm.

In any case, this battle was inevitable for the Shadow City's otherworldly pioneering team.

It makes no difference whether it's a little earlier or a little later.

Arriving early might give you some advantages.

This would increase the chances of escaping unscathed.

"Great! You've come at the right time!"

After hearing the report from the team members operating the reconnaissance system, Wizard Vina immediately shouted loudly.

She knew that with this unexpected turn of events, the ten annoying wizards of the Great Sage's Tower would surely let her go and turn their attention to the Shadow City's otherworldly pioneering team.

Just as she expected, the 10 wizards did not hesitate to abandon their attempt to force the Liejin Trading Company's warships and instead moved closer to their own warships.

Although they had chased the meteorite belt to a considerable distance from the target star field, the 10 wizards remained calm and proceeded at a steady pace in an orderly formation.

Even if the Liejin Trading Company wanted to vent its anger by launching a sneak attack from behind, it wouldn't make much difference.

Needless to say, under the command of the wizard Vina, the Liejin Trading Company's warships continued to advance without looking back.

It was just a minor adjustment to the route, avoiding the asteroid belt.

After being attacked and suppressed by the combined efforts of 10 wizards in the Tower of the Great Sage, Wizard Vina has realized that the inheritance of the saint is not something she can touch.

"You were right to leave so early."

With the suffocating, surging pursuit over, the wizard Vina relaxed, leaning back in the captain's seat and muttering to herself.

The other wizards in the group heard everything clearly, each with their own thoughts.

Some were ashamed, some were indifferent, and some even blamed and resented the wizard Vina for not making a decision sooner or retreating sooner.

To be fair, the greatest responsibility for the disastrous state of the Liejin Trading Company's fleet lies with the wizard Vina.

As the team leader, commander, and captain, one must take responsibility.

Assessing the situation and making decisions is the captain's responsibility.

Whether to fight or retreat, the wizard Vina makes the decision, and the other team members simply carry it out.

We should not hesitate and miss opportunities as we did before.

Fortunately, the danger had passed thanks to the early arrival of the Shadow City interdimensional pioneer team.

The Liejin Trading Company's warship was not seriously damaged, only somewhat disheveled.

"Warning! Warning!"

Just as everyone in the Liejin Trading Company team, including the wizard Vina, was secretly rejoicing.

A red light, signifying unknown danger, illuminated in the warship's cockpit, prompting the tower spirit to issue a series of warnings.

"What's going on?"

The wizard Vina, whose nerves had just relaxed, suddenly tensed up and shouted sharply.

"I don't know, we're investigating."

The team member in charge of operating the reconnaissance system replied without looking up as he typed manual commands into the AI.

"Increase defense, increase speed, quick!"

The wizard Vina didn't have time to criticize the team member for incompetence; she quickly gave the order.

Previously, the same thing happened when 10 wizards from the Great Sage's Tower suddenly attacked the warship!

Before the attack landed on the warship's defensive shields, the warship's reconnaissance system was deaf and blind, and it detected nothing.

This happened again.

Vina the Wizard cried out in her heart, wondering what had happened to her.

Why have they suffered repeated setbacks?

Link placed the restless Flandre somewhere at the other end of the asteroid belt, ready to summon her back at any time.

He concealed himself on the side of the Liejin Trading Company's warship, holding back his powerful attack spell, posing a sufficient threat to the warship while waiting for a better opportunity to strike.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Great Sage's Tower is preoccupied with the meteorite belt, Link plans to take action to completely eliminate the possibility of the Fiery Gold Trading Company continuing to intervene in the Saint's legacy.

The academy only requires that no one be killed.

Destroying one or two engines of a warship is entirely possible.

"Still haven't found it?"

After adjusting the warship's defensive layout, the wizard Vina glanced at the massive main screen and flew into a rage.

After all this time, the reconnaissance system still hasn't found anything!

This guy is utterly useless, isn't he?

"Report: The other party is extremely well-hidden; we will need some more time."

The wizard operating the reconnaissance system had no choice but to bite the bullet and give a report.

"waste!"

The wizard Vina could no longer contain her anger and began to shout curses.

"Useless! Useless! Useless! You're all useless!"

What use are you?

what?

"You yourselves tell me, what use are you?"

If this were a team assembled by the wizard Vina herself, no matter how angry she got, no one would talk back.

Unfortunately not.

As soon as the words left his mouth, a level two wizard immediately retorted coldly, "You're the biggest piece of trash! Besides getting angry, have you done any of the duties of a captain? If you're incompetent, don't rage; it's disgusting!"

"you……"

Wizard Vina was somewhat incredulous; how dare someone defy her?

"What do you mean, 'me'?"

The second-level wizard, his face grim, glared at Vina. "I'm not one of those apprentices who can't fight back against you. Putting aside your background, you can't kill me! Shut up, or I'll kill you first, even if I die!"

The cockpit fell silent immediately upon hearing this.

Apart from the rotating red light and the tower spirit's warning, no wizard made a sound.

Whether it was Vina the Wizard or any of the other wizards, they all stared at this second-level wizard who exuded a chilling killing intent, her killing intent locked directly on Vina the Wizard, ready to strike at any moment.

This is a complete breakdown in relations!

"Alright! Stop arguing! With a formidable enemy at hand, are you all tired of fighting amongst yourselves?"

Another senior level two wizard, who also harbored resentment towards Vina, stepped forward and broke the silence.

However, while his words appeared to be mediation, they were actually a rebuke of Vina the Wizard for dereliction of duty as captain!

At a critical moment, he only cared about venting his anger and disregarded the safety of the team. Where is the demeanor of a captain?

"you……"

The witch Vina understood the implication in his words, shifted her gaze, and was about to reprimand him.

"Warning! Warning! Attack imminent! Attack imminent!"

The warship's tower alarm sounded urgently.

In the starry sky, beside the warship.

Link exited stealth mode, switched his armor to attack mode, and revealed himself, finally being detected by the Fiery Gold Trading Company's warship reconnaissance system.

Looking at the familiar armored figure on the huge main screen, with its raised hands and the now simple and unadorned two-handed greatsword, the wizard Vina was terrified.

"Extreme Defense! Quickly!"

While shouting, Vina the Wizard didn't care whether the tower spirit or the team members operating the defense system reacted in time. She quickly entered the command into the captain's office computer.

The so-called "over-limit defense" means cutting off the power supply to all other systems of the warship, except for the engine and life support systems, and supplying all the power to the defense system.

Not only does it maximize the effectiveness of the defense system, but it also disregards the damage to the defense system and forcibly stimulates a defense intensity of 150% or even 200%.

After completing this action, Link Grand finished charging up his attack on the massive main screen, but before he could bring down his greatsword, the figure of the wizard Vina quickly disappeared from the captain's seat.

Eleven other wizards disappeared along with her.

At that moment, all 12 wizards from the Liejin Trading Company team unanimously chose to run towards the escape pods.

Even with the combined spells of the 10 wizards from the Great Sage's Tower of Michel, no matter how much they overwhelmed the warship, the 12 wizards from the Liejin Trading Company were not as fearful.

They were just being suppressed and beaten, and they didn't have much power to fight back.

Those 10 wizards didn't have the ability to break through the warship's defenses in one strike!

But Link Grand can.

The supply ship had nearly half of its stern compartment severed by a single sword strike, and a small hole was torn in the stern shield of the main ship by a beam of light. This image has been circulating within the Liejin Trading Company ever since.

They had no choice but to be afraid.

If Link Grande were to improve further, a single strike could completely breach the main ship's defenses.

Are they just waiting to die, trapped inside the wrecked ship?

It would be better to voluntarily break away from the warship and escape separately, as this would increase the chances of survival.

At that moment, no one cared about infighting or accusations; all they wanted was to escape.

Link, having finished charging up, was of course unaware of what was happening inside the warship.

"The Heaven-Slaying Sword!"

He murmured softly, then forcefully swung his raised hands down.

Unlike the previous version, which produced a colossal sword-shaped light and shadow 200 meters long and 15 meters wide after the strike, the new version's self-created composite sorcery "Heaven-Slaying Sword" is completely simple and unadorned, without any light or shadow effects.

Facing the massive warship, Link's figure and the way he swung his greatsword were like a child playing.

It's a bit clumsy, a bit ridiculous.

However, returning to basics, the "Heaven-Slaying Sword," developed based on the 3rd-circle sorcery "Extremely High Frequency Oscillation" and the 3rd-circle sorcery "Extremely High Temperature Cutting," truly lives up to its name.

The shield of the Liejin Trading Company's warship in its over-limit defense mode cracked open as smoothly as tofu being sliced ​​by a knife.

The invisible sword energy rushed straight towards the warship's engine room.

Extremely high temperature cuts open the path, and extremely high frequency vibrations cause destruction, destroying two of the three engines in the blink of an eye.

Before it is fully repaired, the Liejin Trading Company's warship can only travel at speeds below the speed of light, and cannot jump or enter warp mode.

Link was very satisfied with the performance of the new "Heavenly Slayer Sword".

Whether it's powerful or not is secondary; the key is whether it's controllable.

The remaining force after breaking through the warship's defensive shield could actually completely destroy the entire engine compartment.

However, under Link's control, only a small part of the ship's hull, as well as the warp and warp engines, were damaged.

Link's expected goal was achieved perfectly.

"Take care of yourself!"

Link sheathed his two-handed greatsword and used the first-circle sorcery spell "Telepathy" to send a warning to the Regolds warship, then mentally called out to Flandre.

With a reverse summoning and teleportation, Link's figure vanished from his original spot in an instant.

When it appeared at the other end of the asteroid belt, it had already switched back to a stealthy, infiltrative mode that was enough to fool the Great Sage's Tower warship of Michelle.

"Master is awesome! Master is so handsome!"

Link was greeted by Flandre's genuine and sincere praise.

"Are you alright?"

As soon as the wizard Vina entered the shuttle, preparing to escape, she heard Link's voice.

"It's alright now!"

Soon, the wizard Vina realized that when she sensed the life-or-death crisis, she had subconsciously forgotten the combat restrictions for seizing the inheritance.

"not good!"

After letting out a sigh of relief, the wizard Vina's expression changed drastically, and she quickly ordered, "Tower Spirit, prioritize repairing the ship's hull damage and defense systems."

"clear."

The voice of the tower spirit receiving the command was somewhat intermittent.

The extremely high-frequency oscillation attack that we just encountered has actually affected the operation of the tower spirit.

As they disembarked from the shuttle and left the escape pod, rushing back to the cockpit, the 12 wizards all wore somber expressions, yet none of them uttered a word.

Their previous performance was indeed embarrassing.

They're starting to prioritize the immediate issue over the long-term consequences.

Nobody had the nerve to speak.

Not to mention how the Liejin Trading Company's warship was repaired, how the desire to interfere with the Saint's inheritance was completely extinguished, and how they were able to escape the sniper star field and return in terror.

Michelle's Tower of Sages team.

The leader of the Great Sage's Tower team, who led the remaining nine wizards in a combined spell to crush the Liejin Trading Company's warship, received the battle footage transmitted by the warship and remained silent.

The pride he felt after practicing advanced combination spellcasting techniques for over half a year and finally mastering them, and then suppressing a starship that was capable of serving as the main ship of a non-first-line fleet in a Sage-class legion's starfleet, vanished in an instant.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

The captain of the Great Sage's Tower roared inwardly.

Even his facial expression was somewhat ferocious.

He went to great lengths, making a high-profile entrance, issuing threats over the radio, and laying "landmines" to "paralyze" the refusing-to-leave Liejin Trading Company's warship. Only then did he expend a precious, one-time-use, level 4 stealth artifact to sneak up near the Liejin Trading Company's warship and launch a surprise attack.

Even so, they could only gather nine teammates who had practiced together for a long time, combine their spells, and work together to suppress the enemy, but not break through their defenses.

However, that person accomplished something that the other 10 people could not do on their own.

What the hell is going on here?

Are we all useless?

The captain of the Great Sage's Tower did not subconsciously suspect that Link was not a level two wizard.

After all, the rules of the Supreme Council are there, and no wizarding organization dares to violate them.

The issue is……

Is Link really still considered a level two wizard?

"Captain, what do we do?"

Among the group, a senior level two wizard spoke up to inquire.

With such a formidable figure lurking nearby, regardless of which wizarding organization the other party belongs to, the Great Sage's Tower team will face immense difficulties in completing their mission to seize the Saint's legacy.

"Proceed according to the original plan."

The captain took a deep breath, composed himself, and calmly replied, "Notify the warships to prepare measures to deal with Link Grand. They are ready to be used at my command."

"Link Grand?"

The senior level two wizard paused for a moment, then replied, "Understood, I'll inform them right away."

As the big boss of the Michelle District, how could the Great Sage Tower of Michelle not pay attention to the outstanding young talents of the major wizarding organizations in the district?

In this struggle to seize the legacy of the saints, the Tower of the Great Sage is a must-have.

It is perfectly reasonable to prepare in advance to deal with Link Grand, a second-level wizard who is said to have combat power comparable to a third-level wizard but is actually far superior to a typical third-level wizard in the evaluation system of the Great Sage's Tower.

"I'll see if you truly live up to your reputation!"

The captain of the Great Sage's Tower gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.

I really wanted to kill him! (End of Chapter)