Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Things in this world can't always go as planned.

Conservation of mass energy and conservation of character are both forms of conservation.

Balance exists between all things.

With Rivosos Academy making such a big splash and reaping such great benefits this time, how could those wizards and wizarding forces who were completely fooled just let it go?

It's too late to steal the benefits.

But they can retaliate or vent their anger.

As a result, the situation facing Rivoss College suddenly became dire.

The Michel District has been renamed the Rivosos District. The Great Sage Michel and the Tower of the Great Sage Michel have been ordered by the Supreme Council to travel to a parallel universe within a specified period.

However, the Great Sage's Tower of Michel is a vast and complex entity, and it is impossible to put it under control in just a few days.

Human nature is fickle, and not everyone is willing to follow the dying sage Michelle to a parallel universe to start all over again.

In addition, there is the example of Cowell Ludwell.

Before surrendering to Rivoss Academy, Cowell had remained at the level of a sixth-level sage for so long. After secretly surrendering, he immediately advanced to the level of a seventh-level great sage.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes that Waters has been striving to become a seventh-level Great Sage for years, and his resources are likely self-sufficient. In contrast, the resources Rosenthal and Cowell used for their advancement came from the resources that Rivoss Academy obtained from the Supreme Council for seventh-level wizards to advance to eighth-level wizards.

A resource for upgrading from level seven to level eight can be split up and used to upgrade a level six sage to a level seven great sage, which can be used by four or five people.

Some wizards inside the Great Sage's Tower of Michelle were stirring with ambition, wanting to defect to the Rivosos Academy.

The Rivosos Academy is currently focused on quickly taking over the Rivosos District and, not wanting to provoke the Great Sage's Tower of Michelle unless absolutely necessary, has not paid much attention to it.

Even so, the receiving process was far from smooth.

The Great Sage's Tower of Michelle blatantly displays its intention: I may leave, but before I do, I must thoroughly loot it.

This stance and approach are not afraid of being known by the Rivoss Academy, nor by the Supreme Council.

If you're unhappy with me, it'll just mean another battle.

Why would someone who's barefoot be afraid of someone who's wearing shoes?

As the new leader of the Rivosos district, the wizarding organizations under its control are being exploited by the old leader, and Rivosos Academy must step in to protect the interests of its underlings.

As a result, conflicts of varying scales broke out one after another.

The progress of Rivosos College's takeover of the Rivosos district is progressing slowly and steadily, amidst difficult circumstances.

House seemingly endless rain.

At this very moment, the wizards who had been tricked by Rivosos Academy faced their first act of revenge.

At the instruction of three Level 9 Archsages, the resupply of the interstellar fleet under the command of the Rivosos Academy was restricted.

Or more precisely, it's a supply cutoff.

Rivoss Academy certainly has its own intelligent machine production base, and has also trained many alchemists and alchemists, as well as an inventory.

In the short term, Starfleet's supplies can be replenished.

But it's hard to say what will happen over time.

After all, the number of Sage-level and Great Sage-level legions in the Rivosos Academy is not small.

What worries Dean Forrest the most is not the Starfleet's resupply.

At worst, we can suspend the expansion of our influence, focus on internal circulation for a period of time, and promote economic exchanges between the Rivosos Academy and the various worlds within the Rivosos District.

Dean Forrest's biggest concern is that Rivoss Academy will be marginalized during the subsequent exploration of parallel universes.

There is no such thing as Murphy's Law in the wizarding world.

However, what you fear most is what happens most often, and one bad thing after another occurs.

The business, cooperation and exchanges of Rivosos College outside the Rivosos area have been targeted.

A loose alliance against Rivosos Academy, formed spontaneously based on shared hatred of the enemy, is taking action.

A friend of the Great Sage Michel, an ally and close partner of the Tower of the Great Sage Michel, seized the opportunity to intensify his retaliation against the Rivosos Academy.

The Rivosos Academy replaced the Great Sage's Tower of Michelle and forced it to hastily launch an expedition into a parallel universe, which greatly damaged the interests of these wizarding organizations.

For a time, Rivos College was mired in difficulties.

Dean Forrest was extremely busy.

If we cannot escape this quagmire before the Supreme Council organizes formal actions to explore parallel universes and help each other with the immortal civilizations of parallel universes.

Therefore, the Rivosos Academy had no choice but to remain as the last remaining organization to deal with the world of the gods.

Not only will they not gain any benefits, but they will also have to fight a bloody battle.

In this atmosphere, Link actually got a long rest.

For two whole months, Link stayed in the Wizarding World, with Jasmine and her daughter Melia.

The family of three lived happily together, enjoying a blissful life.

Link took the opportunity to calm down, sort out what he had learned, fill in the gaps in his knowledge, and ponder the future development of the construct wizard school.

Since it's a genre, it can't just be Link alone.

However, the 1.0 and 1.5 versions of constructs were easy to promote, and many wizards, both within Rivosos Academy and in Shadow City, were eager to have constructs implanted.

Because this is an extra boost, it's no different from smart machines, magical artifacts, or potions.

However, in version 2.0, if the character is converted to a construct wizard, 99 out of 100 people will have doubts.

Even within the "freedom to do anything" group, including the Brotherhood, the Social Anxiety Group, and the second-generation core members, this applies.

After all, the current upper limit of the construct wizard class is Link Grand himself, a level four sage.

Theoretically, one can advance to the fourth level of sage, and with the passage of time, there is a very high probability that one can become the sixth level of sage, and there is even a possibility of striving for the Great Sage.

However, smart people always like to think further ahead.

Some less talented first-level wizards, even after undergoing talent optimization, whose cultivation speed and combat power are still lower than their peers' new "freedom to do whatever they want" level, do not object to switching to construct wizarding.

Link wouldn't refuse the applications of these "free to do whatever they want" members, and personally taught thirteen of them over the past two months.

So far, the results are quite satisfactory.

Of the thirteen, ten saw a moderate increase in their cultivation speed and combat power after switching to other cultivation methods, while the other three saw a significant increase.

This improvement is compared to the implementation of version 1.5.

Instead of comparing their training speed and combat strength with those of the thirteen wizards in their unequipped state.

Link wasn't very satisfied with this.

After some time of reflection, Link shifted the focus of development for the construct wizard school.

Since focusing on quantity is not feasible, let's focus on quality first.

Introducing two or three construct wizards who can overwhelm other schools of wizards of the same era will thoroughly establish the reputation of the construct wizard school.

Garona became Link's first choice, while his daughter Melia became his second choice.

In addition, Asander Cornett and Renee Clark unexpectedly decided that their son, Noah Cornett, would also follow the path of a construct wizard.

Of the three, only Garona has special reasons that allow her to begin her training earlier; Melia and Noah Cornet both have to wait 10 years.

Link has plenty of time and the patience to wait.

Happy times are always fleeting.

After resting for two months, Dean Forrest, who had finally managed to turn things around somewhat, thought of Link Grand again.

Or rather, Dean Forrest never forgot Link.

He felt a little guilty for using his wife and daughter to set up the scheme, so when Rivoss Academy was in turmoil, he still gave Link a two-month leave so that he could spend more time with his wife and daughter as compensation.

Now that Rivosos Academy has recovered, Dean Forrest has freed up his hands and naturally wants to continue to advance the established plan, and seize the opportunity to rekindle his relationship with the reincarnated Saint of Nostrodam.

"I'm leaving."

At his doorstep, Link said goodbye to his wife and daughter.

"Okay, come back soon."

Jasmine held her daughter Melia, gave her some words of advice, and watched Link leave.

Soon, Link arrived at Dean Forrest's office.

This was the first time the two had met since the celebration banquet.

"How have you been lately?"

Dean Forrest's mood had clearly improved considerably, and he was brewing tea.

His favorite green tea was no longer available, so he had to change his tastes and start drinking black tea.

As for the green tangerine Pu'er tea that Link once strongly recommended, I politely decline.

"It's great, very fulfilling, and very heartwarming."

After their previous joint efforts, the relationship between Link and Dean Forrest has undergone some changes.

In the past, although the relationship between the two was close, it was not intimate; it was a very common superior-subordinate relationship.

What's rather unusual is that Link, as a subordinate, is highly valued by Dean Forrest, his superior.

Now, Dean Forrest intends to steer the relationship between the two toward partnership and comradeship, and Link is naturally happy to cooperate.

Rivoss Academy ultimately belongs to the Diomande family.

Even the Diomand family, from the great sages Rive and Soth to Dean Forrest and the fourth generation including Sandra, did not have a particularly domineering style.

Even within Rivoss College, it is generally quite democratic.

However, it is a consensus between the academy's wizards and the wizarding family that Rivosos Academy belongs to the Diomand family.

Link is naturally happy to be able to transform from an "employee" or "worker" to a "management" or "shareholder".

As for breaking away from Rivoss Academy and establishing his own independent power.

Link considered it, but gave up.

Take the wizard Cowell Ludwell as an example. Before transferring to Rivoss College, he was a sixth-level sage and one of the managers of the Great Sage's Tower of Michelle.

Despite his high strength and abilities, he dared not break free from the Tower of Sage Michel, which shackled him from further advancement, without the protection of Sage Rivo and Sage Soth.

Link has had unpleasant experiences with Rivosos Academy, such as the still unresolved assassination attempt on Soren Lucia, but he has also had very pleasant ones, such as the several times Dean Forrest provided him with protection.

Overall, the pleasant experiences outweighed the unpleasant ones.

Unless Link's strength, ability, and financial resources improve in the future, and the unpleasantness outweighs the pleasantness, he will not consider starting anew.

"A fulfilling and cozy life is all I need."

Dean Forrest poured Link a cup of tea and then said, "As you probably guessed, I called you here to disrupt your fulfilling and cozy life. I hope you don't mind."

"Please speak, Dean."

Link's reply was very straightforward, without the slightest hesitation or reluctance.

After being comfortable for too long, one wants to get moving, lest one later lament that "the flesh on one's thighs has grown back, and one's great ambitions are hard to realize."

"There's something the Supreme Council has entrusted to you, and you must do it."

Dean Forrest put down the teapot, and as he spoke, he picked up his personal AI and handed it to Link. "Iris Clark led a five-person delegation to a parallel universe and successfully completed their mission. The immortal civilization in that parallel universe, which has long been in contact with our wizarding civilization, sent a delegation in return. The person in charge of this delegation has a deep connection with you. It was he who specifically requested to communicate with you."

"Yeah?"

Link took the portable smart device and read the information on the members of the returning mission.

"Don't worry, this time, nothing like last time will happen."

Dean Forrest made a prior assurance, then drank tea and gave Link time to review the documents.

The incident that occurred about a year ago was when the Tower of the Great Sage Michel sent an envoy led by Cowell Ludwell to negotiate with Link. As a result, the entire wizarding world knew that the Great Sage Michel was willing to exchange the Michel District for Link Grand.

In fact, when the Immortal God Civilization's return visit delegation made this request to the Supreme Council of the Wizard Civilization, it had already caused a stir within the Supreme Council.

The returning delegation was also quite surprised to learn of Link Grand's experience from the wizards of the High Council.

However, their will was extremely firm, and even after learning about this, they did not change their original intention.

Dean Forrest was also helpless when he received the notification from the Supreme Council.

"Don't worry, Dean, I didn't take it to heart."

Link looked at the documents without looking up and said...

This is the truth.

Either people seek out trouble, or trouble seeks out people.

Since it's unavoidable, don't create trouble for yourself; just solve the problem.

Based on the principle of equal exchange, the delegation of the Immortal and Divine Civilization also consisted of five people, the other four of whom Link neither knew nor had heard of.

However, the person in charge of the return visit mission did indeed have a connection with Link.

This person is none other than Master Xujing, who left behind replicas of the Yangping Zhidu Gong Seal and the Jiulao Xiandu Seal in the world of human immortal martial arts.

According to the hierarchy of the wizarding civilization, Master Xujing is equivalent to a ninth-level sage.

However, there are certainly many differences between the two civilizations, so they cannot be converted so simply.

"When are we leaving?"

Link calmly inquired, relaying the information to his personal AI.

After receiving the "favor" from Master Xujing, or to put it bluntly, after "scheming" against him, Link was waiting for Master Xujing to come knocking on his door.

He originally thought that he would need to enter a parallel universe to understand this cause and effect.

Unexpectedly, Master Xu Jing gave the opportunity at the very beginning of his return visit to the wizarding civilization.

Now or never.

It's better to end it sooner rather than later. (End of Chapter)