The celebration of the Green Festival is indeed lively. It is held in the central square of Konola City. Every major road along the way is crowded with a lot of people. Even though the nobles, who were trying to reach the front of the square with their carriage is loudly scolding the commoners, it didn't hinder people's excitement.
Everyone is dressed in green, which made it look funny, like a bunch of vegetables moving around on the road.
Punk realized he couldn't see the ceremony in the town square from the back. Even the magically amplified music is drowned out by the noisy crowd. So, he decided to move to the front to get a better view.
Although people were very excited, but their excitement didn't lower their fear and cautiousness toward the mysterious and powerful mage.
People often fear the unknown, and mages are the most mysterious figures to them. That's why when they saw Punk heading towards the square, everyone anxiously made way for him. Thanks to this, Punk reached the city square swiftly and didn't have to experience of being crowded like a discounted goods seller on Earth.
On the city square, a horn with a magic circle is playing brisk music. Eight or nine beautiful young girls with slender figures were dancing happily to the rhythm in short emerald green dresses. While dancing, whenever they performed any jumping action, their short green skirt that barely covered half of their thighs is lifted upwards, revealing their beautiful long legs.
Observing this, a few men near the stage couldn't contain their excitement and let out loud cheers and whistles!
Even though those in the distance weren't sure why these men were howling, they joined in due to their herd mentality. As a result, the entire city's population began cheering, creating a magnificent scene.
Since nobles and professionals were a minority, even though they were gathered near the stage, they still blended into the vast crowd of ordinary folks.
Punk, being a skilled level 2 ranger, had sharp eyes. He quickly spotted Kane in the crowd, who is "ghosting and howling" with many ordinary people in the crowd. Watching this guy whistling and gesturing to the girls on the stage, Punk felt a bit embarrassed to approach him and say hello, so he chose to act like he hadn't seen Kane at all.
"Ohh, this guy actually advanced to the trainee level. It seems he is really talented or holds some big secret"!
Punk keenly discovered that Kane's level of strength is not weaker than his own.
The show continued, and while it might not be as diverse as the dancing programs on the Earth, it still had a different kind of natural feeling, a unique and genuine charm in it. Even as a calm mage and who has experienced many styles and talented pop stars on Earth, he had to admit that the elegant and lively dance of these girls at the stage is still very beautiful, He also noticed that the nervous feeling in his heart, which had lingered since arriving in the plane of Pheren, began to ease.
"One of the defining characteristics of a crisis is its unexpected nature."
At the climax of the whole celebration, a man dressed in a dark green robe stepped out of a light gate that suddenly appeared out of thin air. He stood on the high stage, although his figure is very tall, from a distance, it looked insignificant and inconspicuous, but no one in the entire square could ignore him because of the terrible pressure that is coming from him.
The air in the entire square seemed to be frozen, the dancing girls, the excited crowd, no matter what it is, it all came to an abrupt end.
Only the loud magical horn is still playing music that no one appreciated anymore. The people in the distance, who did not feel the pressure, also quickly realized that things were not right, and their laughter and commotion gradually stopped. In less than a minute, the originally noisy celebration turned into a weirdly quiet and loud scene at the same time because of the magical horn's nonstop recital.
When Punk sensed the immensely powerful pressure, he turned his attention to the tall man in the green robe on the stage, feeling a mix of confusion and caution.
"It's an official mage!" For the first time, Punk felt the suppression brought by the crushing soul level of an official mage,
However, there was no time to ponder or lament over the unfathomable strength of the official mage.
Punk was left wondering why an official mage was present, deliberately exerting such intimidating pressure to disrupt the joyous climax at its climax.
Punk didn't believe this was a well-planned surprise show. In Konola City, there was only one official mage, and that was the leader of the mage union branch, "Lord McNeesey." His appearance in such a festival, in such a noticeable manner, suggested that something significant had occurred.
"The Green Festival celebration is now over... All the city guards who are on leave, immediately report to the army."
Lord McNeesey announced the shockingly important news in an unquestionable tone. Then he opened the light door again, then stepped in and disappeared.
As the official mage departed, the intense soul pressure also faded away. After a brief moment of shock, the people began to react. Quiet whispers started to ripple through the crowd, and with time, those whispers grew into a widespread commotion. The initial excitement of the people swiftly transformed into panic, and this unease began to spread rapidly.
Ordinary people may not have much knowledge, but they were definitely not fools; if an official mage appears personally to order something, undoubtedly that meant something terrible has happened!
"Now everybody go home immediately, repeat: disband immediately; otherwise you will receive harsh punishment." Soon the city guards began to disperse the commoners. Hearing the threat from the guards, the crowd quickly left. Those who opened shops locked the door, and those who returned to their home also shut sown doors and windows. Soon the originally noisy and bustling Green Festival celebration is filled with an eerie silence. Just the grass rings left on the road were the only proof that there is a festival here just a few minutes ago.
Punk returned to his laboratory because he didn't need to leave his house to collect information as a trainee-level prophecy mage.
Punk cast a trainee-level prophecy spell, "mage's eye", which is very helpful for investigating intelligence from inside the house.
A small, almost invisible eyeball exuding very little magical fluctuations emerged from Punk's fingertips. Punk only felt that he suddenly had an additional field of vision.
This field of vision is provided by the magical eyeball. Punk can freely control this eyeball, and it will last for half an hour
The magical eye's vision is almost indistinguishable from Punk's own eyes. Of course, he also has to be careful to not let this fragile eyeball collide with anything, because it has no defensive ability.
Punk controlled his magical eyeball to fly toward the city gate. It didn't take long before the eyeball arrived at the massive city gate. Now Punk could see what was unfolding at the city gate..
A group of soldiers is entering through the city gate, and unlike usual times, there were no regular folks nearby.
On the plane of Pheren, the army is synonymous with ferocious greed and lawlessness. Nobles use the army to oppress common people.
So people were too afraid to avoid this terrible existence for fear of offending them. However, in the case of these soldiers entering through the city gate, having no onlookers was a good thing. They were all clad in dusty, rugged armor, appearing thoroughly fatigued. Some soldiers even had bandages stained with blood. Despite their attempts to maintain a heroic demeanor, Punk could still detect fear and anxiety concealed in their eyes.
"This is a fleeing army!"
Punk came to this conclusion with absolute certainty.