Inside the Witch King's Tower, three people sat opposite each other in a marble hall with an extremely fine texture. In the middle of the three people was a virtual world map suspended in mid-air. The Witch King Abotanic pointed to the center of the map and said:
"This is the Witch King Tower. The surrounding area is considered the central area, and it is also the core area of this world. Many powerful forces that have signed ancient contracts are distributed around it."
At this point, Abotanic paused and said to Lin Xiao:
"Your Excellency Lin Xiao may not know what an ancient contract is."
Lin Xiao immediately said:
"Your Majesty the Wizard King, please tell me. I have no idea."
"The so-called Ancient Contract is a contract signed by the strongest forces remaining in the ancient world after they defeated the invading Scourge Lords of the Nightmare World. A loose organization headed by the Wizard King Tower was established to protect the wizard world. Later, any force that gave birth to a Level 5 Dawn Wizard was eligible to join the Ancient Contract."
"The ancient contract is not mandatory. The Wizard King Tower can command the forces of this world according to the contract when the wizard world faces an invasion from foreign lands. At this time, it has no power to command any forces."
"There are currently 33 forces in the wizarding world that are qualified to sign the Ancient Contract, including the various wizarding empires and various top schools. The Tagma Wizarding Empire where His Excellency Lin Xiao was born is also a member of the Ancient Contract."
"These forces have now opened up cross-border teleportation magic arrays, and every year they send spies to the void to find the coordinates of other worlds, invade and plunder."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao suddenly thought of the ancient battlefield with countless space cracks leading to the Sea King World, and couldn't help asking:
"I remember that there are many space cracks in the great wasteland of the Tagma Wizard Empire that lead to different worlds. Why doesn't the Tagma Wizard Empire explore from there?"
"Because I can't!"
Abotanic shook his head seriously.
"What's the reason?"
"That's exactly what I was going to remind you of."
Just as he finished speaking, Abotanic suddenly coughed loudly. Emerald Queen Tishaer, who had been sitting quietly beside him, spoke up:
"Let me tell you, there used to be a passage for a powerful alien world to invade the wizard world. Although the other side gave up the invasion after only one attempt, both sides knew how powerful the other side was through that attempt. The space passage has not been interrupted yet, and both sides can invade through it at any time. In order to avoid alerting the other side, we cannot have a large-scale army in that area."
"I see!"
No wonder the space in that area is so chaotic. One battle turned the former granary area of the Tagma Wizard Empire into a wasteland, and countless space cracks have not disappeared until now. It turns out that a shocking war did take place.
Then he asked again:
"It's always bad to have such a powerful world hanging over your head. Do we have any specific information about that world? Do we know their specific strength?"
Tishaer narrated the story:
"We named that world the Evil Soul Realm. They control the power of souls. Every time they arrive in a world, they seize the souls of all the creatures in that world and turn the entire world into a dead place. In that battle, they had two seventh-level wizard kings, but we can vaguely sense that there are other wizard kings behind the world channel. It is preliminarily estimated that there are at least four to five wizard kings in the Evil Soul Realm, and there may be more."
"But one thing is certain, they don't seem to have an eighth-level existence, otherwise they would have invaded the wizarding world at all costs."
"This is still dangerous!"
Four to five seventh-level wizard kings, maybe even more. Even if there are no eighth-level masters, they are still a huge threat. After all, there are only three wizard king-level masters in the wizarding world, including him.
Although Abotanik is at level eight, he is only at the early stage of level eight. Moreover, he seems to be injured and his breath is not very stable. This is a huge destabilizing factor.
If he suddenly dies one day, the situation will deteriorate rapidly.
Evil Soul Realm.
Just as he was thinking about something, the Witch King Abotanic seemed to see through his thoughts and said:
"The Evil Soul Realm has been coveting the wizard world for many years. They have not given up yet. As far as I know, they have been sending spies to infiltrate the wizard world to gather intelligence over the years. Once the news of my death spreads, they will immediately launch a large-scale attack."
"You, sir?"
Abbotnik waved his hand to stop him from speaking, and continued,
"I have lived for more than 200,000 years. I have witnessed the passage of time and the vicissitudes of life. Even if I had not been injured, I would have reached the limit of my lifespan. Death is inevitable within these few hundred years."
Lin Xiao was silent for a moment and said:
"I remember there are many sorcery techniques that can prolong life. With your strength, you can easily change your life form to live longer. Why?"
The old wizard king smiled and said,
"What you said is true, but as the master of the Wizard King Tower and the guardian of the world, many secret techniques are useless to me. The most important thing is that my soul was severely damaged by the secret technique of the Wizard King of the Evil Soul Realm, and I can no longer prolong my life by changing my soul."
Old Witch King Lin Xiao
smiled generously and said:
"I was unwilling to die at first, but when I saw the birth of a new Witch King, I felt at peace."
The old wizard king suddenly stood up. While Lin Xiao was surprised and nervous, he raised the inconspicuous wooden stick in his hand and tapped it on his shoulder, and said in a deep voice:
"Mr. Lin Xiao, in the name of the first generation of Wizard King, I appoint you as the second Wizard King of Wizard King Tower. After I die, you will continue to protect Wizard King Tower. Are you willing?"
Lin Xiao sat there in silence and did not respond immediately.
He was not considering whether this was a trap or not. When the old Witch King said this, he could sense the existence of the will of the wizard world in the dark. The words of the old Witch King were actually the will of the wizard world. As long as he agreed, he would gain the recognition of the world's will and become the second generation Witch King, in charge of the Witch King Palace and become the most powerful person in the world.
It's not that he is so special that he can't get such a good thing as soon as he is promoted like the Son of the Plane. Any wizard born in this world will have this treatment as long as he is promoted to the seventh-level Wizard King. It just happened that he caught up with it.
The reason why he remained silent was that he was considering his own gains and losses if he agreed.
The benefits are clear: power, status, and strength. Becoming the Lord of the Witch King Tower is equivalent to becoming the first guardian. The feedback of the world's will obtained is higher than that of other guardians, and one can quickly break through the limit of the seventh level and advance to the eighth level.
But the disadvantages are also clear.
If he agrees to become the Lord of the Witch King Tower, he will be restricted to this world. Unlike the World Guardian, the Guardian is relatively free and can go anywhere as long as there is no major incident in the world. If the world is strong enough and there is no foreign invasion, it is okay for you to stay in the void and not come back.
The Lord of the Wizard King's Tower is different. This one is more like a guardian on duty. He must stay in the wizarding world all the time and cannot leave unless a new guardian is found to take over.
This possibility is not high. Considering that Abotanic has lived for more than 200,000 years and only met the new Witch King before his death, it can be seen how difficult it is to be promoted to the seventh level. This is much more difficult than the true god system.
The overall strength of the Crystal Wall Universe CY-00801 is not much stronger than this world, but there are tens of thousands of true gods in the Pantheon, which is completely not on the same level.
Lin Xiao didn't want to be restricted to one world at all. It wasn't like he had no way to continue his advancement. The prototype of his second true body had already been condensed. All that was left was to continue to enrich it. He didn't need to take the path of becoming the Lord of the Witch King Tower.
So, he said apologetically:
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but I don't want to become the Witch King yet. Perhaps you can consider Your Majesty Tishaar."
Abotanic did not show any disappointment on his face, as if he had expected this to happen, and said:
"Your Majesty Tishaar is the Lord of the Emerald Dream and cannot be the Lord of the Witch King's Tower."
"Perhaps you don't fully understand the benefits of becoming the Lord of the Witch King Tower. You may not need power and status, but you definitely need strength. I can see that you are very young. To have grown to this point so quickly, you must be very eager for power. If you become the Lord of the Witch King Tower, the feedback from the origin of the world will allow you to enter the eighth level in a short period of time and become the top power in the countless worlds in the void. In addition..."
He suddenly lowered his voice and said,
"I can sense that you are in great need of world power right now. I can sense the potential and desire for world power hidden in you. Your potential is stronger than any other existence I have ever seen. If you become the master of the Wizard King Tower, you can take the initiative to promote the conquest of foreign worlds. For every world conquered, as the first guardian, you will receive 20% of all the plundered world power as a reward. Believe me, as long as you can conquer a world as powerful as the Evil Soul Realm, 20% of its world power will be enough to satisfy your desire."
This is a naked temptation, but I have to say it to convince him.
He now needs to plunder the world's source power and laws to replenish the prototype of his second true body in order to condense his own true body of the ancient Titan God.
Unlike the true bodies of other strong men, some strong men master different laws and only need to plunder the corresponding laws without the need for world source power.
For example, if a strong person masters the law of fear, then he only needs to collect a large amount of fear emotions to transform them into power to fill his true body and condense a second true body in the name of fear.
The true body of the Titan Ancient God that he condensed was the original innate body of the ancient god. It required not only the integration of many laws into it, but the most crucial thing was the massive power of the world's origin.
To plunder the world's original power, one needs to conquer a world. Previously, he had thought of taking advantage of the invasion of other major forces in the wizard world to gain some experience as a guardian. But after listening to the words of the old wizard king, especially the fact that the chief wizard king could obtain up to 20% of the world's original power, he was really tempted.
You know, normal guardians can only get half, and if there are more guardians in the world in the future, this share will be reduced, but the chief guardian will always get 20%, which is too exciting for him.
Therefore, after considering comprehensively for a long time, Lin Xiao bowed to reality and said to the old wizard king Abotanic:
"In that case, I am willing to take over as the master of the Wizard King's Tower and protect the wizard world!"
(End of this chapter)