896: The Locked Ancient Soul and the Declining Silver Peach Garden
On the Tianjiang Riverbank, within the ancient pavilion of the century-old headquarters of the Silver Peach Garden, a group of Official Wizards were working listlessly. Although they were wizards working for a Shop Alliance under the Red Dragon Throne, truthfully, this title could at most scare off some uninformed wizards.
After all, there were so many Shop Alliances under the Red Dragon Throne that these small fry working for the Red Dragon Throne really did not amount to much.
At this moment, a Second Ring Wizard ran up to Star Ring Wizard Terence and whispered, "Wizard Terence, I am very sorry, but I have to resign recently. I can pay a resignation fee to repay the training and cultivation that the Silver Peach Garden has provided me during this time."
Star Ring Wizard Terence's body stiffened instantly.
The original administrator and most of the department heads of the Silver Peach Garden had all been fired. Now, the entire administrative framework was basically empty, and he, a veteran wizard supervisor from the market research department, was temporarily presiding over the overall situation here.
But the moment he temporarily took over this Shop Alliance, he realized what it meant to be a dying entity that refused to collapse, and what it meant to be in a state of continuous, unstoppable blood loss.
Wizard Terence sighed. He was a wizard from the Prophecy School, yet he was made to manage this Breeder Shop Alliance. Firstly, he did not really understand those in-depth Breeding Science techniques; secondly, encountering this situation, he felt powerless despite his intentions.
The entire Silver Peach Garden was immersed in a state of decay and aging.
Even though this was just an abstract concept of an illusory Shop Alliance, every wizard working here felt that there was no future here. Even though it could currently still pay satisfactory salaries, everyone felt that working here was a futureless endeavor, because everyone knew that the Silver Peach Garden had fallen into a death spiral of liquidating shops to survive.
Unless... the Red Dragon Lineage helped out.
But Wizard Terence sighed. The entire Silver Peach Garden had long been marginalized. There were no wizards from the Red Dragon Lineage here, and even if there were, they were just fringe members of that Academic Lineage.
They had no standing to speak.
As a result, the entire Silver Peach Garden seemed destined to be like those countless other Shop Alliances—having a glorious past, followed by a slow death in the hands of irresponsible managers, eventually fading into obscurity, and finally being forgotten.
This seemed to be the ending of the Silver Peach Garden.
Wizard Terence asked the Second Ring Wizard in front of him, whom he had previously spent a great deal of money to poach from another Shop Alliance, "Kyle. Are you really not considering staying for a while?"
Wizard Kyle showed a bitter smile.
"I can return half of the settlement fee and funding subsidy you gave me earlier."
Wizard Terence asked, "Who poached you?"
Wizard Kyle coughed and said, "It is the Olaye Shop Alliance."
A flash of surprise crossed the eyes of Star Ring Wizard Terence.
"I thought you would leave the Tianjiang Riverbank. After all, it is Magic Winter now, and all industries are on the decline. I did not expect you to stay here. Olaye..."
"Wizard Kyle, you have talent in Breeding Science. You are an excellent Breeder; you cannot let your life regress. Olaye is not even as good as this place."
"I remember that shop was established less than five years ago and has not yet turned a profit."
"Wizard Kyle, you can stay here for a while longer. After this period, our Silver Peach Garden will be much better."
Wizard Kyle shook his head and said, "Lord Terence, if I may speak frankly, you know the current situation of this mess called the Silver Peach Garden better than I do."
"Without any external help, how can it be brought back to life?"
Wizard Terence frowned suddenly and sighed.
"I understand. You do not need to return the subsidy I gave you before. After all, you have been here for more than half a year. And because the contract was only fulfilled for half a year, many benefits were not given to you anyway."
"Wizard Kyle, I hope you can be happy at the new Shop Alliance."
Wizard Kyle breathed a sigh of relief. Because the contract he signed with Wizard Terence was for three years, he had been worried that Wizard Terence would refuse to let him go, or make him pay a huge penalty.
But now it seemed, he only needed to pay a normal compensation fee.
This compensation would be paid by that Lady Rose from Olaye.
That lady was generous; with one move, she repaid all his personal debts. As a poor Second Ring Wizard native to the Tianjiang Riverbank, he naturally had to seek better opportunities, so he headed to that Shop Alliance.
Besides, he had inquired about it; that Witch Rosetta was an important figure in the Rose Lineage.
At this moment, her avatar coming to the Tianjiang Riverbank must have a major plan. It was rumored that the Red Dragon Lineage and the Rose Lineage had experienced intense academic conflict, competing for academic status. Then, Olaye's first target of attack was very clear; it must be his current employer, and then he would gain a great advantage.
Because he understood the Silver Peach Garden.
Seizing this opportunity, he even had a chance to enter the core circle of the Rose Council · Rose Throne's Academic Lineage.
Thinking of this, Wizard Kyle's heart was moved.
After Wizard Kyle packed up all his things and signed the relevant contracts, and after Wizard Terence received the remittance from Witch Rosetta, he left the ancient pavilion of the Silver Peach Garden.
After he left, Wizard Terence looked up and saw the second wizard standing in front of him. His face was ugly, and he asked in a low voice, "You want to leave too? Davin?"
This was a Vaporization Wizard. In the peak period of the Silver Peach Garden, he was an insignificant person, but at this moment, he also held a large amount of the Silver Peach Garden's business. He was even in charge of one of the few super single items that could still make money for the Silver Peach Garden: the [Peach Dart Branch].
That was a great invention by Witch Catherine during her First-Ring Wizard stage. For a long period, it dominated the market of the nearby Wizard Land and was an 'advanced Magic Plant' that wizards in lower-level Wizard Lands would pay a fortune for but could rarely see. It was just a pity that this thing was too old now.
It was becoming increasingly difficult to sell.
Wizard Terence frowned. This Vaporization Wizard was one of the key Breeders in the Peach Garden.
This person could not leave.
This Vaporization Wizard said guiltily, "Witch Rosetta said she could pay a large compensation fee for me, a large amount of funds that could keep our Shop Alliance alive for a long time."
"As long as you can agree."
Wizard Terence's face was ugly. He was not as polite to this Vaporization Wizard. He did not speak, which scared the Vaporization Wizard so much that there was sweat on his forehead.
Wizard Terence narrowed his eyes. Was this Rose Lineage coming to this mediocre Wizard Land to challenge them?
This place even had Magic Winter recently.
Was it worth it?
Also, why did that so-called Witch Rosetta not look for him personally?
Wizard Terence was about to speak when suddenly, the crowd who were pricking up their ears to eavesdrop at their workstations heard the sound of some animal flapping its wings. They saw with astonishment a magic owl tapping on the window with its beak.
Wizard Terence waved his hand, and the window instantly became translucent, and then the owl flew directly through the window.
Terence took the letter from the leg of the owl that landed on his finger.
"Hmm? The Silver Peach Garden has appointed a new administrator. This is a direct appointment from Lord Red Dragon Throne. Wizard Locke Augustine is our new administrator."
Star Ring Wizard Terence flashed with doubt in his eyes, because he seemed to have heard this person's name somewhere.
Wait, that seemed to be the champion of the Silent Grail.
The wizards who were secretly pricking up their ears to eavesdrop all had curiosity in their eyes.
They did not know who this newly appointed administrator was.
Most of them were wizards from the Tianjiang Riverbank, so they had long ceased to understand the Yunze Wetland. In their eyes, the Yunze Wetland was a mysterious high-level Wizard Land, full of powerful wizards, where even Sun Ring Wizards became singers, touring everywhere and collecting reaction data from the crowd.
Star Ring Wizard Terence procrastinated to the wizard who wanted to resign in front of him, "I have no authority to handle your matter now. Because we have a new administrator."
"When he comes here to preside over the work, you can tell him yourself."
Wizard Davin nodded. He was not in a hurry, after all, his treatment at the Silver Peach Garden was not bad.
Let's see if that Lady Rose will pay a huge compensation to poach him then.
...
Golden Crown Mountain, Dune Plane, Research Institute No. 2.
Locke told Douglas the secret of the operation of the Kingdom Domain, and the Witch King behind Douglas expressed astonishment through Douglas.
"Sun and Moon Dual Movement. The Kingdom Domain actually needs to rely on special celestial phenomena to be established. No. That's not right."
As a Third Ring Great Witch King of the Age of Stars, Lagemen Witch King had keen perception.
"It is impossible for the Kingdom Domain to be established because of special celestial phenomena."
'I was a bystander who could not see clearly, so I never discovered that the Kingdom Domain was built on the foundation of the Sun and Moon Dual Movement.'
Lagemen Witch King thought: 'But reminded by this kid of later generations, I suddenly realized that in my era, it was not that wizards did not go to other worlds. Some wizards simply stayed in other worlds, unwilling to return, and treated other worlds as their home.'
Douglas could not understand it at all, but he still bit the bullet and repeated the Witch King's words to Locke.
"If the Sun and Moon Dual Movement is a special celestial phenomenon, then wizards cannot use the Kingdom Domain when they leave the Wizarding World."
Locke also reacted.
That's right.
If the Kingdom Domain needs to rely on the sun and moon of the Wizarding World, what will wizards do when they leave the Wizarding World?
Douglas repeated the Witch King's words, saying, "The Sun and Moon Dual Movement is not a phenomenon, but a spell'signal tower' built by the Black Sun Tower."
Just as he finished speaking.
Locke noticed that the surrounding magic tide had become unusual, as if some abnormal power had locked onto this place.
But soon that power dissipated.
Lagemen Witch King sighed in Douglas's mind.
'Oh no, Douglas. I did not expect the Black Sun Tower to still exist in this era. If there is talk in the Age of Stars, the Black Sun Tower will surely know. And now, in this era, I did not expect them to still have this ability. They discovered my existence; they know I have resurrected. They know that I am currently possessing the young soul of a modern wizard, but they should not be able to completely lock onto my location.'
'It seems that in this era, their power has indeed shrunk a lot.'
Douglas asked in his mind, "Teacher, what kind of organization is that?"
Lagemen Witch King said, "That was our former 'Heaven'."
Douglas was silent for a while and said, "I will protect you."
Lagemen Witch King smiled.
"I chose you because of this quality of yours. Alright, it does not matter, it should be fine for the time being. Anyway, this time I am very satisfied to be able to give the Spell Model of the Gate of Lightning to Locke Augustine."
Lagemen Witch King said to Locke through Douglas, "So that's how it is. The Kingdom Domain actually needs to be used this way. But the moon of this world is still there, but the 'dark sun' is gone."
Locke thought for a moment and said, "I have Magic Dragon Bloodline in my body, and I can simulate the dark sun with my own bloodline."
Lagemen Witch King said to Locke through Douglas, "I see. In other words, there is still a way to solve the problem in this era, to make the Kingdom Domain usable, right? But no need."
"That is an old thing after all."
"It is not worth studying in depth anymore."
Since the Witch King realized that the Kingdom Domain needed to rely on the Sun and Moon Dual Movement to be established, he immediately realized that he had walked the path of the Black Sun Tower when he created the Kingdom Domain in the past.
That's right.
The Kingdom Domain itself needs to condense earth vein magic power and the belief of the citizens.
This is essentially Sacrificial Magic.
Lagemen Witch King immediately realized more.
"But there is a problem. If it is Sacrificial Magic, then as long as the Kingdom Domain is created, no matter how it is used, it needs to rely on the Black Sun Tower. So... is this the reason why I was easily suppressed and died when I resisted the Black Sun Tower in the past?"
"But that kid of later generations used the Kingdom Domain in front of me before. He should not have sacrificed to the Black Sun Tower, neither did he burn sacrifices to the Black Sun Tower..."
"Then he used his own Sacrificial Magic? I cannot think about it anymore, otherwise the Black Sun Tower will immediately lock onto my location. This will kill Douglas."
Locke glanced at Douglas.
'Is that ancient soul actually someone who resisted the Black Sun Tower like Wizard Otto?'
Although he heard it intermittently, he still knew the general origin of this ancient soul.
If he had resisted the Black Sun Tower, then this person could not be a nobody.
I am afraid that this Witch King would be a famous figure in history.
If he had not been hit by the Expulsion Curse.
Locke glanced at him, then left. "Go to see the breeding area of the Golden Dragon claw air pineapple, I hope to get enough breedable seeds as soon as possible. At least four hundred."
"And I need to prepare for the magic potion class of the Sea Queen Throne. After all, it is the first time, I am not familiar with her personality, I do not know what will happen."
Locke felt that it was better for him to be careful.
"Hmm? Why is Wizard Saronirus of the Golden Dynasty contacting me through the water gourd system at this time?"