Chapter 341: The Truth of Destruction, Cheap Human Lives

The rulers of the Wizard World are wizards.

Controlling truth.

Toying with Laws.

However, in the distant ancient times.

The world's rulers were gods nurtured by nature, and the place where they gathered and ruled was the center of the world.

Also known as the Plateau of the Gods.

Powerful wizards were not inferior to gods; they even stood above them.

Conquest, suppression, slaughter, subjugation.

Wizards rose from the world and transcended it.

Legendary Wizards who promoted to the Seventh-Ring would head toward the path of exploring endless planes to seek further progress.

While wizards below the Seventh-Ring chose to take root in the Wizard World, nurturing more wizards through the slow accumulation of knowledge and time.

This is the history of the Wizard World.

And also the origin of the Plateau of the Gods.

As a symbolic site of the wizard civilization's conquest of the gods.

Mid-to-high-level wizards would often build Wizard Towers here, forming a core sphere of influence.

And now—

"It has actually stepped into destruction even before the outside world."

The sky and earth were dark, cold, and desolate.

Blood-red lightning streaked across the dark clouds.

Storms swept across the land.

It seemed as if a majestic power had fallen, easily shattering everything on the plateau, destroying all and ruining all, leaving only a mess.

Whether it was a powerful Bone Dragon or a Sixth-Ring Wizard Tower that suppressed a nation.

That pinnacle of the world, described with every superlative word.

In a state of decay and ruin.

It appeared before Xu Xi.

Leaving him stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

…

[After many years of trekking, you have finally reached the center of the world—the Plateau of the Gods]

[Before coming here, you had many conjectures]

[Such as the Mastermind who caused all these tragedies hiding here]

[Or perhaps the missing mid-to-high-level wizards were here, evading the world's invasion]

[Your conjectures were wrong]

[There is neither the Mastermind nor any other wizards here]

[All that remains is desolation and ruins everywhere]

[You are filled with doubt and alarm]

[With unbelievable confusion, you head deep into the plateau to search for useful information along with Sevia]

…

[You are lucky; the seemingly dead Plateau of the Gods still retains some data]

[Although the handwriting is intermittent and the items are fragmented due to the passage of time, you continue to think and deduce some intelligence]

[You realize belatedly that the special ritual to summon the Netherworld is not still ongoing; it ended long ago]

[The falling of the sun and moon you once witnessed was actually a sign of the ritual's completion]

[The Mastermind has already achieved his goal]

[That was a powerhouse who reached the limit of the Sixth-Ring, designing and guiding the collision of two worlds, using the death of the Wizard World as a springboard to reach the path of the Seventh-Ring]

[He succeeded]

[The world began to fall, and powerful wizards unwilling to become undead fled this world one after another]

[The end of destruction is already set; there are no more variables to speak of]

The central area of the Plateau of the Gods.

Xu Xi took Sevia and flew down onto the stable ruins, looking down at the tiles beneath their feet.

It was hard to imagine.

That these were once construction Materials for Fifth-Ring Wizard Towers or Sixth-Ring Wizard Towers.

"Although I expected it might be a ritual for promotion to a Seventh-Ring Wizard, I still feel an unrealistic sense of illusion now that it's confirmed."

"The entire world."

"All living beings."

"Have all become victims."

Xu Xi crouched down, his palm gently grabbing the gravel on the surface of the ruins, rubbing it to feel the texture.

The Seventh-Ring Realm is the pinnacle of the wizard system.

It symbolizes the comprehensive convergence and unification of truth, Soul, and life and death.

Such a Realm is extremely difficult to Breakthrough by one's own comprehension alone.

Thus, someone took an alternative path, using the destruction of a complete world and the fate of hundreds of billions of living beings to aggregate a path to immortality.

This path is so terrifying.

Except for wizards of the Fourth-Ring and above, other existences were destined to be buried with it.

Humans, Elves, Gnomes, Orcs…

Demonic Beasts, Dragons, Goblins, Slimes…

Whether intelligent or not.

All things and phenomena met a peaceful demise, silent and quiet, their emotions, selves, and thoughts forcibly erased, turning into mindless undead.

"Life… is actually cheap to this extent…"

Xu Xi stood up.

The palm that held the gravel slowly opened.

His eyes lowered, watching the gravel flow, seeing the scattered sand slip through his palm and fall onto the barren earth, making a faint rustling sound.

Xu Xi did not like this practice.

The Hero beside him could not agree with it either.

"Lord Wizard."

"Such a reason… I… cannot accept it."

Her voice was hoarse.

Suppressing grief and anger.

Sevia could not accept that the origin of all misfortune and tragedy was simply because someone wanted to become stronger.

The undead transformation of her own body, the desolation of her Family's territory, her parents' cries, the desecration of The Hansens' remains…

Too many misfortunes had happened on the land.

Those unfortunate memories were bleeding.

Dripping at everyone's feet, repeatedly reminding them of past sorrows.

Sevia could not accept that these stinging tragedies were born without any reason, just because someone wanted to become stronger.

It shouldn't be like this; it was never supposed to be like this.

The girl who grew up listening to stories of "Heroes" since childhood.

Her body trembled uncontrollably before this bloody fact.

Not out of fear.

But out of anger.

She looked at Xu Xi; her overly agitated Soul Fire could not simulate any sound.

But Xu Xi heard it.

The crying that came from the depths of her Soul.

Pleading with Xu Xi, crying out to Xu Xi, her collapsing mental world could only barely stay upright by leaning on Xu Xi.

Xu Xi reached out and gently wiped away the tears from her emerald eyes.

…

[The truth is too ironic]

[The weight the girl carries, the source of those countless tragic pasts, was just something someone did on a whim]

[The affection of her parents, the care of her Family, the respect of her subjects]

[The beautiful past has turned to ashes]

[Everything, including the destruction of the world, was only because someone wanted to become stronger]

[Sevia cannot accept such a reason]

[She cannot accept that the fate of the world and the lives and deaths of those she knew became disordered and distorted because of such a reason]

[You understand that anger]

[But you know that impotent rage is useless]

[The Mastermind has already become a Seventh-Ring Wizard and completely left the Wizard World; no matter how angry you are, it will not affect him]

[What needs to be done now is to focus on the present]

[Formulate a further plan]

[The world is about to be destroyed. Now that the number of undead is increasing day by day, you must strengthen your power to protect yourself in future disasters and take the Hero to slay the Mastermind]

[You remain silent for a long time and decide to first collect items from the ruins]

[The wizards retreated in a hurry]

[In the collapsed Wizard Towers, there are still many usable items and fragmented recorded data, which will provide considerable help to you, who are only at the Third-Ring]