Chapter 538 - 277: Empire Witch
At the same time, in Thousand Tower City, the top mages would establish their mage towers in the sky adjacent to the Vault of Endless Tomes. One cause of the so-called "Thousand Towers" phenomenon is those floating mage towers slowly orbiting around the Secret Scripture Tower in a certain pattern, leaving newcomers unable to distinguish which tower belongs to whom.
"Hey, there’s no need to go on about Dorothy this and that." The Half Elf playfully slapped Li Ang.
Meluna abruptly looked over, and Dorothy cautiously withdrew her hand while muttering unintelligibly.
"It sounds like something straight out of a story, where an evil sorcerer’s magical experiment fails," Zoe said.
"Hmm?"
Li Ang was surprised at her statement, as she shouldn’t have any awareness of such mage-related matters.
Seeing his confusion, Zoe explained, "Mom’s book had a story where the protagonists met because of an evil sorcerer’s experiment, and then..."
"Alright, I get it," Li Ang interrupted her, tapping his fingers on the table. "The great mages of Thousand Tower City wouldn’t be so unprofessional. Even if an experiment failed, the impact would be limited to a certain range, and I don’t think they could cause such significant change."
He crossed his arms, saying, "Thousand Tower City is actually one of our target destinations; Diana’s peers live there too."
Upon hearing this, the Immortal Spirit Maiden, who was daydreaming nearby, looked over. She wasn’t too aware of these matters herself, as she was indifferent, growing silently like a tree rooted on Mengze Island.
Perhaps due to Eden and Baal’s connection with other Star Souls, they mentioned Thousand Tower City as having Star Souls, but it was described as "complicated."
Star Soul...
Whether it was Otto, who learned about its existence recently in his homeland, or Farina, who became interested in such existence through the "Star Soul Prototype Bahamut," both were lost in thought.
They understood the power of these existences well and perhaps guessed the reason Li Ang brought it up.
Li Ang asked Meimei, "When the Imperial Army breached Thousand Tower City, did the Annihilation Star Soul appear?"
"It was the strongest force indeed, and after it entered the city, it hovered in the air for a long time for unknown reasons," Meimei said.
"What was the situation?"
"Its body seemed like plaster, with white material dropping around the Vault of Endless Tomes, and the Empire Witch kept hovering beside it, operating the Power of the Star Soul," Meimei recalled.
"Empire Witch?" Zoe was very interested in this term.
With a frown, the white-haired girl said, "She’s a blue-haired young girl. Wherever the Annihilator and Annihilation Knights launched massive attacks, her presence could be seen."
The girls of the Star Flower Travel Corps immediately exclaimed, exchanging glances with Li Ang; everyone knew it was indeed Ivynis.
"Why would the Empire Witch..." Zoe lowered her head, eyes wide in slight disbelief.
Mentioning Ivynis brought up many questions, but Li Ang continued asking about Thousand Tower City.
All Meimei knew was that the Imperial Army invaded the defenseless Thousand Tower City. Strangely, they weren’t affected by the reversed situation in the city, and with Ivynis’s help, the hovering Annihilation Star Soul Jenoside seemed to have found something.
After acquiring it, the magic constructs of the indestructible Vault of Endless Tomes were shaken by the Annihilation Star Soul. The Imperial Army spent three months breaking its defense, looting endless valuable tomes, and burning less important but still precious knowledge.
"How could this happen?" Dorothy was filled with disbelief and unwillingness to accept.
Even the Golden Canary, who spent far more time shopping than in classrooms and libraries, found this hard to accept.
Gritting her teeth, Meimei said, "Due to such atrocities, some survivors lost their faith and chose suicide despite being rescued by the Guild."
Naturally, although Meimei was at the peak of the Transcendent Realm at that time, she could only play a minimal role against the Imperial Army led by Annihilation Knights. No one treated her as a Savior; a Tier Six Swordsman had no authority in the city’s core, and all she knew when fleeing was just this.
"These details are insufficient for me; I’m left to speculate wildly. I’ll say it directly: the city’s reversed phenomenon might be caused by the Star Soul of Thousand Tower City," Li Ang said.
Faced with such an unreasonable phenomenon, this was his starting point.
None of them refuted this statement.
"Can Star Souls truly do such things?" Zoe counted on her fingers, "Let me see, Sister Eden is ice, Grandpa Baal is wind and thunder, Little Diana is flowers and plants, and there’s fire, others..."
"Don’t forcefully try to think if you can’t come up with it," Dorothy disapproved of her performance of listing without deeper thought.
"Woah!"
After brief camaraderie, the chestnut-haired girl still vented at the Half Elf.
"Alright, let’s leave it at that," Li Ang pressed both their heads with a hand, rubbing a bit before they quieted down, habitually ignoring Meluna’s piercing stare.
"Investigating Thousand Tower City’s Star Soul is necessary, and this matter is on the way; perhaps there might be Guild assistance afterward," Li Ang said, looking at Otto, who nodded.
"Perhaps I could find an opportunity to ask Kitan first," Farina suggested.
Li Ang nodded, flipping through the notebook and pen he had taken out earlier, summarizing the information on Thousand Tower City for now.
However, he suddenly thought of a question: "Meimei, it sounds like your guild is somewhat weak."