Chapter 138

Wizard Camp.

The moment Jie Ming and the five stepped into the camp gate, a familiar yet long-lost sense of relaxation instantly enveloped them.

There was no interference from the power of faith here, no clamor of the mortal world, only pure wizardry energy and the aura of their own kind.

The tension of the past few days was swept away, replaced by the satisfaction of mission completion and anticipation for the next arrangements.

"Welcome back!" Several low-tier wizards responsible for receiving them walked up, their eyes carrying a hint of envy and admiration.

Clearly, the camp side already knew the sequence of events.

Soon, the new contribution leaderboard had also been refreshed and issued.

This time, it wasn't like before, engraving the information into everyone's minds, but rather a massive stone tablet was erected in the camp.

The huge rune stone tablet floated in the center of the camp square, with rows of names and numbers flickering with golden light engraved upon it.

The names of Jie Ming, Serafina, Kaelen, Anya, and Rex were prominently listed at the top of the leaderboard, among which Jie Ming, by virtue of his key role and outstanding performance in this operation, was pushed back to the top of the list, occupying that eye-catching first place!

"Ha! As expected!" Kaelen looked at his name ranked fourth and couldn't help but chuckle.

A rare smile also appeared on Serafina's face: "Not bad, higher than expected."

Facing this result, Jie Ming's heart was completely calm.

Although there were quite a few small accidents in the middle, it basically met his expectations.

However, Jie Ming was no longer concerned with these things now; he was more concerned with whether he could find a way to exchange these contributions for a god.

After all, his research related to the divine power faith network had only just begun to scratch the surface.

Compared to the empty fame on the contribution leaderboard, those unknown pieces of knowledge were more attractive to Jie Ming.

However, when their gazes swept over the next name on the leaderboard, they were all stunned in unison.

"Wait... the one ranked second..." Anya looked at that familiar yet strange name on the leaderboard, her voice carrying a hint of disbelief, "David? How could he be ranked second?!"

Jie Ming and the others also couldn't help but look at that name—David.

This level-10 genius, who was as dazzling as a comet when he first appeared, had gone missing after faking his death in the "David Annihilation Battle" a few months ago.

They had discussed him in the sewers before, but there were no definite clues.

They didn't expect him to appear in their line of sight again in this way.

"What on earth did he do?" Anya couldn't help but ask, her tone filled with curiosity.

Kaelen scratched his head, looking blank: "The last time I saw him was in the Orc Kingdom; I don't know about what happened afterward."

Rex also rubbed his eye sockets, a glimmer of doubt flashing in his eyes: "His whereabouts in the Aelossia plane have always been a mystery; he never asked us for help or contacted us. This contribution... how exactly was it obtained?"

Serafina, as David's schoolmate, understood this classmate of hers better.

But even she couldn't help but purse her lips after seeing this result.

The five looked at each other, all they could do was shake their heads helplessly.

"But there's no rush." Serafina looked at the group, "When the final rewards are arranged, everyone's mission reports and contribution details will be made public; we'll naturally know then."

Jie Ming looked at that name right below his own on the list and couldn't help but touch his chin: "Interesting..."

Aelossia City

The royal capital, Aelossia City, was in chaos at this time.

The originally bustling streets were empty, with only the corpses of patrol guards lying scattered on the ground.

In the distance, although the twisted light in the cathedral district had dissipated, terrified screams and curses continued to come from the direction of the royal palace.

At the entrance of a sparsely populated alley, that village warrior known as the "Lucky One"—Kaden—was standing there, dumbfounded.

He looked up at the sky, where the plane crack had already healed, returning to its former tranquility.

But in his eyes, the frame-skipping scene from just now was reflected—the scene where the high-tier wizards instantly captured all the gods with destructive force.

The wizarding tool in his hand also received the notification that the assessment had ended ahead of schedule.

"It's over?" Kaden muttered to himself, his face blank.

He had clearly been inciting the fighting spirit of the civilians in the royal capital step by step over the past few days, giving hoarse speeches in taverns and squares, agitating the public's hatred for wizards to ensure they could gather a massive army and fight the wizards to the death.

He had even just felt that the fanatical faith and fighting spirit of the royal capital's civilians were gathering into shape according to his plan!

He didn't expect that just as it was becoming effective, the assessment ended ahead of schedule in the blink of an eye?!

Even the gods had been captured clean?

He was still in a daze when a team of panicked royal guards rushed over from the other end.

Their eyes carried fear of the unknown and chaos, and when they saw Kaden, this "civilian," standing blankly on the street, a hint of viciousness flashed in the eyes of one of the squad leaders.

He had long disliked this guy, and it just so happened that the city was exceptionally chaotic now, so he intended to take this opportunity to retaliate and also vent the panic in his heart.

"Kaden, you..." the squad leader roared, the longsword in his hand pointing directly at Kaden.

Unfortunately, he didn't finish the rest of his sentence.

Crack!

A dazzling thunderbolt descended from the sky!

The entire squad, along with that squad leader, instantly turned into ashes, leaving not even a trace behind.

After casually finishing all this, Kaden's body began to blur.

The disguise on his body flowed down like water, revealing his original image—a woman with a stubborn expression, yet stunningly beautiful.

It was none other than Bert Vera Augusta!

She coldly swept a glance at the place that had turned to ashes, then turned and left the royal capital, blending into the depths of the night, staying no longer.

Aelossia plane, in the magnificent hall where the leaders of many races once held meetings together.

This place was once the hall of the highest power and wisdom of the Aelossia plane, but now it had become a mess.

The dome carved with complex patterns had collapsed by half, revealing the pitch-black night sky.

The once mirror-like marble floor was covered with blood and scorch marks, and the corpses of different races—humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, magic eyes... were scattered randomly in twisted postures.

Among them, the human king Otto Lei Ke III, as well as several important nobles and ministers under him, all died in their seats, maintaining that extreme surprise from before their deaths.

Their expressions were stiff and shocked, as if they couldn't believe they would die in this way, in the place they were most familiar with and trusted the most.

The surprise on their expressions far outweighed the terror.

And in this bloody mess, only two people remained quietly in the center of the hall.

One of them was the sage who looked young but was actually hundreds of years old.

His withered body was slightly hunched at this moment, his eyes carried a hint of fatigue, and he sat in his original seat, looking at the scene before him, appearing somewhat dull.

And the other was that sage's disciple—Lei Si.

He wore a simple robe, his face was thin, and he stood in the center of the hall, looking around at the tragic situation.

"You really are decisive, Sage." Lei Si's voice echoed in the empty hall, carrying a hint of indescribable emotion, "I originally thought you would only clean up the human high-ranking officials; I didn't expect you to kill all the high-ranking officials of all races at once. This scale, even the mentor would admire."

Accompanied by his words, Lei Si's figure began to change.

The muscles on his thin face squirmed, and his contours gradually changed, becoming more rugged and angular.

His thin body also became more robust, radiating a powerful sense of oppression.

A head of short golden hair gradually replaced his long black hair, and an unruly temperament was revealed between his brows.

Soon, he revealed his original appearance—it was the level-10 genius of Noren Academy No. 1: David!

The sage did not answer his words, just sat in the chair somewhat dully, looking at the mess before him with empty eyes.

It wasn't until a long time later that he said somewhat hoarsely: "I hope you can keep your promise."

"Rest assured, Sage." David walked toward the sage, a hint of a confident smile on his face.

"Haven't we already signed a contract? My mentor is the alchemist most skilled in human body alchemy; manufacturing human body modification potions is not difficult for him at all. As long as they are cultivated for a few generations, the humans of this world can gradually transform into the humans of our world; by then, they can become citizens of the wizard civilization."

Using human body modification potions to modify and cultivate humanoid creatures of other planes, transforming them into the exact same body structure as the humans of the wizard civilization.

This kind of thing was often used in the early stages when the wizard civilization had just left its native plane and was expanding on a large scale.

It was mainly to quickly replenish manpower to meet the growing demand for labor and troops.

However, with the continuous increase in the reserve of wizard civilization personnel, as well as the emergence of more efficient cloning and cultivation technologies, the current wizard civilization rarely uses this operation.

But occasionally, there would be some emerging forces or wizards with special purposes who, when expanding territory or conducting experiments, would use this ancient and efficient method to quickly increase the population or experiment subjects.

"And I also don't want to break my promise just because of a small matter." David added, his gaze sweeping over those mortal leaders in the hall who died with their eyes wide open.

The method David thought of to obtain contribution was actually very simple: to break through their defenses from within the Aelossia plane and achieve a so-called "decapitation."

Ever since being besieged and faking his death to escape, David had set his sights on the sage who possessed extremely strong strength during the siege.

After careful observation, he secretly approached the other party and also demonstrated the powerful strength of the wizard civilization.

And he promised that if the other party was willing to help him complete the "decapitation," he could use his contribution to carve out an area afterward to help the species of this world integrate into the wizard civilization, which could be considered as leaving "seeds" and "continuation" for this world.

The final result was naturally that the sage agreed to his idea.

(End of chapter)