High Above

Under the anxious gazes of Hua An and Mo Feng, Ian, who was theoretically unconscious, calmly watched them contact the pilot of the Pumice Aircraft, and used their emergency contact facilities to contact Master Gosei and the Ellen family.

The pilot's injuries were not serious, and they wanted to receive treatment as soon as possible. They also knew very well that when the fourth-level powerhouse started fighting again, it was useless to contact the surrounding troops. God knows how many people were injured and affected—— And they know very well that the power behind their passengers is definitely not small. If they provide convenience, they will be able to get treatment easily when the time comes.

What's more, they also felt that the power that Ian had just exploded... was almost at the second level!

——Could it be that the potion he drank just now was...

Such thoughts passed by in a flash, and a call for help was sent out.

At the same time, a swift flash of light lit up from the direction of Awak's collar, piercing towards the direction of the lightning burst!

[Kador, you have exceeded the rules! 】

【Angry? Mikael? But it’s useless to be angry—you can only blame your own carelessness! 】

King Tianhong laughed wildly. Although he could only dodge in the face of Mikael's angry counterattack, he would be happy as long as he could hinder the empire and Archduke Thorin - in this way, he could also vent his desire for total annihilation. Depressed.

In the Avak Territory, the battle between the strong is not over yet, and this will also be the prelude to greater disputes in the future.

But for Ian and his party, this trip to the West has come to an end.

Imperial capital.

Master Gosei is conducting an alchemical experiment on biological toxins, and Isengard and other alchemists are helping him to record relevant data.

But suddenly, his private number, the communication device that could only be accessed in emergencies, suddenly vibrated.

The master stopped the experiment, and everyone turned their attention to him.

"There's something. Something big."

Master Gosei spoke solemnly to all those who didn't understand, and then motioned for Isengard to come over.

"Is it Ian?" The blond aristocratic boy frowned slightly. He was keenly aware that this sudden accident was related to Ian - in fact, there were no more than seven people who had Master Gosei's private number, and half of them were In the Imperial Capital, there is no need to call this number.

Only Ian went to the Avak region to perform a mission... Isengard was a little worried at first, but now his worries have become a reality.

"Yeah. There was an accident on his side."

Master Gesai had already read the words that appeared on the crystal plate, and Hua An's simple words made him outline the situation in the Awak Territory.

——The aircraft exploded out of control during King Tianhong’s attack. In order to protect himself and Frost Butterfly, he temporarily took the second-level fairy potion to advance. Although he saved his life, he is now in a source of chaos...

The situation is more than just an emergency. If everything is true, it can be said to be a fatal problem.

Although in theory there would be no sequelae after taking a temporary potion to achieve a breakthrough, as long as he was well taken care of, it was not surprising at all that he died on the spot. No wonder Ian wanted to help him. This was indeed something that no one could handle except the master alchemist.

But to be honest, Master Gosei didn't think anything would happen to Ian. Not only was he not worried, he even wanted to laugh.

--Seriously injured? Temporary use? Are you kidding me? Ian was able to fight Patrick back and forth in the Great Maze of the South China Sea, with alchemical cannonballs in his face. Does it take him a while to break through to the second energy level?

But Master Gosei knew very well that since this news came from Ian, it must be part of his plan.

And perhaps I was asked by him to help him tell a lie.

——To spread information through my mouth, this is his purpose.

Thinking of this, the old man smiled slightly in his heart, but on the surface, his expression was very solemn. He said to Isengard and the researchers in the entire laboratory: "Due to the attack of King Tianhong, the pumice stone aircraft he was riding in was shot down by the aftermath. At this critical moment, he chose to take the second-level fairy potion, broke through before the battle, and saved his life."

"But now he is seriously injured and in urgent need of help. We have to leave as soon as possible and head to Awak Territory."

The first-hand information was spread out, and many researchers in the laboratory looked at each other in shock.

Isengard's pupils dilated slightly, and he was obviously shocked.

But soon, he regained his composure and took out an extremely small bottle from his arms, about the same size as the nail of his little finger: "Do you need traceable Dettol? I have a small bottle here given by my mother..."

If you are an ordinary person, you will definitely be extremely worried when you hear that your best friend has been seriously injured that may affect his or her life. Because they can't change this tragic ending.

But for Isengard, not to mention that he believed that Ian would not be unprepared, even if he did encounter an accident, he could still help.

"It is measured in drops, not bottles. And why do you carry it with you?" Master Gosei sighed, but thought of something, and nodded: "Bring a drop with you. Anyway, be prepared."

"But I think that since Ian dared to do this, he must have considered the consequences and even made preparations."

"Yes." Isengard responded simply. He had always believed in Ian, but he still couldn't help but feel uneasy... and a little surprised.

"Second level... Sure enough, the potion materials he asked for before have been made into potions... His alchemy level must have surpassed mine at that time."

The blond boy murmured in his heart: "Even though it was a risky breakthrough, I succeeded... One step ahead of me."

"The second-level sixteen-year-old... is indeed Ian."

With such emotion.

Within five minutes, Master Gosei and Isengard set off from the Imperial Capital and flew all the way to Avak Territory in an aircraft.

They arrived at the scene quickly and transferred the 'seriously injured' Ian back to the imperial capital.

Everything is so natural.

Then, the world ushered in changes.

…

A calm male voice sounded on the radio.

"On September 19, 773 in Terra, the mutated disaster that occurred in the Grand Duchy of Thorin in the Western Territory and the Viscount of Avak has been identified. It was a large-scale psychic laboratory jointly hosted by Viscount of Avak and Feiyandi. Due to the loss of control, the experimental site is actually the central stronghold of the Flying Flame in the Western Territory. Biological weapons including but not limited to rot fungi, crazy fog, root fungi, black leaf fungi, leafhoppers and other biological weapons were developed here and were developed in spread to other areas of our country.”

"This has caused great harm to the people of the empire. The residents around the Western Territory and Nanling will definitely not ignore the incidents of magical beasts attacking people one after another in the past seven or eight years. Magical beasts are dangerous, but they are only limited to their habitat. As long as If you don’t go to dangerous areas, Warcraft will never invade human territory. This is the fragile relationship they maintain with humans because of their certain intelligence.”

"However, with the destruction of the Flying Flame Land, this balanced relationship was also destroyed. They intended to create a crazy army of Warcraft in the Baisen Mountains and cut off the connection between the Nanling Province and the center of the empire. At that time, Launch a brazen invasion and open a road through the golden field."

"Their crazy behavior was punished by a righteous unknown researcher who opposed the atrocities of the Fire Land. He intended to prevent the Fire Land from experimenting with an extremely lethal weapon being developed in the central laboratory of Avak within the Empire's territory. psionic weapon. He succeeded, but he also failed."

"The psychic weapon broke out inside the laboratory, causing a huge virtual phase change. Several cities in the Viscounty of Avak were affected, and all the residents there were killed. There are currently very few survivors, and most of them were in the disaster. The lucky ones who left the killing center before the outbreak."

"At this point, Feiyandi's actions can be described as crazy, but they are particularly unsatisfied. Their leader, Tianhong King Kador, in order to seize the remaining dangerous psychic weapons in the laboratory, and our country's second prince Mikael Your Highness launched a great battle over the Awak Territory, and was ridiculously defeated. According to the 'Holy Mountain Convention', the fourth-level powerhouse who has defeated the Heart Light Body will not be allowed to continue fighting. But he violated the convention and still We continued to attack, in order to erase the evidence, and continued our attack after failure, completely destroying the center of the Avak Territory.”

"This is a provocation against the Empire and we will never tolerate it."

"Viscount Avak himself is a traitor to the empire and an anti-humanity who should be punished, but the residents of Avak territory are still citizens of the empire. Their death makes us sad. Let us observe three minutes of silence for them."

"End of silence."

"Next, I would like to invite His Highness Mikael to give a speech."

Another clear and magnetic male voice sounded.

"Citizens of the West and South Ridge. I am Mikael Sertar."

"We have just gone through the most difficult period. In the past ten years, Feiyandi has carried out resolute infiltration and interference operations against our country. Whether it is biological warfare or simple espionage sabotage, Feiyandi's special operations brigade has It has caused us great turmoil and loss."

"Everything that happened in the past ten years was even more painful to me than the desert confrontation with Feiyandi during the late emperor's time, because in those days, we were not the passive party to be beaten. If the enemy invaded, we would fight back. If the enemy made any changes, we would fight back. , we attack. But in the past ten years, when Feiyandi’s insidious special operations operations were launched, we didn’t even know that all this pain was inflicted on us by them. We were still worryingly doubting ourselves, wondering whether it was We did something wrong to allow this to happen.”

"This has caused great social unrest, and some people even wonder whether it is the empire's development policy on primitive areas that has led to some kind of retribution. It has made mothers cry and fathers mourn, leaving our children without elders and leaving our elderly empty-handed. Look at the seats. It seems like we should stand still, do nothing, and wait for the results to fall from the sky."

"Citizens, now I want to tell you that all of this is caused by Feiyan. In the past ten years, all the pain, all the turmoil, whether it is the rotting fields, rioting monsters, inexplicable deserted villages, and The many missing caravan travelers are basically part of the Battle of the Firelands. They cannot sit back and watch us continue to expand our territory and develop our resources. They cannot stand that we have become rich and powerful, and they cannot accept that we will once again become the leader of Terra. The greatest nation - these clowns want to destroy us, using the darkest and most vicious methods to dig out our roots and pierce our pillars."

"And I want to tell you, they are wrong! The tough Imperial people will not be defeated by conspiracies and tricks!"

"Now, with the efforts of the governors and lords of various places, as well as the alchemists of the Alchemy Association, our farmland is recovering, the seedlings are growing, our cities are returning to stability, and the workshops are resuming production. Although we are in pain, But they also clenched their fists because of this. Their days are over, and the next step is revenge."

"I declare that the Western Region and the Southern Ridges have entered a state of full combat readiness. We will not allow ridiculous clowns to continue to use dark methods to bleed our citizens. They will be defeated by us, defeated by all citizens with enthusiasm and ideals, and will live forever. Don’t turn over!”

"It's time to swing this fist and smash it into the face of Feiyandi thugs!"

…

An impassioned female voice sounded.

"We, the Flying Flame Alliance, express our disdain for the Shatal Empire's shameless slander. In the past ten years, from the Karl Hills to the Bornin Mountains, from the fortresses to the coast of Misty Port, we have endured many hardships. Such as red tide, withered trees, desertification and even several forest fires, all are the work of imperial spies. We have obtained the evidence and are grasping their handle, but they are trying to defeat them at this time. This is the most ridiculous matter."

"Here, I must emphasize that within the alliance, whether it is Absalom or Nirmathas, all our policies and actions are aimed at allowing alliance members to live a good life and live a more generous life. . Although the reform is painful, the original purpose is to allow the people to move towards an era of prosperity and enjoy a richer material life. The imperial people do not want to see all this. They will destroy and hinder our reform while taking advantage of it. Strike at our weaknesses when we are vulnerable.”

"They sent spies to sneak into various city-states, publish wrong arguments, distort leaders' declarations, make our ideals go wrong, and intend to erase our development results through conspiracy and conspiracy, and even plan to launch a public opinion offensive against us based on some unfounded things. , using the threat of force to subvert the homeland where we jointly maintain order."

"They want to divide us and use various means to hinder our progress. This is absolutely not allowed."

"Brothers and sisters of the Thirteen Kingdoms of Flying Flame Land, our great citizens, the time for battle has come. We will solemnly declare that Huanghai, Tianhong, Qingting, and Yanli are the first to enter a state of full combat readiness. The empire's threat of force is Ridiculous and cowardly, their evil intentions will never succeed. In the face of threats, the response of the Flying Flames since ancient times is weapons!"

"It's time to fight. We will bury with our own hands the villains who intend to destroy us. We will unite under the banner of the Alliance and fight for all the good things we have!"

…

"We call on both parties to sit down and negotiate. The Alliance of Flying Flames and the Setal Empire are both indispensable forces on Terra and the main maintainers of peace on the continent. The Church of the Psychic Machine does not want the war between the two countries to lead to the regression of key technologies. …”

"The Huaiguang Church will shelter all civilians who do not want to be affected by the war, but we will not shelter any deserters, defeated soldiers, or all the scavengers caused by the war. We once again reiterate our creed: Human beings have the right to choose, but The flames of war should not be lit against civilians who are unwilling to participate in the war."

"The Suming Cult believes that in the past twenty years, deaths and losses caused by wars should be minimized. According to the results of the Gushan Conference, in the next twenty years, all forces should abandon their past grievances and work together to To deal with the huge threats that are coming.”

"We will never support any party in the war. All Souls Palace will withdraw all clergy and collaborators stationed in the martial law area to express our dissatisfaction with those who caused the unrest."

"The Seven Cities Alliance strongly condemns Feiyandi..."

"The City of Knowledge announced that it will maintain absolute neutrality and will soon launch further experimental voyages of space carriers..."

"The focus of Far Coast Island lies in the development of the New World..."

"The five mobile armored troops of Junling Castle are on the move..."

"The Yanjiang Federation announced that it has reached fifteen cooperation agreements with the Republic of Gantrygum, ranging from the exchange of agricultural products and light industrial products to mutual assistance in scientific research..."

…

The world is changing.

The mutation in Avak Territory was an excellent trigger. No one was willing to tell the truth, the truth about the millions of people who died. Archduke Thorin's shrinking power gained the tolerance of the Empire and the Firelands. One believed that he had the upper hand, and the other knew that the other party's back garden would also catch fire, and the rebellion of the Far Firelands fortresses would bring disaster to the other party. A fatal blow.

Through all this, everyone got everything they wanted - the second prince Mikael became the sole presiding officer of the affairs of the Flying Flame Land, and the Western Region and Nanling quietly became the gathering of his supporters. place.

Two days later, the Baisen Mountain Fortress Group and the Flying Flame Land Fortress across the valley engaged in mutual artillery fire. The aerial armors of both sides exchanged fire at the top of the mountains. Amid the violent avalanche turmoil, three legions and seven fully armed The armored divisions appeared in their respective fortress groups as if by magic.

In an instant, the originally confrontational position became impregnable. Only then did both sides realize that the other side had long been prepared for war.

A full-scale war has not occurred, but a regional conventional armed conflict is about to break out. The four major areas of the Western Region, Nanling, and Flying Flame Land are shrouded in the threat of war, and spies, envoys and spies from other forces are in these areas. Wandering, their intentions are unclear, but they are definitely up to no good.

On September 21st, the Desert Fortress Group of Feiyan Land lost contact with the kings of Nirmasas.

On September 22, the Seven Cities Alliance announced an advance and retreat alliance with the Empire, and the fleet conducted exercises at the border between the two countries. This was in retaliation for the unprovoked sinking of the Seven Cities Alliance merchant ship by the Flying Flame Land Navy three years ago, which made the Nirmathas Alliance unable to do so. Conduct confrontation exercises without dividing the troops.

On September 23, the Canaanite Moorish envoy entered the imperial capital.

September 23, afternoon.

Ian ‘wakes up’.

Wake up when he should theoretically wake up.

Wake up in this turbulent world.