Chapter 205: Initiate Conflict

Chapter 205: Initiate Conflict

Sein spent an entire month in the underground mines of Scorched Lumenstone Mountain Ridge, undisturbed.

During this period, no senior initiates or Quasi Mages from other academies ventured into the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring’s territory to challenge him.

Typically, in the regional academy wars, a senior initiate or Quasi Mage from another academy would need to amass a sizable group of intermediate and junior initiates to confront someone like Sein.

After all, his solo sweep through several territories was an anomaly in the history of these regional academy wars.

While previous figures like Martinez were both arrogant and powerful, none had dominated all five territories in their first year like Sein.

Exceptional geniuses emerge every century or two, but most, like Gade from the Divine Tower of Land Academy, accrued points through conventional means of warfare with other territories.

Initiates like Sein and Martinez were so-called “outliers”, with Sein being an even more extraordinary case.

One month was insufficient for Sein to address the issue of the golden light emanating from his divine tower badge.

However, he managed to recharge his Solar Eye Mask, repair his geo elemental shield ring, and fully restore his mana and focus levels.

In the latter half of the month, realizing no other academy initiates were pursuing him, Sein devised a plan to create a batch of disposable magic items. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

He used Scorching Lumenstones and other magic materials to craft what he called “Blazing Lumenbombs”.

These lethal magic items were inspired by and modeled after the ammunition of a simplified magic cannon.

The destructive capability of these Blazing Lumenbombs was roughly equivalent to that of intermediate or basic magic spells.

It was, after all, a hastily developed, simple and disposable magic item, so its power was necessarily limited.

Sein had embarked on this research and production in response to the challenges he faced while being hunted.

His focus and mana levels, though formidable, had their limits since he was only a magic initiate.

The seventy-two beams from his Solar Eye spells, capable of devastation in seconds, could still be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

Mark, standing atop the highest point of the Scorched Lumenstone Mountain Ridge camp, watched Sein and the others head eastward with a conflicted expression.

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Sein’s decision to support the initiates at Windhowl Cliff was driven not only by his duty as a member of the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring but also by his commitment to continue earning points, regardless of his current score.

Having traversed the five territories, Sein was aware of the formidable competition in the regional academy war.

Among them were top Quasi Mages and the Gade from Divine Tower of Land Academy. In terms of individual strength and capabilities, he was not inferior in any way to Sein.

Gade, currently on the front lines of the war between the Divine Tower of Land Academy and the Divine Tower of Radiant Thunder, could potentially surpass Sein’s score in the remaining two years of the war.

Therefore, Sein was not inclined to halt his hunt for points.

Despite holding the first place, it was against his nature to rest on his laurels.

Windhowl Cliff, located in the northeast of the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring’s territory, was the nearest to the Divine Tower of Shadow among the three major resource points.

The Divine Tower of Verdant Spring’s territory was somewhat smaller than that of the Divine Tower of Cipher, allowing Sein, traveling at full speed on his metal disk, to reach just beyond Windhowl Cliff in ten days.

Despite his dissatisfaction toward Sein, Daniel, a skilled Aeromancer, trailed closely behind him, determined not to fall behind.

The hundreds of other initiates journeying with Sein were estimated to take another ten days to half a month to arrive.

However, with the onset of the initiate war at the cliff, many from nearby areas had already converged to lend support.

Sein and his group were not the first to arrive.

Outside Windhowl Cliff, thousands of undead and dark creatures were slowly advancing toward the steep cliff.

Behind these undead forces, a mass of initiates was casting spells.

Upon first observation, the initiates from the Divine Tower of Shadow surrounding the cliff appeared to be nearly three thousand in number.