The First Magic World War

"Yes!"

Mama Karen's voice echoed through the air.

Saint Vigo stared into the air, but he never found the opportunity to make his move.

After a long while, he finally said, "That woman has left."

Cyrus breathed a sigh of relief and said to Saint Vigo, "I will find his weakness in the Dreamscape."

"The next time we meet on the battlefield will be his end."

Saint Vigo said indifferently, "You are a High-Level Knight and have cultivated the Ebulrahan Clan's Secret Technique of the Flesh Furnace, your strength is far above his."

"His swordsmanship, mysterious and spicy, is certainly the Asilo Clan's Angel's Thorn."

"But your Golden Requiem is not inferior to his."

Saint Vigo stated word for word, "Last time, you just failed to kill him within a few moves, but you did not lose."

"You must have confidence in yourself."

Cyrus hung his head in deep thought for a long while, then said, "The fact that I couldn't stop him from killing Jonathan means I lost, making any excuses is pointless."

Saint Vigo didn't try to persuade him further, simply saying, "From your description, he likely did not go to study in Fars, but went to study in Byron, just like Jonathan."

The nearby old mage wiped the sweat from his forehead and murmured lowly, "Master Vigo is right, I must have divined it wrong."

Charles in his bedroom, still diligently practiced Bloody Glory as was his custom.

The Insight Rune on his forehead trembled slightly, and the next second, he found himself standing in a wilderness. Mama Karen was sitting under a large tree with a smile, drinking tea.

Charles hurried over and asked, "Mama Karen, do you need me for something?"

Mama Karen said, "That young man Cyrus wants to duel you in the Dreamscape once, and he promises that if you agree, he will order the South Serif Restoration Army to retreat."

"He can't kill you in the Dreamscape, and more experience fighting a High-Level Transcendent is beneficial for you, do you want to duel a few more times?"

Charles was shocked and quickly said, "Let him attack Silver Pigeon Fort a few more times instead, I don't need him to retreat."

If Cyrus were to retreat, the Maze-ification of Silver Pigeon Fort would be jeopardized, something absolutely unacceptable.

As for the experience of fighting high-order foes, Charles felt he already had too much, he truly didn't want to accumulate any more.

Mama Karen couldn't help but laugh and said, "Alright! I'll decline this Dreamscape duel for you."

Charles pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Mama, could you relay a message to Cyrus for me? If he can send a hundred men to continuously attack Silver Pigeon Fort twenty times, I can tell him a big secret concerning the Southern Serif Territory... "

"Hmm, life and death."

"In any case, it's extremely important."

Charles of course did not know any significant affair concerning the Southern Serif Territory, but if Cyrus truly believed such nonsense and kept sending a hundred men to attack Silver Pigeon Fort twenty times, the city's Maze-ification would be complete.

He even allowed for a few extra times, just in case Cyrus came to his senses midway and interrupted this method of "aiding the enemy" in besieging the city.

Mama Karen found Charles increasingly amusing and chuckled, "I can pass a message for you."

Her figure slowly disappeared, and after a while, reappeared, saying to Charles, "The young man said if you agree to a duel, he will send someone to attack the castle in the way you described."

Charles was overjoyed and said, "Tell him to hurry and attack the castle!"

Mama Karen, brimming with excitement, went to convey the message again and came back saying, "The other side insists on dueling first."

Charles quickly said, "We must attack the castle twenty times first."

Mama Karen found this affair even more amusing, and after passing messages back and forth seven or eight times, they finally agreed that Cyrus would attack the castle five times, then they would duel once, after which Cyrus would attack another five times, then another duel, and then another five attacks...

Charles slapped his thigh and thought, "This guy is actually quite cautious. If he didn't know that I was mazing Silver Pigeon Fort, he definitely wouldn't have agreed so readily."

Cyrus did not understand what Charles was up to.

Despite racking his brains, he couldn't figure it out, but he knew he couldn't let Charles's "scheme" succeed. He also didn't believe Charles knew any crucial secrets that were a matter of life and death for South Seraph Territory. Thus, Cyrus decided that after completing one duel with Charles, he would no longer abide by this agreement.

After leaving the Dreamscape of Mama Karen, Charles continued to train in Bloody Glory, practicing tirelessly whenever he had free moments, not daring to slack off even a little.

He had no choice, while others could afford to be lazy in their training, at worst failing to advance or making slow progress, his insufficient cultivation could lead to the arrival of the Evil God.

Indeed, Lady Southseraph sent a hundred people to attack Silver Pigeon Fort, and it happened that Dobin was on night duty. Since the attack was so weak, he led his direct combat squad, repelled this wave of attack, and did not notify Charles.

Just after Dobin repelled this attack, Lady Southseraph organized another hundred people to attack Silver Pigeon Fort. Still puzzled by what drove Lady Southseraph, he continued to command his subordinates and repelled this small-scale assault too.

When the third wave of a hundred attackers appeared, Dobin finally got irritated and sent someone to fetch Charles. After being informed, Charles ordered the Yellow Bear's combat squad to provide support, but he did not show up himself.

A few hours later, Charles gently touched the diary, and a thought transmitted, Silver Pigeon Fort mazing progress (9/18).

He was slightly relieved and muttered to himself, "At least half the progress is completed. I just wonder if Cyrus will attack a few more times as agreed."

As the sky grew slightly brighter, Charles was taken into the Dreamscape by Mama Karen, where he saw Cyrus again, holding the Black Knight's Lance.

Cyrus stood with his legs apart, slightly bent forward, and without saying a word, launched an assault.

Charles could only draw Blood Rose, employing the Asiluo Clan's Secret Swordsmanship. After a few exchanges, Charles was already at a disadvantage,

Although Charles had mastered four movements of the Angel's Twelve Movements— the First Movement: Morning Blaze, the Second Movement: Dawn Sky, the Third Movement: Eternal Dawn, the Fourth Movement: Wings of the Hatchling Dragon.

Still, faced with Cyrus, who was going all out, he seemed inadequate and could only rely on the Quickness Technique, Spirit Spider Technique and the increased speed from Wings of the Hatchling Dragon to match this human knight practicing the Blood Clan's secret techniques.

After more than thirty exchanges, Charles finally made a small mistake and was "killed" by a spear thrust from Cyrus.

Although it happened in the Dreamscape, Charles still felt intense pain. As his body fragmented and gradually vanished, he yelled, "Jonathan is just a substitute, the real Jonathan..."

Then he disappeared right in front of Cyrus.

Cyrus rushed forward a few steps, shouting, "How could Jonathan possibly be a substitute?"

"You're talking nonsense, come back quickly!"

Back in his own body, Charles, still feeling a great pain in his chest, chuckled softly and said, "Cyrus must have been fooled."