The Villain Only Wants To Live a Buddhist Life

Chapter 1008: Conclusion and Return Journey (4k)

The only good news was that while others were busy plotting against each other, Dark Demon guided them to set the meeting location in the Free City!

The Free City was the only place in this era that belonged to human forces yet did not completely belong to them.

Though the Free City had a majority of mixed-blood inhabitants, there were still relatively few pure human or elemental races. Holding the meeting there would be more acceptable to the elemental races compared to any other human city.

As for holding the meeting on the territory of the elemental races… that was also impossible.

Therefore, both sides compromised and decided to hold the first official meeting of the Magic Alliance in the Free City.

However, the meeting time could not be determined yet.

This mainly involved times for events already made public, such as the Hero Conference called by the King, the Divination Night at the Celestial Tower on August 15th, and the scheduled election of representatives in the kingdom.

At present, it seemed difficult for the King’s Hero Conference to continue.

He himself was noncommittal about it, indicating it could be changed.

This was largely because the era had changed; gathering twelve heroes was no longer as effective as gathering twelve duelists.

As for the election of representatives, it could not be delayed. The election involved many people’s schedules.

Therefore, their meeting was not suitable during this period. The same went for the Divination Night.

Thus, the next meeting time was ultimately undetermined.

For now, the tentative time point could only be after the Divination Night.

To this end, everyone present signed a confidentiality agreement before the meeting ended.

“I personally do not recommend setting the official meeting time after August 15th,” Professor Metia complained as soon as she sat down in the camp meeting room. Previous meetings were mostly dominated by the Pope, the Queen Elf, the King, and the Principal, making it hard for her, a mere professor, to speak up.

But the moment she finished, Ophelia said in a somber tone, “You just don’t want to see the seers of the Celestial Tower make fools of themselves.”

Professor Metia replied woodenly, “You’re right, that’s exactly what I think.”

The Hermes’ Divine Path Ceremony was completely incomprehensible to any prophet.

Because it was unprecedented and without any buildup, even if prophets saw the tracks of fate through divination, they couldn’t interpret the correct answers from it.

If the Divination Night proceeded normally, not only would those seers gathered from all over the world be humiliated, but even the tower master of the Celestial Tower would become a laughingstock.

Although Metia secretly hoped to see the tower master humiliated, she was part of the Celestial Tower and didn’t want the tower to lose face.

However, Principal Altair shook his head and said, “This is not a simple meeting; from invitations, preparations, to gathering, it will take at least a month. Even if the meeting starts, it won’t end in one or two days. Personally, I don’t want to set the meeting time after August 15th either, since September is the start of school, which isn’t convenient for our academy. But it’s indeed not easy to hold the meeting before August.”

“I understand,” Professor Metia sighed deeply.

Principal Altair continued, “Don’t worry too much. The reason I went to the Mountain of Gods was guided by the tower master of the Celestial Tower. Even if he didn’t foresee how things would develop to this extent, he did have some estimate about the gods’ revival, so we won’t embarrass ourselves.”

“Let’s hope so,” Professor Metia said. “Compared to the tower master being embarrassed, I’m more worried about the Divination Night turning into a joke.”

Professor Shylph looked at her and said, “Instead of worrying about that, why don’t you think about how to communicate with the elemental races? I thought this would go smoothly, but there’s so much resistance.”

Principal Altair said, “Indeed, this is difficult.” But Dark suddenly said, “This can actually be easily resolved.”

Principal Altair immediately looked over and asked, “Is there a solution?”

Everyone else’s gaze also turned to him.

Dark directly said, “If they don’t want to come, then don’t force them.”

“There’s something you haven’t realized yet,” Dark couldn’t help sighing.

“Now, we are in an advantageous position, not a disadvantageous one.”

“It’s them who should beg us, not us who should beg them.”

“According to my suggestion, once the invitation list is finalized, send each person an invitation letter, and do nothing else.”

After he finished speaking, Principal Altair solemnly said, “What you say makes sense. I will consider it carefully.”

Dark nodded and said, “The formal meeting will be held in the Free City in September or October. This time, we need to think carefully about how to popularize the special rules of the Divine Path Ceremony’s duels.”

“In fact…” Principal Altair said, “I’ve considered using the new rules for this year’s Academy Cup.”

Dark said, “I’ve considered that too, but upon careful consideration, I found it’s not appropriate.”

Principal Altair asked, “Why?”

Dark said, “First, the Academy Cup is a reflection of the students’ academic achievements throughout the year. Changing the rules in the last month would be disrespectful to the entire year of learning and deviate from the purpose of the Academy Cup. Second, the Academy Cup is insufficient. We need a larger, more formal event that includes elemental races to publicly demonstrate the new duel rules.”

“You mean, to hold another competition?” Principal Altair asked, and Dark nodded, “It will still be student duels, but on a larger scale between schools. Our school, the Secret Rite Academy of the Saints, the Royal Academy, the Elemental Race’s Elemental Spell Academy, the Public Magic Equipment Academy jointly hosted by the dwarves and goblins, and the War Totem Academy of the orcs… a large-scale event involving students from these schools would be sufficient as a stage to publicly announce the new rules.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the professors began to ponder.

After a while, Principal Altair raised his head and said, “This is indeed a good idea. I will propose it at the formal meeting.”

Dark smiled slightly and continued, “Start with the School Championship, then move on to a duel tournament open to everyone in the world, and finally, have Hermes host the God’s Cup in the Heavenly Court, where only holders of the God Cards can participate. As long as we successfully complete these three steps, the Divine Path Ceremony can succeed.”

However, Principal Altair frowned and said, “But this is easier said than done.” Dark shook his head and said, “That’s precisely why it matters.” After saying this, he changed the subject and said, “If this plan works, we should also start cultivating participants for the School Championship in advance. Winning in such a competition would give the winning school a significant standing in the duel world.”

Principal Altair nodded and said, “Of course. Once we return to the academy, we’ll start experimenting with the new duel rules immediately.”

Dark asked, “When are we going back?” Principal Altair said directly, “Tomorrow.”

Since the meeting was over, there was no need to stay any longer.

As for the matters that were not determined at the meeting, they would naturally continue to be contacted and refined afterward.

Therefore, the next morning, the carriage heading to Saint Maryann Academy was already flying through the sky.

Following that, the carriages of other forces also took off, leaving only a few people to handle the beasts on the Mountain of Gods.

And that very evening, Dark and the others returned to Saint Maryann Academy successfully.

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