Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 709 - 227: The Expansion Reasons of the Overlap Area

Chapter 709: Chapter 227: The Expansion Reasons of the Overlap Area

However, despite their regret, the members of the White Light Club were not surprised by Anvis’s disappearance.

In the eyes of White Light’s management, if a task for a hidden profession like the Original Sin Apostle could be taken on indefinitely, that would be an unreasonable design.

Although it seems that the Original Sin Apostle sacrifices the upper level limit to ensure balance, the problem is that this profession, which rapidly enhances combat power in a short period, would have a huge impact on the current gaming environment.

The game designers would never allow any player force to control a fixed conversion point for such a profession, otherwise, the game would directly lose its balance and leave individual players with no gaming experience.

Thus, after some searching, the White Light Club de-prioritized the issue, merely instructing all members to keep an eye on the NPC ’Yin Mo’ and to report immediately if his location was discovered.

Although the identity of ’Yin Mo’ might also be a disguise, keeping an eye on it is nevertheless harmless.

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Yiter Federation, Royal Capital of Kaplan Kingdom, Red Gold Palace.

Above the magnificent main hall of the Red Gold Palace, under the watchful eyes of various nobles. An old mage adorned in a dark blue magic robe sprinkled with countless stars, his eyebrows and beard white, looked up anxiously, reporting his findings to Kaplan the Seventh who was seated in the main seat.

"We can’t let the scale of the war continue to expand! Your Majesty! We have made a new significant discovery in our research on the Overlap Area!"

As the old mage spoke, the tip of his magician’s hat trembled slightly, showing his owner’s agitated emotions.

"The massive number of souls lost to war and death will stimulate the speed of the expansion of the Overlap Area! If the war continues, we won’t be able to control the expansion of the Overlap Area! By then, the Yar Continent will be in danger!"

While saying this, the old mage took out an Image Capturing Crystal Ball and activated it in the middle of the hall.

In front of Loran the Seventh and other nobles, a previously recorded magical image was projected in the mid-air of the hall.

The projection environment was located in a newly appeared small Overlap Area. In the projection, the edge of this Overlap Area was clearly outlined, and there were markings at intervals outside the circle to observe its expansion speed.

It can be seen that at this moment the Overlap Area appeared very stable and showed no signs of expansion.

But the next moment, the projected image switched to two small groups of armies engaged in fierce battle nearby.

As the battle proceeded, one side gradually gained the upper hand, and then at the right moment, they split the losing army apart and quickly surrounded them for annihilation.

Seeing the situation was irretrievable, the defeated army’s commander, with his personal troops, quickly broke out of the encirclement, carrying part of the defeated army with them, while the remaining soldiers surrendered after a part of them were killed.

As the battle ended, this Overlap Area, seemingly stimulated, began to slowly expand its edges

At this moment, the magical projection’s angle turned back to the direction of the Overlap Area, and the elevation lowered, as if the crystal ball used for recording was placed on the ground.

And this time in the image captured by the crystal ball, it was the white-bearded spellcaster who stood in the hall at the moment.

Facing the direction of the Overlap Area, the old mage in the projection made a spellcasting gesture with a serious expression.

A large bone-white magic array suddenly lit up from beneath him, and then, with the array as its center, a huge grey-white domain space rapidly expanded, enveloping the entire Overlap Area within it.

Under the strange glow of the domain, translucent grey-white soul bodies gradually became visible from the air.

Under the somewhat solemn gaze of Loran the Seventh and many nobles, these soul bodies, as if sucked by some force, involuntarily flew towards the Overlap Area, and then gradually dissipated, turning into countless fine soul particles, merging into the Overlap Area.

During this process, the Overlap Area, like a plant absorbing nutrients, started to grow and expand slowly but firmly. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Moments later, as all the souls turned into light particles and disappeared, the expansion of the Overlap Area once again stopped, returning to its previous stable state.

But it was visually evident that compared to the beginning, the boundary line of the Overlap Area had expanded by three and a half markings.

"Your Majesty, please make a decision! If we allow the Overlap Area to continue expanding uncontrollably, even if we win the war, it will ultimately be meaningless!"

"Lord Heisriv, whether the Federation’s war stops or not is not something I alone can decide."

Atop the throne, Loran the Seventh calmly watched the old mage and proposed a solution.

"How about this, let the Necromancer teams in all the armies collect the souls of the war dead with all their might? This is, after all, to protect the Yar Continent, and the Church Court should be able to understand such an action."

In the later years of the turbulent era following the collapse of the Ancient Magic Empire, after multiple devastating wars, the Radiance Church Court finally made a common agreement with the other two empires to restrict the Necromancer profession from massively collecting the souls of the dead.

No one wants to see the souls of their comrades being manipulated after death and ultimately scattered to the winds.

"This can only delay, not solve the fundamental problem, Your Majesty! The key to the generation of soul fragments lies not only on the battlefield but also in the bandits and refugees caused by war chaos!"

The old mage shook his head sadly and used magic to display another scene.

A group of ragged, grimy war refugees were driving ox carts and horse carts, carrying their families towards the safe cities inside the kingdom.

But as they reached a mountain pass, a large number of bandits suddenly emerged from the forest beside the road.

After killing some of the refugees who tried to resist, the bandits drove the vehicles, taking the looted possessions and women and children who could be used as slaves, and left with great strides. The old, weak, sick, and disabled were slaughtered on the spot.

"As long as the war continues, such incidents will only happen more and more, and the expansion rate of the Overlap Area will also increase. Relying solely on the people of the Radiance Church Court is simply too slow..."

"I understand, Lord Heisriv, you may leave for now, and I will discuss this matter with the nobles."

Seeing that the old mage seemed to want to continue, Kaplan the Seventh gently raised his hand to indicate that the discussion was over.

"As you wish, Your Majesty."

The old mage sighed softly, bowed, and left with a somewhat desolate expression.

He was well aware that the nobles eventually prioritized their own family’s interests; if this matter were brought to the Noble Council for discussion, it would likely lead to no solution.

"Gentlemen, what do you think about Lord Heisriv’s words?"

As the old mage’s figure disappeared, Kaplan the Seventh looked towards the other nobles in the great hall.

"Your Majesty, actually Lord Heisriv’s words make sense, but it was that damn Resistance Army that started the war. If we do not completely wipe them out, we cannot stop the war!"

Looking at each other, a silver-haired noble with a sword hanging from his waist stepped forward and greeted Kaplan the Seventh.

"That makes sense, so what is your opinion, Duke Rupeita?"

"In my opinion, for the peace of the Federation, Your Majesty, you should send more troops to help those small countries with weak national power to deal with the Resistance Army! That way, we can end the war sooner and give the people a safe country!"

Speaking passionately, Duke Rupeita showed a noble expression, like a noble concerned for his country and people.

"Very well, let’s follow Lord Duke Rupeita’s suggestion!"

Kaplan the Seventh nodded in satisfaction. The nobles below exchanged glances, each seeing a certain unusual expression in the others’ eyes.

A rare development opportunity; if managed well, their family’s power could possibly advance further.

The next day, the troops of the Kaplan Kingdom took off the uniforms of the Starfire Organization, and under the name of eradicating the Starfire Resistance Army, quickly captured the Royal Capital of Night Moon Kingdom, which was from then on incorporated into the map of the Kaplan Kingdom.