Chapter 396: Chapter 396: The Supreme Council
Between the main star and the satellite worlds of the Alpha Theia Empire, there are three ways of travel.
The first, and the most difficult, is the method Garon used to travel to Satellite World No. 7, relying on his formidable power to traverse the cosmic vacuum directly. Despite the existence of the Kaye Whirlwind, the vacuum of space remains a perilous place.
The second is by boarding the empire's space fleet.
The space fleet of the Alpha Theia Empire regularly cruises between the star systems, mining various resources on different planets, forming a crucial component of the empire.
The last and fastest method is through the ultra-long-distance spatial teleportation arrays linking the main star and its satellites, capable of instantaneously crossing vast spaces to reach the destination.
However, due to the significant energy consumption of this travel method, it is not freely available, and ordinary spellcaster nobility cannot easily afford the costs associated with using the ultra-long-distance spatial teleportation arrays.
Having already experienced crossing the cosmos.
This time, Garon chose to use the ultra-long-distance teleportation array from Satellite World No. 7 to the main star, along with Isaac.
The teleportation array on Satellite World No. 7 is nestled among mountains, and not just the array— the Alpha Theia Empire has a penchant for setting buildings amidst layered mountainous forests.
At this time, near the ultra-long-distance teleportation array, a group of spellcasters has gathered.
Mostly legendary-tier, they were gradually using the teleportation array to depart from Satellite World No. 7. If they didn't use the array, and instead crafted their own teleportation spells, the vast distance would be too draining even for legendary spellcasters. The magic energy wasted would be better spent on utilizing the array for convenience.
At that moment.
Whoosh!
A gust of wind suddenly swept through, stirring up a wave of green ripples in the forest layers.
Located at the center of five high mountains, atop a towering peak glowing with magical luminescence, the spellcasters waiting to use the ultra-long-distance teleportation array turned their heads towards the distance, their expressions subtly changing.
The dragons had not yet arrived, but the fierce wind had.
In the spellcasters' field of view, two rapidly enlarging black dots appeared, becoming clearer every second.
In just a blink of an eye.
The two small black dots took on the outlines of dragons.
Clad in silver scales with prominent horns shining brightly, the silver giant dragon spread its wings wide enough to obscure the sun, stirring the dense forest below with each beat, deeply pressing down the lush canopy.
Following the silver dragon.
A iridescent dragon, its body shimmering with dreamlike, colorful gradients, trailed a long tail of light behind it, drawing a stunning rainbow across the sky.
"Two demigod true dragons from Isaac Academy."
A spellcaster murmured in a low voice, watching Isaac and Garon with curious eyes.
In Satellite World No. 7, while not devoid of dragons, these two demigod true dragons were undoubtedly a hot topic. After all, in a magic academy dominated by human spellcasters, a true dragon serving as dean and another as a mysterious instructor were bound to stir discussions.
The Alpha Theia Empire allows the existence of different races as citizens, but it is primarily a human realm.
Isaac, Garon, and Chris, these well-known beings of other races, were always under widespread scrutiny.
In the spellcasters' view, the very fact that these naturally arrogant true dragons were willing to become citizens of the Alpha Theia Empire was proof of the empire's greatness, thus they welcomed the dragon citizens.
However, some spellcasters held different opinions.
A smaller group felt these dragons harbored ulterior motives in joining the empire, surely plotting something sinister, and even organized activities to call on the empire's citizens to protest against true dragons serving as deans, instructors, and Supreme Spells.
Yet, given the current glorious and powerful state of the empire, these spellcasters were often overlooked.
Equally proud citizens of the empire mostly genuinely believed the true dragons were captivated by the empire's splendor and willingly became part of it.
"The Supreme Council is about to start; Dean Isaac is probably going to attend."
The spellcasters exchanged a few words without delving deeper.
After all, Isaac, possessing the status of a Supreme Spell, held a revered position in the Alpha Theia Empire, not someone to be openly criticized.
In the Alpha Theia Empire, the three thousand Supreme Spells were like stars suspended in the sky.
To slander a Supreme Spell, to slander the imperial stars, gave the slandered the right to execute the slanderer on the spot.
At this time, the two massive dragons, imposing and intimidating, had approached the peak of teleportation. Under the hurricane stirred by the dragon wings, the spellcasters' robes fluttered wildly, their hair whipped about, and
the surrounding sand and stones flew, forcing them to retreat repeatedly.
Ordinary spellcasters silently moved away.
In the end, only about a dozen Supreme Spells from Satellite World No. 7 remained, also headed to the main star to participate in the Supreme Council.
These high-ranking, powerfully auraed beings, at least level thirty-six Supreme Spells, paused briefly, not rushing through the teleportation array but instead looking towards the two true dragons that had arrived overhead.
"Dean Isaac, we meet again."
"Your magic academy seems to be thriving quite nicely."
A colleague from the Supreme Council greeted Isaac warmly, showing a friendly attitude. After all, there are gaps among the Supreme Spells, and only a few dozen are demigods, the most luminous stars in the imperial cosmos, revered wherever they go.
Isaac huffed slightly, looking down at the crowd below from a high vantage point.
Unapologetically arrogant and condescending, he said, "If you're too ugly, don't try to get close to me. I get dizzy around ugliness, and what if I faint while talking to you? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for you?"
The group of Supreme Spells below darkened in expression.
Garon glanced at Isaac, thinking that it wouldn't be surprising if one day someone jumped out and beat him up on the spot. Narcissism was one thing, but ridiculing others everywhere was just inviting hatred.
At this moment, some spellcasters turned their attention to Garon.
Garon, larger and more robust than Isaac, was also more conspicuous.
Although the dragon's majesty was subdued, just by their size, all the Supreme Spells present could feel the invisible pressure from the dragon, now under the shadow of the dragon's body.
"The esteemed guest from another world, the true dragon Garon, recently seen in Satellite World No. 7."
"We represent the Alpha Theia Empire in welcoming your arrival."
A Supreme Spell said with a smile.
Garon nodded slightly in response.
At the same time.
His gaze fell on a male Supreme Spell.
This Supreme Spell had flaming long hair and similarly fiery red eyes, tall and slender in stature, silently observing Garon and Isaac with a burning gaze.
"This must be the Dean of the Core Heart Academy, the demigod fire mage Kamus."
Garon silently noted, recalling that when he first arrived at Satellite World No. 7 and alerted the Supreme Spells, the Tower Master, a demigod of air magic, had communicated with Garon while Kamus had not appeared.
This was Garon's first encounter with Kamus.
Strangely, Garon felt a sense of familiarity with Kamus.
Garon keenly noticed this.
At his current level of existence, any feelings of familiarity were definitely not mere illusions.
"Why do I feel familiar?"
Garon was puzzled; he had never previously been to the timeline where the Alpha Theia Empire was located, let alone had any contact with one of its demigod fire mages.
Where could this sense of familiarity come from?
Moreover, Garon couldn't pinpoint exactly what felt familiar, but he sensed something recognizable about the other, likely indicating that the other party had something to hide.
"Could it be a progenitor of my fire magic kin?"
"No, according to Anya, their ancestors were just legendary spellcasters. If it were a demigod, it would definitely be recorded in the inheritance."
Garon pondered.
At the same time, the other party also noticed Garon's gaze.
After briefly looking at Garon and Isaac, the demigod fire mage calmly shifted his gaze away, appearing indifferent to the two true dragons, a stark contrast to the attitudes of other Supreme Spells around.
He stood there, somehow slightly out of place with his surroundings.
"Alright, let's go."
At this moment, Isaac called to Garon, reverting to his humanoid form to land on the peak's platform, as the two true dragons in their real forms couldn't fit on this mountain peak.
Garon merely shrank, taking on the seemingly clueless and harmless appearance of a young dragon.
Together with Isaac, Garon also landed on the summit.
The ultra-long-distance teleportation array, utilizing the surrounding peaks as nodes, the mountain range below as a circuit, and the central peak as the core, was constructed with considerable resources.
Buzz.
Stepping inside the teleportation array, magical runes lit up, encircling Garon and Isaac as they ascended.
The next second, a column of wind vortex shot up, stirring intense spatial fluctuations.
In just a few breaths.
At the Alpha Theia Empire's capital on the main star, the ultra-long-distance spatial teleportation array corresponding to Satellite World No. 7 flared with intense light.
Boom!
The wind vortex column launched from Satellite World No. 7, crossing endless space, landed precisely on the main star.
The star bridge, the official name for the wind vortex column, gradually dissipated after
arrival, revealing the originally enveloped small silver dragon and a stunningly beautiful man in elaborate attire, Garon and Isaac.
"It's like an interstellar vascular system, directly connecting a satellite world with the main star through an independent spatial tunnel."
"Interesting, seems to be a masterpiece of air magic."
Garon assessed the star bridge, discerning its construction principle.
Meanwhile, through various foundational projects of the Alpha Theia Empire, Garon discovered that although the air mages appeared more moderate and reserved, their overall strength was likely much stronger than that of the fire mages, given the more ancient heritage of air magic.
Immediately.
Garon flapped his small wings, hovering mid-air, looking around.
He was now inside a vast and majestic city of magic.
Wherever he looked, there were countless towering towers, castles, spires, etc., built in the architectural style of the Alpha Theia Empire, also nestled among layered forests and mountains.
In the sky, spellcasters traveled back and forth surrounded by flames or hurricanes, and several hundred-meter-long magical ships continuously cruised, their ferocious cannons exuding formidable deterrence, patrolling all directions.
Far in the distance, a spire that seemed to reach the heavens constrained a sun-like bright flame at its very top.
The Flame Light Tower, a building within the imperial palace of the capital.
Continuous light and heat radiated from the Flame Light Tower, illuminating all directions while also carrying rich fire elemental energy, sweeping across the capital and making the fire mages in the city comfortably squint their eyes.
"What is this?"
Garon looked at Isaac.
Isaac, understanding Garon's question, explained, "The Flame Light Tower, the largest energy core of the capital right now, was personally forged by the emperor."
Due to its unique culture, the emperor of the Alpha Theia Empire must also be an extremely powerful spellcaster to qualify for the position; otherwise, he would not command respect. The current Emperor Alphaxis possesses a might not inferior to any Supreme Spell.
Buzz.
The teleportation array's light flared again.
Other Supreme Spells also arrived one after another.
Among them, Kamus stared at the Flame Light Tower, his fiery hair visibly fluctuating.
"How was this tower constructed?"
Garon was curious.
The Flame Light Tower, serving as the core energy source for the vast capital of the Alpha Theia Empire, was undoubtedly a treasure. The capital of the Alpha Theia Empire, referred to as a city, actually encompasses almost an entire continent.
"I'm not entirely sure; it's a royal secret."
"I only know that to obtain the materials to construct the Flame Light Tower, a satellite world was destroyed."
"There were originally nineteen satellite worlds."
Saying this, Isaac looked towards the Flame Light Tower, murmuring lowly, "Alphaxis has been over five hundred years old, but he shows no signs of aging. Many spellcasters speculate that he has obtained immortal power through the Flame Light Tower and is now an immortal demigod."
In the main material world, beings with the power of a demigod are not true deities.
True demigods refer to those who possess extraordinary divine power, have followers, divine realms, divinity, etc., but because they are the weakest among deities, they are not much stronger than the top beings in the main material world, hence the term demigod beings.
Demigod beings, since they are not true gods, may live very long lives but are mostly not immortal.
True immortals are only gods and a very few god-like beings like the Time Dragons.
"I see."
Garon gazed at the towering Flame Light Tower, falling into thought, but due to the lack of information, he couldn't figure out more.
Next.
Isaac took Garon on a stroll around the capital.
The stunningly beautiful man flaunting his charm, along with a small silver dragon flapping its wings, such a combination walking on the streets of the capital drew countless stares.
Dragons in the Alpha Theia Empire were not very unusual.
Garon didn't attract too much attention.
However, regardless of gender, countless Alphans' gazes stiffened, stuck on Isaac, and even spellcasters controlling wind and fire accidentally collided in mid-air, causing quite a commotion.
Isaac's allure wasn't just a descriptive term.
This was a capability specific to iridescent dragons.
After spending some time sightseeing in various parts of the capital and experiencing the local scenery, it soon became time for the Supreme Council to convene.
In a certain part of the capital, under the illumination of the Flame Light Tower, a circular building today welcomed many esteemed beings.
The venue for the Supreme Council, known as the Circular Step Court.
This was an unusually shaped, circular grand court, expanding in diameter from bottom to top, with stairways winding around it, neatly arranged in layers, precisely accommodating three thousand seats.
At the center of the circular stairway, a throne prepared for the
emperor was placed.
Apart from this, at the top outer ring of the stairway, places prepared for guests like Garon were positioned.
One by one, the Supreme Spells took their seats, quickly filling all three thousand.
Isaac was at the lowest ring of the stairway.
Along with him at the same ring were the empire's top spellcasters, all demigod beings.
Chris also arrived here.
Her humanoid form, equally beautiful and dressed opulently, resembled Isaac, and even demigod beings couldn't help but frequently glance her way.
A glance was exchanged as a greeting with Garon.
At the same time, Garon counted.
These demigod Supreme Spells numbered sixty-two.
Such a number of demigods, if thrown into the countless war zones of the Glory Wars across dimensions, could also stir up significant waves.
Additionally, the imperial court had some guardians who did not participate in the Supreme Council, among them were also demigod beings; the empire's top-tier demigods were even more numerous than Garon had initially imagined.
As a guest, Garon, appearing as a juvenile dragon, thus attracted a lot of attention.
The people at his level were mainly the empire's high nobility, many of whom held positions just below that of the Supreme Spells.
A few minutes later.
A line of fire shot out from the Flame Light Tower, vanishing instantly across the sky, and precisely landed at the central position of the circular stairway.
The flames dissipated, revealing the figure of Emperor Alphaxis.
Like many others, Garon looked towards this emperor.
The ruler of the super magical empire, Alphaxis, radiated overwhelming elemental energy, his aura exceptionally powerful. He wore a crown forged of gold and a royal robe marked with the cosmic galaxy, sitting quietly on the throne, exuding a natural authority.
"Emperor Alphaxis has arrived; the Supreme Council is now officially in session!"
Dong!
With a bell toll, each Supreme Spell began proposing on various aspects of the empire, from the bottom up, in a strict order. The closer to Emperor Alphaxis's position, the more powerful the Supreme Spell.
Isaac and Chris, as demigod Supreme Spells, were in the first sequence.
Soon, it was Isaac's turn to propose.
He looked towards the central ring, suggesting, "The empire's martial spirit is strong, and the citizens are keen on the competitions between wind and fire magic, wanting to know which of the two is stronger. For this reason, I propose organizing large-scale competitions between the Academy of Celestial Glory and the Flame Dominion Academy to invigorate the people."
Emperor Alphaxis's gaze shifted subtly, his voice grave, "Dean Isaac, there is a gap and conflict between wind and fire magic in the empire. Large-scale competitions might widen this gap."
Then.
Isaac revealed a radiant smile, reciting Garon's earlier words.
After listening to Isaac's explanation, Emperor Alphaxis appeared contemplative.
"Let us vote on Dean Isaac's proposal."
Instantly, nearly all the Supreme Spells associated with fire magic lit up with elemental radiance.
This indicated their approval of Isaac's proposal.
With the nature of fire mages, they would naturally enjoy a competition that could prove their strength and beat the wind mages.
Similarly, a part of the wind mages also radiated light.
Of the three thousand Supreme Spells, one thousand six hundred eighty-one agreed with Isaac's proposal.
Finally, Emperor Alphaxis nodded slightly, instructing the official responsible for recording below, "Note down Dean Isaac's proposal, add it to the pre-implementation list."
Soon, it was Chris's turn to propose.
Chris's eyes shimmered, her expression serious as she said, "I propose placing my statues in the most prosperous areas of every city on the main star and satellite worlds. My beauty can enhance the glory of the empire."
Then, Chris elaborately discussed the various benefits of this proposal, not sounding like she was joking at all.
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