Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 1420 - 1418: Explanation

"But have you considered one thing?" Nora reminded, "You’re progressing in your studies, but the other party isn’t going to stop progressing either. You can’t surpass her. Maybe one day, you’ll be strong enough to not fear the Alliance’s pursuit, but surpassing her will still be difficult."

"But she’s very old, I heard she’s sixty or seventy years old." Donna whispered, "In that case, dragging it out for twenty or thirty years, she’ll die of old age, and I’ll eventually be stronger than her. Right, teacher? Hey, teacher, why are you looking at me like that..."

Nora looked deeply at Donna and asked seriously, "Donna, do you remember where we met?"

"Er City in the Soma Alliance’s west." Donna remembered clearly and quickly answered, "It was there that you met me and tested me, teacher."

"Have you ever thought about why we coincidentally met there?" Nora asked again.

Donna thought for a moment and answered, "I went to Er City while escaping to the Sika Kingdom, and out of curiosity, I decided to take a look. After all, it’s the rumored place where the ’Poison Heart Queen’ poisoned twenty-three official Wizards of the Alliance. I wanted to see what it was like. So, teacher, what were you doing there?"

"Going home." Nora said coldly, "Going home to check on those corpses of the people I poisoned, buried around the house, and to see if there were more fearless people still watching around my house."

"Screech..." Donna’s eyes widened, her whole body felt as if it had been shocked, and she couldn’t help but let out a sound. After recovering, she looked at Nora in shock, "Teacher you..."

"Yes, I’m that evil witch you were curious about, the so-called ’Poison Heart Queen.’" Nora said calmly, "By the way, a correction, it wasn’t actually twenty-three people I killed, but twenty-five—the extra two were Third-level Wizards. The Alliance found it too humiliating, so they covered up the facts.

And the reason I killed them is quite simple. At that time, I got a rather precious Magic Tool, someone wanted to buy it, I didn’t agree, and they planned to rob me, so I killed him. After killing him, many people came for revenge, so I simply killed them all."

As Nora spoke, she looked at Donna, thought of something, and added, "And one more thing, I’m not actually sixty or seventy years old, I’m only thirty-nine this year, barring accidents, I’ll still be alive in twenty or thirty years. So... certain people wanting to surpass me might find it not so easy to achieve."

"Gulp..."

Donna swallowed, looked at Nora, not daring to say a word, quiet as a chicken.

A few seconds later, Nora withdrew her gaze, turned and stepped down from the rooftop, speaking to Donna as she walked, "Alright, as I said, I’ll first take you to the laboratory for a look around. After arranging for you, I might have to take a trip somewhere east—come to think of it, I am indeed very busy, not much time to study, some people really work hard, maybe there’s a real possibility they could surpass me."

Donna obediently followed, lips tightly shut, but dared not utter a word.

Eventually, the two left the rooftop, disappearing into the night.

...

Several days later.

Soma Alliance, Reef Rock Castle.

It’s been over three years since the national war between Soma Alliance and Sika Kingdom, this Military City known as "Never Fall" hasn’t become complacent due to its past war advantage, but has instead undergone multiple expansions during this period, greatly strengthening its armaments and defenses.

If the former Reef Rock Castle was a war beast, now this war beast is clad in spiked Armor, becoming even more dangerous and bloodthirsty.

Compared to before, the walls have been raised several meters, thickened inside and outside layers, to an exaggerated degree. Note that before they were over twenty meters high and more than ten meters wide, like immense dams, now they resemble continuous mountains.

It’s no longer a conventional defensive structure but a man-made terrain, even if hostile Wizards use powerful Spells, it’s hard to completely destroy. If hostile Wizards want to fly over from the top of the wall, the Arrow Towers standing at intervals will teach them a lesson by firing Magic Rune Arrows.

Even if hostile Wizards are indeed powerful and can break through the Arrow Towers’ blockade, then large Mechanical Crossbows will roar, shooting Magic Rune Crossbow Arrows to block the sky. Following this, a multitude of official Wizards inside the city will take to the air, striking hostile Wizards down to the ground, where countless Magic Knights will handle them.

Reef Rock Castle’s defenses are so formidable, it could be considered a Nightmare for all Wizards, no matter how powerful, it’s extremely difficult to break in alone, they can only enter through the city gate using official means.

Entering through the city gate leads to roads paved with large stone slabs, polished smooth by countless military boots. When a patrolling team clad in full Armor and brimming with murderous aura passes by, one can see their blurred reflections on the ground.

Following the main path straight ahead, to the city’s center, is the Commander Mansion of Reef Rock Castle, where Military God Soron Bonaparte resides.

At this moment, inside the Commander Mansion, Command Room.

Soron sat behind a desk, eyes closed, listening to his subordinates reciting orders from Shaya:

"...In light of some illegal activities from Shalin’s side, and the current dangerous situation in Atlantis City, instruct Reef Rock Castle to immediately dispatch elite troops to Shalin Atlantis City... retrieve Leonard, the surviving member of Judgment Court, recover the remains of Deputy Judge Keen Antonio, and search for Chief Judge Theodore Vick’s tracks...

Concerning individuals who harmed the Judgment Court, jointly interrogate with Shalin, apply Alliance law according to their crimes and punish... If obstructed, actions can be taken as the situation dictates... If someone forcefully resists, they can be decisively dealt with on the spot, to bolster Military prestige, to show national strength..."

After a moment, the subordinate stopped reciting, Soron opened his eyes and asked, "Finished reading?"

"Yes, General." The subordinate dressed in a military uniform nodded sternly, showing no emotion, nor dared to show any emotion.

This order from Shaya’s Imperial Palace is not simple, more noteworthy is that this is the eleventh similar order in the past three days.

Eleven orders, the contents are mostly the same, but each one is more severe, and each one less disguised than the last.

By this latest one, they are practically saying outright for Soron to send troops to Atlantis City to apprehend people, and if any resistance is encountered, to resort to violent measures. This has practically escalated to open warfare in a sense, only maintaining surface-level peace—anyway, in a nutshell, regarding the casualties of the Judgment Court’s crowd, Shalin’s side must provide an explanation.