Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 639 - 557: Qualifications and Enrollment

In the Age of Navigation, the Sea Origin Calendar year 186 quietly transformed into history, as the Georgia Territory bade farewell to winter and awaited the arrival of spring.

"Wah wah wah..."

After the Arawak Clan moved to their new home, the first newborn in the tribe was born.

Flames from a bonfire roared.

Dong! Dong! Dong!...

The birth ceremony for this child merged with the spring festival activities.

The four young apprentices, who had successfully become Shaman Wizards after worshiping the "Father of Creation" and the "Divine Ladder," beat the "Tebonaster" drums and danced ritual dances to hold a grand celebration ceremony.

In the ceremony, the newborn, representing the hope of the tribe, was lifted high by the Chieftain, receiving blessings from all the tribe members according to tradition, with evergreen leaves from the forest dipped in wine dripped onto the baby's head.

They believed this would grant the child strength and ensure healthy growth.

Aiven, as the representative of the new god "Father of Creation" in religion and the lord of the Georgia Territory in the secular world, was invited to attend this birth ceremony with Olivia.

He also stepped forward to give his blessings, and his attention was different from others'. After initiating "spiritual radiance" to check, he laughed and congratulated the Chieftain beside him:

"Congratulations! This child has good potential, maybe in the future, they will be an excellent 'Life Tree Totem Warrior'."

A single sentence brought smiles to the old Chieftain and the child's parents, who thanked him repeatedly.

This newborn was named "Natu" by the old Chieftain, meaning rebirth in their language, as he held extraordinary significance for the entire Arawak Clan.

It was also the first milestone in their embrace of a new life.

After the ceremony, the two bid farewell to the group under their command, who were to become leaders for the future assimilation of the aboriginals, promising to send a reporter from the territorial newspaper for an exclusive interview the next day, providing materials for the territorial unification work.

This was, of course, Aiven's idea, and he was perhaps one of the people most acutely aware of the importance of this task in the world. Only when the people align with each other's hearts can the territory be a cohesive whole, especially when facing a multi-ethnic entity.

Aiven in hunting attire and Olivia walked under the moonlight, fingers intertwined, strolling along leisurely.

Under the great power of witchcraft, even the remnant force of winter detoured away from them.

After their engagement, various matters came rushing in—industry affairs, territorial defense, school construction, witchcraft research—all occupied much of their time. Besides the exploration in the Spirit Realm, they had little time to be alone together for a while.

"Hesi, do you like children?"

Olivia's sapphire-like beautiful eyes sparkled like little stars:

"I do, children are cuter than adults."

Aiven grabbed the girl's soft little white hand and made a mischievous face:

"Then... hehehe..."

He was kicked in the leg by Olivia's foot, whose alabaster cheeks flushed crimson: "Psh, you rogue, it's too early for that!"

Even after the two eventually married, Aiven did not intend for Olivia to become a mother so early. The desire and need for offspring were not urgent for the long-lived Extraordinary, and they just played around a bit.

Though adorable, there was temporarily no room for a four-legged, gold-devouring beast in the blissful world of just the two of them.

Squealing and snorting...

Suddenly, the wind direction shifted in the night sky, and a cacophony, akin to feeding pigs, mixed with a thick scent of blood wafted over.

"Hmm?"

Their attention shifted from each other, looking towards the path ahead among the woods.

Whoo——

A chilly wind suddenly arose.

In the darkness, a crouched figure lifted its head abruptly, revealing a hyena's face under the dim moonlight, with tawny fur speckled with spots, stained with blood. Its long snout split open, unveiling incomplete teeth.

Seeing two seemingly fresh and delicious prey, it discarded the blood-smeared viscera of unknown origin from its claws.

"Wah wah wah..."

Emitting a sharp baby-like crying sound from its throat, it crouched slightly, about to follow its bloodthirsty instinct to pounce.

Yet Aiven raised his hand, a faint electric current flowing between his fingers.

Bang!

A flash of dazzling blue-white electric light appeared for an instant, taking with it the ugly Natural Spirit with a dog's face.

[Desperate Thunder Swordsmanship: Thunder Strike]

This mere ghost-level Spirit Body was effortlessly dealt with, but as the land's master, the two's expressions were not good.

"With the Spiritual Origin continuously leaking from the continent, these things are becoming increasingly common within the territory, with patrols in the city controlling it somewhat, but nights in the wilderness are a veritable parade of ghosts."

The joy of a positively cycling and growing territory was half extinguished by the appearance of the hyena Natural Spirit.

"Issue a curfew after we return."

At this moment, the entire New Continent was constantly exuding a small amount of Spiritual Origin, resulting in quickly increasing magic element activity on the mainland.

Although only a large enough outflow could attract the attention of the Totem Gods or even the six High-Rank Totem Gods, it was the goblin-like low-level ghosts, the most numerous at the lowest level, who were the greatest headache, just like novice killers.

Yet it was an unavoidable issue, as even though the Georgia Territory was coastal, it had a depth of 280 kilometers east to west, effectively making it part of the New Continent.

The "ghosts" from the depths of the continent could be kept at bay by the Cumberland Line, but the Spiritual Origin leaking within the territory was unblockable, akin to a direct battlefront combined with enemy territory infiltration operations.

The entire New Continent might need to maintain a spirit-rich environment for a long time, and the problem of ghosts will also become a chronic issue, a severe test for the governing power and military strength of the rulers.

The "Spirit Tide" impact from a few months ago was just an appetizer.

....

However.

Aiven soon discovered that the spirit-rich environment not only brought disadvantages but also gradually revealed benefits!

Apart from the Arawak Clan, the three small Huron tribes that entered the Georgia Territory, totaling only about thirteen thousand people, were in a worse situation than the former.

Due to heavy personnel losses in the heart of the mainland back then, these Hurons were even more desperate for population recovery.

Moreover, the Atrean people's faith was not monotheistic; they easily began to worship "Father of Creation" and "Divine Ladder" alongside "Spirit of the Giant Bear" Gleam.

In these few months, perhaps due to the influence of the white oak talisman, or perhaps upon arriving in a safe place and continuing life with plenty of food, the number of pregnant women among both new and old residents of Georgia Territory rapidly increased.

The territory's first baby boom is foreseeably expected to arrive earlier than Aiven initially anticipated.

Yet, as Aiven focused his attention on the newly born infants in the territory, he noticed something unusual.

"The aptitude of this batch of newborns is unexpectedly good?"

If the child named Natu from the Arawak Clan was an exception, then surely all the subsequent births couldn't be exceptions as well?

Moreover, this situation was not limited to any single ethnicity but was instead applied equally to the Nimansite people, the Creoles born as second-generation immigrants on the New Continent, the mixed-blood Mestizos, and the pure Atrean aboriginals.

Though difficult to observe, it did not deter Aiven from associating this phenomenon with the "Spirit Tide".

Spiritual Origins or powerful Spiritual Fragment contributed to the birth of these well-endowed children.

Additionally, as the activity of the Magic Element continued to rise, the cultivation speed of the Extraordinary, especially Wizards and Shamans who could resonate with nature, also significantly improved.

Some Extraordinary, who originally did not possess the corresponding aptitude, could advance further in the spirit-rich environment.

Through targeted observation, he also delightfully discovered that the fragments of the Natural Spirits slain during the "Spirit Tide" were also spread out in large numbers, allowing adolescents who obtained them to greatly enhance their spiritual wisdom.

Thus it seems.

Although lives were continuously being lost on the "Abayachi Defense Line," this was a crisis for the weak and an opportunity for the strong. And riding this east wind, Storm Horn's sailors Vid and Fleck both successfully advanced.

...

The sixth floor of the finally constructed Wizard Tower, the Tower Master's exclusive laboratory.

Wearing wizard robes, Aiven, Olivia, and Angie surrounded a transparent emerald gemstone weighing 1564 carats in the middle of the ritual, chanting in unison.

The somewhat sleepy curse words resonated with the emerald, and the crystalline Extraordinary Spiritual Light gradually spread out.

Obviously, such a fine piece could only come from Organic Gemstone.

Beryl-type gemstones are beryllium-aluminum silicate minerals and are a general term for a class of gemstones, showing different colors due to different color-causing ions under different formation conditions.

Its several variants vary in color, including light blue (called Aquamarine), dark green (called Emerald), golden yellow (called Heliodor), and pink (called Peach-colored Pillar Stone).

In fact, Aiven had already begun related research before accepting Aliyi's commission, because emerald is Nymph's Lifebound Gem, and aquamarine is related to the sustained power supply of the Electromagnetic Cannon.

The essence is the same, just different color-causing elements show different colors.

Aquamarine contains Fe; pink beryl contains Mn, or Cs; emerald Fe+.

After several months of tackling the difficulties, the 1564-carat emerald became one of his achievements, and the first batch of peach-colored pillar stones needed by Aliyi had been completed and delivered.

Now.

After understanding the nature of the changes in individual aptitude, they prepared to use high-quality Witchcraft Gemstones to embark on the expansion path of the "Vitalist School," to find those potential "apprentices" with the highest compatibility with the school.

Not originating from the same kind of Extraordinary Traits, but rather involving more ethereal innate talent, destiny, and real existence in the Spiritual World.

Using the Lifebound Gem's ability, Nymph could use emerald to unleash the bug-like Gem Witchcraft: Dream Tour, which could also be used to launch magical Dream Witchcraft in others' hands.

Since all human collective unconsciousness is connected, utilizing the power amplification of the Wizard Tower, using dreams as a medium, they search the ocean of collective unconsciousness, locking onto groups that align with their school's ethos.

As long as someone has not advanced to Official Wizard, is in a specific environment (such as a Wizard Tower), with targeted protections (witchcraft or items), they could be detected. Though due to various uncertainties within the collective unconsciousness, these discoveries might be random, perhaps far away or right in front of them.

The three exchanged glances and nodded at the same time:

acti——

Invisible Spiritual Fluctuations accompanied the activation incantation, spreading from the high tower spire as the center yet causing no disturbance in the Material World. The influence range was not in the Material World but directly into human dreams.

The three people's perspectives entered a world seemingly composed of countless fine threads, each glowing point representing an individual.

Men, women, the elderly, children... connected through invisible talents, destiny, and spirit, linking many people and things together without their awareness.

The brighter the light point, the tighter the connection to their own.

Five minutes later, the spiritual light of the emerald gradually subsided.

"The randomness of the first test was a bit far, no potential personnel were found within the territory, but two people in the north have excellent compatibility, and there's an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

The randomness in dreams is hard to control.

Hesi, let's directly issue an order under the name of the Governor's Mansion, to have all children aged ten to sixteen in the territory undergo a round of testing. I think we might unexpectedly gain something."

"Okay, then let's start the recruitment strategy as well."