Chapter 389

Chapter 389: Dorothy and the Land of Oz

Lolan Hill sat on the sofa, feeling the warmth and softness of Keti beside her. Listening to Tides and Chris recount past events, she slowly pieced together the sequence of events.

After the disintegration of the Mercury Dynasty, the Western Continent entered a long era of fragmentation, with various nations warring for centuries. This greatly depleted the wealth and strength accumulated by the former dynasty, leading to a significant reduction in high-tier Extraordinary Beings.

During one of these wars, when a nation was on the brink of extinction, they dispatched their elite and experts to infiltrate enemy territory, deliberately breaking the seal on the local Chaotic Vortex. As a result, the calamity began to ravage the world.

These gray, chaotic phantoms spread everywhere, eroding the earth, water, sky, infecting all living beings, and assimilating them into similar existences.

Only then did the people of the Western Continent realize the severity of the situation, as they had only known about the power of the Chaos Phantoms from ancient texts and legends.

To resist the calamity, all races were forced to unite, with even the Eastern Continent sending fleets across the sea to support this desolate land.

The Necromancer Sequences detained on the Isle of Eternal Night were also freed, participating in the war and gaining limited freedom.

During subsequent battles, due to unfavorable circumstances, all races had to rely on the natural defenses of the Sighing Mountains to block the continuous onslaught of chaos. To this day, several main peaks at the center of the Sighing Mountains still retain the beacon towers built in those times, ready for use.

After more than two decades of tug-of-war, as they gradually became familiar with their opponents’ weaknesses and shortcomings, the tide of war slowly turned in their favor, ultimately leading to victory. The Angel Church then arose in various regions to cleanse and monitor.

In the midst of recovery, Emanas was established, and many high-tier Extraordinary Beings began intentionally searching for various ruins to uncover the truth of past history.

At that time, Dorothy, being a grandmaster of the Magic Sequence and possessing extensive knowledge, became the first Dean of the Tower Academy, residing in the star observation room at the peak of the world.

In the following centuries, she participated in numerous explorations of ruins, utilizing her innate talent for time and space to easily locate and enter the temporal rifts of the Twilight Era, seeing fragments of the past.

Thus, her knowledge of the Age of Twilight became increasingly rich, and she came to admire it more and more, eventually discovering the remnants of miracles or secret arts from that era.

That was the ‘Ejika Path,’ through which living beings could extend their consciousness into the mysterious void, gaining a more acute perception and manipulation of mana, thus advancing at an astonishing pace.

If we liken mana to the ocean, the real world would be the land, and the Extraordinary Beings would be like animals standing on the shore, drinking water by the sea. The Ejika Path refers to deeper waters beneath the surface, where the ‘concentration’ of mana is higher, more primitive, closer to its essence, and also more dangerous.

Generally speaking, even Extraordinary Beings cannot reach the Ejika Path because it belongs to a higher dimension of space.

But fortunately or unfortunately, Dorothy was a witch of time and space. She could easily access that dimension, and as a result, she became increasingly familiar with the Ejika Path. Eventually, she modified the secret arts of the Age of Twilight to suit modern times, forming a new faction.

This secret art could be used by most sequences, producing astonishing effects, and it quickly attracted the attention of sages and other witches.

However, as the secret art spread, some people began to change in personality and soon went mad, and their final outcomes bore great similarities to those chaotic phantoms.

At that time, with the excavation of ruins, people gradually realized that past humans were likely extinct; otherwise, they would not have abandoned this world, ignoring and neglecting it. The chaotic phantoms might be the main cause.

Thus, time and causality could be connected, meaning that ancient humans perished due to the Ejika Path.

After reaching such a conclusion, Dorothy’s theories and ideas were naturally opposed by other sages, and some witches believed that the spread of the secret art should be halted.

Faced with this outcome, Dorothy could not accept it. Her centuries of effort and perseverance were dismissed with a single sentence, and everything was rejected outright. Under such heavy blows, she felt disheartened toward the sages. Not long after, she led several close friends and left Emanas, heading to the southern part of the continent to establish a new academy.

And because she was one of the founders of the Mercury Dynasty, a high-ranking mage in the sequence of magic, and had served as the dean for many years, with many students under her tutelage, numerous mages began to gather here, leading to the establishment of the Oz Country. Meanwhile, Tides and several other witches also…

Participating in the establishment of the nation and academy, they each made significant contributions in their respective fields, leading to the prosperity and strength of the Oz Country.

Initially, Dorothy agreed with the Sage Council that the Ezeqa Road would be carefully researched and promoted, with efforts made to eliminate its side effects. Under the assurance of this witch, the other members of the Sage Council reluctantly tolerated its existence.

After all, Dorothy was also a meritorious figure from previous dynasties, having trained a large number of high-ranking mages and sages, many of whom offered her advice.

At that time, Siye, born after the chaos and calamity, was raised by human sages. After Dorothy left, she took over as the Dean of the High Tower Academy.

When Dorothy left, she took several witch teachers with her, leaving only Chris behind. Later, it was Chris who assisted Siye in managing the High Tower Academy.

At that time, because Siye was the youngest among the witches, although she was well-liked, she was not highly regarded. Her experience was shallow, and due to her small stature, more people admired her appearance rather than respected her knowledge, despite her powers being very suitable for teaching.

During her early tenure, Siye put in a lot of effort, and it took many years before people gradually recognized this new witch. By then, the Oz Country had already risen. Many still considered Dorothy to be the most powerful witch in the sequence of magic, and she was seen as an idol. Siye was merely a competent educator.

At that time, the Astrology Secret Rites Academy of the Oz Country, under the concerted efforts of many powerful mages, restored the technology of the Dusk Era. Magic warships flying in the sky emerged, reaching their peak in influence.

People are ultimately prone to becoming arrogant. Under such strong national power and achievements, some past constraints began to seem unnecessary.

Initially, the Ezeqa Road was secretly circulated among the upper echelons of the academy. Over time, this circle expanded to include teachers, students, active mages, and even some intermediate academies.

Once the numbers grew, secrets ceased to remain secrets, and this situation eventually became intolerable for the Sage Council, which had previously turned a blind eye.

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Listening to these little-known truths recorded in the books, Lolan Hill couldn’t help but turn her gaze toward the doll-like witch, thinking to herself. How did this delicate and adorable senior witch defeat the time witch Dorothy?

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