Chapter 390

Chapter 390: The End and Continuation of Oz Country

Even though Siye was the headmaster of the academy, her fame certainly did not surpass that of her two students.

Roland and Alin, legends of wind and moon. The country of white horses in the west wind and the country of emerald crescent moons, the rise of these two great nations naturally deeply influenced the layout of the continent.

For now, let’s set aside the intersections and divergences of the origins of the two countries. The rise of the Cangcui Empire could almost be described as a portrayal of Alin’s legendary life. And the history within it could even be considered a legendary novel, with countless wondrous encounters.

Firstly, Alin was born in the Cangyue Country, which at the time was a small nation in the West Continent and not particularly noteworthy, only gaining some fame due to the rare Demon Sequence in the royal lineage.

Initially, Alin was just the second son of the old king; his older brother was about ten years older than him, so he basically had no chance of inheriting the throne. However, after Alin entered Emanas, this exceptionally talented genius quickly attracted a large number of students to follow him. It was during his school years that he learned the language of the elves and gained a deeper understanding of the natural sequence elves in the same college.

During his time at the academy, Alin and Roland led a group of people who incessantly argued in various fields, constantly competing against each other. Although sometimes tempers flared, one couldn’t deny that this greatly stimulated the students at the time, leading to an era of frequent prodigies.

Both sides frequently fought to prove their viewpoints and theories, and after graduation, they returned to their hometowns with their followers, putting into practice the knowledge they had learned at school.

Alin initially used his understanding of the elves to trade, bringing rare and exquisite elven artifacts into human society, thus earning substantial profits. With this, he expanded his military capabilities and actively participated in the nation’s external expansion, accumulating military achievements and fame.

As a result, his prestige soon surpassed that of his elder brother. Eventually, he employed a minor scheme, making his brother believe he had found his weakness and planned to apprehend and sentence him. This false accusation quickly spread throughout the country, causing widespread discontent. Taking advantage of this opportunity and public sentiment, he overturned his brother and became the sole heir to the kingdom, becoming the King of Cangyue not long afterward.

After several years of southern and northern campaigns, Cangyue had become a mid-sized powerful nation. He then used this as a condition to enter the Emerald Forest and negotiate with the Elven Queen. No one knew how he managed to win over the young elven queen with his persuasive words and handsome appearance, leading her to marry this human king.

Finally, the forest elves left the forest and joined Cangyue, and the country was renamed the Cangcui Kingdom. With the assistance of the forest elves, the Cangcui Kingdom continued to expand until it encountered the southern Oz Country.

At this time, the Oz Country was ruled by the Academy Parliament and had many mages, although its main population was less than Cangcui, the number of extraordinary beings clearly surpassed Cangcui. Moreover, they had newly developed magic warships.

These flying magic warships in the sky were said to have been inspired by the floating islands and floating cities of the Twilight Era, possessing anti-gravity capabilities. Under such high-altitude strikes, few troops could withstand such attacks, and thus the expansion of Cangcui came to a halt.

As time passed, many respected sages in the Wise Council began to openly oppose the actions of Oz Country, and some started placing bets on Cangcui’s side.

These respected sages were not only powerful themselves but also had disciples scattered across every corner of the continent.

Under the mediation of the sages, the powerful Griffin Kingdom merged into Cangcui, and the remnants of the Necromancer Sequence who returned from the Perpetual Dark Island were guided to join Cangcui. These two forces later became the Salus family and the Trey family, namely the Griffin Duke and the Raven Duke.

Thus, Cangcui’s strength greatly increased, surpassing Oz Country in both numbers and the number of extraordinary beings. War finally broke out.

The knights riding griffins soared through the sky, their white armor edged with gold, and the spiral lances that glimmered with lightning were ancient weapons for slaying dragons, specifically designed to deal with the various flying dragons cultivated by Oz Country.

Mages wielding staffs on the backs of dragons danced amidst the thunderstorm, accompanied by the blood and cries of the flying dragons, falling from the sky.

On the ground, there were gray solemn battle flags and spears. These well-trained soldiers were like cold steel, constantly advancing. They were living machines, soon to become undead warriors, the twilight of the Mercury Dynasty.

To regain the recognition of the world and cleanse the former traitors, these necromancer sequence extraordinary beings systematically eliminated the mages of Oz Country.

Perhaps outsiders could not understand, but in fact, many descendants of the Mercury Dynasty believed that it was precisely the prevalence of magic sequences that led to the decline of the necromancer sequence, resulting in the collapse of the dynasty. As such, the great witch Dorothy, who led the magic sequence, was regarded as a traitor of the Mercury Dynasty back then.

Whether it was the truth or prejudice, the tangled causes and effects of the past could no longer be explained clearly, but the hatred and emotions lingered.

Descendants of the once loyal ministers and founders of the dynasty were forced to change their allegiance and live in obscurity, even being imprisoned on the Perpetual Dark Island for hundreds of years. Meanwhile, those who turned to the magic sequence in the later stages of the dynasty and caused conflicts and dissatisfaction were able to continue enjoying happiness and prosperity on the continent.

How could there be such injustice?

The spear filled with rage was placed on the galloping warhorse, dark silver steel, skull decorations, piercing through the descendants of former comrades, nailing them to the city walls, shattering their souls, preventing their resurrection.

This was the tragic scene during the battle between Cangcui and Oz Country.

As the war escalated, Oz Country activated the three magic warships built with national resources. The slender and massive ships blocked out the sky, and the meteoric fire rained down from the heavens, landing on the gray “wilderness” below, scattering bones and flesh.

Then, the long-awaited Cangcui air force swept up like clouds.

Elves fluttering their wings, holding emerald bows, shot green ivy arrows from the clouds. These arrows, upon hitting the magic warships, could not penetrate the impenetrable mystery alloy steel, only bouncing slightly before growing various branches and tendrils, spreading over the ship’s body, absorbing and slowly corroding the hull.

Next came the red-armored demon sequence guards. They crossed the fire cannons and enemy lightning, landing on the warships and using the vines to infiltrate the interior.

But all these efforts were ultimately aimed at disrupting the enemy. As a knowledgeable book witch, Siye took advantage of the opportunity to destroy the anti-gravity systems on the warships, causing them to plummet from the sky to the earth.

To save these falling warships and prevent most of the students and extraordinary beings from dying, Dorothy expended a vast amount of magic power to gently transfer and land them, but this also planted the seeds of defeat.

This great battle was the one with the widest participation of Sequence 9 extraordinary beings since the chaos disaster.

A total of about 23 Sequence 9 participants were involved, with nearly seven directly falling, and one missing. As a result, both sides suffered significant losses, and in the ‘Battle of Broken Bows’ centuries later, both sides were extremely cautious, no longer directly interfering in the war.

After Oz Country’s downfall, all technologies related to the Twilight Era were sealed off, and any mages practicing those secret arts were executed. After suffering such a great calamity, the mages of Oz Country were displaced. Some went to Rourna, while others went to the Southern Islands.

Through the resentful research of these mages, two new technological routes were developed: the mechanical and golem technology of Rourna, and the biological and natural transformation technology of the Crescent Parliament.

Specifically, Rourna’s airships, alchemical creations, and various golems, as well as the war beasts, island products, and alchemical potions of the Crescent Parliament.

Unfortunately, although they originated from the same source, both factions believed that the other was on the wrong path, walking a mistaken road, and thus were difficult to understand and accept as heretics. This was also a unique landscape among the mages.

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