Chapter 1: The Collapse of the Magic Network!
April 21, 2016
Author: Floating Tower
A light drizzle fell.
A thick smell of blood enveloped this plain, with a massive chasm before me, a land torn apart by some dreadful power. Further away, ancient trees still burned; even the rain could not extinguish their flames. The bodies of orcs and elves were mixed together, piled high at the front line, surrounded by broken armor and weapons. Not far off lay the corpse of a giant bear, a behemoth standing at least four to five meters tall, now slain by a massive axe.
It was clear that a fierce battle had taken place here.
From the battlefield’s state, neither side had achieved a clear victory, though the elves suffered noticeably greater losses.
………………
Modo was still experiencing a calm day.
As April was coming to an end, the anticipated upheaval finally exploded.
War broke out between elves and orcs, resulting in no clear victor, as the power of the Elven Pantheon and the Orc Pantheon were not vastly different, making it impossible for either side to completely defeat the other. News about the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Misfortune also grew more frequent; although the two fates twins had yet to clash directly, their hidden conflict had become increasingly apparent. What particularly concerned Soren was that the figure of the Goddess of Luck seemed to have appeared in Arendelle, coincidentally where he had encountered the incarnation of the Goddess of Misfortune.
Everything seemed to remain unchanged.
Time passed slowly. The adventurer party Soren sent out had already reached Pirate Island. Meanwhile, the news from the Eastern Kingdom was also positive; Gloria’s witch group had established a base in the New World.
However!
Everything came to an end in May.
It seemed like a typical day, at least in the morning.
But when the afternoon arrived, everything in the Material Plane changed! Soren suddenly lost his connection to the divine network, and the divine light that covered the cathedral above Modo dimmed.
In that moment!
All of Soren’s priests lost their ability to cast divine techniques, and every wizard and priest in the entire Material Plane was unable to cast any spells.
The Magic Network had disappeared!
An invisible force that enveloped the entire world vanished.
The first to react was Soren, who almost instantly connected to the faith of Modo, and then used his god-level computational ability to grant divine techniques to his believers.
The second group to sense the collapse of the Magic Network was legendary wizards like Gloria.
She appeared before Soren in an instant, her expression grave as she said, “Something has happened to the Goddess of Magic! We can’t connect to the existence of the Magic Network at all!”
This storm silently spread across the entire Material Plane.
The Northern Witch Council almost instantly activated the Maze, a beam of light rose from the Royal Palace of Arendelle, and the Wizard Alliance temporarily closed its doors. Following that, a curtain of light enveloped the entire city. The divine light that covered all the temples in the Material Plane faded, with the first to recover being those with strong divine power, then those of medium divine power, while the light above the temples of the lower tier deities diminished by more than thirty percent.
Something has happened to the Goddess of Magic!
At that moment!
All the deities in the Material Plane, regardless of good or evil, sensed this change. Because the existence of the Magic Network served not only all wizards but also transformed spaces above the ninth layer of the Magic Network into a divine network, helping the gods return faith and grant divine techniques to their believers. However, now the faith network had also vanished, and the gods could only rely on their own power to grant divine techniques to their believers; otherwise, the priests serving them would be unable to cast any divine techniques.
Soren’s expression was exceptionally grave; he glanced at Gloria and sighed, “I didn’t expect this to happen after all.”
The Goddess of Magic was in trouble.
Soren was unsure if she had fallen, but judging from the disappearance of the Magic Network, she was undoubtedly facing serious trouble!
The Magic Network has collapsed.
Although Soren had shortened the time for this catastrophe from arriving and made many efforts, he didn’t expect it to ultimately happen.
The faith network disappeared along with the Magic Network.
The power of the gods was diminishing. When the Magic Network was still present, the power of the gods could easily overpower mortals, but now, with the collapse of the faith network, the process for the gods to regain divine power would become more difficult.
The disappearance of the Magic Network made all spellcasters feel out of sorts.
Even Soren, who had advanced to Archmage, found casting spells challenging without the assistance of the Magic Network; it was at least several times more difficult than before.
Fortunately, he had long expected this, and Gloria and others had prepared early.
However, even so, the disappearance of the Magic Network would lead to a significant portion of spellcasters in the Material Plane losing their powers, as their talents would no longer suffice to master spells.
Half of the witch group was rendered ineffective!
Many witches would only be able to cast low-level spells below the third tier, and for organizations like the Northern Witch Council and the Wizard Alliance, the crisis they faced would likely be even more severe.
The two exchanged silent glances.
The collapse of the Magic Network dealt a severe blow to the Material Plane, weakening the powers of mortals while also diminishing the powers of the gods.
Devils and demons would be stirring!
“What do we do now?”
Suddenly losing the connection to the Magic Network made Gloria slightly panicked. She looked at Soren before her and said, “Without the support of the Magic Network, we will face many troubles ahead.”
Soren nodded at her and then said, “Don’t panic. First, adapt to casting magic without the Magic Network.”
“Grand Archmages have always cast spells without relying on the Magic Network; with your talent, you should adjust quickly. Research progress can temporarily be slowed; although the Magic Network has disappeared, I haven’t felt the Goddess of Magic has fallen.”
The Goddess of Magic is not dead.
Upon hearing Soren’s words, Gloria felt much calmer.
Just then, the Fallen Witch appeared; her expression also slightly anxious but remembering what was more important, she gazed at Soren and her daughter, saying in a deep voice, “The Magic Network has disappeared.”
“I just returned from the Shadow Plane.”
“I found that the Shadow Network extending into the Shadow Plane has also vanished!”
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What!?
The Shadow Network has collapsed too?
Soren was momentarily stunned by her words, then as if thinking of something, he muttered, “Could it be that the Lady of the Night is also in trouble? The Magic Network and the Shadow Network disappeared simultaneously! Could it be that these two goddesses fought secretly?”
………………(To be continued ~^~.)
