Within the Alliance Headquarters

  Year 2851 | Month 2 | Day 26

  No one speaks within the headquarters as the Class A magicians leading the current alliance all watch the recording of the Undying Magician’s clash with their own Class A magicians. And how the man managed to wipe out almost an entire force of Class A magicians.

  But the silence doesn’t last forever as the Class A magician currently serving as king of the Collective Kingdoms says, “I am withdrawing from the hunt on the Undying Magician. He has become too much of a threat to handle, and our kingdoms have more important problems to handle right now.”

  “We will be staying out of this from here on out as well,” the acting ruler of Hardlight states chimes in with his arms crossed.

  The remaining nations all grit their teeth while watching the recording again.

  Their tense atmosphere doesn’t last long though. Not when the ruler of the White Kingdom suddenly gets a call, making the other rulers glare at him.

  Until he answers the call with a short and simple, “Yes, Grand General?”

  Telling them all that it is his Class S magician calling him. And in the process making them all stay silent.

  The ruler of the White Kingdom nods his head and says a few more things before ending the call on a simple, “Understood, ma’am.”

  Then the call ends and he focuses on the other rulers within the room who are all waiting to hear what he has to say. Or to be more specific, what his Class S magician had to say.

  “The Grand General has declared that she will personally handle the Undying Magician,” the man states, shocking those within the room. So much so that it takes them ten entire seconds before the explode into questions.

  “How will she deal with his protectors?!” “Will she be able to get the Undead King and the Fire Lord away from him to attack?” “What’s her plan for him after capturing him?”

  The ruler of the White Kingdom raises a hand to silence them before answering, “I do not know what her plans are. But rest assured that she will handle this problem. So let us move on to more important matters. Like the attention of the other continents currently placed on our war.”

  Silence fills the chamber again.

  Within a dark room somewhere off the Continent

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  Year 2851 | Month 2 | Day 26

  Three people silently watch a recording from the abandoned continents without saying a word until the end of the recording. At which point one of the three finally states, “It looks like he found a worthy successor after all.”

  Both of the other two in the room nod their heads in agreement.

  Of the three people, all three of them are Class S magicians. And all three have glowing red eyes, signifying their fire affinity.

  But none of them show even an ounce of greed for the immortality of the magician on the screen.

  “We should keep an eye on him until the end of their conflict,” one of the three Class S magicians declares, making the other two nod their heads in agreement.

  “Then we will recruit him,” another of the three states, “before any of the other nations get a chance to do so themselves.”

  “And if he refuses, an alliance with the abandoned continents may be necessary,” the final Class S magician says.

  The three rewatch the video once more. Then they proceed to watch other recordings of the war as a whole going on within the abandoned continents.

  “We may have to take action either way,” one of them says after seeing the progress made by the people of the abandoned continents. Progress that is still heading towards their former glory before being sentenced to the continents, but is still not on the level of the other continents.

  On the Edge of an Island looking out in the direction of the Abandoned Continents

  Year 2851 | Month 2 | Day 26

  “Interesting,” a man wearing a purple robe says while looking at the Abandoned Continents. “Very interesting.”

  The man quietly taps his foot as everything around him looks frozen in place. As if time itself had stopped.

  “To think I could find a potential candidate on those dusty old abandoned continents…” the man says with his hands held clasped behind his back. “And an unusual one at that.”

  “Another candidate?” a deep voice echoes around the time-locked continent, following which the head of a massive serpent barely leaves the surface of the water around the island. Then the serpent’s eyes narrow a little in the direction of the abandoned continents. “Indeed… odd.”

  Silence passes for several minutes as the two stare off in the direction of the abandoned continents, only for them both to notice one of the Class S magicians of the continents beginning to make her way over towards the unusual one.

  “Will you sssseeketh them out?” the serpent asks, its voice turning into an elongated hiss when speaking.

  The man continues watching for several seconds before eventually answering, “I will, but not until he awakens himself. And I will not involve myself in their war.”

  Silence once again fills the island frozen in time. With it only being broken by the sound of the serpent dipping its head back under the water again, leaving the man alone on the island.

  But the man’s gaze never leaves the abandoned continents, where the next candidate lies.

  And he knows he isn’t the only one with his eye on them, as he can sense numerous other gazes pointing towards the abandoned continents.

  He watches for several more seconds before eventually raising his hand and making time mana leave it to form a massive dome around the island. Enhancing the time magic around the island once more.

  Meanwhile his voice echoes out from within the island one last time before the island begins to fade from view.

  “The time is not yet right.”

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