There were several wizards patrolling the Peach Garden, along with various types of peach tree Treants keeping watch.
As the four wizards, including Locke, approached, a patrol wizard at the First-Ring Crystallization Stage suddenly fired a beam of magic at them.
After Locke released a corresponding beam of magic toward the patrol wizard with the application letter Witch Catherine had given him, the trace of wariness in the patrol wizards' eyes instantly vanished.
The patrol leader nodded at Locke, Mason Witch, and the others after they landed. "This is the summit of Little Peach Mountain. Little Peach Mountain Gardens is managed by the Defense Department."
"Unfortunately, our captain... Lord Paul, a Second-Ring Wizard, had something urgent to attend to and went to the Seven-Color Nursery to give a lecture, so he isn't here."
"The four of you can pass through Gate 31, the [Peach Tree Gate], with your application forms and enter the colonial world you're heading to."
"Please handle all specific safety matters yourselves. They have nothing to do with our Defense Department."
"However, all the worlds here have already undergone special treatment. They aren't undeveloped, unknown worlds, so the World Principle of each major world bears no hostility toward us wizards. The entrances to worlds that pose a direct threat to our lives won't be opened here."
Locke nodded slightly. "Thank you for the warning."
The Defense Department was the domain of the Inspection Deacons Group. Most of the wizards in this patrol team of seven Formal Wizards were probably members of the Inspection Deacons Group.
Golden Crown Mountain was a huge organization with a complicated network of factions.
Locke, Mason Witch, and the others entered the peach garden of Little Peach Mountain, then walked inside and found the thirty-first Peach Tree Gate. The branches of the peach