—Why was there a natural disaster everywhere I went?
Ian thought to himself, feeling that he might be the incarnation of the god of natural disasters. But that was not quite right either. Given Mahdi's current status, ordinary matters would never involve him. If someone invited him, or if he acted on his own, it was bound to be a major event.
Pathbuilder, Lord of a Thousand Towers, Korizen the Seeker. This was the only publicly known Fifth Energy Level in the City of Knowledge, the leader of the grand scholars who had subdued the masters of all towers through sheer ability. How could his invitation possibly lack some hidden motive?
The City of Knowledge could not possibly have only one Fifth Energy Level. But among those publicly active, only this grand scholar leader had used absolute capability to win over the lords of the towers.
Korizen was currently Terra's strongest and most outstanding researcher. His inventions were simply too numerous to count. Typical examples included the "airship engine," "new enriched fertilizer," "seventh-generation alchemy furnace," "anti-aberration agent," and so on...
Beyond that, he had pioneered and improved dozens of bloodline true forms, mainly by fine-tuning old inherited forms into stronger, more efficient modern versions.
Among all the Lords of a Thousand Towers throughout history, Korizen ranked near the very top in accomplishments.
Therefore, by Terra's usual principles, if this man stirred up something, it would certainly be an extraordinary event in the history of the entire City of Knowledge—perhaps even all of Terra.
"Did they mess up while playing with the Thousand-Stars Beast?"
Ian pondered. "Or did they bring Heavenly Capital crashing down?"
The area around the Tranquil Sea was an extremely sensitive region with fragile crustal plates. If Heavenly Capital of the City of Knowledge—that super-sized floating city—fell from