Major Event (Part 2)

All-Forms Mage Award's award ceremony ended very quickly, and the mages actually didn't come here to see what award another mage won.

When others win prizes, you don't win the prizes yourself. Watching others win prizes doesn't help you win the prizes. If you have the time, it's better to practice more spells.

The biggest and only reason why other School mages and this School mages come to participate in this award is to socialize.

There are also many social circles among mages. Now that the Alliance has developed to this point, a mage cannot help but participate in social circles, and social interaction itself can also bring benefits to them.

The listing information of the residence on Floating City, where to build spell equipment, and purchase spell scrolls... all of this information needs to be obtained from another mage.

This is an extremely awkward way of exchanging information since the development of the Alliance.

In order to highlight the mystery of magic-related things, most services do not put information directly on the sign like ordinary people do business.

If they want to post their trading information, they rely on constant social interaction and saying what they can and want in social circles.

Thanks to the improvement of Order and the increase of Mental Power, they have a strong memory. They can remember it even if someone passing by talks a little bit. When others ask, they can easily point in the right direction.

Of course, the reason All-Forms Mage Award attracted so many mages this time was not because they all wanted to attend a banquet after passing through the sea for a short time.

The core reason why they want to come here is the shift of focus of the Alliance. At this time, if they come to Transmutation School first, they will naturally gain an advantage.

"I have a standard regiment of magic puppets on hand, with basic intelligence. If you want..."

"I need to transport a magic device about thirty meters high to the current sea area. Does anyone know the space transport expert Construct School?"

"I know a master in forging weapons. Maybe you all know his name, that Harbos Roynes... Of course, I need some introduction fees..."

In a mage's social setting, getting to know other powerful mage is also a social resource.

Some mages are particularly busy because they need to trade out the idle resources on hand and obtain new resources.

Some mages are just strolling around because they just want to know what the Alliance currently has on Ocean, or simply want to hear about anything interesting, and they will also pay to buy it.

At this time, almost all the mages had dispersed outside the hall, occupying a large number of main streets, barely able to accommodate so many people.

Vernon walked out of the balcony, looked at the crowded scene below, and frowned. Before entrusting Construct School to build the island, he had never thought that one day the mages would be squeezed out like this.

However, he sighed and put the matter aside first, because he had to entrust Construct School's mage with it, and every step he made was worth money, so it was really not an easy decision.

He looked at Elijah who followed him to the balcony and said softly.

"Elijah, you're not just here to tease me, right? If you have anything to say, just say it quickly."

"Although he knows that Alliance Council members can also use the awards from All-Forms Mage Award to come here to hold gatherings and discuss some major issues, but Elijah came alone, so there is no need to pick a special day to come here."

This is probably just a coincidence, and Elijah is looking for himself for nothing more than those few things.

"Vernon, regarding the matter of Goddess of Ocean Currents's main island, there may not be much support."

This is not surprising to Vernon, "He also knows that if the Alliance really wants to seize Goddess of Ocean Currents's main island, he will suffer more than just resistance from Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents."

"So it's normal for many mages to maintain a conservative attitude."

"Then what reason did they give?"

Vernon then asked.

"They believe that this will compress the control scope of Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents, and it will be difficult for us to determine its specific scope."

This is easy to understand. What the prophecy says is that things will happen within the jurisdiction of Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents. If you occupy the main island of Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents, it will be easy for the opponent to shrink its sphere of influence.

In addition, they don't know whether occupying the main island will be useful for the things they care about, so it is normal for the mages to hesitate.

In the eyes of other forces on the mainland, the main island is a majestic and sacred place. In the eyes of Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents believers, it is a moving holy land.

In the eyes of the mage, it is of no use at all, and they will spend a lot of materials to occupy it.

Unless there are special circumstances, it is a purely loss-making transaction.

"But Vernon you can drive to this underwater island. I want to launch an attack from underwater and catch Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents by surprise."

Elijah said with a smile.

And Vernon said angrily:

"My island was not designed for offense from the beginning. This island may fall apart if it moves ten miles quickly... Or do you want to help me spend one million Gold Coin to upgrade it?"

Elijah laughed and continued:

"With this money, why don't we use it to renovate a Floating City? It's much cheaper..."

Then Elijah seemed to think of something and continued:

"By the way, the Alliance plans to let No. 19 and Twenty-Fifth Floating City enter Ocean, which will be initially upgraded and transformed into combat type Floating City."

"This proposal is expected to be passed soon..."

"I have nothing to object to..."

Vernon also knows the prophecy that Alliance's Floating City will fall. In order to protect those important Floating City, the Alliance will naturally push out some Floating City to block the prophecy.

The two Floating Citys that were pushed out currently have huge flaws. The floating inscription on Nineteenth Floating City has an unknown error, causing it to shake several times every day.

Twenty-Fifth Floating City is one Fourth Order Mage who failed to control safety during the experiment, turning one tenth of the plot into a bad plot that is difficult to remove.

Every member of the Alliance has nothing to object to. It is necessary for them to protect the important Floating City.

"Is there anything else? It can't be just these things, right? You can just talk about it directly in the communication."

Vernon frowned. Although these two things were important, there was no room for discussion.

"Of course not, there is one last and extremely important item."

"Vernon, do you want to support a radical strategy or another encirclement strategy?"

This is the main purpose of Elijah coming here, to confirm Vernon's true thoughts. Vernon's identity and Transmutation School's influence on Ocean are destined to have an important influence on this issue.

These two strategies have the same purpose, which is to allow the Alliance to control most of the land occupied by Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

The radical strategy is to directly destroy dozens of port towns, compress the territory, sink the islands, and make Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents lose influence in physical space.

The encirclement strategy is to interfere with all current routes and port-related land passages on Ocean through covert and overt methods, and gradually penetrate towns and cities, thereby gaining control over Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

The ultimate goal of the Alliance is definitely to prevent the thing that may cause Floating City to fall and Council to be disbanded. How to achieve this goal requires careful thinking.

There is no fundamental advantage or disadvantage between these two strategies, except that the former saves time and effort, but has weaker control; the latter requires deploying a large number of mages and requires a large amount of capital expenditure, but accordingly, the Alliance will have greater control.

Vernon rarely answered immediately, but spoke slowly.

"You'll know where I stand when it comes time to vote on Council."

Elijah was very dissatisfied and muttered something.

"It's the same as not saying it!"

Vernon ignored him and continued.

"Of course, I can also tell you that I am particularly dissatisfied with the first strategy."

"Oh?" Elijah blinked and understood what Vernon meant.

The first strategy is really unnecessary in Vernon's opinion, and blowing up a large number of towns is also a waste in his opinion.

But this does not mean that Vernon believes that blowing up towns is unnecessary. He may feel that there will always be a time when it is necessary to implement it.

"It's a good idea... it's just a pity that the Alliance will send at least five Fourth Order Mage to implement it. You have to fight for these five places at the meeting."

Elijah said with a smile. Just when he wanted to continue talking, he felt a little hot in his waist.

"I'm sorry. Let's talk about it later. Please allow me to excuse you first."

He came to the corridor, turned on the communication device, and said directly.

"What's wrong? Why are you notifying me according to the highest emergency communication specifications?"

The conversation between him and Vernon was naturally considered an extremely important meeting, and he set it up not to notify him unless it was the most urgent matter.

"I'm sorry, Elijah, but you have to handle it. You are the best candidate..."

The words over the communication revealed complicated emotions, making Elijah a little confused.

"Hurry up and tell me, what else is more important than Vernon right now?!"

The communication person paused for a moment and then said.

"It's about Northern Lands Society..."

This time it was Elijah who couldn't help but interrupt.

"No wonder you want to come to me. Tell me, Iris, what kind of problem has Arcane Mage Committee given us over there?"

He has openly stood up for Iris. From this point of view, Northern Lands Society-related matters make him more suitable.

From this, he can also deduce that this is probably something related to School.

If the matter involves School, he will not be partial to Northern Lands Society, which is why Law School dares to let him take responsibility.

"Can you please stop interrupting me... Okay, now listen to me, you have to find that Paper that was newly published in the newspaper..."

"Is our Amber Law Award going to be awarded to that Paper?" Elijah said with some surprise, and judging from the silence on the other end of the communication, I'm afraid he guessed correctly.

"Yes, but the matter is more serious than that... It is very likely that our Amber Law Award will have to change its name."

"Because that Paper may change the future of Law School!"