Tasks and New Policies

The time that kept the mages bored didn't last long. Soon, a mage sat down in one of the empty seats, and shortly afterward Oinrich slowly opened his eyes.

He first adjusted his posture, half-closing his eyes, and then a serious voice emanated from all parts of the conference room.

"Quiet down, everyone. The meeting is about to begin."

The group of mages immediately fell silent, turning their gazes to Oinrich, this Legendary had been retired for who knows how many years. Why would he be presiding over such a meeting again?

Roderick put down the Communication Device in his hand and began to sit up straight, knowing that this was related to the top-secret mission that he had once asked Iris to participate in.

But since it was a top-secret operation, even he only knew the basics, after all, he wasn't the main person in charge of the project.

The only people who truly know about this are probably the participants in the Eternal Shell Project, who are also the main persons in charge of each of the Alchemy School's top-secret missions.

He then turned his gaze to Lexi, who was sitting first to Oinrich's right. Lexi probably knew the whole story and what their Chief was trying to do.

After a pause, Oinrich continued:

"Recent rumors circulating within Council have startled me, which is why I volunteered again to the Chief to take charge of this task. I've already assigned Lexi to do it..."

Then, Oinrich added something that made all the mages on the field frown.

"This operation was approved by me and the Chief, but not by the Alliance Council. Not a single member of the Council was aware of or consented to our actions."

What are they doing? Are they going to attack the Alliance Council and start a rebellion? The mages present all muttered to themselves, but they quickly dismissed the thought.

Even if one were to capture the main meeting place of the Alliance Council and control all the members there, it would still be impossible to control the Alliance, as the power of the Alliance is largely in the hands of the various School.

So what exactly is this retired Legendary up to? Some of the old masters who knew Oinrich before his retirement were getting restless, feeling that this very thing was very likely proposed by this old Legendary.

As for whether the Chief agreed, whether he strongly supported it, or whether he merely didn't object, they didn't know. Who knew how long the Chief would dawdle outside this time?

Amidst the puzzled expressions of the assembled mages, Oinrich slowly spoke:

"In the airspace northeast of the Alliance, there is a place... you probably know about it. They, like our the Alliance, possess the means to live in the air..."

At this point, the mages realized that Oinrich was referring to the Cult of the Sky Dragon, but it was hard to say whether they were located in the northeastern airspace of the Alliance.

The Cult of the Sky Dragon also knew the power of the Alliance; their Fourth Order Profession Holder were probably not even a fraction of the Alliance's, so how could they possibly be in the Alliance's airspace?

Moreover, the location of Number Nine Floating City is above the northeasternmost Highland Province of the Alliance, and there is no place further northeast than this.

Although there are indeed floating islands belonging to the Cult of the Sky Dragon in the northeast direction.

However, the Cult of the Sky Dragon's floating islands have been there for a long time; the existence of such islands can be traced back to when the Number Nine Floating City was first established.

What's the point of bringing this up at this time?

The next second, Oinrich opened his eyes slightly wider at the assembled mages, and this time he spoke with great force.

"I plan to activate the preparations that Number Nine Floating City made long ago for the attack on the Cult of the Sky Dragon, and launch an attack on the Cult of the Sky Dragon's Floating Isle in the coming period."

One of the monks, his face filled with horror, voiced the thoughts of all the monks present.

"But why should we do this?"

Although many mages present had long been dissatisfied with the Cult of the Sky Dragon, a poor place that couldn't even weave a hundred pieces of clothing a year, yet still had to import clothes and other handicrafts from the Alliance.

The fact that they can fly in the air alongside their Floating City is a huge insult to the dignity of mages, many of whom usually boast about sinking the Floating Isle.

However, when this Legendary actually told them to go and fight the Cult of the Sky Dragon, many people objected.

This is Floating City exclusively for the Alchemy School; what if something really happens?

Although nominally only half of the Floating City belongs to the Alchemy School in law, the problem is that the Alchemy School can also collect taxes on the other half of the Floating City.

Even the Alchemy School is responsible for managing that half of the Floating City, which means that the entire Floating City belongs to the Alchemy School.

At no time should the Alchemy School's Floating City be at risk of crashing.

To these Alchemy School, any damage to Number Nine Floating City was like bleeding from their wounds, which is why they strongly opposed it.

Faced with the doubts of the other mages, Oinrich simply uttered a single sentence.

"We need to do this now. What do you think is the reason I'm back to chair the meeting...?"

Some mages didn't understand why Oinrich explained it this way, but some older and higher-ranking mages knew why Oinrich said it that way.

"The dissolution of the Alliance Council, is even Legendary afraid of this?" Roderick guessed in his heart the main reason why Oinrich came out.

The fall of a Floating City wouldn't bring this Legendary, who had essentially retired, back into action, but the dissolution of the Alliance Council could.

He remembered that Oinrich was a member of the first Council of the Alliance. At that time, there was no perfect entry clause in the Council, and for a long time, no new members joined the Council.

For this long-lived Legendary, the dissolution of the Alliance Council, which had been a part of his entire life, was perhaps the thing Legendary cared about most right now.

"I'm not sure if the Cult of the Sky Dragon is as I think, but I think it's very likely."

Oinrich suddenly uttered a sentence that further puzzled many mages who were unaware of the inside story.

But when they turned around, they saw that the monks sitting in the front row were all silent.

This temporarily extinguished their desire to resist at this time.

Since the time for igniting and activating the Floating City had not yet arrived, and there was still plenty of time for preparation, they temporarily suppressed their dissatisfaction and instead quietly observed the situation.

Their Chief will definitely return before the Floating City is ignited and activated, and they might be able to get Chief opinion.

Then, Oinrich had Lexi was sitting on the right, stand up, and then recited some tasks to the mages that required their cooperation.

This was the main purpose of the meeting. Although he said he would target the Cult of the Sky Dragon, he couldn't disclose the specifics of how he would target them or who would be in which position.

Such a large-scale project certainly requires the cooperation of personnel from many important departments, so Lexi focused on the identification characteristics of this top-secret mission and what to do when encountering such an assigned mission.

In fact, many of the mages present had already joined this top-secret mission, but they only knew about their own part.

Most mages only learned today that they were supposed to mobilize the Floating City to attack the Cult of the Sky Dragon in the northeast.

They initially thought it was just a blockade operation slightly targeting the Cult of the Sky Dragon.

After all, something is bound to happen in the Ocean. If something happens in the territory of the Goddess of Ocean Currents, since they are both Deity, they might help each other. So we have to keep an eye on the Cult of the Sky Dragon.

But they never expected that the upper echelons of the Alchemy School would go to such lengths, even considering setting foot in the Floating City.

Is this an attempt to completely dismantle the Cult of the Sky Dragon?

Or do you want to sink the Floating Isle altogether, leaving only the Floating City as the only habitable place in the world?

After Lexi finished discussing work matters, Oinrich tapped the table and said something else that surprised the mages.

"By the way, I also need to convey a special resolution of the Council, a special resolution jointly passed by the Chief scholars of all School in the Council."

Roderick paused for a moment, realizing that this was a special procedure in Council. On some important but not extremely important issues, as long as the Chief of the various School agreed, the issues could be passed.

Of course, only School that have been established for at least ten years, have at least Fourth Order Mage, and still have fourth- Third Order Mage School within School can be included in this Chief.

Harbos is quite far from that position, so naturally he cannot pass the agenda on this matter.

"Starting today, the Alliance will regulate all projects related to Territory Mage and ban all projects related to the Territory Mage Profession that are not specially approved."

"All matters concerning the Territory Mage are now to be handed over to the Battle Mage Corps Commanders' Council, which holds the highest authority over such matters."

"Anyone who obtains the Territory Mage Profession without approval is considered to have betrayed the Alliance."

Many monks were initially surprised, but then they understood.

At this critical juncture, the Council certainly cannot allow the Mage Family within its ranks to seize power and expand their influence.

The arrival of this new policy was also within Roderick's expectations. He gripped the Communication Device on the table and muttered to himself.

"Now we can let things cool down regarding everything concerning Felistin. Without the Territory Mage, they can't cause any trouble."

Roderick leaned back in his chair, somewhat dazed that his mission to suppress Felistin had simply vanished.