Outer Void

The storm slowly retreated back to Albis Mountain. At this moment, Dole was immersed in comprehending those wisps of lightning intent, constantly pondering them and using the lightning within the storm for experiments.

His earlier attempt to bring the power of ice into the storm had weakened the lightning's activity. Now, he knew what he needed to do.

He still had to preserve the storm's original form and could not mix in the power of ice. The one at the Arctic Storm Eye was walking a different path from his.

He extracted the power of ice and placed it all within Babel Tower, enhancing the might of Aixi's ice intent.

This would take some time. It had taken considerable effort to fuse the power of ice into it, and extracting it now would likewise take effort.

At the same time, his gaze had never left the north. He knew that these small-scale Magic Beast riots would continue for a long time. He would have to fight a protracted war against the Magic Beasts of the North Plains Mountain Range and see whether they had greater numbers, or whether his lightning could generate and store more.

He also needed to deploy some strength in the distant wilderness at the junction of the two mountain ranges and wage a war of attrition against them. He planned to establish an important stronghold there and find a way to design a device—one that could preferably transmit the power of the wizard tower over there. Whenever Magic Beasts appeared, he could simply bombard them with the wizard tower's power.

That design could be handed over to the Alchemy Department of the Glory Wizard Alliance. There was no need to rush it for now.

His gaze soon left the North Plains Mountain Range and shifted to