As early as when Green used the Heavenly Mountain Sea World altar to stir the Source of Magic, the District Twenty-Two Stigmata Sorcerers had already sensed it and made will-contact with Green one after another, overjoyed beyond measure.
Now, after only a few hourglasses' worth of time, those truly closest to Green arrived in succession.
The first to arrive at the secret realm was none other than the Ice Age Stigmata Sorcerer, Milly!
Her frosty white hair was immaculate, her skin flawless, and a brilliant diamond-shaped crystal gleamed at the center of her brow. After the hundred-meter Ice Crystal Phoenix let out a cry and transformed into a sky full of icy blossoms, Milly, who had raced here chasing wind and moon, arrived at the Annihilation Tower Secret Realm. Yet she merely gazed at Green in silence for a long while. A vulnerability she had never shown before surfaced in the depths of her eyes, which gradually grew moist.
Standing in midair, Green looked at the female sorcerer. Their entanglement had begun back when they were wizard apprentices. He knew full well how she felt, yet he had never wanted to face it. Even now, it was the same.
Green had grown accustomed to a journey alone.
"Milly, you..."
In the end, Green chose to break the silence.
"Labu, please give us some privacy first. There are some things I want to discuss with Green alone."
Milly's voice was frighteningly cold.
Labu nodded and said with a smile, "OK, I'll go make you a cup of coffee."
Some linguistic codes from the Metal Destroyer Civilization had already spread through the Wizard World and blended into wizard language. Even Labu, who had long remained in the Annihilation Tower Secret Realm, occasionally used a word or two.
Step by step, Milly walked