"Twelve hours ago, Intelligence Collection Bureau intercepted a piece of top-secret data, indicating that Jamess·Carter was suspected of participating in a series of extremely abnormal illegal activities," Amelia's voice revealed. The holographic screen echoed in the command room. The strong-armed woman in charge of the Empire's internal affairs frowned at the moment. "After preliminary analysis of the intelligence, Auror Department was officially dispatched half an hour ago to prepare for his summons and interrogation."
"Wait a minute," Ian keenly grasped the blind spot in his words, and his eyes instantly turned cold. "Since Intelligence Bureau has discovered an anomaly, why not arrest him directly? Now is the period of all-out war, and the authority of the intelligence department has already been elevated by me, Infinity. For suspects of this level, they have the full power to kill first and deal with them later."
This is indeed extremely abnormal. In Ian's vision, the intelligence machine during war should bite every potential threat like a mad dog instead of following administrative procedures slowly.
"Because they have stretched their hands too far recently," Amelia sighed, unabashedly revealing the political game at the center of the Empire's power, "Intelligence Bureau's power expansion has reached the edge of getting out of control. In order to beat They, I have been using Auror Department to forcibly suppress the brutal expansion of the Intelligence Bureau. In this power reshuffle, Harry has helped me a lot. When this war is over, you'd better give him a generous enough reward."
Amelia did not promote Harry's position, because not long ago, the former the Chosen One had officially taken over the entire Earth Prime's Auror Directorate, truly fulfilling his position.
"I will." Ian nodded. He has always held a default attitude towards the checks and balances of power in his subordinate departments. It is common sense that absolute power leads to absolute corruption.
"Now is not the time to discuss bureaucracy!" Luna, who had been silent, suddenly interjected, her ethereal eyes full of anxiety at this moment, "Didn't you notice? The time when the secret space fluctuation just happened exactly coincides with the time when Aurors are expected to arrive in James's demiplane!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Ian and Amelia changed at the same time.
"Auror Squad is in trouble?" Ian's heart sank, "But that's not right. Even if they encounter strong resistance or even break out a high-level battle, there should not be the kind of space shock that can shake the bottom of the planet."
"In the early days of the war, a large number of our elites were lost during raids on the enemy's demiplane and secondary dimensions. In order to learn from the lessons, the Empire Military Industry Department developed a brand new set of 'Cross-Dimensional Distress Beacon'," Amelia quickly explained, Leng Sweat had soaked her back, "I guess... the violent space shock just now was the aftermath of James's forcible tearing of Space Law in order to intercept and block the distress signal sent by Auror Squad!"
"Your guess is most likely correct." Ian's eyes were terrifyingly cold. Under normal circumstances, a Spatial Lockdown of that level would be extremely concealed and could not be detected by ordinary sensors. If the monster Ian hadn't happened to be performing "Illusory Realm Tempering" and maintained its absolute sensitivity to energy, James would have been able to do so without being noticed.
"You must act immediately," Luna urged, with an undeniable sense of urgency in his ethereal voice, "James is definitely erasing traces now and preparing to escape."
"Don't worry, he can't go anywhere. Just now, I have used the highest authority to completely seal all the spatial coordinates of his demiplane," Ian sneered, but then the topic changed, with an unabashed questioning in his tone, "One last thing: why Intelligence Bureau It took E a full twelve hours to respond to an intelligence report involving the rebellion of high-level Arcanist? Amelia, I allow you to weaken their power, but I will never tolerate this kind of inefficiency that disregards human life!"
Twelve hours! For high-level spellcasters, this time is enough for them to destroy a continent, or sacrifice hundreds of thousands of civilians to Evil God.
"Because the amount of data is so huge," Amelia spread his hands helplessly, with deep exhaustion in his tone, "Billions of monitoring data are imported into the host every second. James's intelligence was not 100% verified during the initial screening, so it was not automatically marked as the 'highest priority' by the system."
"Don't we have artificial intelligence?" Ian frowned.
"Because of your 'Cautionism', we currently only dare to open the lowest level of AI permissions," Amelia sighed. "During the war, I tried to promote comprehensive AI many times to improve efficiency, but the old diehards of the 'anti-artificial intelligence faction' in the cabinet are simply a cancer. They use your original warning about AI out of control to pressure me every day, making it difficult for me to move forward."
Ian rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache. He had indeed always been extremely wary of the AI possessing Empire's top secret authority.
"Notify the cabinet to fully lift the ban on AI." Ian made the decision, "Since we now have control of the 'Netheril' Tenth Tier Floating City, any AI rebellion is just a joke in the face of absolute computing power and legal suppression. Let it go and use it."
"Awesome!" A trace of ecstasy flashed in Amelia's eyes. With the fully unlocked AI assistance, Empire's administrative and military intelligence processing efficiency will usher in a qualitative leap. Finally, she no longer has to be tortured by those mountains of data reports.
"Okay, I'm going to meet this rebellious Seventh Tier Arcanist."
Before he finished speaking, Ian's figure had turned into a distorted light and shadow. He did not even use a conventional portal, but used Space-Time Law extremely roughly to force open the demiplane barrier of Jamess·Carter, descending like a falling meteorite.
As soon as I stepped into this private Subspace, I saw a lifeless steel jungle, and in the center of the city, towered a majestic Mage Tower that exuded a faint light.
According to the Arcane Empire's laws, the demiplane is the absolute private property of high-level Arcanist, and they are as aloof as Creation masters there.
But precisely because of this, Empire has formulated extremely strict laws - even in private territories, all intelligent life is still subject to the highest protection of the Empire laws, and any form of slavery and wanton killing is strictly prohibited.
In order to avoid trouble, the vast majority of Arcanist who own the demiplane will choose to use lifeless alchemy puppets as labor force. However, according to household registration information, James not only recruited a large number of scientific researchers, but there are even tens of thousands of the Empire citizens living in his demiplane.
However, at this moment, Ian looked around and saw that the whole city was empty, and he could not feel even a trace of life!
A violent rage rolled crazily in Ian's chest. He suppressed his killing intent and appeared above the Mage Tower as if teleporting. At the bottom of the tower, he keenly captured the weak energy residue - it was the magic aftermath left by the Aurors after their battle.
"Stop wasting my time, get out and die!"
Ian's voice was wrapped in terrifying magic power, directly penetrating Mage Tower's defensive barrier like rolling thunder, and reverberated crazily inside.
For any spellcaster, actively breaking into another Arcanist's Mage Tower that has been operating for many years is an extremely stupid act to seek death, because the formation in the tower will give the owner an increase close to Infinity. But Ian doesn't care at all. In the face of the absolute gap in rank, this tower is just a fragile toy.
After waiting for a few seconds, there was no movement in the tower.
"Very good." Ian's eyes were cold, and he slowly raised his right hand. The bright light was compressed crazily in his palm, and he pinched out a "miniature star" that exuded terrifying heat and was enough to evaporate mountains in an instant. He was going to directly wipe out this Mage Tower and the entire land from the causal level.
"Shua--!"
Just when the miniature star was about to fall, the towering Mage Tower disappeared out of thin air!
Immediately afterwards, the figure of James·Carter appeared in mid-air several hundred meters away.
Ian just glanced coldly at Mage Tower's original position. He knew very well the little trick James played - the other party forcibly folded Mage Tower into another dimension gap to avoid his devastating blow, and at the same time, he could continue to secretly extract Mage Tower's energy as a supply.
"You are quite good at hiding." Ian finally laid his eyes on this rebel.
James Si has dazzling blond hair, brown eyes, well-proportioned muscle lines, and a jawline as sharp as a knife. He was supposed to be a very charming Empire senior scholar, but at this moment, his handsome face is covered with strange black magic lines.
What made Ian's heart palpitate even more was that deep in James's pupils, there was Blink a disgusting scarlet light. An extremely turbid and depraved aura was tumbling around his body.
"Your magic..." Ian frowned.
"What? Your great Majesty Arcane Emperor, have you noticed it too?" James Si let out a burst of extremely distorted and harsh laughter, "I also feel there is no need to hide it in front of you."
"You were corrupted by Abyss? How is this possible?" A rare trace of shock flashed in Ian's eyes.
He clearly felt the Dark Magic flowing in James's body. In the Empire Wizarding World, the theory about Dark Magic had already existed, but it had always remained on paper.
It was not until Ian brought back Dr. Jekyll, who was transformed into a double-faced man, from the world of <The Mummy 4>, and in the subsequent tragic contact with Abyssal Plane, that this theory about Absolute Negative Energy was completely confirmed.
But the problem is that the existence of Abyss and Dark Magic is the top secret of the Empire. Only the Imperial Family core and a very small number of Illuminati elders have the authority to read it. How could an ordinary Seventh Tier Arcanist come into contact with this taboo, or even take the initiative to accept corruption?
"Hehehe... why is it impossible?" James's laughter became more and more crazier, and the corners of his mouth even tore into abnormal arcs, "Just like what the ancient books say, when you stare at Abyss, Abyss is also staring at you!"
"Did Guznader do it?" Ian instantly thought of the mortal enemy who had been trying to destroy Empire, "Did he use the power of Abyss to erode your mind?"
"He? That coward who doesn't even dare to show his true face?" Jamess spat contemptuously, "He's not worthy yet!"
"It's really strange. Even if Guznader really obtains part of Ancient Magekind's inheritance, it is absolutely impossible for him to quietly bypass Empire Skynet's monitoring and directly instigate a Seventh Tier on the home planet is the strong one." Ian deduced wildly in his mind. Before, Luna even used Netheril's computing power to perform Prophecy, but still got nothing. This in itself is the biggest anomaly.
"Could it be... that there is a Abyssal Prince standing behind him? No, it can block Law of Causality, at least it is the legendary Abyssal Overlord!"
Ian has just recently confirmed that Wizard Plane exists as Truth Wizard of Eleventh Tier, so it is completely reasonable for the oldest top-level plane like Abyss to have monsters of the same level.
Ian's gaze that seemed to be able to see through everything was fixed on James Si. James Si felt an instant chill, as if all his secrets and even the weight of his soul had been seen through by the other party. This extreme insecurity made him angry.
"Don't look at me with that condescending look!" James roared angrily, and the Dark Magic in his body began to run wildly, preparing for a desperate fight.
"I can feel that there is still a weak but extremely high-dimensional will dormant in your body," Ian ignored the other party's incompetence Fury and concluded on his own, "I I understand. This is not just the work of one Abyssal Overlord, but even 'Abyssal Will' himself has died! It is trying to cross the barriers of dimensions and interfere with the operation of our universe."
"If there is anything in Void that Abyssal Will covets so much, it is definitely Milky Way Galaxy, the birthplace of Ancient Magekind. But the question is, why does Guznader take the risk of seeking the skin of a tiger to cooperate with Abyssal Demons? Doesn't he know the consequences of inviting a wolf into the house?"
"What do you know! In the face of absolute power, everything is worth it!" James roared and pushed forward with both hands.
A huge sun condensed by the ultimate dark fire suddenly took shape! This is definitely not a power that Seventh Tier Arcanist can unleash. Zhan
Musi frantically sacrificed his "Arcane Spark" and incorporated it into the karma of tens of thousands of civilians who died tragically, forcibly pushing the destructive power of this attack to the terrifying level of Eighth Tier!
"Die! Take your Empire and play Hell together!"
Facing the dark sun that could burn half a plane to ashes, Ian didn't even pull out his wand. He just raised his eyelids indifferently and opened his thin lips slightly:
"Disperse."
"Shua--!"
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no deafening roar. The moment the terrifying dark sun came into contact with Ian within a hundred meters, it was as if it was wiped out instantly by an invisible giant hand. Not even a trace of Mars was left, and Annihilation was completely in nothingness.
"Anti-Magic Field?!" James Si's eyes widened in disbelief. He suddenly remembered that the top-secret area of the Empire Royal Library had indeed recently updated the knowledge base about Anti-Magic, but that was a taboo theory listed as the highest authority!
After a brief panic, James Si quickly recovered his senses. As a high-level Arcanist, his fighting instinct is still sharp. Since pure magic attacks are ineffective, use the laws of physics to crush him!
He closed his hands suddenly and instantly mobilized the massive earth and metal elements stored in the Mage Tower folding space.
"Boom--!"
The steel ruins of the entire demiplane began to tremble crazily, and countless sharp metal spears and boulders rose from the ground like a tsunami, preparing to pierce Ian's heart with thousands of arrows.
However, the next second, James Si's face turned completely pale.
He was horrified to find that his connection with those metals and earth elements had been abruptly severed!
"The response is good," Ian was suspended in the air, looking down at him like a real god, "It's a pity that in the face of absolute control, you are just a toddler."
Just now, Ian effortlessly took over the earth and metal elements of the entire demiplane. This was the trophy he plundered from Naruto World - a domineering ability born after pushing "Energy Control Talent" to the extreme, which can directly deprive low-level spellcasters of elemental control.
"This... how is this possible?!" James Si collapsed, and his proud arcane system was like a joke in front of him.
"If I guess correctly, Guznader is playing an extremely dangerous tightrope game. He knows that he cannot keep those outside Tenth Tier gods out of Milky Way Galaxy for a long time, so he urgently needs help. Use Abyss's Demons army to consume Empire's vitality. When we fight to the death, he will burn bridges again, forcibly tear up the contract and kick Abyss out of the game."
Ian looked at James who had completely lost his ability to cast spells, and shook his head mockingly. "What a hopelessly stupid decision."
The moment Guznader chose to cooperate with Abyssal Will, his end was already doomed. Abyss's greed belongs to Limitless. Once targeted by Abyss, even the gods will be hunted to the end of the universe, and he will never be able to find peace under this starry sky.
"What do you know! You don't understand the master's greatness at all!" James roared angrily. Since the magic failed, he simply gave up casting spells. The Dark Magic in his body quickly transformed into a violent Battle Aura (Aura), and his muscles swelled, preparing to rely on physical strength to engage in close combat with Ian.
Ian shook his head helplessly, and just as he was about to raise his hand to completely kill this miserable ant, his movement suddenly froze in mid-air.
His face instantly became extremely ugly. Those eyes that could see through cause and effect reflected the outline of a more terrifying conspiracy.
"No..." Ian stared hard at James, who was ready to fight for his life, and a terrifying chill rose in his bones.
"You abandoned, lost dog... you are not a secret weapon at all."
"You are just a discarded child that can be sacrificed at any time... a poor bait used to lure the tiger away from the mountain and delay time!"