"20 years ago? Tiger Lesser World? Rebellion?"
Leo frowned slightly. Twenty years ago should have been when he had just returned from the Giant World. Had things really been that long ago?
Tell me the details of the situation.
Leo did not agree rashly. Rebellions in worlds occupied by Stigmata Wizard were not uncommon; in fact, they were quite common. After all, no intelligent being would willingly become a slave to someone else.
For these races, every so often a hero emerges who leads them to freedom.
But for wizards, every now and then there will be a mindless individual who attempts to overthrow their rule with what wizards consider laughable power.
Such events are recorded in some wizarding books, and in Leo's view, it was truly like an egg hitting a rock; the slogans shouted by those rebels were utterly ignorant and laughable.
These rebellions will not escalate significantly and will be quelled early on. If they are not quelled early on, it's simply because the garrisoned wizards are bored and are treating their rebellion as a theatrical performance.
But Alexander claims started 20 years ago can't have been quelled in 20 years?
This is a period of time comparable to that of a small expedition.
Such an unusual timing must have encountered an unexpected problem. Leo needs to think carefully before deciding whether to go, after all, there is a world of difference between him going alone and the wizard army going.
While the Planetary Core is beneficial and necessary for life, it is far less important than life itself.
Upon hearing Leo's question, Alexander immediately took out a crystal ball from her magic ring and gave it to Leo.
"This contains important information about the Tiger World, including messages that Alice and the others sent back along the way."
Leo took the crystal ball, probed it with his mental energy, and immediately a large amount of information appeared in his mind.
The Tiger World is a small world ruled by the beast-like Tiger Tribe race. Four thousand years ago, it was defeated by the Purple Flame Wizard, who had just been promoted to Stigmata Wizard, and became the first world ruled by the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard.
The Tiger Beastmen were not very strong, and the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard had no intention of enslaving them. Therefore, the Tiger Tribe became the most frequently traded slave race in the hands of the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard.
All qualified Tiger Beastmen produced in the Tiger World were sold to other merchant groups.
Under the suppression of the resident shamans, they had lived in peace for thousands of years, and the Tiger Tribe had resigned themselves to being their own slaves generation after generation.
Although they would be forcibly taken away once they became Level 1 powerhouses, their lives could be described as comfortable and worry-free. It's not necessarily true that their lives after being enslaved would be worse than before.
But for some reason, about 30 years ago, the number of slaves produced by the Tiger Tribe began to decrease. At first, it did not attract the attention of the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard. After all, it would be too unreasonable for the Stigmata Wizard to personally intervene in such a small matter.
As the dean of the Purple Flame Academy, Alexander, as usual, inquired with the wizards stationed in the Tiger World. She learned that a plague had broken out in Tiger World, causing a decrease in the number of slaves, and that they had applied to the academy for medicine to treat the plague.
The Purple Flame Academy quickly delivered the potion, thinking that the slave reduction incident was over. However, to their surprise, the number of slaves to be sold not only failed to recover to its original level a few years later, but continued to decrease.
Alexander sent a Level-Two Elemental Wizard to the Tiger World to demand an explanation, but the Level-Two Elemental Wizard never returned.
And Alexander received no reply to any of her messages. At that moment, Alexander knew something was wrong.
To avoid frequent accidents when a small number of wizards are sent there, a team of one-third of the Official Wizard from the Purple Flame Academy was dispatched, along with a third-level vice dean leading the team.
The total number exceeded three hundred, with one level three, twenty level two, and the rest were all senior level Level One Elemental Wizard.
Any unexpected event would be crushed by such a wizarding team.
This time, news has been sent back, but the content is bad. It says that a large-scale rebellion has occurred in the Tiger World, and Level Two Wizard were previously stationed and dispatched have died.
Now they need a powerful army of slaves to assist them in investigating and quelling the rebellion.
Alexander immediately dispatched Alice had just finished an expedition, since Alice, as the youngest disciple of the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard, could open the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard's demiplane and allow the Fire Elemental Spirit army to descend.
Compared to the army of Fire Elemental Spirit, the Tiger Beastmen of the Tiger World are a completely different concept and will definitely quell the rebellion quickly.
But the outcome was unexpected once again. After Alice went in, she sent back a message saying that the Purple Flame Wizard squad led by the vice dean was in a fierce battle, and that she would open a spatial rift to quell the rebellion with an army of Fire Elemental Spirit.
Leo had been calmly observing all of this, without any particular feeling.
But upon hearing Alice's last two sentences, he could no longer remain calm; instead, a storm of emotions erupted within him, and his violent mental energy nearly tore the crystal ball apart.
"I found many corpses in the Tiger World whose souls had dissipated, and the cause of death is very similar to that of the wizard Gru."
"If anything happens to me, tell my teacher to give me my Ice Palace in the Tower of Elements to Leo."
These two simple sentences had an impact on Leo no less than two nuclear bombs exploding in his mind.
His cold attitude of not wanting to take on the mission in front of Alexander just now has changed.
With twitching eyes and a slightly heaving body, Leo closed his eyes, lost in thought.
"I can't leave. Tiyama City needs my protection. This is a contract I signed with Samatchi, and I must fulfill it."
A moment later, Leo opened his eyes and said somewhat dejectedly.
"It's alright, I can help you solve this problem."
Upon hearing that Leo did not directly refuse, Alexander's face already showed the same smile as Benji.
As long as Leo doesn't directly refuse, he will try his best to solve the rest.
"How do you solve it, Dean? This is a contract signed under the witness of the wizard's will." Li Xi asked doubtfully.
If Alexander has the ability to alter Wizard Will or tamper with contracts, then Leo will never make any deals with him again, because this person is too dangerous.
Perhaps sensing Leo's caution and wariness, Alexander quickly added, "This time you captured a total of seven surviving wizards. Although they are all seriously injured, they will recover in a few decades. Among them, Nox, who received the Second-Class Wizard Medal, is of immeasurable value."
"Any living wizard is invaluable to an academy, and as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Black Skull Academy will not give up on them."
"I will use these wizards as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Black Skull Academy. Once they guarantee they will not invade Tiyama City, I will release these seven wizards."
"I think they'll know how to choose between a town and seven wizards."
Alexander's words brought Leo a slight sense of relief. So that was the method; it wasn't about changing the Wizard Will, so there was nothing to worry about.
"I also want to know about the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard. With so many things happening, why hasn't the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard taken action to resolve this?"
Leo asked his question again, a question he had asked Abigail and the others when he first Tiyama City, but none of them could answer it for Leo.
Although Abigail provided information that had passed through countless hands, Leo only treated it as a reference.
Based on the intelligence he had gathered, Leo had a general outline of what had happened at the Purple Flame Academy over the years.
Thirty years ago was the last Apprentice-level Championship. Completing an Apprentice-level Championship meant the wizards of the academy would have a long period of free time.
But then, more than 20 years ago, a rebellion broke out in the Tiger World, and the current dean directly dispatched one-third of the academy's forces.
After all, the apprentice-level championship had just ended, and they still had plenty of power. They wanted to use overwhelming force to quickly quell the rebellion and eliminate all the Tiger Beastmen who dared to harbor rebellious thoughts.
When one-third of the academy's strength was mired in the rebellion and unable to extricate itself, Dean Alexander didn't think much of it and sent Alice, who could connect to the demiplane of the Stigmata Wizard, in. After Alice delivered her last message, she disappeared without a trace.
As a result, the wizards of the Black Skull Academy chose to plunder the population at the moment when Purple Flame Academy was at its weakest.
For the Purple Flame Wizard Academy, this is their weakest moment, but for the Black Skull Academy, it is their best opportunity.
The Purple Flame Academy, caught off guard, was naturally powerless to stop the Black Skull Academy's invasion. It suffered repeated defeats, with large numbers of its people being plundered and even Wizard Apprentice being kidnapped.
Faced with the fact that the Purple Flame Academy was unable to provide protection and the town was on the verge of collapse, Nigel thought of Leo, which led to Nigel seeking help from Leo.
Because Leo's combat strength was too outstanding, it attracted Alexander.
Faced with Leo's question, Alexander hesitated slightly before saying frankly, "Actually, I don't know the whereabouts of the Stigmata Wizard either. I've tried to contact the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard many times, but I haven't received any news."
"I've been to the demiplane too, but I couldn't find any trace of the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard."
As soon as Alexander finished speaking, Leo's heart sank. This was even worse than he had expected.