The Rise of the Cemetery

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The world is so big, a hundred kinds of people can live a hundred kinds of splendor.

While the Necropolis put all its attention on Stratholme, the undead world hundreds of millions of miles away, the Mage Guild on the plane of Klein was experiencing an internal storm that hadn't been encountered in thousands of years.

Benedictus is a veteran legendary mage, who has a huge family power and vassal power in the mage guild. Such a character can cause a political storm like a tsunami within the three kingdoms of mages just by stomping their feet and coughing casually.

But even such a terrifying figure like Optimus Pillar is about to fall down now.

The Ored family of the Kingdom of Breland is Benedictus's main family. It is a huge family with 2 grand dukes, 5 powerful marquises, and 11 ruling earls, and there are countless low-ranking titles. The territories controlled by the Ored family include two counties in Breland, 17 cities, and more than 30 earldoms.

And this is just the secular power of the Aured family. What really keeps the Aured family standing is the family system established by them, which is effective and continuously cultivates high-end mages.

All the little ones with spellcasting talents among the descendants of the family, no matter whether they belong to the main family or branches, were gathered in Brayland, where they obtained the best learning environment and resources. Relying on the painstaking efforts of the family's forces, the Aured family has more than two hundred spellcasters.

These two hundred or so spellcasters range from legendary mages like Benedictus to junior mages who have just advanced, almost filling all the magic organizations and magic organizations of the mage guild.

According to preliminary statistics, the Aured family has 1 legendary mage, 1 holy mage, 3 big mages, 52 high-level mages, and the rest are middle and low-level mages.

This kind of terrifying power is within the Mage Guild, and it can be regarded as a big family force.

But today, with the incident of Benedictus, the legendary mage, all the spellcasters belonging to the Ored family were arrested and sent to the Arcatraz, while those spellcasters of affiliated forces were put under centralized surveillance. As for the secular territories and family private soldiers, the Mage Guild remained untouched.

To be honest, as long as these spellcasters are well controlled, the small achievements of the opponent's secular forces will not be placed in the eyes of the rulers of the Mage Guild at all.

Want to rebel? Want to engage in military remonstrance? OK, come on! A casual squad from the Disciplinary Department of the Mage Guild can beat the thousands of private soldiers of the nobles that you have worked so hard to pull to pieces.

Want to lock down a city? Want to start an urban riot? That's easier. Just relying on the mage stationed in the tower in the city can turn you into ashes in minutes!

The Mage Three Kingdoms is a world ruled by mages, and all secular laws and powers are scum in front of the bursting fireballs dropped by mages.

Therefore, the Mage Guild didn't care about controlling the huge panic and political turmoil caused by the Ored family in the Kingdom of Breland, and instead focused most of its energy on examining Benedictus himself.

On top of the tallest white tower of the Seven Rings Tower.

The atmosphere in the spacious and bright magic hall was dignified and stagnant. All the legendary spellcasters currently in Klein participated in this urgent meeting of the seven rings.

Some of the big masters who used to be servants and mouthpieces have disappeared, and only twelve legendary mages and holy mages standing behind them can appear in the hall.

There was one more legendary mage attending the meeting this time than last time.

Valens, one of the oldest legendary mages in the Mage Guild. It is said that he has been a legendary mage for nearly 2,000 years. He is also the first group of human mages to grow up after the destruction of the Arcane Empire, and he is also one of the first few elders of the mage guild.

And he also has another identity, that is, the official teacher of the holy mage Lux.

With such an identity, Valence's position in front of the huge obsidian conference table is closer to the core position than Femora, the president of the Mages Guild, and Akimos, the rotating puppet mage.

From the appearance, Valens is simply an old man who is old and looks like he is going to die suddenly in the next moment. The dense age spots and layers of wrinkles on his face make people wonder how he suffered so much. Not even a moment's death.

Even the old and dirty magic robe on his body didn't look like any high-end goods, it was covered with mud and dirt, which almost covered the color of the robe itself. Such robes may have been sold on roadside stalls for a hundred years, and no official mage would be willing to glance at them.

But only the legends present here can know that any of them, even if they put together all the "treasures" on their bodies, is not as valuable as this "trap" on Valens.

The sacred robe, a top-quality robe captured from the Pope of the Morning Light Church, the specific effect is unknown. However, according to gossip, the reason why Valens can live so long is related to this sacred robe.

As a temporary seven-ring meeting, all the legendary mages gathered here today have only one purpose, which is to conduct the strictest review of Benedictus.

As the top group of people in this plane, everyone here has heard of the world-class horrible insect plague of the Ahn'Qiraj Zerg, but it is really unexpected that one day they will hear this terrible name in their original plane.

But now, an ugly half-worm, half-human corpse was parked on the conference table, always reminding everyone that the crisis was approaching.

The twelve legendary mages, including that Benedictus, sat silently in their seats without saying a word. The atmosphere in the entire hall was dull and stagnant, almost suffocating.

"What? Benedictus, don't you have anything to say?" The speaker's voice was as sharp as gold and iron, and it was Akimos, the puppet mage who has been on duty for a hundred years.

"I have nothing to say." Benedictus said indifferently: "I have repeatedly explained that this is just a bug corpse I encountered from the depths of the starry sky. I just plan to bring it back to study its physiological structure and Organ samples."

"Oh?" Greem, the apostle of the wind, smiled coldly: "Then you might as well explain why all the creatures in your half-plane suddenly disappeared? According to the reactions of several prophets and astrologers who entered your half-plane, At least nearly a thousand creatures of various races lived in your half-plane. Where are they all now?"

This is actually the norm in the demiplane of legendary mages.

The long years of existence have allowed them to encounter all kinds of talents and special races, among which there are always some that are particularly valuable for collection. For example, the highland dwarves who are best at smelting metals, the halflings who are best at cooking food, the grassland elves who are best at serving as maids, and the flower elves who are best at managing magic facilities...

Each legendary demiplane is actually a small living kingdom, inhabited by outstanding talents and attendant races collected by legendary mages from all over the place. Since they are taken by the legendary mage, they are destined to die in this demiplane that is not big or small for the rest of their lives. The legendary mage is their heaven, the legendary mage is their god, and their life and death are all in the legendary mage's thought.

Of course, succubi, erinia, female drow, and high elves are also their core collections. This is almost every legendary mage's secret personal hobby.

Benedictus is not an undead reincarnated as a lich, he still has some instinctive needs as a human being. From the giant city built in his half-plane and the exquisite and gorgeous huge harem inside, it can be known that he is not a cleanser who does not eat the fireworks of the world.

From the basic layout and living relics in the giant city, it can be roughly inferred that at least thousands of various races lived there. But now, they have all disappeared! Instead, it was a mysterious secret room hidden under the gorgeous bedroom.

According to the feedback of all the mages who have explored this secret room, although there is no flesh and blood or remains there, there is a strong and pungent smell of blood and a huge number of ghosts and wraiths that are about to take shape.

Hehe, the demiplane of a legendary mage can also be haunted? This is simply a joke on the goddess of magic. It can also be imagined from this that, not long ago, the number of creatures that had died miserably in this secret room had reached the point where their resentment and murderous intent gathered into spirits.

However, so far, all the evidence obtained by the Mage Guild is only indirect evidence, and there is not a single piece of direct evidence that can clearly and unmistakably point out the fall of Benedictus. So no matter how angry the legendary mages in front of them were, and no matter how severe their accusations, they still couldn't deprive the opponent of all the immunity and rights they should enjoy as legendary mages.

That is to say, Benedictus is still only a suspect, but not a prisoner of the Mage Guild. No one in the Mage Guild has the right to launch a direct attack on it before presenting tangible evidence. Therefore, as long as Benedictus doesn't take the initiative to resist, the legends can't put a finger on him, and even take care of his status as a legendary mage and give him due courtesy.

Such ancient regulations did fully guarantee that even if there were internal strife between legendary mages, it would not reach the point of breaking bones. But in today's urgent situation, it seems so procrastinated. More than a dozen legendary mages gathered together, staring at each other, almost helpless.

The Aured family under the name of Benedictus has already passed the strictest review, and apart from the conclusive evidence that a large number of life races were recently recruited and sent to the legendary demiplane, nothing else has been found. It could be seen that the legendary mage did not trust any of his subordinates or family descendants, and even the holy mage of their family knew nothing about his abnormal behavior.

To deal with those non-legendary mages, the mage guild will not be so polite.

Except for the holy mage who was only imprisoned in the Arcatraz, the only three masters in the Aured family had their souls extracted and all the family secrets were tortured. It's a pity that it has nothing to do with the legendary mage.

Thousands of years of conformity have also caused the Mage Guild to lose the ruthlessness and determination it had at the beginning. If the legendary mages present knew that there was a near-mature brood in Benedictus's demiplane, I am afraid they would not be so leisurely asking and intimidating this former "companion" !

Opportunities often slip away helplessly from my hands like this!