792 Nightfall (1/2)

At the beginning of the new year, the weather in Holm was still gloomy and cold. It seemed to have been a long time since anyone saw the sun. In Allyn, on the other hand, vague mist spread out into a blurry world around it. In the darkness caused by the mist, stars rose in sophisticated trajectories, constructing dense and thick magic circles.

All the steam magic trains bound for Allyn were instructed to stand by, and all the sorcerers who returned from the outside world and who were about to leave the City in the Sky, after witnessing the mist, realized that the defense of Allyn had been activated and knew better to barge into it based on their common sense.

Some of the sorcerers who happened to be trapped in the mist found themselves teleported to the streets of Allyn after a while of dizziness.

”Why has the defense of Allyn been activated?”

Both the members of the Highest Council, such as Atlant and Erica, and the grand arcanists, such as Oliver and Vicente, were rather surprised and confused after they perceived the changes of the City in the Sky.

However, they had received a message that was sent out by Hathaway, who was watching over the City in the Sky, as well as Douglas and Brook. It stated that for a certain important and urgent reason, the defense of Allyn would be temporarily activated for forty minutes at most. Then, everything would be back to normal, and they would report the reason and receive the investigation of the Highest Council.

The members of the Highest Council were not infuriated by that, because according to the regulations of the Congress of Magic, in case of emergencies that could not be reported to the other experts in time, the grand arcanist who was watching over the City in the Sky could take expediencies after being approved by the president or the vice president. It was obvious that neither Douglas nor Brook objected to it.

What they were confused about was actually the urgency of the matter, which did not even give Hathaway enough time to inform them. Such a thing never happened before. After all, the legendary sorcerers all had their own demiplanes that were connected to the Allyn magic tower. It was very convenient to reach out to them.

Concerns and speculations brewed in their heart. Suddenly, they saw a run rising in the mist and illuminating everything around!

Under the sun, continuous and highly-rising mountains, exuberant forests, clear lakes that were as peaceful as mirrors, and meadows that looked like carpets appeared inside the mist in turns, as if the whole City in the Sky had been teleported into a different world.

”Linsorde?”

”The Land of Truth?”

”The World in Mirror?”

The different references that flashed in the mind of the experts had the same meaning. It was the demiplane of Douglas, the Emperor of Arcana and the president of the Congress of Magic!

Had it been manifested in the main material world?

It was not entirely unachievable. With the assistance of magic circles, Oliver and the other grand arcanists were all capable of that. However, it was pointless. Same as the alternate dimensions, demiplanes were rejected by the main material world. Even though it was manifested in this place, it would be no different from arriving through projection or borrowing the power of the demiplane. It was a complete waste of time and materials.

Before they figured out what was going on, astonishing changes happened in the Land of Truth again!

The blue sky where the sun was shining suddenly turned dark, and the sun became smaller and smaller, until it was only slightly brighter than common stars.

A boundless cosmos arrived. Stars, planets, asteroids, comets, and everything else functioned according to the motion law of celestial bodies connected into systems and nebulas. Some of the places did not have the slightest light, as if even the rays had been entirely absorbed.

”The celestial bodies motion system… Is this part of Mr. President's cognitive world?”

Because of the blockage of the defense of Allyn, Oliver could only see the appearance. He made a conclusion based on that.

”The demiplane and the cognitive world are combining in such a way. Maybe…” Vicente considered possibilities without any cases that he could refer to. He had a vague guess.

After the unexpected incident, the few legendary sorcerers who were not far away from each other had already talked through their demiplanes and exchanged their opinions.

Such an unusual phenomenon had never happened before, and so, it was particularly thrilling. Considering that Lucien Evans discovered the sun a few months ago, how could those legendary not have any speculation?

At this moment, the real sky suddenly turned dark. The citizens of Rentato immediately had the feeling that the noon sky had turned into the late-night sky.

”The sky in my place has turned dark, too…” In the capital of the Duchy of Calais, Erica stared at the sky that was as dark as ink and spoke with a shivering voice of disbelief.

”What? The sky in Cocus is darkened too?” Oliver repeated, finding it hard to believe.

They had personally experienced and witnessed many unusual phenomena caused by the half-solidification and solidification of cognitive worlds. It was not unusual that the advancement into the peak of legendary could affect a country, but such a massive darkening was too unbelievable.

Very soon, they received feedback from the local branches of the Congress of Magic.

The sky in Brianne was darkened!

The sky in the Solar Islands, the Pearl Islands, and the ocean around was darkened!

The sky in the north coastline and the neighboring area was also darkened!

In the meantime, in the Holy Heilz Empire, the Schachran Empire, the Duchy of Orvarit, the Dark Mountain Range, the Boundless Ocean, and every other place, regardless of whether it was day or night, the sky had been reduced into pitch darkness, as if the sunlight had been blocked and absorbed by something!

In the Holy City, Melmax was obviously stunned for a moment. At first, he thought that a certain saint reached the peak of legendary, but he denied the idea very soon. With his capabilities at the peak of legendary and his control over the defense of the Holy City, it was impossible for him to have neglected the godly power that was supposed to arrive overwhelmingly. On the contrary, he sensed no anomalies at all in the range under his watch!