796 Congratulation and Proposal (1/2)

Around the City in the Sky, the bright sun dyed the white clouds gold. The pitch darkness a moment ago was gone. It seemed that the world had turned from an abyss back into a normal one.

Deep in the clouds, the magnificent-looking Rudolf II stared at Allyn in silence for a long time, before he heaved a sigh and disappeared from the sky.

Although he had regained the strength of the peak of legendary, he would need more accumulation and great opportunities in order to become a demigod. It wouldn't be easy and natural at all. Also, the way to become a demigod that he modified was one based on faith after all. Even though he had recovered the memories of Thanos during his first advancement, the odds of success were still not high, and he could die in the process with one moment of carelessness.

Therefore, after witnessing Douglas successfully become a demigod based on the sorcerers' traditional ”cognitive world”, the Sun King, who used to be the brilliant consul of the Magic Empire, felt that he couldn't keep up with the wheel of history any longer and that he had been drowned in the river of time, obsolete and outdated. Faced with the new ”sun” in the new era, he found it so dazzling that he only wanted to run away.

But eventually, the proud and confident side in his heart still won him over again.

”We're invited to visit?” Ogre, the Umbral King, saw that the defense of Allyn was canceled, and the loud and magnificent voice of the alchemical life echoed in the high sky.

Dracula floated in the sky and looked down at the clean, modern Allyn, before he snorted, ”Do you want to go?”

”Hehe.” Ogre chuckled in embarrassment and simply opened the gate to his own demiplane. Douglas had become a demigod, and he was also an authentic sorcerer. How could Ogre have the courage to visit his place? If anything happened, he wouldn't be able to escape at all!

After Ogre left, Dracula, Danisos, Belkovsky, and the other experts all returned. Although the City in the Sky was like a vulnerable and alluring lamb that had been skinned now that the defense had been canceled, it was a place no less dangerous than the Holy City in their eyes.

The elven queen thought for a moment and lowered the altitude, landing on the Allyn magic tower.

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The moment the defense of the City in the Sky was canceled, space-time waves spread out from the 33rd and the 34th floors of the Allyn magic tower. All the members of the Highest Council who were in the main material world and who were not mired in relics had come in a hurry, partly to send their congratulations and partly to learn the mysteries of the demigod level as soon as possible.

By the time Lucien and Natasha, who were also curious about the demigod state, arrived, more than half of the Highest Council had been gathered in the conference room.

Douglas, who was receiving congratulations from Oliver, Hellen, and Vicente, stood up immediately after Lucien walked in and greeted him with a smile.

”Arcana Above…” Before Lucien offered his congratulations, Douglas had approached him and given him a warm gentleman hug.

”Without your help, it couldn't have been as easy for me to reach the demigod level, if I could even find the path to the demigod level at all.” Douglas patted Lucien's shoulder and loosened his arms, expressing his gratitude sincerely.

Lucien smiled rather shyly. ”I only offered the dessert; what filled the belly was the main course before it.”

”Huh?” Douglas knew well what Lucien was trying to say, but Hathaway was rather confused about the metaphor. She had never been good at literature.

Lucien explained with a smile, ”Mr. President's studies on the celestial bodies' motion system and gravity are like the main course, and my discovery of the sun is like the dessert. You cannot neglect the main course just because you feel full after eating the dessert in dinner. As a matter of fact, the main course is the most important reason to stop your hunger.”

Hathaway frowned indifferently, as if she were confused why it was expressed so subtly when it could've been expressed straightforwardly.

”Lucien, it's not good to be too modest. Your arcana studies in the past decade are the most brilliant and important part of the history of magic.” Douglas was in a lot of mixed feelings.

”My modesty is not the issue at hand right now. I think the most important thing right now is to satisfy our curiosity. I believe that everybody cannot wait to hear the mysteries of demigods from you now, Mr. President.” Lucien directed the topic back to track.

Fernando, who had arrived as quickly as possible, returned Lucien's equipment to him and said loudly, ”You can express your gratitude in private. All I am interested in is the specialness of the demigod state, the things that we need to pay attention to during the advancement, and the corresponding arcana mechanisms.”

Douglas clapped his hands with a smile. ”Before I answer your questions, I have to ask one thing. Where are our guests?”

”None except Aglaea dares to visit Allyn,” Hathaway replied coldly.

”Then, let Aglaea attend our meeting in case she chooses a wrong path in the future.” As he spoke, Douglas became solemn and said to the members of the Highest Council who were present, ”I hope that you won't choose the wrong path either.