"Except for the Sky-Splitting Blade, which pairs with the Space Travel witchcraft, all the others are offensive War Witchcraft Artifacts. And even the Sky-Splitting Blade is an offensive artifact."
Andre couldn’t help but grin after hearing Wei Xing’s introduction.
’This battleship my Grandmaster gave me... its attack power is completely maxed out.’
’It might only have four Witchcraft Arrays and four War Witchcraft Artifacts.’
’But in the Star Realm, when you run into someone, you either kill them or run for your life.’
’Peaceful encounters rarely happen.’
’That’s why the War Witchcraft Artifacts and inscribed Witchcraft Arrays on a Star Realm Battleship are all designed for a one-hit kill.’
’If a single strike can’t break their defenses, then you just turn tail and run.’
’And that’s exactly what the *Morning Sky*’s Sky-Splitting Blade and Space Travel were for.’
’My Grandmaster must have had quite a temper in his youth...’
Just as Andre was reflecting on this, the communication device he’d received upon entering the Teleportation Array began to ring.
"All personnel, follow commands and enter the Expedition Array in sequence."
At that moment, the last Wizard in the seventh row deployed his Interstellar Battleship.
Andre immediately had Wei Xing join the Expedition Array according to the Wizard Academy’s pre-arranged deployment.
As the battleship joined the Expedition Array, a beam of light shot out from the distance and connected with it.
Once the beam connected, the battleship’s energy consumption dropped by a third.
This was one of the functions of the Expedition Array.
The Expedition Array links all the Star Realm Battleships together, reducing the energy consumption of individual ships during their voyage through the Star Realm.
This ensures the battleships have enough energy for combat upon arrival at their destination.
Once the *Morning Sky* had entered the Expedition Array, Andre had Wei Xing give him a tour of the entire ship.
After the tour, Andre released the Stone Giant Tribe and the Frenzy Beastman Tribe from his Secret Realm.
He settled them into the section of the battleship specifically designated for his vassals.
At the same time, Andre took out the items he had previously purchased and began to outfit the Frenzied Orcs and the Black Iron People.
No one knew what kind of enemies they would face in their assigned world, so naturally, the stronger his forces, the better.
As large quantities of supplies appeared, the Frenzied Orcs began to equip themselves with Battle Armor and weapons as Andre instructed.
In addition, the most powerful among the Frenzied Orcs were issued two Violent Energy Crossbows each, to be used against the enemy’s long-range forces.
Each Blast Arrow fired from these Violent Energy Crossbows could cover an area of over a hundred square meters, making them highly effective at striking enemy personnel.
After arming the Frenzy Beastman Tribe, Andre also began to arm the Black Iron Giant Tribe.
However, unlike the Frenzied Orcs, Andre only equipped the Black Iron Giant Tribe with Battle Armor. Instead of weapons, they were given custom-made Shields.
These Shields, combined with the Black Iron Giant Tribe’s Talent Witchcraft, could be used to cast a large-scale Defense Witchcraft to block an enemy’s advance.
’The Frenzied Orcs will handle the offense, the Black Iron Giant Tribe will take care of defense, and Seven Rings will conduct aerial reconnaissance. If a particularly tough enemy appears, then myself, Potato, the King of the Black Iron People, and the Frenzied Beastman King will take care of them.’
’Four Level 1 Wizards, plus the Star Realm Battleship... even if we enter a Level 4 World, we should have some ability to protect ourselves.’
After distributing the items he had purchased, Andre returned to the Central Control Room and had Wei Xing increase the Magic Power concentration in the quarters for the Frenzy Beastman Tribe and the Black Iron Giant Tribe.
Just as Wei Xing finished the adjustments, the voice from before rang out again.
"All hands, activate the Void Furnaces in your respective battleships. Prepare for jump."
Hearing the command, Andre looked to Wei Xing. She nodded and activated the Void Furnace in the power room.
The Void Furnace was a special type of large-scale Witchcraft Artifact.
It could collect various otherwise unusable energies from the void and convert them into stable Magic Power for Wizards to use.
It was the invention of this special large-scale Witchcraft Artifact, the Void Furnace, that made long-distance travel through the Star Realm possible for Star Realm Battleships.
Once the Void Furnace was active, Andre had Wei Xing project the view from outside into the Central Control Room.
At this point, Star Realm Battleships were joining the Expedition Array one after another.
Everyone in the First Expeditionary Corps was linked together by the Expedition Array.
After the last Star Realm Battleship joined the Expedition Array, a faint light appeared on each Star Realm Battleship.
The faint lights shimmered, resembling the many worlds of the Star Realm.
Soon, these faint lights converged, forming a sun-like orb. The orb then dispersed, enveloping all the Star Realm Battleships.
This was the second ability of the Expedition Array, Starlight Guardian, a type of Defense Witchcraft.
Then, the Dean, who was also the only Red Sun Great Wizard in the White Sea Wizard Academy, walked out of the void and waved his Magic Staff.
Instantly, under the power of the Expedition Array, all the battleships vanished on the spot.
This was the third function of the Expedition Array: Space Jump.
It linked all the battleships, drew upon their combined energy reserves, and tore open space to execute a long-distance Space Jump.
And soon, led by the Expedition Array, all the battleships emerged within the Star Realm.
The expeditionary fleets of the Black Sun Wizard Academy and the Star Shining Wizard Academy had already arrived at this location.
Then, as the three Wizard Academies had previously planned, their respective Expedition Arrays began to combine.
Once the merge was complete, the combined Expedition Array began preparing for a jump across World Groups.
"ETA: After five jumps across World Groups and a subsequent six years of travel, we will arrive at our destination."
At this moment, the commander of the White Sea Wizard Academy’s First Expeditionary Corps, Cohen, spoke.
His voice was transmitted through the Expedition Array, reaching every Star Realm Battleship.
’Five jumps... each one requiring a three-year interval. Add another six years of travel... it will take at least eighteen years to reach our destination.’
Andre’s expression turned grave upon hearing Cohen’s announcement.
At this moment, the first great danger of the expedition presented itself.
Unlike the jump they had just made from the outskirts of the White Sea World, jumps across World Groups were known to be extremely dangerous.
For ordinary Space Jumps or Space Travel, a ship’s Witchcraft Artifacts and Witchcraft Arrays could be used to probe the destination for dangers like spatial rifts or wormholes.
But the distances involved in a jump across World Groups were so vast that it was impossible to check for dangers on the other side.
In the history of the Wizard World, many Wizard Fleets had been lost during such jumps between World Groups.
And now, he had to go through five of them.
’I hope I can make it through this alive!’
Andre took a deep breath, and in the next moment, the Expedition Array swept him and his ship away.