The moment Andre began his advancement, within the Wizard Ancestral Land World Group, in a vast world, a Black Stone Tower that had stood at its center for untold years suddenly erupted with boundless radiance.
In the center of the Wizard Tower, within the Energy Core Pool, an ancient figure shrouded in Chaos Fog slowly opened his eyes.
Just a moment ago, he had sensed a descendant from a bloodline he had left in the outer worlds advancing to become an Official Wizard.
’Which branch of the bloodline is it that could alert me like this?’
The old man’s dim eyes suddenly grew crystal clear, but a flicker of doubt soon followed.
Given the ages he had lived in this world, his descendants numbered not in the tens of thousands, but in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions.
For one of them to alert him, their bloodline would have to be so concentrated as to be a throwback, reaching the purity of a great-grandchild. Only then would it be possible.
After a moment of thought, the old man swept a hand through the air, and an exceptionally intricate Nine-Layered Witchcraft Array instantly took shape.
The old man then breathed lightly upon it, and the Witchcraft Array began to spin, using his breath to track the bloodline he had sensed.
Soon, the figure of a young man appeared within the Witchcraft Array.
’Angelson’s bloodline? There’s someone still alive? Can this be real?’
The old man’s eyes widened in delighted surprise, but that joy was immediately followed by a shadow of worry that crept into his heart.
He knew who had killed Angelson, and what those bastards had done to him.
Under such circumstances, Angelson’s bloodline should never have reappeared in this world. ’So what’s going on?’
The old man continued to manipulate the Witchcraft Array, continuously examining Andre’s situation.
’So that’s how it is. Though not a direct descendant of Angelson, he is still a member of the family.’
After discerning the origin of the bloodline within Andre, the old man nodded in satisfaction.
In his eyes, there were far too many descendants like Andre in the family.
’Back then, the experiment Angelson was conducting with his own body had reached a critical stage, only to be ruined by those bastards from the Tower of Star Erosion. Now, the project can be restarted!’
As the old man considered Andre, he immediately began to make arrangements for the young man’s future.
Then, the old man rose slowly, emerged from the Chaos Fog, and ascended to the pinnacle of the Wizard Tower.
At that moment, a group of Wizards, their auras terrifyingly powerful, were flying toward the Black Stone Tower.
Soon, several Wizards entered the Black Stone Tower and stood before the old man.
This old man was the source of their bloodline.
"A descendant of Angelson’s bloodline still lives. The experiment that was halted can now continue."
The old man said plainly, looking at the descendant Wizards before him.
Upon hearing the old man’s words, the Wizards all stared wide-eyed at their family’s ancestor.
"Ancestor Andeta, is it true?"
"But it was those three from the Tower of Star Erosion who acted personally. They extinguished every last trace of life in Angelson."
One of them spoke up to seek confirmation, not because they disbelieved their ancestor’s words.
It was that three Red Sun Great Wizards had personally moved against Angelson, a Level 5 Divine Spirit. The battle between the four of them directly tore apart the Senbai World, causing it to fall from the peak of a Level 4 World to a Level 3 World.
Under those circumstances, how could those three possibly have allowed any of Angelson’s bloodline to survive?
"Of course it’s true. Although, I’m not sure myself how the bloodline in this little one was reawakened, it is a fact."
As the old man spoke, the Witchcraft Array he had just used to observe Andre materialized before the other Wizards, displaying everything he had discovered.
As the Wizards saw Andre through the array and felt the resonance of their shared bloodline, their faces lit up with excitement.
If the experiment Angelson had been conducting had succeeded, it would have been no issue for the family’s younger generations to become Wizards and advance rapidly.
But those fools from the Tower of Star Erosion had ruined everything, bringing the entire project to nought.
When the news reached them, the entire family was enraged.
If not for the Expeditionary Treaty that restrained them—a treaty established in the earliest ages by the major Wizard organizations of the Wizard Ancestral Land—they would have long since destroyed the Tower of Star Erosion and relegated it to the annals of history.
Yet even with the treaty’s constraints, Great Wizards from the Tower of Star Erosion had recently been dying or forced into reincarnation one after another.
The reasons for this were certainly thought-provoking.
"Now, the project can continue. When he becomes a Morning Star, recall him to the family."
"Angelson was also a Morning Star when he underwent the experiment."
The old man waved his sleeve, sealing the matter, and promptly vanished on the spot.
As the Wizards watched their ancestor, Andeta, disappear, excited expressions bloomed on their faces.
They knew the old man was going to vent his anger, even though the Expeditionary Treaty constrained the major Wizard influences.
But some matters could still be settled through other means.
Originally, the experiment had failed with Angelson’s death.
The old man had been contemplating whether to find a replacement to continue, but doing so would mean starting all over again.
But now, with a new test subject, the experiment could be implemented once more.
That meant it was time to settle some old scores.
Soon after the old man’s disappearance, news spread that the Tower of Star Erosion had lost several Morning Star Great Wizards in quick succession.
While these Morning Star Great Wizards weren’t the absolute top-tier combatants in a major power like the Tower of Star Erosion, they were pillars of the organization nonetheless.
’Here we go again... The Tower of Black Stone’s revenge. Who the hell would have known one of your clansmen was disguised as a Divine Spirit during the expedition!’
’We killed him by accident under those circumstances.’
’You lost one clansman, and we were willing to offer compensation! But instead, you chose this—endless, covert retaliation.’
’Now I’ve lost over a dozen Morning Star Great Wizards and Moonlight Great Mages. If this keeps up, the Tower of Star Erosion might as well just disband!’
The current Tower Master of the Tower of Star Erosion, Atar, stared at the reports in his hand, his head threatening to split open.
He knew, of course, why these Morning Star Great Wizards had fallen.
It was all retaliation from the Tower of Black Stone.
But he had no proof. Not a single shred. Even though he knew in his heart it was the Tower of Black Stone killing his members, he had absolutely no evidence.
Beyond the lack of evidence, there was the terrifying power behind the Tower of Black Stone—specifically, Andeta.
If it weren’t for the treaty he himself had signed long ago, that old monster would have personally wiped the Tower of Star Erosion from existence.