Chapter 330

[Dragon. ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍Dragon dragon.]

Drago ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍could not understand the words slipping from his mouth.

[……]

They ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍were not words fitting for the dignified Dragon Lord.

Dragon, ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍of all things.

He ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍knew what the word meant.

As he was a dragon, he must have used the word dragon to express agreement.

It was the manner used by Hazard, the owner of the Dragon Heart he had absorbed.

Hazard had possessed vast amounts of mana, yet he had not been able to use magic.

He had only charged like a beast with his powerful body.

It was a trait seen in dragons born to a great species who, from innate laziness, had never learned the human language.

As though inheriting the dragon race's bad habits were not enough.

[A worm who even let humans tame him.]

The problem was why the habits of such a creature had seeped into him.

He had absorbed no small number of Dragon Hearts so far, but never had there been a side effect like this.

That meant something different from before had occurred.

The difference was that he had absorbed the Dragon Heart in a Magic Tower that could be called enemy territory.

'There is no problem.'

If there were magic capable of piercing the Authority of Haki, he would have noticed it long ago and responded.

"You look flustered."

[……]

Unlike him, who was flustered, Charles Cornelia smiled calmly.

There was perhaps a trace of regret in that smile.

"You are asking what I did."

This was not mere observation.

She was reading his thoughts.

"Yes, I am reading your thoughts. And."

Charles smiled faintly.

"At last, our thoughts have begun to connect."

She said that because he had not shown the slightest opening, even while synchronized with the Magic Tower she had been unable to control him freely.

It was the first situation she had encountered since awakening her Seed, and she said it had caught her off guard.

[……]

She said she was flustered, yet she was far too composed.

It was the attitude of someone who seemed to have already found a solution.

A powerful body that could endure even 9-Star magic, Authorities, and mana he could use infinitely through his connection to the Magic Tower.

Even Drago himself could not think of a way to defeat himself.

But the human mage before him apparently could.

[What did you do?]

"If I cannot break through from outside, I only need to break through from within."

[……!!]

One possibility flashed through Drago's mind.

Charles nodded in confirmation.

"Yes. You did not swallow only Hazard's Dragon Heart."

He had swallowed the Formula Charles had prepared in Hazard's Mind Image World as well.

"The Formula is called the Multiple Mind Image Worlds."

Whoosh— Shimmer— Whoosh—

Dozens of Gates opened around them.

"You also swallowed the countless doors of the Violet Magic Tower that I had connected to Hazard's Mind Image World."

[……]

The consciousness of the dragon named Hazard had already been copied into the Violet Magic Tower.

Drago had taken the power dwelling in Hazard's body, but in exchange, he had given Hazard an opening to invade his mind.

And.

[Dragon dragon dragon.]

Even a reply that seemed to agree with Charles Cornelia's words.

[……]

At this very moment, he keenly realized that his existence was connected to the Violet Magic Tower.

As long as they remained connected, Hazard would exist within his Mind Image while retaining the right to interfere with his body, as he did now.

And the price was clear.

[You have played your trump card.]

The Magic Tower became connected through him, who had swallowed Hazard.

He had been forcibly synchronized with the Violet Magic Tower, which had in turn connected to the three Magic Towers linked to him.

He realized that what Charles Cornelia ultimately sought was the Magic Towers.

[Bold creature.]

The three Magic Towers symbolizing the Empire.

White, Black, and Red.

The master of those Magic Towers was a human who wielded natural mana, gods' Authorities, and the Anomaly's curses alike.

He could say with certainty that human was a monster no less than Charles Cornelia, who exerted power beyond her limits through the thing called a Seed.

"I know."

Charles admitted it calmly.

In the past, when he had been called the White Duke.

He had targeted her Seed.

Without Killian, things would probably have gone as he wished.

Even then, when he had inherited the Black Duke's legacy, it would not have been insufficient to call the White Duke the strongest mage.

Now that he ruled even the Red Magic Tower and was called the Mixed-Color Duke, he would have become a being incomparable to his former self.

"The Mixed-Color Duke must be a monster who reached 9-Star even without a Magic Tower's help."

All the more reason.

"I am the right person for this."

Only a mage on equal terms could fight a 9-Star mage synchronized with a Magic Tower.

"While you were swallowing the Dragon Heart, the Magic Towers had already connected."

Drago sent mana through himself to check his state.

There was a trace of the Violet Magic Tower flowing toward the Red Magic Tower's coordinates.

Judging by the opening of a Gate, she had not merely sent mana.

'She sent another person synchronized with a Magic Tower inside.'

Furthermore, choosing the Red Magic Tower rather than the White or Black Magic Towers meant she knew how dangerous it was.

'How many did she send?'

No matter how many there were, the Red Magic Tower had a defense system no weaker than the Violet Magic Tower's.

Humans who had not crossed the wall would not last long before becoming nourishment.

[Indeed. Since you did not touch the White or Black, you must have judged the Red Magic Tower the most dangerous. An excellent judgment.]

"Even if you praise me, it is difficult to accept it with uncomplicated happiness."

[You may take pride in it. Your actions have certainly struck at the gap in their defenses.]

While synchronized with a Magic Tower, Drago could not attack Charles Cornelia.

The more he attempted to oppose her, the more Hazard would gain control of his body.

The will engraved in the Violet Magic Tower rejected it.

And the reverse was true as well.

[The problem is that the gap you struck was not the Empire, but the Kingdom Alliance.]

Whoosh.

Drago's polymorph returned to human form.

"Rastian Arken. He will come soon."

He would dispose of every intruder in the Red Magic Tower and come here through Drago as a medium.

He was not a human chosen by Lord, as the Emperor was.

He disliked the gaze that treated him as an experiment despite that, but the man's ability was genuine.

"His magic surpasses yours."

Charles Cornelia would fight the Mixed-Color Duke over the Magic Tower, and in the end, she would not be able to handle him.

"Well, I have not been idling either."

"You will learn when we meet again. I hope that confidence does not end as mere bravado."

With those words.

Swish—

Drago's eyes changed.

"Charles."

"……!!"

Though it was the same voice, it was not difficult to recognize that the person within had changed.

"Hazard?"

Human language.

She had tried so many times to teach him, but had never heard him utter her name because he did not understand it.

And she heard it only after Drago had taken his Dragon Heart.

"Hazard, you have regained control of the body."

"Only for a moment. Drago de Lord……. This guy is a complete monster."

The strength of every pureblood and mixed-blood dragon Drago had devoured seemed to surge through his body.

The knowledge filling his mind far surpassed what he had previously understood.

It felt as though hundreds of thousands of books were being shoved into his head.

If he still could not speak the human language in this state, that would be a problem.

"Hmm……. But I do not think it is possible to leave the Magic Tower."

Hazard spoke while clenching and unclenching the fist of his polymorphed human form.

"It will be impossible until we sever the Magic Tower's connection."

"You sent that crazy woman in, right?"

Though the remark was harsher than usual for him, Charles nodded.

"While Orchid works to achieve results, I have summoned other mages to the places where they are needed."

Just as expected.

Swoosh.

"Charles!"

Toneri Cornelia appeared in a violet robe.

The heavy armor he wore showed between the robe's fluttering folds.

"Are you all right?"

He said that their synchronization with the Magic Tower had broken for a moment.

Then he pointed his staff at Hazard.

"This is the intruder."

Toneri had already heard about him from Hegel and Celot.

"I will prepare an Arcane Magic……"

"Brother, I am fine."

It was Charles who had summoned him from the battlefield.

But it was not to guard her.

"A fledgling who learned Dark Magic."

Hazard, his arms folded, looked down at Toneri.

"Charles, he is……?"

"Hazard."

"Hazard……?"

He looked different from the image Toneri remembered.

Until now, Hazard had polymorphed only into animal forms.

Yet not only had he taken human form, he spoke the human language perfectly.

His condescending tone was irritating, but.

"This is that Hazard?"

"Yes, a great deal happened in a short time."

Five minutes were enough for Charles to explain the situation.

"Huh……. Then you mean the Violet Magic Tower is now connected to the enemy's Magic Towers?"

It was both an opportunity and a crisis.

"Orchid Owl has infiltrated the Red Magic Tower. But we cannot simply leave the other Magic Towers as they are."

Hegel and Celot had to continue advancing.

They could not handle the Emperor without them.

"The Mixed-Color Duke is likely to appear at the Red Magic Tower. Orchid Owl will not be easily caught."

"I see……"

"Brother, lead the Three-Colored Magic Order and take charge of the White Magic Tower. I intend to entrust Sir Russell and the Illusion Magic Order with the Black Magic Tower."

Toneri understood her thoughts at once.

"A decisive move."

"Yes."

They would attack the three Magic Towers possessed by the Empire simultaneously.

If they succeeded in time with Hegel and Celot's arrival at the Imperial Castle, they could seize the momentum of the Great War.

"Charles, can you entrust things to a fellow like this?"

Hazard spoke with a face that said he could not be trusted.

"Hazard, Brother Toneri is an Arch Mage who has stabilized 7-Star as well. You should not be so disrespectful to a mage who has mastered Dark Magic."

"Even so……"

"Hazard."

"Hm……. All right, if Charles says so. Hey, human."

"……"

Toneri stared at Hazard, who was speaking down to him, as though he could not believe it.

Pat. Pat.

Hazard patted Toneri's shoulder.

"Do your best. If you fail to meet expectations, I will not let you off when we meet next time."

"Uh…… Uh……"

"Good. Go now. You need not show yourself again until you have subdued the White Magic Tower."

"Charles……?"

Charles forced a smile and nodded.

"I will tell you the coordinates to the White Magic Tower. Please move as soon as you are ready."

"……Understood."

Swish—

Just as he had appeared, Toneri vanished in an instant.

"Charles, then what about us?"

"We will hear from Orchid soon."

She was searching, but she was also meant to draw the Mixed-Color Duke's attention there.

If Orchid was defeated, the Mixed-Color Duke would come here.

They had to prepare Formulae for that moment.

"Hazard, you must be careful not to lose control of your body."

"Yes, I know."

Hazard immediately sat cross-legged where he stood.

Shimmer—

Violet mana scattered around him as he meditated.

'He is in adolescence.'

Charles turned her gaze from Hazard and began connecting the Violet Magic Tower with the Empire's Magic Towers.

The awaited visitor arrived later than expected.

Only after an hour had passed.

"You have made not a decisive move, but a self-defeating one, Charles Cornelia."

The Mixed-Color Duke appeared.

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