Rebirth of the Noble Mage Behind the Scenes

Without saying much, once it was confirmed there was still a chance for a turnaround, the numerous Ninth Ranks on the scene immediately began to re-prepare their attacks.

This scene was also noticed by the people within the high-altitude Defensive Magic Array.

"They seem to not give up, could it be they're planning to exhaust our Magic Power?"

A Ninth Rank with a ghastly green complexion on his body spoke softly, voicing the question in everyone's mind.

"There's something I must inform you all, while we launched the ritual earlier, the connection devices of the Magic-guided Mechanical Network were also being continuously cleared.

The rate of this clearing, based on the current overall proportion of the Magic-guided Mechanical Network, was initially about 0.26 percent per minute, and the speed is still gradually slowing down. It is estimated that it can reach 20 percent of the total in one Magic Time.

And the maximum consciousness holding capacity of the Magic-guided Mechanical Network is about 76 percent of the current total."

At this moment, next to the Councilman, a petite girl cloaked in a grey-black mantle gently spoke.

She was also one of the hosts of this ritual and was in charge of the secondary core Magic Power node of the entire ritual.

"Thank you for the information, Star."

The Councilman nodded at her and then turned to the many Ninth Ranks who, as nodes of the ritual, gathered the power transmitted from the entire Magic-guided Mechanical Network, and spoke blandly.

"As for the network power depletion issue that you are worried about, if they can keep attacking like just now for twenty-three more times, it's true that the network's strength could be temporarily exhausted.

However, there are less than ten minutes left until the ritual is completed.

Everything has already been destined, no matter what they do now, they cannot change the outcome of tonight."

However, before the Councilman's words could finish, a change that ordinary people were unable to perceive suddenly exploded in a flash.

The first wave of variables emerged within the invisible Net of Destiny of the Continent, where many Prophets, as though having agreed beforehand, suddenly launched a destiny-level attack on Grey Mist, which currently interfered most with the progress.

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Startled by this unexpected attack while he was fully focused on preparing to resist the next counter from the Stargazer, Grey Mist was surprised.

However, this did not hinder his retaliation.

In his eyes, although the attack by many Prophets seemed aggressive, the real threat was actually not as severe as the previous destiny ripple from the Stargazer.

It's not that he's overly confident; at this moment, as he is about to breakthrough and fully prepared, his strength is actually between the Eighth and Ninth Rank.

Aside from the Stargazer, the real Ninth Rank Prophet, other Prophets of the Seventh and Eighth Rank, even if they all gathered together temporarily, wouldn't pose any threat to him.

Moreover, the many Prophets were also wary of each other; not everyone was giving their all with each move, which further reduced his pressure.

But before the Stargazer who blocked everyone's attacks could breathe a sigh of relief, a second wave of truly unexpected and unanticipated incidents occurred.

In Frenos Valley, the Serm Plains, Limina Basin… strong fluctuations suddenly erupted simultaneously from the large Magic Crystal Mines across the Federation.

From high above looking down, one could see such a spectacular scene:

With dozens of large Magic Crystal Mines as centers, faint spherical blue light screens suddenly burst from the underground, then spread outwards at the speed of light.

Almost instantly, this kind of light screen enveloped the entire Federation's borders.

Large numbers of birds were startled into flight by this sudden burst of light, and nocturnal animals in the forests scattered in panic due to the suddenly brightened environment.

In human cities, some residents who hadn't gone to sleep yet looked up in confusion at the beautiful blue light streaming past them.

What they did not know was that under this seemingly 'harmless' radiance, along the insubstantial network of Mechanical, a powerful Magic Pulse suddenly reversed its direction and was injected into countless connected headbands.

In this surprise attack, numerous ordinary Network Connectors linked to the Mechanical network suffered. The Inscriptions on their surface suddenly brightened, and then overloaded in a flash of red light.

In Anvis's Fate vision, where the blue light passed, every Starlight Line representing the connection to the Mechanical network was extinguished, as if snuffed out by a fierce wind.

In an instant, the entire Mechanical network suffered an unprecedented shock.

Although a minority of high-level Professionals' specialized high-level Network Connectors stubbornly endured under this blue light attack.

But within the entire Mechanical network, it was the low-rank Professionals and ordinary people who actually made up the bulk of network users, accounting for more than eighty percent of the total.

Which means that in this sudden assault, the total number of network devices instantly dropped to around 20% of what it had been before.

This massive influx of consciousness caused the network's bearing pressure to rapidly increase to nearly breaking point, catching everyone by surprise.

"Councilman, there's been an unexpected crisis. The number of network device connections has dropped to 20%. The network core is about to overload."

In mid-air, Star, who sensed this sudden change, reported in a slightly harried voice.

"I understand. Activate all backup prosthetic bodies immediately!"

This sudden emergency caused the Councilman's expression to turn grave. However, his tone remained calm, without any sense of panic.

Prior to executing this plan, he had already anticipated various worst-case scenarios.

The mass destruction of Network Connectors in a short span of time was also one of the bad scenarios he had envisioned. His solution to this was the Mechanical prosthetic bodies.

As the name suggests, these are devices made in bulk using magic-guided Mechanical manufacture, designed to hold the consciousness of Connectors.

Each Mechanical prosthetic body is capable of bearing the consciousness of a Network Connector for about a Magic Time. He had previously produced nearly ten million such bodies.

As the Councilman's Will was issued, numerous metal devices that had been dormant within the Federation's uninhabited and dangerous areas were suddenly activated.

With the activation of the Mechanical prosthetic bodies, which looked like metallic long boxes the size of urns and covered in complex Inscriptions, the bearing pressure on the Mechanical network gradually decreased. It finally settled to around sixty percent.

However, just as the Councilman breathed a sigh of relief, an even worse situation ensued.

Due to the interference of this odd blue light, the network's Strength transmission began to become unstable. Moreover, the control keys in his hand suddenly started to malfunction, as if there were issues with the permissions.

What really caused his expression to turn dark, was that the numerous Ninth Ranks attacked in unison from below, launching an assault once again.

The Archbishop of the Church Court even crushed another white Holy Crystal, and shot a Divine Punishment Arrow at them.

Although it wasn't like the first wave with three limit-breaking attacks.

But with the network currently experiencing problems, even one limit-breaking attack meant that their Strength was diminished bit by bit.