The First Magic World War

Cyrus sighed and said, "I've never even been on a date with a girl."

He had spent his entire life preparing for the restoration of Lady Southseraph, devoting almost all his time to training, which allowed him to become a High Order Knight at such a young age.

Where would he find the time to date girls?

Charles dared not touch this subject. Charles Meklen had been on countless dates with women, and even after transmigrating, his dates with Anne could be described as "frequent." He was afraid of stirring Cyrus's emotions.

Charles took another large gulp of barley wine and said gravely, "You've killed so many people, don't you feel it cruel?"

Cyrus scoffed and replied, "Do you know how many of Lady Southseraph's people died because of the betrayal by the people of Behemoth?"

"Forty percent!"

"A full forty percent!"

"The pain Lady Southseraph's people suffered that year is the price Behemoth's people must pay. We are sworn enemies who will not rest until we're dead; if given the choice, I would slaughter all of Behemoth's people."

Charles sighed again and remained silent. During his university years, he had read some historical records. The founding of the Fars Empire was achieved by stepping over countless corpses, stirring massive torrents of bloodshed, with countless lost souls and bones forging the empire's crown.

Charles was merely a transmigrator; he did not wish to comment on such complex matters.

Should the people of Behemoth have betrayed Lady Southseraph?

Definitely not.

Should Lady Southseraph seek to restore her land and obliterate the Behemoth Duchy?

This question only brings debate, not answers!

If given a choice, Charles would wish for a world without war.

Unfortunately, he had no choice.

Cyrus took a big gulp of fine wine, kicked the barrel away, and exclaimed, "Let the battle continue!"

"One day, I will kill you as I did in the Dreamscape, with the most ferocious punishment, making you pay for the blood debt of Jonathan."

Although Charles was aware that "his" parents and brother were in the hands of Duchess Joseph, it didn't stop him from saying, "Do you still remember the heads you showed me underneath the walls of Silver Pigeon Fort?"

Cyrus replied coldly, "If you have the chance to kill me, show no mercy; it's the fate I deserve."

"From the first day on the battlefield, I was prepared for life and death!"
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"I can kill others, and others can kill me; dying on the battlefield, I would not complain."

"For Southseraph, I am willing to sacrifice everything, life is but a trivial matter."

Charles had nothing to say. He had grown up in an era of peace, and he had no common topics or compatible views with someone like Cyrus, who had borne deep-seated blood feuds from a young age.

He put down the barrel of wine, drew out the Blood Rose, and the Stellar Battle Qi of the Asiluo Clan erupted. The swordlight flickered, like a glorious blazing sun.

During this bout, Charles only lasted 28 moves before Cyrus killed him with a spear, the Black Knight's Lance piercing through his lower abdomen.

When Charles reappeared, neither of them spoke, and they silently dueled.

In their eighteenth duel, Charles grasped the Sixth Movement: Sunset Melting Gold, and the number of moves in their duel returned to over thirty.

In their nineteenth duel, Charles lasted 31 moves.

In their twentieth duel, Charles lasted 35 moves.

Both of them tacitly agreed not to appear in the Dreamscape again. The next day, Cyrus, as agreed, led his troops to attack the city, advancing the maze-ification process of Silver Pigeon Fort to (10/18).

A day later, when Charles and Cyrus reappeared in the Dreamscape, Mama Karen even prepared bread, roasted meat, mushrooms, at least three kinds of fruit wine, and over a dozen casks of ale from different taverns, turning the duel arena into a high-class buffet, with food sprawling across long tables.

In the first duel, Charles was disastrously defeated, lasting only one move before being stabbed by Cyrus's rampant spearing 17 or 18 times, lifted into the air like a ragbag and fiercely slammed to the ground, dying very ingloriously.

Charles keenly noticed that Cyrus's speed and spearing speed had increased, rendering his once-prided Quickness Technique, Spirit Spider Technique, and Wings of the Hatchling Dragon useless. Without the edge in speed, he was doomed to such a dismal defeat.

Charles didn't have a good solution and couldn't quickly turn the tide. He and Cyrus dueled up to sixteen matches, each ending with his being killed in one move, without any chance to resist.

It wasn't until the seventeenth match that Charles saw a turning point.

His Stellar Battle Qi transcended amidst despair, breaking through a thin barrier, advancing to the Seventh Rank, becoming a Mid-Level Transcendent.

With his upgraded strength and all-around improved physical prowess, Charles, in this duel, managed to resist up to the seventh move before bitterly losing.

In the eighteenth duel, Charles, now more skilled with his newfound power, again managed to resist more than ten moves under Cyrus's stormy Golden Requiem gunmanship.

In the nineteenth duel, Charles lasted two additional moves.

In the twentieth duel, Charles was once again killed with one eccentric move by Cyrus…

The next day, Cyrus led his troops to attack the city again, advancing the maze-ification of Silver Pigeon Fort to (11/18).

Although Charles was killed forty times consecutively by Cyrus in the Dreamscape, seeing Silver Pigeon Fort's ongoing maze-ification still brought him some comfort.

As he watched Cyrus's army slowly retreat, the journal in his embrace emanated a will for the first time in a long while: Charles Meklen, the temporary commander of Silver Pigeon Fort, repelled Saint Vigo. After maze-ification, he would be rewarded with Mind Passage: it could transport people and objects of a lower Extraordinary Rank than his own into Machu Picchu or the maze-ified Silver Pigeon Fort.

Charles was truly elated by this joy, as after the maze-ification of Silver Pigeon Fort, not only could he freely travel between the two labyrinths, but he could also transport Extraordinary beings and items of lower ranks than his into the two labyrinths—wasn't that incredibly convenient?

After being elated for quite some time, Charles discovered two bugs: many of the Extraordinary items in his possession were of a higher rank than his own, such as the Dark Luxury and the Fleeting Worldly Splendor, which were High-Order Extraordinary Objects and couldn't be sent into the labyrinths. Another bug was…

While he could send things into the labyrinths, he couldn't retrieve them from afar; to retrieve things sent into the labyrinths, he had to first go to Machu Picchu or Silver Pigeon Fort and physically transport them.

Although being able to send items into the labyrinths was already quite convenient, Charles, with the mind of a transmigrator, immediately came up with seventy or eighty exploitable methods.

For example, he could transport food and crop seeds to Machu Picchu to make it easier for those staying there to cultivate the land, or he could transport ale from Silver Pigeon Fort to Machu Picchu and then to Strasbourg, thereby earning profits after saving a great deal on transportation costs.

Nevertheless, there was still a minor annoyance. Charles sighed and thought to himself, "This darn labyrinth has quite a few bugs!"