The First Magic World War

Charlotte had only taken a day to direct the fleet to completely blockade the maritime area of Arcadia Port.

If one were to look down from high above, they would find a thick mist, ten kilometers wide, tracing an arc that encircled the port city from the sea surface.

Romios knew that the New World Conference currently occupied only Southseraph and shared borders on land only with the Behemoth District, Mosleyd Territory, and Charlotte's Mecklen Territory. If Charlotte were also to impose a blockade from the sea, resources would inevitably become scarce. Making a decisive move, he issued a challenge to Charlotte, hoping both sides would send ten warriors each to duel at sea, with the result of the duel determining the future of Southseraph Territory.

Upon receiving this challenge, Charlotte immediately chose to refuse. In his reply to Romios, he wrote, "Southseraph is my legitimate territory. You cannot use the outcome of a duel to determine my territory. If Mr. Romios intends to resolve certain demands by means of a duel, I suggest we wager our respective populations, betting one hundred thousand people for each victory."

If the New World lost, Charlotte could reduce their controlled population and thus their potential for war. Although, whether in the Old Continent or the New, the decisive factor in battle was still Transcendent combat power, ordinary people actually played an extremely important role, albeit largely overlooked by most nobility.

If Charlotte lost...

Well, he had Undead Crew at his command, and should their numbers be insufficient, he could freely supply more from the regular Ling demons...

Romios, unaware of Charlotte's resources, still made the right decision and rejected Charlotte's proposal. After a week of back-and-forth correspondence, the two parties finally reached a consensus: to exchange prisoners first!

In the battle of Black Phoenix City, Charlotte had taken countless New Worlders captive, but the New World Conference had few prisoners from the Westwind Knights, making this consensus somewhat odd: if Charlotte's Duelist lost, he would have to return a thousand prisoners, whereas if the New World Conference's Duelist lost, they would hand over a thousand immigrants.

The day after reaching the agreement, Romios personally took to the field to start the first duel!

Charlotte had only Ysamiel, who was of the twenty-fourth rank, and he unhesitatingly sent the former Evil God into the duel arena.

When Ysamiel had battled Idhela in the Dreamscape, he donned a cheap paper black suit, appearing as a skull-headed figure. Thus no one on the New World Conference's side recognized this amiable, middle-earth kung fu superstar-like figure of the Peak Holy Order.

Romios, intent on establishing his might, made a grand display with his first move. He reached into the sky and with a pull, a black curtain descended, transforming into a meandering stream of black qi rolling towards Ysamiel in midair.

Yet, at this moment, Ysamiel's eyes betrayed a hint of confusion, as though he had seen something familiar. Without any reaction, he was enveloped by Romios's black curtain.

Romios, battle-hardened, although he did not fully grasp why Ysamiel faced his "black curtain" with indifference, he chose the most prudent course of action. Once the black curtain swept past, Ysamiel vanished without a trace.

Charlotte, observing from the rear, was slightly surprised and thought to himself, "Although Romios is of the Peak Holy Order and his Special Ability is indeed strange, he wouldn't be able to instantly kill a peer of the same rank, let alone Ysamiel who was once the Evil God. Has he cast Ysamiel into the Dimension Void?"

Charles sensed in the dark and soon found Isemeren floating in a nameless expanse. He didn't have the special ability to traverse the Dimension Void, but he could summon Isemeren back. After all, this former Evil God was his—creature of the Mirror!

The next second, a Magic Mirror opened, and Isemeren stepped out from within.

This former Evil God's gaze was still filled with confusion. Charles's mind briefly turned as he thought to himself, "Could it be that he saw something familiar and had some memories awakened? Therefore, Romios's special ability might not be entirely cultivated, but rather closely related to a certain Evil God."

Charles's Labyrinth special ability, along with the Infinite Mirror Realm, had some connection to the void, but they weren't proper Dimension Void spells. He was only at the nineteenth rank and lacked the power to traverse the void, so he was very interested in Romios's "dark secret."

Romios hadn't expected that no sooner had he sent Isemeren away than this amiable-looking man would return. He recognized the Infinite Mirror Realm and thought to himself, "Could he also be of the Blood Clan?"

"Yes, he must be! Charles comes from the Blood Clan, and so do his subordinates. Logically, there's nothing wrong with that."

"Although I don't understand Bloody Glory, the Blood Clan's special abilities are not indecipherable to me."

Romios's dark secret transformed into a swirling black torrent that rushed straight toward Isemeren. This time, the former Evil God, although still with a confused look, stretched out a hand and pushed forward, creating an invisible barrier that blocked Romios's dark secret.

Both parties unleashed their astounding abilities, fighting fiercely in the sky, causing all of the Sacred level fighters on both sides to watch, utterly dazzled.

Avesh couldn't help but sigh, "I am indeed no match for Romios."

He was a Sacred level fighter from the New Continent and one of the few strong ones there, and he naturally knew that the power Romios was wielding was the Power of the Evil God. Yet unlike Romios, who had perfectly intertwined his own power with that of the Evil God, making every move brimming with the Power of the Evil God, Avesh couldn't do this. He could only make the Evil God, Arunreshanmosu, fight for him, without the ability to freely harness its power.

Charles's Sacred level fighters, after watching the battle for a short while, were each horrified, realizing that if they were to confront Romios, they probably wouldn't last a few moves before being "devoured" by the dark secret.

Andreas couldn't help but exclaim, "I'm afraid even my father couldn't defeat this Peak Holy Order from the New Continent."

Charles shook his head and said, "This President of the New World Conference's cultivation is far inferior to your father's. He's only capable of borrowing the Power of the Evil God. That dark secret is very tricky, but without it, Mr. Constantine could tear him to shreds in half a day."

Charles had also been in contact with the Power of the Evil God and knew how it worked. He had borrowed the power of five Divine Creatures from the Holy Light Divine State Title, but compared to Romios, his way of using the Evil God's power seemed crude.

Charles also secretly felt relieved for having transformed Isemeren into a mirror creature. This former Evil God, even though his power had fallen to the Peak Holy Order, was essentially still an Evil God, which is why he was unafraid of the dark secret wielded by Romios.

Charles murmured in his heart, "The people from the New Continent are really too entangled with the Evil God."