Chapter 135 Identity and Purpose
As they gradually approached and finally stopped at a wide pipeline intersection in front of Jemin, Jemin finally saw their figures clearly.
They were also covered in various disguises, but the unique witchcraft resonance emanating from them meant that these people were not going to pretend anymore.
He no longer hid and slowly walked out of the shadows, his footsteps sounding particularly clear in the silent sewer.
The four figures, who were originally wary of each other, stopped in their tracks and turned around abruptly after hearing his footsteps.
"Although I guess there are many wizards in the royal capital, but you have all been able to infiltrate such a high position. Should I say you are truly geniuses?"
Jieming walked forward slowly and broke the silence among them. "We don't have much time. Since you have concerns, let me, a nobody, start the conversation..."
"You are not some nobody."
A clear voice interrupted him, and Jieming looked towards the smaller figure.
The other person was wearing a black robe that covered his face, but judging from his voice and figure, he should be a woman.
"No one would think that you, who once took first place in the contribution list, are a nobody, right? Am I right, Mr. Jeming?"
The other three were slightly stunned when they heard Benjamin's identity, then they showed a look of understanding, and several curious eyes immediately looked at Benjamin.
After hearing what the other party said, Benjamin was really surprised.
Although the name "Jeming" should be very famous among the wizards in the Noren Workshop, Jeming is also very clear that except for the wizard apprentices of Academy No. 13, no one else should know his specific situation and appearance.
What's more, he has changed his appearance. He is now using the appearance of an adventurer named "Jack".
However, after seeing the other person's appearance after removing the black robe, and the comfortable aura emanating from him, Jieming's eyes flashed with understanding:
"So it's Miss Mary... No, it should be Miss Anya."
"Huh?"
The human viscount's daughter, Miss Mary, who possessed a strong affinity, suddenly retracted the comfortable aura around her, revealing her ethereal and vital true temperament - it was Anya!
The reason why Anya was able to discover his identity was probably because she relied on her talent to sense the strange breath of life on him.
After all, back then in the square of the Noren Workshop, the other party also relied on his innate perception to see him from the crowd at a glance.
She looked at Jie Ming with curiosity in her eyes: "How did you recognize me?"
"The aura you exude is so familiar. Although it has been disguised to a certain extent, I have only seen that kind of aura that is friendly to life force on you." Benjamin smiled.
Anya frowned. "That doesn't make sense. Is my disguise that bad?"
Benjamin didn't answer.
Of course, he wouldn't tell the other person that the most important reason he could recognize her was her line of sight.
Back at the party, when this "Miss Mary" looked at him with what she thought was a well-hidden gaze, Benjamin had already noticed it.
After all, the desire for the experimental subject in the other party's eyes was too obvious for a cultivator like Benjamin who had been absorbing the energy of the world recently.
However, with these two people setting an example, the remaining three no longer hid themselves.
The disguise of another tall figure dissipated like mist, revealing her stunningly beautiful face—it was none other than the proud leader of the Elf Mission.
A hint of surprise and understanding flashed across her eyes, and then she smiled softly and whispered with a hint of amusement:
"Jereming? What a surprise... I didn't expect to run into you, the number one on the list, here. I'm Seraphina."
As she spoke, Seraphina's body shook like an unstable image, then returned to the appearance of a level ten genius.
"I haven't been in the top ten for a long time now." Benjamin waved his hand. "Your name is well-known."
Seraphina's words were like a signal, and the other two did not hesitate and removed their disguises.
The rough and heroic orc warrior, with his fur and wild aura fading away, revealed his elegant scholarly appearance—it was Kelleron!
He grinned, with a hint of self-mockery: "Finally I met my companions. I thought I was the only fool who had to act like a fool here."
Then, the sturdy temperament unique to dwarves disappeared from the bold and rugged female dwarf, revealing a somewhat unfamiliar male figure.
Jemin looked at him uncertainly, but Kellern recognized him: "Rex? It seems like I haven't seen you without your alchemical suit in a long time."
Rex?
Benjamin calmly assessed the other person's temperament and could not confuse him with the tall mechanical figure.
Rex's eyes flashed with a wise light that saw through everything: "I didn't expect to meet you here. It seems that you are all smart people."
Five wizards who are considered geniuses in the Norn Workshop now reunite in the sewers of the capital of Elosia.
Benjamin looked at the four familiar yet unfamiliar faces in front of him, and suddenly couldn't help but chuckle.
He thought of his previous complaints. It seemed that this world had not secretly updated its version, and the only people he could sense as a threat were geniuses of the same level.
But his laughter still attracted everyone's attention.
Jieming raised his hand to his mouth and coughed dryly to cover up his embarrassment, then said with a hint of emotion:
"It seems that our goals are the same. Great minds think alike."
"No, no, no, no... You think too highly of me."
"Who sees things the same way as you, a madman?"
"I'm not as crazy as you..."
"Hey! Don't slander me! I'm not that crazy!"
To Benjamin's surprise, as soon as he said this, the other four people became furious as if they were pricked by needles, and some even took two steps back involuntarily to distance themselves from him.
"?"
Jieming tilted his head: "What do you mean?"
Kelern, who seemed to be a good guy, pursed his lips and said, "You should know that we are only first-level wizards, right?"
"yes."
"Then you, a first-level wizard, are plotting against hundreds of creatures who are at least level four and at most level seven. Don't you think that's a bit too crazy?"
"Huh?" Benjamin felt his brain was spinning. "Let's not even talk about the fact that you guys are also plotting against the gods. What's there to be afraid of? Are you still legitimate wizards?!"
"Just because you're a proper wizard, you wouldn't do that!" Seraphina couldn't help but complain. "As a wizard, shouldn't the most important thing be to rationally calculate the cost and benefits of a task? You're not those mindless warriors of the combat department..."
Kellern's expression also looked somewhat helpless:
"Although both are plotting against the gods, their natures are different. Our original plan was to poison them covertly, but judging by the magic circle you set up, you're probably planning to feed them shit right in front of them!"
"Uh..." Benjamin choked involuntarily.
Recalling the magic circles he had discovered, his expression involuntarily became strange.
It seems...it seems that he really misunderstood.
Ever since Benjamin was thrown into the Elosia plane, a question has been lingering in his mind: How can a group of wizard apprentices like them have an effective, or even decisive, impact on the war situation in such a large medium-sized plane community?
He knew very well that even if they were promoted to first-level formal wizards in the plane, their combat power would at best be equivalent to that of the legendary strongmen in this world.
It sounds very powerful, enough to crush everything in the mortal world.
But don't forget that in addition to mortals, the Eloshia plane also has tens of thousands of angels, and hundreds of gods behind them.
Even if it was just an angel equivalent to a third-level creature, it would be enough to force him into death.
And if a god came in person with angels, even if all of these wizard apprentices were added together, they would be beaten like dogs by the angels under the god's command.
The contribution they can make through destruction and fighting alone can even be said to be few and insignificant.
Therefore, Jemin realized from the beginning that this dimensional war could not be thought of in terms of traditional combat models.
He must find a clever breakthrough, a key that can achieve great results with small efforts and pry open the core of the entire plane.
After a detailed study of the divine power belief network of the Elosia plane and the complex relationship between the gods and beliefs in this world, a bold idea gradually came to Benjamin's mind: he could find a way to pollute the beliefs and influence the gods from the side!
The gods of the Elosia plane, except for the only native god - the God above Gods, all other gods are not native gods, but gods of faith.
This means that the foundation of their power comes entirely from the power of faith of mortals, and therefore will be greatly affected by the purity of the power of faith.
Even the only original god, the God above all gods, has more or less passively absorbed the faith of many mortals because of the gods' deliberate indulgence and indifference over the years.
Although this significantly increased the power of this deity, it also meant that He was not completely transcendent.
What Jemin wanted to do was simple. He wanted to tamper with the power of faith and thereby influence the entire pantheon of the Elosia plane.
The higher the level of the deity, the more faith it has collected and the greater the pollution it will suffer.
Of course, he was also very clear that even if he tried his best, the impact he could have on the gods would actually be quite small, and might even only last for a moment.
But he didn't need to make too much of an impact. All he needed was to divert the other party's attention.
Even if it only takes a moment, it is enough!
Because outside the Elosia plane group, most of the high-level wizards from the Noren Workshop are waiting!
With the strength of high-level wizards, any seventh-level wizard can sweep across the entire plane group and crush the mortals, angels and even the gods here into slag.
The reason for not taking action for a long time is just to prevent the gods of the Erosia plane from becoming desperate and triggering the origin of the plane, dragging the entire plane to destruction.
Mentor Clark once told Jemin that in this stalemate, wizards usually have three ways to seize the origin of the plane: find a higher-level wizard to deal with it, weaken the original power that permeates this plane, or have a wizard directly advance to level six in this plane.
In essence, these three methods are all aimed at ensuring that creatures above level six in the plane cannot immediately mobilize the power of origin to destroy the plane.
And what Benjamin is going to do is actually based on this principle.
As long as the polluted power of faith can divert the attention of the gods, even for just a moment, it will be enough!
The high-level wizards surrounding outside can take advantage of this opportunity to suppress and capture the gods of the Elosia plane.
Although there was no communication with the outside world at all, Jemin believed that with the wisdom of the senior wizards in the outside world and their understanding of the plane war, they would not miss this opportunity.
Especially after he initially studied the divine power belief network of the Elosia plane, he deeply realized the wizards' desire for advanced experimental products such as "gods".
This desire is enough to make them seize any fleeting opportunity.
Before this, Benjamin had always thought that the other four people present had the same idea as him, and they were all working towards this common goal in their own way.
But now I realize that something seems wrong.
"Initially, we simply intended to stir up the negative emotions of the mortal races on this plane, complicating the power of faith they provided."
As the five of them were on their way to the magic circle node, the other four began to explain to Benjamin.
Rex, who had been acting as the female dwarf, couldn't help but sigh: "Just like me, I have now aroused the 'laziness' sentiments of most dwarves."
Seraphina and Kellern beside them also nodded. They also mobilized a lot of negative emotions with the race they pretended to be.
"So those three magic circles..." Benjamin's mouth twitched.
"It's just a simple energy diffusion array. Its purpose is to spread the energy of the items on them to the entire human kingdom, and then arouse negative emotions in humans." Anya sighed.
"It's a shame that the three of them worked so hard to delay the negotiations just to have enough time to set up the magic circle. I was a little late in acting, so I was planning to take advantage of their situation, but I didn't expect you to directly change the nature of the entire magic circle."
"So we've all boarded your pirate ship now. If we don't want to lose all our efforts, we have no choice but to follow you."
Currently, there are four ways for novice wizards to gain contribution points in the Eloshia plane.
The first one is simply killing and destroying, but the amount of contribution points that can be earned by novice wizards with this method is not much, and if you are unlucky, you may be killed in return.
The second is to consider the overall situation and find ways to get the various races in the Eloshia plane to provide more troops for the wizard camp to kill.
The third method is similar to what geniuses like Anya and Kelleron wanted to do before, which is to influence the state of the gods by influencing the mortal world.
Although the effect is not great, considering the importance of the gods themselves, the contribution is definitely not low.
As for the fourth type, it is like Jemin. Although the main purpose is also to influence the gods, the means are more extreme and violent.
“Ah, this…”
Benjamin now realized that few serious wizard apprentices would spend a lot of time studying knowledge related to the divine power belief network at the critical time of earning contribution points like him.
He had previously calculated the energy diffusion effects of the three magic arrays and subconsciously thought that other people had the same idea as him, but he didn't expect it to be a misunderstanding.
Originally, he thought that these people's attainments in magic arrays were not good enough, so he kindly helped them add and modify "a little bit" of runes.
(End of this chapter)
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