Chapter 236: The Secrets of the Deep Sea Monsters

Donald was aware of the news that the elven forces brought by Elder Ilya had begun to pay attention to Dalaran, but although he took it to heart, he wasn’t overly worried. He believed the elves were unlikely to use force against him, yet he still planned to prepare in advance. Though the elven tribes remaining on the continent were merely descendants of the Moon Elves left behind during the Great Elven Migration, they had grown quite strong over the years. With a population of just a few hundred thousand—far fewer than those in human realms—they still possessed combat strength comparable to any human kingdom. Additionally, there were the powerful Sun Elves of Sun Island, so Donald remained cautious.

However, the Tree of Life he summoned recognized him as its master. Even if the elves managed to seize it, they wouldn’t be able to grow it successfully unless he granted them the authority to do so.

After the mage tower was completed, various factions came to witness its completion, mostly hoping to establish friendly relations with the increasingly powerful Dalaran. These matters were left to Jesse, Catherine, and others to handle, while Donald focused on maintaining strong ties with the Ansel family and other powerful houses, as well as foreign mages.

After more than half a month of activity, Dalaran finally settled down somewhat, and those outsiders who were curious or had other motives were dealt with by the local forces.

With the mage tower in place, Donald quickly established a mage organization called “Light of Magic” in the name of the Lord of Dalaran. He gathered a group of mages from the former Stonehold Mage Council and promised that each member would receive a rare mage artifact and a fixed amount of potions per month. As a result, most mages from the Northlands pledged loyalty to Donald. No matter how many perks other nobles offered, they paled in comparison to the allure of a powerful mage tower for mages.

With the prestige of Messel and the conditions provided by Donald, most of the former mage council mages chose to join Light of Magic and gain access to live in the mage tower.

In addition to the main tower of Light of Magic, Donald built four more mysterious towers around his territory. Using blueprints from the Book of Truth, he transformed them into lower-tier mage towers. He assigned many Black Iron-level mages to take turns governing them. Thus, his territory was not only impregnable but could also withstand attacks from even the strongest forces in the legendary realms, thanks to these five mage towers.

Moreover, what he built was not an advanced mage tower modified by later mages, but a powerful arcane tower passed down from ancient archmages, whose capabilities far surpassed those of advanced mage towers.
Thus, joining Dalaran is now a highly promising choice for mages. As the lord’s personal mages, Moray and the others were originally just ordinary mages at the black-iron rank, but now their treatment is on par with silver mages. They have not only become bronze-level experts but also have a chance to reach the silver rank. With such examples, why wouldn’t mages from the Stone City guilds flock there as well?
Now even mages from other parts of the kingdom are drawn to it. After all, although the Mage Association is a powerful and established mage force, that mage tower and its benefits have already been completely divided among the five giants and their allied forces—leaving no room for outsiders to interfere.
Therefore, Dalaran, with its five mage towers, has become a hot destination for free mages from Thelos!
Although it has only been built for less than a month, it has already become Thelos’ second-largest mage organization after the Kingdom Mage Association.
Donald, who has had a few days off, is now striving to improve his strength in preparation for a major task.
This task stems from secret information obtained accidentally in Port Leyton. It was news received from the former Sea Lord ofFalling Star Bay, the Golden Bottom-Dwelling Demon Fish. Verified through both telepathy and lie-detection spells, and considering that the source revealed the secret to save his own life, Donald is 90% confident in its authenticity!
Because this secret is so crucial, Donald has not shared it even with his closest teacher or Katherine, aside from discussing it secretly several times with Nozdorm and Uther upon his return. It’s not that he doubts their loyalty, but the fewer people who know about it, the better. Otherwise, given the powerful abilities of the gods in the starry skies, they might sense such thoughts, so it’s safer to keep it hidden.
The biggest obstacle for the human gods in expanding into the oceanic realm is that the deep-sea monster Octepus is not an indigenous creature of this world but comes from a continent located on the far side of the Storm Sea.
Unless the time is right, even the gods cannot uncover this secret. As is well known, the vast continent of the Main World, along with its endless oceans, is the center of all planes. Although there are some subplane continents belonging to the material world around the Main World, their rules are incomplete or their sizes are too small, making them unsuitable for the development of the Godly Church.

Donald immediately handed over this secret to the Book of Truth for analysis. The conclusion was that this new continent, whose size was likely not much smaller than that of the main world, was probably another realm floating from the interstellar spaces. Due to the constraints of the rules in the main material realm, the True Gods could also not explore areas beyond those covered by their divine powers. In the case of sub-realms with incomplete rules, even if they were vast, they could be seen through at a glance. Even the all-knowing and all-powerful gods had places they could not reach—such as the Star Ship, known as the Graveyard of Gods. Thus, the combination of these factors meant that the gods of the upper realms, as well as the demon lords and demons of the lower abyss, completely failed to notice that a new continental realm was quietly merging with the main world. In fact, the storms in the Storm Sea had been raging for thousands of years, and even the gods did not know their cause. If any of them sent an avatar to the main world, they would be destroyed by the violent spatial storms, and even if they discovered something, they could not convey the information back. Even some curious semi-godly stronglings who entered it never returned, let alone ordinary mortals. That’s why this secret remained hidden until it was revealed by that bottom-dwelling demon fish, who worshipped the deep sea giant, in order to save his own life. Although that deep sea giant was considered the most powerful being in the main world, he was low in intelligence and chaotic, with only one-thousandth of his clarity when awake. Sometimes, he would unconsciously reveal some secrets to subordinates like the bottom-dwelling demon fish without remembering what had happened afterward. The bottom-dwelling demon fish, by nature fond of exploring various secrets, occasionally deliberately provoked its master, accidentally uncovering the deep sea giant’s greatest secret. That untrustworthy underground monster waited for the right moment but, due to the killing of its offspring, sought revenge on humanity. Eventually, it fell into Donald’s hands and met its end with death and destruction. It was this series of coincidences that allowed Donald to uncover this astonishing secret, bringing him both a great opportunity and great danger.