"What? Senior Roy has advanced?"
"It's true…
I've sensed this kind of aura before, from Senior Apprentice Sophia and others!"
"This must be what they call soul sublimation. Such powerful mental strength!"
A few days later, Roy returned to the Wizard Tower, and the crowd was in an uproar.
Although it had been anticipated, when they actually heard about Roy's advancement, they were suddenly struck by the realization that only half a year had passed since their journey to Chalkland.
During this period, the entire Wizard Tower hadn't even had time to produce a new Elite Apprentice!
"I've already submitted an application to the administration to go to the Netherlands.
All of you, get ready. We'll set off by the end of this month."
Roy didn't pay attention to the private discussions of others, simply addressing his team members.
Additionally, he immediately headed to the communication room to report this good news to Flosf.
In Flosf's eyes, Roy was a genius who had already condensed the Source of Magic.
So, his advancement was only natural.
But he still hadn't expected it to happen so quickly.
"This is good. The earlier he advances, the sooner he can come to the Netherlands to assist me."
He felt quite pleased about this.
...
June 30th.
The scheduled departure time arrived.
With a mix of astonishment and excitement, everyone followed Roy to the legendary fourth floor of the Wizard Tower.
To their surprise, the space here was much larger than the floors below.
"The construction of the Wizard Tower relies on Aether stones. The overlapping of various spaces and the connection of demiplanes make it appear as a tower, yet it possesses the supreme power akin to the legendary World Tree, where a single leaf is a world.
Chalkland is a typical example.
It is a Box Garden World connected to the Wizard Tower, a Small World subordinate to the local plane, existing within the same plane.
However, this time, we are heading to the Netherlands, located in the 'Osis Plane,' a medium-sized 'Great World.'"
Roy explained to everyone.
"I've read in books that a world with natural sun, moon, stars, and surrounding celestial bodies or continents is called a 'Great World.'
Chalkland, which is attached to the Vizel Plane, is called a 'Small World'!
Generally, the smallest Great World is larger than the largest Small World…
But there are occasional exceptions!"
As everyone marveled and exclaimed like country bumpkins in the city, a black-robed, white-haired elder approached.
To their astonishment, the elder exuded a profound aura, comparable to Roy before his advancement.
He was a senior among the Tower's stewards, who had never appeared on the third floor or below.
But upon closer inspection, he had no physical form, not resembling a living being but rather something akin to a ghost.
Everyone fell silent.
"Wizard, the Wizard Array for the Netherlands is ready."
The ghostly steward bowed deeply and reported.
Roy's gaze lingered on him for a moment before he nodded slightly.
"Understood."
...
A short while later, everyone entered a room marked with the sign "Osis Plane."
As the door closed, the room plunged into darkness, followed by a sensation of weightlessness and floating.
Roy and the others felt as if they were sinking into the cosmic void, their entire bodies being pulled into an endless abyss of darkness.
As if adorned with countless stars, an infinite void abruptly appeared before their eyes.
"Is that... the Endless Star Sea?"
Legend has it that the ancient Great Wizards, after transcending this world, crossed the Star Sea in either physical or spiritual form, successfully ushering in the colonial era.
This earned the entire civilization space for survival and development.
Since then, every newly promoted Wizard has had to leave their homeland, following in their footsteps to explore outward.
Their beliefs were thus engraved into the World's Will, becoming the Sacred Law that the entire Wizard World must abide by.
At this moment, they were treading the path of their predecessors, venturing outward.
Suddenly realizing this, everyone's hearts were filled with a sense of sacred and glorious mission.
This feeling of drifting endlessly through the cosmos persisted for a while, with starlight continuously flowing backward.
Gradually, a massive pale yellow planet appeared before them.
Its continents and oceans flashed by, followed by a rapid descent through the clouds.
The sensation of weightlessness suddenly intensified to its peak, followed by a dizzying, nauseating discomfort.
Except for Roy, whose Mental Strength had already reached above 10 degrees and had been promoted to a formal Wizard, everyone else stumbled uncontrollably, groaning in distress.
The Flower Snake, Roy's pet coiled around his arm, tensed up, then suddenly relaxed, completely wilted.
Roy rubbed his forehead.
Moments later, he felt a door open ahead, and a bright light shone in.
"Welcome to Netherlands, Roy. I am Erlant, a disciple of our teacher, here to receive you as ordered.
Please tidy up and follow me to meet the teacher."
A cheerful voice came from behind the light.
It was a first-level Wizard with a robust build and a youthful appearance.
Despite his current appearance, he was actually over sixty or seventy years old.
"So it's Master Erlant, I've long heard of your reputation."
Roy handed the half-dead Flower Snake to Celine for the time being and walked out alone, addressing the other.
Erlant was surprised: "You know me?"
Roy smiled slightly: "In a previous cross-planar communication, I vaguely heard the teacher mention it.
The teacher has three students, all following him to learn the Golem Wizardry Inheritance."
Erlant laughed: "That's right, we, along with another Wizard, Tinas, are all fellow disciples!
There was another fellow disciple, Wizard Igor, but he advanced to the second level before completing his service term.
He didn't want to stay in this Low-Magic World, so he chose to leave."
Roy nodded.
He vaguely heard that he was actually recruited to replace Igor.
However, he also faintly noticed that Erlant seemed a bit unnatural when mentioning Tinas.
During their casual conversation, Roy discovered that he was in a castle.
Erlant told Roy: "In this Netherlands, besides the three of us fellow disciples, there are also several formal Wizards and their followers stationed here.
The Wizard World internally issues Privateer Licenses, allowing Wizards and their followers to develop everywhere.
This includes mature colonies like Netherlands."
Since it was merely a Low-Magic World, apart from our mentor stationed in the royal city, the rest of us were all first-level Wizards like ourselves.
Moreover, each of us had our own territorial jurisdictions. Unless there was a need for trade or seeking assistance, we would only gather when our mentor issued a summons."
Erlant didn't have time to explain more details to Roy before they arrived at a grand hall.
(End of Chapter)