<h4>Chapter 266: Decisive War</h4>


    The main base of the fortress had undergone significant changes over the past six months.


    The most noticeable was the absence of one out of the three space fortresses that used to hover in the sky.


    It turned out that the space fortress from the Divine Tower of Whispering Sigh had departed, heading toward the northeastern region of the me Continent to establish a subsidiary base.


    Thergest and most imposing space fortress that belonged to the Divine Tower of Verdant me, continued to loom silently overhead.


    Unbeknownst to Sein, Grandmaster Feylis had recently left the Viridian Venom me World.


    A significant portion of this fortress’mand had been transferred to his mentor, Lorianne.


    Upon returning to the main base, Sein’s first stop was the mission hall, where he reported his war efforts from the past six months.


    Thanks to the crystal ball’s real-time recordings, disputes over missionpletion were rare among the war mages.


    This time, Sein earned over a hundred magicoins.


    Although it was a small sum for him, considering his wealth, this was a lucrative earning for a Rank One mage.


    Afterpleting his report, Sein ascended toward the space fortress.


    In the Divine Tower of Verdant me’s fortress, he had a room of his own.


    With the Magus Civilization Army’s invasion of the Viridian Venom me World past its critical initial phase, the frequency of mandatory war missions had decreased.


    Sein, having just returned from a six-month campaign, was due for at least two months of break.


    ***


    Upon returning to the space fortress, Sein chose not to contact Eileen, whom he was more familiar with on his contact list.


    He presumed that she was out there fighting like Master Jovian and had not returned.


    He actually had quite a number of contacts in his crystal ball by now. Among them, there was Luna, a Rank One mage he met upon arriving in the Viridian Venom me World, as well as other seniors from Grandmaster Verdant me’s faction.


    However, Sein refrained from reaching out, feeling that his rtionships with those people were not close enough for him to do that. Besides, he had never been keen to socialize.


    Once back in his quarters on the top floor, Sein took a brief rest before immersing himself in various experiments he had already nned beforehand.


    He avoided overly time-consuming or theoretically immature experiments, considering the ongoing war and the possibility of being interrupted, and called back to battle earlier than expected.


    In hisboratory, Sein started with two test tubes of Verdant ze he had managed to recently collect.


    The green slurry was emitting a rather peculiar odor. Though not pleasant, the scent seemed to resonate with his Verdant me elemental energy.


    Conjuring a verdant fireball in his hand, he stared at the burning ball of green me and mused, “I should begin by modifying the spell models of the magic spells I’ve mastered.”


    Shaking his head, he added, “Relying solely on the Sr Eye spell makes my attacks too one-dimensional. I’ll likely find myself vulnerable against certain opponents one day.”


    As a Rank One mage, Sein had a vast repertoire of pyro elemental spells at his disposal.


    His current task was to infuse these spells with the properties of Verdant me magic.


    The simplicity of the Fireball spell model meant it allowed him to apply it inbat without much research. However, the more advanced andplex spells would require careful analysis in theboratory.


    Fortunately, this type of research demanded more patience and time than inspiration or luck.


    Sein’s robust foundation,id during his days as a magic initiate and reinforced by teachings from the crystal ball given by Master Lorianne, provided a deep understanding of Verdant me magic’s varied properties.”


    Engrossed in his work, Sein lost track of time in the outside world.


    Sein had initially nned only a two-month research break in the space fortress.


    However, once deeply engrossed in his studies, he was unlikely to stop unless forcibly interrupted.


    Sein’s intense focus led to an elerated growth in both his strength and knowledge.


    Initially, his goal was merely to infuse a hint of Verdant me energy in all his pyro magic elemental spells. Yet, once he had refined all the spell models, he seamlessly delved deeper into the profound mysteries of Verdant me magic.


    ***


    “What has that guy been up totely?” Lorianne, the Rank Four mage overseeing the resource allocation of the war, finally remembered her apprentice.


    Nearly a year had passed since the Viridian Venom me World War began, and several months had slipped by since Sein’s return to the space fortress.


    Yet, he remained undisturbed and unsummoned for war duties.


    This was a privilege Sein was entitled to as the apprentice of the tower master.


    However, this privilege was not given to him by Lorianne, but rather by the Rank One and Three grand mages of both the Divine Tower of Verdant Spring and the Divine Tower of Verdant me, out of respect for Lorianne.


    Additionally, the war was a joint effort of four divine towers, even though such a low-level ne could be easily upied by the Divine Tower of Verdant me alone.


    With a massive force of two hundred mages, Sein’s absence was hardly noticeable.


    The front lines were more than adequately staffed, even overstaffed, withbatants.


    The war, expected tost up to thirty years, seemed likely to conclude much sooner, possibly within a decade or fifteen years, given the Magus World’s rapid progress.


    A month prior, Gregory had again triumphed over Anridar the Venom me Demon King, near the centralva sea in Viridian Venom me World.


    The internar war, expected to be a decisive and straightforward conflict, brought considerable relief to Lorianne, who was experiencing her first warfare as a Rank Four Mage.