Rebirth of the Noble Mage Behind the Scenes

"Star, help me contact Grey Mist and have him report on the external situation."

While operating the Defensive Magic Array to block another wave of attacks, the Councilman felt the massive drain on network strength and couldn't help frowning deeply.

This feeling, as if the whole world was conspiring against him, was something he greatly despised.

Although it seemed that much was still left, the strength of the Mechanical network he had developed with countless resources was not intended merely for defending against these Ninth Rank attacks.

Facing the world's natural barrier, the Sky Peak Barrier. Even in the most perfect scenario planned by him, he dared not guarantee that his attacks could break through the Sky Peak Barrier, but could only describe it as having a chance.

Not to mention their current situation, where the network connection was nearly disrupted.

"I just contacted Grey Mist. Earlier, there was an unknown attack targeting the main body of the Mechanical network causing severe malfunction in its operation.

Moreover, an instant before that attack erupted, other Prophets suddenly joined hands and launched an assault on him at the level of the Net of Destiny, causing him to miss the opportunity to intervene."

Currently, all prior authority control settings of the Mechanical network have been completely reset, and he is urgently reclaiming network authority. But other Prophets are also vying for control. Within one Magic Time, he can probably only reclaim up to about sixty-three percent.

He suspects that someone has known all this all along and has been plotting in the dark. But when he used Prophecy Magic to trace the truth behind it, he didn't prophecy any results."

After communicating with Grey Mist, Star reported the investigation results.

"I understand…"

Nodding his head, the Councilman slowly looked towards the direction of Sky City.

To be able to prepare a specific arrangement early enough, even making Grey Mist unable to prophecy… Thus, the identity of the other party is almost revealed.

Stargazer, is this the contingency plan you left before you went into slumber?

"Don't worry, continue with the ceremony, Grey Mist and I will find a way to handle the situation."

After a moment of silence, the Councilman spoke up to console the somewhat anxious crowd.

It must be said, if he

But unfortunately, I am not like those ordinary Ninth Ranks of this world.

.….….

"This is really working! How did you do it, Mirror? Did you already foresee all this?"

Within the Net of Destiny, numerous Prophets watched the rapidly changing situation in amazement. At the same time, they began to swiftly seize shares of the lower-level authority of the Mechanical network.

And Anvis had already told them the method to write in authority.

Since the will of the majority of Network Connectors had temporarily entered into the Mechanical network, the Prophets only needed to create a slight association with their lines of destiny, much like the techniques used to increase the interference degree in the Net of Destiny.

Due to being overloaded by Magic Power with specific frequencies prior, the lower-level authority of the network was thoroughly washed clean, resembling a blank sheet, allowing the Prophets to write content at will.

"Actually, it's nothing much, just that ever since the Mechanical network appeared, I had a dream. In the dream, I dreamt that the Mechanical network would bring disaster and war to the Federation.

Thus, upon waking up, feeling somewhat insecure, I made some preparations in advance, all under the guidance of the great Net of Destiny!"

With a polite smile, Anvis was making up stories on the fly, inventing reasons he had seemingly prepared thoroughly. He was unconcerned about the many prophets who had acted first to fight over the control of the Mechanical network.

After all, Grey Mist was about to break through to Ninth Rank, and after recovering, a powerful counterattack was inevitable.

Whether he acted sooner or later didn't make much of a difference because his method of acquiring network control fundamentally differed from other prophets.

The recent burst of blue light not only overloaded the network but also established interference.

However, under his control, this interference wasn't overtly displayed.

Nevertheless, to avoid standing out too much, he also symbolically snatched some control over the Mechanical network, following the actions of the many prophets.

"This power…"

By now, other prophets who had acquired partial network control were experiencing the substantial enhancement it brought to their strengths.

Even gaining just a small part of the network's power had significantly elevated their abilities to a higher realm.

Those whose professional Rank was below Ninth Rank had their strengths uniformly elevated to the limit of Eighth Rank.

And those prophets with professional Ranks at Ninth Rank, upon acquiring the enhancement from the Mechanical network, had ascended to a level comparable to the Ninth Rank Limit.

Having experienced such a terrifying increase in power, many prophets suddenly harbored different thoughts.

Just a small share had brought such a massive boost and uplift to their strengths. If they could fight for even more control…

However, before these prophets could continue dreaming any longer, Grey Mist finally broke free from the effects of the previous collective attack and started his counterattack.

The prior wave of attacks from the many prophets had indeed caught him off guard.

Crucially, not only the prophets' attack but at that moment, realizing the change in situation, Veronica decisively reactivated a Star of Destiny left by the Stargazer.

Thus, under the interference of the Destiny Ripple originating from the Stargazer, the previous problematic destiny interference faced by a group of Seventh and Eighth Rank prophets suddenly became exceedingly annoying and troublesome.

If the attacks of the many prophets were like heaps of soil that could be shoveled away bit by bit, the Stargazer's Destiny Ripples were like bombs planted in countless heaps of soil.

If still dared to shovel directly, one would be blown to smithereens, and one could only carefully clear heap by heap.

Grey Mist could only carefully defend against the Stargazer's attacks while trying to counter and erase everyone else's attacks as much as possible.

Only just now had he barely ended this defensive stance.

Grey Mist, filled with pent-up fury, immediately took it out on the many prophets. While counterattacking on the level of the Net of Destiny, he also began to fully reclaim the Mechanical network control that had been taken from him.

Feeling their powers gradually slipping away, these prophets immediately went mad.

Having experienced such power, anyone who tried to take this power back would become an irreconcilable enemy to them.

So, under Anvis's watchful eye, a great battle erupted again between the many prophets and the Stargazer.

But this time, the balance of the battle began to tilt towards the side of the Stargazer.

Without the lead of the Stargazer's power, the disorganized group of Seventh and Eighth Rank prophets could only desperately cling to the partial control they had previously seized.