The Bizarre Wizarding World

"Master Colin... what should we do now?"

Yer from the Roon Family, a middle-aged wizard leading his group, looked toward the approaching magic tide near Golden Barley City and cast an inquiring glance.

Colin was slightly taken aback.

Wizards respected strength, and the strongest among them was naturally the leader... And he suddenly realized that in this disaster, he was the strongest, the highest of them all.

"First, into the city," Colin said after a moment of contemplation, his voice grave.

Even if something needed to be done, it was essential to gather the available resident wizards first.

However, at that moment, Colin caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the sky not far away out of the corner of his eye.

'Shelley?'

"You all go ahead and gather all the resident wizards, I'll follow shortly."

Colin paused, turned his head to speak, and then took off.

Moments later, he was in front of Shelley.

"Colin, what are you doing here?" Shelley looked surprised, but without waiting for more questions, she hurriedly continued, "But it's good that you're here. I have already notified Instructor Silvester, and the reinforcements from Neustadt City will soon arrive. He should be here within ten minutes at most. We need to organize the wizards to temporarily hold Golden Barley City!"

Colin hesitated for a moment, then his heart lifted.

"Impossible, all the Communication Ring Towers have been destroyed, how could you possibly contact Neustadt City!"

Xize in the palm of his hand couldn't believe it and cried out.

Shelley noticed the True Spirit in Colin's palm and gave a puzzled look.

She had of course not used the complex Communication Ring Tower to contact Silvester, having her own emergency means of contact.

"One of the prime culprits behind this incident, the specifics are rather complicated," Colin explained briefly.

"This isn't just a simple Cave Monster tide?" Shelley was puzzled.

"No, it's likely a divine conspiracy, aimed at destroying the crops."

As soon as Colin finished speaking, Shelley's face changed. She hurriedly looked towards the distance, and then her expression grew even uglier.

The Chasai Commerce had been primarily focused on agriculture for the past two years. Shelley was well aware of how important the farmlands were for the ordinary people, the nobles, and even the wizards...

"Is there a way to stop it?" Shelley turned her head and asked.

Colin shook his head and repeated the information Xize had revealed, "Those contaminated mushrooms, even if shattered, will turn into smaller mushrooms..."

Shelley remained silent, her lips tightly pressed, turning somewhat pale.

"Master Colin, all the resident wizards have assembled!"

At that moment, Yer from the Roon Family flew over with a large group of resident wizards.

Colin had not hidden his form and was in the sky, so once Yer had gathered all the resident wizards, he quickly rushed over.

Explosions sporadically erupted, and the Cave Monsters had already approached the city walls.

Indeed, if it were not for the divine main goal of destroying the farmlands, which somewhat slowed the onset of the cave creatures, they would have already reached the base of the Golden Barley City walls.

"Master Colin, what should we do next?"

Colin turned his head to look at Shelley beside him but found she had suddenly taken on an unfamiliar appearance, understanding in his heart — Shelley had handed the command over to him.

He turned back to face the wizards in front of him.

There were not many resident wizards, just under a hundred, but still, as they stood before Colin altogether, it was a large, oppressive crowd. And now, all of the wizards' gaze was fixed on Colin, creating an overwhelming pressure.

To conserve Magic Power, Colin had already removed the Disguise Magic on his body, leaving the strong aura of a Second Rank Wizard unconcealed.

Those Roon Family wizards who had seen him act previously watched him with respect, and the rest of the resident wizards, besides respect, expressed more surprise.

Especially Welber, who thought himself most familiar with Colin, was so shocked that his eyes nearly popped out.

He had numerous questions he wanted to ask, but due to the unsuitable timing, he could only keep them to himself, which was quite uncomfortable.

It was unbelievable that this Golden Feather, who seemed no different from them ordinary wizards on regular days, could cast Second Rank witchcraft, and now even claimed to be a Second Rank Wizard!

Colin paused for a moment, observing the various expressions of the wizards in front of him, then first spoke gravely:

"We have already sent out a distress signal, and reinforcements from Neustadt City are on their way and will soon arrive."

"And now what we need to do is hold Golden Barley!"

Colin's calm demeanor and the information in his words provided a soothing pill to the wizards present.

So the reinforcements were already on their way!

They did not doubt Colin was lying, as lying brought absolutely no benefit to Colin.

"Time is pressing, let's move out, everyone. Pair up, space yourselves along the city wall..."

Colin continued, preparing to lead the way towards the city walls.

"And have the city guards disperse the crowd toward the city center," Shelley added from the side.

Yer cast an inquiring look.

They all knew this person in charge at the Chasai Commerce — Delorje, but not everyone was aware of her close relation with Colin.

"Listen to her," Colin said, simultaneously heading with Shelley towards the south city gate, where the magic tide was at its fiercest.

The remaining wizards also followed Colin's command, dispersing willingly and heading towards different directions on the city walls.