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nYumi, Miya, and Diana were all interested in his story.

nAfter all, they barely knew anything about the Northern Continent and Yumi was too busy thinking about Percival during that time.

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"Right, we saw a floating island back then… You've stayed there for a while, I bet you have researched more about that island, right?

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nYumi was reminded of that magnificent view.

nThere are many weird things in that continent like the corrosive rain, treants, huge worms, and others… However, what truly marked in her mind was the floating island that looks so beautiful as it peacefully moves in the sky.

nOf course, she already knows that it was most likely caused by a Mana Calamity similar to a popular story about the Illusion of the Venarian Town but knowing that doesn't help in understanding the mystery behind it…

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"Yes… But I thought that you will ask more about the Celestials…

" Wallace replied.

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"Ha! Their existence is what I want to forget… I don't like them. They're unreasonable. I almost died… We almost failed that mission because of that Celestial…

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nYumi complained about it after Wallace reminded him of that previous event.

nIf not for Wallace's quick thinking at that time, they would've really died right there… As a matter of fact, one of them was in critical condition after the Celestial attacked them, and without Wallace's elixir healing him, they would've lost one member of their party.

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"Oh, that makes sense… Anyway, the Floating Islands is just one of the benefits of letting Aeolia stay in the northern continent… I guess you can thank the people who were so eager in eliminating him that he needed to lie low.

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"Wait… So someone was truly plotting against him? It's not a baseless rumor?

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"That's right… He mentioned a couple of powerful Clans in the Kingdom. But I don't think that you'll be interested in it. Anyway, about a century has already passed so I'm thinking that the previous Clan who tried to plot against him has already changed for the better.

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nWallace smiled mysteriously.

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"Urgh… Can you at least give us some hint?!

" Diana asked as she was truly curious about this part of their history.

nWallace was about to explain more but Avalon interrupted him.

n Your Senior Apprentice Lacus and older sister Clarice are outside.

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"Oh, they're already here… Let them come in…

" Wallace replied as he was expecting them. Only the three other girls were surprised.

nApparently, after everyone heard about Wallace returning home, they just decided to visit him here…

nLacus wanted to discuss the enhancements of AOTL that he hinted while Clarice wanted to see the progress of her transforming Mech Knight…

n'Right… I just let Avalon handle it after giving some advice… I wonder how did turn out.' Wallace suddenly recalled Clarice's reason for coming here…

nNevertheless, the two joined the group as they also got curious about Wallace's adventure in the northern continent…

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"Aeolia? Are you sure that he's not his son or grandchild perhaps?

" Clarice asked. Although she holds top-secret information in the military, there wasn't anything related to Aeolia's existence.

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"True… How can he still be alive? Longevity Pills shouldn't be that potent…

" Lacus added.

nShe's an Arcane Artificer and also dabbles in the field of medicine, so she was curious about Aeolia's body… It would be great if she could study him for a while.

nThey are not doubting Wallace's words. He definitely saw a human with Aeolia's appearance but his identity would make them question the true lifespan that a Magician can have…

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"Haha… I already confirmed it. Don't worry, I have my ways to determine the truth. Trust me, he's Aeolia… Anyway, you guys already heard about the 6th Gen, right?

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"Of course… That's the Spirit Forging Magic… I heard that it has some kind of soul-bound functions or something. It can't be literally destroyed as it can be manifested as long as you have the energy… or something like that.

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nIt was her older sister who answered… It seems that the 6th Gen has already spread within the military of their kingdom.

nThat is good to know.

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"That's somehow correct… However, Aeolia was already done on that and made the 7th Gen Mana Artifact… It's a groundbreaking technology and without his many years of research, I doubt that anyone could come close to his creations…

"

nWallace praised the legendary man as they realized that his longevity might perhaps be related to the 7th Generation Mana Artifact?

nHe himself was already considered as a renowned person for accomplishing a lot of things like the Virtual World, Space Explorations, and other groundbreaking magic structures like the Float Drive System and Traceless Oscillation…

nHowever, since he was still regarding Aeolia as someone greater than him, the latter must've shown something to him that would make him acknowledge his superiority.

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"Wallace… I actually heard that the 6th Gen Mana Artifact should be similar to Human Body Artifact, or making the magician's body capable of holding the Magic Structures through a form of marks or tattoo… I guess I was wrong?

" Yumi muttered as she shared what she knows.

nEveryone in this room was close to Wallace and wasn't an average person living in the kingdom… They all have a certain status that would qualify them to know such information… In truth, they may even know more about her…

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"Ahh… Miss Humeray, I think we also heard about that. I was offered to advertise a new Mana Artifact… They said that it was an ink that could boost the power of the person marked with it… However, I didn't accept it as it sounds dangerous.

" Miya then shared one of her stories.

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"An Ink, huh… I think that is still related to one of Z-Company's attempts to spread their nasty creations to the public… We have received some reports about that recently.

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nYumi replied. As one of the people working in NMTI, she has a clear grasp of the new Mana Artifacts appearing in the market, whether they are legal or not.

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"So Wallace, can you at least tell us what's the 7th Generation Mana Artifact that Sir Aeolia has created?

" Clarice asked as she's really excited to know about this…

nWallace smiled at the girls and explained what happened in his meeting with Aeolia…

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"Aeolia showed me one of his Mana Artifacts that he called as a 7th Generation… However, what he showed was a bottle containing a dark liquid with unknown energy… He called it Synthetic Mana Core, a Mana stronger than what we are used to and capable of turning our bodies into weapons…

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