Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 710 - 228: The Change of the Contactor

In fact, the actions of Kaplan Kingdom are a microcosm of the current overall situation in the Yiter Kingdom Federation.

The Starfire Resistance Organization is invading on all fronts while the Federation Council is still squabbling among themselves, missing this rare opportunity. If the kings of these medium and large-sized kingdoms don’t grasp this chance, they should not continue sitting on their thrones.

Meanwhile, aside from these large kingdoms openly invading neighboring countries under the banner of the Starfire Organization.

The real Starfire Resistance Army, after taking control of a multitude of city defenses, immediately coerced these Guard Armies and declared war on neighboring kingdom cities, provoking a larger scale war.

With the assistance of such advanced technology like the Mechanical Network Headband, the Resistance Army appeared to have divine help in the early stages, massacring the City Guard Army, sweeping through cities and territories fiercely like a powerful surge.

However, as the war prolonged, the advance of the Resistance Army inevitably slowed down.

Though large swathes of territory were lost initially, the remaining nobles of the kingdoms united, gathered in several core main cities under the leadership of the Royal Family, and began stubborn resistance.

Due to the arms race incited by the Black Ring Commerce earlier, the stockpiles of Magic-guided Mechanical suits were ample in many small kingdoms, and with the enemy lacking many High Rank Professionals, the battle was even fought back and forth for a time.

Meanwhile, as the war dragged on, the weaknesses of the old model Magic-guided Mechanical Battle Armor were quickly recognized.

After collecting enough practical combat data, major powers modified them again, and started offering high compensations to recruit Independent Mechanical Engineers, making this profession highly sought after for a while.

In this context, Black Ring Commerce also launched new models like Black Knight V and Red Flame Dragon IV, deeply optimizing based on the old models, enhancing both protective capabilities and destructive powers further.

Although its price also increased proportionally, compared to other similar types of Magic-guided Mechanical Battle Armor on the market, it is still considered relatively cheap and value-for-money.

In front of new models of Mechanical Battle Armor, the old Magic-guided Mechanical suits seem somewhat powerless. If one does not wish to be disadvantaged on the battlefield, updating military equipment is a must.

This represents another huge expenditure, but it’s necessary to spend.

While the kingdoms are antagonizing each other, the scholars studying the Dream Realm in the Magic World are also working hard in their own ways.

Even during wartime, high-profile newspapers like the "Magic Times" from Continent Magic Council, "Federation Newspaper" published by the Federation Council, "Empire Morning News" from the Empire Family, haven’t suspended publication.

In this world, as long as war doesn’t exceed a certain limit, those truly affected are actually just the civilians’ lives.

In the pages of these newspapers, information about the Overlap Area and calls for ending the war gradually appeared.

Due to the massive death toll caused by the war, the Overlap Areas across the Federation began to rapidly expand under the nourishment of large amounts of Power of Soul.

Many Dream Mages who sensed this anomaly came forward to appeal to the nobles of all countries, urging to immediately halt the war, otherwise the uncontrollable Overlap Areas would eventually cover the entire Yar Continent, leading to the doom of everyone.

Of course, even though that’s what they say, the current area of the Overlap Area compared to the size of the Continent is negligible, so most people aren’t really paying attention to it.

Or perhaps, deep down they understand the severity of the consequences, but for their personal interests, they choose to ignore it still.

Meanwhile, as a lot of external attention is focused on the events in the Overlap Area, a new discovery related to the Overlap Area has once again thrown the previously low-profile special group "Contactor" into the spotlight.

The Contactors, born from the aura contamination of the Master of Dreams, Maellum, although a very small part has mutated with fairly strong abilities, the vast majority only possess a bit of special ability related to the Dream Realm, incomparable to Official Professionals.

But as the area of the Overlap Region keeps expanding, the powers of all Contactors also mysteriously begin to increase.

Among these, some abilities that were originally trivial have become quite powerful after enhancement.

For example, the ability that originally only caused people to dream can now pull others’ spirits into the Dream Realm together, and the damage received in the Dream Realm also reflects back into reality.

This is a capability that normally Dream Spellcasters of Fourth Rank or higher possess, but now it appears in ordinary people who are merely Contactors.

And for those who originally awakened to powerful abilities, it’s even more incredible, such as a little girl with dream powers that Black Ring Commerce once recruited.

Originally, her ability was to blur the boundary between the real world and the Dream Realm, and then summon entities from the Dream Realm to assist in battles in the real world.

But now, she can directly define any existing in reality as part of the Dream Realm, and erase it as she awakens.

In this wave of changes, the forces that had placed enough importance on contactors previously, reaped the biggest benefits, with their strength skyrocketing out of nowhere.

Black Ring Commerce of Anvis is an example, previously, due to Anvis’s stubbornness in recruiting contactors even at the cost of expanding the commerce scale at a loss, squandering salaries on them.

Many peers previously were waiting to see his downfall, waiting for Black Ring Commerce’s own financial break, to seize their day of failure to snatch up the benefits.

Now, these people are completely dumbfounded, watching as Black Ring Commerce’s strength inflates rapidly, obtaining a large number of genius Professional seeds.

However, the immense benefits gained by Black Ring Commerce this time have finally attracted the attention of higher powers.

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In a mysterious platinum-colored palace located in an unknown space.

The grand hall has no decorations, only a quaint silver round table placed in the center. Three vague figures surround the round table, engaged in an important small-scale meeting.

One figure is shrouded in a strange grey mist, another is wrapped in a black cloak, from the gaps of the cloak, faint starlight that lies underneath can be glimpsed.

The last figure wears a Triple Crown inlaid with a large Star Radiance Diamond, his face distorted as if obscured by a lens, unclear to see.

"The situation is getting more chaotic, Grey Mist, does this affect our plan?"

After a moment, the crowned figure took the initiative to speak, looking towards the other two silent ones.

"No impact, Councilman, although due to the expansion of the Overlap Area, some Professionals have exceeded expectations, this will not threaten our plan."

Grey Mist calmly answered.

"The Mechanical Network is stabilizing and spreading, and the people of Starfire are fighting intensely with the Glory Alliance; with the help of the Mechanical Network Headbands, there is absolutely no problem."

"Then, if the Overlap Area is cleared on a large scale, will the abilities of these ’Contactors’ continue to remain as they are, or will they weaken again?"

"I’m not sure."

Grey Mist shook his head, sighing softly.

"The mighty power of the Master of Dreams, is ultimately beyond our current understanding."