The plot got uncovered in the end. The wizards were outsmarted in their game.

It turned out that the captured girls were already discussing months before on what they could do in order to gain freedom once they landed in that foreign continent dominated by the existence of wizards.

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The major hook would be the talk about the mysterious people called The Astronians who possessed never before seen weapons into this world.

Alas, the girls did not expect that the mere topic about a greater power would be so effective in the minds of these old and powerful wizards.

"HAHAHA! I can't believe that I would see the day that almost all the wizards in the White Tower would travel as one into another continent!"

A humorous wizard laughed openly as he looked at the faces of his co passengers.

There were more than a thousand wizards in this ship. With the magic on their hands, the trip back into the barbarian continent would be cut by at least half the duration.

These great wizards would expect to land on solid grounds again some 3 months into the future.

With this much free time, it was all too natural for the wizards to socialize amongst themselves.

"How strong do you think are the weapons of those Astronians?" A lady wizard asked a handsome gentleman beside her.

It did not need telling that this man was also a mighty wizard like her.

"At least something that could kill a level 6 wizard. Perhaps more."

"It's common knowledge that the strongest wizard to ever live in the barbarian continent was only at level 6.

The barbarian continent lacked the necessary supplies in bringing up someone more powerful than that." The man replied in length.

He was of course talking about the obvious lack of resources in the barbarian continent. Unlike their wizard continent that could easily birth level 8 wizards in their midst.

"Is it possible for them to defeat a level 9 wizard?" The lady asked once more.

With their numbers advantage, it would have been too easy for her to be confident in this trip but alas, something was bothering her deep inside. A woman's intuition was truly scary indeed.

"Maybe. Same as you are, I don't know for sure also." The man answered and went on a long silence after that.

After an indeterminate amount of time, he remembered something very important in this quest.

"There's a rumor that the Wizard King is also here amongst us." The man lowered his voice deliberately.

"What?!" The woman could not hold her reaction in the same way. One should know that the Wizard King was the most powerful existence in the wizard continent.

His legend has been widely spread for millions of years as he was both feared and respected by experts and mortals alike.

The Wizard King was the only level 9 wizard in the continent and one of the few level 9 masters in this fantasy world.

"Maybe it's merely a ruse to keep us from going into the barbarian continent."

"A few of us would tuck tails and run while the orchestrators behind this convoluted plan shall reap the rewards for themselves." The lady wizard replied in a mere whisper.

She learned from her lesson beforehand when everyone turned their attention unto her. This woman definitely did not want to stand out here in the limelight.

Not with this kind of delicate topic between them. Thus, the lady wizard cast a subtle spell around her person in order to hide her words from any unwanted ears nearby.

"We shall see in time." The man nodded and then brought a whole bottle of wine to his lips.

Wizards may be long lived existences but like most that have life, a great number of them still feared death and demise.

Even in their unimaginable power, they still could not answer what happens to their soul once their body dies.

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"Brother! Brother! I also want to learn how to fly like the bad guy from before!"

"He looked so cool when he was in the sky. Can I fly too, brother? Can i?" The voice of Rose asked in all the innocence it could muster.

Her eyes went big in wonder as she recalled the epic sight of a robed bad man who freely traversed the clouds overhead.

"To fly? That's a very easy thing to accomplish, my dearest sister!"

Our bored gamer went into his room and when he got back, he was already holding several thin metallic objects about the size of a baby's fist.

Clark put one of the back of his sister Rose and the mysterious thing hummed a locking tune thereafter.

"Now imagine yourself flying, Rose. Come on, you can do it." Our good gamer said next.

"Okay, brother." Rose smiled and could not wait to test what this thing could do. With a thought, her journey beyond this goblin grasslands finally started.

"BOOM!" A small figure launched from the ground and into the haven of clouds above.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Rose screamed in fear in the beginning but before long, her tone changed completely to something a lot more familiar.

"Yeyyyyyyyy! Look at me, brother! I'm really flying! I'm really flying!" Rose could not contain her joy as she continued to soar over them.

She flapped her arms cutely while she mimicked the actions of the birds. With our avid gamer in full control of those little anti gravity devices, no harm and accident would ever come to pass unto Rose.

"So... who else wants to try?" Clark asked and there were many takers indeed at this time. Ten of his siblings, his parents, and even Freya and her family also joined in on the fun.

It did not take long for our bored gamer to be the lone wingless man on the ground.

He was content in letting others feel the extreme freedom in traversing the boundless heights where no feet could ever take.

'I only need a few more days and then I can finally be a level 6 monster.'

'But before that happens, it seems like there's a few visitors that call for my attention.' Clark mused as he looked on the oceans beyond this land.