However, this does explain why the south coast has always been so sealed off. Rarely are there Magi that stop over, with the only exception being the great Magus Serholm!”
Leylin’s eyes flashed as he seemed to come to a realisation.
“So does that mean that this impending war is also meant to lessen the population of official Magi?”
At this point, Martin and Leylin had both lowered their voices and transmitted their thoughts. Leylin had also taken the liberty of setting up a few spell formations that would isolate sound waves.
“That’s not it!” Martin slapped his head.
“I just had a lot of feelings regarding the previous Great Magus Wars!”
Old Martin behaved as though he was an old man, and Leylin had the urge to bash him up.
“Hahaha…” Seeing Leylin’s reaction, he laughed in a carefree manner.
“I apologise. I have this problem where in critical moments, I usually like to make jokes to ease my nerves.” Martin gave a tiny grin as an apology, but all Leylin saw was a despicable old man.
“Alright, let’s get back to the topic. The reason for this war is a dispute over benefits!”
Old Martin’s expression became milder, but Leylin still listened intently.
“About two days ago, a group of Magi who were out exploring in the Eternal River Plains found a Magus’ secret plane!”
Martin told Leylin some information.
This group had been searching for some ruins and had accidentally activated the secret plane, resulting in the leakage of this news, which could set off wars. This wasn’t anything new on the south coast.
However, to be able to elicit such a huge response from Old Martin, even making him think that the Third Magus War was arriving, this secret plane must be very unique.
“A secret plane? Is it a resource type plane? How big is it?” Leylin got right to the key points.
“I don’t know! From the information provided by Magi who had gone in, it’s about ten million mu! The density of elemental particles in there is of the highest quality, A!”
Listening to Martin’s statement, Leylin could not help but gasp in admiration.
Even a large-scale light Magi organisation like the Four Seasons Garden only had a secret plane the size of a little more than a million mu. Just from the site of exploration, the secret plane was already much bigger than what the Four Seasons Garden possessed.
Such a huge benefit was enough for the peace-loving light Magi, who were usually buried in research, to covet and be willing to kill to obtain the secret plane.
“Worst of all, such a huge secret plane has a large number of entrances. It seems that after the exploration group activated one of them, the other entrances were also automatically opened. Based on the news I’ve gathered, there are at least 7 other entrances.”
Old Martin was acting mysteriously about this.
Leylin just gave a huge sigh. “The Eternal River Plains are just at the border between the dark and light Magi’s territories. The undulations from the entrances to such a large scale secret plane will definitely be detected by official Magi, even if it were a thousand li away.”
He finally knew the reason for the wars. Even though it wasn’t the worst situation, it wasn’t all that good either.
“Exactly! Some dark and light Magus organisations got there first, and upon seeing the secret plane, started killing each other from their desire to gain possession of it. In the end, nobody received any benefits, and they later passed on the information they had learned to the organisations behind them! This information spreading from layer to layer resulted in a civil war between the various Magi.”
“In the end, the dark Magi managed to take control of three entrances, while the light Magi took control of the other four. In the huge secret plane, a bloodthirsty battle to steal away various precious resources and territories ensued. The war this time will be inside the plane, and Magi from all over will fight within. Of course, the most important part will be to gain possession of the territory within…”
Leylin heaved a sigh of relief.
Compared to the two other wars that affected the entire south coast, this was going to affect the Magus World the least. The number of dead humans would be minimal, and for Magi like him, as long as he did not choose to enter the secret plane, he would naturally be safe.
At most, there would be an increase in tasks related to Potioneering.
Of course, nearing the end of the war, there was sure to be a large number of casualties within the organisations, and Leylin might even have to be sent to the frontlines.
However, if that truly were to happen, Leylin would immediately choose to escape, and obviously wouldn’t be forced into the fight.
*Ding* Just as Leylin was about to enquire more from Martin, a clear sound resounded within the hall.
Despite there being no wind, the multi-coloured fabrics in the hall rustled, and rays of rainbow coloured lights shone within the room.