After sunset, the sea was like ink, bathed in the silver radiance of the moon enveloped in a halo.

Whenever the magic ship arrived at a place, Captain Berkeley would purchase local delicacies and specialties for the passengers on board.

Be it Tatis Empire or the Golden Federation, local delicacies and specialties were not particularly remarkable.

Sausages, beef rolls and black beer were made with simple and crude ingredients, with a mediocre taste.

Knowing that passengers would be disappointed, Captain Berkeley had magic servants arrange two magic dramas as performances.

The magic dramas were performed in the open-air square at the town center, free for all passengers to watch.

The first drama was about alchemists exploring the Fissure Corridor and suddenly being attacked by aberrations.

The second drama depicted the battle between an ordinary army and the Undead Cult in a Grave Vault.

Both magic dramas managed to somewhat reproduce a realistic representation of Union City and Suffering Borderland, with regards to the clothing, stage appearance, and sense of time.

The first drama was more accurate in its reproduction, thanks to the help of Elemental Judgement.

Shortly after Mabel brought wizard students on board, she quickly received an invitation from Captain Berkeley.

The captain paid a reward for Mabel and the wizard students to adjust the stage layout, plot content, lines and actor appearances of the dramas.

This approach was effective, as they managed to recreate the darkness, oppression and slipperiness of the Fissure Corridor.

Betty Davis, Philia and other wizard students even acted in the drama themselves, performing scenes where they used elemental spells to fight against demonized rats, aberrations, and illegal alchemists.

As one of the parties involved, Noland thought Philia and the others performed well, but he himself was almost embarrassingly engaged in the performance.

By comparison, the second magic drama was somewhat disappointing.

Noland shook his head as he watched from the second floor of the dining hall near the open-air square.

Since he did not reveal his identity as an Empire person and there were no Death Herald Guild wizards on the ship, Captain Berkeley had nowhere else to draw inspiration. He could only simulate the battle scene between the army and the Undead Cult based on hearsay and imagination.

Fighting against undead spirits capable of resurrection with mortal bodies and firearms would undoubtedly be a tragic scene.

After the second drama ended, most conversations on the scene revolved around, “Has the Tatis Emperor lost his mind?”

When rumors about Tatis Empire developing biochemical soldiers began to spread, the Tatis Emperor’s image was labeled as defiling life.

Some viewers even declared with confidence that the Tatis Empire would become another country destroyed by extraordinary phenomena, just like the Ancient Kingdom of Durham that vanished in the Lament Mountains.

Noland was unsure if this prophecy would come true.

But he was confident that a disaster would strike Tatis’s land earlier than the Undead Cult’s attack on the Tatis Empire.

This disaster was related to the division within the royal family and the Emperor’s children fighting against each other.

At the moment when the Tatis Emperor decided to accept the Wizard Advancement Association’s proposal and allow the Pillar of Ley Lines to enter the Empire, the Emperor’s years of sown “cause” erupted.

About 5,800 of his children vehemently opposed his decision to approve the establishment of a Magic Research Institute.

Over the years, the Emperor had sent most of his children into the pillars of the Empire, such as military, administration, law, and commerce. With blood ties as the bond, he built a modern empire firmly under his control.

But this was just superficial stability.

When the vast empire system openly opposed his voice, the oppressive atmosphere before a storm would sweep the entire country in an extremely short time.

Every legal office, every floor of the administrative complex, and every army were questioning, “Why has the Emperor revolted?”

The moment Noland connected with Morster through Denise Green and Adelaide Carter, signs of division began to appear within the Empire.

As for why the Emperor’s children went against their own father, well, that’s easy to understand.

“The best time for humans to undergo magical enlightenment is between the age of 12 and 18, with 16 being the best. After this age, the success rate of opening up the Spiritual Ocean declines sharply. When a person reaches 20 years of age, there is almost no chance of opening up the Spiritual Ocean.”

In the small classroom of the Silent Yard,

After watching the magic dramas, Noland sought permission from Professor Erica and met Morster in this small classroom for self-taught magic courses.

Morster temporarily obtained permission from Professor Erica to enter the Silent Yard using his consciousness and communicate with Noland face to face via Erica’s Illusion Body.

They sat on two wooden chairs, with a simple tea table between them.

Morster spread his hands and continued the previous topic:

“All my brothers and sisters are over 20 years old. Their chances of becoming wizards are slim to none. When the Pillar of Ley Lines enters the Empire, many young Earth Vein Wizard students will emerge. They will enter key departments of the Empire, relying on the wizard forces behind them to compete with the Emperor’s children. The competition will be fierce, but the outcome is clear. Wizards’ strength and foundation are enough to crush the Emperor’s children. I estimate that internal conflicts within the Empire will erupt as soon as the crisis of the Undead Cult is resolved by the Earth Vein Wizards.”