Mage Manual

"During the voting round, everyone has the right to vote and can vote for any candidate."

"Third, the candidate with the most votes will trigger the Eight-winged Wonder ’Future Echo’."

"’Future Echo’: The recipient will permanently acquire the future’s memories, Void Wings, Magic Realm, Technique Spirit, and Divine Being. For example, if Ash can become an Eight-winged Mage in the future, then after triggering Future Echo, Ash, who is currently still a Legendary Mage, will directly become an Eight-winged Mage, acquiring the corresponding magical resources and future memories without any cost."

"Fourth, if more than one person has the most votes, a re-vote will be held until the recipient of Future Echo is chosen."

"Fifth, persons with numbers are the candidates."

"Sixth, the chosen future anchor point is 1699."

"The rules are that simple, everyone relax and enjoy, that’s all!"

Ash stopped reading aloud, waiting a few seconds for everyone to process the information before he said, "It’s a mandatory reading, I couldn’t stop at all while I was reading."

"’Future Echo’... Does such a wonder truly exist?!" Vishi spoke with forcibly calm tones that barely concealed unprecedented excitement, "This isn’t just the Time Faction; it must also involve the Truth Faction, the Fate Faction, and if everything can truly be replicated, it will definitely involve all factions... In other words, this is the ultimate wonder that can only be created by gathering the essence of all magic factions!"

"I’ve never heard of such a wonder," Dazzling Star said, "but I won’t deny its possibility."

"The future anchor point is 1699, that’s 30 years from now." Hanna looked at Ash, "If you, Ash, can ascend to Divine Lord in 30 years and you get the most votes, could you ascend to Divine Lord now?"

Sonia felt a stir in her heart, exchanged a glance with Diya and Weiser, and revealed a confident smile.

Including Ash, that meant four votes. There were a total of 11 people here, their four votes were practically unshakeable, and Ash was guaranteed to pass!

Vishi seemingly realized this as well, gave them a cold glance, "He dreams of ascending to Divine Lord in 30 years... dreaming!"

Just then, on the table before everyone, their personal numbers appeared along with a numerical keypad. Everyone immediately noticed the issue: each person had a numerical keypad, but there were only ten personal numbers.

Sonia was "1", Dazzling Star was "5", then Freyja was "6", and Felix was "10".

Only Ash had no personal number!

Vishi immediately caught on and sneered, "Earlier during the introduction phase, the term ’candidate’ was used, while the voting phase simply used ’everyone’. I thought it was redundant, but turns out... Ash Heath, you’re not a candidate, you can vote but can’t be voted for yourself!"

"So what." Sonia said calmly, "No matter how the votes go, no one would vote for you, Ghost Prophet."

Vishi withdrew her smile and fell silent, her eyes narrowed slightly, and even from afar, Ash seemed to hear countless schemes bubbling like ’plonk plonk’ in her mind.

Just then, Sonia’s personal number "1" lit up and the copper plate book flew in front of her. Ash wanted to speak but found he couldn’t say a word, the same with others, it seemed like everyone had been muted.

Only candidates in the introduction phase had the right to speak.

Sonia took a deep breath, composed herself, and opened the copper plate book:

"[Name] Sonia Sevi"

"[Gender] Female"

"[Birthday] 8.16"

"[Guardian Spirit] Annihilating Woe Dragon"

Suddenly, Sonia’s pupils contracted, her voice trembled, but she couldn’t stop, she continued to read:

"[Rank] Seven-winged Supreme"

"[Core Faction] Supreme Swordsmanship, Supreme Sound Technique"

"[Core Divine] Seven-winged Divine Shattered Lake, Seven-winged Divine Tear Lake"

Those present were already astounded, yet the surprises had not yet ended:

"[Spouse] Ash Heath"

"[Descendants] Ash’s eldest son Adam, Ash’s third daughter Eve"

"[Future Message] Quickly trigger Future Echo, only then will you achieve your current wishes!"

"Introduction complete."

Although Sonia’s introduction ended there, turmoil still raged in everyone’s hearts.

Sonia would in future surpass the Six-winged God, ascend to Seven-winged Supreme!?

Supreme in both swordsmanship and sound technique?

She would marry Ash and have a son and a daughter?

And what’s with the future message? Could it be a message from the future Supreme of Sword Sound to Sonia?

Endless questions welled up in everyone’s minds, yet they were all muted, unable to discuss, forced to express their feelings through intense gazes.

As the focal point of the crowd’s gaze, Sonia appeared quite calm. She turned to look at Ash, a half-smile playing on her lips.

The copper plate book moved to number 2, Diya. She glanced at Ash, received a nod of encouragement, and cautiously opened the copper plate book:

"[Name] Lissdia Isu"

"[Gender] Female"

"[Birthday] 10.10"

"[Guardian Spirit] Chiming Bronze Dragon"

"[Rank] Seven-winged Supreme"

"[Core Faction] Supreme Time, Supreme Fist Claw"

"[Core Divine] Seven-winged Divine Fairy Tale, Seven-winged Divine Gospel"

"[Spouse] Ash Heath"

"[Descendants] None"

"[Future Message] Don’t let Sonia trigger Future Echo, anyone else is fine!"

The expressions on people’s faces grew more fascinating, their gazes shifting back and forth between Sonia and Diya. Not just because Diya too would be a future Seven-winged Supreme, but also because of that future message.

Could it be that in the future, Diya and Sonia would have a poor relationship, willing to hold others up just to press down on Sonia?

Is it truly okay though, even if it means letting Vishi trigger Future Echo?

Diya and Sonia exchanged a glance, then simultaneously turned away, each lost in their own thoughts.

The copper plate book drifted to number 3, Weiser’s turn. She opened it directly and began to read aloud:

"[Name] Yooran Weiser"

"[Gender] Female"

"[Birthday] 4.10"

"[Guardian Spirit] Reincarnation Illusion Dragon"

"[Rank] Eight-winged Divine"

"[Core Faction] Truth"

"[Spouse] Ash Heath"

"[Descendants] Ash’s seventh son ’Divine’ Destiny, Ash’s eighth daughter ’Divine’ Fortune"

"[Future Message] Why not vote for Vishi, I have a feeling it would be fun."

Huh?

Giant question marks rose above everyone’s heads.

Eight-winged Divine? Weiser would become an Eight-winged Divine in the future?

If Seven-winged Supreme was enough to blow minds, then Eight-winged Divine was completely beyond everyone’s understanding, even Dazzling Star couldn’t fathom what an Eight-winged Divine would be like.

Moreover, her spouse being Ash was one thing, but she would have descendants, and they would be Divine!?

Mages and Divines aren’t just cross-species; it’s practically cross-dimensions. Divines are embodiments of the Law itself, having kids with a Divine would be like having a child with the law of "if no external force is exerted on an object, the velocity of the object remains constant".

Did Divines actually have the ability to reproduce!?

In comparison to these explosive revelations, Weiser having a son named Destiny and a daughter named Fortune seemed almost mundane. Some even glanced at Diya; if Ash and Sonia having kids was a coincidence, then Ash having kids with Weiser suggests Ash had a very efficient means of reproduction, and his lack of children with Diya wasn’t due to a lack of ability, but some other reason.

Weiser first cast a look at Ash, then directed a thoughtful gaze at Vishi.

Vishi too was perplexed. She was an archenemy of Ash’s group, one of the indirect causes of Weiser’s demise, so why would Weiser’s future message direct her to vote for herself?

Could it be...

A thought arose in Vishi’s mind, a possibility hard to believe. She lifted her head and detected a teasing glint in Weiser’s eyes. Then the copper plate book floated in front of number 4, Vishi. She swallowed hard, suddenly hesitant to open it.

After several seconds, Vishi shook her head decisively, her face resuming its rebellious look. She shot a venomous glance at Ash and reached out to open the copper plate book.