People call him the Silver Storm.
He is one of the twelve leaders of the Droloa Witch, and his reputation spread across the earth before Erune was even established, his legend is even older than the songs of the bards.
The kings of the mortal world trembled before him, and the Four Great Sanctuaries had to retreat in the presence of this old man with white hair. He was the peak of the Silver Mountain, and even the giant dragons bowed before his pride.
If such a person exists, his name must be William Pister.
The woodprints depict this Great Mage, stiffly dressed in a silver robe with wave borders, holding the Magic Wand ’Draka’—a scepter meaning ’Sky Ruler’ in Rune Language—proclaiming the twelve clauses of Bujia in the Lion Heart Holy Palace to the monks of the Holy Hall; today, he appears, living and breathing, before the people.
Macaro and everyone else were frozen; to the nobles of Erune, someone like the emperor of the Cruz people is a figure of supreme status, someone who holds one’s breath. But William Pister, that’s only a character found in storybooks, a presence in legends.
In the Year of Revelation (Chaos 1517), the Light Holy Temple warned witches not to participate in the Holy War, although the Bujia were inherently isolationist, the threat from mortals ignited their fury. Three months later, in the Flame River Month War, the Bujia responded with three floating cities.
The woodprints among the populace depict the outcome of that battle, where the silver storm swept over the highest combat power of the Holy Temple, the White Book Knights, as one person stormed into the Lion Heart Holy Palace, reading the twelve clauses of the Bujia before the Seventh Pope, forcing Fanzan to bow and apologize.
The deterrent power of that battle remains in everyone’s memory, lasting to this day.
"I really didn’t expect it to be you, Master William." Brand stood up and smiled wryly, seemingly the only one in the room still able to speak. He joked: "It’s really unexpected; wasn’t the Silver Candle Society always monitoring the movements in the wild south of Madara? I thought the witches wouldn’t be so idle."
William paused and looked at him deeply, then smiled slightly: "Young friend Brand, it seems you have quite a grasp of the scenes above the sky of Vorn; my pedantic subordinates still think mortal people know little so that they can maintain their laughable air of mystery."
The arrogance of the Bujia Wizards makes them regard themselves as the observers and rulers of the sky of Vorn. The Rune Language Magic Wand in William’s hand symbolizes one of the highest authorities of the Silver Alliance, the Mysterious Staff Draka, fundamentally meaning the authority to govern the sky.
Mortals cannot reach the sky, nor would they rashly offend these Silver People. Though the giant dragons might have some complaints, this inherently lazy race is unlikely to visit for a token title.
Besides, the Silver People would not fear them.
"To mortals, you are indeed quite mysterious." Brand replied with a smile, "It’s just that I happen to know a bit more about the world of wizards; I heard that the Silver Candle Society established a fortress for monitoring south of Erune, called Nai Aoqi, right? Are you planning to take action against Madara?"
"You, young man, don’t need to beat around the bush to get my words. The Silver People will not intervene in the wars of the mortal world; we are monitoring something else, anyway those bone skeletons are not really hard for you to handle." William wasn’t really angered by Brand’s probing; he rather smiled and directly answered, "This time I’m here simply because you’ve unearthed something incredible."
When the Sky Blue Spear was mentioned, Brand fell silent. Such an incredible artifact, the Holy Gun Sky truly qualifies, the sky blue knight’s weapon to shatter the sky, believed by the masses and even players to be a mere legend, but who would have thought it truly exists in the world.
But Brand knew better than anyone else present that this leader of the Droloa Witch wasn’t here merely out of interest in the Sky Blue Spear itself.
Indeed, William continued: "What I am more concerned about is the cause of its appearance. The Mercury Wand... never mind, and the reaction you’ve triggered. Ancient divine artifacts appearing one after another on the earth have already attracted much attention."
Brand listened in silence because he understood: an era of future turmoil will come, starting with the rise of Madara, Vorn will fall into a long era of conflict.