Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 549: Bedside

Richard was unable to comprehend and record what happened in the end.

The filthy scarlet slurry suddenly changed from flowing in a concentrated direction to flowing outwards, even creating a huge wave more than ten meters high in front of him.

However, something was spreading faster, and before the huge wave swallowed Richard, he was hit by another wave, vaporized, and disappeared without a trace.

This was the last thing he saw and remembered, the last frame ending in an infinite white that swallowed him up.

The rest is a dream.

Richard once thought he was in the underworld or the kingdom of the gods. He drifted involuntarily to a very large tree with a glittering crown and a magnificent building not far away.
His first reaction was that there really is an afterlife, and his second was doubt: This is really strange, he is obviously a non-believer, who has nothing better to do than to take him in?

But now he has woken up from bed, so what he saw before must have been a dream.

He was now in an unfamiliar ward, with Rorschach sitting beside the bed.

"We meet again. And again when I am dying." Richard forced a smile and said to his friend: "It's strange, it's always you who arrives, Rorschach. Why can't I see Bart?"

Because Bart is innocent, he is now content (but unwilling) to be the man behind the senator.
Rorschach also smiled, but what he said was a little creepy: "Wrong, it's not the present tense, it's the perfect tense."

"what?"

"To put it bluntly, whether in medical or mystical terms, you have died once, so you cannot be considered near death." Rorschach decided to confess to his friend: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in Oward at the time.
"You were hit by the explosion, and your body and everything else were completely destroyed. Fortunately, I found your soul, and then used a special spell to help you rebuild your body.

"I'm sorry, no matter what you want to do, you are already a magical creature. As compensation, the ninth ring of the Tree of Law and below will be open to you."

Richard's body is now a product of [Axiom Creation]. The strength of his physical body and the configuration of his magic circuits are comparable to or even stronger than those of other great wizards, but the original ones no longer exist.

"No, no, no, what are you apologizing for?" Richard realized that he didn't feel any pain at all, and the magic power in his body was extremely full: "My Rorschach! God! Look at what you are saying so casually:
"You resurrected me from the ashes, and turned me into a magical creature on par with a great wizard! How did you do it?"

"That's a long story."

Rorschach was still in shock after returning to the border, and then something even more terrifying happened: the "soul return program" that Tarling had preset sent up another ball of light, also from Oward.

Rorschach almost thought it was a "virus" that sneaked in and killed it, but luckily he looked carefully and saw that it was Rick!
He explored Oward again. Although his actions had many twists and turns, they were very efficient in the end - all the pollution was concentrated in the core of the explosion, leaving only a clean pit.

Very good, it is estimated that there is not a single piece of DNA left in Richard's original body.

"There are many coincidences that led to your resurrection." Rorschach confessed and analyzed to Richard with guilt:

"Before, when I was in Monkato Fortress, I used the [Reversal Ray] on you once, and reconstructed it based on my own memory. This process should have been recorded by the Tree of Law.

“You have used the Tree of Dharma very deeply. Perhaps your soul has established a sufficient connection with it, so that your spirit body was drawn to the tree when you lost your container.

"The soul-pulling program was set up by me in advance, specifically for myself."

Rorschach couldn't imagine what would happen if any of the conditions were missing. The final result was good, but could it be reproduced and was it feasible? It was difficult for Rorschach to study it further.

There are only a few people who are close to Richard. Including Rorschach himself, only Caroline and Andre can use the Tree of Law as well as Richard and establish a connection with the border. With such little experimental material, and a destructive experiment, how can we control the variables?

Richard chatted a little longer, mentioning Paul and Pascal.

When Rorschach talked about this, he was sweating profusely. When the black hole began to absorb and control the flesh blanket, the influence of the Mother Goddess began to weaken. Now, looking back, Rorschach thought that perhaps the Mother Goddess began to concentrate her power on dealing with Rorschach and the mini black hole he created.

This gave Paul and the others the possibility to escape, and they eventually established a safe transmission channel and left Oward before the explosion.

If they failed to escape, they would not have received the same treatment as Richard. In that case, Rorschach would have become the Brother Killer, Kano and his team's biggest enemy for the rest of their lives.

That was a close call. It was a close call in every sense of the word.

Finally, Richard asked about the whereabouts of Hench, who had the same name as him. Ilzhov mentioned that he was taken away by a priest of the Earth Mother after he fell unconscious.

"I did meet a crazy monk who didn't avoid the black hole but threw himself into it. He also carried a sack, which was bulging. He was probably the person you mentioned.

"They are at the epicenter of the explosion, and the chances of survival are extremely low. I have also confirmed that there are no living creatures left in that deadly area."

Rorschach showed a guilty look on his face. Although Richard was very sad, he still spoke out to stop him:
"No need to apologize, I was just asking, I had indeed guessed a similar outcome in my mind.

"Hench is my good friend, but Rorschach, you don't have to apologize for someone you don't know."

Richard survived and solved a big problem:

He was the only person who survived until the last moment of the Oward Disaster and was the only eyewitness to the whole process. Richard was the only one who had the most complete understanding of the incident and could explain the truth to the Magic Guild and the Empire.

For the guild, it can help Rorschach prove that the last resort he took was a necessary and last resort.

Of course, this testimony to the guild is not particularly important.

Firstly, Rorschach had indeed gone too far, and he was planning to make an appeal to the Senate as a warning to himself;

Secondly, the chiefs of the Thirteen Magic Towers later found time to rush to the vicinity of Oward and witnessed the final "grand occasion". If it is confirmed that the black hole and the subsequent super explosion were caused by Rorschach, then no one would dare to hold this gentleman accountable.

It was more important that Richard survived to explain to the Empire, and especially to the Emperor, what had happened in his territory.

From the Empire's perspective, there were abnormalities in Oward when the two armies were fighting, and spellcasters were active among them.

Then, an obviously abnormal fog blocked the entire city. Later, mages from the guild came from all directions and forcefully added another layer of blockade on the periphery.

William II turned a blind eye to the guild's efforts, such as diverting the Oder River to prevent pollution from spreading downstream and eliminating escaped monsters. He only knew that a prosperous city with a long imperial history and a large population was left with nothing after the blockade was lifted.

It is foreseeable that the relationship between the palace and the guild will continue to deteriorate.

"I will try my best to explain it, but I cannot guarantee whether Your Majesty will believe it."

"Thank you, Rick."

After saying this, the ward fell silent for a moment. The atmosphere had been getting low before, and now it was at its highest point. Rorschach seemed a little depressed.

Richard saw this and sighed casually, "Oh, I have to cut off contact with Libus."

As expected, Rorschach perked up a bit: "Hmm? Who is Libus? Why did you cut off contact?"

(End of this chapter)