The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 149 Searching for the God of Time and Magic

Princess Leah found it hard to accept the illogical origin of these creatures "from the future":
"These monsters are mentally twisted. The idea of ​​time travel sounds so absurd, could it just be their hallucination?"

"Perhaps they really do come from another dimension, mistakenly believing that dimension is the future world?"

Elian quickly pressed on, asking:
"Describe briefly what the end of the universe would look like. Don't involve anything that is too dangerous or too high up for us."

The next second, to Elian's slight disappointment, all the mind flayers shook their heads:
"Can not remember……"

"The relevant memories are all broken, only fragmented pieces remain."

"In my memory, there are only vague fragments and some essential knowledge required to carry out the mission."

Sure enough...

The ruler of countless imaginary worlds, the endless dream, the origin of psychic abilities, the Outer God who created mind-stealers, erased their most important memories when he sent this fleet of followers into the time tunnel...

Including those core messages concerning the Outer Gods and the war of apocalypse...

El-Erian was not surprised by the result.

The Outer Gods didn't send this Mind Flayer fleet across time and space to deliver intelligence.
How could it be that the capture of a mind flayer on a random spaceship would reveal the secrets of the future to the gods of this era?
Alamir Kingpin scoffed:

"I also support Princess Leah's point of view. The minds of these strange races are more or less abnormal. The idea of ​​time travel is too absurd. If they really came from the end of the universe, how could they not describe even the slightest detail?"

Seymour, on the other hand, was more imaginative and had a more divergent way of thinking:

"If this race really comes from the end of the universe, could it be because the universe is about to perish, forcing them to seek refuge in the present era?"

Ignoring the crowd's murmurs, El-Erian continued, "..."

"Next question, what kind of supernatural power do you use?"

He pretended to know nothing, but in reality, he was asking questions based on the answers.

“Psionic abilities, or rather…psychic abilities.”

The mind-stealer, in a daze, replied.

"It has some similarities to the magic of your world."

"But your magic relies on mysticism, on the law of similarity, rituals, spells, materials, and so on."

“Psychic abilities, on the other hand, are a means of directly reshaping reality through willpower; they are an even greater power!”

psychic abilities...

Prince Elf, recalling his previous experience of being mind-controlled, quickly asked:

"So, psychic abilities are the kind of power that can control the mind of an enemy? Similar to the magic of the mind control school."

The Mind Flayer immediately retorted:

"The means of influencing the mind are just one branch of psychic abilities—the [Mind Enchantment] branch. This is also the psychic branch that our race excels at the most."

"Psionicists who excel in this school of thought are called [Mind Transmitters]."

"In addition, psionic energy has other effects."

"Including drawing matter from the astral plane to form physical objects, creating powerful energy shocks, moving objects out of thin air with telekinesis, shaping and deforming our bodies, remotely sensing and foreseeing the future, and distorting time and space..."

[Creator], [Manipulator], [Insightful Observer], [Transformer], [Traveler]...

As Elian listened to the mind flayer's description, he recalled the names of the corresponding factions of psionicists.

"Wait, wait, wait, a psychic? A psychic from a different school?"

Seymour became increasingly confused as he listened:

"You mean this special ability called psychic powers isn't unique to your race. Other races can also learn it and become psychics?"

The mind flayer who had just explained looked at Seymour with an expression as if he were a fool:

"of course."

"But you inferior beings must undergo arduous mental training to have even the slightest chance of mastering basic psionic abilities and becoming what you call 'professionals'."

"And we are born psionic masters!"

Everyone was astonished upon hearing this.

There is no doubt that the world's major races today lack understanding of psychic energy.

Whichever race is able to master psionic energy, this new supernatural system, will undoubtedly gain a huge first-mover advantage!

If the secret of the existence of psychic energy were to spread, the study of psychic energy would likely become a cutting-edge arms race among various races for a considerable period of time.

In particular, Gutt, who had been assigned by El-Erian to research psionic energy, was even more excited upon hearing this answer:

"What kind of training do races that originally had no psychic abilities undergo to acquire their initial psychic powers?"

Guter asked impatiently.

"I don't know." The Mind Flayer's expression was indifferent. "We awaken directly. Only low-level creatures like you would consider such a question."

"You're the inferior creature!" Alamir Goldflake glared at the Mind Destroyer, forcibly suppressing his urge to hit him.

El-Erian observed the excited expressions on everyone's faces and knew what they were thinking.

Indeed, this universe can also produce psionic beings...

but not now.

In the previous life, the Great Wheel Universe only developed its own psychic abilities after severe pollution in a distant land. In this life, due to the arrival of the Mind Flayers, it is estimated that psychics in this universe will appear earlier. However, it is unlikely that they will be born within 5 or 10 years.

Princess Leah, recalling her terrifying experience, suddenly realized:
"No wonder the [Detection Magic] couldn't detect any trace of your power."

"So what you're using isn't magic, but another kind of extraordinary system."

El-Erian shook his head, but gave the opposite opinion:
"I don't think it's necessary to deliberately distinguish between psionic energy and magic."

"Current spells such as [Detection Magic] are ineffective against psionic energy simply because we are unaware of its existence. The spell model's judgment module does not include psionic energy in the judgment scope of [magic], mistakenly believing it to be a non-magical phenomenon."

"Now that we know about the existence of psionic energy, by slightly adjusting the spell structure and expanding the scope of the [Magic] attribute, future [Detection Magic] spells will be able to detect traces of psionic energy."

"From the perspective of appearance, what psionic energy does is not fundamentally different from magic."

"It's a new magic system, similar to the arcane magic of mages and the divine magic of priests. Perhaps we can call it psionic magic!"

Regarding whether "psychic power belongs to magic," scholars have been debating this issue since the birth of psychics in Elian's previous life.

Some insist that "psychic powers are just a branch of magic."

Some people believe that "psychic energy and magic are two completely different supernatural systems".

El-Erian absolutely supports the former.

Because he is the God of Magic.

The broader the definition of "magic," the greater its authority.

As the saying goes, your perspective is determined by where you sit.

In this life, Elion will definitely seek another opportunity to obtain the divine office of [Magic].

It would only be beneficial to spread the idea that "psychic power is a branch of magic" as soon as possible.

Essentially, this is a struggle for power with that great being from a distant land who created psychic energy and the mind flayer race, that Outer God who rules over dreams and fantasies!

"His Majesty Elion has a point. It's not unreasonable to consider psychic abilities as a branch of magic."

While the elves were still considering Elian's proposal, the mind flayer angrily retorted:

"Nonsense! Our noble psychic energy directly distorts reality through the mind. It's completely different from your magic, which is based on the laws of mysticism, incantations, and hand gestures. Don't use the understanding of your inferior races to generalize!"

Upon hearing this, the elves frowned, their rebellious spirits rising.

You're the inferior race!

El-Erian seized the opportunity to add:
"As far as I know, the chief god of the Elven pantheon, the crown king of Avando, is a god of magic."

"I believe that the great god of magic can also control this power called psionic energy!"

When the three traditional, conservative, and divinely-minded Sun Elves, Lia Sunshine, Elf Sunshine, and Alamir Goldfleck, heard this, they didn't say anything, but they were quite in agreement.

The great Corellon certainly has the power to control psychic abilities!

This human king is quite the smooth talker. But it's strange for humans to praise the elven god. What does the god of magic have to do with you? You humans don't even have a god... Aramir thought to himself.

Ignoring the Mind Flayer's exasperated expression, the pink glow in Elian's eyes intensified as he asked the next question:
"What conspiracy is your clan plotting by kidnapping the wild elves and Princess Lia?"

The mind flayers, their anger subsiding and their eyes once more dazed, answered truthfully:
"In order to find a god of time and magic!"

God of Time and Magic?
Lia recalled her conversation with the wild elf boy and suddenly realized:
"You mean, among the gods of Sidrian, the elven god of longevity, the god of time and history, the lord of continuity and unity—Labelas Enoreth?"

The Mind Flayer nodded:

"It should be. The preliminary assessment is that it is this deity."

Elian looked both surprised and puzzled:
"So that's how it is. Your ultimate goal in kidnapping the elves, including Princess Lia, was to get close to this elf god of longevity?"

"What is your purpose in seeking Rabelas Ennoris?"

The mind flayers looked at each other and shook their heads.
"do not know."

"This is the order of the Great Master."

"In order to obtain more information about the gods of Sidrian, we kidnapped many wild elves, read their minds, and obtained intelligence from them."

"As for what to do after gathering information about this elven god of longevity, we don't know..."

"Perhaps the great mastermind knows more."

Elian raised an eyebrow, guessing the reason—

Without a doubt, this group of mind flayers and the mastermind mistook the elven god of longevity, Rabelas, for him, who had traveled through time!

As far as Elian knew, before the end of the world, Rabelas, the longevity god of the elves, had perished in a divine war against the orc pantheon and was unable to participate in the final battle against the Outer Gods.

The death of this deity directly deprived the Elven race of its symbol of "longevity," causing their lifespan to drop drastically.

The mastermind must have compared the information in the database and discovered the differences between the current members of the Celesteian gods and those during the Doomsday War, which led to the misunderstanding.

Princess Leah suddenly realized that all the broken beads seemed to have been reconnected:
"I see."

"So, you kidnapped me and tried to reshape my personality."

"They know I am the crown prince of the Sun Elves. They want to use me to secretly control the entire Elven royal court!"

"Then, through the connection between the Elven Royal Court and the Elven Gods, do something in secret?"

(End of this chapter)