A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 401 The Egg Spirit Under the Golden Tree

The spirit's intelligence also operates within the vesicle space. After Caroline clearly understood the intention to upload, the "Golden Tree" extended its roots and connected to her spirit body. The next step was to cast the spell.

Rorschach witnessed the radiance flowing from the spirit body to the Tree of Law, but it stopped at the bottom of the trunk. The flowing radiance outlined a circle, and Rorschach guessed from its size that it was the "perfect prototype core" that had merged with the Golden Tree.

The spinning motion, whether seen on a computer screen or in a tree, is somewhat irritating. Only after the tower spirit finishes its analysis will the radiance be released, allowing it to continue climbing the branch of the Tree of Law.

Caroline uploaded the first-level [Sealing Door], the second-level [Gaze Veil], and the fourth-level [Dimensional Anchor], and they found that the upload and parsing speed was relatively slow.

Luo Xia speculated that the Tower Spirit's smooth and effortless analysis of his spells was likely because the Tower Spirit had not inherited his spellcasting abilities, but possessed relevant memories that were easy to extract and could accelerate the analysis process.

However, all three spells taught by Teacher Caroline are ones that I have never mastered before. For the tower spirit, it is necessary to imitate the panel to disassemble them into "entries".

The change in the Tree of Law is reflected in its slow growth of new branches, which overlap with the existing branches and gradually give rise to new nodes.

With "nodes" available, there's no need to reinvent the wheel. As commonly used nodes become more refined, the upload speed of newer nodes should increase, and TowerSpirit should also provide experience-based support.

After the upload was complete and new branches grew, Rorschach sensed something and opened the panel to find three new spells, which were uploaded by Caroline. Taking the [Sealing Gate] spell as an example, its entries are "Mapping (Yellow)" and "Solidification (Yellow)," and now there is a new "cloud" UI icon in the upper right corner.

The [Dimensional Anchor] also has a "solidification" effect. When Rorschach's gaze rests on the "clouds", the icon goes out and the color of the entry changes accordingly: the entries he already possessed, such as "mapping", return to purple, while the entries he obtained for the first time turn white.

That's interesting. Does this mean the panel can also interact with the spell cloud? Luo Xia used to only use the panel, but later he got rid of his dependence on it, and now he's starting to be curious about its existence.

For example, he might want to ask, "What's your relationship with the 'Tree of Law' and how do you work?"

"What's wrong?" Caroline interrupted Rorschach's thoughts. Rorschach smiled. "I was thinking, you're a really good teacher. Thank you for your attempt."

"I'd rather say I'm a witness to a groundbreaking achievement." Caroline looked at the newly grown Tree of Magic with satisfaction: "It's a good thing the God of Magic is just a legend with faint traces of existence, otherwise you would either be His most favored follower or an enemy He must eliminate."

Ha, who's afraid of who? I dare to steal the offerings from the Lord of Order, why would I be afraid of some cowardly rat hiding in the shadows? If they really come knocking, I'll... I'll...

Caroline then reminded Rorschach, "This place must be kept a secret from everyone else. You should find a way with the Tower Spirit to transmit spells in the material world as soon as possible. The fewer people who enter and leave this space, the better, especially the archmages must not find out."

A transcendent and stable space is what all archmages dream of, and the "Golden Tree" within it is countless times more precious than gold—it supports the new spellcasting system!

Rorschach was somewhat touched by Caroline's consideration for him, but the teacher's analysis wasn't over yet:

"If the spatial vesicles do indeed have their own operational rules as the Tower Spirit predicted, it means they are very likely to be discovered by other space explorers. Previously, they were in a chaotic state and had little value in attracting attention; now that a qualitative change has occurred, they are likely to become more conspicuous."

The Carnot group isn't the only one researching and exploring spaces beyond the material world. Caroline is worried it might be found: "Although it's in the transmutation laminar flow, which is deadly for most people, you'd better conceive of and create guardians here to prevent intrusion."

Rorschach agreed with the suggestion. In the material world, defensive arrays and other measures should be deployed, but in a place that leans towards the symbolic world, it is more appropriate to create a creature-like being as a guardian. He only needs to outline the creation of a shell supported by energy and concepts, and the specific control can be left to the tower spirit.

Then Rorschach began to imagine that the transmutation dust and gravel would transform again, coalescing into clumps of gel, changing from golden to transparent, and then tinged with a deep blue, just like the preserved eggs that Rorschach liked to eat.

However, to Caroline, who was unaware of this extraordinary food, the thing Rorschach created possessed a profound and mysterious aura, reminiscent of the starless expanse of space.

Then, a long neck, tail, multiple pairs of wings, and limbs appeared, which could be barely discerned. Caroline joked, "Are you going to create a black dragon? Legend says it was the destroyer of the World Tree, but you want to make it its guardian."

However, Rorschach stopped shaping it after it had only managed to form a barely recognizable shape. The result was that the round egg-shaped creature was stretched out with several limbs, a neck, and a tail, making it an extreme form of ugliness that was almost aesthetically pleasing.

"Gone?" Caroline couldn't believe it.

"It's not over yet." Rorschach's words gave Caroline a slight sense of relief, but what he said next made her want to faint: "The Tower Spirit still needs to take over this body." In other words, the appearance will not change anymore.

Upon receiving the signal, the tower spirit began to send the roots of the golden tree into the "preserved egg," with golden patterns spreading out like pine blossoms, forming something resembling veins. Then, the "guardian beast" came to life and began to expand.

This guardian beast is completely controlled by the tower spirit and can mobilize the power of the golden tree, as well as the spells stored within it.

Once it swells to the size of an elephant, it nimbly plunges into the sand, which to it appears as if it were a body of water.

This isn't what I expected. How did I acquire the habit of lying on the sand? However, Rorschach didn't dwell on it. Caroline, speechless, even used the excuse that it was getting late to withdraw from the spatial capsule.

Finally, Rorschach seemed to remember something and said, "Let's give this Mysterious You Dimension a name, shall we?"

Caroline immediately perked up, and then Rorschach said to himself, "Located between the material and symbolic realms, possessing properties of both, how about calling it the 'Boundary Zone'?"

Caroline: "Whatever makes you happy." After saying that, her spirit descended and returned to reality.

Luo Xia followed suit and descended. Before they were completely out of the "boundary," the head of the "Century Egg Spirit" popped out from beside the "Golden Tree," and the voice of the Tower Spirit rang out: "You're making a joke, aren't you? You're making a joke."

Back to reality, Rorschach jumped up from the recliner, pulled out his large gold watch to check the time: "It's almost evening! Professor Caroline, hurry up and eat, or the workers will take over the cafeteria and all the restaurants nearby!"

Caroline, however, was concerned with something else: "Rorschach, is your pocket watch a gift?" She noticed that the large gold watch didn't quite match Rorschach's temperament. He always pursued simplicity in his clothing and rarely wore formal attire, while the pocket watch was not only ostentatiously gold all over, but also had intricate and delicate patterns.

It seems to reflect aristocratic taste. Was the gift given by a noblewoman from Valuvana or Byrne? A wealthy young lady?

"Ah, yes, does it really look a bit out of place?" Luo Xia was considering whether to switch to a smaller silver watch, but the gold watch was really well made and he hadn't needed to calibrate it yet, so he hadn't changed it.

Roshamos glanced at the watch face, somewhat wistfully remarking, "The giver is in Valuana; he's probably in a very bad situation now."

Click, click, the minute hand turns, finally pushing the hour hand forward. The latter's turning is slow and heavy.

Maxim looked at the clock hanging in the National Assembly hall and felt somewhat tired. He used to seem to have endless energy and passion, but now, the insect-infested hall had become a quagmire for him and the entire "Mountain Faction," and being trapped in it was not a pleasant experience.

Bang! The Speaker slammed down the gavel, followed by rapid tapping to silence everyone. He then announced, "Regarding the motion to depose Charles XVI, three supplementary proposals have been submitted by delegates. With the majority vote in favor, the original motion and the supplementary proposals will be postponed until tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)