A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 627 Investment Pays Off

A phantom of a bird's head, as enormous as that of the Mother of Inaccessibility, was released by the meteor. It wielded a scepter made of reeds with remarkable ease and smashed it down on the Mother of Destruction.

The Mother Goddess was enraged, and the stronger Her rage, the greater Her power. The cage that had bound Her was now severely shaken, and the figure of Dryaz that Rossa saw had become much weaker and more ethereal, almost becoming transparent.

Thoth needed no gestures, materials, or concentration; with just a thought, he could unleash multiple high-level spells. The indistinct face of the Mother of Inaccessibility split into three aspects: wrath, mercy, and chaos, each spewing forth fire, icy currents, and an unknown black mist. Meanwhile, Thoth summoned a massive silver sphere of light, upon closer inspection revealing patterns on its surface—seemingly single-colored eyes—which devoured the breath of all three aspects.

The orbs of light rapidly changed, and Thoth raised his hand again to cancel the magic, making them vanish without a trace.

Next came [Chaos Vortex] and [Eternal Imprisonment]. Rorschach, with the memories of the Tree of Law and the Great Sage, recognized Thoth's instantaneous high-level magic. However, the former had no effect on the Mother of Inaccessibility, and the latter, if it were a normal target, would probably enter a state of near-infinite death, neither alive nor dead, with the soul forever trapped in the body. But for Thoth's enemies, it was just an extremely brief immobilization, from which they quickly broke free.

Caught off guard, Rorschach experienced a brief sense of detachment, as if the world had separated from him for a moment. It was [Time Freeze]!

It was still the Mother of Infinity who shattered Thoth's magic. She continued to slash, and even if she did not hit the enemy in battle, she still tore through the boundary between reality and illusion. With each swing, the symbolic realm and the highest heaven fell a little closer to the real world.

While Thoth was in the [Time Freeze] spell, he sensed Rorschach as a special onlooker. He did not lose focus, but pointed at Rorschach, and a portal suddenly appeared.

The second Thoth emerged from among them, but he was an old acquaintance, Balaam, the god of deception.

When Rorschach saw Him again, he was somewhat surprised. At this time, Balan was still inhabiting the body of the [Axiom Creation] that he had created, and he was dressed in the style of a nobleman from the southern end of the continent. He was even holding a southern wine full of dark berry aroma.

A cold wind swept by, and the wine in Balan's glass instantly froze. His expression also froze, and after a moment of stunned silence, he murmured, "The countdown has started early?"

He looked at Rorschach again, and was immediately filled with rage: "It's you again, you brat! Getting involved with you never ends well!"

Thoth, who had fought tooth and nail with Difficult Mother, channeled a wisp of his divine consciousness into Balaam's mind, causing the guardian's expression to constantly change. Rorschach saw surprise, fear, and hesitation in Him, and finally, as if making a firm decision, He said to Rorschach:

"We need your help; do not activate the Tree of Law or link the borderlands in front of the Mother Goddess; I need to pay you for creating my body in order to help you join the current battlefield. As for what you will do, I do not know."

The previous deal was between Rorschach and Tote, although Balan was also Tote, but that's a separate matter.

After saying that, Balan actually plunged his hand into his forehead, drawing out a dense beam of light that poured into Rorschach's body without warning. Rorschach immediately resisted, sealing off his spirit and body, and raising his hand to cast the [Great Disintegration] spell on Balan.

As an entity formed from metamorphic dust, Rorschach was certain that this spell could directly destroy Balan's present-day self.

The other side also felt terrified and shouted, "Don't move! If you don't accept this, you'll just be a useless bystander in the face of the Gods!"

"You are deceiving him, Balan." The previously weak and temporarily hidden Dryujaz reappeared, taking the light in Rorschach's place. He then condensed his entire avatar on it, turning it into a blue that Rorschach found familiar. Only then did Rorschach open his mind and body to accept the gifts from the two deities.

In an instant, his connection with the Tree of Law and the borderland was severed, but he did not lose his ability to cast spells beyond his level. On the contrary, the divine nature of "Thoth" temporarily took over the role of the Tree of Law, allowing him to cast powerful arcane spells at will.

However, without Dryaz's help, if Rorschach had directly accepted the so-called "reward," he would have ended up on Toth's "pirate ship" like Balan, becoming one of its members and losing his freedom.

With the intervention of a second god, his spirit is now free and safe; he can use the power but will not be controlled by the original owner of the power.

"Tch." Balan hesitated, glancing at Rorschach with a hint of resentment. The young man's aura had suddenly changed, and his figure had swelled and grown taller. Rorschach had a completely different feeling and perspective. Before, when casting super-level magic, he would disperse his physical form, control and modify the entire magical environment. Now, he was closely connected with the Tree of Law, as if those polarized magical strings were extensions of the roots of the Tree of Law.

Now, whether it's mountains and rivers or magical spirits, all he needs to do is focus his gaze and they will "collapse." What enters his eyes and is received by his brain is no longer simply information reflected by light, but a direct understanding of their origin.

These material and symbolic primordial information are mixed together; a set corresponds to one existence, or may contain multiple existences. The primordial information within a set is further divided into multiple elements with various quantities. These quantities and their relationships are determined by will, which can adjust and change a portion of them.

Is this Thoth's perspective? No wonder he's the legendary all-knowing god. However, he also discovered that his "authority" for modification wasn't the highest. Many elements were rigidly intertwined, and these unmodifiable methods were the order and foundation of the world's existence.

In the "omniscient vision," the Mother of Inaccessibility is a black hole filled with discrete and unsolvable primordial information, and her "unsolvability" pollutes, shakes, and destroys the order that provides the foundation for the existence of the world.

What should I do?

As Rorschach pondered, he joined the battle. With each step he took, he grew taller. This height might no longer refer to spatial dimensions, but rather to his proximity to the highest heavens—the true standard for measuring divine power.

The wrathful Mother Goddess, who can reach the upside-down Tree of Truth, and the bird-headed Thoth are equally unreachable.

The wind and snow were no longer a problem for him, because the rules of heat flow and momentum transfer could be easily distorted. If this were to be applied to the real world, it would probably take the form of magic, which is how Rorschach initially saw Thoth fighting from the perspective of a mage.

He believed that the original method was ineffective against the Mother Goddess and that he needed to find another way.

He merged not only with Thoth, but also with the power of Delyuaz. As he walked, his equipment became similar to Vidal's, and he wielded a simple, deeply grooved iron greatsword.

No, this cannot kill Him. Rorschach suddenly noticed that the way his primordial information was composed was subtly different from that of this world.

If the Mother Goddess is an "information black hole" radiating pollution and distortion, then she is also subtly similar, carrying and releasing an order completely different from this world even without casting spells or taking action.

This order comes from the original universe!

He suddenly knew what he had to do. Using Thoth's power, he analyzed himself with "omniscient vision," and the iron sword in Rorschach's giant hand transformed into a crowbar.

It was a sword, the holy sword of physics! Joining the battle, he smashed it down fiercely towards the Mother Goddess without a word.

(End of this chapter)