A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 99 The Final Verdict: Four Hammers

The divine embryo struggled more fiercely within its confinement in the realm, sensing a deadly danger.

The power He inherited from Mother Earth also included the fear of mass extinction. Perhaps Mother Earth herself was indifferent to destruction, but as a living being, the embryo still trembled at the memory of the asteroid's destruction.

The unstoppable impact and the intense heat capable of melting everything that hurtled through the air were what came hurtling in.

The two combined, and four meteors hurtled toward the embryo in succession. When the first meteor struck it, a mournful cry echoed through the forest, and before the echo had faded, the second and third meteors followed in quick succession. After the four attacks were completed, the chilling and disturbing howl had not yet completely dissipated, and large chunks of tissue were carbonizing and scattering, mixing and burning with the molten sand.

As thick smoke billowed from the fire, the filthy, distorted power seemed to realize that all was lost, and it evaporated along with the shapeless mass of flesh and blood, returning to its mother body. A nauseating stench filled the air as the remaining flesh, stripped of its power, rapidly decayed.

The deity with the deer head glanced at the mage who had used the four mallets to make the final decision, then transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the forest.

"Huh? It's dawn?" Ella noticed the sunlight filtering through the branches and treetops of the [Deryaz Forest].

At 2:10 PM, the eternal night in the core area of ​​the forest ended. Under the protection of divine magic, no one was injured.

Cano, Humboldt, and Kober entered the woodland summoned by Rorschach and were startled by Rorschach's state—his exposed skin was covered in purple beams of light, like writhing snakes or magical loops, and his mouth and eyes were also emitting purple glow.

To resist the effects of the divine abominations and the great war, Rorschach had to continuously pump large amounts of magic into his body to maintain the regeneration of the divine canopy. As the magic surged, his gradually fading consciousness first sensed four waves of air blowing towards him, then the chaotic magical winds subsided, and Rorschach finally stopped the spell.

Master Humboldt quickly treated Rorschach's injuries.

"You're really going all out, kid. Hey, what do you think of seeing your master make such a dashing entrance?"

Although Luo Xia's physical discomfort had been treated, he was extremely exhausted. The boy glanced at Cano, then at the towering trees around him, and before losing consciousness, he mumbled, "On Arbor Day, if there's a competition, send me, and I'll win for sure." Then he fell asleep.

"What the hell?!" Cano cast a levitation spell on Rorschach, then told Cavendish to put Rorschach in a sleeping bag so he wouldn't catch a cold.

Alexander von Humboldt.

Lionel Cano.

The two archmages shook hands and then began to discuss the follow-up issues. These included the remains of the divine abomination embryo, the books in the elven village, and determining which research would be conducted jointly, which would belong to the Tower of Stars, which to the Tower of Forests, and how to report to the Magic Guild.

Rorschach is in a dream.

"We agreed to go our separate ways after we finished the work, so why are you in my dream again?"

Rorschach walked along a stream somewhere in the forest, unsure if this was real or a replay of Delyuez's memories. The stream flowed gently, so clear that the bottom was visible, reflecting the leaves and Rorschach's image.

A beautiful woman emerged from the woods ahead. She appeared to be from the southern part of the continent, wearing a plain-colored robe and with long, flowing hair that touched the ground. A blue beetle rested on her hand.

"This should be the last time we meet in our dreams. There's no need to be so heartless, is there?" The tall girl walked barefoot along the edge of the stream, lightly touching the moss-covered stones as she approached Rorschach.

Rorschach could sense that it was Dryaz's aura, but the image and the much younger voice made him feel uncomfortable. Not only that, the tone had also changed; it was no longer aloof and unfathomable, but more like a farm girl.

Where did I, the Deer-Headed Monster, go?

He still replied, "You think I'm heartless? I've brought in three great mages to act as your henchmen, are you satisfied now?"

The other person nodded: "If there's no turning back, I've considered taking that divine fiend down with me. I've already died once, so losing it again for the forest is nothing. You know, 'Dryaz' isn't the name of a god; it simply means 'the forest maiden.' Aresuza, Daya... I have many other names."

"And you have other forms as well."

"Indeed, besides human girls, tree spirits are also one of my most original forms. And Vidar is my masculine incarnation, the embodiment of the strongest divine power, representing the ruthless, silent, and indestructible nature, capable of summoning thunder and storms. And the form you and I see most often is the embodiment of the faith of all spirits at the end of my path."

In the reflection of the stream, a fairy dressed in flowers and green leaves flashed by in turn; a silent and solemn warrior in leather and iron boots; and a priest with a deer's head and a human body.

As the girl in the woods spoke, she gradually approached Luo Xia, almost to the point of face to face: "Let's not talk about this anymore, time is of the essence, I've come to thank you."

No, I'm a man destined to be a magician, isn't that a bit inappropriate?

The girl reached out and grabbed the boy's arm, and then...

Rorschach felt himself gaining acceleration, and his body was moving in a parabolic motion while his head was moving in a circular motion around the center of mass.

In layman's terms, it means that he was thrown out by Delyuaz, spun around, and plunged headfirst into the stream.

Before he could even utter the curse "I, you, Rorschach," he was stunned by the sight before him.

He had actually seen it before, when he advanced to the intermediate mage level and came into contact with the secret contract. It was still that vast starry sky, with clusters of light composed of blue, purple, and red constantly moving. Unlike the last time, this time Rorschach didn't see the projection of the unknown entity; instead, in the very center of the starry sky were a pair of colossal celestial bodies.

One is a massive incandescent ball of light, and the other is a black hole of similar size. They continuously revolve around the midpoint of the line connecting their two centers.

In motion, the incandescent celestial body spews out matter, light, heat, and Rorschach's intuition tells him that there is also a massive amount of ether, while the black hole constantly devours the flowing stars and light; stars are nothing but dust in its event horizon.

The origin and the end of this world are dancing together, constantly spreading out spiraling, nested traces—ripples of space and time, turbulent flows of matter and ether.

"How did you suddenly rise so high?" Dryaz's voice came through: "Don't let them find out."

After he finished speaking, Luo Xia felt a force pulling him down, and after a feeling of drowning, the scene in his vision changed again.

The starlight became hazy, seemingly distant, and was replaced by an inverted "tree"—an endless trunk hanging high, constantly branching and intertwining downwards. These paths intersected at many points, but were generally distributed in concentric circles.

Luo Xia roughly counted that from the main trunk to the last branch, the visible clusters of intersections formed sixteen rings. Countless points of light shuttled from the main trunk to the branches, some of which would stop at a certain intersection. The closer to the main trunk, the fewer the intersections and the fewer the times they flashed, while the outermost rings saw a massive number of points of light emerge, and the intersections flickered endlessly.

"The place where you first ascended was the origin of the world, called the High Heaven, which is also called the Primal Phase by exorcists and philosophers. And now we are in the Symbolic Realm, which is also called the Primal Text Realm by scholars before the Old Empire."

Rorschach could sense that several paths were responding to him, and he immediately recognized one of the thicker, more branching paths as the one he saw – it corresponded to "magic control".

"What you see before you now reveals the truth about magic, divine arts, and all the dynamics of the world," Dryaz paused, then added, "part of the truth."

(End of this chapter)