Star Forge Titan

The second step was to renovate the Rogilas, which also took quite a while. Two renovations made this former model ship truly usable, but there were still areas that needed improvement in terms of weapons, exploration, and other aspects.

Fortunately, the cat-bugs also realized this, and they worked hard to continuously improve the Rogilas in their own way. There was not much that Alvin could do in the short term. At most, he could lend a hand when the cat-bugs were making the transformation, and rely on his unreasonable core talent [Reshaping the World] to shorten the construction period that originally took several months to a few weeks.

But looking at the current situation, the cats have no intention of running to call their chief to go to work, so he lets them think freely.

So, how should we spend this short period of free time that is not free enough?

The notes of the Witch King Sened, which were almost forgotten by Alvin, emerged from his memory.

If there is any clue in his hand that may be related to 'Abyss', then this notebook is undoubtedly the most likely one.

Of course, there is another option, which is to find a way to ascend to the Sandworm King Herbert again.

But doing so is undoubtedly much more difficult than reading a notebook.

So, let’s just read the book for now.

As his mind raced, cracks appeared in the air, revealing a black, opaque surface that resembled a slowly rotating shadow. Ignoring the strange scene, Ivan reached out and retrieved the shimmering, aged notebook from within the psychic space.

This is a very common travel notebook. The inner layer is a stack of yellowed papers due to age, while the outer layer is a wear-resistant and durable leather cover that can protect the papers recording information inside. The outermost layer is tightly bound with a leather rope that has begun to turn black.

At the end of the leather rope hangs a brass ornament in the shape of an anchor.

After fiddling with the ornament casually, Alvin opened the leather cover of the notebook with some anticipation, and several lines of very neat text immediately came into his sight.

This morning, a makeshift adventure team consisting of a few friends and I arrived safely in the Silent Desert. A brand new adventurous life is about to begin. Honestly, I'm looking forward to it.

The new captain is a bit of an oddball, but he's willing to lend a hand to those in need and is fair and forthright with his payouts. He might seem a bit of a meddlesome fellow, but he's undoubtedly a good guy. Let's wait and see for a while...

Without rushing to read the specific content of the text, Alvin looked at the handwriting on his notebook used to record information with interest.

A person's handwriting often reveals a lot about their personality. The handwriting of the Witch King, Thaned, or the former dwarf warrior, was exceptionally neat, with virtually no gaps between each letter and a straight, unadorned line, conveying a serious and earnest demeanor.

Ivan flipped through the notebook casually, only to discover that the handwriting had changed significantly over time. The closer he got to the beginning, the neater the handwriting became, and the more detailed the content became, almost like a diary.

But a large piece of it was roughly torn off, and the handwriting that appeared afterwards became extremely sloppy and messy, as if it was written by a completely different person.

I became king, the Witch King Seened, inheriting the name of an ancient ruler. The old name has been discarded. According to the captain, we are now the new Enneads, hahahahahahaha!

[I will build the greatest architectural wonder, so that all dwarves will know the name of Seened, the Dwarf Master Craftsman, no, the Dwarf Master! Seened!]

……

[No, this isn't normal! Following the method Holhala described, I tried to absorb some of the criminals' life force. This seemed to calm my mind, and the whispers that began to appear ten years ago have completely disappeared. But this is wrong! Ancestors, this isn't what a decent person should do. I, no, we are falling into an irreversible abyss...]

[Damn it, I can't go on like this. I need to think of something, something to distract myself...]

On the first day of my unplanned journey, I decided to follow the path of the earth's network with this Gaia fragment in my hand. I would copy the model of the earth's network and find something to do.

[It works! Changing the environment seems to clear my mind a lot.]

What an astonishing discovery! The webway, the earth's leyline. What heights of civilization had the giant kingdom reached? I walked all the way to the edge of the Silent Desert before I could vaguely sense the edge of the webway. Could a nation thousands of years ago truly have accomplished this? I don't understand, but I'm deeply shocked.

Damn it! That voice is coming again! I've tried praying to the Forge Father, but it's obviously no use. Ancestors, will I really become a monster that even I am unfamiliar with? No, this must not happen!

Hitting yourself on the head with a hammer feels terrible. I'm beginning to understand why the beasts and monsters I've hammered make such shameful noises. After all, it really, really hurts! But the buzzing in my ears is much more comforting than that indescribably disgusting whisper.

On the 712th day of my journey, I've almost reached the border of the Silent Desert and completed two-thirds of my mapping of the leyline network. The voice is growing clearer, as if it's asking me to return to that place, but that place isn't something I can just go to. Damn, I've started drinking like a loser, which isn't a good sign.

A terrifying civilization, a powerful one. Even the simplest trace of the webway reveals astonishing technology. I suspect this is only a portion of the entire webway. The jagged edges may be fractures rather than edges.

[A truly complete network of earth veins would likely cover an area even larger than the currently functioning portion. It would be astonishingly vast!!!]

……

That voice! That voice is coming again! Covering my ears won't stop it. That voice is coming from my heart! It wants me to occupy, plunder, and devour everything, like a mad monster.

"No, I can't do that. One shouldn't do that."

[But the wine... the wine is no longer effective...]

At this point, the clear records left by the Witch King Seened that can be read basically end here.

The following content began to be interspersed with some incomprehensible gibberish, and Senedd's journey seemed to have ended.

The Witch King returned to the city he ruled and began to collect blood tax like other Witch Kings, and selected desert nobles to assist him in management. The content of the notes was interrupted for a long time until Thorin's name appeared.

[A little brat, the only remaining offspring of my brother who never left home, my great-nephew.]

Interesting, he is very strong, both physically and mentally.

[…Perhaps, he’s an interesting little devil.]

……

Ivan frowned. His previous life's education had taught him that it would be best to get Thorin's consent for the remaining content, or to hand it over directly to Thorin. After all, it involved the other party's privacy.

In addition, the previous rubbing record of the direction of the earth vein network greatly attracted Alvin's attention, and vaguely, it seemed that some kind of inspiration was slightly triggered.

In Senedd's records, the overall direction of the earth vein network appears to be an expanding spiral trajectory, with small and complex tree-like branches connecting the main path that continues to extend outward.

This shape is very similar to an extremely large nautilus, or an extinct ammonite.

As for the edge of the webway mentioned by Senedd, the outermost arc did show signs of breakage and damage, but if his records were correct, there should be a part of the webway that had extended beyond the Silent Desert, for a path of unknown length.

However, Sene's travels were completely confined to this desert. Judging from the information he wrote himself, he seemed to have no idea of ​​this at all, as if he had never thought of leaving this area.

"The network of ley lines covers a wider area..."

Alvin sketched the pattern of the earth vein network over and over again in his mind.

[The Lingzi terminal has received a new blueprint and discovered the highest-level drive device. It is about to physically create the object according to the blueprint. Do you want to abort this action?]

Suddenly, the two Infinity Stones, quietly stored within the lepton space, began to tinkle. The black-haired boy froze for a moment, seemingly taking this as a tacit agreement. Then, he saw the two stones, which had been rotating steadily along their predetermined path, suddenly begin to make unfamiliar movements.

Alvin showed a surprised expression. You know, these two "uncles" have been almost unresponsive like two hibernating hamsters since the corresponding stages of the original world foundation ceremony were completed.

Apart from being able to use this as a medium to draw on the limited elemental magic of the elemental dimension, they don't even provide a large amount of magic like normal flawless gems. They are really just two retired "old men" who do nothing at home.

Alvin once thought that the four flawless artificial gems left by the Titans were purely used for the foundation ceremony of the Great Mystery Original World.

But unexpectedly, today, the two flawless gems actually began to move.

Feeling that he could stop the gem's movement at any time, Alvin did not panic. Instead, he calmly observed the gem's flight trajectory.

The two flawless gems circled each other, drawing a double spiral trajectory and began to expand their movement radius outward. As expected, their flight trajectory was also a spiral path that continued to extend outward, leaving a fixed luminous trajectory behind.

Alvin sensed that his lepton space was being changed, and hurriedly took out all the things placed in it. But other than that, he did not feel any discomfort. Instead, he had a vague premonition that this would be beneficial to him.

The luminous spiral trajectory expanded further and further, and the volume of the lepton space also began to increase.

One hour and fifteen minutes later, the two gems completely stopped moving, and then flew back to the center of the lepton space, continuing to chase each other along the original circular trajectory.

At the same time, a complex spiral pattern of luminous tracks appeared within Ivan's lepton space. Its details were very similar to the ley lines traced in Seinede's notes, only supplemented with details that Ivan could not understand at the moment.

Soon, the light emitted by the trajectory gradually went out, leaving only a crystal-like transparent substance in its place.

What is this thing used for?

Trying to put things into the lepton space, Alvin found that this function was not affected at all.

Immediately afterwards, a new prompt popped up on the so-called spiritual terminal with the emblem of the God of Wisdom.

[The existing content of the blueprint has been completed, and the unnamed space building has a basic prototype. The entire process took 1.15 units of planetary Palladian standard time.]

[Prompt, external magic interface detected, do you want to transfer magic power to the prototype of the unnamed space building? ]

Ivan frowned slightly. The information wasn't difficult to understand. It seemed the Space Gem had been used as a tool by the Spirit Terminal, using the rubbings of the Earth's network as a blueprint to construct the prototype of a so-called space structure within its own Spirit Space.

This spiral of light should be the completed space structure. As for its function, the answer is still unknown.

However, Alvin is not completely without ideas about this.

Everything that is happening now proves that the underground network was most likely not built by the Giant Kingdom alone. At least its design ideas and operating principles are inseparable from the more distant Titan Uranus civilization.

Otherwise, his own lepton terminal would not have produced such an obvious reaction, and it would have been impossible to successfully complete the shaping of the corresponding space building in the lepton space that accompanied the awakening of the Titan bloodline.

From this, it can be seen that the function of this space building with unknown purpose is likely to be similar to that of the earth vein network, that is, to collect, accumulate and conduct magic power.

allow.

Ivan silently recited the word in his mind.

Instantly, a stream of pure earth magic was injected into his body. Normally, Ivan's body would quickly be filled with a hundred thousand units of earth magic, and then, driven by his instinct to protect himself, he would allow the remaining magic to dissipate into the environment.

But today, the situation has changed.

A full 100,000 universal standard units of earth vein magic were continuously introduced into the spiral pattern imprinted in the lepton space, causing the crystal material that had just been extinguished to begin to glow again, until all 100,000 universal standard units of magic were absorbed.

At this moment, only one-fifth of the entire spiral pattern is lit.

That is to say, when fully charged, its capacity is at least 500,000 universal standard units?

The corners of Ivan's mouth twitched, and he realized this with a look of shock.

What the hell is this [different world curse word]!?!

Shocked by the overflowing magical power within the lepton space, Ivan also sensed that the magic power from these earth veins could be fully drawn out for use, just like mastering the use of the earth vein network and drawing magic power from it for use.

The process is even faster and not affected by the external environment. It can be regarded as an additional mana pool that you carry with you.

However, this extra mana pool is a little bit bigger...

Chapter 35: Pool of Light

A full 500,000 mana, even if it was only 70,000 units short of the massive amount needed to activate the giant god form. And this remaining gap, Ivan could completely make up for by drawing on the earth vein mana from the daily quota granted by his administrator privileges.

Well, it seems that there is no need to prepare any gold, silver or steel armor.

When my charge bar is full, I will kill all those bastards.JPG

[Please name the unnamed space building]

As his thoughts were agitated, Alvin suddenly heard a new prompt coming from the spiritual terminal.

After a little thought, looking at the spiral crystal track that was divided into grids by tree-like veins and gradually lit up with the infusion of magic power, Alvin felt that it was just like a pool of water formed purely by the brilliance of magic power, clear and translucent.

"Pool of Light." A name that came from past memories and had a sense of age came out of the mouth of the black-haired boy.

[Received. The prototype of the unnamed spatial structure has been named 'Pool of Light'.]

After this prompt popped up, the Lingzi terminal fell silent again, just like a computer that had completed its task, without any signs of spontaneous action.

This silence also helped Ivan gradually regain his composure. Later, he realized that even if the giant form could be activated by accumulating magic power, things might not develop as smoothly as he expected.

Although the 570,000 mana required to activate the giant god form seems very exaggerated, it is even several times the maximum output of the largest magic furnace in the current stage of the Palladia world.

However, such a vast amount of magic power would actually be completely consumed simply by activating Titan Form. Based on experience with Titan Form, while Titans in that state could command immense amounts of magic power, it wasn't based on the remaining magic power after activating the form.

When in Titan form, the magic power in his body would continuously flow out like a nuclear reactor triggering a fusion reaction. However, this did not mean that his combat time would be infinite after entering Titan form.

In fact, after entering the giant god form, Ivan's energy and physical strength are consumed so quickly that the actual fighting time in this form will be shortened to only about three minutes.

This shows that magic is not the key to maintaining the giant form.

Therefore, considering his current rank and situation, Alvin began to suspect that what was consumed in maintaining the giant god form was actually soul power of a higher energy level than ordinary magic power.

To give an inappropriate example, just like a child can sometimes touch things placed high up by standing on tiptoe, the descendants of the Titans who have not yet awakened their true soul power cannot maintain the giant form for a long time naturally like eating and drinking water.

Recalling the real giant gods in the illusion whose height was measured in kilometers, Alvin couldn't help but sigh that perhaps he was now really equivalent to a juvenile Roller-O Beast.

An absurd guess suddenly came to my mind. Perhaps for the real Titan, the entire planet is just a small cradle?

Therefore, thousands of years from now, Palladio will not see a single true Titan, because they have all left their cradles and headed into the boundless universe...

A feeling of insignificance washed over him, like gazing at the starry sky. Ivan shook his head vigorously, clearing away these random, unfounded thoughts. After putting away the Witch King's Notes, he stood up and walked out the door.

The black-haired boy, feeling a little confused, planned to take Sanwang's mechanical monster horse for a walk to kill time, clear his mind, and let his brain rest for a while.

But as soon as he opened the door, Alvin saw Brad, who looked a little nervous, rushing towards him.

He immediately realized that the movement of him absorbing magic power might not have much effect on ordinary people, but for extraordinary people who can sense the flow of magic power, the fluctuations caused by the operation of 100,000 units of magic power can basically be regarded as an old man with no moral principles carrying a speaker and doing square (break) dance upside down under a residential building.

"What happened?" Brad asked directly:

"Don't worry, it's just some insignificant little experiments." Alvin tried to say this in a lighthearted tone, but the uncontrollable smile on his face revealed his true thoughts at the moment.

"Well, since you seem very proud of yourself, it's probably not a bad thing. But next time, please tell everyone in advance before you do something like this." Brad held his forehead and sighed heavily. He suddenly realized subtly that perhaps this was how his master felt about him in his early years.

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely do it next time." Alvin nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face, and at the same time snapped his fingers towards the animal stables, or 'parking lot', in the distance, which was used to collectively house horses, camels, desert lizards and other mounts.

boom!

Like a good dog whose collar was shaken by its master, Sanwang jumped over the fence and into the street with his tongue wagging in great excitement.

The person in charge of the animal stable was surprised, but when he saw that the creature making the noise was the strange horse that looked like a horse in no way except for its appearance, he immediately showed an expression of indifference.