Star Forge Titan

His soul was like being thrown into a forge filled with elemental power. The invisible magic burned and forged it, causing pain beyond the limits of his flesh.

Forcibly maintaining his composure, Ivan realized that this was nothing like a typical soul awakening, but rather more akin to the magical assimilation encountered when ascending from Level 3 to Level 4. If he could no longer endure the pain of the transformation, his consciousness would completely dissipate and merge with the natural magic, leaving behind only a living, mindless shell.

In reality, the flames began to replace Ivan's body bit by bit, making him feel like he was on fire, his whole body enveloped in blazing flames.

Afrediya showed an anxious expression on her face, but she didn't dare to shout out, for fear of disturbing Ivan who was in the ceremony.

If he were an ordinary person, the boy would not be able to withstand such pressure. However, the increasingly clear memories in his mind allowed him to easily stop the collapse of his consciousness, and instead made his soul become more condensed and solid.

Thus, the last sentence of the spell was finally recited from the mouth of the black-haired boy.

"Ultimately, the world originated from... me!"

The ancient Uranus language, the hymns sung by the first Titans, the songs that made the world tremble.

The four ancient consciousnesses sleeping deep in the elemental world began to move. One of them, a flame consciousness in the form of a lizard but constantly changing, looked up into the distance, its gaze seeming to penetrate the barriers of time and space and reach the material world.

But a barrier formed by divine power blocked this view. It was the Wall of Sighs that the gods used to protect the material world from the invasion of hell.

Humph, sparks came out from the nostrils of the ancient consciousness, and the deep power of the elemental world was drawn into it, turning into a dark red flame stream along the webway left over from tens of thousands of years to the periphery of the material world.

A sub-plane that was attached to the surface of the material world but had not yet been fully born quickly absorbed this power, and then sent most of the power into the material world through the 'exit' located inside the material world.

In an instant, Ivan's whole body was completely engulfed by the dark red flames, and the ritual array beneath him burst out with bright light, restraining all the power within it, and not even the slightest magical fluctuation leaked out.

At this time, the temperature in the secret room began to drop, and only a fireball as bright as the sun remained in the magic circle, floating quietly in the air.

Through the billowing flames, you can see a figure curled up in the core of the fireball.

At this time, Alvin no longer felt any pain, and what followed was an unprecedented enlightenment.

The fire element is not flame, the water element is not flowing water, the earth element is not mud, and the wind element is not the atmosphere. They are burning energy, flowing time, condensed matter, and expanding space.

Soul, the soul is another shell that contains consciousness, and consciousness is the spirit itself that opens its eyes to observe the existence of the world.

Movement and stillness, gathering and dispersion, binary opposition, spiral upward.

So that’s it. I understand.

Ivan opened his eyes, and two golden suns appeared again in the burning fireball like the sun.

The world in the boy's eyes is no longer the same as it was before. All structures can be disassembled and reshaped, and everything can be intervened and modified, as long as...

Suddenly, a chill emanated from the azure crystal between his eyebrows, interrupting the illusion of being omnipotent. Alvin suddenly realized that he was almost assimilated by magic power at the last moment before the ceremony was completed, and he couldn't help but feel cold sweat on his back.

As his self-awareness normalized, the blazing flames on the boy's body were absorbed into the flawless gem held tightly in his hand, making the already magnificent gem even brighter, and also indicating that the sub-plane nurtured within it was taking further shape.

[Core·Reshape the World]: The core talent of Resurrection. The owner can reshape and rebuild all elements of the material world by consuming their own magic power. The Earth Realm and the Fire Realm are now unlocked.

The text appearing on the system panel in front of me suddenly became blurry.

The description of [Reshaping the World] began to change, and the vague words eventually condensed into completely different words.

[Core·Reshape the World]: The core talent of awakening. Descendant of the one who forged the stars, your will can reshape the world.

Now unlocked: Matter, Energy. (Resolution: 5%)

Looking at this description, Alvin showed a look of understanding.

He slowly raised his right hand, and a dark golden light shone from it. The surrounding ground began to change, and stone pillars rose from the ground one after another. Then the surface of the stone pillars began to emit a metallic luster.

Surrounded by twelve steel pillars, the dark golden light in Ivan's hand suddenly became brighter, and a ball of flame appeared above his palm without warning, floating and rotating quietly in the form of a burning fireball.

Immediately afterwards, several glowing filaments of dark golden light extended upwards. The vine-like dark golden filaments lightly touched the surface of the fireball, causing the burning fireball to quickly turn into a shining arc of electricity, and then into a pure ball of light.

Suddenly, a dizzy feeling washed over him, and both the fireballs and the electric arcs vanished. With a tingling sensation, Ivan realized that his magical power, far exceeding that of an ordinary first-level transcendent, had been nearly depleted in such a short time.

We have to find a way to increase our mana.

This thought suddenly popped up in my mind.

Then, Alvin glanced awkwardly at the red-haired girl standing outside the magic circle.

"It seems like we've gone a little too far."

After he finished speaking, his vision went dark and he fell to the ground with a thud. Afrediya's scream came to his ears.

Chapter 93: Awakening from a Dream and the World Changing

Since it was only his magic power that was exhausted, Alvin had recovered most of it after waking up from a sleep.

The branch talent [Star Soul - Perpetual Core] has a perpetual cycle feature that does not directly increase the magic limit, but it is indeed extremely good in terms of natural recovery.

Moreover, the improvement of core talents will also enhance branch talents.

First, the branch talent [Steel Blessing - Immortal Bones] increases the hardness of bones throughout the body again.

Now, all the bones in Ivan's body can serve as an additional mana pool, perfectly restraining the powerful yet extremely violent raw magic power. This allows his own magic power limit to be doubled, and the speed at which the [Perpetual Motion Core] absorbs environmental magic power is also several times faster than before.

However, strengthening bones does not necessarily improve your sense of taste.

As soon as he woke up the next day, Alvin saw Afrediya coming to his bed with a smile that was not even slightly smiling, holding a large cup of potion as big as a large beer mug in her hand.

"Ivan, it's time to take your medicine." Although Her Royal Highness the Princess was as beautiful as usual in her white dress, a demonic shadow like a roaring dragon seemed to appear behind her.

"...Freya, you're a little scary." Ivan's mouth twitched, and his intuition sounded like an alarm bell.

"Depleting your magic power is very harmful to your health." The red-haired princess said with a smile.

"It's okay, I recover quickly." Alvin wanted to step back, but found that his back was against the wall.

"Be good, take your medicine." Afrediya's expression became gentler, but she was obviously worried and angry about what happened before.

At this time, Ostolfo happened to pass by the door. He wanted to talk to his sister about something.

After struggling for several days, he felt that it would be best to talk about the matter with his family. Although Miss Willow was a good person, this was the royal palace after all, and unidentified people could not be allowed to stay here at will.

As a result, after seeing the smile on Afrediya's face, he would have the same smile as when he was a child and was sick, angry and didn't want to take medicine.

Ostolfo was covered in cold sweat and immediately covered his mouth with his hands to stop the scream that was about to come out.

No, I can’t make any sound. I can’t mess with my sister in this state. I have to run, now!

So, with alarm bells ringing in his heart, Ostolfo tried his best to lighten his steps, stepped back along the path he had just come in, and quickly disappeared from the door without even leaving a sympathetic look.

"Can I not drink it?" Ivan watched Ostolfo's strategic shift with a look of horror on his face, and the alarm in his heart disappeared as if he had given up resistance.

"What do you think?" Fulei climbed onto the bed as lithely as a cat and put the cup directly in front of him.

Gulp, the tall black-haired boy swallowed his saliva and raised his hand to take the cup.

The liquid in the cup appears to be a strange mixture of multiple colors, and you can almost hear a slight sizzling sound coming from it. At first glance, it sounds a bit like a carbonated drink.

The first bite touched my tongue, but there was no taste, as my sense of taste went on strike instantly, leaving me with only the instinct to swallow to gulp down the potion.

After drinking it, I closed my eyes, stretched my legs, and when I woke up again it was already the third day.

The boy, feeling warm all over and as if he could kill a cow with one punch, finally opened his eyes and heard cheers coming from outside the window.

So, out of curiosity, he stood up and walked to the balcony, only to see a large group of citizens marching on the street in the distance. People holding the flag of Elrond were shouting the title of Princess Afrediya, and their praise and enthusiasm were clearly audible.

A confused expression appeared on Alvin's face.

"How long have I been sleeping?"

In fact, the moment he drank the potion.

The tall, black-haired young man, who was so strong that he far surpassed the realm of ordinary people, fell over directly, and then his whole body bounced high up, and finally, like a big fish coming ashore, he slapped the ground with a "slap".

At this point, the Alvin was completely sunk.

The metal cup containing the potion fell from his hand and rolled a long way on the ground. The little bit of potion that remained flowed out of the cup, making the floor tiles sizzle and causing green grass to grow in the cracks.

"Hmph, you reckless guy." Afrediya lifted up Ivan, who was more than two meters tall, with one hand, put him back on the bed and covered him with a quilt, then left the room with a groan.

"Your Highness." Maria, the vice-captain of the Knights Templar, emerged from the shadows in a literal sense.

"There's news on the matter you ordered investigated."

"What do you mean?" Afrediya asked as they walked.

"Except for plants and small animals, there are no signs of any strangers in the back garden of Schönbrunn Palace. Your Highness Prince Ostolfo, uh..." Maria paused, feeling tired.

"Maybe he's really raising puppies secretly."

"This naughty little brother." Afrediya snorted.

"But that's not what I'm asking about."

"Oh, about that matter." Maria showed an expression of sudden realization and quickly answered.

"It has been confirmed that it is that person."

"Okay, it looks like we need to add an item to today's meeting agenda." Afrediya's expression was a little cold.

Soon, the top reformists gathered in the meeting hall of Schönbrunn Palace.

Most of them were no older than thirty-five years old, and a large number of them were the first graduates of the Royal Academy. Although they had not yet reached high positions, each of them occupied a place in an important department.

"Today there is only one important topic." Afrediya sat at the head of the group and distributed several documents with the same content to everyone using her magician's hand.

"The improved secret ritual that can be popularized is now ready for use."

The universal arcane transformation plan is one of the most critical plans of the reformists, and it is also an important prerequisite for the core plan - the transcendence of all people.

After decades of improvement, the Order of Blood has derived twelve most cost-effective improved Elrond Mysteries.

These rituals are extremely versatile and can allow the vast majority of Elrond people to obtain physical attributes that are much better than the previous transformations of lower-level demons without affecting the subsequent promotion options of extraordinary people.

The two civilian rugby teams that previously participated in the Blood Bowl rugby tournament, the Minotaur Labyrinth Team and the Centaur Hurricane Team, were trained in this improved Elrond Mystery.

Of course, this plan was based on the unique situation where the Elrond people had undergone long-term mystical transformation, resulting in 80% of the population possessing mystical aptitude. However, overall, it could still be implemented as a reform plan that would greatly enhance national strength.

Imagine if each farmer in Elrond had the output power equivalent to that of a tractor, wouldn't the food production capacity be able to increase several times?

The only problem was that, even with the optimal price-performance ratio, the cost of the improved Elrond Arcana was still beyond the reach of most ordinary people. Even the two teams previously completed the Arcana transformation with funding from the Chamber of Commerce.

However, if we rely on government subsidies, it will be impossible to promote it on a large scale due to limited economic strength, and it will be meaningless if the scope is too small.

"However, Elrond's current economic situation is not enough to support this plan." Upon hearing Afrediya's words, a young financial officer wearing metal-rimmed glasses immediately stood up and refuted.

This is the discussion atmosphere within the reformists. As long as the meeting is ongoing, everyone can debate with an equal attitude, and as long as a relatively correct answer is reached in the end, it is the best.

"Indeed, but that is based on the assumption that the cost does not change." The red-haired princess pointed to the information just distributed.

Everyone lowered their heads to read, and then a shocked expression appeared on everyone's face.

"This! How is this possible?! The cost of most secret rituals has been reduced to one-third of the original cost, and those applicable to civilian work and production have been reduced to about one-tenth! Even with our current national strength, we can support the gradual implementation of the plan!" The financial officer, who had excellent fast calculation ability, calculated all the values ​​in just three seconds, and an extremely excited expression appeared on his flushed face.

"An unexpected gain." Afrediya smiled and looked at the others who were equally excited, but in her heart she was sighing that the information provided by Ivan was indeed ahead of its time.

A similar scene to today's meeting room also occurred inside the Blood Order a few days ago.

At that time, all the mages of the order were scrambling for the information like crazy. Even Claudia, who was lying inside the crystal, precisely debugging a powerful mystical monster, almost rushed out.

In those materials, the simple use of false life alone can directly eliminate the cost originally added to the ritual to take into account the loss of the recipient's vitality, not to mention other related theories involving various biological transformation contents.

Claudia, who had snatched the data in one fell swoop by summoning a force field to slap the others away, said that even the Leviathan-class super-large ritual monsters that were currently being debugged could be strengthened. As for other civilian and military ritual monsters, the cost could be reduced to the point where elite units could be turned into main combat units, and military units could be turned into civilian units.

"Excuse me, which great wizard accomplished this feat!" A member of the reformist faction couldn't help but ask loudly.

"Hush, his identity is not suitable for disclosure at the moment." Afrediya raised her index finger and placed it in front of her red lips.

"To be honest, it was the tribal shamans from the northern glaciers who shared new magical knowledge with us."

“…” Everyone present was silent for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

"Your Highness, please don't joke like that. Even if Lind hired a bunch of idiots to be spies, they wouldn't believe it!"

Young laughter continued to echo in the conference room, and everyone's face was filled with excitement and joy. They seemed to see their homeland rising like the sun in the future, as if they saw the barren farmland covered by thousands of miles of wheat waves, as if they saw every Elrond person with a smile of harvest on their face.

Good days are coming.

But before that, Afrediya had another thing to do.

Chapter 94: Wanted Person

When everyone laughed until tears filled their eyes, she raised her hand for silence.

"In addition, I have found out the truth about Caesar's death." Hearing the name of their former comrade, the members of the reformists quickly fell silent.

Caesar was a popular figure. Although his position was merely that of tribune, he executed this task to the utmost. After Caesar took over, the situation in his jurisdiction improved at a rate that was noticeable to all, and the people of the lower city smiled countless times because of him.

The reformists were also proud of this outstanding young man. Those who were on good terms with him accounted for two-thirds of the entire faction, and the remaining one-third did not dislike Caesar either.