Chapter 210
Chapter 210: Drawing a New World
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Pranav
I still remembered when the Lion King Frigid Nightmare had asked me, in the snowy mountain, what my most fundamental magic was and how I learned of magic . I had laughed out loud at the time .
"I’ve already found it; it’s always been by my side . My magic is to draw my mental world, in which case all I need is a paintbrush . "
That’s right, after re-obtaining the Ice Treader Soul Imprint, my path of ice and snow was quite clear now . I would follow nature, imitate nature, recreate nature, and surpass nature!
"Fundamental magic—Ice and Snow Brush . "
Materializing the ice element and changing its form was just a basic-level snow and ice sculpting technique, which every mage knew how to use . After all, before tossing out any ice shards, you would have to at least make them sharp enough to harm others . Ice magic wasn’t the only one to have this basic spell; all elemental magic, as well as other types of magic and techniques, had the same concept .
"Using magic to control the elements to create a stone wall or an ice sculpture is something that perhaps any acolyte could accomplish . Yet I doubt any of those novices know how much really goes into the magic . After all, all they’re doing is imitating what they’ve learned as they utter the incantations and pay the required amount of mana . As for how magic fundamentally works, I doubt any of them would think too much of it . "
"Elemental sculpting? The most basic elemental spell with zero attack power? Haha! It seems we’ve met an incredible apprentice . We thought that we’d meet yet another idiot who was allured by high-level magic and would choose some strong attack magic . Yep, I definitely wasn’t talking about my first-generation partner . He may have been an idiot, but he was a nice guy . "
I still remembered how when I had chosen elemental sculpting, those old weirdos were laughing so happily, as if I had done something amazing .
Elemental sculpting may be simple, but it was the foundational magic for every other type of magic out there . It was only the simplest rearranging of the elements, and by itself, it basically had zero attack power . Yet I still had unhesitatingly chosen it .
"Hu! Controlling magic, synchronizing it with the elements in nature, communicating with the elements, calculating the shape desired, transmitting your will into creating the shape, paying the required amount of mana, gathering the attracted element, arranging it into the necessary shape, and completing the sculpture are the basic steps for normal elemental sculpting . But if it’s to be used as a fundamental magic, it must be like an instinct; only one step is necessary—telling the element what you want . The rest will all be skipped . "
I extended my arms and caused formless female ice fairies to appear . The moment they appeared, they started frowning with their delicate eyelashes . It was obvious that the thick earth element here made it difficult for them to breathe . This was no environment they enjoyed being in .
Yet, under my willpower, they still began to dance and create the scene in my mind .
These ethereal fairies showed their true forms in the air . One, two, ten, a horde, countless numbers . The ice fairies on the outer circle began creating an isolated area, while the dancing ice fairies in the middle were dripping with silvery-white light and created a huge ice river where the droplets fell .
These crystal-clear fairies weren’t true existences . They were creations of the combination of my magic and the ice element . In the past, I could only use forbidden spells to see them, but now, casting my fundamental magic required their aid . They were a source that even fundamental magic couldn’t reach .
A massive ice mountain suddenly appeared in this windy and sandy location . Before this mountain, even a mountain giant was nothing more than a dwarf . Unlike its image in my mind, this was an actual, real ice mountain; even in the mortal plane, I would be unable to create such a large ice mountain . The speed of fundamental magic meant that I would conserve a large amount of mana, which was the only way I could create such a large ice mountain domain .
"Since I now have the paint and brush, let’s begin drawing . "
For a Silver-ranked mage to do all this would be considered unbelievable, but for me, this was just the beginning . What I was about to do next was the second reason I needed to be far away from the prying eyes of the Gods .
"Now, then, let’s create a world that belongs only to me . Recreate, Wall of Frozen Earth!"
I chose to reincarnate to cultivate again rather than fixing up my phylactery, mostly because a SemiGod undead was limited in potential, and my future opponents were far too strong .
With the onset of the Elemental Tide, invaders from various planes would revisit the mortal plane and enjoy the Holy War . But the most difficult part to deal with of all would be the revival of those ancient Gods .
"Forget about the others; no matter how strong they are, I can at least attempt something . If the two highest Goddesses of Chaos and Order revive—no, they don’t even need to revive—if they only send out a part of their will, all we could probably do is watch and helplessly laugh . "
Yep, I considered it . If my plan still had any holes in it, it would be that the two Goddesses of Chaos and Order ended up reviving, or if they noticed that something was wrong and forced themselves to revive prematurely even at the cost of injuring themselves, and what would happen in that scenario .
"Who cares! We’d just all die in three seconds flat . After all, even I can’t block a casual attack from them, even if they’re currently weakened . This has nothing to do with power levels; after all, they’re the children of the Goddess of Creation, the true rulers of this world . They were born with this special power . "
That was what Ayer had said when he mentioned how he wouldn’t be able to stand up to them for even three seconds . He had such a relaxed expression, as if he had accepted this long ago . For me, however, even if their power was impossible to resist against as I expected, once I finally truly confirmed that their powers were high to the point of completely being helpless, I still felt bitter inside . After all, if a plan had a critical flaw from the very start, it would cause anyone to despair . And in that "future," there was nobody that could stop the revival of the two Goddesses, which ended up causing the world’s catastrophe .
Eich created this world, and her power was inherited by the Order and Chaos Goddesses . That meant that any life, concept, or item born whatsoever either belonged to Chaos or Order, with zero exceptions .
That meant that all residents of this world were utilizing this world’s power . For the two Goddesses, it was no different from using fire to attack a fire elemental; simply meaningless .
Then, did this mean that they were truly undefeatable?
Perhaps, for everyone else, this was true . I, however, still denied it .
I wasn’t a soul from this world, nor was I obeying the cycle of reincarnation!
Even if there was a natural law in this world that made the attacks of this world’s residents ineffective against the Goddess of Creation, my soul wasn’t from this world to begin with . The Power of Law I created was destined to be their natural counter .
Yet just this alone wouldn’t be enough . The Power of Law tended towards protection and was Chaos among Order . Only having the power to defend wouldn’t give me any chances at victory . If it could be considered a solid shield, I still required a sharp sword—one that could threaten even the highest of all Gods .
How to find something that was even more powerful than the Goddess of Creation was destined to be an unsolvable paradox .
Yet what I excelled at the most was to find a solution when there was supposed to be none . At this moment, even if there was clearly no correct solution in front of me, I was still going to forcibly create one of my own . If I didn’t mind that I would have to use crooked methods and devious means, then there was indeed an answer .
"If I can’t find anything in this world, then I’ll just have to create a new world . "
Yep, even I myself found it unbelievable, but I was indeed intending to challenge the Goddess of Creation’s right to create worlds .
"You’re literally insane!"
"Heh, you just learned this?"
Alright then, just mentioning this very idea of mine made Ayer think that I had gone insane, but since my enemy was the highest Goddess of all, who had created this entire world, any normal method would be ineffective from the very start . No normal person would even think of challenging the Chaos and Order Goddesses . If I went about it with insanity from the very start, perhaps I might have a slim chance at victory .
How to create a world? Um, I don’t know either… Fine then, this was a far too difficult process for me, but I could imitate—imitate the true Goddess of Creation of this world, Eich .
Since her power separated into the two powers of Order and Chaos, then did that mean I could comprehend Eich herself as the combination of Order and Chaos? In that case, could I understand it as the "Goddess of Creation" requiring both powers and identities as part of Chaos and Order? And that her soul couldn’t be a part of this world she created herself, in order to prevent being bound to it?
When I came up with this conclusion, my first reaction was instead to…
"System, be honest with me, did you plot this from the very beginning? Why did you provide me with this physical body containing two different types of powers? No, I should say, why did you entice me into choosing this physical body?"
Remembering back to that scene, this physical body and the other available bodies were completely on different levels, and the points required were just perfect, so choosing this one seemed only natural . And when I saw Ayer again after that, he even exclaimed, "I have no idea how you recovered to having such a body with just so little blood left; it’s truly amazing, just like the Goddess of Creation’s power . "
But my question only received a mysterious response .
[…]
Alright, I won’t comment on why it’s obviously refusing to answer but still gave me an ellipsis . It’s basically just trying to say "there is no treasure buried here" when there really was, but from a certain standpoint, its silent admittance definitely caused me to sense a plot .
But before I could challenge it or threaten it by saying I wasn’t going to do anything anymore, my system spoke up first .
[We’re on the same side, and our goal is the same . You die, I die . You live, I live . ]
In the end, the System was serious for once in a rare occurrence . It answered me using the standpoint of its personal survival . Even if it didn’t directly answer what I asked, its intention was obvious—"I won’t say the specifics, but we’re on the same side, so I didn’t do wrong by you this time . Rather the opposite; this selection was correct all along, and your guess is also correct . ]
Of course, I couldn’t be satisfied with such a vague response . However, the system had accompanied me for over three hundred years already, and I still hadn’t found any methods to make it materialize so I could beat it up . In the end, I could only helplessly accept it .
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