Chapter 335: The Time Dragon's Development Game
Garon spent several days at the Church of the Magic Goddess.
During this time, he mainly communicated with the Magic Goddess on how to deal with the Ancient God of Death, and how to promote the still-young Karsus to develop deification techniques in the future.
The will incarnation of the Magic Goddess made it clear.
Even if Karsus does not join Her church, She will still provide shelter for Karsus, blessings from the Magic Goddess.
With such a powerful divine protection and blessing, especially from the Magic Goddess, Karsus's magical talent is expected to be enhanced to a certain extent.
Besides.
She will also help Garon, Karsus, and Ioelum, these three, to avoid the attention of the Lord of the End of All Things.
Now the concern is no longer Garon and Ioelum.
As for how to successfully cast the deification technique on the Ancient God of Death, the Magic Goddess and Garon have already come up with a specific plan during this time.
In the following period.
Garon took young Karsus back to the canyon.
Apart from him, an incarnation of the Magic Goddess also came to this place.
"Teacher, who is this?"
Karsus looked at the incarnation of the Magic Goddess, his face showing curiosity.
Previously, in the vast canyon, there had always been only Karsus and Garon, the rest being magically summoned servants, so the appearance of a new human made Karsus inevitably curious.
The Magic Goddess used the body of a bishop.
However, under Her divine power, the appearance of this body has turned into her own, a dignified and elegant woman, perfect in appearance, radiating a mysterious aura all around her.
Perhaps because he is a caster, or perhaps because of his youthful admiration.
At the first sight of the incarnation of the Magic Goddess, the young Karsus, while curious, also showed a hint of admiration.
"My friend, who will occasionally come here to teach you magic alongside me," Garon said softly to Karsus, looking at the incarnation of the Magic Goddess.
"Hello, handsome little guy."
The incarnation of the Magic Goddess bent down, smiling at Karsus, and touched the boy's head, saying, "You can call me Miss Honey."
Karsus blushed slightly.
"Hello, Miss Honey."
He looked up at the incarnation of the Magic Goddess and said.
At this moment, Garon, watching Karsus and the incarnation of the Magic Goddess, couldn't help but feel moved.
"Treated like a child of destiny."
"The lord of the dragon court from another timeline, being a powerful magical goddess. Having such protection and guidance, this kid's luck and talent are all enviable."
Afterward, the silver dragon soared into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.
Garon left the time to the Magic Goddess and Karsus.
In terms of magical proficiency, Garon naturally wouldn't be arrogant enough to think he could surpass the Magic Goddess, so she, as a friend of Garon, would occasionally come here to teach Karsus for a while.
It is said that this goddess even masters terrifying spells of the eighteenth circle.
With Her occasional guidance, Karsus could grow faster.
This was not something Garon actively requested, but something the Magic Goddess herself proposed.
She was quite curious about Karsus.
After all, it was the future Karsus who caused the downfall of this Magic Goddess with a spell, a caster who successfully piqued the interest of a god.
While the Magic Goddess and Karsus were studying spells in the canyon.
Garon, once again in the guise of Ioelum, arrived at the First City.
This floating city, a gathering of heroes, had countless powerful arcanists, and not a few arcanists with legendary strength who had not yet become grand arcanists.
During this tense situation with the Felin Mokui, the First City also served as the main fortress, crushing a large number of Felin Mokui.
It happened to be a stormy day.
Located within clouds like a dark tide, with endless silver snakes dancing around, the First City stood majestic, the brilliant thunder outside isolated by the realm of mist, radiating a dazzling azure glow.
Garon entered the floating city and came to Ioelum's mage tower.
Because he had a key left by Ioelum, he was able to enter and somewhat control the operation of a demigod arcanist's mage tower without hindrance.
This mage tower, covered with endless magical runes, had some places that even made Garon feel a sense of danger.
Ascending through the spiral staircase, Garon observed Ioelum's mage tower floor by floor.
Eventually, he reached the open-air top of the tower.
With a few murmurs from Garon, this long-silent mage tower shone with brilliant elemental light, instantly piercing the dull dark clouds and spreading far away.
At the same time.
One arcanist after another raised their heads, looking towards the direction of Ioelum's mage tower.
Soon, the air near the floating city stirred with distant spatial fluctuations.
As time passed, thousands of grand arcanists crossed space to gather in the First City, surrounding the mage tower where Garon was, their gazes fixed on Garon disguised as Ioelum.
Being watched by so many grand arcanists also put Garon under considerable pressure.
Grand arcanists are not ordinary legends.
Most of their creature levels are around thirty, and all are quite powerful.
If it were not out of respect for the King of Arcanists, other grand arcanists would not use magic on him, and many of them could likely use divination spells to see through Garon's disguise, given that his magical proficiency was not much stronger than these grand arcanists.
Garon, in the identity of Ioelum, gathered many grand arcanists.
Immediately.
Garon looked around, his gaze calm, and said, "The development of Nasrel has been too smooth from the beginning, leading to countless arcanists becoming detached from reality, arrogant and conceited."
"In the war with the Felin Mokui, unless Nasrel is on the brink of destruction, I will not take action."
"The Felin Mokui are a setback Nasrel has encountered, but also an opportunity, a trial."
"This country is my child, but it has been under my protection for too long."
"Eagles must learn to fly."
This was Garon's statement, not representing Ioelum.
As for Ioelum's own thoughts, he would be happy to protect Nasrel forever, dedicating everything to this empire.
"And I believe that even without me, you can lead Nasrel through this crisis."
Looking at the various expressions of the grand arcanists, Garon continued, "However, the deaths and injuries of countless arcanists sadden me, so although I will not take direct action, I will provide a little help to you."
Immediately.
Under the watchful eyes of many, elemental energy gathered from the depths of the Weave.
Garon controlled the elemental energy, forming a chain-like network of spell models.
"A ninth-circle spell, Arcane Chain."
"This spell coexists with the Weave, building a communication network based on it."
"All grand arcanists using the Arcane Chain simultaneously, after the spell is completed, ordinary
arcanists can also enter this communication network."
"Arcane Chain will ignore the effects of mana drain on messages, allowing you to communicate the battle situation in different locations in real time."
Listening to Garon's words, the grand arcanists' eyes lit up.
In the war with the Felin Mokui, arcanists were at a disadvantage, mainly because mana drain restrained arcanists' abilities in many ways.
This included using spells to transmit information.
Most message transmission spells could not pass through areas affected by mana drain, causing severe delays in updating battle reports among arcanists.
Arcane Chain could solve this problem.
This spell was a godsend for arcanists.
Being just a ninth-circle spell, it was not complicated for grand arcanists who all mastered at least eleventh-circle spells.
After receiving the spell and leaving, the grand arcanists quickly learned Arcane Chain.
However, they hesitated because some aspects of the spell's theory were incomprehensible to them, and some crucial magical runes seemed shrouded in fog.
Because they had a complete spell construction method, grand arcanists could perform this spell without understanding its theory.
But as grand arcanists under normal circumstances, they would not easily perform a spell without thoroughly understanding it from the inside out; mimicking spells based on templates is something only low-level arcanists would do.
After hesitating for a while, one after another, the grand arcanists still used Arcane Chain.
Magical glows flickered in various airspaces and cities across Ferel, quickly disappearing into the air and connecting with the Weave.
Out of trust and respect for the King of Arcanists, and because the battle situation was indeed becoming increasingly urgent, and the effects of the eternal life spell were deteriorating, the grand arcanists still used Arcane Chain, hoping to resolve the Felin Mokui as soon as possible.
At the same time, when Arcane Chain was completely constructed by the arcanists.
The silver dragon lying beside the stream in the canyon raised its head and glanced at the floating city in the sky.
"Arcane Chain is successfully constructed."
"Now just waiting for Karsus to grow slowly and develop the deification technique."
Garon withdrew his gaze, looking at Karsus, who was studying spells not far away.
Next, he and Ioelum, disguised as a Felin Mokui elder, conducted a long-distance magical communication.
"Ioelum, how is the situation in the Mokui domain?"
Garon asked.
Ioelum candidly said, "The Felin Mokui generally respect those of their kind with strong casting abilities. After I showed some of my strength, my voice in the Mokui Cathedral has become increasingly important."
Garon nodded and smiled, "It seems not impossible that you will become the King of the Mokui soon."
For the Felin Mokui race, when an elder gains enough prestige, he can challenge the King of the Mokui. After defeating his supporters step by step, he can earn the right to challenge the King of the Mokui.
If successful, he can replace him.
The King of the Mokui is actually just the most powerful Felin Mokui elder.
Of course, the consequence of failure is death.
Since the King of the Mokui is recognized as the most powerful Felin Mokui, such challenges to the throne are rare.
However, for Ioelum, the King of the Mokui is no trouble; he is just a relatively strong individual among the legends, still a distance away from the demigod level.
"I intend to do so."
Listening to Garon's words, Ioelum responded.
He wants to legitimately win over the public and become the King of the Mokui; all he lacks is enough prestige.
Through his performance in the arcane war, Ioelum's prestige is now sufficient, and he can challenge the position of the King of the Mokui.
"After you become the King of the Mokui, you must lead the Felin Mokui to launch a stronger offensive against the Nasrel Empire."
"Do not mind the casualties among arcanists; a certain amount of casualties and setbacks can bring a more glorious future for Nasrel."
Garon informed Ioelum about the Arcane Chain spell, saying this.
The pressure from the outside world can better stimulate a creature's potential, and a teetering floating city can make Karsus become a grand arcanist faster.
"Arcane Chain?"
"This spell seems to be usable by the Felin Mokui as well."
"If so, the success rate against the Lord of the End of All Things will be higher."
After learning about the specifics of Arcane Chain, Ioelum pondered and said.
Wanting to have the Felin Mokui extensively use Arcane Chain internally, his status as a Mokui elder is not enough; becoming the King of the Mokui is now urgent.
"Just be careful in your actions; do not arouse the enemy's vigilance."
Listening to Garon's words, Ioelum's gaze deepened and said, "I have always used superior invisibility spells to avoid attracting the attention of the Lord of the End of All Things."
"This spell works fine when I am not taking action."
"However, with my recent actions, I can sense an almost imperceptible gaze from the outer planes."
The reputation of 'Elder Alyn' in the Mokui domain and Nasrel is growing.
In such a situation, attracting the attention of the Lord of the End of All Things is inevitable.
"He may have already discovered that I am not a Felin Mokui, but an arcanist in disguise."
Garon frowned slightly and said, "If that's the case, then the Mokui domain is dangerous for you."
Ioelum is powerful, but he is alone.
If his identity is exposed and he becomes an enemy of the entire Mokui domain, a large number of Felin Mokui using mana drain on him simultaneously would overwhelm Ioelum, given that there are not a few legendary Mokui with creature levels over thirty in the Mokui domain.
"If it's not feasible, leave in time."
Garon said.
Ioelum shook his head and said, "Over the years, I have dealt with His followers in the Mokui Cathedral one by one."
"The remaining followers I haven't discovered yet do not hold high positions, so even if they question my identity, they cannot shake my prestige."
Knowing who is scheming from behind, even a powerful deity cannot easily resolve a demigod arcanist of the primary material world.
A typical incarnation might even be counter-killed by Ioelum.
Moreover, the vast majority of Felin Mokui are not followers of the Lord of the End of All Things, and this species even generally holds certain prejudices against followers of deities, so the Death followers in the Mokui Cathedral are all sneaking around causing trouble.
Overall, Ioelum is still relatively safe.
Nasrel seems fraught with crises, but it is actually not in serious trouble.
However, all this is based on the premise that the Lord of the End of All Things is only scheming in secret, not planning to reveal his existence.
After communicating for a while, Garon told Ioelum about his plan with the Magic Goddess.
H
earing this, Ioelum's gaze became colder.
"The Felin Mokui are the race most targeted at arcanists."
"Once I bring this race under control, even the Lord of the End of All Things will have a hard time secretly undermining the Nasrel Empire."
"We arcanists are not weak creatures to be manipulated by gods at will. If He wants to destroy the Nasrel Empire, then no matter what, He will have to pay a certain price afterward."
Ioelum snorted coldly.
In Ferel, there are not a few followers of the Lord of the End of All Things, but all together, they are no match for the Nasrel Empire.
Once the situation in the Nasrel Empire stabilizes, the followers of the Lord of the End of All Things will suffer.
Pausing, Ioelum's gaze shifted slightly, and he said to Garon, "The challenge for the throne is about to start; I need to make some preparations. Contact me again if there's anything important."
The communication ended, and Garon opened his eyes.
At the same time.
Just having learned his first seventh-circle spell and officially becoming a high-tier caster, Karsus's face lit up with joy as he walked over and looked up at the silver dragon, saying, "Teacher, I've become a high-tier caster. In a few years, I'll be able to create my own floating city."
The seventeen-year-old high-tier caster. Garon looked at Karsus and smiled, "That day won't be too long."
Garon felt that Karsus could step into the threshold of legend and become a legendary caster before he turned eighteen.
Speaking of which, Karsus casually said, "Teacher, when will Miss Honey come again?"
Garon looked down at Karsus, his gaze shifting slightly, "You call her Miss Honey even in front of me? Little guy, it seems you have quite a fondness for her."
Karsus blushed slightly and hurriedly shook his head, "It's just that there's no other human in this canyon, so I"
Garon waved his dragon claw, interrupting Karsus's words.
"You don't have to explain anything to me; I won't interfere."
"However, if you want to gain the favor of your Miss Honey, it's simple, but if you want to make her fall for you"
Garon's gaze swept over Karsus's barely 1.5-meter-tall figure, then looked at his youthful, tender face, and said, "Wait until you grow up a bit more."
"But I can use growth magic."
Saying this, Karsus constructed a spell and transformed into a three-meter-tall little giant.
Garon used a magic-nullifying barrier to directly dispel his growth magic effect, returning Karsus to his teenage appearance, saying, "But you're still essentially an underage little kid."
And the other party is an old creature who has lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years. Garon thought to himself.
Karsus also looked down at his current physique, a bit deflated.
Garon smiled slightly, not continuing to demoralize Karsus, but instead encouraged him, "Your Miss Honey has a high magical proficiency and also likes casters with high magical proficiency."
"So, do you understand?"
"Focusing on spells is what you should be doing now."
"With your talent, she will eventually take notice."
The deflated Karsus's eyes lit up again, and he clenched his little fists, saying to Garon, "I will keep working hard, Teacher!"
Garon laughed heartily, saying, "Good, very spirited."
"Now, cast the spell you just learned, Magic Prison, dozens of times until you master it completely."
With renewed motivation, Karsus enthusiastically continued his spell practice.
In the days that followed, the incarnation of the Magic Goddess would occasionally come here, guiding Karsus's magic alongside Garon. With the guidance of the Magic Goddess, this gifted little mage continued to make rapid progress.
Garon had thought that after Karsus became a high-tier caster, his growth would slow down a bit.
After all, the deeper and more obscure the spells, the harder they are to master.
But Garon clearly still underestimated Karsus's monstrous talent.
High-tier spells still seemed like innate abilities to him, and he mastered them at a rapid pace.
In the quiet, deep canyon, as spring passed and winter came, time quietly flowed on.
During this time, because of the existence of the Arcane Chain, the Nasrel Empire gradually gained some advantages on the battlefield, and the casualties of arcanists were reduced, although the Felin Mokui's continuous use of mana drain still affected the core of the Weave and the eternal life spell.
The effects of the deteriorating eternal life spell were like a sword hanging over the heads of the grand arcanists.
And the Nasrel Empire was under the rule of one grand arcanist after another, so the atmosphere in Nasrel grew increasingly tense, with many grand arcanists setting up lich transformation rituals, waiting for the moment the eternal life spell failed to immediately transform into undead liches to extend their lives.
During this time, a major event also occurred in the Mokui domain.
The former King of the Mokui was defeated in the battle for the throne, becoming a stepping stone for the new king.
In the arcane war, Elder Alyn, who had shown great brilliance, was now the King of the Mokui Alyn.
In the Mokui domain, there was once a notion that the new king was actually the King of Arcanists in disguise, but it was quickly drowned out by the vast support for the new king and vanished in a flash.
The new King of the Mokui was even stronger.
Whether in personal strength, leadership, decision-making, etc., he increasingly convinced the Mokui people.
Moreover, the new king had a deeper understanding of evil arcanists.
With the wisdom of the King of the Mokui, Nasrel's every move was anticipated in advance, and the arcane empire, just gaining some advantage, fell into decline again.
However, compared to the previous King of the Mokui, who had no qualms about killing arcanists.
King Mokui Alyn issued a new order, primarily capturing defeated arcanists alive, especially grand arcanists.
The King of the Mokui said that the knowledge of arcanists is also a valuable treasure for the Felin Mokui, and a living arcanist is worth far more than a dead one, and his subjects loyally executed this order.
At the same time.
Nasrel's arcanists, in order to exchange for their own captured comrades, also no longer pursued the Felin Mokui to the death, but likewise primarily captured them alive.
As for Olostin, who initially leaked Nasrel's information.
This guy had always been collecting intelligence on the Nasrel Empire and exchanging it with the Felin Mokui for benefits, prospering in managing surface fortresses after gaining power, but his character gradually became tyrannical, taking pleasure in slaughtering previously considered pitiful and weak species, even earning the nickname "Baron of Slaughter."
After Ioelum learned of this human's existence, he quietly left the Mokui domain once.
He
disguised himself as a passing grand arcanist, casually casting a hellfire ball, turning the entire fortress of the 'Baron of Slaughter' into ashes.
Olostin, who had been prominent for a while, did not have the strength of a grand arcanist, and his power and status, obtained through betrayal, were destroyed along with him, consumed in a sea of fire.
Afterward, the war between the Felin Mokui and Nasrel continued.
The flames of war gradually ignited all the territories of the Nasrel Empire, turning the areas beneath each floating city into barren deserts due to mana drain.
Thus, four years passed in a blink.
In the fiery sunset, trees with golden maple leaves filled the deep, quiet canyon, rustling in the autumn wind.
Garon looked at the tall and straight seventeen-year-old Karsus, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
Fifteen years in total, as if playing a development game, Garon watched Karsus grow stronger bit by bit.
Finally, today he stepped into the realm of legend, becoming a member of the legendary arcanists.
As a legendary caster, he no longer needed guidance from other casters. Legendary casters have the ability to create their own spells, to perceive the essence of the world, and continued guidance would only limit his future.
The path ahead was for Karsus to walk on his own.
"Karsus, go, fight for your country."
"Do what you want to do."
"From now on, you no longer need my guidance."
Garon looked at Karsus, his gaze calm, and said.
Karsus looked up at the silver dragon, bowed solemnly, and then said, "Teacher, thank you for your devoted teaching over the years."
"Once a teacher, always a teacher."
"No matter what achievements I obtain in the future, you will always be my teacher."
Over the years, Karsus, worried about his country, often expressed to Garon his desire to help his fellow arcanists fight against the Felin Mokui, but Garon refused.
Now, Garon no longer stopped him.
As Karsus left, a glimmer of light flickered, converging into the form of the Magic Goddess's incarnation.
Looking in the direction Karsus had left, the Magic Goddess's eyes showed a strange light, saying, "In less than ten years, this child will become a grand arcanist and develop the deification technique that intrigues me."
Garon nodded and said, "He has the ability."
Then, the Magic Goddess turned her head, looked at the silver dragon, and said, "Deification is too dangerous, and its threshold is not high. If this spell becomes widespread, the multiverse will be in great chaos, and the gods, including myself, will not allow this spell to exist."
Indeed, deification can only affect powerful divine forces momentarily.
But what if this spell is cast on medium divine forces, weak divine forces, or demigods?
The gap between a grand arcanist and a demigod is not huge.
Using deification to seize the authority of a demigod wouldn't be too difficult.
Moreover, the effect of the spell can be enhanced in many ways and is not fixed.
If deification were to become widespread, the Nasrel Empire would be destroyed by the gods in an instant, and even the Magic Goddess herself could not tolerate such widespread use of this spell.
In the main timeline, the third-generation Magic Goddess sealed the information of deification.
Pausing, She said, "In my timeline, after his success, I only allow this spell to be cast once."
"As for what you will do with deification after obtaining it, it is none of my concern."
Garon's main purpose in coming to Ferel was for deification.
Everything else, even saving the Nasrel Empire, was just a minor interlude.
So he didn't care how deification would be handled in this timeline.
"Hopefully, that one-time use in the future, just like in the main timeline, will draw the attention of the gods."
Garon smiled slightly and said.
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