Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 521 Where Does God Live?
"The instrument has stabilized and the buffer tank filling rate is decreasing. We survived. We succeeded!"

Cavendish used the last bit of panic to suppress his great excitement. After repeatedly confirming that all indicators had returned to normal, he tremblingly activated the top shell transparency again.

From then on, the starry sky that appeared in his eyes was no longer distorted and gorgeous.

Even a little empty and lonely.

All operations were then carried out as they had repeatedly practiced. They carefully slowed down their speed again, allowing the starship to pass by the transmutation dust layer, thereby absorbing and filling the engine with fuel, which was also the energy to keep the complex system running.

After the "dragonfly touch of the water" was completed, the tank reserve reached 80% of the designed reserve, and the starship returned to a stable orbit.

During the "watering", they released several one-way communication balls to urgently report the safety of the starship. Some of these balls should be captured by the collector's transmission array and then appear in the furnace together with the transmutation dust.

"Can we activate the gravity well?" This part of the equipment is the pride of the Istani Tower of Time. Although the weightlessness state is easily accepted by the caster, even high-level casters can temporarily transform themselves into astral creatures like Kano, perfectly avoiding these problems.

However, for the team and the subsequent personnel who may enter the star world, they need a gravity environment similar to that on the ground for many experimental researches, and the design of the starship ensures that as long as it can pass through the upper layer of the laminar surface, it can continuously absorb energy without having to worry about magic power. Therefore, the "gravity well" system is naturally installed in the prototype starship.

The spell that plays a core role was once used as combat magic, and is called [Earth Binding].

"Wait a minute." The female mage stopped the proposal: "Before 'returning to bondage', why don't you experience the starry sky first?"

After Cavendish nodded, they untied their seats one after another and slowly floated into the cockpit. Everyone had the same feeling: although the size of the cockpit itself did not change, the entire space became much larger when they could move freely in all directions.

The weightlessness training on the ground is to apply [levitation] to the trainees. They can still feel the difference. For example, if they move slightly, their position and speed will change immediately.

Cavendish unconsciously drifted towards the transparent top shell, carefully admired the starry sky, and then his eyes fell on the colorful "sea surface". They were all residents of the "seabed". Kano was the first one to surface (according to historical records), and now they are the second wave.

Looking from top to bottom, the land and ocean are still visible, but they are dyed with subtle gradient colors. At the edge of the spherical cover, you can vaguely see "small bubbles" that are spliced ​​with the main material plane and squeezed into the same "bubble".

Are they some secondary planes or is the main material plane in a state of fragmentation?
Cavendish saw phenomena that were not recorded in ancient books, and he kept them in mind. Once the starship was stable, they would definitely be analyzed clearly.
"Captain, it's time to turn on gravity." The team member's reminder interrupted Cavendish's observation. After all three were secured, Cavendish turned on the [Earth Binding] in the starship.

After the cabin has achieved a stable environment, some of the oxygen obtained by electrolyzing water is selected by the [air filter bubble] and then injected into the cabin. The three then unfold the true form of the starship.

The magic power obtained by the engine was further diverted and injected into the pre-buried circuit on the inner wall, and the space in the cabin began to expand visibly. Then the objects in the storage bags and storage boxes were released, and the "base" of the three people in the starry sky was completed.

After doing all this, the second stage engine recovered its magic power and reinvested it in propulsion. Cavendish could not rest yet. He had to play the role of the helmsman again, judging the direction according to the star map and correcting the course of the starship when necessary.

Soon he realized that this was not an easy task. The surface of the Transmutation Dust was not calm, and there were even many "reefs" and "small islands". Most of the "reefs" were tiny stars that were originally going to fall to the earth. Some of them could be distorted and then penetrate the Transmutation Dust. Some were transformed by the mixed divine power into complex, tangled derivatives. Some were beautiful crystal clusters, and some were even like living tumors that kept growing and being constantly damaged by the Transmutation Dust. It seemed that their form depended on which divine power had the upper hand in the attack.

Others were the "large pieces of God's kingdom fragments" that Rorschach had seen many times. Some were corners of buildings, and some were like silhouettes of God's kingdom, with light shining inside. These relatively complete fragments were not distributed so densely originally, but with the expansion of the collector array, all the large fragments affected by the vortex were gathering together.

These seemed to be more dangerous than the Transmutation Dust. The space around them was illusory, like a breach in the normal world. It was very possible that one could ascend to the symbolic and original layers through the "breach" without having to perform ritual magic like Kano did.

Is this the former residence of the gods? Only then did the three of them feel the reality.

Too close to a large piece of debris. Cavendish grabbed the control ball and tried to steer the starship away from the source of danger.

Why can't we get rid of it? Is this piece of debris chasing us?
"What happened?" Caroline saw Rorschach's originally relaxed expression suddenly become solemn and realized that something had happened.

"There is a familiar aura. It's not the Mother Goddess." Rorschach explained in advance to avoid misunderstanding. "When I discovered the border, I went to the 'Temple of Thoth', a place that seemed to be a complete kingdom of God. There were also archangel-level beasts there. Now there are similar beings that seem to have arrived at the Great Vortex."

"Thoth?" Caroline knew what this name meant. She said immediately, "I will return in spirit and inform Master Kano and the others." She then held Rorschach's hand and said, "Don't risk leaving the border before support arrives."

Rorschach said nothing. After Caroline's spirit left, he shook his head and said, "If we just sit here and do nothing, Cavendish and the others might die without a burial place."

His figure disappeared at the junction.

The fragment of the kingdom of God that was approaching the starship stopped. Something was blocking it from its target.

A human figure protrudes from the surface of the transmutation dust layer; it is blurry and constantly changing.

In a corner of the fragment of the Kingdom of God, a being with a nearly perfect male image walked out. He was wearing a robe that was even older than that of the old empire. Facing the person blocking his way, he said calmly, "You are now nine points similar to His Majesty the Invisible God."

After saying that, the man took another step forward, and this time there was no broken walls or ruins blocking his view, revealing his right hand holding the flaming sword.

Within the humanoid outline opposing Him, blue light stimulated and engulfed the transmutation dust, purified the mixed divine power, and based on this, condensed into a clear face, body, and wizard robe.

Rorschach asked, "Who are you? Thoth? Or someone's archangel?"

"The answers to the two questions are not mutually exclusive. In addition, the answer to the first question is the same: I am Thoth, and Thoth is not me." After saying this, He bowed deeply to Rorschach.

(End of this chapter)