Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 627 Investment Pays Off

A bird-head phantom as huge as Durga was released by the meteor. It waved a scepter made of reed stalks and smashed it down on the body of the Mother Goddess of Destruction with ease.

The Mother Goddess was enraged, and the stronger Her anger became, the stronger Her power became. The cage that originally trapped Her was already seriously shaken, and the figure of Dryats that Rorschach saw became much weaker and more ethereal, almost becoming transparent.

Thoth did not need gestures, materials, or concentration, and with just his thoughts, he could cast multiple high-level spells. Durga's blurred face split into anger, mercy, and chaos, spewing out fire, cold currents, and unknown black air respectively, while Thoth summoned a huge silver ball of light. If you look closely, you can see patterns on the surface, as if it was an eyeball of only one color, swallowing the breath of the three phases.

The light balls changed rapidly, and Thoth raised his hand again to cancel the magic, causing them to disappear into thin air.

Then came [Chaos Vortex] and [Eternal Confinement]. With the memories of the Tree of Law and the Great Sage, Rorschach recognized the high-level magic that Thoth cast instantly. However, the former had no effect on Durga Puerto, and if the latter was a normal target, it would probably enter a state of suspended animation that would last almost infinitely long, neither born nor dead, and the soul would be trapped in the body forever. But to Thoth's enemies, it was only an extremely short period of immobilization, and they soon broke free.

Rorschach was caught off guard and felt a brief sense of detachment, as if the world and himself were separated for a moment. It was [Time Stands Still]!
It was still Durga who broke Thoth's magic. He continued to slash, and even if He did not hit the enemy, He had broken the boundary between reality and illusion. With every swing, the symbolic world and the highest heaven fell towards the real world.

And Thoth sensed Rorschach, a special spectator, in the magic of [Time Stands Still]. He did not distract himself, but pointed at Rorschach, and a portal suddenly appeared.

A second Thoth stepped out, but he was an old acquaintance, Balaam, the god of trickery.

Rorschach was somewhat surprised when he saw Him again. At this time, Balaam was still carrying the body of [Axiom Creation] that he had fabricated, and was dressed like a noble in the southern part of the continent. He was even holding a southern wine full of the aroma of dark berries.

The cold wind blew past, and the wine in Balaam's cup froze instantly. His expression also froze. He was stunned for a moment before muttering, "The countdown has been advanced?"

He looked at Rorschach again and was immediately furious: "It's you again! Nothing good will happen if I get involved with you!"

Thoth, who was fighting with Durga, sent a stream of divine thought into Balaam's brain, causing the receiver's expression to change constantly. Rorschach saw that he was surprised, afraid, and hesitant, and finally he said to him with a determined look:
"We need your help. Do not activate the Tree of Law or contact the border in front of the Mother Goddess. I need to pay you back for shaping my body so that you can join the current battlefield. As for how you are going to do it, I don't know."

The previous deal was reached between Rorschach and Thoth. Although Balan is also Thoth, they are one thing and the other.

After saying that, Balan actually inserted his hand directly into his forehead, dragging out a strong light, and poured it into Rorschach's body without any explanation. Rorschach immediately aroused resistance, his spirit and body were sealed, and he raised his hand to cast [Great Disintegration] on Balan.

As a being formed by the aggregation of transmutation dust, Rorschach determined that this spell could directly destroy Balan's present body.

The other party also felt terrified and shouted, "Don't move. If you don't accept it, you will only be a useless spectator in the battle of gods."

"You are deceiving him, Balan." Dryaz, who was originally weak and temporarily hidden, reappeared. He caught the light on behalf of Rorschach, and then condensed his entire incarnation on it, turning it into a blue color that Rorschach was familiar with. Only then did Rorschach open his body and mind to accept the gifts of the two gods.

In an instant, his connection with the Tree of Law and the border was cut off, but he did not lose his ability to cast super-level spells. On the contrary, the godhood of "Thoth" temporarily replaced the role of the Tree of Law, allowing him to cast powerful arcane spells at will. However, if Rorschach had not received the help of Dryuyats and directly accepted the so-called "reward", he would have boarded Thoth's "pirate ship" like Balan and become one of them without freedom.

And because of the intervention of the second god, his spirit is now free and safe, and he can simply use the power without being controlled by the original owner of the power in return.

".Tsk." Balan hesitated, glancing at Rorschach angrily. The young man's aura had suddenly changed, and his figure had expanded and grown taller. Rorschach had a completely different feeling and perspective. When he used super-class magic before, he would disperse his figure, dominate and transform the entire magic environment. Now he was closely connected with the Tree of Law, as if those polarized magic strings were the extension of the roots of the Tree of Law.

And now, no matter whether it is the material of mountains and rivers or the magical spirit, as long as he concentrates on it, it will "collapse". What enters his eyes and is received by his brain is no longer the simple information reflected by light, but the direct exploration of its origin.

These material and symbolic original information are mixed together. One set corresponds to one existence, or may contain multiple existences. The original information in the set is divided into multiple elements and has various quantities. These quantities and their relationship are determined by will, and he can adjust and change part of them.
Is this Thoth's perspective? He is worthy of being the legendary omniscient god. However, he also discovered that his "authority" to modify is not the highest. Many elements are organized and entangled together in a rigid way. These unchangeable ways are the order and foundation of the world's existence.

And Durga, in the "omniscient vision", is a black hole filled with discrete and unsolvable original information, and Her "insolvability" is polluting, shaking, and destroying the order that provides the basis for the existence of the world.

How to do?
Rorschach joined the battlefield while thinking. With every step he took, his figure became taller. The so-called tallness may no longer be in the spatial sense, but refers to the degree of closeness to the Supreme Heaven - which is the standard for measuring divine power.

The Angry Mother Goddess and the Bird-Headed Thoth who can reach the upside-down Tree of Truth are equally unattainable.

The wind and snow were no longer a hindrance to him, because the rules of heat flow and momentum transfer could be easily distorted. If it were to be implemented in the real world, it might be in the form of magic, which was how Rorschach saw Thoth fight from a wizard's perspective at the beginning.

However, he decided that the original method was ineffective against the Mother Goddess and he had to find another way.

Not only Toth but also the power of Dryats merged with him. As he walked, his equipment became similar to Vidal's, and he now held a simple, grooved iron sword in his hand.

No, this can't kill him either. Rorschach suddenly noticed that the composition of his own original information was subtly different from that of this world.

If the Mother Goddess is an "information black hole" at this moment and exudes pollution and distortion, then she is also subtly similar, carrying and releasing another order that is very different from this world when she is not casting spells or taking actions.

This order comes from the original universe!
He suddenly knew what he should do. Using Thoth's power and [omniscience] to analyze himself, the iron sword in the giant Rorschach's hand turned into a crowbar.

It was still a sword, the Holy Sword of Physics! He joined the battlefield and smashed it hard towards the Mother Goddess without saying anything.

(End of this chapter)