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After finding a solution to his problem, Edward began to fix it. Alchemy runes are usually made of geometrical patterns like triangles and squares and are used as a way to control and release energy in a way most conducive to the alchemist.
With all the alchemy runes of this world along with the knowledge of the Eye of God, it only took Edward an hour to design the new runes for the fire spell.
In general, the design of the magic circle was not that different with the same draconic language, ancient runes, wandcraft incantation, and the fire and salamander symbol.
What was different was the hourglasses made of triangles in the middle. Instead, it was replaced by a more complex geometrical symbol.
After everything was done, Edward was satisfied and activated the circle with his mana. A blue flame the size of a basketball appeared immediately afterward.
He waited for a few seconds to see if there would be any other accident, but nothing happened.
"Success!"
He then continued to increase the amount of mana in the circle, as a result, the flame increased in size until it was about 30 meters in diameter. Under his control, the flame turned into a ball.
As he looked at the fireball in front of him, he created another magic circle. The runes of this one were similar to the previous one, with only a few ones changed.
After activating it, another blue fireball appeared. Unlike the first one, he did not have to control the flame to change shape into a ball but appeared that way.
Finally, Edward created another magic circle and a third fireball appeared. As he looked at all these fireballs, he began to think about the fundamental difference between them.
In the first two, he transformed mana into fire elements that can be controlled. As for the last one, he controlled the oxygen around to make the flame. One use magic, while the other use science. Nevertheless, he was very satisfied with the versatility of this new magic system.
Nodding his head with a little pride, Edward quickly calmed down before saying: "Morgana, based on the data we have at hand, optimize the runes in these three spells."
"As you wish, sir."
"How long will it take?"
"1h 32 mn 19s."
"In that case, I'll go eat something."
More than an hour later, Edward looked at the optimized runes in front of him with his lips twitching. He thought that he had created a masterpiece, but Morgana discovered so many problems with them.
He used his mana to cast the newly improved spell, and he discovered that with the same amount of mana, he can create a flame 3 times the size of a basketball.
Edward sighed after seeing this result. This is the wonder of artificial intelligence. When it comes to magic, Edward was quite prideful, and rightfully so.
In the Empire, many scientists or engineers were on par with him, and many were better than him. However, when it comes to magic talent, he had never found his match–except for Morgana.
He knew that it would take him at least a year to optimize such basic spells to such a level, yet, the little elf only took an hour. And this was only because she was not operating at maximum capacity.
This is one of the reasons that he strictly controlled the use of artificial intelligence in the Empire. Although he knew with it, the rapid progress of the Empire would be even faster.
Nevertheless, he still insisted that artificial intelligence is used as nothing but helping aid humans. They can assist, speed up research, and do many of the long and tedious calculations, but the advancement of any project has to be led by humans or wizards.
Artificial Intelligence can only be an assistant.
After taking a moment to think about these things, he continued to do his research on this new magic system. Creating one or two spells was not enough to be called a new magic system.
However, Edward did not continue to create spells as he discovered another problem. To be exact, he found something he did not like; He discovered that it was very difficult to create two magic circles at the same time.
So, he concentrated and drew the magic circles in the air. However, after only five magic circles, he realized that he could not make any more, and Edward frowned.
He did not make any new attempts but continued to practice engraving runes and the magic circle. A few hours later, he could instantly engrave all five circles, meaning he could cast five spells at the same time.
Nevertheless, the number of circles did not increase.
"With how strong my soul is, I can only use five magic circles, what about other wizards?"
The reason he wanted to create this new system in the first place was that he wanted the wizards in the Empire to have a massive advantage when dealing with other magical civilizations in the future.
Yet, so far, this new system has not reached its desired outcome. Of course, Edward did not immediately come up with another method but instead decided to create other spells first and try them.
So, for the next three months, he recreated many of the spells in his database. One good news that came out of this experience was the fact that his new Arcane Rune Spells were at least 3 to 5 times more powerful than Draconic Language magic.
But, he still did not break the limitation of five magic circles. And only a few of the prisoners he tested on could use two magic circles.
As such, he prepared to use another method to break this limitation. And the solution to this problem was obvious.
Since the soul is required to engrave magic circles, then where is the source of the soul in the body? In the Soul Dimension or Soul Space.
After closing his eyes, Edward found himself in an empty white space with a gate in the middle: this was his Soul Dimension. Without hesitation, he started engraving spells inside the space, and he only stopped until the large space was filled.
Then, he returned to his body. He did not immediately activate these spells. But even his body, he could still see the magic circles in his mind.
"Interesting," he muttered. "It seems that I can leave the spells there and use them at a later date. I should do a test on how long they can stay there."
After that, he went to another room in the gate that was a vast desolate place with nothing in sight. Then, he used his mana to activate the spells.
Twenty magic circles appeared in front of them, then fireballs, ice spears, wind blades, lightning bolts came out of these circles.
Boom!
A devastating explosion that could instantly wipe out a few modern cities took place. Massive amounts of mana enveloped the surrounding, making things even more chaotic.
As for Edward, as he floated in the sky and looked at the devastation below, he nodded in satisfaction.
"With enough mana, I could probably use more than twenty spells at the same time."
After nodding in satisfaction, he began to train. He wanted to have the ability to enter his Soul Dimension without closing his eyes and entering a deep state of meditation or using spells.
After another three months of constant training and trial and error, a magical change occurred to Edward. His Soul Dimension and Mind seemed to fuse together.
With this change, he could now see his Gate of Truth inside his mind, and he could engrave magic circles inside with his thoughts alone.
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Next Chapter Title: Water Resort
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After having this breakthrough in his new magic system, Edward was elated. Although he still had many things to accomplish before this system was perfected, he was happy with his progress.
With his elated mood, he wanted to celebrate, so he thought of Olivier; he wanted to see her after so long. However, he did not enter the world again, instead, he created a clone and placed his consciousness inside.
The clone entered the world.
Fort Briggs:
Olivier–who had returned to the North after everything settled–was in her office overviewing documents. She felt something and raised her head, only to see a handsome man with blue eyes standing in front of her, smiling.
Instead of replying with the same smile, she sneered, "I thought you had left, returned to the embrace of your 4 wives."
"An emergency came up, so I had to hurry to deal with it. Then, I got caught on a new research project and lost track of time. I apologize."
"You disappeared for more than 6 months. If you think an apology is enough to get me to forgive you, then you are gravely mistaken."
"I know that I was wrong, so I have a surprise for you," replied Edward, still with a smile on his face. He did not mind that Olivier was mad at him. This only showed that she cared. If she was indifferent to his disappearance, then he would worry.
"What surprise?"
"We're going to a water resort."
"Resort?" muttered Olivier as she tried to remember the information about the Empire in her mind. Once again, she sneered: "You just want to see me in a bikini."
Edward shrugged his shoulders, "I won't deny this as one of my motives."
Olivier glared at him for a second before ignoring him. Amestris was a land-locked country, so there were no oceans. Additionally, the concept of pools and resorts was not invented yet in this world, or at least, not in Amestris.
She wanted to have such an experience. So, after grunting for a while, she accepted his offer. In fact, she was only thinking that if she was stronger than him, then she would beat him up a little before accepting the offer.
Olivier sighed as she told him that they could leave tomorrow as she had things to do for the rest of the day. Edward nodded and waited for her at Briggs.
The next day, Edward's clone teleported with Olivier inside his World Gate outside of the universe. After seeing two Edwards, she frowned: "Clone?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"My paranoia has gotten the best of me," replied Edward before dismissing the clone. He waved his hand and a holographic image of many types of bikinis appeared in front of Olivier.
"Choose the style you want, then Morgana will print it for you."
Edward decided to wait in another room; he thought that things would only last a few minutes, but he forgot that it was a woman shopping. Unfortunately, even the Ice Queen could not resist the allure of shopping for clothes.
In the end, Edward had to wait 3 hours before Olivier came up. During the wait, he asked himself many times if it was worth it?
However, when he saw her in a blue two suit with a transparent long nightgown, her long blonde hair loosely tied, and large dark sunglasses, he knew that it was worth it.
"My dear, you look breathtaking."
"I'm perfectly aware of this."
Edward smiled as he always liked a confident woman. After admiring her curves and perfect figure for a few seconds, he led her to another room in the Gate.
As soon as Olivier entered, she felt like she entered another world. There were many people, both women, and men, both young and old, flocking around and enjoying themselves.
Whether it was at the pool, at a restaurant, or a bar, they were everywhere.
As Olivier looked at everything in wonder, she started to wonder something: "Where did you get all these people? I thought you came here alone?"
"Do you really want to know?" asked Edward back.
"Tell me, I'm not that fragile.
"They're clones."
Olivier looked at him, wanting him to explain.
"When I first tried to travel to other universes, I did so while knowing that I might either die during the process or forever get lost in the endless void, forever not able to return home.
"So, I created this place as a way to interact with people, and deal with loneliness. Plus, they also served as a backup plan."
"Back up plan?"
"Yes. In case I get stranded somewhere, I can use them as populations to rebuild the Empire, then find another way home with the help of many people."
Olivier nodded her head as she looked at all those people, wondering how they would feel if they learned that they were just clones of someone else.
"There is no need to pity them. Compared to their other compatriots in the Empire that are used as either cannon fodder for war or experimental materials, they get to live their lives in peace, enjoying every day as if it was a vacation."
"I'm guessing that you do not use this place often. So, what happens to these people during your absence?"
"I use the power of the Gate to freeze them in time. Once I need to come here, I unfreeze them."
Olivier nodded her head but no longer asked any more questions. For the next few weeks, she enjoyed herself in the resort. She visited many water slides, the beach, 5-star restaurants, luxurious hotels, and even a movie premiere that Edward organized just for her.
With a beautiful dress, she walked the red carpets with countless paparazzi taking pictures. Additionally, she finally learned how vast this space actually was.
It was not just a resort, but a large city. However, Edward told him that freezing an entire city in time took too much energy, so he had to only freeze only the habited part of the city.
However, since he wanted to provide Olivier with the full experience of a modern vacation, he made more clones, implanted them with the necessary memories, and had these people occupy the city.
After that, Edward took her to watch different sports games, watched ballet, the opera, and even a concert. Unfortunately, besides American Football and Rugby, she did not like many sports or other activities.
What she enjoyed the most was watching the military training that Edward organized for her. She had a wide smile during the entire ordeal. It's a shame that the military training was only based on the modern 21st-century army, and not the Empire's Army Regiment of wizards and genetically engineered soldiers.
Nevertheless, Oliver was still satisfied. According to her, she learned plenty of things that she planned to use when she returned to Briggs, and eventually, for Amestris.
Once their date finished, Edward sent her back home, and he continued his magic research.
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Next Chapter Title: Chain Circle
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