บท 473: Fix
"So far, we have not concluded whether this plane has a Tier 11 God. But now, we know there are other planes," said Edward with a frown. He suddenly felt uncomfortable. He had a leisurely life since he knew he could survive in this world with his floating city.
But now, he suddenly learned there are many people more powerful than him. And the thought they could appear out of nowhere and destroy everything he worked for frustrated him.
"Morgana, what are our chances of pushing the floating city to Tier 11?"
"Almost zero," replied the elf without any hesitation. "According to our simulations, Tier 11 should be able to use the power of their variants across the Multiverse. So, they are essentially millions of Tier 10 combined into one."
Edward grunted, but the little elf was not finished.
"Our knowledge and technology have not even reached the peak of Tier 10. And if you take into consideration resources, we are not close to Tier 11 technology."
Edward's frown deepened, "We need to accelerate our study of the multiverse. Increase the spending on this department."
"Yes, but we are temporarily unable to do so."
Edward then remembered they offended some type of force after plundering the multiverse without any restraint when creating the Tier 10 Floating City. As such, they are currently stuck in this timeline.
"I guess we have to take things slowly," muttered Edward, shaking his head in disappointment. He knew it was pointless to hurry. Regardless, the worst-case scenario after meeting a Tier 11 Entity is to enter the Void and abandon everything he previously created.
"Order all royal family members and people from the Illuminati and their families to leave a part of their Soul Flame in the floating city. In case something happens, the city can escape on its own and use the flame to revive us."
"What if they don't want to? After all, Soul Flame is very important." Morgana was not worried about the royal family, but certain members of the Illuminati might not wish to.
"Explain the reason. But ultimately, it is their choice."
"As you wish."
Edward stood up, preparing to deal with the plane and fix the city. He saw Tsuande giving him a weird look, so he asked, "What is it?"
"I knew you were careful, but I didn't think it was to this extent."
"In this cruel world, I have to be careful. You saw what I did to that plane. Such a thing might happen to the Empire at any time, so I have to prepare for the worst-case scenario."
"I see. It must be tiring."
"Everything has a price. I wanted power and knowledge, so I must bare the weight of my ambitions," replied Edward. "Anyway, you will be in charge of the Ninja's integration into the Empire. Remember, the information revealed to the public is these people are from a special dimension recently discovered."
"I understand."
"You don't have to worry. Someone will teach you things like etiquette, political and military strategy, and magical studies. You won't have to do anything until you're prepared.
"I've already reserved a Time Acceleration Room for you, along with potions to deal with the Kairos Poison. You can choose whether to continue the path of Chakra or Mana. Or, you can try both."
"I understand. Thank you."
Edward kissed her on the forehead before heading to another room.
"Little elf, I've been meaning to name my city. Any suggestions?" he asked.
"You must have a name. Why don't you tell me, and I will comment."
"What about Netheril?"
"The Forgotten Realms Universe?" muttered Morgana. "According to your theory, the Path of Arcane might have originated from this place. And the Netheril Empire was probably the first to create a floating city throughout the entire Void. So, such a name fits."
"I think so too," nodded Edward. His floating city was the first in the Empire, so he thought it was fitting to call it Netheril.
"Send an email to the related people about this name change."
"Is this really necessary?"
"Yes. Only this way will it feel like it was official."
The purple-haired elf shook her head before executing the command. Meanwhile, Edward proceeded with his plan to fix the damaged floating city. He stripped the Beast Master Plane of their World Source and used it as a powerful energy source to activate the self-healing enchantments he placed on the city.
And after two days, the city was returned to its peak state.
"World Source is a magical type of power," Edward commented after seeing the final result.
"Its multipurpose capabilities are even greater than Divine Energy," added Morgana.
"How much is left?"
"We only use a quarter. What do you want to use with the rest?"
"Take a small part for people to break their Soul Limit and leave the rest for study," replied Edward.
"What about this plane? What do you want to do with it?"
"We can do so many things. First, after mining all the resources of this plane, we should be able to create three Tier 9 Floating City. Secondly, create a team to study the [Authority] of the entire plane. We also need to study the Universe Will."
"I will deploy the golem to build the cities. However, you have to add some of the finishing touches."
"Who was the one who finished the other three cities?" He only created one and was not present for the other two.
"Nicholas Flaming and his majesty, Rowena."
"Call them once it's time. And if she asks why I was not called, lie for me."
Morgana gave him a fierce stare before changing the topic.
"Back to the topic, studying [Authority] is not simple. There are few Arcanists who reach the standard. However, there is still the issue of trusting them."
"Find the right target and tell them in advance they will have to sign the most stringent contracts for this project. We will only select the ones who accept."
"That's fine."
"What about the study of the Universe Will?"
"After the previous voyage, I already assembled a team for this project."
Edward remembered he tasked her with this project after coming back from Black Clover. The Universe WIll is the key for him to become a perfect Tier 11 Arcanist, so he placed great emphasis on this project.
"That's good. Anything else?"
"I would like to remind you that the Empire's economy is still affected by Netheril's creation. Although we can recuperate with the resources brought from this voyage, we won't return to our peak state for a while."
"I see. Luckily, things should drastically improve after we conquer this galaxy, " Edward commented. "In the meantime, I will send my clones to study the Mana Grid."
As long as he can control the Mana Grid, the issue of resources should be dealt with.
"What is my next itinerary?"
"You have lunch with your family before meeting with Commander Olivier to deal with the war."
Edward nodded before meeting with his mother and father. Then, he went to see Susan and his aunt, Amelia. Finally, he met with Olivier.
"No, not now. We are in the war room," said Olivier, stopping his advance for a kiss.
"But there is no one here."
"It doesn't matter."
"But I miss you–immensely."
"Tonight, we can have a wild night. But now, you have to control yourself."
"Fine," said Edward, sitting on his seat.
"What is the situation?"
"Hermione succeeded in controlling a layer of the Abyss. We now have control of a few demonic legions."
"A few?"
"Apparently, she needs to refine a special brand before becoming an Abyss Lord. And the process is not yet complete, limiting the number of troops she can control."
Edward knew that certain magical artifacts needed to be "refined," a process where the holder branded their Soul Imprint into the item, making them its sole owner and controller. However, this process usually takes time.
"The overall situation has returned to its stable state as we slowly confront and wear out Guzznad forces while secretly weakening other forces," continued Oliver. "The integration of the undead is also proceeding smoothly with Wiz's help."
"So, I don't need to do anything."
"Not quite right. We need your help dealing with the remaining top factions of this galaxy."
"Oh, is there a new development?"
"Yes, with both the elves and the Intelligens. However, our current focus is on the latter."
บท 474: Intelligens
Edward took a moment to remember the information he had about the Intelligens. They were a human civilization with terrible galactic relationships with almost every faction in the Milky Way.
And the reason is that their civilization was similar to the ideal Aryan Race of Hitler. Their population is composed of only humans of Caucasian descent, with the only difference is many of their populations have red, blue, and purple hair.
The Intelligens are extremely racist and xenophobic, and the source of these ideologies in their culture is their hatred for magic or anything supernatural. They reject all these things and only pursue the development of technology.
Edward was inspired to create his conjecture about the Pure Materialism World after studying the Intelligens Culture.
Because of these ideas, no race or factions wanted to facilitate any diplomatic relationship with them, and the Intelligens were perfectly fine with this.
As a result, when Guzznad attacked all the top forces in the Galaxy during the Fall of Darkness, they suffered the greatest damage, and their civilization was almost wiped out.
"So, what happened to them?" asked Edward.
"After the Fall of Darkness, their civilization scattered throughout the galaxy, barely surviving the onslaught of the Undead Legion," explained Olivier. "However, we recently discovered a faction that is regrouping the scattered members."
Oliver showed him the information with a hologram floating before her on the table.
"This information is not enough to pay attention to them. But everything changed when one of our scout ships had an encounter with them. They discovered their technology had drastically improved in such a short period."
Edward frowned, but he did not interrupt.
"This news was suspicious but not enough for me to send you. After all, it's a period of war, so it's normal for technology to develop rapidly. Furthermore, there is a chance they discovered a vestige of an old civilization, leading to their rapid improvement after deciphering it."
The time of war is also a time of prosperity. All factions and races are in a hurry to mine new planets, conquer more lands, and move around. As a result, numerous ancient civilizations are being discovered, leading to the recuperation of new magical and technological knowledge.
Edward's two archaeologist apprentices have been busy, traveling from one tomb to another. So, after taking this fact into consideration, Olivier did not completely pay attention to the Intelligens.
"I was still suspicious, so I sent some spies to gather information–just in case."
"And they found something?" asked Edward.
"Yes. They discovered the Intelligens were studying the application of Cosmic Energy as a way to evolve."
"They want powers using cosmic energy?"
Cosmic energy is a unique form of energy that originated from planets, stars, galaxies, nebulas, and the entire universe. It's a very potent form of energy, capable of accomplishing many wonderful things like mana or other types of energy.
Unfortunately, the Empire's current research in this field can only be described as okay. Many things have been accomplished, even using it through technology.
However, if Edward had to put a level to it, the current level was barely Tier 5.
Olivier nodded her head, "As you know, they hate the supernatural with a passion. So, I found it odd."
"For a civilization like the Intelligens, it would be very difficult to change their culture in such a short time," commented Edward. "Do you think there is an outside force interfering?"
"This is one of the possibilities I thought of," replied Olivier.
"So, what do you need me to do?"
"The spies we sent did not completely fulfill their mission," explained Olivier. "They were detected and had to escape. Luckily, they gathered a valuable piece of information."
She controlled the hologram to show a planet:
"According to the information, this planet is one of their experiment sites. I want you to secretly observe and see how far their experiment has developed."
Olivier changed the hologram again.
"Then, you need to go to their home planet and find the reason for their sudden change."
"Very well," agreed Edward.
"Take the Clone City–it can still last 2 days," added Olivier. The Intelligens are not a threat to the current Edward. However, she wanted to be careful in case there was someone in the shadow.
"Alright."
Edward and Olivier did not waste time and mobilized. She gave the appropriate order, the Time Clone City returned, and Edward took control. He plugged his designated coordinate and headed to Planet Green Sour on the Sweet'n Star System, located more than 30,000 light-years from Earth.
"Hum?" muttered Morgana after they arrived.
"Is there a problem?"
"The detecting system placed around this planet reached Tier 9," she explained. "Their technology truly has developed too fast."
Before the Fall of Darkness, the Intelligens only had Tier 8 technology. And until probably a few months ago, the fact did not change. No, their technology was weaker after the destruction of their home planet.
"Can they detect us?" asked Edward.
"They will if we directly barge in," replied the little elf. "However, give me 1 hour and 15 minutes, and I can create a countermeasure."
"No need. Leave the city on standby and prepare to react at any moment. We will enter ourselves."
"As you wish."
The city was too big and required too many complicated things to bypass this planet's system. Meanwhile, Edward used Transfiguration Magic to turn himself into cosmic dust and enter the planet.
As such, the Intelligens' technology will not notice or care about one of the trillions of cosmic dust and rays that entered the planet's atmosphere.
After his successful filtration, Edward placed an invisible spell around him as he looked at the surroundings. He looked around and frowned. Everything seemed quiet, and as far as his eyes could see, he only saw ruins.
"The architecture resembled Earth during the 21st Century."
He looked at a destroyed thing not far from him. He waved his hand, and the thing flew to his hand.
"A smartphone? This planet might have been a human civilization similar to Earth's 21st century. Morgana."
"I'm on it."
In a few seconds, she accessed all the data from the phone and displayed them to Edward. The owner was a human woman of Middle Eastern Descent. She loved to travel as she had many photos in different locations.
"This place was indeed similar to Earth: same ethnicities and races, the same level of technology, and similar culture. The main differences are history and geography."
Planet Green Sour had a massive landmass, similar to Pangea. This continent took 80% of the planet while the rest was water. Because all the lands are interconnected, the humans on this planet travel more often.
Conflict is less than on Earth because of the lack of the ocean as a military barrier. Of course, marine technology is also less developed as a result.
"It's normal," said Morgana. "The Intelligens would want a place like this for their experiment."
"True," nodded Edward. "Do you know what happened?"
"I can't find much information from this phone. I extracted a news video from this phone that indicates a worldwide emergency. However, the owner and I could not recover all the data since the phone was broken."
"Well, let's go over there. We might find our answer."
Edward sensed a weird creature. And he said it was weird because the life energy released by it was abnormal. So, he teleported to the location he sensed and saw a pretty gruesome thing.
A human was eating another while making grunting sounds.
"An undead?" asked Morgana. "But I don't sense any death energy from it."
"That's because it was not created using magic," Edward said as he looked at that creature feasting on its flesh.
"You mean the Intelligens experiment? How could it turn like this?"
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