Chess Mage of Faerûn

Chapter 488 Alone, He Merges with the Earth's Veins, Mountains Transform into Flowing Forms

This year…

Mr. Zhang was completely convinced and stopped thinking about these irrelevant things. He calmly observed the elemental giant's civil engineering work with his teacher.

As they spoke, the elemental giant strode to the edge of the mountain, spread its arms, and plunged them straight into the dark rock layer, then dissolved into it.

The reason it is described as melting rather than drilling in is that Suedebotten did not use any destructive means such as digging or drilling. The towering rock body simply pressed its hand on the surface of the mountain rock, and then disappeared as if it had been thrown into the sea without any obstruction.

The elemental giant disappeared into the mountain like a giant whale diving into the sea, vanishing before their eyes. Then came a brief silence, but this was merely the prologue before the main event.

The mountains where Reflection Castle is located are not particularly tall or majestic, but they are mostly steep and rugged, with bare rocks and cliffs lacking vegetation, and the main body is mostly cold and hard rocks.

At this moment, the rock formations covering the mountain are no longer as hard as they used to be. The peaks are like water, and the stubborn rocks have turned into mud. The entire mountain peak looks like an embryo in the hands of a potter, undulating and twisting.

Although the degree of change and distortion is not particularly drastic, the visual impact caused when the carrier is a huge object the size of a small mountain is hard to describe in words.

Phrases like "moving mountains and filling seas" and "changing the world" are often used to describe the great power of gods and immortals in exaggerated ways. But when this scene actually appears in front of you in reality, you are speechless for a moment.

Even if this is just a severely scaled-down version of Moving Mountains and Turning Peaks.

“The children of the elements, born from the primordial inner planes, naturally possess the ability to be in harmony with and command the corresponding elements. Apart from special outer planes like the astral plane or the Chaos Sea, the basic structure of most planes, including the material plane, is derived from the supplementation of the four elemental planes.”

"They are the inner ring planes of the multiverse, the foundation upon which most material entity planes exist."

"The power of high-level elemental beings is innate, and as they age, their advantages become unmatched by human races."

Tyrandeur casually discussed the common knowledge of Faerûn, but of course, it was only common knowledge within the mage circle; the world of ordinary people was still too far removed from these otherworldly tales.

"However, everything has its pros and cons. The slow growth of the elements and the singular path of power are also limitations that are difficult to reverse."

At this very moment, the Elemental Prince, who was being scrutinized by the master and disciple, submerged into the mountain like a giant whale floating in the sea, stretching out and stirring up the ocean currents and waves, with the earth and mountains becoming an extension of his limbs and even his will.

The rocks and gravel seemed to move and flow like fluids, following Ed Boden's command to push, squeeze, separate, and aggregate each other, like an embryo being squeezed, kneaded, and shaped in the hands of a craftsman, revealing a transformed form.

The original appearance of the mountain is gone. The still precipitous mountain has lost its rugged and jagged rocky shell. All the rocks and soil have been arbitrarily manipulated by the elemental giants according to the predetermined blueprint and their own understanding, and the shape of the mountain peak has been adjusted to resemble a black rock tower that rises step by step.

The massive stones, almost perfectly cut and interlocked, stand side by side like fish scales. The soil and gravel, after being mixed, have undergone a change in properties. The sand and soil mixture, which perfectly fills and smooths every gap between the giant rocks, plays the role of concrete, firmly binding the stone bricks together as one.

At a glance, the solitary mountain fortress was gone, replaced by a massive fortress embedded in the mountain cliffs.

The fortress is shaped like a tower, tapering from top to bottom, with each section narrowing upwards from the base. Each section resembles a semi-circular bastion embedded in the mountainside, culminating in the top layer, which is the former Reflection Fortress.

The castle is no longer in its original form. The original square castle has been transformed into an octagonal ring-shaped fortress, which corresponds perfectly to the tower below it. However, the Reflection Castle, which serves as the top of the tower, has not been embedded into the mountain, but continues to stand proudly on the peak.

The overall size of the Mage Tower is about half that of the original mountain. The base of the tower is still some distance from the foot of the mountain, and one must climb up the tower through the roads reserved on both sides.

The rear half of the tower was embedded in the mountain. The mountain it was on originally had its back against a mountain range, and now the mage tower looked like a magnificent pagoda being forcibly squeezed into the side of the mountain. The description is only a few paragraphs long, but the process lasted for almost half a day. It wasn't until Sued Boden emerged from the mountain and reappeared that it was learned that only the outer wall of the tower had been completed, and the internal structure would have to wait until the next day.

This progress is already astonishing. Such a massive project involves mountain transformation and soil conversion. Even in the past, with mechanical work, the progress would have to be measured in months, let alone in Faerun, where people are carrying things on their shoulders and by hand.

How could one day's work have yielded such results?
"I can't even see the point of a construction team of ordinary people existing."

Zhang Yuan sighed sincerely, noting that compared to the previous vigorous infrastructure campaign in Gaoya, it seemed rather sluggish, even with the help of the little civil engineering monster who led the project.

"You said we're just ordinary people, so what's the point of comparing us?"

Tyrandeel raised his staff, examining the rune image he had just drawn on the ground as he replied:

"The Gith Yankees, who live in the astral plane, can use their psychic abilities to warp matter and build their ships and bases. The Chaos Sea is even more special, as even the basic laws of matter do not exist there."

"All entities and matter are distorted by chaos. Every inch of form can change in the next instant. Thought and will are the only reliable forces, and only through the light of the mind can the path ahead be illuminated."

"Creating matter through thought?"

Zhang Yuan has always been very interested in the exotic landscapes of this multiverse:
"Isn't that just like psionic energy, it's all a matter of idealism?"

"Idealism? That's a fitting term."

The Grand Master glanced at his disciple, not surprised, and continued speaking:

"That's even more idealistic than psionic energy. The latter still follows certain rules, but the former has no rules to follow. Only unrestrained thinking can resonate with the infinite possibilities of chaos."

"Oh~"

Zhang Yuan began to imagine what it would be like in another dimension, but was quickly pulled back to reality by his teacher's narration.

"The title of Elemental Prince is not particularly rare in the inner planes, and the differences among them vary greatly, but this is only relative."

"To ordinary people, the elemental princes are the ultimate in power. Even excluding their enormous bodies and magic-like abilities, the authority they are granted in their respective elemental domains is enough to unleash a catastrophe."

"Their titles alone imply a lot. A construction team? You really think of them as laborers? Someone to be summoned and dismissed at will?"

"Of course that's not what I meant. I was just amazed to see that the teacher could create such a miraculous effect with a single spell."

Master Zhang quickly defended himself, and then casually offered a compliment.

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