After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

"It's not the kind of affection a master has for their disciple..."

Filial piety turned sour? A disciple who defies his teacher?

Oh no, to be precise, this should be considered a disciple rebelling against his master.

but--

Since the teacher has clearly expressed their meaning, leaving no room for misunderstanding...

So... the only problem left is myself.

Own--

Does he truly love Vimers, the high-ranking gold elf who is his master and the lord of the Black Tower?

As a legendary mage who has created his own spiritual ocean... Sharl has been able to eliminate many distracting thoughts, memories, and emotions, and examine his truest self.

Then, he found the answer deep within his own heart.

My feelings for Vemers are complicated...

Because when he first transmigrated, he was taken to the Tower of Extreme Darkness by the other party, where he found a place to settle down during his wanderings, and who became his support before he had grown up... this subconsciously created a sense of dependence...

There is gratitude for the other party's kindness in imparting knowledge and skills...

Because of the deeper and farther Vymes had gone on the path of arcane magic, an unconscious respect arose in my heart as an arcane mage...

but--

It is undeniable that...

Deep down, she did indeed have some affection and feelings for that golden elf wizard in black robes.

This feeling perhaps stemmed from the empathy he sensed in her during their first meeting—a shared sense of shared suffering between two wanderers far from home...

Or perhaps it came from other times, without even being noticed by oneself...

"Feel......"

"Suddenly, I've taken on a lot of responsibilities."

Charles's soliloquy echoed through the open windows of the tower, unheard by anyone.

.......

This is a different world where swords and magic exist, free from the numerous rules and obstacles of Ciel's previous modern society...

Now that both sides have understood each other's intentions, there is no need to say more.

but--

Charles, however, had not forgotten the last words that Wimes left behind before she departed.

"Is this the future that belongs to you and me...?"

"And even the Tower of Extreme Darkness, and the future of the entire Western Continent...?"

After sorting out those complicated emotions and thoughts, Charles felt that his mental ocean and cognitive world had become much clearer in an instant.

Although it did not result in a quantitative breakthrough like previous breakthroughs achieved through research in the quantum field, it was a qualitative change.

At this moment, Charles has found the answers to many of his previous questions and speculations.

.......

Why do the past histories of the Dawn World share so many similarities with the Western Continent where the Sharl resides, even down to the structure of many classical magical texts...?

And... why did the Seven Gods of Dawn, who originally existed in the Western Continent more than two thousand years ago, disappear without warning, and even the path to godhood was cut off? No matter how talented the legendary powerhouses of the past two thousand years were, they could not find an opportunity to break through.

These questions were originally just vague guesses and assumptions in Charles's mind.

But when Vemus personally confirmed with him the path to godhood and the truth about those true gods...

At this moment, everything has been completely sorted out by Charles, and everything becomes clear.

The essence of the path to godhood is to project oneself into countless worlds, using quantity to overcome qualitative deficiencies, and relying on the power of faith to solidify self-awareness...

This is the common way of saying it...

However, if one were to analyze it from the perspective of arcane principles, one would find that many details of the path to godhood are difficult to understand...

For example... if the speed of information transmission cannot exceed the speed of light, then how do gods manage to divide the myriad realms while still maintaining their uniqueness?

From this perspective...

The spiritual clone that he had previously created in the Dawn World by imitating the method of divine projection was also somewhat inexplicable. Despite traversing an infinitely vast distance, it was able to switch with his main body in real time.

but......

These problems, however, can all be reasonably explained in the quantum realm.

"Rather than being a deity..."

Rather, it's more like...

"A collection of information-state life forms in a state of quantum entanglement."

Theoretically speaking, those who have truly completed the path to godhood—

It is truly omnipresent; the projection in each plane can unleash power equal to the sum of all the projections in the entire world at any time...

The superposition of powers from countless dimensions...

If it really comes to that point, then even with Charles's perspective, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it an "omnipotent god."

However, according to Vemers, almost all the so-called "gods" existing in the multiverse have not yet truly completed the path to godhood.

The only difference between them is the number of projections and their power.

These "false gods," who have never completed the path to godhood, cannot arbitrarily unleash the combined power of all their projections in a single form; they can only exist independently...

Once it falls, the power accumulated on that projection will truly perish, and it can only wait for the birth of a new projection in the future.

Therefore, in order to advance further, these "false gods" must constantly accumulate power in all realms... Strengthening their projections through the power of faith is the simplest and most effective way to accumulate their power.

In this way——

The gods who need to extract faith and maintain their lofty and mysterious status—

This led to irreconcilable conflicts between them and the wizards who sought arcane arts and truth, wanting to analyze all things, and even the gods.

"Those so-called myriad planes, secondary dimensions... they must all be parallel universes..."

"We once shared a common past, but due to differing choices at a certain historical juncture, we have headed towards different futures..."

"That's why the history of the Dawn World is so similar to that of the Western Continent..."

Charles closed his eyes slightly.

The birth of wizards is an inevitable occurrence in countless parallel worlds.

Projecting parallel worlds and drawing upon the power of faith in the name of so-called deities is an inevitable measure for false gods in order to complete their "path to godhood"...

With his mental power, Charles could already imagine the magnificent war between the wizards and the false gods who controlled the papacy... and the scenes that would unfold in one parallel world after another.

Even if the wizards in that world aren't called wizards, and the papacy isn't called the papacy, but something else like the Holy Land.

The radiance of forbidden incantations and the majesty of the gods mingled at the edge of the sky...

In the midst of the great war... countless angels, paladins, and legendary wizards and arcane mages perished...

The shock of the fall of a god, and the tragic destruction of the mage tower and even the magical empire...

Everything, the vast civilization, the magnificent scenery, are all buried in the ceaseless flow of time.

Only the tombstones remaining on the ruins bear witness to the struggles of generations of wizards...

"Teacher, she must have come from a world where a wizarding civilization has been destroyed..."

Having narrowly escaped the witch hunt, his family, clansmen, teachers, countless friends, and all the beautiful memories of the past were buried amidst the ruins...

Only a young golden elf girl remained... bearing the weight of a world of wizarding civilization, and began her boundless wandering through countless planes.

During her countless wandering journeys, she must have tried to help the wizarding civilization of this world... and even tried to fight against the gods.

However... as long as one doesn't embark on the path to godhood oneself and collude with those false gods...

So even if the wizards achieve a temporary victory and gain the upper hand...

However, if all the dimensional projections of a false god are not killed simultaneously, then the false god will not die...

After a long period of time, they returned from the astral plane...

Then, a new cycle begins.

Wizards have only one chance, but false gods have countless opportunities to start over...

Moreover, even if the false gods who project their images across countless worlds cannot easily mobilize the power of other worlds, their inherent status and vision give them a natural advantage over the wizards who refuse to embark on the path to godhood...

"In the Western Continent, the disappearance of the Seven Gods of Dawn two thousand years ago was probably due to your actions, Master..."

"Using some unimaginable spacetime magic, the parallel world where the Western Continent is located was banished from the original multiverse, hiding it from the sight of the false gods."

"Therefore, in the past two thousand years, no trace of deities has ever appeared on the Western Continent..."

'And countless legendary powerhouses, no matter how hard they try, find it difficult to discover other parallel worlds where civilizations exist... therefore, they have no possibility of projecting into other worlds and embarking on the path to godhood.'

"only--"