A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 143 The Fast-Running Reporter

This "Reverse Ray" spell can negate the effects of other magic, which is an interesting twist in itself:

The fact that reality has been affected by magic is a given and has already occurred. In order to reverse the effect of the spell, it is necessary to use magic to create a "reality without magical interference" to cancel it.

In reality, "reality without magical intervention" has never existed.

In the practice room, Rorschach attempted to apply the concept of "orderliness" to the extraction of transmutation dust.

Rorschach, of course, also wanted to reproduce the incredible magic that could "cancel spell effects," but obviously the chaotic evil author did not leave the details of the spell's casting. It is clear that even the commentator—who was probably also an archmage—had not succeeded in reproducing it and left a message discouraging others from doing so.

"***Reverse Ray (Gray)" This is the panel that Rorschach reconstructed from the description in the ancient book using his own understanding. He felt that the panel was getting worse with each update, and the displayed terms were "Magic Control," "Ray," and "Mapping," with some steps still missing. Moreover, after updating to "Polar Coordinates," Rorschach didn't know how many more steps were needed to unlock.

Putting aside this unreliable spell for now, Rorschach focused on further utilizing "Energy Deprivation," just like the construction of [Disintegrate].

Rorschach took out a crystal core of the "Blue Shield" and activated it by injecting ether. Deprivation. Clearly, he couldn't directly extract the energy to maintain the shield, but Rorschach had changed his approach.

"Return"—this was the inspiration Rorschach drew from the ancient books. Could he also fabricate a "reality" that "ether was not transformed into the power of Dryyats" and give the energy shield to dissipate into ether?

If this step can be achieved, absorbing magic power using "magic control" is not difficult. The only remaining issue is distance. However, when converting it into a magic circle for use in a device, the casting range is not a concern.

Untransformed reality, the simple aether. Rorschach discovers he needs to deepen his understanding of aether itself. The author of "Reverse Ray" uses the premise of "the world moving towards increasing entropy" as a starting point to create a fictional reality without magic. Because this rule also involves time, it is a fundamental law, which is why it holds true.

So, Manarosha temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​describing the etheric magic, and simply recalled her experience of interacting with the ether using "magic control".

Rorschach suddenly grasped the difference between ether and the divine power in the transmutation dust. Before ether is activated by the spellcaster, that is, before it is given the "original form" from the symbolic realm, it will not interact with the real world. It requires human will and a mechanical intermediary designed by humans to interfere with reality.

However, transmutation dust that has not been passivated will cause mutations as soon as it comes into contact with matter. Even the blue crystals transformed by Deluyas exhibit "glowing," which is a spontaneous manifestation of its influence on reality.

Rather than "returning" to the form of ether, it is more about stripping away the divine symbols attached to energy, no, it is "exiling" them, banishing these "orderly" elements from unknown or known deities back to the astral plane, while leaving the pure ether in the gap between the "material world" and the "symbolic world".

"Exile," this feeling was... As a substitute for transmutation dust, the "blue light barrier" continued to flow. Rorschach, in a daze, gained an experience surpassing his previous spellcasting abilities, and placed his hand lightly in front of the barrier:

The ordered blue light that belonged to Delyuaz began to fluctuate violently under Rorschach's palm, as if struggling. It transformed into fireflies and then retreated further back to the state before it was given the form of "blue light".

Ether, only pure ether remains, and the rest of the "things" did not lose their connection with Dryaz during decay, but were expelled from this space by Rorschach.

The boy himself was unaware of how he had "exiled" a deity from this space. With a thought, Rorschach activated his Arcane Vision, and the ether materialized into pure magical light, transforming from the shape of a hemispherical shield into a stream of light that wrapped around his palm.

At this moment, it seemed as if the boy was the god in the small practice room, and his status surpassed that of the "Girl in the Forest".

"Since it works on the power of gods that are still active, then perhaps it can also work on the power of gods from other shattered divine kingdoms." He flipped through the panel, and [Rorschach's God Exile Technique (White)] was clearly in the list.

"Isn't this spell name a bit too exaggerated?" He had only stripped the "orderliness" from the divine power. The spell didn't display any terms, and the displayed proficiency was even stranger: (1/12800).

This advanced level of proficiency is quite exaggerated; even Rorschach himself wouldn't practice this inexplicable spell for no reason. Fortunately, the white proficiency level is consistently effective, and it works on divine power every time it's cast.

If I train to purple proficiency, will I really be able to banish the gods? Haha.

If I were to actually master it, I'd probably only be able to test it on "old acquaintances." What if the god I painstakingly resurrected were then banished from the material world by my own hands? Damn it, I'd be crazy. Rorschach put away his wild thoughts.

"Convert it into a magic circle first." Luo Xia directly used the conversion function on the panel, but as soon as he started it, the boy had a splitting headache.

The last time he fainted because of the control panel was on the first night after he transmigrated. He fell heavily onto the floor of the practice room.

On the outskirts of Valuana, a number of shacks have been built to house poor people from all over the Holy Kingdom who come here to sell their labor.

The stench of sweat, vomit, and cheap distilled liquor mingled together as reporter Mike, barely suppressing his nausea, handed a River photo to his interviewee.

"Two more, please, let me buy two more bottles of wine."

"I can give you the money, but don't spend it all on alcohol." Mike pulled out two more bills.

"What else can we do if we don't switch to alcohol?" He pulled up his empty trouser leg: "I don't have many days left to live, so I might as well enjoy myself a little more, at least make me feel a little better."

Mike breathed a sigh of relief. The other person was still lucid and had better communication skills than the new out-of-province people. He didn't repeat himself incoherently or ramble on and on about things he couldn't explain.

The man in front of me used to have a respectable job. As a miner, being able to work for "Sareanna Mining Company" in a secondary plane was something to be envied!

"It's fake, it's fake!" The man, now missing his right leg and left hand, propped himself up by his eye sockets. His cloudy eyes seemed to pierce through dimensions, staring at the land that was only red.

"We used explosives to blast the ground, but we didn't find any gold even at great depths. The soil was too loose, and the foreman hadn't set up the support structure properly. The explosion ruined the entire work team."

Even without being told, Mike could guess what had happened. He quickly took notes, then suddenly a question popped into his head: "How did you get out? As far as I know, only that company controls the access, so how could they let you get here?"

"Yes, but a kind old mage helped me." The man shuddered. "The others tricked me, promising to heal me, but they wanted to get rid of me! The old mage stuffed me into a crate." He gave a bitter smile. "With my current body, stuffing me in is a piece of cake!"

"And then?" Mike, who was not necessarily a sorcerer but more like an apprentice overflowing with sympathy, wrote down his thoughts as he took notes.

"The monk slipped me some money, changed the number on the crate, and got me transported out of that damned place. I was almost thrown into the river afterwards."

Later, the movers who took over discovered that this poor man had spent all his money and had been given the chance to stay in this shack and wait to die:

"The children here will even buy me food and drink, but you need to watch your money carefully. If it weren't for my pitiful state, perhaps even my last penny would be stolen by dirty little hands. Sir, could you please write a letter for me to send home?"

The man took out a banknote he had just received and returned it to Mike, but since he couldn't explain the exact location or recipient of the letter, Mike was unable to help and refused the man's request.

The reporter asked many more questions, filling a small notebook, which exhausted all the interviewee's energy. After Mike said goodbye, a group of children who had been waiting rushed up to "catch fish," but the reporter was exceptionally nimble, weaving and running quickly between his small hands, and boarded a riverboat to leave Valuana's largest slum.

"Fried! Henry!" came a man's hoarse voice from the shed. "I have money! Buy me wine! I have money!" No children paid him any attention, and the shouts grew fainter and fainter.

At the newspaper office building, Mike had changed his clothes. The editor-in-chief, seeing him enter, said with displeasure, "Now that you've got the chance to visit the gold mine, focus on preparing your article and don't wander off!"

"Sir, I'm just preparing for a big news story!" Mike dashed upstairs in a flash. He always runs very fast, which is a basic quality of a good reporter.

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