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Chapter 56 The Ring of Ugo

—The Philosopher's Stone!

This thing exists in many Western mythological worlds, and the nature and function of the Philosopher's Stone are completely different in different worlds.

Some Philosopher's Stones are simply rare and precious metals, some are elixirs of immortality, some are wish-granting machines that can fulfill wishes, and so on... In short, although their essence and function are completely different, they are similar in one aspect.

That is something that is also at the pinnacle of alchemy in that world.

Dragon has three Philosopher's Stones, each of which is different.

The one he's about to use is a top-tier metal from a certain Western fantasy world—the all-powerful gold.

Its function is to substitute for the properties of any metal.

Of course, the term "any" is also based on the world to which it belongs.

Ryuji once tried to replace the ten metals in DC Comics with the Philosopher's Stone, but he failed.

But it is still a powerful treasure, capable of replacing even the core materials used to forge the Ring of Ugo.

The mention of the word "even if" here should tell you how precious this core material is.

Before understanding the Ring of Ugo, one must first know the origin of the Book of Rozier.

In fact, this book also existed in Ryuji's previous life.

In the myth of Solomon, the archangel Rozier gave King Solomon a magic book that could summon and control spirits and demons.

That book is "The Book of Rozier".

Of course, the "Book of Rozier" that Ryuji obtained through daily check-ins did not come from the Solomon mythology of his previous life, but rather from a similar world that was born based on the Solomon mythology of his previous life.

Ryuji's "Book of Rozier" is also a magic book given to King Solomon by God, but it does not record the summoning and control of spirits and demons, but rather the creation of spirits and demons.

Ugo, on the other hand, was a demon created by King Solomon in that world.

He was not among the seventy-two pillars, yet he was more noble and powerful than the seventy-two pillars. His origins were extraordinary; he was not created from nothing by King Solomon.

Instead, it is transformed from other life forms.

He is one of the three magic flutes under Solomon's command, the magician of creation, and also the son of God.

The Ring of Ugo was the alchemical artifact that prevented the earth from collapsing when he created the world.

Here I should mention alchemy. In some worlds, alchemy is similar to magic.

But in some worlds, it involves a wide range of knowledge from chemistry, physics, materials science, and the mystical, and it's a technology that allows people to create all sorts of amazing things without needing special abilities.

The Ring of Ugo is an alchemical item of the latter type, which can be created simply by understanding and applying knowledge.

However, that world is different from this world.

Especially the most crucial magical energy, known as "Luffy," was completely absent.

Although chakra can do what Luffy could do, the reaction produced when various substances are combined is completely different.

Therefore, Ryuji could only use the Philosopher's Stone as a substitute.

After all, the core material of the Ring of Ugo is a magical mineral core, which in the mysticism of that world represents the core of the earth, the origin of the world, and so on.

Ryuji designed the mechanical city to be a sky city that could fly, so the foundation was extremely important.

Generally speaking, if you only need to maintain flight, using ninjutsu to gather and strengthen the rock is enough.

However, Ryuji was thinking that during wartime, the enemy might destroy the city by destroying its foundation, so the foundation had to be solid and sturdy.

His initial idea was to forge a platform using rare metals and then build a city on it.

However, considering the issues of funding and the inability to move the dragon vein, the plan was changed to excavate the land that carries the dragon vein, stabilize it with the Ring of Ugo, and transform the rising rock layers into world plates.

Maintaining the vitality and solidity of the city's grassroots level not only solves the problem of grassroots defense but also ensures that the "dragon vein" (the city's energy source) cannot be moved.

In the future, planting can also be carried out in urban agricultural areas.

After all, although it is small in area, it is undoubtedly a tectonic plate on par with the rest of the world.

As for defense... if you don't have the ability to destroy the world's tectonic plates, you shouldn't even think about destroying the foundation.

As for the duration of its existence... the Ring of Ugo is a ring with a diameter of ten meters, containing a magic circle in the center composed of two opposing hexagrams. The core of the circle requires a mineral core as its energy source.

The mineral core contains immense magical power, which, amplified by the magic array, is enough to sustain the world.

The energy of the magic crystal ore core comes from the earth.

Ugo used the magic crystal ore core as the core of the Ugo Ring to support the earth, making it the core of the earth. The earth would continuously feed back to the ore core, making it an infinite closed loop with a continuous supply of energy.

This is why the book frequently mentions words like "forever" and "infinite".

Achieving this effect, to some extent, can indeed be considered eternal.

Of course, the Ring of Ugo that Ryuji replaced with the Philosopher's Stone wasn't that powerful, and its ability to support the earth's area was limited.

Otherwise, he could have just used it to improve the geology of the Land of Wind; there would have been no need to go through the trouble of building some mechanical city!

Furthermore, the six-pointed star array, both positive and negative, needs to be drawn in one stroke to be effective, which is impossible for ordinary people; only a creation magician can do it.

Even Long Er won't work; a 3D printer is needed.

Not only the six-pointed stars, but also materials such as Philosopher's Stone, secondary Adamantium, and Vibranium require 3D printers for processing.

Therefore, Ryuji planned to return to Sunagakure to observe the specific negotiation process between Sunagakure and Konoha.

The next day.

After packing his things, Ryuji gave Ebizo his final instructions before leaving: "Senior Ebizo, you can arrange for someone to dig the foundation first. It doesn't matter if the area is large, we might expand it later, but it absolutely cannot be small."

"Don't worry about that. Although I'm quite old, I'm not senile yet. I still understand these basic things."

"Then I'll leave this place to you."

"Um!"

And so, Ryuji left Loulan with the two prisoners, Aburame Shimi and Akimichi Choza.

……

The world does not revolve around any one person.

During this period, apart from Long Er focusing on construction, other forces in other places also began to take action.

Let's go back thirteen days, to the fifth day after Ryuji successfully defeated the Konoha team and seized the Dragon Vein.

Konoha Village, Hokage's office.

"...I didn't expect that even you were no match for me."

After listening to Minato's mission report, Sarutobi's expression became serious. He even forgot to smoke the pipe he had in his mouth, just leaving it dangling there.

There was nothing that could be done; the news that Minato brought back was simply too serious.

He was already worried that when the Four Ninja Villages allied to attack Konoha, Sunagakure would take advantage of the situation and attack Konoha as well.

Now, Konoha has lost two elite Jonin, while Sunagakure has obtained the Dragon Vein, causing their power to surge, and their ambitions will likely expand even further.

It will probably be even more difficult to get Sunagakure to stop its actions when Konoha is in trouble.

Especially that Ryuji Ayaki, even Minato's team was no match for him, his strength was greatly underestimated.

This book, "The Book of Rozier," is not based on the protagonist's past life mythology, nor is it the Magic Flute; it is an original creation by the author.

It was originally intended to be based on "The Magic Flute", but the world-building and power system in the later stages of "The Magic Flute" became too powerful. Sinbad and David fought for the position of Lord of the Sanctuary, and the universe was destroyed with a flick of the wrist.

Alibaba, relying on his metal tools, fought Sinbad to a standstill.

The Solomon depicted in the background is shown creating the universe with a single thought before his death, and severing the gods' control over the fate of all beings during his lifetime.

When I was outlining, I had only watched the anime and hadn't even read the manga yet, and then...

In short, that's it. If it continues to be set as Solomon's spellbook in the Magic Flute world, then the power system will collapse.

Now, the foundation here is like a miniature continental plate; only by having the ability to sink the continent can the foundation be destroyed.

(End of this chapter)