Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Merlin's Fire-type Wizard Heart and Thunder-type Wizard Heart started to draw together slowly, and even fused gradually. Merlin could clearly tell that this was not an illusion! At least, with his current Mind Power, there was no Hallucinating spell which could trap him without him realizing it.
As for the Wizard Hearts in his body, Merlin sensed that they were incomparably real, only he was unable to control them. He could only watch powerlessly as the two Wizard Hearts slowly converged.
This was an undeniably true sensation. In his initial plan, he had decided to first fuse the Fire-type and Thunder-type Wizard Hearts as well. After all, his first spell fusion was between these two types.
The present situation was consistent with what Merlin had wanted.
After the Fire-type and Thunder-type Wizard Hearts were slowly fused, Merlin's attention was focused. This was a very authentic feeling, just as if he had truly fused these two types of Wizard Hearts together.
“Hiss.”
As soon as they touched, the Fire-type and Thunder-type Wizard Hearts began to vibrate violently. Moreover, the deeper their contact, the more they became restless.
“Kcha.”
Following that, a crack appeared. Cracks then emerged on both Wizard Hearts, swiftly growing to all sides. Soon enough, the Elements were in agitation, as if on the verge of explosion.
“Stop, stop now!”
Merlin seemed to sense the force of death but he was powerless. When his two Wizard Hearts tried to separate, it was already too late.
“Boom.”
A huge shockwave from the explosion immediately triggered the other Wizard Hearts in his body, which rapidly exploded as well. This resulted in Merlin being blown to smithereens.
“Am I dead?”
Merlin's consciousness was very alert but he had just seen for himself how he had exploded into pieces because of his failure in fusing the Spell Models. However, his consciousness was still wide-awake, which meant he was not yet dead.
“Buzz.”
Very soon, the environment changed, and Merlin materialized once again. Nonetheless, this time, Merlin had decided to first fuse his Ice-type and Wind-type Wizard Hearts.
This fusion was just like the last. Merlin felt that it was incredibly real, and could not sense any traces of a Hallucinating spell. Still, the result of the fusion was collapse once again, and Merlin died.
Therefore, in the next attempt, Merlin tried to fuse his Fire-type and Earth-type Wizard Hearts, and it ended in failure too. However, this time, it was only Merlin's Wizard Hearts that collapsed, and Merlin became a Normie.
Again and again, Merlin seemed to be reincarnated over and over. This was totally different from the Hallucinating spells he had experienced before.
“What's really going on?”
Merlin looked around him. He seemed to be always trapped in another Merlin's body, acutely experiencing the spell fusion of this other Merlin. This feeling was not any different from when he had tried to fuse spells himself.
“Merlin, this is your future! To be more accurate, it's one of your futures because the future holds endless possibilities, all sorts of possibilities. Your future might very well be one of these… Although the future can't be predicted, not even by the mightiest existences, I can roughly reveal to you the unlimited possibilities of your future. Take this time to understand them well. This might be crucial to your future success in fusing the Spell Models!”
Suddenly, a familiar voice rang in Merlin's ears. It was the Arcane Wizard Setoh.
“Unlimited possibilities?”
Merlin was astounded. These were futures extrapolated by the Arcane Wizard Setoh for Merlin, not a Hallucinating spell. In other words, each time “Merlin” tried to fuse the spells, it was actually a real experience.
It was just that this was only one of Merlin's futures. The future was uncertain for every moment was in constant change but the Arcane Wizard was able to display these variations of the future before Merlin's eyes, allowing him to wordlessly experience the various possibilities of fusing his Spell Models.
An opportunity like this could only be encountered once in a blue moon!
Following that, the Arcane Wizard Setoh's voice no longer appeared, and Merlin was thoroughly immersed in the unlimited possibilities of his future, just as if he himself had fused the Spell Models.
Again and again, almost every attempt ended in failure. At last, when he fused the Fire-type and Earth-type Wizard Hearts once, he succeeded!
Nonetheless, this was merely a lucky fluke. Through his innumerable failures, Merlin had realized many things. If he really were to fuse his Spell Models in the future, at least he would not repeat the same mistakes.
“Awaken!”
After an unknown period of time, Merlin opened his eyes to discover that he was still in the foyer of the castle. Above him were Wizard Setoh and the Blackfire Lord.
Merlin hurriedly bowed toward Wizard Setoh. “My grat.i.tude to Wizard Setoh's a.s.sistance in letting me see the endless possibilities of the future.”
With the Arcane Wizard Setoh's help, Merlin's chances of success were increased by at least thirty percent. This was rather incredible. In terms of condensing a Wizard Heart from his thirty-six Perfect-grade spells, Merlin did not even have an a.s.surance of ten percent before this.
Now, Merlin nearly had forty percent a.s.surance of success. This was thanks to Wizard Setoh who had spent great effort in demonstrating the countless possibilities of the future.
“Alright, take your time to slowly understand.”
Wizard Setoh seemed somewhat tired, and waved his hand, dismissing Merlin.
After Merlin had turned to leave, the Blackfire Lord could not hold back any longer, frowning as he asked Wizard Setoh. “Setoh, when you demonstrated to Merlin the countless possibilities of the future earlier, the power you consumed was enough to let you create an avatar on par with a preeminent Lord. Was it worth it?”
Merlin did not know what it cost for Wizard Setoh to show him the endless possibilities of the future but the Blackfire Lord, being an ancient Lord, would naturally know that this was an ability which not even an Arcane Wizard would readily utilize.
This was because it had used up too much effort. Even an avatar of Setoh's, comparable to a preeminent Lord, might collapse from displaying the variations of the future.
“How could it be not worth it? It's worth the effort! Haha, Blackfire, I didn't give him such a generous gift out of deference to you. It's because he really has the potential that's deserving of such an effort. The history of Spell Casters is long, and we've only been in the Void Zone for three thousand years but have you ever seen a genius like Merlin? He's surpa.s.sed any civilization-level. He's a miracle. It's likely that even in the next tens of thousands of years, we won't be able to produce a prodigy like Merlin.
“Becoming a Great Wizard is a rather significant threshold. If I can help him pa.s.s that stage, I can't even imagine what his achievements will be! Thus, forget about just exhausting some energy, even wearing out one or two avatars would be worth it! In fact, if it wasn't for the likely onset of a civilization war, which means that I have to save some strength to handle Progenitor Hanra, I would have liked to let Merlin experience even more of his various future possibilities…”
The Blackfire Lord wore a complicated expression but he was overjoyed for Merlin because Merlin had gained Setoh's approval and attention. An Ultimate Arcane Wizard would not treat Merlin favorably merely due to the Blackfire Lord.
Showing Merlin his unlimited future possibilities was Wizard Setoh's affirmation toward Merlin. Although this war with the Rock Tribe was dangerous, for Merlin, it could very well be a chance…
Merlin returned to the Alabaster Dimension. Currently, t.i.tus could not wait any longer to exclaim his shock.
“It's inconceivable, truly inconceivable! The future has endless possibilities, and the Arcane Wizard Setoh is able to extrapolate the future. Wizard Merlin, this is far more powerful than Hallucinating spells. No matter how powerful those spells are, they're still illusory. However, the futures that the Arcane Wizard Setoh had shown you, from one perspective, are in fact, reality!”
Even t.i.tus was blown away. The Arcane Wizard Setoh's calculation of the future had surpa.s.sed t.i.tus' framework of knowledge.
“Oh? Which means that Spell Casters are still more powerful! Looks like I'd better focus on fusing the Spell Models, and try to consolidate the multi-colored Wizard Heart as soon as I can to become a Great Wizard!”
Merlin said with a dry smile.
t.i.tus hurriedly interjected, “That's not for certain. It's just because Spell Casters have a refined system, and this is calculated by the Ultimate Arcane Wizard himself. For an Arcane Wizard to have a power like this isn't surprising! Back then, I hadn't even succeeded in creating the Illusory World, so how can I compare to an Ultimate Arcane Wizard? Wizard Merlin, if you were to perfect the Illusory World in the future and condense a complete Illusory World, you'll surely have some unique abilities too, on par with how Wizard Setoh had shown you the various possibilities of the future.”
Merlin shook his head. He did not think that either Spell Casters or Mind Power Masters was better than the other. Now, he was both a Spell Caster and a Mind Power Master.
Furthermore, it seemed like being a Mind Power Master was more powerful but he felt that he would continue to cultivate whichever system that would help increase his strength.
In addition, the Mind Power system was not perfected. Although it seemed to have immense potential, up until now, no one was able to validate whether t.i.tus' Mind Power system could be developed to its end. Naturally, Merlin would not throw all his efforts into cultivating the Mind Power system.
“Alright, t.i.tus. The alchemy materials for transfiguring the illusion bead have been prepared. I'd better transfigure the Mind avatar as soon as possible in order to face the civilization war that may break out at any moment!”
Merlin currently felt a sense of urgency. The quieter the Rock Tribe was, the more Merlin felt nervous, especially since the Rock Tribe had no intention of stopping the fight. This indicated that the Rock Tribe was discontented!
They were likely to start a civilization war!
“Hehe, it's simple enough to transfigure the illusion bead. The difficult part is in separating the Illusory World. Alright, let's go step by step. First, transfigure the illusion bead.”
t.i.tus also knew that the most important thing Merlin had to do now was to transfigure the Mind avatar. This was a life-saving technique. Even if a civilization war erupted, Merlin's safety would be ensured to a certain extent.
Therefore, with t.i.tus' aid, Merlin began to silently prepare for the transfiguration of the Mind avatar.
