Mage Adam

The coordinate analysis was ninety-nine percent complete. This progress was enough for the Mage World to locate Titania. Next, Adam had to break the Devourer's blockade of the plane.

"You don't need to use your Ace Card," Adam told the Royals, who looked worried. "But I need to gather your strength and launch it through the Titan God's Vital Generator to break the Devourer's blockade. It won't take long, just a moment."

"It's okay to use the Ace Card. It has lost all its value since it can't save us anymore," Lord Svorsi said. His Flame was weak.

He had been on the front lines during the previous actions. Although he was lucky to survive, his Origin was greatly depleted.

The destruction mission made the Royals realize the huge power gap between the two sides. This gap was not something an Ace Card could fix.

Everyone moved quickly, but the road was very long. In this race, where body size determined strength, it was hard to imagine how big the strongest beings, the Gods, were. Adam was curious about where the relic was hidden.

They flew silently for thirty minutes. Then Lord Fast spoke, "The Vital Generator is ahead. I have one last question."

"Please, go ahead."

"How far is your world from Titania? After you request the legion, how long will it take for support to arrive?"

This was a serious question. Adam remembered that when they were at Cthulhu, the mages took three years to gather and set out. But Adam later thought that, with the Mage World's technology, the travel time should be negligible. The last time they delayed was probably because Adam's information was too vague, so the Tower and Priscilla took time to find unknown resources and recruit the transdimensional mages for the expedition.

Titania's situation was different. There were level-nine beings, high-level resources ready to use, and connections with other planes and races in this void. Adam thought the Tower's war command would have an emergency plan for such situations.

But the answer couldn't be vague, as it related to Titania's strategy in this war.

"Three years, at most."

The Royals breathed a sigh of relief. This time was shorter than they expected.

"We also have to thank you for improving the two factories. Otherwise, after seeing the true strength of the Metal Eaters, we wouldn't have the confidence to last three years."

As they spoke, they reached the end. The darkness couldn't hinder Adam's vision. In front of him was a wall that extended endlessly in all directions.

The Royals didn't stop; they passed through the wall one after another. Then, a dazzling light suddenly appeared, illuminating the seemingly endless space they were in and the surprisingly simple structure of the Vital Generator.

Apart from its size, it looked like the coal furnace Adam had seen before.

The light grew brighter, and the "coal furnace" gradually became transparent, revealing a dizzying array of circuits and a "reactor" at the bottom, emitting faint pulses. If Adam guessed correctly, that was the Ace Card.

"What do we do?" they asked.

...

Adam didn't understand how the Devourer blocked the Mage Network, but it definitely couldn't remove the Mage Network from Adam's body. He was sure that the Mage Network existed here.

If Adam wanted to connect to the Mage Network now, there were two ways.

The first was to leave the crystal barrier system and go to the outer void. This meant moving a certain distance away from Titania under the Devourer's watch, which was clearly not possible now.

The second was to create a space within this plane that was separate from the plane itself. It sounded tricky, but it wasn't too hard to do. He just had to replicate the effect of the Slash of Judgment in the warning zone. The tricky part was that the energy had to break through the Devourer's obstruction.

Adam didn't mention this to the Titans, fearing it would make them anxious.

Adam asked the thirty-six Titan lords to stand at the nodes of the circuit. He looked around and said, "We can start."

The circuits lit up simultaneously, the energy slowly filling in and heading toward Adam's body. Adam stood in the center of the thirty-six circuits, holding his Flames. The energy poured into his Flames, then into his body through the Flames' connection, and finally, through a rough meditation method, it transformed into magic power and merged into his soul.

Each Titan lord felt something intangible pass through their bodies, gathering in Adam's hands to form the shape of a sword. Then, under their tense gaze, tiny energy sprites appeared, circling them before all merging into the sword.

The sword became more solid, growing brighter until its light overshadowed the Vital Generator's glow.

The energy condensed for ten minutes until Adam, the user of the spell, felt he was about to be torn apart by its sharpness. At this point, the thirty-six Titan Lords had dimmed by a third.

Adam gripped the sword with both hands and stabbed downward into the void. The space around the point of contact shattered.

The highly condensed energy began to spiral, forming a storm that shot straight ahead.

Pop!

It sounded like a cork being pulled from a bottle as the lightsaber pierced through a thin membrane. In that instant, everyone saw the diseased Origin.

And within the Origin, the Devourer roared, with countless eyes fixed unblinkingly on the group.

For a moment, all the Titan lords' Flames flared up. They couldn't help wanting to fight the Devourer. The Devourer, meanwhile, pressed countless tentacles against the Origin's walls, its threat clear.

"Stay calm. You are not its match. You can't even touch it now."

"Keep the output stable. We're about to get rid of him."

The speed of the sword light increased again, about to pass through the Origin. At that moment, Adam saw the Devourer open his mouth, within which small planes seemed to rise and fall.

As the Devourer made his move, gray, solidified energy appeared before the sword light.

"He already projects his power out? But this won't stop me."

As soon as Adam finished speaking, the sword light pierced through the gray energy, touching the crystal barrier with a crisp sound, then making a small opening in it.

At the same time, runes of the Mage Armor burst out from around Adam, rotating around him at high speed. His soul successfully logged into the Mage Network.

"Explorer Adam, requesting connection to the Fifth Tower. Intelligence priority: highest level."