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"————"
There was no warning, no buildup, nothing that said this was about to happen. It was as if the simple act of the world itself shifting was the most natural thing in the universe.
That one, simple phrase hung in the air, and Fang Li, who a moment ago was a human whirlwind of out-of-control power, froze solid. He was locked up, encased in an invisible block of concrete, unable to twitch a single muscle.
The cause of this sudden, absolute halt? Aureolus.
Standing like a lead actor on a grand stage, Aureolus met Fang Li's stunned immobility with a look of supreme confidence.
"Did you honestly believe I'd stroll up to someone as terrifying and unpredictable as you without an ace up my sleeve?"
Aureolus let out a long, slow laugh, basking in the moment.
"In the eyes of your typical magician, alchemists are just boring academics who pore over 'formulas' and 'theories', a field of study they consider juvenile. But how many of them truly grasp that it's the alchemists who hold the keys to everything that exists in this world?"
He raised his voice, a defiant shout mocking all the narrow-minded mages who weren't there to hear it.
"True alchemy isn't just about turning lead into gold. It's about the power to create everything in existence!"
"The absolute pinnacle of alchemy is to perfectly simulate an entire world inside your own mind, to understand every single law and principle that governs its existence!"
"Mountains, rivers, plains, deserts, even a tiny clump of dirt or a single grain of sand. If you can perfectly reproduce it all in your own head, then that alchemist, that creator of all things, effectively becomes a true god!"
"Of course, that's an absurdly difficult task. Not even someone with the perfect, photographic memory of that living forbidden book, Index, could hold the blueprint for every single speck of dust in the world in her mind."
"Yet, since the dawn of time, alchemists have chased that impossible ideal. And now, that lifelong pursuit has finally yielded fruit. It is the result of a single spell."
"————『Ars Magna』."
That was the magic Stiyl had mentioned before.
A spell with the power to transform the caster's deepest imagination into tangible reality, the ultimate magic that could literally grant one's desires.
The problem? It was utterly impractical.
Its incantation was simply too long, too complex to ever be recited in time.
As Aureolus himself explained it, to cast the so-called Ars Magna, the mage first had to simulate an entire world in their mind, and then manifest that imagined world into reality.
But even if a person somehow managed to pull off that monumental feat of mental simulation, to actually cast the spell meant they would have to speak every single aspect of that internal world into existence,
Every single grain of sand on the beach,
Every star in the night sky,
Every single droplet of water in the rivers,
Every single human being,
All of it would need to be uttered, spoken into reality.
Even if someone chanted without stopping for food, rest, or sleep, it would take a hundred or two hundred years, maybe even longer.
That's why no one had ever succeeded in using Ars Magna.
"—But I have."
Aureolus spread his arms wide, relishing the moment like a playwright whose masterpiece had just debuted, proudly displaying himself before Fang Li. He wore a confident, almost arrogant smile.
"Why did no one ever think of the simple solution?"
"If one person can't do it, then you just get others to help!"
"In the world of magic, joint spellcasting is a common technique. While it demands an impossibly high level of compatibility and synchronization between the casters, that obstacle can be effortlessly overcome through magical control of the mind and energy!"
"Once that's done, perfect, flawless cooperation becomes possible!"
And that, was the exact reason why Aureolus had seized control of the Misawa Cram School.
There were two thousand students trapped inside.
By placing every one of those students under his complete control and forcing them to chant the incantation simultaneously, the chanting speed could be multiplied by two thousand.
In that scenario, even a ritual that would normally crawl along for four hundred years could be finished in a mere seventy days.
And when you factored in the massive amplification effect produced by the mutual resonance between the thousands of overlapping incantations, the speed shot up by yet another one hundred and twenty times.
As a result, Aureolus succeeded in completing Ars Magna in just half a day.
"Therefore, this world is my playground!"
"It is the world I have created!"
Aureolus's declaration boomed with utter certainty.
"In the world I've crafted, I am the God! Even if you are that ancient vampire, you can never hope to defeat a god! So, I strongly advise you to surrender gracefully and cooperate with me. Do that, and I promise I won't make things unnecessarily difficult for you!"
His words echoed across the enormous, ballroom-like space.
Himegami Aisa stood silent, her face unreadable.
As for Fang Li, still locked in place, his head was bowed low, hiding his expression from view.
But the raw, terrifying power radiating from his body was growing ever stronger, ever more astonishing.
"Pā-jī… pā-jī pā-jī pā-jī…"
The very air began to crackle and whine in pain.
The shimmering distortions that rippled through the space around Fang Li became violently intense, threatening to tear the illusion apart.
"Wh, what…?"
The supreme confidence melted away, leaving a look of naked shock plastered across Aureolus's face.
A genuine wave of dread began to bubble up in the heart of the alchemist who had just proclaimed himself the god of his own world.
In that crumbling state, Aureolus could only grit his teeth, forcing himself to shout toward Fang Li:
"Give up this resistance! Stop this meaningless struggle right now! Against Ars Magna, a spell that can create worlds, no matter how you fight, it's utterly useless!"
Aureolus didn't notice it, but his voice was trembling.
And in the very next instant, the last scrap of self-assurance he possessed was mercilessly obliterated.
It was shattered by the immense power that exploded out from Fang Li's body.
No, it wasn't just power.
That was a world being born.
"Zheng————!"
With a blinding flash of pure, searing white light, the entire world seemed to hit a giant reset button.
"Zheng————!"
In the deep night, a surge of white light, like a tidal wave blotting out the sky, suddenly burst forth and swept across the whole of Academy City.
Wherever the light touched, everything was simply swallowed.
Skyscrapers dissolved into nothing.
Asphalt roads vanished beneath it.
Pedestrians and streets alike disappeared.
Dormitories, schools, everything was engulfed.
In that single, terrifying moment, the entire city, home to 2.3 million people, was enveloped in the all-consuming, terrifying white brilliance.
And then—
Bit by bit, the scenery changed.
It was replaced by an endless sea of flowers, spreading out like a boundless, vibrant ocean.
"Wha, what happened?!"
"W-What is going on?!"
"Oh my heavens…"
Whether they had been asleep in their dorms or walking the streets, all the residents of the city found themselves instantly transported to that vast flower-filled landscape, staring around in bewildered shock and confusion.
Then, from the very heart of that endless field, from an ancient, colossal castle towering at its center, a sound erupted.
A roar.
"Ugh… Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh————!"
The shriek of a ferocious, maddened beast tore out of the castle, and the sheer shockwave of its sound knocked out nearly eighty percent of the people who had just been pulled into this bizarre new world.
(End Of This Chapter)
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