The time of a standard hourglass is less than half an hour when converted to the old notation. Even if Master Peter didn't dare to come in, he couldn't hide the past, just like paper can't contain fire.

If it was just an ordinary wizard gathering, Rasputchin, as a legendary wizard, could not go to it. However, the fireside meeting was the highest meeting attended by wizarding leaders of Rasputchin's stature, and if Rasputin did not show up, what would happen here could not be hidden.

Richard paced in circles, anxious like an ant on a hot pan. But the more anxious he became, the more his mind went blank. In the final analysis, he is still too weak, whether in the past or now, as an ordinary person, there is not much choice when facing problems, and there are clear limitations in the methods that can be thought of. And the predicament in front of him is completely beyond the scope of what he can bear.

It's to solve the current predicament that I summoned the Demon God. But now......

He turned his head to meet the black-haired girl's pupils. She had been watching herself for a long time since just now, as if waiting for the next order. Richard didn't speak, she stood there in silence, like a lifeless puppet.

Maybe she had been living a life like being ordered to do so before she fell asleep.

Richard was worried about whether he would be killed by the summoned Demon God, or even swallowed or something, but the situation in this regard was much better than he expected, and the other party was the type who would completely obey his orders.

In a sense, he is the one who can serve the legendary "supreme existence of the spirit world", even more powerful than the legendary wizards of the same age.

But...... He unconsciously smiled wryly.

Now Richard knows the truth of everything. Even if you have the help of the other party, what is the use? He's just a wizard apprentice, and his real name is an artificial intelligence living in a virtual network world, and there are all kinds of limitations, how can he affect the real world-

……

…… Wait a minute.

Richard patted his cheek vigorously, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly calmed down.

Isn't the reason why there are such incredible powers as "magic" in this world because the virtual world can affect reality?

Think about it, the essence of the ability of the wizards of the so-called "psychic realm" is to control the ownerless artificial intelligence in the online world. Why are they able to do this? Or how did the "spirits" they summoned become the power of the wizards?

The world he lives in now has long since moved from the original scientific civilization to another direction. Although the material foundation is based on the black technology of the past, the people of the new world are interpreting and understanding it in their own way, and trying to control this power.

They see millennia-old technology as magic, and web instructions as spells and archetypes. This is to use different worldviews to explain the same thing, just as the ancients used the myth of gods and ghosts to explain incomprehensible natural phenomena, while modern people think about it physically.

There is no doubt that in today's Mayan world, this attempt has worked, and a new and vast system has been established that has become the basis for the existence of the transcendent.

Just a few hundred years before Richard lived, magic, gods, wizards, ...... These are also generally believed to exist. Even after mankind entered the era of the supremacy of reason, there are still people who believe in this.

Regardless, the superstitious notions of the Age of Magic were somewhat discarded; But now, the concept of the times seems to have turned back to the past.

Richard realized that his best course of action was to adapt his mind to the world – that is, to see things from the perspective of a "wizard."

The reason is simple, he is not a scientist with a lot of expertise, not to mention that he still lives in the 21st century, and with his mind he simply cannot understand the technology of the future, and it is impossible to explore the world from the perspective of "science". He can only honestly choose to be a part of the Mayan world.

When he made such a decision, Richard's thinking immediately became clearer.

Obviously, the word "Demon God" that has been recorded in history could not have appeared in the era when Miss Real Name was not asleep, which means that there was a transcendental AI who woke up at a later era (but earlier than now), and more than one of them had a background that was known to the people of the time, and he or she must have displayed some kind of terrifying power in order to be seen as such by the people of the Mayan world.

As a member of the Demon Gods, it is very likely that Zhenming has the same level of power, but he is only a humble apprentice now, and his knowledge is very limited, so it is difficult to see and use it.

As he pondered deeply, a question gradually came to Richard's mind.

- If Miss Real Name's abilities could be seen as some kind of power in the fantasy world, what would it be?

"Real name, real name......" Richard stroked his chin with a thoughtful look, "Is there any origin of this code name of yours?" ”

He soon learns from the other party that this is the name of the only true god worshipped in a realist religion that has considerable influence in South and Southeast Asia. The codenames of the twelve super AIs all have similar origins, representing the cultural diversity of the Earth Federation.

That's not the point, though. The word "real name" itself has a very important place in the occult, and many ancient countries and regions believed that people's names had some special powers.

In the wizarding world, everyone believes that everyone has a "true name" given by the heavens, and once they are in the hands of others, they can easily be replaced or reduced to the servant of the other party......

Is this a coincidence?

Real Name manages one of the most important basic information systems in human society: the identity authentication system. According to her, this is tied to all the permissions that everyone has;

And the so-called permission level, in the definition of the Mayan world, is different ranks......

The more Richard thought about it, the harder it was to contain his ups and downs. There was a sense of excitement slowly rising from the depths of his heart. His gaze fell on Raspuchin's corpse.

……

Richard took a deep breath and removed his mask, revealing a face more like a vagabond, his usually unkempt hair as messy as a lion's mane, and the majesty of the wizarding leader was completely invisible. But he didn't care about Raspuchin's true face, but stared at the mask in his hand.

After a while, Richard no longer hesitated and slowly put the mask on.

"Real name, can you tell what this is?"

Richard found that his voice had changed, becoming the same as Raspuchin's.

"It should be some kind of camouflage device, sir."

"Good."

Richard nodded.

A bold idea came to his mind.

- "I want to do an 'experiment' and I hope you will cooperate. ”