Chapter 624: The Temple
When the clearing was cleared, almost three hours passed. Siegel flicked his finger in the air, and the spell of the telekinesis immediately covered the entire rune wall.
The dwarven rune sensed the foreign spell and immediately reacted, connecting the rune array of the entire city wall. Suddenly, everyone saw a barrier that radiated a bright light, and the constantly wandering dwarven characters formed a shield, trying to resist the pull from the sky.
This would cause a lot of trouble for ordinary armies and even ordinary mages, but it is an easy situation for magic gods to deal with. After all, the walls are dead, and how they can function and what kind of loopholes they have are fixed. Siegel knew the blueprints so well that he didn't even have to do the analysis.
Since the dwarven rune system is now under the control of magic—in exchange for which dwarves can train mages normally, rather than just by luck, as in the past—the god of magic can suppress runes in the same way that ordinary spells are suppressed. These rune walls cost a lot of money when they were built, and they almost hollowed out the old bottom of the Heim Territory. Siegel still remembers it, so he doesn't just waste the runes, and he definitely uses them in the newly built temple.
The walls were broken down and reduced to pieces of masonry, and they flew into the open space in long lines. Things that had not been thrown away inside the city walls, such as sleeping bedding and other debris, were all thrown from the air. A few of the dead men also screamed loudly, trying to grasp the rising stones. But the rune wall itself refrains from climbing, so these people will eventually fall, and they don't know if they live or die.
Only a few wise people rushed to beg for mercy at the last moment: "God, I was wrong, please spare me!" and the men floated down like feathers, and finally landed unharmed. Seeing such a miracle, many people involuntarily knelt down, unwilling to talk nonsense. Their eyes flashed with envy and a thirst for power. As for faith, it is something that is slowly cultivated.
As it approached the vicinity of the temple, the magic ship shook, then quickly reduced its altitude and speed, and finally came to a halt close to the ground. "What's going on, are spells and myrcannic cores malfunctioning again?"
"No, everything is working fine, but it just can't fly. One of the mages remarked, "All flying spells have the same result, you can only move backwards, not forwards." ”
"It's weird, report to the leaders of a few factions, and then move the magic ship back. Could this be the Legendary Spell Forbidden Flying Circle?"
What happened to the magic spaceship naturally couldn't escape Siegel's intuition, after all, it was within his perception within a radius of thirteen miles. Even if he concentrates on controlling the spell and divine power, the changes in his surroundings will not go unnoticed. After becoming a magic god, he can be distracted and multi-purpose, and there seems to be no upper limit to his perception.
He could see inside the Federation ship, where the leaders of the various factions had gathered, greeted each other, and walked off the ship. He saw that Wendy was constantly casting various spells, trying to find out the range of the forbidden circle. She was doomed to disappointment, because this was a place where divine power was formed, and it wasn't exactly a spell.
She was still the same, but she was dressed more elegantly and more silently. Even when the leaders of the other factions spoke to her, she only nodded and shook her head in response, rarely saying a word or two. Her spell-casting ability has decreased somewhat, and now she's barely reaching the level of an archmage. What could be causing this? Siegel could tell at a glance that there was nothing wrong with her physical condition, and that was for psychological reasons.
He doesn't play dumb about it and thinks Wendy has nothing to do with him. The deeper the entanglement of this matter, the more troublesome it became, and he had no other way but to deal with it coldly.
Turning his gaze back, the base of the temple was complete. The rune stones are combined into a hard whole, and there is not a single gap under the fusion of the power of the earth element, only a layer of complex magic array lines can leave traces on the stone. Siegel hid a circle of Myrcans in the base, which was usually closed and did not export elements. If there is danger, or if there is no other elemental aggregate core in this world, it can be opened here, rekindling the hope of infinite energy.
Other runestones flew in one after another, turning into stone pillars, stone walls, and floors. Siegel built his own temple, very simple in style, but with deep connotations. He permanently engraved all the tricks and representative low-level spells on the walls of the temple, and at the same time revealed how to perceive the elements and how to simulate casting spells with meditation. Some of the most basic truths, and their own requirements for mages, are also left on the wall. This area is open to everyone, whether they are believers or not, no matter what their native language is, even if they don't know how to read, they will understand what is on it when they see it.
Magic needs to be learned and spread, and there is no better way to do that than by uniting more people to learn it together. The previous magic god "Liel" liked to create competition among mages, and constantly used the method of survival of the fittest to maintain the upward vitality of the mage community. This can be used in situations where magical resources are limited - not insufficient. During Siegel's time, however, the situation changed dramatically.
The Myr Energy Core, the High Creation Circle, and the Chain Teleportation Array have completely changed the world system, and learning magic is no longer expensive and unacceptable, at least becoming an apprentice is no problem for ordinary people. Siegel used to have to save up to 2,000 gold coins to have a chance to study with Sharon, but now he can get apprenticeship training for free as long as he can guarantee a period of workshop work. Even so, apprenticeships are still in short supply, and they are gradually becoming the best way to read and write.
It was in response to this trend that Siegel placed the materials of enlightenment in the temple. At the same time, he left the method of how to build this "psychic communication" circle in the temple, and every high-ranking priest had to learn it, and constantly spread the enlightenment. These enlightenments will help the temple expand the influence of the gods of magic, at least leaving a mark on the greatest number of people.
The Academy of Magic will be the step after initiation, where formal mages will be trained until they can be left to their own devices. Mages don't need to be believers, but they need to know that magical gods are real, and that's enough. Siegel won't answer their prayers unless it's an idea of a new spell. On the one hand, he didn't want to interfere with the mage's free thought, and on the other hand, he didn't bother to care so much.
Anyway, he wasn't Liele, he was Siegel, the mage who couldn't even manage her territory without Janet.
The temple continued to expand, and the Hall of Enlightenment was followed by an area reserved for priests, who crafted various magical potions and equipment, and provided healing to spellcasters. But most importantly, they oversee the operation of the Crystal, Myrenergy, and Teleportation Circles to ensure that they are not abused.
On top of that, it's also a place to perform cloning. Siegel decided to leave the use of cloning to the temple to make up for the inability to perform the resurrection. Mages wield great power, and if they want to guide them, the temple must remain attractive enough. It was Siegel who used cloning to break the knowledge blockade of the Mage Guild and successfully ascended to the throne of the gods, so he knew very well how important the influence of this spell was.
Combined with the use of Golem-making technology and Vice-Brain, cloning allows the mage to "mirror" himself and exert double his power for a certain period of time. This is the temple's current highest technology, and only this main temple in Myr City possesses it. As for deciding who could use cloning, Siegel also decided to leave it up to future pastors to decide.
Who's going to be his pastor? Siegel was a little curious. If the prophecy priesthood was still there, he would have had the answer by this time, but this kind of anticipatory waiting is also interesting.
Once the priest's service area was built, the entire temple was completed. As for where the pastors lived, he didn't want to worry. If the priests all lived in the temple, like the mages of the magic tower, wouldn't they be too far from the market? Siegel, as the god of magic, had decided to preserve his mortal nature as much as possible, and his priest should do the same.
The final work was to hang the emblem to mark the official completion of the temple. After thinking about it for a long time, Siegel decided to be lazy, changed the banner of Heim's collar slightly, made the squid banner with six tentacles representing the four elements and positive and negative energy, and made it hold a magic book and a wand.
"That's it, even if you just draw a triangle, it won't affect your use. Siegel looked at his temple with satisfaction, rubbed his nose, and walked inside.
As he walked, he threw magic circles everywhere. Once the construction is complete, flying and teleporting are allowed, but no Instant-Death magic is used. Malicious transformation, mind control, enchantment, and most psychic illusions within the temple are forbidden, as are petrification, dissociation, curses, and grand cleavage spells. All spells that attack buildings will crash into the anti-magic field, and it will be difficult for a normal sword to destroy runestones.
It would be enough to have this kind of protection for most situations, after all, the main force here will be priests and mages, and a few hundred meters away is the walls of the city of Myr. The nine-clawed banner of the squid family and the six-clawed banner of the magic god complement each other, and will be the most stable alliance in the future.
Leaving the relationship with the temple, his descendants can rest easy, but how far Isaac can develop cannot rely on the temple, but on Siegel's education.
He walked into the temple, through the Hall of Enlightenment, to the priest's area at the back. With a raised hand, he made himself a force field throne, and then sat quietly on it. Divine energy emanates from the body, and news is received wherever there is magic. This is the privilege of each new god, who can use the power of the crystal wall to declare his existence.
Who would be the first believer to come to him, and who would be the first priest? Things within a radius of thirteen miles could not escape his eyes, and he had already seen a familiar figure walking with a face full of doubts. (To be continued.) )