1208 Birth of an Epic Part 2 (2/2)
”I do, master,” Big Guy answered without any hesitation.
”Why so?”
”Gods are puppets of the highest levels and it is my ultimate wish to attain godhood.” After Big Guy recovered, it seemed that his intelligence was no longer hindered by its injuries.
”Big Guy, that'd be a long journey, one that not even I would be able to see its end with you.”
”Master, if there comes a day where I would become a god, I shall protect the Metatrin family for eternity,” Big Guy knelt within Puppet Constellation and made a pledge that it could never betray. If it truly became a god, that pledge would be part of its divine persona.
”Well then, every bit of power of faith that I am able to steal from here on out, I shall siphon to you. As for the spark of divine fire, it's up to you.”
”Master, I need a name befitting a god.”
”A name for a god?” Saleen searched his memories and found the names of many gods were tricky to pronounce, so he said, ”how about Dante then?”
”Dante, the God of Puppets?” Big Guy thought the name had a nice ring to it. In reality, Dante was the shortened version of a great mage's name.
The mage created Dante's Sequence, elemental construct, and many powerful combination magic. It was said that the level of the mage was not one that the crystal wall system could contain.
”Take this, Dante.” Saleen took out a series of magic books and threw them into the Puppet Constellation. Knowledge regarding Dante's Sequence and others were recorded within the books.
Other than Saleen, Dante was the other one who had control of all puppets within Puppet Constellation. Furthermore, Dante would be able to achieve control of the puppets in far higher precision compared to Saleen.
When the puppets were used in forming elemental constructs, the changes could be said to be limitless.
Saleen had little use of Dante when he was using the Puppet Constellation, so he had Dante learn from books instead. If Dante was able to master magic, Saleen would only need to install a large scale magic power furnace, and Dante would become a power magic puppet.
When mages crafted equipment, what was needed most other than skills was wealth. Someone as rich as Saleen was naturally able to select such a path.
In the case of other mages, they could not even afford a mini-sized magic power furnace without bankrupting themselves, let alone a large one.
Not all mages were rich. Grand Duke Iron Blood's family would not be able to keep so many mages around for thousands of years otherwise. Even Imposa had only taken the grand duke's side due to severe lack of materials.
Saleen had an increasingly clear view into his own future. His senses turned pure and his thoughts unwavering. His magic chords grew at a frightening rate and compressed, becoming dense and refined. What he had not been able to fathom just a while ago became clear.
Saleen was neither elated nor sorrowful. 360,000 lightning runes flew out from his sides. All of them were transparent as they circled him, forming into lines.
The lightning runes coalesced on their own, and Saleen had no control whatsoever over them. However, he was able to remember the combination flawlessly. His understanding of lightning rules grew again.
Some mistakes in his Thundering Sound were found. When the greatest part of his Thundering Sound manifested, Saleen originally had trouble mastering the details and was able to maintain control for three seconds at most.
The newfound understanding contracted his Thundering Sound's burst within one-sixth of a second.
While it was hardly instant casting, one-sixth of a second was short enough. Saleen became confident in being able to break every single spiritual type spell cast by mages of his level. Even if he ran into the angels of fear again, he would not be set up anymore.
As for lightning skills, Saleen gained a lot, managing to acquire three skills at once.
Thundering Explosion, Thundering Shock, and Thundering Phantasm.
Thundering Explosion was capable of breaking an enemy's skill. With 12 continuous thunder cast in the span of microseconds, it was capable of completely nullifying most spiritual type spells and causing severe rebound to the caster.
Thundering Shock was an active attack skill. One shout was capable of breaking an enemy's skill, causing a very annoying rebound as well.
Thundering Phantasm was an accidental find. It enabled him to choose to cast all manners of complex, detailed illusions as the thunder was cast. Anything Saleen had seen before could be replicated in his illusions.
Thundering Phantasm also broke spiritual attacks. However, more important was the fact that while the illusions were incapable of causing much damage, if the enemy extended their senses to search, they would be attacked by the thunder.
The attack attracted the enemy, making it practically indefensible.
Elemental illusions were mixed within Thundering Phantasm. If the enemy dared not search the illusions, Saleen would have many more options to deal with the enemy. If the enemy searched, their souls would be damaged.