88 Absolute Power (1/2)

The whole area surrounding the temporal rift becomes a smouldering ruin.

It is the direct result of my newest spell, Burning Sky, which is basically just a shitload of fireballs raining down onto the earth, bombarding everything on the ground into oblivion, including myself.

Talk about friendly fire. Well, not so friendly if you think about it.

The micromachines that emulate my robe activate their shield to protect me. It is purely technological shield, but it is still effective against magic nonetheless. This was proven when I send absurd amount of tanks to blow up all the Nazi bases around the world.

The energy shield didn't protect me from the intense heat though, so I still need to heal my burns. The shield isn't designed to block out heat since starships can withstand a little heat. Flesh is a bit different though.

A solution needs to be found for this, since I don't want my men to be cooked inside their armour.

Legion can cast magic through direct application of runes, but it is not as effective as casting the runes onto a magical incantation diagram. He needs a biological component for that, which is me. This allows me to gain some experience in the process, but very little in comparison to casting the spell myself.

However, quantity has a quality of its own.

Millions of fireball can be casted within the time I manage to cast one personally. But there is a charm to casting a spell myself.

It empowers me and gives me a sense of accomplishment. It also makes me less reliance on Legion or my technological advantages.

I do not wish to be completely helpless when I am stripped of my toys and my command over time.

These are all tools, and tools can be broken and taken away. Logically speaking, if it can happens then it will happens, so I should prepare for that eventuality. Hasn't it happened before?

I am prepared for a lot of things. Sadly, I cannot prepare for everything. There are just so many stuffs I do not know yet.

But I will, hopefully.

Lacking knowledge will the bane of my existence, I swear!

Nevertheless, I think I have a viable solution to Legion's inability to cast magic, but a soulless clone will not do. I need a living, breathing sentient being to experiment and prove my theory.

I do know where to find a few specimens. The men have told me so.

Anyway, Burning Sky costs a butt load of magical energy due to its extreme inefficiency, but that isn't something I need to worry about.

I do have practically unlimited magical energy – not in my body, unfortunately.

This means that I can't use my magical aura to make other mages shit their pants.

How fortunate for their pants.

Magical aura reveals how much and how potent the magical power a person has. It is usually their raw magical energy, crushing down upon everyone within the immediate vicinity.

When the magical aura is focused on a single person, it is considered as an attack and will be retaliated as such. This alone has caused quite a bit infighting between the human mages, resulting in some very pointless deaths.

The stronger the mage is, the more magical energy they can store within their body, making their aura more potent. It can be extremely deadly against non-mages.

Their greater understandings and knowledge in the arcane art also strengthen their magical aura to untold height. Thus, it is the main reason why a 2nd circle mage can crush a mage of the 1st circle with just a look. No lower mages would want to offend a more powerful mages if they can help it.

The difference in their power level are like heaven and earth!

That sounds super cliché.

Most mages belonging to the lesser races such as humans or elves only manage to reach 2nd circle of power during their lifetime. Those who can reach 3rd circle are considered exceptional.

4th circle are already legendary.

Even so, there are 5th and 6th circle mages in the world. These mages can basically do anything they pleased and no one can really stop them. At least that what is Eliana tells me.

Greater races like Dragonkin are all naturally gifted with magic, so even their young are already at 2nd or 3rd circle equivalents. They have their own magical power level definitions.

I don't know what those levels are called since it is in their language.

Luckily for Eliana and her elvish people, there are no mages higher than 3rd circle in the nearby human Kingdoms and Queendoms. There are also some Dukedoms from what the satellites manage to map out.

Seems that with great power comes authority.

Well, I suppose the same could be said in my case.

In the prime universe, I do have absolute authority, at least on Earth.

I can certainly take on the whole world and win with just my technology alone.

And I have magical power now, so it will just be one sided massacre – more on sided. Just releasing a magical aura is probably enough to terrify people. Even if they can't see magical energy, they should definitely feel the energy crushing their body and will.

Releasing magical aura is a form of intimidation.

Eliana tries that on me – and I think I beat the shit out of her when she first did it. She didn't remember any of that though since I have erased her memory.

I ponder about that for a moment and wonder if I should have left her memory intact. Instead of fear like Sharon Stone, Eliana worships me.

Worship leads to obsession, and obsession leads to crazy fanatic.

Oh boy... let's not think too much on that. The Galactic Empire is the thing of the past. Hydra Imperium is the future.

All shall hail Hydra!

Ahem

Spells are created by combining runes together for effect. How they are combined, how many of them are there, their current position around the magical incantation diagram, their shapes and sizes, and so on are all taking into consideration when casting a spell.