I Created Scientific Magic

Luo'er sprinted down the path, the scent of blood growing increasingly intense. Along the way, he had already encountered several bodies, their deaths bizarrely abrupt, as if their lives had been claimed by witchcraft before they could even react.

"Damn it, what in the world is happening? Has the council already been infiltrated?" Luo'er cursed loudly, astonished that all of the Corona Tower's protections had failed.

There was no doubt that there was a traitor within the council who had leaked their operation's intelligence in advance and then took advantage of the moment the Corona Tower's defenses were down to strike and breach the core area of the Magic Council.

Luo'er was fraught with urgency, but then he ran into a group of familiar figures—it was August and the others who had gone to exterminate the Doomsday Cult.

"Teacher!" Luo'er shouted in surprise and relief, releasing a sigh of relief as August's presence here meant that the issue on the other side must have been resolved.

However, there was no time for questions as he urgently continued, "Teacher, your return couldn't be more timely. An enemy has broken into the Magic Council, my appointed guards have been attacked, and the protective arrays didn't work. There must be a traitor inside!"

"And about this Doomsday Cult, it's very likely related to that Kahimo you killed two months ago... I've investigated his background, he was the right-hand man of the Evil Mage Merck. Five years ago, I suspected that everything that happened in recent years can't be unconnected to him..." Luo'er rapidly relayed his conjectures.

August remained composed, patiently listening to Luo'er's account while proceeding deeper into the Corona Tower, before expressing his interest with the query, "Did you come up with all this?"

"No, these are His Excellency Lynn's speculations, but I believe they are absolutely correct," Luo'er declared without hesitation.

"It seems he's very clever!" August did not hold back his praise, glancing at Luo'er and then involuntarily shaking his head. "However, in comparison, you're a bit lacking."

Luo'er paused, his face showing a touch of embarrassment; he naturally could not compare with His Excellency Lynn.

"Teacher, where are we going?" Luo'er followed closely behind August, asking with confusion. Shouldn't they be gathering forces first to search for the traitors and intruders?

"The control room!" August replied offhandedly.

As their conversation ended, they arrived at the great doors of the control room, which were bronze and adorned with intricate alchemy patterns, most notably a device at the center resembling a wheel.

There were no signs of forced entry, indicating that no one had breached this place...

Luo'er wasn't surprised by that; the door to the control room was enhanced with many sophisticated spells, accessible only to the chairpersons.

"Do you know, Luo'er, sometimes magic can also be deceived, say, by making it recognize you as someone else, like this..." August placed his hand at the center of the wheel, and as it vibrated intensely, the pointer on the ring turned to the mark representing the Fayzi Giant Dragon.

Click—With a faint sound, the wheel slowly began to turn and sank inwards, as the heavy bronze doors gradually opened, revealing an incredibly spacious area beyond.

No, perhaps it is more apt to describe it as an ocean of elements. The grand hall stored all the elements known to wizards, floating in the form of Magic Mimicry within the void, exuding a mesmerizing luminescence...

This in itself was a very powerful magic, the second level of protection inside the control room!

However, August, entering in his capacity as the Speaker, naturally would not be attacked.

"Teacher, did Lord Fayez send you here? What are we doing here again?" Luo'er vaguely felt that something was amiss, but he still didn't want to believe his own suspicion.

"To retrieve something…" August said slowly, then immediately inquired, "Do you know why the Council restricts the research on Spiritual Magic?"

"Is it to avoid the emergence of another Evil Mage like Merck, an evil practitioner of Spiritual Witchcraft?" Luo'er tentatively spoke.

"No, you are wrong. Those legendary wizards did it to prevent us from discovering a secret." August's expression turned gloomy, and his voice grew a few degrees colder. "Spiritual Magic is the foundation of everything. There is no difference between the so-called gods and wizards, or, perhaps, the pinnacle of magic is theology!"

The pinnacle of magic is theology?

Listening to August's words, Luo'er felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet to his heart.

"That so-called Lord of the Stars, the Moon Goddess 'Ella', was the first person to transcend the limits of a wizard…" August spoke with the same patience as he always had when explaining magic to Luo'er.

"That's precisely why the Council doesn't allow anyone to delve deeply into the study of Spiritual Techniques, competing for the limited resources of Wizard Land— even though the entire power of Wizard Land can only nurture one new Magic God, there are as many as five legendary wizards here…"

"They are wary and guarded against each other, full of fear and greed… No one dares to take that step, preferring to remain trapped in this small Wizard Land, and also vehemently preventing new wizards from ascending to legend…"

"But now, it's time for a change…" August's tone turned sharper, vaguely revealing a fervor. "After today, the whole of Greenlay will transform into a Divine Kingdom, and I will reign above all wizards, becoming the second…God!"

Luo'er looked at the face in front of him, familiar yet foreign, and kept retreating backward, then his body softened, and he fell to the ground in an awkward heap…

"You are definitely not my teacher, August… Who exactly are you?" Luo'er shouted with trembling lips, perhaps the other party had used Shaping Magic to assume this appearance.
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"If the teacher you're referring to is the one who broke through to the Great Wizard Realm within four years, indeed, that's me…" August said nonchalantly.

His original body was already decrepit and naturally needed a perfect, talented body.

And he had chosen the body of the then already somewhat famous prodigy wizard in Wizard Land, August.

After faking his own death, he schemed to usurp the other's body, and afterward, he easily broke through the Great Wizard Realm once again, rising to become a sought-after star of magic in Greenlay, even successfully entering the Council.

"Of course, you can also call me… the Spirit of the Elements, or the new Magic God—Merck!" August declared, word by word.