Chapter 1: Large Floating Ring Test!
Shadow Plane.
A gigantic silver-white circular ring was placed on the ground, surrounded by countless strange rune marks, and a white marble staircase led to a laboratory set up by Gloria in the Shadow Plane. At this moment, Gloria and the Fallen Witch stood at opposite sides of the ring, their legendary witch figures floating in mid-air, enveloped by a powerful magical aura. Soren, on the other hand, stood on the outskirts, completely shrouded in a divine light that made any mortal who looked at him want to worship.
The Divine Power Value was being consumed slightly.
It had been a week since Soren’s return. After assisting the Goddess of Magic, he had used up a considerable amount of divine power and had been quietly accumulating strength to master the divine ability [Alter Space]. However, today’s task was crucial, and even with his divine power not being abundant, he had to be present to assist the two legendary witches.
“It’s about to begin!”
Gloria’s voice directly reached Soren’s mind, saying solemnly, “If anything seems off, immediately open the divine power barrier to cut off the energy connection of the floating ring.”
“While maintaining the operation of the floating ring, neither my mother nor I will have enough energy to focus on anything else.”
“I’m counting on you.”
Soren’s expression was quite serious as he nodded slightly, saying, “It’s fine. Just go ahead. I’m here, and nothing major will go wrong.”
Hearing Soren’s words, Gloria’s expression relaxed a bit as she slowly replied, “Yes.”
“We’re starting.”
With the arcane symbols on the silver-white floating ring lighting up one by one, two immense magical forces began to crazily converge, forming an energy vortex that began to gradually inject into the ground beneath them, transmitted through strange rune circuits to the large floating ring at the center.
Buzz!
A mysterious resonance began. The ground around them suddenly trembled violently.
Crack.
A series of cracking sounds came forth, and under the enormous magical force, the land beneath Soren seemed to experience a violent earthquake, followed by cracking in the surrounding ground. Centered around Gloria and the Fallen Witch, the land within a radius of more than a hundred meters formed elliptical fissures. The solid rocks gradually crumbled, as if the ground was being forcibly lifted by some powerful force.
Gravity began to distort.
Every plane has different gravitational influences, but the laws of gravity in the multiverse are not dictated by matter as in the past life, but rather determined by the connection between this plane and the Earth Elemental Plane. For the vast majority of legendary witches’ half-plane spaces, or certain divine kingdoms, gravity is something they could control at creation.
Changing the plane’s structure, altering the plane’s space. Changing the plane’s connections.
The creation of a half-plane initially determines the elements that the creator needs to regulate, including gravity, air, and plane barriers (atmosphere), among others.
The scattered stones around them began to float mysteriously.
At this moment.
The gravity near the floating ring had been completely distorted, with some objects floating mysteriously in mid-air, and the immense power caused a resonance effect in the nearby space. Any slight abnormality could pose a dangerous situation.
“Energy transmission completed.”
The figure of the Tower Spirit experimental unit ET-1 floated out from the central laboratory. Due to the temporary distortion of gravity, as an experimental Tower Spirit, its abilities were still insufficient, making it appear as if it were floating in the Astral Realm.
However, it was still diligently performing its task, saying in a cold mechanical voice, “The floating ring is operating normally! Current operating status at 60%!…”
“It is expected to achieve experimental results once the operating status reaches 80%!…”
Rumbling.
The ground around them completely cracked. With Gloria and the Fallen Witch simultaneously transmitting magical power, the land within a 150-meter diameter centered on the laboratory split from the surface, and under the twisted gravity, it slowly began to rise. This process was quite slow, but as the floating ring operated, the separated land floated to a height of about ten meters, resembling a floating island.
“Success!”
Soren’s expression brightened, his divine radiance enveloping the area. Although his magical power was not comparable to that of the two legendary witches, his divine power could completely substitute much of the worldly power when needed.
“Energy transmission stable.”
“Begin recording experimental progress!… Floating ring power calculation in progress!…”
A red light appeared.
A beam of light shot from the gem eyes of Tower Spirit experimental unit No. 1, resembling a scanning beam from a future era. This was a high-level detection-type spell, derived from the alchemy texts within the Wizard Tower.
Gloria’s complexion appeared slightly pale.
The Fallen Witch’s state was not very good either; the energy required for the large floating ring test was difficult even for legendary witches to bear. However, before mastering the energy device technology from the Arcane Empire, they could only test the recently completed floating ring research in this manner. At this moment, the alchemical laboratory and the nearby land had completely lifted off the ground, the weight temporarily undetermined, but by visual estimation, it surely exceeded 100,000 tons.
Since this was merely a preliminary test, they did not probe too deeply when splitting the surface. If they intended to lift the deeper rock layers as well, the power requirements for the floating ring would significantly increase.
Time passed second by second.
The power of the floating ring’s energy operation grew larger. When the energy transmission reached a critical point, Gloria and the Fallen Witch simultaneously ceased their energy output, and then the arcane symbols near the laboratory began to fade one by one, ultimately hovering at a height of about ten meters in a rather bizarre manner.
Soren’s power was being frantically output!
Divine radiance enveloped this space, and Gloria and the Fallen Witch, having stopped energy transmission, did not remain idle. Instead, they swiftly descended to the periphery of the floating ring, with high-level Mage Hands manipulating various alchemical devices at astonishing speeds, embedding them into the ground. These alchemical devices bore a striking resemblance to the energy transmission apparatus of the Chess Half-Plane Golem Factory, arranging magical energy circuits in a way beyond common understanding. Eventually, they connected the six energy nodes on the large floating ring.
“Magical energy circuit completed!”
“Initiate the final testing step!… Data synchronization calculation in progress!…”
The cold mechanical voice echoed.
Gloria let out a slight breath of relief before glancing nervously at the Fallen Witch, then nodding towards Soren outside.
——”Saint form!”
Soren’s figure seemed to momentarily amplify, appearing as a humanoid radiating divine light, as divine power accelerated in consumption. When the energy operation broke through the limit, he suddenly retracted all his power.
Buzz!
The land floating in mid-air suddenly trembled, and then it plummeted rapidly. However, the arranged magical energy circuits instantly lit up, and after falling about five meters, this small floating island gradually rose, eventually stabilizing at a distance of about twenty meters from the ground.
“Success!”
Gloria’s face radiated uncontainable excitement as the Fallen Witch hugged her in exhilaration.
They had finally succeeded.
After expending a huge amount of effort and heart, they had completed the research on the large floating ring. The energy consumed by the floating city maintaining its suspended state would be significantly reduced since many runes had already been solidified on it. If the energy requirements became too massive, even the alchemical processes of the Arcane Empire could not maintain it. The majority of energy consumption for a floating city has many aspects; archmages were not so obsessed as to expend most of their energy in keeping a city suspended.
“It seems it was successful.”
Soren let out a slight breath of relief. However, he soon furrowed his brows and muttered, “But it’s still a bit small! Can a large floating ring only sustain this level of operation?”
The land with a diameter of 150 meters.
If measured by the standard of a house, then this area was indeed not small.
But if considered as a city, this area counted for nothing. The floating cities during the Arcane Empire were actual cities, unlike the Silver Era which only had several castle-sized areas. Recorded floating cities had any area surpassing ten kilometers. It was essentially lifting all the land from Modo City to the Port Area into the air.
A large floating ring had already exhausted the strange silver-white metal obtained from the Wizard Tower.
If they truly wanted to lift a whole city into the air, then such a large floating ring would require hundreds or even thousands more, which was simply not a task that could be accomplished by individual strength.
“Floating successful!”
“Element pool operating normally!…”
“Recording experimental results!…”
As the floating ring stabilized and operated, those stones that had floated due to the gravitational distortion fell to the ground. The energy transmission device showed no abnormalities, and the element pool set up by Gloria was sufficient to sustain the suspended state of the land.
As for wanting to make it fly and move, that would likely pose an academic challenge.
“I plan to use this as the basis for research on a half-plane.”
Gloria’s figure approached Soren’s side, her face smiling as if she was in a good mood, and she softly said, “The floating ring requires energy to maintain. With the power from the element pool, I want to see if I can directly open up a half-plane space.”
Half-plane.
This is a field that only legendary wizards can delve into; no half-plane is born out of thin air. As the core component of a half-plane, the element pool connects to the Wind Elemental Plane, Water Elemental Plane, Fire Elemental Plane, and Earth Elemental Plane. The birth of a half-plane is like playing a game of world creation; the proportion of any element needs common research and calculation, and after establishing the foundation of matter, the creator must also connect the energy sources of the upper and lower planes.
Creating a half-plane is not particularly difficult.
But creating a half-plane that can sustain life is considerably challenging; the Northern Witch Council’s half-plane could only be considered a dead zone, even the air there is quite thin.
A top-tier large half-plane would be akin to a divine kingdom, capable of allowing other races to live within it.
………………(To be continued ~^~)
