Chapter 2471 – 2471. God’S Atlantis
As someone who wasn’t a mage, I couldn’t use the functions of the magic tower. That’s why I put Erlang in the position of tower master instead of me.
Erlang stepped forward. More than ten magic circles floated around her. She skillfully moved her fingers, adjusting the magic circles.
[Opening the Heavenly Eye.]
I could see. Each of those magic circles was connected to the magic tower. But I didn’t know exactly what it meant. I could just see it, that was all.
*Phat.*
Several screens appeared at once. Through the screens, I could see the situation outside the magic tower. People gathered in droves around the magic tower. And even the faintly glowing shape of the magic tower.
“Celestial Demon Lord. All preparations are complete.”
“Shall we check the defense function first?”
“Yes. Andvari’s ring has characteristics related to space. By coating the magic tower’s surface with a spatial field using it… we can achieve a level of defense that would be safe even if a meteorite fell.”
Erlang explained and used defensive magic. The rippling of space covered the entire magic tower.
‘…It’s a mosaic.’
It was a mosaic covering the Boji Magic Tower.
A mosaic. Something to hide. But by hiding, it stimulates the imagination. Covering the Boji Magic Tower with a mosaic made it feel even more lewd.
‘It’s not a strong mosaic, so even with the mosaic, the shape is visible. If you squint your eyes from a suitable distance, it would look like there’s no mosaic.’
Pass.
I liked it.
“What’s the next function?”
“Using the power of the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl, we can control the wind and rain… in other words, we can control the weather.”
“Make it rain.”
Water is precious in the desert.
To be able to intentionally control the weather and make it rain? It was nothing short of a miracle. The people of the desert would support me. Not that I particularly cared if they did or not.
Erlang manipulated the magic circles. A magic circle was drawn in the center of the Boji Magic Tower, in the large hole, then it flashed once and disappeared.
Dark clouds gathered in the sky and poured down rain.
“We can also shoot large amounts of water cannons… or purify the water and air in the area.”
That was the function I wanted. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that I built the Boji Magic Tower on the volcanic island because of this function.
‘The reason I made the Boji Magic Tower so ridiculously large was to cover the entire desert area.’
The performance of the Boji Magic Tower was beyond what I had planned. It could cover the desert area and still have room to spare.
‘With this, even if a volcanic island appears, the desert area won’t be affected.’
We could also get clean water as much as we wanted.
“The purification function can be maintained 365 days a year, right?”
Originally, air purifiers had to run 24 hours a day.
“Originally, that’s impossible. After all, the magic tower uses mana as energy. If the mana runs out, the magic tower’s functions can’t be used. The magic tower’s functions are, after all, maximized magic.”
“But the Boji Magic Tower has the Black Heart.”
“Yes. Because of the Black Heart, we can use the purification function 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.”
Erlang’s eyes shone. When I showed her Andvari’s ring and the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl, she kept exclaiming in admiration, but when I showed her the Black Heart, she couldn’t even utter an exclamation and froze. The reason, of course, was that it was the most suitable item for the magic tower.
After that, I checked all the minor functions.
The last thing left was the attack using the magic tower.
“I offer the tower’s seal to the Celestial Demon Lord.”
Erlang knelt and respectfully offered the ring.
A ring engraved with the shape of the Boji Magic Tower.
「Boji Magic Tower Seal
Only the owner of the Boji Magic Tower can wear it.
Can use the Boji Magic Tower’s spatial bombardment.
Can only be used when Andvari’s ring and the Black Heart are placed in the Boji Magic Tower.
Rank: S」
I took the ring and put it on my index finger.
“How do I use this?”
“That ring designates coordinates and sends a signal to the magic tower. The magic tower, upon receiving the signal, opens a warp gate that only allows energy to pass through at the designated coordinates and launches a bombardment. Even if there are designated coordinates, there may be slight errors in the trajectory of the bombardment, so please use it after keeping a sufficient distance from the bombardment area.”
“Hmm. It would be better to use this directly.”
Spatial bombardment? First, I should test its firepower.
And there was a good target.
A village formed by the rebels who had fled to a remote part of the desert.
I was planning to have the Mafungdan wipe them out, but I decided to go myself for the test.
• • •
There, I could see the rebels’ village.
A village created by the remnants who failed in their rebellion and fled. Normally, it would be safer to go to another area, but… the desert area was isolated, so that wasn’t easy. Besides, other areas didn’t welcome people from the desert. People from the desert were particularly rough and often caused problems.
‘It’s a small scale, with less than 200 people.’
I held out the seal of the Boji Magic Tower and activated it. There was only one condition for designating coordinates. It had to be visible.
「Using the Boji Magic Tower’s spatial bombardment.」
「The current remaining energy of the Boji Magic Tower is 81%.」
「After using the spatial bombardment, the magic tower will enter an overload state. The overload time is determined by the amount of energy used. During the overload state, the functions of the magic tower are limited.」
「The spatial bombardment consumes a minimum of 30% energy. How much additional energy would you like to consume?」
“31%.”
「Impossible. Spatial bombardment consumes energy in 3% increments.」
“…Is that so? Shall we go all out? Use all 81%.”
「Approved.」
*Ziiiiiiiiing.*
A red line appeared in the center of the rebels’ village. As if to indicate that this was the target.
「15 seconds remaining until spatial bombardment.」
「14 seconds remaining until spatial bombardment.」
「13 seconds remaining until spatial bombardment.」
I crossed my arms and leisurely waited for the system’s countdown.
「1 second remaining until spatial bombardment.」
I raised my head.
I could feel a massive surge of mana from the high sky. I used the Heavenly Eye to confirm its identity. A warp gate. A black space opened, and a huge blue energy fell from it.
Energy bullets made of mana began to bombard the rebels’ village.
*Kwaaang!* *Kwang!* *Kwaaaaang!*
The energy fell in rapid succession.
‘It’s not a spatial bombardment, it’s an orbital bombardment!’
Whatever else, the visual was amazing. It felt like my insides were being cleared out.
‘A total of 22 shots fell.’
At the place where the village had been, only craters and smoke were left. The rebels had been annihilated without leaving a single corpse.
「The Boji Magic Tower is entering an overload state. The functions of the magic tower are limited.」
「162 hours remaining until the magic tower’s overload state is released.」
‘162 hours? That’s longer than I thought. About a week.’
Still, the power was satisfying. I could wipe out all the guys I didn’t like.
‘It’s weaker than a tactical nuke, but I could wipe out a small city.’
Since I had confirmed its power, I tore a space-movement scroll and returned to the Boji Magic Tower.
I could see the Boji Tower. The Boji Tower was so big that I couldn’t help but see it even if I didn’t want to.
The white Boji Tower was glowing red and emitting smoke. I paused for a moment at the lewd sight.
“…Is the Boji Tower turning red because it’s in an overload state? And the smoke… is it steam?”
Looking closely, I could see mages pouring water on the Boji Tower. The change in the Boji Tower wasn’t just in its appearance. It was emitting an enormous amount of heat.
I met Erlang and checked the functions of the Boji Magic Tower. Fortunately, the purification function was still maintained even in the overload state.
• • •
That day came.
The volcanic island appeared in the sky above the center of the Atlantis continent. A large volcano was constantly spewing black smoke. The black smoke blocked the sun. Volcanic ash was falling all over the Atlantis continent.
The purification function of the Boji Magic Tower was activated. It purified the black smoke and maintained the clear blue sky. No volcanic ash fell in the desert area. Instead, only sand flew as always.
「A volcanic island appears in Atlantis.」
「The volcano on the volcanic island will remain active until it is completely conquered, and will scatter volcanic ash throughout the Atlantis continent.」
「Also, the volcanic island curses all exiles on the Atlantis continent.」
「You have been cursed by the volcanic island.」
「Your body temperature is rising. Drink water to lower your body temperature.」
「Fine volcanic ash will accumulate on your body. The more volcanic ash accumulates, the more sluggish your body becomes. If a certain amount of volcanic ash accumulates, the inside of your body will rot.」
The volcanic island’s curse was only placed on the exiles. But that didn’t mean the continentals were fine.
Volcanic ash itself was deadly to living things. Continentals wouldn’t be safe either. If they inhaled a lot of volcanic ash, the continentals would eventually die too.
‘The exiles and the continentals will unite as one. And at the center of it will be the protagonist, Kang Myungjin. That was the original episode, after all.’
The volcanic island consisted of a total of 71 districts, from district 8,800 to district 8,870. All 71 districts had to be conquered for the volcanic island to stabilize.
‘I have to conquer it. It’s not good for me either if the volcanic island remains active.’
But it shouldn’t be conquered right now.
How much had Elena, Harmo, and I prepared for this day?
‘Three months would be enough to break even, but… if the volcanic island is maintained for about a year, I could get even more.’
I recalled the original story.
In the original story, it took about half a year for Kang Myungjin to conquer all 71 districts of the volcanic island. If I left it alone now, the volcanic island situation would end in half a year.
‘No way. How much did I invest in this? The volcanic island has to be maintained for at least a year.’
Fortunately, there was a way.
‘Helten, gather.’
I wasn’t the boss of Helten, but since I had helped them before, Samuel, the boss of Helten, would cooperate.
“Hehehe…”
