Mage Manual

Death Mad and the others are already the Gods of Four Pillars?

Ash asked blankly, "Are you all the senses of the Gods of Four Pillars?"

"I steal the power of the tyrant, Mirror Demon steals the intellect of the traitor, Black Demon steals the life of the Merciful Father, Youmo steals the desire of the Prince," Death Mad said softly, "Don’t misunderstand, we’re not interested in the authority of the Gods of Four Pillars; the point is, through them as a medium, we can retrieve our true power."

"Bury countless civilizations, witness countless ends, gather the magical might of countless world lines."

"Now we just need a vessel, and we can display our full power in this world."

"But wasn’t your full power also unable to rival the devouring World Snake?" Ash said, "Even if you retrieve your lost power, how much time can you buy for this world?"

"Forever."

Death Mad extinguished the cigarette and said seriously to Ash, "We may have a chance to completely kill Uroboros."

"We can’t defeat Uroboros for two reasons. First, in absolute strength, even if we are infinitely close to the theoretical limit of the Supreme of Magic, we still can’t compare to the Eight-winged existence. Second, we can’t truly confront Uroboros itself; no matter how many times we win, the snake can come back."

"The true Uroboros?"

"Uroboros is a creature that transcends dimensions. It exists outside the world, while we are inside. Only when it is devouring the world can we intersect with it, which means no matter how hard we try, we can only see one side of it, even only attacking its digestive system."

"We have killed its digestive system before, but as long as we can’t attack its true body, its return is only a matter of time."

Ash questioned, "Since you’ve killed the digestive system once, can’t you keep killing it?"

"Aside from the price we paid that nearly exhausted the entire world line’s resources," Death Mad said helplessly, "The point is, Uroboros isn’t foolish; it realizes it can’t manage this bone, so it will consume world lines first, then come back stronger to seek revenge."

It even levels up, this doomsday snake is too despicable!

"It’s because of these two reasons that we’ve been fleeing. If these two issues aren’t resolved, all hope is just despair," Death Mad said, "But now, one of the problems has been solved."

Ash was startled, then realized, "Uroboros didn’t choose to digest Hell, but directly bit through Hell, drilling into the world from Hell’s gap... Its true body has come in!?"

"Correct." Death Mad smiled slightly, the first smile since her appearance, yet it didn’t show any joy; it was filled with deep weariness, as if a lone fortress guarded for ten thousand years finally awaited reinforcements.

"This is an unprecedented situation. Its true body drilled into Level Six of Hell, and we finally have the chance to attack Uroboros’ true body, as if Fate intentionally leaked a bit of hope to us... Perhaps this is the only chance for the mage civilization."

"But can you defeat the true body of the devouring World Snake?" Ash hesitated, "Even its digestive system is difficult to contend with, however you think, its true body should be much stronger than its digestive system... I saw it from afar in Hell, it’s a creature far beyond the Supreme of Magic, the Eight-winged."

"We can’t," Death Mad said, "But with you, it’s uncertain."

"Us?"

"We will give you ’Aurora’s Mage Manual.’ You might think the important parts are the team function or exploration function, but no matter how fast you grow, can you be stronger than us who traverse world lines?" Death Mad said calmly, "But there is a potential within you, a possibility that we can never possess no matter what."

Ash murmured, "Bonds."

"Correct, the greatest role of ’Aurora’s Mage Manual’ is to make you meet, cultivate your bonds," Death Mad sighed, "The Bonds System is an ultimate secret technique created by the Observer after reading eight million Mage’s Handbooks, combined with the Fifth Pillar God’s power of thought."

"One Supreme of Magic can’t win, five Supremes also can’t win, but is there a possibility to temporarily break through the world’s limit, touching the ultimate of the Eight-winged by stacking the Void Wings, knowledge, and Magic Realm of five Supremes on one person?"

"But the Bonds System has a near-disastrous drawback... which is that only when both parties are ’most beloved’ can the 5-level bond that shares everything be established, otherwise it’s out of the question."

Ash reminded, "Currently only Sonia and I have a 5-level bond..."

"You can only have a 5-level bond with her," Death Mad said, "Even if you occasionally borrow others’ Void Wings, it’s meaningless because the condition for a 5-level bond is ’most beloved,’ since it’s the most beloved, it must be unique. However, there is a possibility to break the limit."

Ash curiously asked, "What possibility?"

"If you have a very important treasure that needs someone to keep it, among them, who would you instinctively choose to give it to?"

Death Mad said, "When your first instinct is ’anyone will do,’ then perhaps you and they all have a 5-level bond... but more likely it would regress to a 4-level bond."