World Reconstruction

"So, do you need any help? I have experience... helping people reunite with their relatives. I guarantee you'll be able to successfully reunite."

Riyao wore an expression that said, "I'm incredibly reliable," and even patted his chest.

August stood to the side, struggling internally, yearning for the 'love' he had never experienced before.

But now Father is attacking... Mother.

He was confused and didn't know what to do.

The strong wind ruffled the old man's white beard. August closed his eyes, his whole being resembling a weathered, ancient stone sculpture.

Irene, standing nearby, was completely oblivious to the turmoil raging within August's heart.

Irene cupped her face in one hand, tilted her head, and looked at Riyao with curiosity in her eyes.

Her long, narrow, beautiful eyes gleamed with an unusual light, and a mysterious smile played at the corners of her lips.

I'm curious how she's doing.

Riyao shifted into a more comfortable position, resting his chin on his hand, his tone as relaxed as if he were chatting with a neighbor.

"She's doing quite well. She likes to eat strawberry cake when she has free time, and lots of girls like her."

Irene's fingers, which had been stroking her chin, stiffened slightly. Her beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows suddenly rose, and she stared at Riyao with a strange look in her eyes.

"Wait a minute, if I remember correctly, I think I gave birth to a girl?"

"Yes, it's a girl."

Riyao gave Irene a thumbs-up.

Not only is she a girl, but she is also the most powerful Titania in the entire continent, with an aura that is two meters and eighty centimeters tall, who can easily blow the roof off the guild and whose companions are terrified of her.

Irene fell silent, then after a while, a smile returned to her face.

Her slender fingers slid slowly down her long, crimson hair, a hint of barely perceptible smugness in her eyes.

"It seems that child inherited my good looks."

Riyao glanced at her sideways, a mischievous smirk playing on his lips, and suddenly launched into a direct attack.

"By the way, why did you abandon Erza? I'm quite curious about that."

As soon as he finished speaking, the airflow that had been relatively calm at the edge of the cliff instantly froze.

Has anyone ever told you not to pry into other people's secrets?

Irene's eyes turned dangerous; clearly, this had crossed her line.

That beautiful face, which had been carrying a lazy smile, was suddenly covered with a layer of frost, and a violent dragon breath pressure surged deep in the golden pupils.

[Additional - Thunder Prison]

Crackling and popping!

Hundreds of millions of high-voltage lightning arcs suddenly burst open from the void, transforming into an impenetrable lightning cage that locked the Riyao firmly in its center.

However, upon closer inspection, the blue current cannot get close to the Riyao at all.

The raging lightning struck an infinitely extending transparent space just three inches from Riyao's body. No matter how the lightning tore and roared, it could only spin and annihilate in the void.

Riyao hovered in mid-air, even leisurely picking at its ear.

"Oh dear, how did things turn into a fight when we were just talking? Can't we just talk things out?"

"Shut up!"

A cold glint flashed in Irene's beautiful eyes, and her antler staff suddenly drew an arc in the void!

[Additional Feature: Astrophysical Fusion]

The tiny grains of sand and dust that were originally floating in the sea breeze were compressed and aggregated wildly under the domineering laws of the Enchantment Magic, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into a crimson meteor that was tens of meters wide and burning with molten lava!

"Enchantment Magic is truly versatile, but unfortunately I didn't master its essence."

Riyao smacked his lips and couldn't help but mutter a complaint.

The meteorite suddenly accelerated, bursting at a speed inconsistent with its massive size, and crashed straight into Riyao.

Boom!!

The violent shockwave tore through the cliff face, and blinding flames shot into the sky, illuminating the eastern coastline as if it were daytime!

The heavy roar stirred up towering waves tens of meters high on the sea surface, and the scorching heat even instantly evaporated the seawater below, creating a large expanse of white mist.

As the aftershocks of the explosion subsided, Riyao sat cross-legged in the air, tilting his head to look at Irene and the other person.

He was completely unharmed, not even a single hair on his head was out of place.

Before Riyao could finish his rambling, Irene cast another spell.

She pressed her antler staff downwards, and brilliant crimson runes appeared in her pupils.

[Additional Feature: Furnace]

The concept of the entire space was instantly rewritten; the air turned into a massive boulder, and the unreasonable gravity crashed down like a collapsing mountain!

Riyao was pulled towards the ground and slammed into the earth.

With a loud crash, a deep crater was smashed into the ground, and mud and rocks flew everywhere.

Riyao poked its head out from the bottom of the pit and blinked.

"Huh, it's affecting my entire space? Can Enchantment Magic really do this much?"

Before he could even jump out of the pit, Irene tapped him with her staff again.

The hard granite, as if alive, closed inward, instantly solidifying into a spherical, sealed stone furnace tens of meters thick, with terrifyingly high temperatures inside.

The temperature inside the furnace surged dramatically.

The high temperature of tens of thousands of degrees Celsius heated the inside of the stone coffin to a bright red and translucent color, even faintly revealing the bright white luster of magma.

"High Enchantment Magic is just too unreasonable! Is this even fair? It's practically the same as having one's word become law."

Riyao, huddled in the folded space at the center of the stone coffin, felt the rapidly rising heat around him and couldn't help but raise his hand to scratch his head.

"Do I count as cosplaying Monkey King now? In this magical world, a magic version with Limitless is still a bit weak."

This so-called "magical" version of "Limitless" is a creation of Riyao, inspired by anime. The principle behind Zeno and the tortoise is easy to understand, but...

Everything has a price. All magic requires magical power. To withstand an attack from an infinite distance also requires a corresponding amount of magical power.

If the burning continues, then it becomes a contest of magical power.

Unless, like in that anime, there are corresponding rules and powers to help pay the price.

Like the Interwoven Fates that would normally require a massive amount of magic power, the Azure Dragon Riyao and the White-Haired Riyao paid the price for it, while the original Riyao itself didn't consume any magic power at all, and could only be activated this once.

Once White-Haired Riyao's obsession dissipates, the world's branching paths will completely converge. To activate them again, one can only summon clones that are several days apart, and the price to pay will be terrifying.

The temperature inside the furnace is getting higher and higher.

Riyao snapped his fingers and appeared beside August, with Irene facing him.

I was just about to launch into a few more verbal attacks.

A terrifying dragon's might, chilling to the bone and making even the soul tremble, swept down from the distant sky without warning!

All three of them turned to look into the distance.

A huge black shadow flew in from the sky and landed on the ground in the blink of an eye.

Boom!!

The earthquake trembled violently, and the cliffs collapsed!

A colossal dark dragon covered in mysterious, eerie blue markings crashed onto the coastline, its massive body blotting out the sky!

Black Dragon - Acnologia!

The raging magic around the dragon transformed into a howling wind, and the blinding black light subsided the next second.

The enormous dragon body transformed into human form. He walked slowly over, glanced at the three of them, and then fixed his gaze on Irene.

Her long, messy, dark blue hair cascaded over her shoulders, and her bare chest was covered in dragon-scale-like tattoos.

Acnologia, barefoot, shattered the charred rocks, his eyes filled with bloodlust and madness.

"Dragon? That smells familiar."

A cruel smile spread across Black Dragon's lips as he stared intently at Irene. It was the scent of one of his own, the very object he most craved to tear apart.

Irene's expression instantly turned extremely serious. She gripped her staff tightly and let out a low shout.

"August."

"Clear."

August's expression was solemn as he slammed his black staff heavily onto the ground, unleashing a vast, boundless magical power.

Irene lightly touched the ground with her staff, and the earth gradually turned crimson from the center of the staff.

The blinding red light spread wildly like a tidal wave, staining the earth a strange, blood-red hue.

August raised his staff, trapping Riyao and Acnologia in place, unable to move.

Riyao stared at the blinding red light beneath his feet, his lips twitching involuntarily. He gave Irene a speechless wry look.

"Hey, do you want me too?"