"----"
It had no warning, no cause. As though it were only natural for it to be fulfilled, the restraint became reality.
Beneath that simple sentence, Fang Li, whose entire body surged with violent waves of power as if evaporating, suddenly froze in place. As though he had been filled with cement, he could no longer move.
The one responsible for all this was Aureolus.
Aureolus stood on the stage with the proper posture of a performer, facing Fang Li with a confident expression.
"Did you think I would approach a terrifying being like you, one who cannot be measured by common sense, without making any preparations?"
As he spoke, Aureolus smiled leisurely.
"Those in the magic world believe alchemists are merely scholars who study 'formulas' and 'principles,' practitioners of an immature discipline. But who knows that true alchemists are the ones who rule everything in this world?"
As though mocking the magicians absent from the room, Aureolus spoke loudly.
"True alchemy is not merely capable of refining gold. It can create everything in this world!"
"The true pinnacle of alchemy is to simulate a world within one's mind, thereby understanding all the laws of this world!"
"Mountains, rivers, plains, deserts—even every clump of earth and every grain of sand in this world. If one can simulate all of it within one's mind, then the alchemist capable of creating everything will become a true god!"
"Of course, that is exceedingly difficult. Simulating every grain of sand and every speck of soil in one's mind, then simulating an entire world—even Index Librorum Prohibitorum, with her perfect memory, could not accomplish that."
"However, alchemists have pursued this goal since ancient times. By now, they have already succeeded, and the result is a single spell."
"----The Great Golden Elaboration."
It was the spell