"Target the distant seabed. Activate the Moon of No Light... No, activate the Magic Energy Spire Array. Cast the fusion spell, Purification Light."
Wanting to test the Floating City's power, Anvis changed his mind at the last moment before he had even finished speaking.
The Moon of No Light made far too much of a commotion when fired. Even test-firing it in the depths of the Endless Sea could easily attract unwanted attention.
A secret weapon was at its most powerful the first time it was revealed.
"Your will, Controller, Your Excellency—"
At Anvis's command, the surface of the Floating City immediately lit up faintly. Vast amounts of Mana flowed along the Magic Energy Circuits, converging upon six slender white-gold spires at the terminal, which formed a complete Magic Array around six focal points.
Amid a faint hum, a brilliant white-gold beam shot from the center of the Magic Array, instantly piercing through an unknown depth of Endless Sea water before striking the ancient seabed.
The next moment, the originally blue-black seawater was illuminated at once. Endless white-gold radiance erupted from the ocean floor, as though a newborn sun were rising from the depths! "The Magic Energy Spire Array has entered its cooldown phase. Countdown: three minutes. Inscription Circuit degradation: 2.6%."
Listening to Bohemia's self-inspection report, Anvis was fairly satisfied with the test-fire's results.
In terms of raw power alone, that Purification Light had fully reached the level of a full-force strike from a ninth-rank.
These Magic Energy Spires were also relics Anvis had "rescued" from the original Sky City. Unfortunately, with his current level of magical knowledge, he was still unable to decipher the core Magic Arrays inscribed upon them.
Although Bohemia could control maintenance Golems to manufacture some of the components, the core sections could not be restored