An, the Safe Zone

After sending off two unimportant letters, Thor hurried back to the temporary Palace. He dismissed the servants following him and immediately copied the Encrypted Information Channel Witchcraft Array from his mind onto a thin metal plate.

Copying it onto parchment was faster, but parchment warped easily. For an unfamiliar, complex Witchcraft Array, it was better to engrave it on a plate made of metal or stone that wouldn't warp.

It took Thor three days to fully understand the entire array. Then he began designing his own.

Another three days later, he had successfully designed three Encrypted Information Channels, each using a different method.

Now he had thoroughly mastered this fairly simple Witchcraft Array. He could start thinking about using the Phantom Color World's unique properties to build an Encrypted Information Channel that no one could spy on!

"Still, establishing an information channel across the World Wall might bring difficulties I can't even imagine..." Thor gritted his teeth. "Whatever. I have to try. Otherwise, even if I attend this Masquerade Ball, I probably won't be able to influence the outcome."

Thor rearranged the passage to the Phantom Color World in the Laboratory and let Pearl's Remnant Soul out to guide him again.

Pearl obediently stood within her core array, watching Thor in silence.

Ever since learning that Pearl in the Phantom Color World wouldn't be able to return for a very long time, this sharp-tongued, acerbic Pearl had grown quiet.

She no longer insisted on separating from Nairila. The two souls, inside the same Black Page, had suddenly begun to get along in remarkable harmony.

With a successful attempt behind him and the knack mastered, Thor no longer needed Tier 4 power to break through the World Wall's restrictions.

He saw that the array had begun operating and Pearl was ready,