Ian was suspended in the air, looking around, and the scene in front of him was breathtakingly beautiful.
White, winged creatures - no doubt angels - are gathering together and talking happily. Some are playing harps, some are singing with heavenly voices, and some are tasting good wine and fruits. Everything here is in line with people's imagination of "Heaven": peace, tranquility, harmony.
Except for the uninvited guest Ian.
'The concentration of magic power is simply ridiculously high,' Ian thought to himself as he sensed the surrounding environment. 'The magic power here is full of positive energy. Even if ordinary people just bathe in it, they can extend their lives by several years.'
"Who are you?" an angel suddenly asked. "Look, he has no wings, he is a human." "Don't be stupid. Elysium has long cut off the connection with the mortal world. How can humans get in?"
Just as these angels were pointing and talking at Ian, a group of angels wearing armor hurried over.
'The response speed is pretty good, I've only been in for more than a minute.'
The leader was a woman wearing red armor, which was in sharp contrast to the soldiers wearing black armor behind her. "Human invaders, please do not resist, otherwise you will suffer the consequences." "Why, is there no room for negotiation or neutral dialogue?" "It will not be too late to talk after you are put in the cell and we have investigated how you broke through the border." Ian shook his head: "I thought you angels would be easier to deal with than those Demons." "Don't mention that dirty creature in front of us," the commander's voice rose a bit, with pure disgust and hatred on his face.
Ian had no intention of going to jail, and his Grimoire immediately appeared in front of him. However, when the angels saw the six-leaf clover Grimoire, everyone took a breath and instantly entered the highest alert state.
"Origin Grimoire," the commander exclaimed. "I thought it had been destroyed a long time ago," an angel soldier said. "Even if it wasn't destroyed, how could any human be talented enough to inherit it?"
From this brief conversation, Ian captured a lot of information. He quickly used Memory Reading magic to try to obtain more information. What surprised him was that the brains of these people were protected by some kind of powerful magic - not only the soldiers, but also the ordinary angels.
"He wants to read our memories!" the commander shouted and launched the attack first. She used Light Magic, while other angels used various elemental magics.
Ian didn't want to waste time with these weak angels, so he decided to fight quickly. He used "Word Magic Formula" to instantly build a huge magic circle, envelope all the angels in it, and prepared to knock them all down with the powerful Sleeping Curse.
However, just when he was about to succeed, a huge palm fell from the sky and instantly shattered the magic circle.
The giant hand continued unabated and headed straight towards Ian. At the moment it approached, Ian felt that his Grimoire was stagnant for a moment. Although it was only less than a second, he captured it keenly.
Immediately afterwards, the pages of the book turned and another spell was automatically cast. "Time Magic: Sword of Time."
A huge clock appeared above Ian's head, and the minute hand of the clock turned into a sharp sword and roared out.
The moment the sharp sword collided with the giant hand, all the angels were frozen in time, and the entire dimension shook violently.
Immediately afterwards, a strange wave came from the giant hand. Before Ian could react, he found that he had returned to Netherworld Tree in the mortal world.
'That's the power of Cosmic Will,' Ian frowned, 'Although it's very weak, I did feel it. Moreover, this feeling is very strange... it doesn't seem pure.'
Unwilling to give up, he tried to enter Elysium again, only to find that the door had been completely sealed. Although he could locate the coordinates, he could not enter.
'Since conventional methods can't get in, let's find another way,' Ian thought. Most of the secrets of this world are hidden in Elysium, including the origin of Grimoire, and the truth about gods or unknown existences.
In addition, another mystery was discovered in the necklace Ian took from Lucius. The magic system used to create Divine Artifact is completely different from the magic of today's era. Most of today's magic originated from First Wizard King five hundred years ago, but the history of that necklace is obviously much older.
Combined with the plot of First Wizard King Lemiel studying ancient relics in the Dungeon in the anime, Ian made a bold guess:
Before the appearance of Grimoire, humans may have had another completely different magical civilization. But a war between angels and Demons destroyed that civilization, and the maze is a relic of that era.
Although there is no conclusive evidence yet, he feels that his speculation is quite accurate.
"How is the translation progress?" "I have translated many elemental spells, but further testing is needed," Morgana answered.
Ian nodded. After experiencing the change of Grimoire just now, he was determined to reproduce Arcane Rune System before attacking Elysium or Underworld again. He had to guard against the "impure" Cosmic Will.
Then, he took out a Crystal ball, with the soul of Richita sleeping inside.
Using Time Magic, he returned his soul to the state before the injury, and then summoned a well-preserved body. After injecting his soul into his body, he repaired the connection between soul, body and spirit.
A few minutes later, Richita opened his eyes.
"Where am I? I thought I was dead," she muttered to herself, sitting up suddenly, but felt dizzy, "Liebe! Where is Liebe?" "He is fine." Only then did she notice the person next to her. "It's you, Ian. What happened?"
Ian explained everything to her: from her death to the fate of Liebe and her son Asta. "Not only are they okay, they have become partners. It's great..." "Do you want to meet them?" "You know my physique." "I know."
With perfect control over magic and life force, Ian can prevent being sucked dry by her, but not others. The best way is to impose a powerful seal on her, but this will take a long time to develop. Therefore, he wants to wait until he obtains Underworld Sealing Magic of Secre (Nero) - that is also one of his goals in coming to this world.
Ian waved his hand and showed a water mirror. Richita saw a black-haired boy fighting in the maze waving a huge black sword. He looked very much like her.
'Sure enough, without my intervention, the plot returned to its original track,' Ian thought as he looked at the screen. This is the second chapter of the anime. The only difference is that everyone is stronger than in the original work.
Ian doesn't care about this. His real purpose of leaving the kingdom is to lure Demons Zagred to show up. He has released a large number of newly created detective eyes to find traces of Demons. Once the other party shows up, Ian will immediately arrest him.
After Richita looked at his son for a while, Ian cut off the screen. "Oh, come on, it's exciting." "I know. But now it's time to talk about business." "You want to ask about Zure, right?" She lowered her head. "Yes." "I didn't know much about him. He was like this, and my body couldn't absorb his magic and life force. I was excited to finally meet someone I could connect with." "We fell in love, or so I thought. But when he found out I was pregnant, he disappeared the next day and hasn't been heard from since."
Ian frowned after hearing this. He always thought that Asta's father was related to Elysium or gods, and wanted to find a breakthrough. But now it seems that even Richita knows nothing about it.
After thinking for a moment, Ian opened a small portal, and a drop of blood flew out from it - that was Asta's blood.
"Knowledge Magic: Bloodline Tracking."
A map unfolded in front of Ian, and then the perspective zoomed out, showing the entire continent where the three kingdoms were located. Then, a light point appeared on another distant continent.
'That direction... is the hometown of Land of the Sun and Yami. Where is Zure?'