Ian stared at the statue in front of him, then stretched out his hand and pressed it on the stone Grimoire, and began to inject magic power.
This process lasted for a full two hours without interruption. If it were other mages, even those races with huge natural magic power, they would have fainted due to exhaustion of magic power.
Ignoring the shocked looks of the Dwarves leaders around him, Ian waited patiently.
Finally, the statue emitted a ray of light and began to scan his body. Ian was keenly aware that it was detecting whether he was human.
Therefore, he quickly sealed the "Higher-Dimensional Life Essence" that he had previously unlocked in order to study the body of Demons.
After a few seconds, the statue lit up and a projection appeared in front of everyone.
"Wizard Sage!" The leaders exclaimed in unison, then straightened their backs and paid their highest respect.
Ian calmly looked at the projection of this middle-aged man who exuded wisdom.
"Future mage, if you can see this image, it means that you have met the conditions I left behind. I don't have much time, so I won't talk nonsense. According to my prediction, the seal I imposed on 'him' may not last long."
"So, you must collect the rest of my Grimoire as soon as possible; that is the key to strengthening the seal and preventing this evil from wreaking havoc on the world again."
"I don't know how long it will take to wait until Inheritors after my death. It may be a long, long time later. By then, the seal should have shown signs of damage."
"So, please hurry up. The fate of the world rests on your shoulders."
The projection disappeared, and Grimoire with the Queen of Hearts pattern engraved on the cover floated in front of Ian.
He reached out and took it, opened it and saw that it was empty inside.
Immediately, he took out his Grimoire. The two books resonated under the golden light, and then Fusion came together.
Ian quickly opened Grimoire after Fusion and found that except for the addition of a heart symbol next to the six-leaf clover, there were no other changes.
He closed his eyes and sensed it, and found that Grimoire seemed to be connected to something, but the connection was so weak that it was almost imperceptible.
"Interesting," he muttered.
Immediately afterwards, a map appeared in his mind, marking the locations of the other Grimoire: one was at the Diamond Kingdom, and the other was at Land of the Sun.
Ian frowned in thought. In his memory, there was no information about "Origin Grimoire" in the original plot.
Why is it showing up now?
Moreover, the magic power test of the statue just now was extremely unusual. It was not a test that ordinary humans could pass. It was almost like... it was specially designed for him.
'There are two explanations for this: Either Wizard Sage foresaw my arrival thousands of years ago.'
'Either, my arrival caused ripples in time and space, causing this timeline to change beyond the norm.'
'Or, both.'
Ian prefers the third explanation. However, these are not important right now.
This short projection reveals a huge amount of information. For example, who is the "him" in Wizard Sage's mouth?
Ian noticed a flash of fear in the sage's eyes when he mentioned "him", and he didn't even call him by his first name, which in itself explained a lot of problems.
'The "him" in his mouth may refer to the god who rules Elysium. In addition, Dwarves's records mention "extremely good and extremely evil existences." According to this logic, since there is a god who rules Elysium, then Underworld should also have a ruler.'
Countless thoughts flashed through Ian's mind, piecing together many pieces of the puzzle.
'The god Underworld, or Satan, may be dead - or at least seriously injured.'
This speculation is based on the behavior of Lucius (or time Demons Astalos). Ian believes that Astalos The reason why he wants to seize the power of the other two Underworld rulers is to be promoted to Satan, or for the dead Satan of Resurrection.
'This also verifies another suspicion of mine: God seems to really intend to use Anti-Magic of Asta and Liebe to deal with Underworld.'
Ian continued to think, and he felt that Cosmic Will played an important role in all this. But he still lacked key information.
'In the final analysis, I still have to hope to get more answers from Zure.'
Ian put away Grimoire and turned to face the Dwarves leaders whose eyes were filled with awe.
"What's wrong?"
"Sir, it will be our greatest honor to accompany you on your journey to save the world," Duriel said as he took off his crown. He even secretly combed his hair and beard.
Not only him, but other leaders are also eager to try.
Ian is a bit dumbfounded. These Dwarves have been isolated from the world for too long and rely on legends and myths to pass the time, so they are very excited when they hear about this epic adventure.
Although the strange thing is that although they clearly yearn for adventure, most of them have never left this island.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't have any grand adventures here."
"Why?" Dwarves looked confused. They had obviously heard the sage's instructions.
"Because even if Wizard Sage is alive and at his peak, he is no match for me. So, no matter what the enemy or evil was that he couldn't fight back then, I can deal with it relatively easily."
The leaders of Dwarves looked at each other, not knowing how to react. They didn't know much about Ian's strength, but since he was chosen as the successor of the sage, he must be very powerful.
But, can he really be stronger than the legendary hero who saved the world?
"Wouldn't it be better if we had help?" Duriel tried to fight for it, which made Ian think for a moment.
Finally, he decided to let Dwarves help him build some magic props to assist his plan to invade Elysium.
Over the next few days, Ian designed unique equipment for each group leader and knight participating in the upcoming battle.
He also used this time to learn the forging process of Dwarves and shared his techniques.
Duriel finally had the opportunity to study the ring he had been coveting for a long time.
The forging method of Dwarves is similar to the enchanting of the Empire, both involving inscribing magic runes or magic circles. The difference is that Dwarves uses the same "Word Magic Formula" as Heart Kingdom.
However, they do not use spells to amplify spells, but to enchant them.
Ian likes this [Word Magic Enchantment] very much, because it is not as energy-consuming as manual inscription. You only need to control the surrounding magic to form runes, and then use special techniques to "burn" them on the item.
The burning process can be carried out after the item is forged, but this requires extremely high skills. Therefore, most Dwarves can only be enchanted during the forging process. Although it will make burning easier, it will sacrifice part of the power of enchantment.
With the talent of the "great craftsman" and the blessing of Akashic Records, it didn't take long for Ian to master this enchanting technology to the extreme.
During his time with Dwarves, he gained a deeper understanding of this race.
What fascinates him is that this is a race born for the "artisan" profession. All Dwarves have the talent to detect nearby precious magic ores.
They live a long life, between 300 and 800 years old, and their reproductive capacity far exceeds that of most long-lived races.
This is the perfect race to introduce Empire.
With their talent as craftsmen, once they receive proper education, Empire's level of magical technology will usher in another leap.
Ian held a freshly forged hammer in his hand. After injecting magic power, a lightning flashed across the hammer.
He smiled and whispered to the hammer:
"Anyone who is qualified to lift this hammer will receive the power of Thor."
After saying that, the hammer lit up. Ian put it on the ground and let Dwarves try to lift it.
Duriel was the first to try and picked it up easily.
A set of black and gold armor instantly covered his whole body, and his strength increased dramatically. Duriel excitedly raised the hammer to the sky, causing a thunderstorm that covered the entire island.
Fortunately, he stopped in time to avoid disaster.
Subsequently, all Dwarves tried it again, and everyone was able to lift it.
Ian was a little embarrassed. He had forgotten that most of these Dwarves were simple-minded and kind-hearted, and naturally met the requirement of "purity of heart".
In the end, he had to change the condition for lifting the hammer to "smithing skill level".
As a result, only a few dozen people are qualified to lift it.
After satisfying his bad taste (or childhood dream), Ian assigned the task to Dwarves to make the equipment needed for invasion, and then continued eastward to Land of the Sun.