In the middle of the night, in a quiet study room of Land of the Sun, only the magic lamp exudes a constant and soft light.
Ian was leaning over the table and writing quickly, making a fine rustling sound as the pen tip rubbed against the paper. Whenever he filled up a piece of parchment, he would fold it aside. The stack of manuscript paper filled with mathematical formulas, Rune rune diagrams and complex narrative logic had unknowingly accumulated to a thickness of fifty centimeters.
"Huh--"
Ian put down the pen and breathed a long sigh of relief. He rubbed his slightly sore eyebrows, picked up the heavy stack of results and looked at them again. This was the crystallization of his hard work and study over the past eight months.
"It's simply a work of art." He murmured softly.
Previously, he had set up extremely secretive magic circles around the Magic Academy, the Royal Palace and the Guardian Palace. But he was not in a hurry to start it because he came into contact with something deeper during the research process - about the nature of this world "Cosmic Will".
With the willpower value successfully breaking through the key threshold of "5", Ian finally crossed the minimum threshold for using "Conceptual Magic" in a low-weight universe like <Black Clover>. However, when he tried to forcibly seize time and space authority, he encountered unprecedented obstacles.
The teachings of Merlin came to Ian's mind: The first Tier 11, also known as "Multiverse Level", is an extremely special stage.
Reaching Tier 11 does not mean having the pure destructive power to instantly destroy the multiverse. That is the power that Tier 12 has. The essence of Tier 11 lies in "uniqueness" and "immortality" - it means that in this multiverse, all different timelines and different versions of "you" will be merged into one. You can share all your own power, memories and experiences.. As long as there is a version of you alive in the multiverse, Tier 11's existence will be immortal.
"If you want to completely kill a Tier 11 entity, you must erase its variants in all timelines at the same moment." Ian said to himself, with deep eyes.
But during the deduction, he discovered a logical problem: Even with the variant of Infinity, it is difficult for a living body to truly cover every corner of the multiverse. For example, in some timelines of Harry Potter Universe, there is no such person as "Ian·Bones" at all.
This involves the concepts of "small infinity" and "big infinity".
"Tier 11 The number of variations of the strong is infinite, but this is just a 'small infinity'; and the entire universe that includes the 'timeline of the existence of the strong' and the 'timeline of the non-existence of the strong' is the real 'big infinity'."
Ian derives a surprising conclusion from this: in the conventional sense, only "Cosmic Will" is the perfect Tier 11 entity across all timelines.
Normally, Cosmic Will is only responsible for managing the current timeline. But in this <Black Clover> world, when Ian tries to seize time and space authority, this will can actually borrow power from thousands of parallel timelines to fight against him.
"This is probably related to the fact that 'God', 'Magic Emperor' and Cosmic Will were divided into three." Although Ian discovered this anomaly, now he is more concerned about how to use this principle.
A crazy plan took shape in his mind: He wanted to use Cosmic Will as a medium to spread his variants throughout every timeline of the multiverse. Once he could take root in all dimensions at the same time and control these variants, then as long as he wanted, he could use the body of Tier 11 to do what Tier 12 did - truly control or destroy the entire multiverse.
Although this theory is still in its infancy, it has laid a solid foundation for his future promotion.
"Morgana, scan and archive, then destroy the original."
As the order was issued, Zhinao quickly completed the data entry, and the thick stack of paper turned into powder in the arcane light.
After finishing the work, Ian felt a little hungry, so he put on his coat and walked to the college cafeteria.
It was already dark at this time, and the cafeteria had long been closed, but as the dean with the highest privileges, he pushed open the door and ordered a bowl of udon himself.
While he was enjoying his dinner slowly, his eyes suddenly glanced at a dark corner of the cafeteria.
"Friends hiding there, if you are an enemy, please don't waste your life meaninglessly; if you are a friend, please explain your purpose of coming." Ian said calmly without looking back.
"You are indeed as arrogant as the rumors say." A cold female voice came from the shadows.
"Arrogance backed by strength is usually called confidence." Ian put down his chopsticks and turned to look at the uninvited guest.
The moonlight passed through the window, reflecting the other person's appearance. Ian raised his eyebrows slightly. "Mikoko?"
"Do you recognize me?" The woman was a little surprised.
"In the whole Land of the Sun, is there anyone who doesn't know the Mikoko who can Prophecy'Spirit Calamity' and save all people?" Ian said calmly.
However, the distinguished Mikoko made a shocking move in the next second - she knelt down on the cold ground.
"I need your help."
"I think so, but why should I help you?" Ian said noncommittally.
"I am willing to offer my loyalty."
"Based on what happened to the general recently, I don't think your loyalty has much weight." Ian sneered.
Mikoko was silent for a moment, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes. She pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and cut her wrist without hesitation.
As the blood dripped, she chanted an ancient and mysterious mantra. "Ani usiti potiu yem fata loya grimi creve bam cheve."
Under the influence of magic, the blood dripping on the ground solidified into crystal clear, ruby-like crystals.
"Blood oath of loyalty." Ian's eyes narrowed slightly. He knew that mastering this crystal was equivalent to mastering the other party's life.
"Tell me what you want."
Mikoko took out a picture scroll from his sleeve. "Please help me find my biological brother. He was devoured by 'Spirit Calamity' many years ago and disappeared in the Spirit Realm. Although I Divination found that he was still alive, I could never find any trace of him."
Ian took the scroll and glanced at it, his eyes became playful.
The man in the portrait has a determined face and a cigarette in his mouth. He is the leader of Black Bulls - Yami Sukehiro.
"Are you sure this is your brother?"
"It's absolutely true. Could it be that... you have any news about him?" Mikoko stared at Ian closely.
"Get up." Ian helped her up, and her attitude changed subtly.
Before that, Yami told Ian that he drifted to the Western Continent (the land where Clover Kingdom is) by boat..Ian knew that the other party had hidden his identity as the prince of Hino Country, but he never doubted the authenticity of this "sea drifting story". It was only because Yami, as a "child of destiny", was able to survive through the terrifying Strong Magic Zone when he was young.
In order to confirm, Ian took a drop of blood from Mikoko and performed blood tracing magic. The results confirmed that the two were indeed related by blood.
Ian closed his eyes and instantly communicated with the distant clone of the Western Continent through a cross-dimensional connection, and directly read the deeper memory of Yami.
The truth emerged: Yami's memory of "boat rafting" turned out to be forged. In fact, he was teleported instantly by a space storm. The appearance of that storm was very similar to Hino Country's "Spirit Calamity", which made Mikoko mistakenly believe that his brother was trapped in the Spirit Realm.
What makes Ian even more alarmed is that this method of forging memories is so clever that it almost eluded him.
"It was done by 'God'." Ian was convinced in his heart.
In the fate of the original work, Dark Magic of Yami is the key to unlocking Gate of the Underworld, and is also an important part of the "god"'s plan to eradicate Demons. In order to ensure that the chess pieces are in place, the "god" uses some kind of "Destiny Magic" to control everything.
"Your brother is not at the Spirit Realm, he is at the Western Continent." Ian opened his eyes and said to Mikoko who was crying with joy.
After learning that his brother was safe and sound, Mikoko once again wanted to give the Blood Oath Crystal to Ian, but he politely declined. He did not intend to enslave his friend's sister.
"Whether you accept the crystal or not, my loyalty will not change." Mikoko said seriously.
Ian nodded slightly, he really needed Mikoko to provide assistance in subsequent plans for the "Moon Kingdom" or higher levels.
"I will take you to the Western Continent, but not now. Before that, we still have a lot of 'cleaning up' to do."