"Lord Roland, welcome back to Nevis City. The magical materials you requested are ready. What should we do with them?"
"Just put them in the storeroom. I'll collect them myself later."
"Of course. We'll have it done within an hour."
Several months later, Roland returned to Nevis City, and staff immediately came to welcome him and ask for instructions.
He was preparing to perform the Ascension Ritual he had planned for so long.
The eighth-rank Dream Spell!
This was a wish-type Spell-Like Ability modified from the lower-tier Dream Spell, and its purpose remained what it had always been: breaking through.
The Seris School's research into this spell was already highly developed. Other mages had even tested it.
But in recent years, aside from governing and overseeing the school's development, Roland had been busy improving his supernatural traits and thoroughly researching soul resonance.
For him, this was fundamental.
Understanding it first was the key.
The most important thing I've done these past few years was to refine and fuse a core similar to a divine core. My connection to the divine tree and my ability to sense across universes have grown increasingly strong.
The convictions of countless living beings and their perception of Seris are reflected in my soul to some extent, becoming a power akin to faith.
This is a prerequisite for the path to godhood...
Roland walked along, silently considering all this.
By now, he possessed something that could be called divinity.
If he went to the Low-Magic World, or even a mid-magic world, he could pass himself off as a deity.
In fact, there had never been any shortage of higher-tier spellcasters who did just that.
Higher-tier monsters and devils had also frequently lorded it over other worlds, proclaiming themselves deities.
Such beings fell into the categories of