As the voice of the Magic Pioneer faded, the two deities took their seats, and with their arrival, the structure of the Arcane Dome Council Hall underwent a subtle adjustment.
The nine obsidian thrones remain, but two new seats have been added on either side of the seat of the Magic Pioneer.
On the left, atop a throne made of dark purple crystal, sat the Goddess of the Weave, Mystra. Her presence increased the concentration of Magic Power in the hall by three orders of magnitude, and the spellcasters present could clearly feel a significant reduction in the difficulty of casting spells.
Mystra, the Goddess of the Weave, is the personification of the essence of cosmic magic. She is both the weaver of the Weave and a creature favored by the will of the elements. She did not create magic, but rather magic itself chose her as the embodiment of its will.
Legend has it that when the first intelligent life looked up at the Starry Sky and felt the surging of the elements, Mystra awoke from primal Magical Energy and wove the chaotic Magic Power into an orderly Weave. In a very few secret texts, Mystra, the Goddess of the Weave, does not "possess" the Weave; she is the Weave itself. Those seemingly independent consciousnesses are merely the Weave's self-reflection at a certain point.
When the Mage prayed to her, they were actually calling out to the collective unconscious of the entire magical universe, and her response was an echo of the wisdom, desire, and sacrifice of countless generations of spellcasters.
She is both a goddess and a system, both an object of faith and an objective reality, both ancient and constantly being recreated.
Where the Weave covers, that is where her power extends. She is not a monarch sitting on a throne looking down on all living beings, but a neural network stretching between all things. When Mage cast spells, they briefly become her; when elements respond to the call, it is her self-regulation; when civilizations rise and fall because of magic, it is her breathing.
This is Mystra, the personification of magic, the harmony of the elements, the goddess of the web, and the web itself.
The image of Mystra, the Goddess of the Weave, changes and shifts depending on the observer's perception and the elemental environment.
Mystra, the Goddess of the Weave who appeared at the Arcane Council, was about seven feet tall. Her figure was as elegant as a flowing galaxy, and her long hair was like molten star silver intertwined with deep space, with elemental runes shimmering at the ends of her hair.
Her left pupil was like molten gold, and her right pupil was like Blue Star, representing the Demon King's two characteristics of erosion and assimilation.
The Goddess of the Weave, Mystra, has pale purple skin with faintly visible star charts and elemental circuits flowing through it. She wears a robe woven from liquid starlight, the hem of which transforms into an elemental torrent that travels through different dimensions.
Opposite the Goddess of the Weave, Mystra, is the God of Wisdom, Angley, a traitor from the Truth Wizard Civilization, and the mastermind behind the scenes who caused Logo to disintegrate his Eye of Insight and reincarnate tens of thousands of times.
On the suspended golden geometric throne, the God of Wisdom, Angley, resided in an ever-changing form. His presence accelerated the thinking speed of everyone present, elevating their logical clarity to the extreme.
Compared to the close connection between the Goddess of the Weave, Mystra, and the spellcaster community, the God of Wisdom, Angley, is relatively weaker. Some unruly spellcasters even boasted that they would capture and dissect the God of Wisdom, not believing that he deserved the title of God of Wisdom.
As luck would have it, the person who made that claim was none other than the Sage of Construction, Torik, one of the Grand Sage Grand Sage. Torric was a Construct Grand Sage remarkable achievements in the fields of materials science, dynamic structure science, and mass-energy conversion, and was the youngest of the Grand Sage Astral Realm. He was also a disciple of the Magic Pioneer, Dale.
At this moment, the Grand Sage had once spoken so arrogantly was now scrutinizing the God of Wisdom, Angley, with a hint of arrogance and defiance in his eyes.
The God of Wisdom, as seen by the Construct Grand Sage, was 1.78 meters tall, as thin as a human skeleton in an anatomical diagram, with long, silvery-white hair meticulously bound with nerve-fiber-like threads. His face was pale, with prominent cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and pupils that were constantly flowing streams of golden data.
Just like the spellcaster's everyday attire, the God of Wisdom, Angley, also wore a greyish-white robe of Truth, with automatically updating theorems and formulas floating on its surface. His ten fingers were long and slender, with fine magical markings at the tips, used to write runes directly in the air.
Legend has it that the appearance of Angley, the God of Wisdom, varies in different dimensions depending on the observer's level of knowledge.
The first Manifestation, as seen by those with limited knowledge, is of an elegant, middle-aged scholar wearing a monocle lens. He holds a scepter inlaid with a brain-shaped crystal, and wears a gentle smile, but the smile never reaches his eyes.
The second Manifestation, as seen by ordinary spellcasters, is a semi-transparent body with countless gears, clockwork mechanisms, and thought circuits operating inside. Floating around it are automatically turning pages of ancient texts, star charts, and anatomical diagrams. Its eyes have transformed into two constantly converging mathematical infinity symbols "∞". This symbol represents Endless and Infinity cycles and is very famous among both spellcasters and those on the technological side.
The third Manifestation is seen by the truly knowledgeable. In this state, the God of Wisdom, Angley, appears in a non-human form, a dynamic structure composed of geometric theorems, logical chains, and a torrent of information. His voice is a symphony of multiple proofs, with each sentence carrying its own rigorous reasoning steps, as if existence itself is analyzing the constituent laws of everything around it.
The manifestation of the God of Wisdom, Angley, in the Arcane Council is neither Manifestation first, nor the second, nor the Manifestation Manifestation. To be precise, this is his original form, his form before becoming a god.
The reason for displaying this appearance is to show reverence to the Magic Pioneer; the Eternal are, after all, Eternal.
The God of Wisdom, Angley, ignored the provocative gaze of the Rune Grand Sage and instead turned to the Magic Pioneer, saying, "Your Pioneer, it is an honor to receive your invitation to participate in this grand event of attacking the Elemental Dimension."
"You're welcome. This is a good thing for you, me, and Mystra. We should cooperate more and keep in touch with each other in the future." He was quite polite to the God of Wisdom, Angley, the Magic Pioneer.
Times are changing. The Astral Realm has entered a turbulent period of the Third Era, destined to see the rise of one Eternal after another. The Goddess of Fate is merely the first. So, among these newly risen Eternal, which powerful beings in the Astral Realm today have the best chance?
Of course, they are the Peak Supreme God. Coincidentally, among these Peak Supreme God, the two gods in front of us and the president of the Spellcaster Association, the scholar Kehain, have the best relationship with the Adrian Federation.
The latter was unable to attend the meeting due to certain matters, but the meeting's content would be directly transmitted to the polymath, Kehain, so that he would be informed.
Above the dome of the Arcane Council Hall, Mystra's Weave projection unfolded like a nervous system, covering the entire ceiling. Every energy pulse was clearly visible, and the seven-colored elemental energy beat within it like a heartbeat.
Beneath the hall floor, Angley's thought matrix formed flowing golden patterns on the ground. These patterns constantly reorganized as the discussion progressed, probing the billions of possible future branches that each decision could trigger.
The two deities seem to be demonstrating their power and the value of cooperation in this way.