Chapter 223: The Power of Fast Travel!

Chapter 223: The Power of Fast Travel!

Alright, lets do this! Lets revolutionize Peolynca with the power of portals! Lets invent Fast Travel!

Wooooooo!

Ill be in the forge, working. Dont make too much of a fuss, lasses.

Thats right, it was finally time. Given its popularity in most modern open-world video games, the term Fast Travel should not be unfamiliar to my fellow gamers. This was a game mechanic that allowed players to teleport themselves to a previously visited location, cutting down on the necessary game-time needed to get there on foot.

In our case, recreating this ability in real life would be our way to significantly cut down the necessary travel time we had to do to return back to Griffonpeak. Peolynca, despite having a game-like system supporting it, had no practical way to fast travel, unfortunately. The only method I could think of was to ask Aurena to use her space-time powers, but the gods were forbidden from interfering with mortals too much, so this idea was impossible.

Nevertheless, I wasnt one to sit by and let this injustice continue. In her current situation, Ellaine had to either give up on coming with us on Quests or give up her academy semester like her brother had, since it was impossible to do both at the same time At least, it would be as long as we didnt have the means for Ellaine to fast travel from one location to the next in a matter of seconds.

Speaking of Ellaine, she should be coming home soon, since it was the afternoon after we finished the runes with Grimnir. Making the first three was quite a hurdle, but once we understood what to do to create them, making more was just a matter of time and effort.

Necessity is the mother of invention. Such an inspiring proverb.

As such, this was the plan for today.

Taking out two of my four remaining [Room] runes from my storage, I began explaining what I planned to do. Alright, so the idea is simple. Saori, youll stay with Grimnir inside the RVs subspace, while Tasianna and I will open another subspace entrance outside the city. We need to test if these two subspaces will be connected with each other and if we can interact with each other.

Got it. Saori nodded. However, make sure to abort the plan if a bug, or glitch, or something similar were to happen.

That was Saoris cautious side speaking, since we had little to no documentation of a previous [Space-Time Magic] user having ever tried anything like this. At least, none that Grimnir and Maverina were aware of.. As such, issues with the subspace might crop up. Being careful wouldnt cost us anything.

After explaining to Tasianna what bugs and glitches meant in a system (heh) environment, we initiated the testing phase. With Saori and Grimnir inside the RV to check, Tasianna and I flew out of the city and settled in the forest surrounding Griffonpeak. I placed the rune pair on the ground and activated them, opening the portal.

Okay, Ill call you in once it looks good enough, Tasianna, I said, leaving Tasianna outside to watch over the portal while I entered the subspace by myself.

Please, work. Please, work. Please, work! With that single thought, I closed my eyes and moved my legs. The cool wind and the warm sun in the forest slowly disappeared around me as it was replaced by silence and cool air, reminiscent of an air-conditioned room.

After confirming my surroundings by opening one of my eyes, my mouth curved up in a smile at the feeling of success in my chest. I raised my right arm and curled my hand into a fist, before shaking it vigorously. Yes! That works, at least!

Looking around the room I found myself in, I noticed well-made wooden chairs, decorated tables, and enough ornaments and manatech to make this room appear like the dining hall of a noble. Without a doubt, I was inside the first room that my party and I had built it was Saoris still unused restaurant.

Upon hearing some noise in the kitchen, I walked through the kitchen door, also confirming everything that should be inside it was here. A spotless workplace for a small to medium size team of chefs, while I could see our bakery through a door to the right of the room.

Oh, it seemed like it worked. The noise from the kitchen came from Saori, who was preparing a few sandwiches. Since nothing bad had happened to me when I entered this subspace and I was able to meet others inside the subspace, I was elated to see that [Room] could be used as a mobile base even if our party was separated.

After I made sure that I could access the other rooms, like Grimnirs forge and our living area, I went outside the portal and invited Tasianna to come in with me. Once Tasianna and I were inside the subspace, Tasianna let out a small gasp.

Hmm, what is it? I asked.

Lady Hestia, did you not feel your mana leave your body? Tasianna then called up her profile, confirming her suspicion by noting she was currently regaining the mana she lost a few seconds ago. When I did the same, nothing seemed wrong with my profile.

Of course, since I had a faster regeneration speed than Tasianna, I could have just recovered any lost mana by now, but this feeling of losing mana Tasianna spoke about wasnt something I remember feeling just now. Could you have lost the mana from going through the portal? But, that hasnt happened before.

Maybe its because of the distance? Since this portal is connected to the main [Room] at House Helvass mansion? This could be something similar to your warp point portal, Lady Hestia. The distance might determine how much mana you have to spend to enter the subspace, Tasianna suggested.

Then why didnt I feel my mana leaving my body?

Tasianna placed her hand on her chin, giving my question a thought before answering, Maybe is it because you are the caster? How about we confirm this theory by going further away?

I agreed, and we left the subspace, returning to where we started. For our next destination, I chose to go to Griffonpeaks pier, built upon the Sallorn River, the same one that flowed through Carine village and Cedaraille. After watching cargo boats moving into the pier and away, Tasianna and I moved into the nearby forest and opened the portal again.

With Tasianna remembering the amount of mana she lost last time while I had my profile open to watch if I would lose any, we entered the subspace once again.

Yes, I lost more than last time, Lady Hestia. It is something to worry about for me, but it seemed my theory was correct, Tasianna stated. How about you?

I shook my head. Nope. Not even an inch. Guess this is the privilege of being the master of this place.

With this initial test over, Tasianna and I munched on Saoris sandwiches while telling her and Grimnir about what we learned. Hearing about the mana cost of entering the [Room] from a distance caused Grimnir to feel worried, since he was the only one in our party with a Mana capacity of less than 2000.

Hmm, I might have to buy some of those mana boosting skills. I had been thinking of getting some more mana since those power gauntlets cost mana to use effectively. The whole suit is going to require even more!

After eating up the sandwiches, I decided to focus on creating the fast travel function now. As the master of this subspace, I had full control over who could enter it and how to construct the different areas, all at the cost of some mana. Since this was something that I could do, it shouldnt be weird for me to create a door that allowed me to teleport from one place to the other.

In other words, if I could turn this subspace into a nexus that combined all the [Room] runes, Id have created a means for fast travel. It would be limited, since you needed access to this subspace, but it would be better than nothing else.

I went to our living area with everybody except Grimnir, who decided to return to his smithy. There, I created a new door and decided on making this our Nexus Door. Technically, I could turn any door into a teleporter, but for this test, I wanted to use a single one to control any possible variables.

Pouring some more mana into it, I designated the location I wanted to teleport to. [Room] rune pair number ones portal, I said aloud. Feeling confident that it would work fine after my mana was spent, I opened the door and moved through it.

Huh? I could feel cool winds and the warm sun touching my skin and hair once again, meaning I was outside again. However, not only did I see a ton of trees before me, but I could hear the loud noises of water moving and men moving cargo off a boat. Damnit, why am I still in this forest?!

For some reason, the teleportation did not work. Exiting through the door only brought me back to the place I entered the subspace initially. I was disappointed that I didnt solve the problem on the first try, but I concluded I probably did something wrong, turning around and walking through the door back to the living area. This time, instead of only declaring my teleport location, I tried making it into an order.

My teleportation destination will be at House Helvass mansion. The [Room] portal created by rune one and two, placed inside our RV. Teleport me there now! I opened the door and walked through, only to end up at the same location outside the citys walls, next to the river.

??? I was confused. This was the second try, sure, but I still was baffled that [Room] wouldnt let me do what I wanted. Not discouraged, I decided on trying it one more time, but this time, I poured in some more mana into the rune to test something out. When that didnt work either, I finally realized where my mistake was.

[Room] allows me to control stuff inside of it. Permitting who could enter or leave was similar to putting people on a white or black list for a house party. I could control who I wanted to invite and see inside my home, but there was no way for me to forbid people from looking inside my property when they were outside.

It was one of the basic rules for [Room], but I forgot about it by imagining a too lofty goal. Still, that didnt mean that I would give up now. I found it rather interesting that [Room] was able to keep the information from which entrance a person came from, since it wasnt mixing up which portal I should exit from, I also tried the test out with a third portal, just to make sure this was the case.

And, that was totally the case. Even after Tasianna and I repeated going in and out about ten times each, we never exited through the wrong portal. As the master of this subspace, I was fully aware of whoever was inside my subspace. Even if you were a ninja like Saori, this detection functioned through the Divine System. I wasnt informed which portal they came out from, but the subspace most definitely should have it noted down.

Hestia, come back to the mansion for now. Continue testing there, Saori prompted me to continue the tests at home. After collecting the runes with Tasianna, we flew back to the mansion, just in time to meet up with Ellaine who had just come back home from the academy. After explaining to her all about what I was doing, she simply wished me good luck before returning to her room to take a shower before meeting up with her father for training. What a buzz-kill!This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.

Since it would probably distract people if they saw the portals, I decided on continuing the tests from inside my room in the mansion, telling Svena that nobody could come inside while I was testing out some spells.

Good luck on the testing, Hestia. I will be going out for a bit, Saori told me once Tasianna and I returned to the subspace. I need to do more research on how eateries that cater to richer merchants and travelers work, for the success and prosperity of our restaurant!

Saori was a good chef who could produce a ton of good dishes, but her experience as a gastronome was limited. Maybe she should have asked Tamae more about how her parents managed their Michelin star restaurant.

With Tasianna as my assistant, I continued working on the fast travel idea. Firstly, I came to a solid conclusion after the initial tests.

It is impossible for [Room] to allow us to fast travel from one portal to the next, since teleportation isnt one of its functions, I declared.

Then, what do you wish to do, Lady Hestia? As if she already understood the answer to this question, Tasianna began pouring tea for me.

Obviously, there were two solutions for this problem. Either get [Space-Time Magic Lv.10] and hope [Spatial Portal] allows people to come with me, or create an entirely new spell which allows people to teleport around even without me around, I announced. The former is impossible for now since the SP needed to upgrade my [Space-Time Magic] up to level ten would be too expensive. As such, we are going to go with the second route. I shall create my first custom [Space-Time Magic] spell!

The second point that I understood from the testing was that each person had to be assigned a tag the moment they entered the subspace, which informed the [Room] which portal they entered from. That was why there was never a mix-up. Since I couldnt change this tag despite how much I begged the subspace, it probably just wasnt normally possible.

As such, the only option left for me was to invent a spell that changed this tag to another portal, enabling me and everybody else to teleport. [Spatial Portal] probably worked without this tag function, but it probably would be too hard for me to create this spell on my own. I couldnt imagine what the chant would be.

This brought me to the third point. As I was returning to the mansion, I reminded myself that every System spell must have a chant. The only reason why I didnt have to chant was due to [True Draconic Lineage] granting me [Chant Revocation Lv. 10]. While I didnt have to chant, the System still would still give me the chant whenever I wanted to cast a System spell.

And [Room]s chant was as follows: Open a path into the fourth existence of the dimension, controlling the fifth law of space and time control. Create a dimensional area within a designated sub-area in the current dimension, connected to a circle of enhanced control of energy and substance in the current reality. Access to the pocket dimension shall be granted to the caster, allowing them free entry and exit and the ability to alter the boundaries within. The laws of space and time of the current dimension and reality shall be applied to the sub-area. All physical objects of the three first dimensions and all boundaries shall be connected to this created sub-area through the control of energy of some kind. If the circle of enhanced control of energy and substance connected to this sub-area was to be removed from the reality it is applied in, sever the existence of this pocket dimension and recall all physical objects of the three first dimensions back to the current dimension and reality.

What now? was my reaction when I first saw this, and it still was a big, fat What now? after my parallel minds had a look at it as well. Obviously, this chant was completely different from the ones I knew and made up until now, given that it had no mention of the Origin Gods and a lot of technical details instead.

Since System Spells in Peolynca were made by the Origin Gods to promote piety, most of them sound like religious texts. Custom spells didnt have that restriction, but sometimes mentioning something godly or divine would help invoke a better image of what the spell should do. At the end of the day, however, spell chants were just texts for us to properly imagine the spells we wanted to cast.

That said, [Room]s chant was just weird. When I read it, it felt as if I was reading some high-level physics or science book without any prior knowledge, since the more I had my parallel minds read it, the more they felt frustrated at their inability to understand it. Our inability to understand it. The chant honestly felt like a set of instructions from an IKEA manual.

That was why I gave up on trying to learn [Spatial Portal] the way I had relearned [Scorching Sun]. It would be impossible for me to imagine it, since there was no mention of the chants for the upper-tier [Space-Time Magic] spells. Istari apparently knew the names of each and every one of the System spells, but he, for some reason, did not deign to write the chants down.

It was daunting to imagine me creating a spell like this, but I wouldnt let it go without trying it at least once! That was my pride as a mage! I didnt want people to think of me as a one-trick pony who could only create fire-based spells. Sure, [Space-Time Magic] sounded extremely physics-based, but it was just a set of instructions at the end of the day, right?

It shouldnt be that hard, right?!

I mean, I was the granddaughter of the mighty God of Dragons, Kargryxmor. I was a member of a race of giant beasts with huge amounts of mana and magical firepower. Even my racial skill [True Draconic Lineage] praised my impeccable natural magical abilities. It shouldnt be hard for me, right?!?!

I mean, I was also the chosen champion of Aurena, the Goddess of Light of Peolynca and a former Goddess of another world, and Kargryxmor. It shouldnt be that much trouble to create a spell to allow me to fast travel, right?!?!?!

ITS TOO FUCKING HARD!!! In a fit of despair and frustration, I flipped the table I was working on over onto the ground, sending the pile of wooden slates tumbling in the air.

Ah, Lady Hestia! Tasianna cried out in a panic as she narrowly caught the teacups and snack plates. Whats wrong, Lady Hestia?!

Argh! I cant do it! This is too fucking hard! It had been two days since I started trying to create this spell. Normally, two days of work shouldnt be enough to frustrate me this much, especially since my previous custom spells all required multiple days of work and testing to be finalized; however, the difference with this task was from how hard it was to think of the chant.

To me, chants were like writing verses for a song. It came out as naturally to me as writing a new song. Usually, I would have a finished chant after a few hours, from which I would begin my tests, making sure the spell comes out exactly how I wanted it. That was how I created [Unheilige Engel], [Panzer], and [Halo of Consecration].

Unfortunately, this method of creating chants simply did not work for [Space-Time Magic]. Despite writing up piles upon piles of thrown away chants, none of them worked even once. None of them created any effect. On the first day of work, I understood that the chant had to have extremely precise instructions.

But, over the course of the next two days, I just couldnt come up with a proper chant. Creating instructions was literally impossible when I still wasnt completely sure what [Room]s chant even was trying to tell me. I had ten parallel minds that meant eleven brains but I still wasnt able to make any kind of meaningful progress.

At this point, I really cursed myself for being only interested in idol stuff when I attended school on Earth. I really shouldnt continue calling myself dumb or idiot, since that wasnt healthy, but I really felt like a dumbass at this point.

Muuuuuuuu, argh The strength in my legs vanished, causing me to collapse on the ground like a marionette. I felt like crawling onto my bed and hiding under my blanket.

L-Lady Hestia, maybe a break would do you some good? I mean, you have been working on this project nonstop. You havent even done your daily training regimen. Tasiannas worried expression was another hit towards my motivation, piercing it like a sharp blade. Instead of feeling encouraged by her words, I felt more compelled to just go to sleep and forget about today.

Wha-Wha?! I was, Hestia! I stood far away from the portal you went through! Im not that scatterbrained of a girl! Ellaine argued back. Hearing her say this somehow made my face feel even warmer than before.

However, this misunderstanding didnt last for much longer as Tasianna called us to look at what she was pointing at. My eyes followed her finger, noticing a fur pelt lying a few feet away from me. It was right next to the entrance of portal one.

As I widened my eyes, I looked down where I was, turning around to find a portal right next to me. Looking at the runes which opened it up, I could confirm this was the third portal I opened up.

D-Did I just?

Description has been updated due to the individuals actions. Additional information will be added when the requirements are fulfilled

[Mana Eyes] has adapted to individual [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s usage. [Mana Eyes Lv. 4] evolved into [Mana Eyes Lv. 5]

Mana Eyes

A skill that allows the user to perceive the flow of mana in the air. Allows the identification of items and creatures, revealing their description or profile. Allows the isolation of mana signatures, making it possible to follow mana trails and links between mana sources. Requires tremendous cognitive abilities to process properly. The Skills combined are: [Identify Lv. 10] [Blacksmiths Appraisal (Incomplete) Lv. 1]

T-Tasianna! Ellaine! Im flying out of town! I announced after picking up the runes for portal two and three, sprinting out of the RV.

Wait, Lady Hestia! Ellaine, come with me! We need to see this!

Y-Yes!

The three of us quickly made it outside the city, going into the nearby forest. There I activated a portal and we all went inside. After going to the Nexus Door, I activated [Mana Eyes] again and noticed only two colors surrounding the door, since only two portals were open. After I isolated the red from the green, I noticed how green mana trails were leading from the door to the mana within me. This new trail probably came from [Mana Eyes] upgrade.

With the green mana tag isolated, I told everybody to enter through the door. To our collective surprise, once we walked through, we were back at the RV. We had just teleported from outside the city back into it. As the three of us looked around with open mouths, Tasianna and Ellaine noted how they felt something leaving their bodies. After looking at their profiles, we noticed some of our mana was gone.

I-It seemed that not only entering the subspace from a different location but also using the teleportation function would cost mana. The longer the distance, the more we use up, Tasianna stated.

But Im immune to it. I guess because Im the owner of the subspace? I wondered.

This probably wont be very popular with Master Grimnir, Ellaine commented, which I agreed with. He wouldnt have the mana to do this from a long distance.

However, that didnt matter to me anymore. After all, the fatigue of three days of hard work finally paid off.

OH YEAH, FAST TRAVEL, BITCHES!

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