After figuring out his next step, Edward started to ponder how to create the Sixth True Magic and what kind it should be. After considering a few ideas, a thought suddenly popped into his mind:
“I can try to do something based on Morgana,” he muttered; he missed the little elf: her constant chatter, weird personality, and how easy she made his life.
‘My real body is already improving her main processor by fusing it with the Speed Force. Maybe my research here could help the process,’ thought Edward, who found this identity more appealing with each passing second.
“If I want to finish this as soon as possible, I need a sample.” Edward had an idea, but there might be some danger involved. However, considering he had Ea, he felt it was worth it. So, he went to see Tohsaka.
“You want me to recreate my family’s Jeweled Sword?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“What do you mean why? Don’t you want to recreate one of your family’s lost legacy?”
“I do, but knowing you, there must be another reason you’re suddenly interested.”
“Fair enough. You only need to know your success will summon someone, and I need to talk to that person.”Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m
Tohsaka stared at him briefly before accepting. They headed to the clock Tower to begin working on the sword, and just as Shirou helped in the other timeline, Edward used his magic to help her finish the sword.
As expected, Zelretch, owner of the Second Magic, showed up once it finished. He invented Jewel Magic and passed it on to one of the Tohsaka’s Ancestors.
“Arcane Emperor, I wanted to see you.”
“You know me?” asked Edward.
“I’ve been observing this timeline,” said Zelretch. “Humanity was saved once I created the Second Magic as I imbued them with endless possibility. If this timeline fails and humans die, there are other choices. But you, who suddenly popped out of nowhere, imbued them with endless possibilities for success and prosperity.”
‘So, that’s why Akasha created a background for the Arcane Empire — to give the humans of this world a greater future. I may be more right than I believed — she’s preparing for the upcoming war,’ thought Edward.
“Our conversation can wait since I’m sure you have things to say to her.”
“Thanks for your understanding,” said Zelretch. As Edward gave him the room, he talked to Tohsaka. A few minutes later, Edward returned since they called him.
“Is something wrong?”
“Did that help?”
“Yes, and thank you,” nodded Edward before leaving.
“Who are you, Arcane Emperor?” muttered Zelretch before meeting with Tohsaka. They agreed on a designated time before beginning their training. Meanwhile, Edward immediately started working on his magic.
He took this opportunity to analyze the Anti-Life Equation to further his understanding of the Mind Rule, and he added the Knowledge Rule, Soul Rule, and others to create the Sixth True Magic: Nigh Omniscient.
“Let’s try this thing out.” Edward immediately cast the spell, and his mind left his body, entering a higher plane where all records and knowledge exist — the Root.
“So, it did work,” he muttered calmly. Reaching the Root is the goal or ambition of all mages, but he was relatively calm about the entire thing.
‘I wonder what the relationship of this world is with the Akashic Records?’ He knew there must be some connections but did not know exactly.
‘Forget about that for now,’ said Edward. He left a special rune in the Root before leaving. Once his mind returned to his body, Edward found out he had turned into a human computer with access to endless knowledge.
Anything he wanted to know, he would get the knowledge or answer from the Root. And if he did not know, he could calculate or deduce the answer from abundant data.
“The only downside is this thing puts heavy pressure on my soul,’ he complained. He expected this spell to have limitations but did not expect it to be so severe.
“Let’s finish our main objective.”
He immediately used his new spell to analyze Ea and the Chains of Heaven. He discovered that Ea drew power from a primal source of power that existed once the universe was born. That power contains the power of creation and destruction, meaning it can revert the multiverse to its genesis state or recreate it.
“All worlds have a period of Genesis or before the Big Bang. if I can tap into it, I should be able to create a Tier 11 Weapon,” muttered Edward, who focused on the Chains of Heavens. It worked similarly to Ea, with the idea that all Divine Being originated from a source. Since the chains are made from that source, they can restrain all Gods.
“Very well. Cosmus, you wait for my return.”
Edward was still unsure whether to pass the Time Game, so he needed to travel to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, during his stay in the world, he will prepare to deal with that bastard who dares to label him as a criminal.
“Let’s see who will judge who,” he sneered.
Edward spent more than three years on this project, but most of the time, he stayed inside the lab and saw Tohsaka and Sakura a few times. Now that he was done, he only had a few things to do before leaving. His next step is to see Scathach.
He realized the Root had no knowledge about Primordial Runes, and there were few reasons he could think of to explain this situation: Scathatch or Odin removed the knowledge from the Roots, or the Root itself purged the knowledge from his records to prevent it from spreading. A few magicians have taken things from the Root so it can hide things from its people.
Regardless of the reason, he wanted answers.