The Truth of Magic

Chapter 33: Actual Prestige Class

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As chairman of the Wizard Association, Oz was privy to more secrets than anyone else in the room.

Even though he sat in the corner like none of this had anything to do with him, he was the oldest among the seven present. Even Cassius, who had apparently seen the goddess before she became a goddess, wasn’t as powerful as him.

Oz remembered the instructions of His Highness and, after thinking about it for a long time, he finally spoke up.

“He didn’t go to look for the goddess. It was the goddess who wanted to see him.”

When the other bigwigs, who had all been through great storms and seen much, heard these words, they couldn’t help but gasp.

Oz’s words were possibly a sign that another major catastrophe was on its way, or the start of another war between the gods.

“That’s impossible,” declared Neisser, who had been studying and researching destiny and time-flow related Legendary Spells diligently for nearly a hundred years now.

He had holes for eyes and the only thing you could see inside them was the Fire of Souls, which never went out. Neisser was one of Arthur’s few successful Liches, and he was an even rarer undead with good alignment.

All the bigwigs of the association were creatures with incredible levels of Intelligence, so Neisser only needed to say a few words, and everyone in the room understood exactly what he meant.

The goddess wanted to see someone, but the deities were unable to come personally to this plane in Arthur.

But they could send an incarnation of themselves to this plane. Saints were one side of the gods.

Just like the seven bigwigs seated in this room, when one reached their level, their actual bodies would be hidden in an extremely secret place.

They moved about by using projections that were summoned using Legendary Spells, and their consciousness was transferred into these projections. So these projections were just like real people and had the same powers as the actual body.

When a Wizard reached Level 5, they would all try to think of a method to escape in times of emergency. These Wizards had all gone beyond Level 21 and so they had even more numerous and powerful ways of doing the same thing.

Just in terms of teleporting themselves away, a high-level wizard would have at least ten methods of doing so, nevermind these seven bigwigs.

And even if the projections of the seven bigwigs were destroyed, or if the hiding place of their real bodies was under attack, the number of revival methods they could activate after dying was enough for them to die ten times or more without trouble.

While the goddess had used the opportunity when Zhao Xu sat on the throne of the arcane king to summon him all the way back down the river of history to a point in time before she became a goddess in order to meet him.

“The deities themselves established those plane boundaries, so nobody can go back in time to kill the deities when they were younger,” Oz said bluntly. “And the goddess of magic has grasped part of the deity domain of fate, so she’s the best suited in this aspect.”

What Oz said was considered common knowledge, at least for Legendary Wizards.

But the other six people in the room understood Oz was really trying to say based on their Knowledge skill level and their Intelligence levels.

Deities within the deity domain of fate weren’t very powerful when faced with other deities at the same level, and their supernatural powers were unable to affect the fate of other deities.

But they could do anything they wanted with ordinary humans.

Because deities in the deity domain of fate were able to see into the future and see if anybody would be a threat to their existence, and so they could enter any plane and kill that person before they became a threat.

The goddess had grasped part of the deity domain of fate, so, besides being more powerful than anyone else in terms of magic, she was also part of the nearly taboo domain of time.

This goddess could choose the plane that was most suitable for her among the countless number of planes in the universe.

Even if none of the planes were suitable to her, she could just follow along the line of time or cut time anywhere to start again from a particular section.

This ability was why the third goddess of magic wouldn’t fall like the two before her.

She had reached a level where she was practically immortal and indestructible.

But what degree of danger would push a deity to allow an ordinary human being to meet with herself in the past?

If Zhao Xu was a threat to the goddess, then she could kill him right now.

Or, even if Zhao Xu grew up to become a Legendary Wizard, the goddess of magic would still be able to go back to the past to kill off Zhao Xu when he wasn’t powerful so that she could weaken or destroy Zhao Xu before he became dangerous.

If she wanted to use some of Zhao Xu’s power, she could wait to do this later in the future, when he actually had power enough to help her.

And, if she did use his power, it wouldn’t be by letting Zhao Xu enter her private plane.

“Then there’s only one explanation,” said Oz. “That Mr. Zhongxia, an adventurer from Earth, is someone who will be able to stop the goddess from dying. Out of all the impossibilities, he’s the only one who can. The goddess needs him to be an anchor and will use him to change the path on which she is headed.”

“This information is to be archived as Level 9 classified information of the Association and is to be sealed off,” said Oz.

“Noted. Yako has archived this,” said a construct Golem that had been standing silently at the door all this time. An Awaken Construct spell had been cast upon it, so it was actually more intelligent than most people.

Since everyone in the room had accepted his explanation, Chairman Oz continued speaking, “Before we continue with our discussion from before the interruption, I would like to raise a request first, about the way Zhongxia will continue on his Prestige Class after Level 5.

“Before this, our original plan was to arrange for him to become a Dweomerkeeper, as a Prestige Class on the side of his Divine Magic.

“Our original plan was not to give him a Prestige Class for his Arcane Magic, but from the looks of it now, the situation has changed. So I would like to suggest...”

“An Incantatrix? If you do that, then nobody below Legendary level will be able to hold him back.” Stormrage lifted his slightly greying eyebrows. He was a wizard from the east and didn’t have any natural reverence for deities.

And so his opinions weren’t aligned with everything The Final Scroll and Chairman Oz represented.

“I would agree to Spellguard, but it’s up to you,” said Stormrage. “It’s just that those who become Incantatrixes have always been wizards that have contributed greatly to the Association. I won’t object if you want to give this to Zhongxia, but at the very least we should wait until he’s accumulated sufficient credit.”

Wizards’ spells all had a duration, some were counted in rounds (6 seconds per round) or in turns (1 minute per turn) and there were some that lasted for several hours even.

But the moment a spell could last for an entire day, its significance in battle was completely changed.

One day was exactly how long it took for a wizard to restore his spells.

A wizard with daily spells wouldn’t need to hurriedly put on all sorts of protective gear when faced with an emergency before launching a counterattack.

Some of that gear that could increase the benefit to the wizard could even become a permanent part of himself. They could push the wizard’s fighting ability to its peak and make him a monster in battle.

A Wizard armed with all sorts of spells was able to defeat physics even better than a Fighter, and those were true words.

The feat, Persistent Spell, was the key to making it last 24 hours.

But the price for that feat was huge. You had to stack several requirements together and the Incantatrix prestige class was able to reduce this price to almost nothing.

And that’s why the Association was extremely cautious when it came to allowing wizards to become Incantatrixes.

The battle prowess of an Incantatrix was way more powerful compared to any pure wizard at the same level and was almost invincible.

If a Wizard between Level 11 to 20 chose to continue being just a wizard, he only had the class features of two metamagic feats.

But if a wizard between Level 11 to 20 chose to become a Incantatrix, he would have four metamagic feats as well as six or seven powerful skills.

He would become very difficult to defeat.

“No, I’m planning to give him a different Prestige Class.” Oz looked everyone in the eye and emphasized every word, “It’s the Prestige Class with a lower price to pay-Metaphysical Spellshaper.”

Metaphysical Spellshaper, the top Prestige Class in arcane magic!