Chapter 1027 Chamber of Time
Hearing this, Shiro grinned as she patted his shoulder.
"That's the spirit. Don't worry, you should at least have some proficiency in the Takemikazuchi Technique by tomorrow." Shiro reassured.
"Wait by tomorrow? But there won't be enough time." Glen frowned.
"That's what you think. Nan Tian, are you able to supervise everyone else? I'll be trying to make the training room for Glen." Shiro asked as Nan Tian nodded his head.
"Yes I can. It shouldn't be too hard since I have some experiences with Throne Worlds myself."
Discussing their training plans with Nan Tian for a while, Glen couldn't help but feel pity for them before remembering what he'll have to go through in a day. If she is going to make him learn a whole new technique in a few hours, he couldn't even begin to imagine how much training they would need to do.
Once Shiro had told Nan Tian about the training plan, she excused herself for a bit so that she could make the room.
Closing her eyes, she brought up the floorplan of all the training halls near her current locations.
'Hmm…. From the records, it seems like training hall four doesn't get much use since the other training halls are already big enough. I should be able to convert this one to a time chamber like the dungeon.' Shiro thought to herself.
She had the theories in her mind along with most of the runes necessary but there was one last step that she had to do. She had to finish the magic circle that Chronos had taught her back when she visited him so that she could pause time in the way she had hoped.
That way, there won't be any burden to her body despite the large mana consumption. Once she achieves this, she should be able to sustain the time chamber for a while.
Teleporting to Training Hall 4, she sealed the doors so that no one could distract her while she was doing this.
Taking a deep breath, this was going to be the first time she tried to complete the magic circle while in peak form. Of course, she still had her time limit but she could push it out slightly to finish this magic circle.
Snapping her eyes open, divine energy flared from her body as she slammed her hands down.
Suddenly, golden runes started to draw themselves across the ground while magic formation appeared on the ceiling.
Hundreds to thousands of magic circles interconnected with one another, forming a balance while divine runes served as the battery in order to power everything.
First layer.
With the first layer of the magic circle constructed, a faint crystalline blue coated the room, isolating it from the outside space.
Removing her hand from the ground, she clasped both her hands together as mana weaved together in the enclosed space of her palm.
Tiny strands fused and formed runes of their own before connecting to form the second circle.
Narrowing her eyes with analysis activated, her scarlet pupils flickered for a moment before opening her hand, expanding the second magic circle and layered it next to the first.
Following her motion, a third magic circle started to construct itself as Shiro furrowed her brows.
She had completely mastered the deployment of the first two layers but layers three to eight were slight gambles. Even on her best day, she would say she only had a 20% chance of reaching the last layer.
To make matters worse, she's had no success with decoding the last layer thus far.
It was always close but she lacked that final step.
Countless runes flashed through her mind as golden patterns lit up on her arms.
Pushing them out, both the third and fourth layers were crafted simultaneously.
'Four more.' Shiro thought to herself as she stomped down, creating several magic formations to help her with the crafting of the fifth, sixth and seventh layer.
Pivoting on her right foot, she drew her arm back in one fluid motion and bit her finger tip before drawing a circle in the air with her blood.
Snapping her fingers, golden runes lit up on the blood as it started to expand, creating the fifth layer and recognising her as the owner of this isolated space.
With the fifth layer still hovering above her palm, she didn't rush to integrate it with the other layers just yet since it served as a base for the sixth and seventh layer.
Continuing to draw out runes that match the ever-changing magic circle, Shiro couldn't help but sigh in relief since the sixth layer was easier than expected.
Most of the runes and combinations needed were ones that she were familiar with so it could be created quickly.
The problem was layer seven.
Looking at the unfamiliar change in the magic circle, Shiro couldn't help but bite her lip in irritation.
The process so far has been smooth with her being able to craft the initial six layers without trouble. This seemed to be the best attempt so far so she wasn't about to let the seventh layer stop her.
Running the simulations through her mind, a list of runes were immediately filtered out from her database of knowledge as she reached out with her right hand.
Drawing out the runes, she could feel her heartbeat faster as the layer continued to glow signifying that she was using the right runes.
But just as she thought of this, her layer started to dull.
'Sh*t!'
Cursing out in her mind, she quickly checked which part was disharmonising with the rest of the magic formation.
However, the moment she saw it, she couldn't help but grit her teeth. A single change. There was one change in the seventh layer that rendered her past calculations useless.
'This should have been something that appears on the final layer, why did it appear earlier. Now that it's come early, the previous calculations aren't able to sync up properly.' Shiro thought as she tried to correct it but the formation continued to lose power.
'Should I give up on this attempt? It's just unlucky…'
The moment she thought of this, she shook her head.
'No, I can't stop now. Break it down, analyse what it requires, filter out the runes I need and answer the requirement. I'm this far in, I can't stop now.' Shiro thought to herself.
Unbeknownst to her, the runes in her eyes started to flicker with a soft light as she analysed the seventh layer.
Surging her mana to stabilise the magic formation while she decoded the seventh layer, Shiro simulated countless solutions that might work in her mind.
Runes combined, tested, then broke apart once they were unsuccessful.
Going through the possible combinations, Shiro could feel herself getting a little light headed but shook it off.
Her hand continued to move as she tried to find hints within the magic formation.
"!!!"
Widening her eyes, she felt her mana start to drain as faint strands of light started to flicker around her.
Each strand had a different colour than the ones she had seen in Chronos' chamber. These were of a vibrant green.
A quick sweep of the room was all that she needed to imprint the image into her mind before her strands disappeared.
Spotting the dark green strand coming from the destabilising seventh layer, she tracked it back to the first layer and understood what she had been missing.
The first seven layers are supposed to form a loop rather than connect to the final layer.
With seven key points, it will form a loop that stabilises the isolated space. The first seven layers are completely detached and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that layers one to seven belong to something entirely separate from layer eight.
Curving her lips into a smile, Shiro slammed her hand down.
*PING!!!
Shattering all of the links connecting each layer to one another, Shiro reformed them within her hand as a single strand connected all seven layers together, harmonising into a magic circle that glowed with a brilliant turquoise colour.
Seeing the runes present in the core of this magic circle, Shiro understood what it was.
It was a key. The first seven layers form the key needed to decode the eight layer and imprint itself into reality. Once proficient enough, one would be able to create the first seven layers with a single snap, thus making the process seem effortless.
Expanding the key above her, Shiro smiled and opened her mouth.
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"Tier 8 Origin Magic, Chamber of Time."
With the key in the centre, the final magic circle started to reveal itself. A golden layer of energy composed entirely of runes used by the gods.
Letting go of her control over the magic circle, Shiro watched as the key synchronised with the eighth layer as two notifications appeared in front of her.
The first was the system congratulations.
[Congratulations, Entity – Shiro – has succeeded in casting a God Class spell. As you are the first to achieve this in the new age, you will be awarded a unique item. However, the council of administrators are currently discussing your reward, please stand by.]
As for the second, it was rather simple but it brought a smile to her face.
[The gods backing you applaud your success. Gaia and Chronos cheers for you.]