34- I'm stumped

'Can't reach the fish, made peace with the villagers.'

I can't take over the islands cause they are already mine, and can't access any other area because my roots are already to deep into this islands'

'I'm just stumped... How should I develop from now on?'

While thinking that I looked at the smokey sky.

'wait! Smokey sky?'

Right! There was that, the only other biome I've seen in this world... Apart from the desert and archipelago of course.

'Downwards vulcanic range.'

It looks like a ancient Egyptian decided to make a I versed pyramid and fill with lava. It's just that instead of a pyramid it's a mountain.

This mountain range was quite literally upside down and lava was spewing from every single one of its orifices.

Normally magma from a vulcano comes from beneath the tectonic plates and as such vulcanic ranges are situated in the zone of contact between two plates.

But no matter how much I try I can't seem to find the source of the magma.

'It's similar to my air-chipelago, I also can't find the source of the antigravity spell all around... In fact that vulcano also doesn't have gravity on the normal way.'

If Ashtar was still here I'd ask him but...

*cough *

Anyways, there's still one more source of information, I could ask the villagers. I placed it in our contract that they would give me information in enchange for healing.

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Amongs the elders the first elder was my favorite.... His 'comet magic' being cool also helps with that.

"The 'faux magika' ?"

" Is that you call this magic?"

I asked while absorbing the poison of a hunter from the tribe.

"Yes, you see unlike what most would be led to think by the name... The faux magika aren't magical in nature."

"I feel mana from them tough?"

"Of course you do. But! You're seeing things upside down.

It's not the mana that makes this rivers float, it's the faux magika presence on this rivers that attracts the mana."

'oh?'

He continued

"The faux magika are what we magicians call it but it's called 'divinity' for the more faithful ."

"... As in the power of God?"

'Like the beings I was 'supposed' to serve in my afterlife ? '

"THE god... The churchs don't like it when people say their God is not the only one."

"Oh? Which church? I heard earlier that there are multiple of them ."

"All of them... They all claim their God is the only one... Even tough we all know they all exist."

That got a shock out of me

"You have proofs that your gods exist?"

"HAHAHAH, of course we do. You really are as young as your aura shows.

Listen, every church has priests, they have the ability to use 'faux magika' and as such they can create miracles or see into the future without using mana or any other type of internal energy.

Why? Because the gods are acting as casters for their spells, of course!"

" You said earlier that faux magika like the poisonous raimbow river attracts mana... Can't it be that these divine spells are using that mana instead of the user's? "

"... Magicians also though about that."

"and?"

"what else? Magicians died for thinking that, of course!

Besides even if the magic being priceless is a lie it's not like it changes the fact it still needs Gods to be the middle man in order to cast it"

This guy didn't realise it huh.... That there is another type of being that can connect to environmental mana and act as a bridge for the spells.

And that one of said beings is in front of him... Well it doesn't matter if he did, it's none of my business.

"So back to the vulcano... It's honestly quite useless.

It doesn't provide any metal and all of the beings that live in there are not only not worth killing but also dangerous."

'The vulcano is useless, both to them and to me, it's elements aren't compatible with my own... Other than gravity but I have it my island.'

'Not to mention that it is also dangerous to me... You never know when that spell might be turned against me... If I chose to believe in the story ashtar told me then divinity = bad news.'

I'll try to destroy that 'faux magic' in the vulcanic range along with very being in there , that'll surely be enough of a achievement to evolve again.

Once I unlock gravity magic, I'll destroy the faux magic around this islands and control them with my own mana.

If I can't unlock gravity after destroying the vulcano then I'll use plan B to evolve again

'Brainwash ' this people into believing I'm a God.

After I find a way to impart my magic spells onto those that have a high affinity with my elements, I then can pretend to be a God.

Surelly pretending to be a God will allow me to evolve, and if not at least I'll be close enough to it.

"Well, this was educational. Goodbye then first elder."

"Just call me Arthur, only the high ranking members call me elder every other citizen calls me Arthur."

"Alrigh, goodby Arthur."

And with that I left.

-_-_-_-_-_-(Arthur's POV) -_-_-_-_-_-_

"Your awfully close to him...huh?"

"Chieftain."

"so... Thinking of betraying your village? The people who died in that war?"

"... He's stronger than before... We can't afford to anger him."

"SO YOU'LL ACT LIKE A COWARD? Like the second elder did?"

"... Your not thinking straight, go home, have fun with your daughter and come back tomorrow."

"No! You two are the ones not thinking straight! That thing is a monster!..."

"...."

"I'm leaving. I'm going to the church in Naptas, I'll bring a priest I know to kill this thing."

"... *murmurs *"

"what?"

"I said 'You want to bring monster to kill another?'"

".... At least the priest is humanoid and understands our emotions ."

"That's just makes its crimes all the worst."