I Pioneered Scientific Magic

Chapter 498: Lynn: Am I Also a God?

"The Moon Goddess, Diana, you are the bright moon, the light, the eternal existence, the other shore of life..." "Great Lord, we pray devoutly, please bestow upon us your light..."

Endless prayers echoed in Aila's mind, nearly driving her to madness until she entered the portal, where the situation finally improved.

Without the moonlight, the restlessness of divinity gradually calmed down, giving Aila a chance to breathe.

The Wizard Council's offensive came too quickly. If she could have delayed it a bit longer, even if the Moon Goddess left some preparations in the divinity, with her centuries of preparation and accumulation, she would have been able to handle it with ease!

Most importantly, once she fully merged and mastered this divinity, she would be able to use the thousands of church statues spread throughout the empire as the core to bring the divine kingdom to the entire continent.

Only then would she truly be a god!

Just like the former Moon Goddess, Diana!

It's a pity everything is destroyed now...@@@@

Aila looked back at the temporal vortex behind her, her anger rising continuously, but she quickly adjusted her attitude, turning her gaze to the cold, dark, and chaotic plane.

More accurately, this was a dying divine kingdom, the domain of the Moon Goddess, Diana!

The continuous loss of materials and magic energy, in a few decades or a century, it would die...

In a daze, Aila once again heard prayers and shouts, which were very peculiar, not in any language she knew, but she could understand their meaning.

It was the believers conducting ceremonies calling for the Moon Goddess!

After a moment's hesitation, Aila flew towards them, while organizing the scattered memories of Diana in her mind.

During the merger with the divinity, not only magic power flowed down from the full moon but also a part of the Moon Goddess's memories.

In a sense, this was not good, because the more memories she accepted, the faster she assimilated.

The only consolation was that after entering the portal, this assimilation, although not eliminated, had nearly stopped.

Clearly, the opponent's power could not penetrate through the portal, at least the 'dead' Moon Goddess couldn't do it for now!

In the moments of contemplation, the calls were getting closer, and what appeared in sight was a large area of magic plants, glowing mushrooms, shimmering with fluorescence.

They covered the entire area, becoming one of the few bright spots in the dark, cold divine kingdom.

By a frozen lake, thousands of emaciated figures were kneeling in an open space among the glowing mushrooms, praying in mournful tones toward a crudely built altar. Ɍá₦OBÊs̩

But they were not her believers; they belonged to the Moon Goddess, Diana!

For a moment, Aila wanted to eliminate them all, but in the end, she extinguished this thought. After pondering for a moment, she raised her hand, and the fluorescence emitted by the surrounding magic plants, glowing mushrooms, orderly gathered towards her.

The Moko people performing the prayer soon noticed this strange scene, expressions of panic or astonishment appeared, only the chief priest called out in extreme fanaticism.

"Lord, you have finally returned!"

The gathered fluorescence gradually condensed into a human figure. Although it looked slightly different from the statue of the Moon Goddess, the chief priest could clearly feel that he had regained the ability to perform divine magic.

The figure in front of him must undoubtedly be the Moon Goddess!

The rest of the Moko people were also extremely excited, kneeling on the ground, fervently shouting, hoping that the great Moon Goddess would bestow divine grace upon them.

Aila, looking at the uniformly kneeling Moko people in front of her, did not rashly respond but turned to ask.

"Is it only you left? Where are the others?"

In Diana's memory, this divine realm was incredibly vast, much larger than the empire controlled by the church, with a populous population, even if a portion was relocated, the remaining number was extremely frightening.

The main body was human, followed by Moko people, Halflings, and a portion of orcs and elves...

But in her perception, the number of Diana's believers had become extremely scarce, sparsely distributed throughout the area, and this tribe was already the most populous.

The aged chief priest hurriedly explained that since being isolated from the main plane of the world and losing contact with the great Moon Goddess, the divine kingdom became extremely dangerous.

The priest leading the people in worship was stunned, almost doubting if he had heard wrong.

How could there be a misinterpretation of a divine name?

Although it had been a very long time, the Moko priest still remembered that everyone recited Diana's name, and he was sure he had not remembered wrong.

But the benevolent Moon Goddess who showed miracles and bestowed them with food stood in front of him, and their connection also confirmed this point.

Could it really be that he had misread or remembered wrong?

If it were a higher-ranking clergy, they would surely realize something was wrong, but he was just a minor priest, becoming somewhat frightened and even thinking he might have always mispronounced the divine name.

"How long have I been gone?" Aila suddenly asked.

"Lord, you have been gone for nearly seventy years!" The Halfling priest said with tears in his eyes, his voice trembling slightly.

Only seventy years?

Aila couldn't help but frown; she was aware of the time flow speed difference between the two worlds.

According to Diana's memory, once a plane was captured, the time flow of both sides would gradually converge.

Although she had some doubts, Aila did not show them. To her, Diana's partial memories could only serve as a reference, possibly hiding traps, and could not be fully trusted.

"During this time, I entered another plane, so the connection with you was temporarily severed. Tell me, what has happened in the divine kingdom during the seventy years I was gone, I need to know everything." Aila looked indifferently at the people, her eyes twinkling with starlight, making it hard for others to look directly at her.

The current situation could only be described as terrible. This divine realm was on the verge of collapse due to the loss of magic power and mass, and the Lord of the Undead was preparing to seize it.

It could even be said that the opponent had already succeeded for the most part, and Diana's believers were almost wiped out.

Once she returned to the other side of the portal, she would have to face the revived Moon Goddess and those wizards who bombarded her with Skyfall at every turn.

It could be said that she was facing dead ends on both sides; she needed more information!

...

On the other side of the portal, in the great universe, the Eternal Star, within the empire's territory.

The excavation of the Holy City had been ongoing for more than half a month.

The city was simply too large, covering over a hundred square kilometers. Even using magic and mechanical power for excavation, only a third had been dug out in half a month.

Fortunately, the library Lynn and the others were looking for had been found. Because it was only a collapse caused by an underground nuclear explosion, the books inside were not too severely damaged, and the council had also sent many people to search for information about the portal and the faith war hundreds of years ago.

During this time, the conquest of the empire's various cities did not stop. The kingdom's musketeers marched triumphantly, quickly occupying over a third of the empire's territory.

The smooth progress was thanks to most of the defending priests, bishops, and even cardinals mysteriously dying, coupled with merchants leaking information, turning traitors, and welcoming the royal troops, almost like a blitzkrieg!

If not for Lynn's specific instructions to conduct a purge in each place, the speed would have been even faster!

The council's higher-ups were also not idle, in fact, they were extremely anxious, worried that Aila would return from the other side of the portal.

Although they had sealed all known temporal nodes, it was not 100% secure.

And Harof, Aurora, and Victorio were pondering how to develop magic and further enhance their strength.

The battle in the Holy City, though arduous, brought them many gains. The legendary realm was very unfamiliar to the three, and Aila, who had gone further, was somewhat a guiding light.

In this battle, the biggest winner was naturally Lynn. With the boost from the magic network, he temporarily experienced the power of an eighth-level wizard and started pondering a very important question.

Lynn had long noticed that his magic network and Aila's faith-based divinity system were very similar, both utilizing other people's computing power to amplify their own strength.

The question was, why wasn't he affected by the so-called faith poison?

To some extent, those wizards connected to the magic network were his 'believers,' but when he tapped into these people's computing power, it was very smooth, never experiencing unordered memories flooding his brain and causing consciousness confusion...