Chapter 1186
The Wand Man's IOU
Chapter 1186 The Wand Man's IOU
With Carlos's escape, the war between the courtyard and the Garden of Joseph officially came to an end.
Xia Xiu raised his head, his gaze sweeping across the entire battlefield once more.
The war is over.
The pantheon of Joseph was almost completely wiped out in this war; the gods fell, the fleet was destroyed, and this plane lost its original ruler.
This means that the Court will take over the Garden of Joseph, and four of the seventeen outer planes have now fallen into the Court's hands.
"Now is the time to truly reap the rewards."
His gaze fell on the colossal structure in the distance, still slowly rotating in the void.
Blackrock Fortress, its value even surpasses that of the entire plane.
However, he had a few things to take care of before that.
The colossal body of the Son of God turned slightly, and the six mechanical arms on its back slowly unfolded. Then, the entire colossus traversed the void and moved toward another battlefield.
That place was where his sons fought against the gods of Josephine, and it was also the captured flagship of Josephine—Asgard.
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When the Son of God descended upon that region, the first thing that caught his eye was the giant ship that had been torn apart.
The upper dome of Asgard was almost completely ripped open, and the broken armor plates rolled outwards like flower petals. Lightning and flames from the battle still lingered in the huge crack.
On that shattered hull, four Titans stood tall.
They stood like four steel mountains amidst the shipwrecks, their thick armor surfaces covered with battle scars, some even torn open with huge rips, their internal structures still flickering with electric arcs.
One of the Titans had a large section of its chest armor cracked open.
"Hiss~ It hurts so much. Isn't this custom of self-destructing all the time unique to our Mechanical Church? When did the gods of all the heavens and the myriad worlds become so organic... oh, so bloodthirsty?"
That nonsensical tone immediately tells you that this Titan is Jason.
At this moment, the Titan, possessing a complete machine soul, was bending down with unusual care, cradling a person in its massive mechanical arm.
That person was none other than Lupercal, the son of the First. His body had been utterly ravaged by the battle. His Horus armor was shattered, and there were still unhealed divine cracks on his chest and shoulders. He had fallen into a coma.
Jason’s machine spirit reacted immediately when the shadow of the Son of God fell.
The massive Titan slightly raised its head, and upon sensing the familiar divine aura, it immediately knelt down slowly, raising its mechanical arm slightly as if offering the most important thing to a god. It also automatically changed the frivolous template on its language module to a serious one.
Then its voice came through the loudspeaker.
"Om Messiah".
The voice carried a clear sense of guilt.
"Please allow me to report the results of the battle to you, and at the same time I must admit a fact that I am extremely ashamed of - as the command unit of the Court Titan Legion, I should have protected the First Son at the most critical moment, but in the battle just now, I failed to completely block the self-destruction impact of the enemy god, which caused Lord Lupercal to be seriously injured, and I could only barely pull him out of the core of the explosion at the last moment. Such a result is obviously not enough to be called a victory."
"This is my dereliction of duty."
The Son of God slowly approached.
Xia Xiu looked at the bowed Titan, then at the Lupercal in its hand, before offering Jason words of comfort:
"There's no need to blame yourself."
His voice slowly emanated through the Son of God's amplification system.
"War is never a clean and efficient calculation; it inherently involves risk, sacrifice, and unforeseen events. The fact that Lupercal survived demonstrates that you made the right choice at the last moment."
The Son of God slowly raised his arm, and a soft yet authoritative light unfolded in his palm.
【World Bubble: Master Creator】
A slowly expanding bubble gently enveloped Lupercal's body.
The next second, the shattered bones began to piece themselves back together, the torn spiritual structure gradually returned to its original state, and the cracks in the soul that had been torn open by the lightning slowly healed under the repair of the Creator's authority.
In a short while, Lupercal's most serious injuries were completely healed.
However, his eyes remained closed.
Xia Xiu gently withdrew his power and said to Jason:
"The damage to his body and soul has been mostly repaired, but the divine explosion just now had a significant impact on his consciousness. He probably won't be able to wake up for a while and will need some time to recuperate."
Jason nodded slightly.
Then, Xia Xiu's gaze swept over the four Titans, and he once again raised his hand to unleash the power of [Master Creator].
One after another, the structures of creation fell like patches onto the damaged armor and mechanical joints, repairing all the most serious structural damage within seconds.
After dealing with these,
His gaze fell to the other side, in the direction where his sixth brother, Magus, was located.
Magus appeared visibly unstable at this moment. Half of his body remained in human form, while the other half seemed to be corrupted by the ether, with a semi-transparent energy structure faintly emerging.
This is the result of drawing too much power from the Aether during the battle. Magus's abilities still rely too much on the Aether, and he basically uses his ultimate move as a basic attack. He hasn't learned more about the techniques of using the Aether.
It seems I'll have to teach Magus more about the application of ether in the future.
As he thought about it, he activated his ability to force the etheric power within Magus, which was about to spiral out of control, back into his physical structure.
Soon after, Magus's form finally stabilized again.
Xia Xiu looked at him, his tone tinged with helplessness.
"You'd better study more conventional surgical techniques in the future."
"Those kinds of moves that require a large number of EVE particles and the manipulation of ether should be used as little as possible, otherwise I'm really afraid you'll turn yourself into an aberration one day."
Magus bowed his head slightly, his voice unusually respectful and earnest.
“I understand, Father. Just as you said, the path that is not practiced is the path of evil. I will always remember this.”
Seeing Magus's serious response, Xia Xiu didn't criticize him further.
The war has just ended.
Now is clearly not the time to educate children.
He slightly raised his hand, his gaze sweeping over the shattered dome of the Asgardian bridge before looking at the few Legion Commanders who were still able to move.
"The subsequent post-war cleanup and dimensional takeover will be your responsibility."
His tone was calm and decisive.
"The Joseph Garden pantheon has been destroyed, but the structure, civilization system, and remaining forces of this plane still need to be reorganized. The Court Legion will take over the star field and shipping routes, prioritizing the stabilization of space routes and teleportation nodes. As for the sacred domains and temples left behind by the pantheon, they will all be incorporated into the management system of the Kingdom of Heaven, and will be dealt with uniformly when I return."
The legion leaders nodded in unison, and Xia Xiu, without lingering, began his charge towards the location of Blackrock Fortress. ...
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Blackrock Fortress still floats in the void.
Its massive black structure resembles a primordial rock excavated from the depths of space, its surface covered with ancient patterns so complex they defy comprehension. These patterns are still slowly shimmering, as if in response to the approach of some new form of control.
The Son of God stopped in front of the fortress.
The next second, the colossus's structure began to disintegrate.
The mechanical skeleton and the divine structure unfolded simultaneously, and the three main spinal structures detached from the main body, transforming into three [Divinely Gifted Colossi] that were hundreds of meters tall. They floated around the Blackrock Fortress like three silent guardians, forming a stable triangular control array.
Meanwhile, Xia Xiu's figure had already disappeared from the core of the colossus.
Inside the Blackrock Fortress, a flash of light folded through space, and Xia Xiu's figure landed in a spacious black hall.
This place was clearly once a core control area, with ancient runic circuits covering the surrounding walls, and a huge window connecting to the ethereal space in the distance.
As soon as Xia Xiu landed, his gaze shifted slightly to a corner of the hall. There seemed to be nothing there, but he still spoke calmly in that direction.
"Your name is Rhodes, right? That fat bird Soros mentioned you to me."
Xia Xiu tilted his head slightly.
"The legendary wandwright and cartographer of the Wandman Newspaper."
As soon as he finished speaking, a ripple suddenly appeared in the void, as if a corner of a hidden map had been lifted.
next second.
A pterosaur slowly emerged from that space.
That was Lot.
This wand-wielder, a legendary figure in the field of multiverse mapping, gently folded his wings and then gave Xia Xiu a very formal bow.
"It is indeed an unexpected thing to meet His Excellency Abraham, the fourth sword bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven, here."
He was very polite and courteous to Xia Xiu, and at the same time, he asked a question that he cared about a lot.
"I heard that Soros is a guest in your territory. I wonder if he has caused any unnecessary trouble. He is still young after all, and his past remarks were too naive. I hope you can not take it to heart."
Xia Xiu simply waved his hand after hearing this.
“No.” He said casually, “I quite like that fat bird.”
Loth visibly relaxed. Then he cleared his throat lightly.
"In that case, I might as well make a small request."
He looked at Xia Xiu.
"Could you please consider releasing Emperor Penguin Soros? After all, the Wandman Newspaper itself did not intend to get involved in the war between Heaven and the myriad worlds. Our responsibility is more about recording and mapping the structure of the multiverse. And Soros's actions this time have indeed exceeded the newspaper's original scope of work."
After hearing this, Xia Xiu shook his head without even thinking.
"No, I said I really like him, so let him stay in the courtyard as a mascot. Don't worry, heaven won't treat him badly."
Lot: "..."
Do you even believe what you're saying?
Seeing that Rhodes seemed about to say something more, Xia Xiu interrupted him.
"However, I have already witnessed Soros's emperor penguin's ability to teleport to the multiverse map."
Xia Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly.
"So now I'm actually a little curious."
He gently raised his hand. A Möbius strip structure vaguely appeared in the space.
"If it's combat teleportation, your multiverse jump is faster."
"Is my Möbius strip still faster?"
Upon hearing this, Lot's entire dragon visibly stiffened.
He immediately realized something very dangerous—this fourth swordsman of Heaven seemed to really intend to test it out on the spot.
Lot then quickly waved his hand.
"Now that things have developed to this point, I suddenly feel that Soros could actually stay in heaven for a while longer."
His tone quickly became very sincere.
"Let's treat it as an academic exchange activity for the Wandman's Newspaper. Let it visit and learn in Heaven, and also learn about your advanced experience in multiverse navigation and space technology. That way, when it returns, it can bring back some very valuable information for our newspaper."
Lot nodded seriously.
"So I personally think that letting it remain in heaven is actually a very good arrangement."
Xia Xiu was not entirely satisfied with the pterosaur cartographer's pragmatic reply. He looked at Rhodes with a half-smile and said:
“Mr. Rhodes, you just kept talking about neutrality, as if the Wandman Newspaper always stood outside the heavens and the worlds, neither participating in the wars of the gods nor in the struggles of power. But the problem is—neutrality is not something that can be established just by talking. Your act of helping Odin find Blackrock Fortress has already put you on the opposite side of the Kingdom of Heaven in terms of facts.”
Lot did not answer immediately after hearing this. He simply folded his wings slightly and stood still, maintaining a very restrained silence. He knew very well that in the current situation, saying anything more could make things more complicated, and the fourth swordsman of the Kingdom of Heaven was clearly not someone who could be easily fooled.
Xia Xiu smiled slightly at his attitude, because he could tell that this guy was indeed very resilient and had a high sensitivity to linguistic traps. He was basically the kind of person who would never cross the line unless the situation was clear.
However, since that's the case, he decided not to continue using rhetoric to test the other party.
So Xia Xiu changed his tone slightly to a more direct one, and looked at Luo De, saying:
"Since it has already happened, there is no need for Heaven to dwell on this issue. We can let bygones be bygones and ignore the wand man's obvious overstepping of the line. However, there is one thing that must be made clear—the wand man owes Heaven an explanation."
Lot was silent for a moment, as if weighing the weight of his words, before slowly speaking:
“If that’s the case, then I think I understand what you mean—you need the wand man, or more precisely, you need me to do something for you to express the wand man’s neutrality.”
Upon hearing this, Xia Xiu's smile widened even more. A clever bird is indeed efficient in both speech and action.
“You understand correctly. I’m not the type to make things too ugly. By helping Odin once, you essentially helped all the gods in the universe once. And now, the Kingdom of Heaven is just asking for a relatively fair return.”
Lot remained silent for a moment, this time longer than before, clearly considering the boundaries of the matter very carefully, before finally raising his head to answer:
"I must first clarify one point: the principles of the Wandman Newspaper have never changed. We will not directly participate in any wars between pantheons, nor will we stand on any side. If what you are asking us to do touches upon this principle, then I'm afraid I will find it difficult to give you the answer you want."
After listening, Xia Xiu simply shook his head slightly, his tone very casual:
"Don't worry, I don't need you to get involved in person, nor do I intend to make the Wandman Newspaper an ally or subordinate force of Heaven. You just need to complete a teleportation for us, like you helped Odin."
"This is an IOU that you wand people owe me, that is, an IOU that you owe to the Kingdom of Heaven. When I need you to repay it, you must fulfill the contents of the IOU."