Chapter 437

When two golden mages appeared before one's eyes, all actions became reasonable; the ones who brought them to the Magic Kingdom and helped the golden mage were themselves.

In the Earth world, after the golden mage was interrupted, someone using exactly the same thing as him—even the magic circle merely paused for a while—then started running again; the world has the same magic, but the released effect cannot possibly be the same.

So the answer is obvious: in the magic gem world, the golden mage, for unknown reasons, cooperated with his identical self from the real world; one is responsible for seeking the Philosopher's Stone and letting the one who possesses it enter the Magic Kingdom, while the other secretly uses his identity to covertly store magic power within the kingdom.

So this is truly the isotope; they share the same thinking and can quickly understand each other's situation, so they want to gather together and want to accomplish using another self to perform a certain magic ritual.

"It seems you can also appreciate the benefits of having an identical self." Oma's face showed a smug expression, "Another self can indeed obtain the eternal shortcut of immortality."

"Immortality?" Jiang Xia raised his eyebrows; regarding eternal life and power, he didn't mind giving the other a few minutes to explain clearly.

However, he had also mentally prepared himself beforehand, because too many monsters or beings had mentioned the word 'eternal' in his presence, from as small as memory to as large as various monsters possessing destructive power; all could achieve the immortality that ordinary people yearn for.

This word had already grown tiresome to him during his Evolution process; moreover, even the sun will extinguish, the galaxy will shatter, and the universe, in its continual entropy increase, will eventually perish.

Just a moment ago, the person who used special abilities to become undead couldn't even withstand the sun; the guy in front of him claims he can obtain immortality power—isn't that a bit ridiculous?

"Not bad, eternal power." Oma showed a smile, proactively raising his hand excitedly to begin introducing his plan; he had held it in for a long time, this plan only he knows, it's truly very boring!

Now that it's hard to find someone to confide in, of course he wants to share his success and joy; otherwise, why wouldn't he just silently complete everything himself and tell no one? Jiang Xia crossed his arms, his expression also curious, like a child dragging a small stool to sit and listen to a story, because to him the golden mage's maneuvers were truly just a fairy tale.

"To obtain immortality power, one first needs another self, a self whose thinking is not much different, because only then can one completely fuse the two through some means." Oma pointed to himself and the golden mage.

"I think your method should be accomplished through magic, using the magic power stored in the Magic Kingdom as energy." Jiang Xia raised his finger, looking toward the skeletal tree at the center of the room.

He didn't find this operation strange; he had seen using a parallel transfer machine to pull an entire parallel world over and fuse with another self, the Supreme Kui Star, and also knew of the mechanical lifeform No. 108 that fuses with one's past self.

Both are successful examples of fusion; Jiang Xia felt the golden mage's principle of self-fusion was roughly the same.

"That's right, this story must start from the moment I was born from a human's flesh, as a Wraith I am constantly seeking ways to make humanity utterly despair."

Oma's body shone and shifted into a Drake Wraith with a pair of gold, backward-curving horns on its head; "As a Wraith, I actually heard the call coming from the magic gem."

"That was on a beach, a huge orange magic gem rose from the broad sea surface; it summoned me, bringing me to a world where everyone is a mage!"

The Drake's voice rose, "Here, every person from birth can freely use the magic within their body, and everyone has a mage's belt; even children can drive the Wraith within via magic rings. At that time, I thought I had come to heaven, because a Wraith's awakening requires those with magic power to despair, but here everyone is a mage—anyone can do it."

Being able to increase companions infinitely—isn't that heaven?

If he were more extreme, targeting those with families, he could almost endlessly increase the number of Wraiths.

Even newborn infants possess magic power and could potentially despair into Wraiths; thus, if Wraiths become just a bit smarter and stride boldly toward evil, this country has already become a world where monsters run rampant. "For Wraiths, this world is indeed very suitable for survival," Jiang Xia nodded, the anguish of despair and that uncontrollable self‑oppression, as if living itself were a painful feeling that hardly anyone could endure.

For the people here, magic power is merely a reliable tool, like their own hands; few can endure despair.

In this world, the number of people who want to die each day for various reasons is not just a few—it's literally hundreds or thousands.

Every person, in their long life, has the impulse to self‑destruct; the Magic Kingdom is not yet occupied by Wraiths, so it can only be said that other factors are at play.

"That's right; in my attempt to make humans despair into Wraiths, I surprisingly discovered that the Wraiths here actually obey a mage's command—something that simply couldn't happen!" Oma seemed to relive the scene, his face showing exaggerated shock.

"Wraiths and mages are natural enemies, but here, all awakened Wraiths have been covertly recruited by the mages behind the scenes, except for me, this outsider."

"So you joined?" Jiang Xia raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, I used the Wraith's appearance to contact that mysterious golden mage; I want to replace him, Wraiths cannot obey a mage's command, and I intend to kill him the moment I meet him."

Oma felt some resentment about this, but in the next second his face turned joyful: "But I never expected that, when I was preparing to attack him, I would be astonished to discover that the one behind the scenes manipulating all Wraiths and occasionally guiding humans to despair—the golden mage—was actually myself."

"In this world, I am not only a Wraith, but also a mage who became powerful through the belt, holding an important position in this mage‑filled country; the moment I recognized myself, cooperation became natural."

"I not only obtained the belt and magic ring through myself, but also acquired, via the library accumulated over the long years here, those world‑affecting forbidden magics—namely, the fusion of parallel worlds!"

Oma unfastened the buckle at his waist, revealing the crimson belt.

He was originally just a Wraith, but the golden mage of this world gave him the belt and cultivated him.

It turned out that the golden mage of this world was holding the script of a white mage; Jiang Xia pondered slightly.

In the Magic Kingdom, holding a high position allows one to command mages' actions, while I myself lurk in the shadows, controlling the Wraiths Guleimlin, Medusa, and Felix, and guiding the people of this world toward evil; moreover, judging by color, one is black and the other white, yet their subordinates largely overlap.

This is basically the same template, merely changing the leader and the purpose.

"Why are you the only one speaking? Aren't you, the other self, going to say something?" Jiang Xia turned his gaze toward the golden mage who had remained silent all along and kept his transformed appearance.

These two are said to be the same person, yet their personalities seem to differ by more than just a little.

One unrestrainedly recounts his plan, wishing to spill everything at once, while the other is silent to the extreme; can opposite personalities also fuse? (End of chapter)