Chapter 194: Why Don't We Bypass the Other Party and Work Alone?
After Minamoto-no-Raikou finished speaking about the Foreign God, Noah temporarily confined her.
Although she wasn't directly imprisoned, he found her a place to live normally—even with relatively good treatment—and placed several Magecraft restrictions on her to prevent her from leaving for the time being.
After confining her, Noah took Vivian to meet Morgan and briefly explained the recent events to both of them.
Noah withheld some details, such as the part about the simulation, and instead explained it through the unique nature of the Star Performer.
After explaining the situation regarding Little Kiara and her guardian, Noah then shared a possibility he had previously learned from Minamoto-no-Raikou.
"I suspect Little Kiara's guardian is likely the Heavenly Fox of the Heian Capital. In that case, the task she asked us to carry out for her outside probably isn't as simple as it seems."
Hearing this, Morgan and Vivian also began to ponder.
They felt the same way.
After thinking for a while and concluding that they lacked sufficient information to solve the problem, they began researching the Spell Formula as Noah requested.
Noah also participated, and Mary observed as well.
They intended to find some clues from the Spell Formula.
To be fair, Tamamo-no-Mae's Spell Formula was highly advanced.
If you gave her Spell Formula to an ordinary Magus, they could execute it step by step, but as for analyzing it... honestly, whether they could truly understand it would be a question.
But Noah's situation was different. Tamamo-no-Mae couldn't have imagined that Noah's lineup would be this impressive.
Morgan and Vivian were both Magi from the Age of Gods, and even among them, they were considered exceptional. In addition, there was Noah, the Third Magician whose Alchemy had reached its peak, and Mary, a Nightmare whose Magecraft skills were no weaker than Merlin's and even specialized in certain areas.
In their hands, very few Spell Formulas in this world were completely beyond their ability to analyze.
At least, Tamamo-no-Mae's Spell Formula was not among them.
It took them only a few days to determine the framework of this Spell Formula, confirming that its essence was a type of plundering Spell Formula.
Then, over the course of about a month, the entire structure of the Spell Formula was fully analyzed.
During this time, the other party didn't rush them, and Little Kiara's guardian rarely communicated through her. However, Noah could sense that every time he told Little Kiara a story, the guardian was actually nearby.
But since the other party didn't speak up, Noah didn't initiate anything either.
He simply focused his attention on analyzing the Spell Formula.
"The earliest conclusion we reached was that this Spell Formula is a plundering type. Over the past month, we've pretty much figured out everything about it."
After the research results were finalized, Morgan came to report to Noah.
"Noah, the Spell Formula the other party gave you is only a part of this complete plundering Spell Formula. There should be another part to it. This is a Spell Formula divided into a Core part and an external structure part—and what the other party gave you is the external structure part."
"The function of the external structure is quite simple, with nothing particularly special about it. Its effect is to lock onto a target and seize control—according to your description, what the other party likely intends to seize is the authority of the so-called Great Yata Barrier."
"As for the function of the core part, it is also very simple, with nothing particularly special either. Its effect is to grant whatever the external structure seizes to the entity manipulating the core."
"Over the past month, we've conducted numerous targeted experiments, so we can be fairly certain that the other party wasn't lying to you—her goal truly is to seize the Great Yata Barrier."
Hearing Morgan say this, Noah frowned and nodded.
It was naturally good that the other party hadn't deceived him, but... if the other party was a Heavenly Fox, why would she want to seize the Great Bounded Field she herself had set up?
Noah was puzzling over this when Mary's voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Noah, have you considered the possibility that the master of this Great Yata Barrier might not be the other party, but rather that so-called Foreign God?"
Hearing Mary say this, Noah was taken aback. Seeing that he had reacted, Mary continued.
"You've said before that you've always had a bad feeling about the so-called Heian Capital, and as a god, your premonitions are never wrong—but do you think the one who gave you the Spell Formula could pose any threat to you?"
Mary's words gradually opened up Noah's train of thought.
First, he thought of the Supernova.
Something like a Supernova easily brings to mind the Golden-Haired White-Faced One.
After all, the Golden-Haired White-Faced One was once suspected to be the Ultimate One of the Sun. If that were truly the case, its power would be on a stellar level, and unleashing a Supernova wouldn't be an issue.
But there was one point Noah couldn't understand from the moment he saw this outcome.
Why would the other party do this?
Unleashing a Supernova shouldn't benefit the Golden-Haired White-Faced One either.
In that case, if the mastermind were that Foreign God, things would make much more sense.
After all, its identity remains unknown, which means that in such a situation, unleashing a Supernova might actually be advantageous for it.
If that's the case...
"Hmm, I have a bit of a guess now..."
Noah first responded to Mary, then turned his gaze back to Morgan.
"Morgan, since you've come here, it means you have other ideas besides reporting, right?"
Hearing Noah say this, Morgan nodded.
"Indeed, there are other thoughts... After all, this Spell Formula is quite simple. Now that we know about the external structure, if we modify the part responsible for locking and seizing, we can completely remove the original core from this Spell Formula and replace it with one of our own design."
"That way, as long as we locate the position of the Great Yata Barrier, we can seize control of the Great Bounded Field for ourselves."
"In that case... if you want to enter the Heian Capital, we can simply find a way to bypass the other party entirely."
Hearing Morgan's suggestion, Noah pondered for a moment before nodding.
"Alright... Then you can start preparing during this time. Once you've made sufficient modifications to the spell formula, I'll inform the other party that the personnel are ready and the plan can begin. As for what to usurp the Great Bounded Field's Authority onto..."
Noah casually reached into the void and grasped, and a Holy Spear of the End appeared in his hand, which he then handed to Morgan.
"Let's usurp it onto this, to avoid any issues if it were transferred to a person."
Strictly speaking, the Holy Spear of the End could now be considered one of Noah's Authorities. If something truly went wrong, discarding one of the current thirteen Holy Lances would not be unacceptable to Noah.
If there were no issues, Noah could also directly transfer the Authority to himself.
Therefore.
"I'll leave the rest to you."
"Yes, I understand."