Interlude: Sandbox World
When god departed from this world, supernatural rules that should never have existed were born in the world as an afterthought. They were the rules of god.
The rules could restrict even the transcendent ones.
No, they existed purely to restrict the transcendent ones. When broken, a penalty would befall them. However, the transcendent ones—the Seven Wise Gods—had been researching how to evade those rules for a long time now, since long before the Divine War era. Indeed, research began shortly after the god that created this world departed from it.
The masks were one such result. The Wise God Lina had spent a long, long time on her research. Even after breaking up with the other Wise Gods, she continued her research alone. As a result, there was something she could say with relatively high certainty.
Somewhere separate from this world...
The root, the origin, the Akashic Record. Whatever it was called, that separate place was connected to this world, and it probably recorded everything in this world.
Everything in existence. The living organisms, the objects, the various physical, magical, and spiritual laws, the events that happened in the past, the events that failed to happen in the past, the events that could happen in the future, the events that might not happen in the future...all of it.
Father wrote the rules of god there. That is the true power of god. The contents of what Father wrote there are reflected word-for-word in this world.
Indeed, the all-knowing and all-powerful god was able to access that place and write whatever he wanted to change this world. It was probably even possible to bend existing laws and historical events.
His intentions and purpose were unclear, but Lina believed this ability was probably what created life in this world, formed the sorcery and spirit arts, and gave the transcendent ones their powers.
As long as we exist in this world, we cannot avoid the rules Father wrote down.
On the off chance something that contradicted the writings happened, huge corrective forces would work at a global scale. That was already proven by the rules of god. In order to conform to what the god wrote, certain events were forcefully twisted, and penalties were forcefully paid.
I don’t know how far Father’s power can reach. Transcendent powers, sorcery, and spirit arts can be used in the outside world as long as they’re learned in advance. But at the very least, we know the rules of god don’t apply to those outside this world. So what if we created an independent domain that was separate from the rest of this world, right here in this world?
It would be a singularity that existed in this world, but was regarded as existing outside of the world. Lina had been making the calculations to create such a domain in this mana crystal for the past one thousand years.
If my theory is right, the rules of god won’t apply within this domain. The problem is the vast amount of time needed to calculate the creation of the domain. That, and the fact we don’t know how the world’s corrective forces will act upon a space where the rules of god don’t apply.
At worst, an unknown penalty could befall Lina as well. Since she couldn’t use her own transcendent powers to see what would happen after the domain was created, she still had some worries, but—
It’s too late to back down now. There’s still things I need Celia to do. I feel sorry for this girl, but...
Lina thought of Celia, who she just sent to the surface not long ago, and placed a hand against Miharu’s chest.
Just then, the light of the mana crystal floating before her dimmed.
Looks like the calculation is done.
In other words, preparations to create the domain were ready.
“Are you watching after all, Father? It can’t be a coincidence that the calculations that have been ongoing for a thousand years ended at this moment.”
She couldn’t help but question whether it was the invisible helping hand of god. Lina looked up at the ceiling of the empty room.
But the room was silent. No answer came after all.
Don’t make me laugh. Fine, I’ll just do it my way.
Lina chuckled in self-mockery. Then, with a determined look, held her hands up at the mana crystal floating in the middle of the room.
“Pandora.”
Lina uttered the spell to create a domain.
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