Chapter 335 – How to Stop Mjolnir’s Lightning #1

Current time is 11 am.

The strategy meeting to deal with the lightning strike was held at 1:00 PM, so there was still time before departure.
I decided to ask Rumi for advice before joining the conference.

‘Isn’t it a waste to let Rumi rot for nothing?’

I didn’t know what ingenious tricks Rumi might come up with.
Although born in the form of a magic book, Rumi was a descendant of the great sage Mimir.
If it was the Three Kingdoms, it would be no different from Zhuge Liang.

“Luke, I’m waiting in the room. I’ll change my clothes and come back.”

While Bella left the room to change her clothes, I spoke to Rumi.

“Rumiya, as you may have just heard, a thunderbolt is dropping lightning to annihilate the Northern Army. The same lightning will fall on Yoensu soon. Is there any way to block it without damage?”
[If you’re talking about a brain dagger, you’re referring to Wiseman with Mjolnir. The Thunder God’s power contained in the hammer is certainly powerful. In front of the power to drop thunderbolts, walls are meaningless.]

Rumi paused for a moment, then raised her voice.

[I will ask the wizard first. What do you think is needed to block falling lightning?]

She answered whatever came to mind without thinking for a long time.

“Uh… A lightning rod?”

There were lightning rods in this world, too.
But even I thought it was a very poor answer.
Lightning rods do not block lightning 100%.
Even if you were lucky enough to induce lightning, if it was God’s lightning that contained Thor’s power, it would be enough to melt the lightning rod.

“Even if lightning rods are inserted, if lightning continues to strike, the castle walls will collapse, right? Lightning rods alone cannot withstand Mjolnir’s lightning.”
[Certainly, a normal lightning rod cannot withstand Mjolnir’s lightning. Great idea though. Long ago in Asgard, there existed a building called the ‘obelisk’. It was a magical lightning rod capable of inducing lightning strikes across the city and withstanding even the lightning of the God of Thunder.]

A lightning rod that can withstand the thunder god’s lightning?
Could such a thing exist?

“Isn’t that a gu-ra? Is there really such a thing as an obelisk?”
[Yes, if you go up to Asgard even now, there will be an obelisk in the center. Asgard is an island floating in the sky, so it is particularly vulnerable to lightning strikes. The Obelisk is the result of the blood and sweat of the Asher people to develop an excellent lightning rod. During the design process, Thor directly dropped lightning to test durability.]
“How was the test result?”
[The obelisk also absorbed the thunderbolts Thor dropped. If only obelisks can be erected, it is possible to defend the entire Yoensuu from lightning strikes.]

My ears were captivated!
It is an ultra-wide lightning rod that has lightning induction power that can cover a city and has excellent durability.
I wanted to pull out the obelisk in Asgard right away and bring it to my heart.

“Do you have a blueprint for something called an obelisk? Doesn’t Odin put one in the library?”
[If it’s a blueprint, of course. However, it would be very difficult to build an obelisk with terrestrial resources. On the continent of Midgard, the important metal that is essential for obelisks does not exist. It is Orichalcon, a divine metal that was produced only in Asgard.]

Orichalcum is a rare metal that has only been heard of in legends.
I heard that it is an invincible metal that can even block attacks from holy relics.
However, since it was produced only in the heaven world, Orichalcum could not be found on the ground after the Great War, when communication with the heaven world was cut off.

“How much Orichalcum do I need to use?
[This is the level of covering 30% of the Obelisk with Orichalcum. In order to recreate the obelisk without using Orichalcum, the wizard must transform the blueprint. I guess I’ll have to overlap the defense magic so that it has the same level of durability as Orichalcum.]

Redesign the obelisk so that it has the same durability as Orichalcum?
Quite a high level of difficulty.

[So how is it? Would you like to build an obelisk? It’s a job that requires quite a bit of manpower, so if you want to make it, you’d better start now.]
“No, I’m not saying you have to make one… First, I’ll go to the library and get the blueprint. Just in case, make a copy of the blueprint for the obelisk. It might be needed for a meeting at the lord’s castle.”
[All right.]

I immediately opened the book and went to Rumi’s library to get the blueprints for the obelisk.
It was a plan rolled up like a scroll, but when I unfolded it, the plan of the obelisk was drawn in detail.

“What are the pointed feathers at the end of this tower?”
[This is the feather of Electron, a higher-level lightning spirit. Lightning Spirit’s feathers have the power to attract lightning like a magnet. It is to amplify that power to create a lightning guidance device.]
“What about the magic circles drawn on the base of the obelisk?”
[It’s a ‘disassembly magic circle’ that disassembles sucked brain energy into pure mana. When the obelisk absorbs lightning, the mana contained in the electrical energy is disassembled and stored in the base pillar. The mana stored in the obelisk is used as an energy source in Asgard. It can be called green energy.]

I quickly understood the structure of the obelisk as I listened to Rumi’s explanation.
The structure of the obelisk is largely divided into three parts.

1. A lightning guidance device attached to the top of the tower
2. Lightning absorber made of Orichalcum
3. Electrolysis device attached to the base of the tower

What I need to modify here is part 2, the lightning absorber.
Even without Orichalcum, they had to make an absorber that was strong enough to withstand Mjolnir’s lightning.

“Do you think it’s possible to cover it with defense magic? Even if it’s God’s lightning, it’s just lightning after all. The holy energy contained in Orichalcum can be replaced with the holy power of the nuns. By injecting the holy power into the rare metal with the defense magic, it resembles I’m going to make Orichalcum.”

The moment I looked at the intricate blueprints, I felt the excitement of having sex.
The adrenaline rushed in my head and I couldn’t contain the excitement.
Ideas for designing the obelisk came and tangled like threads.

It’s because he’s the bloodline of the mad wizards Wiseman.
In this situation, my brain rotation was rapidly accelerating.

[Pseudo-Orichalcum? Are you trying to reproduce Orichalcum with earthly metals?]
“Yes. In the end, Orichalcum is a metal that was born from the perfect ratio of divine power and magical power. Nothing is impossible.”
[Is it artificially injecting divine power? That’s a pretty interesting idea.]

It was when he and Rumi were discussing creating a replacement for Orichalcum.

Squeak!

The door opens to reveal Bella, who has changed her clothes.
Bella looked at me with her curious eyes as I was chatting with Rumi.

“Luke. Who are you talking to inside?”
“Uh…”

I think my voice as I was talking to Rumi could be heard in the hallway.
Remi’s voice was inaudible to anyone but me, so it must have been strange.

‘Should I tell Bella about Rumi now?’

We’re lovers anyway, so there’s no reason to keep things about Rumi a secret, right?
As I was about to explain, I heard Rumi’s voice.

[Wizard, if possible, please do not tell others about me. I want people to see it as just a magic book. Although I showed off flying sometimes, I don’t want to find out that I can talk.]

Rumi was asking her to keep things a secret about herself.

Is there any other reason why I shouldn’t reveal my identity?

[My old master has instructed me to keep my identity a secret. He said he didn’t want the magic library to be damaged by other people.]

Was it because of Odin’s orders?

Rumi’s library was a treasure house where Odin had collected magic books for 500 years.
If I were Odin, I would have equally wanted to hide things about Rumi from people.

I can’t help it.
I have to keep things a secret about Rumi even from her lovers.

“There’s no one here but you. No one has gone out.”
“That… It wasn’t a conversation…”

I quickly gave Bella her excuses.

“I just talked to myself for a magical ritual. It’s a ritual that clears my head.”
“If it’s a ritual, what kind of spell did you recite?”
“Yeah, you can say that.”

At times like these, it was fortunate that he was working as a wizard.
Even if they get caught talking to Remi and her, people who don’t know will understand if you just pretend it’s a spell.

“Okay, let’s go out when it’s all over. We’re leaving for the lord’s castle right now.”
“Bella-sister, do you have something to say at the meeting? A good way to block her lightning strike.”
“Well…? I’m just going to quietly listen to what people say in the meeting room. Even if someone like me who doesn’t know magic talks about it, it’ll only get in the way. You’ll just have to do what Delia and the mage lord tell you to do.”

Bella must have only intended to listen to people’s opinions during the meeting.
Because at the conference, she was only in the role of leading the guild’s adventurers.
If you don’t have anything to say, I might as well give her opinion at her meeting instead of her.

“If you don’t have anything to say, I’ll leave the meeting room. I thought of a good way to block Mjolnir’s lightning.”
“Hmm…? How is it?”

I told her story while showing Bella the blueprints for her obelisk.

“This is a blueprint for a building called the obelisk, an ancient artifact that perfectly protects the city from lightning strikes.
“The Obelisk…?”

Bella looked at her blueprints with her puzzled expression, but as she was ignorant of magic, she couldn’t understand the structure of the obelisk.

“Ugh… Why is the blueprint so complicated?”
“Could you elaborate?”
“No, no! It’s a waste of time to explain to my sister! I’d rather go to the conference hall and tell Delia and the Mage Tower master about the plan and have it verified. I didn’t have anything to say anyway, so you should speak for me.”

Bella readily allowed me to introduce the obelisk during the meeting.
If I did it wrong, I might lose face as a bugilma, but I would allow it because I have trust in me.

“Let’s go out. I have a carriage waiting outside.”

After I left the mansion, Bella and I got into the carriage.
While traveling in the wagon, she unfolded the blueprints and constantly ran her head.
The process of transforming the design was very enjoyable.

If you can block the lightning of the gods, wouldn’t it be enough to make it a lifetime pride?
It must be an achievement that would be okay even if you brought up the story dozens of times at a drinking party and fainted.

Fuck it!
Lightning, cut it!