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Chapter 35 - Location Superposition

It was night time, with silence reigning on the streets. 

Hardly anyone lingered outside in the cold, and only a few shops remained open.

Eryndor led his group towards the red area at a steady jogging pace.

While jogging he inched closer to Paulina and took out a piece of paper on which he had drawn the runes of his Sovereign's Cloak.

They were the ones which had been activated when the Cloak defended against misfortune.

Paulina took a good look at what Eryndor had passed her. 

Drakarion and Valentina, drawn towards what was going on, also surrounded Paulina and took a look at the paper.

Unfortunately neither of the two recognised any of it as they shook their heads after a moment.

Paulina hesitated a bit before passing the paper back to Eryndor and saying.

"It might be runes of misfortune."

It was indeed misfortune which my Cloak defended against. Good to have certainty.

Eryndor didn't have the slightest bit of knowledge in what runes were, he only saw various designs on his Cloak and termed them as runes.

It seemed that there was another thing he would have to gobble up knowledge about.

As they were jogging uniformly, Paulina made a gesture of making an announcement, attracting their attention, before speaking.

"I've stepped into the Mana Novice realm."

Everyone glanced at her in surprise, before they began congratulating her. In such times of difficulties every extra boost in power was welcome no matter how small it was.

Eryndor asked her, curiosity etched across his face.

"Weren't you waiting for a spell model of the Academy?"

Paulina gazed at him in surprise, not expecting him to remember that. It was just said in passing after all. She explained in an excited tone.

"That spell model is actually not that expensive despite being one of the most prized possessions of the Academy's archives. 

"It's because it is one of the beginner models, relatively easier to make, and also because the Academy themselves hope the students will exchange for it.

"I just had to add in even the rewards of this mission plus the extra rewards of jotting together the various clues and exposing the plot to finally get that spell model.

"Since I already had the necessary knowledge of that spell model, I easily modified and mixed it with the idea I had in mind to make my first spell model."

"What's it about? If you don't mind me asking."

Valentina chipped in with a smile on her face.

Paulina first turned to Eryndor to ask, "How much time is left till we reach our location?"

The latter tilted his head. "Will just describing your spell model take long?"

She nodded, "Like five minutes."

"We have that much time then, you can explain."

Paulina turned to Valentina and then at everyone before asking.

"I hope you know the path of power systems is intent. It doesn't follow science strictly."

Eryndor's eyes narrowed in thought. This was the first time he was hearing about this. Paulina explained seeing his confusion.

"All arts and spells of various power systems have a base in science and you'll notice that. But sometimes people create arts and spells which don't follow the laws of science.

"They make it through sheer willpower, just pure intent to achieve the impossible.

"It's what is popularly termed as going against the heavens. It is also why practising any of the power systems is in a way rebellion against the heavens."

Paulina took a deep breath and continued. 

"One of the commanders of The Human Federation made this spell model called 'Crimson Hope' when he was resisting the siege on one of the cities of humanity.

"He died fighting after rushing into the enemy ranks alone, crippling the entire army of the Cyborg Outer Domain when he used 'Crimson Hope'.

"This spell model ties the existence of the user to their Mana. After activating this, the user can sacrifice parts of, or entire body, mind or soul to power up their mana.

"Intent can bridge the gap between comprehension of science and making something a reality. 

"The commander didn't need to know how the principles behind the spell model worked, just his absolutely monstrous intent for a single purpose made it a reality. His intent bridged the gap for his lack of comprehension.

"Of course, anyone who wants to learn this spell model must know the principles behind its working to use it if their intent is inefficient."

She went into thought as if to phrase her words and resumed speaking. 

"I won't go into the details but I modified the spell such that now, 'the state of my existence' is connected to the 'state of my mana' and a few more tweaks.

"I hope you guys know about the electron. It is a quantum particle that exhibits location superposition. 

"In simple terms, this means it doesn't have a single, definite location but exists as a probability cloud at possible locations. 

"When observed or measured, this superposition collapses, and the electron is found in one specific place.

"I made the spell model such that my mana will exhibit that property of the electron, and since 'my state of existence' is connected to the 'state of my mana', I'll exhibit the same property regardless if the human body can do it or not."

Paulina looked around, but found that only Eryndor was barely following through. Drakarion and Valentina both had dazed looks on their faces.

"Chuck it, I'll just show it."

As soon as she said that, an extremely exquisite and complicated spell model in a circular shape appeared above her hand as she infused mana into it.

It glowed blue in the darkness of night before Eryndor and the other two found multiple Paulinas at several places.

All of them talked at once. 

"I exist in multiple places at the same time. Nothing can affect me since I haven't yet collapsed into one place in reality. 

"Of course, my mana isn't strong enough to stay unaffected by stronger energies exuded by higher realms. I can still be affected if a stronger mana or any other energy interferes with my spell, but within the same realm?"

"I—"

Mid-sentence, every Paulina vanished, or you could say, collapsed into the one jogging alongside them, who continued the sentence.

"Am the sole observer of my existence."