The scene in my memory returned to that conference room again. However, there were fewer people present than before, and seven seats were vacant in the front circle.
The speaker at the podium this time was the new Lord of the Spirit Tower, Freyr: "... Thanks to the sacrifices of our predecessors, we have finally made the Seven Sacred Towers into a weapon after paying a great price. Now we are going to test its function."
Hastings said: "For this plan, we have lost too many great wizards and predecessors, including my teacher who became the tower spirit of the Sword Tower. You must give me a decent thing to be worthy of their lost souls!"
"Yes." Freyr said with a sad face, "We have fully calculated with the masters of the Tower of Forge, the Tower of Origin, and the Tower of Runes. At least in our simulation, all of this is effective. As long as we succeed in the next actual combat test, we can use it on the God of Nature."
"But where are you going to find a god to conduct your experiments? There is an essential gap between the strongest among us and God," Hastings asked.
"Prophet." Freyr uttered the word slowly.
"Prophet?" When Frey said this, not only Hasting was stunned, but other people who didn't know the truth also started talking about it.
The prophet was the one who led them to fight the gods. If she hadn't proved the horror and danger of the God of Nature in many ways, the mages of the Seven Towers wouldn't have tried their best to prepare for this war of killing the gods. It can be said that she is the most important ally of the mages of the Seven Towers.
"I guess you have all felt the magic in her?" said Frey.
"The prophet has already explained this. She is a relic from the mythological era. It is not surprising that she has divinity." Hastings said.
"I'm not doubting her identity, although she still has many secrets that we don't know. I'm saying that we can use her divinity to test the weapon composed of the seven towers." Feyre said, "Of course, without her knowledge."
Hastings was puzzled: "How do you plan to test the effectiveness of the weapon without her cooperation?"
"A surprise attack." Feyre said, "We set a trap and lure her there, then send a team of Seven Towers mages that she has never seen before, disguised as assassins from the City of God, to test the power of the Seven Towers' weapons."
"But isn't this weapon disposable?"
"We won't test the part about breaking through space to teleport her. It's enough to make sure that the Dream Tower can confuse her, the Spirit Tower can fix her soul, and the Sword Tower can control her body. The functions of the other towers are just some math problems about energy, which we have verified successfully in other tests."
Hastings said, "I still don't understand why you don't just tell her."
"First, to test the confusing effect, it is most effective only when the subject is unaware," said Frey. "Second... I don't trust her, and I don't want her to fully understand the complete plan for weaponizing the Seven Towers."
Through the test, she can at most know the effects of the Dream Tower, Sword Tower, and Spirit Tower. We can tell her that this is a means to prepare for a decisive battle with the God of Nature, but we cannot let her know the functions of the other towers, and that our real plan is to exile the God of Nature."
"All the decisions to fight against the God of Nature were made by us through our own analysis. The prophet just put this matter in front of us. Aren't you too suspicious?" said a female wizard. She was obviously dissatisfied with Freyr's suspicion.
"I know, but I still think this is the last trump card of the Seven Towers. Such a trump card should not be known to anyone other than us."
"Okay. I agree, but this matter must be carefully planned, and try not to let the prophet find any clues." Hastings finally decided.
Adriana ended the video and said, "I didn't participate in that test, so I don't have any memory of it. I only know that they set up a very secret trap, which also attracted the prophet. The prophet did think it was a sneak attack from the City of God. But... the test still failed."
"I guess there was a problem at the very beginning?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because the Goddess of Time, or the Prophet, has no memory of how the Seven Sacred Towers work as weapons, if the test reached the Sword Tower and the Spirit Tower, she should at least have some impression. She only vaguely knows that the Seven Sacred Towers are very powerful when they are together, and this may be what she heard from others afterwards. So I guess the problem lies in the initial stage, and the confusing effect of the Dream Tower did not work, right?"
"Yes, you guessed right." Adriana opened up another memory.
It was still the same conference room, and it was still Feyre standing on the podium, but this time he looked haggard and much older. Hastings was still sitting in the seat below, but his face was very gloomy.
Frey said in a slow tone: "I regret to tell you that our experiment has failed. And it failed in the first link. The Dream Tower cannot allow the prophet with divine power to enter the illusion. We want to use the illusion to replace the battle scene to cover the mages using the Sword Tower and the Spirit Tower to control her body and soul. However, the prophet's consciousness is almost impeccable, and she will not be deceived by the environment created by the Dream Tower. We tried three times in different environments, and none of them succeeded."
"Gregorio, is it a problem with the Dream Tower itself?" a wizard asked.
"No." A tall wizard of the Dream Tower stood up. "We have tried it. The illusion mediated by the Dream Tower itself can deceive any saint present. However, the prophet's spirit is flawless. It's like you can soak any piece of cloth with water, but you can't soak a steel plate. The problem is that the gods seem to be immune to illusions, not that there is a problem with our illusions."
Feyre on the stage said: "That's it. The spiritual protection of the God of Nature may be even stronger. We have been deducing for three days and three nights, but we can't find a suitable method. I can only declare the plan a failure here."
"Then have all the efforts and sacrifices made in transforming the Seven Holy Towers been in vain?" asked a wizard.
Ferre moved his lips on the stage, but no words came out.
"No, it's not in vain." At this time, Hastings stood up and said, "The modified seven towers have enhanced their ability to evade pursuit even if they are equipped with weapons. If we eventually fail in the battle to kill the gods, they can also avoid the pursuit of the gods of nature through this strange ability. He Jin has thought of this a long time ago. This guy never does things with only one purpose." (To be continued)