As a boy born on Earth, Rorschach had a certain understanding of the romantic radishes, robots, gundams, and so on.
But unlike the magical civilization of Aishi, which had developed universal and practical magic armors (robots), Earth, which was a purely technological civilization, hadn't developed robots like in the movies and animations.
After all, in a technological civilization like Earth, firearms and cannons were the mainstream weapons, which had the advantage of range. Since motorcycles, tanks, and battleships could all be loaded with cannons and cannons, why would there be a need to create humanoid mechas that seemed to consume so much material … All this time, Rorschach himself felt that it was a bit of a joke to have a mecha hold a gun and shoot. Since it was purely for shooting, why would there be a need to use humanoid mechas that were so inconvenient to use? Wouldn't it be better to just use a cannon ship?
But in anime and manga, mechas and robots were an everlasting theme.
The reason? Probably because it was cool. Technological civilizations were also obsessed with fighting mechas with swords and sabers, and fighting mechas used the mysteries of combat … But, in his many childhood memories, there was one existence that Rorschach would never be able to forget.
It wasn't because his robots were especially cool. Rorschach had never been interested in robots to begin with. Even when he was a child, he preferred functionality over appearance.
Fine then, it was the legendary Transformers, the only robot anime that Rorschach had ever finished watching.
At the very least, the Transformers had a perfect logic. They weren't simply man-made robots, but rather self-evolving silicon-based lifeforms. Although the setting itself was quite ridiculous … Cough, cough, getting back on topic, what truly attracted him were the cars and airplanes that could freely transform.
When necessary, they could be used as transportation, and when necessary, they could transform into humanoid forms that were convenient for combat … Rorschach had always wanted to comment on why such a technologically advanced civilization was still obsessed with all sorts of crashing and hand-to-hand combat. And even if they wanted to shoot laser beams at each other, why did they have to transform into humanoid forms? Wouldn't they feel like the target had become larger?
But now, Rorschach was doing his best to recall the completely unreasonable and unscientific design ideas from his childhood.
"How do the Transformers' ships transform?"
That's right. What Rorschach was currently considering was whether he could transform the sinking wooden sailboat beneath him into a large wooden puppet like Ansorenne had done, since it was the only object in the surroundings apart from the seawater.
But this was something completely inexperienced. It was completely different from when Rorschach had summoned trees into treants.
If a nature mage were to see Rorschach's current actions, they would first think that he was dreaming, and second, they would think that this heretic who blasphemed against nature had to die.
Summoning a tree was a type of life form, in fact, a type of life, a type type of nature. It was a gift and assistance to other life. It could also be said that, it, or's's' help, which was the coordination between humans and nature and Nature had.
Before Rorschach arrived at the Sea Tribe's village, he had taken a stroll around the forest and successfully transformed several treant puppets to act as backup in case of any conflict.
And when it was time to leave, Rorschach took them with him. Even if they were to face a naval battle, it would be impossible to change their treant form. That was because they were already set in stone from the very start. Their lives had already determined their path of evolution.
But Rorschach's current actions were to attempt to transform a ship that had already become a tool, a lifeless wooden material, into an automatic life form that could fight … Perhaps this was quite normal in Rorschach's eyes. Back in Ansorenne's time, Rorschach had used this method to create his iron army. But in the ancient Aishi era, this was indeed one of the nature faction's taboos.
The reason? What was the foundational difference between using a wooden corpse to create a humanoid form and using a human corpse to create a humanoid form? And the latter was the essence of the Undead Calamity.
Of course, as time went on, more and more mysteries were explained, and more and more beliefs and traditions were forgotten or ignored. But what Rorschach was trying to do right now was still incredibly inconceivable.
This was completely different from creating an iron army that he could completely control, or creating something with divine power for a short period of time.
This was completely different from how nature mages transformed living things. What Karwenz was trying to do now was to transform inanimate objects into living things … Perhaps Karwenz himself still didn't realize it. He had absolutely no respect for the foundational nature of life. In his understanding, this was no different from building a skyscraper with a blueprint. But, he didn't notice that his current actions were no different from an undead mage's.
No, when considering the scale and scope of his creation, as well as the adaptability of the materials, using inanimate objects to quickly create life, Karwenz was playing around with life even more excessively than an undead mage.
Logically speaking, Karwenz should have failed … but there was no reason for him to succeed. Karwenz didn't even understand the foundational nature of life. There was far too much theoretical knowledge that he didn't know. It was like a black hole of knowledge. How could he possibly succeed? If he tried ten times, he should have failed ten times. If he tried a hundred times, he should have failed a hundred times.
However, there were some things that could be used to make the impossible possible. For example, a Soul Imprint.
Where Rorschach's left hand touched the wooden plank, the polished plank began to deteriorate. The plank's surface became rough, and even tree bark and tree rings began to appear. It was just like a tree trunk's outer layer.
"Creator of All Things."
Karwenz's arrogant nickname was due to his inconceivable power.
Karwenz's Soul Imprint was a combination of nature and modern factories. Karwenz viewed all living and non-living things as materials. There was no foundational difference between the materials in his hands.
Right now, Karwenz's power was transforming this ship's dead wood into living wood that was filled with life force. He was doing the first steps of processing this material.
The giant on Karwenz's Soul Imprint began to act as well. His eyes flashed with divine light as he combined countless memories and ideas to create a light blueprint that landed in his "factory".
"It's here."
And from this moment onwards, the entire ship began to distort. Tree bark and tree rings began to spread on the ship's surface. The ship seemed like an ancient tree that had experienced countless years, yet also seemed like a person who had jumped out of a coffin in atavism.
Next, the wooden sailboat actually began to "deform".
Although the ship's appearance was rather strange, resembling a combination of anime machines and magic armor that Rorschach had seen before, it was indeed transforming.
"Not enough, not enough, and it's still lacking … lacking life force?"
Rorschach soon realized that he wasn't strong enough. If this was all, he would still fail.
This was just like how a dead person's physical body would be healed. Would forcefully injecting life force into the dead person's body to allow them to move be revived?
That would still be nothing more than an undead person.
"… There's no soul?"
Rorschach finally understood this point. But at this point, he was unable to stop.
If this continued, the only outcome would be that his spell would fail. Rorschach used up all of his mana and collapsed as the ship continued to disintegrate.
However, there were some things that could make the impossible possible. For example, Soul Emblems … or God Equipment.
On Rorschach's waist, the soul book that had been chained to him secretly opened up. Numerous pale figures floated out of the soul book. The next instant, they disappeared into the wooden ship.
Alright then, Rorschach no longer needed to worry that his actions would be no different from an undead mage's … What he was doing now was exactly what an undead mage would do. He would put together a physical body and then inject a soul into it.
And so, finally, the "Transformer" that Rorschach called unscientific gradually transformed and slowly stood up.
In the distance, Isabella and the others finally saw the wood spirits and Bair's rescue team.
The first sentence that they said caused everyone to turn pale with fright.
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