Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4 - Sex Stories

Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 4

... He then looked over to a nearby table. “And what do we have here?”

Several items were laid out, made with materials he couldn’t identify, and shapes that concealed their purpose. They appeared magical in nature but were constructed similarly to puzzle boxes. Several cables were also linking the items together, likewise made of synthetic materials. The problem was that they were all broken and had been painstakingly pieced back together, at least partially. Even if the fragments were collected, magical items were nearly impossible to repair and couldn’t regain full functionality.

“That is destroyed equipment we’ve uncovered. My experts have done their best to try and recreate them, but they still have no idea as to how they work or what they do.”

“If the Pack went to the trouble to destroy this, that makes it the most important stuff in the room.” Noah laid multiple spell cards on the table like he was performing a tarot reading and placed one of the broken boxes on a blank card. “Rune View,” he cast. Like all spell cards and scrolls, he couldn’t perform the magic, just replicate any visual or auditory effect, but that was all he needed.

A holographic copy of the item appeared in the air, but rather than the actual device and its structure, it showed merely the runes and their configuration. Many runes weren’t visible due to the damage the box had sustained and the pieces missing, but it was enough for Noah to get the gist of what the box was for. All these lines ...

... of runes were peculiarly written, almost like code, which overlapped with each other like a three-dimensional crossword puzzle. Using flicks of his finger, Noah caused the apparition to open up and reveal its inner secrets.

“Interesting,” he muttered to himself.

“What is it?” the prince asked.

“Magic is great for simple, powerful tasks, like combat spells. However, for small, detailed, intricate work, well, it’s like trying to cut your hair with an axe. In a way, the smaller the task, the bigger the rune sequence. These parasites weren’t made by simply throwing ingredients into a bubbling cauldron or raised on a farm. Variables had to be aligned and maintained, data had to be received and processed, and all those tasks needed a way to be performed quickly, efficiently, and simultaneously. To do all that, you need either high-level technology or magic that mimics that technology.

This device appears to be a kind of processor, something that receives information and responds to fulfill a task. Each line of runes is a function waiting to activate in response to either a command or an event, and they all overlap each other perfectly, with multiple separate spells using the same runes. I’ve been working on something similar.” He placed down a new arrangement of cards and scanned the puzzle box again. “Chemical Diagnosis.”

Several magic circles appeared in the air, displaying a complete chemical breakdown of the item. Every elemental and molecular ingredient had been ...