One Month Later
I opened my eyes.
The complete magic circle had finally been formed—not on the ground, but inside my right eyeball itself, causing it to glow with a golden hue.
"I did it."
I clenched my fist in satisfaction. I still couldn't believe I managed to pull it off in such a short amount of time.
But I couldn't take all the credit. Without the abilities the system had given me, especially the Hive Mind, this would have been impossible. It had handled nearly 70% of the work.
The Hive Mind had divided the countless calculations among thousands of thought processes, allowing me to analyze, adjust, and rebuild the formation at a speed no ordinary magician could ever hope to achieve. What would have taken years of research had been compressed into a single month.
Now that the magic was complete, all that remained was to move my territory into my new artificial world.
