"So..."
"Your 'siphoning of world magic power' isn't for the sake of the magic itself, but to save the world?"
The words of the Rock No. 4 old man left Leibniz greatly shocked.
Although Weston had not anticipated this answer either, he did not find the reasoning strange; instead, he accepted it immediately.
Whether it was the situation in Elentear or Edolas, he was very clear about both, and had even toyed with the idea of 'transferring world magic power' before, but ultimately chose to turn a blind eye due to two reasons: 'high difficulty' and 'no profit'.
"That client, who is it?"
"Apologies, we cannot disclose that!"
"The only thing I can tell you is that the other party is from Elentear, and that is all!"
Weston nodded and asked no more.
As the Guild Master of a magic guild, he understood this practice of keeping the client's identity confidential very well.
The Rock No. 4 old man continued: "After several years, the institute did indeed create this magic that balances world magic power."
"However, vast amounts of magic power cannot be easily transferred. We still need souls to act as anchors to stabilize the transmission process..."
Weston was a brilliant man; he understood the entire situation as soon as he heard this.
"So, you randomly selected some people and sent them to other worlds to serve as anchors to stabilize the transmission of magic power between worlds..."
"That is the truth behind the 'Transfer Incident'!"
The Rock No. 4 old man nodded slightly.
Weston made several 'tsk tsk' sounds and said with disdain: "To do something like 'sending strangers to a different world' without the consent of those involved—the moral standards of the people in this institute of yours really aren't up to much..."
The corner of the old man's eye twitched, appearing slightly embarrassed: "This... sigh... actually it's only for a few years. Once the time is up, we naturally transmit the people back to their original world. Just consider it a rare trip to another world!"
"That's still not right!"
"Who can guarantee that once they go to a different world, they will definitely be able to spend those few years in safety?!"
The old man gave two 'ahem' coughs and continued: "Our institute actually thought about that question, but the situation was urgent at the time and there was no time for deeper consideration; we could only act first."
"Later, once our technology matured, we rarely sent humans to different worlds anymore, instead focusing our targets on a creature called 'Exceed'."
Weston was stunned upon hearing this: "Why choose them?"
"The Exceed race is much weaker than humans. By choosing this creature, shouldn't the survival rate be even lower?"
The Rock No. 4 old man shook his head, disagreeing with Weston's statement: "On the contrary, by choosing the Exceed race, the survival rate is actually higher!"
"First, these animals can fly, which allows them to evade being hunted by many other animals!"
"The magic source within the Exceed race is very small, and the way they operate magic power is different from humans. Therefore, no matter which world they go to, they can easily use Aera magic to fly."
"Secondly, they possess a cute appearance as well as a mature mind."
"This allows the Exceed race to easily win the affection of intelligent beings like humans, greatly reducing the mortality rate after going to a different world."
"The most important point is that the Exceed race's perception of the passage of time is different from that of humans. One year of time feels like only a month to them."
"Therefore, even if Exceeds are used as anchors and sent to a different world, and then sent back a year later, their 'discomfort' will be much lighter than that of humans."
"The so-called 'perception of the passage of time' is not a difference in the flow of time like the '1 day : 3 months' between the Celestial Spirit World and Earthland, but rather a feeling like 'happy times fly by' or 'the time spent waiting outside a toilet feels exceptionally long'."
"In other words, for the same period of one year, humans will feel it is very long, while the Exceed race will feel it is very short."
Hearing this theory from the Earth old man, Weston couldn't help but nod repeatedly.
"That makes a lot of sense!"
"Speaking of which, using the Exceed race to act as the medium for this 'magic power transfer' plan is indeed much more convenient than using humans."
"However, this only reduces the negative impact; it hasn't changed the essence of the problem!"
"You are still transferring people without permission using that magic called 'Anima'!"
"For those transferred people and cats, it is still too unfair!"
The Earth old man lowered his head with a face full of shame.
"This... sigh..."
"We also know that doing this is very regrettable for those being transferred, but... we can't just stand by and watch the disaster continue to expand, can we?"
Weston narrowed his eyes: "Disaster... are you talking about the phenomenon of frequent disasters in Elentear due to excess magic power?"
The massive and vigorous magic power pressed down on the world of Elentear until it could hardly breathe. Not only were volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and earthquakes easily formed there, but clouds would condense into blocks and fall from the sky, and 'hands' would grow out from underground to grab at the surface, pulling people into the earth or the deep sea. It could be said to be very disaster-prone.
However, Weston had always believed in the philosophy of 'everyone should mind their own business'; he had no interest in dealing with disasters in a different world.
"Not just Elentear, but Earthland as well!"
"In Earthland, there are actually some areas where the phenomenon of excess magic power has appeared. Although it isn't a big problem currently, if the hidden danger is left ignored, the people living in those places will eventually meet with calamity!"
There's even such a thing?
I hadn't noticed it before.
Weston asked hurriedly: "Which places are they?"
"I can't remember those places, but in the 'Anima' magic research room, there is a map marking those locations. I can take you to see it."
"Then... lead the way!"
Soon, under the lead of Rock No. 4, Weston and Leibniz arrived at a research room.
Inside the research room, there were no jars or bottles, nor were there researchers wearing white coats and glasses with graying hair. There was only a giant machine placed on the left side of the room, and a 'Magic Globe' representing Earthland suspended in the air on the right side.
"This magic sphere is quite similar to my Super Archive!"
"This was created by researchers who know the magic 'Archive'."
"In terms of calculation power, it perhaps cannot compare to your Excellency's 'Super Archive', but for the institute, it is quite sufficient!"
So there are Archive users in this institute too?
That makes sense, it's only normal!
After all, Archive and Super Archive are the types of magic most capable of performing data work among all magic types!
While pondering, Weston walked toward the magic orb, waved his hand, and expanded the control panel of the Super Archive in front of him.