Though the apprentice had no talent for learning magic, he had unparalleled abilities and luck in other areas, especially when it came to mechanics and materials.
The Wild Mage and the others were still marveling at it all, not knowing what the principle behind this was, even wondering if there was some magic involved that they didn't understand.
As time went on, gradually, in the mortal realm, people had started making certain guesses about the relationship between the God of Technology and the Goddess of Magic.
Maybe it was like the God of War and the Goddess of Fertility—their domains complemented each other. Too many people led to war, war led to population decline, which triggered baby booms, and the two rotated. Eventually, the gods representing those domains came together...
The God of Technology and the Goddess of Magic might be the same way...
In that case, the things imprisoning these worm monsters could naturally be magic runes.
