Chapter 2429 Mutation <TOC> Chapter 2431 Attraction
Translator: SumTLMan
As the pink octopus gazed toward the Southern Region through its gemstone eyes, a distorted rift suddenly appeared beside it.
Squinting its glowing eyes, it raised an octopus tentacle as if to disperse the distorted rift, but for some reason, it later gently lowered its tentacle, quietly awaiting the rift’s formation.
Two seconds later, the rift was fully formed, and a thought wave emanated from within.
“Second-class citizen, Magnificus De Pawel.”
“Shiuro shiuro~ It turns out to be the Orderly Guild’s… shiuro~ Forgot I can’t directly say the name now, you are now the Enforcer.” The voice of the pink octopus was also quite adorable, reminiscent of the tone a babbling baby might use.
As it spoke, there were subtle terrifying will fluctuations lingering around.
“The Will of the Southern Region, don’t be so stingy, I didn’t say his name. And, shiuro shiuro, it’s not me approaching him, he came to me.”
A trace of water appeared in its sapphire eyes, seemingly aggrieved.
“The World Will lacks reason, and it won’t reason with you. It will dissipate naturally after I leave,” the voice from the rift spoke again.
“Then you should leave quickly, don’t bully shiuro shiuro.”
“Don’t worry, I will leave soon, but before that, I want to say a few words to you.”
“Shiuro? Although the Lord of the City says, a lady shouldn’t just approach a male, but I can’t help it, the will next to me is scaring me to shiver, I can only listen. However, if you threaten me with will, I will report to the Lord of the City.” Pawel lifted the sides of its tentacles, resembling an elegant lady lifting the sides of her long dress, idly without a care.
“…” When did I ever threaten you with the World Will?
The Enforcer felt weary, having heard of Pawel’s quirky character, but not expecting it to be true.
With so many Phantasm citizens available in Gruz De Weld, why was it sent out?
Reportedly, Pawel is deeply favored by Gruz De Weld; whatever it wants, a pout from it, and Gruz De Weld would agree. Perhaps, Pawel’s journey to the Southern Region was also a result of its wheedling?
“To make a long story short, although I don’t know why the Lord of the City of Phantasm sent you, I know what you are here to do. I hope…”
Before he could finish, Pawel suddenly lifted two tentacles to cover its gemstone eyes, and a wailing cry escaped its mouth.
“Wuuu——I’ve been discriminated against, discriminated against! I must tell the Lord of the City, I will have the Lord of the City turn your head into a goblet!”
“I did not discriminate against you.”
“Shiuro shiuro! You’re lying, you’re being discriminatory, I can hear the discrimination in your tone! You’re saying I don’t deserve to be here, you’re mocking me, saying I shouldn’t have aggressively taken this spot. You and the big boss of the south are the same, laughing at me, thinking I’m incapable of handling matters. How infuriating, how infuriating!”
“…”
In another dimension, amidst the twisted rifts, within a space filled with dense fog, the Enforcer silently listened to Pawel’s accusations and wails, veins throbbing on his forehead. He truly wanted to burst out and give Pawel a good beating.
But considering the latter’s status as a second-class citizen, he… restrained himself.
However, he couldn’t just let this slide. Once today’s matters were settled, he’d go to the sea to catch octopuses, chopping off all their tentacles to grill and eat!
Seeing Pawel continuing to cry, seemingly without end, the Enforcer couldn’t be bothered to explain and straightforwardly spoke:
“Whatever you do in the Southern Region, you better keep it within bounds. Just like the person you wish to catch, he’s been in the Southern Region for over forty years. Although some of his actions were over the line, he hasn’t been rejected by the World Will. I hope you can achieve the same.”
Some citizens of the City of Phantasm, due to Gruz De Weld’s backing, had been overly reckless, with a history of persecuting remote worlds, so the Enforcer felt the need to warn beforehand.
However, the possibility of the Southern Region being destroyed was minimal. But Pawel, despite its cute appearance, harbored some twisted arrogance internally, unpredictable in what it might do or to what extent.
Although Pawel’s strength wasn’t considered strong, dealing with it was quite difficult.
The Enforcer even thought that sending diamond-class citizens here would be better. At least, the magical creatures that could become diamond-class citizens had seen the world and knew what should and shouldn’t be done.
“Not only are you discriminating against me, but you’re also threatening me. Furious, outraged! Shiuro shiuro!” Pawel’s watery sapphire eyes turned from round to semi-circular arcs, seemingly expressing his anger.
“The more you forbid me from doing something, the more I’ll want to do it! Shiuro!”
The Enforcer, now accustomed to Pawel’s quirky temperament, didn’t react much to its words, indifferently saying: “Do as you please, but you should know the consequences of deviating. As the Enforcer, I won’t interfere in what you do, but all your egregious acts will be recorded and presented as negative examples to the Orderly Guild.”
“So what? Shiuro?”
The Enforcer didn’t reply but slowly closed the spatial rift. His visit this time was merely to deliver a message, a warning. What to do next was still for Pawel to decide.
Pawel, looking at the closing spatial rift, still wore an angry expression, furiously flailing its claws in place.
After a full two minutes.
Pawel’s expression suddenly changed, returning to calmness as if nothing had happened before.
“Shiuro shiuro, respected Lord of the City, will the Enforcer’s actions affect me?”
It whispered softly, as if talking to itself. But strangely, shortly after it began speaking, a new voice responded, and moreover, this voice came from Pawel itself.
“The Enforcer won’t interfere with your actions, just as when Southern Wave destroyed the civilization of the nascent planes, he will watch you, but won’t touch you.” This was a very deep male voice, distant and profound.
“That means, he won’t affect me. Then what’s the point of him recording my actions, shiuro?”
The voice known as “Lord of the City” spoke again: “The Orderly Guild holds a function, upon discovering transgressors, to punish them. However, if it’s you, out of respect for me, even if the Enforcer records your transgressions, the Orderly Guild won’t do anything to you.”
Pawel’s eyes lit up: “Does that mean, I can act without restraint?”
“Although the Orderly Guild won’t lay a hand on you, the Southern Region’s Wizarding World, being one of the Four Directions of the Wizarding Worlds, has seen the birth of many legendary wizards, stronger ones too. If they see your transgressions and act against you, I might not be able to protect you.”
This is the essence of the Four Directions of the Wizarding World. Don’t look down on the native Southern Region for now, but the legendary wizards of the past are not few, and they won’t necessarily be wary of the City of Phantasm.
“Moreover, the City of Phantasm also has many citizens from the Southern Region, like Ziz.”
Mentioning Ziz, Pawel’s expression became slightly fearful: “Does Lord of the City mean, Ziz would act against me too?”
“If something happens to the descendants of Ziz’s bloodline, it’s only natural for him to act against you.”
Thinking this, Pawel felt it made some sense, but suddenly remembered something: “What about you, Lord of the City? If something really happens to the descendants of Ziz’s bloodline, Lord of the City, would you act against me too?”
After a burst of deep laughter: “Guess.”
Pawel seemed to understand something, feeling a bit wronged: “I used to think Lord of the City’s concern was due to worry about me. Now it seems, I was mistaken, shiuro shiuro, I’m still not important enough, indeed, only by becoming a diamond-class citizen can I catch the eye of the Lord of the City.”
The response was still that soundless light laughter.
Pawel’s frustration lasted only a few seconds, and soon, its expression returned to being carefree. It touched its smooth head with a tentacle: “It seems, I have to work hard, I will reach diamond-class citizen status as soon as possible! Starting with completing this mission!”
Pawel reoriented towards its target’s location.
Before long, Pawel detected a familiar fluctuation: “Shiuro! I’ve found Deep Space… This time it seems to have possessed a dirty low-level magical creature, such a strong smell of decay. Shiuro? Strange, doesn’t Deep Space hate the smell of decay the most, why would it possess such a magical creature?”
Pawel didn’t understand the specific situation on Deep Space’s side, but as long as Deep Space was located, finding the target became much easier.
“I wonder if Deep Space has prevented the target from harming Ziz’s bloodline descendants, let’s go and see, shiuro, let’s go!”
Pawel shouted its catchphrase loudly, and with a gentle flick of its tentacle, like soft-wave putty, it sprung forward a great distance through space and time.
However, just as Pawel was preparing to continue cruising forward, the voice of “Lord of the City” suddenly rang out: “Wait.”
Before Pawel could react, a strong consciousness descended, attempting to take over control of its body.
Pawel could resist, but it didn’t resist and naturally welcomed the arrival of the consciousness.
As the consciousness descended, Pawel’s expression became more and more composed, and in the end, although its appearance was still that of a tender little octopus, the impression it gave was no longer “cute,” but gloomy and obscure.
The “Pawel” that had been descended upon by the consciousness, did not continue forward, but instead turned its head to look towards the distant void.
It quietly watched for dozens of seconds, without saying a word.
After a good while, the consciousness disappeared, and Pawel took control of its body again.
It asked curiously, “Lord of the City, what happened just now? Shiuro?”
“…It seems someone was spying from a far place.”
“In the void? Shiuro?”
“Can’t be certain, it seems in the void, but also as if not…”
Pawel guessed, “Could it be the Enforcer observing in secret?”
“Not. Although I haven’t found any traces of the other party, I inexplicably feel somewhat excited.” The originally deep male voice suddenly began to rise in tone.
Pawel’s expression paused for a moment, quickly catching on: “Does the Lord of the City mean, a magical creature in the void?”
Only magical creatures could excite the Lord of the City of Phantasm.
Yes, this thought that had descended upon Pawel was indeed a strand of Gruz De Weld’s consciousness.
“Should be.” Gruz De Weld’s consciousness said softly.
Pawel: “Then, should we try to find it and bring it to the city?”
“Never mind, there are countless beings in the void that can excite me, many of which even my true self cannot contend with, let alone just a strand of consciousness.” Gruz De Weld’s tone was slightly regretful, the more special the existence, the more it excited him. He faintly felt that the magical creature spying from the void must be very special; to excite him from such a distant, shows the other party’s extraordinariness.
If it could really be brought to the City of Phantasm, he would definitely be thrilled to initiate a public celebration.
But, even the most beautiful fantasies must face reality.
Considering that the other party could detect Pawel from such a distance, their strength must be very extraordinary. Creatures that can survive in the void are difficult to deal with, let alone powerful beings.
Even the main consciousness may not be able to handle it, let alone a split consciousness; thus, it’s best to recognize the reality.
Gruz De Weld: “We’ve been discovered. If the other party has malicious intent, they will likely come over soon. Let’s head to the Southern Region first. With the suppression of the World Will, they won’t easily enter, and moreover, they might not even be able to find the entrance to the Southern Region in the interstitial space.”
Pawel nodded: “Shiuro, understood!”
Ignoring the peering from the void, Pawel transformed into a pink arrow and vanished into the pitch-black nothingness, entering the boundless interstitial space.
…
Above the mist-covered sea.
Angel shared his encounter with the Enforcer through the mental connection.
Although Canter didn’t respond immediately, Angel knew from Firo’s sporadic feedback that they must have heard.
Nisi: “I didn’t expect the person Wizard Firo encountered before was an Enforcer. Enforcers are quite good, at least there’s no need to worry about them siding with the laboratory.”
Angel: “The Enforcer won’t interfere with matters in the Southern Region, so we can put that aside for now. However, we must take the situation mentioned by the Enforcer seriously. If the City of Phantasm really sent a powerful extraordinary being to the Southern Region, it’s best for us to leave the vicinity quickly.”
Undoubtedly, distancing themselves was the best strategy.
It would be bad if they were affected just because they were nearby.
Nisi agreed with Angel’s suggestion. They had obtained what they came for, so leaving now wouldn’t be a loss, but Firo and Canter were still in a stalemate.
“Wizard Firo, can you hear me?”
Since Firo had provided brief feedback before, Nisi thought about it and decided to contact Firo first.
“I heard your conversation. I agree with Angel’s opinion, but it seems Like the Night has blocked the mental connection, and I can’t get close now,” Firo quickly said.
Nisi’s brows furrowed slightly: “What exactly is happening on your end? Hasn’t Like the Night taken down Number 03 yet?”
Firo was wandering among the waves, trying to get closer to the center of the battlefield. However, the waves were too big, and the energy spread was very strong, forcing Firo to retreat step by step.
While retreating, Firo also conveyed through the mental connection: “Number 03 seems to have eaten something earlier and has now transformed into a tree-like form, significantly increasing her strength.”