Chapter 2463 Acquired Information <TOC> Chapter 2465 Cooperation
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However, when Magnificus De Pawel tried to enter the void as usual, it had no effect at all.
It was as if an invisible power was blocking it, excluding it from the outside.
Magnificus De Pawel, a magical creature capable of surviving in the void for a long time, had a strong perception of space and could clearly feel that the power blocking it was definitely not the power of space.
It was another kind of power… indescribable, yet strangely familiar.
“Shiu~ro~!” Magnificus De Pawel elongated its tone as it looked at the Enforcer: “Have you sealed the path to the void?”
Although it faintly sensed that the power of separation was not the same as the laws of distortion, since this was the domain of the Enforcer, closing the passages to the void should be related to him.
The Enforcer’s attention was more on Angel and the Mysterious Fruit in the distance, and he did not respond immediately upon hearing Magnificus De Pawel’s question.
When he realized what Magnificus De Pawel meant, the Enforcer immediately felt a sense of strangeness in his heart.
The planar passage sealed? That shouldn’t be possible. With the current attraction reduced to almost imperceptible levels, how could Magnificus De Pawel possibly not be able to open the passage to the void?
The Enforcer kept his composure, but secretly conducted a small experiment using the Domain of Distortion.
In the Domain of Distortion, opening a distorted space passage to the void was a very simple matter for the past Enforcer.
However, when he tried again, he found it impossible.
No matter how he manipulated the laws of distortion, he could not connect to the external void, as if the void did not exist at all.
“Shiuro? Why aren’t you speaking?” Magnificus De Pawel waved its tender tentacles, gently flicking the air, and turned into a pink bubble shadow, floating in front of the Enforcer. Sapphire-like eyes and the Enforcer’s indifferent eyes met.
The Enforcer remained silent, giving a cold smile, and the power of distortion wrapped around Magnificus De Pawel, bouncing it to one side.
Magnificus De Pawel: “Shiuro! I understand now!”
Enforcer: …You understand nothing, I don’t even know what’s happening, what do you understand?
“You must be imitating me, right?” Magnificus De Pawel pointed at the wizard it had caught: “You saw me capturing them and immediately imitated me; you also wanted to use me to test the rhythm after the disorder? So, you sealed the path to the void?”
The Enforcer didn’t bother with Magnificus De Pawel’s nonsensical talk.
However, Magnificus De Pawel interpreted the Enforcer’s non-response as: “I must have hit the nail on the head, you’re definitely feeling guilty now, aren’t you, Shiuro?”
The Enforcer finally glanced at Magnificus De Pawel and said, “I’m starting to regret letting you in. However, your suggestion is quite good, using you to test the disorderly rhythm is a nice idea. Thanks for your suggestion and dedication, I will consider it.”
Magnificus De Pawel: “…”
After this interruption, Magnificus De Pawel no longer mentioned anything about the passage. Its initial plan to open it and leave was just a precautionary backup. It didn’t matter if it couldn’t leave; all it had to do was wait a little longer for the Lord of the City’s split consciousness to arrive, and then, everything would be over.
Magnificus De Pawel went silent, but the Enforcer fell into deep thought.
Although their previous conversation wasn’t very substantial, mainly being an interruption that made Magnificus De Pawel implicitly acknowledge the passage was closed by him; the reality was different. His Domain of Distortion couldn’t even withstand the attraction power, let alone have the intention to close the passage.
Moreover, even if it was indeed closed by his Domain of Distortion, could Magnificus De Pawel not open it? The difference in their strengths wasn’t significant. Magnificus De Pawel’s claim of reaching the “phase of law metamorphosis” was purely imaginary. He hadn’t even reached the mid-legendary realm, how could he possibly reach the metamorphosis of the late-legendary realm.
Regardless, the passage wasn’t closed by the Enforcer.
If not him, then it must have been Angel. Because apart from the Domain of Distortion, there was also the green rune domain covering this place.
But did Angel have such capability?
The Enforcer might have doubted it before, but the sudden increase in strength of the green rune domain made him hesitate.
Leaving aside other possibilities, if it truly was Angel who did it, why would he close the passage? It made no sense.
Previously, when the green rune domain enveloped the area, it was still possible to open the planar passages. Otherwise, how could Sanders have come here? That is to say, if the green rune domain was the main reason for closing the passage, then it must have been actively done by Angel.
What was Angel trying to do?
The Enforcer didn’t know.
But, recalling Angel’s sudden extension of the green rune domain and intentionally leaving a space for Magnificus De Pawel, he felt something was off.
It made no sense for Angel to help Magnificus De Pawel. They weren’t familiar with each other, and because of Toby’s existence, Angel would have avoided Magnificus De Pawel, not rushed to be involved.
For a moment, the Enforcer’s thoughts became very confused. He felt that Angel was plotting something, but recalling Angel’s previous actions, he also thought he might be overthinking it.
Yet, the reality was filled with inconsistency and illogical fallacies.
At this moment, the Enforcer felt somewhat dizzy.
“Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore. If he truly intends to do something, it would definitely still be within the domain… Continuing to watch, maybe then I will know.”
Thinking this, the Enforcer took a deep look at Angel. Initially, he thought Angel was no different from others, perhaps a bit talented, enough to be valued by Frost; then, as Angel returned to the center of the Mist Zone for the sake of “dreams,” his view on Angel changed slightly. This was a person with talent and perseverance, and to him, Angel’s return was quite favorable.
But now, Angel seemed to deviate slightly in his eyes. Previously, he was a blank sheet of paper that one could see through at a glance. But now, he realized, this blank sheet, just like his current appearance, was only an illusion.
Angel now seemed more like a mystery.
His green rune domain, his accommodation for Magnificus De Pawel, his initiative to close off space… All these were strange, creating question after question in the Enforcer’s mind. Of course, the biggest question was Angel himself, who now seemed to be indulging in the insights born from disorder. But, is he truly lost in it beyond help, or is this just a performance for a deeper purpose?
Without Angel “waking” up, it’s difficult to explore or grasp. The Enforcer silently sighed and shifted his gaze away from Angel.
…
Many of the Enforcer’s speculations had their reasons. But, the actual situation might be far from his guesses.
Because, at this moment, Angel was not performing; he was truly completely immersed in a fantastical world of consciousness created by the Birth of the Mysterious.
Angel was unaware of the outside world’s happenings, whether it was the changes in the green rune domain or the green rune domain’s proactive extension to accommodate Magnificus De Pawel, all were irrelevant to him.
He did not care about, nor was he related to the outside world’s situations at this moment. Because all his attention was in this world that is indescribable with words.
In his vision, the distant Mysterious Fruit had disappeared, turning into a world composed of countless strange imaginations, indescribable structures, and fantastical and absurd backgrounds.
Such a scene, if described with text, even Angel would find it strange, and might even wonder if it was the delirious ravings of a madman.
But now that Angel truly saw such a world, he found that any imagination could hardly depict one ten-thousandth of it.
Moreover, his perspective was very strange.
Initially, what he saw was just a structure, but perhaps because he realized that the mysterious structure was multi-dimensional, his brain momentarily halted during his ceaseless peering. Then he vaguely heard a call, like… a dog barking, followed by his thoughts growing like sprouting plants, growing vigorously with the wind, and in no time, he entered an unprecedented perspective.
The normal human perspective is to see the world that one can see. Those unseen things are naturally ignored, like spatial nodes, elemental compositions, or… the flow of time.
However, the perspective Angel saw included both what could be seen and what could not be seen.
To illustrate, imagine the protagonist of a picture book can only see the content on the current page. What he doesn’t know is that a page is double-sided. On the front, he sees a knight rescuing a princess from a dragon’s clutches, but what he can’t see on the back is the knight turning into a dragon himself after tasting the sweetness of his victory.
In a three-dimensional world, one can see the content on all planes. This is how different dimensions offer different views of content.
At this moment, Angel’s perspective is similar to this. Following the dog’s bark, it’s as if he has stepped out of the current dimension of reality into another, overseeing reality from this new dimension, exposing content that was hidden and undiscoverable before.
These contents are more idealistic, akin to the ‘disorderly’ concept, incomprehensible. From this viewpoint, these incomprehensible things seem to follow some indescribable order.
Angel is certainly unable to understand the existence of ‘disorder’ right now. To fully grasp it, perhaps one must reach the level of this dimension, which he has only glimpsed by chance, hence his inability to understand.
But he doesn’t need to understand now. What Angel needs to do is remember the logic of this disorder.
To memorize it, allowing it to form an impression in his mind, becoming a tacit understanding.
Angel has a premonition that this tacit understanding will inevitably become the Key Step into the Mysterious.
…
As Angel indulges in his vision, the outside world sees new developments.
The Mysterious Fruit that everyone has been eagerly anticipating continues to change. However, the anticipated 99% progress does not arrive as expected, but instead, the fruit directly starts shedding its shell.
With time passing, a large number of shells flutter to the ground.
The visible part of the fruit shifts from 30% to about 50%.
Although nearly half of the shell has fallen, the flesh’s specific shape inside remains unclear, still a mix of red light and fog.
However, the shedding of the shells strengthens the attraction.
Even under the dual protection of the Domain of Distortion and the mutated green rune domain, they feel an inner restlessness. Judging from the current situation, the attraction has increased at least twice over.
If they were outside now, even exhausting their foundation, they probably couldn’t escape the punishment of disorder.
This is the terror of disorderly objects, even those above legendary could die instantly. This is why all Mysterious Hunters conduct extensive research before containing Mysterious Objects, to reduce the casualty rate.
Feeling the increase in attraction, both the Enforcer and Magnificus De Pawel feel somewhat relieved.
Fortunately, they still have a sanctuary, or else the outcome would be dire.
The Enforcer feels this especially deeply and thinks even more profoundly than Magnificus De Pawel because, in addition to relief, he also feels a slight worry… He owes Angel for a compensatory exchange, and now Angel has saved his life.
The debt of a life saved is already hard to repay. Yet, he must adhere to his oath and make an even stronger compensatory exchange. He is now troubled over how exactly to compensate Angel…
He sets aside the troubling thoughts for now. After all, these issues can be addressed after everything is settled, and the Enforcer no longer concerns himself with it.
He continues to observe the Mysterious Fruit. Although he does not have the same opportunities or insights as Angel, the birth of a disorderly object is rare to witness. Given its current lack of dangerous attraction, taking a closer look might yield some benefits.
The frequency of the fruit’s shell falling off is much faster than the previous spread of cracks.
About fifty percent of the shell had just fallen off a few seconds ago, and before the analysis of the strength of attraction could be completed, a large portion of the shell falls off again.
This time, a little over ten percent of the shell drops.
This means that the fruit now exposed is roughly between 60% to 65%.
Although not much of the shell fell off this time, it might have triggered some critical point. The fruit’s attraction power undergoes a qualitative change once again, and this time, the change exceeds their imagination.
It begins to attract… no, it’s more appropriate to say it “draws in” the surrounding energy.
Previously, it did attract energy similar to souls, but those energy bodies were still under conscious control. Consciousness entails desires, and with desires, it’s difficult to escape attraction… so, attracting souls was still somewhat understandable.
But now, it’s different. It doesn’t need any medium, nor does it rely on so-called “conscious manipulation” to directly absorb the surrounding energy.
These energies include the elemental powers floating around and the primal magic present in the air.
In a mere instant, the area around the fruit becomes a magic void zone. This magic void area is even more terrifying than the previous Old Land Continent, which at least had primal magic.
Fortunately, for now, the range of its energy absorption seems limited, only within a few hundred meters radius. Moreover, it temporarily cannot draw in more stable spatial energy.
But the shell has not completely fallen off yet, and no one knows what the future holds. If in the future, it begins to draw in spatial energy as well, the resulting problems could be significant.
Chapter 2463 Acquired Information <TOC> Chapter 2465 Cooperation