Chapter 8: The Phantom of the Void (Part II)
Sweeping over the illusory fragments in mid-air around him, Jude suddenly remembered the tavernkeeper's reminder before the war:
β...... If you encounter danger, remember to use your pocket watch immediately without hesitation. β
He had completely forgotten this advice before, and although he could not be sure what the current illusion was, the "reflection of the spiritual world" that the other party was talking about, there was no doubt that he had fallen into some kind of dangerous situation that was difficult to escape.
Thinking so, the boy seized the fleeting opportunity to counterattack, forcefully blocked his opponent's attack, and then forced him back temporarily with a horizontal sword sweep. Without a moment's hesitation, Jude reached into his bosom and pulled out the Eternal Traveler's watch, and without even deflecting his gaze, he skillfully pressed the button by feeling.
"Knock-" The illusory and distant bell rang from nowhere, and in an instant, the world around him changed dramatically.
With the sound of a mirror shattering, the illusion of the town square dissipated in an instant, and the illusion of himself on the other side disappeared without a trace.
The space around him was still monotonous gray and white, and the illusory fragments were still slowly spinning in midair, but the boy's vision was met by the huge underground cave from earlier, and the tavern owner who turned to cast his gaze.
Reda seemed to be channeling a key spell, but paused casting the spell due to the sudden standstill of time, and looked at Jude not far away, "What's wrong, Jude, are you in danger?"
"Just now, the illusion ......," Jude was a little incoherent for a moment, "I just fell into a deep darkness, talking to the existence of the suspected entropy demon, going back to the past in the illusion, and fighting against my own mirror image, which said that this was my 'reflection of my inner world'. β
"I see, no wonder you've been acting weird just now, and casting a veto spell on you doesn't work. The tavernkeeper thoughtfully said, "Didn't you let you use the pocket watch immediately when you were in danger, why did you delay using it until now?"
"I'm sorry, to be honest, I forgot......" the boy said bluntly, "You said I was acting weird just now, I last saw your light spell go out, how long did it take after that?"
"For about ten minutes, you've been in a daze, talking to yourself with your head down, saying that we can't defeat the will of the void. Reda carefully looked the young man in front of him up and down, "Are you okay now?" The Eternal Traveler's pocket watch is a creation of the Dark Silver Scales, which can eliminate the influence of the Entropy Demon, and I told you before that there is also a reason for this. β
"By the way," Jude remembered something important after hearing the tavernkeeper's explanation, "the entropy demon said that Mr. Stanxiu is actually one, one...... Silver Dragon, and Ruida, you're a Blue Dragon?"
Staring at the young man's eyes expressionlessly, Reda was silent for a long time, and finally showed a helpless look: "That damn entropy demon is still telling you these useless things? β
"My full name is Redagos and I'm from Chisle, the home of our Blue Dragon. Your teacher, Stantikom, is the silver dragon from The Nexus. The tavernkeeper calmly introduced, "Reda and Stan Xiu are the pseudonyms we use in the mortal world, and the dragons have their own rules, and you must never reveal our true identities to any other mortal, understand?"
"I'll keep it a secret. The boy didn't know what the dragon's code was, but he could imagine what kind of sensation it would cause in the human world if his identity was revealed, "In Vidia's name, I will never reveal the identity of my teacher and you to other mortals." β
"I don't know what interest your teacher Stanticomb is in this stream of time, at least I just want to stay away from the strife and find a quiet little place to open a tavern to live in seclusion, but unfortunately it back......fired," Reda frowned and sighed, as if he was lamenting a bad fate and bad luck.
How could he be, Jude sighed secretly in his heart, he was disheartened by Leia's affair, he just wanted to find a rural town to spend the winter, who knew that he was involved in this series of sudden disputes and conflicts.
"Don't talk about that, the time should be almost up. The tavern keeper straightened his robes a little and returned to his previous spell casting stance, "Deal with the entropy demon in front of you first, and then have time to chat when you get back alive." It's finally time to go. β
Took out the pocket watch to check, the remaining time of time standing still was really not much, and secretly sighed that Ruida was familiar with the length of service, Jude nodded solemnly at the other party: "Understood." β
"Knock-" Another illusory bell rang from nowhere, and the world instantly returned to its original state.
A raging wind suddenly blew through the cavern, making the boy unsteady on his feet, and at the same time, the noise came from all directions, instantly drowning out the silence and echoing in his ears.
Jude couldn't tell what they were, they were harsh, shriek, low, roaring...... It was as if all the noise in the world was compounded, making it almost impossible for him to think.
The young man looked around at him, and Ruida seemed to be saying something, but he couldn't hear it clearly, so he could only shout: "Ruida, this is too noisy! I can't hear what you say!"
The tavernkeeper seemed to be channeling a key spell, and seeing Jude's reaction, he reluctantly separated one hand to bless the boy with a spell, while his right hand still held the crystal staff and pointed directly at the entropy demon in the middle of the lake, without the slightest deviation.
With a flash of light blue light flashing and fading, Jude immediately felt that the noise in his ears had subsided a lot, and he could finally barely hear what Reda was saying: "That entropy demon is on the verge of defeat, it is trying its best to resist the repulsion of the main material plane and barely maintain the present world, but the pressure we exert is still not enough, and we need to deliver a final blow to it before banishing it back to the void!"
Following the tavernkeeper's words, the boy looked over the center of the lake, and the pitch-black giant object was taking on a strange form, which was probably an entity formed by the entropy demon attracting the water, air, and dust of the underground lake. The mass was shrinking, expanding, deforming, and even partially disintegrating, apparently extremely unstable, as if it was just one step away from completely collapsing.
"I'm doing my best to suppress its will and limit its movements, and I can't be distracted from doing anything else!" Reda never took his eyes off his target, "I can't hold on any longer, we must hurry up and wait for it to be free!"
Now it is really the last moment, and the victory or defeat is here. Jude couldn't help but get nervous, and he struggled to control his balance to get closer to the lake, then aimed at the huge pitch-black object above the middle of the lake, and began to chant the incantation:
βEvo kolmas falrem mesa'cripz niez-le flonomasοΌβ