306 Astral Boundary
In the early spring of DR1384, most of the aftermath of the turmoil on the Dragon's Coast had dissipated, and as her lower abdomen rose day by day, her lips became more and more curled, as if she had been greatly wronged by such a burden.
She wished the wizard could stay in the bedroom a little longer every day, and now, only Nephies was lying on top of her stomach, her ears pressed to the top, and a strange smile on her face.
"Alright, alright, drink this, good. A spoon full of slimy liquid was passed to her mouth, and from Lanny's expression, the smell was clearly not so pleasant.
She had a sickly look on her face, avoiding Hiccol's teasing, which, in Lanny's eyes, was playing tricks on her.
But she doesn't need to say that she wields a sword, even if she makes a slightly larger movement, she will feel tired and uncomfortable, and after learning the truth about the abnormality of her body, it seems that she also has some psychological effects, making her lazy and childish: "What is this?Woo~ It's that damn guy messing around again, and what's going on with this noisy ghost crying wolf?"
Her impatient gaze fell on the box on the other side of the bed, which was constantly making noise.
Pleasant music is constantly flowing from the box, and if you listen to it for several days in a row, there will always be a time when you get bored of listening to it.
"It's a magic music box made by the adults themselves, and it took him several days to design this spell, but he invited the opera troupe to help. Nephies said proudly, "It is said to make the little baby smarter." β
Sicole gave her a quick look, and when Nephies saw it, she immediately stopped her triumphant introduction, stuck out her tongue, jumped to the bedside, and pinched the glittering box a few times, and the music stopped.
"Waste of time. Lanny commented cleanly, and the corners of her forehead jumped: "With this kung fu, it is better to build his giant god soldier." β
"But it's already done. Nephies returned to Lanny's side.
"It's done, just kidding!" Lanny's eyes widened in disbelief, "It's only been less than three months. β
"It's really already been built, the black-robed senior said, there are seven Fasetrina Majesty's scepters, and there is no need for a complete version of the giant god soldier. Nephis laughed: "The adults have made two shrinking models, and in three months, it is enough, and the workmanship of the new factory is very exquisite, although it is not as good as the dwarf artificial workshop, but with the assistance of the mage apprentice, the surname can be quite good." β
"So, he's already gone?" Lanny's eyes narrowed, alertly sensing Nephis's voice, and she clutched the quilt again excitedly, "Damn, I didn't make a sound, and I didn't tell me anything. β
"This ...... I don't know. Nefeth's expression froze, she really didn't know.
"Hmph, don't think about it, by this time, he must have been away from Simon for a short time. Lanny closed her eyes: "He probably thought that there was no need to inform us about such a trivial matter that would not take long." β
"Uh......" Nephies and Hickor were dumbfounded at the same time, and I have to say that there is some truth in the Black Knight's idea.
"Maybe it's important for adults to increase their strength. Nephies bit her finger and squeezed a pimple into her eyebrows: "Since you have met Mr. Blackrobe's requirements, you will definitely act as fast as possible." β
"Damn it......" The corners of her mouth and eyelids twitched, and Lannie clutched the quilt on her chest tightly, her fingers trembling.
I knew that if I did too much, I would get pregnant...... She thought, why do you mess around with that man, if only she hadn't met him...... Now my little belly is just a small puff up, and I think of it in a few months...... She shuddered, feeling unbelievable.
No, if you do it, it hurts...... The battle-hardened Templar gave himself such a reason.
Then we'll talk about it, and then I'll talk about it for a while...... If you can't stand it, ...... She kept convincing herself.
...... The vast and twisted void, the scattered gravel and the islands floating in the void, the huge spirals of glitter stained the background of the whole world a gray silver-white, like patches of brilliant and monotonous inkjet.
Roaming in this void, you must always be aware of all aspects of your surroundings, and if you are not careful, you will be dragged into a roaring vortex - unless you know in advance, no one knows where these vortex vascular will suck the intruder, maybe it is the center of a star, maybe it is a dead and silent demonless plane, in short, accidentally being pulled into an unknown vortex is basically more than lucky.
The floating pool is even more dangerous, this thing looks as thin as a piece of paper from a distance, and if you accidentally step on this colorful pool, the consequences are not much better.
This plane theoretically provides access to all planes of the realm, and is one of the most well-known transits for Abor Torreel.
Of course, it also has another well-known use.
This is the graveyard of the gods.
Occasionally, sparks of divine power erupt like fountains from a dark gap, illuminating an otherwise obscure space, where powerful adventurers may be able to find some treasures of endless value if they dare to confront the gods and the undead with terrifying powers, and the most hidden history of the gods in the Torrell universe is inside.
But there's no doubt that most adventurers don't have that kind of strength or luck, even if they have the power and fame of the legendary tier.
Giant Motherships of the Mind Flayer occasionally fly over unknown corners, while some of the larger floating islands are home to two subhuman races of subhumans only found in the astral plane, the Gisyanki and the Giszele, who are widely spread across the astral plane, with lizard-like skin, and who are engaged in fierce battles in all corners of the plane against their evil former master, the Mind Flayer.
Distorted, huge, and deformed astral monsters occasionally appear in the void, most of the monsters here are far stronger than the main material realm, and there are several dragons that only exist in legends inhabit the vortex of the astral realm, and the general five-colored dragons and metal dragons can only escape far away in front of these dragons.
As for Temorrah's unblessed encounter with gods and ancient evils, or other vicious legendary monsters, although this cannot be said to be commonplace in the astral boundary, it is not a rare thing to be surprised, and every time in the astral realm, some of the Gis tribes are destroyed by the legendary monsters that occasionally pass by.
Walking in this virtual space, of course, you must be very vigilant, and the pressure must be huge.
Contrary to what is known to the outside world, time in the astral plane does not stand still, but all creatures that enter from the outer plane, when they enter, many changes in their bodies fall into a standstill - like a corpse, and if it lasts too long, it will become a real corpse.
Oh, just like a joke made by a certain Abyss Lord, petrifying a living person born in the main material realm and throwing it into the astral realm is also a feasible way to achieve immortality, in ancient times, many wishes about immortality were fulfilled in this way, if you are lucky enough to see such a stone statue in the astral realm, you can know that the rumors are true.
In order to be active, it must have some kind of power that can sustain action in such a worldβsuch as divine power, or some high supernatural bloodline with rules, or the methodology of a high wizard.
Of course, if a high-level wizard doesn't have enough knowledge of the astral plane to be so methodological that this part of the methodology is deficient, he still can't move freely in the astral plane.
Fortunately, Penny's research on the plane is quite passable, and he has no concerns about this.
If you don't have any of these, you can also be able to move freely in the astral realm by blessing some special spells or using magic items with certain effects, such as our black-robed adult.
Although there is no sun, the light emitted by the void vortex as a light source will still show periodic changes with time, which also forms a day and night with the characteristics of the astral realm, and the diffuse astral energy breeds strangely shaped void plants, which makes the color of this space no longer simple silver or silver gray, of course, most of the plants bred by such a unique environment will not be green.
All in all, it's a gorgeous and dangerous world.
Even with a powerful weapon as powerful as the Staff of the Seven Facertrines, and a myriad of abilities and spell-casting skills, Penny is still apprehensive - there are many legendary powerhouses buried here every year.
And in his team, except for the staff in his hand, there is no one with legendary power, and the black robe riding on the neck of the masked Mansong next to him has a leisurely and happy expression, which really makes people wonder if he has forgotten that he is no longer the legendary ** master with infinite power.
Of course, the black-robed senior probably wouldn't think so, he opened his mouth and yawned, there is still some air to breathe on the island of the astral boundary, of course, it needs to pass a special spell, ordinary people can breathe here, for Penny's almost trembling apprehension, the great black-robed lord seemed to be extremely disdainful:
"With the Staff of the Seven Fasettena, what else do you have to fear?, if you can use its power to the fullest, most of the dangers of the astral realm will not be a threat to you. β
"Is it really that powerful?" the wizard pulled out the black scepter, a little incredulous in his opinion of it.
Admittedly, Zisson Reshiyesa is a legendary dragon, but Penny is skeptical that it can handle the legendary monsters that have sprung up in the astral realm.
The quality of the dragon species in the main material realm in the Torreel universe can only be regarded as average, and it can even be described as weak, whether it is a five-colored dragon or a metal dragon, it is not a dragon with real extraordinary power, and in the astral realm, there are too many creatures with legendary power just after birth.
"What do you think is Qi Song Ruishiyesa? The big lizard that hunts hunters in the wilderness ravine to earn bounties?" The black robe pursed his lips: "This is one of the most powerful dragons in the Faeron Continent, a forbidden xenomorph born from a female golden dragon tainted by an ancient black dragon, less than five hundred years with the power of the ancient dragon's age, swallowing the existence of his biological father, when he was a thousand years old, even the five-colored dragon god Tiamat never tried to put his will on it. β
The wizard looked at the staff in his hand, his eyes straightened for a while, and he had doubts again: "If it is so powerful, why was it killed and sealed by the Seven Laws of Setrina?" According to my research, Setrina, who had just arrived on the coast of Simon at that time, was just a wandering wizard of average strength, and there is no record that he had legendary power at that time. β
"Who knows? Either this big lizard is unlucky, or Setrina is out of shit luck, oh, don't waste time on this issue, anyway, you know it can handle most of the dangers here. The black robe said impatiently: "Well, damn it, that wizard has been on the Dragon's Coast for a long time with this stick, and even if this dragon is destroyed, as long as the staff is still there, it will be reborn in a few weeks, if it weren't for this staff, why would he be king on the Dragon's Coast." β
There was resentment between the words, and the wizard secretly pondered, as if there was some envy, jealousy and hatred.
But he didn't say much, they were on a huge floating island right now, and even when they were talking, the speed under their feet was fast, and the teleportation before arriving here was along a few ancient coordinates.
These coordinates are very old, and through the handwriting on them, Penny clearly knows that these marks are left by the ancient empire, and he is very curious about the place where the black robe wants to take him.
This is a small island that does not seem to be big in the distance, but after walking a distance, the wizard has some sense of the wonder of this island, because he has walked a few miles, but this island that is not more than a mile long in the distance has not yet reached the halfway point, and it seems that with the extension of the road, the island is becoming longer and longer.
This made his heart full of confusion, and when he was about to ask, he saw the black robe wave his hand:
"It's almost time to become invisible with the Key of Isil Aaron. β
The wizard hurriedly did so, and saw a black shadow pass high in the sky, and the mere gust of wind that it brought up made him shiver.
He looked at the imaginary centaur-type monster surrounded by black mist, cold sweat rolled down drop by drop, he knew that this thing was called Feiani, it was one of the gods, good at controlling time, although the strength was not the strongest among the gods, but it was extremely weird and difficult to deal with.
Could this be a Fiani's lair?
He turned his gaze ahead, only to see that the road, which had been clear just a few steps earlier, was obscured by a blur of shadows.
It was a colorless but opaque light, not much more like white, as if it were a huge sphere piled up of transparent shapes, like countless scattered fragments surging in it, occasionally spurting out, turning into psychedelic light and shadow in bursts of clear sounds.
Seeing this scene, the wizard suddenly remembered the scene when he came into contact with the source sea in the abyss, and the core of the source sea that kept gushing out information fragments seemed to be somewhat similar to this huge sphere.
However, the fragment of information from the source sea is not as unreal as the fragments ejected from the sphere here, and the wizard frowned and stared for a long time, and he didn't recognize what the power that made up this sphere was.
What shocked him even more was that as he gazed, the sphere seemed to be projected into his field of vision, becoming larger and larger, until it seemed to fill the entire astral boundary, and he turned his head in all directions, and could only see the center of the sphere.
At this moment, he heard a shrill roar that reached his soul, and the Fiani that had just flown high in the air flew close to the center of the sphere at some point, and suddenly seemed to be frozenβand at the same time, the wizard also clearly felt a sense of time stiffening, and in the following moment, the Fiani's body was disintegrated and blurred into fragments that formed the ball of light.
"What is this place?" the wizard asked in shock, the black robe of Hylast, who had a sneering head down and a strange expression on his face.
"Scared?" asked the black-robed hehe with a smile.
"I don't want to lose my life without knowing it. The wizard frowned, "You brought me here following the coordinates of the ancients, at least let me know what this place is, maybe this place will give me the power I want, but I can't just dive into it without knowing anything." β
"......" Helast was silent for a while, took two steps forward, and retreated back when he was about to touch those fragments, his little face full of reminiscence: "These are the fragments of time, this place is the 'end' of multiverse time. β
"What?" the wizard was incredulous, and continued to stare at the huge transparent ball of light, not understanding where the term 'end' came from.
"Of course, this is just a serious and deified statement, and as for the more understandable, it is probably easier for you to understand the essence of this place. Helast looked up, and the wizard followed his line of sight, and suddenly saw some fragments surging and changing, and several dragons of small size appeared, these dragons were very strange-looking, without sharp bone spurs and sharp horns, and the scales were not layered, and they looked inconspicuous.
They constantly shuttled through the sea of debris, their bodies bringing out phantoms, and in the blink of an eye, they reappeared in their same places, looking full of unreal feelings.
"This is the graveyard of the largest surviving Time Dragon in Torrell. β
Hyraster whispered.
The wizard looked at the hourglass-shaped scales of these dragons, and then it dawned on him.
But here is the power he wants?
...... Far from the shores of Serre, the massive ship bears an eerie-looking crimson flag, and although it passes through treacherous paths like the Pirate Islands, only pirates who have eaten the guts of a leopard or are blind would dare to fight a ship with such a flag.
Because this banner represents one of the most powerful violent groups in Ferron, and what is even more terrifying is that this group is not only murderous and tyrannical, but also a well-known rogue regime that rules over the powerful country of East Ferron, with a population of three million.
If he knew that he was still fearless, when he knew that the main body of this organization was more than a thousand official wizards, probably no more daring person would have the slightest urge to rob, even if there was a mountain of gold on this ship.
There was no mountain of gold on this ship, its course was directed to the West Gate, and although the captain of the crew was someone else, the owner of the ship was an old red-robed mage, who looked serious and scathing, and his face was full of restlessness.
As if he had been struck a great blow, and his dark circles were full of suspicion, as if they could turn into jealousy at any moment, all the young apprentices tried to avoid his gaze as much as possible, for they always felt that the gentleman seemed to have a special hatred for the young red robe.
Of course, there are many people who don't eat him, such as the pale-faced middle-aged wizard behind him, his clean and slender fingers pinching a quill pen, writing and drawing in a notebook, as if recording something:
"Lord Paya, you must know how rare it is for the Chief to be able to give you favor and trust again this time, and you must know that he rarely gives people a second chance to make a mistake, thanks to the strong request of my lordship. β
"Yes, of course I know, the favor of Lord Tropens, I naturally take it to heart. Although the skill level of this middle-aged wizard was still two grades lower than that of Del Songpaya, the high-level Ring Mentor, Lord Delsongpaya, still nodded with a smirk: "I must carefully check the accounts of the Ximen Concession and investigate the cause of the recent turmoil in the Concession." β
"If only adults had a heart. The middle-aged wizard nodded with satisfaction: "Whether it is Lord Troppens or the Chief Lord, I hope that this time I will not look away, and you should also pay attention to ......"
He made the appearance of a traitor, and Del Songpaya was happy to cooperate: "I would like to hear about it." β
"This time, Simon's political situation seems to have been in turmoil, especially the key person who solved the Night King, called, Pan ......" This pronunciation alone made Del Songpaya's face twitch, and the middle-aged wizard glanced at him and continued: "Pan Diesel is a noteworthy fellow, the chief lord instructed you to investigate his origins, you know, according to his resume, Sesk does not have this guy. β
Pan Diesel...... Yes, yes, it will be done. Del Songpaya nodded.
The middle-aged wizard walked away satisfied, and Del Songpaya's eyes were suddenly replaced by a wave of anger.
If he hadn't paid a great deal of filial piety, how would Tinteopens be willing to say good things for him in front of Chief Reem, and help him turn over this salted fish?
But what can he do? Who would let a red-robed mage who had lost his position and had no future be inferior to a dog in Serre?
"Pan Diesel......
There seemed to be a special sensibility, the name that made Del Songpaya gnash his teeth, and although it seemed to have nothing to do with it, at this time, it reminded him of the shameful defeat in the south of the country that turned him into a salted fish.
Therefore, this sudden name attracted all the hatred in his heart.
Maybe it's just a vent.
But who knows if it's going to be crooked?
Perhaps after the ship docked at the West Gate, he still wouldn't know.
(To be continued)