Chapter 2255: Chapter 2256: Different Paths
The crowd turned towards the voice and saw a handso, tall man appear beside them.
“Sanders?” Dumatin looked at the newcor, raising his eyebrows slightly: “Why are you here?”
Sanders said nothing, but gave a sidelong glance at Angel nearby.
Angel coughed and said, “Just a short while ago, I sensed my ntor entering the Wilderness of Dreams, so I changed his entry point to here.”
After saying this, Angel muttered softly, “However, I didn’t expect the timing of the ntor’s entry to be so coincidental.”
Sanders said lightly, “It’s not a coincidence; I sensed sothing unusual.”
Lately, Sanders has been calculating details for Sumishe’s assumption of authority, and he hadn’t planned to enter the Wilderness of Dreams. However, just monts ago, a warning alert from the “Energy Level Limitation” he set up reached him.
“Due to the special nature of New City, I extracted energy currents from thousands of miles around to construct a region of about one thousand Lus centered on New City.” Sanders: “But just now, in just a split second, the energy domain near New City dropped from a quasi-middle magic region to a micro-magic standard.”
As the Energy Authority Controller of the Wilderness of Dreams, Sanders sensed sothing was amiss and entered the Wilderness of Dreams imdiately to investigate.
Coincidentally, Angel had marked Sanders, so he was first to know of Sanders’ entry and transferred him here.
Rhein didn’t concern himself with when Sanders entered or exited, but asked, “Are you sure that floating fireball is the cause of the reduction in energy standards?”
Sanders nodded affirmatively: “Yes, I am sure.”
As the current energy authority of the Wilderness of Dreams, Sanders’ words naturally earned Rhein’s trust.
“What exactly is that fireball and why does it absorb so much energy?” Rhein asked in confusion.
Sanders looked at the young man beside him: “That question should be directed to Angel.”
In fact, he vaguely sensed the commotion within the fireball and had so guesses in mind. But for the specifics, Angel needed to explain, as only Angel could influence the Wilderness of Dreams to such a great extent.
Angel chuckled: “Didn’t I already ntion the answer earlier?”
Sanders was late to arrive and didn’t know what had transpired. However, the others seed to have so thoughts and fell into contemplation.
After several seconds, Ironclad Granny chuckled softly: “Earlier you asked us why we thought you wouldn’t encounter non-water elental creatures. Between the lines, didn’t it imply that you encountered more than just water elental creatures?”
“Moreover, as soon as you said that, the fireball appeared.”
“So, does this fireball represent an elental creature with another attribute? A fire elental creature?”
Seeing Ironclad Granny announce the answer, Angel did not refute: “Granny is correct.”
Indeed, including Dumatin, the others had already guessed this answer, but they remained sowhat skeptical: Nowadays in the Wizards’ Realm, wild elental creatures are very scarce. Angel encountering a water elental creature already seed like incredible luck. Now, being told that Angel not only encountered a water elental creature but also a fire elental creature seed truly unbelievable.
“Did you really encounter a water elental creature and a fire elental creature?” Dumatin’s tone still carried disbelief.
Angel nodded: “Isn’t the reality quite evident?”
Rhein at this point also asked: “Are you sure you haven’t left the Wizards’ Realm?”
The extre environnts in the Wizards’ Realm capable of birthing elental creatures are basically monopolized by various Witcher Organizations. Therefore, many wizards venture to other worlds in search of elental creatures.
Angel encountering two elental creatures of different attributes at once made Rhein suspect he might have left the Wizards’ Realm.
Angel: “I’m still in the Wizards’ Realm, but I stumbled upon a fortuitous opportunity.”
Since the opportunity involved personal privacy, Rhein refrained from probing further but couldn’t help muttering: “You wouldn’t have stumbled upon so sage’s ruins, right? Elental creatures in those ruins, without a master’s constraint, are exceptionally cunning. You better not let them fool you.”
Angel: “Not a ruin, but indeed discovered through information left by a certain wizard… regarding this fortuitous opportunity, you’ll know in a few days, and in the future, I might need Lord Rhein’s help.”
Rhein was a bit surprised: “What opportunity would require my help?”
Angel did not answer, but Sanders watching Angel’s mysterious smile had a fleeting sense of apprehension.
Could this kid have caused another major upheaval?
Reflecting on the incidents caused by Angel during his growth, Sanders felt a headache developing. Angel, in the eyes of others, seed the least worriso, yet only Sanders knew this guy was even more troubleso than Sumishe and Flora.
Sanders lets Sumishe and Flora grow wildly, hardly bothering to think about them. But with Angel, whenever he left alone, Sanders would intermittently think of him, fearing he had caused another big issue.
Even with the reputation of defeating the Southern Domain, facing the various deeds Angel committed, Sanders felt anxious, even contemplating telling him silently: I’m just a Second Level True Knowledge Wizard, not a Legendary Wizard. Much of what you do, I’m already struggling to handle…
Thinking of the Queen in the Nightmare Realm, then the Demon God’s descendant lying in space, along with the body of the Demon God’s avatar.
These are all entities Sanders cannot provoke, yet Angel keeps stirring the hornet’s nest one after another. Although the endings were fortunate, the process was terrifying; one wrong move, and not only Angel but the entire world might have to pay the price.
Thus, hearing Angel’s words at this mont, others didn’t think much, but Sanders felt a vague unease internally.
Yet, since he’s his student, Sanders couldn’t undermine him in front of others. He could only suppress his desire to shake Angel’s shoulders and remained silent.
While they conversed, the floating fireball in the distance began to show new changes.
The fireball started to continuously shrink, with a large amount of fire elent energy compressed into the interior, finally sketching out a fiery red figure in mid-air.
Seeing the current situation, the others understood why Angel needed to shield the rain. All the flas on the fireball would eventually serve as nutrients for that fire elental creature. If the rain were allowed to extinguish the flas, constructing the fire elental creature might beco problematic.
“The questions we had earlier now have an answer. Even without the foundational support of the elental laws of reality, we can still construct the body of an elental creature,” Dumatin remarked as he observed the increasingly distinct outline of the fire elental creature in the distance. “However, it seems the energy consumption is quite significant.”
Sanders replied, “If every elental creature requires this much energy consumption, the current Tidal World cannot accommodate too many elental creatures entering at the sa ti. Moreover, each ti an elental creature enters, there must be a waiting period for the energy in the Domain Field to recover before proceeding to the next one.”
Dumatin stated, “It seems that allowing a large number of elental creatures to enter the Wilderness of Dreams is not feasible for now. However, water elent creatures seem to follow a different procedure?”
Dumatin cast a dim glance toward the raccoon absorbing the residual veins on the other side.
Sanders also noticed that raccoon, and with Angel’s explanation, he roughly understood the situation.
The birth of the water elent raccoon did not consu virtual magic power but followed another path.
Rhein comnted, “Before I left, I took a look at the Law Core of the Tide Wave Garden. The consumption of the law veins is nearly negligible. Furthermore, the Law Core has already fused with the authority of the Wilderness of Dreams itself, so even if a portion is consud, it will slowly replenish over ti.”
Dumatin said, “So, at present, it’s possible to allow a large number of water elent creatures to enter the Wilderness of Dreams. But other elents can only be opened to a limited extent.”
“That seems to be the case,” Angel agreed with this view. He originally wanted to find an opportunity to bring the group of wind elent subordinates into the Wilderness of Dreams, but now it seems they’ll have to wait a bit longer.
After another two minutes, the floating fireball gradually disappeared, revealing before their eyes a—small fire frog.
“This is the fire elent creature; it seems to be an elental sprite,” said Ironclad Granny, with a tone carrying a hint of affection.
The vast majority of creatures in their infancy stage naturally carry a cute aura. Elental creatures are the sa; most elental sprites are very cute… except for Dangross.
This small fire frog wasn’t much larger than an adult’s fist, with a flamboyant fiery red maple pouch on its back, resembling a little backpack, like a child about to set off on a trip.
Compared to the raccoon on the other side, which had already reached the chest height of an adult, the small fire frog was clearly more endearing.
“Actually, these two elental creatures are roughly the sa size in the outside world,” Angel murmured. “Both are mature elental creatures.”
“So it’s not an elental sprite,” Dumatin squinted his eyes. “Which ans, elental creatures ford through law veins and those ford by the convergence of virtual magic power have different starting points at birth.”
Rhein comnted, “No matter how you compare, this water elent creature is much stronger than the fire elent creature. It seems that to bring elental creatures into the Wilderness of Dreams, it’s best to first incorporate more Witchcraft Gardens.”
At this point, Rhein turned to look at Angel, the implication clear.
Angel responded, “I understand; I’ll return to the Barbarian Cave once I finish handling matters here and will accompany Lord Reine to borrow a Witchcraft Garden.”
Rhein nodded in satisfaction, knowing that for Angel to achieve greater accomplishnts in the future, it is best not to overly constrain him; yet the thought of such a brilliant talent constantly navigating the treacherous world outside made Rhein sowhat anxious. Thus, he privately hoped that Angel would return to the Barbarian Cave soon.
At this mont, Ironclad Granny remarked, “That small fire frog seems to have seen us; shall we go take a look?”
At this sound, everyone looked over and realized the small fire frog had awakened and was perched on the leaf of a shrub, curiously peering in their direction.
Clearly, the fire elental creature appeared later, but its awakening was faster than the water elental creature. This fact indirectly indicates that the starting point for the water elental creature is much higher than that of the fire elental creature.
Everyone proceeded to head toward the vicinity of the brush.
Even though they were accustod to elental creatures in the outside world, this first elental creature to arrive in the Wilderness of Dreams from reality still elicited their curiosity.
According to their assumptions, since the small fire frog is an elental creature, and elental creatures traditionally hold little affection for humans, their approach would likely trigger caution from the small fire frog.
However, to their surprise, even as they drew within a five-ter distance of the small fire frog, it showed limited caution, its eyes brimming with curiosity.
Nonetheless, as Dumatin approached within three ters of the small fire frog, it began to recoil in retreat.
“Three ters is clearly its alert line,” Ironclad Granny remarked with a trace of astonishnt. “Such close proximity is truly surprising.”
It’s worth noting that in the outside world, encountering an elental creature—a distance a thousand tis three ters would still fall within their alert range.
This small fire frog appeared as naive as a newborn infant, exhibiting no wariness of the external world, instead filled with curiosity.
Had Angel not stated it was mature outside, Ironclad Granny might genuinely have believed it to be a newborn sprite.
Ironclad Granny held an indulgent affection for the small fire frog, refraining from further closeness when it showed signs of alertness. However, this was not the case for Dumatin, who saw the small fire frog as rely an object of research, with no intention to halt his steps. He quickly closed the distance, effortlessly grasping the small fire frog in his hand.
The small fire frog was startled, and the flamboyant fiery red maple pouch on its back instantly released a torrent of flas, burning Dumatin’s hand.
This level of fla had little effect on Dumatin in the real world, but in the Wilderness of Dreams, he distinctly felt a scorching pain.
Yet Dumatin remained unafraid, knowing that although his energy level was much weaker in the Wilderness of Dreams, he possessed other ans!
He promptly produced a skin scroll capable of sealing energy, and with a flick toward the small fire frog, a cage of transparent energy ensnared its form.
Under the power of the sealing scroll, all energy was confined, and the small fire frog could only submit ekly to Dumatin’s grasp.
While the small fire frog was rendered powerless, its pitiful deanor drew a slight frown from Ironclad Granny beside them. “You are being too rough,” she said.
“In any case, it’s destined for experintation; is there really a need for tenderness?” Dumatin replied nonchalantly.
Angel stepped forward, taking the sealed small fire frog from Dumatin, and gently stated, “Although I agreed to let you study the relationship between elental creatures and the Wilderness of Dreams, I still hope your research will gain their voluntary cooperation, rather than relying on coercion. Also, please strive to avoid harming them.”
Angel wasn’t attempting to appear virtuous. In his view, the elental creatures of the future Tidal World would inevitably ally with the Barbarian Cave.
Before forming an alliance, it would be beneficial for both parties to display greater goodwill toward each other.
Even the opinion of a small fire frog might potentially influence certain choices of the Elent Lords in the future.
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