Void Worm

Chapter 42 Void Worm

"That's very surprising news."

A moment later, Belle memorized the name Green and left the territory of Raffi's team.

"cut……"

Lafite pouted unhappily.

She did know something about Belle and Amrond. Although Raffi and Belle weren't familiar with each other, Raffi really disapproved of some of Belle's actions.

In Raffi's view, everything is meaningless in the face of a wizard except for strength, and this Belle dares not make her relationship with Amrond public because of her reputation, which Raffi really can't understand.

However, Raffi quickly stopped paying attention to Belle's matter. After carefully arranging the formation, he turned one eye into an eagle's eye and began to observe the invisible "guardian" near the altar.

Later, Raffi ended the Eagle Eye Spell.

"No, my Eagle Eyes can't detect this guardian. Perhaps it's hiding underground, or perhaps it's a completely invisible creature. I can't be sure."

Raffi frowned, then looked at Robin and said, "Let your green-eyed macaque try it. Its eyes react strongly to certain spirits, ghosts, and mystical things."

Robin shook his head.

"We've already tried it, but the green-eyed macaques didn't react."

This put Raffi in a difficult position. Suddenly, Binghamson said, "How about I sneak over and take a look?"

"No!"

Raffi and Robin stopped Bingham's idea almost simultaneously.

What a joke! How could we let Binghamson risk his life against such a strange and unknown guardian?

Green suddenly said, "I'll give it a try."

"you?"

Raffi looked at Green suspiciously, then asked in surprise, "You have psychic magic?"

"Well……"

Green really didn't know what to say. Should he tell so many people that he had practiced the "Nose Modification" that you threw in Bisserle back then?

After hesitating for a moment, Green simply nodded without saying anything, appearing to others as if he were very confident in himself.

Green stepped forward and, upon getting close to the rune pillar of the binding magic circle, fully activated his hunting nose, capturing every trace of scent in the air.

This is the smell of grass, the smell of mushrooms, the smell of decaying branches, body odor, bird droppings...

After nearly half an hourglass, Green, who had been motionless, finally gave up. He had been trying to collect scent molecules in the air with his sniffing nose, but he couldn't detect any scent of the Guardian no matter what he tried.

At this moment, Green couldn't help but feel a sense of fear towards this hidden guardian from the bottom of his heart.

Like Grimm, the other wizard apprentices were unable to gather any information about the Guardian, but through some probing magic, they could truly sense that the Guardian did exist within the confinement magic circle. This made everyone even more wary of this mysterious and eerie Guardian.

Oh, and try the Pale Mask's ultrasonic positioning magic!

Without hesitation, Green closed his eyes and fully activated the mask's ultrasonic magic. With invisible sound waves emanating from the mask's horn, an enormous creature quickly and vaguely appeared in Green's vision.

"hiss……"

After taking a deep breath, Green exclaimed in surprise, "What the hell is that thing?"

In Green's ultrasonic sensing, a colossal object resembling a transparent liquid almost completely occupied the space within the confinement magic circle, surrounding the altar in the center.

Although Green sensed that the thing did exist, he did not observe the thing itself, but rather the "membrane" surrounding it, which seemed to be an aggregation of some kind of natural energy.

Moreover, this enormous creature seemed to be constantly writhing, but because of the binding magic circle, it couldn't get out at all. Around the enormous creature, there were some tentacled-like things that were slowly swaying.

As for those detection spells, it's less that they were attacked by the guardian, and more that they were sent into the guardian's body on their own.

Even with ultrasonic detection, the strange guardian of this colossal creature remained very vague.

Moreover, when Green opened his eyes, according to the spectral detection of normal human vision, the magic circle was still empty.

This was the first time Green had ever encountered such a bizarre creature; he had never heard of or seen it before.

With a somewhat gloomy expression, Green, like the other failed explorers, silently returned to his team and then recounted the results of his exploration to the other five.

"How bizarre! What kind of monster did those wizards assign to us as their guardian?"

Bingham looked at the others with some surprise.

The siblings, Joklis and Raffi, also looked quite grim. This kind of thing, which went beyond the realm of knowledge, had indeed stumped these wizarding apprentices.

Robin frowned, seemingly hesitant, before slowly saying after a long while, "Perhaps... I know what the creature Grimm was talking about is?"

The other five were taken aback and all looked at Robin: "You knew?"

"Uh... I saw a creature similar to what Grimm described in a book I came across by chance when I was learning about contract summoning. Wizards call it the Void Worm."

After a pause, seeing that everyone else looked puzzled, Robin explained again.

"According to the book, our endless world is actually a three-dimensional conceptual world. This conceptual world is divided into length, width, and height. What limits the beings in our world from entering higher dimensions is time, and what limits the beings in lower dimensions from entering our three-dimensional conceptual world is the spatial limit."

"Because beings from different dimensions have different understandings of space and time, although they may live in the same area, they cannot affect each other at all. By the way, according to some wizards' deductions, some seal masters with rare talents occasionally see certain dimensional beings in dreams or psychedelic virtual spaces."

Raffi, Green, the Jockey siblings, and Binghamson stared at Robin, dumbfounded.

Such profound wizarding knowledge was completely unheard of by the group. It involved the world realm and the dimensional realm, which was high-end knowledge that only wizards of level four or above would research and come into contact with!

Seeing Green and the other four staring at him blankly, Robin felt a surge of accomplishment.

"According to the understanding of wizards, our three-dimensional endless world is actually divided into two parts: the material world and the void world, just like the body and shadow of something. The material world is the endless world that we wizards explore and conquer, while the void world is an additive that maintains the stability of the material world. As for what it is, the book does not give a very specific answer."

"So, what kind of creature is this void worm you're talking about?" Joris asked.

"The Void Worm acts like a world rule to the material world. The difference is that the material world's rules improve themselves from within and patch up their flaws, while the Void Worm constantly secretes void power from the outside of the material world, severing the connection between each material world and maintaining the stability of the endless world."

"Therefore, if the void world were to lose its almost endless void worms, our endless material world would likely be completely connected in a very short time."

Hearing Robin's profound explanation, Bingham and Yorkriana gasped in astonishment, while Raffi merely frowned slightly before asking, "So how do we deal with this void worm and obtain the treasure on the altar?"

Clearly, Raffi is concerned with practical issues; she is a woman who acts from a realistic perspective.

"Well, void creatures cannot survive in the material world for long, just as material creatures cannot survive in the void. If there really is a void worm in the magic circle, then it is dying almost every moment, but its way of dying is different from ours. It is not the annihilation of its soul, spirit, or body, but the continuous annihilation of itself."

After thinking for a moment, Robin said with some uncertainty, "Theoretically speaking, a wizard who can communicate with the power of natural laws in the material world can greatly accelerate this process. However, as a wizard apprentice, perhaps we can project matter onto this void worm to hasten its annihilation."

While Raffi was still pondering the possibility, Green immediately asked, "Um... I have a request. Could I borrow this book you're reading? I'm willing to pay the price of knowledge."

After a moment's hesitation, Robin said, "Of course."

At that moment, Bingham suddenly hugged Robin tightly, seemingly surprised, and said, "Moon Wife, you are truly amazing. I never imagined you were so knowledgeable."

"You bastard, I haven't agreed to marry you yet!"

Robin, once again, feigned anger in response.

After a while, Raffi devised a plan and whispered, "Then, we'll pretend to casually drop substances into it, letting Green continuously observe the extent of the void worm's destruction. When the crucial moment arrives, we'll seize the consumable treasure on the altar in one fell swoop!"

(End of this chapter)