Hidden in the cracks of the real world, the truth could not be seen by the naked eye.
Gwen's first reaction when he saw the dancing shadows was that he did not think so deeply. He only thought that it was some kind of optical concealment effect, some kind of illusion to cover up some of the real situation in the tower. But this simple thought only lasted for less than a tenth of a second before he suddenly realized something.
Of the three people present, he was a legendary Knight, Modir was a legendary mage, and Amber was not strong in combat, but she was a suspected Chosen of the Shadow, a 'Shadow Grandmaster' who had the ability to steal authority from the Mistress of the Night's divine kingdom. What kind of optical concealment or illusion spell could hide from the eyes of this level of exploration team?!
This was not some optical illusion. There was at least the power of the miraculous realm entrenched here! Some research results of the Theological Council and the knowledge he obtained from several retired gods quickly appeared in Gwen's mind, and then he determined that something that could almost interfere with reality was hiding the real situation in the tower.
Amber reacted in a flash and looked up at the sky. Her eyes did not have a 'flash of inspiration' like the protagonists in the stories of bards, but some kind of vague intuition still rose from the bottom of her heart. With rapid thinking in her mind, she subconsciously raised her hands, hesitating whether she should summon the power that might point to the gods.
This was the Tower of the Tide Tide. Rashly using power beyond the realm of mortals may cause unexpected changes.
But wasn't the situation in front of her already unexpected changes?
Hu Po quickly made up his mind and raised both of his hands high up in the air. An invisible gust of wind instantly swept across the center of the hall. Dark sand appeared out of thin air amidst the swift and violent grayish-white airflow and was carried by the gust of wind as it wantonly spread throughout the entire hall.
Gwen looked at the shadow sand that suddenly appeared and rapidly spread. He suddenly looked at Amber in astonishment. "When did your ability become so powerful?"
"I … I don't know …" Amber seemed to be in a daze as well. As he scrambled to control the flying shadow sand, he quickly said, "I just wanted to summon a cloud of sand and send it to the surface. I wanted to see if the 'corruption' of the sand could break through and see something invisible … I don't know why so many of them suddenly appeared!"
As she spoke, Amber had quickly closed the 'channel' to summon the shadow sand, but the sand that had already gushed out still formed a gray and white 'sandstorm' above the hall. She tried her best to control the direction of the sand and guided it to hover above the hall. Gwen's eyes widened at the same time as he watched the gray and white sand rampaging in the air. The next second, both he and Modir gasped at the same time.
The grayish-white wind and sand swept across the roof of the hall, shredding the hidden "curtains" like a violent and unreasonable storm of blades. The seemingly normal roof and the surrounding area quickly revealed their true appearance. Large areas of severely corroded, polluted, and even penetrated by some kind of parasitic structure were exposed in front of the three of them. Black spots spread from the highest wall to the center of the roof. Many things that had withered and died, and it was unknown whether they were animals or plants, were entangled and attached to the transportation channel. The traces of decay were shocking, but there was something even more shocking.
A huge crack that ran through the entire roof of the hall.
The crack was not printed on the walls or the roof of the hall, but floated abruptly in the air as if a wound had opened in space itself. The two ends of the crack penetrated the outer wall of the tower, but it did not destroy the structure of the outer wall. Instead, it penetrated like a phantom. The top of the crack touched the roof of the hall, and the bottom of the crack was a crooked, jagged, hideous shape!
In the depths of this hideous and huge crack, a blue light was slowly surging like water waves. Although no power was escaping, just by looking at the bright and pure light, Gwen seemed to be able to feel the pure and powerful magical energy in the 'world' on the other side of the crack.
The shadow sand began to recede, and the invisible wind in the hall gradually subsided. However, the destroyed 'curtains' did not regenerate. The disturbing scene on the roof of the hall was still clearly visible to everyone. The traces of erosion and the huge crack in the sky occupied almost one-third of the height of the hall, but below them … the other areas of the hall were still in a normal state.
Apparently, near the roof was where 'something' had once occupied.
Hu Po raised his head, his eyes slowly widening. After staring blankly for who knew how long, this Shadow Assault Goose, whose reaction was half a beat slower, finally squeezed out a cry of surprise from his throat, "Oh my … Oh my god, this is serious!!"
"What is that thing?!" Modir's gaze fell upon the fissure filled with blue light. He had never seen anything like it, but his instincts as a mage made him feel something from it. "That fissure …"
"… Deep Blue Web, probably." Gwen's unusually serious voice rang from the side. "This is also the first time I've seen it, but I don't think it's wrong."
"Deep Blue Web?" Another layer of confusion appeared on Modir's face. "What's that?"
"It's very complicated to explain. You can think of it as the internal energy circulation system of this planet. It overlaps with the material world like a projection of the planet, running through all the layers of our world. It has a 'Surge Source' that is exposed to the real world. You should be familiar with this Surge Source … It used to be called the Deep Blue Well," Gwen said slowly, his voice low and serious. He sighed slightly at the end. "Looks like we're in trouble …"
As if to prove that Gwen was talking about 'trouble', as soon as his voice trailed off, the magic net terminal on Amber's waist suddenly buzzed. As soon as the communication was connected, Gwen heard Byron's voice from the other side of the terminal. "Your Majesty, what's going on over there?"
"Everyone is safe, but we found something disturbing," Gwen said in a low voice, and then frowned. "How do you know? What's going on over there? "
As he spoke, he vaguely heard some noises on the other side of the communication device. It was mixed with the voices of Melita and Noretta, as well as the noise of the Young Dragon. Many people seemed to be in a panic.
"The two Young Dragon suddenly made a scene." Before Byron could speak, Ashalena's voice suddenly interrupted. "They were shouting madly in the direction of the tower, and flapping as if they wanted to fly over there. We tried our best to stop them, but they still didn't stop …"
The Young Dragon suddenly made a scene?
Gwen frowned, and then he heard voices from the other side of the communication device. Melita and Noretta seemed to be nearby. Their hurried conversation came through the magic net terminal. "… Noretta, they look very anxious, and they don't listen to me at all!" "They don't listen to me either! Nuo Lei even bit me just now! " "Do you want to use a spirit soothing spell? But they are still young, and they are resistant to the side effects of magic …" "Don't worry, their bodies are fine, I'll soothe them later." "Wait, Noretta … I suddenly thought of a possibility … Do you think they can see things that we can't?!"
…
"Do you think they can see things that we can't?"
On the edge of the deck of the Winter, the two Young Dragon were still shouting restlessly. The two newbie mothers and the accompanying Dragons were trying to find a way to calm the two little ones who were anxious for some reason. Melita turned to look at Noretta beside her, and said with her eyes wide open.
"Things that we can't see?" Noretta was putting her hand on the head of one of the Young Dragon, trying to give the obviously anxious little one some sense of security, and slowly widened her eyes. "You mean …"
"I'm guessing. The dark blue magic mark not only affects the color of their scales, do you remember? President Andal and Lady Enya both said that the magic mark may also affect their nervous system and their perception … "
"Caw!!" "Caw caw caw!!" The two Young Dragon screamed again. They suddenly broke free from Noretta's hand and jumped into the air. They hovered anxiously above the deck while looking in the direction of the Tide-Defying Tower. Their immature roars were mixed with obvious uneasiness and some kind of … excitement.
Noretta reacted. She glanced at Melita, and the two raised their hands at the same time to point at the two Young Dragon hovering in the night sky. An invisible magic force pulled the two little ones back to the deck. The young Dragon subconsciously struggled, but before that, Melita and Noretta had already put their hands on their heads.
"Good girl, don't be afraid." Melita used one arm to control the strong young Dragon's neck, and the other hand to press the little one's head. She leaned close to the little one's ear and whispered in a gentle voice, "Did you see something scary? Mommy got it. Don't be afraid, relax … Let mommy see what you saw … "
The little one calmed down a little, and in that moment, layers of blue runic rings suddenly appeared on Melita's hand. Her eyes also turned into dark golden vertical pupils. Under the night sky, the pair of eyes filled with magic directly connected with the Young Dragon's vision. She then controlled the Young Dragon in her arms and slowly turned her eyes to the direction of the tower.
A ghastly … gigantic crack that could even cause dragons to tremble filled her field of vision!
The crack was suspended in the sky, filled with eye-catching blue light. Like a bolt of lightning, it pierced through the clouds in the night sky and 'slashed' towards the sea below. It pierced through the lower part of the Tide-Defying Tower, but the crack did not destroy the tower itself. Instead, it passed through the outer wall of the tower like a phantom and swept over the Steel Island. After that, the crack continued to extend towards the West Coast of Tarlonde, meandering all the way across the sea surface and the shattered coast, and all the way into the depths of the earth.
It was like a wound, tearing the sky and the earth apart. However, other than the two Young Dragon, no one else could see it.
"Oh my God …"
Noretta's exclamation came from the side, waking Melita up. As the magical connection between her and the Young Dragon was broken, the crack that stretched across the sky and pierced through the tower disappeared from her vision as if it never existed.
Melita and Noretta looked at each other. Both of them saw the same shock and … uneasiness in each other's eyes.
In the next second, Melita suddenly got up and rushed towards Byron who was holding the communication device not far away. "Gwen! We might be in trouble! "
…
Gwen's face was gloomy as he listened to Melita's report while looking up at the roof of the hall. The terrifying crack was still floating in the air, and the traces of erosion and decay around the crack were shocking.
When did the crack appear? When did the traces of corruption and decay appear? When Modiel Werde came here six hundred years ago … were they already here?
Gwen could not help but picture such a chilling scene in his mind. The great adventurer who knew nothing stepped into the tower, but he could not see the real scene in the tower. He explored, recorded, and learned in the hall, but right above his head, the indescribable decay was hidden in the depths of the invisible curtain. Countless eyes were watching him, and countless mouths were whispering to him …
He suddenly realized what the words Modiel said in the confusion just now meant. Although the great adventurer did not see the "truth" in the hall back then, some influence still directly interfered with his mind, making him subconsciously "remember" everything.
"What do we do now?" Amber's voice came from the side. This half-elf's face was full of nervousness, but at such a critical moment, she did not show any signs of running away. She only looked at the terrifying scene above the hall as if she was facing a great enemy, while waiting for Gawain's next instructions.
Gwen did not respond to Amber immediately. Instead, he first took out a small magic metal amulet. In addition to the unique deep sea runes engraved on the amulet, another set of sophisticated rune arrays in the core area could be seen. It was roughly hexagonal and covered by a transparent crystal material. Fine crystals could also be seen inlaid in each node.
This was a "detection device" used to sense the power of divinity. It was the brainchild of the think tank and technical monks of the Theocracy Council. Its principle was not complicated. Its core structure was actually a universal inverter array. If there was divinity within a certain range, then the inverter array would react, and the internal energy balance would shift. The crystal structure of the device would also heat up and produce a flashing signal.
At least in all the tests so far, this detection device could produce a sensitive response to any known divinity. Therefore, it had become a standard item in the daily missions of the "contact-level" and "confrontation-level" members of the Theocratic Council.
Looking at the silent metal amulet, Gwen's face was gloomy.
At first, the amulet did not respond. He only thought that the "tide reversal" was too special, so it did not trigger the amulet's alarm.
But now … he had a worse answer.
"The leak has already happened." Gwen slowly looked up and swept his gaze across the roof. "We are late, many years late."
(End of Chapter)
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