Gwen was shocked to see Amber come out of the Shadow Realm. He saw her face full of panic and nervousness. "What's wrong?"
"Shadow … There's something in the Shadow Realm!" Amber almost jumped up and said, "It's definitely not something native to the Shadow Realm. Someone put it in there and it's spreading everywhere!"
As if a light flashed in his mind, Gwen suddenly realized what was really overlooked by everyone. He immediately stepped forward and grabbed Amber's arm. "Take us in."
Amber hesitated for a moment, but after thinking of the fighting strength of the few people present, she nodded. "Okay, but you have to be careful. There are Shadow Dwellers wandering around here. Don't get into conflict with them."
Sonia and Banner listened to Amber's rambling. At first, they did not understand what was going on. Only then did they realize that this seemingly inconspicuous half-elf had the ability to travel between the real world and the Shadow Realm at will. The two could not help but widen their eyes. But they knew that this was not the time to ask for details, so they suppressed all their questions and quickly prepared for the space swap.
The Shadow Realm was difficult to enter, but it was not completely closed off to mortals. Powerful Shadow Spellcasters could also open a crack to enter the Shadow Realm after complicated rituals and tedious preparations. Experienced elves like Banner and Sonia had naturally seen extraordinary individuals who could enter the Shadow Realm. They just did not expect that there would be a weirdo like Amber who could 'cross the realm' so easily.
After confirming that everyone was ready, Amber no longer hesitated. She released her talent power. Around her, the boundary between the real world and the Shadow Realm quickly blurred.
An unfathomable crack opened, and the entire circular hall was quickly covered by a layer of monotonous black-and-white filter. The buzzing metal pillars became quiet, and the holographic projection in the air disappeared. A cold, eerie, black-and-white space descended around the four of them.
Although they were mentally prepared, Sonia and Banner could not help but look at each other in shock when they saw Amber's innate ability. Meanwhile, Gawain immediately noticed the blurry shadows with runic cloths loitering in the corner of the hall. The residents of the Shadowy Realm seemed to be coldly observing the uninvited guests. Gawain could even feel their inhuman eyes sweeping across him. Their gazes were not malicious, but they were extremely cold.
Banner and Sonia also noticed the wandering Shadow Dwellers. Banner muttered in a low voice. "I've only seen them in the research materials … I didn't expect to see them with my own eyes."
"You'd better keep your researcher mentality in check. This is the Shadow Realm," Sonia said softly. Then she looked up and around the hall. "These things … are really creepy …"
The decaying vines stimulated the nerves of everyone present.
Gwen looked at the elven magus. "Banner, can you figure out what these vines are?"
Banner, like Sonia, tried his best to ignore the shadowy residents who were looking on coldly. He shook his head as he looked at the withered and decayed vines spreading all over the hall. "I've never seen this before, but there's no doubt that they shouldn't be here."
Gwen looked at Amber and confirmed again. "Are you sure this is not a 'natural product' of the Shadow Realm?"
"Anyway, I've traveled through the Shadow Realm so many times, and I've never seen anything like it." Amber spread out her hands. "Shall I ask the Shadow Dwellers?"
Sonia heard this and looked at her in surprise. "They will respond to you?"
"More or less. Sometimes they can talk a little. But not all Shadow Dwellers are willing to deal with people. Some of them don't seem to be very clear-headed," Amber said casually. She then waved her hand and went to the figures standing not far away. "I'll go ask around."
On the other hand, Banner had come to a preliminary conclusion after carefully examining the vines and the alloy pillars. "These vines seem to have invaded the sensing and transmission structure of the stone tablet, but I don't understand … I've never seen it before. Can their erosion in the Shadow Realm really affect the real world?"
"There is a hidden mapping relationship between the Shadow Realm and the real world. What you said is very likely." Sonia nodded gently, then frowned. "These vines … they feel like the magic vines cultivated by Druil, but I've never seen them in this form."
A name came to Gwen's mind: Perish Society.
Amber had come to the Shadow Dwellers. She looked around and found one who seemed to be easy to talk to. She asked carefully, "Hey, do you know who put these vines in here?"
The shadow wrapped in the runic cloth really responded to her. He turned his head gently but did not answer her question directly. Instead, a seemingly interested voice came from the black mist-like head. "Little girl, you are an interesting individual … Who put you in here?"
"Put what in here?" Amber froze for a moment. She suddenly felt that the Shadow Dwellers here seemed to be different from the ones she had met before. Even if the Shadow Dwellers she had met before could communicate with her, they had never been so … "rational". "What are you talking about?"
"It doesn't matter … That is not important …" The shadow's voice suddenly lowered. He mumbled some words that Amber could not understand, and then Hu Po heard him continue. "There are cracks here, many cracks … The powerful magic power has weakened the borders here … The outsiders have planted seeds outside, and then they grew here …" Hu Po heard the shadow shadow's voice soften, and then Hu Po heard him say, "There are cracks here, many cracks … The powerful magic power has weakened the borders here … The outsiders have planted seeds outside, and then they grew here …
After that, the shadow's voice became low and vague again. He seemed to have lost interest in talking. After some incomprehensible whispers, the shadow and the surrounding Shadow Dwellers began to dim at the same time. They gradually disappeared into the air, leaving behind a confused Amber.
Not far away, Banner had cut a vine from an alloy pillar. He found that the vines were actually "dead".
"They are dead." The magus sounded a little surprised. "But it looks like they haven't been dead for too long … Their core shows signs of burning. It seems that they were burned by a powerful energy flow."
Sonia raised her eyebrows slightly. "Could it be that … they were burned by the overload of the Sentry Tower?"
"We can't rule out this possibility. The time seems to correspond, but the mapping relationship between the present world and the Shadow Realm is really strange. I'm not sure what happened here when the Sentry Tower in the present world was overloaded," Banner said cautiously. "We can only guess that these vines have indeed affected the operation of the Sentry Tower in the present world. They have been affecting it. They have interfered with the tower's sensors and may have even tampered with some of the return signals. Not long ago, the large-scale overload of the entire Great Wall produced a powerful surge of energy that even broke through the boundary between the present world and the Shadow Realm, so these hidden things were burned to death …"
It sounded a little funny, but it might be the truth.
"I suspect that it's the work of the Perish Society," Gwen said. "You may not know much about them in the South, but in the North, I've had a lot of dealings with them. They are good at cultivating these distorted and corrupted biochemical creations, and they once tried to infiltrate an observation station that you set up at the border of Typhon. Solderlin had also reported this to the Silver Empire. "
"… Those fallen Druil …" Sonia frowned slightly, and then sighed softly. "In fact, we know a lot about the Perish Society. Although they are indeed active in the area far away from the Silver Empire, don't forget that the Druil bloodline originated from the elves."
"The Perish Society's activities have also caused losses to the Silver Empire," Banner added. "Even within the Silver Elves, there have been traitors of the Fallen Druil, including the two senior mentors of the Sanctum of Nature. Those pervasive fallen, their tentacles are not just limited to the north of the continent."
Sonia nodded slightly, and then looked at the withered vines in the hall. She took a deep breath and said, "But I still can't imagine that their destruction and infiltration would be to this extent … The Sentinel Tower, they actually infiltrated the Sentinel Tower!!"
"The Shadow Dwellers said that someone planted seeds in the outside world, and then these vines grew and infiltrated the border between the Shadow Realm and the present world. It's a little weird, but most of it is true." Amber came from not far away and told them what she had heard. "And they also said that powerful magic has weakened the border between the Shadow Realm and the present world. They should be referring to the Great Wall. Although that energy barrier has stopped the wasteland from spreading, it may have also destroyed the dimensional structure here … I'm just saying, I don't know the details."
Sonia listened carefully to Amber, and her expression became very serious. "Anyway, this matter must be reported to the Elven Court immediately, and let Her Majesty send people to check every Sentinel Tower as soon as possible. Although the vines in this tower are dead, there may still be living in other places. These hidden dangers must be eliminated. "
"Now the communication function of the Sentinel Tower is still down. I'm afraid we can only rely on the Giant Eagle Messenger, the human communication tower, and short-distance messaging to relay the information," Banner reminded. "Perhaps we should find a way to repair the communication function of the Sentinel Tower first."
Sonia's brows knitted together tightly. "I'm afraid it's not as fast as relay messaging. The communication circle is burned, it's not a simple malfunction."
Gwen listened quietly, and then suddenly broke the silence. "Is the magic cycle of the Great Wall still complete? Only the communication circle is burned, right? "
"Of course the magic cycle is complete, otherwise the barrier would be full of gaps," Banner immediately replied. "But only the magic link is useless —"
"I have a plan." Gwen interrupted Banner. "Do you know Cecil's magic net communication?"
"Magic net communication?" Banner and Sonia looked at each other, and then they both remembered the incredible magical creations they came into contact with when they were temporarily staying in Cecil's city, and the most novel 'broadcast' device among those magical creations. "Ah! I remember! "
The first thing that came to Banner's mind was the cheap and convenient terminal device used by the Magic Net. He thought of the magical feature that it could be controlled by ordinary people. Sonia, on the other hand, thought of the radio program called 'Witch Time'. The witch named Kipley was a good girl …
"My plan is to connect our magic net device to the Great Wall." Gwen did not know what was on Sonia's mind. He just continued with his plan. "The principle of the magic net terminal is to transmit signals in the magic field. Although the terminal we made is only compatible with our own magic energy broadcast, it is adjustable. In theory, as long as it is a continuous and regular magic field, it can be used as a carrier to carry signals. The Great Wall is essentially a huge and circulating magic field, and it's very stable, isn't it?"
"This … sounds feasible." Banner glanced at Sonia and said hesitantly. "But this means that we have to open the secret communication key of the Great Wall to you, and at the same time, open the communication technology of the Great Wall to your technicians, right?"
Obviously, this was not as simple as' allowing Gwen to see the internal structure of the Sentry Tower '.
Gwen smiled. "Bersetia shouldn't mind setting up a communication line between the Silver Empire and the Principality of Cecil. Of course, I understand your concerns, but I'm afraid the situation we're in won't give us time to think about it."
"I agree to set up this special line," Sonia suddenly said. "I'm a senior messenger, and I'll take responsibility for it."
Gwen sighed softly and reached out his hand to Sonia. "This will be the right choice."
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