The cold wind outside the window was bone-chilling, and the dark night was about to descend.
Inside the cafe through the glass, it was as warm as spring, and the lights shone brightly.
Separated by a layer of glass, the inside and outside were worlds apart.
Following George's explanation.
Gounières' heart palpitated for some reason.
Something that should not exist in this world?
What could it be?
This made Gounières feel like he was in a warm place, but he was looking directly at a mysterious darkness.
"What exactly is it?" Gounières finished the coffee in his cup and asked softly.
"It's not convenient to tell you now, but I can guarantee that those things are definitely existences that we must kill. And in the future, they will cause great damage to our human world."
"Those things are even deemed extremely dangerous by the upper echelons of the Transcendent Association. Even the upper echelons of the Transcendent Association want to hunt them down," George said.
"Oh? Since the upper echelons of the Transcendent Association think that those things are dangerous and want to hunt them down, they will naturally be the ones to deal with them. Is there a need for weak Transcendents like us to join forces to deal with them? "Gounières rubbed his temples.
"Because …"
George pondered for a moment before slowly speaking.
"Those things are very special. Only I can see them, and even come into contact with them."
"Only you can see them, and come into contact with them?"
This sentence immediately piqued Gounières' interest.
Gounières softly lowered his voice, "A certain layer of the Shadow World?"
"You know about it?" George was taken aback.
"I know a lot more than you can imagine."
Gounières poured himself another cup of coffee.
The world of Transcendents.
In the depths of darkness and mysteries that people could not see, touch, or even feel.
There were too many frightening oddities, distortions, and even horror and death hidden within.
And the Shadow World was a bizarre and terrifying 'inner world' that existed objectively under the projection of reality.
Within the framework of the Transcendent World.
The real world was the surface world.
And the Shadow World was the 'inner world' under the projection of reality.
The world in the shadows was very complicated.
In the Shadow World, there were many unique "layers". They were all independent, and some could even cross over each other.
As far as Gounières knew.
The Shadow World had the Nightmare Layer, the Mirror Image Layer, the Untainted Fertile Soil Layer, the Ethereal Layer, and so on.
The "Nightmare Layer" was a world of dreams. There was a type of Extraordinaire who had dreamland abilities that could enter the world of this layer.
It was said that the nightmare materials that Gounières used to refine soul-type medicine were obtained by the dream superhumans who hunted nightmare creatures here.
For example, the "Mirror Image Layer" was a layer of the world with timeliness and concreteness within a certain range.
In a city with a large-scale stable "mirror", the mirror layer would gradually materialize and stabilize.
When the city suffered a devastating blow and all the mirrors shattered, the mirror layer would slowly dissipate and cease to exist.
Or the roots of the overlord level plants needed to go deep into the "Untainted Fertile Soil Layer".
And the "Ethereal Layer" that many Extraordinaires were familiar with, where the soul creatures were located. Many soul creatures, and even Extraordinaire experts with half-soul and the ability to turn into nothingness, could enter this layer to fight.
There were also some other cryptic worlds and so on.
These inner worlds were all located within the Shadow World.
It could be said that the Shadow World was the cornerstone of all inner worlds.
In this Transcendent World.
The real world was only the tip of the iceberg of the Transcendent World.
Terror and darkness were all in the Shadow World.
The reason why Gounières knew this.
It was because when Gounières was studying rune analysis, he had a new understanding of the structure of the world's framework.
Rune analysis described the essence. It had a certain in-depth and simplified description of the real world, the Shadow World, the Nightmare Layer, the Mirror Image Layer, the Untainted Fertile Soil Layer, and so on.
Learning the three-dimensional and complex forms of the world was a necessary skill for a magus who specialized in the study of runes Upanishads.
If Gounières only wanted to be a cannon mage, then he only needed to learn Runes.
But Gounières wanted to become a Rune Master who was knowledgeable and powerful, who touched darkness and terror, and who explored the deeper essence of the Transcendent World.
Then understanding the Shadow World and the many strange layers in the Shadow Layer was essential.
When Gounières had enough understanding of the Shadow World, and when he had some achievements in rune analysis and mastered a certain amount of Rune Mysteries.
Reality and Shadow.
The Surface World and the Inner World.
Gounières could travel freely.
Even those strange layers in the Inner Volume, Gounières could enter them.
Even the great beings above the stars, Gounières could spy on them.
However, rune analysis was very difficult. Even though Gounières spent most of his learning time on rune analysis, his progress was still not fast.
Rune analysis was so difficult just to get started.
It was easy to imagine how difficult it was to study the Rune Mysteries after getting started.
There were not many people who knew about the Shadow World.
And to be able to travel across the layers, one needed the corresponding Transcendent talent and ability.
There were not many people who could do that.
For example, Gounières himself was a Blood Curse Master. If he did not learn the Rune Mysteries, Gounières would not be able to enter any inner layer of the Shadow World.
But this guy named George Derrick not only knew, but could also see, and even … seemed to be able to enter a certain layer of the Inner World.
Obviously, his Transcendent profession was not an ordinary existence.
Combined with the fact that the other party seemed to be able to sense his danger.
Vaguely, Gounières also guessed the uniqueness of the other party's Transcendent profession.
If the other party could really lead him to a certain layer, it would be a great help to his understanding and learning of the world's framework.
The best way to improve was to combine what he learned from books with what he actually came into contact with.
"I think we should get to know each other again. This will lay a solid foundation for our future cooperation. What do you think?" Gounières said softly as he sniffed the aroma of the coffee.
"No problem." At this moment, George was also refreshed and sat up straight again.
He wanted to work with the other party in the first place.
Since the other party knew a lot and had the intention of working with him, he was naturally very happy.
"I am Gounières Lawrence," Gounières said softly.
"Expert-level pharmacologist."
"A Blood Curse Master from the mountains and the Blood Sea."
"Expert-level pharmacologist?" George was stunned at first, then he laughed.
His laughter was very loud, but within the Nullification Interference Barrier, the people outside did not notice the commotion.
His laughter made Gounières a little confused.
"I'm really stupid. I was wondering why so many noble pharmacologists came to you to learn how to refine medicine from you."
"Even if they're extremely talented high-ranking pharmacologists, they shouldn't be like this!"
"So you're already an Expert-level pharmacologist. You're really amazing." George gave him a thumbs up as he spoke.
As a member of the Transcendent Association, he naturally knew how terrifying an Expert-level pharmacologist was. Furthermore, the other party was so young.
The fact that the upper echelons of the Transcendent Association had hurriedly sent their talented children to Gounières to be Gounières's "apprentices" was the best proof.
There were a few people who knew about his identity as an Expert-level pharmacologist. Gounières did not hide much from George, who was about to work with him.
After a moment of silence, George looked over.
"You're a Blood Curser. I remember when you were at the Blood Moon …"
"It's just a small curse. It's nothing. I've already suppressed it," Gounières said nonchalantly.
"Oh?" George raised his eyebrows slightly.
However, when he thought about how the other party could become an Expert-level pharmacologist at such a young age, he felt relieved.
"I might be Transcendent Rank-1, but I'm almost invincible among Rank-1 people."
"Almost invincible among Rank-1 people? That's quite a boast. "
George thought to himself.
"However, since you can threaten me to such a degree, you do have the right to say that."
After Gounières finished introducing himself, George, who had pondered for a moment, slowly spoke.
"I'm George Derrick."
"When I was six, I awakened my Transcendent class, Time Hunter. Later, I learned that Time Hunter is a powerful seven-star Transcendent class."
"Wait …" Gounières suddenly realized something.
"You … self-awakened your Transcendent class?"
"Yes." George nodded.
"Why? Is there a problem? "
If Gounières hadn't studied rune analysis, Gounières wouldn't have sensed the problem.
At this moment, Gounières could clearly grasp the key to the problem.
George's Transcendent class was probably extraordinary.
The Transcendent class itself was carried in the Transcendent token and was a mysterious power that formed its own system.
Humans themselves weren't Transcendent creatures, but very ordinary creatures of flesh and blood.
It was very difficult for humans to self-awaken their Transcendent class.
Even if there were, it would be the descendants of the families and clans who had bloodline power that awakened the Transcendent class related to their bloodline.
For example, the "Paul" that Gounières learned about had the Behemoth bloodline.
If he married a close relative, it was possible that his child would be born with the Transcendent class of Behemoth Warrior.
The child's Transcendent class wouldn't be too powerful, but it wouldn't be too weak either.
But the problem was that this Transcendent class awakening was a power given to him by his bloodline.
"Time Hunter isn't a bloodline power," Gounières said softly.
"Just like the 'heroes' that emerged from the tide of the era."
"This Time Hunter might be one of these extremely special existences."
George looked deeply at Gounières for a while before nodding slightly.
"You're right. My Time Hunter is indeed extraordinary."
"I … can enter a very magical layer of the Shadow World through time, the Hunting Stratum."
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