Chapter 199: Black Myth Ruins (6), Trouble Brewing
Chapter 199: Black Myth Ruins (6), Trouble Brewing
'I got three things from this dangerous encounter's treasure chest,' Aleron thought as he looked at the three colorful orbs and things faintly visible inside them.
[ List of rewards from the treasure chest. ]
1. Mystic Artifact: Agram Demolition Ring-single use.
2. Mystic Path creation scroll-1 to 3 stars.
3. #### Stone.
'Huh?' Aleron blinked. 'What's with the 3rd item?'
[Gachapi: Interesting.]
'Let me check the other two first.'
Aleron grabbed the orb containing the ring and popped it before he wore the ring on his index finger and focused on it as a detailed panel appeared.
[Agram Demolition Ring]
Rank: Special.
Effect:
-> Code Break Portal: Upon activating the ring, it will annihilate 50 50-meter radius area, be it any being or thing existing within the confines of this cosmos, and create a portal leading to Chaosverse by breaking the cosmic law and restriction.
[Gachapi: What a strange reward. Why would you get this kind of ring?]
'Yeah. It's not like I can even go to Chaosverse,' Aleron wryly smiled.
[Astral: yeah, I remember big bro Gachapi saying that Ascension-rank lifeforms can only stay alive for 24 hours without protection from existing forces there.]
[Gachapi: Master, the 2nd reward is also weird. This is not something that should exist in this cosmos by law and restriction.]
'Huh? Why?' Aleron grabbed the orb containing the scroll as it popped and saw its detailed panel.
[Mystic Path creation scroll]
__Effect: Using the scroll allows you to create a Mystic Path of up to 3-star grade.
[Gachapi: This scroll is very valuable because Mystic Path is the core power everyone uses at Paragon-rank lifeform and above. It is also the only way to rise to higher lifeform ranks. In simple terms, a Mystic Path would be a source of power that utilizes Body, Arcane, and Soul paths in complete combination and synergy to create various Mystic Art Methods.]
[Gachapi: Mystic Art Methods can be used to develop insanely powerful skills of the unique, higher energy of your Mystic Path that exists in a separate energy pool.]
Aleron raised his eyebrows, 'Sounds awesome.'
[Astral: Damn, then Master can use the scroll to create his first Mystic Path and become way way way more powerful than others! Hahaha, it's time to conquer this cosmos.]
[Gachapi: It's not possible. Only the Paragon-rank lifeform can use that scroll to activate that scroll. Mystic Path is only for those who have reached Paragon status in Body, Soul, and Arcane Path. That's why this lifeform-rank is called Paragon-rank.]
'Interesting, and that's why this Mystic Path began. A path of power not confined to solely three fundamental paths, but infinite possibility that can emerge from three paths' interactions with worldly and imaginative possibility.'
[Gachapi: Indeed. You already connected dots, Masters.]
Aleron chuckled, 'Because I managed to glean into the 2nd level of Magilore. It was strange because I could feel it had a high influence on Body and Soul from the insight I derived.'
He looked at the 3rd orb and picked it up before holding the mysterious faint blue-glassy stone that popped out from the orb.
'Let's see what this is.'
However, no matter how hard he focused on the stone, it didn't show a panel. Instead, a voice rang in his mind.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
[You will get information about the stone after leaving the Black Myth Ruins.]
'Huh, what's the deal?' Aleron was confused.
[Gachapi: This is even more suspecious. It's unheard of that a system in the cosmos handling the events would give such rewards.]
'We'll, we will find out later, so let's go and finish the exploration first,' Aleron grinned.
...
Aleron returned back into the hall and went down a floor after finding the stairs going down behind a wall of vines.
After several minutes, he found a challenging spot.
[Nomking―The Rat of Umbral Light]
-Task: Kill the Rat while protecting the blue crystal.
It was a powerful monster, but far weak compared to the dangerous encounters. Aleron easily dispatched it to oblivion with a single attack without even looking at the blue crystal he had
to protect.
[You have acquired 10 x resource treasure chests.]
'Five more from the low-tier island zone, eh? Noice.'
After some minutes more, he found the second challenge spot.
[Death Wheel Fernand's Game]
-Task: Find your way through the maze while escaping from the Death Wheel.
-Note: If you are hit or even touched by the Death Wheel, you will be killed and eliminated from the Black Myth Ruins.
The challenge posed a tough foe because Aleron couldn't destroy it. It had the protection from whatever created this event.
But it was simply too easy for him to continue dodging the wheel while roaming the maze. He found the exit after three minutes.
'Damn, the maze was too big. Imagine if I didn't have unlimited Magilore.'
[Gachapi: Normal Warlords would have to conserve their energies by moving and exploring slowly, so they can use their energies to escape from the Death Wheel's sudden chases. I say even a Warlord with exceptional navigating and comprehensive skills to aid in escaping the maze would at least take half an hour to exit.]
Aleron grinned, 'This means I don't have to worry about anyone reaching the central island anytime soon. I am going to farm more Islands in this mid-tier island zone to get resource treasure chests.'
[Astral: And treasure crates! Mastah can still break his own records, mwahahaha.]
'I'll break records in the next island's dangerous encounter, so let's find the last challenge and
get out.'
Aleron soon found the 3rd challenge spot and finished it in a jiffy as he acquired 10 x resource treasure chests.
As he exited the portal and left the ruin, Aleron saw the vast horizon filled with islands.
[You have completed 1 Mid-tier Island Zone's exploration. You must complete 2 more in order
to get access to the High-tier island zone.]
'Let's start.'
Aleron looked at the bunch of islands and ruins presented on them for a minute before he
picked one that piqued his interest and flew towards it.
...
1st ranked Warlord's Space Fortress,
In a garden with a view of a glassy and dreamy void opposite the sun in the sky, three people
sat at a table.
Emissaries of forces from the Higher cosmos.
"Are preparations done?"
"Done. The moment the Black Myth Ruins event began, the seal we brought here activated. As
of now, the Cosmos Will of the Lower Cosmos 93rd has fully awakened, but won't be able to actively make changes to the established system."
"Perfect. Once this event is over, we'll gather as many Warlords as possible and begin the Enslaving of this Cosmos Will."
"For fuck's sake, finally. I am bloated in my progress, so I want to hurry back up and break through to Paragon rank," the dark blond-haired woman spoke with irritation. "Hahaha, you stayed at the peak of Ascension rank for a long time to nurture that baby of yours, but the moment you finished, you were sent down here for this mission. I feel bad, honestly," the bronze-beared Dwarf said with a laugh.
"I'll take you to a nice place once we return, what do you say? We can also make a new baby for you," the silky brown-haired man in his thirties with a handsome appearance said with a faint
smile.
"Tsk, fuck off. You can't satisfy me."