The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 710 Core
"Why does it feel so eerie here?" Sheeta said, holding her hands in front of her chest. After passing through a short corridor, everyone was now riding on a cube and flying towards the core of Laputa.

However, the core of the Sky City is completely different from the garden above. It is not as sunny and full of vitality as the buildings above. Instead, it is a huge dimly lit space. The entire space is very empty, with only some cubic stones engraved with patterns suspended in the space.

In addition, the walls around the entire space are made of such stones, arranged neatly, just like the arranged printing plates when printing movable type. There are only one or two square gaps in some places. Judging from the size and shape of the gaps, they should be left behind by the stones that are now suspended in the center of the space.

The cube under their feet went down all the way until it reached a corner at the bottom of the space and stopped. Ryan used the power of the Rose Madonna again to summon the phantom of the pendant, and a stone slab next to it disappeared, revealing a door.

After everyone walked into the door, the ground moved downward like an elevator. At this time, the surrounding environment was no longer pitch black, but revealed blue light strips, which looked full of technology.

"The location we are in now has strong magical defenses and extremely complex magical reactions." Ryan said after sensing the surrounding environment, "I think only a very small number of people would be allowed to enter this place even when this sky city was at its peak."

"This might be the control center that my grandma told me that only the Laputa royal family can reach." Arriving at this place, Sheeta also recalled some things related to this place.

"How long has it been since anyone came to this place? It feels like the entire space is occupied by tree roots." Baru complained loudly. After falling to the bottom, the door in front of him opened, but a tree root as thick as an arm blocked the door, preventing everyone from getting out of the elevator.

"Don't worry," Ryan said, and then he reached out and touched the tree roots to start communicating. Soon the tree roots moved aside as if they were alive. Except for the tree roots blocking the way, all the tree roots in the entire corridor outside the elevator that would hinder people's movement were moved aside, forming a smooth path leading directly to the main control room.

"Wow! It's amazing. Is this the power of magic?" Baru and Hida exclaimed at the same time. Ryan took the lead and walked out of the elevator and said, "Okay, now you two hurry up. This is not just the power of magic. To achieve my level, you need to have a deep understanding of nature and reach a harmonious coexistence with nature."

"It sounds impressive." Baru shrugged and pulled Hida to follow him. They walked along the cleared road through a long and narrow corridor and came to another wall. At this time, the tree roots formed an arch in front of the wall, accurately marking the location of the door.

"Can plants do this? Especially when the magic in this world is not that active." Hermione asked with some confusion as she looked at the arch formed by tree roots in front of her.

"Other plants in this world may not be able to do this, but the giant tree we just saw can." Ryan said as he gently stroked the arch formed by the tree roots. "This tree was able to grow to a point beyond the limits of the tree itself after absorbing a large amount of special energy. Don't forget that this place has a powerful energy source that can cause this tree to undergo tremendous changes."

"This change is not only in size, but also in other aspects." Ryan summoned the Rose Mother to summon the phantom of the pendant to open the door like before, and turned to the others and said, "For example, I just felt that this big tree has developed its own consciousness. Although this consciousness is very vague and can't even be considered a complete soul. But I believe that in time this big tree will become a tree man with wisdom."

"That's why the tree's reaction to you has exceeded the limit of ordinary plants." Hermione nodded in understanding. Sometimes powerful energy sources can indeed cause ordinary creatures to mutate. At least they have seen many creatures mutated under the stimulation of strong energy sources in the radiation world.

Just as they were talking, the wall in the arch woven by tree roots slowly opened to both sides, and a beam of light leaked out from inside, illuminating the entire dark corridor.

After the stone door was fully opened, Ryan and his friends found that all the space inside the door had been completely occupied by plants. The roots of the big tree covered the entire room, and at the same time formed a cocoon emitting golden light in the room. On the ground grew a kind of herb that was almost one person tall. The roots of these plants were straight, and only the top 1/3 had a few egg-sized leaves. They grew densely on the floor of this house, occupying all the ground.

"The flying stone crystal should be in the cocoon formed by the tree roots." Ryan pointed to the spherical space in the middle. "I can feel the powerful energy released from it."

Without him saying anything, everyone present could feel the power in the cocoon. Even people like Baru and Sheeta, who knew nothing about magic, felt that the light from the cracks in the tree roots made them feel lighter than before.

Ryan then drew out his wand and pointed it in the air, beginning to cast a nature-friendly spell. Soon a green wave flew out from the tip of Ryan's wand and swept across the entire space.

After being touched by the green waves, the herbs retreated to the surrounding areas as if they were activated, taking away some silt at the roots. Soon, a stone path leading directly to the light cocoon formed by the tree roots appeared in the grass.

When everyone followed the stone path to the large cocoon formed by the tree roots, some of the tree roots separated to the sides, revealing a blue transparent octahedral crystal floating in the air. In everyone's sight, the crystal was constantly rotating in the air, releasing light and energy outward.

"What a powerful magic!" Ryan exclaimed softly while standing in front of the crystal. In his magical perception, the crystal in front of him was like the sun releasing a large amount of magic to the outside world. However, after leaving the flying stone crystal and sensing it for a while at a black stone platform engraved with cuneiform characters next to it, Ryan frowned.

"What is this?" Hermione looked at Ryan's expression and walked to his side, then took out her wand and cast a few reconnaissance spells beside the stone platform. As someone who had seen a lot of top alchemy with Ryan, she quickly found something wrong around her. "This method of utilizing energy is too crude."

"What is the rough use of power?" Baru, who was confused by Ryan's conversation, asked. "What do you mean by what you are saying now?"

"Oh, by the way, let me give you some protection first. Although the magic radiation in this place will not cause any serious harm in a short period of time, it is better to be cautious sometimes." Ryan waved his hand and put a layer of pink protective shield on the two children, and said to the two children who were curiously poking the protective shield with their hands. "This is used to protect you and prevent you from receiving excessive magic radiation."

After taking precautions, Ryan explained, "To put it simply, the flying stone crystal in front of us is a great miracle. It has powerful energy inside that maintains the flight and the operation of the entire sky city. However, the ancient Laputans' use of this energy was too crude. It can be said that this sky city is a typical example of a powerful brick flying."

"It's rough, but we think this city in the sky is like a miracle." Sheeta retorted subconsciously. It was probably because as a descendant of the Laputa royal family, she subconsciously defended her ancestors.

"I'm not saying your ancestors weren't great," Hermione said with a smile. "But the characteristics of this world prevent you from mastering magic like us. If you only learn about magic through various props, your understanding of magic will be rough and inadequate. In fact, it's amazing that your ancestors have achieved this."

"But if we use the technology we have now, the use of magic power will be far more perfect than it is now. I think we only need a crystal that is 1/5 of the current size to maintain the operation of this sky city."

(End of this chapter)