Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 136: The Ether King
Karon stood where he was. The fog in the forest gradually dissipated and could not conceal the color of the red dragon's scales. His unusually conspicuous body was discovered by the arriving green dragon Antajena.

The green dragon Antajena walked up to greet Kalon.

The green dragon was assigned to manage the Green Forest plane. This plane is covered with endless forests. It is the home ground of the green dragon and is very suitable for Antajiana to show her skills.

These trees of life that cannot be migrated also require the presence and management of guardians and regular harvesting of resources.

However, although it seems that the green dragon Antajena was entrusted with an important task by Kalon, every dragon in the dragon group knows that this is equivalent to exile in disguise.

This was the punishment for the mistakes made by the green dragon Antajiana. She was far away from the center of power and could only manage this plane for the dragons and win their forgiveness with her performance.

The green dragon Antajiana obviously understood this truth as well. Although she had an entire small world to rule over, she was not very happy.

However, she also knew that once Kalon made a decision, he would not change it, so she just hung around in front of Kalon every day to please him, hoping to return to the dragon group as soon as possible.

"What's wrong, Caron? You look very serious. Have you encountered any problems? My king, please allow me to share some of the responsibilities for you!"

The green dragon Antajena's tone became gentle and deliberately flattering. For the green dragon species that is good at bewitching and capricious, this is just a trivial little trick.

Karon walked forward, his increasingly heavy body leaving obvious footprints on the soft ground. He used his wings to push away the green dragon that kept rubbing against him.

It wasn't that the skinny green dragon was hindering his steps, but he was worried that he would accidentally break the green dragon's leg bones.

In order to adapt to the growth of his body, the density of muscle tissue and bones in various parts of Karon's body currently far exceeds that of a normal dragon. A red dragon of the same length as Karon is estimated to weigh only two-thirds of him, or even less.

Logically speaking, whether flying or moving at this time, Charon would seem a little difficult and clumsy. Compared with dragons of the same size, he needs to expend more energy and effort.

But thanks to Caron's increasingly sophisticated mastery of elements and body control, these problems will not cause him any trouble at all.

Moreover, the existence of the ability of mental energy has enabled him to possess some characteristics similar to making his wishes come true. This ability is a panacea. As long as Charon does not limit himself, mental energy can reach wherever his thoughts reach.

The size of the effect depends only on the strength of the force. Great strength can produce miracles, which is in line with the characteristics of Charon's current mental energy. This can also be regarded as evidence of the supreme power.

"I met a kind friend, and his words gave me some reminders," Caron uttered a few words from his throat. Caron's voice was a little strange because he was in the voice change period, so he tried to lower his tone as much as possible to appear calmer.

However, Karon obviously didn't realize that he was enjoying his charm that exceeded that of ordinary dragons. His appearance had a very high charm value in the aesthetic tastes of most creatures.

Especially for beasts and non-humanoid races, red dragons are equivalent to walking male succubi. Katos is the messenger of the Garden of Beasts, adheres to the doctrine of the Beast Country, and generally does not have any kindness to other creatures.

Although the Beast Country is in the neutral and good camp, it is also a rebellious and proud soul. Only creatures that suit its taste can get the favor of these guys.

If it weren't for the fact that Charon was wearing the skin of a red dragon and had extremely strong red dragon blood, he would only need to run to the territory of the metal dragons and raise his arms to attract a large number of female metal dragons as his mates and suitors.

After all, whether it is a five-colored dragon or a metal dragon, they rarely have the idea of being loyal to one dragon. They don't care how many mates a male dragon has, they only care about the male dragon's strength, appearance, and wealth.

Of course, some female silver dragons and female gold dragons are particularly conservative and they prefer monogamy.

A joke that only circulates in the dragon circle is the best annotation of this situation—a dragon will not share anything it has, except its mate.

This is also one of the reasons why Kalon is not very fond of the green dragon Antajiana. He does not like this situation, but he also respects everyone's choice.

Therefore, even though Charon's will will be affected by the dragon's gradually maturing body, it will take more than just the infection of desire to impress Charon.

"Well, you always think more than us dragons, Charon. Sometimes you might be happier just being a simple five-colored dragon!"

The green dragon Antajiana bewitched her: "My king, as long as you need it, I can bring you some insignificant happiness!"

The green dragon, pushed away by Charon's broad wings, was unyielding and still wanted to stick to him.

Although the reproductive abilities of these dragons are not yet mature and they cannot give birth to offspring, their necessary functions still exist, so the green dragon's seduction is full of naked hints.

"Haha, you are too thin, Antajiana, and you are too childish for me," said Caron, who was not affected by the bewitching at all.

He gently held the green dragon's head with his broad wings, and said in a tone full of the doting of an elder brother towards his younger sister: "Antagena, female dragons need to grow more flesh to look good. I allow you to secretly intercept some of the Fountain of Life. Well, this is my permission! Don't tell other dragons!"

The two dragons walked back to the camp, chatting and laughing, but Kalon's sharp eyes immediately spotted the newcomer in the camp.

The white-haired old wizard Lapers, a great saint-level wizard, although he had a deal with Caron, the old wizard did not keep his knowledge to himself, but instead gave all his knowledge to Caron.

Therefore, Caron still had a certain good impression of the white-haired old wizard Lapers, at least the other party was absolutely fair in the transaction. It was also because of the white-haired old wizard that Caron gave up the idea of tormenting the squinty-eyed wizard Xiusser, allowing Xiusser to escape.

To this day, there is still a lot of magic knowledge that has not been fully learned in Karon's secondary brain. Even with Karon's hard work and abundant energy, it will take a long time to finish a complete collection of magic knowledge with a complete system.

Because Karon is different from other mages. Most mages only specialize in one type of magic and have only a little knowledge of other magical knowledge, because these mages do not have abundant energy and long lifespan like Karon.

Charon wanted to understand the world as completely as possible through magical knowledge, and learned some fragmented knowledge about the real world from various series of magic.

Karon now has some understanding of most of the basic magical knowledge. He can now clearly see what the old wizard Lapers' major in magic is.

As for peeping into the fragments of fate, that is the area of expertise of the prophecy mages. Even though the white-haired old mage Lapers is only a holy-level mage, he is still capable of peeping at some corners of the fragments of fate.

In a large material plane with perfect laws like Ekania, the Holy Order represents the legends of those small and medium-sized planes. This is also the difference that Charon discovered after this plane exploration journey.

Only large-scale main material planes with relatively perfect laws can give birth to legends. Small and medium-sized material worlds like those in the Green Forest can only support the existence of saints at most.

Wonderful existences like the Tree of Life and the World Tree are not included.

And that adult green dragon should obviously be the leader of the green dragons that the world tree soul Natis had mentioned, who once built a nest in the Green Forest. It was a dragon family that moved from the outside world and was not a native dragon.

After the mysterious spring water had peeked into his own destiny, Karon couldn't help but wonder if the white-haired old wizard Lapers would give him some different opinions on this.

"Wow, Karon, you have grown from a baby dragon to a big guy now. Your growth rate is beyond my imagination."

The white-haired old wizard Lapers, as always, liked to stare at others with squinted eyes. The white-haired wizard raised his head with a genuine envy on his face.

"You are truly blessed with a unique talent. I admire you so much. Your current strength has already surprised me. Fortunately, I caught that glimmer of inspiration and discovered you, this treasure."

"So, it was because of this inspiration that Xiuser showed up in the dragon's nest and took the dragons back," Karon keenly sensed something wrong from the wizard's words. This was also the question that arose after he spied on Lapers majoring in magic.

Although the situation seemed normal at the time, Charon understood the mystery and power of the prophecy mage. This kind of person can always achieve certain goals through some unexpected and clever arrangements.

There was a dangerous light in his pupils at this moment. Obviously, some bad thoughts were turning in Caron's mind. After glimpsing the deflected fate, Caron was always particularly sensitive to this aspect.

Rapos shook his head and said, "My ability is not yet that strong, but the moment you stepped into the empire, I saw something, like a sudden inspiration, Karon, you don't have to doubt it. If I had foreseen it, I would not have chosen such a stupid method."

"Did you discover something from that magical spring? Unfortunately, I never pry into my own destiny as it would be an obstacle for me. Otherwise, I could try it." Rapos said with regret.

The light in Caron's eyes faded. It was not only a sign of some dangerous thoughts he had, but also the activation of his ability. Through his telepathy, he found that what Lapers said was consistent with the old wizard's inner thoughts, which also meant that the old wizard was telling the truth.

"It doesn't matter if you can peek into your own destiny. If it's a good result, just think of it as having a good mood. If it's a bad result, it just makes you more cautious. The branches of destiny are endless. Who can be sure that it is the final destiny?"

Caron said in a calm tone. He had already made up his mind. He wanted to see how many divisions of troops the hand of fate had behind the scenes.

"You don't believe in the trajectory of fate, Caron. Your mentality is pretty good. Unfortunately, too much exposure will inevitably affect you. So I never try to spy on my own fate. For a prophecy mage, that is the beginning of tragedy." The white-haired mage smiled and said, "Let's go and see what's in this ancient ruin. Our agreement is the same as it was at the beginning. I can share all my knowledge with you."

Karon nodded and walked towards the excavated green tower with the white-haired wizard.

After a period of voluntary labor by the war tree people, this relic that had been buried in the soil for countless years finally emerged intact. However, only the top three floors of the tower were preserved. The rest of the tower had been split as if by a sharp blade, and then crushed into stone powder under the tremendous force.

Of the three remaining floors of the tower, the one with the spire is the smallest, like an ordinary attic, with only one door that looks like a floor-to-ceiling window.

This portal is painted with strange magical runes and patterns. The material appears to be transparent, but the scene inside cannot be observed from the outside.

However, from the comparison between this portal and the tower body, Karon can tell that this portal was obviously opened later, perhaps by the owner of the tower. It seems that the owner of the tower has already made some preparations for his destiny.

The white-haired wizard Lapers asked the other wizards to input magic power from the magic gathering node of the strange portal. This was Lapers' way of saving his own magic power for the next exploration.

With the infusion of magic power, this door that looked like a painting on the wall of a high tower suddenly lit up, the magic runes and patterns on it twisted, and then a tall and spacious door slowly opened to the crowd.

Many wizards took out scrolls from their magic rings and space magic props, added magic force fields and magic barriers to themselves, and then cast flying spells and a series of preparatory spells on themselves.

With targeted preparation, these mages always have numerous means to achieve their goals.

Several mages also cast detection magic to detect the situation inside the portal.

Seeing this, Karon also put on a mental barrier in addition to the several layers of spell barriers and magic shields he usually wore on his body, and also cast spells to make his scales hard and his skin tough.

In addition, Karon also released some spells to guard against attacks from incorporeal creatures, similar to the spirit armor spell, making his own protection airtight.

Eight more red lanterns emitting soft light rose up around Charon. This was a modified version of the Dancing Lights technique, used to provide illumination in certain dark situations.

Even though Charon has the ability of night vision, he still won't be careless. In certain special environments, his vision will also be affected by spells.

Many mages were speechless at Karon's full set of spell shields. It seemed that Karon's own magic power and spells were unlimited. Unlike them, they needed to save magic power as much as possible and could only complete some spells through spell scrolls.

The squinty-eyed wizard Xiusier shamelessly walked up and said, "Karon, can you give me a set of spell protection? Your spell shield looks much thicker than my teacher's."

Karon looked at the shield on the white-haired wizard Lapers and sensed the strength of the opponent's shield, only to find that the strength of the opponent's shield was only about two-thirds of his own.

This is also Karon's current characteristic. As long as the spells are analyzed by him, the strength released is greater than that of most mages. Perhaps only some mages who have undergone spell enhancement can compare with Karon.

But Xiuser's request was rejected by Caron, who said that his magic power also needed to be used sparingly and not wasted on unimportant things.

The gloomy-faced wizard Xiuser was the first to step into the gate. He felt that he needed to show himself, so as not to be considered insignificant.

Karon also followed several mages into the gate.

Behind the door is another world, literally another world.

The wizard that Karon imagined was good at using the magic of space expansion to expand the space inside the wizard tower, which would inevitably be extremely large.

But obviously the owner of the tower has abandoned this practice and has more powerful means.

What Cuarón and his companions stepped into was a complete world, a world full of darkness and evil energy, a contradictory world that was empty yet full, silent yet noisy.

Countless purple and black energy flows are surging disorderly in the world before our eyes. Countless lives are shattered and created at this moment by the huge energy flow, including some strange lives born from the energy flow.

This is the dark ether world, a sinking place from the bottom of the ether world.

And a huge demiplane stands in the center of this dark ether world. It is a moving plane.

The demiplane opened up by the legendary wizard was placed by him in his own wizard tower, connecting it to the dark ether world.

The etheric world is a transitional plane world connected to the main material plane. Like the astral plane and the shadow plane, it can be used as a portal and channel for plane travel.

The dark etheric world before them was obviously formed by the owner of this tower cutting off and enclosing a large area of the etheric plane, using it as a defensive measure like a moat for their own half plane.

This made Charon sigh at the wonderful ideas and powerful strength of these wizards. You know, this is no different from the process of establishing the Kingdom of God, building another world on the basis of one world.

The Kingdom of God is not created based on the power of faith, but is a world transformed by the power of faith.

The kingdom of God was created entirely by the power of faith, and the power of faith required was something that no god could afford.

Although the kingdom of God is not necessarily a plane, a considerable portion of the kingdom of God is built on existing planes. Some gods with good relations will even build their kingdoms together.

The kingdom of the Unicorn Goddess is built in the temple of her main god, the God of Nature.

However, many gods can move their own kingdoms by spending their power. They will move their own kingdoms to the gaps between the outer planes.

Some bored gods will even travel around with their kingdoms just to find the stable place they want.

The huge plane created in the dark ether world was covered by a huge light curtain, and countless disordered ether void energies were impacting the light curtain.

This light curtain was shrinking at a speed that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye, and then the edges of the continent exposed to the void continued to shatter and collapse.

The entire void is scattered with ruins and relics of shattered planes.

Even after countless years of impact, this demiplane still has a vast area, as large as a small continent stretching across the void.

In the center of the continent, even with Karon's eyesight, he could only vaguely see a huge pillar of light rising from the center of the continent, supporting the light curtain covering the entire continent.

From that huge column of light, Karon could feel an incomparably abundant flow of elements.

But before everyone could recover from the shock of the scene before them, endless energy flows began to surge in the void, and a huge figure suddenly descended.

The entangled combination of the mutated purple ether energy forms the crown on the figure's head, and the fragments of space shattered by the turbulence of the energy storm combine to form the huge body of this phantom.

He wore sparkling gems on his ten fingers, and countless streams of purple energy rose from his crown.

The figure gradually solidified, like a purple skeleton.

But countless creatures living in this chaotic space are roaring, paying tribute to their king, and the etheric energy is boiling in response. This is the controller of the etheric world, the king of the etheric world.

An indescribable aura of terror instantly enveloped everyone present. The overwhelming feeling of oppression made Caron feel that the whole world was pressing down on him. He couldn't help but reveal his original dragon form on the open-air stands.

With it came an indescribable cognitive overlay, his five senses were distorted, and Caron found that he seemed unable to fly. His wings did not exist in his cognition at this moment. He wanted to step back, but he could not help but move forward.

The heart energy in his body expanded rapidly at this moment, wrapping his soul and will tightly. A layer of flame emerged on the surface of Karon's body, and his domain also wrapped his body like armor at this moment.

In the next moment, Karon felt that his five senses had finally returned to normal. He quickly stepped back, only to find that many mages were looking at him in confusion.

"Haha," the Ether King who was suspended in the void finally spoke, "Finally, the inheritor of the mage has arrived. You'd better not be as stupid as that green dragon and try to force your way through this space. Now, use your wisdom and use the mage's way to reach the opposite continent."

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