Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 137 What’s behind the madness?

"Using the wisdom and methods of the wizard?"

Several high-level mages frowned, and looking at the controller of the dark ether world in front of them with a scrutinizing look in his eyes, they knew that this was obviously a test for mages left by the former owner of the tower.

As for forcing its way through the void of the dark ether world, not to mention this ether controller who looked to be at least at the legendary level, the adult green dragon didn't seem to last even a single round in front of this controller and was easily killed.

Although they had prepared many spells in advance, they were no stronger than the adult green dragon in front of this powerful ether master.

They were all orthodox mages, and they knew how powerful a true legendary warrior was. Although it seemed that this powerful ether controller had a contractual agreement with the former mages, it was impossible for him to be too permissive with the group.

Moreover, even if we can use some means to temporarily delay this powerful ether controller, the countless dark ether creatures in the void will also be a big trouble.

These mages were not targeted by the controller of the dark ether world just now, otherwise they would not even think of delaying the other party. Facing a true legend, without special means, it is like facing a creator.

"Haha, this is just a test that couldn't be simpler. As long as you don't try to force your way through this space, I can even give you a little hint. I have been waiting here for the mage for a long enough time."

"I am also looking forward to someone passing his test and receiving his legacy, so that I can obtain the knowledge I want as promised."

The terrifying aura that the Dark Aether King had when he first descended had long been retracted, revealing his body composed of ether energy and void fragments.

Although the sound he made was telepathic, Caron detected a strangely familiar tongue-rolling feeling in it.

The King of the Ether did not come in person, but rather used spells similar to spiritual travel that some mages use for astral exploration to project his own mental construct into this dark etheric world.

But the abilities he exerted in this world were almost the same as his original body. Therefore, the appearance of this ether controller was not much different from his original body, and the body composed of the mind construct also bore the characteristics of this ether controller.

Kalon was not overwhelmed by the power and ability of the ether master, but he fell into inner doubt and shock when he saw the decorations on the ether king.

It was a badge representing merit, and also representing that this king of the dark ether might not belong to this world. No, perhaps it would be more appropriate to replace the world with the universe and crystal wall system.

This also confirms the ideas that Karon had when he heard the ancient wizards use the World Tree for research. The experiments of those ancient wizards should have been successful.

Charon really wanted to ask this powerful Ether King something, but he forced himself to restrain his impulse. It was not a wise choice to expose himself rashly.

The purple king's voice still carried the lingering sense of tongue curling. He said to the mages: "As long as you can accurately calculate the coordinates of the space transmission between these two planes that are constantly changing, you can successfully reach the continent in the void."

"I can even control all etheric energy to avoid interference with the plane transmission channel. How about that? Isn't it simple?"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only several high-level magicians, but even the Sanctuary Archmage Lapers, whose expression had always been calm, could not help but twitch.

Although the half plane left by the ancient wizard seems to belong to the same world as the entire dark ether space, it is actually two planes that are separated and combined and are not on the same plane.

Even if they are on the same plane, if these mages want to build a magic portal in an unfamiliar plane, they must accurately calculate the coordinates of the teleportation location.

It is similar to relying on magical knowledge to find one's own relative reference object and reconstructing a calculation method similar to precise longitude and latitude coordinates.

Of course, the calculation system of most material planes is quite universal, but in unusual planes such as the dark ether world, we cannot rely on past experience, but need to re-establish reference objects to calculate coordinate points.

Otherwise, the other side you are teleported to may be heaven or the abyss.

So magic shares some commonalities with mathematics. Both are disciplines based on the underlying laws of the world, and they require a lot of talent. If you have it, you have it; if you can do it, you can do it; if you don’t, you don’t.

The magician profession not only requires huge wealth but also outstanding talent. The more profound the magician's understanding of the laws of the world, the more powerful he will be, because this means that the magician can find common ground in the laws of different planes and worlds.

This is the difference between a mage and those warlock-like spellcasters who are born with some kind of blood talent. A mage relies on knowledge to become powerful, with an extremely low lower limit and an extremely high upper limit.

This is also a hard-core test left by the ancient wizards. Wizards who have not reached a certain level are not qualified to receive the inheritance they left behind.

As for those who want to forcibly obtain the mage's inheritance, even if a legend comes, it is useless. In this dark ether world, the home ground of the Aether King, perhaps only the descended gods and those powerful beings with quasi-divine powers have the opportunity to obtain the mage's property.

This may be the reason why the wizard's relics have been preserved.

Although several high-level wizards had a solid foundation in basic knowledge, they still looked worried. They took out a large number of tools and materials from their magic props and began to try to calculate by comparison.

But the Archmage of the Sanctuary, Lapers, was the main force. The white-haired old mage put on an attitude of concentrating on research and calculations, and began to pace on the terrace opened up by the ancient wizards, looking for his own reference points, muttering to himself.

But judging from the magical aura flowing between the old wizard Lapers' fingers, this great wizard of the Sanctuary obviously also hopes to find a shortcut through his own magic.

Charon has not yet been exposed to in-depth knowledge of magic in this area, but his sub-brain nodes are also searching for relevant knowledge stored in his mind and trying to calculate.

However, for the first time, Karon's confidence in himself was a little lacking. As for other magical knowledge and common sense, he attached more importance to perception and inspiration.

But when it comes to plane coordinate calculations, which are more like general knowledge based on mathematical rules, even someone as diligent as him has to admit that sometimes talent is more important than hard work.

He could only hope that his sub-brain had become strong enough during the evolution during this period. After all, the purpose of the sub-brain at the beginning of its evolution was to exist for these things.

The entire open-air stands fell into an eerie silence for a moment, with only the occasional frantic voices of the mages being heard.

"No, no, I used the wrong reference. The entire dark ether world and the mage's demiplane are both in motion. I shouldn't have only considered the demiplane as being in motion when calculating."

The squinty-eyed wizard Xiuser frantically pulled out a tuft of his hair and tore the thick paper in his hand into pieces in a rage. He felt even more annoyed when he saw Caron, who looked dazed and still resting with his eyes closed.

"No, I must calculate it to prove that I, Xiuser, am a powerful wizard," Xiuser took a deep breath and buried his head in calculations again.

By this time, Charon had already transformed into a dragon form and sat on the ground. His secondary brain abandoned all tasks and worked at full capacity, constructing a complete plane coordinate calculation system based on the knowledge that Charon had absorbed.

And Charon's main consciousness is immersed in the exploration and research of his own power.

In the previous instant of contact, Karon discovered that the mental energy and the domain could indeed effectively isolate and avoid the coverage and distortion of the legendary strongman's own system cognition. Although he didn't know whether the other party had used some effort, as long as it was effective, it was just a matter of quantity.

Therefore, Caron decided to use the prototype of his own field to establish and construct the future cognitive system. This is the foundation he already has, so Caron will naturally not start from scratch and increase the difficulty for himself.

However, just as Kalon was thinking about the future, a strange sound came into his mental protection. Under the protection of mental energy, the vibration of this sound seemed to be knocking on the window of Kalon's mind, hoping that Kalon would open a channel for communication.

Charon followed the source of the telepathy and saw the powerful Aether King with a slightly strange look in his eyes, so he released his mental protection and communicated with the other party through telepathy.

"Haha, little guy, you seem to be very patient. You know the badge on my chest and you actually resisted your desire to explore it," the strange rolled tongue sound was transmitted into Caron's telepathic frequency at the first time.

Facing this powerful Ether King, Kalon can indeed be called a little guy now. Whether in terms of size or strength, he is no match for the other party.

Therefore, Caron did not have any unwise opinion of being looked down upon. He just quietly transmitted his steady telepathy and said, "I am just curious, why a powerful being like you would wear such an ordinary-looking badge."

The purple king, surrounded by etheric energy, sneered.

He said: "Although I don't know why your soul has been recognized by the origin of this world and is almost the same as these natives, but in my eyes, your unique soul is like a crane standing out among chickens among these natives." "The power in your body is magical enough, but your strength is too weak to cover up your uniqueness. However, I don't want to explore you, but I am happy to see a similar existence. Even if we are not from the same world, we should be from the same type of world."

The emotion in the Purple King's voice was sensed by Kalon's heart, it was a feeling of slight joy and nostalgia.

Kalon knew that he could not hide in front of such a powerful being, so he dropped his disguise and asked with doubt: "Powerful being, King of the Ether, can you tell me how you came to this world."

The purple king replied: "You and I both have equal and free souls. There is no need to be so deliberate. I have my own name, Chekov!"

"As for how I came to this world, it was because of the mages in this world. Their madness shocked me," replied the purple king Chekov, and then his mental power fluctuated, transmitting some fragments of images to Charon's mind.

An indescribable sense of shock filled Caron's entire mind as the picture was transmitted. In the transmitted picture, he saw a projection of a giant tree so tall that it penetrated countless dimensional worlds and lay across the border of the universe.

The vast and boundless atmosphere is like a giant tree that has stood in the world since the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth, supporting the crystal wall of the universe. The concepts of size and height no longer exist in front of this giant tree.

Countless stars are just the young fruits hanging between the treetops of this giant tree, the endless material planes are just tumors on the roots of this giant tree, the starry sky seems to be just a nebula rotating around the crown of the giant tree, and the endless abyss is like a deep pit dug by the giant tree of knowledge.

The kingdom of the gods above the starry sky is also a gem dotted among the green leaves of the projection of this giant tree. The territories of the demon lords and devil dukes in the abyss are just knots at the roots of this giant tree.

Compared to this, the Green Forest plane where Charon is located may be just like an ant on the projection of this giant tree.

The roots and branches of this giant tree extend to an infinite distance. Even through the transmission of the picture, Caron can feel the infinite distance along the space where this giant tree extends.

At an infinite distance, breaking through the barriers of the world and the crystal membrane of the universe, there are countless existences similar to this giant tree standing in their respective universes.

Charon did not need to understand, he could sense the concepts and reality of these existences from the information in the picture. That was the World Tree. Nine huge kingdoms were hung on the huge branches of this World Tree. Countless strange gods and creatures lived in these nine kingdoms.

That is an upside-down tree, the Kabbalah Tree of Life, symbolizing the tree of life for the entire universe. Its illusory shape embodies countless concepts and laws.

That is also Jianmu, the sacred tree that connects the three realms of heaven and earth. It is towering into the clouds, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and its fruits are as red as hemp and its leaves are as sharp as thorns. Each fruit is like a small world.

There is also the Tower of Babel, an endless tower connecting the earth and heaven, under which countless devout and free human beings climbed.

Charon also saw many different kinds of world trees and many elves with different appearances, each gathered under the world tree to pray, worship, and dedicate their faith.

Various infinite beings are connected and penetrated by this giant tree. Their essences are connected, their concepts are gathered, and their existences are bound.

The projections of these existences seem to penetrate the infinite multiverse, connect the endless river of time, and coexist together.

Some beings of the same essence that should have been destroyed were pulled out from the long river of time by this powerful force of connection and reappeared in the world.

Caron's mental burden gradually became saturated. The amount of information he received was too huge, causing him to begin to have a splitting headache, as if his brain was swollen because too much knowledge was forced into it.

Caron immediately interrupted the transmission of the picture, but the shock in his heart still lingered. This shock even easily suppressed his feeling of discomfort.

"It's really crazy!" Caron was silent for a long time, and squeezed out a few words from his throat with difficulty.

Charon finally understood why these wizards were wiped out from the world by the joint efforts of the gods. Doing such a thing was no longer just a big deal, it was a complete upheaval.

Even though he was well aware of how powerful the legendary wizards were, he didn't understand why these wizards could achieve this level. In addition to lamenting the madness of those wizards, he also felt admiration for them.

To this extent, breaking through the barrier of the infinite crystal wall system is something that even gods with powerful divine powers cannot do. Charon can only attribute it to the power of knowledge being greater than the power of gods.

"No wonder so many gods have been tied up in all their energy. The contact between different worlds may be a disaster for ordinary creatures, but for these gods, it is an opportunity where both crisis and opportunity coexist."

Caron sighed.

He also thought of his own birth at this moment, which might be related to the influence of the ancient magic empire.

However, another idea quietly emerged in Caron's mind and occupied most of his mind. Perhaps one day, he would be able to find the direction and way home, and he would be able to return to his original world and take a look.

"So you came to this world accidentally in this way. Does that mean there are other existences in this world that are different from this world?"

Kalon put his own thoughts aside for the moment. It was a rare opportunity to meet someone who could answer his questions, so he needed to seize the opportunity.

"I was summoned by a wizard and landed in the etheric world. The situation is rather special, but it does not rule out the possibility that creatures and powerful beings from other worlds have landed in this world."

Chekov nodded and said meaningfully, "Even powerful gods cannot cross the barriers of the world by themselves. They are blocked by many gods in this world."

"But it is possible that they may sneak in in the form of saints or in other ways. There are also some beings that are not weaker than gods. At least I have seen several outsiders wandering in the etheric plane."

"You can't find them now just because your activity area is not large enough, similar to, uh, survivor bias, I learned this term from one of the outsiders."

Chekov looked at the solemn Kalon, then smiled and said, "These existences similar to the World Tree are interconnected. Even the gods cannot destroy them unless all the worlds with this essence erase it from the real world at the same time."

"But these passages are sealed and guarded by gods, so I can't pass through them easily. I have to find the way home. That's why I signed a contract with this wizard and promised to help him protect his heritage. In return, I will gain knowledge about this and find the way home."

"So, I really hope that you and these mages can successfully obtain the mage's legacy. I have already given you an entire ocean of water."

"Thank you for your generosity, Chekov," Caron nodded. Although he also wanted to obtain this knowledge, he did not have the conditions to exchange it for it.

Although it seems that he is having a pleasant conversation with Chekov, in the eyes of beings of this level, temporary friendliness does not mean that he can take advantage of it.

The king who controls the entire dark ether world naturally accepted Kalon's thanks, but in the end the ether master still gave Kalon a warning.

"You should be careful not to get too caught up in the wealth and knowledge left behind by those powerful and crazy wizards. You may step into the shackles and guidance they left behind because of this desire. Those wizards have greater goals."

"Although I don't know the true purpose of those wizards, this is only the first step of their plan. This is also what the ancient wizard told me. Be careful, young people who can barely be considered fellow villagers, don't step into the trap because of greed and desire for knowledge."

Chekov's purple face also showed a solemn expression. He said: "Those mages are crazier than expected!"

? This was just the first step of the mages' plan, and it had already almost turned the world upside down.

If the gods hadn't stepped in to seal off all influences, Charon could even imagine what a chaotic scene the entire universe would be in right now.

Since his birth, the shock and fluctuations in Charon's heart have never been as great as today.

Although he thought that his will was strong enough now, in the face of the crazy actions of these mages, he felt that he still needed to strengthen his mental preparation.

"Damn it, the greater the ability, the bigger the trouble you make!" Caron couldn't help but complain in the end.

　Em, I’ve been busy lately and haven’t written much!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)