T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 243, Section 242: Voice from Another World
Although he roughly understood the reason for Elsa's nervousness, he was still confused.

Fortunately, the fairy Insect Mist, who had been immersed in the Great Archives for many years, was there and explained things to everyone.

Summoners and Necromancers possess very similar powers.

The spirit summoner of Orange Tea can hear voices from the "unknown" and receive wondrous revelations.

The exclusive skill "Summoning Spirits" allows players to communicate with spirits, provided they are normal spirits. Spirits that have fallen into madness and lost their consciousness cannot establish contact.

Summoning spirits of different life forms to assist in battle is a major highlight of the class—although Orange Tea's gameplay basically involves summoning pure support elemental spirits, the scope for exploration is actually quite vast.

Among the advanced skills, the most noteworthy is [Summon Heroic Spirit].

Summoners must possess the corresponding spirit's relic to establish a connection.

The summoner, however, can use verbal sparring to invite the other party to participate.

In the world of the game Proof of the Stars, the two classes are quite similar, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

However, compared to the Summoner who follows the rules and only uses existing materials, the Summoner is more innovative and pioneering.

Many summoners are dedicated to breaking through limitations, combining the three powers of ritual, contract, and magic to summon a more distant and powerful mysterious entity to break through space and lend a helping hand.

They firmly believed that the barriers between worlds were not unbreakable; by cleverly creating temporary passageways through rituals, the forces of the two worlds could briefly come into contact and establish a connection.

The strength of the summoned creature projections that visit this world is determined by the capacity limit of the ritual passage, effectively filtering out potential risks.

However, this exploration and research was considered taboo in the field of magic. Due to unpredictable risks, the relevant knowledge was destroyed, and subsequent scholars were unable to glimpse its mysteries.

But this does not include the Clarity Ones who record and collect the history, classics, and knowledge of the continent of Devland.

Among those who have the right to access forbidden knowledge, Elsa is deeply drawn to the summons.

Possessing innate magical power comparable to that of a dragon, she is a standout among the younger generation. At 18, she reached level 7, and at 22, level 8. She is well-read and has mastered alchemy, potion-making, magic circle inscription, puppet making, and scroll enhancement techniques, almost guaranteeing her a place at the pinnacle of the future continent.

Her astonishing learning speed eventually led her to the world of Summoning.

As a meticulous mage, she did not engage in radical research, but carefully evaluated the knowledge left behind by her predecessors as a mad summoner, patiently practiced it, and cautiously improved it.

When Elsa was 24, she heard sounds from outside the world for the first time.

A completely different grammar, unlike that of the Devilland continental language family, appeared in her ears.

It is not meaningless gurgling and murmuring, nor is it the alluring whisper of an unknown, chaotic being. It is a language system with logic and rhythm that is completely unimaginable even to the stories created by bards!
Although it has been intermittent, it truly exists.

That was all that Insect Mist knew; these were the things Alna told her when she sought her help to relieve her boredom.

The discussions from the dome had subsided at some point, leaving only Elsa's heavy breathing echoing in the air.

Jiang Heyi couldn't help but look up and ask.

"and then?"

Elsa regained some composure, remained silent for a moment, and then continued the story of the insect mist.

"For half a year, I have not used the summoning ritual to establish a passage. Assessing unknown magical phenomena requires extreme caution. The slightest mistake could have disastrous consequences for eternity."

"When I thought it was time to communicate a second time, I no longer heard an incomprehensible language; I could understand the intermittent sounds coming from the other end."

“The local language of Devland…” Elsa was somewhat excited, “I was shocked, and even invited a master of mental magic from the Clarity to conduct a mental assessment and test on me, however…”

"The results showed that everything was normal. We were not affected by evil spirits, and my mind was perfectly normal."

Elsa was stunned, nervous, bewildered, and fearful.

But curiosity led her to ask the first question to the person on the other end of the line.

"who are you?"

The other party's answer was...

"A person without hostility."

This was the first communication between the clarifier and the unknown voice.

Elsa maintains a monthly schedule, initiating the summoning ritual in a way that minimizes magic consumption and allows for continued communication.

Each time, she only asked one question.

"Where are you?"

"A world similar to yours."

Are you an individual or a group?

"A question of unclear significance."

Do you have a name?

"Any attempt to ask for the name during the summoning process is foolish and dangerous. Friend from another world, you are too hasty. This is dangerous."

This was the time the other party spoke the most during the communication.

The superior, or rather, the senior, was warning the younger generation whose curiosity had grown excessive and who had forgotten the dangers, reminding them to remember to abide by the code of conduct of summoning studies.

In the world of magic, this is the harshest criticism a mentor can give to a junior.

Seemingly dissatisfied with Elsa's carelessness, the other party refused to answer any questions during the subsequent three communications.

It wasn't until the fourth time that the unknown voice showed curiosity for the first time.

"Where does your knowledge come from?"

Elsa answered honestly, "Self-taught."

"outstanding."

As soon as the praise ended, the other party immediately stopped the ceremony.

At this moment, Elsa also realized that this ritual was always two-way; the other party had the means and the ability to stop it.

Sweating profusely, she formulated guidelines for communicating with the "Voice from Another World".

There are two in total.

1. When communicating with the voice from another world, there must be 4 people present at the same time.

Main communicator: Elsa is the default, responsible for discussing only one question with the otherworldly voice, and the communication time shall not exceed one hourglass.

The co-communicator is responsible for temporarily taking over when the primary communicator experiences a major change, such as mental confusion, loss of consciousness, or exhaustion, and proactively interrupting the communication.

Mental Monitor: Constantly monitors the mental fluctuations caused by the summoning ritual itself.

Mental Detector No. 2: Must be outside the communication area, use remote magic circle to observe, and retain the authority to cut off the communication area magic circle.

2. If the otherworldly voice shows signs of interfering with ritual magic, and the interference is severe, spray an excessive amount of calming potion in the communication area to block the communicator's consciousness.

Fearful, yet curious.

Perhaps this is the nature of all intelligent life.

After two years of communication, the clarifiers did not obtain much useful information.

The Voice from Another World doesn't seem to intend to have much interaction with them.

Furthermore, the voices used to communicate with them kept changing.

Sometimes it is a steady and dignified female voice.

Sometimes it's a lazy male voice.

Sometimes it's a carefree and unconventional voice, sounding somewhat childlike.

Sometimes she exudes the air of a scholar, speaking with meticulous precision and rigor—a truly intellectual woman.

Or it could be someone who just sends meaningless, nonsensical messages like "Hello, hello, how are you?", wasting limited opportunities for communication.

What Elsa was certain of was that the people in this other world possessed a deeper understanding of magic than they did.

One of them mocked their low utilization rate of magic, a natural, clean, and pollution-free energy source. They also burst into laughter at their standard of measuring individual strength by magic utilization rate and total magic power.

This was the only time during the exchange that the other party displayed obvious emotions.

Rather than saying his words disrespected the enlightened ones, it's more like... he was a sage returning from studying at the highest academy, encountering beginners still waving their staffs and chanting spells, and couldn't help but tease, "There are still people using staffs."

No one among the higher-ups of the Clarity faction can judge the other party's likes or dislikes.

But as this exchange came to an end, they made a swift decision to no longer allow any further exploration of the summoning ritual itself.

Elsa did not object to the decision.

The more she learned, the more uneasy she felt.

It was a sense of trepidation about the unknown, and unease at the vastness of the world beyond our own.

Any irresponsible overreach could bring catastrophic consequences to the world itself.

Those who are pure cannot become sinners.

More important than the knowledge one might gain from the other party is the fact that the world will remain the same tomorrow.

Following reason, Elsa stopped studying summoning magic after that.

This rationality only recently crumbled.

His companions were killed tragically, his loved ones disappeared without a trace, and countless teachers who had taught him fell dead in pools of blood, while the knowledge accumulated over thousands of years was burned fiercely.

Those who are clear-headed are in imminent danger!
Like a drowning person grasping at a straw, Elsa, facing the overwhelming and well-prepared Church of Eternal Night, chose to summon, her hopes of turning the tide slim.

She abandoned the minimum magical supply standard and used her own powerful magic to establish a strong and stable ritual channel.

Her voice echoed through the passageway, which had been silent for two years.

"Whoever it is, I'm begging for your help!"

no respond.

"I will pay the price of my life!"

The voices from another world reappear.

"State your purpose clearly."

"Slay all the invaders of the Church of Eternal Night, and use their blood to pay tribute to all my comrades who died with their eyes wide open!"

An oppressive silence descended.

Elsa sensed an extremely powerful will appear out of thin air, forcibly compressing the summoning ritual channel, causing it to weaken and shrink.

In an instant, the passage collapsed, and all sound fell silent.

She received no assistance, and the summoning ritual subsided.

The contract failed.

The boundary between reality and illusion is staring at each other.

This description is more detailed: the summoning channel has collapsed, the ritual no longer exists, so it is impossible for any so-called summoned creature to break through the world barrier and descend.

Jiang Heyi swallowed.

When Freya was asked why she wanted to be an enemy of the Church of Eternal Night, her answer was exactly the same as Elsa's promise.

Be nice.

The boundary between reality and illusion sent chills down everyone's spine.

So, in the end, you might have to fight an otherworldly visitor?
What level of enemy is this?

Elsa is a powerful figure close to level 9, and the invading Church of Eternal Night also has monsters of similar strength.

Freya and the Nest of Dolls, with their effortless ability to manipulate everyone, are definitely beyond their reach.

No wonder Elsa told them to escape. A monster of this level could break the summoning ritual and force its way in, and even break free from the ritual's constraints. It was already an existence beyond the norm.

Ordinary rules are probably like clay to them, easily molded and kneaded.

A faint crackling sound of electricity could be heard. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the magic stone above them, which had been like a blazing sun, gradually dimming. Elsa's voice emanating from it was fragmented.

"He...but...he's attacking the temple."

"run……"

"Run!"

Communications ceased abruptly.

Meanwhile, on Elsa's side, the Church of Eternal Night's offensive should have already begun.

"Something's not right. If Freya really is a visitor from another world, why doesn't she go to the 12th floor to help?" The jailer was baffled. "Isn't that just watching Elsa die?"

"Maybe they never intended to help seriously; they were just here for fun," Quadruple Entity guessed.

French fries offered another perspective.

"Why can't it be that the 12th floor already has other visitors from other worlds taking care of it, and doesn't need her?"

The surroundings became eerily quiet.

This is a top-tier dungeon that's well worth the price of admission! There's even a surprise at the end!
The boundary between reality and illusion has always been a point of heightened excitement the stronger the enemy becomes.

Without challenges, how can you feel a sense of accomplishment after completing a game?
Without difficulty, how can you leave other challengers behind and enjoy the exhilaration of standing alone atop the mountain, overlooking all the smaller peaks?

"Insect Mist, lead the way, lead the way, 11th floor, GOGOGO!" Zhong Zemo couldn't wait, "I want to see if the visitors from other worlds will be able to withstand the parry."

"You go, I go too, that's MYGO!"

Seriously? You can even get a joke from under the covers?
You two seem to be getting more and more skilled at throwing and catching.

Why are you just staring and not moving?

Everyone blinked, watching the insect mist's expression shift to OMO.

"The magic array detected that all three physical passages leading to the 11th floor have collapsed and are buried beyond repair."

"The spatial array is interfering, and the array cannot rebuild the channel node."

"It's no longer possible to get to the 11th floor using the normal method."

Jiang Heyi was shocked: "It can be that serious?"

French Fries asked, "What if we manually clear the collapsed area?"

“That’s possible… but the passage is very long and the entire route has collapsed and buried it. If we clear it bit by bit, it will probably take a very long time.”

The jailer curled his lip and said disdainfully, "It's only a fingernail's width on the map, not that long. Watch me summon free zombie laborers to move it."

"I really envy the jailer's brain being so smooth," the bed couldn't help but complain. "Take another look at the scale marked on the insect fog."

"Is 2 kilometers really that long?"

"Remove the word 'ma' and the whole thing collapses. Do you know how long it takes to repair a completely collapsed tunnel in modern times? Even if we have magic, we still have to be careful of secondary collapses. Just think how hard it was for us to reach the ninth floor."

The jailer shrank back: "Then what can we do... we can't just do nothing, can we?"

Jiang Heyi stroked his chin and pondered, "The designer clearly intended to prevent players from using brute force to reach the next level. Blindly moving things is definitely the worst approach."

"What else can we do but move?" the jailer complained. "Learn some magic tricks, transform into a blanket and crawl over?"

Everyone at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds stared intently at the prison guard.

This guy, though unintentional, actually provided an idea.

"You guys seem to have thought of something..." the jailer blinked, "But aren't you even going to complain about turning it into a bed?"

(End of this chapter)