novelraw Chapter 545: 63: The Enemy's Purpose
Chapter 545: 63: The Enemy's Purpose
Chapter 545: Chapter 63: The Enemy’s Purpose
After the stone house shattered, the effects of the Mystical Technique disappeared, and Xia Ye Yinghuo failed to discover how those enigmatic stones in her warehouse were crafted.
Interestingly, even though the stone house was reduced to rubble, it still instinctively attracted the descent of Thunder.
Anvis and Lanno took the most quintessential part of the roof that had been consecrated by Silver Thunderbolt over the years, as well as the largest fragments. The smaller pieces were left for the followers to gather for themselves.
After scavenging everything, the top of the mountain had become utterly bare. Silver Thunderbolt struck aimlessly at the original location, but the stone house below had disappeared completely.
In fact, the rocks on the mountaintop were also of certain value. However, the capacities of Anvis and his companions’ spatial artifacts were limited, and the value of those rocks ultimately did not compare to the materials found near the abode of the legendary Titan.
The perspectives of the group had been elevated, and they no longer had any interest in such trivialities.
After looting the spoils, a very realistic problem presented itself.
How much longer until the enemy arrives here?
Although Anvis had previously sought help from many players outside through a live stream, due to the delay in the stream, it was not until three Magic Times later that the players actually received his Task.
Moreover, when the players reported his information to the ruling hierarchy, many Nobles convened an emergency meeting to discuss how to respond. Arranging a Ninth Rank Limit to come to the rescue took time that could not be ignored.
Originally, Anvis was considering whether to use the presence of this miniature Secret Realm to block the enemies outside.
But after hearing what the Phantom had said earlier, he changed his mind.
If a being of that Level had already specifically warned him that the enemies were coming for the Silver Obelisk, then hoping that the enemy could not find this place would undoubtedly be extremely foolish.
From a personal standpoint, Anvis was not particularly afraid of those Alien God believers. But not fearing them did not mean he did not take them seriously.
For the Alien God Church to infiltrate the Radiant Secret Realm under the watchful eyes of a Ninth Rank Limit, they must have paid a significant price. Anvis himself would not believe it if they did not have an important agenda.
And for such an Alien God Church, the only Core purpose is to welcome the return of their worshipped ‘gods’—the Fear and Darkness from the ancient eras.
Although Anvis personally could not comprehend the way of thinking of these Alien God believers, if the enemy indeed had a method to summon what they called ‘god’, even if suppressed by this world, it was enough to cause them a great deal of trouble.
Based on the information revealed by the need of that Mysterious High Elf, the Silver Obelisk that contained ‘Transcendence’ in his possession was also the enemy’s target.
Therefore, it was not difficult to infer that the object was crucial to the enemy’s ritual.
Thinking of the Silver Obelisk, Anvis slightly furrowed his brow.
At the moment, the object was quietly floating in his Spirit Sea, but when Anvis used his spiritual power to try to make contact, there was no response at all, as if it were merely a Phantom.
Until now, he still did not understand the purpose of the ‘Transcendence’ mentioned by the enigmatic High Elf.
Of course, this was not a big problem; he could still seek information through some Special beings.
“Pigeon, are you there?”
Thus, Anvis called out to the Pigeon in his mind.
“Coo coo, is it you calling, coo?”
The next instant, the head of a white Pigeon poked out from his chest, its red and black round, shiny eyes looking at him.
“Yes, just now…”
Glancing at the Last Dragon Descendant and Xia Ye Yinghuo who remained unaware of the Pigeon’s appearance, Anvis quickly recounted the recent events in his mind.
Although the Pigeon could also serve the function of a Message Pigeon, the two Player characters still could not see the existence of the Pigeon.
“”
“…So, the Obelisk is currently within my Spirit Sea. Do you know what use it has?”
After explaining the situation, Anvis asked inwardly.
“Coo? Coo can sense that something like a star in the night sky has appeared on you, coo.”
A plump white pigeon flapped its wings and flew up, landing on Anvis’s shoulder and turning its head.
“To put it in terms you can understand, that star is a point independent of space-time, coo.
With it, you can use it as a medium and a price to make the time of the linear world truly reverse. The duration of the reversal, its effective range, and its target are all related, coo.”
“I understand, thank you.”
Anvis nodded, immediately grasping the existence mode of this thing.
The entire three-dimensional world’s time is like a river hanging in the void, and this river will always flow in the same direction. The beings living in it can only drift downstream at the same speed as time.
If one wishes to stop in the stream of time, then one must bear the pressure from the flow of time, and the slower the speed, the greater the pressure of the time stream becomes. When one approaches an infinite halt, the pressure of time flow will gradually approach infinity.
This is the second law of space-time in the Magic World: Time is irreversible.
If you wish to go against the current, first you need to find a way to detach yourself from the flow of time.
At that point, a fulcrum is needed.
The enemy likely pursues this thing to use it as a medium with the intent to break through certain limitations and summon the descent of the Old Gods.
Anvis could not sit idly by and let the enemy accomplish all this. From any perspective, he needed to sabotage their plan.
“…I think the best course of action right now is to utilize the almost infinite power of the Silver Thunderbolt. According to the detector’s readings, each bolt of that thunder is powerful enough to rival a full-strength strike from an ordinary Ninth Rank.”
For the others present, the mental communication between Anvis and the pigeon was a mere instant. Everyone was still discussing how to deal with the impending enemy.
Orbins’s view coincided with Anvis; if they could harness the power of those silver-white thunderbolts, it would be the best option.
“This mineral contains a special force field. If we could amplify it through an Array combined with instruments, it should also be able to attract the Silver Thunderbolt.
The moment the enemy appears, we can immediately draw the thunderbolt to strike.”
At that moment, Orbins explained his plan to everyone while holding a piece of the strange Black Stone that made up the stone hut.
“The enemy could arrive at any time. How long will it take to complete the Array?”
Lanno and others were somewhat pessimistic about this; tampering with a force field that they had never encountered before is a complex matter, like solving a math problem for which they had no prior knowledge, not to mention doing it in an extremely short amount of time.
“I’ll be as quick as possible. Could I trouble everyone to help me with this?”
With Anvis’s nodding affirmation, Orbins immediately began to attempt setting up the Array on the mountainside. Others didn’t have a better plan and thus had to trust in his abilities and stand guard as he requested.
While watching Orbins’s actions, Anvis took out his pocket watch and glanced at it.
At this point, over half a Magic Time had passed since he first sought assistance from the outside world during the livestream.
And according to his expectations, the enemies in the outside world would also have their channels of information. The messages he conveyed for help through the players could not deceive any attentive person.
Accounting for the time taken for the message to spread, in about three Magic Times, the enemies outside should also come to know of the news.