Mystical Journey

“Speak up. What’re you after?” Garen sat in the chair with his arms crossed and looked at the little girl, Night Water, in front of him. This fellow disguised as a person clothed in black to follow him around quietly and had a relatively nice submarine. It seemed that the intelligence of her side was also unimpeded and obviously, she was not in action alone. There certainly would be other companions.

“After? Nothing? Just following behind you to pick up some crumbs? Why put it in such a sinister way?” Night Water blinked and smiled back. She did not answer Garen directly.

The two had left the sea at this time and had returned to the Lily of the Valley at which Garen was originally located. This was the Slann’s site, which was protected by the Vulture and the Ministry of National Security. It was absolutely safe.

This was now Garen’s base camp.

“Alright, stop spouting nonsense. Just cut to the chase. My patience is limited,” Garen casually said, “I suppose, you’re following me for the Forged Sacred Sigil?” He took out the condensed Soul Seed, which had shrunk by nearly half. Most of the Soul Energy had been absorbed into the Soul Ring by him.

In the Soul Ring, the three Soul Seeds were at this time rotating around a new kind of virtual and transparent Soul Seed. This new virtual and transparent Soul Seed was in the early stages of formation, evidently deriving from the Soul Energy of the new Soul Seed in Garen’s hand. However, it was noticeably much weaker than the other three Soul Seeds.

The Soul Seeds were also divided into strong and weak. Among Garen’s three major Soul Seeds were the Northern Trident Frost-Fire True Water Evil Technique (Blue), the Holy Phoenix Demonic Book (Black-Gold), and the Hellfrost Peacock Queen Soul Seed (White).

Among the three major Soul Seeds, Hellfrost Peacock Queen Soul Seed was the most powerful, and its radiance almost dyed the two other Soul Seeds into the same white.

On the other hand, the power of this newly emerged Soul Seed was not even one-thousandth of the other two Soul Seeds; it could be called the weakest in history.

“I was indeed after the Soul Seed,” now that there were only the two of them here, Night Water spoke frankly, “this Soul Seed came from Slayer and has a strong value of actual combat experience. The sentiments inside can save me from many unnecessary twists and turns. It is also medium-grade in the division of Soul Seeds. So, the way I acted was also considered reasonable?”

“Medium-grade?” Garen did not expect such a Soul Seed, which was so many times weaker than his three major Souls Seeds, to be actually worth noting in the eyes of the other party.

“Of course! Although the Soul Energy in Slayer’s Soul Seed is not much, it is very suitable for the basic development in various worlds, and it is almost unlimited. The strength developed in this world is hardly restricted extensively by other worlds. It’s just that because the laws restrict the bottleneck, the growth in this world is much slower.” Night Water had a stand-to-reason expression on.

“Well, I’ve said what I got to say. You should be letting me go?” She decided to simply be forthright. “I just happened to saw you fighting with the White Crab Army by chance. It was then did I go over to take advantage of the situation.”

“You…” Garen pondered for a while. “…have a way of returning to the Lighthouse?”

“How do you even know that?” Night Water was suddenly shocked, and she stared at Garen with a preposterous look.

“There really is?” Garen instantly laughed.

“You tricked me!” Night Water was speechless. “It’s actually nothing. I do have the way of returning to the Lighthouse now, but it had cost me a great price to obtain that information. I will not give it to you freely!”

Garen had now learned that the Lighthouse’s Transmigrators actually had a subtle difference compared to him.

They were equivalent to the flowers grown in a greenhouse. Due to having the Lighthouse’s guidance, coupled with the world’s environment which was less cruel than they were, they had not been developing fast.

However, he himself was different. Whether it was a coincidence or the direction and path that he chose, Garen had come all this way through conquests. There was no fluke.

“Tell me. I will let you go,” Garen said idly.

“You wish!” Night Water replied unwillingly, “You can just kill me! I will not tell you even if I have to die!” She had acquired the method after almost dissipating all her fortune and borrowing money everywhere from her friends. How could she give it to Garen freely?

“Have you forgotten what our Mother Stream System is really good at?” Garen smiled sinisterly.

Night Water was taken aback, and her body immediately shuddered.

“Don’t… Don’t you think of scaring me!”

The Mother Stream System specialized in the soul. There were diverse means of targeting the soul. There were some among them which were likely to be related to memory searching.

“As soon as I bring you out of this world, I will not be restricted by the laws then. At that time, hehe…” Garen sneered.

“….”

Night Water stared at the evil smile on Garen’s face with great trepidation.

“I’ll tell!”

She decisively gave up withholding and persisting.

“The Space-Time Hole can only have one person going in and out at a time! There were only three of us in total who came in! It also requires very precise calculations, time and opportunities.”

Garen began to carefully inquire about the so-called Space-Time Hole. Indeed, just as he expected, Night Water did find an unknown Space-Time Hole that could escape this extremely-restrictive world, but the price to pay was that every time, one had to clean off the power of this world that had not yet been formed in one’s body. This meant that one had to leave with nothing. Apart from the Soul Energy, she could not take anything with her, which was why they were trying their best to find this world’s Soul Energy, which was the force field of the Sacred Sigil.

By a stroke of luck, she discovered the battle between Garen and the White Crab Army and felt that she could take advantage of it, so she rushed over.

Unfortunately, she did not succeed but was captured by Garen instead.

“So what is it with the White Crab Army?” Garen intended to quickly understand this world. Since he could acquire the Soul Seed from Slayer, it would mean that there should be more things that he could gain from him. He turned his thoughts around and began asking about the White Crab Army.

“The White Crab Army? They are Illusionist’s army! Don’t you know?” Night Water was surprised.

“Illusionist’s army?” Garen was slightly stunned. “Not Slayer’s?!”

“Of course not. They are only collaborating with Slayer. The real mastermind is Illusionist!” Night Water immediately explained, “You didn’t even realize it?” She felt a little unbelievable.

“How do you determine that they are Illusionist’s army?” Garen frowned. How did an Illusionist suddenly emerge?

“I’ll tell you the truth. You have to let me go!” Night Water began making a deal.

“Fine,” Garen decisively agreed.

Night Water did not react right away, as if she did not expect Garen to promise so fast. However, she quickly recovered from the shock.

“I don’t know the identity of Illusionist, but I have personally heard the conversation between Slayer and the White Crab Army. I have the best cyber-espionage expert on my team. There is absolutely no mistake. In the battle between you and the White Crab Army this time, it was also us who helped you to block the White Crab Army’s communication!”

Seeing that Garen nodded, she continued.

“The White Crab Army seems to be an independent mercenary organization. It is huge, and it has a lot of mechanized technology. They have been doing some unintelligible actions, and it does not appear to be purely for profit. In any case, it is a very weird organization. The Commander-in-Chief seems to be a very mysterious and very powerful person.”

“Very powerful? As powerful as me?” Garen was piqued.

“I don’t know. Maybe stronger than you!” Night Water answered with a serious face.

Garen rubbed his chin.

“So how did the Soul Seed come about? Can Slayer simply create a Soul Seed? Isn’t that too unrealistic?”

“He is able to split the Soul Crystal, which is only a part of the mere experiential sentiments and Soul Energy. After I have condensed and refined it, coupled with my own sentiments, I am able to condense a good medium-grade Soul Seed. This can lessen a lot of the troublesome steps of accumulation,” Night Water explained, “of course, the people from other professional systems prefer to refer this kind of Soul Seeds as the Forged Sacred Sigil. They can solidify it on their bodies, naturally gaining the Slayer’s experiential sentiments and strengthening their combat. It’s just different uses and a different name.”

“When can you take me to the Lighthouse? You know that now that the Plot is starting, we can’t go back through the regular passage for the time being,” Garen enquired.

“Any time.” Night Water nodded assertively. “It’s just that, compared to the regular passage, my way is much more dangerous.”

Garen fell silent and pondered a bit. This world had a lot of restrictions, especially for the unnatural powers. Whereas, the Lighthouse was used as a transit point connecting many similar worlds. His strength had not recovered to its peak, if he were to head there right now, it would not be worth it. After all, the strength gained in this world could be used in most of the worlds, so it was better to stay here for a little while. It would not be too late to leave only after getting more of the Forged Sacred Sigils and increasing his Soul Limit.

After knowing that Slayer could create Soul Seeds, Garen was not eager to leave anymore. One Soul Seed could increase his Soul Limit, which was an average of ten points of fitness. If he could get more Soul Seeds and Soul Energy from Slayer, it would be a great advantage for him at the present.

At least for a certain period of time, he would not need to switch bodies anymore, as the laws of these worlds did not differ much from one another. Being able to acquire a Soul Seed without switching bodies was naturally a good thing.

He was not a masochist. Every time he transmigrated, he had to re-cultivate. If he could avoid that, then that would be the best.

“You will temporarily follow me on my actions in the future.” Garen also intended to quickly investigate the matter over Yuria’s side. He felt that there was something fishy about the whole matter, and the internal spy must be caught. Otherwise, his side would fall to absolute passivity. At this time, since Night Water had just said that she had a complete intelligence ability, it would be really stupid to not utilize such a great aid.

“But!” Night Water was going to protest, but she was directly ignored by Garen.

“I did promise to let you go, but I haven’t found the Space-Time Hole yet, haven’t I? Before that, the deal between you and I does not count, so…” Garen revealed a menacing smile.

Night Water was so frightened that she instantly shuddered.

The present Garen was almost standing at the top of this world. He was one of the strongest players alongside Slayer and the others.

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“Are you alright?” Yuria took the phone and heard the inquiries from the phone.

“I’m fine. Help me to inform the minister. He must be worried. I’m alright, and I’m going to go to the Forest Capital to look for my mother,” Yuria quickly answered.

“I don’t mean to tell you off. This time you have really scared everyone. You are the Savior, one of the Four Great Cornerstones. If something happens accidentally, none of us can get away with it,” The man on the phone said snappily. He was also from the same Combat Department with Yuria back then, which was why there was much more propinquity in his tone. “How ’bout Xiaojie? How is she?”

Upon hearing the mentioning of Xiaojie, Yuria’s face suddenly darkened. He recalled the image of that tall robot, and there instantly was a trace of gloom in his heart.

“Xiaojie, she…was caught…”

“What!?” There was a sudden exclamation from the phone. And then, chaotic noises were continually heard as though all hell had broken loose; there were a lot of people asking about the situation. The people were talking all at once, and the voices were indistinct.

“Don’t ask. I myself don’t know what is going on.” Yuria’s face did not look good.