Chapter 4: Astral Explorer
On December 27, 2015
Author: Floating Tower
The creation of a demiplane is not something that can be accomplished quickly.
After stabilizing the connections to the four elemental planes, Soren and Gloria returned to Modo City. Currently, this demiplane does not have much functionality; Gloria can only use it as a storage space. It will only serve a significant purpose once it is developed into a dimensional fortress. Many legendary wizards have chosen not to remain in the material plane, instead transforming their demiplanes into large extradimensional spheres and traveling through the boundless multiverse.
Speaking of this, Soren recalled an important piece of intelligence recently sent from the Southern Wizard Alliance.
This happened about three days ago.
The Southern Wizard City suddenly experienced a strange tremor, and then a gigantic spherical structure appeared near the northwestern city wall close to the Wizard City.
A great archmage, who had existed three hundred years ago, had returned to the material plane!
Because Modo City’s infiltration capabilities into the Wizard City are still relatively weak, the channels for obtaining news are quite limited, so the information received by Soren is somewhat vague.
It can only be confirmed that it is an enormous extradimensional fortress.
The fortress’s owner is an “Astral Explorer,” who was once one of the three leading archmages in the Wizard City three hundred years ago. After entering the realm of high-level legend, this archmage spent his entire fortune transforming his demiplane into an enormous extradimensional fortress and then began his journey wandering the astral realm.
This wandering has lasted for three hundred years.
During this time, the Wizard City completely lost contact with this archmage and has no idea which corner of the astral realm he has wandered into.
After all, when a demiplane is enhanced to the level of an extradimensional fortress, it can already be regarded as a small floating city.
If needed, this archmage could even relocate the extradimensional sphere to other planes; if he didn’t fear for his life, he could teleport directly to a layer of the Bottomless Abyss.
Astral Explorers are indeed very powerful beings!
High-level legends can only be said to have reached the threshold of entry. After all, no one knows how many dangerous enemies lurk in the vast ocean of the astral realm.
The extradimensional sphere encountered a minor accident while being transported to the Wizard City.
It seems that a part of the demiplane collided with the walls of the Wizard City. According to the information obtained by Soren, the entire extradimensional sphere is still in a closed state, and the high council of the Wizard City cannot reach the interior of the demiplane to determine whether the astral-traveling archmage is alive or if there are any abnormalities within the extradimensional space.
For a long time now.
The powerful beings born from the material plane have never given up their exploration of the endless starry sky. In the battle against ghouls that Soren faced in White Horse City, that two-headed ogre claimed to be a descendant of some astral explorer.
The extradimensional sphere colliding with the Wizard City.
Such occurrences are rare in history; there is a record of a similar collision during the cataclysmic period long ago when it also happened in Am.
At that time, the owner of the demiplane had already fallen, creating an independent seamless demiplane in the city of Am.
Later on.
It seems that this demiplane was destroyed for some reason.
The Wizard City now appears to be preparing to gather personnel to open the gates of the extradimensional fortress. However, due to the independence of the demiplane space, they are temporarily unable to enter.
Some parts of the demiplane kept special marks upon creation. Only direct bloodline descendants of the creator can enter.
Regarding this matter.
Soren is paying some attention; an archmage who has wandered the astral realm for three hundred years surely has many good things in his demiplane space.
However, without the correct method of access, even deities find it difficult to enter.
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Days pass by.
As the planar barriers gradually weaken, the influence of other worlds on the material plane becomes increasingly severe. The Frozen Kingdom seems to be showing signs of elemental life, and the d*ath Desert has recently been hit by a terrifying sandstorm. The attacks by demons in the southern regions have not ceased, and devils are beginning to frequently appear before the eyes of mortals. Compared to the sparsely populated northern regions, the relatively dense population in the south clearly makes it easier to attract the attention of devils and demons.
The Saint’s Cataclysm is gradually changing the entire world.
Even Treasure Island has received bad news. In the process of mining for gold, miners unexpectedly unearthed awakened earth elementals from beneath the ground.
No one knows how these earth elementals appeared.
Fortunately, their numbers are small, causing only a dozen casualties.
The outbreak of the war against golems is looming. The dwarves near White Horse City seem to have dug themselves into a terrible situation; they accidentally unearthed a sealed Balroth Fire Demon from the depths of the ground.
Now, the entire black iron dwarf clan has been wiped out.
Currently, no specific news has emerged, but it seems that many dwarves have already fled to other places.
Calculating the time.
It seems the gnomes are also facing tragedy. This race is not large in number on the material plane, far outnumbered by the halflings who are under the protection of a powerful deity. It was previously mentioned that they provoked a very dangerous black dragon, and according to the timeline, this should occur in about one to two months.
The New Year has already passed.
However, it seems that this year is not treating anyone well. Leaffall City has also sent news that violent conflicts have erupted within the temporarily allied half-orcs and werewolves.
Eugene, who originally relied on the power of the werewolves to attack Leaffall City, now finds himself needing to fend off the werewolves’ furious assaults.
Ghouls are also active in the fray.
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Regarding these events, Soren merely takes an interest; he has no intention of intervening at all.
Too many legendary events have erupted during the Saint’s Cataclysm; he cannot possibly manage all of them. Moreover, calculating the timeline, the Lord of Radiance should be about to fall.
Probably around March.
Another batch of very powerful deities will descend upon the mortal realm. These include the Lord of Radiance (Strong Divine Power), Yodala (Halfling Guardian Goddess) (Strong Divine Power), Moradin (Father of Dwarves) (Strong Divine Power), and so on!…
Interestingly,
All these powerful divine beings have established their divine kingdoms on Mount Heaven. First, the Lord of Radiance has been the main deity of Mount Heaven since switching factions, then Yodala—the Guardian Goddess of Halflings—whose divine realm is on the third layer of Mount Heaven, Vaya, the pearlescent paradise. Moradin, the Father of Dwarves, has his divine kingdom on the fourth layer, in a place called ‘Soul Forge,’ located in the deepest part of the mountains, which is his realm.
Many of the deities descending upon the mortal realm are of strong divine power.
More than half of them come from Mount Heaven, Paradise, and the Wilds of Abandon.
Even the Elven Deity cannot escape this fate.
Among the last few batches of fallens, the elven pantheon seems to be the most unfortunate, as the Spider Queen has been waiting for them for a long time.
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On this day.
Soren finally set foot on the journey to intervene in the war against golems. (To be continued ~^~)
