Chapter 2057: Hidden Ream of the Dragon Turtles I
Chapter 2057: Hidden Ream of the Dragon Turtles I
Chapter 2057: Hidden Ream of the Dragon Turtles I
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"It seems to be there. I can feel a strange wave of spatial energy moving about." Adrian stated as he looked closely at the whirlpool.
Urashima Taro pointed continuously towards the whirlpool, and he only stopped when Adrian gave him the thumbs up. It seems that he cannot hear Adrian properly as the water pressure and the movement of water due to the whirlpool was scrambling the sound. Adrian is actually quite shocked at the blessing that Urashima Taro has because even whirlpools are ineffective against him. Whatever the Dragon Turtle King has blessed him with must be incredibly potent.
"Can you make sure that he does not get swept away b what I am going to do?" Adrian stated as he looked at Kanlaon.
"Yes, master." Kanlaon replied as he suddenly became bigger and grabbed Urashima Taro which greatly shocked the latter.
Adrian then proceeded to use force to try and push the water around the whirlpool. Upon doing so, he was able to create an environment that one could breathe in the depths of the ocean. He did not do this before because it needs immense concentration, and the pressure of the ocean is not something that he can bare for long. He would need to finish everything that he needed to do in under 10 minutes in order to not strain himself.
The whirlpool did not cease to exist even though Adrian has already made the water get pushed back. The whirlpool was still going strong as if it was not water but a lump of mana that is continuously getting rotated. Adrian tried touching it to see if he can pry it open by force using his own strength, but he got a backlash. He was knocked back by about three meters as if a powerful force suddenly pushed him away.
"It is quite powerful to the point that I would need to be more delicate. I am going to need your help for this one." Adrian stated as he looked at Urashima Taro who can now easily walk on water and also saw what the former truly looks like.
When Adrian was hit by the magical force, the polymorph that he used was suddenly cancelled and revealed his real form. This came as a shock to Urashima Taro as he did not expect that a demon would be the real form of the person that he followed. He was already shocked that a dragon followed Adrian but being a demon almost made him faint. He has learned of demons back then as they are said to have spawned the Oni tribe due to a weird mutation when a demon and a human made children but that is not yet proven.
"No wonder you were confident! You were a demon all along!" Urashima Taro stated.
"It seems that you are knowledgeable about demons. Not many in the eastern continent know about us as we barely show ourselves to the people here." Adrian stated as there not many time and space anomalies in the eastern continent.
"I have lived long, and I have also read a lot to make sure that I will never get bored in my long life. Although, this is the first time that I have seen a demon up close. Is it true that some of the evil demons produced the Oni race when they mated with the people in the eastern continent? Is it also true that you guys are the beings that can bend time and space to your will as if you are gods?" Urashima Taro stated as he suddenly became incredibly energetic.
"I do not know about the Oni Race but there have been evil demons in the past, but they became other things as they had their Origin Magic stripped away because they used it for great evil. Anyways, we can control time and space just as you said but we can also use force. As you can see, I am using force to push the water away so that we can have this kind of conversation." Adrian stated.
As Adrian said, there have been Daemos or demons that have done great evil in the past. They were mercilessly stripped of their core, or their cores were broken so that they can no longer use Origin Magic. There were tales from the elders that the evil demons escaped east but they did not know how far as a broken Daemos Core would just make a demon incredibly tough skinned and physically strong.
"Enough questions for now. I need your help in order to break the door as it seems that it needs the energy that is keeping you alive." Adrian stated.
"How are you even going to extract it when you said that you are unable to do so?" Urashima Taro asked.
"I am not going to extract it, but I would make that thing resonate with the gate to make it loose. Once the gate is loose, I will make sure to enlarge it enough for us to safely pass through." Adrian stated but Urashima Taro did not understand.
"Just stand here and remember what it felt like inside of the hidden realm. Better yet, imagine that you are inside of the hidden realm." Adrian stated.
Urashima Taro closed his eyes and tried to remember everything that he tried to forget. He remembered the coral palace and the numerous glowing sea stars. He remembered the princess that joyfully escorted him throughout the entire hidden realm. He also remembered the bitterness of the result of his fun adventures in the hidden realm.
Adrian saw that the thing inside of Urashima Taro suddenly started to glow brightly as a powerful wave of energy is slightly released from his body. He could even see the tears welling up on the eyes of Urashima Taro which meant that he also remembered the sadness he felt when he returned. Once the power of the thing inside of Urashima Taro activated, the entrance to the hidden realm also started to resonate with it.
Adrian thought that the resonance was enough to open the door, but it was only able to create a small hole that is the size of a fist. Seeing that they would die if they tried entering with such a small entrance, Adrian immediately did the work that he promised. Adrian focused all of his energy into Paradox as he will forcefully destroy the gate. He could try enlarging the hole but that would take a long time, and he did not know if Urashima Taro can hold up that long.
[Your magic attack will be reinforced due to your passive skill, Rift Walker.]
"It seems that this is enough. Paradox, smash it!" Adrian commanded as he launched Paradox towards the entrance to the hidden realm.
A powerful wave of energy suddenly slammed onto the small entrance that was already there. Paradox looked like it was suddenly stuck inside a wall as it was unable to move. Adrian poured more origin energy into Paradox and commanded it to release it in one big explosion. The explosion of origin energy created powerful cracks that actually shook the ocean floor.
One would think that this type of force was akin to a volcano exploding from the ocean floor, but it is actually due to Adrian. He has already increased his mastery over Origin Magic to the point that he is only a few masteries away from the other Arch Demons. He is even more adept at using spatial magic because of his Rift Walker passive skill. If Elder Ascalor found out, then he would have bragged that Adrian has more mastery in spatial magic than the other types of
magic.
Paradox emitted a powerful explosion that made spiderlike cracks onto space itself. Adrian was successful in destroying the door as it only took one swing from Kanlaon's tail for it to shatter completely. Upon doing so, the door to the hidden realm or rather one of the doors shattered which also alerted the guards of the Dragon Turtle Kingdom.
It is not just the ones inside the hidden realm that was alerted but also the intelligent monsters that were near the entrance. They also knew that this was an entrance to the hidden realm as some of them have lived long enough to see Urashima Taro himself enter the door. The intelligent monsters were not foolish enough to enter the broken door though as there is a fierce dragon turtle at the other end that could kill them if it wanted to. "We can now enter the door. Are you ready?" Adrian asked as Urashima Taro is beyond shocked as he was unable to focus due to the loud explosion that happened.
"You know... I would say yes but I am suddenly shaking right now. Do you think that the human in me is still afraid of death even if that is what I want?" Urashima Taro stated as he
suddenly felt anxious.
"Everyone is afraid of death, but they do not know that death always welcomes you with open arms." Adrian stated.