Chapter 299
Three months later .
"The Narrow World?"
Beneath the Mask of Truth, Grimm's eyes flickered with excitement while staring at the magic teapot . The little boy looked on with a childlike curiosity on his face while working on the experiment instructed by the Dwarf Tinman .
"Just mind your own business!"
Myna sternly reprimanded the little boy . He dawdled on the laboratory countertops with his chest puffed out while he fixed his eyes on the poor lad . He seemed to enjoy acting all high and mighty .
The little boy kept his head down and continued his work in silence . Luckily for him, he had gotten used to Myna's ill-temper over the past three months .
"It was my master who named the foreign world inside this magic teapot," Dwarf Tinman nodded . "The master before him discovered it on a battlefield full of celestial-craters . "
Dwarf Tinman paused for a while, reminiscing the past .
"According to the research conducted by my great master, an ancient Stigmata Sorcerer incidentally discovered a World-Core Fragment separated from the Foreign Worlds . Then, he created this magic teapot with the fragment . "
Speaking of this, Dwarf Tinman could not help but heave a deep sigh of regret . She would not have died and reincarnated in the last Shadow World Expedition if she could have used this magic teapot; it was rendered dysfunctional by the Despair Breath .
A feeling of jealousy suddenly emerged from within Grimm .
Even though a World-Core Fragment was not amongst the legendary magic tools, its powers were so great it would be enough to amaze even the likes of a Stigmata Sorcerer . Nevertheless, its exact value had to be determined only by measuring the elemental attribution within the sealed dimension .
The battlefield where the Celestial Sorcerers have fought on would be undoubtedly severe . It remained unknown of how many impact craters made by the Stigmata Sorcerers were buried beneath one celestial-crater .
Being the place where this magic tool was found covered in celestial-craters, the brutality of Sorcerer World's Second Civilization War must have been unimaginable . Fortunately, the Sorcerer World was robust enough to withstand the brunt from the wars and battles of these powerful beings .
Grimm pondered for a moment . "So, is there anything I need to be aware of after I enter the Narrow World?
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"Yes, keep in mind that my master's body had undergone numerous extreme experiments and modifications when he was alive . His physical strength was heavily augmented and his body cells were infused with powerful Instinct Sorceries of the Black Sorcerers . "
Dwarf Tinman explained with an uneasy expression on her face .
"After turning into an undead, he had completely lost his intelligence and the ability to perform advanced-level sorcery . However, he's still a force to be reckoned with . "
"Take a look at this . "
A projection was cast from the crystal ball in Dwarf Tinman's hand . It was an introduction to the many Instinct Sorceries his master possessed .
Apparently, Dwarf Tinman attempted to kill her master before he was reincarnated, but he was no match for the monster his master had become .
The creature in the projection was completely deformed to the point that not a single human feature was distinguishable from it . It had become a monster so twisted that it acted only by instinct .
"Bear in mind that you're forbidden to use space sorcery inside the Narrow World . Besides, the natural rules are different from those of the Material World . You'll experience the specifics first-hand when you're inside . "
"I'll assist you from the outside when necessary . " Dwarf Tinman handed Grimm a red gem . He took it and slightly nodded in relief .
Judging from the projection, the hideous monster looked undoubtedly powerful, but its combat abilities were only that of a Dark Demon-Hunter's . Coupled with the fact that the monster had lost all intelligence, its threat was not really serious . Victory was only a matter of time for Grimm even if he were forced to fight it with wits alone .
Apparently, there was indeed a wide gap between the Bright Sorcerer and the Dark Sorcerer in terms of combat abilities .
Three days later .
Grimm snapped his fingers . "Go play outside, Myna . "
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"Caw?" Myna did not seem to expect Grimm to say this .
"I'll wait for you here then," he sluggishly replied .
Dwarf Tinman had mentioned he could pull Grimm out of the Narrow World at any time through the red gem . As a Dark Sorcerer, however, Grimm would not put all his hopes on others .
Grimm nodded slightly, indicating that he was ready .
Dwarf Tinman cast a spell, after which a great attraction force came pouring out from the teapot spout . Grimm felt as if he was being pulled into a noodle . Without resisting, Grimm was sucked into a distorted dimension .
Whoosh!
Grimm gushed out of a wall like a wave . He tried to steady his body as he was stunned and greatly staggering by the vigorous movement .
"Whoa, what in the world?"
There was nothing beneath Grimm's feet, not even ground to stand . There was no sky above him too .
This Foreign World was a dimension intertwined with reality and illusion . There was no sky, no ground, and no gravity .
The distant space was dimly obscured by disrupted energy waves . They overlapped each other, making irregular ripples like ribbons .
Grimm had not conducted any in-depth studies of this Foreign World before . But with his Perceptive Instinct of Life Consciousness, he could tell that the actual mass of this dimension was comparable to that of a Demon-Hunter Castle's World-Core Fragment . The actual mass of a dimension was not determined by its area or volume, but by the Endless World' laws .
Grimm felt as if he was trapped in a cage .
Without the elements of sky, earth, and gravity, any living thing would lose its sense of direction; it would even be problematic to just move forward .
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That being said, for a sorcerer like Grimm who had absolute control of Natural Energy, maneuvering in this dimension was merely a walk in the park .
Grimm turned to observe the wall behind him—it was actually a materialized energy layer . It had a diameter of about twenty meters and no actual mass . This energy wall seemed to be the only point of reference in this strange dimension .
Harnessing Natural Energy was based on the fundamental laws of the Endless World but was not subject to the internal laws of a certain foreign world . As such, any action in the Sorcerer World was relative to the Endless World in general .
However, the energy wall suddenly changed its direction and angle in accordance with the internal laws of this dimension .
Grimm frowned as he was taken by surprise .
"This World-Core Fragment is making irregular rotations by itself?"
Grimm analyzed the situation rationally while casting Repulsive and Attractive Forces . He could not sense the Terran Stream's laws . He could only use himself as the point of origin coordinate .
Grimm calmed himself down and took out the red jewel . He could faintly feel the coordinates of the Dwarf Tinman, whereas the original relative coordinates of Grimm and Myna coincided . . .
"Damn, it doesn't work!" Grimm cursed in frustration .
It appeared that the biggest illusion in the Narrow World was its visitor's disorientation, as it had no reference coordinates and was constantly rotating in irregular patterns . It was a mystery which Unknown World this World-Core Fragment was separated from .
Grimm had no other options but to fly toward a random direction .
If Grimm were to give this World-Core Fragment a name, it would most likely be "Lost World" .
After half an hourglass, Grimm reached an area with ribbon-shaped chaotic energy waves . Beyond the boundary was complete darkness, the coldest and cruelest place of the Endless World .
"Hmmm, is this the edge of this world already? It seems too small to be called Lost World after all," Grimm mumbled in disbelief .
The vision and perception of a sorcerer were extraordinary compared to normal beings .
Grimm could feel the chaotic energy waves as he was looking at the World's Laws from the perspective of a high-class sorcerer . If other beings without special perception were to enter this world, all they could see was total darkness . Unlike the boundless real world, a World-Core Fragment had its boundary .
As one of the Material World fragments, the boundary of the Demon-Hunter Castle World-Core Fragment was supported by the energy layer of the Holy Tower of Seven Rings . Beyond the boundary was a Void World filled with void creatures and void energy .
On the other hand, beyond the boundary of a Spectral World fragment like the Narrow World would be a world of darkness, governed by basic Balance Law .
As the World-Core Fragment had a boundary, as long as Grimm kept moving forward, he would eventually find the Metal-Castle Laboratory that Dwarf Tinman mentioned .
Just when Grimm was about to search in another direction, he suddenly felt something from the Dark Hollow World . He stopped in his tracks to discern the source .
He sensed spiral-like waves coming from within the abyss of the Dark Hollow World, and the ripples spread to the edge of this World-Core Fragment . The waves of ripples appeared to originate from a remote, unknown source . An unidentified "black hole" was moving at extremely high speed in the Dark Hollow World .
The edge of the Narrow World gradually calmed again .
Grimm was perplexed .
What he felt just now was either a natural phenomenon or an unknown powerful life-form . It caused the ripples of the Balance Law to spread to the edge of this World-Core Fragment .
Fwoosh!
All of a sudden, a vast ray of light emitted from the darkness and blasted into the distant space . The ephemeral radiance only lasted a few seconds . What remained was endless darkness of despair .