Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 100 Target - Benefits for the Queen Sister!

Seeing the glimmering lines, Cohen breathed a sigh of relief. The thing was still there.

He said to the crowd:

"This is the crystallization of the Arcane Empire's wisdom, an auxiliary seal capable of communicating with all intelligent creatures—the Heart Seal!
The 'Concentric Mantra Seal' is divided into the main mantra seal and the secondary mantra seal.

The main seal can unilaterally open or close the communication function of the secondary seal."

Spanning thousands of years, witnessing the miracles from the history of human civilization, everyone's face was shining with excitement.

The dragon seal on Cohen's hand flashed, and a sharp carving knife appeared.

Go to the mural and clean away any dust and debris around the lines of light.

Then he carefully studied the structure of the seal and the connection points between the murals, and peeled them off carefully.

After a long time and careful operation, the two faintly glowing seals were finally removed intact by Cohen.

He then handed the seal to Nephthys.

Nephthys had already prepared two blank scrolls. After taking the seal, she began to copy the scrolls meticulously.

Cohen took this opportunity to say to Asuna:
"Asuna, when you return, contact Pale Wings and purchase some materials for the engraving seal.

In addition, you will be our Infinity Blade's external contact person from now on.

You will be responsible for all external liaison matters.

As for the funds needed to purchase materials, you should discuss it with Nephthys.

Nephthys will be responsible for the accounting of Infinity Blade from now on."

Asuna and Nephthys agreed solemnly at the same time.

Cohen turned his gaze to Arnold again:

"You must also learn how to carve this secondary seal, and you will also have to carve it on the orcs in the future."

Arnold frowned slightly:

“Do I have to carve all these orcs by myself?
Can't we recruit some spell engravers?"

Cohen shook his head and said:
"Not yet. The carving method of the 'Concentric Curse Seal' cannot be leaked."

In his previous life, Arnold had found some seal engravers, which resulted in the "Concentric Seal" being leaked out quickly.

Cohen learned from Arnold's lesson and would rather go through more trouble than let the secret be made public so quickly.

Otherwise, with Cohen's current strength, he would not have the confidence to compete with those empires and kingdoms for orc slaves.

He said to Arnold:

“You don’t have to do it all by yourself.

The secondary seal is relatively simple. You can first use the "Concentric Seal" to link several orcs.

Then teach these orcs how to engrave. If you work together, it should be quicker."

Arnold nodded thoughtfully.

The line structure of the "Concentric Mantra Seal" is extremely complex and profound, and copying each stroke requires enormous energy.

Time passed slowly, and finally, around midnight, Nephthys finally completed the copying of the two seals.

After putting away the original and copied curse seals, Cohen was in a good mood.

Having completed the main mission of this expedition, the next step is to find that semi-artifact.

Relying on the star map positions he had memorized in the Nightmare Mist Phantom, Cohen headed towards the direction where the "Book of Time and Space" was stored.

The research institute crashed and the space array was forcibly closed.

Unable to teleport through various space nodes, you can only get there on foot.

Fortunately, although the research institute crashed, its main body was still solid and its location could be vaguely identified.

After walking for a while and turning a corner, a narrow corridor appeared in front of us, which could only accommodate one person.

Cohen recalled that the room containing the "Book of Time and Space" was nearby.

Cohen stopped and said to everyone:

"It's not easy out there. I'll go in and take a look. You guys wait here."

Cohen squeezed in sideways through the narrow entrance.

The passage was filled with a rotten and damp smell, and a faint green liquid was seeping from the walls on both sides.

Cohen sensed it a little and found that it contained a trace of extremely weak life elements.

Cohen's eyes flashed, and he soon discovered that this emerald green liquid was very similar to the juice of the elves' famous healing medicine, the "Elf Holy Fruit".

Cohen secretly kept his discovery in mind and continued on his way.

It was like entering a huge maze, which made Cohen murmur involuntarily.

In his impression, this site should not have such a long corridor, and this corridor is extremely irregular and does not look like it was artificially excavated.

As we walked forward, the corridors became more and more complicated and the entire space became smaller and smaller.

Cohen had to almost hunch over to keep moving forward.

Not long after walking, I suddenly felt enlightened.

Cohen came to a spherical cave.

Looking at this spherical cave, Cohen felt a vague sense of familiarity.

Suddenly, he heard a strange sound, like a whisper coming from a distance.

The sound was getting closer and closer, obviously coming towards Cohen.

Are there any living creatures?

Cohen's eyes moved slightly, and the ghost crab on his feet activated, directly escaping into the wall next to him.

The sound became louder and louder, and turned into a rustling sound that hit my face.

Soon, the floor and walls of the cave were covered with an emerald curtain.

Cohen looked closely and saw a large group of emerald worms coming from the opposite side like a tide.

These worms are as thin as silk, twisting their bodies as if flexible silk threads are dancing in the air.

They are packed together so densely that the sheer number makes one's scalp tingle.

As they approached, the rustling sound became louder and louder, like the low roar before a storm.

Wherever it passed, the ground seemed to tremble slightly.

After a few minutes, it seemed that no more worms came out of the distant tunnel.

Immediately afterwards, these countless tiny worms began to gather like a surging tide.

They twisted their soft bodies, intertwined and climbed with each other. Those seemingly insignificant little worms seemed to be pulled by a mysterious force at this moment.

They fit together tightly and are connected section by section.

Each little worm is trying hard to find its own position and constantly adjusting its posture.

Gradually, the outline of a huge worm began to emerge.

As the last small worm joined, the big worm composed of small worms became clearer and clearer.

Its body is huge and shocking, and its surface is constantly wriggling, as if it has its own life rhythm.

Countless small worms, like cells, together make up this amazing and strange creature.

The strange creature moved slowly, the ground trembled slightly under its weight, and it emitted a chilling aura.

Cohen looked at the huge and strange creature, and a taboo name emerged in his mind.

——The worm monster from the dark abyss!
Cohen felt his scalp tingling.

He really couldn't understand why such a forbidden creature would appear in the main plane!

Fortunately, it was only emerald in color. If it was a golden worm monster, he would have immediately disappeared into the shadows without saying a word.

This is the most terrifying creature from the abyss of the underworld. It is a dark abyss worm that can even devour the legendary realm of a legendary transcendent in its mature stage!

The Underworld Worm, according to legend, is a sinful worm exiled to the underworld by Sarah Louise, the ancestor of all insects, to devour the souls that have fallen and been exiled to the underworld.

They can devour anything. When young, they are emerald green and can devour most solid metals.

Even if it is a legendary magic weapon, they can devour it completely if given time.

When mature, it is golden in color and can devour the legendary realm of a legendary transcendent!

There is also a metamorphosis period that only exists in legends. It is said that it can even take a bite out of the saint's temple!
It is definitely a taboo in the entire main plane.

The Netherworld Worm Monsters generally live in the abyss of the underworld, which is covered by numerous barriers and dimensional barriers, and under normal circumstances they cannot get out.

Cohen really couldn't understand why there was a juvenile Abyss Worm Monster here.

Just as his mind was wandering, suddenly, a faint silver light appeared not far away, and the outline of a book was faintly revealed.

Feeling the fleeting spatial fluctuation, Cohen instantly understood everything.

He shuttled through the walls and ran towards the place where the silver light was flashing.

By the time Cohen arrived, the silver light had gone out.

An ancient and tattered book lay quietly on the ground.

The cover is old and mottled, as if it has gone through countless storms and vicissitudes.

Cohen took a deep breath, and while the worm monster wasn't paying attention, he instantly put the book into the "Heart of Eternity".

Follow the wall and leave to a safe area away from the worm monster.

Cohen took out the book and gently opened the cover, and a mysterious atmosphere came to his face.

A strange light flickered faintly on the page.

That is the aura of the space array surging!

It really is the “Book of Time and Space”!
Looking at the tattered book in front of me, it is hard to connect it with the crystal book I saw in the nightmare phantom before.

But in fact, this is the semi-artifact, the Book of Time and Space.

Cohen gently touched the pages of the book and could feel a faint energy fluctuation, which was the power of the space array responding.

It seems to be telling a story from a distant time and space.

This semi-artifact that witnessed the rise and glory of the empire is now like its empire.

It has lost all its glory and halo, lying quietly in the ruins, never seeing the light of day.

Cohen followed the instructions given by the gray-robed researcher and chanted the spell. Soon, a strange and mysterious rune began to appear on the first yellowed page.

As Cohen input the magic power in his hands, the rune seemed to come alive.

The lines of the runes were like winding black snakes, twisting and entwining freely in the void, sometimes intertwining to form complex shapes, and sometimes dispersing, as if exploring an unknown space.

The edges of the rune are covered with sharp protrusions and jagged lines, as if warning any creature that dares to approach, and it is full of a dangerous and strange aura.

After seeing this mysterious rune, Cohen finally confirmed the origin of the Netherworld Worm!

It turned out that he had smuggled in from the abyss of the underworld through the space node on the "Book of Time and Space".

This rune represents the abyss of the underworld.

Cohen speculated that something must have happened to the "Book of Time and Space", which led to the opening of the transmission channel to the abyss of the underworld.

It happened that a young Nether Abyss Worm Monster passed by and was teleported over there.

Then the energy of the "Book of Time and Space" was exhausted, and the worm monster could never go back.

Cohen was secretly shocked. The people of the Arcane Empire were indeed a bunch of lunatics. They actually dared to imprint the spatial node of the underworld abyss on the "Book of Time and Space".

I don't know how they got in.

Cohen continued to flip through the book and found that he could only turn two more pages.

No matter how much magic power Cohen input into these two pages, no runes representing space nodes appeared.

This means that these two pages are blank pages. As long as you imprint a space node of a certain place, you can use the "Book of Time and Space" to travel back and forth.

It can teleport one hundred people at a time, but judging by the current level of damage, it's probably difficult to even teleport one person.

According to the gray-robed researcher, the complete "Book of Time and Space" has one hundred pages, forty of which have been used, and sixty are blank.

Now they are all damaged, and only this page of space nodes leading to the abyss of the underworld can be used.

After figuring out the connection, Cohen stared at the Netherworld Worm in the distance with burning eyes.

A homeless Netherworld Worm Monster, Cohen immediately set his sights on it.

An emerald-colored worm monster, in its juvenile stage.

The juvenile "Abyss Worm" itself is not that aggressive, but it can slowly devour various metals and rare materials.

Cohen looked at the empty spherical cave and finally understood where the sense of familiarity came from.

The cave in front of him was the laboratory in the nightmare phantom where the "Book of Time and Space" was stored.

Everything in the laboratory should have been devoured by this "Abyss Worm Monster".

No wonder there's nothing here.

Could it be that it also ate those corpses?

Cohen shook his head, overturning this speculation.

According to records, the "Underworld Worm" does not eat blood.

Looking at the "Abyss Creeper" slowly moving its body not far away, Cohen closed the "Book of Time and Space".

He still remembered what the gray-robed researcher had said, that the cover of this "Book of Time and Space" sealed a small sub-plane.

It’s just that the rules are not perfect enough, the space is not stable enough, and humans cannot survive.

So, can this "Abyss Worm Monster" survive on it?
The environment of the underworld abyss should not be much better than a chaotic small sub-plane.

Maybe give it a try.

Cohen stepped out of the wall, and the "Abyss Worm" not far away saw a strange creature appear.

Emerald light began to surge all over his body, a sign of anger.

Cohen's eyes were focused as he held the "Book of Time and Space" and chanted a spell softly.

Ancient patterns began to spread across the cover, like a beating pulse, and there was a faint sense of mysterious power about to emerge.

Cohen held up the "Book of Time and Space" high, and a dazzling light instantly shot up from the cover into the sky, illuminating the entire cave.

The ancient lines are like activated circuits, with mysterious light flowing rapidly through them.

Then, an illusory vortex gradually formed above the cover.

Looking at the "Abyss Worm" that wanted to escape, Cohen accelerated the output of magic power. The vortex instantly doubled in size, and a powerful suction force burst out from it.

Like an invisible giant hand, it tightly grasped the "Abyss Worm Monster" and pulled it into the vortex little by little.

As the worm monster was taken in, the vortex gradually shrank and finally disappeared.

Cohen looked at the "Book of Time and Space" and the cover had completely returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Cohen breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes showing fatigue, but unable to hide his excitement.

This time the harvest was greater than expected.

In addition to the semi-artifact "Book of Time and Space", the "Abyss Worm" is also an unexpected surprise.

Next, we need to collect some information about the "Abyss Worm Monster".

Even he knew very little about the details of the "Abyss Worm Monster".

Moreover, it is not easy to sign a master-servant contract with the creatures in the underworld abyss.

Cohen suppressed his thoughts, waved his fingers, and chanted a spell.

The "Book of Time and Space" gradually shrank and finally turned into a rune branded on his arm.

The rune was obviously much more incomplete than when the gray-robed researcher first received it.

We must find a way to repair it as soon as possible. If we want to enter the ancient tomb below, which is what Windsardler calls the "Sleeping Cave", the "Book of Time and Space" is an indispensable prop.

The gray-robed researcher did tell him how to repair it.

However, this kind of thing must be done in secret. Didn’t you see that the “Black Tomb” spent so much money to get one and a half of the artifact “Wings of Gold” from Isabella?

If others knew that Cohen had the "Book of Time and Space", Effiin would probably be uprooted.

To repair a semi-artifact, the resources consumed are absolutely astronomical.

We have to find a way to find someone to pay the bill.

It seemed that the special envoy was particularly interested in this "sleeping cave", and Cohen came up with an idea.

After finishing the business here, Cohen returned the same way.

Seeing Cohen return safely, several people breathed a sigh of relief.

Cohen smiled and said:

"We've made quite a bit of progress this time, and I'm sorry to have kept everyone waiting for so long."

Cohen estimated the time and found that it was still early for his appointment with Windsardler.

He thought of the Queen's sister's hobby, magic circles!
Cohen vaguely remembered that there was a notebook of the Arcane Empire's array master in it, but he wondered if it was damaged.

The Queen's 26th birthday is not far away, and a notebook containing the essence of ancient magic circles will definitely be a perfect birthday gift.

Following his memory, Cohen walked through many twists and turns and finally entered a dilapidated storage room.

As soon as you enter the door, the dust of time floats in the air.

Immediately afterwards, several faint lights flickered in the room. As the light gradually grew stronger, the ancient patterns on the ground began to reveal mysterious colors.

Those lines seemed to have life, slowly flowing with light.

Suddenly, a strong light shot up from the center of the ground. In the light, mysterious symbols and patterns kept changing, emitting powerful magic.

A magic circle!

However, to Cohen's surprise, this magic circle did not seem to have any offensive power.

As time goes by, the light converges into a beam, projected onto the ancient wall, jumping back and forth in a specific trajectory, as if telling stories of the past.

Cohen's eyes moved slightly, and he instantly discovered something.

He memorized the trajectory of the beam.

After a while, the light dissipated and the power of the magic circle completely disappeared.

Cohen came to the wall and sensed it carefully, and indeed found that there was something sealed on the surface of the wall.

With focused eyes, he stretched out his hand and began to dance along the trajectory of the previous beam of light.

Soon, the surrounding space gradually distorted, as if an invisible film was slowly being torn apart.

Extra-dimensional space array!

Cohen's expression lit up with joy. He opened the space array, and an ancient notebook slowly emerged.

The cover has been blurred by time, but some mysterious patterns can still be seen.

Cohen gently brushed away the dust on his notebook, and at that moment, it seemed as if he had touched the mechanism of time.

An indescribable sense of solemnity came over me, as if I was holding a piece of history in my hands.

He slowly opened the notebook, and the ancient characters were like sleeping elves awakened, and every stroke seemed to contain endless stories and mysterious power.

Looking at the intricate patterns and outlined runes on it, Cohen was certain that this was the note from a formation master from the Arcane Empire.

This is absolutely priceless for Yadel, who loves magic circles.

With this thing, what kind of benefits should I ask the Queen to give me?
Cohen couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Until Nephthys woke Cohen.

Cohen came back to his senses, put away his notes, and said:
"It's almost time. I believe the Special Envoy and his team have finished their search. Let's go and reunite with them."

Everyone had no objection and followed Cohen back to the gate of the ruins.

When they arrived, Windsardler and others had indeed been waiting there for a long time.

Cohen took a look and found that the sixth-level explorer Baron Kulikov looked in a state of disgrace, and his sturdy and gorgeous armor was already in tatters.

Next to him was Duke Gavin's eldest son, Ifir'o, who still had a hint of panic on his face.

Obviously something bad happened.

Cohen was slightly surprised. This shouldn't be the case.

The route I gave them should not pose any threat to them.

At most, there are a few silver-level golems. With Windsardler, a gold-level golem, and an experienced explorer, they should be able to return safely.

But it looks like a big battle.

Cohen glanced at Margaret next to him, who winked at Windsordeleh and then shook her head slightly.

(End of this chapter)