Wizard's Journey

Chapter 147 Rules Space

Rumble!

As the distant vortex barrier churned with a deafening roar of waves, the witch guardian stopped what she was doing and turned to look with several witch apprentices.

The surrounding black seawater was separated by a mysterious energy magnetic field. When viewed from the center of the vortex, the surrounding seawater looked like some kind of black latex jelly. A sense of oppression arose, as if it could come from all directions at any moment. Just looking at it for a while would cause the body to feel a sense of suffocation due to the distortion of habitual thinking, and one would want to escape from the center of the vortex.

If the giant tortoise flying at the center of the vortex was like a fly landing on a plate, then Green and his wizard apprentices were like a grain of sand in a sandbox, even more insignificant.

however……

At that moment, the water barrier of the surrounding Black Sea whirlpool suddenly erupted with a deafening roar. Amidst the stunned expressions of the several wizard apprentices, a giant head, resembling a mountain, slowly emerged from the whirlpool barrier. Its black skin was covered with countless seaweed vines, and even some ship anchors were used as ornaments!

The whole situation was like a spoon appearing on a plate already infested with flies.

This is……

If Green had seen this scene before becoming a wizard's apprentice, he would surely have muttered "Sea King Troll".

Every sailor who spends years at sea has his own legend of sea monsters and siren. But in every sailor's fantasy of unknown marine creatures, the most powerful and top-tier marine creature is a giant sea monster known as a moving island.

Legend has it that the Sea Giant often sleeps with its back exposed on the surface of the sea, and ocean liners sailing long distances often mistake its back for an island and anchor to rest.

However, once the ocean monster awakens, the massive waves from its churning body easily pull the tiny ships around it to the bottom of the sea, and all the sailors disappear completely without a trace.

However, these are just monsters from the fantasies of sailors who lack knowledge.

As Grimm studied at the Black Tower Academy and broadened his horizons, those creatures that were once almost legendary stories began to be recorded in detail in books. Wizards even used their wisdom to analyze and explain the habits, characteristics, and origins of these creatures.

These seemingly unimportant explanations of knowledge are the greatest gains for wizard apprentices besides knowledge of witchcraft.

This is an enlightenment in the intelligent analysis of unknown mysteries.

……

As Green gazed at the mountain-like head slowly emerging from the vortex barrier, he felt for a moment that even the giant tortoise of the Heavenly Capital Peak was no more than this insignificant.

"Tyrannosaurus rex!" Green murmured.

This is one of the largest life forms in the Wizarding World, known as the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the leader of the three giant sea monsters, and a colossal creature called the Tree of Life of the Sea.

Moo...

Gradually, the Tyrannosaurus Rex stretched its entire head out of the Black Sea whirlpool barrier, emitted a deep echo, opened its mouth, and five small black dots flew out.

call out!

In the dark, unknown depths of the Black Sea whirlpool, a beam of light shot up to meet the five small black dots. It was a marine creature standing on a giant hexagonal starfish.

The witch on the flying carpet withdrew her gaze and addressed the wizard apprentices who were still peering in awe at the vortex barrier with their mountain-like heads protruding into it: "Those are the underwater warriors selected by the Sea King's Altar. As one of the guardians of the wizarding world, the Sea King's Altar also has the right to share the fragments of the Heart of the World. Alright, since even the sea creatures from the Sea King's Altar have come, we should be the last batch of wizard apprentices this year. Let's go down."

Ignoring the reactions of the wizard apprentices, the witch abruptly withdrew the magic from the flying carpet.

Whoosh!

The witch and five wizard apprentices fell together into the depths of the dark vortex.

Um! ?

As he fell freely, Grimm instinctively tried to use his magic to fly, but to his disbelief, his magic had no effect at all, and his body continued to fall freely.

Relying on his body-refining wizard abilities, Grimm stiffly adjusted his falling posture. Beneath his pale mask, he looked at the other wizard apprentices, who were all in the same predicament, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that this place had been affected by some kind of rule change, or perhaps a higher-level sublimation of the wizarding world's rules.

In short, at this moment, the natural forces around us were completely different from the natural forces in the wizarding world.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...

Utter darkness.

They had been free-falling for almost the time it takes to fill an hourglass. If it weren't for the light from the high hat of the witch guardian serving as a reference, the wizard apprentices would probably have felt an indescribable fear of entering the dark realm of the ruined tower.

After more than an hourglass of freefall, Green had begun to get used to the feeling of weightlessness and the wind rushing past him. His long golden hair flowed vertically, and in appearance, he resembled Leona, the Son of the Sun, who had pushed her talent to its limit.

"Yes, we're almost at the rule space of the Heart of the World," the witch at the bottom suddenly said.

Green looked down and gradually, a warm glow began to appear in his field of vision.

At that moment, Green felt a warm and embraced sensation as if he were about to throw himself into his mother's arms. Although... Green had never had a mother, such a great "being," in his memory, at that moment, he truly felt that warmth, embrace, care, and concern from that warm light.

This feeling was a wonderful one that Green had never experienced before!

Green's memories begin with that cold winter. Green only remembers that the winter was very cold, but in the face of the desire to survive, Green became stronger than the cruelty of the harsh winter. So Green stepped over his companions who had already stiffened, and left the sheltered corner of the wall, wrapped in burlap.

Green never experienced the selfless care, love, and acceptance that comes with a mother. As a result, Green never showed weakness, escapism, or love. Having faced life and death too early, Green has become realistic and "numb," as if he always sees himself as an outsider, a person struggling without emotion.

It seems this is fate, the fate that belongs to Green.

However, at this moment, this feeling is like being embraced and held in a mother's warm arms...

"arrive."

After the witch suddenly murmured something in a low voice, the wizard apprentices felt something hard suddenly appear under their feet. Except for Naro and Green, the wizard apprentices all went limp and lay down on the flying carpet.

The prolonged weightless freefall did indeed make these wizard apprentices feel as if their legs were unable to exert any strength the moment they touched the flying carpet.

Green was able to escape unscathed partly because of his exceptional physical condition, and partly because he was almost always in a state of subconscious self-defense. This was due to his childhood memories, which meant that Green subconsciously always saw himself as someone who was constantly struggling.

The disheveled Yubo groaned and glanced at Nairo and Green before quickly standing up to cover up his embarrassment.

Naro, inside the chain ball, glanced at Green, but seeing that Green wasn't looking at him, he didn't pay much attention and looked down at the dazzling and fantastical mysterious space beneath his feet, just like Green!

It was as if the self-light belonging to the wizarding world flowed warmly, illuminating every corner of this mysterious space; countless chains of light and shadow, shifting between brightness and darkness, emanated from the light source of this space.

The witch on the flying carpet switched off the magic lamp on her horned hat, opened her arms wide with a blissful expression, and whispered, "These lights are the source of the wizarding world! And these chains are the rules and will of the wizarding world!"

The Light of the Source? The Will of Rules?

It seems that the fundamental will of the Heart of the World can only reach every corner of the wizarding world through these countless chains of rules and wills.

In this way, the wizarding world has its own world rules, including the changing seasons, the cycle of the sun and moon, the ebb and flow of tides, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, landslides, and tsunamis!

As for the light of the source.

If the light of the wizarding world reaches a distant and unknown alien world, will it become a wisp of light that carries the memories of the rise and fall of the wizarding world?

Moreover, in that unknown world, could there also be a small group of creatures resembling "rainbows" devouring these gifts and blessings from the distant and alien wizarding world?

…………

In the distant, unknown center of this space, countless interlocking chains, existing between solidity and emptiness, extend outwards. Above Green and his companions is a pitch-black vortex void, through which neither the light of the source nor the chains of rules can penetrate.

The stone walls surrounding the vortex space were pierced by countless chains, gradually transforming into an illusion.

These chains of rules vary in size.

The large chains are hundreds or even thousands of meters long, with each link interlocking with the others, presenting a sturdy, heavy, and unshakeable appearance! The small chains are like infinitely long, crystal-clear threads, with the links not even visible, presenting a delicate, exquisite, and refined appearance.

These chains of rules come in various shapes.

Some chain links are angular rectangles, squares, triangles, or polygons, like strict and unyielding law enforcement officers who do not tolerate transgression! Others are smooth and rounded, without any sharp edges, like a clear pool of water in Moon Lake, showing the gentleness of a mother nurturing life.

These chains of rules are incredibly diverse.

Some are like the transparent and light blue sky, while others are like the heavy and mysterious black and gray robes of a dark wizard; some are like the colorful fluttering butterflies, while others are like the monotonous and unique desert ice field.

These chains of rules each have their own unique flavor.

Some are mysterious, some are innocent; some are evil, some are kind; some are cold, some are warm...

…………

After passing through chains of rules that appeared to be physical but were actually illusory, amidst the different sensations of the group, a rushing golden river of light suddenly appeared in their field of vision.

The golden river of light is like a boundless ocean, seemingly turbulent and unstoppable on the outside, but inwardly it nurtures hope and embraces all living beings.

This river of light is like a dazzling galaxy in the night sky.

It appears dazzling and close at hand, but in reality, it is like a reflection in water or the moon's reflection in a flower, far away in the sky.

"This is the lever of fate!" Suddenly, the witch on the flying carpet turned around and solemnly whispered to the five wizard apprentices behind her.

(End of this chapter)