Chapter 668: Chapter 476: Summary of Recent Intelligence and a World Approaching Doomsday

Mage Delin watched him, seeing his stubborn pride and the needless suffering it caused him. He just smiled helplessly and said nothing more.

All that remained was a matter of time.

He raised his glass and gently clinked it against Wendel’s.

"Then let’s just... wait and see."

"Let’s see what other tricks that boy has up his sleeve."

...

Raylo did not return as quickly as the two Legendary Mages had expected.

Over the next few days, it was as if he had forgotten the matter entirely.

He spent every day busy with the territory’s affairs: approving mountains of documents, inspecting the construction progress of Black Stone City, or visiting the training camp outside the city to watch the Knights drill.

His schedule was packed, leaving not a single moment to spare.

The sun was pleasant that afternoon.

Warm, early-winter sunlight streamed through the enormous French windows of the study in the Lord’s Castle, casting bright patches of light across the floor.

Fine motes of dust drifted through the air, which carried the dry scent of old scrolls and wood.

Raylo was leaning back in a soft armchair, completely relaxed.

A cup of steaming black tea sat on the table beside him.

Moonlight was curled up on the rug by his feet, purring contentedly.

Raylo held a list in his hands—the system intelligence reports that had come in since the space storm.

[1: At the bottom of a canyon in the eastern Black Stone Mountain Range, an ore of ’Windmill Copper’ fell from a Space Rift. It weighs approximately thirty kilograms and can be used to forge a Wind Attribute Divine Weapon.]

[2: At the border between the eastern Black Stone Mountain Range and the Jade Swamp, the corpse of a Domain Level Three-headed Hellhound fell from a Space Rift.]

[3: In the Giant’s Sleep valley in the central Black Stone Mountain Range, a new quicksand pit has formed. The pit was created by three grains of "Time-Stopping Sand" that fell from a Space Rift above. This "Time-Stopping Sand" is a rare natural treasure that can briefly freeze time within a localized space.]

[4: In a region of red hills in the western Black Stone Mountain Range, a broken Divine Weapon fell from a Space Rift. The weapon is named ’Wailing’. Because it is broken, the tens of thousands of souls of the war dead clinging to its shaft are no longer suppressed. Their resentment soars, and any creature that approaches will have its Life Force drained instantly.]

[5: On the eastern side of a valley known as the Burial Ground in the western Black Stone Mountain Range, more than three hundred ’Ember Stones’ fell from a Space Rift connected to the "Ashen World." This stone contains Flame Law Power and is a superior material for forging a High Tier Fire-Enchanted Weapon.]

[6: At the border between the southern Black Stone Mountain Range and Amber Territory, a sprout from a ’Tree of Life’ fell from a Space Rift. A dense Power of Life permeates the area within a hundred-meter radius, greatly promoting the growth of any plant and slowly purifying the surrounding land.]

[7: On the western edge of the Black Stone Mountain Range, an extremely well-hidden Space Rift has appeared due to the spatial turbulence. The other end connects to a Low Magic World in an ’End of the Dharma Era.’ This world has a completely different system of civilization, but the individual power of its inhabitants is extremely low.]

[8: At the summit of a peak in the northern Black Stone Mountain Range, a ’Divine Creature’ that died in the spatial turbulence fell from a Space Rift. Its Divine Blood soaked into the earth and contaminated a nearby apple tree, which then produced three ’Golden Apples.’ Consuming them can greatly increase Life Force and Spiritual Power. The master of this mountain peak is a Domain Level Ice Elemental Lord.]

[9: Near the border of Black Stone Territory in the southern Black Stone Mountain Range, a Dragon Breath Pepper Tree has fallen. The Dragon Breath Peppers from this tree are so spicy that not even a Giant Dragon can stand them. They are a key ingredient for making top-tier Burning Potions and extreme culinary delicacies. A Flame Lizard has claimed it as a treasure and dragged the Dragon Breath Pepper Tree into its lair.]

[10: At the summit of the highest peak in the western Black Stone Mountain Range, a Catastrophe Level creature from the void had its body torn apart by spatial turbulence. Only its ’heart’ fell here. The heart is still beating and is attempting to reconstruct its body in a pure energy form. The initial reconstruction is expected to be complete in seven days. Upon completion, a brand-new ’Energy Monarch’ will be born.]

[11: In the sky above the southern Black Stone Mountain Range, near Amber Territory, a feather from an Otherworld creature, the "Doom Crow," drifted through a narrow Space Rift. The person who holds it will encounter a series of unfortunate events, but if they can endure, they will be met with great fortune in the end.]

[12: In a forest known as the Mushroom Forest in the central Black Stone Mountain Range, the Law of Gravity in one area has been reversed due to the space storm. Anyone who enters will "fall" toward the sky. This phenomenon of reversed Law will last for about a month.]

[13: In a valley in the western Black Stone Mountain Range, an ’Illusory Light Butterfly Empress’ from the ’Insect Hive Plane’ fell from a Space Rift. It is severely wounded and near death. It has scattered its eggs throughout the surrounding forest in a three-kilometer radius.]

[14: In the eastern Black Stone Mountain Range, near the southern end of the Jade Swamp, the corpse of a Domain Level ’Flame Demon Lord’ from the ’Heart of Molten Fire’ plane fell from a Space Rift. Along with the corpse, a swarm of several hundred Inferior Demons also fell.]

[15: In the northern part of the Giant’s Sleep valley in the central Black Stone Mountain Range, the upper torso of a ’Steel Golem’ fell from a Space Rift. Its core Melting Furnace has been destroyed and extinguished, but the ’Arcane Bundle Cannon’ mounted on its left arm is structurally intact and holds immense research value.]

[16: Thirty kilometers south of the Giant’s Sleep valley in the central Black Stone Mountain Range, a stable Space Rift leading to the Otherworld ’Skeleton Wasteland’ was generated in the space storm. The ’Skeleton Wilderness’ is a world of scattered bones where the Undead run rampant. This Space Rift opens every night at midnight for about an hour.]

[17: At the border between the southern Black Stone Mountain Range and Amber Territory, there is a canyon. In the deepest part of this canyon, a stable Space Rift was generated during the space storm. The Space Rift connects to a world on the verge of annihilation. This world is also inhabited by humans and many other intelligent species, but it lost a "World War" against an invasion from another Otherworld. The world is currently in its doomsday phase: its laws are collapsing, the continent is shattering, and civilization is perishing. The world’s fundamental essence is dissipating. Countless lost Alchemy Workshops, ancient ruins, automated Alchemy Demon Puppets, and... unretrieved ’Divine Creations’ are now adrift with the continental fragments in an endless void storm.]

Since the space storm swept across the Continent, Raylo has devoted most of his energy to the crucial task of finding "Phillips’s Mobile Alchemy Workshop."

That legendary Alchemy Workshop represents the pinnacle of human Alchemy, and its value is immeasurable.

As for the new opportunities that arose from the space storm, he had assigned them to his most trusted right-hand men, Ed and Alex.

In recent days, treasures such as the Windmill Copper, the Dragon Breath Pepper Tree, and the Ember Stones had already been retrieved by the Knights he had dispatched.

Raylo lifted his gaze from the parchment and looked out the window.

Just then, the sound of hurried but steady footsteps echoed from the corridor, growing closer until they stopped outside his study door.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK.

"Come in."

The door opened, and Ed appeared in the doorway.

"My Lord! We found it!"

A glimmer of light appeared in the depths of Raylo’s eyes.

Ed said.

"My Lord!"

"We found the Space Rift that leads to the Doomsday World!"

Nearby, Coal Ball, who was dozing in a corner, twitched his ears. Seemingly disturbed by the sudden, loud voice, he flicked his tail in annoyance, shifted position, and went back to sleep.

Raylo leaned forward slightly.

"Tell me the details."

"The rift is in the deepest part of a canyon on the southern border called the ’Wailing Canyon.’ Its location is extremely well-concealed. If Master Marlin hadn’t detected a faint leakage of Magic Power in the area, it would have been almost impossible to find."

Raylo took the map and the report.

"When we came within a hundred meters of the rift, we felt an intense spatial pressure and... an indescribable aura of decay."

"Decay?"

Raylo seized on the word.

"Yes, My Lord."

Ed struggled to find the words to describe the feeling,

"It’s like... like standing next to the rotting corpse of a Giant Beast. You can feel life draining away, the very laws of reality coming apart. The Knights didn’t dare get any closer, so I had men guard the perimeter and immediately sent the report back to you."

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