Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3193: Chapter 3194: Internal Cycle

”Consumption at the teleportation point?” The Black-scaled Cave Dragon didn’t expect Luigi to suddenly ask such a question.

Earlier, Luigi’s complaints were ignored by the Black-scaled Cave Dragon, as it was only responsible for picking up people and handing them over to Lord Kukurus.

But suddenly asking such a serious question, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon was puzzled by what Luigi was thinking.

Should I answer?

After a moment of hesitation, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon decided to answer.

For the Cave Dragon Clan, who are adept at understanding space, this question was trivial, and answering it wouldn’t affect it negatively. Furthermore, it could stop Luigi’s chatter along the way.

Most importantly, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon vaguely knew something about Luigi’s identity...

”The reason is simple: the consumption of inner circulation is certainly lower than that of outer circulation.” The Black-scaled Cave Dragon said casually.

Inner circulation? Outer circulation? Luigi didn’t understand.

But whether he understood or not didn’t matter; it was more important whether Angel understood. Luigi used the Mind Synchronization Technique and asked Laplace.

Laplace glanced sideways at Angel.

A reply from Angel came through the transmission: ”Vaguely seems a bit understood, but might need further information.”

After hearing that, Laplace simplified the message for Luigi: ”Didn’t understand.”

Luigi immediately replied to the Black-scaled Cave Dragon: ”I don’t get it, what inner circulation outer circulation, I’m not a Cave Dragon, I don’t know much about space, since there’s still some distance to the station, why don’t you explain?”

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon didn’t know what the three behind him were thinking. It was silent for a moment before saying, ”When energy circulates inside your body, the consumption is certainly less than outside.”

”Inner circulation means circulating inside the body?” Not just Angel, but Luigi was also stunned.

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon nodded: ”Yes.”

”How can it be body circulation, I was clearly asking about the consumption of spatial energy? ... If it’s body circulation, are you suggesting we’re inside a giant beast?” Luigi thought the answer was absurd.

He was sure they were currently in the Crystal City. And the Crystal City was slowly expanded over the years by the Crystal Eye Clan, definitely not a giant beast, just a magnificent spectacle of architecture.

Or maybe... the Black-scaled Cave Dragon meant that this party headquarters was inside a giant beast?

Luigi felt incredulous, but the Black-scaled Cave Dragon remained calm: ”I never said we were inside a giant beast, and besides, can only inside a giant beast be called inner circulation?”

Luigi still didn’t understand: ”What do you mean?”

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon glanced around, a wave of spatial energy quickly surrounded them. Under Luigi’s wary gaze, it calmly said, ”I won’t do anything to you, but some things, if said in front of it, will draw the Elders Council of the Crystal Eye Clan, which is bothersome.”

”Even though it might not notice me, to avoid trouble, it’s better to shield the upcoming words.”

At this point, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon suddenly glanced at Laplace.

Laplace was fully shielded the whole time. Logically, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon’s spatial shielding should cover her barrier. But strangely, its spatial shielding was activated, yet Laplace’s barrier remained unaffected.

It had always thought Laplace was merely a friend accompanying Luigi, but now it seemed beyond expectation.

Either her barrier was special, or its energy level was higher than its own.

If it’s the latter, then her identity...

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon suddenly thought of a rumor, and that rumor... it dared not conceive. Quickly extinguishing the curiosity growing in its heart, it didn’t dare to ponder further, not even daring to look at Laplace again.

Unable to cover it means unable to cover it; her barrier can equally block its sight.

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon restrained its fluctuating thoughts, pondering: ”You can consider the Crystal City as a whole, and since we’re inside, for the Crystal City, we’re within its body. When any energy circulates within its body, the consumption is smaller than externally.”

Luigi frowned: ”How can the Crystal City be a creature? It’s just a slightly larger building!”

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon: ”The Crystal City itself isn’t a creature, but it can give birth to consciousness.”

As the Black-scaled Cave Dragon said this, not only Luigi understood, but Angel also grasped it.

”Are you saying... the Crystal City has a ’Spirit’?”

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon nodded: ”That’s right, as far as I know, the Spirit of the Crystal City originated as a small House Spirit, but the Crystal Eye Clan intentionally cultivated it from the day it was born. It can now barely be called a Giant City Spirit.”

Luigi: ”Barely?”

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon: ”The Crystal City is too large; it cannot be fully controlled. However, controlling the core areas is still feasible.”

And the event’s main site was evidently the core part of the Crystal City. All present within the party could be considered inside the Giant City Spirit’s body.

Generally, those who form spirits based on houses or cities possess spatial attributes.

While within the Giant City Spirit, using spatial transmissions arranged by the Giant City Spirit equals the Giant City Spirit executing an internal spatial energy circulation, with naturally minimal consumption.

Angel also comprehended... just like how Wizards residing under the shade of the Eternal Tree enjoy cultivation bonuses, they essentially benefit from the Tree Spirit.

The Tree Spirit’s physical form is the Eternal Tree.

Similarly, using low-consumption teleportation during the gathering is benefiting from the Giant City Spirit.

This answer disappointed Angel, firstly because his prior two speculations were utterly wrong; secondly, relying on the Giant City Spirit’s inner circulation to reduce consumption doesn’t offer any actual help to him.

After all, his spatial transmission is meant for external use, not within himself.

He doesn’t have a Little People’s Country in his body...

Angel sighed regretfully, initially believing he found an opportunity to improve The Gate of Void, but it turned out he was overthinking.

However, upon reflection, it’s reasonable. Spatial abilities equate to leveraging the world’s framework, having high consumption is normal.

Honestly, his The Gate of Void has less consumption than most space sorcery.

Of course, excluding The Gate of Void activated by special energy, as it takes about six months to fully charge, even harder to sustain than Third Level space sorcery.

Though The Gate of Void activated by special energy is exceedingly powerful, it can directly access the chaotic interior of Mysterious Objects with consciousness, unaffected by them, leaving safely—it’s terrifying just thinking about it.

Anything related to the Eye of the Sky, including abilities, is what Angel truly keeps hidden deep inside.

Speaking of which, the special energy of The Gate of Void has finished charging. When Dong Liz departs for the Ancient Asia World, after entering the Samsara Casket, it’s time to explore.

While Angel’s thoughts drifted, Luigi was also surprised by the Black-scaled Cave Dragon’s sudden revelation of such a big scoop: ”Giant City Spirit... I never heard of this before.”

Luigi turned to look at Laplace, wanting to ask if Laplace knew about it.

Laplace shook her head directly.

She doesn’t even pay attention to Tunyta’s matters, how could she be concerned with the internal changes in the Crystal City?

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon silently watched the interaction between Laplace and Luigi, and its inner suspicion became clearer. Perhaps Laplace is the avatar of that terrifying existence... but it dared not ask.

Forcing its thoughts to shift, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon looked at Luigi: ”There is a spirit in Crystal City, anyway, this isn’t a secret in the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom.”

For a race like the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom, standing at the pinnacle of the Daylight Mirror Domain, many so-called secrets of various races are just information that goes in one ear and out the other for the Mirror Dragons of the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom.

In any case, it had known about this for a long time.

And it didn’t care at all... or rather, there wasn’t any Mirror Dragon in the entire Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom that cared.

So what if there’s a Giant City Spirit? Given the power of the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom, destroying it wouldn’t be difficult.

Moreover, the Giant City Spirit has no interest association with the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom, so why bother to care about such trivial matters?

”From what you’re saying, you know many secrets about Crystal City?” Luigi raised an eyebrow: ”Then do you know the secret of the Holy Corpse Crystal?”

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon snorted coldly: ”Of course I know, isn’t the Holy Corpse Crystal just...”

As it spoke halfway, it suddenly stopped.

Its gaze drifted to a certain direction, as if listening to something.

A few seconds later, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon shook its head at Luigi: ”I can’t say about this matter.”

Luigi: ”Why?”

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon: ”Master Kukurus instructed me not to talk about this. If Mr. Luigi truly wants to know, he can ask the master.”

”However, I don’t know everything myself, but I didn’t lie, the secret of the Holy Corpse Crystal isn’t much in the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom either.”

That Kukurus forbids speaking, that’s very interesting.

Has the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom reached some kind of agreement with the Crystal Eye Clan?

However, even if Kukurus doesn’t tell, it’s not a problem, there will always be a chance to find out from Glaipnir.

Angel thought for a moment, since they were free, he prepared to let Luigi inquire whether the Black-scaled Cave Dragon knew anything about the Singer and Yusen races.

But before they could ask, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon opened its mouth first: ”The station has arrived, please everyone.”

The station for the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom has arrived?

Angel curiously looked around, not seeing any ”door”. Nearby, there was a smooth crystal wall, seemingly without an entrance.

Outside the railing, there was a glowing ring.

While Angel was pondering whether this halo was an optical natural phenomenon or some specially created mechanism, the Black-scaled Cave Dragon beside him suddenly flew into the air and passed through into the halo.

Seeing this, Angel understood that this halo was the ”door” of the station.

The entrance to the station was not on the floor level, but rather in the void beyond the railing.

This was somewhat unconventional.

Angel sighed while flying into the air with the others, preparing to enter the halo.

When overlooking the halo in mid-air, Angel noticed how enormous it was, the radius must be at least a hundred meters, right?

But considering it’s the door of the Mirror Dragon Clan’s station, it made sense, after all, each Mirror Dragon was as large as a mountain.

The body of that Black-scaled Cave Dragon earlier was probably dozens of times larger than the halo.

Upon passing through the halo, Angel felt the twist of space once again.

However, this time the spatial distortion was much stronger than the one experienced when jumping the stairwell, indicating that this spatial distortion was likely not the ”internal cycle” of the Giant City Spirit.

The station teleportation of the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom was probably arranged by the Mirror Dragon themselves.

The Black-scaled Cave Dragon had previously mentioned that Kukurus was the leader of this base, and Kukurus was also a Cave Dragon, adept in the power of space, arranging a unique base made perfect sense.

Although such an exclusive base consumed a lot of energy, it wasn’t monitored by the Giant City Spirit, making it the best station.

After an obvious moment of weightlessness, Angel and company finally landed.

And the place they found themselves in was no longer within the ”building” constraints but in a massive space with a sky, verdant mountains, and streams weaving through.

”This place is...”

”Mirror Space.” Luigi explained: ”It’s quite stable and the energy level is not much less than the City of Hot Gold. Truly, as expected of the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom, to have such a Mirror Space as well...”

Luigi, though speaking with envy and resentment, soon as if recalling something, began whistling leisurely: ”However, no matter how rich they are, they can only present such a Mirror Space.”

”Are you saying you possess an even stronger Mirror Space?” A familiar mental wave came from afar.

The crowd turned to look and saw a Mirror Dragon over twenty meters long, flapping its fleshy wings as it flew from the verdant mountaintop.

And this Mirror Dragon was indeed Kukurus.

Kukurus was not flying fast, but he could flash... One second he was on the mountaintop, the next he flashed before them.

The surrounding did not feel any spatial energy, showcasing Kukurus’s level of space manipulation.

”Of course, I have a better Mirror Space, but what’s it to you? I never intend to invite you.” Luigi sneered, ”Since you’ve already shrunk, why not shrink further? Must you make it so large? I play the piano daily and my neck is very stiff, looking up is very challenging!”

Luigi pretended to be in pain as he raised his hand to press his neck.

Though Kukurus was now also a twenty-meter giant dragon, being one of the six great dragon clans of the Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom, how could he be only that large?

If the true form was revealed, looking up with the naked eye, they might not even find the dragon head.

Kukurus was silent for a moment, not arguing with Luigi, and gradually shrank his body until he became just two meters tall, stopping at a Mini Dragon form.

”Now you don’t mind being this small?” Luigi scoffed.

Angel didn’t understand what he meant, but Kukurus did. In a deep voice, he spoke: ”When I was young, I thought as dragons of the Dragon Clan, Cave Dragons shouldn’t bow their proud heads just to accommodate.”

”And you’re willing to accommodate now?”

Kukurus: ”I now understand that pride shouldn’t be directed at companions. I’m willing to accommodate those worth accommodating, such as my kin, and such as you, the Temporal Body of that great existence.”