She could see the eagerness in his eyes and knew warning him would be futile.
Forr Village Chief Brane turned his attention toward Orion.
"This isn't a matter we can decide on hastily. We'll hold a eting before making a decision," Orion replied, noticing Brane's expectant gaze.
Brane nodded in understanding. He knew the gravity of the situation and that it required careful consideration.
"Can you seal the portal to ensure no one erges?" Orion asked, shifting his focus back to Ilse.
Turning to the spatial rift, Ilse began channelling her divine energy. She raised her right hand and waved it toward the rift. A beam of light filled with overwhelming power shot from her hand, causing the space around the rift to tremble briefly before stabilizing.
"I've done my best to lock the space around it, but it can easily be broken if soone more powerful than tries to break it. The best we can hope for is that no one of such power appears," Ilse said, glancing at Orion as she began to recover her strength.
Orion nodded in gratitude.
Ilse acknowledged his thanks with a nod. She also nodded at Aurora and then flew off toward Paradise.
"I'll leave one of my spawns here to watch and report if anything goes wrong," Aurora said. "Alright. I'll leave everything to you," Orion nodded.
Suddenly, a headless winged entity materialized out of thin air, hovering before her. Then, it dissolved, disappearing into the ground like it had never been there. In reality, it was rely hiding.
Orion and the others swiftly returned to Paradise.
An announcent was broadcast to all of Paradise's inhabitants, assuring them everything was controlled. The people remained calm, continuing their daily lives as they had grown accustod to such recurring events.
A similar announcent was made to the Runaway Cities, but unlike Paradise's inhabitants, the tension remained high.
The residents were anxious and fearful, with valid reasons. They grew even more desperate, striving to work harder and prove their loyalty to Paradise in hopes of being allowed to stay within its safe borders-wherever it was-so they could escape the looming disaster.
But for now, they could only hope to survive the current catastrophe.
.....
The eting between the Key Leaders concluded with a decision to investigate the abandoned pocket dinsion. While Ilse wasn't entirely sure it had been abandoned, her deduction was based solely on the weakened seals around it; the leaders understood they couldn't miss the opportunity to learn more about the state of the world.
They believed the pocket dinsion might hold valuable secrets.
However, they needed soone to scout the dinsion first. The task was too dangerous for any warriors or gods' chosen, so a different decision was made:
Orion would send a Morphic Puppet to explore the pocket dinsion.
This plan was ideal, ensuring no lives would be at risk. Any information the puppet gathered would be instantly transmitted back to Orion.
...
Besides the spatial rift,
Orion summoned Morphic Puppet and gave it specific orders to enter the Spartial rift and scour through it until it discovered sothing.
Suddenly, the puppet transford into a replica of Orion's attire-a black shirt and trousers adorned with intricate golden patterns and precious stone embellishnts. It also wore a black mask similar to Orion's but without the Vylkr vine design. Instead, it was covered in 'star' patterns.
After the transformation, Orion noticed several gazes on him. Clearing his throat, he said, "I told it to pick the best form for the investigation, and it just happened to choose this." Whether they believed him or not didn't matter. He acted as though nothing unusual had occurred.
Ignoring the scene, Ilse focused on Morphic Puppet and cast a divine skill on it. This skill ensured that no matter what transpired inside the pocket dinsion, the puppet would be able to teleport back here, whether by will or if it encountered any danger. Although Orion could resummon Morphic puppet if it beca trapped, it was risky, as Morphic Puppet might suffer severe damage due to the spatial rift.
Even though she had inford them that she wouldn't be held accountable for any issues from investigating the pocket dinsion, she couldn't help but worry about sothing going wrong. The thought of losing a valuable artefact like Morphic Puppet was also troubleso.
It was one of the first things that had filled her with dread since her awakening, as she considered Morphic Puppet an asset crucial to Paradise's growth, especially in confrontations with other beings with divine nature.
"I'm done. If it encountered any danger, it would be teleported back here instantaneously," Ilse said.
Ilse focused on the spatial barrier. She waved her hand, and a bright beam erged from her hand, shooting toward the spatial rift.
Instantly, the space around the rift trembled violently before calming.
She turned toward Orion and nodded, indicating that she had removed the barrier she had previously placed.
Orion nodded in return and shifted his attention to Morphic Puppet.
Morphic Puppet instantly rose into the air and advanced into the spatial rift. Its form rippled through the spatial rift, causing it to tremble violently. The golden hue along the edges of the spatial rift flared brighter and expanded outward.
Orion, Ilse, Aurora, Aerialia, the other Key Leaders, Forr Village Chief Brane, and Chieftess Zara focused their attention on Morphic Puppet as the Vylkr artefact disappeared into the spatial rift, which soon returned to its previous state.
A heavy silence descended over the area for several minutes.
Unable to hold back, Ilse asked, "What's going on? Have you discovered anything yet?" Her
tone was a mix of worry and curiosity.
"It's... water," Orion responded, his eyes widening in surprise.
"What?" Ilse asked, confusion evident on her face.
The others present also looked confused.
"It's an ocean. There's nothing but an ocean," Orion quickly corrected himself.
"Are you sure?" Ilse asked, furrowing her brows.
She had witnessed various strange pocket dinsions; even her Golden Palace was an artefact leading to an entirely different world. However, she found it hard to believe that a pocket dinsion of such calibre appearing in their location contained only water.
"Can you go deeper?" Ilse asked.
Due to the imnse spatial disruption, ordinary artefacts couldn't maintain a stable connection with their wielder through a rift. Since she was unaware of the capabilities of the Vylkr artefact, she wanted to be careful to avoid creating an unnecessary problem.
Regardless, she was relieved that the pocket dinsion was truly abandoned; otherwise, Morphic Puppet would have been destroyed due to its unexpected intrusion.
"I can," Orion nodded.
"Do it then. I doubt it's only water; there must be sothing else within it," Ilse replied.
Orion ordered Morphic Puppet to go deeper.
After twenty minutes, Orion shook his head. "He only sees an ocean."
"Go deeper," Ilse responded once more, biting her lip.
Orion glanced at her and nodded. Although they were interested in investigating the pocket dinsion, she anxiously hoped Morphic Puppet would uncover sothing.
Orion focused on his instinctive connection with Morphic Puppet, commanding it to search deeper. Morphic Puppet covered several hundred miles within a few minutes, so its speed was
not slow.
Additionally, Orion instantaneously received the sa visuals it was seeing. After thirty more minutes, Orion spoke, "I can see an island."
"Is that all?" Ilse asked.
Orion nodded silently. The only thing Morphic Puppet could see was a small sandy island in
the middle of a vast ocean.
Orion ordered Morphic Puppet to land on the island, hoping they might uncover sothing
there.
Following his orders, Morphic Puppet descended onto the sandy island. After looking around for a few minutes, I could not find anything. Morphic Puppet returned to the edge of the sandy island. Suddenly, it halted, noticing sothing from a distance away.
Nurous unknown entities rose out of the water and then dove back in.
Morphic Puppet soared into the air and swiftly headed in their direction. It arrived and
observed the surface of the water. However, after several seconds, the water remained still.
""Go in," Orion ordered.
Morphic Puppet dived into the water without hesitation. As soon as it subrged in the
ocean, an inky black entity slamd against it with the strength of a two-star warrior.
However, due to the vast difference between their strengths, the figure was imdiately repelled backwards.
Morphic puppet swiftly grabbed the figure before it could get far, allowing Orion to look closer at the assaulter.
Orion was stunned, his eyes widening in disbelief.
"What is it? Have you discovered sothing?" Ilse asked, frowning as she looked at Orion.
Everyone's gaze was fixed on Orion, awaiting his words. Witnessing his expression of shock and disbelief, they realized he might have uncovered sothing significant. Orion nodded, refocusing his gaze on Ilse. "I've uncovered sothing..." However, before elaborating, he paused, sensing an enormous entity erging within their sight line, swiftly heading toward Morphic Puppet.
Gripping the unknown entity in its hands, the Morphic Puppet shot out of the water and
soared into the air.
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