Chapter 422: Pocket Dimension
A moment later, Charles reappeared in the middle of the dense woods and soon felt a suffocative feeling.
Although the gravity was much lesser than Edhen or Faith Realm, the air inside this pocket dimension appeared too thin. Although it didn't affect his breathing, it indeed made his heart beat faster.
Charles released his wisdom power without wasting any time, enveloped the surrounding areas, and looked around.
In two seconds, he noticed many types of mutated animals like four-eyed squirrels, black rabbits, mutated wolves, and omnivorous buffalos, monstrous reptiles, poisonous plants, and even some humanoid creatures appeared in this dimension.
'Hmm? Goblins, Orcs, lesser Imps, and forest Trends, huh. This dimension isn't a simple one. Although the pioneer knight must be the one who created this pocket dimension, he seemed to have borrowed multiple sorcerers' help.' While muttering, he looked up at the bluish sky and soon widened his eyes.
At that moment, a glaring light stared back at him from the sky.
It was the sun!
But unlike the actual sunlight, this one emitted pale greenish-colored light.
But what's more unbelievable was that there was no scorching feeling appeared from the sun at all.
Instead, Charles felt a kind of warm feeling.
'But how did a sun appear in the sky? I'm in a pocket dimension, right?' He felt suspicious.
Although the sky appeared normal with scattered dark clouds and sun, he felt something was missing.
He changed into an elemental form, turned into streaks of flames, and entered his Inner World without any hesitation.
Then, he opened his eyes in the Astral Realm, conjured a reddish ball of flame, enveloped his soul form, and then flew up towards the sky!
But as he flew above 1000 meters high, he noticed that this mini-pocket dimension was nothing more than a small planet.
'No, a planet should be an overstatement. Its size is similar to that of a small moon.' At that moment, he also noticed that he was flying closer towards the giant ball of pale-greenish sun and became more interested.
As he further flew towards the sun, he couldn't help but take a deep look.
At that moment, he noticed that the bright star was not a sun, but something else!
Currently, it appeared pure greenish color and emitted a dense amount of nature-elemental energy!
'What the hell is this bright thing?' He controlled the rebirth fire and flew higher.
As he reached more than 10,000 meters higher, he finally managed to get a clear view.
'T-This…' He was stunned for a moment.
What appeared in front of him was not some star but a damn plant!
The plant was placed in a golden pot, and the pot itself appeared 5-meter tall!
Alas, the mysterious plant was nothing more than a size of 1 meter tall.
There was also saw a large greenish forcefield appeared around this plant and emitted dazzling green light everywhere!
It was what he thought of it as a Sun!
The forcefield itself was around a 30 to 40 meters radius and seemed to be protecting the plant from any threats.
Even Charles felt a slight repulsion as he tried to move further towards the plant. But that sensation soon ended when another type of power appeared around him and covered his body.
It was the Will of this pocket dimension!
He paused in surprise and soon used [Arcane Eyes] skill on the mysterious plant.
Unfortunately, he got nothing but error symbols!
He also activated his [Forewarning] skill to see any danger but didn't receive any warning.
'Is it safe to get closer towards this plant?' He thought.
But he still felt something was off.
'Is this plant an intelligent being? Does it have any connection to the mysterious World Trees?'
'Is this a newborn World Tree?' He furrowed his brows and moved closer towards the forcefield.
In a few seconds, he appeared next to the forcefield, touched it with his soul, and directly passed through the barrier.
Soon, he appeared in front of the greenish plant and stared at it in curious.
Unlike the other plants, some strange star-like patterns showed all over the plant leaves and looked mysterious. Some golden threads also appeared from the plant's stem area and connected towards the greenish forcefield.
Anyone could tell that this plant was the primary source of the mysterious green light with a single look.
'What's so special about this plant?' Charles raised his eyebrows and was about to touch it but suddenly froze.
At that moment, a strange unsettledness appeared in his mind.
Simultaneously, he noticed that the mysterious plant released a minute green-ray towards his direction.
Even though he was in his soul form, the mere small green-ray managed to pass through the dimension barrier, entered the Astral Realm, and caused a small crack on his soul!
'F*CK! It can even damage my soul?' Before he could think further, he noticed that even his soul core trembled in the deepest part of his Inner World.
'Danger! No, it's not just danger! If I stay here any longer, this plant might erase my existence itself.' His expression stiffened.
At that moment, the Pocket Dimension's Will got angered by the mysterious plant's action and attacked it from outside.
Invisible shockwaves came from all directions and attacked the forcefield continuously.
Some shockwave managed to pass through the forcefield and even sliced a single leaf from the mysterious plant!
On the other hand, Charles backed away quickly and soon moved out of the greenish forcefield.
Then, he closed his eyes, linked his connection with the pocket dimension's Will, and ordered it to back away.
To his surprise, the Pocket Dimension's Will refused to yield and attacked the plant fiercer. Although the plant also released two more green rays towards Charles, he reacted in time and evaded them.
Still, he was utterly shocked inside.
At that moment, Charles knew that this mysterious plant could even kill an actual Demi-God-like existence like nothing!
'What's more shocking thing is that this plant actually lured me inside!' Even though he didn't sense any ill intent, he vaguely suspected that this plant might have perceived its future and acted!
'If it can block the future time, then it can also see the future!' A cold glint appeared in his eyes.
If this was before, he might've backed away in cautiousness. But now, a terrifying killing intent oozed out of his eyes.
'This plant… I need to learn more about this plant. Its mere existence in this pocket dimension is a great threat to me.'
Muttering inwardly, he shifted his attention towards the sliced leaf and decided to steal it.
Although he didn't understand the current situation, he vaguely noticed that this plant was nothing more than a parasite in this pocket dimension.
Yes, it's a parasite!
Otherwise, the Pocket Dimension's Will wouldn't have retaliated against it that fiercely.
'But who put this thing here? The pioneer knight? How did he even get this thing here?' Countless questions appeared in his mind.
'Tsk, no use in thinking further about this plant.' He muttered inwardly and then acted.
He first entered the physical world by conjuring a ball of flame and turned into an appearance of a 14-years old young boy.
Then, he activated [Multi-Visions] skill and tried to peek into the future.
Unfortunately, not a single vision appeared in his mind.
'As I thought, this plant has the power even to block the time.' He couldn't help but smile wryly.
Still, he decided to take a gamble and raised his hand.
The next instant, he activated [Hand of Wonders] skill, released a single invisible string, and let it move towards the fallen green leaf.
Although the greenish forcefield tried to block the invisible string, it directly tore through the space, appeared inside the forcefield, and soon encircled the fallen green leaf.
But just as he was about to pull the invisible string, another greenish ray of light came from the mysterious plant and directly severed his invisible string!
In a blink, the invisible string was cut into countless pieces!
Thankfully, Charles didn't face any backlash and breathed out a sigh of relief.
He then released his full wisdom power and probed the whole greenish star-like forcefield.
'Getting near to this plant is nothing more than a suicidal idea. But if I didn't even get the fallen leaf, I wouldn't learn a thing about this plant. The more I delay, the more powerful this plant might grow into.' His expression turned solemn.
Without any delay, he once again raised his hand, cast [Hand of Wonders] skill, and released the single invisible string towards the fallen leaf.
But this time, he also ordered the Pocket Dimension's Will to create a distraction and manipulated the invisible string.
At that moment, two gigantic transparent hands suddenly appeared above the forcefield and slammed on it continuously.
Meanwhile, the whole forcefield shook violently and moved back and forth. The mysterious plant also trembled violently and released tens of mysterious green rays towards the two transparent hands.
Unfortunately, nothing happened!
On the other hand, Charles used this opportunity, manipulated the invisible string towards the fallen leaf, and soon grabbed it.
Then, he pulled the invisible strong towards himself, used more invisible strings to cover the star-symbol engraved leaf, and descended towards the ground.
At that moment, he also ordered the Pocket Dimension's Will to retreat and then shifted his attention towards the mysterious leaf.
No, it wasn't a mysterious leaf to his eyes now!
[Mutated Leaf of Nature: This leaf is a severed part of the ??????? and still has the power of protection left behind. As long as the user's life is in danger, this leaf will activate on its own and create a natural shield to protect him.]
'Leaf of Nature, huh.' He nodded inwardly and was about to heal his soul but soon froze.
At that moment, he noticed that a drastic change occurred in his wisdom power!
Currently, his wisdom power reached its peak level!
'199 Points! Is that strange ray is the cause of this?' Confusion appeared on his face.
'But something doesn't seem right. If planting a world tree is that easy, why are those Lawful Gods searching for the Mystic World Tree in Edhen World? I heard from Runeth that most of the Gods are actually after these World Trees. But due to my 'miraculous' luck, I ended up getting a strange World Tree plant… My miraculous luck?'
'Nope. If my luck is that much high, I wouldn't be in this state, to begin with. There are two possible answers. The pioneer knight and his friends might have created a unique plant with the help of any World Tree's leaf or stem parts. So, the first possibility is that this plant is not a World Tree plant but an inferior version of it. Or a mutated plant with some powerful mystic abilities. The second possibility is that someone placed it here recently. If so, then the Sun God must be the real culprit behind this action. That strange gaze I felt before I entered the Ancestral Hall? Is it him?' A deep frown appeared on his forehead.
'Anyway, he is helping me in many ways. But I also know that nothing is free in this world… If this is his doing, then what does he want me to do in return? Why didn't he place some Fire World Tree plant?' He thought for a moment and soon decided to ask himself when he returned to the Edhen.
