The brave man opened the coffin and rose

Chapter 190: Inaccessible and Where the Medicine Is

"Could it be related to the etheric plane?" Bing Nagi threw out her own guess.

However, even so, Hiiragi still had no means to use.

"I don't even know how to perform a spell like teleportation..."

"Then you give it a try..." Abes scratched his head and then suggested a method, "How about trying the Phantom Step?"

If the teleportation to another plane is to provide a stable connection to other planes, the requirements are naturally high.

But if there is any problem with the corresponding etheric plane, then doesn't the same logic apply to using other spells that utilize ether?

If I can’t teleport to another world, does that mean I can’t do the Mysterious Steps?

"Yes, let's use the Phantom Steps to find out what's going on at the location corresponding to the etheric gate."

This was a very simple request, so Hiinagi nodded and said, "Then I'll try. However, this is a bonus action spell with a casting range of my own. I can't bring Lord Abes along."

Normally, if there is any suspicion of danger, this brave man from a thousand years ago is the first to go ahead.

Be it fighting or exploring, isn't it because of this reason that the orcs who were controlled by that group of superior beings were sent to the underground cemetery at the east gate of the royal capital through a teleportation trap?

Bing Nagi dared to say that if Lord Abes in front of her could transform into ether or perform other spells related to ether, this matter would never have happened to her.

Just as she was gathering her strength and preparing to launch her attack, Abes spoke again.

"Wait a moment," Abes added, "Go slower when entering and leaving. The Phantom Step itself is a spell that doesn't last long. If you don't deliberately go slower, you might not even be able to grasp the situation in the Ether Plane."

Bing Nagi tapped his head in annoyance, then nodded slowly, "I'll try."

Slowly...slower...slowly driving the magic.

Then, the feeling of detachment and trance as if being teleported began to come over her. Bing Nagi felt the scene in front of her eyes begin to sway like ripples on the water, and then the silver mist of the Phantom Steps began to cover her entire body.

However, just when he was about to enter the etheric plane and vaguely followed his consciousness to reach the target point -

Boom!

There was the sound of an explosion, and Hiiragi rubbed his head dazedly before falling back into the material plane.

At this time, the reason behind a condition that had been mentioned from the beginning was finally tested.

It was an explosion. The explosion sound that the exploration team heard at the beginning was triggered by the principle that someone wanted to teleport to the coordinate position corresponding to the ether gate?

Who wanted to teleport there, and why did Bingnai's teleportation fail? As a great wizard with extensive knowledge and a good memory, she would not fail to cast such a low-level spell.

"What's going on... Hey, don't come again."

Abes was about to ask, but the next second, Bing Nagi, who had fallen to the ground, stood up and patted the non-existent dust on his body.

Then, the spell begins!

The next moment, the silver mist wrapped around his whole body again.

Boom! Boom!

After a similar scene, Bing Nagi lay back in the same position.

After a long while, the mage who was good at controlling frost finally muttered to himself, "I can't get in..."

“No matter what I do, I can’t get in!!”

She cast her gaze towards Abes, "It's like the feeling when I secretly pinched the arm of the Min-Qing tribe... and it bounced out."

"You're fine... No! When did you secretly pinch the Wenqiu tribe? They are friendly troops, friendly troops. It's not good to touch friendly troops!"

"But it feels really good, especially the leader, Mint. The well-trained Minqin tribe is really flexible!"

"Is...is that so?"

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Finally, after several rather proactive experiments by Hirayama, it was discovered that the space around the etheric gate "decoration" within a distance of about five to ten feet could not be entered through teleportation.

And after each attempt, there would be an explosion.

But fortunately, although the explosion was loud, neither the ground, the mines, the ether gate, nor Hiiragi herself suffered any damage.

And this situation is like thunder in the sky.

When it rains, through complex discharge effects, some clouds in the sky become positive and some become negative.

If two clouds with different charges come together, there will be a violent and sudden charge transfer due to the potential difference.

This is lightning.

This process will inevitably release a lot of heat, causing the surrounding air to heat up and expand.

It expanded instantly, just like the magic grenade designed by Abes and others, which naturally resulted in a strong explosive vibration.

That's thunder.

Everyone knows that hearing such a sound means that there are two huge electric charged clouds in the sky rubbing and colliding, but this is invisible to the naked eye, which can only see the lightning.

After hearing the explosion, Abes speculated that there must be energy causing a push somewhere, and this idea was confirmed by Hyogi.

But... the site of the explosion cannot be seen.

And when all these clues come together...

"It's not us that are exploding, but the etheric plane that is exploding?"

but……

Why? I don't know.

What effect will it have on the material plane? I don't know.

The exploration team had heard the same sound before. Who and where was he that wanted to teleport to this place? No one knew.

Is the birth of the surrounding Eldenite related to this etheric gate? I don't know.

The result is that although we know there are many doubts and many derived problems, we cannot verify them or test them.

Therefore, the "Ether Gate" in front of us can only be left alone temporarily, just like the "Teleportation Tablet", with a skeptical and critical attitude.

"Forget it, as long as Eldenite is useful, we'll just have to take it one step at a time..."

When we have a way to spy on or enter the etheric plane in the future, we will see what hidden dangers there are.

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After dealing with the letter from Bad Zegna, which mentioned that he must come and see in person what the "Ether Gate" was, the next thing Abes had to deal with was to bring back the manticore venom for Matthew for the griffin's surgery.

And according to that list, the venom of the manticore is located in...

"Ha, an abandoned villa area. I didn't expect that such a wealthy family's land would not be bought and is still in the abandoned stage."

Holding the list, Abes and Hiinagi found the target point and saw a rather desolate picture.

The abandoned villa area is located in a corner of the Mud City.

Judging from the size of the houses and the specifications and layout of the streets, this was definitely once a prosperous wealthy area.

It should be the same category as the so-called aristocratic district on the other side of the Mud City.

But now it looks bleak and desolate.

Most of the tall houses inside had their doors half-open, and the rusty iron doors were covered with dead vines, as if telling the vicissitudes of time.

"I thought this stuff should have been sent to us directly by the Lord of Sludge City. At the very least, they should have been put in one place. Why do we need to go and get them on site? Since they haven't been put together, what on earth did their exploration team do?"

Facing Hirayama's complaint, Abes just smiled and explained, "You can see how many documents and official duties are piled up on their chopping boards. Even if I sent in talented people to help them share the work, they couldn't adapt and become familiar with the situation so quickly, so they are inevitably busy."

“And, exploration and logistics are two jobs.”

Currently, those natural resources, they will be registered;

As for those material resources that can be taken away directly and summarized, people will be arranged to pack and transport them.

"The tube of manticore venom we requested should be the latter, but we arrived too early, and it has not yet been included in the delivery plan."

"Instead of sitting there and waiting, why don't I come and get it myself? I can also walk a few steps and get a good feel for the current situation of the Sludge City."

This walk through the city of ooze was a pleasant one.

Because he had told Bard about his needs in advance, he did not make a big fuss about the arrival of Abes Grande, the current ruler of the capital of the small kingdom of Wommza, the brave man who solved the dragon disaster a thousand years ago, the hero who came back from the dead, in the Mud City.

This allowed Abes to enter the Mud City like an ordinary traveler and walk around quite casually.

Maybe someone would notice this tall, golden-eyed man.

But who would have associated him with those rather abstract monumental paintings if it had not been explained in advance?

Just like if Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde were alive again, people who look at door god paintings, which are completely exaggerated works, every day would not be able to associate them with them.

What's more, the current Abes is no longer an arcane knight, but a barbarian...the temperament is basically the same.

Wilford once said that even if the fighting temperament is different, the leadership temperament and the benevolent heart in the soul will not change. I don’t know whether it is true or flattery.

"Sure enough, it's very different from the rustic atmosphere of Sweet Leaf Town and the strict orderliness of the capital..."

But such exclamations stopped when I saw the destination.

So lame...

Such a desolate place in the city? It is really hard to accept.

But this is not Bard's fault. With such a small number of bureaucrats and the lack of cooperation from local wealthy families, it is inevitable that some wasteland will appear.

At least, we haven't witnessed many blatant crimes, and public security has been relatively stable until now, which is a rare achievement.

As you enter the villa area, a scene of overgrown weeds comes into view.

The once neat lawn is now taller than a person, and occasionally some jumping figures can be seen in the grass.

"Is it a rabbit?"

"No, the one closer to us is a rabbit, and the chestnut one further away is a squirrel."

At the beginning, this kind of place in the city that was so deserted that the ecosystem evolved again had a very comfortable atmosphere.

Grass, sunshine, trees.

But when Abes and Hiiragi reached the destination according to the signs, they felt quite uncomfortable.

"3 vertical and 5 horizontal, yes, it's here."

The appearance of the target villa looks shabby and weird.

The glass in the windows was shattered and the wooden frames were twisted and deformed.

The once bright windows were now dim, the glass covered with a thick layer of dust and broken spider webs.

Part of the roof had collapsed, exposing the wooden beams and masonry inside.

There were also huge cracks on some walls, as if they would collapse at any time.

After walking in, they were disgusted by the decayed smell in the air.

"Damp and musty...I really want to freeze this place."

Hiinagi said this and walked forward.

Abes followed closely behind and quietly put the list away.

At this point, no further directions should be needed.

Ignore the creaking of windows and the snapping of twigs.

The first thing Abes saw in the room was a worn-out sofa covered with a layer of dust. A shabby toy was sitting on it. The faded color and damaged shape made people feel a little out of place.

It seemed as if I was about to be shattered together with myself.

If you look at it from a distance, you might think it is lost. Only when you get closer will you find that it has been painted into a hollow black.

And further back, the target room gives people an even more eerie feeling.

The graffiti and various messy symbols on the walls are particularly eye-catching, as if they record the madman's former confusion and dreams.

Then there were beds, lots of beds.

"Huh? Are there also large bunk beds in the rich area? Are they the servants' rooms?"

In response to Hirayama's complaints, Abes remained silent, but a series of possibilities flashed through his mind.

A dormitory, a large bunk bed, a temporary shelter for emergency rescue, or maybe... a hospital ward?

There is a small cabinet next to the bed.

There must be a place on the cabinet where some heavy object had been placed, as there is an obvious indentation.

There were some bottles and cans scattered on the ground.

If you look closely, you will find that more than half of the dirt underneath the large clumps of dust on the floor is actually blood.

There are some strange scratches on the wall.

"If you think about it carefully, there seem to be several other things in the same place as the [tube of manticore venom], [a tube of phoenix tears], [a bottle of datura flower extract], [a piece of paper wrapped in snow wolf bone powder]..."

"They seem to be some rare medicinal materials..."

"Maybe it's an internal medical room belonging to the owner of the house? An internal resting place?"

After making such an inference, Abes took Hiiragi and walked towards the target confidently and boldly.

That is a shelf at the end of this "medical room", on which are placed all other medicinal materials including the scorpion tail lion venom.