Chapter 28: Escape into the Ether
After eating and drinking his fill and fully recovering, Cassius once again came to the heavy stone door.

He did not push the door open, but performed the following action:

【Bear's Tenacity】

【Cat’s Elegance】

【Owl's Wisdom】

The toughness of the bear makes his physique tougher, the grace of the cat makes his movements more agile, and the wisdom of the owl makes his perception more sensitive. The red dragon has been improved in all aspects.

After casting a set of spells jokingly called the "Zoo Series" on himself, Cassius was still a little worried. After all, it was the legacy of a legendary druid, and he didn't know what kind of backup plan it would have.

【Gold-plated shell】

The gold elements accumulated in the body gather on the surface of the red dragon, making its scales turn into a metallic golden color. If you don't look carefully, you would think it is a golden dragon.

[Protection from Lightning Damage]

As Cassius whistled, an invisible field gradually formed on his body, protecting it from the lightning attack.

"It's a legal profession after all."

"How can we do this without monkey tricks?"

After performing this whole set of monkey tricks on the spot, Cassius looked down at the magical aura all over his body and felt much more at ease. He finally had some confidence.

The red dragon stared at the stone door in front of him, took a deep breath, and then took a firm step forward.

【Percussion】

His claws flashed with magical power as they touched the stone door.

"boom……"

Following a loud knock, the heavy stone door made a dull thud and then slowly lifted up.

Suddenly it becomes clear.

The scene even shocked the Red Dragon.

It’s a huge, open space that could almost hold a mountain.

But there was only a narrow suspended stone bridge ahead, and the rest of the ground had sunk dozens of meters.

The cliff is flat and straight, as if cut from top to bottom by a sharp knife.

Looking down from the stone bridge, under the illumination of the never-extinguished blue flame, he could see that the ground was filled with all kinds of debris, including broken huge statues, the ruins of magnificent buildings, blurred inscriptions, old and broken weapons of all kinds, and the huge skeletons of giants.
Looking up, the high dome is covered with murals. They are not exquisite, but are filled with a wild sense of power.

He could see the ancient war between giants and dragons, the once glorious territory of the Giant Empire, the majestic figures of the Giant Gods, and the tragic scene of the fall of the empire.
This is not a mural, it is clearly a history book.

"This is the legacy of the Giant Empire that he collected."

Cassius sighed as he walked carefully on the stone bridge.

He spread his wings slightly, walked lightly, and kept an eye on his surroundings, ready to deal with any danger that might come at any time.

The red dragon looked towards the end of the stone bridge.

It was a throne.

It is still made of stone and is more than 20 meters high.

There are not many decorations on it, only ancient and mysterious patterns engraved on it.

The lifeless body of a storm giant sat there, its purple-gray skin covered with a thick layer of dust. It seemed to have been dormant here for thousands of years, watching the visitor silently.

But for some reason it did not decay and turn into bones.

"The last of the Storm Giant Prophet..."

"Is this the Landeta?"

The red dragon was quite curious about the storm giant.

I don’t know how he managed to create such a magnificent mausoleum by himself, but this wonder is enough to show how powerful he was during his lifetime.

Cassius continued walking along the stone bridge until he came within a few dozen meters of the corpse.

However, in an instant, something strange happened.

One of the giant's eyes suddenly opened!

There was an endless storm in that eye, as if glaring at the rude visitor!
Unknown crystals were flickering all around, filled with violent and abundant elemental energy.

And those violent elemental diseases gathered rapidly.

"not good!"

Cassius felt an extremely terrifying wave of magical power suddenly spread out.

"This power..." The red dragon raised his head slightly.

I saw a group of churning black clouds centered on the giant's remains, spreading and multiplying almost madly, like a terrifying man-eating beast that was about to devour everything in the cave.

It was filled with lightning, thunder and howling winds.

"Revenge Storm!"

Thunder roars!

That was a wild roar from ancient times.

"boom!"

The aftermath of the thunder alone caused the rocks on the top of the cave to shatter and fall down with a loud bang.

"Om-"

This roar also made Cassius feel a constant buzzing in his ears, as if he was being hit by a huge hammer, and he was deaf for a while.

The black cloud also spread rapidly and was about to swallow him up.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the red dragon ignored the headache and tinnitus, and endured the damage from the thunder to cast the spell.

"Instant Flash!"

While Cassius was casting the spell with his own will, he prayed in his heart that the spell would be successful. The "destruction" brought by the druid was far beyond his imagination.

After all, Flash only has a 50% chance of breaking through the barrier of the main material world and successfully entering the etheric plane. If it's the other 50%, then he can only withstand this turbulent storm.

"Success!"

The Red Dragon was filled with ecstasy. He suddenly felt his body breaking through the boundary between reality and nothingness.

[You cast [Blink]]
[Obtain special status "Escape into the Ether"]
The Etheric Plane is the conduit connecting the Main Material Plane and the Inner Planes. The Main Material Plane is touched by the empty air of the Etheric Plane everywhere. The two are like two parallel surfaces that touch but do not overlap. People can see the scenes in the adjacent planes.

And now he is at the edge of the plane.

In an instant, everything in front of Cassius turned black and white, and a bunch of chaotic lines appeared in his eyes.

His body was in a disabled state, unable to move easily, and could only float quietly in this void.

The next moment, he saw the place where he was was shrouded and swallowed by turbulent dark clouds.

First, heavy acid rain fell from the clouds, corroding countless holes on the stone bridge.

Then, hail poured down from the clouds, and the hailstones hit the stone surface, making crisp sounds.

Bolts of extremely powerful lightning fell from the sky, blasting holes several meters deep in the stone surface and forming a terrible lightning storm above it, instantly sweeping over the place where the red dragon was originally.

Suddenly, lightning filled the sky.

The crisscrossing thunder formed a terrifying thunder prison, burning everything that accidentally entered it into ashes.

"boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Several bolts of lightning struck and actually blew up the stone bridge directly, causing the heavy rocks to collapse. If such lightning struck the red dragon, he would probably have a hard time surviving.

Endless strong winds and icy rain hit the area under the clouds, turning it into a complete ruin.

And in Cassius's eyes, the once magnificent mausoleum had become a black and white grave of all living things.

After escaping this terrible storm in the etheric plane with the help of the flash spell, Cassius only felt a lingering fear.

If the red dragon was still in the same place, even with the protection against energy damage, it would not be able to withstand the violent lightning and endless ice rain.

"This is."

Cassius felt a strong gravitational force trying to pull him back to the main material plane and fill the hole in the plane barrier.

Although he resisted desperately, it was of no avail. Cassius was still too weak to fight against the rules of the plane at all, and could only let them do whatever they wanted.

[Loss of special status "Escape into the Ether"]
The Red Dragon reappeared at the same place and was stunned.

"What the hell -"

Suddenly, the elements became restless again.

Endless gale and icy rain washed over his body, and the flashing arcs of electricity on the ground immediately gathered together and rushed towards his limbs.

And in the rolling dark clouds in the sky, terrifying thunder accumulated again, and the sound was like a low, long-suppressed roar.

The most terrifying wave of spells has passed, and these are merely its remaining aftermath.

(End of this chapter)