Chapter 171 Meteorites Fall from the Sky! The Arrival of the Dragon!
Abyss City.
Sean put on a black cloak, took out a gas mask and put it on, then walked out of the Demon Tower in the Mystic Area.
He needed to take a few steps to relax. The information he received today was too huge, far beyond his past cognition. Especially in the process of studying the Great Prophecy, some of the broken futures that Xiao En glimpsed brought him a great shock. He understood why there were not many mages of the prophecy school in the Weird Kingdom, because if you want to study this thing and move the time point of the prophecy forward a little, it may be related to the indescribable past, and the final result is madness and death.
Taking the crisis in the ring city as an example, if you sense something and cast the prophecy, you will directly anchor three high-level beings, a fallen demigod of death - the Tomb King, an awakened god of gloomy bones, and a crazy wind elemental monster sealed in the Pot of Greed.
There is a certain law of cause and effect in prophecy spells, which deduce countless possibilities for the future based on all current information. If you are not strong enough, it is best not to have your predictions related to god-level beings, otherwise if you attract their attention a little, your fate will be quite miserable.
If you were to use the Great Prophecy to predict the future of the Weird Kingdom, you would almost inevitably see many apocalyptic scenes, and if your ability was strong enough, you could even see the old pillars awakening at some point in the future.
You see Them and They see you, even in prophecy.
Lady Hecate and Amon are both demigods who are good at prophecy, but they have never taught Sean any high-level prophecy spells.
However, the time dragons and time guardians from the center of time and space are different. They are secret entities that spy on the timeline, especially for the timeline that may happen in the future. They will try their best to find the most promising one among countless possibilities.
Therefore, the guardian of time and space taught Xiao En a nine-ring prophecy technique - "foreseeing the future". Xiao En only took a look and glimpsed a terrible disaster that might happen in a few years.
The time dragon told him that if he cast the Great Prophecy at any time within a span of ten years, he would see a desperate doomsday scene. It was like the broken plane of the setting sun of the catastrophe. In a certain period of time, for hundreds of years, anyone who cast the prophecy spell would see the world gradually heading towards destruction.
This visible doomsday even drove some ancient primordial sorcerers crazy. (PS: Spellcasters in the plane of the setting sun draw the life force of the entire planet to cast spells. That is also a country where ancient evil creatures are rampant. There is also a country where primordial vampires extinguished the sun, called Dark Sky. It is considered the most powerful sky of DND crystal wall vampires.)
And in Weirdland, if you try to predict what will happen decades into the future, you’ll almost inevitably glimpse the awakening of the past and the gradual shattering and destruction of the world.
Let’s put it another way.
You are the Grand Master of Prophecy of the plane of Faerun. You want to peek into the future. As long as you cast a spell, the anchored future points to the existence of the God of Murder - Cyric, the God of Tyranny - Bane, the Goddess of Night - Shar, etc. They either want to destroy the world or fight each other and destroy the main material plane.
Every prophet sees a different future. In the great prophecy that Sean performed, he saw the entire planet being torn into two halves.
The scene was like cutting an egg.
A round egg, cut in half from the middle, the yolk inside is the core of the planet, which has been eaten away by flesh-and-blood worms. However, in the last scene of Xiao En peeking into the future, he did not see the world completely destroyed and the entire planet turned into dust.
Because the remaining half of the planet is still rotating. Yes, half of the planet is still alive, and the atmosphere of Holy Terra is intact.
The last picture Sean saw was an even more distant future.
He saw thousands of interstellar battleships, which were continuously transporting supplies. Many of these resources came from other planets and elemental planes. Millions of spellcasters were constantly repairing the planet, as if they were performing the most spectacular surgical operation in history. On the other half of the planet that was removed, they ignited the 'Eternal Fire' from the Fire Elemental Plane, turning the material from the Earth Elemental Plane into the core and the outer layer connected to the elemental channel. Countless steel fortresses were built on the surface. Majestic steel fortresses stood on the surface of the planet.
Sean saw that the lost half of Holy Terra was reassembled in outer space. Countless interstellar battleships and floating cities were dragging an extremely huge metal structure shell, which was installed on the broken body of the planet like a mechanical prosthesis.
Half of it is the original planet, and half of it is a space fortress made of steel.
Xiao En didn’t know if this was a prophecy of the end of the world. After all, the entire planet was shattered. However, the future he saw using the great prophecy technique seemed to be different from that of everyone else.
"That's why we took the initiative to show up and find you."
The time dragon whispered, "In all the future timelines we predict, your existence will interfere with the laws of cause and effect in other timelines."
"The destiny and luck of Amon has been transferred to you."
The term "Son of the Plane" has always existed. There have been many people with good fortune in history, such as Elminster, Cyric, and Vecna. Although it is not to say that all great figures rose to prominence by relying on good fortune, it is undoubtedly easier for people with good fortune to turn things around. There are only a few people in the Crystal Wall System who can rise without any good fortune. Such people are often very powerful. When their strength reaches a certain level, good fortune will automatically come to them.
To put it more bluntly, when you become strong enough, bad luck will not dare to find you, but only your enemies.
This is also the reason why many people pray for the goddess of luck while secretly calling her a lucky bitch.
"Until Sigil opens the gate to the distant lands, we can't give you much help."
The guardian of time and space said slowly: "We have no ability to interfere with the decision of the Lady of Pain, so we can only wait in secret. But before that, there is no problem in providing you with a little assistance."
"It won't be long before a time dragon passes through the sea of phlogiston and enters the crystal wall system in the distant universe. At that time, He will take the initiative to find you."
Xiao En walked out of the secret area.
Because of the awakening of the Swamp Lord, Mondor, the entire Weird Kingdom was shrouded in a faint poisonous fog, which was most serious at dawn and dusk. Many pedestrians on the road wore gas masks, which were small wonders that could increase resistance to toxins. Those who did not wear gas masks were basically extraordinary beings who had transformed into non-human races. For example, demons, devils, and infernal creatures did not have to worry about poisonous gas, while snakemen and lizardmen had high resistance to toxins, and the strong dwarves did not have much of a problem either.
The poisonous gas of the Swamp Lord has spread to the entire planet and has been diluted a lot, but as long as he is not dealt with, mortals will not be able to set foot in the weird kingdom.
"The composition of the atmosphere in the material plane is now almost the same as that of Pandora. A mortal will die after breathing the air for no more than ten minutes."
The problem in Abyss City is not particularly serious because it is protected by a maze.
Even after Amon left, the progress of the expedition against the Swamp Lord was delayed. Before Lady Hecate took action, Sean really couldn't think of anyone who would take the initiative to challenge the Old One.
Phantom Corner Alley.
This is the thieves' district of Abyss City. The active people here are mainly wanderers. There are all kinds of races, from demons to humans, and occasionally snake people can be seen. In order to adapt to the harsh environment of the grotesque country, the extraordinary people have maxed out all kinds of survival talents.
It is normal to stop being a human being. It is rare for you to still be a human being.
Sean pushed open a secret door and entered the underground passage. In front of him was a cunning little demon. It might not be transformed from a human, because Amon had tried to transform fresh souls into demon form.
Such demons may be the souls of the dead that have been transformed in a pool of blood.
Amon tried many times to open the evolutionary gene tree of the Tanar'ri demon, which is the transformation from soul worm to demon.
Xiao En entered the underground webway of Abyss City with an expressionless face. After turning a corner and entering a dark hall, he said to the male dark elf in front of him, "Intelligence transaction."
"I need all the locations where the Pillars of Flesh and Blood are active within a thousand kilometers around Abyss City."
Behind the counter was a tall and thin dark elf. He glanced at Xiao En lazily, his expression instantly became solemn, and he lowered his head slightly and said, "Okay. It will be ready soon."
One minute later.
The dark elf took out a map drawn by adventurers. From the surface world to the underground world, it was extremely detailed. Abyss City has been actively expanding abroad in recent years. He handed it over respectfully and said, "Sir, this is the map you need."
The invisible hand took it.
Xiao En looked up and asked, "How much?"
The dark elf looked a little surprised and shook his head, "No need, Master Xiao En."
He knows himself.
Xiao En nodded calmly, put away his things, turned around and left.
Before leaving, the tall and thin dark elf whispered, "If you need help, please notify us at any time."
"We are one of the shadow guards affiliated with Abyss City."
A member of the Seven Evil Guards.
I just don't know who their leader is.
Sean nodded to show that he understood, then turned and left the thieves' area. There were still many forces in Abyss City who were loyal to Amon. These people's camps leaned towards Sean, but it might take some time to completely subdue them.
When returning to the Demon Tower, Sean noticed that there were very few dead people on the streets and almost no undead activity.
"The teacher doesn't care about Abyss City."
Xiao En's brows knitted slightly, and he thought to himself, "She now only controls Abyss City in name only, and has taken over the Maze Lock Area in its entirety, but she has not set foot in other areas at all."
Lady Hecate's behavior gives people the feeling that she is in charge of Abyss City.
Everything here remains the same.
Under Lady Hecate, there are the Seven Evil Guards who lead many forces, but one of the Seven Evil Guards died, leaving a large area with a vacancy of power.
Sean wiped the Witch King's Ring on his hand.
If Lady Hecate didn't intend to waste too much energy in the Abyss City, he might take over everything in the Abyss City. After all, he has the real name of Amon and one of the seven rings of the Witch King.
Xiao En closed his eyes and meditated, gradually sealing away all the images he saw through the prophecy. Those images made him feel uneasy, and he stored this memory in the deepest part of his brain. In this way, he would not inadvertently recall those indescribable old days.
The Space-Time Hub, the Time Dragon, and those powerful Space-Time Guardians.
As far as Sean knows, all the Guardians of Time and Space are powerful spellcasters. They are selected and promoted from many crystal wall systems. They are currently trying to win over a star wizard named Magic Duncan, but unfortunately that guy's whereabouts are elusive, and he also has a magic key that can cross the crystal wall channel, so even the Time Dragon and the Guardians of Time and Space find it difficult to find him.
There are rumors that Magic Duncan went to Earth Sky, but no one knows whether it is true or not.
There is more than one place called Earth in the multiverse, but unfortunately, none of them is the Earth that Sean knows, they are just places with the same name.
The Time Dragon has been tracking his whereabouts. It is known that the crystal wall systems he has explored include the Savage Sky, the Starry Sky, the Heroic Sky, the Fairy Sky, the Disaster Kingdom, etc. This guy has been wandering around the multiverse for hundreds of years, and no one knows what he is looking for.
It is difficult to describe the feeling Sean had after this contact with the Guardians of Time and Space. To use a metaphor from the game, he was a high-level mage with some fame in the Eastern Kingdoms or Goldshire, and was still exploring the continent of Azeroth. He had just defeated the rampaging monsters and came into contact with a clue about the Old Gods. The Guardians of Time and Space, like Medivh, had begun to explore the entire interstellar universe, and had even traveled to many worlds destroyed by the Burning Legion. There was still a Dalaran between them.
The level of concern of the Star Master has exceeded the imagination of ordinary spellcasters, and roaming other galaxies is just an ordinary daily routine for them.
According to the Time Dragon, the minimum threshold for promotion to the Guardian of Time and Space is a spellcasting level of 35, which requires the ability to suppress the ancient hatred alone and at least be able to defeat an adult Time Dragon.
The Space-Time Central Bureau only serves the Lord of Time. Even the Pantheon, which believes in all gods, is only on the same level as them. Because the Lord of Time has disappeared for tens of thousands of years, they have no superiors.
This organization is as old as the Pantheon itself.
Usually it is a small tribe of time dragons that cooperates with a space-time guardian to monitor the situation of multiple crystal wall systems. They do not interfere in the disputes among the gods of faith, but only target the ancient hatred and possible threats from other universes.
The distant universe where the weird country is located is one of the biggest threats they talk about.
"Eamonn succeeded after all."
Sean slowly stood up and raised his hand. The crystal ball on the table automatically floated in front of him, reflecting some prophetic images, not of the future, but of the past, things that had already happened. Sean did not intend to peek into the future because it was full of variables, but he could use prophecy magic to peek into the past and gain more information.
"The powerful beings from other Crystal Wall Universes have already noticed this place."
"The Space-Time Hub has paid attention to the distant universe."
"And what about the Pantheon?"
"Can those high and mighty gods of faith perceive the threat of another universe?"
"As long as Sigil opens the door."
"The first batch of God Ascendants will soon enter this universe."
Most of the known gods in the multiverse are legendary warriors above level 30. They can kill everyone in the Abyss, but it should be no problem for them to turn the lower planes upside down. These gods are not quiet. As soon as they arrive in the weird kingdom, they will start killing people.
"Has Amon arrived in Sigil?"
Xiao En looked at the countless stars in the sky and murmured, "After the gate of Sigil City is opened, how will the world change?"
Shooting stars streak across the sky.
Xiao En looked up in astonishment. He didn't know when a meteor shower fell from the distant starry sky. Arcs of light streaked across the clouds. When he held the crystal ball in his hand, with the help of the prophecy spell, some blurry images appeared on the crystal ball, and he could vaguely see the outline of a human figure.
Sean's prophecy spell could not anchor them.
"wrong!"
"It's not just humans! There are other things!"
Xiao En stood up in astonishment, his figure flashed in an instant, and appeared in the air hundreds of meters away. He saw some oval eggs covered with hard scales. The surface was in different colors, red, blue, green, black and white. Eggs of ten colors turned into meteors and fell down.
"Dragon egg?!" Xiao En's expression was a little uncertain.
However, according to legend, the first dragons fell from space, and countless dragon eggs fell to the material plane along with meteorites, eventually evolving into a race of dragons in the multiverse.
Now, among the meteors in the sky, he saw dragon eggs that looked like falling meteorites.
These dragon eggs are very large.
Sean had never seen such a big dragon egg in any secret book, and this scene had never appeared in any prophecy spell. This meant that everything happening before his eyes was not in the future that was peeped into by the prophecy spell. It was some unpredictable existence that interfered with all this.
"The Queen of Five-Colored Dragons - Tiamat?"
"Platinum Dragon God-Bahamut?"
"wrong."
"It is impossible for them to work together to break the laws of space. If they meet, they will most likely fight."
Xiao En looked solemn as he murmured, "Nine-Faced Dragon God - Io?!"
"Are these dragon eggs from giant space dragons from the ancient god era?"
Legend has it that the first dragon eggs were bred in the wilderness (space), and the Nine-Faced Dragon God scattered them into the multiverse, which is why there are traces of dragon tribes in many crystal wall systems. These dragon eggs are definitely not bred by ordinary dragons, and ordinary dragon eggs cannot withstand such a terrible impact.
Do you want to grab one?
Xiao En's figure flew out in an instant, chasing after the meteor across the sky. This sudden meteor shower most likely meant that Amon had opened the doorway law in Sigil City.
He saw an undead wizard with a shocked expression on the opposite spire. He was standing in front of an astronomical table, seemingly studying astrological spells, because the light curtain on the table reflected the phases of the stars.
But even such masters of astronomy did not seem to predict the appearance of this meteor shower.
The undead wizard looked like a seven-tenths dead corpse. His figure also flew into the air and chased after him, saying, "Sir Xiao En. Wait a moment."
"This happened suddenly, why don't you and I work together?"
Xiao En's figure stopped in mid-air, and he turned to look at the undead wizard who turned into a black smoke and chased after him.
He held a bone staff forged from the spine, the inside of his dark robe was a dark gold color, he wore a lich ring and amulet of the dead on his fingers, his shriveled body was covered with a seal like a shroud, he nodded slightly and said, "Path of Death, Chief Disciple. Sandro."
When Xiao En heard the name, he was stunned for a moment, and instantly felt that this guy must be a very powerful undead wizard.
Sandro summoned two skeletal war horses that could gallop through the air. The faint fire of their souls shone. These were undead creatures that were specially resurrected. The remains should be the legendary Pegasus because they had wings of bones. He said in a deep voice, "Save your mana. I'm afraid this movement has alarmed many people."
Xiao En pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then let's act together."
Countless meteorites turned into meteors and fell to the earth, mixing in with colorful huge dragon eggs. They were extremely hard, and some even showed signs of hatching under high temperatures.
These dragon eggs are definitely the work of a god from the dragon pantheon, because it is impossible for any other being to have so many dragon eggs.
All prophecy spells began to fail.
More and more unpredictable existences begin to interfere with the fate of this crazy country.
………………
(——Io, the Nine-Faced Dragon God, the Dragon of Harmony, the Wheel of Eternity, whose supreme and glorious form silently travels between the realms and the crystal walls, passing through the ether and the debris of the world, is content with this. Io is the creator of all dragons; he is also the father of the sleeping deep dragons, whose spirits sleep in the core of the endless world; the blood, thoughts and life energy of the gods created the earth where all things live and maintains its stability.
Just as Io's role in the creation of the multiverse cannot be ignored, neither can his unimaginably vast size.
One of the tiny scales of the Nine-Faced Dragon God is larger than any mortal dragon that has ever flown in the sky.
Io remembers everything that has ever happened in all the worlds that exist, knows all spells, and is unrivaled in astronomy and astrology, so he knows all about the future.
)
(End of this chapter)