Chapter 26 - First Contact With Fear

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

However, their technological development path was obviously different from Earth’s.

Driving machinery required energy, and the dragon egg could feel the concentrated magic energy from the arrow shaft. The developmental path of this civilization was obviously to drive machinery with the supernatural existence of mana.

What was this? A combination of mana and technology? Using the appearance of a cold weapon to do the work of a hot weapon?

Thinking of this, Gray came to a realization. No wonder the dragon egg could only sense mana from the shaft.

In this arrow, it was clear that the shaft was the main body that stored energy and activated functions, and the arrowhead was a switch to start it!

Gray also looked at this arrow from Earth’s perspective and almost did not follow the train of thought of this civilization. Now that he understood it, he was also amazed by the unique culture of this civilization.

There was no doubt that compared to outsiders like himself, this civilization’s creation was more suitable for this world.

Gray’s mind became active.

If there was an opportunity, he might as well seriously search for clues about that civilization.

Perhaps he could find an opportunity to strengthen himself. After all, how could a civilization that could think of using mana to drive machinery not have the technology to strengthen themselves with mana as well?

This time, he had only found a broken arrow, but there was no guarantee that he would be able to find a powerful weapon next time, allowing him to take a huge step forward in his fight against the Void Undead!

The dragon egg was still showing interest in the arrow shaft.

This made Gray even more determined. Even if it was not to uncover the history of this world, the dragon egg’s inexplicable good impression of this civilization was worth exploring.

Although the arrow had been pulled out, the small hole where the arrow had been pulled out was still there. Gray looked into the hole to see if there was anything left behind.

Sure enough, following the weak light, he saw a flash.

Clearly, there was something else in the hole!

Gray was instantly somewhat excited.

Could it be that there were more of the civilization’s creations below?

Had he found a lost ruin?

The hole where he pulled out the arrow was extremely small, and his hands could not reach in. If he wanted to obtain the thing underneath, Gray could only remove all the soil on the surface.

He did it without hesitation. This task was not difficult for Gray, who had already upgraded to tier 2.

He did not use any special tools either. Gray held the machete in one hand and the metal arrow in the other.

First, he used the metal arrow to loosen up the soil around the hole. Then, he used the machete to stab into the ground, lifting up the soil bit by bit.

In less than ten minutes, the hole had expanded quite a bit.

This was originally the place where the roots of the big tree were rooted. The soil was not compact to begin with. In addition to the big tree’s toppling, the entire ground had basically been turned over. It could be said that Gray expanding the hole was effortless.

At this moment, the thing that was shimmering with light could already be seen clearly.

It was a faint black transparent crystal that was on the verge of shattering. The surface of the crystal was covered with cracks that looked like spider webs. The cracks converged at the center of the crystal, and there was a small dent there. It was clearly damaged by external forces.

Upon closer inspection, the black color of the crystal did not seem to be that pure. One could only see that its entire body was actually transparent. Only its outer shell emitted a faint black color. Looking from afar, it was inevitable that people would misunderstand. The entire crystal seemed to be some kind of stained glass product that had been broken.

And the strangest part was the place where the cracks in the center of the crystal gathered. That should have been transparent, but there was actually a mass of thick ink-colored black substance. That substance was like a liquid surging within the crystal, and it looked extremely strange.

Gray looked at the crystal, and his heart stirred. He immediately compared the size of the depression in the center of the crystal to the size of the tip of the arrowhead. It looked exactly the same.

It seemed that the Arrowhead was the one that had shattered the crystal.

What exactly were these crystals and arrowheads?

From the looks of it, the crystal seemed to have been filled with that kind of black substance before it shattered. It was probably because of the destruction of the arrowhead that the black substance was completely drained, leaving only a little bit of what was left in the center.

Gray tried to open the appraisal, but the system once again popped up with “Unable to appraise.”

This way, he could see that the information was very limited. Gray moved closer, intending to see the crystal clearly, especially the rolling black substance. Gray vaguely seemed to see something inside.

And just as his gaze locked onto the center of the crystal, the dragon egg on his back suddenly sounded out loudly. An urgent intention to refuse surged into Gray’s mind, but it didn’t wait for Gray to respond.

In the next moment, Gray’s consciousness seemed to be quickly pulled out of his body along with his gaze!

A loud voice rang out:

Destruction! Death! Eternal Glory!

Gray suddenly realized that his hands and feet were no longer at his beck and call. Thoughts that obviously didn’t belong to him seemed to be trying to occupy his mind.

He opened his eyes and found that he seemed to be floating in a space that was similar to the universe. In the distance, there were many planets shining with strange colors, and there was nothing under his feet.

He lowered his head and did not see his body. It seemed that only his consciousness had come here, and now he was just a perspective.

Gray clearly realized that he was dreaming, but how could there be such a real and strange dream.

Suddenly, Gray’s vision turned black, and a wall with twisted scales suddenly fell from the sky, covering the starry sky in front of Gray.

In a short while, the wall slowly rose, and the starry sky appeared again.

Gray felt something was wrong. He tried to move back a little, and now he seemed to be able to move.

Ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters. It was not until this distance that Gray saw something clearly.

It turned out to be a ferocious and terrifying giant eyeball in front of him!

The wall covered with scales was only its eyelids, while the boundless starry knight was actually just a reflection in his eyes!

That eye revealed a vicious light, but the deepest part was arrogant and cold. It looked as if it was cursing everything in this world, yet it also seemed as if it did not care about anything at all.

From a distance, Gray found that the owner of the eyeball looked like some kind of fish. This was not Gray seeing its entire appearance, but because Gray found that there seemed to be a mountain-sized fin moving in the distance.

Suddenly, the eyeball moved, and it seemed to have noticed Gray.

This made Gray’s heart thump. In front of such a monster, his strength was too weak.

As if seeing Gray’s nervousness and surprise, the eyeball revealed a teasing emotion.

The monster was laughing!

Even though he could not see the monster’s full appearance, the monster’s huge eyes clearly had the joy of playing with the weak.

“Buzz buzz buzz”

The monster seemed to have said something, and the surrounding space began to tremble. The restlessness directly reached the depths of Gray’s soul.

Then, Gray suddenly felt that his surroundings seemed to be getting colder and colder. His soul seemed to be about to freeze here.

He felt that he was about to die.

During the gap between life and death, Gray suddenly understood what that huge voice was saying.

It was the name of the monster, or monsters.

“March to the glory of death, Void Undead!”