Chapter 729: Medium-sized World?

Chapter 729: Medium-sized World?

“It could be a medium-sized world,” Lorianne suddenly commented after Sein’s interrogation ended.

Medium-sized worlds were governed by an exceptionally complete set of laws and capable of spawning Rank Six creatures.

These worlds were ranked among the more formidable, occupying the upper mid-tier of the Astral Realm’s hierarchy.

After all, there were only a handful of large-sized realms and top-tier civilizations within the boundless expanse of the Astral Realm.

These exceptional civilizations had typically undergone either an exceedingly long period of development or possessed highly refined evolutionary systems.

Hence, the majority of the Astral Realm was made up of low-level planes and microplanes, which, due to their relatively brief periods of development did not require as robust a power system within their civilizations.

Some low-level realms and microplanes with exceptional potential might eventually evolve into medium-sized or even higher-level planes in the future.

However, unforeseen events could easily disrupt a world’s development. Disasters could come in the form of devastating meteorite impacts, or invasions from other foreign worlds.

Internal strife or deviations in the evolutionary system could also lead to the downfall of a once-promising small world.

Thus, discovering a medium-sized world in the Astral Realm was often a matter of luck.

Sein and Lorianne’s unexpected encounter with such a realm during an interplanar war was an occurrence of exceedingly low probability.

Then again, probability was a profound and mysterious thing.

After all, the Astral Realm’s magnificence was created by countless unlikely events converging together.

For instance, the birth of a plane with a complete set of laws was an exceedingly rare occurrence, which was why such planes were so scarce within the Astral Realm.

The majority of the Astral Realm was still composed of demiplanes, broken planes, and void meteorites, among others.

“A medium-sized world... So, are we still going to proceed with our invasion of this lower-level realm as planned?” Sein asked.

The appearance of another medium-sized plane’s forces in the Verdant Wilderness World caught even Lorianne off guard.

If they proceeded as planned, the danger would undoubtedly escalate.

High risk indeed promised high rewards!

If they could conquer the Wild Gorilla World and seize the resources of a medium-sized plane, the profits—just Lorianne’s share alone—would suffice to finance several low-level interplanar wars.

It was no wonder Lorianne was tempted.

If she were lucky, this war alone could settle all her debts!

While the final decision by Feylis and the Magus Alliance was still pending, Lorianne was personally inclined toward initiating the war.

***

The Verdant Wilderness World had been tranquil since Sein captured the green-furred gorilla.

The conflict between the two large forests in the north had noticeably diminished, thanks to the mediation efforts of the guardian and many other parties.

Those green-furred gorillas had been missing, and Sein had heard no news of further conflicts erupting.

Yet, beneath the calm surface, all the well-informed individuals in Verdant Wilderness World were aware of the underlying fierce turbulence.

Invisible skirmishes and conflicts were unfolding in the hidden recesses of this world.

As an outsider, Sein merely needed to observe calmly from the sidelines.

"Another one of the node weakeners we set up before had lost response yesterday,” Sein noted.

Since Sein had placed those node weakeners himself and activated them by channeling his mana, their removal was immediately noticeable on his end.

“It’s fine. If the other side succeeds in invading this low-level plane, we won’t need those node weakeners anymore. The Wild Gorilla World will help us significantly reduce the strength of this world’s laws.

“The more complete the laws of the Verdant Wilderness World are, the more challenging it will be for the Wild Gorilla World to mount an attack. Conversely, Verdant Wilderness World can also help us weaken the Wild Gorilla World even further,” Lorianne explained.

“Do you remember the Thunderfall World war? It took only two Rank Four creatures to force Thunder, a peak Rank Five knight, into a desperate situation, though that was also partially due to Thunder’s own circumstances,” she added.

“Verdant Wilderness World is far from defenseless. Never underestimate the power of plants!" Lorianne whispered into Sein’s ear.