Chapter 162: Midworld
[...which is this Midworld's prolonged anchor to the Eldertide Archipelago secret realm has weakened the portal's dimensional barrier enough to break it, allowing the residents of this Midworld to invade our secret realm.]
'We can just defend, fight, and you know, I do my magic,' Aleron grinned as he activated his Monitor Dome at 100% capacity.
[Gachapi: Well, it's not going to be easy. Far from it, actually.]
Aleron realized this to a certain degree immediately because his Monitor Dome's radar at 100% capacity should be able to cover a 15,000-kilometer radius, which didn't happen here. 'Only 5000? The effectiveness is reduced to one-third of its original.'
[Arran'tel: Do we kill those crystal monsters? Their bio-structure is unique.]
[Yueha: Let's refrain from wasting energy on them for now. We might encounter those crystal humanoids.]
[Mei: Skills are weak here as Liang said. Not good.]
'What's this world, Gachapi?' Aleron asked while he observed the Monitor Dome and shared it with others, expanding their radar to his level as they indeed saw a spot filled with around a million living auras, dotted red on the map.
'I got discovered,' Aleron sensed his Monitor Dome's radar discovered by another radar. He felt a pressure in his soul as both radars clashed and the dots in his map started vanishing as the opponent prevented Monitor Dome's radar from discovering that area.
Aleron's expression turned somber and he told everyone to stand by at the crystal portal so they could retreat anytime.
'Zords, transform and get ready for combat.'
The Zords turned giant and transformed into their Zord forms as well.
[Gachapi: Master, I'm done inspecting this Midworld. Let me start by telling you what exactly is a Midworld.]
'Share it with others. I'll connect you to our soul network.'
[Gachapi: We are currently in a Midworld. A Midworld exists between the Lower Cosmos and Chaosverse, so it's basically a higher dimensional plane than the lower Cosmos. Its atmospheric power is higher than in lower cosmos, which is why all types of phenomena we release are reduced in all parameters.]
"It feels like a secret realm than a planet like Ardentia world," Yueha said.
The group gathered at the orb portal while looking at Aleron's radar and listening to Gachapi. [Gachapi: Midworld is a next-level version of the secret realm. When a secret realm, or in other words, a pocket dimension, is a closed system like a planet but its dimensions are unique instead of spherical. This one has the dimensions of a planet because this Midworld has an owner who shaped it for better development for its inhabitants.]
Yueha, Mei, Nerathi, and even Arran'tel sweated a bucket in that short second after that dreadful aura hit them.
"That was indeed death," Arran'tel's eyes slightly trembled. "That aura's dreadfulness matched that of an entity a cult tried to summon in my previous world, though they ultimately resulted in the destructure of half of the planet even though its presence only descended for a few seconds."
"What is it, Gachapi?" Aleron asked with intense curiosity bursting in his eyes. 'It felt so powerful! My Magilore, my Monitor Dome were snuffed like as if that monster blew off a
candle.'
[Gachapi: You can say that it was a powerhouse from the upper cosmos, a bonafide one that's one rank above Acension-rank-Paragon-rank but the difference between Ascension and Paragon rank lifeforms is that of day and night.]
Gachapi continued, tone grave with urgency.
[Gachapi: This is one powerful Midworld with sufficient force to destroy our Eldertide Archipelago in seconds. We have to do something because this orb's dimensional layer that's blocking the entry of this Midworld's residents isn't going to last long.]
[Gachapi: This usually doesn't happen, but this secret realm was anchored to that Midworld for who knows how long, which also explains why this secret realm has such abundant resources and high energy capacity.]
"Is it possible that this secret realm would eventually become a Midworld if it continued to remain anchored with this Midworld via this orb?" Aleron wondered.
[Gachapi: That was likely going to happen, but this cosmic layer that prevents life from living higher plane of existence from entering secret realms of the lower cosmos is weakened.] [Gachapi: This is pretty much this Midworld's work. When its portal appeared, someone sent this strange orb here that passively heightened the Entropy of Eldertide Archipelago and its energy capacity, thus weakening the dimensional layer with prolonged connection and
encroachment.]
"What do we do then?" Aleron frowned. "We can't let them come here."
[Gachapi: There's only one way and we likely have no other choice but to follow this one way
if they manage to breach right now.]
Everyone's eyes were on the semi-crystalized orb and their pupils shrank simultaneously as they saw that three-meter-tall humanoid crystal being with ten others behind him!
"Tsk, those humans escaped. I really want to fight with them, sigh."
"Elder, can we break this layer this time? It's cracked for the first time...like finally, so we
might succeed soon."