Chapter 830: Arrival At World’s End
When the Beholder died, the denizens of the underground Maze of Morgeth became even more wary of the newcomers who had entered their domain.
The Drows, a race that liked to fight, had to reassess whether fighting against Ethan's party would be detrimental for them or not.
In the end, they decided that it would be best to find out their objectives before making a
move.
The Dwarves and Kobolds, as well as the other races, each sent a representative to the young man's group to ask them where they were headed.
When Ethan answered that they were heading to World's End, all of the locals thought that they must've lost their minds.
However, a few of them were intrigued, so one representative of each race decided to accompany Ethan's group and see for themselves if the young man would be able to survive an encounter with the Progenitor of Magic.
A Drow named Quarra.
A Dwarf named Hilger.
And a Kobold who went by the name Umlo.
Originally, he didn't plan to allow the representatives of the other races to follow them.
However, Sebastian said that rejecting their offer might make things complicated and potentially result in a grudge between Ethan's group and the other races.
Since he didn't want any conflict at this point in time, Ethan reluctantly agreed.
Lyall, who was quite curious about the races she normally wouldn't see everyday, asked them what living within the Maze of Morgeth was like.
The Drows said that the maze was a convenient place to live in because they could easily go to many other places in Midgard with the Underground tunnels.
As for the Dwarves and the Kobolds, they were fond of digging, finding ores and precious gems, and doing a bit of tinkering-like blacksmithing and jewel smithing.
So just like the Drows, they found living here convenient for they were able to trade with the other Kingdoms in Midgard by traveling through the tunnels.
"I can see it too," Ethan said. "I guess only those who possess magic can see it."
Lyall clicked her tongue because, finding it unfair that only Wizards and Witches could see it.
"What now?" Ethan asked the young lady beside him. "Do you know how we can enter, Ramo -Hecate?"
When the young man asked what name he should refer to Hecate after discovering her secret, she said that Ethan could call him Ramona when it was just the two of them.
The reason for this was due to the fact that the Princess' soul felt happy whenever Ethan called her name.
Although her connection with her body was faint, she could still feel, see, and hear everything
around Hecate.
The young lady smiled faintly before closing her eyes.
"Please give me a moment," Hecate replied. "I should be able to communicate with the
Progenitor of Magic."
The young lady extended her senses toward the swirling vortex, which only those who possessed magic could see.
However, even after several minutes had passed, the vortex was unresponsive.
"She's not home," Hecate reported after opening her eyes. "The Phoenix is right. She might still be in the Lands of Saraqael."
"I guess we'll just have to wait for her to return," Nicole smiled faintly before shifting her gaze to Ethan.
Everyone had already agreed that they would wait a week for Hecate to return. If she did not, Nicole, Lyall, Conall, and Merric would return to the Flying Ship and travel back to the Shire
Continent.
Ethan and Hecate would remain and wait up to a month for the Progenitor of Magic to return before they would make their way back to the Shire Continent.
For the time being, they decided to camp and ask the Drow, Dwarf, and the Kobold everything they knew about the Progenitor of Magic.