Chapter 656 - Captured
The agent nodded.
"Sure, if you want everything we know about the place, it will cost you 3530 Migan Stones."
The price was quite high. However, it was worth it if they could find that Chaotic Demon Flower and bring it out to trade. Krune then took out the Migan Stones and passed it over. The agent smiled after seeing that.
"Wait here a minute. I'll be right back."
Sure enough, the agent came back with a jade slip not too long after. After passing it to Krune's group, he closed the door and left. Seeing that, the three of them poured their Divine Senses inside to check the contents.
The Chaotic Pathway is a place at the south pole of the planet. From the looks of it, that is the weakest point of the Celestial Protection Formation. It's not that the Protection Formation is breaking down, but that it is the furthest point from the four cores that keep it running.
Thanks to that, the effects of the Chaotic Space from the outside can affect the surrounding area. Simply put, that Chaotic Pathway became quite similar to the world outside of the Silver Core. It's just that there is no such thing as Space Creatures there. After all, there is no Silver Blood on this planet.
"Seems reliable. There is also a teleport formation we can take that bring us close there."
It turned out that it wasn't as dangerous as they thought. However, that's because of Krune's Mental Energy Perception, which could perceive Spatial Tears way easier than anyone else. While everyone would be afraid of being caught by them, Krune didn't have that problem. Not to mention that Zule was also there.
"Alright, let's go back to the Mercenary Guild and take this mission."
The three then immediately went back there. Although the attendant of the Mercenary Guild felt like they were being suicidal, he still passed the contractor's contact. According to the mission, anyone could accept it. However, only those with the Chaotic Demon Flower would receive the Bazuric Nectar.
After confirming that the contractor still hasn't got the flower, Krune's group went to the teleport formation. With a flash of silver light, the three disappeared. If everything goes well, Krune believes that they won't take more than a few days to come back.
Meanwhile, three Peak Semi-Divinity Realm cultivators/demon beasts had just been captured by the Celestial Soul Organization. As one can imagine, this was another one of the Four Celestial Organizations that protects one of the Four Cores of the Celestial Protection Formation.
Those three Paek Semi-Divinity Realm just so happen to be Foltan's subordinates. Just like Krune's group, they also appeared inside this planet. However, they soon realized an enormous issue. They can't leave!
At first, they were as excited as Krune, Iem, and Sisan. They soon found the Elemental Essences and other rare items that would be worth a lot even to their sect master. Not to mention that they could take a few for themselves. How good could that be?
However, different from Krune, this group doesn't have Zule to open a spatial gate for themselves. If they want to leave the Silver Core, they will need to go out of the Planet's Protection Formation first. After that, they can approach the end of the space and use the Spatial Barrier to be teleported outside. Unfortunately, they don't have the power necessary to pass through the Protection Formation.
Of course, since they can fly, they went high in the skies and tried to break through the barrier themselves. Unfortunately for them, things didn't go well, and they gave up. They knew that they had limited time before the Sealed Godly Vein Space goes out of control again. Without another choice, they could only approach the Celestial Soul Organization to find a way out.
With the superior combat techniques that allowed them to fight at the Divinity Realm level, they soon found a way through the backdoor. After all, geniuses at their level were very rare to be found. However, the Celestial Soul Organization wasn't made of idiots. They noticed something wrong about these guys. First, how come they had never heard of such geniuses before?
As one can imagine, their first thought was that they might be spies of the other Celestial Organizations. But there was something weird about those three while they performed their duties in the organization. They didn't seem to be looking for any secrets of their Celestial Soul Organization. Instead, they were trying to find a way out of the Protection Formation.
That didn't make sense. After all, if they were members of other Celestial Organizations, why would they come here to look for such a thing? Were they trying to make the investigators look in the wrong direction? But as it turned out, they really wanted to simply go out.
The Celestial Organizations had several teams that had to go out periodically. After all, they had to continually check the Celestial Protection Formation's integrity, making repairs anytime it was necessary. However, nothing could be done to harm their organization on the outside, which puzzled the investigators even more.
That being said, they decided to let them join the groups that checked their organization's formation.
Foltan's group noticed that the time in this place passed faster. However, different from Luvile and Harold, they couldn't tell how faster it was. They were afraid that if they waited too long, they would lose their chance to escape. Because of that, they took the first opportunity to go away from the Celestial Protection Formation. They already got a few rare items while on the planet, so they weren't going back empty-handed anyway.
It only took them a day to reach the barrier between this Silver Core Space and outside. However, just as they touched the border and began the process of teleporting out, a powerful pressure locked them in place. Right after, an old man appeared beside them.
"Dolmen, Hames, and Siciwo... am I right?
Just like Krune's group, they didn't bother hiding their names since no one should know about their existence here to start with.
"At least, that's the names you used when you joined our Celestial Soul Organization. Oh, right! My name is Gamadol Furkive, an elder of the Celestial Soul Organization."
"Anyway, we have been watching you for quite a few days, trying to figure out what your objective was here. However, you didn't try to do anything out of the line and only tried to join the repairing teams. We let you do that to find out what you really wanted. But when I saw you leaving your position and rushing into outer space, you really made me puzzled. If you were members of the other Celestial Organizations, you had no need to come to us for such a thing. You could simply ask your own powers to allow you to do so."
"Still, I followed you to see what you were up to. You can't imagine how surprised I was when you touched this Spatial Barrier. If I hadn't intervened, you would definitely have been teleported out of here. All our four Celestial Organizations checked the Spatial Barriers of our Universe hundreds of thousands of times during our existence. Unfortunately, it didn't matter what we did. The barrier had never shown any reaction whatsoever."
"But just now, you were just a step away from doing so. I really can't understand how you did that. Unless... you guys were not born in this place."
Dolmen's group was sweating cold. Even though they wanted to move, the pressure completely sealed their movements. That showed just how many realms above that elder in front of them was. He was simply someone they couldn't even dream of fighting against.
"Anyway, I'll bring you three back so that we can have a close chat. Our Celestial Organizations dreamed about the world outside for who knows how long, so I can't just let you leave this easy. I hope you will collaborate too. After all, you should know how good our Celestial Soul Organization is with the matters of Soul."
Right after, Gamadol opened a spatial gate, quickly entering it with the three members of Foltan's group.
A day later, all four Celestial Organizations were caught in an uproar! It was the first time they had received visitors from outside. From Dolmen's group, they came to know about the Zamaria Planet, the fact that they were inside a Demon's Core, the Top Quality Godly Veins Event, etc...
Obviously, with the Celestial Soul Organization taking care of the interrogatory, Dolmen's group wasn't able to hide anything. However, one thing deeply puzzled them in the end. Why could Dolmen's group leave this place while they couldn't?
They obviously went to the place where Gamadol captured Dolmen and the others to check the Spatial Barrier. However, as always, no reaction happened at all. For that, even Dolmen's group had no answer. In their minds, anyone who wanted to leave should be able to do so. Of course, Dolmen's group doesn't know anything about the God Realm, so they also don't know that anyone born in a Foundation is linked to it.
It's not that there is no way out, but the demon beast had to agree with it. Obviously, that would be impossible since the demon beast outside is already dead.
However, they also revealed another piece of news.
"We came with another group as well. We don't know how to bring you out, but they might do."
Sure enough, Dolmen's group decided to try to sell Krune's group out.