Chapter 255 - 257: Exploitation

Chapter 255: Chapter 257: Exploitation

’What’s going on? Where am I?’

Andre blinked, warily surveying his current location.

The place was a riot of colors, blindingly bright. All sorts of Elements surged around him like a tempestuous sea, constantly materializing.

As the Elements fluctuated, Andre prepared himself to open a Secret Realm at a moment’s notice and escape.

While opening the Secret Realm would only make him reappear in the same location, that didn’t mean there wasn’t a way to leave.

However, doing so would mean the Secret Realm itself would carry him adrift through the Endless Star Realm—an extremely dangerous process.

Fortunately, before the expedition began, Radak had inscribed a Witchcraft Array on him. It could draw upon the power of the Wizard Inheritance Hall to pull him back to the Senbai World.

’The only question was how long that process would take.’

’How did I end up in this place?’

Andre scanned his surroundings, his mind racing as he tried to recall how he had left the Expedition Base.

Soon, he recalled everything that had happened as he was leaving the Expedition Base.

An overwhelming Power had appeared out of thin air, freezing everything around him before pulling him through space to this location.

’To pull off something like that, you’d have to be a Morning Star Great Wizard, at least.’

’But I just arrived in this world. I haven’t interacted with any of its inhabitants. Why would this person target me?’

Just then, an immense Power suddenly appeared and brushed against Andre’s Soul.

The brief contact was too much for Andre to bear; his legs instantly gave out.

’What in the world is going on?’

Andre gritted his teeth, resisting the Power, but it was simply too immense for him.

Even with such slight contact, Andre, being in the absolute weaker position, couldn’t withstand it.

"Who’s there? Show yourself!"

Andre rubbed his trembling legs, looking around and calling out repeatedly.

But no matter what he said, no living being in the vicinity responded.

Seeing that his abductor remained silent, Andre roared in anger. His body began to swell, quickly returning to its true size.

Next, Andre broke the Divine Blood Seal. The moment it opened, Divine Power began to course through his body.

Because of the Divine Power, his Soul developed a golden halo.

As the halo appeared on his Soul, the immense Power descended once more. This time, however, Andre withstood its impact.

"Y-your... pow-power... good... G-give... me...!"

A fragmented sentence was transmitted through his Soul, echoing in his mind.

’Your... "power"... good... give me... Does it mean my Chaos Magic Power?’

The thought of his Chaos Magic Power immediately came to Andre’s mind.

Then, he guessed the identity of the immense Power he was in contact with.

’This is the world consciousness... How is that possible?’

’How can a world consciousness be so active?’

Andre looked around, his eyes filled with disbelief and his jaw hanging open.

He had revealed his Chaos Magic Power more than once, but nothing like this had ever happened.

This had never happened in the Senbai World or the Multi-Body World.

A world consciousness had abducted him and was demanding his Chaos Magic Power. Nothing like this had ever happened before.

"Give me!" the world consciousness communicated with Andre repeatedly.

But no matter what, the message was always the same: give it his Chaos Magic Power.

’Give you my Chaos Magic Power? That’s impossible! You’re not a person or any other kind of life form. You’re just a ripple of what’s called consciousness!’

Andre was growing extremely agitated. The world consciousness’s incessant demands were driving him mad.

Inside his Soul, the world consciousness of the Cosmic Sea World repeated the same sentence over and over, demanding Andre’s Chaos Magic Power.

But to possess Chaos Magic Power, one first needed to practice the Chaos Meditation Technique.

’And how could his Chaos Meditation Technique possibly be understood by a disembodied world consciousness?’

’Wait a minute, am I looking at this the wrong way?’

’What if the world consciousness wants the Chaos Magic Power itself, not the Chaos Meditation Technique?’

Amidst the world consciousness’s constant pestering, Andre finally considered another interpretation of its demand.

’It keeps yelling at me... My thought process is slowing down.’

After muttering a complaint, Andre released the Chaos Magic Power from his body.

The moment the Chaos Magic Power appeared in the World Origin Space, the voice of the world consciousness vanished from Andre’s Soul.

Next, the Chaos Magic Power from Andre’s body merged into the World Origin Space, fusing with the Power of World Origin.

A denser, more majestic form of Chaos Magic Power began to emerge within the World Origin Space.

This new Chaos Magic Power, formed from the Power of World Origin, then began to travel through channels of origin, reaching all corners of the Cosmic Sea World to repair the damage caused by its recent advancement.

Simultaneously, the rate at which the Cosmic Sea World absorbed Power from the Star Realm began to increase.

This rate could only be described as explosive.

"Hey, can you let me go now?"

Andre shouted, looking at the Chaos Magic Power before him, which was far denser than his own.

He hoped the world consciousness would let him leave.

But no matter how he yelled, the world consciousness remained inert, as if it had simply dumped him here and forgotten all about him.

’Are you serious? You’re just gonna cast me aside after you got what you wanted?’

Andre watched the Power of World Origin inside the World Origin Space.

As the Cosmic Sea World’s rate of absorbing Power from the Star Realm exploded, more and more Power of World Origin began to generate within the World Origin Space.

And Andre was positioned right at the core of the World Origin Space.

He could see every new bit of it form with perfect clarity.

"Hey, you don’t need me anymore, do you? If not, then let me go."

Andre withdrew his Chaos Magic Power. The moment he did, the Power of World Origin instantly stopped changing, reverting to its original multicolored appearance.

Just then, the voice of the world consciousness reappeared in Andre’s Soul.

This left Andre speechless. So, the world consciousness of the Cosmic Sea World was just treating him like a workhorse, endlessly exploiting his Chaos Magic Power.

But he was trapped in the World Origin Space, and whether he could even get out was another question entirely.

Left with no choice, Andre could only release his Chaos Magic Power once more.

Once the Power of World Origin made contact with it, the transformation began anew.

With this transformation, the Cosmic Sea World’s rate of absorbing Power from the Star Realm began to explode once again.