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[Ha, heartless woman!]
You mentally cursed under your breath, grabbed your double-ball hammers, and stormed out of the cave, running straight up a hill. Looking around at the soul sand, rock formations, and various hollows, you shouted, "Ghasts! Come out and fight your grandpa to the death!"
[Whoosh! Before your ears could even register the sound, your hand had already swung straight at the fireball behind you. With a piercing scream, you saw the ghast behind you shed a ghastly tear.]
"That's much easier now." You chuckled, your eyes fixed on the swaying ghast, waiting for it to unleash its next barrage of fireballs.
However, the evil spirit did not relentlessly pursue you as you might have imagined. It raised its head, howled at the sky, and then resumed circling you at a distance.
"What's going on..." Before you could finish speaking, you saw a large number of white, floating objects emerge from the various cavities in the rock strata. Amidst the overlapping cries that followed, you took a deep breath and murmured, "Holy dog shit..."
……
The sound of the wheels turning reached Latis's ears from the wooden planks beneath him.
"Damn it, the cat's gone again..."
Latis opened his eyes, looked at Mumu standing on his forehead, and after carefully observing the spirit's body for a while, he coughed.
"Yo, you're awake!"
Mumu floated up and circled around Latis, who had sat up, chattering away:
"I told you it was dangerous! Luckily, Master Anubis somehow got entangled with your soul, otherwise you'd be drifting off to who knows where in this mortal realm! Sigh, I told you we should be careful; it would be safer to dig tunnels all the way!"
“Mumu is right, meow!” MeowNubis said, pushing the cart with one hand while clearing a path through the cave with its paws.
"Although I had a strange ability that allowed me to revive you, Master, I sensed that I could only revive you once more before I couldn't capture your soul anymore, meow! So, Master, it's best if I stay safe, meow!"
"See? See?" Mumu sat back on Latis's shoulders triumphantly, put her feet on his chin, and rested her face in her hands while kneeling on her knees.
"Two to one, you lost, okay? So listen to us obediently, and once we find Little Pallas, we can start exploring the lower realm without worry! It's full of magic here, she'll definitely recover her strength quickly!"
"Alright, alright, you guys are making my head buzz..."
Latis sighed, rested his hand behind his head, and muttered to himself:
They say three women are equal to 1,500 ducks, and I have 1,000 ducks quacking here...
He grabbed Mumu, who was standing on his face, and placed her on his stomach, silently thinking amidst her clamoring cries:
"There's no need to wait for Pallas to return to explore the unknown. Although the lower realm is a bit more dangerous than I imagined, as long as we don't act recklessly, there are plenty of things we can do..."
"Wait, magic?"
Latis suddenly sat up and looked at Mumu with a serious expression.
"W-what's wrong?" Mu Mu asked in surprise, stammering.
"I've never considered whether magic in different dimensions is the same concept..."
"La, Latis? Say something!"
Latis grabbed Mumu, who was flying around wildly in front of him, and continued to think:
"Although I lack the corresponding bloodline and skills in this dimensional journey, like a blank character created from scratch, I still possess the knowledge within me! Thanks to Arte, who patiently taught me so many old-school mage skills. If I were a pure magic network mage, I probably wouldn't have thought to test this hypothesis..."
He snapped out of his daze, looked at Meownubis with its big face pressed against him, and suddenly grinned.
"I have a hypothesis that I'd like to try and prove."
"First, I need to look around here to see if there are any relevant materials. Meow Nubis, do you know if there are any materials that have a physical form and can be penetrated by magic?"
"Oh, soul sand, I almost forgot... use this instead of the glitter prism, and ordinary leaves instead of cloud iris, with a solid-liquid mixture in between for buffering and fusion. Try using lava slime... That way, you've gathered all the materials for a 'magic missile' spell..."
Latis released the dazed Mumu, exchanged a glance with the two old women, and smiled confidently:
"Don't underestimate me! I'm a student personally taught by the future King Herod!"
Chapter 125 It must be said that the aesthetics of the past were indeed sophisticated.
Half a day later, you take the materials that Meownubis has collected and begin inscribing magic runes.
After completely inscribing the magic runes onto the magma mixture dropped by the slime, Meownubis, as you requested, released about one ring of magic power to successfully press the spell into shape.
[After tearing open this simple magic scroll, three magical projectiles made of soul sand appeared on the spot, and under your conscious control, they pierced through the lower realm rock layer beside you.]
[Your scalp suddenly tingles slightly. Although the effects of the spell differ slightly due to material limitations, the fact that this spell can successfully operate in this world signifies that the principles of magic may be the same across different worlds!]
[This world is like this, so what about the next? You silently resolved that once you returned, you would definitely learn from the half-elf all the old-school mage's techniques for harnessing immense power within oneself.]
[You spent some time crafting over a dozen scrolls for magic missiles. Since you currently have no magic power, Meownubis became your poor tool cat.]
During this time, you inquired about magic in their world from Mumu and Miaonubis. Through the halting explanations of the two elderly people with fragmented memories, you finally pieced together a complete worldview.
[It turns out that magic in the world of Terry is not like that in Atlantis, where it is used by individual mages. Instead, it is a generalized power derived from the workings of all things through imitation, research, and refinement.]
Because they possessed the best sword in the village, magic researchers learned sharpness enchantment by comparing the village's best sword with ordinary swords; because of death and birth, researchers who lived by the wind of death learned techniques to accelerate the decline of vital signs and freeze vital signs, while researchers who loved life learned healing enchantment to promote human regeneration; because of lust and desire, Master Wandefer invented contraceptive sleeves and plugins to enhance pleasure...
"Wait, that lousy cover can be enchanted?" you couldn't help but ask with a strange look.
"I heard that's how it is..." Mumu buried herself in Meownubis's fur and whispered, "But Master Wandefer has always lived in the starry sky. Now that the main world has no magic, we can no longer go up to the starry sky to see if he is still there."
"I have no choice but to go take a look..." You've made up your mind to consult Master Wandefer. Even though you can't bring back any items from a dimensional journey, you can bring back technology!
After teaching the two old people how to use the scroll, you once again stood on the hill in the Netherworld and shouted to the surroundings, "Ghasts, you've brought Grandpa back again!"
Seeing countless evil spirits once again emerging from the various cavities in the rock strata, you gave a cold laugh and, together with Mumu and the others, tore open more than a dozen scrolls.
[Your vision was instantly filled with layers upon layers of magical missiles. Under your conscious control, you unleashed a saturation barrage on the entire rock layer. The screams of the evil spirits echoed through this hellish landscape filled with fire and lava. You covered your ears, calmly watching them fall, and said, "S-attribute unleashed, fire!"]
[However, to your surprise, the evil spirit's corpse didn't dissipate into a puff of white smoke; instead, it silently fell to the ground. You rushed to a corpse, looking at its translucent appearance, and were about to pick it up to examine it when suddenly Mumu flew out of your body.]
"Wait, I have a feeling..." Mu Mu stopped nervously on your hand. Before she could finish speaking, the evil spirit in front of you opened its eyes, and then you heard the exact same words coming from the dense mass of evil spirit corpses all around you.
Has the dawn of a new era arrived?
You stand up, look around at the dozens of evil spirits slowly transforming into the shape of Mumu, then look at the Mumu in your hand that suddenly begins to glow, and say with a sudden realization, "I haven't even drawn any cards yet, how come all these fragments have already come knocking on my door?"
……
"Lend your light to Ultraman Tiga!"
As Latis watched the light from the surrounding evil spirits and corpses converge on Mumu, this sentence suddenly popped into his mind for some reason.
"Mumu has transformed..."
He circled around the gradually enlarging Mu Mu soul body, carefully observing the various details of the centenarian woman.
"I have to admit, the aesthetic standards of the past were indeed a bit more sophisticated..."
If the miniature version of Mumu is just like a semi-transparent R16 figure made of water, with various details that are not clear, then Mumu, who is now floating in the air with his knees slightly drawn up, is definitely a one-to-one water sprite R18 statue.
Her tall and magnificent chest swayed gently in the flowing water, her slender waist transitioning perfectly to the contours of her rounded hips, like the golden ratio in a painter's work, before disappearing into that unguarded, secret area.
The intermediate state between illusion and reality is the most intriguing form of the soul.
Mumu's body gradually turned the pale of an evil spirit, which then quickly transitioned to the texture of her skin. On her skin, which had not yet regained its color, a thin, cold, and damp feeling, similar to that of a lizard-like reptile, was revealed.
Then, as the water flowed down the protruding veins, her body gradually regained its vibrant color, and she stretched out from her knee-hugging position and landed on the ground.
"Truly worthy of being called a magic warrior; he possesses both the dignity of a mage and the vitality of a warrior."
Latis, sitting on Meownubis's paw, couldn't help but clap in admiration.
"Well?"
Mumu opened her eyes in confusion, looked up at the black cat's bright eyes, and then looked down at Latis, who was clapping.
"La...Tess? How did you get so small?"
Mu Mu instinctively straightened her chest, intending to fly to his side as before. However, with one step, the unexpected weight caused her to fall forward abruptly. Her eyes widened in shock, and she screamed in terror:
"Help! Help me!"
The muscle memory of a demon warrior made her roll forward instantly; however, this saved her head from crashing to the ground, but not her body.
boom!
Latis dazedly touched his bare feet resting on his shoulders, then looked down and met Mumu's gaze, who was lying on the ground with a blank expression.
"Why...why can't I fly anymore..."
Still not quite understanding the situation, Mumu touched her waist, which was resting on Latis's knees, and subconsciously pulled her legs in.
"Hey……"
Latis felt a sudden force on the back of his head, his eyes widened in shock, and he screamed as he plunged headfirst into that shy, mysterious area.
Haw!
"...Never mind, I don't mind..."
He felt his head being tightly gripped by thighs and couldn't help but sigh at his loss of male virtue once again.
……
After a flurry of explanations, you all tacitly glossed over what had just happened.
[Mumu put on the clothes you had made from the wool in your baggage, then quickly practiced a set of boxing techniques on the spot, familiarizing herself with her new body.]
[You're sitting on MeowNubis, and for some reason, your bottom feels a little hot.]
While the older women were chatting, you secretly touched Nubis and confirmed that her temperature was indeed slightly elevated, though you didn't know why.
"Anyway, let's go find Pallas first. I've remembered our plan!" Mumu landed in front of you with a big leap. Perhaps remembering what had just happened, she blushed slightly, looked away, coughed twice, and said:
"The fragments of my wandering soul gave me scattered memories of the Netherworld. They seemed to recall seeing a Netherworld fortress in that direction, and the presence of familiar faces there."
[You look in the direction Mu Mu is pointing; in the deep red lava mist, the shadow of a castle seems to appear and disappear.]
[On the way to dig a tunnel towards the fortress, Mumu recounts the events of that year to you and Meownubis, who has temporarily lost his memories.]
"When our group ascended into the starry sky, we discovered that the starry sky was not just empty air; there were floating gravel, rapidly passing stone edges, and rock formations that remained relatively still compared to the land below."
Mumu looked at Latis sitting on the other shoulder of Meownubis, shook her head and said:
"The rock formations we call the Path to Godhood are filled with unknown monsters composed of chaotic magic. Compared to the various monsters on land whose origins can be discerned, the monsters in the starry sky are chaotic in form and sometimes suddenly disappear."
"I won't go into the details of what happened on the way. When we were halfway there, Master Wandefu in the group looked at the land receding into the distance and the jagged, drifting rock formations, and decided to stay put. This would allow us to start researching new materials and technologies, and also provide some guidance for our return journey."
"After a journey that lasted for several years, we finally met the gods."
“Gods?” Latis repeated the word.
“Yes, according to the level of power we perceived, it was indeed the god we spoke of. At that time, we were separated by a thick ‘boundary wall’.” Mu Mu seemed to be recalling that scene, and her eyebrows began to furrow.