Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 2465: Chapter 2446: The Death of 01

"Shura?" A blush floated across the little face of the pink octopus. "Do you want to date me?"

The Observer glared at him coldly. "I’m not your master, don’t act crazy in front of me."

Polo Ye squinted his bright gem-like eyes. "Looks like you don’t want to date me, then why are you contracting the space so much?"

As soon as the words fell, the space that was available contracted once again. This time, the contraction was even larger than before.

Originally, Polo Ye maintained his stature at about ten meters high to bind those humans, but now the space was too small to accommodate its body. There’s no choice, it had to release those humans and then slowly shrink itself.

Polo Ye’s shrinking process was like a deflating balloon.

Emitting a poof-poof-poof sound, its body shrank rapidly at a visible speed. It returned to the petite size it had when the Observer first saw it in the Void.

In this form, with its pink color and sparkling blue gem-like eyes... one had to admit, it looked more like a doll. No wonder Gluz Deward doted on it, a lover of collecting magical creatures is either a plush lover or a doll lover.

"Shura! Shura! Don’t go too far, if you shrink me more, I’ll bite you!"

"Nonsense, do you think I want to shrink?" After speaking, the Observer’s gaze went to the Mysterious Fruit in the distance, the implication was clear. — I’m not shrinking you on purpose, it’s the disorderly rhythm forcing it.

Since the Observer said this, Polo Ye, who sought "shelter," naturally couldn’t continue messing around. However, Polo Ye was still indignant because he initially thought the Observer couldn’t resist the attraction and wanted to reduce the contact area when the space contracted.

But later, after thinking carefully, if there was truly external force coercing, the Observer should have shown some change in his aura, right? Not saying he should weaken, but at least the energy body should exhibit some fluctuation.

Polo Ye’s sapphire eyes weren’t just for show; they could see the lights of the energy body within creatures. The brighter the light, the more abundant the other’s energy body.

The Observer’s energy light cluster within was bright and full from start to finish, with no fluctuations at all.

Clearly, there was no consumption of energy light, yet he actively contracted the space, blatantly fooling it!

Polo Ye was quite furious, but under a roof, it had to hold back.

Fortunately, it had now shrunk its size, preventing it from being suffocated, but if the contraction continued, it might be a problem.

While Polo Ye was sulking, the Observer was actually helpless too.

He didn’t want to shrink the space either, but had to. Because it’s not what he deliberately wanted to do, he discovered Angel’s green patterned Domain Field was rolling inward.

Upon first noticing the inward roll of the green patterned Domain Field, the Observer could only follow suit to avoid Polo Ye detecting the clues.

Angel’s green patterned Domain Field wants to shrink to what size, he must follow along precisely.

At present, the Observer couldn’t see any sign of Angel stopping, so he had no choice but to compress the space where one could stand with grit teeth.

Later, even when Polo Ye shrank his size, he felt a bit unsteady.

Clearly, Polo Ye still could choose to use an ability similar to the Shapeshifting Technique and shrink again. However, until the last moment, it was unwilling to use its transformation ability because when Lord of the City descends later, it wouldn’t want to descend in a mini form, that would be too impolite.

To make the limited space less crowded and to give Lord of the City space to descend, Polo Ye’s gaze turned to the three humans not far away, a blue glow emanating from his eyes.

These three Wizards were indeed pitiable, having just been forcibly read their memories by Polo Ye, they were still in a dazed state and were forced together again. Now, once more, they were targeted by Polo Ye.

Though Polo Ye didn’t say anything, the cold gaze made its intentions clear.

— It’s your turn to make space.

The faces of the three Wizards immediately changed, and in their despair, one Wizard suddenly spoke, "Sir, I know the Shapeshifting Technique!"

The other two Wizards moved, also expressing that they knew the Shapeshifting Technique.

Polo Ye initially thought about driving them away but reconsidered and thought that shapeshifting was actually a decent choice. And so, Polo Ye finally released their energy constraints.

When the Magic Vortex was reconnected with the outside world, the two Wizards obediently constructed a Shapeshifting Technique model in Mind Space.

While the Witch named "Diluni," although her mouth spoke of using the Shapeshifting Technique, she actually bit her silver teeth, energy boiled internally, and with a thunderous bang, her physical body exploded.

After the flesh died, Diluni’s soul quickly floated out of the blood and flesh.

At the moment Diluni’s soul emerged, her expression wasn’t at all confused, there was even a hint of joy.

Because she senses... senses that the door to the Quest World is right in front of her. Although there was nothing in front of her, she just knew that as long as she takes a step forward, she can enter the Quest World.

Previously, the Plane Corridor was sealed, and she thought even the door to the Quest World was closed. Now it seems, it was not the case.

Although being a soul in the Quest World isn’t much better, at least her consciousness is preserved. If she can find an opportunity in the Quest World, she might even be able to descend into the real world as a soul entity, although very difficult.

Diluni didn’t step forward immediately but gently tossed two buttons containing the Power of Space behind her.

These two buttons housed all of Diluni’s possessions.

They floated between the Observer and Polo Ye.

Diluni said nothing, simply uttering a gentle "Thank you."

Then turned and stepped through the door invisible to others, becoming another Wizard to actively step into the Quest World’s door today.

Others’ thoughts weren’t known, but being controlled by Polo Ye, 01 felt exhausted.

He chose this timing for closure, precisely hoping that when he’s no match for Phantom Spirit City’s Tracker, he could walk the Quest World’s path. For this, he spent a considerable amount asking about the time the Quest World arrives in the Southern Domain.

But now, the irony is, he wants to walk this path but is pinned down by Polo Ye.

Instead, it has become convenient for other Wizards.

Clearly, they should be grateful to me, not anyone else.

As 01 bitterly mocked himself, Polo Ye gently kicked the two buttons Diluni left in mid-air and gave them to the Observer. "This Witch was decisive... it’s yours."

The space artifacts left by Diluni were obvious — one for Polo Ye, one for the Observer.

She thanked the Observer for providing shelter, also thanked Polo Ye for forcibly pulling her out of a delusion earlier. Though she knew Polo Ye saved her to kill her, the act of "killing her" didn’t occur, so paying back with spatial artifacts was not overboard.

Here’s the translated text:

However, Polo Ye completely disdained Diluni’s spatial artifacts. What good items could a low-level wizard have?

So, Polo Ye directly kicked them over to the Observer.

The Observer originally didn’t plan on accepting them, but then he had a thought and decided to take the two buttons.

After Diluni’s death, the other two wizards who used the shapeshifting technique seemed to have realized as well and wanted to follow in Diluni’s footsteps. But before they could self-destruct, one of Polo Ye’s tentacles came over and wrapped around them, sticking the two thumb-sized wizards to the tentacle, giving them no chance to self-destruct.

Opportunities are fleeting like this. Diluni had missed many chances before but finally seized this one. But these two wizards were not so lucky.

Although the space freed by the loss of three wizards was considerable, Polo Ye found that the space was still compressing, showing no signs of stopping.

"How much more do you plan to compress? If you shrink it further, I’ll have no choice but to crowd in."

The Observer replied calmly: "We need to achieve an appropriate balance with the attraction outside at the very least."

Lies! Nonsense! Polo Ye inwardly cursed, but dared not show it outwardly, resigning to the situation: "When will it reach balance?"

The Observer responded nonchalantly: "I don’t know. If you find the space too cramped, you can transform yourself, or have him transform."

The Observer was naturally referring to 01.

chimed in: "I know the shapeshifting technique, and I can shrink to the size of a mosquito or fly."

Polo Ye glanced at 01, sure that 01 couldn’t transform because once the energy constraint was lifted, 01 wouldn’t transform but would definitely self-destruct into the Quest World.

Yet 01 did occupy quite a bit of space.

The currently available space was extremely limited, with each person’s distance within half a meter.

Remaining in the space currently were: the Observer, Polo Ye, Angel, 01, and two wizards transformed to an ignorable size.

The Observer and Polo Ye couldn’t be moved.

Angel belonged to the Observer’s side, and Polo Ye valued him greatly, so he couldn’t be exiled.

Thus only 01 remained.

Polo Ye sighed and looked at 01: "Originally, I wanted to capture you and bring you back, conduct a confession ceremony, and use the media to warn other potential offenders."

"But now it seems I can only sacrifice you."

01: "...Does this count as sacrifice?"

Polo Ye didn’t want to execute 01 this quickly, but there was no choice now. Sighing, with a gentle push, 01 was expelled from the distorted domain.

At the last moment, 01 opened his mouth, seemingly ready to say something, but the next moment, his eyes turned blank.

He silently turned, looking towards the distant mysterious fruit, his gaze infatuated and wistful, as if he was looking at the world’s most beautiful treasure. Step by step, he walked forward.

Just as 01 approached the mysterious fruit.

Suddenly, 03, below the mysterious fruit, raised her head, meeting 01’s gaze.

As the cradle for the mysterious fruit’s birth, 03 was nearly devoid of cognition at that moment, and 01 was within the field of attraction, unable to form thoughts.

Yet they somehow exchanged a glance.

Perhaps due to years of past interactions, their physical and spiritual inertia led them to look at each other even in their lost state.

Yet just like that, the next second returned to the cold intersection.

Blood rain fell.

Blood droplets silently land on 03’s wooden-like brow, blood drips following the arc down the face, ending at her cheeks. It seemed like 03 was silently crying.

But her tears weren’t her own, they were 01’s bloody tears.

thought he had schemed for various retreats, but ultimately paused here with a literal full stop.

He probably never expected that his true killer wasn’t those he predicted, but was rather 03, who had once had a fairly good relationship with him. 03 likely never imagined that her decision to swallow the mysterious fruit and attempt saving the base would become a sweeping disaster, causing endless colleagues’ deaths.

The Wizards’ Realm is like this; one moment its sun shines brightly, the next it transforms into a sinister death domain on a whim, seen everywhere.

...

After 01’s death, the space compression still didn’t stop, but its speed slowed considerably compared to before.

Polo Ye again questioned the Observer about the space issue.

Yet this time, the Observer responded with vague, non-committal words.

Seeing the Observer’s unyielding expression, Polo Ye felt frustrated, his gaze sweeping back and forth in discontent.

Finally, he looked at Angel.

Polo Ye’s sapphire-like eyes suddenly flickered with faint light.

"Since you want to keep compressing space, it seems we’ll soon be face-to-face. Still, I certainly don’t want to be close with you, this one seems fine, though the looks aren’t quite to my taste, at least he’s younger~ shwayloh~" Polo Ye swayed closer to Angel.

Seeing this, the Observer quickly reached out to block him.

"What? I won’t do anything to him, why are you anxious? Shwayloh?" Polo Ye teased with a smile: "Or does he have some special significance to you?"

The Observer remained silent.

Polo Ye: "I won’t go over, but at least stop the space compression."

The Observer frowned, as this wasn’t within his control.