by Zhuang Bifan
Donald, who was next to him, quickly sincerely interjected, "Yeah, Master Felic, we might not be of much help to you this time, but we can help you fight. Why don't you let us go with you?"
Compared to Archbishop Martin, Donald was far less genuine about it. He only said those words because he knew that Lin Li wouldn't let anyone tag along. Of course, in Donald's opinion, Archbishop Martin definitely had the same intentions as him. After all, Lin Li was a true Sanctuary powerhouse who was much stronger compared to them who were only at the peak of the Legendary-level. Since Lin Li said that he didn't need any company, he definitely wouldn't want anyone to tag along, no matter the reason. If he could not even deal with the situation as a Sanctuary powerhouse, it would be useless to bring any more people over.
Lin Li was naturally clear about Donald's thoughts. If it were before, he might really embarrass Donald and put him on the spot. However, Donald was now nothing more than an insignificant ant to Lin Li. Since they did not have any ties with each other, either, Lin Li did not have the time to bicker with him.
He waved his hand to reject Archbishop Martin's and Donald's "good intentions", and instead strode towards the end of the staircase with the debris of the stars, Nothingness. Of course, when Lin Li crossed the obvious line of division on the stairs, the debris of the stars Nothingness that he owned also emitted a faint halo of light, making his silhouette appear extremely clear in the dark, even with barely any light.
Archbishop Martin and the others knew nothing about the debris of the stars, Nothingness, which Lin Li was holding. Hence, they were not too surprised when they saw the scene. However, Garl was suddenly astonished to see it. Due to the existence of the body of the host, no one saw how horrified he was.
However, Garl's soul fluctuation could not be covered at all. He had just felt some horror, and even before he had fully experienced it himself, Lin Li had already entered the nothingness and communicated with him via soul contact.
"Garl, what are you hiding from me?"
Lin Li's question caused Garl to immediately break out in a cold sweat. As a slave, hiding something from his master would be a serious matter which would inevitably cause him to be punished no matter what. Garl had already resigned himself to fate, and accepted the fact that he would have to spend the rest of his life as a slave. He naturally did not want to be punished for something unnecessary.
Hence, Garl was shocked to hear Lin Li's question. Without hiding anything, he said, "My noble and wise master, it's my fault for not telling you everything I know immediately. Actually, I only suddenly thought of this matter after I saw you taking out that magical weapon and sensing the magical waves on it."
Although it was the first time that Garl had been anyone's servant, he was obviously good at being one. The most important thing about being a servant was that regardless of whether one's master had wrongly accused them or not, the first thing to do was to admit that everything was his or her fault, and that their master would never be wrong at all. The explanation would come after the apology and admittance to their mistakes.
"Oh, you know this weapon?" In fact, when Lin Li asked that question, he had already thought about the fact that the problem might lie with the debris of the stars, Nothingness, because Garl's soul began fluctuating when its power was activated.
However, in all the years that Lin Li had been in Anril, he had never heard of any legends about the seven pieces of the debris of the stars. In other words, almost no one knew about their existence. The power contained in each piece of the debris of the stars was enough to allow it to be considered an artifact by the people of Anril. However, it was not surprising that the slightest appearance of any of them would cause a huge bloodbath in Anril. How could there not be any legends about them?
Hence, in Lin Li's opinion, the only person in this world who knew about the seven pieces of the debris of the stars was probably the Immortal King who had been missing for an unknown number of years. Even Osric, the Immortal King's proud disciple, probably did not know about the true origin of the debris of the stars, Nothingness, although he once possessed it.
However, Garl, a demon who had lived in the Well of the Sun for thousands of years, actually seemed surprised when he saw the debris of the stars, Nothingness. What did that mean? The power exerted by Nothingness was an existence that seemed real yet illusory. Lin Li was completely certain that Garl was definitely not surprised because he had sensed how powerful Nothingness was.
Hence, Lin Li suspected that Garl knew about the debris of the stars, and had probably seen them too. Lin Li couldn't help but be curious about how Garl knew about them when he had lived in the Well of the Sun for thousands of years.
Hearing Lin Li's next question, Garl knew that he had done the right thing, and continued, "Respected Master, I don't know the origin of that magical weapon you're holding, but I feel that its power seems to be somewhat similar to an item here. There are six other magical weapons here that contain extremely terrifying power."
Hearing this, Lin Li couldn't help but feel a little tempted. Other than Nothingness, there were apparently six more magical weapons that also contained terrifying power. Could Garl be referring to the seven pieces of the debris of the stars? However, he now owned all seven of them, so where did the ones in this world come from? Could there be seven more?
"Do you know where those seven magical weapons you mentioned are?" Lin Li became more and more curious. Although he already owned seven pieces of the debris of the stars, and seven more of comparable power would not be of much use to him, he was not willing to let such powerful magical weapons fall into the hands of others, since he knew how powerful they were.
"My respectable master, as far as I know, those seven magical weapons are most likely in the hands of the owner of this world, and it seems that their power is the very reason that this world is so solid." Despite having lived there for thousands of years, Garl did not have an affirmative answer. After all, in the Well of the Sun, the Lord Devourer's status was not actually high. He could only be considered an existence that was like a watchdog.
The owner of this world? Lin Li remembered that when he explored the Well of the Sun in the Endless World, he did not seem to have encountered a powerful existence that could truly be called that, even though he had killed many powerful Abyssal Demons. After all, that Well of the Sun was in the world of an online game; hence, the Abyssal Demons were all ranked up according to their level of strength. Although the Abyssal Demon on the last floor was considered a big boss-level creature, it was not qualified to be the owner of the Well of the Sun.
Previously, Lin Li had been able to basically determine that this Well of the Sun was exactly the same as that of the Endless World based on various details. Besides, it was so exaggerated that there were even traces of the magic traps that he had modified. However, now that another owner of the Well of the Sun had suddenly appeared, Lin Li was confused again.
Of course, based on common sense, this was actually quite normal. How could the Well of the Sun of two worlds really be identical? Lin Li had merely jumped to conclusions at first. Hence, he couldn't accept the difference. If he had not found so many similarities as soon as he entered, he wouldn't have thought that there was anything special about the existence of the owner of the Well of the Sun.
However, that also reminded Lin Li not to be too trusting of his own experience. After all, they were two completely different worlds. If the previous experience was useful, there was nothing he could complain about even if he hadn't gotten an advantage. If he were to rely solely on his past experience, he might really end up trapping himself there.
"In this case, what do you know about the owner of this place?" No matter where the owner of the Well of the Sun came from, Lin Li was certain that if he and the expedition wanted to get out of this place, the owner of the Well of the Sun would definitely be the key. The owner of the Well of the Sun seemed to be able to master seven magical weapons that were similar to his debri
s of the stars. Hence, Lin Li definitely had to pay attention to him.
However, to Lin Li's disappointment, Garl did not know much about the owner of the Well of the Sun. Most of the information he had was obtained from other Abyssal Demons, and he had never seen the true face of the owner of the Well of the Sun with his own eyes, let alone know the details about his combat strength.
Chapter 983 - Owner Of The Well of the Sun
Seeing that he couldn't provide information that would satisfy his master, Garl began to panic a little. After all, he was still thinking about how he could one-up Angelano. Besides, how could a qualified servant be unable to answer his master's questions? Therefore, after thinking for a moment, he somewhat hesitantly said, "Respected Master, I have also heard some rumors from other demons, but I don't know if they're true or not, so…"
"Go ahead." Lin Li could not blame Garl for anything, because it couldn't be helped that he had a low status. He was just a watchdog. How could he know anything about his owner? Even if he did, it would still be based on hearsay.
"Yes, rumor has it that the owner of this place already existed when we, Abyssal Demons, arrived." Garl carefully told Lin Li all the information that he knew. Of course, he had to make up his mind to do it. After all, such information was definitely doubtful since it was obtained from hearsay.
It already existed before the Abyssal Demon arrived? Lin Li immediately heard the problem within it. Putting aside the origin of the mysterious owner of the Well of the Sun, according to Garl's statement, it seemed likely that the owner was not an Abyssal Demon. If it was not an Abyssal Demon, could it be that it was a High Elf that survived since the Well of the Sun used to be the Sun Shrine of the High Elves?
However, the next thing Garl said was beyond Lin Li's expectations. "Although we don't know who the one who spread it was, there are rumors that the owner seems to be a human."
"A human?"
According to Lin Li's thoughts, the owner would likely be a High Elf if it wasn't an Abyssal Demon. However, he never expected that it would be a human. Could it be another unsung human hero from the Dark Age?
However, when Geresco had destroyed the Tree of Eternity back then, the Sun Shrine sunk into the spacetime rift, and turned into the present Well of the Sun. During that disaster, even the Sun Shrine was half destroyed, and Lin Li couldn't imagine that anyone could have survived that disaster. Could it be Geresco who had gone missing? However, the time when Geresco left Anril didn't tally with the time that the Well of the Sun was formed. Moreover, with Geresco's strength, he could have already shuttled through the void as he pleased. He wouldn't have been trapped in this place.
Although Garl said that the owner of the Well of the Sun was probably a human, Lin Li was not happy about it at all. He would never forget how he had obtained the seven pieces of the debris of the stars from the Well of the Sun in the Endless World. In other words, the other party probably had the real debris of the stars, and that was truly strange.
Although he had chatted with Garl for quite a long time, Lin Li did not stop at all. Instead, he continued to walk towards the depths of the endless void. Besides, the debris of the stars, Nothingness, that he held was continuously emitting power that seemed real yet illusory. It shrouded him, and allowed him to resist the attack of the power of Nothingness in the surroundings.
Although there was Nothingness around him, Lin Li had a clear memory of it in his mind, and the direction he was walking in at this time was exactly where the Lord of Nothingness was hiding. After covering a distance of about a few hundred meters, Lin Li finally stopped, and at the same time raised the Void Spear in his hand, swinging it into the Nothingness.
As the Void Spear cut through the space, a massive rift was formed as if a black cloth had been slashed by a sharp blade. The golden rays of light that belonged to the Well of the Sun were also darting out of the rift in the void. As the rift appeared, a fierce roar was also suddenly heard throughout the space. As the void vibrated rapidly, a pitch-black figure landed in front of Lin Li.
However, the pitch-black figure, which was also the so-called Lord of Nothingness, surprisingly did not attack Lin Li immediately after it appeared. Instead, it knelt in front of Lin Li.
"Great Supreme Monarch, please pardon my rudeness. I was just sleeping, and had no thoughts of disrespecting you." The Lord of Nothingness was almost kneeling in front of Lin Li.
Lin Li was taken aback by the Lord of Nothingness's words. What is going on? Since when did I become a supreme monarch? I'm afraid that the only one who could be addressed as the supreme monarch by the Lord of Nothingness is the owner of the Well of the Sun. Did this Lord of Nothingness also recognize the debris of the stars like Garl did, and thus mistook me for the owner of the Well of the Sun?
However, when Lin Li was being stunned, the Lord of Nothingness suddenly reacted, and his body, which was initially crouched in front of Lin Li, suddenly expanded and once again filled the entire space, filling up the crack that Lin Li formed. Immediately afterwards, the massive Power of Nothingness surged towards Lin Li again in a bid to turn Lin Li's body into nothingness.
If this is a plot, it's a bit silly!
Although Lin Li was stunned, his reaction was not slow at all. A wave of force suddenly emerged from the debris of the stars in his hands, moving towards the attack that was charging at him. The two waves of the Power of Nothingness collided, but it did not result in any fluctuations at all. The Power of Nothingness seemed to have been immediately swallowed and assimilated by the debris of the stars, Nothingness, almost without any resistance.
It wasn't that the Lord of Nothingness was too weak, but he just happened to be restrained by the debris of the stars, Nothingness. With the power of Nothingness, it was simply much easier for Lin Li to deal with the Lord of Nothingness now as compared to in the beginning. The debris of the stars, Nothingness, had the advantage of being able to create one huge rift after another. The Power of Nothingness that spread throughout the space was also devoured in large amounts.
Lin Li did not have to speculate to determine the location of the Lord of Nothingness like he did in the Endless World previously. He did not have to rack his brains to think of battle strategies like he did in the Endless World, either. Now, he had finally experienced the feeling of putting the enemy in a position where they did not know what to do with him. The incoming Power of Nothingness was only a supplement for the debris of the stars, and could not harm him in the slightest. The Lord of Nothingness, who was hidden in the void, could only watch as his power got devoured, while his Domain was sliced up.
In just a moment's time, the Lord of Nothingness and the endless void completely disappeared from this world, and the palace that was hidden in it once again shone with dazzling rays of golden light. On a side note, the magic gears on this floor had long lost their effectiveness, like those in Garl's place previously. Almost everything had been transformed into nothingness by the Lord of Nothingness.
Those changes might not seem like much to others. After all, they did not understand the power of the Lord of Nothingness, and could not experience the terror he would bring, either. However, Garl who had lived in this world for thousands of years understood Nothingness very well.
Although the Lord of Nothingness could not cast any offensive spells at the enemy unlike other demons, based on his ability to transform everything into Nothingness, he could be in the top ranks among all the Demon Lords in the Well of the Sun. However, the Lord of Nothingness and the Nothingness Domain that he had been managing for thousands of years had already been easily destroyed by Lin Li in just a few moments. Although Garl had already signed a Soul Contract with Lin Li, he still felt a sudden chill.
"Great Master, you're just as admirable as a deity. Even the sun in the sky of Anril can't compare to your brilliance. It's my honor to be able to become your servant…" Seeing that the Lord of Nothingness had been killed, Garl immediately started buttering Lin Li up.
"Cut the cra
p and tell them they can come over," Lin Li ordered Garl harshly while thinking about the scene that took place just now. Why did the Lord of Nothingness mistake me for the owner of the Well of the Sun? Is it purely because of the power of the debris of the stars, Nothingness?
Of course, that was not impossible. After all, the debris of the stars, Nothingness, was too unique, and almost no one would believe that there would be two identical sets of the debris of the stars in this world. If the owner of the Well of the Sun really had seven pieces of the debris of the stars as well, it seemed that it would be normal for the Lord of Nothingness to mistake Lin Li for the owner.
However, at the thought of this, Lin Li had another question in mind. Since the Lord of Nothingness had already identified Lin Li as the owner of the Well of the Sun, it meant that the rumors that Garl had mentioned before were true, and the owner of the Well of the Sun was really a human. However, that also meant that the Lord of Nothingness had most likely met the owner of the Well of the Sun. Otherwise, how could he be so sure that the owner of the Well of the Sun was a human?
Hence, a question that was even more unfathomable to Lin Li appeared. Since he had seen it, why would he still be mistaken?
"Garl, what is the Lord of Nothingness's status like here? Could he have seen the owner of the Well of the Sun before?" asked Lin Li, who could not figure it out at all. Although Garl was not doing well there, he was at least the Demon Lord of a certain floor. Having lived there for thousands of years, he should more or less know something useful.
Garl had just relayed Lin Li's instructions to the expedition. After hearing the question, he secretly recalled something, and gloatingly said, "Although the Lord of Nothingness, Darc, is only on the third floor, he definitely has superior strength here. He was only banished to this place by the owner because of something that he had done."
