magicChapter 1404 Realm Spirit  

"I'll begin now," Wally said, gazing at the Gods. "Bring out all the three keys."

"My Lord!" Hazak suddenly shouted, arriving before Krune. "Can't you take me with you? I can travel through your subspace."

"I won't recommend that," Wally told her. "You'll be able to travel through his subspace, sure. However, you won't be of any help in the Mong Realm. The moment you exit it, our enemies will sense you. Only these three that are wearing my Kun Souls are safe from detection. You also won't be able to use their laws or energy, so you'll just strain them further."

"Is that so…" Hazak became sullen.

"It'll be fine." Krune patted her, reassuring her. "The three of us would complete our mission."

"Here's my key," Luvile said, taking out an ethereal object that shone with all the laws of the God Realm.

"Here's mine," Hishe said soon after, taking out the second one.

"Here's the final one." Soren took out the third. He came possession of it once he returned to the God Realm.

Wally grabbed hold of the three keys, suddenly activating them as he slightly weakened them, condensing part of their essence into a sphere as he gazed at Krune, saying, "From what I heard, your Soul Needle is capable of detecting all sorts of treasures, right?"

"Yes." Krune nodded, condensing his Soul Needle, watching it point at the three keys with the greatest enthusiasm.

"Then…" Wally slowly caused the condensed essence to touch the Soul Needle, watching a mysterious spark resound from it immediately, causing Krune to grunt in response.

"Have you memorized its signature?" Wally asked sometime later.

"Y-Yeah…" Krune gasped for breath, watching Wally retract the condensed essence into the three keys. "I can sense them perfectly fine now."

"Great, your abilities are required to detect the location the fourth key is kept," Wally said. "That's what would guide you to it."

"Are you okay?" Feifei asked in concern.

"Yeah…" Krune nodded. "There was just a surge of information related to the keys. That would help me in locating them."

"Besides… I just recalled something." Krune said, gazing at the sky as he shouted, "Little Cally, aren't you the one acting as the gateway for the Mong Realm bastards?"

"Little Cally?" Luvile frowned. "You mean… the Calamity Laws?"

"I know you're hearing me just fine, Little Cally. Come out," Krune iterated further.

"…yes…" A weak voice resounded as an ethereal energy signature manifested itself before Krune, resembling a wisp in form. However, it was just a blob of energy, ethereal in nature.

"Why are you doing that?" Krune asked. "Isn't it about time you came out with the truth?"

"From the first you've made your presence known, you've always put me in various disasters. But not once did they claim my life. Instead, they've only served to strengthen me. Tell me, what's your motive?" he spoke.

"I am what you can call a Realm Spirit," Little Cally spoke after a while. "And I... originate from a realm similar to the Kun Realm."

"A Realm Spirit?" Luvile frowned.

"A Realm Spirit forms in realms once it achieves its peak development. The Kun Realm isn't even close to maturity, so it doesn't have a Realm Spirit yet," Little Cally spoke. "The reason I act as the gateway to the Kun Realm is that the Mong Realm has my realm hostage."

"Hostage?" The surrounding Gods frowned in response.

"My Realm is called the Calamity Realm. It's not massive like the Kun Realm. In truth, it's just a fragment that broke off in the past from the Kun Realm due to mysterious reasons. So, after eventual development, the Calamity Realm matured as I gained sentience," it spoke.

"So, you mean to say…" Luvile asked. "You're pretty much equal to the Calamity Realm itself?"

"Pretty much." Little Cally nodded, sighing as it spoke, "And since I'm a fragment that broke off from the Kun Realm, I'm pretty much the easiest way for the Mong Realm Gods to enter the Kun Realm from."

"My Calamity Realm was small, so it only had three Gods defending it." Its voice trembled as Little Cally continued. "They were easily killed by the Mong Realm Gods. Plus, I wasn't a match for them either."

"If you're a Realm Spirit, shouldn't you be stronger than a God?" Soren said. "A Land Spirit is equivalent to a Primal God, a Heavenly Spirit is equivalent to a God, and finally, in the same vein, a Realm Spirit should be something that surpasses Gods in strength."

"Then, how come you lost?"

"I wasn't a match for the Mong Realm Spirit!" Little Cally shouted in anger. "The Mong Realm Spirit is one of the oldest Realm Spirits out there. I was like an ant before it."

It trembled in fear, speaking, "I never thought there could be an entity that powerful. Even though the Godly Energy of the Mong Realm is running out, their strength surpasses every other Realm. There was no way I could resist them. If only the Kun Realm Spirit is born, I might have some chance to resist."

It then gazed at Krune and Sterlena, adding, "The reason I've troubled you and a couple others were because only through adversaries would the strongest be birthed. My hope was to give rise to powerful cultivators that would accelerate the Kun Realm's development. I had to do this without the Mong Realm Gods noticing my actions. But even then…"

It sighed, gazing at Sterlena. "When I found out that the Mong Realm told me to target you, the same individual that I spent painstaking efforts to cultivate into one of the strongest existences, I despaired. But I had no choice. As long as I obeyed them, the Calamity Realm hasn't come under harm."

"This Calamity Realm…" Krune frowned, digesting everything Little Cally said as he asked, "Where exactly is it located?"

"Right outside." Little Cally condensed a pair of hands, pointing at the spiral. "It's right there once you exit this place."

"Tell me something…" Krune said, peering into Little Cally, asking emotionlessly. "Do you think you can guide me towards the Mong Realm?"

"O-Of course, I can." Little Cally nodded, shuddering for some reason.