Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 2965: Chapter 2966: Sturdy Space

When Angel was racking his brain to understand, suddenly a faint voice came through the mirror surface.

"Truly terrifying..."

Angel raised his head and looked at the mirror. Apart from still emitting a red glow, there was nothing unusual as if the voice just now was his hallucination.

"Laplace?" Angel murmured doubtfully.

"It’s me."

Angel: "Are you behind the mirror?"

Laplace: "I didn’t enter the mirror. I’m near the special space you opened up."

"Special space?" Angel paused for a moment, somewhat confused by what Laplace meant.

Laplace: "Your voice sounds puzzled."

Angel: "I’m indeed very confused now... Maybe, I need your help."

After a while, using Laplace’s positioning, Angel returned to the Mirror Domain through a reflective mineral material as the mirror surface.

...

At the edge of the Mirror Domain, in the dark void, Angel looked with some surprise at the distant red heart exuding a faint mysterious aura.

The heart’s appearance was exactly the same as the anomaly outside. It’s just much smaller, like the size of an ordinary human heart.

Its volume is very inconspicuous, but in this dark Mirror Domain, it appears so dazzling.

Like a heart made of ruby, emitting a hazy red glow with an alluring aura.

"Is this the mirror I refined?" Angel murmured softly.

Laplace: "To be precise, it’s the special space that emerged after the mirror you refined extended into the Mirror Domain."

Laplace paused here: "Although some special mirrors do produce reflective spaces, they’re just ordinary reflective spaces... It’s my first time seeing such a special space."

Laplace couldn’t determine what’s in the space within this heart, but the mysterious aura it emitted made her feel the uniqueness of this reflective space.

The special spaces they visited before had a mysterious aura because they contained the mysterious object, Sweet Dreams. But this heart directly emits a mysterious aura itself, indicating the special nature of this heart.

"Although I still don’t know what’s inside, I have a premonition that you’ve crafted something remarkable." Laplace said softly.

Angel also didn’t know what’s inside the heart, but a feeling of closeness overcame him when he saw that heart in the darkness.

He suddenly somewhat understood why, no matter how he sensed externally, he could only perceive the effect of ’impenetrable’.

As it turns out, the effect of the black crown had ventured into the Mirror Domain.

If he didn’t know about the existence of the Mirror Domain, perhaps this mirror would be like a dust-covered pearl, not receiving any attention?

While various thoughts were swirling in Angel’s mind, on the other side, Laplace, sensing the waves of mysterious aura, couldn’t help asking: "Did you refine a mysterious object?"

Angel shook his head: "Not quite. It’s just an ordinary alchemy tool that caught a hint of mysterious aura."

"Ordinary?" Laplace said faintly: "I hardly think so."

Angel didn’t respond to that but instead asked Laplace again: "Are you sure that there’s a special space inside this heart?"

Laplace nodded: "Of course, why, are you planning to go in?"

Angel nodded.

After thinking for a moment, Laplace said: "Though the mirror was refined, this special space was born in the Mirror Domain, drawing on the domain’s laws, so no one knows what’s inside or what dangers may exist."

Angel: "I don’t feel any danger... Or rather, I can feel a sense of familiarity from this heart."

Hearing Angel say this, Laplace did not persuade him further but said: "Would you mind inviting me to explore this special space?"

Angel smiled: "Of course not."

Angel could see that Laplace was indeed interested in the heart, but her statement was more out of concern for Angel’s safety. For Laplace, this special space could be explored anytime, but if anything happened to Angel, all previous exchanges of benefits would mean nothing.

Having made their decision, they didn’t hesitate, heading straight for the heart.

As they approached the heart and were enveloped by the red glow it emitted, Angel immediately received feedback information from the red light.

Laplace: "This red glow... seems a bit off."

Before Laplace could investigate what was wrong, Angel spoke first: "Shrink, this red glow can shrink people. It’s a necessary process to enter the heart, and to return to normal size, just move away from the red glow."

Laplace: "How do you know?"

Angel: "It... told me."

At first, Laplace didn’t quite understand what Angel meant, but after a moment’s thought, she realized. As the refiner, the heart naturally resonated most with him, and it’s normal for it to provide relevant feedback information when he got close.

Laplace tested it out by stepping forward a few steps, then stepped back out of the range of the red glow. Just as Angel said, as long as she moved forward, her size gradually shrank, but upon leaving the red glow, she returned to normal.

"Interesting," Laplace muttered softly.

Angel smiled; he actually had some things about the red glow he hadn’t mentioned, but the information wasn’t relevant to exploring the special space inside the heart, so there was no need to mention it now. He... needed to verify some things.

Having understood the trait of the red glow, Angel and Laplace swiftly moved closer to the heart.

As they approached the heart, their sizes became smaller and smaller until they were like thumb-sized people when they reached the heart’s side.

With prior feedback information from the red glow, Angel, this time, hesitated not, directly reaching out his hand to touch the heart.

Sure enough, abundant feedback information flooded into Angel’s mind.

After Angel processed all the information, his expression became a bit peculiar. Now he fully understood what the effect of the black crown was.

And he also knew the situation inside the heart.

It’s just, the more he understood, the more... subtle it felt.

"Any discoveries?" Laplace asked.

"Yes." Angel nodded, without much explanation, and reached out his hand to touch the heart. The red glow scattered under his palm, and seconds later, an upright eye appeared on the heart.

The eye’s pupil was a vortex. There’s no doubt this vortex was the gateway inward.

"Let’s go. Inside... there’s no danger," Angel said softly.

Laplace raised an eyebrow, said nothing, and stepped into the vortex first. Angel followed her footsteps, disappearing into the vortex of the eye.

And as they entered the heart, the upright eye gradually closed.

When the eye was fully closed, the red glow outside and the mysterious aura dissipated entirely.

The heart remained in place, but now it was like dust in the night, becoming unobtrusive again.

...

"Is this the special space inside the heart?" Laplace looked around in confusion, "Why does it feel a bit... ordinary?"

The entire space doesn’t look large, with an estimated length and width of around a kilometer. As for the height, Laplace couldn’t tell, as there was a faint red light above and a floating mysterious aura.

Inside the Heart Space, there were no other anomalies, no traps, and no dangers, just emptiness.

The only special parts were the four walls and the ceiling.

Like the ceiling, the four walls also had red light and a mysterious aura.

But other than that, there were no other visible peculiarities.

Laplace murmured softly, "Could the special part be hidden in the dark?"

Just as Laplace was about to carefully observe the surroundings, Angel softly spoke, "No need to look, there’s indeed nothing special here."

Laplace: "???"

Angel sighed and explained the situation inside the Heart Space, "The effects I know of in the Heart Space are two: first, sturdiness. Second, it has a certain degree of extensibility."

Angel’s expression was peculiar when he learned of the effects of the Black Hat’s coronation because he found that the special aspect of the Heart Space inside was still: sturdiness.

It completely copied the trait of the external Half-length Mirror.

As for how sturdy it is, Angel couldn’t determine at present, but seeing all the mysterious aura attached to the walls of the heart, it is clear... the sturdiness here is bolstered by Mysterious Power.

Perhaps it really could achieve "unbreakable."

And the second effect of "having extensibility" is literal; as long as Angel wishes, the internal space can be expanded.

Only, as the space becomes larger, the sturdiness would decrease.

The current size is the most stable state; if it were expanded to tens of miles in size, the sturdiness would be much lower.

"That’s it." Angel summed up the situation of the Heart Space in just a few words.

When they previously looked from the outside, they were quite concerned about unknown dangers inside, but now, Angel’s mind was full of: ...this is it?

Angel was somewhat disappointed with the effects of the Black Hat’s coronation.

He initially thought there might be some special effects, but for the moment, there seemed not to be any.

It seems that the coronation of the Black Hat might not always be transformative.

While Angel was thinking this, on the other side, Laplace squinted and said softly, "The special effect is... sturdiness? How sturdy?"

Angel: "I don’t know."

Laplace: "Can it be tested?"

Angel thought for a moment, "Yes."

After saying this, Angel reopened the door to the heart, indicating for Laplace to come out.

Very soon, Angel and Laplace were outside the heart, spending a dozen seconds leaving the area enveloped by the red light.

Then, under Laplace’s curious gaze, Angel once again entered the red light.

This time, however, Angel didn’t slowly shrink within the red light but instead approached the red light directly in his normal size and then grabbed the heart with his hand.

As the heart was grasped by Angel, the mysterious aura and the hazy red light around it all disappeared.

Angel, holding the heart in his hand, came in front of Laplace.

"Energy convergence?" Laplace looked at the heart in Angel’s palm, whispering in doubt.

Angel: "Sort of. I currently have the highest authority over this heart; I can make the red light have a shrinking effect or make it non-functional, converging all energy into the heart."

Angel mentioned that when they entered the Heart Space earlier, he also simultaneously converged the red light and mysterious aura outside to avoid being discovered by other creatures.

Although the probability of encountering mirror creatures here at the edge of the Mirror Domain was still very small, just in case.

After listening to Angel’s explanation, Laplace’s eyes suddenly brightened, "This effect is indeed good."

The compliment in Laplace’s words was actually restrained; she personally thought highly of this effect.

One must know that any other reflective space or special space is basically a huge entity; even if it seems like a precious fragment, its intrinsic massiveness cannot be changed.

Yet this heart is truly a "thing in hand."

It’s like a Spatial Artifact that can be carried anywhere at will, which is much more convenient than other special spaces.

Angel: "How do you plan to test its sturdiness?"

Laplace: "Immortal Mirror Sea."

Angel paused, "You mean, like the City of Hot Gold or Hundred-Dragon Divine Kingdom, placing it on the Immortal Mirror Sea?"

Laplace nodded, "That’s right, but the intensity of the Immortal Mirror Sea is very high, so it can be tested last. Let’s try the ordinary mirror destruction gathering site first."

Everywhere in the Mirror Domain, there are birth and destruction spaces; when these spaces gather together, they form the so-called mirror destruction gathering site Laplace mentioned.

Actually, the Immortal Mirror Sea can also be considered a mirror destruction gathering site, except its birth and destruction have reached an extreme, hence the name "Immortal Mirror Sea."

Laplace: "I personally believe your Heart Space’s sturdiness might withstand the Immortal Mirror Sea... but it’s more prudent to test step by step."

If the Heart Space’s sturdiness could indeed withstand the Immortal Mirror Sea and remain eternally unfallen, that would be astonishing.

At least in the Mirror Domain, it would become a treasure.

Just like the Everstanding King City, attracting countless mirror creatures’ covetous gazes.

Laplace explained while opening the Mirror Corridor, preparing to take Angel to the mirror destruction gathering site for step-by-step testing.

However, Angel did not immediately follow but rather asked, "If I take the heart away from this area, will it cause issues with the mirror in reality?"

Laplace: "No, one of the unique points of a special reflective space is its solid connection to reality."

"Like Rabbit Mountain, even if placed in the Gloomy Mirror Domain, it wouldn’t affect its solid connection to reality."

Angel: "Does Rabbit Mountain also correspond to a mirror in reality?"

Laplace nodded, "Accurately speaking, it’s... a mirror surface."

Angel, curious: "Then where is this mirror surface?"

Laplace shook her head, "I don’t know, perhaps it exists in some world, in some corner."

"A special space is a projection of a mirror surface; often mirror creatures occupy the special space, but that doesn’t mean they own the special space. If the corresponding mirror in reality has issues, the special space will also be impacted, though the impact is much less than that of ordinary reflective spaces."

At this point, Laplace paused and looked at Angel, "That’s why, in your particular situation, it’s quite unique."

Angel, having refined the mirror and entered the Mirror Domain, could later enter special spaces through external mirrors, which in the Mirror Domain is a unique situation.

This uniqueness is also a good thing, at least it means the Heart Space, this special space, is fully controlled. Unlike other special spaces, which still have the risk of being influenced by a mirror surface in reality.

As they chatted, Laplace suddenly stopped, "There’s a small mirror destruction gathering site nearby, we can test it out here first."