Locke and his group entered the outskirts of the Despair Valley Laboratory's Wizard Town together with Akes, which was also the Fang of Terror's base.
Beyond the gate of that Wizard Town, which resembled the head of a Tyrannosaurus rex, lay a valley filled with birdsong and flowers. However, the valley was shrouded in a thin gray mist. Unlike the bright sunlight outside, the incomplete sun refracted through the gray mist, as if someone had forcibly gouged out a piece of its center, making it look like the remnant glow of a setting sun.
The light made everyone who stood beneath it feel physically and mentally uncomfortable.
The Star-Ring Wizard wearing a lion mask murmured, "This uncomfortable feeling... the inside and outside of the valley seem to be two different worlds."
The Moon-Ring Wizard from the Maupassant Family, according to his own account, was named Akes.
Wizard Akes said calmly, "They are two different worlds. After that Star-Ring Wizard from Golden Crown Mountain lost control, his Great Magic, his own Echo, and this laboratory fused together, forming a special phenomenon. Inside this laboratory is his world."
Locke looked at Wizard Akes in surprise.
Wizard Akes said, "This is something we finally confirmed after more than thirty years of research and the deaths of countless apprentices. Although we were also shocked by it, this is very likely a special phenomenon produced by Great Magic."
Wizard Akes gave the people from Golden Crown Mountain a teasing look. "You should know that after a Second-Ring Wizard is killed, there is a certain chance that his Echo will absorb the Magic Tide's concentration gradient in the surrounding area. Then, that Second-Ring Wizard's Echo will remain where it is, believing that it is still alive."
The members of the Golden Crown Mountain investigation team all