The Land's Resonance

Fran sat in the church attic, having just finished packing up the Spirit Realm Guide to the Sun Domain and putting the items into another package.

She suddenly had a mysterious feeling, so she immediately put down the package in her hand and began to focus her attention on sensing it.

When she connected with this feeling, she knew it was a resonance from the territory.

However, this is merely resonance; she hasn't received any Territory Blessing, meaning she's only just begun.

Among the Paper Fran had seen that attempted to obtain territorial blessings, several well-written Paper addressed this point.

That's not difficult to achieve. What's truly difficult is how to make the territory truly bless oneself; that's the hardest thing.

Even the mage predecessors of Fran, after experiencing this resonance of territory, didn't have time to be happy; the feeling disappeared after only an hour.

In the Paper Fran had seen, the longest duration of this feeling was probably three days, created by the sorcerer of the Law School.

Fran carefully sensed the resonance of this territory and the first problem she discovered was that this power was far too weak.

Fran could even sense that even if she truly transformed the resonance of this territory into a blessing, the power of that blessing would at most make an apprentice stronger.

However, this was within Fran's expectations. After all, she had only asked for three villages, and with such a small territory, she would naturally only have this much of a boost.

Fran came here mainly to test whether she could obtain the Territory Blessing. If she succeeded, she could begin to plan the territory to which the Territory Token in her hand belonged.

That's a real territory; it might even boost her physique by a point or two.

Moreover, she might use that territory as a springboard to acquire the entire Antir Region.

Fran suppressed her thoughts for a moment, then continued tidying up her things.

She's already made a good start, and even without her right now, things can continue.

Moreover, she has already set a direction for Anna; now it's time to see if Anna has the ability to maintain stability here.

She brought Anna back so that Anna could help her manage these things, since she also had many personal matters to attend to and couldn't devote all her time to this.

So she's going to disappear for a few days to test Anna's abilities. She doesn't have high expectations for Anna; she just wants her to carry out the tasks assigned to her.

Then, Fran looked at the fiery red pointer, which was the Spirit Realm Guide to the Sun Domain.

Fran planned to go out and find a cave or similar place in the next few days to explore the Spirit Realm.

Once she finishes exploring the Sun Domain, she'll be able to see just how well Anna has accomplished her task.

Fran then picked up her backpack, briefly said goodbye to Anna, and rode off on her Black Horse.

On the way, Fran glanced at the Black Horse, lost in thought.

She remembered that one of the requirements for becoming Sunflame Knight was to have a mount that was not afraid of Blaze.

To meet this requirement, Fran's quickest and best option is to buy some materials from the Spirit Realm and then modify the Black Horse in the Material Realm.

But there's no rush. She still needs to go to the Sun Domain to see if there's any Trial of the Sun. If not, she can find the materials at the market.

After searching for a while, Fran found a cave about ten miles from the village.

She set up Magic Trap and then went directly to the Spirit Realm.

When Fran regained consciousness, the first thing she felt was heat; a wave of heat hit Fran's face directly.

Just as Fran was about to open her eyes, a beam of light shone directly in, causing her to instinctively squint.

It wasn't until her eyes adjusted to the light that she opened them and could see her surroundings clearly.

The first thing she saw was a large sphere of light, which almost covered half the sky, and the heat Fran felt was coming from there.

Fran lowered her head and saw a patch of reddish-brown earth, the soil all clods together, feeling like stone when stepped on.

"It's getting a bit dry here," Fran thought to herself.

Fran could feel the moisture in her mouth instantly dry as soon as she tried to open her mouth, leaving her throat parched.

In addition, the skin exposed under her robe was also scorched by the heat, and she could almost feel it cracking.

"Is it just my imagination? It seems to be getting hotter and hotter."

After Fran checked again, she realized that it wasn't an illusion, but a fact; the surrounding temperature had indeed risen.

She looked down at her feet again and saw that the reddish-brown soil was slightly shiny, its color becoming more vibrant, creating a striking contrast with the soil in other areas.

"And only the area around me has become hotter." Fran looked elsewhere and found that the soil in other places had not changed.

We need to move first.

Fran made up her mind and moved directly in the opposite direction of the large ball of light. She had only taken two steps when she suddenly felt refreshed.

This slight coolness comes from the drop in temperature; Fran still feels the temperature is too high.

And after she took that step, she saw the soil beneath her feet begin to shine, and the surrounding temperature began to rise again.

Fran raised an eyebrow, as if she knew something.

She continued walking forward without stopping, and sure enough, this time she did not feel the temperature rise again.

"This realm requires people to keep moving, otherwise the surrounding environment will keep heating up," Fran guessed.

Fran was also unclear about the principle behind this phenomenon, and could only guess that it was a special rule within the Sun Domain.

"Let's find a way out first." Fran looked around. Apart from the large ball of light behind her, the largest object Fran could see was the reddish-brown earth beneath her feet.

This reddish-brown land was extremely flat; as Fran looked out, she could see no end in sight, with no protrusions in sight.

In the sky opposite the large sphere of light, Fran saw several spheres of light much smaller than the one behind her, and when she reached out, she could feel a slight heat emanating from those spheres.

Besides these spheres of light, Fran also saw mirror-like, luminous spheres in the sky.

Because the light from the sky was so dazzling, Fran only glanced at the sky a few times before lowering her eyes and no longer looking up.

These lights shouldn't have made her feel so uncomfortable, because Fran not only has physical enhancements, but also the identity of the Radiance Proxy.

When she now uses the Light Prayer to emit a dazzling light, she is not blinded by the light herself, and she also has a high resistance to other luminous objects.

But for some reason, Fran is affected by the light here; perhaps there is something in the light that Fran is unaware of.

After walking for five minutes, Fran was still greeted by a stretch of reddish-brown land; she saw nothing else.

Is this the only red land here?

Fran frowned. She wasn't afraid of encountering any difficult trials, because her own strength was already extraordinary.

But what she fears most now is not being able to find a goal, just like now she can only walk forward aimlessly, hoping that something will appear ahead.

Half an hour later, Fran was still walking on the reddish-brown earth, but she discovered something quite different.

"What's that?" Fran looked up at the sky when she saw the only unusual spot in the area.

"These two are the same."

What appeared before Fran was a mirror-like surface, just like the mirror sphere Fran had seen in the sky before. And now, Fran could see that mirror sphere floating directly above her.

"Wait, I think I know how to find this place."

Fran turned her gaze to the sky again and, sure enough, saw the same few orbs of light as before. However, these orbs seemed to be a little smaller.

At the same time, she looked behind her and saw that the large ball of light behind her had indeed shrunk.

"These orbs of light in the sky seem to be pointing the way," Fran guessed.

Then, Fran walked onto the mirror-like ground, which made a 'tat-tat' sound when she stepped on it.

Here Fran looked up and discovered several spheres in the sky that she had never seen before.

Some spheres were covered with vine-like plants, some were encased in ice, and others were a sandy yellow.

"Will a new guiding orb appear when we arrive at this mirror?" Fran continued to speculate.

Fran stopped on the mirror, where she discovered that even when she stopped, the temperature wouldn't continue to rise.

"It's probably due to different environments."

Then, Fran began to think about what to do next.

"Should we explore these three new places first, or...?"

Fran looked at the large sphere of light behind her; if nothing unexpected happened, it was also a guiding sphere.

"What I'm looking for is the Trial of the Sun, so isn't the place here that most resembles the sun that giant sphere of light?"

So Fran made up her mind and ran wildly toward the large ball of light.

She had initially planned to avoid the light from the giant orb, but now she wanted to go over there and check it out first.

Fran walked much faster this time than before, and soon reached the spot she had left behind.

As she continued forward, she felt the heat around her growing stronger and the light becoming increasingly dazzling.

She suspected that if there were a red-glowing barrier in front of her right now, she would definitely run into it.

As she continued running forward, a voice suddenly appeared.

"Don't go any further!!"

At the same time, a dark figure suddenly appeared to her side.