Over the next stretch of time, Taylor patrolled the southern part of Monster Forest with Taifas every afternoon, occasionally killing a few overconfident magical beasts to replenish his stock of Magic Cores.
At the same time, he used much of his free time during the day to take on more apprentice tasks, earning Apprentice Points to exchange for more knowledge, experimental materials, advanced Elemental Golem knowledge, and so on.
After several months of effort, Taylor completed the long-term patrol assignment and gained roughly two thousand Apprentice Points. Combined with the other tasks he had taken and the points he had saved before, his points had become plentiful again, enough to support long-term study and experimentation.
During this period, Taylor also raised the total amount of his mental power and magic power by a small level. If things continued at this pace, he had a chance of becoming a powerful Level 3 Wizard Apprentice before turning eighteen.
He went to the general supplies department and exchanged for a ten-cubic-meter Spatial Storage Ring. From the Apprentice Library, he obtained advanced knowledge of Elemental Golems, analyses and theories regarding magical beast bloodlines, and the origins and analysis of Bloodline Wizard power.
The endless possibilities brought by his ability also led Taylor to consider how to become a powerful Bloodline Wizard. He wanted to gain more means of fighting enemies through bloodline implantation, without compromising a wizard's yearning for knowledge and pursuit of truth.
As he continuously took on tasks to earn Apprentice Points, his ability had unknowingly filled with energy once more. Only two choices now lay before Taylor: return to the Zombie Plane and harvest more crystals, or open an entirely new plane.
As Taylor began making his choice, the ability at the very center of his Mental Space started flickering between light and dark.
Whenever Taylor intended to open a new plane, the ability dimmed as though it lacked energy. But when he wanted to return to the Zombie Plane, it lit up again, indicating that the passage could be opened.
It's that intelligent? It can even change according to my intentions.
Taylor became even more satisfied with the ability born from his soul.
Then I'll return to the Zombie Plane.
After making his decision, Taylor whistled. A small fiery-red figure landed on his shoulder. He weighed the Elemental Golem Cores in his pocket, then glanced at the Spatial Storage Ring in his hand. Once he confirmed that he had everything he needed, he stepped into the deep-blue mirror surface. When he appeared again, he was already back where he had last departed.
When he returned, the place had become putrid and rotten. Flies and maggots had crawled everywhere. The bloated zombie he had slain still lay where it had fallen, but its corpse had decayed even further and was now completely unrecognizable.
Little Dom, perched on Taylor's shoulder, showed visible disgust in his bird eyes. Even the white worms crawling over the rotting corpse, which he usually loved most, now seemed dull to him.
The longer he looked, the more he developed a deep, instinctive loathing for those white flesh worms. Thinking that he might lose his appetite whenever he saw such worms in the future, Dom could not help letting out a mournful cry.
Taylor took an Elemental Golem Core from his pocket. As expected, the active magical elements of this plane stimulated the elemental core, making it shine with a different radiance.
If he released Elemental Golems in this plane, then as long as they did not engage in high-consumption activities such as combat, they could replenish themselves and remain in this plane in an "Eternity"-like state.
After leaving the area, Taylor took a map from a nearby shop. The map marked their current location.
Although he still could not understand this world's writing, Taylor could already identify basic directions and tell that he needed to head toward a relatively large city.
If he was lucky, he might encounter surviving humans—or things that were not human—in that city. If his luck was poor enough, he could still see more applications of Rune Magic Technology in a major city.
He named this plane the Zombie Plane, while the magical technology once used by humans was named Rune Magic Technology.
Major cities generally possessed powerful weapons as well. This was already his second visit to the plane, yet he still knew nothing about the weaponry possessed by its native inhabitants or its destructive power.
It would be best to first understand this plane's writing.
Taylor took a larger Magic Core and two smaller ones from his pocket. He assembled the three Magic Cores in a way that linked their magic power together and caused them to resonate. After tossing them onto the ground, he immediately gathered a large amount of Earth Element. A Granite Carriage appeared on the spot, drawn by two horses made of earth.
In truth, a Granite Carriage alone could maintain movement and travel. But in pursuit of the elegance admired by wizards, Taylor had specifically researched the casting and construction methods of combined golems in detail, creating this composite Earth Element carriage.
After laying down a blanket and turning on a portable bright rune lamp, Taylor took several children's introductory reading books and picture-based literacy books from a bookstore. He felt no shame at all as he read while traveling.
On the desolate road, two horses formed from earth pulled a carriage condensed from granite, racing swiftly along the highway.
A little red bird flew overhead, chirping as it closely followed above the carriage.
The road had gone without maintenance for a long time and was even littered with debris, causing the Granite Carriage to jolt violently. But this did not affect Taylor in the slightest, because the blanket beneath him was enchanted with wizard runes for shock absorption, levitation, cleaning, constant temperature, and more.
Elegant~~~~
While the carriage outside raced madly down the road, Taylor sat inside seriously learning picture-based literacy as a beginner. But before he had traveled very far, he was forced to stop, because another huge swarm of zombies had blocked his path.
"Looks like this plane had quite a large population too."
Noticing the vast black mass of zombies ahead and the completely gnawed-clean bones of magical beasts and wild animals scattered nearby, Taylor made that remark. Then, with a wave of his hand, seven or eight Elemental Golem Cores fell to the ground and swiftly condensed into a pack of wolves formed from Earth Element.
Sensing the pack of Earth Element wolves blocking their way, the zombie horde stirred restlessly. Then, like a mountain collapse and a tidal wave, they charged toward Taylor's carriage.
Taylor flicked his finger, and several Wind Blades immediately tore open gaps in the zombie horde. The giant wolves formed from Earth Element let out a howl and charged into the zombies.
This was no longer an era of fighting alone.
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