"The contract is complete. Go!"
The Giant pointed at the sea. A huge hole opened on its surface, leading straight down to the seabed.
The deep passage, paired with the darkness at its bottom, sent a chill through anyone who looked at it.
As Green gazed down the passage, fear didn't rise in his heart. Instead, his eyes shone with intense delight.
Without the slightest hesitation, Green flew straight into the hole in the sea. The instant he entered, the opening above began to seal itself.
Green glanced back at the closed sea, then summoned his power and began speeding down the passage.
A torrent of time and space swirled around Green. Using the power of the Time Model, he accelerated the flow of time around himself, increasing his speed. With the Space Model, he compressed the space ahead of him, shortening the passage.
The energy inside him drained away in vast quantities. Using power of this caliber near the origin of the Dream World was a tremendous trial in itself.
The stable structure of space forced him to expend even more energy to twist time and space.
But Green could easily bear the cost. His super-standard life level gave him energy reserves far beyond those of an ordinary being.
Under this acceleration, which spared no expense, Green spotted a purple glow at the end of the passage in less than three minutes.
At the end of the passage was a purple membrane. Green couldn't see what lay beyond it, but his soul had already sensed the World Origin surging on the other side.
He gathered all his strength and prepared for anything. Then Green slowly stepped forward and passed through the purple membrane.
Beyond it, Green found himself facing a gigantic purple sphere.
The Dream World Origin.
The instant