"I told you before that I hoped you would succeed, and now you truly have...
So I'll ask again: are you interested in replacing me as Atrelin's guardian?
If you're willing to take over, I can venture far into the Star Sea with peace of mind and search for the secrets of advancing further toward immortality..."
In the office, Antonia once again explained Atrelin's garrison system for Legendary Mages to Roland.
Atrelin had suffered before from having no Legendary Mage to guard it. After that, whenever a Legendary Mage emerged, they did their best to persuade that mage to stay and watch over it.
Before leaving, each Legendary Mage would leave behind some World-Class Treasures or enough cultivation resources as compensation.
Of course, this was voluntary. If a Legendary Mage was unwilling, no one could force him to stay and stand guard.
But truthfully, Roland was not particularly interested in any of that.
What interested him more were the mysteries of the Star Sea.
So he smiled and shook his head. "Sir, let's leave that aside for now. Could you tell me why we need to seek opportunities for immortality in the Star Sea?"
Antonia said, "You must have sensed it when you advanced: the universe is unimaginably vast.
The place where we live is nothing more than one tiny bubble within it.
The Star Sea is like an infinite ocean, containing countless bubbles like the space we inhabit.
We generally call them planes."
Roland nodded. "Indeed, the planes are a collection of many different worlds, with intricate connections between them. In fact, each is an independent universe with its own natural laws. (Quoted from the view of planes in the adventure chapter of the D&D rulebook.)
Based on what we currently know, they should fall into the following categories: