Sorcerer: I want to be an Academic Prodigy-Chapter 559 - 557: Astonishing Discovery

Chapter 559 -557: Astonishing Discovery

Chapter 557 Astonishing Discovery

Nothing is ever unchanging, especially since the Centaur Race has retreated to their hidden retreat for so long, numerous things must have happened in the world. It would hardly be surprising if this place had undergone some changes.

Very soon, the scene before the travelers suddenly opened up.

There were no Sun Birds here, only golden Crystal Stones constantly emitting light, bathing the depression ahead with a soft golden glow.

One could see that the depression had one water hole connected to another, densely packed together, these water holes were steaming vigorously, obviously carrying the hot springs.

The air was hot and heavy with steam.

Frankly, it was not suitable for ordinary humans to live in.

“My apologies, my people did not know that this place has undergone such changes, otherwise—”

Looking at the scene before her, Angela could also discern that the environment here was not suitable for settlement.

Ivan waved his hand, given the current situation of the Centaur Race, they probably really didn’t know about the incident that occurred. It was useless to say more, his gaze stopped on one of the water holes.

In the midst of the water hole, he keenly sensed a peculiar Power of Space.

The next second, he swiftly moved beside the water hole, his soul consciousness probing forward.

With this investigation, he discovered something remarkable. To say it was a water hole was more accurate, the pool was not deep, but gas bubbles were continuously emerging from the bottom as if inexhaustibly.

‘So that’s how it is, the bottom of the pool seems to have some spatial connection with a certain place, enabling the steam to keep transporting here.’

‘This also seems like a sort of transfer, right?’

It never crossed Ivan’s mind that he would stumble upon something related to space transfer in such a remote corner, it was simply unheard of.

“What’s wrong?”

The one who asked was Lu Lu Xiyu, they arrived at the side a moment later.

Given Lu Lu Xiyu and Tanaya’s extensive knowledge, Ivan didn’t conceal anything and shared his discovery, leaving them both deep in thought.

“Could it be another Danaila creature?” Lu Lu Xiyu looked at him with an odd expression.

“Possibly,” Ivan replied, neither confirming nor denying.

“According to the records of the Kemor Empire, I vaguely remember that there is a special plane called the ‘Divine Lake Plane.’ Some lakes in that plane form spaces of their own, creating strange worlds within worlds, similar to the Underground World of the Danaila World at the center of the world.”

Lu Lu Xiyu explained in more detail.

If Danaila had directly absorbed the power of the Divine Lake Plane and completed the localization, it would then give birth to Danaila creatures capable of causing the current situation.

This was the first time Ivan had heard of such an unusual world and had to admit that Lu Lu Xiyu’s hypothesis was quite bold.

It was also possible that Lu Lu Xiyu, having recently suffered at the hands of Danaila creatures, had left psychological scars, making her prone to think in that direction when encountering issues.

Ivan didn’t rush to confirm this point; he ordered everyone to search around, to see if they could find any traces.

Although the environment here was harsh, the area was not small, at least three times the size of the Centaur Basin.

After a short while, they came before some ruins submerged in boiling water, with beast claws on the broken walls telling of the dire events that had transpired here.

In addition, they were fortunate enough to find some patterns used for recording events.

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“I’ve got it, the Divine that lived here were the Fire Fur Fox People, and their subordinate species, the Fire Fur Mouse People. In the Underground World, the fur of the Fire Fur Fox People was warm, soft, and beautiful, making it highly sought after by some people.

Because of this, the Fire Fur Fox People were slaughtered nearly to extinction, the remaining numbers scarce and typically hidden in some corner of the world.”

Lu Lu Xiyu stared at certain symbols in the pattern for a while, then revealed the identity of the race that once lived here.

The pattern also recorded an event: The fur-clad fox-people lived here peacefully and harmoniously until one day, fire-clad rat-people dug a deep tunnel that broke through somewhere, and from then on, the great gates of purgatory were open to them.

“Let’s go, follow this sorcerer and take a look.”

Ivan said and acted upon it, locating an abandoned tunnel in a relatively large pool according to the records in the pattern, and without a word, dived in.

Seeing his brisk and decisive manner, Tanaya pursed her lips.

To act so willfully just because you’re considered a lord-level being, how enviable it is!

This world is like a big stage, and if one wishes to make it backstage to become a player on it, there’s one hard-and-fast rule: one must attain the lord-level strength and achieve an extraordinary physique.

Below lord-level, one must tread more carefully lest a single careless move capsizes the ship.

Unfortunately, for all beings, lord-level is usually an insurmountable barrier, and most beings spend their entire lives blocked at the threshold, unable to advance even an inch further.

While Tanaya thought this in her mind, she didn’t stop in her tracks. Instead, she dived into the pool and raced towards the other side of the tunnel following Ivan.

Wherever Ivan went, the mountains and waters seemed to momentarily retreat from his sharp edge, automatically clearing a path and allowing him unimpeded passage.

He ventured further and further, and after an unknown amount of time, after passing through the deep and narrow tunnel, he arrived at another pool, which was still a hot spring, but the temperature was noticeably higher than the other side.

And looking around, it was a secluded hollow at the end of the valley.

“Who are you?”

Just as Ivan’s head emerged from the pool, he heard a timid voice.

It turned out that someone was beside this pool cleaning their fur, a seemingly handsome fur-clad fox-people youth. Seeing Ivan suddenly surface, the youth’s eyes filled with surprise and fear.

“A human sorcerer, and you?” Ivan leaped from the water, yet his clothes showed not a single sign of being damp.

“Mansa.”

“You’re a girl?”

“Mhm.”

“Mansa, are there many of your kin here?”

Ivan couldn’t help but try to learn more, but the sound of shouting from the other side of the hollow made the girl named ‘Mansa’ tremble.

She could no longer care about Ivan’s words and hurriedly ran towards the direction of the voices.

A few splashes were heard inside the pool, and Lu Lu Xiyu, Tanaya, and others emerged from the water.

“Sorcerer Ivan, are there other people here?”

“There’s a young fire-clad fox-person with not quite pure blood lineage.”

“That fire-clad quality is probably not too good, it’s just—”

Lu Lu Xiyu abruptly stopped mid-sentence, as if she had said something inappropriate in front of Sorcerer Ivan. She flashed a cunning smile and pretended as if she had said nothing.

Biology is biased, and even amongst kin, there is endless strife—let alone between different races.

As the first grand matriarch of the Dark Night Elf Clan, Lu Lu Xiyu was no saint, and neither was Ivan. He had conducted countless biological experiments, and therefore, he did not find her words particularly repugnant.

What puzzled Ivan was that from her actions and manners, it wasn’t hard to conclude that Lu Lu Xiyu, whom he had always suspected of having ulterior motives, seemed genuinely intent this time on making him her own prince consort.

It didn’t make sense!

Ivan did not believe his charm was great enough to make the sovereign of a nation disregard the presence of other women around her and still persistently court him.