Endless Journey: Infinite Realms - Chapter 733 The Giant and Its Crown!

Compared to her bloodthirsty demeanor when she confronted Professor Frances, Queen Mother's current apathy can be considered as a huge improvement.

Having a tree woman crave for your flesh was a great horror after all, so seeing Queen Mother staying calm is a blessing for her allies.

But in the context of her current situation, Queen Mother's inaction might very well spell her own doom.

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"Go away bugs, you are irritating me. Shoo shoo."

Queen Mother sounded nonplussed as she lazily swept away the creatures gnawing at her body. She also kicked those that clung to her legs, while those that stuck to her hair were all personally munched by her mouth.

"Nom nom nom. These creatures do not taste good, but they also don't taste bad. They taste more like… those crackers that Alex liked to eat before."

Her tone as she 'dispelled' the pests made it sound as if she did not care how hideous or horrifying these creatures looked when she flicked them.

Dog-headed, Butt-headed, Snake-tailed, Voidified, and many more types of creatures that latched on Queen Mother's body were all swept away like trash, and she did not show signs of being tired from this action.

Well… she might not look tired, but she went to sleep right after that, closing her eyes in such a way that she appeared to be uncaring of what happens to her anymore.

"Snore…" And she had the gall to sleep, even when the creatures that she swept away came back biting her.

"Snore…."

"Snore…"

"Snore…."

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Both Alina and Professor Frances will surely be worried upon seeing Queen Mother's another 'abnormal state', but since she was in an area where nobody can hurt her, then maybe Queen Mother has the 'right' to be this confident.

Since nothing can touch her in this place, then nobody can blame Queen Mother for being this carefree….

Well, this would be the scenario if and only if there were no massive changes that happened on Queen Mother's surroundings.

But to Queen Mother's distaste, a change has indeed happened here on her area.

And this change was something so great, that even her lethargic body had no choice but to make a move.

"Creak…."

"Creak…"

"Creak…."

From a distance of 2 kilometers away from Queen Mother, a gigantic body suddenly appeared, one which has a posture comparable to that of a sleeping person.

"Creak…."

"Creak…"

"Creak…."

Its size was 10 times that of a planet, making the whole body look MASSIVE by any standards. Even the usually large Queen Mother could not deny the humongous size of this body, as she could feel the pressure emanating just from its girth.

"Creak…."

"Creak…"

"Creak…."

This gigantic body lay flat on the space horizontally with its arms crossed and eyes closed, further signifying its 'sleeping' appearance.

"Creak…."

"Creak…"

"Creak…."

Its skin, which was seemingly made up of soil and earth, had numerous cracks and pits scattered all around it, which made the whole body look like a clay statue that was about to break into pieces.

It was as if one strike is enough to break this body down, and not much force was needed to even perform it.

"Creak…."

"Creak…"

"Creak…."

Even with this giant's frail appearance, Queen Mother did not believe that its body will suddenly break down easily, as she could feel an immense vitality within this body that actually dwarfed hers.

Yes. Queen Mother's vitality, which can be considered as even greater than the vitality of a Sixth Stage Planet, was actually dwarfed by the vitality of a sleeping gigantic body!

This was a surprise, even for the lethargic Queen Mother, as she personally knew that only few beings can have greater vitality than her.

"….I am a World Tree, which meant that I am the representation of Vitality itself. That means that my life force and vitality are extremely plentiful.:

"I also trained on a power system that cultivates my strength and life force, which just further increased my vitality. I also reached my Peak State already, which means that I am only a short step away from Transcendence."

"Add all these factors together, and it is easy to assume that my vitality is something that nobody can just easily supplant."

"The closest beings that I know that can surpass my vitality are Transcendent Beings, but those kind of beings should not be here in this place."

"Transcendent Beings live on a different plane and realm than us, right? If that is the case, then I should not have seen a creature with this much vitality."

"But here is one, and it seems that it hasn't even released its full power yet…"

For Queen Mother to meet someone with this much life force in this place was nothing short but stunning, and the fact that this body was 'sleeping' made her even more shocked!

If this body was sleeping and it was already this full of vitality, then what will happen once it 'wakes up'?

Queen Mother's befuddled mind was not sharp enough to think of the exact scenario, but even she knew that the awakening of this giant will just increase its already overwhelming life force.

For Queen Mother, that was obviously a bad news, since meeting a powerful creature while being alone is a sign of impending trouble!

"I really don't like to move today, but because of this giant, I think I have to fly away immediately."

"If I don't move away right now and this giant suddenly wakes up, then it will be me who will suffer the consequences…"

Although Queen Mother was not willing to move her body today, she's still someone who wants to keep herself alive.

Hence she had no qualms on running away from the giant, with her feet pushing itself against a nearby meteorite.

"Boom!"

This 'push-off' move gave Queen Mother a thrusting force that immediately shot her away from the gigantic body. And it shot her off like a rocket, with her sturdy body and massive frame powerful enough to destroy the obstacles that blocked her way.

"Wheeee…." With the potent strength and force that she applied on her legs, Queen Mother's speed as she left was naturally fast, which allowed her to easily distance herself from the giant. It even allowed her body to show its full might, as the combination of her speed and power has granted her a smoother journey.

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In no time at all, the massive body gradually disappeared from her eyes, until it was eventually covered up by the darkness of her surroundings. Such darkness was hard to penetrate even with light, signifying that the body must be extremely far away at this point already.

"…." Once she had seen this 'disappearance', Queen Mother did not slow down. She landed on a nearby meteorite before propelling herself forward again.

Queen Mother repeated this process for a few more times, and it was only when she felt that she had travelled far enough that she eventually stopped.

"…That giant might look like a clue in regards to this place, but I am not interested on staying near that for longer. Forgive me Alina, but I don't like being placed in danger." Queen Mother muttered as she allowed her body to float aimlessly on space.

"Well, it's not like I can do anything even if I stay there. That giant looks like a big deal, so… yeah. I ain't doing s**t now."

Queen Mother did not show any interest of moving this time, as if her attempt to escape earlier was the best that she can do. She just stopped doing anything, bringing her back to her lazy state earlier.

"…"

This abrupt return to her apathetic state was appalling to see, and the fact that Queen Mother actually justified her attempt to dodge her duties just made her look worse.

"Well, Alina might forgive me for this. After all, an alive Queen Mother is better than a dead Queen Mother…"

Becoming this lazy was obviously not something that the normal Queen Mother would do, and if Alina were here, she would definitely try something to change the former.

This is of course not happening, since the tree woman and her allies were all separated from one another…

"Okay. Now that I escaped from that thing, I should just allow myself to float around like this. As long as I wait, I am sure that my allies will find me."

"Yes, they will find me no matter what I do. So there is no problem for me to just stay here."

"Moving might make me meet danger anyway, so I might as well stay passive."

"Oh I'm sure Alina will be pissed, but what can she do to me? Can she punish me? I did not even do anything wrong…"

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After saying all these excuses to herself, the lazy Queen Mother allowed herself to smile. She then began preparing to plunge herself into another deep sleep.

There is no enemy that is chasing her after all, so a long sleep in this place won't be that bad.

IN fact, Queen Mother believed that sleeping here will be of benefit to her and her allies. Because who knows, Queen Mother might suddenly evolve once she finishes sleeping…

"If there was a bed present here, then I will have a perfect sleep. But I am floating in space… so what is the use of a bed?"

"Ah whatever, I will just close my eyes and pretend that everything is fine."

"Oh! I can try sleeping the same way as the giant earlier! Since it can sleep that way, then maybe I can do it too!"

"Yes, yes, yes. Since that giant is similar to me, then its sleeping technique might work on me too…"

With these more made-up excuses for her actions, Queen Mother took a deep breath as she attempted to start her so-called deep sleep.

"Okay Queen Mother. Just sleep tight, and don't think of anything else while you close your eyes. Don't think of hot girls or big butts. You can get them all once you wake up later…"

"Hehehe, big butts. I wish Frances will have that one too…"

But before Queen Mother could close her eyes, her whole body suddenly stiffened, with all hints of drowsiness inside her body disappearing like popped bubbles.

Her eyes then widened, as her sight picked up something that she did not expect to see.

She also jumped in fear, as what she saw right now was something that was enough to make her unnerved.

"W-wait, what is this? Am I seeing stuff? No… it could not be…"

After all, Queen Mother found herself staring back at the gigantic body, the one that she ran away from earlier!

Yes. She found herself near this giant again, even when she already expended some effort to be away from it!

"How in the world did this happen? I-I made sure to distance away myself from this body. I even expended some of my life force just to make me go farther!"

"With that effort, this body should be at least thousands or hundred thousands of kilometers away from me!"

"But here I am, staring back at the same body that I ran away from!"

"Ah! This doesn't make sense at all! How could this be happening?"

Queen Mother has no way of denying it.

The vitality displayed by this body was the same as the one that she met earlier, which means that this was the same body that she saw earlier!

No excuses from her can explain this mystery, leaving her gawking as she stared at the still-sleeping giant.

"….This is really confusing, and I don't know what to make of it. I just could not understand how this giant was able to pull me back here without me realizing it."

"Did he use some power to affect my perception, or did he use some kind of fate-based magic that trapped me in a spatial loop?"

"Or did he have some invisible servants that unconsciously guided me here, and I just did not detect them?"

"Ah…. This is not good. I must find out what really went on here."

As she had no idea on what to do next, Queen Mother just resigned herself on observing the gigantic body more.

Since leaving might just lead her back to this giant, then she might as well use all of her might to discover something on the giant's body.

Maybe doing this will allow Queen Mother to actually leave this place…

"…."

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Because of the enormity of the giant's body and her very own laziness, Queen Mother had no interest of observing the giant earlier. But now that her life was at stake, she dedicated her focus on all the attention and details that her eyes could capture.

This was an apt move for the tree woman, since there were hardly any important details that could actually be found on the giant.

The only significant detail that Queen Mother saw was just one, and it was located at the place that she looked last.

Which was at the giant's head.

"…."

On this giant's head, a massive crown could be seen, one that glowed with the aura of the ancient times.

The power of Time and Space was affected by this very aura itself, and Queen Mother could see a large spatial disturbance just on the crown's vicinity. This distortion effectively made a cage around the giant, one that seemed impossible to be out of.