Rise Ethereal Essence - Chapter 15
The god messengers were stunned.
Ahead of them was an enormous crater. Probably more than double the size of the first one created by the Dark Essence.
It was in complete disarray. Turbulent winds passed around blowing debris from tree and stones around.
The enormous crater was more than double the size of the original one. It could be considered to be more than twenty meters deep.
The god messengers were a little too stunned this time. What is this level of destruction? The size was almost a fifth of a hundred meter leaf of The Crystal Tree.
The Light God Elf descended into the crater. The many roots of trees that had been within this area were pointing upwards. Hundred of roots were ripped and bursting out as if they had been ruptured from within.
On the side of the crater was a vast root that appeared to be torn apart. The opposite end of the crater had another vast root that was torn. The destruction had snapped a part of The Crystal Tree roots.
“The Crystal Tree! One of its roots has been damaged. This is going too far!” The Light messenger was angered at the destruction of the roots. It was thinking of the possibility of it being destroyed. The Crystal Tree could be considered indestructible! No normal power could do such a thing.
It stared at the crater in shock. “Twilight, help me mend The Crystal Tree quickly!” Twilight was naturally referring to the Twilight God Elf. Mending the roots of The Crystal Tree wasn’t as easy as it seemed. The entire tree possessed supernatural powers that were incomparable to the messengers.
It tried to use its power to suppress the devastation and calm the strong winds. The invisible power of the Light messenger struck the roots and ground.
The ground of the crater slowly turned green, blue, and crystal with the appearance of different herbs and grasses. The roots grew into small trees. Those trees would have the purpose of strengthening the environment in the future.
The Light messenger could already feel the power of the surrounding nature weakening. Near this area, the supernatural power of The Crystal Tree seemed weaker which would make the mending easier and quicker but would be damaging the environment in the meantime.
After waiting a while, the Twilight messenger still wasn’t there to help it. The Light messenger called out once more, but after hearing no response, it looked up. At a considerably high distance was the Twilight messenger.
The Light messenger tried calling out to it a few times. As messengers of The Crystal Tree, they had a divine connection. It was similar to the connection the elves had where they could communicate with each other and understand their meanings without another creature knowing what it was they spoke of.
The divine connection was a strong connection that could be used to communicate from almost any distance within the world. It was incomparable to any other form of communication within this world. The Light messenger was confused as the Twilight messenger wasn’t responding after it had called out so many times.
Releasing the grasp of its power from The Crystal Tree’s root the Light messenger rose into the sky where the Twilight messenger was.
It was high in the sky. As it came closer, it saw the stupified look of the Twilight messenger. With a mouth open large enough to fit a head and two eyes popping out like a snail it was peering into the distance.
Dumbfounded at the appearance of the Twilight messenger the Light messenger turned around only to have the same stupified look.
The shock was so great they couldn’t move.
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Going some time back, a few days.
The Dark Essence had created the first Opaque Orbs. It had the resolve to create something amazingly similar to the elf centers. With the Sundering Rifts and the principle of compression, the Dark Essence went through the land absorbing matter into the space separating it and compressing it into Opaque Orbs.
In order to absorb more substances other than air, it went closer to the ground. The second time it absorbed matter was more disastrous than the first.
It could be seen as turbulent winds were still present many days later when the god messengers passed through.
Each time the Dark Essence absorbed matter it would become more destructive. It went into the ground to absorb more substances.
In order to proceed with quicker progress, the Dark Essence attempted to split its body into multiple spheres. With more spheres, it would be able to collect more matter and have more space.
With a few tries, it managed to create a few more spheres. Using the Sundering Rifts, it divided its body creating seven spheres.
There was a sphere for every substance and one for the Dark Essence’s main body. They were the same size as the Dark Essence, thirty-meter diameter spheres all around. The six spheres split up and went in different directions.
With the new spheres, the Dark Essence had more space, but the power was weaker as it was divided. It had expanded the other spheres to contain the same size. It had full control of the spheres as it was part of its body.
The Dark Essence held the Opaque Orbs in its body while the spheres went around collecting matter and bringing it to the main body compressing it.
It passed through the land collecting large quantities of matter.
As it continued, it noticed it was very far from The Crystal Tree. The enormous tree that could be seen from any part of the world had long since disappeared.
The environment in this area contained fewer forms of life. The decreasing amount of trees was very gradual, but the Dark Essence noticed it. The farther it went, the fewer trees there were.
The land was barren and dead while the sky appeared gloomier and darker. The trees and plants that could be found seemed foul and dreadful.
“This area seems like a great place to create something amazing! The small number of trees means more visibility and room for my creation.” The Dark Essence was unusually excited about the change of environment.
After a few days of travel, it had absorbed large quantities of matter and Opaque Orbs. It had hundreds of different types now.
Soon it would create something amazing.