The Witcher: Elemental Lords

The valley was serene, surrounded by mountains on all sides. Although what lay beyond the mountains was unclear, one could sense that it was outside the realm of this world. Yet, within the valley, there was an unusual vastness.

The center of the valley was a colossal basin, resembling a small kingdom, with undulating terrain and a complex environment. There were rivers, mountains, and forests, teeming with all sorts of creatures, flying in the sky and swimming in the water, almost everything imaginable.

These were merely appearances, things that could be observed with the naked eye. In reality, the surroundings were layered with overlapping spaces. What seemed like a normal world was, in fact, far from it.

Many places within this space were normal, but many others were not. The stacked and layered spaces created a bizarre scene.

If someone stood within a folded space, they would perceive themselves as unchanged. However, if another person stood beside them and viewed them from a different angle, that person might appear compressed into a paper-thin figure, only visible as a thin sheet from the side. The problem arises because, on another level, due to the principle of spatial self-consistency, they would feel normal and not perceive themselves as a paper person, creating an eerie sensation.

The diary also made no mention of this situation. Dorlay knew that those in the know might have deliberately concealed this information. Moreover, who knew how many people were involved in this setup? Countless individuals came here each year, only to be trapped and killed because of this very situation.

In such spatially distorted places, even ordinary divine envoys and powerful experts like angels could inadvertently meet their demise. Only gods and those who had mastered the laws of space could come and go freely.

Looking inward from this point, the valley extended for over a thousand kilometers, an immense expanse. The valley floor even formed a vast plain geographical system, complete with mountains, rivers, and all sorts of biological ecosystems. There was only one thing missing: people.

After entering this world, Dorlay quickly discovered that simply using his abilities, he couldn't fly more than five meters high. He could only fly at low altitudes unless he used his physical strength or transformed into creatures like birds, butterflies, or dragonflies, which could ignore this limitation.

Low-altitude flight was a significant challenge for most humans.

Dorlay didn't head directly to the center, although it was obvious that something was there, and the danger level was unknown. He looked around and flew to a spot not far from the entrance to lie in wait. He knew that someone would inevitably follow him in.

He wanted to observe this world while sensing the spatial rules, hoping to perceive a spatial law here. As for other matters, they were secondary. He wouldn't mind staying in this place forever, the chaotic spatial rules were simply too perfect.

Just as Dorlay was comprehending the spatial rules, converting the newly observed rules into his own power, Dorlay's main body in the Elfa World was also mastering these new rules. When the world sensed the new rule power, it rumbled into action.

The new spatial rules fundamentally allowed the world to evolve. Inside and outside the world, space changed dramatically, resulting in world tremors, a surge in energy levels, and a more solid spatial structure. The spatial range also became larger.

On a level imperceptible to ordinary creatures, the world's distance slightly increased, its volume expanded, and various rules strengthened to varying degrees.

For example, where it previously took half an hour to fly to Vassenburg, the subtly expanded world might now require an hour of flight. The increased distance and the increased world's material led to a greater variety of rules being strengthened to varying degrees.

However, apart from the six cornerstones, some level nine experts, and Dorlay, no one else noticed. They only felt the world shaking and assumed it was an earthquake.

This earthquake didn't affect buildings, mountains, or the ground, which remained stable. So, after the initial panic subsided, everyone went back to doing what they were doing, dismissing it as a common earthquake.

Things continued to progress because Dorlay kept comprehending and adding various spatial rules, causing the world to rapidly advance at an incredible speed.

In the void world, the world's light spot was visibly growing and expanding at a rapid pace. This degree of expansion prompted the six cornerstones to come out and observe the surrounding situation from time to time. They also encountered Dorlay but wisely refrained from taking any action, not wanting to disturb him.

The six cornerstones communicated and agreed that Dorlay was currently the only one who could contribute to the world.

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Inside the Sea God Mountain, within the canyon.

Dorlay comprehended the various spatial rules while observing the direction of the entrance.

The people following them entered. They were two old men. Judging from their auras, they were both demigod-level law masters, likely not old in age, but strangely senile, filled with the senescence typical of the elderly. These were the auras of the two people Dorlay sensed. These two people entered.

Dorlay knew that the old fish-dragon would also come in, so he kept waiting.

However, the second group was somewhat strange, an unexpected team. It was a team dressed in white, filled with an aura of light. There was no need to ask to know who they were.

People from the Light Church were also here. This was intriguing. According to the records of this world, the Light Church was the leader of all light deity systems in the surrounding airspace, led by the Light God King, and was very powerful, ranking first or second among the gods in the entire Great World. He just didn't know if it was the Light God preparing to occupy the Elfa World. It was said that the Light God had tens of thousands of angels and hundreds of thousands of divine envoys under his command, distributed throughout various worlds. Whether or not Elfa World was among them was unknown.

This was very interesting. A God King was actually paying attention here, which indicated that the God King also lacked the ability to take away the things from this Sea God Mountain. There seemed to be something fishy going on here.

After the people of Light entered, they quickly disappeared into the valley. Next, Dorlay saw a group of people who seemed normal but had a secretive aura. They appeared normal, and their strength was also very strong, but their mental feedback gave people a sense of evil, strangeness, deceit, and cunning.

Who were these people? Dorlay pondered.

After this group entered, the old dragon-fish finally came in.

Dorlay was slightly dumbfounded at this moment.

Why were so many people coming in? Were so many people really watching this place? Then, over the years, the things inside hadn't been taken away?

What was going on?

Was this a secret realm carefully recorded in a diary? Shouldn't this be widely publicized?

Or rather, was this a place tacitly acknowledged among gods but almost unknown in the mortal world? Or were some people, some organizations, some forces, or even some gods deliberately downplaying this place, waiting only for someone with the right affinity?