Showdown

The territory of the Lord of Augustine overlapped slightly with the internal space of Miss Octavia's space artifact, and his main city was extremely far from here.

The power of this great fairy, who could only be described as "unfathomable", ruled over an extremely vast territory. Miss Octavia did not know what its original form was.

But during a courtesy visit 200 years ago, this great lord, who was granted the lifetime honorary title of Viscount in the fairy world's Xijiang Empire, displayed his great power before Miss Octavia.

"Child, although there are many activated creatures here, each one is registered," Miss Octavia said with a pitying expression, trying to dispel Raymond's delusions. "As a life form like mine, it has little way to deal with me, but if you provoke it, it will eat you."

"Xijiang Empire? Lord Augustine?" Raymond stared in astonishment at these little fairies around him. He really couldn't imagine that they would be registered as the subjects of a certain power before his eyes.

Seeing that Raymond was rather incredulous, Miss Octavia solemnly warned him. "I still remember seeing with my own eyes two first-level wizards being eaten alive by it in the main city of Lord Augustine. That kind of easy capture was simply not something a first-level wizard could deal with."

"With your strength, can't you fight back?" Hearing this, the startled Raymond couldn't help but ask. "You have been a first-level wizard for so long, living here for so many years. Can't you even deal with a great fairy?"

Shaking her head in frustration, Miss Octavia immediately explained.

Her current form of life was called a spirit. Her spiritual power as a human had become mental power. The magics she used to be able to perform now required complicated conversion of her mental power before she could perform her former magics. But these converted magics were essentially different from magics in the general sense.

"Weak spirits are called ghosts, and stronger ones become like I am now," Miss Octavia said with regret, unwilling to recall these things. She briefly introduced it and returned to the previous topic.

"The fairy legion under the Lord of Augustine consists of tens of thousands of fairies at the knight level and above. The leaders of the legion all have the strength of official wizards," Miss Octavia said, pointing at the activated creatures around her. "Every ten years, inspection troops will come here. If they find a large decrease in the number of subjects here, even I will be expelled."

Frowning, Raymond was still reluctant to give up. He weighed the pros and cons. "Ten years, that's less than a year outside..."

"No! Quickly tell me, how did you know my strength back then?" Miss Octavia suddenly shouted, pulling Raymond in front of her. "Tell me everything you know!"

Miss Octavia, whose expression had become somewhat angry, suddenly woke up.

Knowing that this was the consequence of her slip of the tongue just now, Raymond did not intend to continue concealing it. "As I said before, I have chips to trade with you. The wizard academy in Hongze Wetland still exists. And I saw the records about you in the library!"

The shocked Miss Octavia stood there in a daze. But Raymond then threw out his most important chip. "Your little daughter Dibola is the reason why I came here!"

Staring at Raymond in astonishment, the originally elegant Miss Octavia did not react for a long time. She stared with wide eyes, her face turned pale, and her solid body trembled.

The quiet Raymond did not speak again, but used the "Wizard's Eye" controlled by the chip to begin probing and collecting data on the activated creatures around him.

The stone house built by Miss Octavia was next to the ancient big tree. Here seemed to be in the center of a hollow. Except for the big tree and Miss Octavia, the information collected by the chip indicated that all the activated creatures had abundant vitality and not very high intelligence.

"I... how is my little daughter Dibola now?" Miss Octavia finally asked, her lips trembling. "Is she...is she okay?"

Big tears fell from Miss Octavia's eyes and disappeared into the air. But her trembling words showed her panic and anxiety.

"Little Dibola is not good, but she is still alive," Raymond said bluntly, unwilling to beat around the bush. "She has also become a spirit like you, but she can't come in here."

"Oh my God! My little Dibola!" Miss Octavia exclaimed and soon covered her face with her hands and wept in sorrow. "It's all mother's fault, all mother's fault!"

Unable to comfort her, Raymond sat on the grass and continued to wait patiently. After a long while, Miss Octavia's emotions stabilized somewhat. Raymond then told her about his relationship with Little Dibola.

Pointing at himself, Raymond frowned and narrowed his eyes with a bitter sigh. "For some reason, spirits like you have always frightened me. Since you are Little Dibola's mother, I think you should make amends for this."

With a chuckle, Miss Octavia, amused by Raymond's reasoning, glanced at him discontentedly. She stared at Raymond for a long time before explaining.

It turned out that the user of a space artifact had to know the fixed activation spell. But being able to "activate" and being able to "enter" were two completely different things.

Due to the form of their life, spirits could activate space artifacts even if they could, but they could not easily pass through the chaotic space fluctuations to enter the interior of space artifacts, unless someone could provide help.

"My daughter Little Dibola needs your help to get in. For this, I am willing to pay you adequate remuneration," Miss Octavia said solemnly, looking straight into Raymond's eyes. "But this is the fairy world. As a spirit, I cannot guarantee that the knowledge I impart to you can be mastered!"

"As long as the magic knowledge you give me is authentic and effective, whether I can master it or not is my business!" Raymond exclaimed happily, narrowing his eyes with a smile again...