"Sorry, Lord Teresa, I wanted to go in with you..."

The ghost warriors struggled to support them because of the sudden etheric tide.

Teresa shook her head and stretched out her palm. A light spot gathered by magical substances appeared in his hand. The huge magical substance spread out from the light spot, covering these ghost warriors and dispersing the ether attached to them.

"You go back, I'll just go in alone." Teresa floated into the forest without waiting for the warriors to answer.

The warriors who were left behind by Teresa looked at each other, and then another etheric tide hit. The warriors who could not move forward had to retreat to the village.

Theresa floated alone in the forest. As she moved, the concentration of ether around her became higher and higher, and she had even reached the point where she could not sense the magic.

The forest, which should have been full of vitality, is now dead silent, and traces of crystallization caused by the erosion of the ether can be seen everywhere.

Sensing the existence of the living creature, the creature refined by the ether rushed towards Theresa quickly.

...

"boom!"

After throwing out the explosive flames to eliminate the last wave of etheric creatures like zombies, Teresa wiped the cold sweat that did not exist on her head and continued to float towards the depths of the forest.

"Tick~"

The purple-red fog floated in the air, and the ether condensed into liquid dripped from the crystalline leaves and fell into the Ether river with purple-red light below.

The surrounding ether crystals have also changed from pure blue to colorful partial crystals.

Sensing the ether content far exceeds the periphery, Theresa finally smiled on her solemn face.

"It seems to be at the center?" Theresa looked around. Because the demon fog contained a huge amount of ether, the ether vision was deviated. Theresa could only rely on two bean eyes to find the culprit that caused the ether tide.

Suddenly, Theresa sensed the existence of the magic.

"Magic? How is that possible?"

There is magic in this ether-saturated area?!

Teresa frowned and fainted her body and flew towards the place where the magic came.

The Ether River, which has been flowing for many years, has gathered into a lake.

On the island in the center of the lake, a bubble floats, and three items are suspended in the bubble.

A large amount of ether continues to overflow from these three items and sink into the lake below. The lake surging due to the infiltration of ether, and the waves of water hit the shore, and the ether contained in it gushed out.

Several golden chains wrapped in bubbles, scattered at the edge of the island with barriers shattered by etheric erosion.

The fluctuations of the magic are transmitted from the fragments of the barrier and the chains entangled with monsters.

"It seems that this is the culprit."

Recalling the information previously informed by the Ghost Village Chief, the ether tide suddenly appeared several months ago. On the day the ether tide appeared, they had heard the loud noise of something shattering.

Now it seems that this layer of magic barrier is broken. The part of the chain wrapped in the blister has been dyed with etheric blue, and it seems that it will not last long.

The forest became like this in just a few months, and the erosion of ether was even more terrifying than Teresa imagined.

And it is just a non-biological overflowing ether.

The crown carved by shells, the stone staff covered with moss, and a pair of dancing shoes that are as crystal clear as crystal...

Teresa looked at the items in the bubble in a daze. In the world with ether, these three seemed to be the personal items of the Demon King.

Theresa moved to the blister and gently stretched out her hand.

"Click~"

The sound of shattering came from the chain, and then the golden chain was quickly swallowed by the blue.

External force breaks the delicate balance between ether and magic, and slight cracks appear in the blister.

"Bang~"

After a light sound, the blisters dissipated in the air, and the chains turned into etheric light dust in the air. The three items that had lost their restraint seemed to sense the attraction from Teresa's body, and turned into three streams of light to rush towards Teresa's body.

"Blur!" Theresa's reaction was quick, but unfortunately it was useless.

Three rays of light penetrated Theresa's body like a white ball.

"Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

After a long absence, Teresa felt the beating of her heart again, and an irresistible fatigue swallowed Teresa's body with her heartbeat.

"Absorber!" One second before falling into a lethargy, Teresa followed her instinct.

[Note, analysis is being performed, analysis is completed, unique technique [absorber] is being activated, ether is being absorbed...]

The small white ball in the sleeping world dropped to the ground with a "bang", and the absorber activated unconsciously greedily absorbed the surrounding ether.

As the ether was absorbed, the island under Theresa gradually lost its dreamy luster and turned gray.

"boom!"

Finally, the island could not bear the absorber's absorption and collapsed in the lake where etheric liquids gathered.

Theresa also fell into the Ethereal Lake.

"Gulu~Gulu~"

A bunch of bubbles appeared in the huge lake, and strange whirlpools appeared from the center of the lake.

The horizontal plane drops rapidly.

...

The last trace of ether in the forest was absorbed, and the huge ether lake disappeared. The dry lake bottom left a huge cocoon emitting bright ether light.

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Under the guidance of Kaijin and others, Limulu and the Goblins gradually established new villages.

It had been almost a month since Teresa left the village, and Limulu had not waited for the news that Teresa came back, which made him a little worried.

"Meinfina, can you take me to see the village where Teresa is missing?" Limlu, who was free and had nothing to do, returned to the ruins of the Goblin village and found Meinfina who had just been searching for.

"Sorry, Lord Limulu, that village was destroyed." Meinfina's answer shocked him.

"What?!" Limlu widened her eyes, "What's going on?"

Meinfina shook her head: "I don't know the specifics, but the entire ghost village is left with only one burning ruins, and there is not a single living thing."

"And," Meinfina added, "I can smell the smell of blood and soul left by the air, but I can't find any trace of soul or body."

"It's like... everyone in that village disappeared out of thin air." Meinfina irritated the land irritated, leaving deep scratches.

"Tresa will be fine." Limlu seemed to be comforting Meinfina and as if she was comforting herself.

"Tresa will be fine." He repeated, raising his head, "You can take a good rest in the village first, I will let Lanya stare at me first."

"But..." Meinfina wanted to speak but stopped.

"No, but, this is an order," Limulu said with a tough tone, "Now, the village will be rested immediately!"

“…” Meinfina nodded, “I understand.”

"Mr. Limulu, you are here! We have caught a few suspicious creatures!" Ligurud's voice came from afar.

"Suspicious creature? Is it a monster?"

"No, it's humanity." Ligurud replied.

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"Click~"

I don’t know how long it took, the huge cocoon that had lost its bright light in the middle of the forest and lake in the quiet of the ether made a broken sound.
Chapter completed!