Above The Sky
Chapter 601 - 601 570 Monarch of Bygone Days 13

601: Chapter 570: Monarch of Bygone Days (1/3) 601: Chapter 570: Monarch of Bygone Days (1/3) After a brief conversation with the laboratory staff member who ambushed him and observing his behavior, Ian had already deduced much information.

First, just like the Azure City Laboratory, the Central City Laboratory researchers could also control some Magical Beasts and Phantasms for their own use.

But there were limits, and some powerful Magical Beasts and Phantasms were beyond their control.

Therefore, these Spirit Wisdom Institute researchers chose to hide and cooperate with the Phantasms and Magical Beasts to kill those who would approach the laboratory to explore.

Clearly, they had other enemies within the Central Research Laboratory, whether it be individuals from The Grand Duchy or the Phantasms and Magical Beasts themselves, compelling them to adopt such an aggressive defense strategy that they would kill anyone on sight.

Beyond that, even the laboratory staff probably couldn’t find a way out of this subspace, and indeed… they must all be unaware of how to reach the control center and other key areas.

Ian could see that the staff member who ambushed him truly didn’t know the answers to the questions he asked, or perhaps he knew but didn’t know how to guide Ian there; the frustration was evident on his face.

But none of this was a problem.

Because he was a Prophet.

He didn’t need a map to find the way.

“Frost Butterfly, let me have a look,”

As Ian gathered the Frost Butterfly in his hand, he then observed the Little Fairy tilting its head and making eye contact.

With a smile, he said, “Hmm, go right.”

Not to mention the Frost Butterfly’s increased power made its danger prediction somewhat dull… but its prophetic abilities for ‘beneficial’ things were still reliable.

Using this, Ian could determine that the direction he was going was ‘beneficial’ relative to his objective.

Of course, his actions appeared somewhat inexplicable and astonishing to others.

But since he was already in the subspace, the youth didn’t bother to conceal some of the unnecessary things.

He pulled the Iron Pattern Sword out from the chest of a corpse pinned to the wall, shook off the bits of flesh and blood from the blade, and then sheathed it again.

He set out, walking through the Subspace Labyrinth as if strolling around his own home.

——Avak Central Research Laboratory·Subspace Labyrinth——

Spirit Energy Experiment Area monitoring room.

“What’s going on, how could everyone in Sector C-13 be wiped out?

Didn’t the Huai Guang Rescue Team let them through?

Don’t block those troublesome folks.

Indeed, we need to prevent ‘that guy’ from acquiring new subordinates, but more importantly, we shouldn’t lose our own strength!”

“What about Garry, why did he die without sending a distress signal?

Damn it, I said not to act rashly.

There are monsters aplenty in this world; who could he beat with his meager skills!”

A small chaos erupted in the monitoring room, obviously, the brief battle Ian went through earlier had a huge impact on these people.

“Whose side are they on?”

The director of the laboratory wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and turned to an older monitor: “If communication is possible, tell him not to recklessly break in as soon as possible!

It doesn’t matter if he dies, but if that creature gets his soul, everyone else who is still alive is doomed!”

“It’s an Inspector Knight, director!” The monitor was also sweating profusely as he manipulated the cameras to observe the barely visible emblem on the Armor Clothing Ian wore in the dim environment: “It’s not very clear, but it’s an Inspector Knight – only among the Inspector Knights would there be such a freak capable of taking on five at a time!”

“Inspector Knight!”

Another researcher at the other side clenched his teeth and pounded the table, saying, “It’s them again!

They keep investigating our research, causing the raw materials for the last ‘God Marrow Extraction Experiment’ to not be delivered.

Aren’t these people specifically targeting nobles?

Why are they going after us!”

“Don’t be naive,” the director scolded.

“Isn’t Duke of Solin, who is cooperating with us, one of the greatest nobles?”

“Since it’s the Inspector Knight, at a time like this, we can barely consider him half an ally—send an Alchemy Raven over.

Tell him the relevant information about the Subspace Labyrinth.

If he’s willing to cooperate, all the better.

If not, lead him to ‘Fire Hell’.

He can’t die cheaply and benefit that monster!”

Determinedly issuing his orders, all personnel began to operate.

After giving out the commands, the leader sat down in his own chair, somewhat exhausted.

Ever since anomalies first appeared in the Avak Domain several days ago, all the employees at the Central Research Laboratory had been trapped in the subspace.

After all, everyone was a scholar or alchemist in related fields; they all understood the current situation, so they weren’t very surprised.

Rather, by daring to come to a place like this and conduct such conscienceless experiments, they had all known that such a day might come.

But the problem was, this time, the loss of control was clearly caused by a ‘traitor’ deliberately causing trouble…

Inside the Central Research Laboratory, there were methods to constrain the Spirit Energy Fluctuations born of ‘resentment’.

Even if there was an extraordinary concentration of emotions, shaking the Domain of Void, the laboratory had an early warning system that would enable them to evacuate safely in advance.

However, this time the loss of control was extremely sudden, and bypassed all the warning systems…

‘That person’, for some unknown reason, had released all the constraints on the experimental subjects’ souls.

Supernatural Spirit Energy Fluctuations hundreds of times over the estimated limits enveloped the entire Avak Laboratory and even a large portion of the Avak Domain within mere seconds.

In the process, a large number of Phantasms and Magical Beasts broke out of their cages.

It wasn’t too bad inside the laboratory itself thanks to the countermeasures, and not many people went mad because of the Spirit Energy Fluctuations, but the rampage of the Phantasms and Magical Beasts caused a great number of deaths, providing ‘that person’ with more power.

However, the subspace transformation of the laboratory took ‘that person’ by surprise as well; during this process, the Spirit Wisdom Institute, Fiery Flame Land, and Duke of Solin all used their fallback plans to control a portion of the Phantasms and Exobeasts, each occupying part of the Subspace Labyrinth and guarding their own territory, resisting ‘that person’s’ continuous attacks.

In the initial chaos, the position of those guys from the Fiery Flame Land area was breached, but they also used their last resort to heavily damage the other side, leading to a large number of Phantasms and Magical Beasts going out of control and providing the people from the Spirit Wisdom Institute and Duke of Solin’s side with the opportunity to control these berserk Phantasms.

This was also why there were those high-energy-level Phantasms and Exobeasts running amok outside.

This gave the Spirit Wisdom Institute and Duke of Solin a chance to catch their breath.

But it was only a chance to catch their breath—if they didn’t find a way out of this Subspace Labyrinth quickly, they would all end up completely devoured by the other side!

“But the problem is, that guy’s lair is blocking the exit!”

Thinking of this, the director couldn’t help but grind his teeth, “Blindly attacking is only sending souls to It.

We can only wear down Its power by playing defense and aiming for high exchange rates…

it was still manageable before, but with the arrival of the ‘rescuers’ from the outside, the balance has been broken.”

“They have no idea about the chaos inside the Subspace Labyrinth at the moment.

Walking around blindly only turns them into fodder for ‘that person’!”

The reason for referring to ‘that person’ as such…

the main reason is that in the subspace, casually calling out a name amounts to a form of ‘summoning’.

The director not only knew who the other party was but also knew that the other party was originally just an ordinary young researcher, a scholar sent over by the duke.

But somehow, by some means, he actually personally destroyed all the safety valves within the Central Research Laboratory, turning the souls of those extremely dangerous experimental subjects into his own power…

Since then, he even spread his power throughout the entire Avak Domain, gathering almost all the souls within the territory to himself.

If it weren’t for the fact that those souls were too weak, unable to provide much power before they were nurtured and fully formed, ‘that person’ wouldn’t have been held back at all and would have taken control of the entire Subspace Labyrinth long ago!

Up to this point, even the director, who harbored extreme hatred for the other party, had to admit something.

And that was, after creating such a tragedy, ‘that person’ actually managed to achieve their ultimate three goals, obtaining a power rated at the highest level of Spirit Energy inheritance…

A power known as ‘Monarch of Bygone Days’!