Into the Unknown World

Chapter 15. Inside the Artefact

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"...aster! Master! Can you hear me? Master?" Her voice seems so far away, but I am only standing in front of the artefact which means she's only near, though, it suggests otherwise.

When I opened my eyes, the only thing that I can see on this daunting vast, amorphous, and never-ending darkness is the glistening translucent cube, suspended in the air inside this immensity of nothingness. I can see my hands glowing. I am glowing. What?! I panicked. I looked around and continued walking. Yes. I walked to the revolving box and then answered Sprigg, "Yes. I can hear you, Sprigg."

"Thank the Gods! What do you see?" She asked.

Sprigg always seemed too frightened to remind me what I'm doing. She said there may be a chance for me to get lost inside the artefact. It's all right now, she added. This pixie sure has a lot of things to worry about. I should really start treating her more kindly. I scoffed and told her something about it and asked, "What am I going to do?"

"That's the artefact's core...." she paused and added, "...I guess."

"W-What do you m-mean, you guess?" I yelled asking her. For an all-knowing pixie, this is the first time she's uncertain about things. I slowly walked and clenched my fist and asked her again, "Do you know how to get me out of here?

"You're physically here beside me, master. Also, I appraised the entirety of the artefact, however, I am unable to analyze what's inside and it's impossible to penetrate. Judging by the looks of it, the box that is in front of you is the nucleus of the artefact is in charge of that massive territory. Are you able to touch it?"

I acknowledged and upon touching the nucleus, my scattered Origin Magic that seems to enjoy the vastness of this place started to go through the box changing its colour from dim white to dark red. As soon as the Origin Magic that went through the box, it then started to shake and spread out by multiple shades of red revolving around it and the window showed up saying, "Ownership transferred to Player: [Lemure]", and a clap of multicoloured lights shone in the sky of darkness.

....Huh?

I immediately reported it to Sprigg and then she laughed hard. Sometimes, I don't understand her. Like a person with multiple personalities combined into one entity. Not that it matters, as long as I have her, supporting me. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Right? Besides, everything has gone according to Sprigg's plan. Thanks to her. Moments have passed after finally feeling relieved from the exhaustion of releasing all the Original Magic inside the artefact, I once again have shown another announcement which gave me another ray of hope.

"Restriction lifted: 30%."

"Space Inventory enabled."

"Extreme Mode enabled"

These are the announcements that I received after getting the ownership of the artefact.

... but the best thing is, "Dungeon Gate: enabled"

"Would you like to stay or leave this realm? Yes or No?"

I instantly pressed Yes and everything just felt great. New information penetrated my mind, blending with my existing memories. This is really great! I never knew that the time will come that I will go back to my normal life in the town. To return with great stories from this place! What a lovely dream.

"Ready!" she enthusiastically shouted.

I have squeezed all the things needed as we depart this place and as for Sprigg, she's very glad that we were able to get the artefact to incorporate and maintain the primordial magic within me. She also told me that since the Space Inventory is accessible now, I don't have to think about preserving the meat that I will be hunting for time is nonexistent to the Inventory. It's a chunk of space created using the same space from the artefact's territory. I know it's complicated but that's extremely convenient, even weapons or anything that doesn't have life can enter that space, although I am an exception since it's mine.