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Titan King: Ascension of the Giant-Chapter 615: What are you worrying about?
"I am Dream Queen Lolth!"
"Aren't you Blind Spiders?"
"Giant King, saying such things is an insult to a Legendary level expert!"
"Oh!"
Orion apologized in a completely emotionless tone. Lolth on the other side offered no response.
The atmosphere turned slightly awkward; both Orion and Lolth fell silent.
"Then, Giant King Orion, what do you wish to know?"
A clever spider queen indeed!
The moment Lolth asked this question, Orion mentally tagged her as such.
Because Orion speaking earlier signified his willingness to exchange intelligence with Lolth.
And Lolth had grasped this point as well.
"What is the name of the territory you rule?"
Orion spoke, asking the first question.
This question was inconsequential; Orion would surely find out once the invaders returned.
However, at this moment, a simple question was needed to open the channels of communication between them.
"Shadowcrag Forest!"
Orion didn't speak. He recalled the area near Red Moon Valley; there shouldn't be a place called Shadowcrag Forest there.
Meaning, the region Lolth was in was quite far from Orion's base of operations in the Emerald Dream Realm.
After a moment of silence between them, Lolth on the other side of the Void Passage spoke again.
"Have you already reached Legendary level peak?"
Compared to Orion, Lolth was more concerned about the former's true level, as it pertained to her own life.
"Your eyesight is quite good!"
Orion smiled calmly, responding to Lolth with praise.
"Do you know Sophia?"
This was Orion's second question. He wanted to connect the Legendary level experts he had encountered to deduce the size of the Emerald Dream Realm.
"Sophia? I don't know her. Do you hold a grudge against her?"
Orion fell silent, not immediately answering this question.
Loska of the Red Thread Clan, Sophia, Dream Queen Lolth—these three likely didn't know each other.
Meaning, these three were separated by at least two or three territories, making it possible they hadn't heard of one another.
To put it bluntly, the size of the Emerald Dream Realm was likely even larger than Orion had imagined.
"Is this your next question?"
Orion collected his thoughts, looking at Lolth with a faint, unreadable smile.
"This reverse invasion—what happened on your side?"
Finally, after one or two inconsequential questions, Lolth began to get to the main point.
This was the intelligence she wanted to obtain, and also the intelligence Orion wanted to obtain.
"The Void Passage opened, demigod experts pulled the strings. What else could have happened?"
This was the truth. Orion also didn't know what exactly had transpired between the demigod experts of the two worlds.
Lolth was surely unsatisfied with this answer.
Ever since the war between the two realms began, it had always been the Emerald Dream Realm actively invading the Titanion Realm.
Now, the direction of the Void Passage opening was reversed. For Orion, this was surprising.
However, for the majority of Legendary level experts in the Emerald Dream Realm, it was panic-inducing.
The principle that abnormal events surely signify something amiss—they understood this too.
Especially those Legendary level experts who knew more secrets, possessing their own heritage; the worries in their hearts would be even greater.
In severe cases, they might even consider this a precursor to the end of the world.
"What are you worrying about?"
"Are you fearing us?"
This self-posed, self-answered question from Orion wasn't the next question he intended to ask.
He merely wanted to use this taunt to test Lolth's reaction.
Unfortunately, Lolth showed no reaction whatsoever; she directly ended the conversation.
"What happened?"
"A mere Legendary level dares to inquire about matters concerning demigod experts."
"Could something have happened in the Emerald Dream Realm?"
When Lolth asked that previous question, Orion knew that the Emerald Dream Realm definitely held secrets unknown to him.
Furthermore, this matter was something even Legendary level experts avoided talking about—a taboo.
...
Unknown void, likewise a Void Passage.
Sophia surged her transcendent power, casting a dreamscape, pulling the opponent on the other side of the Void Passage into the dream she created.
However, within the dreamscape, Sophia obtained no useful intelligence whatsoever.
"What exactly happened?"
"Why did the Void Passage open in the reverse direction this time?"
"If only I were facing that giant this time!"
Having failed to gather useful intelligence, Sophia was greatly disappointed.
She wished so much that the opponent on the other side of the Void Passage was Orion.
That way, she could utilize the child in her belly to demand more useful intelligence from Orion.
They could even exchange intelligence mutually.
Unfortunately, it just wasn't him.
Sophia reached out, stroking her own abdomen. She could feel the bloodline of the child within her quietly changing.
Although the change was very small, she could sense it.
"He surely grew stronger again!"
"My child's bloodline is slowly evolving towards a higher level, just the speed is a bit slow."
"Even so, it already surpasses the bloodline of my original race."
"Must I continue to wait?"
Sophia was previously an upper-tier Legendary expert. After using a secret technique, she dropped to lower-tier Legendary level.
Through the consumption of a large amount of foundation resources and nourishment, she had reached the mid-tier Legendary level.
The Enchanted Butterfly Clan of Phoenix Butterfly Ridge possessed heritage; they knew more than the average Legendary level expert.
A long time ago, the Emerald Dream Realm had been corrupted by an evil being.
All races residing here, including the demigod experts, were searching for a way out.
And the Titanion Realm was one of the escape routes for everyone.
This was also the main reason why Sophia had continuously sought a path of retreat for her clan.
The dark aura of the Emerald Dream Realm grew increasingly thick, the corruption worsening; this world was doomed sooner or later, it was only a matter of time.
As for the reason the world was corrupted, Sophia didn't know either. With her current strength, she wasn't qualified to understand such things.
Unless Sophia advanced to Arch Lord, then she could know more.
However, Sophia knew clearly that based on her bloodline talent, upper-tier Legendary expert was already her limit.
"My precious child, wait until you are born, wait until you advance to Arch Lord, perhaps then our race will have a way out."
Stroking her lower abdomen, Sophia was filled with expectation for the child within her belly.
...
Shadowcrag Forest. A slaughter was currently underway.
Riding atop a giant scorpion, Earthshaker activated Blood Sharing, linking himself together with the giant scorpion.
Fighting against the giant scorpion was a Lesser Dragon.
The Lesser Dragon was covered entirely in black scales, extremely proficient in physical attacks, and could also breathe deadly poison.
The corrosiveness of the poison was very strong; even for a giant scorpion, merely touching the poison would cause its carapace to corrode away within minutes.
Most crucially, these poison Lesser Dragons didn't appear individually.
When they appeared, they came in groups of three to five, like a family hunting together.