CHAPTER 111: ENTERING THE DIMENSIONAL VOID

Ainsworth had remembered that it was the tradition of Awakeners to give these otherworld invaders a taste of their own medicine. Just like how the principal of Edenbridge High had previously invaded the Demon World to massacre a demon country and behead a Demon Lord, Ainsworth planned to do the same, but it would be against the Monster World.

He was already as powerful as the Principal and arguably even stronger due to his arsenal of skills and rule-based class exclusive skills and classes.

’At worst, I still have the SSS-rank Power Experience Card, so I can still use it as a last resort if I ever encounter those SSS-rank and X-rank beings.’

After making up his mind, Ainsworth bravely entered the SS-rank Dimensional Gate after the twelve S-rank Blackflame Rocs.

When Ainsworth passed through the SS-rank Dimensional Gate, he wasn’t teleported to the Monster World but instead, the Dimensional Void.

The Dimensional Void was the space between two or more worlds, and it was also dubbed as the dimensional battlefield.

Due to S-rank beings above possessing too destructive power that will likely devastate their own world, most battles were held in the Dimensional Void.

The space within the Dimensional Void was chaotic, and it wasn’t completely empty. There were void creatures inside the Dimensional Void, but they were mostly corpses recycled by void energy, and they were mostly not a trouble to deal with.

When Ainsworth arrived in the Dimensional Void, he immediately saw a vast expanse of whitish purple.

At the Dimensional Void, Ainsworth saw monsters that were about to invade Edenbridge City via the SS-rank Dimensional Gate.

The zone in the Dimensional Void where he was currently corresponded to the space of the Earth Awakener World. As long as someone manages to establish a connection between this place and Earth, a dimensional gate will be formed.

In other words, Ainsworth could go to the dimensional void zone of the Monster World and puncture a hole in the void there, forcing his way into the Monster World.

Feeling the spatial fluctuations within the Dimensional Void, Ainsworth discovered, ’Even without creating a portal to connect the dimensional void zone and the Otherworld, it seems I could easily travel to the Monster World directly with Freedom Of Movement.’

’Although the Dimensional Void is chaotic, it has much more stable coordinates to the Otherworlds corresponding to each zone, so not just the Monster World, I can even use the Dimensional Void to travel to the Demon World and Magical Fantasy World.’

Ainsworth had recalled that unlike the Demon World and Monster World, which were hostile to Earth, the Magical Fantasy World had signed a peace treaty and were even in a cooperative relationship to deal with the Demon World and Monster World.

Of course, such cooperation was only possible due to the second year in the Awakener Era, when Earth achieved a pyrrhic victory against the fantasy races within the Magical Fantasy World.

It was at that time when the Demon World had taken advantage of the losses between the Earth and Magical Fantasy World, that both worlds decided to deal with their common enemy. Since then, there have been only minor conflicts between Earth and the Magical Fantasy World, but both worlds were always united against the Demon World and Monster World.

When Ainsworth remembered that point in history, he doubted why the Magical Fantasy World hadn’t won against Earth when the awakeners during that time weren’t as strong as they were now. He felt that Earth likely had a stronger World Will or had a deeper background and more hidden powerhouses.

’Well, I’ll be able to learn some of the secrets this world has after I become a One-Star SS-rank Awakener. So completing the defense mission and even overfulfilling it is my utmost priority.’

With that in mind, Ainsworth led the twelve S-rank Blackflame Rocs to clean up and eliminate weaker monsters guarding the SS-rank Dimensional Gate as they headed to the Monster World’s Dimensional Void Zone.

Just several seconds of leading them, he stumbled upon a group of S-rank monsters who came to support the S-rank Blackflame Rocs. Unfortunately for them, Ainsworth had already infected the Blackflame Rocs with his monster virus and turned them into his own loyal subordinates.

After blowing his breath, they were all infected by the monster virus and incorporated into his Hive Mind.

Because of that, a scene occurred in the Dimensional Void. The longer Ainsworth stayed, the more his army grew bigger.

S-rank Monsters were being led by a human, and when demons who strayed from their zone saw it, they were shocked, but after being stunned, they immediately planned to inform their superiors about it.

However, how could Ainsworth let that happen?

Using mind-based superpowers, he mind-controlled them temporarily to prevent them from fleeing. Afterward, he created a virus unique to the demon race and implanted the demon virus into them.

Not only did it make their usage of demonic energy far better and stronger, but it also strengthened their already tough demon bodies.

Of course, it also let them become loyal to him, especially after they were incorporated into his Hive Mind.

The power of the demons he had infected had varied as the weakest were C-rank demons while the strongest was S-rank. Their numbers weren’t much, only around thirty, as they were tasked by their superiors to simply scout their assigned zones.

Ainsworth had planned for these demons to become his planted spies in the Demon World so that he’d be able to know the recent movements of the Demon World.

But from the memories and information he already had accessed from the thirty demons he infected, he confirmed that the demon race’s Demon Lords and Demon Kings were scheming against the human race.

He also obtained information about the geography of the Demon World from those demons, so even amongst most SS-rank Awakeners, he was more familiar with the Demon World than them.

Even amongst demon natives, the memory and information he acquired from the thirty demons combined made him even more of a demon than them. After all, those weaker demons wouldn’t know the forbidden areas within the Demon World, but the S-rank Demons like the one he infected had already been there.

’It seems that it’s plausible for me to infiltrate the Demon World in the future. I had already tested with the S-rank demon, and he confirmed that when I had used my SS-rank Flawless Disguise in conjunction with Ultimate Freedom, I could perfectly disguise myself as a demon.’

’With other skills I have, it’s not impossible to travel the Demon World in disguise and start assassinating the Demon Lords there. Or even if not assassinate them, I can infect them with the demon virus and turn them into my loyal subordinates and spies.’

With that plan in mind, Ainsworth continued his journey in the Dimensional Void. Aside from the minor incident regarding the demon scouts in the dimensional void, he was unhindered.

Of course, it was mostly due to him using Flawless Disguise (SS) and Ultimate Freedom (SSS) to transform into a monster. Because of that, even when he led a monster army behind him, those demon scouts who saw him no longer held any suspicion towards him, but he still secretly infected them with his demon virus to increase his spy count.

With every kilometer he traveled, his monster army and demon spies grew larger and larger, and they now totaled approximately two thousand.

Soon enough, after a steady pace of traveling in the Dimensional Void for ten minutes, he arrived in the Monster World’s Dimensional Void Zone.

But just as Ainsworth had recently arrived in the Monster World’s Dimensional Void Zone, he heard an alert notification from the Voice of The World.

-Ding!

[Warning! Please return to Earth!]

[The SS-rank Monster Lord Skarnax has descended on Edenbridge City!]

When Ainsworth heard that alert notification, even he was confused as he thought, ’How come an SS-rank Monster Lord slip past me? I never encountered that Monster Lord Skarnax when I was traveling with my monster army.’

Having that doubt, Ainsworth asked the Voice of the World about it, and he received a reply:

[Monster Lord Skarnax teleported through a different location in the Dimensional Void but using the same dimensional gate coordinates. Also, please return as soon as possible, as Edenbridge City might be destroyed at this rate if you take too long to return!]

Hearing the Voice of The World’s persuasion, Ainsworth believed it was exaggerating it. After all, he had already set up the Guardian’s Sanctuary, so he knew in real time that while the SS-rank Monster Lord Skarnax was attempting to destroy Edenbridge City’s streets, it was unsuccessful in doing so.

’Although, at this rate, Skarnax might go all out and launch an attack that even the Guardian’s Sanctuary wouldn’t be able to negate unless I transfer the damage of the attack on my body. So, I still have to return as soon as possible.’

Letting his monster army stay in the Monster World’s Dimensional Void Zone, Ainsworth used his Freedom Of Movement (SSS)’s teleportation ability to return to Earth in just a single step!