"I heard another evil alchemist has appeared recently. He's been opening spatial gates everywhere and letting those abyssal demons from the Nightmare Lands in. It's really terrifying."
"Luckily, the Peace Organization took action. Otherwise, who knows what these alchemists might do."
"Alchemists deserve to die. If you ask me, anyone who practices alchemy should just be executed, whether they're a warlock or a mage. Then we wouldn't have to live in danger all the time."
"That's way too extreme. After all, there are still some things we have to rely on alchemists to make, like the air bread you eat all the time. I think stricter regulation would be enough. The scariest ones are those rogue alchemists. You never know what they'll come up with…"
The two women chatting gradually walked away.
Ethan stared at the spatial gate he had opened, his face full of confusion.
'This…'
'Isn't this supposed to be the spatial gate to Magic Tree Branch No. 1123?'
'And Magic Tree Branch No. 1123 clearly doesn't even have a mouse on it. So how could so many people passed by there, let alone chat?'
'Did I open the wrong gate?'
[Spatial Comprehension +1]
[Spatial Comprehension +1]
[Spatial Comprehension…]
However, Ethan was too focused at this moment, so he didn't notice at all that after opening the spatial gate, his spatial understanding was actually rising rapidly.
Until…
[Ding!]
[Spatial Comprehension Level 1 → Spatial Comprehension Level 2]
[Spatial Comprehension Level 2, Spatial Directional Exploration: When a spatial mage's understanding of spatial abilities reaches a certain level, they will enter the practical stage.]
[When a spatial mage can successfully use spatial fluctuations to open a directional spatial gate, it means that your spatial understanding has reached the entry level, thereby unlocking the ability of spatial directional exploration.]
[Spatial directional exploration, as the name suggests, is the exploration and understanding of directional spatial gates. For example, the directional spatial gate you have opened right now is No. 0079. You will discover that you can open the gate through its spatial directional frequency, but you cannot mark the gate.]
[Keep it up, young man. Once you upgrade to Spatial Comprehension Level 3, you'll be able to mark spatial gates. You'll even gradually be able to achieve rapid travel through spatial gates, rapid adjustment of spatial gate locations, and so on.]
[Becoming a spatial mage will be the most glorious thing in your life. Grand Archmage of Space]
"Uh…"
Luckily, his Spatial Comprehension had reached Level 2, so Ethan finally realized that he had opened the wrong gate because he wasn't familiar enough with spatial frequencies.
He had gone straight from No. 1123 to No. 0079.
That was awkward.
However, Ethan guessed that there probably wasn't much difference in the data after all. Both trees were in Frontier City, so their coordinates weren't far apart.
Unfortunately, he could only open gates by entering the code for now and couldn't mark them. Otherwise, next time he wouldn't need to keep tapping the air so many times to trigger a specific spatial frequency. He could just teleport wherever he wanted.
"But going directly to 0079 isn't impossible!"
Ethan rubbed his chin and thought. Anyway, both Magic Tree Branches were about the same distance from his territory.
He might as well try and see if he could pass through.
He tried sticking his magic wand into the directional spatial gate to 0079. Suddenly, a scream came from inside the spatial gate.
"Ah! Who stabbed me in the butt?"
"…"
A man's furious roar came from the other side of the directional spatial gate, startling Ethan into quickly pulling his magic wand back.
But after roaring once, the other side of the No. 0079 directional spatial gate suddenly fell strangely silent. Even the surrounding noise quieted down.
'What is going on?'
Just as Ethan thought the directional spatial gate had been forcibly closed, he heard whispers from the other side, "Don't yell! If you anger the Spatial Archmage, you're finished!"
"Gulp!"
The man silently swallowed before hurriedly saying, "Lord Archmage, I'm sorry! I didn't know you were opening a spatial gate here! If I'd known, I would've just gotten out of the way! Please be magnanimous and let me off. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"Hmph!"
Ethan was in an awkward position.
At this point, he really didn't want anyone to know that he was only a beginner mage.
After all, if people really found out, he might get beaten to death over the incident of stabbing someone in the butt.
Then he might take the place of the lord who had been "shit-bombed" and become the most embarrassing lord of all.
He took off his Beginner Mage certification and put on the Invisibility Cloak.
Only then did Ethan silently walk into the spatial gate. A powerful spatial fluctuation instantly appeared inside Magic Tree Branch No. 0079. But because Ethan was wearing the Invisibility Cloak, none of those people could see him.
Ethan, however, could see that the inside of Magic Tree Branch No. 0079 was packed with people, as lively and crowded as a temple fair.
That showed just how lively Magic Tree Branch No. 0079 was.
If…. his own Magic Tree Branch No. 0010 could also become this lively.
Wouldn't that mean money would come pouring in while he just smiled?