Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 223: Omni Box World Part Two

King Augustus was now regretting letting Alicia go out into the world alone. He would have rather her stay in the capital and continue like she was if he knew something like this was going to happen. Letting out a sigh King Augustus asked: "Then what do we do from here?" 

"We can only wait. Luckily she is of the Celestial race. If it was any other being from this world they would not last long at all since they would not be able to cultivate what they call spiritual qi in that world. Celestial's main source of power may be Magicules but we are also able to use spiritual qi as well. Once she starts cultivating it will allow her to use her magic again. 

"Only the consumption will be a bit higher. But in order to do so, she will need to learn to use what is called meridians. The biggest issue is that no one must ever find out she is a Celestial. The people from the world she was sent to are okay but as she grows in strength over there and runs into a higher realm being, she will be in a lot of trouble if they find out. " Grandpa Mu's face showed a bit of worry. He could only hope things will go smoothly. 

"Why would they attack Alicia for being a Celestial?" King Augustus asked. He did not understand why they would attack her if she was a Celestial.

"Cultivators and Celestials are two paths of one stone. In the end, we all try to reach the true god realm but our way of doing things are different. And each side clashes over the rights for certain resources because our paths are closely tied together. Things in the higher realms are not as simple as you think. Powerful people from all walks of life are there. The air has an abundance of many different kinds of particles. Magicules and spiritual qi are just a drop of what else is there. Although there are different beings in the higher realms, cultivators, and Celestials are the only ones who are tied on the same path. It all comes down to an ancient grudge really and no one knows what that grudge is anymore. But still to this day, the hatred is there and the battle between the two sides continues on."

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Alicia was feeling a bit cold. The cave she was in was damp and chilly. She had no idea how much time had passed but she knew she had walked quite a way. It was not until she turned a corner that her eyes finally lit up seeing a stream of light flowing in from the ceiling of the cave. "An exit!"

Alicia quickly ran over to where the light was and could see that the hole in the ceiling had a set of roots hanging down. It seemed that a tree had somehow over the years broken a hole in the rock with its roots allowing for an entrance into the cave. The only issue was that the cave ceiling was quite high which meant now Alicia had to figure out a way to reach at least the thicker root.

With the hope of escape in sight, Alicia went to work finding large rocks. She found that her strength had been greatly reduced. But she still pushed through and did her best to stack the rocks trying to make as sturdy of a platform as she could. Once she got the height she needed, Alicia carefully climbed up to the top of her rock platform. 

The rocks shook and wobbled causing some of the smaller rocks to fall out. As she reached the top she struggled to keep her balance as she reached up to grab the root. Only to find she was a few centimeters short from touching it! 

With no other choice, Alicia tried to stable her footing. Once she did she jumped up and grabbed a hold of the root causing the rock platform below her to collapse. Her jump had caused one of the support rocks to come loose, making the platform unstable until it finally fell apart. With no other path to go except for up, Alicia reached up with her other hand and grabbed ahold of the root. 

One hand after the other, Alicia climbed up the root until she reached the top. But what she saw when she reached the top made her frown. The ledge was completely muddy and it seemed that she had nothing solid to grab a hold of. "Since I can't grab the ledge then I will have to use the root and dig my hands into the mud around it and hope to find something solid." 

Alicia knew she was in a bind. If her hand slipped for any reason she would be sent back down to the cave floor below and without any magic power to support her, she would end up seriously injured. With one hand she gripped the root as tight as she could. With how thick the root was she had to use her legs to help hold on while with her free hand she dug at the mud trying to find some solid ground. Luckily, luck was on her side after a bit of digging she was able to find a solid enough surface under the mud to allow her to grip onto and pull herself up. 

With great effort, Alicia was able to slide herself out of the hole that led down into the cave. Her clothes were now covered in mud, leaves and small sticks. She stood up and stretched her arms out as she yelled out: "I'm free!"

After yelling she realized she should not have and quickly drew her sword just in case. She once again tried to use magic but to her surprise, she was still not able to. "What's going on here?"

Alicia was finally starting to worry. She now realized she only had her sword for defense. "Let's hope I do not run into anything dangerous."

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