Chapter 169: Expanding Space, Creating an Ocean!
There are always loopholes to be found.
Dylan firmly believed this.
Therefore, he always spared no effort in studying and reading various magical knowledge he wasn't yet familiar with.
Lying on the bed, Dylan didn't immediately go to sleep.
Instead, he checked his Galleon balance.
At Gringotts, besides inspecting the property, he also exchanged his pounds for Galleons.
"If I had known earlier that as long as I didn't use any spells that could cause direct damage in the vault, the goblins wouldn't discover me, I would've taken all their money a long time ago."
[Money]: 717,500 Galleons
"Only a little over seven hundred thousand, tsk. Otherwise, I'd go to Gringotts every day and just use spells to snatch all the goblins' money there'd be no need to short Gringotts; that's too much trouble. It'd be better to just make them hand over all their money to me."
Dylan stroked his chin.
He briefly considered the feasibility of this idea.
"Or, I don't need to show my face. What if I could turn Lockhart into a puppet capable of executing my commands remotely…"
Dylan thought this was a good idea, but he temporarily set it aside, planning to see if he could solve this problem directly by unlocking the characteristics of the Imperius Curse later.
This way, he wouldn't have to spend too much effort researching how to achieve it.
"Over seven hundred thousand Galleons can expand the space by about seventy thousand cubic meters."
Dylan pondered for a moment, then directly waved his hand.
[Message]: Do you wish to spend 600,000 Galleons to expand the space by 60,000 cubic meters?
Dylan immediately confirmed the expenditure!
[Message]: Your current pet space is 215,670 cubic meters!
Seeing the system's prompt, Dylan couldn't lie still anymore.
He placed his briefcase beside the bed.
He then opened the case, half his body dangling off the bed, and slid in, disappearing from the bedroom.
Upon entering the pet space.
Dylan clearly felt the entire space had opened up considerably; that sense of spaciousness was almost overwhelming.
Just a quick glance revealed lush, green forests as far as the eye could see.
Since Dylan didn't have much Galleon, and the variety of creatures in the briefcase wasn't very diverse before, it could only barely sustain a basic ecological cycle.
Therefore, Dylan didn't spend any more money to activate another ecosystem.
One ecosystem cost him one hundred thousand Galleons; who could afford that?
One goblin robbery only yielded about ten to twenty thousand Galleons.
The forest, as the primary ecosystem in the space, seemed even more luxuriant than before, apparently due to the expansion of the space.
As far as the eye could see, it was all lush, towering trees.
Clearly, the self-sustaining system had taken into account the presence of large creatures like Norbert.
After all, no matter what, this briefcase was a pet space briefcase. Even if the created ecosystem contained other creatures, it would primarily evolve around his pets.
Dylan descended from the air.
The surrounding trees were tall and thick, their intertwined branches and leaves forming a dense, dark canopy.
Occasionally, a faint, eerie phosphorescence flickered the faint glow emitted by nocturnal creatures.
A damp, earthy scent, mixed with the fresh aroma of grass and wood, wafted into his nostrils.
Dylan distinctly felt that, as the space expanded, more nocturnal animals seemed to be active in his world.
Faintly, Dylan could still hear the rustling of creatures moving through the grass and branches.
It seemed like they were… running?
Just then, a fiery red shadow, swift as lightning, streaked towards Dylan.
The scorching aura it emitted instantly dispelled the night's chill.
It was obvious who had arrived.
Dylan looked at the Norwegian Ridgeback flying beside him and chuckled.
After two years of growth, the little fellow was quite large now.
Especially in the darkness, Norbert appeared exceptionally radiant.
Its huge wings continuously flapped, creating a whooshing sound.
"Roar~"
Norbert, seeing Dylan, let out an excited roar, then descended with him to the ground.
Dylan smiled and patted the little fellow's head, then walked with it towards the front.
Their landing spot was already close to the forest edge.
Soon, Dylan, with a fire dragon, reached the vicinity of the cottage.
At the same time, beside the wooden house, a Basilisk stood silently.
The Basilisk was enormous, its colossal silhouette barely visible in the darkness.
However, the monster's triangular head couldn't even be lifted at this moment, and its vertical pupils, upon seeing Dylan's arrival, actually showed a hint of fear.
It wanted to curl its body, trying to avoid drawing this human's attention as much as possible, but it was immobilized by the spell the other party had placed on its soul.
Suddenly, a black shadow silently approached, circling around Dylan from behind, just as it was about to pounce.
Dylan's voice came from the front: "Coal, stop messing around."
The black shadow paused, and its form became visible: an elegant Umbra.
At this moment, it was almost one with the night, with only its gem-like eyes glimmering.
"Moo!"
Coal pouted human-like, took light steps to Dylan's feet, and arrogantly tilted its small head upwards.
Only when Dylan lifted his leg and rubbed its body did Coal moo again, then followed beside Dylan.
Dylan chuckled softly. "Do you want me to take you for a stroll?"
Coal's eyes brightened, but it still held its head high, seemingly hesitating fiercely before slowly, as if reluctantly agreeing, nodding its head.
Dylan grinned broadly. "Hahaha~ Little Coal, you're so cute."
"Moo!" Coal glared.
Dylan made a funny face at it: "So tsundere, I won't be able to find you a little female moo!"
"Moo?!"
Coal looked at its owner with a shocked expression.
Dylan immediately whistled, then flickered.
In the blink of an eye, a flash of light.
Dylan's body transformed, a pair of huge wings extended from his back, and his skin was covered in tough scales.
He ultimately transformed into a majestic Norwegian Ridgeback—even larger than Norbert.
"Hmm!"
Dylan let out a low growl at Coal, beckoned with a claw, and gestured for it to jump onto his back.
Coal turned its head, huffed, and stomped the ground, kicking up a few fallen leaves.
Dylan waved at it again, then turned and flapped his wings.
Looking as if he would leave if it didn't get on.
Coal grew anxious.
"Moo!"
Its eyes wide, it leaped lightly onto Dylan's back, then firmly clung on, its two front paws even wrapped around Dylan's neck.
Dylan chuckled inwardly.
With a shake of his wings, his body soared into the air.
"Roar!"
Norbert also flapped its wings, following beside him.
The two dragons flew side by side, like two meteors streaking across the night sky, swiftly breaking through the dense foliage above the forest and heading straight into the high sky.
Strong currents of air blew the branches below askew, the wind howled in their ears, and Norbert occasionally let out roars.
Its calls echoed far in the silent night.
Coal, meanwhile, was sprawled on Dylan's back, its claws tightly gripping Dylan's scales, its body trembling slightly, and its ears unconsciously flattened backward.
It had a slight fear of heights.
Normally, it didn't even like flying with Norbert.
This time, under Dylan's strong "invitation," it reluctantly agreed to go for a stroll with Dylan.
But even though it was a little scared, Coal didn't show it at all. It still tried its best to maintain its aloof demeanor, even feigning composure by looking up.
It was just that its whiskers seemed to be continuously trembling slightly.
"﹏Moo…"
Coal's eyes were wide and round, vigilantly watching the rapidly passing scenery below, occasionally letting out a nervous moo, but then quickly closing its mouth.
Dylan ignored the little creature. He had already taken it on several flights before, and there was no way he'd let Coal simply fall.
Besides, Coal had phasing abilities, so it couldn't die from a fall anyway.
So Dylan flapped his wings again, and his speed suddenly increased!
"Swish!"
He flew at extreme speed.
Norbert also let out a roar and immediately followed.
The two dragons and one shadow overlooked this familiar yet strange territory.
Coal was initially flustered by the intense feeling of weightlessness, but as the flight continued, it gradually relaxed its tensed body.
Dylan finally felt that the little creature's claws weren't digging into his scales as hard anymore.
It could even tentatively lift its head slightly, feeling the wind sweep across its face, rustling its whiskers.
Dylan's gaze was sharp as he looked down.
Currently, his world didn't have a real moon, yet moonlight still spilled down, casting dappled light and shadows through the gaps in the branches.
In the forest, various small animals were startled awake by Norbert's calls, rustling and scurrying through the undergrowth.
A group of goblins, fewer in number than before, were currently huddled together, doing something unknown.
Hearing the sound, they looked up.
Seeing Dylan and Norbert's huge figures fly overhead, they trembled all over, quickly huddled together, hid in the dense bushes, held their breath, and dared not make a sound.
There were also swarms of Cornish Pixies; their numbers were quite large, flying back and forth in the woods.
Because these creatures were too small, Dylan couldn't summon any high-quality obsidian flowers from them.
So for these pixies, Dylan simply treated them as blood-letting tools, and wouldn't occasionally slaughter one like the goblins.
But even so, these daring little pixies, as soon as they sensed Dylan and Norbert's presence, immediately panicked, flying deep into the forest, trying to hide themselves.
Fortunately, their bodies were indeed tiny, and within a few breaths, they disappeared into the layers of branches and leaves.
Dylan ignored them, circled his world three full times, then slowly landed back near the wooden house.
"My flying skills in the form of a Norwegian Ridgeback can now be described as quite exquisite."
Watching the space, which was now more than twice the size it was when he first acquired the briefcase, Dylan felt a sense of emotion.
He felt like a creator and indeed, he was.
This space was originally created by him with money.
Transforming back into his human form, Dylan watched Coal, whose four legs were a little weak as it jumped to the ground, and quickly pressed his lips together, suppressing a laugh.
Coal looked at him.
Dylan immediately looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle.
"Hmm, let's open another ecosystem. Over seventy thousand Galleons, spending sixty thousand to expand the space, and the remaining ten-odd thousand, using another one hundred thousand to open a new ecosystem, isn't bad."
The only question was, what kind of ecosystem would be best this time?
He already had a forest, and a forest didn't just include trees; it actually covered a wide range, even including some small lakes.
If needed, Dylan could even manipulate this forest to present a partial rainforest appearance.
However, he could only transform a small portion.
Because the system stated a rainforest was also a new ecosystem.
Want to fully unlock it?
Pay up!
Dylan's need for a rainforest wasn't particularly high.
Even a small portion was enough to deal with his current situation, so Dylan wasn't in a hurry to spend another one hundred thousand Galleons to create a pure rainforest.
After much thought, Dylan decided to create an ocean a small ocean.
After all, the space was truly not large. Creating a small sea first, the number of creatures that could survive in it would even exceed the number of creatures in the forest.
Norbert and the others could also hunt in the sea.
Dylan just needed to sprinkle some magical growth stimulants or similar things into the sea, and the fish would grow crazily.
There would be more than enough to eat.
This would naturally, to a certain extent, alleviate Dylan's occasional need to spend large amounts of money on food for Norbert.
Thinking of this, Dylan's mind moved.
100,000 Galleons!
In an instant, Dylan's consciousness swept across the entire small world, which had originally contained only a forest.
At the same time, the ecosystem in the space seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand, undergoing tremendous changes.
At the edge of the space, the cottage that originally stood quietly beside the forest.
Now, on the other side.
With a strange fluctuation arising, the ground began to slowly sink.
Seawater, as if summoned, surged into it with immense power.
Waves churned, and spray splashed everywhere.
In just a moment, a clear expanse of ocean appeared before Dylan's eyes.
Moonlight poured down, coating the sea surface with a silvery sheen, shimmering and dancing in the night.
With the appearance of the ocean, the forest's territory began to shrink.
Some of the once towering trees were submerged by the seawater, transforming into part of the ocean.
Others were forced to retreat inland, yielding large tracts of land.
This caused the creatures that had originally appeared due to the expansion of space and forest to be herded together.
However, the forest had only just been expanded; even with ecological self-circulation, it hadn't immediately created too many creatures, so it wasn't particularly crowded.
Because Dylan hadn't made this ocean too large; in fact, it looked somewhat small.
It probably only occupied the most recently expanded space, and perhaps even that was not fully utilized.
Dylan looked at this small sea area, nodding with satisfaction.
Beside him, Norbert and Coal had both witnessed the appearance of the forest firsthand, so although they were surprised, they were more excited.
But the immobilized Basilisk had never seen such a sight.
Seeing an ocean appear out of thin air, its head wanted to lift but couldn't, its vertical pupils only able to stare fixedly at the scene before it.
It would swear on its guts that it had never been so shocked in its life!
How did this human do it?
No, this monster, even more evil than itself!
How could it make an ocean appear out of thin air?
It was simply impossible!
Dylan's actions completely shattered the Basilisk's previously shallow and unchanging perceptions.
Fear and doubt intertwined in its heart, making it even more terrified of Dylan.
Norbert flapped its two massive dragon wings, its eyes wide as gongs, hovering slightly in mid-air, looking at the ocean ahead, and letting out a series of calls.
"Roar! Roar!"
In the past, it used to roam and soar freely in this forest every day, whether there was something to do or not.
One could say it felt it knew every inch of this land even better than its master!
But now, this suddenly appearing ocean made it feel both unfamiliar and curious.
Norbert's nostrils snorted hot air, with a hint of hesitation, wanting to approach the sea, but it still restrained itself, looking down at Dylan for confirmation.
Dylan nodded slightly. "Go ahead."
"Roar!"
Norbert's surprise quickly turned into intense curiosity and excitement, and it let out a high-pitched roar from its throat.
With a powerful flap of its wings, it instantly shot forward, carrying a rush of hot air, and flew above the sea surface.
It first hovered in mid-air, its two large claws waving in the air, stirring up layers of heatwaves.
Then, Norbert folded its wings and plunged into the sea.
"Boom!"
A loud crash.
Water splashed several feet high; the water glittered with a silvery light under the moonlight, looking incredibly beautiful.
Dylan watched Norbert happily twisting its body in the water, sometimes arching its neck to fling large amounts of seawater into the air, and sometimes diving underwater, leaving a trail of huge bubbles behind it.
"Swish!"
When it broke the surface again, it held a large, disoriented fish in its mouth.
"Roar!"
Norbert forcefully shook its head, tossing the large fish into the air, then opened its fanged mouth and swallowed the entire fish in one bite.
Dylan raised an eyebrow.
"So, despite being a fire dragon, Norwegian Ridgebacks aren't afraid of water."
Dylan also became interested, wanting to go for a couple of turns in the sea with Norbert.
However, the ocean was still too small now.
It was like a large lake.
Dylan's interest waned considerably.
He looked down at Coal at his feet.
The little creature was also staring unblinkingly at the ocean.
Dylan chuckled, "Go play. You don't have to go to school or work anyway."
Coal glanced at Dylan, but after getting its master's approval, it honestly started to move, its figure turning into a black shadow, and shot towards the direction of the ocean.
Watching Coal run off, Dylan nodded inwardly.
Sure enough!
Umbra wasn't a cat!
It didn't hate water at all!
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