"Task complete, gained 500 essence."
Void, tranquility—this was the scene Noah witnessed after entering the Void Dimension, completely different from what he had expected.
Noah gazed at the boundless purple World before him. After stepping into the Void Dimension through the rift, Noah landed on the ground. Where he stepped, ripples spread outwards, like pebbles dropped into calm Water.
Noah didn't know how to describe it. Terror, distortion, devouring everything—that was the Void Dimension in Noah's impression, not this tranquil purple space before him.
"But a tranquil Void Dimension is good; at least there are no terrifying Watchers or Void Monsters," Noah thought, looking back. A calm Void Dimension was better than a twisted, terrifying one; this way, he wouldn't have to fight those strange things.
"The task is also complete." Noah checked the system's prompt. The B-rank task was completed the moment he stepped into the Void Dimension rift. After clicking on the task settlement, Noah also tried clicking refresh a few times, but no new tasks appeared. Noah had thought new series tasks would follow.
"What should I do next?"
The sky was an endless, mysterious purple, and looking up, many purple mists spread across the air. The distant land was also shrouded in mist, obscuring the view of what lay far away.
Noah tried walking a few steps forward, watching the ripples spread in all directions. The ground here was like a pale purple sea, creating a strange yet beautiful atmosphere.
A wisp of pale purple mist drifted in front of Noah. At first, Noah dodged; he was quite wary of things in the Void Dimension. But in Noah's perception, this mist didn't seem to be some mind-distorting monstrosity; it was just a pure energy mist.
Noah trusted his intuition. He reached out, using his magic to pull the mist closer. When his magic touched the mist, the purple mist actually showed signs of merging with his magic. But after Noah observed it, he found that his magic showed no signs of being corrupted or assimilated. Instead, that wisp of magic grew much larger from absorbing the mist.
"Such pure energy," Noah exclaimed in surprise. This purple energy could actually merge with his magic, which Noah found quite incredible.
Logically, powers of different natures would not merge. If one tried to force them together, it would most likely result in an explosion.
However, this strange mist in the Void Dimension, after Noah pulled it in front of him and observed it, turned out to be an extremely pure, attribute-less energy, which was why it could merge with his magic.
Noah tried absorbing the mist, then observed his body, finding no tentacles or similar things growing out. He looked up at the mist-shrouded area in the distance. He felt it was better not to explore it yet; he needed to figure something out first.
"System, how do I control the Void Dimension? Are there any task hints?" He hadn't forgotten that his ultimate task was to control the Void Dimension and become its master, but he knew nothing about it, so he decided to ask the system for advice.
[This Void Dimension was born because of the Summoner and has a special connection with the Summoner. Therefore, the Summoner only needs to permeate the Void Dimension with his magic to control it.]
"Because I summoned Kassadin, causing the Void Dimension to be born in this Universe, the Void Dimension has a special connection with me?" Noah pondered the system's hint. This method of controlling the Void Dimension seemed a bit too simple, didn't it?
Noah half-crouched, reaching out to touch the purple ground of the Void Dimension. Ripples appeared again. Noah tried the method given by the system, releasing his magic and letting it seep into the Void Dimension's interior.
Noah's magic smoothly merged into the ground, without breaking the Void Dimension's tranquility or causing any mutation. Indeed, if the Void Dimension were to mutate, it would have happened the moment Noah opened the Void Dimension rift.
After his magic touched the ground, Noah could indeed feel a strange connection forming between himself and the area covered by his magic. However, Noah didn't know what purpose this served yet. Nevertheless, Noah's task was to do just that—cover the entire Void Dimension with his magic. So, Noah tried releasing all of his magic, letting it spread outwards.
Noah's magic, accumulated from the superposition of several summoned hero templates and his cultivation over these days, had a very impressive total amount. Among his equipment, only Manamune could increase his magic limit, while other equipment increased magic quality.
After a dozen seconds, Noah completely emptied his magic, covering an area of about five thousand cubic meters—yes, cubic meters, not square meters. Both the sky and the ground were part of the Void Dimension, and of course, Noah needed to cover them with his magic. Within this range, Noah had completely controlled the Void Dimension.
"Whew, is that all?"
The feeling of exhausting his magic was not pleasant; Noah felt as if his body had been hollowed out. However, he wasn't in a hurry to drink the blue potion from his backpack, because he found that this area of the Void Dimension, permeated by his magic, continuously restored his magic. Wisps of purple mist spontaneously merged into Noah's body, and Noah felt his magic recovering very quickly, replenishing completely in no time.
"I feel like I could go on forever."
The mist's recovery effect was excellent; Noah felt it was similar to the blue potion's effect, and it seemed to be usable infinitely. If this were the case, Noah felt he could absorb magic while releasing it, continuously expanding the range of his magic's permeation.
Thinking this, Noah decided to act immediately. In the surrounding Void Dimension, purple mist transformed into streams of purple energy under Noah's will, directly merging into his body. Then, Noah released his magic into the Void Dimension again.
It's worth mentioning that when Noah released his magic for the second time, he no longer had to start spreading it from himself. Instead, after his magic was transmitted into the Void Dimension, the Void Dimension automatically expanded outwards from the edge of the previous covered area.
Under the continuous supply of energy, Noah's magic spread endlessly throughout the Void Dimension. After an unknown amount of time, Noah felt a bit tired. During this period, he had been standing in place, constantly absorbing and then releasing magic, like a magic transfer station. This made Noah feel very fatigued.
"Ah~, Lissandra, how much time has passed?" He stretched, relieving his mental fatigue, then asked Lissandra for the current time.
"Three hours have passed, Noah," Lissandra replied.
"What, that long already?"
While acting as a magic transfer station, Noah hadn't noticed the passage of time. He didn't expect several hours to have passed in the blink of an eye.
It was almost noon now, and Noah remembered that he had planned to take Gwen out to play at noon, so he felt he should finish things here quickly.
"Let's see how much territory I've expanded." Noah closed his eyes and began to sense the size of the area he had permeated in these few hours.
Noah's consciousness easily traveled through the Void Dimension area he controlled. When Noah opened his eyes, he had already sensed the size of the area he now controlled.
"If only counting ground area, it has reached over 3,000 square kilometers, roughly the size of three New Yorks." This was the result Noah obtained after his investigation. The area of New York City is only 1,214 square kilometers (including sea area). Noah could cover the area of three New York Cities in three hours, but this was still far from the size of Earth.
Noah didn't know how big the Void Dimension was, but he estimated that in the World of League of Legends, the Void Dimension should be roughly the same size as Runeterra. As for the volume of the Planet Runeterra, Noah had seen some speculations online that its volume should be similar to Earth's. So Noah estimated that this Void Dimension he was currently in should also be roughly the same size as Earth.
"System, how big is the Void Dimension?" Noah felt that his speculation was not as good as asking the system; the system might know more clearly.
[This Void Dimension is the back of the Universe. As big as the Universe is, so is the Void Dimension.]
"Pfft~ Holy crap, are you kidding me?" The system's answer shocked Noah. It actually said the Void Dimension was as big as the Universe. Then weren't his efforts of these few hours a joke?
Even a Void Dimension the size of Earth would take Noah decades to cover at his current level, let alone anything else: the Solar System, the Orion Arm, the Milky Way Galaxy, various Galaxy clusters, various superclusters, the Cosmic Web, and finally the entire Universe. Thinking of these, Noah felt it was better to give up on completing this task for now; this was not something he could even consider at the moment.
The feat of covering the entire Universe with magic, Noah felt, was something to consider after he drew the Dragon King. Oh, if he could obtain the six Cosmic Gems, Noah felt he should also be able to complete this task.
Noah had actually thought about the power of Runes before, and he had wanted to use the Resolve Rune when he was covering the area with magic, as his power would greatly increase when using Runes. However, when Noah wanted to use the Rune, the system's warning sounded.
[Warning! The Resolve Rune is not yet fully one of the Summoner's powers. Using it in this Void Dimension may lead to severe consequences.]
Well, he couldn't use it. Noah learned from the system's warning that if he used the Rune now, the Void Dimension would mutate. He could only use the Rune once it was fully under his control. Noah wasn't particularly surprised by this result. In the background story, Noah had already felt that the power disturbing the Void Dimension's tranquility should be the Runes, after all, only Runes in Runeterra had such ability.
"Sigh, let's go for now. I'll think about the Void Dimension later." Since things had come to this, Noah felt it was better to take a break. There was no rush to complete the Void Dimension task. Anyway, there was nothing urgent in the Void Dimension now, so Noah didn't need to immediately control it.
After fully replenishing his magic, Noah took out the riftmaker and opened a Teleportation passage back to Earth. This time, using the riftmaker wouldn't require such a large commotion, nor would it in the future. Because that previous incident was like a ritual; once performed, the riftmaker gained the ability to open rifts anytime, anywhere.
"Ah, Earth's air is still the best." Feeling the sea breeze on his face, Noah felt that Earth's blue skies and White clouds were more suitable for him.
Just as Noah was sighing, a Teleportation gate opened about ten meters in front of him.