The group returned to the designated space in the lunar formation with a quick jump. Everyone fell to the ground, completely exhausted. Almin began coughing up blood like an open tap, his organs seemed about to shatter; if he had continued for a few more seconds, his body would have actually exploded.
Rehvka was still affected by the Yang in her body and remained unable to move. Thea quickly cooled her body, but all her circuits and metal components were in disarray. Meanwhile, the whale seemed more dead than Rehvka.
Almin immediately sealed his body with a pill and turned to the whale with eyes full of concern. He couldn’t see, but at that moment, the whale was surrounded by a sea of faith and power. In the city, all his devotees were gathered around his statues; they instinctively felt his grave state and prayed with all their might.
Alm and Bruno snorted... immediately the whale’s body began to heal. In less than a minute, they were perfect again. This power was extremely miraculous; if they had a single shred of life in their body, they could regenerate completely.
The whale rose with a jump and waved, healing Almin and Rehvka before examining Thea. Everyone would be fine, in the end everything worked out. But the optional mission had not yet been completed; they needed to go back.
The whale closed its eyes and spent several minutes meditating, then it regained all the power of its three internal runes with the help of the tattoos. Almin and Rehvka could return without problems, but Thea was a problem they couldn’t solve. When the whale opened its eyes, they turned to the android thinking of ordering her to stay, but their eyes widened.
They saw the android floating, with numerous unknown runes spinning around her, as if attracting all the power from heaven and earth. All the metal and circuits of the android’s body were pulsating, and sounds of twisting metal echoed.
Rehvka noticed the whale’s surprised look and approached, whispering, "I’ve never seen her do that either. It seems that these runes are linked to her, as if they were an extension of her soul."
Alm and Bruno watched closely, nodding as they followed what was happening. ’Those runes have become something physical and seem to be using the power of the soul... is she altering and restoring the metal molecularly?!’ Bruno commented, stunned.
This process resembled the chaotic refinement they had developed. It seemed that they could exchange knowledge with Thea, and both would benefit greatly from it.
Both observed in silence as the android magically restored itself. Everything about her was strange and new. There seemed to be nothing similar in any universe, and they had a direct influence on what she had become. They were very curious about her future, how strong could she become? No one knew the answer.
It took less than thirty minutes for Thea to rise from the ground and open her eyes. Everyone stared at her, and she quickly waved timidly. "I can still fight, my armament was only used at 60%; it was my body that couldn’t handle it and fell before. But now, I feel that I could use up to 90% at once, and still not become useless."
The whale waved, she had learned something about herself and her nature. Then, it opened another spatial channel, and everyone waited eagerly for a few minutes. They had fled with their tails between their legs but returned less than two hours later. Everything should be practically the same.
Everyone crossed over. The whale created the channel inside the cave exactly where they had fled. The first rays of morning sun were already in the sky, and everyone drew their weapons fearing more surprises. However, the whale waved, indicating that there was no one strange there.
"My people won’t come," a voice echoed from the darkness of the cave.
It was the woman, and the whale sighed understandingly. They imagined that this race must have witnessed the battle after so many phenomena. Their power, along with what Almin demonstrated in the end, frightened them, and they preferred not to approach. Obviously, they didn’t know that they had retreated, and even if they knew about the woman, they wouldn’t risk it for so little.
The group approached the woman and the whale healed her. It was the same as they had done with the man; they just made sure she didn’t die. Bruno preferred this approach, it was better to understand who this race was and their goals before acting. Moreover, taking care of her while she was incapacitated would give them some advantages.
Rehvka and Thea helped her, and she looked at everyone, completely silent and frightened. However, the two calmed her down, talking about the man who had sent them. When she learned that he was alive, her face began to contort as if she wanted to cry, but couldn’t.
"My name is Coha... thank you."
She spoke awkwardly, bowing. Coha couldn’t understand why they had risked so much to save them... but what shocked her even more was seeing them entering the spatial channel and disappearing. They returned shortly after, completely healed; it was hard to believe. She looked piercingly at the whale, tried to articulate something, but couldn’t.
"If you’re okay, we’ll leave. Ondar is waiting for you." The whale turned without bothering to explain. Ondar was the man’s name, and the whale knew it from glimpsing through her memories.
At that moment, Almin arrived from the back of the cave. "There were other lower-level herbs stored, but the two Solaris Herbs were the main treasure." He spoke excitedly about the find, then looked at the whale. "Those pups..."
"Just leave them there. They’re already big enough and well fed; they’ll survive if they’re lucky." The whale spoke, turning around and walking out.
Coha looked at the whale’s back in astonishment; was he really going to leave them? Their bodies could be refined, and they were extremely nutritious for the physique, their bloodline was also pure and could be used for countless things... she then sighed thoughtfully. Ondar managed to find people kinder than himself.
Thea put Coha on her back, and Rehvka stood beside, helping. Almin was right behind, guarding the rear. The whale made a solitary leap, and then they jumped together from the mountaintop. Thea opened something similar to a parachute with everyone relying on her; their landing was smooth. Then, they followed the whale a little ahead. Everyone was attentive to their surroundings; they were really committed to taking her safely.
The woman remained silent, unsure how to react to this. Life in that forest was wild and deadly; there was no room for kindness or helping others, not even among members of her race. Now, strangers protecting her was completely nonsensical to her.
Alm and Bruno were eager to find out about everything. They didn’t have time to extract and read Coha’s complete memories before. They only found her memories about the technique by pure instinct and read them at lightning speed.
The only thing they knew outside of that was that this race didn’t exactly live in the forest; they lived in a separate world. But it wasn’t something common at all; they lived in an item similar to a spatial ring, but that could house people with practically no cultivation and be taken anywhere.
The two had only heard legends about something similar, before coming to this universe. Using spatial laws to create a small world was something simple for cultivators at the peak of divine cultivation. This world would remain stable fixed at one point, but only the planet’s movement could destabilize it. It was common for a separate world to be destroyed overnight, just by a subtle change in space.
The Yin and Yang runes with worlds inside in the sect were understandable to exist because they were made by the heroes with the queen’s power. But the two felt that this had no connection with her; and something mobile like a spatial inventory that could house life indefinitely was special and curious.
’Our spatial inventory is special because it uses the power of chaos, but there are still many limitations. We only achieved this because we reached a level of understanding above the common plane.’ Alm murmured thoughtfully. ’This place must be something of an immortal cultivator.’
The group moved that morning without incident. During their battle, all the beasts nearby fled far away. It would take them some time to feel safe enough to return.
As soon as they arrived where they left Ondar, the whale waved, removing all the earth’s laws that protected him. He was still sleeping deeply, but his condition was stable. Coha trembled on Thea’s back when she saw him; they waited a little and only moved after Coha hugged him fervently for minutes.
Almin moved and lifted that giant man, putting him on his back and letting his legs drag on the ground. Soon, they headed towards the river that Ondar had mentioned before. Coha assured them that if they returned, her race would accept them and reward them properly. Their law was the law of the strongest, but luck and destiny were also part of individual power. The two should have died, but they were saved, meaning that the heavens had something greater planned for them.
It was noon when they arrived near a wide river with swift waters. Coha asked them to wait a moment; then she closed her eyes in concentration. It took only a few minutes for the whale to sense a dozen auras approaching.
When everyone saw them, they took a deep breath. They were humanoids with well-defined male and female genders, averaging three to five meters tall and with red or blue skin. Some had one horn, others two or three. A dense and powerful aura surrounded them, flowing naturally, much like the whale and its physical cultivation.
Ondar and Coha didn’t convey the same impression; they seemed extremely young and weak among their race. But these figures that emerged had a suffocating and powerful presence.
"Father..." Coha spoke, looking at a red man with three horns.
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He snorted, and everyone around looked at her and Ondar, doing the same. Soon, another man, who seemed to be the strongest of them all, spoke up.
"Thank you for saving members of our race." He said calmly, then turned to the whale with a serious and concerned expression. "Does the immortal lord desire something from our humble race?"
Alm and Bruno stared silently. These people gathered that the power of their divine soul could only come from a cultivator in the immortal realm. This confirmed their suspicions; to know this, an immortal cultivator was involved with them.
"I came here to train my young allies, and Heaven’s Will made me stumble upon these two. It was merely celestial fate." The whale spoke emotionlessly; Alm chose his words carefully, testing the waters.
The response was immediate. Suddenly, all those figures froze upon hearing his words. They began to tremble, clenched their fists, and a wild aura rose to the sky from all of them. Almin, Thea, and Rehvka felt completely pressured and quickly drew their weapons in preparation for an imminent battle.