Everything was connected and, at the same time, disconnected. A small right touch would allow him to destroy the entire main chain and turn the matter into mana, but that wasn’t easy. Kayden couldn’t understand where exactly the right spot was, because they were all identical to him, with practically no difference. There were millions of points in his vision.
He couldn’t find the right amount in that quantity; it was simply too much for him to organize. As soon as he finished seeing a few thousand, others appeared, and he felt lost because again they all looked the same.
The impulse lasted for an hour. At this moment, Kayden realized that he would not be able to learn how to unravel the mystery behind the mana tangle. It was simply too complex. It wasn’t a lack of will or knowledge. He was incapable because of his kingdom. His kingdom was limiting his learning. It took him a while to understand this, but once he did, he switched his search to an alternative method.
The impulse gave him two paths. The first was to increase his brain capacity through techniques and treasures. This path was difficult and only palliative, as it was difficult to find treasures and techniques focused on this area. Simply because it is extremely delicate to deal with anything focused on the mind. But Kayden didn’t rule out that option directly and left it open in case any opportunity arose in the future.
The second way was to create a kind of mana shock that would spread massive destruction throughout the tangle. The problem was that he would need to learn how to interact his mana with other mana in a material object. This small factor was very important and put the final obstacle in everyone who reached the same point as Kayden, which was trillions in the universe. Kayden spent a few more seconds inside the Sea of Wisdom and then flew in some direction.
For the one who is lost, every direction is the right direction to follow. It took Kayden about three hours to get through the storm on the side he chose and then some more time to get to the beach. As soon as he stepped in, he felt several spiritual senses patrolling the area, all from mages in the fourth realm and strong. Instantly, he completely camouflaged himself and didn’t let even a strand of mana leave his body.
His next action was to return to the water and bury himself in the sand. He continued digging and descending. Only after a full day, he was more than 200 kilometers away from the surface. The pressure on his body was enormous, but he was able to sustain it with some protective spells. This was a distance that he considered safe even against opponents of the fifth realm, for two reasons: first, that no one would focus on such a low place and it would take a long time to reach Kayden, and second because he had encountered several and several stones that hindered the spiritual sense.
Kayden didn’t know who these people were, but he didn’t want to risk getting caught up in something that wasn’t his business. The other side’s strength was too high for him to risk. Slowly, he continued to make his way forward. It was a slow and time-consuming process. Just a week later, he felt he had come far enough to go out and try to fly in the skies. He slowly made his way up. The boulders and mounds of earth were strong, but for a fourth-realm mage, they were no big deal.
Kayden got out and managed to fly a few dozen kilometers until he felt another spiritual sense wash over him. But this time, it was much more intense and came directly focused on him. His spiritual sense automatically detected the source. A few miles away from Kayden was some sort of completely normal human teenager. Kayden was surprised, as these were rare to find in this place. He had red hair and ridiculously white skin.
Furthermore, he was dressed entirely in black, in a kind of alien suit that looked very clean and expensive. Another striking detail was his red eyes and a black umbrella that he carried.
"You were the one who made the mess in the Sea of Wisdom, right? The leaders of this place are looking for you. I can offer you a way out." At this moment, Kayden felt dozens of other spiritual senses arriving. The voice that spoke to him was that of the wizard who arrived first and was in the fifth realm. The rest of the spiritual senses were only of the fourth realm, and they would only take a few seconds to reach there.
Kayden was faced with a difficult alternative. He didn’t expect his actions to have such a quick consequence, but without thinking too much about it, he decided to go with the option that seemed most plausible: the man was telling the truth.
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"I’ll go with you." Kayden felt his body being pulled and couldn’t resist. It took a few hours with everything looking like a blur in his vision; those in the fifth realm were truly superior. The difference between the fourth and fifth realms was the same as the difference between the first and fourth realms, in fact, from the apprentice realm to the fourth. The fifth realm was the first step towards divinity. It was no wonder that most people ended up in the fourth kingdom, even in such distant places in the universe this was repeated.
Kayden’s vision stopped and he found himself in a huge desert with sand and giant dunes. The only difference was that this sand was blue and the sky in this place was yellow, a very strange mix of colors.
"You made a mess there, you know?" The teen began to slowly fly in one direction and Kayden followed. He had already entered this situation and would go to the end.
"I didn’t think it was monitored," Kayden commented without any regret for his actions.
"It isn’t, but when a very large number of people are killed, the storm sends out signals that are detectable by runes, and they look for the perpetrator of the massacre." Kayden should have thought of this before, but... Regardless of the outcome, he would have done the same thing. He needed the answers he found and it would take centuries to find them through the conventional method.
"What is my situation now?" Kayden asked neutrally.
"You work for me under good conditions or I will hand you over to the kingdom." The teenager said this sentence as if he was just saying something random and without any emotion.
"What’s the job?" Kayden didn’t react when asked.
"I am the leader of a people division in a service guild. We kill, steal, infiltrate, we are partners at balls and events, anything that high society needs to use." Kayden more or less understood what he was getting into.
"What are the working conditions?" That was the main point.
"Don’t worry, you won’t be enslaved. We only use unique people in our environment. You have to do a small job per year or a medium one per decade. It could also be a big one a century." The teenager stopped talking and remained quiet for a few seconds.
The dune beneath the two began to open up and a tunnel was revealed. Kayden couldn’t feel the tunnel with his spiritual sense; it just looked like a flat piece of sand in front of him.
"Come, the path has to be done walking and it takes an hour regardless of how fast you walk." Kayden joined the man. The tunnel was three meters wide and sloped downwards. "I am Jhonatan Albu, who are you? How strong are you?"
"I am Kayden Heart, a wizard of the fourth realm and seven rays. I’m good at fighting and manipulating people." His presentation was short, but it made some of his abilities clear.
"How good at fighting?" Jhonatan could feel Kayden’s aura and knew he was someone dangerous.
"For the middle level of this world, I should do well, but for the high level, I should be equal in chances. Against geniuses, I will probably be destroyed." Kayden gave an honest answer based on what he had experienced.
"Manipulation?" The area that Kayden improved the most after learning to fight.
"I can simulate any emotion, I have ease in influencing weaker kingdoms, I am a great conqueror of women and I am good at organizing subordinates." Kayden gave a basic explanation.
"Good." The two were quiet for the next few minutes until they found a black and red door. As soon as they stepped onto the other side, Kayden felt completely exposed as over a hundred spiritual senses were thrown at him. As soon as they recognized Jhonatan, only a few dozen curious people remained.