"Your Excellency, the whole thing happened so fast. In just a day, the Portal closed, everyone stationed there died and was scorched to ash. The siege that should've kept the Whiteshade Division occupied collapsed and news about the four overseers was silent." The kneeling Transcendent continued.
However, the descendent couldn't hear more grave news. I watched him as he stomped his feet on the palanquin carrying him and the beast and humans beneath it started moving away.
"Let's follow him," I whispered to Irja.
If he's acting even in front of his subordinates then he will have to show his true colors when he's alone. Who knows?
Yuko already informed me that they're on the way. Once Raiden and Old Man Reol finished, we could then start the plan to entrap these remaining Transcendents here. If I have to use my Ultimate Skill then I will do so for us to finish in this world.
With my Avatar at the World of Elements, I could put that behind World of Meta.
Although the larger reason is that I missed my wife, Nysia. The situation in that world is somewhat the same as here.
Sofiel and Fleur could keep the descendant in their world in check. There's also Yumiko and Jayna there and many other Transcendents such as the two Heroes, Arland and the Luxian Transcendents. The elites of the three races were also continuing their training along with Ezyn and Yse. It's also only a matter of time before new Transcendents appeared in that world.
Meanwhile, Nysia is the strongest in her world. She had just started her Transcendent Pathway so she's still a few breakthroughs away from Rank 2 Transcendent. If the new batch of Transcendents from the Dark World arrives, they'll be more disadvantaged. That's why before that happens, I need to wrap this up and go back there.
When the palanquin reached the vicinity of the biggest tent in this enemy camp, the descendant got off and entered it, reliving the beasts and humans alike from the burden of carrying him stably.
Before he created his Energy Screen, Irja and I entered the tent.
It's surprisingly clean. However, there's a huge stench of blood filling up our noses. It's like it was only cleaned of dead bodies recently.
After a while, the descendent sat on his bed and took out a crystal. It appears different than the communication crystals we had. It's a bit bigger and the shine in it seemed to be more luxurious.
When he injected it with his Dark Energy, the crystal floated and a screen appeared in front of him.
It was surprisingly a video call crystal, huh?
From the screen, a face of a middle-aged man appeared.
Based on his face and demeanor, he's related to this descendant but he feels a ways off from a Great One.
Once the screen became completely conjured, the middle-aged man wrinkled his forehead as if he's waiting for the descendant to speak first.
"Greetings, Father. Can you ask grandfather to open up another Portal here? It was closed! There's no way I can go back. Not when you told me how far this world is from our world. There are a lot of erratic oddities wading through this backwater World Zone."
I see. So he's a direct descendent but a 3rd Generation. Perhaps he's just one of the many grandchildren of Onimbus, that is if he vigorously expanded his lineage. Perhaps that father of his is a Monarch or a Tribal Sovereign.
In any case, what caught my interest are the 'erratic oddities' and the 'World Zone'. It's the first time I heard about the two. Perhaps Irja knows about it just that, there's no chance for me to tell about it since we're using Portals to travel from world to world.
Just like with the World of Meta and the World of Anzeans, one can also traverse the endless space to reach another world.
Upon hearing his request, his father rebuked him before calmly explaining something. "As if it's that easy to meet your grandfather! Anyway, something happened, son. Someone outside the nineteen tribes attacked the Portal Camp to that world and killed everyone to silence any witness. Are there new Transcendents in there? The chance of them being from one of the 11 tribes is high. Or they're just pawns of those tribes to disrupt Great One Zaraya, Rhellor and your grandfather's plan."
What kind of plan do they have, I wonder?
In any case, it seems that Alwyn managed to erase every piece of evidence before leaving that place. That's one thing out of my mind. I will contact her later.
"Yes! Someone new appeared! However, he seems to be a native. His Pathway is the same as every native in here. I don't know how someone under the radar became that strong or which hole he emerged from. Right! There's a Rank 2 Transcendent woman beside him. I haven't gotten close to check yet but there's a high chance that she's the one who descended and closed the Portal."
Well, if he knew I already visited his world, he'll be more than surprised if I showed him that I also have Dark Energy.
"Then that explains it. If you can conquer that world, I will personally ask your grandfather to open another Portal there. By then, you only needed 3 years to wait before you could come back. Don't let me down and make sure you'll bring honor to me!"
And I was right. Even if they opened a Portal it will still take a long time for Transcendents to pass through it.
"I understand, father."
After that brief video call session with his father, the descendant seemed to have entered a deep contemplation.
Under our eyes, he suddenly lied down on his bed and started flailing on it like a child having a tantrum while cursing his subordinates, the barbarians and eventually his father.
Such an unfilial son.
"Is he a kid?" Irja couldn't help but ask.
I only smiled at it before leaving that descendant alone to check on the things in his room.
Fortunately, before the 10 minutes of Aura of Concealment ended, the descendant stood up from his bed and put on another composed exposure before leaving his tent, disabling the Energy Screens he put up.
Leaving the enemy camp, we went back to the Heavenly Lightning Tribe's camp.
The army reorganization was still ongoing. With the new King Realms, the five Generals started appointing them men under their command and in turn, those new King Realms will appoint the new Saint Realms until they reached the lowest-ranked Mortal Realms.
At this point, Raiden and Old Man Reol finally finished their absorbing session.
Although Raiden was yet to breakthrough, his UPL increased for a bit.
On the other hand, Old Man Reol looked at me with gratitude. He couldn't just utter it since it hasn't been that long when I'm the one looking up to him.
So to ease the Old Man from unnecessary thoughts, I opened the conversation.
"How is it, Old Man? Are you about to become a Transcendent?"
Upon hearing that, not only Raiden but even the surrounding King Realm Generals perked up their ears.
Apart from Raiden and my two Barbarian Companions, no other Transcendents appeared in this world. Now, the legendary Old Man Reol was finally going to reach it.
? "Haa… How have the times changed? It seems that I cannot hide it from you. Indeed. Thanks to the stone you gave me, I can finally feel the ceiling. I can now summon the Door of Transcendence." Old Man Reol deeply sighed and looked up as if he's reminiscing about his younger days.
"Well then, what are you waiting for? Erin will surely be overjoyed when she arrives here."
"That child… She uselessly felt guilty when she became a Transcendent. I will give her an earful once I finally become one."
"Well, although she's somewhat rough and headstrong, she's a good girl. Thank you for introducing her to me, Old Man."
"You! I initially don't think you will be able to… Haa… Nevermind. That child is already a grown-up. And you're with her. I can rest assured that she will not be mistreated."
"Of course, we'll give you little great-grandchildren in the future so live longer. In any case, stop dilly-dallying Old Man. They're all waiting for you." I pointed behind me and every member of Tribe all had excited looks on their faces.
Perhaps they rejoiced when Raiden, their Chieftain, became Transcendent but this Old Man is a living legend. A lot of them looked up to him and he's a native, unlike the Chieftain. Erin and Avelin's Transcendence also didn't count since they're now part of the Whiteshade Division. Although it's supposed to be under their tribe, it's now acting independently.
After looking at their faces, Old Man Reol finally resolved himself. He also looked at Raiden who wordlessly nodded at him. That guy, my first impression of him was bad and he surely still has that habit of being bloodthirsty but he had a good head on his shoulder and he's not mistreating his loyal subordinates.
Even though he's always sending them to battle, he's always at the frontlines, leading them. Unlike me who's always at the rear, acting sneaky.
Whooosh!
When the Old Man's Brute Energy gathered from his palms, He raised his arms and a thick pillar of light rose. Once it reached a certain height, the illusory Door of Transcendence materialized up above, starting the three-day countdown for his Transcendent Trials.
At the same time, Yuko and the others finally arrived, behind them, the Whiteshade Division could be seen marching from a distance led by Ophelia.
When Erin landed on the ground, she immediately ran towards her grandfather, more excited than the Old Man. "Finally! I don't need to tend to your grave for a few hundred years! Live longer, Old Man!"
This girl...
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