The Author's POV

"Huuu…"

When I emerged through the portal, I inhaled deeply. The teleportation had somewhat upset my stomach, as it had in the past, but I was able to bear it.

It was fortunate for me to know that the effects weren't as bad as the previous times.

Was it because of my strength increase? I wasn't sure, and I didn't care. At the moment, my mind was preoccupied with other things as I extended my hand.

"This sense of heaviness, yeah, it truly feels like I'm back in Immorra."

It only took me a single minute for me to know I was back in Immorra. The distinct gravity that came from this place was quite familiar to me.

It wasn't just that.

"The suns…"

Illuminating the sky wasn't just one sun, but another one, making it clear that I wasn't on earth. Apart from that, the land looked exactly like earth.

Well, that was how it was supposed to be, but...

"Why is the sky grey?"

It took me a moment to realize this, but the sky was of an ashen gray color.

Compared to the last time I had been here, the azure clear sky had completely changed.

Because there were no clouds in the sky, it was necessary to point out that the sky's color had not changed because a storm was brewing, but rather, it was the pigmentation itself that had changed.

"The demons must've corrupted the mana to the point where the sky has changed color."

Similar to every place I had gone before, especially those where a significant amount of the mana, or in this case, aura, in the air had been transformed into demonic energy, there were phenomena that would result in a shift in the surrounding environment.

In this case, the color of the sky had changed.

"Ugh."

A wailing voice from behind me startled me out of my thoughts. When I turned around, Hein was standing in the middle of the grass with his eyes closed and his legs extended widely in a horse stance position.

From the looks of things, he was trying to get adjusted to the sudden shift in gravity but was having trouble with it.

"Ugh, what in the world!"

Another figure appeared behind Hein, and they showed similar first time reactions to his.

As I got a better look, I could see that it was Ava, and she appeared to be having more difficulty adjusting to the gravity than Hein.

But this was to be expected. After all, Hein's physique was much stronger.

Not minding the two of them, I walked near them and waited for more people to show up.

Soon, Leopold, Han Yufei, and Liam showed up one by one. Leopold aside, Han Yufei and Liam were able to quickly adjust to the shift in gravity.

From the way they were moving, it didn't seem as though they were affected in the slightest.

Han Yufei because of his extremely sturdy body, and Liam...well, Liam because he was Liam.

There was no point in using common sense with him.

"It's only Angelica and Ryan left."

They were the only two that were missing.

Fortunately, the wait didn't last for long as the two of them appeared at the same time, with Angelica holding onto Ryan's hand. The faces of some of the people near us changed when the two of them appeared.

I shook my head when I saw this.

There was a very good reason why Ryan came with Angelica, despite the fact that he was no longer a child but a fully grown teen and their appearance were therefore somewhat perplexing.

"Ugh!"

As soon as the two of them landed on the grass, Ryan's face distorted with pain as he almost fell on the floor right then and there.

fallen hard on the

because he was still, unfortunately, too weak for

"Here, wear this."

that I knew this and came prepared as I handed Ryan

"What's this?"

he took the

"It's nothing much."

back while turning around to

shouldn't have any trouble navigating this gravity with it. The only drawback is that it requires mana to activate, so utilize the potions I provided you before

"Alright."

his head and

The reason why I didn't give him the bracelet before was because I wanted to see if

was unfortunate

they had all adjusted to

should we

brief moment before

"That way."

head, I rushed the others

heard

pace, leaving the others to follow after me at

***

Ashton city, undisclosed location.

finally enter the portal. By the

long as he did still took

direction of where the

able to sort everything out without

to tremble as he reached out to

glow that emanated from his arm, a white glow

began to take shape in

was of a red

book that had previously traveled with him and had

"...It's almost time."

to form on the paper. Carefully reading through them, Kevin carefully

where the portal was set up, he directly left

***

the sky, bits and pieces of red

Spurt—! Spurt—!

chunks fell to the ground, they splattered all over the ground, dying

"…That's disgusting."

Hein took a step back

then turned to face Ava who was standing

you have, you know, done

"I could've."

extending her hand to the sky, allowing for multiple eagle-like creatures

her arm, she took out her flute and tapped the eagles on the head once.

see the need to do this in a cleaner manner. Our priority right now

sounded rather cold, but no one seemed to take offense to

one by one,

from Liam and Han Yufei who barely

see…but at the same time, the cost that came with the changes wasn't something that

"I've been wondering, Ren..."

heard Leopold's voice from beside

like the others, he had also changed quite a bit. He no longer smoked. That was

"What is it?"

while paying attention to my

about S+

"Yes."

nodded while I extended my hand to push away one of the bushes in front of

that I

as how they knew my strength, I knew theirs, and I was happy to