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.

most likely fallen hard on the ground with

the reason why he couldn't come alone was because he was still,

"Here, wear this."

and came prepared as I handed Ryan a small

"What's this?"

as he took

"It's nothing much."

back while turning around to see how

The only drawback is that it requires mana to activate, so utilize the

"Alright."

his head

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

unfortunate

that they had all adjusted to gravity, I

way should

brief moment before delicately raising

"That way."

head, I rushed the others

heard her.

my pace, leaving the others to follow after me at

***

Ashton city, undisclosed location.

everyone to finally enter the portal. By

for as long as

the portal used to stand, Kevin,

should be able

began to tremble as he reached out

from his arm, a

of nothing, a book began

of a red color,

present. It was the same book that had previously traveled with him and had assisted him in changing a number

"...It's almost time."

the paper. Carefully reading through them, Kevin carefully closed the book in his hands after a

the portal was set up,

***

the sky, bits and pieces of red rained

Spurt—! Spurt—!

ground, they splattered all

"…That's disgusting."

happening, Hein took a step back and disgustingly stared at

then turned to face Ava who

done

"I could've."

her hand to the sky, allowing

she took out her flute and tapped

in a cleaner manner. Our priority right now is to get rid of anything that

rather cold, but no one seemed

Smallsnake died, one by one,

single person apart from Liam and Han Yufei who barely knew him wasn't affected by his

everyone became more serious and focused. The changes were great, and they were nice to see…but at the same time, the cost that came with the changes wasn't

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

that I heard Leopold's voice

quite a bit. He no longer smoked. That was a real struggle for him to get past, but he was

"What is it?"

paying

about S+ rank,

"Yes."

I extended my hand to push

I hid from the

how they knew my strength, I knew theirs, and I was happy to say, that apart from Ryan,