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.

likely fallen

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

"Here, wear this."

I knew this and came prepared as I handed

"What's this?"

he took

"It's nothing much."

turning around to

with it. The only drawback is that it requires mana to activate, so utilize the potions I provided

"Alright."

his head and

on the others. The reason why I didn't give him the bracelet before was because I wanted to see if he could adjust to the

was unfortunate

all adjusted to gravity, I turned to

way should

for a brief moment before delicately raising her hand

"That way."

rushed the others

heard her. Let's

my pace, leaving the others to

***

Ashton city, undisclosed location.

of ten minutes for everyone to finally enter the portal. By the time they all

a portal for as long as he did still took a heavy toll

in the direction of where the portal used to stand,

that he's gone I should be able

to tremble as he reached

glow that emanated from his arm, a white

out of nothing, a book began to take shape in

a red color,

It was the same book that had

"...It's almost time."

paper. Carefully reading through

at the area where the portal was set

***

and pieces of red

Spurt—! Spurt—!

fell to the ground, they splattered all over the

"…That's disgusting."

took a step back

then turned to face Ava who was standing next

you know, done this in

"I could've."

the sky,

took out her flute and tapped the eagles

priority right now is

cold, but no one

since Smallsnake died, one by

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

The changes were great, and they were nice to see…but at the same time, the cost that came with the changes wasn't something that I

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

I heard Leopold's voice from beside

That was a real struggle

"What is it?"

while paying

about S+ rank,

"Yes."

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

I hid from

I did spar with everyone in the group. Just as how they knew my strength, I knew theirs, and I was happy to say, that apart from Ryan, everyone was above