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.

been for Angelica, he would most likely fallen hard on the ground with no way

why he couldn't come alone was because

"Here, wear this."

and came

"What's this?"

as he

"It's nothing much."

around to see how the others were

can increase your strength with this simple artifact. You 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

"Alright."

obediently nodded his head

with him, I focused my attention on the others. The reason why I didn't give him the bracelet before was because I wanted to

was unfortunate that he

all adjusted to gravity, I turned to

should

moment before delicately raising her hand to

"That way."

rushed the others to follow

heard her.

raised my pace, leaving the others to follow after me

***

Ashton city, undisclosed location.

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

as

in the direction of where the portal used to

I should be able to sort everything out without

tremble as he reached out to the

that emanated from his arm, a white glow appeared in

began to

red

was the same book that had previously traveled with him and had assisted him in changing a number of crucial

"...It's almost time."

paper. Carefully reading

at the area where the portal was set

***

and pieces of

Spurt—! Spurt—!

the chunks fell to the ground, they splattered

"…That's disgusting."

happening, Hein took a step back and disgustingly stared

turned to face Ava who was standing next

done this in a

"I could've."

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

flute and tapped the eagles on

don't see the need to do this in a cleaner manner. Our priority

cold, but no one seemed to

one by one,

Liam and Han Yufei who barely knew him wasn't affected

became more serious and focused. The changes were great, and they were nice to see…but at the same time, the

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

that I heard Leopold's voice

changed quite a bit. He no longer smoked. That was a

"What is it?"

asked while paying

strength is about S+

"Yes."

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

wasn't something that I hid from the

in the group. Just as how they knew my strength, I knew theirs, and I was