The Author's POV

Wam―!

In the final moments before everyone left for Melendoir, the smile on Kevin's face slowly receded as he watched Jin's back slowly merge and enter the portal.

After Jin's figure disappeared, the portal gradually began to contract, and an eerie stillness began to spread throughout the space that Kevin was occupying at the time.

He did not move from his spot and maintained his gaze on the same spot where the portal had previously stood.

His eyes gradually closed, and the mana around him froze completely.

After what seemed like an interminable amount of time, Kevin finally opened his mouth and mumbled something.

"This is for the best. It looks like things are working in my favour."

Licking his lips, Kevin opened his eyes and turned around. Without so much as to say another word, he quietly left the room.

Clank―!

***

Melandoir, Hoag's Object Galaxy.

Crunch―!

As soon as I stepped into Melendoir, the very first thing that I was able to hear was the gentle crunching sound that was made by my foot as it pressed against the dirt beneath my feet.

My entire body had a heaviness to it that suggested the gravity of this world was significantly stronger than that of earth, but it wasn't really anything that hampered my ability to move about freely.

Perhaps it was because I had reached a point in my life where even ten times the normal gravity of the earth didn't seem to have much of an effect on me or because of something else entirely, but I felt no sense of real discomfort, which was all that mattered.

"Huuuuu..."

My hearing, smell, and taste gradually started to come back, and when I opened my eyes, I was greeted by the sight of a vast land that was covered by a red sky.

It seemed as though the grass in this location was even greener than in some of the earth's most scenic locations, and the large, towering trees were spread out across the landscape in such a way that they filled every available space in my field of vision.

"Quite different from what I imagined..."

In the beginning, I had anticipated coming across a location that was more analogous to the demon world―which I had once visited―but instead of receiving a world that was comparable to that one, I was shown a world that was absolutely breathtaking.

Was it possibly due to the fact that this location was formerly the primary world in which the elves lived?

...I wasn't sure.

"Haaa..."

I was about to turn around to look at the others when, all of a sudden, both of my feet came to a stop, and I closed both of my eyes.

pore of my body open up, and just like when I arrived back on earth from Immorra, the demonic energy that was present in the air quickly rushed toward me, sending

blood that was contained within my system started to move in a

"Haaa..."

and relaxed

"Heph!"

throaty sound, and when I turned around, I was shocked to see Amanda, Jin, and Melissa staring at me with pale looks while holding onto their throats with one

was out of the water, desperately trying

looks like the demonic energy is too

the source of the problem. It was the fact that the air was devoid of any mana and only contained demonic

mana, as the demonic energy here was many times thicker than that of the demonic world, which resulted in

atmosphere of Immorra; however, in contrast to demonic energy, aura was not as corrosive, which was why the

wasn't in Immorra, I was presented

fortunately,

this, but it seems like

complicated look on my face, I extended my hand, where three contracts appeared, and I handed them to the

you sign it, you won't have any problem with the demonic energy that is

others snatched the contracts from my hands and unfolded

standing; I just kept staring at their faces as they went through a remarkable transformation right in

they could say anything

just say that I have demonic blood running in my body and can

hand, I pointed

be in effect will be one month, earthen time. You don't have to

could've definitely told us this

with her eyes, which gave the impression that she was planning

I shrugged my shoulders.

sign it. I wasn't aware that the demonic energy here would be so thick that there would not be a single shred of mana here. I'm not

which I fixed my eyes on Melissa, I lowered my head and mumbled in a tone that

wouldn't give you the contract. Although you've calmed down a lot over the recent years...I

"Pftt..."

direction of the muffled laugh, and as I did so,

My eyes squinted.

definitely heard what

but the assassin

"Ukh...fine."

Melissa did not hear, and after giving me one last

and Amanda followed her example shortly

after they gave their approval of the contract, the document visibly shook for a split second before disappearing from their hands, and I felt three links being formed inside of

to slowly enter their bodies, and everyone's facial expression changed to

I quickly reassured.

it. It won't hurt for much longer. Just bear with it for now. It should pass within the next hour or

easier said than done. It feels as though I'm

head in response to

get that impression? My recollection of that was quite a bit different

'Eh, who cares.'

sat down, crossed legged,