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.

I felt every 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 me into a wave

was contained within my system started to move in a more fluid manner, I felt

"Haaa..."

long and

"Heph!"

shocked to see Amanda, Jin, and Melissa

was out of the water, desperately trying to

the demonic energy is too dense for

glance, I discovered the source of the problem. It was the fact that

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

however, in contrast to demonic energy, aura was not as corrosive, which was why the others were able to remain on the planet

wasn't in Immorra, I was presented with a new

I, fortunately, had the solution

would have to do this, but it seems like we have no

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

you won't have any problem with the demonic energy that

the contracts from my hands and unfolded them

faces as they went through a

they could say anything

It's a complicated story, but let's just say that I have demonic

I pointed at the contracts

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

us this

gave me a death glare with her eyes, which gave

I shrugged my shoulders.

the demonic energy here would be so thick that there would not be a single shred of

which I fixed my eyes on Melissa, I lowered my head and mumbled

Although you've calmed down a lot over the recent years...I can already imagine just how moody you

"Pftt..."

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

My eyes squinted.

definitely heard what

but the assassin

"Ukh...fine."

did not hear, and after giving me one last dirty

and Amanda followed

the document visibly shook for a split second before disappearing from their hands, and I felt three links being formed inside of my body at the same

slowly enter their

I quickly reassured.

longer. Just bear with it for now. It should

as though I'm being

cocked my head in response to Melissa's mumbled

you actually get that impression? My recollection of that was quite a bit different from what she was

'Eh, who cares.'

shoulders and sat down, crossed legged, on