Arkhen saw them successfully escaping and sighed in relief.
And he also got an idea!
If that idea worked, then he could escape from this place!
'Velshi… I am completely nullified, but… my realm artifact can work, right?'
[Oh… That's correct. I can activate your realm artifact in your stead, but I thought of a very good plan.]
'Hehe, me too.' Arkhen thought as his eyes coldly glinted. 'I don't believe any of those five fuckers have higher willpower than me to win in my Realm Artifact.'
[Indeed. I am already beyond impressed since you have managed to stay sane despite the current torture. You have endured since a young age, and to acquire power, you have boosted that trait of yours even more. This is not something that many can do.]
[As for the plan. To make it surefire, let's level up the system to level 3. It will require 100,000 reality essence, so you will have to pause on Nirvana Awakening your women]
'Alright. Meanwhile, you also spend reality motes and get data on those five people. I want to know who is most powerful among them.'
Arkhen would use his realm artifact on the most powerful person of that group because after getting control of that person, he would either kill the other four or escape if he failed to kill.
[On it. I will gather the data on them when they visit here the next time]
…
After teleporting to a faraway place with beasfolk kids, the girls faced another dilemma.
Where do put those kids?!!
"What do we do now?" Sasha asked with a wry smile as she looked at those twenty kids looking at them with a confused expressions.
The place they teleported was safe since that was Velshi's intention when she teleported them.
They arrived on a very high cliff with a waterfall running down.
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On one side was a vast empty plain of snow, and the downside where the waterfall flowed was a vast forest.
On the snow plain, there were some trees and rocks, but it was mostly an empty plain until those large mountains far away they could barely see.
"Hello, kids… Do you know where your parents are? Do you have any means to contact them?" Luna bent down and asked with a gentle smile.
"Parents…"
The kids' expressions turned sad.
A girl with black bunny ears who seemed to be the eldest in the group approached Luna and said with a smile that hid immense pain. "Sister, none of us have any relatives. That's why we were kidnapped."
Luna's expression changed.
"Who said you don't have any relatives?" Meya said before sniffing. "We are your family now. You have a big family!" She smiled happily to make the kids cheerful.
"Velshi, please send them inside Mystic Wonderland," Sierra said as she approached the girl and patted her head with a smile. "From now on, none of you will have to live your previous lives."
"Really?"
The kids became eager, and their eyes became hopeful.
"Yep," Sasha said with a tender smile while Zoe and Evelyn also nodded as they became emotional seeing the hopeful expressions of those kids.
Velshi sent them inside Mystic Wonderland's first town.
After hearing about everything from Velshi, Lena gathered the people of the town.
"Who are these kids, Mrs. Lena?"
In front of Lena stood twenty kids with a shy but hopeful and excited expressions.
"This place is so good," one of the boys with wolf ears muttered as he looked around with sparkling eyes.
"Can we eat to our fill here?" one of the girls with cat ears saw a woman with a basket full of fruits as drool dripped down from her mouth.
"These kids are a part of our big family now," Lena said with a smile. "Treat them well, please. Master Arkhen has provided us with this peaceful life and means to get strong. We must not disappoint him. Although they are not humans, they are still kids, and kids are the same, whatever race they belong to."
"I want you all to adopt one kid each in your family and treat them like your own offspring," Lena said before turning to the eldest girl in the group, who had cute black bunny ears. "I will take this girl as my daughter."
Lena smiled and caressed her head, "What is your name?"
"Name… I," the girl hesitated before thinking of something as her cheeks turned a bit red, "M-Mother… you can give me a name as you see fit. I…I am one of those that doesn't know anything about my parents."
Lena's heart got stung with sadness. She was truly glad these kids were saved while they were still young.
"Alright. Your name will be… Daisy," Lena said with a gentle smile.
"Mrs. Lena. How about we let the kids choose where they want to go?" A burly man said with a laugh as he looked at the cute kids.
"Haha, that's a good idea," Lena nodded as she chuckled.
The kids were truly excited because they now fully believed that they were not dreaming.
They can say goodbye to their previous lives!
The kids were excited and shy both. The people of the town stood in groups of two, three, and four, depending on their families.
Some people were just a couple, some were living solo life, and some had a kid.
The kids were small but also more mature than average kids of similar age.
So, they choose groups with fewer people.
For a few days, they still lived a reserved life, but after experiencing the kindness of everyone and how they were treated just like real family members, they finally started behaving like a child.
Lena was delighted that the kids could live their childhood normally.
…
On the other hand, the girls continued moving while following their path of stars as time passed.
Ten days later, Isabella finished her last trial and joined the girls.
"Mother and daughters harem members…." Sasha muttered as she knew about the Nirvana Awakening and how all these women were Arkhen's wives!
"Hehe, I wonder what kind of life he lived in Gravel Realm," Meya said as she chuckled.
"But she is indeed very beautiful," Sasha said as she saw Isabella talking with Zoe and Evelyn after her introduction to the group.
"Alright, let's continue moving. Velshi has briefed me about everything," Isabella said with a calm smile. "The trial taught me how to fight, but I still don't have as much experience as you all have, so I'll be in your care, girls."