Rex was surprised when he saw that he was standing on his own feet.
It weirded him out since he was mounting Delta earlier, right after the fight with the mutated falcon, but now he was coming out alone without Delta by his side. He tried to blink his eyes a couple of times to make sure he was not in some sort of mind control.
But he saw that the situation was still the same.
Delta was not with him, the two somehow got separated as they exited the dominion.
"I came out with her, I'm sure of it," Rex uttered, as confused as Delta was.
Just then—however—when the two were utterly confused Delta slowly walked out of the fog and widened her eyes in surprise when she saw Rex was in front of her. She also reacted the same as Rex when she got out.
Seeing her coming out, Rex immediately went to check on her, "Delta, where were you?"
Rawr! Rawr!
"Huh? You also thought that I was on you?" Rex frowned, the situation was weird.
Flunra then came forward, and conveyed, "Your Majesty, tell me what was like inside"
Shaking the odd feeling, Rex decided to gather the group and tell them about the inside.
He didn't leave behind anything as this was extremely important.
Naturally—to make all of them understand, Rex began from the very start, when he walked into the dominion—and recounted every little detail that caught his attention. But everyone could tell that the inside was extremely dangerous.
All of them could only gulp harshly when they saw the wounds on Rex's body.
It lasted moments—and when Rex came out his wounds began healing much faster.
Even then the others were still nervous about getting inside.
Basically, Rex recounted that there were three things that the others needed to pay attention—which are the safe area, the shifting of the terrain, and also the mutated animals. It was the supposed rules of the dominion.
Since the safe area is quite wide with unknown length, the group should start by mapping it.
Only when they finished mapping the safe area, could they move on to the dangerous area.
"Now that I thought about it, I think I have something that could stop the terrain from shifting frequently. I will get in first again to determine—where the safe area is before you guys come in. Also, if there's a mutated falcon or eagle attacking, only I will confront them" Rex said—he was giving instructions to the others.
Glancing to the side, Rex directed his gaze to Liliya, "How many marks can you use at once?"
"I can enhance the entire group with my enhancing mark," She replied, nodding firmly.
Rex pondered for a second before he remembered one of Liliya's skills that might be useful in this scenario, "What about your Immutable Mark? If we meet with the mutated falcon—I want to make sure that I don't lose its position"
"I can mark it, but it needs to be within a hundred meters range" Liliya shook her head.
Knowing that it's a mutated falcon—then putting her within range would be quite hard.
However, Rex still wanted her to try, "Just try it in case that bird gets within range"
As he said that—Flunra approached Rex, and leaned to his ear, "We still have not figured out, what makes you, and Delta come out at different times. The blowback from earlier—I noticed a glimpse of force energy, it might have something to do with that"
Upon hearing this, Rex frowned, he still couldn't link the pieces to form a possible answer.
I need more information to do that.
Rex told the others to prepare themselves to get inside again—but before doing that he went over to the side to a woman, who hadn't said anything, throughout the way. He didn't want to say that he was bothered by it, but he couldn't remain passive anymore.
Obviously, this woman is none other than Gistella who was still giving him cold shoulders.
It was Gistella, she never acted like this, so he was a little bit troubled.
"Since I turned you into a Werewolf, you were always shining and glittering" Heading towards Gistella, Rex opened his mouth, trying to make a conversation. "So—why are not you glowing right now?" .net
A bit surprised by Rex's sudden movement, Gistella turned her body away from him.
"If you're mad about Calidora know that it happened when I was unconscious" He finally said.
Upon hearing this, Gistella turned to look at him, "Is that really the truth?"
"It's supposed to happen during the Hare Moon—and I do not remember anything about, that night. Before I knew it, she was already pregnant. As far as I'm concerned, I could be the one, who initiated it in my berserk state" Rex replied truthfully.
On the other hand, when Gistella heard this, her expression turned grim.
Not because of being angry, but because she remembered that night of the Hare Moon.
She still remembered how the Fifthborn used her to get to Rex.
Recalling that night, Gistella held her other arm with her hand, gripping it tightly as she could still remember the fierce glare that Rex was giving her that night. It happened suddenly—the air around him changed in an instant.
Even now, she still doesn't know what she did wrong to make Rex react like that.
'In other words—I'm the one who caused this? If I hadn't done what the Fifthborn requested, then Rex wouldn't have been stressed—and been influenced by the Hare Moon. It is me who gave Calidora the chance to do this...' She pondered, blaming herself.
Now it became clear why Calidora got pregnant, she was the cause of this problem.
Seeing her reaction, Rex knew exactly what she was thinking.
Out of a sudden impulse, he pulled Gistella into his embrace and held her tightly, "It's not your fault. I was the one who sent you to the Fifthborn, and you are merely trying to keep yourself from being found out as an infiltrator. Also, I haven't been truthful to you or anyone around,"
"If anything, I'm the one who is at fault for that. Nothing about this is your fault" He added.
Upon hearing this, Gistella buried her face in his chest.
She was trying to hide the crystal tears that forced their way out of her beautiful blue eyes.
Both of them stayed for a moment, and the others gave them some time.
...
Meanwhile, at the edge of the continent right beside the fierce waves of the sea.
It was a beach that lay in serene silence, untouched by nothing but the stretch of nature.
Gentle waves lapped at the shore—their windy whispers harmonizing with the soft rustle of palm fronds. Unlike the normal sand, the one this beach was covered with was more golden—it was simply breathtaking.
Shining on the horizon was the setting sun, with mutated birds circling lazily overhead.
Nothing here has ever been disrupted by anything other than nature.
However, the peace and purity that this beach rejoiced all this time would end today.
Swoosh!
Out of nowhere, the mutated birds dispersed almost instantly.
Amidst the golden sky, there was a shockwave that rippled to the surroundings, it created a loud thundering sound, as if several fighter jets were passing by. Moreover, the water of the sea beyond swayed under the might of the shockwave.
Surely, the source of this shockwave was anything but normal.
Just then, a figure landed strongly at the beach.
His feet covered in golden sandals sunk into the sand with his sheer weight.
Behind the figure, stretching majestically was a pair of white wings, that were throbbing, and pulsating with intense radiant energy. Taking in a deep breath, the figure pulled back both of his wings, retracing them back into his body before opening his eyes.
Underneath his white eyelids were golden, shimmering eyes, filled with unnatural power.
Scanning his eyes around, he instantly focuses on purple hues in the distance.
Purple hues that only he could see.
"Chaos has ruptured its way here... there's a leak, and I must find it before them" He uttered.
In the blink of an eye, the figure vanished instantly, turning into light.