Once he was done with the first task which was strengthening his soul, Rex instantly went to the next one. He has no ti to breathe or idle around, he needs to constantly move in order to succeed in his plans.
It wasn't a matter of him alone anymore, those close to him were also involved.
Rex was always reminded of what he was dealing with whenever he tried sensing his mana.
A massive portion of his mana was inactive—this reminded him of Devo in the Spirit Realm as well as Nivellen who was writhing alone in her realm. Because of those constant reminders, it was close to impossible for him to relax even for a minute.
Both Rex and Iris exited the capital city upon bidding their farewell to King Jorik.
Provided with rations and a few vials, the two began their journey.
Under the influence of both, the Primordial Speed Peach—and the Dust of Gliding Wind, the mutated black panther covered great distances—with each gallop. Both items aided it to be even faster.
One enhanced its muscles while the other used nature to provide more boost.
Despite being in the early ninth-rank realm, it could fare with those of higher realms.
Along the way, Rex thought of sothing.
"Is the map accurate? I'm sure the terrain changed," Rex asked questioningly.
Iris—who was sitting behind him nodded, easing his worry, "It's accurate. I already sent many sentries to find a fixed path to Zahara Consortium while waiting for you, this is the latest map that they used to get there"
Her initiative was appreciated.
Rex promised to visit her and learn about the Tabaxis but he has no ti to visit.
He was too busy dealing with other things and made Iris wait for a long ti.
So knowing that she made the initiative to find the smooth route to reach the Tabaxis was a relief—they would not need to go into—trouble searching the route, and could focus, on the more important parts such as actually learning the Tabaxis' customs.
It took less than an hour for the duo to exit the Dark Elves' territory.
Iris waved at the sentries, who were making sure the road was safe.
All of them also bowed at Rex out of respect.
Now they were in the wild and would need to keep their vigilance at the maximum.
"Here, stick it onto your skin," Rex twisted his torso and handed Iris a sticker.
A circle-shaped sticker he bought from the System called the High-grade Beast Repellent.
Looking at the sticker, Iris raised an eyebrow, "What is this thing?"
"It'll make our scent horrendous for Order Beasts, none of them would want to be close, with us with this on," Rex explained, he was in a race with ti—so he couldn't afford to have any mishaps happening along the way. "Just stick it anywhere, it doesn't feel like anything"
Upon hearing this, Iris nodded and placed the ticker on her cheek.
Strapped in light armor and leather, it was hard to reach her skin.
Sticking it on her cheek was convenient but she looked a little bit funny because of it.
Of course, Rex didn't forget to give the mutated black panther a nose cover so that the scent from these stickers would not get to it. Because of Rex's preparation, the initial phase of their journey went smoothly.
Nothing happened along the way.
Rex and Iris went through the vast land and headed straight to the edge of the continent.
Making the mutated black panther—as their mount was also not a wrong choice, it doesn't care about the terrain. Be it rocky, flat, filled with vegetation, or even littered with swamps, the mutated black panther could easily course through all.
It wasn't a royal mount without a reason, the mutated black panther was effective.
Once night ca, the Dust of Gliding Wind beca better.
A whistling gust of wind could be seen around the mutated black panther's body, allowing it to make use of the cold night wind to increase its speed. Only when it was midnight did Rex and Iris co to a stop to camp.
As opposed to resting, they stopped because Rex's senses picked up sothing ahead.
"How many?" Iris asked from behind.
Rex's eyes narrowed, he focused on the lingering energy in the air, "Four of them,"
Just several miles ahead, Rex sensed a gathering of four Order Beasts which was quite weird considering that the Order Beasts near their territories—were hostile towards each other. But Rex and Iris weren't going to try and find out.
Going around them wasn't an option, the terrain made it impossible.
Currently, they were behind the cover of a massive cliff, and ahead of them was a flatland.
Continuing on would only be reckless of them, they would be found by the Order Beasts, and that would result in a fight that Rex—and Iris couldn't afford. Due to that, Rex decided to wait for the Order Beasts to move while he learned about the Tabaxis.
Iris went to the side for a mont, bringing the mutated black panther with her.
She was going to leash the black panther sowhere near a nearby water source.
As she did that, Rex sat against the cliff and closed his eyes.
Devo... Can you hear ?
Answer , anything.
Knowing that Devo was sohow captured, in the Spirit Realm, Rex has been trying to make contact with him for days now. Even though the connection between them—had gotten a lot weaker, it hadn't been severed yet.
Because of that, Rex had been calling for Devo but there hasn't been any answer.
[It's no use. If he's imprisoned, there's no way for you to reach him] Amanir chid.
Rex could only massage his forehead, he was furious as to who would imprison Devo.
I sent Devo there to find out about the Spirit Realm's situation. I'm sure Devo is smart enough to not pull any unnecessary attention while he was there so how co he was captured? Did he have enemies there?
[If you live for thousands of years like us, we were bound to have enemies even if we did not want to] Amanir comnted, and since he said that, he must also have enemies, too. [It was unavoidable]
Aren't you a thief in the Spirit Realm? I'm not surprised if you're the one captured. Not Devo.
[Hmph!] Amanir snorted. [If you were , you'd also think stealing is unavoidable]
And how exactly is it unavoidable?
[Rex—there are a lot of things in there that could make anyone mad. I heard them calling out to , begging to steal them instead of being trapped inside that stupid place. It was who was ant to have those things, not the Spirit Emperor]
Your insanity for stealing baffles .
Shaking his head, Rex looked down to his chest and tried touching his arcane lightning mana.
He tried to manifest it onto his hand but hissed in the next second.
Gritting his teeth, he tried to channel his other elent instead—mainly the lunar elent, to see whether this issue persisted to the other elents, or was exclusive only to the lightning elent.
As he tried, he realized that the worst had happened.
"My spirit core... it's becoming painful to even use my mana" Rex uttered, biting down his lip.
He could use spells normally before this without much precautions.
However, it seed that wasn't the case now.
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