Death... and me



Kentucky nodded before asking. "I need to know if there is any Demon Beast City with a teleport formation anywhere in this area. If not, just knowing which continent this is and how far it is from the center of the Realm of Gods will already be enough."

Zutuk's head inclined to the side, obviously showing his confusion. "Formation? City? Continent? Realm of Gods? What are those things?"

It would be a lie if Kentucky and Rean said that they didn't expect it to happen. However, the reality still hurt quite a little. It was obvious that they were truly, truly very close to the end of the Realm of Gods on the Demon Beasts' side. Sure, the Realm of Gods was ridiculously enormous, but it wasn't like it didn't have an end. Rean pondered a bit and decided to explain the things with a Divine Sense message about the things Kentucky had just asked.

Only then Zutuk got an idea of how the Realm of Gods works. "So this place where I live is called Realm of Gods? And this 'city' you talked about seems like nothing but a dream. Of course, I am not saying that seniors are lying. It's just that even though I traveled quite a lot around this region, I've never seen anything like that. First of all, let alone millions of Demon Beasts with sentience in this city of yours. I myself don't know more than 30 or so Demon Beasts at the Transition Realm."

"However..." Zutuk remembered something. "The concept of the continent does make some sense. You are talking about that barrier of energy that prevents us from going out, right?"

Rean and Kentucky nodded. As long as they were in the Realm of Gods, the Continental Barrier would be present even if they were so far from the center.

Zutuk then explained. "So that's how the continents are divided. It's just that something happened to that barrier a few decades ago."

"With the barrier?" Rean and Kentucky looked at each other before looking back at Zutuk. "The barrier has been there for countless years as far as we know. What happened to it?"

"It disappeared," Zutuk answered.

"What?!" Rean and Kentucky were taken aback. "Are you sure? The Continental Barrier, that huge wall of elements and energy that expanded all the way out to the skies, that Continental Barrier, disappeared?"

Zutuk confirmed. "Yes, I was also hugely surprised to see that. It had been there ever since I gained sentience a few thousand years ago. Yet, it is completely gone. I don't know why."

Rean pondered a bit before Roan's voice echoed in his mind from within the Dimensional Realm. 'It is most likely because of the war between the Realm of Gods and Underworld for the Northeast side of the Realm. How they managed to make the barrier disappear, I don't know. Yet, I'm pretty sure that is the reason.'

Rean had to admit Roan's words made sense. 'Well, whether the barrier was there or not, it wouldn't change much for us. We have Fluki living inside Luan, after all. He could have brought us through the barrier, so it doesn't matter. Since his cultivation follows Luan's, he should be in the Void Tempering Realm as well.'

It's been many years since they saw Fluki. After all, that guy had no interest in staying outside Luan's soul. He only came out when the barrier had to be crossed. If not that Luan confirmed that he was still there, and well, they might have thought something happened to that Spirit.

Rean thought about the issue for a moment and asked something else. "You said you knew around thirty Transition Realm Demon Beasts, right? Have you seen any Demon Beast at the Void Tempering Realm or above?" He thought that the lack of knowledge of Zutuk was likely due to his low cultivation. At the Void Tempering Realm, Spatial Power began to be used, so the ability to travel long distances increases several folds.

Zutuk searched his memories for a moment but shook his head in the end. "Sorry, I truly have never seen anyone with a cultivation higher than Transition Realm. In fact, this little one has no idea what kind of Realm both sirs are at the moment, just that it is vastly superior to mine."

Kentucky then sent Rean a Divine Sense message. 'Rean, it is probably because of the scarce Divine Energy. Have you noticed how thin Divine Energy is here?'

Rean nodded. 'That was how the Realm of Gods always worked. The further away from the center, the lower the concentration. I just didn't expect the concentration to be so low at the point of preventing the Demon Beasts from reaching the Void Tempering Realm. It quite reminds me of the Mortal World and Spiritual Energy.'

Rean then looked in a certain direction. Although he didn't know how far from the Center of the Realm of Gods he was, he at least knew the direction to go there. He then looked back at Zutuk and thanked him. "You helped us a lot. Thank you, friend. We will leave you to your own devices."

Kentucky and Rean then prepared to leave and even prepared to throw Zutuk a few Rank Three Divine Stones when suddenly, Zutuk called their attention. "Wait!"

Rean and Kentucky looked at Zutuk, puzzled. "Did you forget to mention something?"

Zutuk shook his head. "No. That's not it." Zutuk then took a deep breath before saying, "Sirs, would you allow me to accompany you? I'll make sure I will be of some help."

It wasn't hard to understand why Zutuk asked such a thing. This was the first time he saw someone above the Transition Realm, so he obviously wanted to get there one day too. 'Well, the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm still needs a lot of lives to be filled...' Celis commented from within the Dimensional Realm.

Rean agreed with him. "Alright, Zutuk. I'll send you inside my Pocket Dimensional Realm. Don't resist."

"Dimensional Realm?" Zutuk then felt a Spatial Pull around his body. He instinctively tried to resist but then remembered what Rean said and let it take over its body. The next time he saw, he was already inside the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm. "This..." Sure enough, Zutuk had never been in a Dimensional Realm either.

Yet, he was quickly pulled out of the Dimensional Realm again by Rean, reappearing in the Mountain Range. "Sorry, I forgot to ask. "Do you wish to bring your race with you? We have a lot of space in the Dimensional Realm, so you won't occupy much."

"Eh?!" Zutuk looked around. His Red Luan Race had thousands of members in this mountain range. "Do-Does that 'something realm' really fit everyone?"

Rean nodded. "It does. Yet, that also means you will abandon your home. It will probably be forever since coming back to this place will truly be very hard in the future. Think well."

Yet, Zutuk quickly made his decision. "Yes, bring us all!" How could he deny his race of such a change? With a big cry, all the Red Luan in the entire mountain range gathered close to him while using their Divine Energies to carry their nests and eggs. 

Rean nodded with a satisfied expression and immediately sent them all inside the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm. They had some mountain ranges in the new Soul Gem Dimensional Realm Planet, so it was perfect for the Red Luans if they took one of those to live.