Death... and me



Eagon smiled at Bako. "It's alright, Bako. I'm not here to take your turn. I had some business left in this sector that I needed some help to deal with, so I brought a few friends. We are leaving as soon as we finish what we have to do here."

Bako narrowed his eyes. "You should not forget that we can't intervene with the lives of the mortals and low-level cultivators of the Universe. Even for a Sector Lord, that rule is absolute."

Eagon quickly nodded. "Don't worry. My business has nothing to do with any mortal or cultivator of the Mortal Realm. In fact, it has nothing to do with any living being to start with. I'm also a Sector Lord, did you forget? I'm well aware of all the rules, and I have no intention of breaking any of them."

Bako finally accepted. "Since that's the case, I have nothing to say. Just try to finish whatever you have to do fast. Also, as per the rules, I will have to report to the higher-ups in the Realm of Gods."

"Go ahead," Eagon smiled. "I have reported to them already, so you will find they already know about my arrival out of time. If you need anything, you know how to find me."

He then looked at Rean. "Let's go. It's a little far away, so we will need to some time."

Bako watched them leave and immediately sent a message to his clan. Sometime later, he received an answer, saying that the people in the Realm of Gods indeed gave Eagon permission for this earlier arrival. "Hum... Since that's approved, I wash my hands. Whatever happens now is not my fault." 

Bako only took this job of protecting a Sector in the Mortal Realm because of the war happening in the Realm of Gods against the Devils. He didn't want to participate, and this job came just in hand. That said, he had no intention of looking for any problem that was not related to him. Later, he pretended to not have seen anything and returned to his residence to continue cultivating.

Outside the planet, Eagon quickly used his Spatial Powers to open a Spatial Gate, much to Rean's surprise. 

"You can open Spatial Gates without being a Space-Time Realm cultivator?" Rean quickly asked.

Seeing Rean's confusion, Eagon laughed. "Hahaha! I see you are not very knowledgeable about the Mortal Realm's Laws, are you? Let alone me. I reckon a Space Bending Realm cultivator with enough talent for Space Powers can do the same thing. You can give it a try if you want."

Well, Rean could already do that before, so he obviously could do it now. Still, he pretended to be lost. "How is that possible?"

"You see... The Spatial Laws. No, all the Laws of the Mortal Realm are at a much lower level than the Laws in the three Higher Realms. You could even say they are incomplete. Space here is no different. It is very fragile. Even without the help of Time Laws, we can still connect to other points of the Universe by using pretty much brute force. That's what I just did."

"I see..." Rean nodded. "Our powers are severely suppressed by the three Higher Realms as well. Not only can we use brute force to open a Spatial Gate, but the fact is that our control over all laws is several times higher than it is in the Realm of Gods. No wonder even I am able to open a Spatial Gate without ever doing it."

Eagon confirmed Rean's words. "That's precisely the case. For example, take a small planet. At my Elemental Space Realm, I have enough power to destroy it on my own. However, I would be far from having enough power to do that if this planet was in the three Higher Realm, like the Realm of Gods. You could say that being in the Mortal Realm allows us to get loose."

Eagon then moved to enter the Spatial Gate. "So, are you coming?"

Rean nodded and quickly followed Eagon into the Spatial Gate. Rean's group had never traveled in the Mortal Realm, so they had no idea where they were or where they should go.

Due to the same weakness of the laws of the Mortal Realm, the travel to the area where Sunkan Planet was located was several times faster. It only took Eagon a few minutes, and a Spatial Gate exit already opened.

Coming out of the Spatial Gate, Rean noticed a sun in the distance. There were a few planets as well, although they were located in what you would call non-habitable zones. As for Sunkan Planet, it was nowhere to be seen. "Are we here?"

Eagon nodded. "Yes. Please, bring Jakiro out as well."

Rean nodded and pulled Old Worm from inside the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm. But it wasn't only him who came out. Roan, Luan, Kentucky, and even Mia appeared in the middle of space.

Eagon didn't seem to mind that scene. He was outnumbered, and everyone in the Elemental Space Realm there was stronger than him. Yet, it was as if their presence made no difference.

Jakiro then looked at the twins. "We are here." He had been to the empty space before when he lived in Sunkan, so he recognized the environment. He then pointed in a certain direction. "Considering the position of the other planets, Sunkan Planet was supposed to be located in that direction."

Eagon agreed with Old Worm. "Jakiro is right. Yet, as you can see with your Divine Senses, not even a spec of sand from what Sunkan Planet was before can be seen there. It is as if Sunkan had never existed."

Roan pondered a bit and asked. "So, what do you need Jakiro for? We can't investigate something that doesn't even exist anymore."

Eagon shook his head. "Come with me to the exact location where Sunkan was destroyed. You will see that there is definitely something there."