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238: “Welcome to Hell”
After nearly five hours in the air, their private jet finally began its descent into another state within Calonia. The land beneath them stretched wild and vast, with mountain ridges hugging the horizon and a dense mist swallowing the base of the hills like the place was hiding secrets too old to name.The moment they landed, everything moved like clockwork. Atlas, in his usual overprepared fashion, had already arranged for a house. Not a rental or a hotel but a whole damn house.So they moved in, ate in silence like soldiers prepping for war, and then Zora stood from her meal like she was about to declare martial law.“You both should go to sleep,” she said, licking her fingers like a savage. “Might be the last peaceful sleep you’ll ever get in your entire miserable lives.”Kai blinked, fork halfway to his mouth. “Wow. Thank you, Satan.”Zora raised a brow. “You’re welcome, Crippled Cockroach.”Abigail choked on her water and burst out laughing, nearly falling off the couch.Kai lea
237: The Journey.
(A week later)After one long, dragging, oddly quiet week since Zora dropped the bomb about their training journey and now, finally, the trio was ready to leave.Zora stood at the center of the living room, arms crossed and an unreadable smirk playing at the edge of her lips. She was already dressed in travel gear, sleek boots, a reinforced belt, a light overcoat, and something blinking softly under her collar that looked very much like a miniature portal node.Kai adjusted his wristwatch, his usual black clothes replaced with something more fitted for movement. Abigail had ditched her usual girly outfits for something tougher, a reinforced jacket, body-hugging pants, and sleek combat boots that made her legs look even longer than usualElla stood at the doorway, watching them but she didn’t say anything for a while.After watching them, she stepped forward.“I want to come.”Zora didn’t even blink. “You’re not.”Ella’s jaw clenched. “I can help...”“You’re more useful here,” Zora cut
236: Prepare.
The air shifted again and even though no one had moved, it felt like something heavier than mere words had been dropped into the room.Abigail blinked slowly. “Wait… the Eye of Reincarnation and the Divine Staff?” Her voice came out quiet but laced with disbelief. “Why would such powerful cultivators, people from higher realms, care so much about something hidden here?”Atlas leaned forward, his hand slightly shaking as he touched the edge of the map with a kind of sacred reverence. “What even is the Divine Staff…?”Zora, still standing with arms folded, gave a low chuckle. “You really think something like this… something that even I had to decipher for months, something hidden across layers of dimensional barriers and encrypted in divine script… would be ordinary?”She glanced at each of them slowly, one brow raised. “That map was scattered across realms. torn apart by time and war and sealed by a god. A superior god.”Her words slammed into the room but Zora didn’t pause. “Even I di
235: Invasion Might Come.
Zora smiled faintly, resting her back against the edge of the table, one leg casually crossed over the other. “That could happen,” she said, tone a little too calm for the weight of her words. “Stronger worlds invading weaker ones… it’s not a myth. It has happened. Over and over again. Whole realms swallowed, civilizations wiped out like chalk from a board. Some do it for conquest. Others, for rare resources. Some… just for fun.”Her voice dropped slightly, and a tension hung in the air as the people in the room could not believe what she was saying. “But,” she added, just as the room tightened with unease, “Earth is not as vulnerable as you think. It may be at the bottom when it comes to power levels, but its bloodline… is special. This planet is littered with descendants, scattered remains of powerful beings who left behind their essence. Their children. Their codes. Even some who were banished here, or hid themselves here after being hunted in higher worlds.”She glanced at Atlas,
234: Explaining.
Zora suddenly burst into laughter, a rich, mocking sound that echoed through the room. The expressions on their faces were just too priceless, eyes wide, mouths slightly ajar, like children caught with their hands in something forbidden. She folded her arms across her chest and tilted her head, amusement still dancing in her eyes as she shook her head slowly.“Really?” she said with a chuckle. “You all thought cultivation was just some ancient discipline created here? That the gods I talked about were all from Earth?”They didn’t answer immediately, but their silence was louder than any confession. Heads slowly nodded one by one, their assumptions crumbling piece by piece. Well, everyone except Atlas. He stayed still, unreadable, his expression only shifting the slightest bit. If anyone had secrets buried deep behind those weathered eyes, it was him. He didn’t look shocked, but neither did he look confident. There were gaps in what he knew, and he was just now realizing how wide those
233: Origin.
Zora rolled her eyes so hard it was a miracle they didn’t get stuck.“For the last time,” she drawled, waving her hand like she was bored, “I figured it out, but understanding it? That only just happened five seconds ago. Congratulations, you’re all caught up.”Kai blinked, still staring at the now-whole scroll hovering mid-air. “Wait...so you’re telling me you’ve been dragging this thing around without even knowing exactly what it meant?”Zora didn’t respond immediately. She just shot him a sharp glance that screamed do you have brain damage or is it just your personality?Abigail muttered under her breath, “Typical Zora.”“So what is it?” Abigail asked, eyes locked on the scroll.Ella repeated, “Yeah… What exactly is this thing? I know a bit about it but I want to hear more from you, it seems you're very much familiar with it.”Even Atlas was quiet now, watching Zora with full attention. For all his power and wisdom, even he didn’t seem to have the full picture.Zora’s gaze drifted
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