Chapter 82: To the Spirit Beast Capital (1/2)

From the fortress where we came from to the Spirit Beast Capital, it would take us at least 3 days if we only rely on the carriage.

Well, only Yumiko could fly and we couldn't ask the Spirit King to give us a ride.

Yumiko was also refusing to try channeling the Spiral Guy aka Overlord of Dimensions again to create a portal. She kept remembering the dance she did at that time and that earned me a glare from her. She also remembered how I wanted to record it, after all.

So we have no choice but to take the carriage.

Jayna liked the idea. Since we had just finished the mission, she thought that it's a good time for us to relax.

However, from forests to plains to rocky hills, since it's the territory of the Spirit Beasts, there are no suitable roads for a carriage like this.

”Old thing, I told you to consider making roads. What are you doing these days?”

Yumiko asked. We're currently travelling on a rocky hill so the ride was more uncomfortable than most.

Even if one wanted to nap, one rocky bump would immediately jolt one awake. But on the bright side, it keeps us alert throughout the journey. Jayna was clinging to me on my side though.

”Roads? What use do we need for it? We might be fond of our Humanoid forms because of how easy to move in it, however, we're still beasts.”

He's not wrong. There's really no use for a road for them, they could just drag themselves or fly through the air.

But Spirit King. You're the one most uncomfortable during the ride, you were almost thrown out of the carriage earlier, right?

”Haa. I guess it's bad that I didn't consider off-road wheels, I based the design on what I read at the library.”

Yumiko muttered at her corner. To think that she's getting her ideas from a library. Use the internet next time and let them build a giant robot here.

Err… there might be a world with that kind of thing existing. I saw one student who's wearing a powered suit under his uniform slightly similar to what they wore in the manga where dead people were resurrected only to be forced to hunt down hiding aliens.

”Ezyn, I'm still new in this world, you're probably the oldest among us here. Surely, you have some stories that the Spiritas have no knowledge of.”

I asked the Spirit King who looked too bored at his corner.

Jayna's ears also perked up upon hearing my words, her curiosity was triggered once again. She straightened her body before she used my shoulders to support her head.

”Story? What kind of story do you want? How about the story of how I became a Ruler Spirit?”

Ezyn proudly said.

Even as a Spirit Beast, he got the human mannerisms spot on, with his head held high and arms crossed.

”Old thing, I already heard of that. Even you don't know how you actually became one. Just tell us the difference between a Noble Spirit and Ruler Spirit.”

Yumiko shot him down and suggested another thing instead.

So, he got a lucky encounter that helped him in his breakthrough? But it seems he's not at all fixated at finding the Spirit Ocean which meant that's where he's different to the Spiritas.

”Uh... It's hard to tell you about it since you all wouldn't get it. My Seas were combined and turned into an Ocean. Being a Ruler Spirit, a part of the actual Spirit Ocean is already my territory. I could materialize it and spread it to the area surrounding me, with me as the center I could make it my own Spirit Domain where my rule is absolute.”

Ezyn detailed about what he acquired when he became a Ruler Spirit.

Spirit Domain, rule is absolute. Ah. I remembered about Old Man Reol's prerequisite to reach the Emperor Realm, it's to make his own Empire. Maybe he could also make his surrounding area with him as the center and make a special zone to declare it as his Emperor Domain.

That sounds about right but maybe there's a slight difference between them.

I see. The paths will probably start to converge through those similarities in nature. And when they reach the next realm after that, they would have already surpassed their own world.

Err... Let's keep this guess to myself for now. I need to see them or experience them myself to confirm it and going with the way things are right now, I'm still stuck at 3 Streams.

It's only been a day so I guess I'll have some progress before reaching the Spirit Beast Capital.

”I haven't seen you use that during the Fortress Battle.”

Yumiko commented.

Ah. She's also far from being a Ruler Spirit but her strength almost approached his already. With her Spirit Channeling on top of it, if they really fought each other, can Yumiko cope against a Ruler Spirit?

”I don't like to bully those weaker than me. Those Peak 4-leaf Dark Elves could more or less resist the effect. If someone at the same level as me appeared, that's when I'll go all out.”

I see, he's giving them a handicap. If he did use that, there's no point for the others to be there, he could just stomp them all by himself.

After saying all that, Ezyn contentedly lies back down.

I was hoping to ask him some more about the history of the Spirit Beasts but he's probably the wrong person to ask about it.