Chapter 87: Into the Unknown (1/2)

What the heck is this? I was first surprised at the huge Dimension Bonus but leaving the World of Spirits?

Does that mean this is another world? No. It says dimension so it's like the Pocket Dimension, but this one's simply higher than that.

Even the inherent energy here couldn't be identified by my Level 2 Adaptability.

There's also that Flux Energy Conversion.

My Flux Energy State forcefully adapted me to this dimension, converting the unidentified energy into Flux Energy but that cost me 45% in Strength and Endurance. Almost half of my base stats. However, the Dimension Bonus offsets it which raised my Strength and Endurance by a few points.

[Strength: 16.4(51.4)

Endurance: 16.3(51)

Intelligence: 5.1(5.7)]

Err... My stats finally hit above 50. Above the Heroes' average base stats...

Even if only temporary, I can finally see their backs.

”D-daisuke.”

Yumiko's voice brought me back to the present. She's weakly calling out to me from the front.

I shook off my thoughts and upon seeing her state, I hurriedly went next to her.

”What happened, Yumiko? What are you feeling?”

Yumiko was kneeling on the ground with a difficult expression on her face. There's even a trace of sweat on her temple. What she felt must have been difficult for her to bear.

”This place isn't part of the World of Spirits. My connection to the world has weakened. I wouldn't be able to replenish any used Spirit Energy now. Also, I feel like I was weakened a bit. There's a surge of power when I entered but most of it rapidly decayed right after along with a bit of my strength. I think I'm only at 80% of my original strength.”

Yumiko described her situation. She grasped onto my arm as she slowly stood herself up.

I supported her by holding her waist steady.

Since she didn't have a System, she couldn't get a detailed analysis of what had just happened. Unlike me, the System notified me through a series of notifications about what happened upon entering.

The surge of power was the Dimension Bonus but the decaying of it was most probably her failure to adapt to the inherent energy of this dimension. My Flux Energy State somehow forced me to adapt but it still cost me 45% of Strength and Endurance.

I knew that her Strength and Endurance is more or less 50. For her to feel weakened despite the +20 Dimension Bonus, does that mean even her overpowered buffs were weakened?

It's highly possible.

After helping her stand up, I explained to her what has just happened and what she probably felt while waiting for the others to enter.

”You don't have to worry about using your Spirit Energy. Have you forgotten who's in front of you?”

I have Spirit Boost, so replenishing their Spirit Energy is a done deal.

Yumiko looked at me and when my words sunk in, she smiled gracefully while giving me a hug.

”You're right, how can I forget that my support is here? Un. Psyche or Spirit Energy is not a problem. We'll be fine!”

Under our watchful eye, the others, starting from Jayna, started to cross the entrance and enter this dimension.

As soon as they set foot in here, each of them could be seen to have immediately bore a difficult expression.

I went to Jayna and helped her up. I couldn't do anything about the weakness she felt so I placed her to our side and let her use me to support herself before her strength came back.

Rei and Ren also recovered from the sudden power up and decaying after a while. They both stood up and went to their position.

It's actually the Transformed Spirit Beasts who were having a hard time. As soon as they entered, they unconsciously transformed back to their original forms.

They howled and growled when they felt the process of power up and decaying. It's a minute later before they transformed back to their humanoid form, each one of them catching their breath.

It seems that the backlash of the Dimension was higher for them compared to us.

”Everyone, please calm yourself for now. I'm going to explain what happened. But first, please check your bracelets and see if nothing's wrong with it.”

I clapped my hands to catch their attention.

Though some of them were still frowning from what had just happened, they obediently crowded around us.

All of us took out the Escape Bracelet given by the Spirit Queen and after checking that it still works, we all put it off and stored it somewhere we could pull out and break easily if we were met with unavoidable danger.

”I felt weak when we entered. What happened?”

Abe, the ape-like Transformed Spirit Beast asked. He's the one who still has his tails and furs in his Humanoid form. He seems like the leader of their group, a 4-Rivers Transformed Spirit.