Chapter 318: Easing Their Worries (2/2)

After a while, the sound of a rustling blanket could be heard as the girl who was comfortably sleeping in front of me woke up.

”… Did I fall asleep? Here?”

Alwyn asked in her melodic voice while pulling up the blanket I put on her. The red on her face couldn't be hidden despite the slight darkness of the room which was only illuminated by some kind of luminescent stone.

Well, despite being an Exalted, after she finished retelling me the history of their world, her head drooped down to the low table and suddenly fell asleep there.

Seeing her slightly creased forehead, which probably from the pressure and stress she was feeling by being commanded by Illiana, relaxed, I let her sleep there and looked for a blanket to cover her.

While she's sleeping, I took that time to talk to the four girls at the World of Elements through the Avatar. I told them my current status to ease their worries before I merged the Avatar's memory with mine.

”Un. You must've been tired. I couldn't bear to wake you up so…”

”T-thank you and I apologize for this embarrassing display!”

”It's fine, don't beat yourself over it. In any case, thank you for your time.”

”I'm just following the Great One's command! Well then, I will be going.”

Alwyn stood up and bowed before turning towards the door. She pulled out something from her black pouch and put it down on the low table.

”This is not that valuable but take it as my token of gratitude!”

After saying that, she hurriedly left my room without looking back.

Well, her reaction was normal. Falling asleep in someone else's room? Anyone will be embarrassed. Except for me, I guess.

I looked at what she put down and held it in my hand. It's a bottle filled with slightly golden round pills.

Is pill refining a thing here as well? Why didn't I encounter it with the other Transcendents before?

Although the possibility of pill refining and other similar things existing in some worlds is there, I didn't think I will be encountering it here in this world of all places.

I opened the bottle and took one of it. Just like before, my Adaptability worked on it and filled my mind about its use.

”I thought this would have an effect like boosting ones' Energy or helping in ones' breakthrough. But it's just a regular medicinal pill for injuries. I guess I set my expectation high. Breaking through isn't really that hard after all. Just the accumulation of energy. If there are really pills for it, it will be priced too high. Besides there are already those Energy Stones which can boost one's absorption, creating a pill specifically for that sounds unnecessary anymore.”

I put the pill back in the bottle and threw it inside the Necklace. Afterwards, I started my first Absorbing session in this world.

Opening the Energy Zone, I took out the emptied tanks of Dark Energy to fill it up.

This is also the benefit of being in this world. I now have an unlimited source of Level 2 Energy. I used up all those we collected after all besides, my girls will need these to quickly advance once I returned to their side.

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Six hours soon passed and my Absorption Session ended. During it, I already accepted the calls from my Companions from the other worlds. However, due to the distance again and probably the restriction of the world, the supposed 10-minute duration was halved and it required more Energy to maintain the connection.

That's only enough to tell them my current situation. Just like with my Companion at the World of Elements, I told them that someone was helping me on this side.

I haven't tried the Portal Skills yet. I'm at a place filled with Transcendents stronger than me after all. And thinking about it, add the distance that was always mentioned, it might not work at all or worse, if it works, someone might exploit the traces I would be leaving behind.

However, I'll still find a chance to try it when I'm truly alone somewhere. It's always better to confirm than overthink things.