Chapter 358: Loot Distribution and Leaving the Restricted Space (2/2)

Udann became invigorated that he declared that he's approaching another breakthrough.

Irja on the other hand was silent on the side and was lost in her thoughts. Nonetheless, I felt the Energy contained in her body increase.

Despite not breaking through, as soon as one made progress in their Pathways, it will always be reflected in their overall prowess.

Yatapa on the other hand was still lazily sitting on a corner. Perhaps he's about to become Exalted soon but his mindset will never change.

Another 5 minutes later, the door finally appeared. Grenol spearheaded it and became the first one to check the outside. After confirming that we didn't get transferred to another restricted space, he poked his head back from the door with a large grin on his face.

That's how overjoyed he was.

Monady and the other Dafirae Transcendent followed after him but before doing that, Monady handed me a personal communication crystal of hers and asked for mine. When I couldn't produce any, she handed me a handful of colorless crystals.

Apparently, those crystals were the base communication crystals used to create personal or those interconnected ones. She wanted me to create my own personal communication crystals and give her one. This just means she wanted to stay connected with me. My performance would possibly be reported and if I'm not wrong, that woman would recommend me to their higher-ups to be recruited to their tribe.

Because the crystal she handed to me could only be used by me to connect to her, she had no way of contacting me unless I contacted her first. But if she had my own personal communication crystal, she could contact me anytime she wanted.

Well, it's a bit complicated but that's the gist of it. Let's just say it's a one-way phone. You can call someone's recorded number but they can't call you back.

I did what she asked and gave her one. Most of the crystals were left untouched, I thought of giving them to my Companions and other important allies, that way we don't need to look for that Hermit at the World of Spirit anymore to have more means of communication.

I can also give one to Alwyn and Remilia. The former will possibly accept it while the latter will probably not. However, I will insist when I see her again.

The scene outside the door wasn't a castle town ruin but a desolate place where there's a huge open space in front and a sparse number of dilapidated houses. Even the house we're leaving from was a dilapidated one. Once we all left the room, the interior of the house turned back how it was supposed to be.

I looked around to determine which part of the Dimensional Space we're in right now. However, Irja answered that for me. As it turns out, we're halfway through the frontlines, the castle town ruin they entered from wasn't that far off from where we were and the camp made by the Dafirae Tribe was at the direction where Monady and the others from the tribe went off to.

Now that we're outside, everyone released a sigh of relief before going their separate ways. Perhaps they wanted to digest their gains or they just wanted to unwind after that life-or-death situation inside that restricted space.

Because there are less than three days left, I thought of farming more statues to firmly set me to the next stage and get more stones but Udann too wanted to rest for the meantime as well.

He gave me a crystal and asked for mine before leaving me alone with Irja and Yatapa.

I guess our deal of working together is already over. Nonetheless, I won't remove him from my ally list until I return to a Mortal World.

”Ember, don't tell me you're going to run away? You promised to answer my questions.”

”Does it need to be answered now? Let's take a breath first. I won't run away. Besides, I will be leaving soon so…”

”Huh? Where are you going?”

”I'll tell you later. By the way, what will you do to that guy?” I pointed at Yatapa who's stuck staring at the horizon.

”Don't worry, he'll follow me back. We have to report to the guy who sent us cleaning a castle town ruin about what happened.” Irja answered. She then went to Yatapa and pulled the guy with her by grabbing the back of his neck.

Their repayment task was cleaning a castle town ruins. Unexpectedly, they got transported to that restricted space. The other four in their group already went back and perhaps there's no need to report back as a group.

Since they will also leave, Irja also asked for a crystal. Telling me she will look for me after she drops Yatapa at the frontlines and meets with the old rug Klement.

Perhaps she will tell him what happened and also about me. After everything, she kept her suspicions to herself and well, we experienced the same things together. I am not against dealing with her again. I'm actually looking forward to seeing her again.

After giving her the crystal I also asked for hers. However, she couldn't produce one. Most of her items were destroyed or lost their effectiveness after 20 years in that place. Furthermore, she went straight to the Dafirae tribe after being released.

Because of that, I handed her a piece of colorless crystal I put aside for my Companions.

After giving her crystal, she immediately set off with Yatapa. Looking at her back, there's a trace of excitement in her every move. That woman… sometimes she's easily readable and sometimes she's too hard to understand.

Shaking my head, I took my eyes off her. Now that I'm alone, I guess it's time for me to test my prowess by hunting for more stones alone. As long as I don't casually enter a house or a highly suspicious manor, I will probably be fine. Hopefully.