Chapter 383: Escaped (2/2)

And following that shout of hers, the red warning sign from my Adaptability appeared.

Everyone was aware of her Ability so as soon as they heard her shout, they all jumped back for at least 20 meters.

That guy… That hole was a decoy, huh? He made me think that he will use that hole to escape but in truth, he has this scroll.

From in front of our eyes, the barrier preventing us from attacking him suddenly exploded.

BOOM!

Because we all hastily retreated, the force of that explosion still reached us. It's filled with terrifying energy that threatened to break us into pieces. The Quintuple Shields covering us easily broke as we were all thrown far away with various injuries in our bodies.

Although it's not at the level of that metal cube from Larnel, it reminded me of that almost helpless feeling I got when Remilia spread her Domain open.

The force of the explosion felt like a full-powered attack of a Rank 4 Transcendent!

Despite the pain from the wounds I received from that explosion, my head continued to work and my priority list appeared.

I couldn't care less about that descendant now nor the unlucky Mortal Ranks down below who also got engulfed by that terrifying explosion.

At the moment, the safety of my Companions was the only thought that filled my mind.

Ignoring the pain racking my body, I activated every skill I had and Transformed to my Energy Incarnate form.

Due to the radius of the explosion, we're instantly thrown hundreds of meters away in a blink of an eye, scattering us away from each other.

With a bit of difficulty, I forced my body to a halt and turned my gazes on the girls that were also trying to resist the effect of that explosion.

”Avelin!” I shouted after spotting the closest girl to me.

Activating the Short-distance Teleportation, I closed our distance. Soon afterward, I solidified the currently chaotic energy around her by exercising my Energy Control to its fullest. Just like that time at the isolated space, I controlled that Energy to pull her towards me.

”Daisuke…” In a soft voice, Avelin looked up to see who caught her.

She's the slowest among us so she received more damage than the others, her clothes were almost torn away. Her flawless skin was now full of bruises and cuts and even her face wasn't spared.

”It's fine now, hold onto me,” I whispered to her before turning my eyes to another girl.

Forgetting about everything else and only focusing on my five Companions, in this way, I managed to pick them up one by one, checked the injuries they received and tended to it.

Among the five of them, Avelin suffered the most. However, looking at it, it's not that serious, her wounds weren't that deep. Letting her consume the pill from Alwyn, she's back to the same cheerful and adorable girl in no time.

Zerina and Erin only received a few cuts on their bodies that already closed by the time I caught them in my arms.

And even though Yuko and Irja told me that they're completely fine, I still checked twice to make sure. Who knows if they just didn't want me to worry about them?

Either way, I made sure that everyone's alright first before I calmed down and finally thought about the other guy that was supposedly got blown away with us.

Ah, well. He's already old enough to tend for himself. His name is still listed to the Supported Individuals anyway, he's still alive.

There is a more pressing issue we have to face now.

The descendant escaped. For sure, that explosion was just his instrument to make his escape. But where to? Will he hide in this world or…?

As if confirming my suspicion, Yuko's voice entered my ears, ”Dai-kun. That descendant. I saw him escaping to the sky.”

To the sky…

Is he trying to escape back to the Dark World by swimming through the vast outer space? He himself said it's impossible…

Should I chase after him? What if he became successful and chose to go back here for revenge? Or what if he found some kind of treasure there? He's not that lucky, is he?

”If he's really trying to go back to the Dark World by traversing the space with just his body, we don't have to worry about him anymore. Even if we could swim through that endless space, there's no energy existing in it. Or even if there is, it's not something we can convert or adapt to. Perhaps even your Adaptability will not be able to at the moment… Unless you're Rank 5 Transcendent, you will have no chance to traverse it for more than a day without a special vessel.”

Perhaps guessing that I'm thinking about chasing after the descendant, Irja who surprisingly had knowledge about it advised me not to.