Chapter 232: Grass. (2/2)

While they were talking, Karma shivered as she witnessed the beetle's wings cases open. She wordlessly turned away and flew off.

”Huh?” Night exclaimed and the beetle started flying toward them. He instantly deployed his wings and followed Karma.

”What are you doing?” Raylein scowled at them. ”Why are you running away? It's just an insect. Literally.”

”Then get rid of it,” Night replied.

Raylein looked at the approaching beetle blankly. He kicked the ground and was about to punch it. But he stopped halfway through. He realized that if he were to connect that punch, that insect would burst open right on his face. He instantly changed plans and teleported away. He conjured a spatial blade from afar and cut the beetle in two. Then, he heard three persons clapping in mock-awe.

”…Hey, why didn't you just burn it?” He glared at Night.

”I didn't want to waste my mana on that.”

”Then wasting mine is fine? I shall remember you that you have more mana than all of us combined,” Raylein retorted and Night shrugged.

”Blame Arima's aversion of insects. He gave it to us.”

Raylein rubbed his face and sighed. ”Let's just go already. Ganesha, where do we go?”

Ganesha took out a fancy compass that didn't seem to be magnetized. He made the arrow spin manually and pointed at the direction it indicated when it stopped. ”There.”

”Seriously?” Night interjected and Ganesha smiled.

”Of course, no matter what, this direction is the best choice for us. That's how my whole magic works in a sense.”

Night sighed and flew off. ”Let's get out of this grass first… damn, that sounds weird.”

When they got out of the 'forest', the sun immediately illuminated them. The four of them looked around gaping. They knew it was going to be enormous but actually seeing it was a striking experience.

The trees could be compared to the tallest building ever made in the other Reality. The animals roaming the place were also terrifyingly big. Even small ponds were literal seas for them. And it wasn't needed to mention how colossal the mountains on the horizon were.

”This is…” Ganesha was sweating a little. ”A hundred? No, far from that, a thousand? Is this reality a thousand times larger than what we know?”

Night silently estimated his surroundings and beckoned everyone. ”…Let's move for now. There's no point in admiring the scene. Try using the least mana possible,” he instructed and flapped his wings. He dashed in the direction Ganesha had directed them.

While they were flying across the planet, they spotted many different things. Apart from the extreme size of essentially everything, they happened to come across animals and plants which they knew about.

At some point, they even crossed paths with a pterodactyl and several other dinosaurs. They also discovered that the living beings in this Reality had a mana pool matching the size of their magic circuits. In other words, the average mana pool size here was a thousand times more than what they were used to.

”But at the same time, their magic should be weak for the amount that they use,” Night alleged and everyone nodded.

”I have a question,” Karma raised her hand. ”What if the people in this world were to compress their bodies? Wouldn't they be able to change to match us?”

”No, lady, that wouldn't work,” Ganesha answered to her. ”They're indeed 'expanded' compared to us. But that doesn't mean the matter composing their body is unstable. Rather, they're stable when they are like that. If they were to compress them to become like us, they would end up as Night cited earlier.”

”I see,” while Karma was thinking about that, Night abruptly came to a standstill and also forced his group to slow down with a barrier.

”Hey! What was that for?” Raylein shouted but he didn't respond. His eyes flashed and shifted upward. His pupils narrowed into a slit and fire shrouded him. He turned into a dragon within the flames and roared. At the same time, the sunlight was blocked and everything suddenly became dark.

Night snorted and flapped his wings. He dispersed the flames and flew up. Karma, Ganesha, and Raylein covered their eyes and looked up afterward. They gasped when they saw a titanic shadow falling from the sky. Fortunately, it wasn't big enough for them to be unable to recognize it.

”That's a fist!” Ganesha exclaimed and they focused on what was behind that large hand.

”A minotaur?” Karma's eyes widened.

”No, there are few chances it exists here. Maybe it has another name. But in any case, this aura...” Raylein furrowed his eyebrows.

Night reached the giant fist and stopped it with both of his hands. The clash shook the ground and the shockwave created a deep crater.

”Uh?” A powerful voice echoed. It seemed that the fist's owner was quite surprised.

Night sneered and lodged his claws in the flesh of the minotaur. He gritted his teeth and twisted the entire arm before throwing the giant away.

His group watched in disbelief as the massive monster was flung before falling on the ground. But it wasn't long before he slammed his hand on the ground and got back on his feet; an amazing display of agility that didn't match his size.

Night clicked his tongue and landed on the ground. ”Karma,” he called and she immediately changed into a katana for him.

”Well, Ganesha, I don't know if you're too lucky or not, but you led us straight to the Guardians. What a jackpot,” Night jested and shouldered Karma.

Ganesha snickered and sensed more auras coming toward them. ”Isn't that what we wanted?”

”I guess.”

”More importantly,” Raylein raised his voice and glanced at Night. ”What do you think?”

The dragon hummed and peeked at the minotaur then at the new silhouettes appearing one after the other. He grinned and his scales glowed red.

”I can take care of them.”