53 Mysterious Saru (1/2)

On the other side of the Gutu Empire about a year's travel away from the city that Chiwenga was in, Saru was standing on top of a mountain. He wore a darkened expression as he gazed into the horizon. He knew that Maka was powerful, but for her to face three beasts like that alone with Taku who was insignificant, made him feel as if he had failed as a master somewhat.

He was a smart man so he already knew what was going on. Apart from being just another outstanding part of the younger generation, Maka was crucial to Saru's future plans. As her master he had placed certain seals in which he would be able to sense Maka's location, these seals also had another more important function, which he was planning to use soo . Yet at the moment her location was extremely vague and there was no way for him to pin point her direct location.

The only thing he could sense was that Maka was alive and the only thing he could do was wait until she reached a certain point in which he would be able to sense her precise location. Reality had hit him, because he realised that no matter how powerful one was there was certain things in this world that even he would feel helpless about just like the current situation. For the first time ever he had no idea what to do. He began thinking of the people who he could possibly have a grudge with who would opt to get to him in this way.

Ultimately he figured that the invaders wanted to draw him in and then kill him but using such a foolish tactic did not entirely work on him. Even though he was worried, he knew that his disciple had one or two tricks up her sleeve so he wasn't entirely worried about her. He was confident that she could undertake any threat that was thrown against her. The moment he could pin point her location his enemy's plan would be foiled, it would only be a matter of time.

What Saru was shocked about was the fact that Taku was there at that place already. He had no idea what he was doing there, if he had known that it was a beast horde then with his level he should have known that it was a burden more than anything.

Saru could only helplessly sigh and wait. It was at this moment that he saw a bird coming towards him. It was a small bird that looked eerily similar to a sparrow. The bird landed on his shoulder and as if telling him a secret, it placed its beak on his ear and actually spoke.

As the bird spoke, Saru's expression turned grave, with every word, Sarus expression turned uglier and uglier and after some time as the bird continued to speak , the bird seemed to just disappear from its spot.

…

Maka and Taku at this moment were still walking, they couldn't see an end to this world, and they had been walking for another half month so it had been slightly over a month and a half of them just walking. Taku at his point had mostly healed and he was at least able to do more aggressive training. They walked and talked and walked, though sometimes they even walked in silence for the whole day. As much as Taku didn't want these days to come to an end he knew that ultimately they might, but if they didn't he truly would have no problems with it.

At the end of the second month when they were getting ready to give up, they noticed that the river was getting narrow. Sensing a way out the two of them began running. They ran and ran and ran for about half a day and when they finally did reach the end they were shocked; for at the end of the river there was tall black wall, that looked like it was cascading into the heavens and had no end in sight.

Seeing this, Maka's expression turned grey. Taku noticed Maka's expression and before he could even ask Maka spoke, ”I think I know where we are…”

”Oh?” Taku exclaimed.

”…This is a pocket world, you see when a cultivator reaches a certain level they can create these pocket worlds. It can be a place to come train or it can be a place to come and rest. Or it can be their burial place, a pocket world can be an illusion whilst not an illusion at the same time, it's pretty vexing. The pocket world itself is not dangerous but the passage to the pocket world is what's dangerous,” Maka continued.

Taku was shocked; how the hell had they ended up in a pocket world? Judging from what Maka had mention, this was something akin to a different dimension. The very idea that humans could create their own dimensions was ridiculous to him.

Taku then looked at Maka and asked, ”What dangers are past this wall?”

Maka inhaled and said, ”Possibly there could be beasts, because every path to a pocket world has to have guardians and I don't know whether or not this Senior thought to put guardians beasts there, but I think the fact that we managed to pass through this path in the first place shows that at least it's not that dangerous.”

Taku exhaled and said, ”Well considering we were unconscious at the time, how we even managed to find the path to this pocket world is a mystery to begin with.”

Maka nodded, and then just said, ”I think we should go now.”