228 I Hope This Isn’t a Bad Idea (1/2)

*Clatter Clatter*

Both Der and Jerigh opened their eyes in unison, and turned to look at the dark side of the room. There, they saw a man completely tied by numerous chains to the metallic walls.

”Daniel.. It's better if you see this..” Said Der through a wisp of sound essence.

In response to Der's words, Daniel turned around as slowly as possible, and looked in the same direction where his friends were looking, but from where he sitting, the area appeared too dark.

Despite that, his eyes were inexplicably drawn to a specific point within the darkness.. As if he couldn't help but look at that spot.

After a few seconds spent looking at that specific dark spot of the room, Daniel quietly stood up.. His mind was drifting away, and he couldn't keep his thoughts stably directed at what he was focusing on before.

He then took one step towards the darkness of the room, and for a reason unknown to him, he felt the need to free whatever had been locked by these chains he had heard just seconds earlier.. But instead of following his instincts, he sat back down, and closed his eyes.

At the same time, a pair of bright green eyes opened right in the spot in the darkness in which Daniel was being drawn to. These eyes shone with a bright green color, and were clear to a point where they could only be compared to two emeralds.

”Ignore him.” muttered Daniel while trying to focus back on his task. He then added ”.. And don't look at his eyes.” The moment Daniel had regained the lost portion of mind which had been taken over by the owner of the green eyes, he feared that the loss of focus would have caused his control over his immortal essence to be lost, but that never happened. Despite the fact that he was being controlled into doing something, he could still feel the majority of his focus being locked into what he was doing.

To him, it felt like the entity who was trying to control him, had also recognized the importance of letting him focus on his task, and therefore, had decided to avoid pushing himself too much into Daniel's mind.

Jerigh and Der looked at each other, and just like Daniel, they closed their eyes and entered into a meditative state. The pair of bright green eyes narrowed as they observed Daniel, then, they slowly closed as well.

In the blink of an eye, twelve days passed.

Der and Jerigh were chewing on something that they had taken out of their spatial rings. They were powerful cultivators, and could go on for months without eating, but they had decided to eat out of boredom. Twelve days spent in a dark room were more than their patience could take, and they had almost forgotten about the dangers outside of the room. Fortunately, their wait was close to come to an end.

The person that was the least affected by the wait, was Daniel. He had spent years in a cell ten times worse than this one. At least here he could change his clothes every now and then, and wasn't forced to have meaningless conversations with Sewah, just to trick his mind off of focusing on the slow passage of time.

Ever since the prisoner had closed his eyes, he had never opened them again. Only a few rattling noises could be heard every now and then, but they would soon stop. It was clear to the three of them, that the prisoner was trying to be just as quiet as the others where.

There was no doubt that, even though this man was treated as the most dangerous of criminals, he would not be able to defend himself from these monsters while weakened by those chains.

Thanks to 'Time is Precious', Daniel had quickly become used to separate his mind into multiple tasks, and after just a couple of days, he was able to think about other matters without too many risks. He had spent the last few days thinking of his meeting with his sister, wondering if she would have recognized him, or if she was even alive.

Of course, he hadn't forgotten in what kind of situation he had left her in.

He had left after the news of the most important discovery in the history of that planet had become known, and even though he had escaped capture, there was no doubt that if any of those powers became aware of the fact that Daniel had a sister, she would have become their next target. If not to attempt to get Daniel's secrets out of her, at the very least, to lure him out.

His sister wasn't the only source of worry present in his head. Der's daughter was also one, as well as his uncle, and his two teachers.

Whenever this matters entered his mind, he would soon put them aside, as for now, he needed to reach the planet alive. Unfortunately, it appeared that the closer he got to home, the more often these thoughts would resurface.. Turning his last day on board of the ship a hell worse than it was before.

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Ever since a few days before, an increasingly brighter and bigger light had appeared in the vastity of space right in front of the ship, and now, it had become a gargantuan sphere, on whose surface one could see a variety of different colors. The clear blue color of the oceans, the white color of the snow field, the yellow color of the massive deserts, and the various shades of red of the valleys and forests.

The planet was so incredibly big, that each biome was hard to distinguish, and appeared like a colored grain of sand amongst a million others.

If left going, the ship would keep going towards the planet, and ultimately, it would crash on its surface.. If even a single monster were to survive the crash, they would roam the site until they would manage to find a creature, human, or beast to infect. If that were to happen, the brightly colored, and lively world would soon come to an end.

Luckily, everything that Daniel had done so far, was to prevent this eventuality.. And now, it was finally time for the last part of his plan.

At just a few hours from the time of the crash, he allowed the spatial essence that prevented the perfect crystals to dissipate, and let them fall into them reach the engine, then, waited in silence.

After mere seconds, the perfect crystals were melted into their purest form of power. The molecules of air inside them quickly burned away, leaving only the liquid state of natural essence to generate power for the propulsors.