85 Higher realms (1/2)

”Anyways. Back to the topic. In the upper realm a Martial King is already one of the top figures, especially a peak state one like our master.

But after we send our emergency signal he, who came to help us, since he was already in the vicinity, got stuck too. There was a barrier that stopped us from leaving the dungeon, while the way forward was blocked by these monsters.”, here he shuddered. It seemed like the memories were still affecting him.

”Luckily for us, there was a safe zone around the dungeon entrance, which they were unable to enter, or we would have been slaughtered in merely a few seconds.

With no way back, nor forward, we could only stay there in the hope that someone would come to rescue us or that the blocked entrance would open.”, he fell silent, deep in his memories of that time.

”And then one year later, someone once again entered the dungeon. When he first entered, we thought that another unfortunate person had come to join us. But to our surprise, this person seemed to have known what to expects, since he wasn't surprised by what he saw after entering. On the contrary the thing that seemed to surprise him were the people in the safe zone.

Out master, who was the strongest person trapped in the dungeon, then explained why everyone was there.

When the man heard our story, he surprisingly apologized to us and explained that this dungeon was a training ground of their sect, but because of something they had messed up while creating a new entrance, which had lead to us appearing in it. It was only now, that they had gone around on checking on this dungeon.”

”Wait? How can a dungeon like this be a training ground?”, Carl asked in surprise.

”That is because we weren't in the upper realm.”, Joseph, sighed. ”What we call the upper realm is only the realm directly above us. But above it there is once again another realm and then again and again. Nobody knows where it ends.”

Everyone gasped when they heard that. While the upper realm wasn't unknown, neither of them had heard about the realms above it. Just imagine how strong the people in these realm's had to be.

”Anyways. What happened after that was kind of anticlimactic. The man who had entered the dungeon to check on it told us to wait for him to go get an elder of his sect, who would be able to send us back.

Soon he came back with the elder, who then with only a wave of his hand opened a portal which would send us back. But before he send us back, he removed any specific information about him and the other man, leaving only a vague impression. And from this impression I felt the similarity to Ivan.”

”Then in his former life Ivan was...?”

”I don't know. It could have been the man, the elder or just the aura left on one of the objects on one of these twos. The only thing I'm sure of is that it wasn't something on the people who had entered from the upper realm.”

”Then Ivan's former incarnation should be of a much higher realm, right?”, Jenny asked in astonishment.