Chapter 94 - world beneath god
"Instead of wasting time here, I have a better idea," said Marain, drawing everyone’s attention.
"Let’s go back to the mansion first," she added.
Before anyone could even ask what her plan was, Marain had already jumped from the top floor down into the central hole. The others glanced at one another briefly, then quickly followed her lead.
The guiding wind surged once again, pulling them through the tunnel and eventually delivering them back to the Blessing Crystal’s mansion.
"This is something I recently discovered," Marain explained once they arrived at the entrance, "We can actually transport directly outside from the Blessing Crystal without needing to go through the city."
"But the issue is," she continued, "it used to be Jin and Gin who directed the teleportation. And since they’re not here, I can only hope the guiding wind can take over their task."
She turned toward the swirling wind in front of her, speaking directly to it.
"There’s something I need to get before we evacuate," Auran suddenly said. Without waiting, he turned and sprinted back into the mansion. Clara followed swiftly behind him.
"Oho, so you can communicate... Ah, only with the owner of the Blessing Crystal Mansion? I see," Marain murmured, surprised as the guiding wind seemed to respond to her. To the others, it showed no signs of intelligence or language, yet with Marain, it acted almost sentient.
After a few moments, Auran and Clara returned. But there was no visible sign of what Auran had retrieved from inside.
"Hmph," Marain exhaled as she finished her quiet exchange with the guiding wind, then shook her head.
"It says it can transport us outside," she explained, turning back to the group, "but not through the usual portal. That one’s overwhelmed with the crowd constantly pouring through it. Instead, it’ll use an alternative channel—one reserved for a select few in the city."