Chapter 404 - 403: Humans are Weird
From the safety of the dimensional room, Reena and Amber watched the battle unfold.
Amber stood near the wall, daggers in hand, ever vigilant. Her sharp eyes flicked between the surrounding void and the chaos outside, ready to respond to anything that came too close. Reena, however, had long since given up trying to follow Solwyn’s movements and now paced restlessly back and forth, muttering to herself in growing frustration.
"I don’t get it. How is he able to move around like that? Is there some kind of trick to navigating the void?"
Amber gave no answer. Her attention remained fixed outside, where Solwyn had just eviscerated another half dozen creatures with a single blazing tornado that twisted and tore through the void.
Reena had to admit, it was impressive to see a battle of such a scale. Terrifying, but impressive. Still, her awe was short lived as her eyes returned to the ever present timer from the system in the corner of her vision.
[3:57]
She rubbed her temples furiously, her anxiety growing.
"We have less than four minutes left! Can we even make it back in time?!"
Her voice echoed faintly through the void, reaching Solwyn’s ears just as he cleaved a voidling in two. He laughed.
"Do you think I haven’t taken that into consideration? Four minutes? I could take us back in seconds with the skills I’ve just gained."
He now fully understood how to move through the void. And with that understanding came the realization that their home dimension wasn’t "far." Not really. The void didn’t operate on space the way the real world did. With no concept of distance, reaching their destination was a matter of intent, not movement.