Another day was already bright when Bastian and his entourage left the Godly Abode space. Inside the forest, Bastian took the group through the dense vegetation. After some encounters with some magical beasts, they arrived at an immense field of lawn, free of any kind of tree. In the middle of this large field were some stone monoliths arranged in a circular pattern.
In the very center, a large stone base with encrusted signs that Bastian took no time to comprehend, as he already had seen it several times and even crafted some of them himself, was a Teleportation base, even his previous attempts that he developed were similar, and this one in question was activated by natural energy from the environment, which Bastian took time to copy and make his annotations about.
After some time, Bastian analyzed that it could take 20 people in a single teleportation, and he asked everyone to take the Backpacks from their space rings as it would be possible to have some restrictions over the place they were supposed to go.
In what appeared to be a second or so, all of them were teleported to another place, and he observed his surroundings. Bastian discovered that everyone was fine. To leave no doubt, the first thing Bastian did was try to use his magic, which failed, proving his theory to be correct, but the worst was the tiredness sensation, which led Bastian to believe that the place was sucking their energies as well.
Bastian had learned how to seal someone's energies, and after self-applying the seal, Bastian took a potion to replenish his energies. After that, he helped all his women do the same, no longer suffering from environmental restrictions. Bastian took time to study the map he had in his hands.
As time passed, he noticed another restriction: the gravitational force was 3 to 5 times the usual, which could also cause fatigue, but it was nothing compared to what he had already made everyone train under his training arrays, which could reach 10 times the gravity force. The single one suffering was Yana, as she had no cultivation, it was going to be hard on her, and that led Bastian to travel carefully and slowly for Yana to be able to walk along with them.
After some deliberation, they decided to go on. As the return portal or teleportation base was nowhere to be seen, they decided to follow the track, moving slowly and fully paying attention to their surroundings.
Bastian noticed that he had not found any spiritual herbs or magic beasts, only common jungle animals, and common herbs, and applying some considerations, he understood that it was not suitable to have those animals or herbs in such an environment.
They walked a long time until they could find a suitable place to rest, set up a camp, and prepare a boar they had hunted as food for everyone. Bastian remembered his first hunt with his disciples.
Bastian and his entourage had decided to rest for the night and continue the next day. Once the camp was established and everyone had already eaten, some of them stood guard in shifters while the others rested.
Bastian woke up before sunrise, already rested, so he could release the last on guard to sleep a little. Bastian started to prepare breakfast for everyone while he guarded the camp. It did not take too much time to prepare a good meal.
Waking up one after another, the girls smelled the food, and hungry, they ate until satisfied, which made Bastian happy as everyone took time to praise his deeds.
It was still early when they gathered everything and resumed their travel within the dense forest. After walking for a while, Aria spotted some skeletons near a tree not too far from where they were. Curious, Bastian spent time investigating their surroundings with care.
Bastian gathered their space rings to probe and found some interesting things inside them, discovering another feature of the restrictions of that Hidden Realm. Some magic cores were inside those rings, but they were all depleted, and even some weapons were destroyed and consumed.
As they could not take off or place anything inside the space rings, he did not understand how it could have happened, raising his curiosity to another level. Julya looked at Bastian and asked:
- Did you understand what is happening? Bastian swayed his head from side to side and answered:
- Could the Hidden Realm consume them as a source of energy? Julya looked at Bastian and asked:
- What did you discover? Bastian showed her the space ring and said:
- The cores and weapons inside these rings were all drained of their energies! Bastian looked around and asked:
- Did you find any other things? Ileana, Saori, Aria, and Maya were near him and answered:
- Nothing that brings us any clue! Yana asked:
- I think this Hidden Realm may be without a supply of energy, and it is at its end. Bastian nodded his head in accordance, while Julya giggled and made a comment:
- She is a smart one as well! Bastian smirked and said:
- Let us keep on moving! Bastian communicated with the Operator and discovered that the hypothesis lifted by Yana should be the correct guess.
They walked inside the forest for a long time as Bastian and Saori saw a big green lawn field and, in its center, a large building. They approached the white building. Bastian suddenly felt danger and stopped in his tracks to pay attention, discovering another remarkable skeleton.
By the appearance of the bones, it was a giant white tiger, which brought Yana a little discomfort, and analyzing further, Bastian discovered that it was dead from energy depletion as well. Bastian looked at Yana and said:
- This one was the Guard of the Inheritance, it should be your ancestor! Yana looked deep into Bastian's eyes and understood what he meant, and Bastian said:
- We will move its bones inside the throne room to be by its master's side! Yana smiled and nodded her head, knowing that Bastian was doing it for her.
Bastian decided to go further and enter the building, inside its giant walls and doors. There was another giant skeleton sitting on a carved stone throne. Reading the encryptions on those walls, Bastian understood it was an old god, and beside it, there was a giant box. First, Bastian took time to analyze the encryptions all over the place, and communicating with the operator, he looked for the Control Gem, which would probably be inserted in the left arm bone of the skeleton.
Taking it from its place, Bastian placed a drop of blood over it, gaining control over the place. As soon as the blood touched the black stone, it shone for a moment and disappeared. The Operator assimilated all the space and control of the Hidden Realm, Bastian tried to open the giant box, which took lots of attempts with no result.
Bored, Bastian called for the Operator and asked:
- What is that box? The Operator said:
- Master, that is all the inheritance of this Hidden Realm! Wait, and I will display them for you!
Bastian decided to set up camp outside the building. He was hungry, so he asked Julya to make some food for everyone. After lunch, the Operator called him, saying:
- Master! I already have control of the whole Hidden Realm and its space, I am integrating it into your own! Bastian was happy to hear such news, and the Operator continued:
- Master, do you want to see what is in the box?
Bastian agreed and called all his women inside the building. The box suddenly opened, and a lot of items came out, making Bastian smile as there were lots of treasures, including lots of books, scrolls, and maps. Bastian looked at them and ordered the Operator to review all the information and assemble those books in the library.
There were lots of alchemy recipes, craft blueprints, array blueprints, and other interesting stuff. Among this treasure were three white orbs that brought curiosity into Bastian's eyes. The Operator said:
- Master, this is the true treasure among these things! Bastian frowned at his forehead and said:
- Explain it! The Operator said:
- These are Elemental Energy Sources! But they are almost completely depleted, we have to nurture them for a while before using them! The Operator looked at Bastian and said:
- Master, there is another subject I want to discuss with the master. I looked through the diary of the previous operator and discovered what happened here. I want you to accompany me for a while as I explain it!
Bastian nodded his head and both were teleported inside the throne hall where the skeleton sat on the throne. The Operator pointed at some traces on the walls and said:
- These encryptions also guard over the arrays that form this Hidden Realm as much as the encryptions on the stone throne! Can you see these scratches?
Bastian nodded his head and the Operator continued:
- After the calamity, the energy source emptied and the Spirit Vessel of this Hidden Realm took the initiative of changing the array arranging trying to save itself and the Hidden Realm, but it used an array that used the energies disposed of inside the Hidden Realm itself, the beasts and every single animal would die from it.
Bastian nodded his head and asked:
- What happened after that? The Operator pointed at the Bones of the Giant White Tiger and said:
- The Great Protector scratched those walls and destroyed the array arrangement, killing the Spirit Vessel! Bastian asked:
- What is the situation now? The Operator said:
- We can use a little more than 2/3 of the complete artifact, adding it to our own as we had done previously, discarding the other part!
This information lifted Bastian's curiosity and asked can if the operator could explain it further. The Operator under Bastian's order explained that the Godly Artifact of Hidden Realms, in fact, was an artifact that created "copies" of a specific space through a complex array and with the aid of a set of arranged arrays could input energies from different sources, and the most common was to gather energies from the environment, as the environment energies were polluted it had used the energies within the space to sustain itself what almost killed everything and started to corrode its own space.
Bastian lifted another question:
- How have you sustained yourself? The Operator explained:
- Master, the first Artifact that you possessed used a part of the energy that you had in your body to sustain itself, and after you developed that arranged and complex array that filtered the energies, I was able to dispose of more and more functions, as you leveled up.
Bastian understood what happened and pointed out another of his doubts.
- What about the Fire Hidden Realm that we annexed? The Operator comprehended his Master's doubts and explained:
- Master, in that case, that Hidden Realm had a lot of supplies of pure energies, and I used it to stabilize your artifact and improve your Artifact as well. Bastian was content with the Operator's explanation and asked:
- Create another hall beside the other skeleton halls, and move this inside. Add the possible space for our use, as the books move, and arrange them in our library in a different hall as for the corroded weapons and depleted energy source, just destroy them. The Operator stated:
- As you command, Master! Curious Bastian asked:
- Can we teleport out of this Hidden Realm? The Operator explained:
- It is already under your domain, Master! Bastian scratched his chin and asked:
- Were you using the energies I gathered? The Operator told the truth:
- Sorry Master! But I had to sustain the Artifact! Bastian sighed and said:
- The motive I did not level up was explained! The Operator asked for forgiveness again:
- Sorry Master! Bastian sighed again and said:
- No problem! But let us discuss before you take any idea that may compromise me! The Operator said:
- As you command, Master!
Bastian took time to ponder and recalled that the spaces he had under his Godly Abode now were even bigger, he had a whole desert, a huge forest, and a huge mountain full of life, beasts, and animals. The cave entrance and access to the inner side were on the mountain, which had another huge area.
One small forest capable of standing and supporting his pets, a huge space for his controlled plantations of coffee, his spirit herbs garden also enhanced with arrays as each one had a proper environment, the skeleton hall where lay the throne rooms for each one of the Gods he had inherited the realms, and lastly, a whole living area with an alchemy lab, a craft workshop, a huge office, another huge library, the cultivation area, a space for training, and dorm rooms. Bastian scratched his chin and said:
- Not Bad! Not Bad at all!
Bastian nodded his head and teleported everyone out of the Hidden Realm, and as he thought, the teleportation base and the stone monoliths from where he had entered the Hidden Realm had disappeared.
Bastian looked at his women and asked:
- Shall we go straight home, or do we spend time in Beastdor? Yana looked at him, approaching smoothly, and asked:
- Can we visit home? I would like to tell my family what we saw and greet them before we leave. Bastian nodded his head and said:
- Everyone, come closer! We are teleporting back to the property! With everyone gathered, Bastian teleported them back to a room inside his mansion.
From the mansion, they went to the Fu Family Clan property, riding chariots, it took no time for them to arrive. After a long chit-chat and going through the traveling story, after greeting everyone, Bastian decided to go back to Mixundor City through the city Teleportation Base Office, where he met the Region Landlord again.
Another day was already bright when Bastian and his entourage left the Godly Abode space. Inside the forest, Bastian took the group through the dense vegetation. After some encounters with some magical beasts, they arrived at an immense field of lawn, free of any kind of tree. In the middle of this large field were some stone monoliths arranged in a circular pattern.
In the very center, a large stone base with encrusted signs that Bastian took no time to comprehend, as he already had seen it several times and even crafted some of them himself, was a Teleportation base, even his previous attempts that he developed were similar, and this one in question was activated by natural energy from the environment, which Bastian took time to copy and make his annotations about.
After some time, Bastian analyzed that it could take 20 people in a single teleportation, and he asked everyone to take the Backpacks from their space rings as it would be possible to have some restrictions over the place they were supposed to go.
In what appeared to be a second or so, all of them were teleported to another place, and he observed his surroundings. Bastian discovered that everyone was fine. To leave no doubt, the first thing Bastian did was try to use his magic, which failed, proving his theory to be correct, but the worst was the tiredness sensation, which led Bastian to believe that the place was sucking their energies as well.
Bastian had learned how to seal someone's energies, and after self-applying the seal, Bastian took a potion to replenish his energies. After that, he helped all his women do the same, no longer suffering from environmental restrictions. Bastian took time to study the map he had in his hands.
As time passed, he noticed another restriction: the gravitational force was 3 to 5 times the usual, which could also cause fatigue, but it was nothing compared to what he had already made everyone train under his training arrays, which could reach 10 times the gravity force. The single one suffering was Yana, as she had no cultivation, it was going to be hard on her, and that led Bastian to travel carefully and slowly for Yana to be able to walk along with them.
After some deliberation, they decided to go on. As the return portal or teleportation base was nowhere to be seen, they decided to follow the track, moving slowly and fully paying attention to their surroundings.
Bastian noticed that he had not found any spiritual herbs or magic beasts, only common jungle animals, and common herbs, and applying some considerations, he understood that it was not suitable to have those animals or herbs in such an environment.
They walked a long time until they could find a suitable place to rest, set up a camp, and prepare a boar they had hunted as food for everyone. Bastian remembered his first hunt with his disciples.
Bastian and his entourage had decided to rest for the night and continue the next day. Once the camp was established and everyone had already eaten, some of them stood guard in shifters while the others rested.
Bastian woke up before sunrise, already rested, so he could release the last on guard to sleep a little. Bastian started to prepare breakfast for everyone while he guarded the camp. It did not take too much time to prepare a good meal.
Waking up one after another, the girls smelled the food, and hungry, they ate until satisfied, which made Bastian happy as everyone took time to praise his deeds.
It was still early when they gathered everything and resumed their travel within the dense forest. After walking for a while, Aria spotted some skeletons near a tree not too far from where they were. Curious, Bastian spent time investigating their surroundings with care.
Bastian gathered their space rings to probe and found some interesting things inside them, discovering another feature of the restrictions of that Hidden Realm. Some magic cores were inside those rings, but they were all depleted, and even some weapons were destroyed and consumed.
As they could not take off or place anything inside the space rings, he did not understand how it could have happened, raising his curiosity to another level. Julya looked at Bastian and asked:
- Did you understand what is happening? Bastian swayed his head from side to side and answered:
- Could the Hidden Realm consume them as a source of energy? Julya looked at Bastian and asked:
- What did you discover? Bastian showed her the space ring and said:
- The cores and weapons inside these rings were all drained of their energies! Bastian looked around and asked:
- Did you find any other things? Ileana, Saori, Aria, and Maya were near him and answered:
- Nothing that brings us any clue! Yana asked:
- I think this Hidden Realm may be without a supply of energy, and it is at its end. Bastian nodded his head in accordance, while Julya giggled and made a comment:
- She is a smart one as well! Bastian smirked and said:
- Let us keep on moving! Bastian communicated with the Operator and discovered that the hypothesis lifted by Yana should be the correct guess.
They walked inside the forest for a long time as Bastian and Saori saw a big green lawn field and, in its center, a large building. They approached the white building. Bastian suddenly felt danger and stopped in his tracks to pay attention, discovering another remarkable skeleton.
By the appearance of the bones, it was a giant white tiger, which brought Yana a little discomfort, and analyzing further, Bastian discovered that it was dead from energy depletion as well. Bastian looked at Yana and said:
- This one was the Guard of the Inheritance, it should be your ancestor! Yana looked deep into Bastian's eyes and understood what he meant, and Bastian said:
- We will move its bones inside the throne room to be by its master's side! Yana smiled and nodded her head, knowing that Bastian was doing it for her.
Bastian decided to go further and enter the building, inside its giant walls and doors. There was another giant skeleton sitting on a carved stone throne. Reading the encryptions on those walls, Bastian understood it was an old god, and beside it, there was a giant box. First, Bastian took time to analyze the encryptions all over the place, and communicating with the operator, he looked for the Control Gem, which would probably be inserted in the left arm bone of the skeleton.
Taking it from its place, Bastian placed a drop of blood over it, gaining control over the place. As soon as the blood touched the black stone, it shone for a moment and disappeared. The Operator assimilated all the space and control of the Hidden Realm, Bastian tried to open the giant box, which took lots of attempts with no result.
Bored, Bastian called for the Operator and asked:
- What is that box? The Operator said:
- Master, that is all the inheritance of this Hidden Realm! Wait, and I will display them for you!
Bastian decided to set up camp outside the building. He was hungry, so he asked Julya to make some food for everyone. After lunch, the Operator called him, saying:
- Master! I already have control of the whole Hidden Realm and its space, I am integrating it into your own! Bastian was happy to hear such news, and the Operator continued:
- Master, do you want to see what is in the box?
Bastian agreed and called all his women inside the building. The box suddenly opened, and a lot of items came out, making Bastian smile as there were lots of treasures, including lots of books, scrolls, and maps. Bastian looked at them and ordered the Operator to review all the information and assemble those books in the library.
There were lots of alchemy recipes, craft blueprints, array blueprints, and other interesting stuff. Among this treasure were three white orbs that brought curiosity into Bastian's eyes. The Operator said:
- Master, this is the true treasure among these things! Bastian frowned at his forehead and said:
- Explain it! The Operator said:
- These are Elemental Energy Sources! But they are almost completely depleted, we have to nurture them for a while before using them! The Operator looked at Bastian and said:
- Master, there is another subject I want to discuss with the master. I looked through the diary of the previous operator and discovered what happened here. I want you to accompany me for a while as I explain it!
Bastian nodded his head and both were teleported inside the throne hall where the skeleton sat on the throne. The Operator pointed at some traces on the walls and said:
- These encryptions also guard over the arrays that form this Hidden Realm as much as the encryptions on the stone throne! Can you see these scratches?
Bastian nodded his head and the Operator continued:
- After the calamity, the energy source emptied and the Spirit Vessel of this Hidden Realm took the initiative of changing the array arranging trying to save itself and the Hidden Realm, but it used an array that used the energies disposed of inside the Hidden Realm itself, the beasts and every single animal would die from it.
Bastian nodded his head and asked:
- What happened after that? The Operator pointed at the Bones of the Giant White Tiger and said:
- The Great Protector scratched those walls and destroyed the array arrangement, killing the Spirit Vessel! Bastian asked:
- What is the situation now? The Operator said:
- We can use a little more than 2/3 of the complete artifact, adding it to our own as we had done previously, discarding the other part!
This information lifted Bastian's curiosity and asked can if the operator could explain it further. The Operator under Bastian's order explained that the Godly Artifact of Hidden Realms, in fact, was an artifact that created "copies" of a specific space through a complex array and with the aid of a set of arranged arrays could input energies from different sources, and the most common was to gather energies from the environment, as the environment energies were polluted it had used the energies within the space to sustain itself what almost killed everything and started to corrode its own space.
Bastian lifted another question:
- How have you sustained yourself? The Operator explained:
- Master, the first Artifact that you possessed used a part of the energy that you had in your body to sustain itself, and after you developed that arranged and complex array that filtered the energies, I was able to dispose of more and more functions, as you leveled up.
Bastian understood what happened and pointed out another of his doubts.
- What about the Fire Hidden Realm that we annexed? The Operator comprehended his Master's doubts and explained:
- Master, in that case, that Hidden Realm had a lot of supplies of pure energies, and I used it to stabilize your artifact and improve your Artifact as well. Bastian was content with the Operator's explanation and asked:
- Create another hall beside the other skeleton halls, and move this inside. Add the possible space for our use, as the books move, and arrange them in our library in a different hall as for the corroded weapons and depleted energy source, just destroy them. The Operator stated:
- As you command, Master! Curious Bastian asked:
- Can we teleport out of this Hidden Realm? The Operator explained:
- It is already under your domain, Master! Bastian scratched his chin and asked:
- Were you using the energies I gathered? The Operator told the truth:
- Sorry Master! But I had to sustain the Artifact! Bastian sighed and said:
- The motive I did not level up was explained! The Operator asked for forgiveness again:
- Sorry Master! Bastian sighed again and said:
- No problem! But let us discuss before you take any idea that may compromise me! The Operator said:
- As you command, Master!
Bastian took time to ponder and recalled that the spaces he had under his Godly Abode now were even bigger, he had a whole desert, a huge forest, and a huge mountain full of life, beasts, and animals. The cave entrance and access to the inner side were on the mountain, which had another huge area.
One small forest capable of standing and supporting his pets, a huge space for his controlled plantations of coffee, his spirit herbs garden also enhanced with arrays as each one had a proper environment, the skeleton hall where lay the throne rooms for each one of the Gods he had inherited the realms, and lastly, a whole living area with an alchemy lab, a craft workshop, a huge office, another huge library, the cultivation area, a space for training, and dorm rooms. Bastian scratched his chin and said:
- Not Bad! Not Bad at all!
Bastian nodded his head and teleported everyone out of the Hidden Realm, and as he thought, the teleportation base and the stone monoliths from where he had entered the Hidden Realm had disappeared.
Bastian looked at his women and asked:
- Shall we go straight home, or do we spend time in Beastdor? Yana looked at him, approaching smoothly, and asked:
- Can we visit home? I would like to tell my family what we saw and greet them before we leave. Bastian nodded his head and said:
- Everyone, come closer! We are teleporting back to the property! With everyone gathered, Bastian teleported them back to a room inside his mansion.
From the mansion, they went to the Fu Family Clan property, riding chariots, it took no time for them to arrive. After a long chit-chat and going through the traveling story, after greeting everyone, Bastian decided to go back to Mixundor City through the city Teleportation Base Office, where he met the Region Landlord again.
