Back on Muku's side of the enlarged world...
The shaking has just stopped. Everyone was feeling a bit heavier. The mana in the surroundings had gotten a lot denser.
The trees and other vegetation had skyrocketed in size. So now reached a hundred tres in height. Of course, they were in the minority. Most were at most a respectable sixty tres or shorter.
Seeing a normal-sized tree like the one in their mansion had gotten rare. The large tree probably didn't qualify to be called a tree anymore. It had been demoted to a shrub.
The world around them had really turned into a jungle within a few minutes. They didn't know which being was acting behind the scenes of all the events that were going on. However, they couldn't help but respect it. Anything that could do such a thing definitely deserved respect.
Emily even had to burn away so trees for them to have a place to land. Which was oddly not easy despite her new R3 strength. The trees were surprisingly very resilient.
Actually, it wasn't that surprising. They were apocalyptic world trees. They were huge and drunk on mana. So, of course, they would be tough.
"I'm not sure how to feel about this... It's like a completely new world," Freya spoke while looking around.
No matter where she looked, all she saw were trees. Only the sky was still clearly visible. What made the situation was the comical size of the trees. She felt like an ant standing next to them.
The world's relatively balanced proportion system had been completely destroyed. Either that or humans had just been moved further down the food chain. To the level of ants no less.
In their present world, it was actually possible to be stepped on and killed by mistake. Like, a rank four beast could be passing by and not notice your insignificant self below it. Then... Squash... You're dead.
The beast wouldn't even notice that it killed sothing. Just like how humans don't notice when they kill ants below them...
What a horrible ending that would be... It definitely was not undeserved after all the atrocious acts humans had done. Of course, there would be many innocents who would die, but that's just life...
"Yeah. It's definitely going to require so adjustnt ti, like with the new gravity..." Emily replied to her while also looking around.
The feeling of being in an apocalypse sunk even deeper into everyone's mind. Just when they thought that they had completely assimilated into the new world. Sothing that made them realise that they were still far from that occurred. Maybe for the hundredth ti.
They felt even more uncertain about their future. They could sowhat hope themselves up before. Since everything still looked relatively the sa. Just that, houses and such had been destroyed.
Then, however, the familiarity had been completely removed. Fortunately, the change had co in stages. If it has all happened at once... Who knows if anyone would have been able to adjust.
While so had definitely killed themselves because of the apocalypse. Such cases would have definitely been at least a hundred tis greater if they had been tossed into a giant jungle in one go.
"Damn! Even the group is super hard to break!" Jade spoke in amazent.
She had gotten curious after seeing Emily struggle to burn a few trees. So, she punched the group to see if anything had changed.
It was a spontaneous idea. s
So, Jade was really shocked when a relatively strong punch of her's did little damage. The punch that would have created a huge crater before only created a shallow hole. The hole wasn't even a tenth of what she was expecting.
"It seems the WE really lives up to its na. It allows the planet to adjust to the strength of the beings residing on it. I bet we won't even be able to break the sound barrier with our speed anymore..." Muku spoke while observing the spot Jade punched.
"So, basically, we can't be too reliant on the old world's laws of physics and such right?" Jade asked a rhetorical question. She was just emphasizing the fact so that everyone was on the sa page.
"Yeah, it seems so. We'll just have to figure things out as we go along. Just like with everything else..." Muku replied.
"Ye..." Jade was replying when sothing interrupted her.
BOOM!
A large explosion sounded from the distance just as Jade was speaking. Everyone's attention was instantly drawn in that direction.
"Did that co from..." Emily spoke. Then trailed off at the end. She didn't want to say anything she wasn't certain of.
"Yes... It ca from the NL Base's direction" Jade, who was more certain, spoke.
She couldn't see anything with all the trees blocking the way. Not to ntion the extended distance between them. However, her hearing was still top-notch. She was still able to pinpoint the direction.
"It seems we might have to proceed with our plan a little sooner than expected... Of course, that's if you're all willing" Muku while looking in the direction of the base.
His facial expression looked serious. He could feel that sothing major had been set into motion. Sothing he wouldn't have wanted to be involved with in normal cases.
"I'm ga... However, I think I'll stick to being the backup. We don't know what might happen if I go in, after all. Which sucks, I wanted to be part of the fun" Jade was the first one to express her willingness to participate.
It seed she was feeling better and better the more ti that passed by. That too, despite everything that was going on. Which was pretty amazing.
Well, it would be amazing if she wasn't just getting better at hiding how she really felt. It was a matter Muku really had to address soon...
"I would have liked a little more ti to at least get the initial idea for my domain. However, it appears that my father is on a mission to make my life harder..." Chloe was the second one to express her participation. Which was to be expected, really.
"With , the three who were going in are all accounted for" Audrey indirectly expressed her participation. Followed by everyone else.
While they all would have liked so more ti to adjust to the new world. They all knew that when such things happen. The more you delay, the graver the situation is likely to get. So, they might as well get it out of the way the mont it began.
Even if they couldn't first do a reconnaissance like they would have liked. It couldn't be helped. The situation just didn't allow it.
With that, the group went and carried out their last-minute preparations. Then the mansion took to the skies. It couldn't be left there, after all.
The distance between it and the base had gotten too big. So, it had to be reduced again.
They didn't know how lucky they were that the portals had appeared far from human settlents. Otherwise, their very mundane activity, by that point, of moving the mansion. Could have gotten them killed.
What could they have possibly done if a rank-four aerial beast attacked them? Nothing that's what. They wouldn't even be able to get away in a normal setting. All they could do was quietly die.
So, they might have to consider grounding themselves for a while very soon. The skies weren't their old playground anymore...
.....
At the NL Base, just after the explosion...
"What the hell Abel?! I thought you said everything was stable! What would have happened if I hadn't acted on ti?!" William shouted angrily at Abel.
"It's a natural accident, boss. We didn't know that the change in the world's laws would be so impactful... We didn't know they'd change at all. So, please understand. You managed to save the essence anyway. So, it's fine, right? The Earth Elentalists can quickly rebuild the rest," Abel replied in a passive-aggressive manner.
"Hmph! Didn't you say you were always five steps ahead of the ga?... It better not happen again" William cooled down a bit after hearing Abel's reasonable words. However, he still took a jab at Abel for being cocky before.
"R-ight... I guess I stand corrected in that. I'll take my leave for now. There's a lot of work to do." Abel replied with a forced polite expression on his face.
Even his hands were clenched. He was definitely close to breaking. To avoid that from happening. He quickly left.
William silently looked at him go. He wasn't stupid. He could see that Abel was close to breaking.
However, the was no reason to fear. After all, they had been given distinct roles by the Monarch. Abel had no other option but to obey.
For their shared goal, Abel would definitely obey. No matter how much his pride is wounded. He was like a defanged snake in William's hands...
After Able left, William looked outside his window. His sight focused on the green smog-like substance that had covered the base's sky.
While he had acted on ti. There were still so slight losses. The smog was one of them. Along with the huge hole in the ground just behind the base...
Fortunately, his daughter and friends weren't around. They also wouldn't be coming over for a while... Right?
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