He thought, with complex emotions flowing through him.
He cleared his mind and released Ava and Angelica from his embrace, and as if his absence triggered sothing, the two instantly unsealed their senses.
They opened their concerned, filled eyes and scanned their surroundings. After seeing him and confirming that he was okay, they pulsed with relief and then jumped back into his arms, all their unstable emotions calming down.
A second later, Ava's eyes flashed as she realized what she was doing, and she drew back, but before she could take two steps away, Malavan pulled her back.
"It's okay, mother."
Hearing his voice, she cald down and took in the warmth of her son. A few seconds later, they separated.
"Do you know how we survived, Mal?"
asked Angelica, her voice containing a hint of hidden regret. Mal gazed directly into her eyes, and he could sense that she blad herself for what had happened. He gently held her hand and spoke in a reassuring tone,
"It's not your fault for what just happened… There was no way for you to sense beings at that level." He said, then took a glance at the darkness outside before continuing,
"And as for how we survived that, all thanks to the lord. Only he could have possibly intervened at the last mont."
Hearing his words, Angelica felt that what he said made sense. How could she have possibly known that her always-reliant ability would lead them right into the clutches of death? But she just couldn't help but feel guilt; after all, it was she who put her unborn child and lover in harm's way… 'Thankful the highest king had rescued us; else, I wouldn't have been able to rest even in death,' she thought while slightly nodding to Malavan.
He knew that she was still guilty, and he opened his mouth to comfort her, but before he could say anything,
"Where are we?"
questioned Ava, who was now standing at the ship's wall, gazing into the eternal darkness. He walked over to her, paused for a second, thinking of the best way he could explain where they were, then said,
"I am not quite sure… We seem to have entered a place where things that surpass the speed limit of the universe are permitted to enter." He answered in a calm tone.
Ava frowned,
"If only things that have the ability to surpass the limit of the universe can enter, then it doesn't seem like a good idea for us to be here or remain here… How do we exit?"
"For now, I don't have a way to exit; we can only hope that the ship will eventually exit on its own."
Malavan gazed into the darkness. He knew that she was right. If only creatures that could shatter the universe's limit could enter here, it wouldn't be good for them to be here. He didn't even want to imagine the type of monstrosities that road this darkness.
Ava's eyes narrowed even more, then she suddenly thought of sothing,
"What about the highest king? Can you contact him?"
"Yes, I can, but it's complicated. The communication thod he gave can only work when I am in the presence of a world barrier," he answered in a deep tone.
Hearing him Ava's body pulsed with slight irritation for a second; she was a little angry, but when she thought about it, there was nothing she could do, and it was not her place to question that being, so in the end, she could only sigh.
"So, what are we supposed to do now?"
"We can only wait"
As they conversed, Angelica gazed at them, especially Ava, with complicity in her eyes. She sensed sothing oozing off Ava that caused her to question…
Soon, Malavan finished speaking to his mother, then vanished and appeared on the first floor. He explained to the creatures about their current situation, after which he gazed at the war ape with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
He was fully aware of what it had done, and if it weren't for their current situation and the fact that the ship might need every able body if sothing went wrong again, he would have severely disciplined it for disobeying his direct order.
He vanished, leaving behind a cold warning that echoed inside the war ape's head,
"Don't let it happen again!"
….
Ti passed—over two hundred years.
Fortunately over these years, nothing unexpected happened. Suddenly, Malavan's eyes shone as he sensed the speed at which the ship was traveling start to slow down at a fast pace. He deduced that within a day or two, the ship would enter back into the normal world.
He inford his companions of the possible good news, who pulsed with happiness.
Two days later, vap! They vanished and reappeared in the familiar cold vacuum. Each mber of the ship gazed outside with alertness, ready for anything. After scanning for a while, they relaxed. Fortunately, they didn't appear before another monstrosity, nor anything equivalent to it…
Inside the command room, Malavan seriously contemplated which direction he should go. He turned to his lover, and he could sense that she had sothing to say, but she was resisting.
"Which way should we go?" His voice was laced with endless love and trust.
Even though she had sothing to say, she remained silent, not daring to point in the direction where her ability was begging her to go, fearing that she might lead them toward a creature like the one from before…
Seeing her still hesitating, Malavan gently placed his right palm on her left cheek, gazed into the depths of her eyes, and spoke in a calm tone,
"I trust you."
Those words triggered sothing inside her; her mind raced for a second, then she lifted her right index finger and pointed in a direction,
"There, my ability is telling to go toward that direction… There we will find what we are searching for." She said in a firm tone.
Malavan turned and gazed toward where she pointed, where he saw the sa old vacuum nothing special but, Voosh! The ship shot off in that direction.
…
anwhile, sowhere far away from them, sowhere inside the false ascension realm, a golden streak that was traveling at tens of thousands of tis the speed of light suddenly ca to a stop before what seed to be a realm shimring with an ethereal glow that illuminated the darkness within millions of light-years.
It was the core of the fallen innate being. Imdiately after it stopped, a light shot out from the realm, scanned it, and an instant later, a section of the realm barrier opened up, granting it entrance. It flashed inside.
But the mont it entered, a terrifying, irresistible will descended upon it, causing it to instantly freeze. Then an ancient voice echoed in its mind,
"Do not ntion a word of your encounter with that pathfinder to anyone, not even to the other great ones." The voice was firm and unquestionable. just like how the will appeared, it vanished.
'Yes, great one!'
It will burn many, though, then a second later it started to erase the mory of its encounter with that pathfinder. As for why that great innate one gave it that order and what its plans or relationship with that pathfinder was, it was none of its concern… it only needed to follow orders.
….
A few years passed, and Malavan and his companions' eyes shone as they gazed at the sight before them,
"Finally, we have done it! We have completed the first stage of our mission!" His voice echoed throughout the ship.
Yes, they had completed the first stage of their mission, for before them, within the cold and dark vacuum, floated a realm.
…!
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