Being wet was the first sensation I felt as I began to return to consciousness.
Something is covering me. I first thought it was jelly, but it is thicker. It is also a little rougher.
I opened my eyes and saw myself in a large pool filled with grey crystalline mud. A moment later, my eyes widened as I realized what it was.
"Taramis crystals!" I said loudly.
"Oh, you recognize it. Not many people do at first glance; most things are karub crystal dust until they look at it clearly," said the feminine voice.
I turned and saw a beautiful, tall, green-haired, tailed half-elf coming toward me.
She has deep purple skin and stony blue eyes. The other half of her is from tailed stones skin. It is the Gavoriz tribe; I know it because I recognize this woman.
"You are supposed to be dead," I said to the woman, and she laughed.
The woman is Prime Avana; she is said to have died four hundred years ago. Her organization formally declared her dead two centuries ago when they didn't find any sign of her two centuries ago.
She is a Mid-Prime, but I am feeling a threat from the woman.
"I am dead. At least to the world," she replied with a mirthless laugh. I looked at her for the answer, but there was no reply from her.
"Thank you for saving me. Even using this precious resource to help me," I thanked to which she smiled.
"I am not the one who saved you; it is my wife. As for the taramis crystals, don't think too much about it; there is plenty of it in here," she replied with a wave of her hand.
It made me even more confused. The crystal is very precious, but the way the woman said it, it seemed like she didn't value it.
It is extremely valuable. Prime would fight for the ounce of it, and here, there are kilos around me.
"You are the first person I have seen so calm after getting to know where they are. People usually panic and bombard me with the questions," she said.
"I think there are other things I need to be worried about first before thinking about getting out of here," I replied, looking at myself.
"Where am I?" I asked finally, and her expression turned somber. "We call this place Hamis, but some people also call it eternal prison," she replied, confusing me even further.
"It is naturally formed sealed spatial realm. Once one enters inside, there is no way out of it," she answered. Replying to all my questions in an instant.
Hearing this, I sighed and laid back. She seemed surprised by it.
"You are the first person I have seen so calm after getting to know where they are. People usually panic and bombard me with the questions," she said.
"I think there are other things I need to be worried about first before thinking about getting out of here," I replied, looking at myself.
"That's true," she agreed.
I sighed once more and looked at the crystalline mud of Taramis Crystal.
They are so valuable because they suppress spatial energy. It means being in the mud of it, the wild energy that is hellbent on tearing anything and everything in r bath before calm.
It freezes, actually doing no harm.
As I looked at it, I noticed. There isn't the only one there; the tub is made of the fadabil stone that absorbs the spatial energy.
It is doing that slowly until it absorbs 48% of the spatial energy out of my body.
"How long I had been here?" I asked. I knew the answer the moment I woke up, but it was only polite to ask.
"Three months and seventeen days," replied another voice, and saw a raven-haired, brown eyes human woman walking in.
She is a petite woman who looks to be in her early twenties, wearing a blue dress. She is beautiful in a girl's way and has the look of kindness that I had been familiar with.
Marina has it, and so many healers. She is likely the one that saved me.
"Thank you for saving me," I thanked.
The woman is Initial Prime, but I am feeling an even greater threat from her than from Prime Avana. However, unlike Prime Avana, I have no information about her.
"You have to thank my wife for that. If she hadn't found you and brought you to me on time, I wouldn't have been able to save you," she replied.
"Still, thank you, Prime," I said. "Rava," she supplied.
"Are you two only ones in this place?" I asked, and to that, they laughed. "There are a few hundred, actually," she replied, and it couldn't help but surprise me.
"Every few years, people get thrown here. Most die, but a few lucky ones like yourself get saved," she added.
"All Primes?" I asked. It is a stupid question, but I still asked to be sure. "Only a fraction of Primes arrives here; most are below it," she replied.
There was silence when a frown appeared on my face, and a few seconds later, I noticed a strange energy.
There are tens of energies, but one peculiar. It is not affecting me roaming around; it seemed to be getting confused by me.
"This realm has a strange energy," I said to myself. Though it surprised them.
"It takes weeks to notice it," said Rava before her eyes flashed on shining runes on my body. "Well, I shouldn't be surprised; you are special," she added. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel·fire.net
"What is this energy?" I asked, and their expressions turned somber.
"We call it Prime's bane. It stopped the progress of the Prime," she replied.
"It doesn't let Prime improve?" I asked. To that, both of them nodded.
That is terrible, but despite that, both of them are very strong. They are as strong as me; Rava is even stronger than me.
"It doesn't seem to have restrictions on the law," I said, and a shock appeared on their faces.
It is not that hard to guess. Since they can't improve but still pose a threat at their level, to me, it means only one thing.
It is the only way they could be a threat to me.