I landed on the ground and looked at the beautiful lake before me.
Its crystal clear that I could see monsters swimming inside it. I wish I could transport it into my core, and I could; it might take some effort, but I could.
However, I would not; it would take the whole island.
I laughed at my thoughts; sometimes it is really silly, but it would also be shocking if others were to hear them. The things I could do will make them want to kill me more.
They are already searching for me, going after every rumor they hear.
There are a lot of desperate people in the world who could go to any lengths. The most desperate of them are the ones living here.
They are desperate for many things, not just to leave, but to progress.
Too much progress in the law isn’t enough, and if they knew, I could help them with that. They would not hesitate to cross any limit to get it.
I pushed those thoughts away and looked at a beautiful lake.
I have reached this lake, so I am only a few hours away from my destination. It means I will need to be more careful from now on.
It had been four days since I had last travelled here after practicing the normal session of the dance.
I would have returned to the village, but I need to check the destination. See if the data provided is right; the sooner I confirm, the sooner I can begin working on a real escape plan.
I had admired the lake for a few minutes before I flew toward my destination.
I kept my speed slow and in full stealth mode, which I had improved even further in the past few days. Making it even better.
Still, I need to be careful; it is a known spot, and it is very easy to set up a trap there.
If there is a trap, I don’t want to fall into it.
I had just thought that when I noticed something. I became cautious and probed it carefully; a little over a minute later, a smile appeared on my face.
"Quite ingenious," I praised.
It is literally a trap, powerful enough to finish off the weak Prime and anyone below in an instant.
The most interesting thing is that to make it, they have used the resources that would have started the kill fest in the world.
It had enticed me enough that I wanted to go there and dismantle it, but I shook my head and flew away.
I might do it someday if I don’t find those resources in the village. There is a massive amount of resources in the village.
There is a vault underground; they have kept a lot of resources in there. Collected over centuries, in the hope that when the chance to get out of the realm appeared.
They will be able to take as many of those resources as they can.
I didn’t get to see that vault as it is one of the things forbidden to me, but I am sure I will see it eventually.
A few minutes later, I came across another trap, this one I was aware of. They provided me with information about it.
Some of these traps are old, decades old.
They might have been centuries old, but that thing only appeared here for a few decades, and people instantly started laying traps for it.
The traps, I could handle; I am confident of that. I am tricky, the people are tricky.
I could feel that many battles had been fought here. They are old, with the latest being over a year old; one could barely see the proof of it with the naked eye.
I scanned every inch as I moved forward, avoiding the traps and the monsters while looking at the people.
I saw none as I moved toward it, and soon I was only a few minutes away from it. The sun had disappeared, and the night had come, but it didn’t stop me.
Twelve minutes later, I cautiously reached the thing.
I looked at its size, but I could feel things from it and knew how dangerous it could be.
The thing is a rift; a spatial rift.
It is one of the most common things in the world and the realm. There hadn’t been a realm where I hadn’t seen one, but in this realm, they are very rare. Content originally comes from novel·fire.net
It is because this place is spatially strong and near perfect, with a few rifts existing.
This is a small rift, but when I sensed its power, I was shocked. They have informed me about it, but I was still shocked when I sensed it.
This small rift is using more energy than the biggest rift I have ever seen.
The realm is trying to close it, but the rift is using the counterforce to stay open. It is a massive force, so much that it will crush the two most powerful Primes here in seconds.
The escape route that appears has a spatial force much greater than this.
It’s why all those who tried to escape died. People saw them getting killed with their own eyes. There was no doubt about it.
If I just stepped inside it, I might not be able to go past it in the spatial seal, which would kill me instantly.
Most spatial rifts are at the same level. At least to the people of my power, but this is an instant death.
I prodded and probed for a few seconds with my soul sense before I took out my tools. My soul sense provides accurate data, but can’t replace the tools.
There are some things that only the tools could do. I could not copy them, even with all the forbidden power in the world.
It took me a while to set them up, and soon screens appeared in front of me.
Seeing the data flashing on it, my expression worsened, but I took a deep breath and kept looking. I had expected it; I already had some of the data from the village.
Minutes passed, and I focused on the tools, calibrating them to my needs to get the best data.
I was doing that when I stopped as I sensed something. A person.