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"It was a nice battle," she said after a moment of silence. "It was," I replied.
"Redyn Silverstone, Hazal Adanes," she introduced. "Marxin Yerib, Kirgos," I replied, and her eyes sharpened.
"You are not Marxine," she said, and she was absolutely sure of it. "Just like you are not, Redyn Silverstone," I replied with a smile and she glared.
The only thing they share is their race and the water element. The last time I had Redyn was one and a half months ago. She was still at the absolute limit.
Though, that is not why I am so sure she is not Redyn.
I am sure because I had seeded her. So, I can tell with absolute certainty that she isn't Redyne.
"See ya," I said and turned before walking away. Keeping the shield on my back in case she attacked. She likely not, but you could never tell with the people.
"Wait," she called as I took a few steps forward.
I stopped and turned toward her before arching my brow in question.
"Any tips?" she asked.
"What do you get in exchange?" I asked back with a smile. The glare returned with an even greater intensity, but a moment later, a small box appeared in her hand, and she threw it at me.
I caught it before opening it, and I have to say, she is quite generous.
"Choose the painting you want the most, but comprehend only once. Comprehend from others before coming back at it at the last," I advised.
She seemed surprised to hear that.
If she had given me a common resource, I would have told her the complete truth, but the thing she gave me was quite good.
"Thank you," she replied.
I nodded and walked away. Still, as careful as others, but this time, I moved faster.
The monsters are closing in, and I have to disappear before they come at me. The fight had been good, but now, I wanted to get in my abode and meditate on what I had learned.
I heard the faint roar behind me. It was the monster chasing me, but I had left it behind.
I am leaving this place. I really don't want to, but I have the resources and a great comprehension of the space. Most importantly, the limit on artificial strengthening had disappeared.
I am going that to the max.
Here, each spot could give me enough progress that would take months and years to make. So, I am going to sacrifice the resources which I am collecting with the intention of gaining strength.
Soon, I reached the boundary. I crossed the massive distance in more than an hour, which took me days to cover.
I was capable of moving at such speed before, but I was not strong enough to protect myself from the strong monsters. Most importantly, there were Primes, but now not anymore.
Because of that, I was able to move much faster with much less worry.
Though now at the boundary. I will have to go slow. If I tried to move faster, I might find myself dead before I knew how.
I moved toward the spatial rifts and blades while my soul sense spread wider.
I am now feeling much greater familiarity with it than I had when I came and noticed I was moving much faster than before.
I was able to predict movement more accurately, which gave me an edge.
Every step would take me closer and closer to the exit. Though, now and then, I had to widen that distance as the road in front of me would be closed.
The most frustrating thing about it is how quickly the roads closed.
One second, they would be open, and another second. A lot of spatial blades would gather on it, blocking it.
Still, despite all that, I am moving much faster than before.
Time passed as I moved around the spatial rifts and dodged the blades. There are hundreds of them, and despite my sensitivity, some were able to reach really close to me.
Step!
Finally, after what felt like days of strenuous time. I got out and did it with less than a third of the time.