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Nothingness, a mysterious and boundless place filled with miracles, and opportunities, but also full of danger!
There are an unknown number of worlds that exist in this place; Every moment, a number of worlds 'perish' as others are 'born'.
This is the place that Lorien and Saigai found themselves at after they 'exited' the Demon Slayer World.
They are currently sitting inside a golden-colored spherical barrier that was created by the 'orb' inside of Lorien's body; They just kept 'floating' there unmoving.
Unlike his first traveling experience, This time Lorien didn't fall unconscious; This allowed him and Saigai to feast their eyes on a sight they had never seen before.
Everything was dark, but in this darkness, there were innumerable 'stars' shining in all directions; Lorien and Saigai felt as if they were sitting in the middle of a starry sky.
But those 'dots' around them weren't actually stars, they were worlds; And currently, the world closest to them is the 'Demon Slayer' World.
It looked very large; So large that Lorien wasn't able to accurately estimate its size just using his naked eyes!
It is spherical and transparent in color; Lorien could even see some of the scenes inside from his current position.
But sadly before Lorien and Saigai could fully enjoy the surrounding view; the golden barrier around them suddenly 'shook' and then 'shot' quickly in a certain 'direction'.
Sitting inside the golden barrier, Lorien tried his best to make sense of what is happening outside.
Even though the golden 'ball' was moving fast, Lorien was still able to somewhat make sense of his surroundings.
He saw many worlds, some are small, even smaller than the 'demon slayer' world, while others were much bigger.
Some had a transparent barrier making the scenes inside visible while others had opaque ones.
Some gave off a neutral feel, others had a 'holy' feeling to them while some looked dark and full of evil.
But then suddenly and just as Lorien was watching everything around with relish, something caught his attention.
He caught sight of a world that was very close to their future trajectory; This world looked very different from any of the ones he just saw.
The most obvious difference is the size; It is the largest he had ever seen, so large in fact he couldn't even comprehend it.
But that wasn't the main thing that attracted Lorien's attention, It was the 'feeling' it gave him that did.
It felt dangerous just looking at it, it felt as if something was 'gazing' back at him and wanted to devour him; So after just one look, Lorien quickly looked to the side trying not to look in its direction.
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Doing so, he found that Saigai also had almost the same reaction as him.
"Did you also feel it?"
"Yes.."
But then just as Lorien and Saigai spoke; A mutation suddenly occurred!
From that immense pitch black world, a red 'beam' of light suddenly shot towards them, this 'beam' was very fast, and it didn't take long for it to reach their 'position'.
Traveling all that distance, the 'red light' stopped in front of the barrier, apparently trying to block their path.
Sensing this, the golden orb tried changing directions but it was useless; Whatever it was that appeared also kept moving and blocking it.
This continued for a while before the golden 'orb' finally gave up and stopped moving; It now just floated there.
Seeing this, Lorien couldn't help but worry; He didn't understand what was happening, but he intuitively knew that it wasn't good
The immense dark world gave him a very creepy feeling, and whatever came from it obviously wasn't anything good.
But even if he knew this, he couldn't do anything about it; This was way beyond his power; All he could do now was tightly hold Saigai's hand and wish for the best.
'I hope the treasure that being gave me is strong enough to fend this thing off...'
Seeing the golden barrier stop moving, the red light also did the same; Doing so, caused this light to subside revealing what was inside of it
Looking intently at it, Lorien discovered that it was actually a man; He had dark hair and eyes, bright red skin with dark markings all over it, and wore a dark garment.
The moment this being appeared, his eyes were attracted to the barrier surrounding them; After observing it for a while, his eyes finally turned to Lorien and Saigai who were inside of it.
After glancing at Saigai for a fraction of a second, he ignored her as his attention was then fully focused on Lorien.
"ssengnihton levart ot stna uoy dewolla yllautca erusaert A si ti woh s'taht oS"
(So that's how it is...A treasure actually allowed you ants to travel nothingness!)
"em tem evah uoy sa eromyna ton tuB ykcul era uoY"
(You are lucky to get such a treasure! But not anymore as you have met me!)
"rehgih a hcaer ot elba eb ll'I ti htiW noos enim eb ll'tI tuB lufrewop si ti taht leef nac I si ti revetahW"
(Whatever it is, I can feel that it is powerful! But It'll be mine soon! With it, I'll be able to reach a higher level! )
"ytinutroppo na hcus niag t'ndluow I ,esiwrehtO !yadot levart ot dediced I ylikcuL!"
(Luckily I decided to travel today! Otherwise, I wouldn't gain such an opportunity!)
"HAHAHAHAHAAH!!!"
Feeling this being's gaze on him, Lorien's scalp felt numb and his body became stiff as he started shaking uncontrollably.
This is not him being afraid, this is actually a suppression at the life level!
Just standing in front of the man, Lorien couldn't even control his body, not to mention that even though he couldn't understand the language, he magically understood what the being was saying which caused Lorien's heart to sink deeper.
All Lorien could do now is wish that the orb could send him away from here!
Not wasting any more time looking at the 'ants' in front of him, the red-skinned being suddenly stretched his hand towards Lorien!
His hand was covered by some sort of black-colored energy, there was also some sort of [Mystery] surrounding it that Lorien couldn't comprehend.
But thankfully, the moment his hand touched the barrier, it was effortlessly bounced away, the barrier didn't even shake in the least bit!
Seeing this, the being frowned slightly while Lorien heaved a sigh of relief.
'It seems that I am safe for now...'
Not carrying about his failure, the red-skinned man started laughing wildly!
"HAHHAHAHA!"
"retteb eht si ti regnorts ehT dooG!"
(Good! The stronger it is the better! )
Saying this, an even more powerful energy suddenly burst out from him as he then attacked!
He now wanted to get this treasure and leave before anyone else notices what was happening here.
Seeing the attack coming their way, Lorien looked desperate and somewhat angry; desperate because of his weakness, and also angry because of it!
He didn't know if the surrounding barrier surrounding could protect them or not, but this didn't prevent him from feeling vexed.
'Is my journey going to end here? Is it really over?'