Life Hunter 168 ''We're Stuck, Aren't We?''

The temperature on that planet was very high, it almost went over 50°C but the plants could grow and live easily even in that environment.

This planet was the territory of dragons, Fantasia. The one Chronepsis told Arima about. The size of the planet was shockingly big. For comparison, it was even bigger than the sun in Arima's world while the three stars it was...o...b..ting around orderly were at least ten times bigger each.

The brown land dragon frowned as he looked up at the sky. The atmosphere seemed to be similar to Earth's as the sky was of a beautiful light blue.

In that clear sky, intriguing dots of white light s.h.i.+ned and fell like snowflakes on the ground. The dragon only blinked for a split of a second and before he knew, there was three hundred meters long creature in the sky.

The two pairs of white wings were glowing and the divine presence stunned the dragon. Then, he suddenly spotted a shadow falling off the giant creature.

"Ah" He raised his voice unconsciously when the black and silver figure crashed on the ground.

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When Deva ended the dimensional jump, the light of the suns was so bright compared to h.e.l.l's that both Layla and Karma covered her eyes by reflex.

When they opened their eyes again, they watched blankly as Arima's silhouette was already falling down Deva.

"Ah" The two girls exclaimed and didn't react in time.

"{Eh?}" Night was confused and felt the impact when Arima's body created a crater on the vast plain. As he was laying down there, Arima suddenly opened his eyes with an annoyed expression.

"…What the h.e.l.l is this?" He asked.

"{…I think the small aftermaths of the dimensional jump made you fall since you were not conscious and not able to keep your balance}" Night answered and Arima groaned as he stood up. He had a huge headache because of the exhaustion.

He looked up at Deva with dead eyes and signaled her to land. Deva nodded slightly and started descending slowly. The land dragon looking from afar squinted his eyes then turned around to leave.

Arima glanced lazily in his direction and sighed "{By the way, Arima}" Night called. His voice sounded a little odd "{…Did you notice?}"

"{…Yes}" Arima's expression turned awkward.

"{We're stuck, aren't we?}" Night uttered and Arima rubbed his face. Just after that, Deva reached the ground and the earth shook with her weight alone and a cloud of dust raised.

Layla and Karma jumped from her back and went to Arima immediately. Layla tiled her head and lifted her head to look at Arima "Why are you still in that form? It's a bit hard to face you" She said.

Arima's eye twitched and he turned his head away from her as if he was fleeing her gaze. Layla furrowed and stared at him "What is it?"

"{We're stuck}" Since Arima wasn't answering; maybe because he was tired and ashamed at the same time, Night answered for him.

"Stuck?" Layla was confused and Karma gaped as she thought of something.

"{We can't go back from this form…}" Night responded and Layla blanked "{Well, you know…we forced the Final Resonance because we were not capable of doing it in the first place. We used Libra to do it…}" He paused "{But, now, we can't release it…haha…haaa}" Night tried to laugh but his voice died down soon enough.

"Eh? Is that permanent?" Karma and Layla were fl.u.s.tered. Both for they own reasons.

"Who knows" Arima shrugged "I don't think so. I just have to find a way to do it"

The two girls were speechless then Karma's eyes widened for some reason "Does that mean I won't be able to tease Night?"

She said it so innocently that Arima snickered "{…Hey}"

While they were talking together, Deva half-closed her eyes and was completely lying down as if she was ready to sleep at any moment.

"Mm?" Arima scanned the surroundings and shook his head "Just get out. It's disgraceful" He spoke and numerous presences appeared around his group.

Along with the land dragon Arima let go earlier, there was at least another twenty dragons surrounding them. They were all pretty small compared to Arima who was around eighty meters tall. But there was a n.o.ble dragon among them who was quite big, and strong enough to almost be on par with the Heavenly Realm.

"…May I ask; who are you?" That same dragon raised his voice to speak with Arima. He seemed to be very cautious with his words.

Arima smiled "Arimane Blade. You can call me Arima"

The n.o.ble dragon trembled. He didn't know how to respond. In the first place, he just came here because one of them spotted a mysterious creature carrying a really strong looking dragon on its back. He was obliged to check who it was and determine if he was a threat. Even more considering the fact that strange, unknown mud-like monsters had appeared across their territory.

But with that small exchange, that dragon was sure of it. Arima was definitely stronger than him. Even stronger than his entire group together. He felt like Arima could kill them on the spot if he wanted to.

The leader of the group of dragons also couldn't help but peek at the white serpent-like creature sleeping there.

Arima smirked. Although he was tired and injured. His level of strength already went beyond the third divine. It was strictly impossible for any creature alive to go against him if he was under the Heavenly Realm.

"Let me confirm" Arima talked and all of the dragons tensed "Is this Fantasia, the Dragons' Land?"

"…Yes"

"I see" Arima nodded. He glanced at Deva and smiled "Well, first of all, do you all know about Chronepsis?" He asked and then the reactions he got were indeed a lot stronger "It means you know, huh? Well, I'm just pa.s.sing by because he asked me a favor" Arima declared "Bring me to your leader. I just want to chat a little"

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Meanwhile, across the plane, all the worlds were discovering the existence of the Téra. For example, on the planet Arima was summoned, there were two persons who noticed the presence of the Téra.

They were Jorga and the sky dragon dwelling there. They both felt the imminent threat but neither of them was anxious about it. The reason was not that they were confident in winning or anything but because there was an ent.i.ty far stronger than them on this planet. Even more than Jorga.

The ident.i.ty of that powerhouse was nothing else than a small black cat who was hanging from Lifa's shoulder all the time.

And just like that, all the worlds composing this plane suddenly saw themselves getting invaded by the Téra. Even the few worlds without magic circuits were touched. And those even gained magic circuits after Pandora's opening.

Arima's world was no exception. The people there and the Empire he had built were working really hard to find out what happened and what were the Téra.

"Is this the planet you chose, Kerberos?" Hades asked as he probed the volcanic planet they were on. Tens of thousands of devils and demons had followed them through the gate and they ended up here.

"Yes. This is the biggest planet I could think and which was suited for us" Chulainn responded and sat down as he looked around "It should be around… 700 million kilometers wide" He told and Hades nodded on satisfaction.

"For the number of people that we managed to bring, that's more than enough" He said and sighed when he thought about h.e.l.l's collapse "I wonder where those G.o.ds went to…" He muttered.

"I think I know" Chulainn remarked "I know about a certain place in another world. If I'm not wrong, it should be the perfect subst.i.tute for Heaven"

Chulainn was right, the place Zeus chose to go to was one of the greenest planets in the whole plane. It was also quite big with a 500 million kilometers diameter.

When Gabriel stepped on the planet's ground, she inhaled and sighed just after "It's not bad but far from Heaven's purity…"

"Stop complaining, this was the best choice I could find considering we needed an inhabited planet" Zeus scowled at her and she pouted.

"Anyway, we have to claim this planet. There should be Téra here too so let's get rid of them as fast as possible" Azes said and everyone nodded before they started exploring the whole planet.

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Arima was brought to the highest point of a certain mountain. They crossed path with a lot of dragons on the way.

Arima was not used to seeing that many dragons so he was a bit surprised. It was the same for Karma and Layla who had climbed on his shoulders. Deva was staying back at the place they arrived, sleeping.

When they reached the flat top of the mountain, Arima saw an old looking dragon with cracking scales sitting there. He walked up and smiled "I didn't think someone at your level would be staying here like that" Arima instantly noticed that this n.o.ble dragon was at the second divine.

The old dragon opened his eyes and his pupils shook when he saw Arima. He s.h.i.+vered because of both fear and awe "…I got the message before you arrive. You said that Lord Chronepsis asked you a favor…is that true?"

"It is" Arima smirked and sat down.

"Is he…" The dragon seemed to want to ask something.

"Yes" Arima immediately answered and pointed at his shoulder "He's deceased. The girl on my shoulder is his inheritor"

The old dragon's eyes widened as he observed Layla "So, it was true that he found refuge in the soul of a human…" He muttered and looked back at Arima "Sorry for my late introduction; my name is Oulan, I'm the elder in this portion of Fantasia" He presented himself "If I may ask, what was the favor of Lord Chronepsis?"

Arima shrugged "I don't know" He said and Oulan blanked "To be exact, he just told me to save Fantasia from future danger. But he wasn't able to find out what it was so I don't know what I'm supposed to protect it from"

Oulan wore a strange expression "Does it have something to do with those mysterious beings appearing across the planet?"

Arima shook his head "I don't think so. The Téra are dangerous but I don't think they pose a threat for you dragons" He retorted "There's something else I noticed that is even more dangerous for you all at the moment"