Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Distance (223)

"What the hell is that?"

Cecilia, who had been humming softly while walking, turned around to look at what Kai was looking at, she was a little confused as to what-

Her face paled instantly.

"I- I don't know what that is, I've never seen it before. It must have been attracted by the destruction."

Kai mentally cursed.

They had gotten lucky, if they had gone through with the plan of waiting there until someone came to repair the portal, they probably would have been inside that beast's stomach, or even crushed beneath its feet.

The worst part was, Kai couldn't even make out what it was. Its entire body was hidden above the clouds, all they could make out was the gargantuan legs of the beast, and that was enough to terrify Kai.

"At least it's far behind us..."

Still, Kai wasn't sure about the beast. He had been passed out the last few days so it was only normal that he hadn't noticed it.

But he had literally looked backwards at the city when he got out of the tent and there had been no gargantuan legs surrounding it.

So where had the ginormous beast come from?

Kai sighed softly.

"Let's pick up the pace a little."

The six of them continued to travel towards the base of the peak, two sets of footprints being left behind in the process.

Petunia played with Umbra's fur, tying it in small knots or braiding little bits of it. She styled it all sorts of ways, but the wolf didn't seem to mind, in fact, Kai felt that she was enjoying it.

Still, Kai was just happy that Petunia didn't put any curls in it, he had seen enough of those to last him a lifetime.

By now, the young girl's blonde hair had basically returned to normal. It was a little wavy, compliments to the absurd amount of curls that had once been in it, but it was nearly straight again.

Cecilia would speak now and again, trying to keep the young girl entertained, but Petunia was more interested in Umbra's fur so she resorted to chatting with Kai.

Remy slept most of the time, only waking up to look around, see they were still surrounded by snow, and fall back asleep again.

Umbra didn't mind being used as a mode of transport, in fact, Kai felt that she probably didn't even feel the extra weight. She was about the size of a young horse after all.

Kai felt that it wouldn't be long before his furry familiar was taller than him, and he was dreading that day as she was already able to pin him to the ground extremely easily, he didn't even want to imagine what it would be like under her when she got even bigger.

But Esurient... Kai had a different plan for them.

Kai knew that Esurient was smart. He knew that they were also brave and strong, so that's why he let the Ruby blade fly freely in front of them.

At the same time, Kai set up a telepathic commotion with the levitating blade. This would be a good way to kill two birds with one stone after all.

One, he would be able to test how far Esurient would be able to fly away from him if they were to act like a scout.

And two, he would be able to test the max distance his Telepathy could reach.

"So, buddy, how do you feel flying?"

Kai could faintly make out Esurient in the distance, a blip of red in the light blizzard. The Ruby blade flying so freely he nearly mistook them for a bird.