CHAPTER 80: 080 DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL CONCLUDED, RETURNING

It must be said that Reiger’s decision to learn the magic "Diya Flatel" from Amide was indeed the right one.

The ability to single-handedly hold an entire battle line with such an astonishing effect was truly remarkable. Even after Ais had been battling for over an hour and was battered by the floor boss, Udaeus, Reiger managed to restore her to her original state in less than a minute with this magic.

Such an amazing recovery effect probably couldn’t even be achieved by the "Battlefield Saintess" herself.

After all, she’s only Lv.2, isn’t she?

The same magic, when used by someone at Lv.2 compared to someone at Lv.5, would naturally have a significant difference.

Reiger’s magic power parameter is also exceptional, and the "Diya Flatel" he casts is in no way comparable to that used by Amide.

Therefore, Ais quickly recovered, only her spiritual power was somewhat lacking, making her appear somewhat weary.

But that was enough.

As long as Ais didn’t use magic, then she should still be able to fight with all her might.

Therefore...

"What?" Ais looked at Reiger in surprise and said, "You’re not going back with me?"

"Right," Reiger nodded.

Yes, Reiger was no longer planning to go back with Ais.

Or rather, he no longer had the time to go back with Ais.

To chase after Ais, Reiger had spent an entire day and a half, using up the last bit of his time limit.

Reiger could feel the Dimensional Cube in his mind slowly beginning to rotate, seemingly about to open.

With that, Reiger had no way of returning with Ais.

Only, Ais didn’t know about this.

"Is there something you need to do?"

Ais looked at Reiger, seemingly prepared to stay with him.

But Reiger shook his head.

"I do have something important to do," Reiger told Ais. "Now that your issue has been resolved, I’m ready to leave."

Even Ais, who might be considered slow on the uptake, could understand the implication of these words.

Once Reiger left this time, it would not be a quick return.

"I’ve already spoken to Loki, and I planned to tell you all in a while, but now it seems there won’t be enough time." Reiger smiled at Ais and said, "You pass the message to Loki for me, tell her I’ve already set off."

Ais fell silent for a moment.

"Go on," Reiger, feeling the pressure of time, urged her slightly. "Revilia is on her way to look for you as well. If you start heading back now, you’ll meet her soon."

Hearing this, Ais gave Reiger a deep look.

Reiger met her gaze, still with a smile on his face.

After exchanging looks for a while, Ais nodded.

"I’ll wait for you at home."

Ais said with a rare gentle tone.

This caused Reiger’s eyes to widen slightly, and then the smile on his face became even more genuine.

"I’ll congratulate you on your level up in advance, too."

Reiger responded in kind.

This time, when Ais returned, there was a good chance she would level up.

Then, Ais would be Lv.6, and her strength might again become stronger than Reiger’s.

"I will catch up with you quickly."

Reiger said with a fearless expression.

"...I’ll wait for you,"

Ais watched Reiger quietly for a while before finally speaking.

"Go ahead,"

Reiger told Ais.

"Okay,"

Ais stepped back several paces, her gaze still fixed on Reiger.

Then, as if letting go of something, she turned and ran off.

Reiger watched Ais leave until he could no longer see her figure. Only then did the transparent cube in his mind start to rotate.

’Time limit countdown to zero. This Dimensional Travel is about to end, initiating check.’

’Detected that the user possesses unique powers of this world, which can be dissipated back with the conscious body.’

’Detected that the user carries unique items from this world. If you wish to take them back, this can be done by expending energy.’

’Unique items list has been compiled, please make your selection.’

As these thoughts were received by Reiger, a list that no one else could see suddenly appeared in his mind.

’One: Loki’s Divine Blood (70)’

’Two: The Fool’s Sword (5)’

"Three: Hermit’s Sword (2)"

"Four: Battle Suit (1)"

"Five: Elixir of Thousand Spirits (1)"

"Six: ..."

This was the inventory list of all the items Reiger had with him.

Some of these items were on Reiger’s person, such as the Fool and Hermit swords, while others were stored within the space of the Dimensional Cube, such as the Elixir of Thousand Spirits and spare battle suits prepared for unexpected needs, and so on.

Now, the Dimensional Cube had detected all these items, created an inventory list, and offered it to Reiger to choose from.

"Dimensional Cube User Guide," Article Five: When carrying items through Dimensional Travel, energy must be consumed according to the value of the items.

According to this regulation, if Reiger wanted to take the corresponding items back to his original world, he would have to consume the energy of the Dimensional Cube.

After this energy consumption, the items Reiger selected would be assimilated by the Dimensional Cube and could travel through dimensions with Reiger.

At that time, these items could either go back to the original world with Reiger or travel with him to other worlds.

As long as assimilation occurred once, the selected items could continue to travel through dimensions without the need to consume energy in the future.

As for power, it was not so troublesome, as stated in the Dimensional Cube Guide, it would return with the dissolution of Reiger’s consciousness without the need to consume energy.

Therefore, Reiger checked the current energy of the Dimensional Cube.

"Dimension Energy: 100"

The Dimensional Cube could automatically draw energy present in each dimension, and having stored it for a month, it could perform one Dimensional Travel.

The cube absorbed 1 unit of energy per day, which amounted to 30 units in a month.

In other words, the energy required for one Dimensional Travel was 30 units, and if one needed to travel to a specified world, it would consume ten times the energy, or 300 units.

Reiger had stayed in this world for one hundred days, so the Dimensional Cube had also absorbed energy for one hundred days, and naturally, the current stored energy was 100 units, just right.

At first, Reiger thought the energy unit absorbed by the Dimensional Cube was calculated according to the time of the original world until he came to this world, where he learned that the energy absorbed by the Cube and the time for Dimensional Travel had the same ratio, still based on the real-time during which Reiger was active as a reference.

After all, the energy in dimensions is omnipresent, the original world is a dimensional world, this world is also a dimensional world, there is no difference.

In such circumstances, Reiger hardly thought before selecting the items he needed to take back with him.

First and foremost was Loki’s Divine Blood.

This was something Reiger had asked Loki for, knowing that he would soon be leaving.

Once leaving this world, if Reiger wanted to upgrade his abilities, he would have to do it on his own without Loki’s help. Therefore, Reiger naturally needed the Divine Blood, an essential medium for upgrading abilities, to prevent his ability values from stagnating and hindering his growth after leaving this world.

As such, Reiger got Loki to give him a whole small bottle of Divine Blood, which made Loki howl in protest from the bloodletting, almost ascending on the spot, returning to Heaven.

With this bottle of Divine Blood, Reiger would be able to update his ability values hundreds of times.

So, the bottle of Divine Blood was definitely something to take with him.

It must be said, Divine Blood is costly; other items consumed only single-digit energy units, the Fool’s Sword itself only required 5 units of Dimension Energy while this bottle of Divine Blood needed a whole 70 units of Dimension Energy, which was nearly a scam.

But there was no helping it, no matter how you looked at it, it was the blood of a god, and its high price was not without reason. For his growth and future, Reiger had to pinch his nose and accept it.

Then the Fool’s Sword and Hermit’s Sword, these two weapons, also had to be taken.

These were indestructible weapons, the most suitable for Reiger’s use, especially the Fool’s Sword; not only was it incredibly sharp, easy to wield, and extremely light, enabling Reiger to maximize the effect of "Light Gear" and further increase his "Agility" and "Dexterity," Reiger certainly intended to take them.

The rest didn’t matter much.

The battle suit was just a more durable piece of clothing Reiger had bought; nothing special. If not for the fact that Dimension Energy had a designated minimum unit and the smallest consumption was 1 unit, this battle suit wouldn’t even be worth the cost.

The Elixir of Thousand Spirits, however, was worth 1 unit of Dimension Energy. After all, it was the most effective Spiritual Medicine known in this world — as long as the injury was not fatal or did not involve losing a limb, it could quickly heal. Spending 1 unit of energy to take it was definitely not a loss.

Had Reiger not learned the high-level healing magic "Diya Flatel," he might have taken some with him.

Unfortunately, Reiger had already learned a magic spell that had an even more astonishing effect than the Elixir of Thousand Spirits, rendering the Elixir somewhat useless.

The remainder was just a mix of various items, either magic stones, spare Spiritual Medicines, or simply food and water, all of which didn’t necessitate a special energy expenditure to take back to the original world.

Summing up...

"One bottle of Divine Blood, two weapons, these are all the items I need to take," Reiger said, having quickly made his selections.

"Loki’s Divine Blood (70)"

"Fool’s Sword (5)"

"Hermit’s Sword (2)"

The three items together had a total energy consumption of 77 Dimension Energy units.

"Dimension Energy: 23"

After confirming the remaining energy he had, Reiger finished his selection.

"Selection complete, executing now."

"Item assimilation successful."

"Dimensional Travel concluded, beginning the return."

Reiger’s physical form instantly dispersed, as if he vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.

Reiger’s consciousness was sucked into the Dimensional Cube spinning open in his mind, traveling through the dimensional passage toward the original world.

And so, the 37th floor of the underground city returned to silence.