Rex inspected the person who saved him and wasn''t expecting to see this.

    For starters, he has never seen a creature like this.

    Height-wise, this creature was even shorter than a Dwarf—but as bulky, and its face was covered with white furs. Its fangs poked out from the top and bottom part of his lips but he did not look scary due to it—maybe because of the smile on its face, this creature looked friendly.

    Not to mention, this person also looked dignified—like the scholarly kind of dignified.

    Snapping out of his trance, he immediately scanned this thing.

    ...

    Andreas Lilac

    Status: Excited.

    Race: Dwarf Bear Demon Spirit

    Power: Ascendant Spirit 1 (Second Circle) – Guard of the Void

    Soul Artifact: Light Hammer – A-grade (Defense)

    Echo: Void Defense

    Spiritual Points: 7,200 (+20,000)

    Strength: 51,500 (+150,000)

    Agility: 27,000 (+100,000)

    Endurance: 19,000 (200,000)

    ...

    This guy... His strength is nothing compared to his gears.

    It was the first time for Rex to meet someone who had stronger equipment than themselves.

    Not a little bit stronger as well but a lot stronger, the additional stat points Andreas got from his gears were multiple times higher than his own stats. So much so that even though he was an Ascendant Spirit 1, he has the power equivalent to Rex who has the combat prowess of an Ascendant Spirit 5.

    Ignoring Rex''s judgmental look, Andreas smiled, "You aight big wolfie?"

    "Big wolfie...?" Rex sucked in a cold breath.

    In his entire life as a Werewolf, nobody has ever called him ''Big Wolfie'', it''s embarrassing.

    "Who are you and why did you help me?" Rex asked questioningly.

    Upon hearing this, Andreas slapped Rex''s shoulder once again—laughing heartily with both hands on his hips, "What do you mean why? We''re both Demon Spirits and our people should watch each other''s backs shouldn''t we?"

    Rex tilted his head in confusion, "You don''t find me weird-looking?"

    Considering that Werewolves were identical to the Mortal Realm, Rex was prepared to be judged and also shunned inside the Spirit Realm—be considered a misfit. But instead of getting that treatment, he got this instead.

    "Let''s save the chit-chat for later aye?" Andreas looked over his shoulder. "We got that fatso to deal"

    Just then, to Rex''s surprise, the coiling mark on Andreas'' arm glowed as he summoned his Soul Artifact.

    Based on his stat window, Rex already knew that it was going to be a hammer.

    A defense-type Soul Artifact.

    However, he wasn''t expecting the hammer to be massive.

    Appearing in Andreas'' hands was a massive hammer made entirely of golden light with small wings on its head. It was so big that someone as big as Rex would be able to hold it with two hands—and not look weird—in fact, the hammer would''ve been more perfect in his hands.

    For someone as small as Andreas to wield a hammer this big was a sight to see.

    Placing the handle of his colossal hammer on his shoulder, an almost mischievous grin crossed his lips.

    Roar!

    Across from him, the Giga Skull Crusher let out a guttural growl, its grotesque bulk heaving weirdly as it slammed its massive hands into the ground. A line of jagged bone spikes erupted from the earth in a straight line, hurtling toward him with deadly precision.

    Unfazed, Andreas hefted his hammer with practiced ease.

    Despite the weapon''s size, it seemed light in his hands—almost as if it weighed a feather.

    Gripping the handle tightly, he made a swift, casual swing and shattered the advancing spikes with an echoing shockwave—breaking them into harmless fragments, sending shards flying in every direction but his behind.

    It was so shocking to see as the fat creature wasn''t a weak spirit, it was an Immortal Spirit.

    Wow, he could even match an Immortal Spirit? His gears are top-notch.

    Rex watched from behind and praised Andreas inside, he didn''t look like it but he was very strong.

    Seeing this, the fat creature growled in frustration—its sunken eyes blazing with fury.

    Without warning, it launched itself into the air, defying its own bloated form—as it soared high above once again. Its shadow loomed over Andreas, promising devastation upon landing. Rex, watching from behind, instinctively tried to stand, intending to intervene.

    Considering Andreas'' stature, he would''ve squished to death if the fat creature landed on him.

    But Andreas raised a hand, waving him off like he was swatting a fly.

    "Aye, this is nothing big wolfie," He spoke casually. "Easy peasy but after, we should still run"

    As soon as he said that, Andreas'' stance grounded like an immovable boulder.

    "No, my friends are supposed to be..." Rex looked around and saw two figures approaching him.

    Finding that he was fine, Linthia was relieved.

    "Your Majesty!" She called aloud before coming to a stop beside Rex.

    Her hands struggled to know where to go, she wanted to hug Rex out of relief but quickly realized that she shouldn''t do that. Rex, oblivious to this looked at her in surprise, "How did you know that I''m lost? Can you see through the darkness?"

    "Ah... yes, it''s sort of happened" Linthia replied, smiling beamingly.

    On top of being relieved that Rex was fine, she was also relieved that she got something.

    Just then, Rex''s eyes glistened.

    He had already checked himself but he hadn''t checked Linthia''s and Amanir''s stats.

    ...

    Linthia

    Status: Relieved and Afraid.

    Race: Dark Fairy / Ghost Spirit

    Power: High Spirt 1 (First Circle) – Emptiness of Dark Nature

    Soul Artifact: Dark Fairy Wings – A-grade (Hybrid)

    Echo: -

    Spiritual Points: 11,000

    Strength: 9,220

    Agility: 13,100

    Endurance: 8,010

    ...

    Physical stat-wise, Linthia was about at the mouth of the Ascendant rank.

    Her only shocking factor was her abnormally high spiritual points.

    Not to mention, even her Soul Artifact wasn''t anything remarkable—she was meager in every way but Rex wasn''t worried about that. She was here to become stronger. Being weak wasn''t wrong, the only wrong thing was if she wanted to stay weak.

    Since she didn''t want to stay weak, she''s not in the wrong.

    All that mattered was her Spiritual Vein, she must at least be of an Imbalanced type.

    Clicking on the ''Emptiness of the Dark Nature'' section, Rex was relieved.

    Just like him, she also awakened to an Imbalanced type.

    A Dark Fairy has a special connection with the Spirit Realm, Rex knew that already—from back when he scanned the strongest bloodline for a Dark Fairy. So in truth, he wasn''t worried that much if Linthia would be able to keep up or not.

    Call it a gut feeling but he was confident that she could keep up.

    Glancing to the other side, he checked on Amanir.

    ...

    Amanir – Enhanced

    Status: Confused.

    Race: High Kintun Demon Spirit

    Power: High Spirit 5 (First Circle) – Sham of Duplicity

    Soul Artifact: Kitun Ears – SS-grade (Support)

    Echo: -

    Spiritual Points: 11,700

    Strength: 7,100 (+51,250)

    Agility: 15,100 (+40,000)

    Endurance: 3,010 (+76,750)

    ...

    Rex couldn''t help but frown when he saw Amanir''s stats.

    Since he learned about the Spirit Realm, he knew that both Amanir and Devo were quite young spirits. Both were only acting as if they were old when in truth, they weren''t that strong. Before Rex made them absorb the Lightning and Light Ego from the System, they were both at Foundation Rank.

    It was probably the only reason Rex could purchase them at a small price.

    However, the Awakened back home has weaker spirits.

    Most of their spirits were toddlers, which was why Devo and Amanir could help Rex dominate.

    Now that they were in the Spirit Realm, every spirit here was stronger.

    "But this...? Isn''t this pathetic?" Rex mumbled with a sneer.