The winds who were rustling everywhere moments ago, now had no signs of their existence. As within the barrier everyone was standing still, Sara eyes widened, Misha keep her composure while her hands quivered. Where as Ruis was strangely calm, his glaze relaxed, his hands still resting on his trouser's pockets.
Leon on the other hand with Iris aside him sighs, now the cobblestone floor beneath them which was shrouded over dust. A weird black-purple energy began to shrouded from the ground, revolving around in spirals like an opptical illusion, engulfing all of them within it's space.
Now they all were standing on the endless void of space, no stars were scintillating on their sight. Ruis sharp eyes were scanning the void beside him, calm relaxed. Misha eyes startled, as if she was amazed by all this rather than scared. Sara flinched as she takes some steps back. The bags which were resting on Misha and Sara's hands at the streets had no signs of them here.
"What?."
She mumbled, her eyes flabbergasted. It was true that among all of them she was the only one who wasn't mentally physically strong enough, she can just be scared by a sudden jump scare, so what's the void of space where her feet were resting.
Leon dizzy eyes glanced behind him as he takes a turn, with Iris reflexively turning as well.
"We can't talk there despite how many barriers. This is a safe place for now."
Leon declared as others were standing behind him and Iris. The gravity was behaving strangely here as if it was not going with it's normal flow of time. Before Leon was a pitch black void surrounded by a glowing ring of superheated gases and dust, it was none other than acceleration disk. The glowing ring was emitting very strong light, as for Leon and Iris, no one was barely able to contact their glaze upon it. Before anyone can say what's going on. Leon lips curved to a smirked.
"This is because of the black hole resting infront of us fellows. Open your 4th eye.."
Everyone closed their eyes for a moment, with the first Ruis opened them, his sharp eyes glimmering blue energy. Then Misha, her amber eyes were just radianting amber, then Sara whose eyes were sparkling red light.
Ruis eyes startled, seeing the monstrous black hole resting infront of them. The glowing ring revolving around it in circles, Misha was quite surprised while Sara was amazed. They had just denied physics itself, even though it obviously wasn't their first time. As Leon began moving his steps towards the one who had denied physics before them, his hands on his trouser's pockets and his lips curved to a smirked.
"You must be forgetting but let me remind you. We're astrans. We're beings wearing flesh of marums, humans, many races. We're the ones who can create and destroy. Because of these seals concealed over all Raiheart and other places where it's necessary, we had to live as marums, like ordinary people. You must be thinking we're Gods, but nah, in these worlds shrouded over mysteries and madness. We're just survivors living here."
Everyone even Iris was quietly listening to his words as he extended his arm to the black hole, the intense heat, X-rays and light doesn't even him flinched. The smirked still lingering over his face. As he clenches his hand. When he does that, the whole monstrous black hole resting and engulfing the light shattered into fragments. Seeing this, Iris chuckles while everyone were stunned seeing what had happened before them. With that Leon turns over them.
"Do you really think I can't do that?. We're literally 6th dimension beings.. Basically Gods if not for our world and power structure. But yeah in a world where everyone is even universal to multiversal level. You can still one shot them. It's that easy. You have come from layers and to move from pillars. You need at least outerversal power. Which is average.."
Leon shrugged his shoulders with a blank face, except for Iris everyone were stunned for a minute. Then Ruis sighs and spoke.
"Okay... But we came here to ask about
-3. 029.."
"Oh yeah I forgot. Thanks for reminding me.."
Leon said with a smile as he adjusted his hair. While Sara and Misha looked at him with serious blank face.
~ This guy never forgets to be honest..
Misha said telepathically to Sara whom she replied..
~ Destroying the black hole and showing off is his hobby?. Isn't it?..
As Leon clapped his hands, drawing their attention to them. Iris turned to other side as if she knew about it already, with that Leon cleared up his throat.
"Now then basically there are levels in which artifacts are characterized and kept. Starting with the first level 0. This level of artifacts can be used by marums and races who aren't awaken as astrans. You can say these artifacts like Persica flowers can be used by ordinary people. These artifacts are usually harmless and came with good reasons."
A green screen appeared behind him which drawned their attention over it. It had description about Persica flowers. Perscia flowers can be used for medicine and healing properties over ordinary people. It's found in many realms and dimensions. One of the most common natural occuring artifact.
As Leon sighs before continuing.
"Then comes level -1 artifacts. These artifacts like the scythe of Sara or that golden-red-black of Misha came in these categories. These artifacts can't be used by ordinary people as they need to awaken as Astrans for then to used. While normally, they're harmless to newly Astrans but need control and patience for them to properly used it's output power to it's full extent."
Misha who was wearing her yukata extended her arm to space as a red energy formed in shape of her dress while Sara did it same, both examined their artifacts for a while, before their artifacts disappeared again. Ruis didn't mind looking at them.
As Leon continues again with a pause..
"Then comes level -2 artifacts. These artifacts are quite hazardous as they're made from precious materials found on other dimensions and realms. Their danger level is catastrophic over all Raiheart, which is bad... They can be used by higher astrans like Captain, because someone like me would struggle to control it or needed a special heavenly ritual.."
Leon's tone turned little darker as others startled. Iris sighs, then Leon continues with a pause.
"Then at the last but not the least, comes -3 artifacts. These are apocalypse level artifacts.. These are the worst ones preserved in total security and continuously needed neutralization rituals by higher astrans for them to not make any consequences in Raiheart. Special seals are made for them to contain their uncontrollable energy. Even I would be obliterated or turned rabocescous if I stand infront of them without any specialty or safety.. And here's a fun fact. There are two levels more after this. -4 and -5..."
Everyone were quite stunned, thoughts streamed over Ruis mind.
~ So -3.029 is apocalypse level artifact..
He wondered what hell it would have caused
as Leon snapped his finger before sighs, keeping his composure, he said..
"Now the .029 is the registration number made by official Orders. As far as I remember.. -3. 029 was registered by Weamer Order agency..."
As the space around them began to wrapped, now in an instant they all were standing on the same street. There was no barrier here as people were walking around them like nothing had happened. Ruis sharp eyes were thinking something for a moment as he said. The bags which weren't there at the space where lingering here in Misha and Sara's hands.
"I need to go.. They need me.."
As Ruis started moving fast, Sara watched him goes as he turned around to another street. While Iris patted Leon's back as if she knew what he was wondering.. Misha wasn't sure what to do now..
~ Should I go with him?. Or...
She wondered for a minute as Sara put her hand over her shoulder.
"We need to go home now.."
Sara said with her pleaded eyes as Misha guvesa lazy nods before they get going with their journey. By home she meant their agency..
On the other side, Ruis stumbled upon a narrow street where no one was lingering there. He sighs before whispering to himself.
"Flow.."
Suddenly his whole body began to vaporized in water droplets, his clothes everything as these vapours travel so fast with the astomphere that they reached the mansion in no time.. They entered the mansion by a opened window at kitchen..
Upon entering, all droplets formed a shape of a tall man. This time he formed his clothes by wearing his causal light blue coat with beige-biscuit pants and brown shoes. Adjusting his messy hair, he looked at his surroundings, before roaming around other areas.
While on the other part of mansion on upstairs, where Azon was there before. This time Ender and Zack were here. It seems like they're discussing about something important as Ender said.
"So that's -3. 029?."
Up till all this time, Ender had a thought of well as he had go to Azon upstairs and had same knowledge about artifacts as others. Zack was sitting aside him with his usual unserious face. Azon give a lazy nods as he sensed something odd.
"There's someone with us here. It's familiar.. Ruis?. Check it out you two."
He said with his usual undreadable expression as the two looked at each other with unsure expression,
~ What's he doing here?.
Ender said telepathically to Zack whom he didn't reply and gets out of the room, with a curious, unsure expression. Ender followed him as well.. While Azon titled his head upwards. He hadn't told them about they're spying on the kids with Leon, Mr Sherlock and himself.. A faint unnoticeable smirked appeared over his face, maybe that they all were good enough to be Astrans or they had gain his trust.. Which he rarely gives...