Death… And Me

Chapter 3176: No Answer

Kentucky guided their group through the ruins, following that flow of stable Spatial Power. Rifindio also followed the group close by, wondering what he should do when they came out. No, first, could they truly go out? "Say, do you think we need to get inside another one of those black holes to exit this place?"

Kentucky heard that and got curious. "First of all, why did you and Rean survive the black hole? The other experts and even the spaceship on the back back a mess. Everyone there died."

"Oh! That one is simple to explain," Rean took from there. "It was basically the proximity to the center of the spatial and time collapse. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the black hole was just too small to last too long, probably no more than a second."

He continued. "Dracula... Rifindio and I were right at the point where it appeared, so we were sucked inside instantly. As for the others, they were most likely caught in between the times the black hole took form and dissipated. They were still swallowed, but that difference ended up killing them."

Rean shrugged. "Well, the fact we also survived is a miracle in and of itself. First of all, was that really a real black hole? If yes, would it prove that black holes have wormholes inside? What about the singularity and all of that?"

Singularity and wormholes were expressions that Rean learned on Earth, so Zangeshu and Rifindio didn't know what he was talking about. Rean then gave the two a quick explanation so they could understand.

"Oh! You are talking of Black Spatial Gates..." Rifindio commented. "At least that's what we call them. It's just that no one is idiot enough to enter a Black Hole to check if it is true or not. Perhaps a God Realm Expert can, but it is not like we can ask one about it."

Everyone nodded. Even for the twins, the idea of meeting a God Realm Expert was just too far out of their scope... Maybe the Charybdis? Who knows? Well, they do have a bottle with God Realm Expert's blood, though.

"Black Spatial Gates, uh?" Rean also heard for the first time that name. Still, he knew Rifindio was talking about the same thing. "In any case, it is unlikely we have to create another one of those phenomenons. It was a ridiculous combination of factors that led to the appearance of that one, and I doubt we an replicate it again even if we wanted."

"I'm absolutely not throwing myself inside of one, though," Kentucky spoke with conviction. He saw it happening and truly felt like Rean would die there.

"Me neither," Rean was of the same mind. No one sane would try that kind of thing.

They continued on their way, and around an hour later, they finally found the origin of that more stable flow of Spatial Power. In front of them, a small hole in space could see, and on the other side, the light of the stars caught their attention. "A Spatial Gate, uh?"

Zangeshu took out his device again and quickly checked. "Yes, no doubt the Spatial Signatures of the Closal Planet's Spatial Gates are coming from it."

Rean patted Zangeshu's shoulder. "Alright, I'll send you into my Dimensional Realm, so we don't need to worry about protecting you."

*Zush!*

Zangeshu disappeared straight away. The next one was Kentucky. The bird was too big for the gate, and he also didn't want to risk doing anything wrong. That left only Rean, Roan, and Rifindio outside.

Rifindio looked at the twins, who paid attention to the gate. "Do you want to go first, or should I?" Rean asked.

"Hmph!" Roan didn't even answer, moving forward.

"Wait!" Rifindio immediately went ahead. "I go first!"

Rean and Roan looked at each other and just nodded. "Afraid of us doing something outside? No problem, go ahead."

Rifindio shook his head in response, though. "It is true that I tried to kill you, but I am not ungrateful. I'm going first because if there is a risk of death, it should be me."

Roan's eyebrow raised a little, not expecting that altruistic action. Surprisingly, he couldn't detect any lies in Rifindio's words. "So be it."

Rifindio quickly changed into his humanoid form since his Camazotz Bat form was too big as well. Finally, he approached the gate and threw himself inside. His vision blurred for a moment, and in the next second, he was back outside.

*Zush, zush!*

Rean and Roan appeared a few seconds later, also finding themselves in the middle of nowhere. They were able to see Rifindio outside through the gate, so they knew Rifindio crossed the gate without problems. "So, where are we?"

Rifindio took out his CD, which worked anywhere in the Universe that had a connection to the Werdlem Network. It easily found his location, which he showed to the twins. "Seems like we are exactly where we were when the black hole swallowed us."

The twins confirmed their positions and nodded. Roan immediately went back into the Dimensional Realm since there wasn't anything for him to do at the moment. Kentucky, on the other hand, came out once again. Rean moved to Kentucky's back and sighed in relief. "Well then, I guess this is it for us. It was nice to meet you, Rifindio. May we meet each other again in the future."

"Eh?!" Rifindio was taken aback. Were they going to leave? "And here I thought you would use the fact that you saved me twice to make some request..."

Rean shrugged. "Well, part of the reason you even ended up inside this weird Dimensional Realm was because we destroyed your formation. Of course, you also tried to kill us with it, so it is not like we regret destroying it. In any case, if you wish to come after us again, feel free to do so. Let's go, Kentucky!"

Kentucky's wings filled with Spiritual Energy, and he flapped his wing, shooting into the distance. They were quite far away from Closal... or any of the other planets, for that matter. It would probably take years until they could reach Closal, which was still the closest planet.

"Wait!" Rifindio quickly caught up to them. "I'll go with you."

Rean and Kentucky didn't quite like it. "So you can tell where we are to your friends and prepare a trap for us on the way?"

Indeed, isn't he being way too friendly? They are enemies, right? A cease fire inside that place made sense, but not here outside. It would be weird if Rean and Kentucky let him follow. For starters, it would be much easier for Rifindio to use his CD to contact one of the planets and have them arrange a Spaceship to fetch him. Why would he waste years traveling through space with the twins' group? "I..."

Rifindio didn't have an answer for that.