Death... and me

Chapter 2502  Not Coming Back

Yet, before he even tried, Rean obviously asked Aelrie more. "So... what is beyond the area where your consciousness is pulled into the Illusory World? Could it be those beyond the Elemental Transformation Realm aren't affected by this pull?"

Aelrie shook her head. "No. Other Angels even stronger than you tried to go beyond. Yet, nothing seems to work. As long as they reach the eleven-kilometer range, they will have their consciousness pulled into the Illusory World."

Kentucky found it strange. "Then... how does one come back from the Illusory World? Is dying the only method? That would be quite hard to happen since you said that it is pretty safe for anyone at the Elemental Transformation Realm and above. Rean and I are obviously much higher than that."

Aelrie shrugged her shoulders. "Isn't that simply, simply suicide. As far as I know, the only way of escaping the Illusory World is to die. Even if the Illusory World can't kill you, you are definitely strong enough to kill yourself, right?"

Rean pondered a bit. "What about puppets and things like that. There are many methods of scouting further ahead without one having to enter the eleven-kilometer range with one's own body. I myself have a Puppet I can use my Divine Sense to control. If Divine Sense is blocked beyond the eleven-kilometer range, I can just set my puppet to go ahead and then come back by themselves while recording everything they see."

Aelrie smiled. "Is that so? Then why don't you give it a try?"

Rean was taken aback for a moment. Yet, seeing Aelrie's confidence, he understood that his ideas probably wouldn't work... Well, he decided to give it a try anyway. He approached the eleven-kilometer max range and took out a bird-type puppet of quite a low level. He set two objectives for that puppet. First, it was to follow his Divine Sense commands. If it lost contact with his Divine Sense, it should keep exploring up to one hundred kilometers of distance and record everything before returning.

The bird puppet quickly set flight and crossed the eleven-kilometer range... before Rean's Divine Sense was immediately cut off. Rean wasn't surprised by that and only let the puppet continue to fly. It wouldn't come back before it reached a hundred-kilometer distance. According to the puppet's strength, Rean believed it would take at least twenty minutes for that to happen. He wasn't in a hurry, so he just kept observing. Yet...

*Bzzzz!*

*Flash!*

Out of nowhere, the bird puppet was covered by a bright white light. The light disappeared right after, lasting less than a second. Yet, Rean's bird puppet was absolutely nowhere to be seen. He couldn't even tell if it was destroyed or teleported somewhere else since his Divine Sense couldn't reach the area where it disappeared. "This..."

Aelrie patted his shoulder. "Do you think the experts that came before never tried such things? Puppets, controlled bodies, fake souls, wires, you name it. As long as anything else that doesn't have a real soul goes past twenty kilometers, it is immediately swallowed by that white light you just saw. Look around. The angels close to us are just laughing, knowing that you just made a fool of yourself. Hahaha!"

Rean scratched the back of his head with a bitter smile. Yet, deep inside, he was surprised. Rean couldn't tell if the puppet of destroyed or not. Nonetheless, his affinity to Light Element allowed him to sense the place where the puppet disappeared... Or, to be more specific, he felt the absurd huge concentration of Light Element that appeared in that place for a moment. 'That light was not harmful, but I also couldn't tell if Spatial Powers or anything else was used. It was like the light element was used to cover something. Perhaps a teleportation?' he thought.

Kentucky was already feeling bored. "Alright, shall we give it a try?"

Rean glanced at him and sighed. 'Did you forget you also have your soul protected from external effects due to your connection with me and Roan?' Rean obviously explained everything he thought just a moment ago.

'Oh...' Kentucky had to admit it was possible. 'Well, we need to give it a try anyway.'

Kentucky then stepped forward. 'Let me give it a try first since I have a better defense. If I get to the necessary distance and don't get dragged into the Illusory World, then I'll tell you. Help me if you see anything happening out of the ordinary.'

Rean nodded and changed back to normal speech. "Alright, Kentucky will go first. Aerie, is it possible to appear in the same place in the Illusory World if one wishes to do so?"

Aelrie quickly denied it. "No. What you can do is appear in the same region but not in the same location. However, everyone knows the Illusory World quite well, and I'm no exception. You can simply set a place to meet after entering the same region. Here, take these Jade Slips." She then tossed the Jade Slip Maps to Rean and Kentucky.

The maps were very detailed, showing the countless years of exploration weren't for nothing. As long as they memorized that, they most likely could easily find each other inside. "This is very helpful."

Kentucky and Rean then spent some time memorizing the region they would enter according to the area they decided to move in the eleven-kilometer range. "Alright, now I'm going." Finally, Kentucky stepped past the limit, entering the area where one should be dragged into the Illusory World. He selected a place pointed out by Aelrie that would definitely bring him into a certain region.

As soon as he stepped inside, there was a small change in the environment around him, especially the Light Element. Kentucky then stopped and didn't move anymore.

"Hey, Kentucky, can you hear me?" Rean asked, not from too far away. That distance was definitely enough to communicate through their voices. Yet, Kentucky simply stood there like a statue.

Aelrie just smiled after seeing that. "You can give up. Unless he dies in the Illusory World, he will not come back."