Chapter 2653: Time to leave!

Days later, Callie was in the middle of the lush forest of The Enchanted Realm, traveling alone in search of the place showed by the leader of the sect where her group was staying.

After a long journey, she was quite close to the place where the group's dragon was supposed to be cultivating in his sleep.

Fortunately for her, she was carrying the symbol of the leaders of this world, because without it, traveling through this area would be dangerous even for a level 109 Sovereign like her.

Even if her cultivation was much deeper than beings of the same level in this world, she could at most compare to local Sovereigns of level 111 and 112. But in this forest she was in, there were beings of level 113, enough to beat her with ease.

But she didn't enter the territory of these powerful creatures and just kept flying over the area in search of her group mate.

After some time searching, she felt a familiar sensation and flew towards a plot of land uncovered by woods, near an immense mountain, with several caves so large that even dragons could enter them.

In that area, she entered one cave and soon spotted the dark-red scaled dragon sleeping in its bestial form, curled up in one of the corners of the cave, which was capable of holding an entire village.

"Cykog, wake up!" Callie called out the creature's name, her voice enriched by her powers, emitting a freezing wave against the surroundings.

The ground formed a small layer of ice, which quickly reached the scaly and large creature sleeping.

The dragon's huge eyelids fluttered, but he didn't wake up.

"Wake up!" Callie repeated, this time getting what she wanted, with the dragon opening his eyes wide to look at her.

But unlike the fellow who normally treated her and Vico with supreme respect, Cykog looked at her with pure hatred, feeling his cultivation destabilized when he was so close to advancing.

In just one more year, he could reach level 105!

"Callie!" He opened his mouth, letting out his hard-to-hold, extremely hot breath.

Some of the ice in the surroundings melted, while his claws sharpened, sticking out further from his body, while his cruel teeth also showed in his mouth.

He could recognize the senior he greatly respected for her immense power. But he couldn't help being angered by being woken up in such a disturbing way.

Not only had he lost the spiritual state he was in, but he would have to spend months, or years, recovering from the spiritual disturbance he had just suffered from being woken up in such a way!

Callie knew she had no way of reasoning with a creature in a state of rage, even though the creature in front of her was so experienced and rational most of the time.

"When you've calmed down, we'll talk." With those words, she moved, surprising Cykog by appearing closer to him as she struck him in the face.

A hand of ice and energy formed in front of Callie's hand, quickly becoming as big as the dragon's head.

She attacked him mercilessly, using force capable of killing an ordinary level 106 creature in this world to press him against the wall.

Cykog was only level 104, but he was a powerful dragon. He wouldn't die from this attack, but he would be injured enough to lose consciousness in front of her.

As the whole cave shook, Cykog felt himself close his eyes as he cursed the blue-haired woman, watching the surroundings even darker as the hand of ice gradually disappeared.

'Fortunately, he has a level 104 cultivation as stable as that of the creatures of this world. If he had cultivated to that level in Zocarro, I would have had some difficulty.' Callie sighed as she saw him unconscious.

With that done, she used just one of her hands to envelop the creature with her Spiritual energy, before pulling Cykog's unconscious body away.

"You'll pay me back for making me babysit for you, Cykog." She muttered as she flew, doing so slowly, given the creature's immense weight.

Luckily, she had a lot of energy and spiritual stamina. Even at low speed, she would be able to fly in a few weeks between this current position and the place where her companions were preparing to leave The Enchanted Realm.

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A few weeks later, Vico left his place of seclusion, a satisfied smile on his face.

'Time to leave. We've done everything we wanted to in this world.' He thought as he assessed his powers, imagining that it would soon be 50 years since he had promised Minos that he would stay in The Enchanted Realm.

As he thought about the journey ahead, the level 114 Sovereign behind this sect appeared in front of the cultivation room that Vico had just left.

"Senior Vico, you've finished." Said the man Minos had met several years ago.

"Hmm, how are the others? Is everyone already in the sect? I intend to leave as soon as possible now that I've finished my seclusion." Said this blond human, walking alongside the local leader.

"Apart from Callie and Cykog, everyone else is already in the sect. But those two will be back soon. I've heard rumors she's bringing him here." Said the expert with a smile.

Vico knew about Cykog's disappearance, so he didn't ask any unnecessary questions. "What about your people? We can take two of you with us."

The level 114 Sovereign nodded, having already talked to Callie and Vico about this earlier. "We've already chosen two individuals to accompany you. One of them is at level 110 and the other at level 111. I hope they'll be able to help you on the journey and then be useful in Zocarro."

Last time, Minos had agreed to take Grisdi, but this world was in a lot of trouble and he couldn't let the strongest specialists go. Now, however, much had changed, with new specialists emerging and old ones growing stronger.

In the current context of The Enchanted Realm, it made sense to send two strong Sovereigns to stay under Minos' wing and perhaps generate opportunities for the planet in the future.

'With these two, we will no longer depend on Minos in the future and they will be able to come and go from our planet with more of our people going to Zocarro safely.' This local leader thought to himself.

He didn't intend to break his alliance with Minos, but he didn't want to depend on him, either. It was good that his own people could help the planet.

"When are you going to Zocarro? At your level, it's a shame you're staying here." Vico didn't bother to hear the names of the two additional companions he would soon have.

"Who knows in the future?" The hairy specialist said good-humoredly. "Now is not yet the time. But I'll certainly make my way in the future."

"Hmm, you still have to protect your people." Vico understood this man's side of the story when he finally left the building he was in and saw a large shadow in the sky.

Looking up together with the level 114 Sovereign, he spotted Callie and Cykog back at headquarters.