The Empyreal Gem Master

Chapter 92 Ephesus! II

The freezing winds that seemed capable of cutting skin didn't bother Alexander nor his Minions much due to their tremendous life force.

This allowed them to be much more observant of everything occurring as apart from the heavy storm of snow that was obscuring their views, some things still remained clear.

Like the massive upside-down crystalline obsidian mountain in the distant skies.

Anastasia floated in the skies as she rubbed her eyes with confusion, taking multiple glances at this terrifying obsidian mountain.

Her eyes showed a disconnect and disbelief of something that couldn't at all be real as she called out amidst the storm.

"Sis Vishpala, that mountain..."

Her voice drew the somber gaze of Vishpala forward as she also gazed towards the crystal mountain.

Initially, she also stared at it blankly, but as the seconds passed...

"Huh?"

Her eyes showed incredulity.

Both her gaze and the gaze of Anastasia expressed one thing.

Recognition.

Alexander saw their exchange as his gaze became somber as well, asking lightly.

"You both recognize that mountain?"

...!

In their stupor, Anastasia was the one to answer dazedly.

"That...that looks almost exactly the same as the Tenebrous Crystal Mountain of our World. Of Ornis. It is a danger zone where even Beast Lord can perish, but rare Ability Gems are known to condense within it as it is frequented by Beast Kings seeking more power. But...why..."

Why.

Why would something that looked exactly like the Tenebrous Crystal Mountain of the world that the Peacock Lineage stemmed from be here?

Was it just something that looked alike, or was it the actual Mountain?

The implications of these questions were terrifying!

"It's impossible...it cannot be. Ornis is a few hundred thousand miles away from this World of Ephesus. It can't be..."

Vishpala vehemently shook her head in disbelief.

How many were able to be saved?

Alexander looked at his father with complex emotions before he voiced out with a sense of regret.

"Less than 50,000."

...!

The gazes of all those here turned even darker as some Gem Masters couldn't help but sob!

Yet none of this mattered to the raging storms and land outside.

As a few thousand people were protected by Alexander within thick vines, changes continued to bloom all across Ephesus.

Alexander looked at the forlorn figures of his father as he sighed internally, his emotions being kept much stronger and stable by his Enneagram even though he felt the same sense of loss and pain as all of them!

"Rest in here for now, and be ready. I will check on the changes occurring outside as if and when they're done...it may not be the same world we know greeting us. Prepare."

He spoke towards his father and others before he turned around, going towards the pathways of vines he had made as he created an opening in the middle of this path- an influx of extremely cold air and snow instantly buffeting in as he rose upwards.

Instantly, Claire, Anastasia, and Vishpala followed before the opening closed moments later.

Coming out into the world outside after just a few minutes passed...somehow many things felt foreign as the temperature was below freezing!

Alexander went to the highest point of the massive tree he nurtured, which was over 400 Meters, with dozens of intricate thick branches and trees connecting everything being seen.

At the very top, a stalk of verdant green opened as he came to stand on it, the figures of Claire, Anastasia, and Vishpala coming to stand beside him as they squinted their eyes at the influx of snow all around them!

Inside that short period of time.

The Nurtured Tree that was atop the shattered walls of Carthage now seemed to be over 20 miles away, and the massive multicolored mountain that rose from the center of Carthage seemed much further away.

The land continued to expand!

At the same time...

"AWOOO!"

Amidst the raging winds.

Amidst the storms of cold that could cut the skin of weaker Gem Masters.

"Are those...roars?"

Claire shuddered and hugged her shoulders with a sense of fear as truly, they began to hear howls and roars from the distant mountain that only seemed to be getting larger and larger!