"Those are all the reports I received so far,

" Jeah pulled out a small, yellow stone from the inner pocket of his robe. He then placed it on the table before pushing it forward.

The stone didn't have rough edges like the mana one. Instead, it was round as if someone took the effort to perfectly polish it out. As such, it rolled on the table quite easily.

"Let's see,

" Consal lightly took the piece between his fingers. He then snapped the stone into bits, allowing the spiritual energy contained within to flow into his body.

"You are aware that you will have to pay a visit to the rest of the folks,

" he looked down at the Star Emperor. Consal slowly absorbed the information written on the mana he consumed.

"Yeah, you didn't need to remind me,

" Jeah sighed. For a moment, he didn't look like the ruler of the major part of the continent. He looked like a simple guy burdened with the task of dealing with a rowdy bunch..

"Well, I get the gist now,

" Consal raised his eyes before shaking his head.

"It should take roughly a week to organize everything,

" he said as he stood up from the chair.

"Can you round some of them up yourself?

" Jeah asked, raising his eyes at the man with genuine hope.

"You can leave Faglar to me,

" Consal offered up with a small smirk.

"Why doesn't that surprise me,

" Jeah sighed before following the man's example and standing up.

"Could you take me with you?

" the Star Emperor asked, twisting his lips in a displeased, thin line.

"Casting it always makes me want to puke,

" he added.

"Yeah, yeah, I know,

" Consal replied in a bored voice, used to the young man's whining.

"Come,

" he said, reaching forward with his hand and snapping his fingers.

Consal created two highly different areas between his fingers thanks to the extremely precise manipulation of his energy. On his thumb, his mana thickened up to the point of warping the space itself. On his middle finger, Consal pushed all of his energy away.

By snapping his fingers, Consal collided those two fields. Using the instantaneous discharge of mana between the two fields, he ripped a hole in the space itself.

The mana that surged between his fingers instantly rushed into the opening, paving the way to the target somewhere else in the sea of a higher dimension.

It was impossible to enter it. With their bodies, humans were bound to the four dimensions they operated at. But that didn't mean one couldn't make use of this aspect of the world.

'There,' Consal thought when his consciousness caught on a familiar feeling. In this other dimension, everything appeared as congestion of mana and mana alone.

As humans learned to cultivate by finding out the mana inside themselves, it was easy to recognize the auras of others in here.

With the point of connection set, Consal closed the loop. By using the higher dimension, he conjured a connection between two places far apart.

"Let's go,

" the middle-aged man said, pushing through the rift in the space.

There wasn't any additional sensory effect to traveling through the fissure. Just like humans couldn't enter the other dimension, they were unable to stick to it while traveling. For an average human looking from the side, it would appear as if the two of them... simply walked from one place to another.

"Consal?

" a middle-aged man of great build and even greater lack of hair on his body raised his face. Then, he moved his eyes between Consal and his younger companion.

"Tsk,

" he clicked his tongue before reaching to his pouch.

"Here,

" he muttered, pulling out a golden stone from underneath his robe and throwing it towards Consal.

"What was that?

" Jeah asked, looking at the exchange while squinting his eyes.

"Just a small bet,

" Consal smiled, grabbing the stone and hiding it in one of his pockets.

"Now then,

" he said, moving his eyes from Jeah back to Foglar.

"Are you ready?

"

"I was born ready, baby!

" the bald man slapped his hands together, almost making his entire body jump on the spot.

"It's rare for anyone to go against us, so I'm all the more hyped for the fun fight!

" he added, clearly enjoying himself at the moment.

"So that's why you agreed to help me out with him,

" Jeah muttered, clearly unhappy with how the situation was developing.

"Well, happy to join from the start or not, that means we have one less man to worry about,

" he summed the situation up before glancing over at the two men.

"Any ideas where to find the rest?

" the Star Emperor asked.

"What, did you lose their communication tokens?

" Flagler asked, sending Jeah a strange look.

"I understand that your position is getting to your head, but it's not like we managed to fully conquer the place,

" the bald man said as his face took a turn for a serious expression.

"We might be strong, but don't you ever dare to overestimate what you are capable of,

" he added. Faglar then turned his face around, away from the sight of the perfectly confident face of the youth.

"You can leave those lectures to some newbies,

" Jeah's face darkened as he spoke.

"I'm not really interested in listening to them,

" he added, harrumphing as he turned his chin up and face away.

"The problem is, if you ** up, we are all **ed up,

" Consal joined in on the conversation, instantly putting down the fires of Jeah's haughtiness.

"It would be lovely if you would always keep in mind that while we will attempt to save you if something wrong happens,

" the man said, looking at Jeah with strange sparks in his eyes.

"You don't need to finish,

" Jeah said, squinting his eyes in annoyance.

"If I screw up for real, you guys will save me,

" he said, putting a small stop to his words at the exact same point that Consal did a moment earlier.

"But once you will be done with the saving part, you will make sure that I will regret not dying on the spot,

" Jeah said emotionlessly. He then calmly raised his eyes at the two older men.

"It seems that at least you remember some of the basics,

" Consal smiled, always happy to put Jeah back in line.