Choukai's voice came through the communications channel:
"There are no signal stations in the Sea of Quantum, so signal stability cannot be guaranteed."
"So it looks like I can only find my way back by feel?"
Gwen said with a smile.
"Cough..."
After a light cough, Choukai said faintly:
"I mean... is there a possibility that it would be best if you could just come back directly?"
"Then I'll take your auspicious words."
Gwen replied, then raised his head to look at the cloudless sky. Sunlight poured over him with a pleasant warmth, making the blade in his hand appear even sharper.
Next moment, under everyone's watchful eyes, Gwen's body, touched by sunlight and carrying a hint of divinity, suddenly soared into the air and shot straight toward the heavens.
Gwen swung down the sharp blade in his hand, and a wormhole leading somewhere unknown suddenly appeared in the sky. The streak of light formed by his body instantly rushed into the wormhole.
"The signal indicates that Gwen has successfully entered higher-dimensional space, and—"
In the control room nearby, Choukai's gaze swept across several screens before her as she spoke rapidly.
However, when her eyes passed over the data on the third monitor to her left, Choukai's pupils suddenly contracted. She shouted into the microphone before her:
"Stop!
Stop now!
That isn't the route to the Sea of Quantum!"
"What happened?
Choukai?"
The instant Choukai's voice abruptly cut off, Otto's heart skipped a beat.
Yet when Choukai began shouting, Otto calmed the turmoil in his heart and quickly asked.
"The data shows that during Gwen's breakthrough into higher-dimensional space, an anomalous change occurred in the readings—
Simply put, Gwen didn't enter the Sea of Quantum. He headed for the Imaginary Tree..."
"..."
Upon hearing Choukai's words, even though Otto had