Purvi was bewildered, but as someone's mount, he could only obey... Most importantly, in this endless starry sky, he could not even smell a trace of water. The Otherworld Whale talent that let him directly cross into a sea in some random world could not be activated at all. This was even worse than when those evil Mages had captured him.
Back then, he had known very clearly that as long as he preserved his soul, there would still be a chance of survival.
But if he was here, he might have to swim through this illusory starry sky until he died!
Most importantly... the little whale kept turning in the air and looking around, only to discover that there was no sign of food anywhere!
If one was not a wealthy tycoon like Hill, carrying around a Demiplane, then wouldn't entering this Astral Maze mean becoming an undead creature?
Faced with the little whale's whimsical thoughts, Liszt merely had him continue in the direction Hill pointed. He replied amiably, "No. At worst, you eat tasteless magic bread you made yourself, Nourishment Pearls, and things like that.
"If a Transcendent dared enter the starry sky without even that capability... then they probably did not need to eat in the first place."
Purvi nodded seriously.
It was not that he was too bored. Mainly... as an Otherworld Whale with an excellent sense of direction, he truly did not want to follow the obviously problematic route Hill was pointing out.
But once places that looked like dead ends, even terrifying black holes and stellar whirlpools, instantly turned into passages, Purvi completely abandoned that bit of instinct.
Still, he really needed to distract himself. Otherwise, having a whale charge straight into a black hole was simply too terrifying!
Liszt looked helplessly at Hill,