He used gravity to float Steve into the air, then grabbed his clothes and headed out, dragging him along like a hydrogen balloon.
Helena and Godrick both stayed behind. Neither needed to follow.
"Just wait outside for me. I'll be right back," Zhao Si said.
He had his reasons for doing this.
With only Steve in tow, he could make the trip quickly.
Sorting out Steve's problem and sending him back as soon as possible was the right course of action.
Keeping this guy here served no purpose.
As for why he had crossed over, there was no rhyme or reason to it at all.
Just like Zhao Si's own arrival and his Inventory, there was nothing to go on.
"Don't treat the Lands Between like the center of the universe and dump everything here," Zhao Si grumbled as he flew into the crater.
"This isn't Asgard."
What Zhao Si meant was that the Erdtree wasn't the World Tree. He had never heard of the world of the Elden Ring having anything like the Nine Realms.
Surely countless worlds weren't going to converge here, switching things up and turning this into a journey across the multiverse.
All sorts of ridiculous possibilities ran through Zhao Si's mind.
"Forget it. I finally settled down. I don't want to go hopping between worlds. At most, I'll sail out and take a look around the other continents." Zhao Si felt somewhat opposed to the idea.
Rather than other worlds, he would much prefer to visit the Wilderness or the Land of Reeds.
See the sights Godfrey had seen and experience the otherworldly culture Yura and his people came from. Wouldn't that be nice?
The sooner he sent an unpredictable element like Steve away, the better.
"If I get the chance, I'm definitely asking that