Schemes

"Dean."

The moment Richard saw the giant, he immediately bowed respectfully.

Physique Crown had returned to his normal size, though the life radiation around him seemed slightly more listless than usual.

"Mhm." Physique Crown's voice carried a trace of fatigue. "Take me over there quickly. The time I can stay is limited.

The bugs have been planning a major move lately. Those of us watching the battlefield do not have much free time."

Richard did not waste words. He immediately opened a gate leading to Beast Origin World.

As he looked at the opened gate, Physique Crown suddenly turned his gaze toward Keeper of Secrets nearby.

"Keeper of Secrets, you come too. I need your advice on matters of dimensions."

Keeper of Secrets gave a wizard's salute.

"Your will, Crown."

Arriving beside the gate, Physique Crown snapped off one of his fingers and created a temporary avatar.

After becoming an Astral Dominator, trying to smuggle oneself into a world through something like a Spatial Rift was nothing but wishful thinking. Apart from dimensional rifts opened by fellow Dominators, the only rifts capable of carrying an Astral Dominator into a world were enormous, stable gates like Wizard teleportation gates.

Of course, a Dominator could also force their way into a world by tearing apart its World Wall. But that method was exceedingly dangerous. Even an Astral Dominator could be severely wounded by the world's counterattack if they were not careful.

The avatar took shape as a White Bear beast puppet Richard had seen before. But unlike the beast puppets he had encountered in the past, this one housed a fragment of Physique Crown's soul.

"Let's go."

"Yes."

Richard took the lead through the gate, with Physique Crown and Keeper of Secrets following close behind.

After passing through the gate, the breeze