NOVEL NEXT Chapter 489: Leave her alone for now, we'll settle this matter later
While Lucinda, attracting everyone's attention, explained to Esme who Izzy was, Idan approached Arabel.
"How did it go?" he asked through a mental link so as not to distract the others.
"Leo has agreed to join our guild," Arabel replied, pleased with her success.
"But he doesn't want to leave his family," she added.
"Hmm... well, considering his lifestyle, it's not surprising," Idan opined. "As it is, we won't have any problems accommodating his family here if he wants to."
Arabel nodded, agreeing with his reasoning.
"What about the others? Where's Hailey?" Idan could understand that the three of them—Essora, her brother, and Milla—didn't need to meet with Sierra and the others until Idan and Arabel decided what to do with them, but Hailey was already their follower.
"Well, about Hailey..." Arabel shared with him what happened to Hailey, and when Idan heard this, he was very surprised.
"I wanted to explain to Coco that you can't do that, but she just ran away," Arabel said with chagrin.
Idan agreed that they couldn't ignore Coco's antics anymore. They needed to deal with her before she overstepped her bounds.
"Coco seems to have started thinking that we can't punish her," Idan remarked.
"But she's wrong," he added. "Leave her alone for now, we'll settle this matter later."
"All right," Arabel agreed.
After it was successfully explained who Izzy was, an unusual phenomenon attracted the attention of all the women: a glowing pattern appeared on the back of each of their left hands.
After studying it carefully, they realized what it meant.
"Hmm... convenient," — Sierra said. "Now we'll know how much time everyone has left before we get kicked back out."
The others agreed with her. A clock-like pattern appeared on the back of their left hand, indicating how much time they had left to spend in that place.
"I have eight," Lucinda said, holding up her hand.
"Five," — Milica added.
"Four," — Sierra said.
"Two," — Geminia joined the conversation.
"As Idan said, the higher the rank, the shorter the time you stay here," Geminia reminded everyone.
Based on this information, they could make up an approximate stay time for almost all ranks.
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Rank 4 — Platinum — 12 hours
Rank 5 — Diamond — 8 hours
The Higher Realm
Rank 6 — Rare — 6-7 hours
Rank 7 — Epic — 5 hours
Rank 8 — Legendary — 4 hours
Rank 9 — Mythical — 2 hours
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This realization made everyone realize Geminia's rank. Everyone was aware that she had the highest rank, but no one could say for sure which one was ninth or tenth.
Irene and Arslan looked at these women with awe. They were all truly terrifying beings. Most of them were related to higher beings, and one of them was even a mythical being.
"Heh, unlike you, I can stay here as long as I want," Esma said with a laugh.
However, her words were ignored.
"Where is the senior Eulalia?" asked Arabel, not finding her among the crowd.
"She's in seclusion to use the potion you gave her to change her bloodline," Milica replied.
"Oh," Arabel was surprised at first, and then she was overcome with joy. "The next time I see her, she will already be a high elf, just like you, Master."
"Yes, and it's all thanks to you," Milica said. "You have no idea how much this means to her."
Idan and Arabel were genuinely happy for Eulalia and looked forward to seeing how much she would change after the bloodline change.
After the greetings, everyone entered the house, and Arabel, as the hostess, led everyone through all the rooms, proudly showing off her possessions.
The exterior of the wooden house did not make much impression on the women, but its interior pleasantly surprised everyone.
Esma, who was already used to another world, was happy to help Arabel show how everything worked while watching the reactions of the others.
She looked like them herself, and it was funny to watch their surprise.
After exploring the house, everyone sat down at a large table, and Idan and Arabel set it up. When the aroma of food filled the house, a girl's head cautiously poked out from the corner of the hallway.
Her nose twitched, feeling the familiar rich scent.
"Hailey," — Arabel called, and the girl was very scared.
"Come here," she called again, and Hailey, who had managed to cry out and tidy herself up, awkwardly left the hallway and approached the table, feeling the eyes of everyone present on her.
Hailey was terrified.
If Irene and Arslan had some idea about women, then Hailey was completely unaware.
She felt uncomfortable under the gaze of these formidable and incredibly beautiful ladies.
"Senior sisters, Master and Geminia, may I introduce Hailey to you," Arabel said. "She is Idan's and my first devoted follower and a member of our newly founded Guild."
"The Guild?" Instead of Hailey, something else caught the attention of all the women.
Hailey breathed a sigh of relief when the women's attention shifted to Arabel.
"Go sit here," Idan said, pointing to an empty seat at the table.
Hailey nodded and thanked him, took a seat at the table and, trying not to attract the attention of the formidable women, began to eat, while listening to the conversation.
"Oh right, we haven't talked about it yet, but there are various Guilds in our world that include so-called Awakened Ones like us, those who are just starting their cultivation journey. And Dan and I decided to start our own Guild," Arabel admitted, and then added: "My younger brother Arslan and Idan's older sister Irene have their own Guilds, and both of them are their leaders."
Irene and Arslan actively joined the conversation when it came to Guilds. They were happy to share with the women their knowledge about the Guilds, as well as about the awakened ones, the disaster, and how their world had changed.
"Our experience in Limbo has shown Dan and me that we can't achieve much on our own. We need like-minded people and helpers. Upon our return, we learned that the awakened ones had already started forming their own Guilds, and we decided to start our own. We need reliable and loyal people who are ready to follow us and our goal," Arabel said in one breath.
"What's your goal?" asked Milica.
"Our main goal is to survive and simultaneously look for answers to all the questions we are interested in," Arabel replied confidently.
"Survive, right? It's a good goal," Milica nodded, taking into account the situation in the couple's world.
The situation unfolding in the world of this couple aroused sincere interest among women. Their own world had long since reached its current level, and they had all been born during this period, so they had no deep understanding of the stages of growth of other worlds.
Even experienced women like Sierra, Esma, Milica, and Geminia had only heard rumors about it and had never encountered anything like it before.
Now they had almost a chance to watch the whole process from the front rows. Naturally, this aroused their genuine interest.
They also wondered how exactly their world was connected to the couple's world. Why can the inhabitants of another world come to their world, but they can't? And what awaits both worlds in the future if the other develops at such a fast rate?
There were many questions that they wanted to find answers to.