Chapter 184: Where the fuck...? (1/2)
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When Sol opened his eyes and gazed at the place where he was, he could only close them hurriedly because of the blinding light in his eyes.
In the long history of Lustburg, no one ever had the luck to enter Gabriel's territory, or those that did never come back. Because of this, how that world looked was a complete mystery.
Sol had imagined many things. Mostly, he thought that he would see a lush forest, full of wide towering trees or something of the like.
But what he saw now was,
”I am in a desert?”
Slowly opening his eyes once again, to avoid being blinded by the glaring sun, or more precisely, suns, Sol finally observed his surroundings.
Sand, sand, sand and even more sand as far as his eyes could see.
An endless desert.
As if it wasn't enough, Sol covered his eyes with his hand and briefly raised his head,
”Three suns.”
His expression immediately became ugly. He could already feel beads of sweat on his forehead flowing down slowly.
Not only were the multiple suns not helping, but the heavy suit he was wearing also wasn't exactly what you could call desert friendly.
”Am I really in Phoenix territory?”
He couldn't help but wonder.
Stumped, he tried to enter his dimension, but he could feel as if a wall was stopping him.
It didn't take long for him to understand the reasons why.
The mortal dimension was a dimension owned by no one save the goddess. But this wasn't the case here.
This part of the Astral dimension, if it was really the one belonging to Gabriel, was her divine territory and as such worked under her own laws. No one could enter or leave the mirror dimension without its master's permission and it was clear that the same rule applied to Gabriel or whoever this territory belonged to.
”Well...This isn't exactly how I envisioned the start of my adventure.”
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'It's so damn hot.'
Sitting on the sand, Sol did not move from the position he initially found himself in.
He did not know how long he had been sitting, but from how hot his butt felt, it must have been quite a while.
Even so, he did not intend to move now.
He did not know where he was.
He did not know where he had to go.
He had no food and no water on him, nor did he know where to find them.
Moving without thoughts meant death, but---staying here without moving also meant death.
Even so, Sol did not despair. He was simply analyzing the situation he was in and the best way to go at it.
Once he finally had a plan, he stood up and dusted himself.
”Well, first things first.”
He closed his eyes and focused a little.
Slowly, his skin began to bristle before it was covered by scales of the same color as his skin.
Even though it had been a while, Sol remembered that reptiles had a better heat regulation thanks to their scales.
He did not know if dragons were cold blooded creatures, but if the scales of a dragon were less useful than that of a simple reptile, then it would be a joke.
As he thought, the moment his body was covered in scales, the unbearable heat suddenly became much less so. At the same time, he could feel that he had stopped sweating. Clearly, those scales had also regulated the loss of water in his body.
He let out a sigh of relief and focused on his transformation.
Since it wasn't his natural form, he still had some problem keeping it for long, but that was mostly during a fight.
Right now, since he was just using them to fight the heat, he should be able to keep them indefinitely without much trouble. Mana was not a problem either since as long as his output was controlled, thanks to his core he had a near infinite mana.
The only problem now was his lack of water and food.