The Lord's Return Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Pradus

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It was after thirty minutes that Luke realised just how terrifyingly fast DPH really was because that's the amount of time he needed to pass another planet and he didn't stop there and continued running. In the view of beings within planets that DPH passed, he looked like a shooting star, an extremely fast shooting star. … Luke didn't know how much time had passed but if he had to guess, it would probably be more than a month already and DPH had been travelling non-stop the whole time. After a month of non-stop running, they finally reached their destination. What DPH was running towards was probably one of the most beautiful things Luke had ever seen in his life. What he was looking at was a cosmic curtain, yes, it literally looked like a pinkish orange glittering curtain. If not a curtain then a tsunami, a stunning cosmic tsunami. Luke had seen photos from the James Webb telescope but seeing it in real life was something else entirely, it was unlike anything he'd seen before. Both DPH and Luke were microscopic when compared to the nebula in front of them but DPH’s speed didn't decrease as he entered the nebula, dodging both the celestial and heavenly bodies with precision and experience. He shuttled through multiple planets and moved as though he'd been here multiple times already. Also, within the nebula, there was a high concentration of energy that wasn't Mana but it was very potent. Entering Luke's body through his pores until his body was saturated with it. The 1/5th incomplete star was slowly being completed and Luke could feel his strength rising and that feeling was addictive, so addictive that he almost let go of DPH. Whereas DPH continued moving about in the maze-like nebula. … After a while, DPH finally found what he was looking for. It was a world, a big beautiful world made up mostly of water. Just looking at it, both Luke and DPH could tell just how special this world was, it just looked extraordinary and had a certain charm to it that drew attention towards itself. [This Pradus, one of the rarer worlds an Otherworldly Traveller like myself can stumble upon. Just like in the Trudia World, Magic also exists in this world but what makes it unique is the specialty that every intelligent living organism here is born with, a Skill.] “A Skill?” [Yes, a Skill. Living creatures in this world have Skills, one is either born with a Skill or Awakens a Skill. Skills are then ranked from F-SSS with F-rank Skills being the weakest Skills and SSS-rank Skills being the most powerful. Now, there are races that you have to be careful of, the Dragons, the Demons and the Elves. Also, be careful of Demon Kings and Heroes, those guys are maniacs so don't mingle with them.] ‘Demon Kings? Heroes? Now this is getting interesting.’ Luke thought. “What do you want me to do here exactly, what's my mission?” he asked. [I'm one of the fastest beings on Trudia and I'm extremely talented but I'm not satisfied with what I have. I lack lethality and offensive capabilities to work with my speed. So, I want you to find me a creature in this world that has both lethality and offensive capabilities but let it not be of the Elf, Dragon or Demon Race, their Bloodline limitations and restrictions are too cumbersome.] said DPH, enlightening Luke. ‘I see, so just being fast isn't enough to place you at the very top of the food chain, it just means you can escape faster than everyone else and DPH wants to change that.’ [Here, drop your blood here, it'll ensure that you take the task I gave you seriously and after you've completed it, we'll go our separate ways.] said DPH as a parchment scroll appeared before Luke and it was written in a language he didn't know or understand. Luke knew that he didn't have a choice to refuse so one of his nails turned into a sharp claw that he used to cut open his palm. Blood dripped on the scroll and was absorbed by it. DPH also dripped blood on the scroll and after both parties had done so, the scroll caught fire