(Lian Li POV)
"So this is the Sanctuary…" I mused, looking at the hall filled with monsters.
"Yes. This place used to be a Dark Sect hideout but Divine One has cleared it out for us to make it our new home," the white fox, Shiori told us.
As expected of Master, His kindness extends to even monsters that everyone else would choose to exterminate.
The only questions is… Are they loyal to Master? Or are they simply using Master?
"You don't need to look at us like that," That tentacle face monster pointed out.
What was his name again? Benjamin? Weird name.
I turned to look at him with a questioning gaze, silently asking what he meant by those words.
He shrugged, "It's not like I don't understand your caution of us, we are monsters after all. But Divine One is our God and you are all his followers. Unless you are antagonistic towards Divine One, we won't harm you."
Ahahaha! He thinks that I was worried about them hurting us? How interesting!
But it seems they are indeed loyal to Master so I'll let that comment slide.
"We are wasting time here, where is the portal that leads to Master?" Diao Chan asked, not even showing interest in any of the monsters around us.
"I apologize for the tardiness, it's this way," Benjamin gestured towards one of the doors.
Oh? He's quite polite for a monster. I suppose it's expected of them who can recognise Master's divinity.
He led the way through the hallways until we reached a specific room where a giant monster seemed to be waiting for us.
The monster nodded its head at us but did not speak to us like the other monsters did, seemingly disinterested in our presence.
That was fine since we weren't interested in any of them either.
Right in front of said monster was a staircase leading down to what I assume to be the portal room.
The portal itself was glowing in an eerie purple colour, looking more like a door to hell or some other sinister place.
"Master went in that?" Manami asked, a little doubtful.
"Indeed… And He never came back…" Master's pet red fox, Akari, mourned.
I turned to face my sisters, "Alright, let's go through this again. Priority mission is to find and secure Master, ensuring His safety above all else. Everything else is secondary."
All of them nodded at my words.
"It might be highly likely that the portal will separate us and drop us in different places. In the event that happens, Manami will try to coordinate all of us to meet up but the priority mission still remains as top priority even in those circumstances."
Manami smiled, "Ufufufu~ Leave it to me~"
Eris turned towards the monsters, "And who will be joining us?"
"The two of us," Shiori pointed to herself and her sister. "We will have another group join Elaria when she is ready to go through with her own preparations."
"Very well. Let us go."
Without a shred of hesitation, all of us stepped through the portal, intent on saving Master.
My vision flashed white before clearing up to reveal a room that looked like the interior of some sort of broken down warehouse.
I quickly turned to look behind me and as expected, the portal was not there and neither were my sisters.
It seems like we were right in assuming the portal would separate us from each other while dropping us in random locations.
I was still in the midst of inspecting the room when the door opened, revealing a woman dressed in what I would call a 'barbarian's armour'. She was even holding a spear in a hand with a sword strapped to her waist, both weapons seemed to be well used.
She looked just as surprised to see me as I was to see her, the female barbarian taking a second to process my presence before giving a shout of alarm.
"Intruder! Intruder!" She screamed, moving into a combat stance to point her spear at me.
I sensed her accumulating Quarks to cast a Technique of some sort, the energy concentrating towards her hands and causing her spear to glow slightly.
"Intruder! Intru--"
Tired of her screams, I summoned a bolt of lightning to blast her away from me.
Originally I only wanted to summon a small enough lightning to incapacitate her and send her flying, but what came out was a giant bolt of lightning that instantly disintegrated her alongside the entire half of the building in front of me.
Hmmm? Is my own cultivation going haywire? Why did that attack come out like that? That girl literally disintegrated you know?
I stepped away from my half of the building just as the roof came crashing down behind me. That was when I realised I was in a tribal village of some sort within a forest.
Right at that moment, Manami's telepathic call came, "Lian Li? Are you alright? It seems like everyone is separated after stepping through the portal."
"Mmm… It seems so. I'm in a forest of some sort. I seem to have intruded in some tribal village and they aren't happy with my presence," I commented, seeing more people coming out of their huts to surround me.
"I see, I got sent to some Sect I think. They don't look happy that I appeared in the middle of their Sect meeting either. I'm considering if I should burn this place down right now, they really are full of themselves."
"It's best not to bring too much attention to ourselves or it might hinder our search for Master."
"Ara, ara? That is true. Should I convert them instead?"
"Oh? That sounds like a good idea. I guess I can make use of this tribe as well. Tell the rest to start gathering allies and intel as soon as they can."
"Ufufufu~ Of course~ What method should I use though?"
I smiled at her question, "There's no need for us to be kind… This Plane had not been kind to Master, make them repent."
"Ara, ara? That is a splendid suggestion~"
The telepathic call was cut just as a woman twice my height stormed out from the ranks of warriors surrounding me. Unlike the others who were holding spears or swords, she wielded a giant hammer that was as tall as her, even swinging it easily with one hand.
"I am chief Alazel! How dare you intrude upon our village, you thief!"
I tilted my head at her, "Are you the strongest here?"
She thumped her chest proudly, "Ha! Of course I am! The Earth Shaker tribe here is the strongest in these parts! You made a mistake in coming here!"
I smiled at her, "Good."
I raised both my hands and summoned a pillar of golden lightning, engulfing her within its electrifying embrace.
Hmm?
Once again, I only intended to call down a lightning pillar just big enough to engulf her, yet the lightning column that struck down was ten times the intended size.
It consumed at least a quarter of everyone that was surrounding me, instantly vaporizing them into nothingness, not even their shadows were left.
I looked at the giant crater I made with interest, didn't Master say this Plane was supposed to be of a higher level than ours? No, Master was crippled back then… Could Master be mistak--
I forcefully stopped that train of thought before it could manifest itself. There was no way Master could have been mistaken.
Yes, it's Master and us that has grown stronger.
As expected of Master, to be able to train us to be well above the level of these beings.
Haah… I want Master to embrace me soon… I miss sleeping with Master…
Luckily I brought my 'Master lovey dovey' pillow, or else I think I would have gone crazy from the lack of Masternium.
Oh no, why am I thinking of such things now? I'm still in the middle of a confrontation.
I looked around, "Does anyone want to experience the same thing?"
All of them immediately dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.
Good, these people at least know to respect their betters. I guess I can start from here...