Max nodded slowly at them, his expression gentle yet firm. "I will wait for you too," he said softly, then paused before continuing with a faint sigh. "But I would prefer you do not force yourselves. Just wait for me for at most five or ten years, and I will come back for you."
As he said those words, a quiet heaviness settled in his heart. According to what Freya had explained to him, ascension was not something he could cheat or bypass. During ascension, he could not take humans through the ascension tunnel with him. Life Space Rings were useless in this situation, and even his Dimension of Spirit could not be used recklessly.
If he stored humans inside Life Space Rings and attempted to ascend, the violent force generated by the ascension tunnel would crush the rings instantly, killing everyone inside without exception.
