It was 10:00 AM when they took off.
From the backyard, Ava's magic flying ship rose with a majestic WHOOSH!, soaring into the brilliant morning sky. Its sleek frame shimmered with divine light, ancient celestial runes etched across its hull glowing in rhythmic pulses. And wind pass though flying ship like..
ShooO... ShhH... ShooO...…as if resonating with the heartbeat of the nature.
Powered by her angelic divine energy, the vessel glided like a sacred phoenix, its golden wings cutting through the clouds, leaving trails of glittering particles that danced in the sunlight.
Below, the capital city Jakartha stretched out in peaceful stillness, bathed in a warm golden hue. Its towers, streets, and distant markets looked like part of a painted masterpiece frozen in serenity. After merging with Samsara World these are lots of changes happened in Otherworlders Continent.
The raging chaos of the Beast Tide was gone.
Yet, for Jack and his family… This moment wasn't merely calm.
It was a turning point.
A new beginning.
A whisper from fate itself.
Journey towards their destiny.
A step into the unknown… toward secrets waiting to be unearthed.
At the helm stood Ava, tall and graceful, her posture both commanding and serene. Her long platinum-blonde hair billowed behind her like a silken flag in the wind, catching the rays of sunlight and scattering them into a halo of brilliance.
She extended her hand forward, her fingers glowing faintly with radiant power as she activated the Ley Line Tracking Technique, a divine art passed down only among the angelic clans of the higher realms and other important figures.
A magic circle shimmered at her palm.
WHIRRR!
WHOOM!
And thin blue threads of light scattered into the air, dancing like fireflies.
"Come on…" she whispered, lips curled into a confident smirk. "Let's see where you're hiding, Ley Line & liquid mana…"
Her violet-gold eyes narrowed sharply, glowing like two celestial flames of determination.
Behind her, Jack stood at the center deck.
He clenched his fists tightly.
THUMP-THUMP!
THUMP!
His heartbeat pounding like drums in his ears. His eyes scanned the skies, filled with raw anticipation and silent resolve.
This was it. There are going to find important thing for his family.
Beside him, Emma slowly opened her eyes after a deep breath, her hands glowing faintly with pulsing mana. Her voice was barely above a whisper, but each word struck with iron resolve.
"This time… I won't fall behind. I'll become stronger no matter what it takes."
Her aura flickered
ZAP!
CRACKLE!
A sign of the power stirring within her with Fire, Water, Wind and Earth Elements. No longer a house wife in the background, she was ready to forge her own legends.
Not far off, James stood silently.
His palm rested over his chest right above where Ironfang's Beast Core throbbed inside his newly awakened Beast Space. A low HUMMMMM… vibrated through him, wild and primal, yet deeply harmonious. Sigh of his... he still alive.
He exhaled slowly.
"So this… is what it means to be a true beast Tamer."
Afterformed his own Beast Space his entire view of Beast Taming Profession Class Job. It invited him into to entire defferent world view.
And there was no fear in his eyes.
Only fire.
And then, there was Sofia.
Floating mid-air on a glowing cushion spell.
POOF!
The little girl sat like a princess of the sky. A half-eaten cookie in one hand, the other raised triumphantly as if commanding the clouds.
"Let's gooooooooooo!!" she cheered, her tiny voice echoing with innocence and joy.
Ding!
A bell on the ship rang a signal.
The Ley Line Coordinates had been locked.
Ava's smile widened.
"Everyone, hold on. We're diving in."
WHOOSH!
BOOM!
The ship accelerated, ripping through the clouds with a thunderous burst. Air twisted around them. Pressure shifted. Mana turbulence flared in streaks of color.
SWISH!
CRACK!
WHOOM!
They weren't just flying now. There going find something new.
Up ahead, their first destination shimmered on the horizon a floating island veiled in mist with red in colour… and secrets that recently created it's on is own. After the Beast Tide had passed, the battlefield below was drenched in the blood and mana of countless beasts. That raw, overflowing energy seeped into the land, transforming it into a hotspot of concentrated mana. Over two days, that surge gave birth to an anomaly an ideal ground where nature and magic converged, lifting a piece of earth into the skies… forming the floating island they now approached.
Now Otherworlders Ascendants Association named this Flooting Island as 'Crimson Hunting Grounds'
Because there still some beasts survived in this Island after beast tide extermination.
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WHOOSH!
The flying ship sliced across the endless blue sky, cutting through clouds like a blade of light. Below them, houses blurred into green fields, forests whispered by, and rivers shimmered like silver ribbons.
It soared forward, unwavering, following the direction where the Beast Tide had ravaged just two days ago.
Time passed..An hour gone, like dust carried by the wind.
Finally, the ship slowed as they approached a vast floting island with barren lands…
The desolate plains where the battlefield had once boiled with monstrous fury.
Here… the land still whispered death.
The very air felt heavier.
Ava stepped forward onto the deck without a word. Her boots clicked softly on the enchanted wood.
Thud… Thud…
She stood tall, regal, and focused. Slowly, she closed her eyes.
Then
BOOM!
Her divine aura surged outward like a soft shockwave, rippling through the sky. The clouds above trembled. The air around her shimmered with golden light.
At that moment. Her violet-gold eyes opened.
They weren't just glowing.
They burned like small twin stars, fierce and divine.
Her platinum-blonde hair caught the morning light, threads of silver and gold dancing together like a celestial crown.
Then suddenly.
WHOOSH!
A flash of white light burst from her back.
Two brilliant angelic wings unfolded, wide and magnificent, glowing with sacred energy. Feathers of light drifted around her like snow in a dream.
In that instant…
She didn't look human.
She looked divine being.
A goddess descended to the mortal realm.
The air grew warm. Heavy. Sacred.
Even the wind seemed to stop to watch her.
Ava, in this form, was beyond beautiful.
She wasn't just breathtaking, she was otherworldly beautiful quiet charming.
No words could describe it.
No artist could paint it.
She didn't walk in beauty, she was beauty itself.
The kind that froze the soul.
The kind that made time itself pause.
Jack's entire family stood motionless.
Their hearts skipped a beat. And then another.
And another.
Even though they'd seen Ava's beauty every day…
This side of her divine form was unforgettable.
A once-in-a-lifetime sight.
"Wooooow… Big Sister Ava looks sooooo beautiful right now!" little Sofia gasped, her eyes sparkling like stars.
"Yes, yes…" James nodded dumbly, his mouth slightly open, face flushed like a high school boy seeing his first crush. "Absolutely beautiful…"
Then
PINCH!
"OUCH!!" James yelped, grabbing his side.
Emma stood next to him, eyes narrowed coldly, fingers still in pinching position.
"Hmph." She turned away with a proud flick of her hair.
Meanwhile, Jack…
He was the one most affected.
His heart hammered like thunder.
Thump… Thump… THUMP!
He couldn't breathe.
He couldn't think.
His white cheeks flushed red, his lips parted, and his eyes locked on Ava as if she were the only thing that existed in this world.
In that instant… he didn't see her as a big sister figure. Not a teammate. Not even a guardian or backer.
He saw her… as a woman.
A divine, breathtaking, perfect woman.
And his heart
Melted.
Something inside him changed.
He wasn't even aware of it.
But his eyes.They now held a warmth.
A tenderness. A spark of something fragile, new, and beautiful.
The gaze of a man falling in love.
Emma caught the look instantly.
She smirked.
"Tsk, tsk…" she teased softly, nudging James with her elbow. "Looks like our little baby's heart has finally melted. Honey~ our son has fallen in love~!"
James blinked in shock. "H-He what? Really!? My boy… seriously!?"
Emma threw her arms up in dramatic triumph.
"Ahhhh! I'm really going to have a daughter-in-law soon! And not just anyone, she's an Angel! This is a fantastic, fantasizing, fairytale-level event!"
Sofia, still lounging on her floating cushion, tilted her head in confusion.
"Mom, what's 'heart melt'? What's 'falling in love'? And who's your daughter-in-law?"
Silence.
James and Emma froze like statues.
Their faces turned beet red in embarrassment.
How were they supposed to explain romance to an 8-year-old?
"Umm… Sweetheart," Emma said carefully, forcing a gentle smile, "when you turn fifteen, you'll understand everything about love."
James nodded so fast it looked like his head might fly off. "Exactly! Not now. Later. Much later!"
Sofia pouted, but gave in. "Okay~"
Even though she doesn't understand but she knows something interesting thing is happening here. And she wants know all of it.
Ava, who had heard everything, suddenly blinked.
Her divine glow faded just slightly.
A light blush bloomed across her cheeks as she looked over her shoulder.
Her eyes met Jack's.
And for just a second she smiled.
It was soft. Gentle. Almost shy.
In that smile…There was something.
Something even she couldn't explain.
Something… warm. And then she started to act like she doesn't heard thing what Jack's parents taking.
Unknowingly she also having feelings for Jack when she started living with Jack's family.
Unknowingly, she had begun to develop feelings for Jack ever since she started living with his family, Without realizing it, her heart had slowly begun to lean toward Jack, ever since she became a part of his family's world.
After all, she was in the tender stage of youth where love quietly blooms when you meet the right person.
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To Be Continued…!!