A couple of days later, the three of them rested, meditated, and slept. There was a deafening silence where they were. Nothing out of the ordinary was happening, and nothing ordinary was happening either; they were in a state of equilibrium.
After the three woke up in their cave, Lunaris and Auri were using Nova's body as a pillow. Nova's eyes stirred open, slowly and gently, as a ray of light shimmered on his face.
Without disturbing the other two, he slowly sat up, carefully adjusting himself. Then, as he sat up, he looked towards the entrance of the cave; beyond the mouth of the cave were mountains that stretched endlessly.
Well, the Expanse Layer in itself was infinite, maybe much bigger than that, and to ascend to the other two layers, one had to become the boss of the previous layer successfully. Since the "boss" of the Expanse Layer was the Absyalling, Nova had to defeat it even to have a chance to ascend higher and meet the person he wanted to meet.
