"Lord Gif, witness your lowly 3rd realm servant"
Huh? This fiend knows that I have Gif inside of mind. But I am in a memory, aren't I? Did it transcend the memory tomy consciousness to a time in the future to speak? Did it say that it was from the 3rd realm only?
Hey Gif answer me.
Gyro did not question Gif being the master of this Fiend. Because who cares? Gyro knew that Gif was a strong entity; higher Transcender being i.e. from 7th to the 9th realm. Obviously, he is akin to a god in this world. But the huge eye which Gyro guessed to be a Transcender being from the mid realms was just a low realm Transcender? The same as Gyro.
"Transcending does not elevate your power proportionality. It elevates your power exponentially. A 1st realm Transcender as yourself, transcends to the 2nd realm then your power grows by 100. From 2nd realm to 3rd realm, it would be a 1000. So it would be as though a 3rd realm Transcender is a hundred thousand times stronger than you. And this is just the base level without their experiences and powers"
That gigantic eye was a hundred times stronger than me?
"Nope. If I were to guess, it would be millions of times stronger than yourself currently. The body that you possessed currently is a being from the third realm itself, but it couldn't compare to giant eye. I can't explain it to you because you have not even adapted to your 1st realm body."
Gyro looked at his hands. His bulky Solarian body that he felt was strong was just from the 3rd realm.
Ahahaha. That red-hooded bastard is like a multiversal God-like being compared to me from the first realm.
Thinking of this, Gyro thought of something he had heard in his original home. The analogy of a Kalpa in Buddhism. In Buddhism text, one famous analogy describes a Kalpa as the time it would take for a solid granite mountain, measuring 32 kilometers on each side, to be worn down by a silk cloth brushed against it once every 100 years.
So basically, this time was forever. The time Gyro thought he would require becoming a high-Transcender being was like the Kalpa from Buddhism. No matter how much he worked hard, it would take eons.
Gyro felt as though he was an ant compared to the red-hooded bastard but when there is a way there is a will. Even though it would take a long time for Gyro to attain Transcendence to a higher realm, he did not give up. So, what if it would take a long time?
Rome wasn't built in a day but in the right hands, it was built. The pyramids couldn't have been built but it was built.
I will try. Gyro's resolve was strong. He wanted to return back home.
But currently, Gyro had other problems. Gyro was still in the body of a bulky Solarian from the third realm. The large eye fiend had just retreated. The smaller Solarians, who were also from the third realm, were walking with their limp legs. Some did not have wings while others lost their limbs.
The figure from the mural vanished.
This battle was a victory for the Solarians and Gyro had the front row seats.
The memory collapsed and Gyro returned to the shrine.
The translucent book from before closed and it did not emit any other symbols.
This shrine stores history. The person who made this shrine could have been the body I possessed in the memory. The 3rd realm Transcender made these shrines and the book.
Gyro then observed the mural of the warrior lady.
Which realm is this mural lady from?
"In the memory she was from the 3rd realm but now she is in the high realms."
This memory is probably from millions of years ago. Gif was still the lord of the 3rd realm Transcender from back then. I wonder what realm Gif was back then.
Gyro stepped out of the shrine. The room expanded to a single large and mighty shrine with a coil on the top of the building. The shrine seemed to contain a pocket dimension. The science behind this intrigued Gyro, well it could be called science or Transcendence powers for now.
Gyro continued in his journey to find human settlements.
***
2 months later.
Back to the present.
It has been a week since Gyro was electrocuted by Gif. Gyro hunted several creatures in the forest of Terra.
The forest of Terra was home to the elves, large magical trees, dragons, creatures of the night but mostly the forest which never saw darkness. Even if the sky was dark and the night came, the forest glowed. The trees glowed.
The forest of Terra was like a world of its own. The air was fresh, filled with the soft smell of glowing flowers and the songs of strange birds. Every leaf shimmered with a light that never went out, even when the sky turned dark. The forest did not care about day or night. When the moon rose, the trees began to shine with gentle colors, turning the woods into a sea of light.
Elves lived high above the ground in their wooden homes, hidden between glowing vines. Dragons sometimes flew above the treetops, their scales catching the forest light like jewels. Creatures of the night moved through the bushes, their eyes shining softly as if they were part of the glow.
But there was something mysterious about Terra.
It was alive. The forest was carnivorous in nature. Even though it could not attack its inhabitants, it was a carnivorous land. If one were to stay in the forest of Terra for a given amount of time, they would be eaten alive.
Gyro had discovered this forest weeks ago. It could be around 2-3 weeks before that he came to this land, but only a week later did he realize the carnivorous nature of the forest.
A suitable ecosystem is required for a biome or any terrestrial biological land to sustain itself. If the ecosystem were to have a disorder with a large population, the entire ecosystem from the fungi to the large animals would be affected.
The same was the case for the forest of Terra. Any Transcender creature were to disrupt the ecosystem by consuming too much or multiplying too much, these creatures were eaten by the forest. Eaten is not in the physical sense but rather in disasters, famine, destruction of natural habitat till the harmful factors were not entirely extinct.
Gyro knew this because he observed the forest and had dissected its ecosystem in its entirety. His brain works like a computer so to analyze the ecosystem and finding coincidences was not difficult.
By now, Gyro had seen all that the forest had in store. Gyro had seen elves from afar.
These elves were one with the forest. They never hunted too much from the limit and neither did they multiply too much.
Elves from the stories from the earth were vegetarians but the elves from this world in the 1st realm were omnivorous. In the scarcity and the constant torment from foul and dangerous forest which doesn't forgive, for their survival it wasn't all that surprising that the elves ate meat.
Gyro knew how to hunt. He had adapted to one of his Transcender power. It was unlocked due to a certain 'encounter' he had a few weeks prior.
The Transcender power was to switch places with objects which Gyro has once touched, and it is not touching the ground.
If Gyro touched a rock and threw it high up, then Gyro can switch places with the rock until and unless the rock touches the ground. Hanging the object does not work since the string itself is touching the ground indirectly.
This could be exploited in many ways. The person who could exploit it in many ways was obviously Gyro. Gyro had countless ideas on how this power could be used.
The most obvious one was using the pebbles found in the forest bed. These pebbles were flat than usual and with enough initial velocity could be launched fast, but the vertical flight time was reduced drastically.
So, Gyro had three objects stored in his Armour pockets. There was the most obvious one being the pebbles, a dagger he made from the elephant-like creatures' tusk and finally paper airplanes.
Paper airplanes?
Paper airplanes are very useful for such a power. Since Gyro switches with an object, he can use it to switch with any object he has thrown in the air. If he threw a paper airplane, it could save more seconds in its vertical flight than a pebble so that Gyro can escape more easily.
Obviously constructing the paper airplanes was not too difficult for Gyro. The water streams and the bark of trees and a little bit of modification here and there with his knowledge, he could make a high-quality paper which was a little rough but usable.
This transcendence power was very useful. In other Transcender's hand this power would be a useless power and it was indeed useless, but Gyro could turn copper into gold.
With his fast enough decision making, this power was strong.
I'm hungry.
I must go on a hunt.
Gyro threw stones as far as he could and travelled throughout the jungle. Obviously, he also threw a paper airplane at the same time in the opposite direction, just in case if he throws the stones at a beast and dies.
Gyro scoured throughout the jungle. He often scouted by throwing paper airplanes high in the sky.
As Gyro scouted, Gyro saw a huge rhinoceros-like creature.
A huge black creature slept in the forest, resting on its six strong legs. A single big horn grew from its head like a rhino, and its body was covered in thick, rough fur. Sharp fangs peeked from its mouth even while it slept, and it had no tail, its back ending straight. It looked fierce, but for now, it was just a giant, quiet shadow in the trees.
Perfect!
Gyro had to do coordinated steps in an order.
Gyro then threw a stone towards the beast which was sleeping.
The beast in an instant, instantly woke up and charged towards Gyro. It had enraged eyes. The huge mane that in carried in its back was fluttering with the wind. It charged with its huge body which could crush Gyro in an instant. The legs stamped the ground which caused earthquake like vibrations to occur.
It ran crazy fast.
200 meters.
Gyro threw a paper airplane far high in the sky.
150 meters.
Gyro held the dagger and grabbed several stone in his other hand.
100 meters
The beast charged to the lunch it had decided the moment the beast saw Gyro.
50 meters.
The beast was approaching with a speed which was not possible for it's size.
30 meters.
Any person would be anxious but Gyro had a calm face. He knew how to execute it properly.
10 meters.
The beast was not seconds but milliseconds away.
3 meters.
1 meter.
POOOF!
In the place of Gyro, a paper airplane appeared.
Gyro switched positions with the paper airplane in the sky.
Gyro was high in the sky.
The beast was surprised. The fresh meat it had just smelled just disappeared. The beast was looking around searching for Gyro.
He then again threw stone high in the sky with force. Obviously, inertia would cause the stone to fall down but it was just so he could rise just a bit higher.
Gyro threw two or more stones, then constantly switched positions to rise higher.
Gyro then grabbed the dragger which was so sharp it could tear through steel. He held the dagger with both of his hands and started accelerating downwards.
The potential energy was transformed into kinetic energy and from high above the sharpest blade could cut through anything.
Gyro then pulled the dagger towards his head and just as he was about to hit the wild beast, he pulls it down and stabbed the beast.
The beast died.
Gyro was unharmed even though he fell crazy high.
"The body I gave you as a gift is used to fight such beasts, it is not used for slamming your enemies"
***
"Mens sana in corpore sano"