Fenrir's Journey : I Shall Devour The Heavens! 16 Xan

Once again, Fenrir found herself in endless darkness without either s.p.a.ce nor time to keep her company. Fortunately, it didn't 'seem' to last long before Fenrir found herself moving through the strange membranes once again. Like before, she took the opportunity to [Devour] some of the strange energy while a voice sounded within her head, the same one she heard previously, ("You have been identified as an anomaly without a Fate, existing outside the Karmic System. In order to evaluate you, Heaven's Will has decreed you shall be sent to a world for observation. As compensation, you have been given the 'Boon' known as [Absolute Obsurance]. Regardless of the difference in Cultivation, you will always appear 'mysterious' to observers and possessing of strong karmic influence. The world you have been sent to is called Xan, though many of the ent.i.ties residing inside of it refer to it as the Nine Realms. Depending on your performance, you will have the option of making one request of Heaven's Will upon completion of the observation period. Good luck, Anomaly: 003, Fenrir...")

At the same moment that the voice ceased talking, Fenrir found that her surroundings had changed completely. She was no longer moving through the strange membranes but was instead falling from the sky at a dangerous momentum. Fortunately, the training with Eva had allowed Fenrir to develop the advanced instant movement technique, [Koku Shundo]. Fenrir slowed her descent with her magical power and created a foothold in the air.

The response of the elemental energy in the atmosphere was different than normal, causing Fenrir's foothold to break rather quickly. However, to avoid crashing into the ground below, Fenrir kept creating more and more, slowing her descent speed until she finally managed to stand stably in the air for a brief moment. After that, she dashed down to the ground with a controlled momentum before landing atop a gra.s.sy plateau. Looking around, Fenrir noticed that she was in a vast wilderness full of ma.s.sive trees and strange fauna. There were several scents in the air that sent danger flags off inside of her mind, causing Fenrir to seek shelter so she could evaluate the best course of action.

From what the voice told her, this was a world called Xan, the Nine Realms. Fenrir knew that this world wasn't the same as the one her Master resided in as the composition of the elemental energies in the atmosphere was completely different. It seemed far less dense than the world she knew but, at the same time, Fenrir also sensed a different kind of energy present. It was likely some form of Law that she didn't understand and, if not for its similarity to the strange energy she ate in the membrane, Fenrir might not have recognized it at all.

After finding a small cave to hide in, Fenrir retreated into its depths and found a safe place to sit. Her heart and mind were not calm, especially since she had been ripped from her world and separated from her Master, so Fenrir needed to focus her mind through meditation. Only by having a calm mind would she be able to think of a solution to her problem. Thus, after regulating her breathing, Fenrir began to practice her [Mind of Still Water, Heart of Eternal Ice]...

(Fenrir's Commentary: 'It isn't easy meditating under such circ.u.mstances...')