The Moon Thief

At midnight, the planets finally aligned. As soon as this happened, the runes and symbols on the dimensional gateway in the middle of the garden began to glow, but something interesting happened.

These runes began to change constantly. The runes would appear in the circle and then disappear, giving way to other runes. No one out there had been able to decipher this mystery of this dimensional gateway.

Including Alveron Highsworn.

When no more runes appeared in the middle of the circle, the inside of the circle became completely pitch black. The light around this circle was refracted and bent.

Heinald was observing all this with full attention. If he could draw any conclusions from these observations, it could be an introductory step for him to understand the principles of space. Understanding the principles of space could also mean gaining an understanding of the concept of Space and Light.

"Do not attempt to use any spells during the dimensional journey. Any damage to the dimensional tunnel will expose you directly to spatial turbulence, which means instant death." Alveron Highsworn warned Tisha's team.

"We will remember your suggestions, master." Tisha bowed respectfully.

"Mm. Go now!" Alveron Highsworn nodded.

Tisha and her crew arrived near the circle and prepared to leap toward the dimensional gateway. They were all excited to experience something like this for the first time in their lives, naturally. However, it was Heinald who tried to suppress his excitement the most because he had a very important mission to take care of.

Observation!

During the dimensional journey, he had to give his full attention to observation. Nothing should have escaped his attention, for even the smallest thing that escaped his attention could be his key to a certain understanding.

"Lets go!" At Tisha's command, everyone began to jump into the circle.

Heinald took a deep breath and jumped into the circle.

The moment he entered the circle, he found himself being dragged down a vast tunnel. All he could see was the refraction and bending of black, white and orange mixed lights. He felt as if he was being pulled by an unseen hand, he couldn't breathe.

"I have to be calm!" Heinald cried out inside.

He tried to focus all his attention on observing those around him, but it was very difficult. The pressure he felt, the breathlessness and the terrible shocks he was exposed to, made his job very difficult.

"Oh?" While trying to collect himself, Heinald saw a circle below, and after passing through that circle, he suddenly found himself flying into the air. After flying a few meters, he crashed into an earthen floor.

* Cough * Heinald spat out the soil that had escaped into his mouth.

He looked around and saw the entire team staring at him, but beside them was also a strange-looking man whom he had never seen before. This man looked more like a ghoul, his hair completely falling out and his skin incredibly wrinkled.

However, that man had the energy waves of a Level 2 Ainsar.

Tisha said, "Heinald, we've been waiting for you here for about an hour."

"When did you come?" Heinald asked.

"We were all here almost at the same time, why did it take you so long?" Tisha looked at him curiously.

Heinald shrugged and said, "It felt like a few seconds to me."

"Aberrations can occur in interdimensional journeys." The stranger spoke for the first time.

"Heinald, this is Rebi Alssen. He was a Ruthas Academy genius who came here five hundred years ago. Unfortunately, he failed to return to the Ainsar World." Renshi introduced the old man to him.

"It's an honor to meet you, sir." Heinald greeted the old man in front of him.

Rebi gave a slight nod in response and said, "For five hundred years I have been waiting for the dimensional gateway to reactivate. Although I look forward to returning to the Ainsar World, I will not return until I share with you the knowledge I have gained over the years."

"We are grateful!" Tisha smiled slightly.

It was then that Heinald began to survey his surroundings. It was covered by huge trees above, and although some light leaked through the leaves, it was almost dark. There were many trees in the surrounding area, and the surrounding elemental energy was less than that of the Ainsar World.

Rebi began to take the lead to take them to his own place. First they had to cross the desolate forest. Except for Rebi, Tisha and Arlies, they were feeling very exhausted. Clearly their bodies were affected by the interdimensional journey.

Moreover, this dimensional journey was much safer than the Dimensional Portals created by the Ainsars. However, Level 1 Ainsar's stamina wasn't quite enough.

"Sir, what language is spoken here?" Renshi asked.

"People who can use magic are called 'Pavant' here. The common language in the world is the Pavant Language." Rabi replied.

"Will they understand that we are from a different world?" Heinald asked.

"If you don't interact with the Pavants, you will naturally go unnoticed by them. But it will be difficult because you will be after Aenarath's Sunstone." Rebi stopped abruptly and looked at everyone one by one, then continued, "Don't get me wrong, but even I don't know for sure who owns Aenarath's Sunstone. So I suggest you don't get too hopeful about going back to the academy with it."

When no one said anything, Rebi started walking again, and after walking for a while, he stopped again and said, "Even if you find it, it will be impossible to capture it with your little group."

After hearing all this, Heinald became even more curious about what the academy was planning. They had sent two Level 2 Ainsars and a few minor Level 1 Ainsars to another realm.

Level 2 Ainsars were very important to any organization, many medium sized organizations would have a Level 2 Ainsar at the head.

But Ruthas Academy was putting them in danger by sending them to another realm on an almost impossible mission. Even though everyone here was here of their own free will, the academy had made no move to not send them out.

When they came out of the forest, they came upon a rough terrain. There didn't seem to be any settlements around. Now that there were no huge trees blocking the sky, they could see the sun in the sky, but this sun was blue. That's why daylight seemed so different to them.

"I settled in a cave many years ago. This made it easier for me to hide my identity, if it was discovered that I came from another realm, I could be attacked." When there was silence, Rebi began to reveal some information about his life.

"Are there important resources for the Ainsars here?" Renshi asked.

"Mind your words! Our top priority here is to gather information about Aenarath's Sunstone." Arlies said coldly.

Renshi lowered his head and didn't say anything else.

"I won't risk my life looking for a stone I can't get. I've come here for my own interest above all else. At worst, I'll pretend to be looking for that stone, but I'll actually be too busy searching for resources." Heinald thought he would continue to brew potions for the team against the dangers they might face here, but no more than that.

After walking for a few hours, they reached the cave where Rabi lived. The entrance to this cave was protected by some kind of protection formation. At Rabi's orders, the formation was disabled and they all entered the cave. Inside the cave, there was nothing but an old mattress, crystals of light, and piles of books.

Rebi told them what he knew about the Starlight Realm for hours that day. In this realm, just as in the Ainsar World, there were clans and cities. Likewise, most of the resources were ruled by powerful clans and trade was in the hands of these clans.

However, this realm was far behind the Ainsar World in terms of specializations and magic research. For example, there were various mines in this world that contained many different types of energy for the development of Pavants, and many wanted to use this as the only way to cultivation. So very few people researched and experimented branches like on potion brewing and herbalism. This was the case in all other specialties.

According to what Rebi said, this realm was very underdeveloped, especially in the formation branch. The strongest formations in the Starlight Realm would only appear on average in the Ainsar World. The reason why these formations were not strong was not because of their insufficient energy resources, but the Magic Pentagrams that formed the formation were ineffective.

When powerful runes came together, mighty seals emerged; when mighty seals came together, mighty magic pentagrams emerged. Mighty magic pentagrams, on the other hand, formed a powerful formation. No matter how mighty a formation's energy source is, if the runes using that energy were not strong, the energy source used for the formation would be wasted.

Another important difference was that the number of Magical Beasts in this realm was too many for the size of this realm. In this realm, there were different types of Magical Beasts that were not in the Ainsar World. Because their numbers were so many, the number of those attacked in the cities and on the journeys was very much.

Heinald listened carefully to everything Rebi told them. He had already begun to devise a plan in his mind. The first thing he would do would be to learn the language of this land using Rebi's book resources. It would be very easy for him to learn a language because of his impeccable memory. Later, he would travel frequently to study the plants of this realm. For these travels, he would use the pretext that he was trying to gather information about the Aenarath's Sunstone.