Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 1605: Chapter 1605. Recruiting Dune and her Subordinates.

Dune breathed roughly, her body sapped of strength. ’...What happened to me?’

She was bewildered, but also... relaxed. She finally felt as if all of the strange emotions had been released. Her dazed eyes, lingering in the aftertaste, moved to the side.

Now, when looking, her mind was as clear as a mirror. She could finally appreciate Yasenia’s beauty without having her body pounding with desire and lust. ’Truly... gorgeous.’

She admitted it. It was not she who was too weak to resist, but the other party that was too powerful to block. "Have you calmed down?"

The mellow and attractive voice of the dragon woman reached her, and Dune nodded. "I... have."

Yasenia smiled faintly. "That’s good to hear. Sorry for all you’ve gone through. You were caught up in a small conflict."

Dune blinked, and she slowly raised her body from her prone position. Looking down, she noticed the rather conspicuous puddle, making her quite embarrassed. ’Heavens... is this all mine?’

With a single thought, her energy swept everything and cleaned it, her body included. After she stood up, Dune asked, a touch apprehensive. "Will it... happen again?"

She was quite scared, to be honest. As a powerhouse that had lived for a long time, Dune understood just how precarious the position of someone who had truly fallen for a charm technique was. The result of most men and women who became addicted after such things was not... pretty.

Thankfully, that wouldn’t be the case with her. "Don’t worry. While you probably will take quite a bit of time to forget your sensations a moment ago, the urge has been quenched by my Yang Energy."

"...Yang Energy?" Dune’s eyes flashed with puzzlement. She looked up and down at Yasenia, confused. "Illusion?"

Yasenia smiled. "No. Don’t worry about it. Just take it as my constitution being special."

Looking at Yasenia’s smile, Dune felt an urge to sigh. Looking at those behind Yasenia and her, she asked. "You have not come here just to solve this, have you? From what I’ve seen, you are not someone that... benevolent."

Appreciating her quick wittedness, Yasenia nodded and explained. "We want to go to the [Death Dunes], but we don’t have a guide. I wanted to ask you to guide us. From what I’ve seen, you are one of the few who entered and got out stronger."

Dune’s eyes flashed, but currently, she was not in a position to negotiate. The other party had an absolute strength advantage. So, after mulling over it, she knew that her "request" was more like a "notice" of what was going to happen.

"Alright. However, I would like to have some insurance for my life if possible."

While the other party was stronger, such a request was not exaggerated. After all, if the other party snapped at such a simple ask, it meant that her life wouldn’t be guaranteed either way. Dying here or in the Death Dunes was the same for her.

Looking at Dune, Yasenia couldn’t help but appreciate her a touch more. "Don’t worry. We don’t plan to use you for bait. When you accept, we will give you a Life Saving treasure that will teleport you back here. You can use it at your discretion. Of course, I would appreciate it if you did not try to use it to escape."

Dune weighed her words, and after mulling over them, she nodded. "Alright. That’s good enough. I accept."

Angel stepped forward, handing her a palm-sized formation disk. Looking at the pure, saintly, and adorable short woman, Dune couldn’t help but feel appreciation. ’Such a cute girl.’

Of course, that body below her pure face was something Dune tried to ignore. ’Short and with such weapons...’

It was a truly terrifying combination that even women couldn’t help but feel attracted to!

Angel explained how to activate it. "...This disk has three uses. You can try to use one of them if you want. Of course, if you trust us, I recommend not doing so. After all, we won’t take this disk back. The charges you have left after our expedition will be yours."

"What’s the maximum range of this formation disk?"

Angel blinked. "As long as you are in this world, it will work."

"...No distance limit?"

Angel tilted her head, her golden locks moving with her gesture. "There is. As I said, it only works as long as you are in this world. Beyond this world, the distance becomes a bit too much even for it."

Dune fell silent, feeling the formation disk was a touch heavier than she had initially thought. Yasenia patted Angel’s head and added. "If your guidance allows us to discover something, I will give you 25% worth of those spoils as compensation in the form of bulk weapons."

Yasenia explained a bit about how they had annihilated the groups and looted them. So, right now, Dune was in a situation where she had not only gained supremacy in the nearby zone but could also get the spoils of war for free.

’Wow... perhaps getting kidnapped for such a result was not that bad of a trade. If that was possible, I might want to get kidnapped more!’

Her feelings of reluctance quickly faded, and she decided to guide them well. "Alright. I will guide you properly. May I call a few of my subordinates with me? There are a few who have been there as well, and together, we will be able to guide you better."

Yasenia nodded. "We won’t give those people disks as well, though. Make sure to take that into account when choosing others."

Dune was not expecting such luxury, so she nodded with a smile and turned. Holding Angel’s hand, Yasenia followed, the rest of the ground moving behind her.

As they walked around the Duneseeker’s base, Yasenia looked around, but soon, she lost interest. There was nothing strange or new, and her nose had not picked up any powerful treasures.

’There might be a few One to Three Star Supreme Ranked Treasures, but nothing else.’

These treasures were powerful, even for Yasenia, but not powerful enough for her to want to steal them.

Dune moved around, gathering three more people. She looked back and smiled. "These three are Scorpion, Snake, and Fennec."

Yasenia and Tatyana blinked and nodded. ’Nice names.’

The rest of the girls felt their eyes twitch. ’Is the Dravory naming sense in an outbreak around these lands?’

Scorpion was a tall man with a broad constitution, Snake was a slender beauty with a gentle face, and Fennec was a slim man with a neutral face. The names were not really too representative of their looks.

Fennec glanced at Andrea and tilted his head. ’Is that woman from our desert?’

Snake glanced around curiously. ’Wow... so many beauties. Why did the Leader agree to their request?’

Scorpion scanned the surroundings intelligently. ’So many people and each of them feels dangerous... it seems that we have no other choice but to follow whatever they ask us to do.’

"Alright. Shall we depart?"

The three of them snapped to attention, and Yasenia nodded. "Let’s go."

With a wave of her hand, the flying ship appeared, and everyone boarded inside. When the ship began flying, covering an incredible distance each second, Dune spoke. "What do you know about the [Death Dunes], Lady Yasenia?"

Yasenia answered while looking out. "Not much. As a Forbidden Zone, I only know that, according to rumors, the dunes in that zone are somewhat alive. Beasts there are incredibly strong, and as the dunes move, locations and ruins can become uncovered."

Dune nodded. "That’s the core of it. Alive is not a good way to describe the dunes. The problem in that location is that flight is basically prohibited."

"Oh?"

Dune continued. "As Lady Yasenia should know, Forbidden Zones are not called Forbidden just because of the danger. Those locations are sometimes affected by Heavenly Rules that prohibit certain actions. Sometimes, the use of the Fire Attribute might be prohibited. Other times, touching the ground could cause catastrophe... This time, flight is prohibited, and all items that fall into the dunes will start aging at a very high speed."

Yasenia was once more surprised. "What do you mean by aging? Does time speed up?"

Dune chuckled. "Nothing like that. It’s more like a sense of corrosion. Imagine an item being ground by sand for several years. That’s the effect. People call it aging because it is quite similar. However, the truth is that items are ground down quickly within the dunes."

"Only items? Not people?"

Dune nodded. "Everything is treated the same. But we have the ability to coat ourselves with energy barriers and such. So, unless your strength is lacking, the effects of the moving dunes are nothing to worry about."

Hearing those words, Yasenia pondered and asked. "Then... how do you move inside? No flight, but there are moving dunes that swallow and grind everything down, and I imagine these dunes are not small."

Dune chuckled. "That’s why it is a Forbidden Zone. Even walking inside is difficult. To move inside, the best method is... sliding." fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

"Sliding?"

Dune noticed that they were approaching the edge of the Forbidden Zone and commented. "Let’s stop here. I will show you until then."

The flying ship stopped, and everyone jumped down. Once they landed on the ground, Dune jumped slightly and summoned a solid energy board below her. Then, using the energy, she began to surf on the sand. "Like this. We treat sand as if it was water, and using energy to form boards, we will move through them like boats do through water and waves."

Yasenia blinked and nodded. Then, she did the same and moved forward. Scorpion, Dune, and the other two looked with stunned looks. Dune stopped as Yasenia moved around effortlessly.

"Alright. I got it." Yasenia nodded and looked back. "What about you?"

The girls and maids were also quick to the uptake, and after one minute, everyone understood.

Snake blurted, stunned. "What kind of monstrous talent do you have?"

While it was not a complex application, getting used to the moment was not that easy. It would take at least a few minutes of practice before getting proficient. Yasenia tilted her head. "It’s like a flying sword but for sand instead of air. There is nothing difficult about this."

They blanked out, their perspective changing with Yasenia’s single sentence. Dune muttered, surprised and admiring. "Heavens... Your comprehension is truly ridiculous. Even I had not thought of it that way."

With that thought, even they became a touch more proficient with the boards.

"Etiher way." Dune warned. "Beasts in the Death Dunes can attack from within the sand. So, be careful and alert. Spiritual Sense also has a hard time penetrating the sand, so keep your other senses sharp and alert."

Yasenia nodded. "Let’s go."

Then, everyone slid toward the Death Dunes.