When the light faded, I saw grass. I was also elated to see that the materials I collected were transported with me to this new location, as well as the prototype.
Still unsure how this thing worked, I placed it within my barrier, having it hover very closely to me. It could, for all I knew easily break and I also wanted to study it further.
I did not currently have any clues as where to go for more materials. I still needed an energy source for the drones too. Finding a place for the drones to construct the complex at wouldn't be hard. I would just use the place I was at at the time but a suitable energy source would not be easily acquired.
Sending a pulse in an attempt to give me clues, did as always, not work due to the exorbitantly low range and I didn't know of any other ways to deal with the situation.
Shortly after my attempt to scan the surroundings I noticed a group of creatures approach rapidly. Once they came in viewing range, I saw they had scales and tails, some had horns and most of them were almost 3 meters tall, some even taller. From my perspective they looked like giants rushing towards me.
It wasn't helping that they were coming from higher terrain, which made them look even taller than my scans estimated them to be.
I reflexively ducked and strengthened my barrier when they got within a few meters of me and one of them tripped over the spherical barrier protecting me, slamming their face right into the dirt.
When the one fell, the others stopped, originally maybe to laugh at him, but that intent must've been quickly repealed when they noticed me. Once they did, they kneeled to me talking in an unfamiliar language.
Although I, as the former ruler of a stellar empire appreciate some recognition, I was actually retired and they should have had no way of knowing who or what I was, which opened the question of why they were kneeling.
Just what did Tozun teleport me into here?
I still hated the use of telepathy but if they didn't speak any other languages I would have to, in order to learn this one as well.
Lost in my thoughts for only a moment, I forgot to maintain telekinesis, which resulted in the golden cubes falling into to the ground and the prototype falling towards me. the moment it touched me, I heard the prototype start clicking. A moment later I saw how the reptilian tripped over me, but the scene was playing backwards.
I quickly activated my telekinesis to get the prototype off of me and deal with the temporal disturbance, but to my surprise there was no disturbance and the moment the prototype stopped touching me, my vision returned to the present and the clicking stopped immediately.
This device was no only able to stream the output directly into somebody's mind but also able to reconstruct a scene that happened in the past sith stunning accuracy.
The conclusion: Tozun was a intellectual monster.
After recovering from the surprise of this revelation, I looked at the reptilians, unknowing of what I should do next. For a moment we just silently stared at each other, then a rumbling could be heard from where the reptilians originally came from.
Shortly after, a scaled beast with multiple heads emerged from the trees. One of the reptilians rushed towards me and attempted to pick me up. In that moment I had mixed feelings about the situation.
Should I let them pick me up or not? I decided against it in the end. Having someone pick me up would require me to lower my barrier which I wasn't planning on doing anytime soon. The one who tried picking me up was looking slightly confused because he couldn't reach me, but he soon decided to run with the rest of the group.
Most of the group started running into their original direction again but two remained. They entered a defensive stance and prepared for something. That something was likely also what had caused the rumbling from the forest.
Only a few seconds later a scaled creature with multiple heads sprinted forward from the trees. Ii's heads were focused solely on the two reptilians that remained around. The two looked towards me clearly hoping I would run.
Since, for me, there was nothing worth running from, I remained in place, much to the terror of the two who stayed on the scene. I then started lifting the golden cubes that were half-embedded into the ground up and made them hover around me. The reptilians eyes widened as they saw this. The multi-headed creature also noticed me, now that metal cubes were hovering around me.
The multi-headed creature started spraying some kind of acidic liquid our way. Naturally it didn't get anywhere near me. The other two said- almost sung a few words, after which a wall of earth rose from the ground to block the acid spray. Once the wall had risen to protect them they turned my way and seemed surprised that the acid didn't even get close to me.
I, still more curious than scared wanted to watch the scene for longer but unfortunately the creature mainly focused on me now, continuing to spray acid my way, now more concentrated streams than before. The reptilians chanted the words from before two more times with little breaks in between, apparently to renew the wall protecting them.
Since it seemed that spraying acid was all this beast was good for, I, with my curiosity satisfied, opened my mouth slightly and started opening a gateway. Once it was built up, the bright solar plasma shot out and melted most of the creature. I held the bypass open for 2 seconds and that was more than enough to annihilate the thing.
The light had been so bright that the reptilians needed a while to recover but once they did, they collapsed at the sight of the scene. Then one of them yelled out toward the direction, the others had left in.