They let their hands fall to the ground while Regius struggled to sit up. His wounds were closing by the second as mana purer than he had before washed across each wound over and over again. An hour later and he was almost back to normal and to his side, he could hear the light breathing of Ashlyne who thought this was a perfect place to fall asleep while they recovered.
He paused instantly realizing that their battle had destroyed most of her clothes and she was now just laying there bare in the snow. Regius looked away instantly before he began to weave his hands together with creation mana. He created clothes similar to the ones she wore previously and infused a strand of dark mana that he had laying in his mana space into them while also increasing their durability with simple stands of earth and metal mana. He then began to weave the clothes with threads created from his creation mana that was highly durable and then used a strand of water mana to waterproof the entire outfit.
Regius had learned that any material he fed to Link would later be able to be enhanced and reproduced through his creation mana as long as he had enough mana. Regius now being at rank4 was able to make this outfit comparable in strength to a Baron rank Astra which also meant that now that he was rank 4 he would be able to freely create baron rank items. He could make a fortune alone just selling them to the masses but he had no desire to create all day for other people but it may come in handy in the future if he ever needed funds.
Regius completed the outfit and then branded the symbol of her eyes in the top right shoulder before he allowed the outfit to meld around her bare body while he created a simple t-shirt for himself and a new hoodie. Regius shook his head confused as to how she found it so easy to sleep in a foreign world and he found himself wondering when the last time he slept was but as quick as the idea came it was also time to go home so he picked Ashlyne up in his arms and walked through the portal while she peacefully slept.
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On the other side of the portal, the screen had enlarged itself to show everyone the fight between the two and had only cut off when the final attacks had been made, not giving the drones enough time to get close enough so that everyone would see Ashlyne's current state but everyone had certainly seen enough of the fight. The other students were rank 2 at best and they had watched a battle between rank 4's and it was horrifying. Were they supposed to reach a level of power like that when they were rank 4 how could they ever compare to these two? Devlin saw the growing unrest among the new students and was going to speak out when Macarthur stopped him. "Remember Regius' words before he went through the portal, he has now shown them that but in a way, this is an opportunity for them if they can overcome what they are facing now then they may be able to stand with their heads tall further down the line and contribute when we need them most." Devlin could only nod as the attendants continued to separate everyone who passed and those that didn't.
The day bled away into the night as Kylie Kord rejoined the others and relayed the information about her youngest child revealing that she would indeed never be able to practice mana again. Regius had robbed her of that for good and the thought alone made these people who had spent much more time in the field weary of that fact. Suddenly the portal pulsed and Regius walked out with a sleeping Ashlyne in his arms. Leem approached them both and reached for Ashlyne and Regius allowed her to be passed to him while Leem studied the young man in front of him. "When you both enter the school be sure to be kind to her, she did not have many friends growing up."
Leem looked down at her lovingly before he snapped his fingers and a ball of water burst in her face waking her up. Her hair flashed purple for a second as she looked around for her attacker before realizing the embarrassing position she was in jumping out of Leem's arms while scowling at him. She began to tie her hair back up when she noticed the clothes and her face grew bright red.
Regius hands shot into the air in protest before she got a word out and he spoke "Nope, didn't touch a thing used darkness magic to have them meld around you without me looking, you are welcome for the gift though I owe you more than a rank 4 artifact but still should be better than what you were wearing."
Artifacts came to be in 2 separate ways: mana beast parts melded together to form an object while being mixed with rare materials or the more rare way in which the owner of an Astra would die leaving the Astra behind. Regius due to his peculiar mana was capable of making artifacts and then gifting them to people before they could form a connection with him allowing them to be bonded by the next person to wear them. The bond would form whenever mana was infused into them from a person causing the person to imprint the artifact locking it to their own mana.
Ashlyne pondered over this before brushing it off and walking to his side. "Ya know next time we do that I won't hold back I'll certainly win" Regius smiled at her and shook his head from side to side "You better grow quickly then because there is no doubt you have made me stronger than even you can imagine." Ashlyne was getting ready to grill him with more questions when Macarthur rushed over to him and placed Cerberus down next to him. "You need to go Regius. Make it to the school immediately you'll be safe there with the Deans' protection but they are coming and it's not just these 4 it's all of them." Regius had rarely seen Macarthur so serious and began to comply; he approached Devlin first, emptying the bracelet in front of him.
"You watched enough to know how I got everything but there's something I need in return for the world boss. I've made it a cakewalk for the union to scrape that entire world clean of resources." Regius leaned in close and whispered and Devlin's eyes widened but he nodded all the same. Regius waved to Ashlyne as he got on Cerberus but before he could take off a force trapped him in place and yanked the bike from under him.
A tall man with a slight hunch walked out of the shadows and six other figures popped out after him. The bike was thrown into the air and Kylie Kords flaming whip appeared and cleaved the bike in two. Regius looked up and there in the sky ten people stood shoulder to shoulder gazing down on Regius and the silent Macarthur that had appeared by his side alleviating the pressure of whatever originally locked him in place. One figure walked forward in the air descending as if he was walking down steps before standing before Regius and Macarthur. He was the current leader of the Ten Henry Zhang and his slightly slouched posture didn't take away from the fearsome feeling he portrayed in the least.
His hair was slicked back with gray locks throughout while he wore thin wire frame glasses low on the bridge of his nose. His cheekbones protruded from his skin making his face look sharp while his eyes seemed to reflect endless darkness back at Regius. A glowing scar stretched from his lower jaw down his neck and into his shirt that seemed familiar to Regius but he didn't have the time to ponder on it before the man spoke in a voice that sounded like nails being dragged across a chalkboard. "Come now little nephew you couldn't be leaving so soon could you."