Stepping out of the mysterious space, he suprisingly returned to the practice room in the spiritual pavilion.
Valerius concluded from this that no one knew the heaven shattering events he experienced, which would've only been possible if he hadn't gone missing for a long time.
After all, he was still a member of the Khaleji family. The family's resources and connections would ensure someone would come looking for him if he had vanished for days.
Stepping out, he encountered Yan at the counter.
Conversing with him revealed that not much time had passed since he had embarked on his time-traveling journey back to the Era of Gods.
This revelation was as shocking as it was understandable.
The nature of his journey, traversing back to the past of Serphendale and then returning to the present, allowed for this peculiar conservation of time.
