|3rd POV|
Yasaka and the others create a camp around the Sage in front of her. What Ryan is doing is something that only a Sage can do. Even then, what he is doing is something more than what a regular Sage can do.
She absorbs the Natural Energy from the air and uses her senjutsu to look deeper.
Because of him, she does not need to worry about the madness from absorbing the natural energy in the air, as the one he is releasing is so pure that it brings a slight orgasm to her. However, she can hold herself back and look deeper.
She can see the nature around her change. It is more vibrant, more alive. It is as if the world had been gray and lifeless before. She also notices that her connection to the Ley Line grows stronger, and she can feel the Ley Line itself strengthening because of what Ryan is doing.
He not only purifies the land but also heals it, returning it to its prime.
She turns off her senjutsu and looks at the man in front of her. Even when she does not use Senjutsu, she can feel the massive amount of natural energy rushing into him. However, instead of exploding from the massive amount of natural energy, he purifies it and returns it to the world.
This is the first time she has seen something like this. Purifying natural energy inside one's body is rather risky. You need to be careful, or the taint will act as poison. It will be a slow and painful poison that eats your body from the inside. What makes matters worse is that the poison also infests one's soul, making it the hardest type of poison to get rid of.
She snaps from her thoughts when she sees White walk toward her with a smile. Seeing her coming toward her, Yasaka decides to ask her a few questions.
"Greetings. My name is Yasaka, Ruler of the West Youkai Faction. May I ask for your name?"
"My name is White, Lady Yasaka."
"White, I see. Can I ask who he is? Why does he look at me like that? Is he someone who knows me?"
The last part is something that has been eating at her the entire time. That kind of affection is not something you use on someone you don't know. She doesn't know him, and it makes her feel bad and stupid for not knowing someone as powerful as him.
"Yes. Ryan is someone who knows you, but not in the way you might think."
"What do you mean?"
"Hmmmm… I think it is better for him to explain it. As for who he is… He is Ryan Hernandes, Sage of Kyoto, Dragon Sage, and my husband."
White smiles a little at the last words. She loves saying she is his wife and will always say it whenever she gets the chance.
"Sage of Kyoto? Dragon Sage?"
She can understand the first one, but she doesn't know about the second one. She uses her Senjutsu and looks at Ryan. She blinks for a second when she finally notices something. After digging through the overwhelming smell of nature, she can smell a hint of dragon and wind.
"He is a dragon."
"Half a dragon."
White corrects her, and Yasaka looks at her for clarification.
"He is half a dragon, my lady. He is half human and half dragon. He is the son of the Sky Dragon Queen."
She frowns a little at the title. It is not something that she has ever heard before. The title a dragon takes is not something they take without any power backing it. A dragon will challenge that title, and the holder needs to fight their way through all the challenges before the others acknowledge the title.
By the sound of it, the Sky Dragon is royalty or at least powerful enough to take the title of Queen. The title of Sky Dragon will be either because she is a dragon that controls the wind, or someone who lives somewhere so high that it is considered the sky.
She knows a few locations that fit that criteria.
"I see. His control over his heritage is good."
That is an understatement. No one can transform into a human and completely hide their dragon bloodline. Ryan is the first one able to do that. Usually, it is one or the other, at least to her knowledge.
"He said that he will be done in 24 hours, right?"
"That's right. Sometimes, the planet demands his help. According to him, this planet is rather demanding and refuses to listen to him."
This planet? That is what is inside Yasaka's mind, but she decides to ignore that for now.
"Then, do you mind if we create a shelter here? I want to talk to him and continue to watch his work."
Both are true. Watching Ryan do what she does is something she wants to witness. It is beautiful, and she wants to learn from it.
"Of course. Please don't build them too close to him."
"I understand."
With one final glance, she turns around and orders her people to build a temporary shelter in the middle of a forest. At least, it is not that far away from her palace.
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I notice something while doing my duty as a Sage. First, the planet is very chatty. I can feel her telling me all about the races that have hurt her over the past millennia. Even now, I can feel her nudging me about how I call her chatty.
Second, the Gaia of this universe is more generous to me. When she noticed my ignited soul, she started feeding it with her power. She gave me a pure Grain of energy that makes Celestial Bodies. If not for the fact that I am an Ether Liner, I would be dead by now.
I nudge the planet a little when I feel her shock and fear. I make sure to tell her I am fine, but I also tell her to be careful about this.
That is the next thing. This planet is young, even younger than Nier's universe. She is young and kind. However, because of her young age, she doesn't know what to do to prevent what is happening to her body.
I tilt my head a little as Gaia asks me what she needs to do. I smile a little and give her all the information about Gaia from the Nasuverse. I give her what Gaia has done to ensure her body does not deteriorate faster than it needs to.
The biggest one is to prevent anyone from performing any time-travel-related activity. Instead of allowing someone to perform time travel, she can throw them into an alternate universe and let her alternate self handle the matter.
With this, she does not need to waste her lifespan to overwrite the timeline because of the time traveller.
I chuckle a little when I feel her cheering as I provide the information. However, it does not take long before her cheer turns into quiet thinking. I nudge her and tell her not to do what Old Gaia does; instead, to prevent it from happening.
According to Zelretch, Gaia can prevent humanity and other races from destroying her, but it is too late. That is why when he arrives in an alternate world where the planet still has time to nip the problem in the bud, he will do his best to make it happen.
Zelretch might be a crazy old vampire, but he is still trying his best to help Gaia and humanity and make sure the planet does not get purged.
I smile a little when I feel Gaia accepting my words, and she says that she will try her hardest not to use the purge option unless something truly bad is happening. Then she starts to tell me more about her experience. She shows me memories of when dinosaurs still walked on her body.
While she is yapping, I look deeper into my soul. The last thing is that, because Gaia is pumping me with a massive amount of Grain, my ignited spark absorbs the Grain like someone who just drank water after a long time without.
Each time it absorbs the Grain, it expands, and I can see pockets of dimension and planes inside my soul. At the moment, they are full of nothingness. However, I know I can fill these planes with all kinds of things I want as long as I have enough mana.
I snap out of my thoughts when I feel a powerful being appear next to me. I open my eyes while the purification continues. However, this time, I enter my Dragon Sage mode.
I blink for a second when I notice a 'little girl' standing in front of me. She looks at me right in the eyes, and my instinct tells me not to offend her at any cost.
"Hi."
She blinks for a second before speaking.
"You made the silence."
"What? Silence?"
"The empty dimension. You made a void."
"Oh, yeah. That was me. I am going to fill it with land and stuff when I have enough power to do it."
Her eyes narrow as she says,
"Do not."
"But I wanna! It is my dimension, and I need the land for all the experiments I need to do."
She pouts and crosses her arms. It is cute, if not for the fact that she is releasing a massive amount of power into the air. She might be pouting, but I can see her anger.
"I require silence; you will provide."
I look at her for a few seconds before releasing a sigh.
"Let's talk more while we eat breakfast. I am hungry, and the sun is rising."
She looks at me for a second before nodding her head. I nod and get up from the ground. I can see the others looking at us in shock, fear, and awe. Now… how do I explain this?
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