"Did you… really?" Stiel became shocked and Sian smiled bitterly. "Yeah, I did it." Sian's body shook as he remembered what he had done in Apental. He thought it was going to be much more bearable as he was now stronger than he was before. It was easier, but it was still life-threatening. He didn't know where to go, so he wandered about aimlessly. At least Karnine provided him all the energy he needed to keep him alive. He fought and fought again. The monsters at the entrance were actually the weaker ones. Stronger monsters appeared as he walked deeper in. He looked for an exit while killing a countless number of monsters. He was lonely but he couldn't take Stiel out in such a dangerous situation when he could barely keep himself alive. After continuously killing and wandering around or a long time, not many monsters were left... so he went hunting after them. He needed to kill them to absorb their energy and live. Finally, he finally found the exit. It was at a small well in the corner of Apental. His instincts told him that it was the exit he had been searching for. The well was located at the bottom-most floor of the eight-floor world. "And when I jumped in, I was sent to some lake." "Huh? That easily?" Stiel became confused. If that worked, it should've worked for the monsters too. "I think monsters don't want to come near the well." In fact, Sian wasn't sure what the well might to do him, so he captured a monster and threw it in. The monster that was not afraid of Sian nor Chrona struggled with all its might to not fall into the well. When it was finally thrown in, it melted instantly. Sian became hesitant after seeing that result, but he checked it himself by putting his hand into the water. After he was sure that he wouldn't melt, he jumped in. There weren't many monsters left, so if he stayed, he would starve to death anyway. Luckily, he got out of there in one piece. After checking that the place was safe, he took Stiel out. "That's the whole story. I don't know where we are, but I think it's probably somewhere on the continent that Lagaope called home." Stiel looked at Sian sympathetically. He tried to close the sphere to save people, but he was swept into a fight with countless monsters alone for a long time. Sian knew what Stiel was thinking and said, "Don't worry, I got used to it. I'm okay now. What's important is now." "Right. What do you want to do?" "I… want to go home." "To see your family?" "Yeah. I want to stay with them until they pa.s.s away at least." Stiel became sad. "But… will they still be alive? If you fought so long in there…" "Oh, that should be okay. When I went into the sphere back then… you told me that time didn't pa.s.s that much outside, right?" "Yeah." "It was longer back then. I think that time in Apental is different than the outside world. My guess is that time hasn't pa.s.sed that much here." "That's good if it's true. But how are you going to go back?" Lagaope wanted to come to Don-Nasian from RSian, but those monsters blocked him from doing so. It would be the same in reverse, but Stiel realized the possibility. "Huh? Are you trying to…?" Stiel looked at Sian with hopeful eyes. If Sian had overcome life-threatening situations in Apental and had broken through the barrier… Sian shook his head. "No, unfortunately, I didn't become that strong." "Oh." "But there's a way." "Really?" Sian nodded.