James stood there on top of Dora who was stunned by his sudden fall. She didn't understand what was going on with him, unlike her mother or her two companions.

The three trapped enemies knew what was happening. First the soul, then the body, that was what was going to happen. the soul was the first thing to shatter, as it was always a fragile thing, a known feature for mortals.

If mortals had strong souls then they would be able to handle the strength of these artifacts, however they couldn't. The crush of the soul meant the release of the full power stored inside these artifacts.

Like a bomb accumulating power inside the mortal's body, once it exploded nothing would stand in its way. The crush of the body was the sign of destruction, and immortals like those three wouldn't be able to stand it.

So they began to show extraordinary strength trying to overcome the binding power of that artifact. Three worked together exerting their utmost effort like nothing they had done before.

The instinct for survival could do miracles, and right now the three managed to break free from these restraints. None of them stopped for one second to check things, not even Dora's mother.

She knew her daughter would perish, however she was selfish, all what she thought about was only her life. so, she joined the other two as they started to move towards the hole.

Although the tries of mortals to ingest these artifacts weren't rare, those who lived to narrate what they witnessed were scarce, so there was literally hardly any information regarding this critical matter.

No one knew how long the body of mortals would last before it exploded, so they had to leave and fast or else they would perish alongside everyone else.

They also didn't know what scope this destruction could reach, so they had to board over a large cruiser and control its command fast so they could jump from here using light speed.

They had seen the exit in front of their eyes, abandoning ship was the only silver lining they had, however before they could even take one step forward lightning struck everywhere inside this deck.

Lightning came out of nowhere to strike the three immortals and stop them in their tracks. Instead of pushing outside, they were pushed back deeper inside the cruiser, breaking the internal structure of this large cruiser in their way.

As for Dora, she was motionless right now not from shock, but fear. She managed to see everything that happened right now from her position. That wasn't lightning, or that wasn't the strike of lightning that hit the three immortals and sent them flying.

She saw with her two eyes a long thin rod getting out from James' body in a flash. She couldn't see its details, however fear erupted inside her soul, an innate fear that she was born with, not accepted from life.

Her own soul was fearing this rod, as the rod vanished, lightning appeared and struck the three immortals, then the rod came back again to float above James' head with lightning arcs still dancing around it.

"So you can summon lightning in space, that's weird, awesome but weird."

James suddenly said that as he straightened himself moving away from Dora's body. He then stretched his hand to hold the rod. Once he held it, he felt the deep connection between himself and the rod.

'This is just an immature strike you used against them, in time you will be able to use more powerful attacks,' the soft voice of the rod appeared inside his mind replying on his words.

'I still couldn't understand what is going on right now, however I appreciate saving my life,' James replied.

All he knew was this rod came from the merge between the two rods from before. How did it work, and how the lightning came from he didn't know that. He also didn't know why he could speak to a scepter like it, and what power this rod just spoke of.

As for these he knew he had to postpone for later, he now had reached the last step of saving Dora and himself. so, he stretched his arm towards Dora as he muttered:

"Let's go, it's time to go home."

The rod was in his other hand as Dora's eyes were attracted to it. James noticed her look as he added:

"Don't be afraid, this scepter is docile."

She couldn't help herself from raising an eyebrow as she heard his words. What docile, this rod just kicked three immortals a** right now without breaking a sweat.

"Trust me, there is nothing to be feared."

He added this as he leaned to carry her from her place. she couldn't refuse him, as humans were always emotional creatures. Although she feared that rod, she couldn't deny the fact that James did all this just to save her. So, as a perfect human she accepted his offer of help with her heart not mind, and she was right in doing so.

She stretched her hand to him, as he grabbed her and leaned to carry her body with one arm. She wasn't tied anymore as she managed to free herself during all this turmoil, so her body moved smoothly with his hand.

James had finished his task here, this cruiser was already wrecked and was burning like hell, so he didn't wait anymore as he jumped towards the distant hole.

The distance between him and the little cruiser wasn't big, however he felt it was miles away. Just as he jumped, the voice of the rod came in his mind again:

'Just think of flying there, and you will be surprised.'

James didn't have time to argue with it. the artificial gravity system here in this deck was damaged already, so there was no gravity at all. Only for the presence of the ventilation system working so far, James and Dora would have died from the extreme environment of space.

He jumped, and his body weighed nothing even when he was carrying Dora. His jump momentum couldn't make him reach the cruiser, not even half close, so he had no other option but to follow the rod's instructions.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He imagined himself carrying Dora in this destroyed part of this large cruiser, and he was flying towards his little cruiser.

The face of Rigo was the thing he focused on, as he aimed to reach him. Rigo was still standing on the edge of the opened cargo door of the little cruiser. He was watching everything that happened since the moment he threw the scepter to James.

And he was shocked, so shocked that even words were choked in his throat. He watched James jump in the space carrying Dora, as if he was trying to reach him.

Just before he moved, he was stunned in his place again. his shock didn't decrease, yet it escalated to a higher level, a degree he never felt before. Even after all these years he was paralyzed from surprise, as he never saw anything like what was happening right now in front of him.

James was flying, flying with his body like the whole world was moving against him and he was standing steadily in his place.

"Holy S***, we are flying!!!"

James opened his eyes to be widened at once, as he found himself moving smoothly in space without any momentum towards Rigo. He felt like he was flying naturally, like breathing, a skill he was born to use without thinking.

Everything must come from somewhere, that what he believed and read many times before in the old books. so, he began to look for why, and immediately he spotted the reason.

His scepter.

His hand holding the rod was stretched towards Rigo, and he felt he was pulled not pushed due to it. this time he was aware of what was happening, as the more he moved forwards the more tiresome he became.

It was like he was descending a mountain using gravity, however his body was exhausted like he was climbing it instead. That was unbelievable!

The distance between him and Rigo became shorter and shorter within seconds, as once he reached him, Rigo moved fast to grab his body like he was catching him falling from high.

"W-Welcome back leader, are you alright?" Rigo asked as he helped James to stand on the edge of the opened door.

James put the stunned Dora's body on the ground as he said:

"Let's go inside and leave this place fast, I don't know how long those three would need to come after us."

"Yes, you are right," Rigo said as he moved inside the cruiser, but just as he stepped forward he turned to look deeply with real concern towards him as he asked, "are you alright?"

James was really tired, however this wasn't the time for questions like this. So, he briefly replied:

"I'm good, let's move."

He then led the way in front of the two shocked behind him as they all entered the cruiser. Rigo closed the door as he then headed towards the commanding deck.

The cruiser was full of the dead bodies of Dora's men, friends she lived with, and shared extreme moments of joy and sorrow together. However right now her mind was totally paralyzed, as there was only one question that took control of her mind:

'What the hell just happened?'