But while Alex had seeded at his goal of surviving the fall, that was only the first step in his n to get off the floating ind.


    Now, he had to find some way to traverse the thousands of kilometres height between the surface and the other floating ind he was trying to get to…


    He had managed toe up with an idea of how to get down from then by sheer dumb luck and relying on incredibly dangerous tactics, but he had absolutely zero idea whatsoever on how he was nning on getting back up…


    That was the next problem he had to figure out.


    But he pushed that to the back of his mind for the time being, as he had to focus on simply making it there first.


    There were still tens of thousands of kilometres between him and the next floating ind he was trying to get to, so he started moving immediately.


    ***


    Piercing attack!


    Mira was shocked by the strength of her own attacks as she thrashed and shed at the beast in front of her.


    Her de drew a brilliant arc, piercing towards the wolf beast that was opposing her.


    sh!


    She was using the techniques that had been taught to her in university, the attack, defend and evade stances alling into good use.


    The next moment, she used her waist to exert even more power, using the power of her whole body rather than just the strength of her arms.


    The de in her hands whistled as it pierced through the air towards the wolf.


    sh!


    Mira felt the de pierce through its flesh, and it seemed as if the de in her hands was firmly stuck in the wolf.


    But that was only an illusion from when she was weaker.


    "Haa!" Mira yanked her hands backwards, and the de was pulled violently, causing fresh crimson blood to spurt out wildly!


    Yelp!


    The wolf, now severely wounded, screamed miserably.


    It turned out that Mira''s piercing attack earlier had jammed into the wolf''s spine, and when she forcefully pulled the de back out, it severed the spinepletely in half!


    The wolf could no longer move its body past its forelegs, only able to crawl miserably as it tried to make a pitiful retreat.


    But with only two already damaged legs to support itself, it was far too slow to escape Mira''s grasp.


    Seeing the wolf trying to escape, Mira''s eyes shed as she delivered one final, fatal blow to its skull.


    ''Another Variant ss beast killed. Only 8 more to go before I can leave this godforsaken ce… Though it''s unfortunate that it was just a D+ rank beast like me, otherwise I would only be 3 away frompleting the requirements.''


    "Nice kill!" A voice shouted over to Mira from nearby, praising her loudly.


    At that moment, another human figure walked over to her, also covered in traces of blood like Mira.


    "Thanks."


    Mira replied to Nichs, who was enthusiastically smiling at her from a few dozen metres away.


    This other human figure was Nichs Stein, another prodigy who had been caught up in this unexpected summoning to the Primordial Expanse.


    Mira had been lucky to encounter him on the floating ind, as she had originally thought that she was the only unfortunate soul who had been caught up in this, but when she encountered Nichs, it was like a bright ray of sunshine was zing down on her.


    She wasn''t alone in this ce anymore!


    Still, she was unable to sense Nichs with her spatial perception either, but she was used to that by this point.


    But unbeknownst to her, it seemed she didn''t recognise Nichs, as he was actually someone that both she and Alex knew…


    "You go and finish the rest of them off, I need a break before we continue."


    Mira sat down on a nearby rock as she caught her breath, speaking casually to Nichs as she redirected her gaze to the wolfpack over a kilometre ahead of them.


    Other than the Variant ss beast Mira had just felled, there was still a pack of D tier Mutant ss wolves that needed to be taken care of.


    Mira had just in their Alpha, so they were already in an incredibly wary state, looking as if they would try and escape any moment.


    The fighting between man and wolf continued for another half an hour as Nichs took down the rest of the wolves while Mira rested and watched from behind.


    The sun slowly set, and darkness descended on the floating ind as night took over.


    "That''s the first time I''vee across so many beasts at once since I was forced into this ce."


    Nichsmented, trying to make small talk with Mira.


    It was clear that he was trying to be closer with her, whether to be friends or something more, was yet to be determined…


    "Those are the first beasts I''ve seen in days — I''ve only encountered one other before this, and it was a strong one that nearly killed me. This ce must be cursed or something. There are hardly any beasts whatsoever, and for some reason some of my powers don''t work properly here…"


    After taking down that pack of wolves, Mira felt her depression surrounding this scenario lighten up a little, as it wasn''t so hopeless after all.


    But that didn''t change the fact that she had spent over a week in this ce now, yet she had only killed two variant ss beasts, and both of those she found by sheer luck.


    Things might look good in the short term, but in the long term things still looked bleak.


    ''What luck I have to be stranded with Mira! I don''t know who did this to us, but they unexpectedly gave me a blessing in disguise!''


    Meanwhile, Nichs was feeling jubnt aftering across Mira.


    The two of them had only been apanying each other for a day now, and at first he was apprehensive.


    But when he realised Mira didn''t seem to recognise him, an opportunity like no other sprung to his mind.


    "Aowuuuuuu!"


    However, a sudden howl from afar stunned the duo out of their silence.