Chapter 216 A Pagna Body, An Alterian Body


    On the Pagna, thend wasrge and vast in the different parts of the continents. The areas of the Light Faction, Dark Faction, Demonic Faction, and even the unknown fourth continent were all different.


    Even within them, thendmass was extremely different as well. There wererge soaring mountain tops, areas filled with green ins, and other areas filled with purple or dark-colored nts.


    There were areas that had even been changed as portal breaks had urred. At times, a portal break was so strong that the ns in the local area had been wiped out. With the beasts having entered the world, part of thendmass had changed to amodate them.


    There was an even stranger urrence that had urred, and that was thend itself. There was a reason why people in their heads thought of three continents rather than four, and it wasn''t because each continent was mostly dominated by a faction.


    It was because at one point, all of the continents had been split by a sea of water. However, the fourth continent was much further awaypared to the rest. Despite this, thendmass on the continents had continued to grow.


    The eruptions, earthquakes, the sea levels lowering, were also revealing morendmass, and these three separate continents were turning out to be more linked than they had originally thought.


    In a way, the newnds were new territory, and not only were the Pagna warriors involved in disputes over who owned what or whichnd, but the local governments, kingdoms, and empires were as well.


    To the people, it felt like they were in the middle of constant battles and wars, whether they were with the Pagna or not, at least those on the border. In the center of all this, as the sea level lowered, arge mountain''s canyon had been discovered.


    It was strange because before, not even the tips of the mountains could be seen, and now arge giant canyon in the middle of the mountains that littered the fields could be seen. If one were to stand at the tip, they weren''t even able to see the bottom of where one started.


    Without any sort of guidance, if a person was to be dropped in the middle, they might never be able to find a way out or an exit.


    In thisbyrinth of mountains and tall canyons, there was arge round object that looked somewhat like a giant mushroom from above. Apart from the fact that it was covered in greenery, nt vines, and more.


    Inside thisrge canyon of nts and trees, two individuals were walking through it. One wearing arge brown trench coat, and the other in simpler clothing but wearing a beret hat that covered her orange hair.


    "Ah, my feet hurt. Can Alter give us some standard uniforms that make us feel like we''re walking on air?" Charlotteined.


    "Ah yes, more things for us to lose or get found out and cover up!" Himmymented back, as he looked down in his hand. He had a device that reminded him of apass that he had from his world.


    Rather than pointing toward north, south, east, and west, thispass was still round, but had a glowing arrow that lit up on the device and would charge by the sun, although Himmy couldn''t see anything like a sr panel that he knew of on the device.


    Either way, the main difference was, this specialpass given to them by Alter, it pointed only in one direction, and it would always lead them to a particr ce.


    "Come on, when was thest time you heard of one of the agents getting in trouble for something like that?" Charlotte asked as she continued to trek over arge rooting from one of the trees.


    She could barely get her foot over it, and when lifting the second half of her foot, her toes just hit the edge. Her front half tilted forward, but before she face nted the ground, Himmy had managed to catch her, holding her steady with just one hand, and holding her forehead.


    "Erghh, you can let go, you know," Charlotte replied back, feeling a little pathetic that her whole body weight could be held up by just one hand.


    After bncing herself, Himmy let go, and he continued straight ahead. They had just exited out of the deep forest, and now they were in between an area with four giant mountains. They weren''t wide in size, and the center of them was quite hollow as the middle had an opening, but that wasn''t what he was looking at.


    He was looking at therge mushroom-like object that stemmed from the ground and connected to these fourrge mountains. Leading up to it, there was almost the appearance of fresh-cut green grass.


    "To answer your question, how would we know?" Himmy replied. "We haven''t had an update from Alter, only been told to go here and there. To be honest, I was getting a bit sick and tired of being sent everywhere, and I''m low on funds and ammo."


    "Ah right, you used most of it in that town with the Red Brigade." Charlottemented. "Well, you will be able to stock up more this time, and hopefully you won''t be able to use it."


    Walking across the fresh grass, Charlotte was getting a little nervous because soon she would have to keep a seal on her lips, careful about what she had spoken. Speaking about the past reminded her of something she needed to ask now.


    "About the kid, are you going to tell them about him?" Charlotte asked.


    "What, that I made him into a full squad member. That''s up to my discretion as squad leader anyway. I''ll just go ahead and send a report."


    Charlotte was a little nervous because that wasn''t what she was getting at; it was something else.


    "Not that, that there is an otherworlder that can use both Pagna skills and magic at the same time," Charlotte said, almost looking over her shoulder. She couldn''t shake off a strange feeling, like there were a pair of invisible eyes on her.


    "Ah, now I understand," Himmy replied. "Like you said, otherworlders whoe here. Nearly all of them struggle to learn Pagna martial arts, as they are unable to create Qi in their body. It was the same for both me and you when we arrived here.


    "However, some from Alterian had seeded in learning the Pagna martial arts."


    "Well, a fake version of it," Charlottemented.


    "Right." Himmy tapped the side of his head. "Remind me why you call it fake again."


    "Because those that do learn can''t gather Qi in their dantian," Charlotte exined. "Mages use Mana to produce their spells, and the Pagna skills require Qi in the dantian. In order for a mage to learn skills, though, they can use their mana to supplement their dantian instead of Qi.


    "Although we call it fake, it''s still very effective since just like other warriors, the dantian can still grow stronger, allowing for more mana to be put into it. And since it''s just the gathering of Mana in a certain ce, one doesn''t even need to be a high mage to fill their dantian.


    "In fact, some lower star mages might even have more sess as a warrior because they can just constantly fill in their dantian with Mana rather than Qi, allowing them to produce almost an unlimited amount of skills."


    Himmy felt like it was a shame that his world didn''t seem to have anything spectacr like that of magic and martial arts, but sometimes he was thankful. If he was more useful in fighting, he thought that would just give them more reason to send him on dangerous missions.


    "Right, so mages that chose to change into the arts of Pagna are actually even more powerful than Pagna warriors, and they can even still use spells."


    "Correct," Charlotte said. "But there is one thing, because the Qi being used is technically mana and is being put into the dantian. A mage is unable to use Qi techniques and magic at the same time.


    "Think of it as a ball of energy that they control, for techniques it either has to be in the stomach, for magic it needs to be outside of the body or in the magic core, the heart. Yet somehow, Raze was able to use Qi and Magic at the same time."


    "Then can I ask you something?" Himmy said. "I understand your point about those from Atlerian not being able to form Qi in their body. It might be because their bodies are just different, or the timing of things, but what about the other way round?


    "Can a Pagna warrior learn magic then?" Himmy asked.


    "I… read some of the reports," Charlotte answered. "They tried a couple of times. Although things like enchanted items and creations are fine for a Pagna warrior to use, when trying to teach a Pagna warrior magic, their Qi ended up exploding and killing the user. So they decided to stop running tests due to ack of volunteers."


    It was a scary thought to have, and no wonder no warriorined about learning magic if that was the result.


    Himmy thought about the question he asked from before for a while, and eventually, they had reached the giant mushroom-like structure. In front of them, there seemed to be nothing, that was until he ced thepass-like device in the center.


    Steam started to appear from the center, and part of the giant structure started to split apart.


    "For now, let''s keep it to ourselves. We might be making a big deal out of this for no reason," Himmy said. "Let''s keep quiet anyway; we''re here now, we''re back at Alter."