' So basically you said that the spiritual awakening has happened, and now spirit beast was a common occurrence in this world?'

  Ray held his head and frowned. He thought after finishing the special dungeon, he could get some time to relax. But with this awakening, he must struggle to increase his strength again.

  [ Yeah, but for this incident, it is not Aina's calculation that was wrong, but it occurred because of the time spatial time diffraction. During the host time in the dimension portal, space diffraction occurs. The host maybe didn't feel it, but you were only able to leave the dimension portal after 3 years.]

  " …"

  Dang, Ray never thought that they would be teleported 3 years in the future. Now all his plan was a mess, and the heroines might already have another person in their life.

  ' What about the heroines? There were supposed 2 be 6 main heroines. I have met with Emi and Rena, but what about the other 4?'

  [ Sadly, from the other 4 heroines, 2 were dead because of the big earthquake during the spiritual awakening, and 1 died because of a spirit beast attack. Because of Host's continuous win-streak against Skye, his protagonist halo decreased a lot, and the world's will has decided to remove 3 main heroines.]

  ' The hell, so they have been dead because of me?'

  [ Everyone has their own destiny host. You must not grieve because of something like this. Explaining any further will not do you any good. Go to the place marked in the city map, and you will gain more understanding of this world.]

  [ DING!!! You got the item city map.].

  Ray opened up the city map and look toward the marked place.

  " So the marked direction is the Vermillion's residence, and my current place is in the neighborhood around my house? *Sigh* The previous crowded neighborhood has become a desolate place like this. It seems the spiritual awakening really has a massive impact on this world."

  Next, he turned to Rena and told her their current plan.

  In the beginning, she was also shocked by Ray's revelation. Still, her experience in the Special Dungeon made it easier for her to adapt. After some moment of frowning, she was able to fully receive all the change in this world.

  " Then how about Skye? Do we need to bring him with us?"

  " Just leave him here. I believe he won't die from this. His life force was so tenacious like a cockroach."

  Rena nodded and didn't reject. Skye's previous actions had disgusted her, and she didn't feel any contempt toward Ray for leaving Skye behind.

  " Let's go. Our first destination is the Vermillion Residence. Your mom and sister should have waited for us there."

  " Um."

  …


  Ray and Rena eventually arrived at the Vermillion's residence. They have met some stray spirit beasts along the way, but solving those spirit beasts was just a piece of cake with their current strength.

  Arriving at the front of the door, Rena hesitated a bit to enter.

  " Ray, will they still remember us? We have been missing for 3 years. It wouldn't even be strange if we were declared dead."

  " Well, I don't know about the last part. But I'm pretty sure they won't forget us."

  Even after hearing Ray's answer, Rena still hesitated. Though it was not her fault, she still felt guilt in her heart for leaving her own family for 3 years.

  But before she was able to make up her mind, the door opened.

  *Creak!!*

  *Boing-Boing*

  *Boing!!!!*

  A familiar figure appeared and jumped into Ray's arm.

  " Hehe, long time no see Chongky."

  *Boing-Boing*

  Behind Chongky, 2 beautiful women were following him, and after seeing the couple in front of their door, they got petrified.

  " Rena, Ray, is it really you?"

  Anna rushed at them and embrace the two. During those 3 years, perhaps she was the one that got hurt the most. This beautiful mature lady loses her lover and her daughter simultaneously, but she must always stay strong and wait for the two to return.

  Aiko, on the other hand, didn't know how to react. She missed her sister so much, but seeing her sister coming back with Ray, she felt a little bit sour in her heart.

  " Aiko, why are you standing still? come here with us."

  It was until Anna drag Aiko's hand that they were finally able to enjoy their warm reunion.

  " Mom, I-"

  " You don't need to say anything Rena, Mom knows you have your own difficulties. Mom, just glad you are able to return home safely."

  ……


  The three enjoyed their warm hug, and Ray watched from the side quietly.

  [ Oh, by the way, host, Aina almost forgot. Aina thinks the host should at least contact your family and tell them you are safe. ]

  Ehhhh… Sh*t, Ray was always alone since he came to this world because his family was busy working overseas, so it was unprecedented that he almost forgot that he had a family in this world.

  He took out his phone and hurriedly send an email to his parents.

  Luckily, email was still working fine in this world.

  Aina has told him that even though the spiritual awakening has shocked the whole world, it was not like the government was unprepared.

  The Daoists have long predicted the spiritual awakening, and they have prepared for it, so when the time really came, the impact was held to its minimum.

  But still, the Government couldn't fully nullify the impact, there were some areas who was deserted because the concentration of spirit beasts in those Area was too high.

  And some areas with the minimum occurrence of spirit beast became highly demanded and reached a sky-high price.

  The most affected sector in this world might be the education sector. Now, spirit beast subject has been a mandatory subject, and Daoist has been the most wanted profession for the students.

  Fortunately, the FnB business didn't get impacted much from the spiritual awakening, and the Vermillions could keep their wellbeing even after the awakening incident.