Dimension Weaver: My Wife Is The Dragon Empress!

If he was fearful of the outcome of continuously getting stronger a few days ago, then he was now more than curious to see what the end of this path would lead him to. Whether it was destruction or prosperity, pain or happiness, he was on it for the longer term.

Meanwhile, Hyun-Jae watched Talon silently as if she was contemplating something. Her eyes flashed with a mysterious glint for a split second.

'He's getting really strong...' She thought to herself as she realized that the young man in front of her was now a force of nature. She could feel it from his aura and presence and it made her feel even more complicated.

'If he continues at this rate, I will fall behind. I can't let that happen.' A mysterious fiery determination fired up in her eyes as she realized that she wasn't that close in strength to Talon anymore.

This entire time, the two of them were very close in terms of overall power with Hyun-Jae even exceeding him in agility at some point. However, that wasn't the case anymore. Talon kept on aiming higher, doing far more ridiculous things and gaining extremely powerful abilities along the way.

Hyun-Jae knew that if she wanted to keep up with him in the future, she had to actually up her level too. She didn't want to be left behind as Talon reached new heights. Standing next to him and helping him was now her goal aside from finding her family.

Unaware of Hyun-Jae's resolution, Talon put his spear to the side and finally looked at her.

"Thank you for the help as always, Hyun-Jae." He said in a soft tone.

"Hm? Oh, it's nothing much. This all your hard work, I didn't do anything." She replied as she shook her head.

"No, really, you're a very good friend. I don't know what I could've done without your help." Talon laughed wryly.

Hyun-Jae: "..."

"Hm? Everything good?" Talon noticed Hyun-Jae's expression change completely.

"... Friends? You think... we're friends?" She asked with a confused look mixed with surprise.

"Of course, wait, aren't we? I thought it was obvious." Talon blinked, even more confused than she was. Then, he frowned as he realized the huge blunder he did.

'Shit! I jumped to conclusions on my own! We're obviously not friends!' Talon cursed inwardly.

Even though the two didn't know each other for long, Talon assumed that after everything they went through, they had at least become friends.

"Ah, sorry, I was mistak-"

"I thought I was the only one who thought so." Hyun-Jae cut him off.

"Huh? Of course not, I always thought that way... Wait, you also thought the same?"

"No, I mean, I never said it before, but I also assumed it was the case the entire time."

"Yeah, me too..."

The two looked at each other in confusion for a few seconds before they exploded into laughter.

"This is so weird! Hahaha!" Talon murmured as he wiped the tear from his face. "What kind of misunderstanding works like this?"

"I don't know. You confused me for a second there."

"You did too! But... I'm glad we're on the same page. So, to make things clear, wanna be friends?" Talon asked as he extended his hand for a handshake.

Hyun-Jae stared at his hand for a second before she smiled too and grabbed his hand.

"Of course. Please take care of me in the future." She said.

"You too."

***

After that, Talon and Hyun-Jae talked for a while about different topics. Mainly about the current state of the gymnasium, the students, what happened the past 6 days and many more things.

Hyun-Jae gave Talon a general idea about what the students were doing and how their progress was going so far.

Apart from their training, some students had discovered something important that caught Talon's attention.

"They're using monster hides to make clothes and armor?" Talon asked with a confused expression.

"One of the students found a special sewing skill a few days ago and a few others learned how to skin the weaker monsters to get their skin. It's still a very rough idea and the first tries aren't the best, but after trying it, the skin was rather tough and could definitely stop bullets." Hyun-Jae explained.

"Interesting..."

"Hmm, sewing skills are rather rare but they aren't unheard of. It could definitely be useful if you know how to choose the stronger hides to create armor." Acrypha said as she floated around Talon.

"I will check it out and see if I can help in any way," Talon said as he stood up and dusted his clothes. "For now, you should go to sleep. I will take care of the rest from here on."

"... Ok, I will listen. But, don't overwork yourself. You're still injured."

"Yeah, I know. I don't want to get back to that mattress for another second." He laughed.

"Mmm, can I request one last thing?" Hyun-Jae hesitantly called for Talon before he left.

"Hm?"

"Can I... Sleep here again? Because of the noise..." She awkwardly said.

"Of course, make yourself at home. I won't be back till morning so take your time."

"Thanks..."

After that, Talon bid the embarrassed Hyun-Jae farewell and left the room.

"Mr Charming hits again~" Acrypha said jokingly as she flew next to him.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"You made her blush there, didn't you?"

"Blush? Hyun-Jae? There is no way that's true. I've never seen her blush before. Besides, she's just using the mattress to sleep, nothing to be embarrassed about." Talon shrugged as he moved beyond Acrypha.

"Fufufu, is that so?"

"Yeah, that's so."

Talon then continued his walk toward the basketball court where the students were. On the way, he came across a few students going about their chores.

"Oh, Mr Talon!!"

"It's Mr Talon!!"

Naturally, they were surprised to see him after a whole week.

"How are you doing, folks?" He asked.

"W-We're doing great, sir!" One of them answered hesitantly.

"Good, keep up the good work." He nodded his head as he continued walking.

"Damn... Why did I feel way more nervous seeing him today?" One of them asked the other.

"Hmm, you felt it too? He seemed... Different? And also, am I imagining stuff or... Is he noticeably better looking now?"

"Yeah... I think that's not your imagination..."

What Talon didn't notice was that after all the continuous evolution, his face had also undergone some changes. His skin was brighter now, his messy black hair more luscious and his facial features were better than before.

He was now a rather good-looking young man, far from the average looks he had a few weeks ago.

Unbeknownst to him, he reached the main area of the gymnasium where he greeted everyone.

The students were delighted to see him fine. They heard how he was in a grave state after what happened which made them extremely worried. Talon was by far the strongest student out of them and losing him meant their chances of survival would drop really hard.

In any case, Talon gave everyone a brief notice and thanked them for their hard work. Then, he walked around making sure that everything was going as he intended.

It didn't take him long to notice the changes that happened inside the gymnasium during his absence. The biggest change by far was the teamwork and chemistry between students as they did their tasks.

They seemed more effective and fast, clearly a huge improvement from before. After two weeks at this rate, they started to learn how to live and adapt to this world better. Naturally, that boosted their performance, and tasks that would've taken hours before are now finished in a matter of minutes.

'It's nice to see that things are going well. Hyun-Jae really did a magnificent job.'

After making sure that he checked everything, Talon finally left the gymnasium to the quiet training place he found before.

"Time to give my newfound power a try," Talon said as he stretched a little.

"Are you sure you won't hurt yourself?" Acrypha asked.

"Yeah, don't worry. Just going to move the spear around a little and see what happens."

"Ok, go ahead, big boy," Acrypha said as she shrugged and flew to a nearby rock to watch.

"Hnng, let's see..." Touching his side to see if there was still some pain, Talon pulled his spear out as he took a fighting stance.

His calm eyes immediately turned extremely sharp as his muscles contracted. His veins expanded visibly as his entire body moved forward, swinging the spear with a terrifying speed that shocked him.

*Swish*

The moment Talon's arms moved, he realized something.

'Oh no!'

*BOOOOM*

Before he could even react, a huge explosion filled his ears as a giant cloud of smoke filled his vision. A huge shockwave spread from his spear to the vicinity, sending the rocks flying away as if they were feathers being carried by the wind.

"Cough! Cough! What the fu-"

Before he could even utter a single sentence, Talon's eyes fell on the area in front of him and he immediately swallowed all of his words.

(A//N: Thanks to everyone who supports the book with power stones and golden tickets, you guys are the best:) )