Cracked Core (Part 1)

Under the protection of the emerald barrier that kept them grounded, Crank conjured a Warp Steps leading the group far away from Belius.

"Do you think that Faluel and the others are alive?" He said after the Steps closed, cutting off the deafening fury of the storm.

Lith took his communication amulet out of his pocket dimension and checked if the runes of the members of Faluel's unit were still there.

"Everyone seems to be fine, but I'm going to wait for a while before calling them. If they were caught up in the hurricane as it formed, they can't afford one moment of distraction." He replied.

"Good to know." The Hyperion shrunk again, going from a human-sized Divine Beast to a honey badger. "My contract with the Kingdom is probably blown. If something happened to the Hydra, all my hard work would have been for nothing."