At the same time, Rod felt an extremely powerful field expanding, with hundreds of Soul Ripples locking onto them. Vaguely, an enormously powerful gaze was cast back from the far reaches of the starry sky.
"It's me!"
Rhein hurriedly shouted.
"It's me, Steelfire Rhein! Not an enemy!"
In the next instant, the powerful field descended, but the Soul Ripples locking onto them and that invisible gaze did not move.
"Captain Rhein!"
A booming voice nearly shattered Rod's eardrums.
"Is that you? How did you come back?"
Spiritual Light scattered, and a meteor came before them. It was a burly man; seeing him almost blinded Rod. The fellow wore nothing but a loincloth, with over 360 pounds of fat swaying on his chest, black hair covering his stubby limbs, like growths formed after a million years of corruption by Black Fog.
"Amanda, it's me, I have returned!"
Rhein shouted: "Yudora, Gavin, Joe, little Irene, Philom…"
With each name, more meteors appeared before Rod.
