The next day, now accompanied by Bliss and Count C, the group of 5 continued to travel.

"Count, do you know where we can find the closest powerful beast?" Izumi asked.

"That would be the Phantom Beast Herac, king of all horses. However, Sekaiko is reaching her limit as she is pregnant. And she is all the way in the Rain Continent to have her child in peace." He said.

"Thats....gonna be difficult. Even though her child will be born with enough knowledge to help, getting there will be difficult." Izumi said.

Tomura looked confused. "What's the Rain Continent and Herac?"

"Ah, right. You don't know of them either. The Rain Continent is a mostly desolate land that constantly experiences all manner of odd and deadly rainstorms and other unusual weather anomalies. We can get there by traversing through Yutou Island which avoids the Poison Tide. After reaching the east shore of Yutou Island, one must cross the Gold Swamp before they can enter the continent's mainland. There is no ocean at the center of the continent like shown in the map but has a wasteland called Heavy Rain Region where rain falls endlessly which becomes identical like an ocean. Virtually every kind of rain falls on the mainland like the Mega Rain, Amedama and the Poison Rain, and so on. Apparently the reason for the all the rain is because of the Herac species. As aerovores, they can consume a massive amount of air, and as a result causes a large drop in pressure, with Heracles alone being able to consume around 350 billion tons of air." Izumi explained.

"Seriously?!" Tomura yelled. "How are we supposed to get through that?!"

"I had training to withstand severe air pressure, rain pressure too. Many powerful creatures adapted to it too. Guinness and Bliss for example. They are a Battlewolf and a Divine Monarch."

Tomura just stared at the girl as they continued on.

"A question though......are you able to use.......magic?"

"Took you that long, huh?" Kero snipped.

Izumi scolded the plushie, and nodded. "Yeah, it's the Power of the Midori Cards."
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After 3 days without interruption from the Shadowkhan, despite some difficulty, the group arrived at the Horse Valley where Sekaiko is resting.

But then, Guinness growled as he sensed something coming.

"The Bat Khan. Kiiro is here."

"We'll hold them off, you get to Sekaiko, she's about to give birth." Bliss said.

Izumi nodded and took Tomura with her.

The Herac Beast saw them coming and was about to growl when Izumi bowed. "I mean no harm. I just want to be sure you and your child are ok."

Sekaiko stared for a bit, but relaxed.

Izumi got Aroma to help the expecting mother, no going back now.

"Tomura, make sure no Bat Khan gets near."

"No need to tell me." He said as he dusted some already.

After a while, Kiiro appeared.

He was about to target the mother when his wings were dusted by Tomura and he got bitten apart by Guinness.

Thankfully, they did it in time too.

A new Herac was born, a healthy female too.

Izumi knew it was Hera.

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Three Onis down, 7 to go.