After wrapping up business at O.N.E Universal Trading, Asher headed straight to the Inter-world Portal hub.
No one gave him special treatment here. He wasn't some bigshot. Just another face in the queue.
The portal area looked like a massive airport, except with rows of circular gates instead of terminals.
Each gate pulsed with soft, glowing light, forming smooth rings large enough to drive a truck through.
They were color-coded, each connecting to different cities across Agath.
Dozens of signs hovered above the gates, displaying names in multiple alien scripts.
Hundreds of people moved between them, giving a sense of how huge this planet really was.
Asher scanned the portal names. Most didn't matter—he wasn't here as a tourist. He knew the longer it took to reach the center of the universe, the longer Lucy and the others would be stuck waiting for him.
