"Exactly. And if you're not here when he returns, he might disappear again."
Dominic forced himself to calm his growing anxiety and decided to accept Louis's advice.
The place where Shiao Yi jumped to was the same forest where he had first appeared in this world. There was no trace left of Doshaguma, the one who had tried to attack him and was then taken down by Dominic. Most likely, some magical beast living in the forest had already devoured the body.
Even now, he could feel the presence of living creatures moving in the distance—and sometimes closer. The forest at night was a dangerous place where wild animals roamed freely.
Teleportation, as a general rule, had to target a known location or a recognized individual.
If someone tried to appear in an unknown spot, there was no telling if the place was safe to survive in—or if it might be inside another living being, inside solid ground, a rock, or a block of metal with no open space at all.
