Teleportation, Level Up, and Hard Choice

"Anath?" Rael called out, causing her to halt.

"...Rael? Where did you go? I've been looking for you for the past hour... I thought you left me," Anath replied, trembling slightly.

"Well... you weren't exactly too far away from the city, so I'm sure you would have found your way there eventually," Rael remarked.

She sent him a small glare. "And what if I had walked to the neighboring kingdom?"

"Then you'd just have shit luck, Anath," Rael replied, walking up to her. "Anyhow, ready to be teleported?"

"Huh...? You weren't kidding?" Anath asked, puzzled.

"Of course not. I'm a man of my word. Most of the time, anyway," Rael said, then suddenly picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder. "Are you ready?"

She seemed surprised, but still nodded. "Uh... yes—!?"

Before she could even finish her words, Rael kicked off the ground, covering a distance of several kilometers in a single step.