Vol 8 Chapter 26 (1/2)

Book 8, The Ten Thousand Kilometer Journey – Chapter 26, Mutual Trust

There were no stars in the night sky, nor was there a moon

Linley and the Arch Magus necromancer, Zassler, the Blackcloud Panther, Haeru, and Bebe h the secluded alleyway At this time, Linley returned to his human form

“Crackle—”

Linley’s ripped and torn pants were instantly consumed by flame And then, with a flip of the hand, Linley retrieved yet another pair of pants as well as a for black shi+rt In the blink of an eye, Linley redressed himself

“Oh, this Linley kid is even reen eyes stared at Linley How could Zassler not knohat had just happened? Linley clearly had an interspatial ring

He, Zassler, had an interspatial ring of his own as well

Over four hundred years ago, in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, when he was collecting undead slaves, he had accidentally raised a half-shattered skeleton that had been dead for who kno er, there was an interspatial ring

At the time, Zassler had been wildly overjoyed

Based on his observations of the surroundings, Zassler guessed that this skeleton ical beasts countless thousands of years ago, and then crawled into a deep valley where it had died of its heavy injuries But after thousands of years, the local geography had changed and the valley had been sealed off

As an 800+ year old Arch Magus necromancer, it was understandable for hiWhere did he acquire one?

“Let’shimself and let out a quiet order

“Linley, I find h was so very sinister

Linley glanced at him sideways “Zassler, remember In the future, without my permission, you are not to call me by my real name Just call me ‘Ley’”

Zassler’s eyebroitched “I understand You are afraid your identity will be revealed”

Actually, Linley’s name was a relatively famous one in the O’Brien Empire as well But this was primarily in the field of sculpture Sculpture aficionados knew a great deal about Linley A sixteen year old as able to carve a sculpture on the level of the Ten Masterpieces? How could they not be filled with admiration towards him?

Unfortunately, Zassler, that old philistine, had no interest in sculpture

They hurried along the way

“Where are we going?” Zassler asked quietly while h rate of movement

“Outside the city” Linley said calmly

“But this isn’t the direction of the city gate, is it?” Zassler asked suspiciously

“Must we leave the city by the city gate?” Linley glanced at Zassler, who immediately understood what Linley meant

“But it isn’t ten o’clock at night yet The city gates haven’t shut yet We absolutely can depart by the city gates if ish” Zassler objected

“I’m not certain of the forces which the Radiant Church has in the prefectural city of Cerre Perhaps they have people planted ao by that route…it’s possible that they will recognize you After all, aside from those six experts from the headquarters of the Radiant Church, there are others who have seen you today and knew that you were heading towards that residence” Linley said calmly

Zassler nodded

On the way to being locked into the residence, there had indeed been another group of people within the residence, all of whom clearly were the Radiant Church’s people in the prefectural city of Cerre Originally, there were servants there to serve Lampson and the others as well

But Lampson was extremely careful He was afraid of the possibility that these people had been infiltrated, and thus all of the servants had been sent away

Linley and Zassler quickly arrived at the high city walls Those twenty-h to render Zassler speechless

“There’s no way I can get over” Zassler was quite blunt

He was an Arch Magus necrohter of the third rank But for hih as impossible

“Haeru” Linley looked at his Blackcloud Panther

“Grooooowl” This two , handsous necromancer Zassler with his cold eyes

“Ride on Haeru’s back” Linley instructed

Zassler no longer hesitated, i on Haeru’s neck, Bebe also gave Zassler a challenging look Zassler, however, didn’t dare contend against these two ical beasts

He had clearly seen the results of that battle just then Given his judgment, he could clearly tell that both the black Shadowical beasts of the ninth rank Without having his undead us necroical beasts of the ninth rank

“Let’s go”

With a leap, Linley flew into the air like an arrow, vaulting over thirtypast the wall and landing on the other side

“Swoosh” With a hty bound, Haeru transformed into a black blur and easily leapt past the twenty-h city wall

On the wild grass outside the city

“Whoah This panther is quite fast” Zassler clutched his chest, letting out a shocked breath As he spoke, he dismounted

“Stay on” Linley io back now”

Linley immediately executed the ‘Supersonic’ spell on himself Linley quickly hurried towards theiras fast as the wind, but Haeru easily maintained pace with him

Scant minutes later, Zassler and Linley arrived at the mountain valley

“Starting today, you will live here If you want to leave, it’s best if you change your appearance first” Linley said cals, Zassler nodded with satisfaction “I like secluded areas This place is very ”

That very night, Linley built a wooden room for Zassler as well