Chapter 665 - I Can Hear You! (1/2)

Xiria, obviously, was confused over what just happened. She saw Rean appear for a moment, bid farewell, and leave. She knew that Rean had to come back to where Roan was since she was in Sumeri's room during that time.

Even though that was the case, she still could not help but think, 'Still, why does it feel like something is different?' After all, Rean and Qia seemed to be ready to stay apart for a very long time.

Another thing was that this was the first time she saw Agis. Frandin's appearance had also changed once he came out of the Dimensional Realm. Well, the part where Frandin was using a different appearance didn't surprise Xiria. The same could be said for Calina, Qia, and Malaka. After all, Gian told everyone that he couldn't talk about his identity from the very start. Using another face made total sense in that context.

”Gian, you actually had one more human in your group,” said Xiria as she looked at Agis.

Frandin nodded, replying, ”Yes. He was the last member of my group. Well, you'll see him a lot from now on, so there's no point in keeping him hidden.” Following that, Frandin changed the topic as he said, ”By the way, you don't need to call me Gian anymore. You already have taken the poison, so I can trust you with my real name at the very least. You can call me Frandin from now on.”

Xiria nodded, still feeling a bit lost over everything that was happening. However, the next thing that happened truly surprised her.

*Clack, clack, clack...*

One by one, Agis and the others removed their slave collars.

”Sigh...these fake collars are seriously annoying. It feels like someone is grasping my neck all the time,” Malaka complained.

Calina and Qia agreed with her as one of them responded, ”Indeed. Well, make sure to keep them since we might need to enter a city again.”

Agis then came forward and asked everyone, ”Shall we go, then? The next city on the map should be Havares. However, I would rather avoid that one and head to the one after that. We need to make sure that we're as far as possible from Vanesi before the Soul Rulers arrive. After all, we don't have Rean and Roan's Dimensional Realm.”

Frandin agreed with Agis, saying, ”That's true. On the other hand, we have a lot of Spirit Stones now. We can totally avoid all cities in this country and head straight to the next.”

Eventually, Xiria couldn't hold her curiosity anymore, asking, ”Ahem...what's happening here? Why do I feel like the way your humans are treating you is different now, Gia- I mean, Frandin? Also, what about those fake collars? Could it be that you trust them that much that they don't need it?” In fact, she quite admired it since it proved that Frandin truly liked humans, just like her clan.

Frandin couldn't help but laugh out loud as he replied, ”Hahaha! My humans? They had never been my humans to start with. They're just my companions. By the way, it seems like you haven't checked their cultivations with your Spiritual Sense yet. Why don't you give it a try?”

Xiria was taken aback for a moment before she spread her Spiritual Sense. At the very next moment, she looked like she had seen a ghost.

”Co-Core Formation and Co-Core and Soul Fusion!”

Calina and the others didn't try to hide their cultivation, so even Xiria could see it with her Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation. As expected, she was shocked by that sight, prompting her to ask, ”Wh-What's happening here?”

Frandin then put a hand on her shoulder, saying, ”Hahaha! Don't worry, you will get used to it.”

Following that, he explained, ”Do you remember when I said that this journey would be very dangerous? This is one of the reasons. There are other problems as well. Then again, you'll come to understand it as time passes.”

Xiria couldn't help but ask, ”Are you...really a member of the Celestial Lands?” Sure enough, that question appeared, and it surprisingly did not take long to arise.

However, Frandin just shrugged his shoulders while replying, ”Have I ever told you that I was part of a Celestial Land?”

Sure enough, Frandin was right. Indeed, he had never said he was part of a Celestial Land to the members of the Asume Clan, not even once. The only ones who got that excuse were the Imperial Guards, or to be more specific, Firmel and Clad.

Immediately, Xiria felt like her clan had been fooled, asking, ”What do you intend to do with me?”

”Nothing,” said everyone as they answered Xiria's question in unison.

Naturally, that made Xiria confused again. What did they mean by nothing?

Frandin then took a bottle with a pill, the same one Xiria had a few days ago, before giving it to Xiria as he said, ”Here you go. This bottle has a pill that can completely cure your poison. Well, you probably know that already.”

Following that, he pointed in a certain direction as he continued, ”If you follow that path, you will eventually arrive back in the city. After that, you can simply head back to your normal life.”

Frandin then moved to everyone else's side and continued, ”However! There is one thing I didn't lie to you about. You can definitely become much stronger, far surpassing any of the geniuses of your clan. As long as you follow us and not die, I can guarantee you that much. Remember, great dangers are always followed by great rewards.”

None of Frandin's group did anything. Xiria seemed like a nice Zasfin, so they had no intention of making things difficult for her now that they already got what they wanted. If she wanted to give up, she had the freedom to do that.