Chapter 349 - Choose (1/2)

”Why were we lucky to find one at this time? Don't they have more than one ship there?”

Jin Wang shook his head, ”I mean lucky to find room. Each of these ships is sold out months before it leaves for the journey to the Academy.”

”Then how did you get us onboard? Don't tell me you..snuck us on??” Hao Xuan whispered the last few words with a deep frown. Was this why he wanted to be away from everyone to talk?

Jin Wang let out a wry smile, ”I wish. You see those four over there?” he pointed at Alte and company in the distance.

Hao Xuan followed his line of sight and nodded, ”Yeah. Why?”

”Well, we're kind of their servants at the moment. That's how we got on board. Those 4 are the personal guards of Princess Ceni, the youngest princess of the Edda Kingdom, which is where we came from. I paid everything I had to this guy I met, he is close to that fatty Vasu. He was the one who told Ceni that we were ex-slaves running from our masters.”

”So if someone asks, tell them that. I told them our real names so don't worry about that. Just act...you know...like an ex-slave..” Jin Wang shrugged.

”Also I need money. We're broke and there's still a week left till we get to Sollertia. So unless you wanna share a room with 4 other sweaty guys, fork out some dough so I can buy a room from one of the other people.”

Hao Xuan looked back at him blankly before nodding, ”Gime a few mins, I'll get the money. I have to check out my Mind Palace first, something strange is going on in there. Keep guard while I do that.”

”Aight, go ahead.”

Jin Wang moved a few steps back while Hao Xuan grabbed a hold of the barrier and closed his eyes, appearing in the central Mind Palace.

As soon as he stepped inside, the reason for that strange feeling became apparent.

His main mind palace which was originally just a few dozen meters in size had gotten a 'bit' bigger. The design and the layout was still the same, with a body of water surrounding the outside of the palace. The only difference was that it was now more than 500 meters in size and there was a dense spiritual energy everywhere.

He felt like he had stepped into a giant hall where the ceiling wasn't even visible anymore. There were shimmering purple and golden symbols moving around on the walls non-stop.

In the middle of the hall was a crowd waiting for him. All of them stood up at once, other than one man. This was the 201st person and the one that was able to channel that person spirit.

He had long white hair covering the entire front of the face as he slumped against one of the walls listlessly.

”Master!” Bo was the first one to run up to Hao Xuan followed by Ensis and the others. The 200 young Orc men and women simply stared at them from afar, not knowing what to do or say.

”Yeah yeah calm dow-” Hao Xuan waved at the excited Bo who was about to burst into tears but two rays of light suddenly shot towards his shoulders, one Black, and one White. The little snakes snuggled against his neck lovingly, using the top of their heads to affectionately rub against him.