Chapter 387 - Consulate continued (1/2)

*Crack*

Another branch broke under Hao Xuan's feet. They had been walking through the foggy hills for about 10 minutes straight. The visibility was horrible and he could only see about 3 meters ahead. There was no other sound around them, not wind, not a single bug, nothing.

It was an eerie kind of silence.

”How much further is it?” Hao Xuan inquired.

Ryfon stopped and looked around. He broke off a leaf from a nearby tree and examined it carefully before throwing it away.

”Just a couple of minutes,” he said before continuing on.

With a sigh Hao Xuan also followed after with heavy steps but Ryfon spoke up again not long after.

”We can talk about something if you're bored.”

Hao Xuan wasn't really in a mood to chit chat but he still wanted to know a few things in detail so he decided to accept the offer.

”The tournament then. Tell me the details. Cornelia told me the history and gave a rough overview so just tell me exact details. What should I expect?”

”Ah, yes, forgot about that haha,” Ryfon rubbed the back of his head embarrassedly.

”Well, this tournament is taking place on a new world excavated from deep space. It was excavated by the personal army of one of the ancients that were out doing something else and happened upon it by accident. So the ancient decided to use for the tournament.”

”The world already has a native population of its own so it's not just our people there. The rules of the tournament aren't that simple and have many different factors that count towards winning so I won't go into them.”

”But basically, this is supposed to be seen as both as a training and a test for the Academy, the Temple, and the Hall. Because at the end whoever wins the tournament gets to actually keep the entire world as their own, so its a pretty big deal.”

”Now for the details. Each of the three big powers has sent a mobile city to the world already. The cities are located on the backs of gargantuan tamed Ether beasts called 'Atsu'. These beasts aren't the same as normal ones and are able to read and follow the flow of spiritual energy of the world naturally, leading to treasures of all kinds.”

”Unless told otherwise, they will continue to do so without stop. Now the members of each power have a few duties to undertake. Numer one, they must protect their Atsu from other beasts and even other powers that would want to do harm to it. This includes the native beasts and creatures as well as the ones that go from our world.”