1008 Agreement 2 (1/2)
The City of Nagadako.
Numerous flying ships were soaring through the sky, constantly circling between the volcanos' craters.
One of the silver-white flying ships had four enormous jet ports at its bottom and was constantly emitting red flames at tremendous speed, pushing the flying ship to fly at an inhuman speed.
A white flying dragon was carved on the surface of this particular flying ship.
Inside the flying ship, a few young people were dressed in silver uniforms with a flying dragon symbol printed on their cuffs. They were seated around a large round table, playing some sort of three-dimensional sand table game.
”Liz, aren't you going to join us?” A baby-faced young man was playing the table game while glancing at a beautiful girl in the corner working on the computer.
Liz shook her head. ”Remember the last time we were here, it was with two of my friends whom I just met. I wonder how they are now.”
She sighed.
”Friend? I don't recall you mentioning before, haven't they enter different sects already?” The young lad responded with interest.
”Yeah…they were so much stronger than me back then,” Liz said softly.
”So which sect were they recruited in? Do share.” The young lad questioned.
”I'm sure they've entered a strong sect, but our Dragon Light Sect isn't bad either!” A young girl playing the game pouted.
Liz smiled and kept quiet.
”Why not we ask them out this time if we're free, maybe we can meet and get to know each other?” The young man fondled his chin and suggested. ”Just a day out to relax and make friends, what do you guys think?”
”Forget it, our aim this time is to purchase materials, let's just finish the quest before even thinking about going out to play. Furthermore, this is a great opportunity to try out for Level Four. If we miss this chance, I'm afraid it'll be very hard for us to get another chance.” Liz shook her head.
”Alright then, it's all up to you,” The young man replied amiably.
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Boom!
Far away in the mountains, one of the black caves suddenly exploded from the inside, pieces of rocks and sand exploded into the air.
Tiny silver stars were shooting outwards, forming a gigantic Nebula Vortex approximately ten meters wide in the air.
”Hahahaha!!! I've finally broken through!” A dark figure laughed madly as he walked slowly out from the cave. It was Accord, who entered the Star Cloud Sect back then.
His inborn talent was much stronger than Garen's. Now that he had received proper training from a big sect like Star Cloud Sect, it was like letting a fish back into the water - he was in his own element.
”Brother Accord, you only managed to break through the Half-Moon Level of resonance, is there the need to be this boastful?” A man with a feminine voice could be heard far away.
”Hey, how long did it take for Senior Brother Quinton to break through the Half-Moon level of resonance? Why not tell me that?” Accord snorted towards the echo from the West.
”If only you weren't that valued by the master…”
”You've stayed in the division for so many years yet none of the masters is willing to regard you in a different light, who can you blame for that?” Accord said bluntly. ”Stop being enigmatic. I'll be leading a team to the Ninth District Star Cloud Void Battlefields soon, you can try and make a move if you want to.”
The voice grunted coldly and died down, no longer to be heard.
Accord's expression gradually returned to normal.
The Star Cloud sect had one of the cruelest competition systems and was known as the toughest one yet among all the other sects. High-leveled disciples could even bully and exploited the low-leveled disciples' monthly income. If one was unable to seek a strong protection, one would have no hope and may even be sent out of the sect straight away.
Under such circumstances, Accord worked very hard to climb to the top. He practically had no time and energy to rest, all his time was spent trying to breakthrough.
He contacted Garen occasionally…they both had each other as the few friends back in Nagadako.
In a sect like Star Cloud, one need not hope to have true friends. Because of that, although Garen and Liz were not as talented as him, he did not look down on them in any sort of way. All just so that he could maintain a form of non-beneficial friendship.
Thinking about it, he opened his Energy Machine Imprint and looked at the contact panel. Both Garen and Liz had their avatars lighted up, which meant that he could contact them now.
”Liz, Garen, you there?” He straight away contacted them through the Energy Machine Imprint's long-distance contact call.
”Accord? Are you out?” Liz answered first. ”I heard that you retreated to cultivate sometime earlier on, that's why I didn't dare to disturb you. How are you now? Did you manage to break through Level Five?”
Accord hesitated -- he had actually been hiding something from the both of them. He had long gone past Level Five and was now trying to break through the resonance stage. If he went out this time around and manage to kill that fellow, he would acquire the Thunder Liquid and move one step forward to finally reach Full-Moon Level!
But he was worried this would widen the status gap between him and the other two, some things might eventually deteriorate because of it. Moreover, existing in such a toxic environment such as Star Cloud made him appreciate this pure friendship formed by chance.
”Not yet, I failed…” Accord decided to not reveal his actual situation.
”It's alright, just try harder next time, we're still young, there's still plenty of chances to go again!” Garen's voice sounded suddenly. ”You're the most talented one among us, Accord, don't forget us when you're out there mixing around next time.”