572 Telensu Town Part 1 (1/2)

The formation of the army could not be delayed, but Saleen could not stay behind either. He had to go to Holy Rock City. Saleen had already made a promise to Joey, and now that he had hopes of becoming a sorcerer, he would be in hot water if he still did not go.

Everything there had to be left to Lex. The defense of Metatrin City would be left to Jola while the formation of a new army would be left to Daniel. This sort of delegation was related to Daniel's profession too. In the event that a war erupted a death mage would have an endless supply of resources. Deploying Daniel onto the battlefield would not affect his training.

Daniel was born in the Tanggulasi Empire, he would not be attached to Qin. He would not have any psychological barriers when attacking Phoenix either. Even if Daniel was sent to invade the Tanggulasi Empire, would be very exhilarated, Qin would be no problem.

After enduring for five days and delegating all the tasks Saleen came to the port to look for the winged skeleton when he felt that Fycro might not be surveilling him anymore.

At the moment, there were no humans aboard the pan's turtle alchemical boat, everyone onboard were spirits. The scent of death was so thick in the alchemy ship. If Saleen was not the winged skeleton's owner he might have already died from all that poison a short while after boarding the ship.

Setting the coordinates on the map, Saleen instructed the winged skeleton to travel to a small port in eastern Qin to lay low and await his news. Fortunately, the winged skeleton was a spirit, so he would not get bored no matter how long he waited. Only by fixing a position could Saleen use a sound transmission magic array to communicate with the winged skeleton.

Saleen left the port and went to the southern garden where he told Sika of his itinerary. Sika did not insist on following Saleen, she only warned Saleen not to hook up with the female mage. She herself also had to stay behind to manage the newly joined Caucasus people. More than fifty-thousand Caucasus people were depending on Saleen, most of them were young and strong. Other than the trusted guards Sika had selected, most of the people were living in the southern part of the city. They did not enter the center of Metatrin City.

The Caucasus region had fully crumbled as Loulan was in battle. There was an estimated fifty-thousand more Caucasus people who would arrive. Sika really could not leave.

This time around, Saleen neither brought along Sika nor Nailisi to Holy Rock City. Su might be powerful, but Saleen's coordination with him was poor. Saleen brought along Cuisi because of that. Cuisi's abilities were definitely mightier than Nailisi. Cuisi had entered the central temple and signed the goddess' contract, so their lives were intertwined.

Saleen threw the sleeping Tourmaline at Sika, ”This thing cannot be brought along, who knows when it will begin growing rapidly. Someone needs to be there to give it guidance.”

Narnia had been assigned to Saleen. Saleen was going to learn the customs and knowledge about the fourth dynasty from her.

Another person traveling with Saleen was Aini.

Aini's body had grown faster than Saleen's, he was already a tall and masculine youth. After getting rid of his illness, he had recuperated well. He did not look like a death mage at all. He had unusual close combat abilities, Aini could be considered a freak among mages.

This trip to Holy Rock City was to be done in Aini's name, Saleen was basically planning to fetch Aini's parents. Of the four big families, he was only assured of Aini's Clyde family. He did not even bid farewell to Irene before leaving. In the days when Saleen was not in Metatrin, the Clyde family had given him much assistance. The assistance was a form of investment. At the same time it showed that the Clyde family had great foresight.

When Saleen was in need the Clyde family would rather lose money and help Saleen build his city. Saleen still hoped that Aini's parents would come to Metatrin, otherwise Aini would never have peace of mind. The moment Safilos started eyeing the Clyde family his parents living in Holy Rock City would be in danger.

The winged skeleton set off from the port stealthily. He went to the eastern sea to wait for Saleen's news, while Saleen's team set off from the west exit of Metatrin, advancing towards Phoenix Duchy.

This time around, they could not travel in the magic war chariot. The chariot's capability was unquestionable, but it had too high a consumption. Not only did it deplete magic nuclei, it also required constant repair. If it was brought to Holy Rock City and it caught the attention of the powerful figures there, should Saleen hand it over or not?

The straight line distance from Metatrin City to Phoenix measured more than one-thousand miles. About two-hundred miles west there was a newly built city which had not taken shape yet. Passing through the mountains from this location before veering southwest, they would be able to reach Phoenix Duchy after walking about two-thousand miles.

The size of Saleen's team was not small. In order to be inconspicuous this team was in fact packaged as a light merchant convoy.

Traveling with Saleen was another team from the Rolande family with a total of ten large chariots. This time around, the Rolande family was transporting a batch of level-4 magic nuclei and hundreds of sets of armor. Since Metatrin City possessed premium steel ores the Rolande family had crafted equipment in Metatrin before selling it to Qin.