Chapter 323: New Year

Chapter 323: New Year

Two weeks passed too quickly. Miles sighed as he looked at his family. Rayen was in his embrace with her eyes teary, while others were seeing him off at the door.

On New Year's Eve, his family, as always, dined together. The food was as good as he remembered. Adam also visited and they talked about many things.

After dinner, they exchanged gifts. Miles had already prepared gifts for all of them.

For Mercer, he purchased rare monkey wine that can rarely be found in Portal World. It cost him quite a lot of merit points. For Malcolm, he composed the technique he learned from Seven Finger Death Punch. Although it was only to Form-Rank, as of now, it was still a strong battle art.

For his mother, he purchased a pre-invasion painting with a woman barely smiling on it. Miles was quite dense when it came to the art, but the seller said it was a masterpiece back in the time.

For Merlin and Marcela, he forged rings with barrier elements. Although their tiers were low, because of his level, they were still protective items. Both of them had better barrier elemental items on them all the time, but it wouldnt hurt to carry a small protective ring as well.

For Adam, he successfully planted the tree he brought from the alien world. It was still a sapling, but it was growing anyway. It was one of a kind, so Adam liked it very much.

Rayen didnt have any money and was still too shy to accept it from Evelyn. Her gift was an amulet she made herself. Miles accepted gladly and patted her head.

Adams was research on botany. Miles was interested in plants lately, and his interests only increased after he saw the trees in the alien world. His uncles gifts were also his notes about some of the plants that could be located in Portal World. He was grateful for that.

Kenway also gave him the techniques he perfected. His family and friends knew orbs and weapons were useless without personal strength, so instead of covering him with protective bubbles, they all chose to make him stronger. He wouldn't like it any other way.

After the new year, he still had a week. He met with Carl and Mae again for a quick meal. They exchanged some of the things they learned and chatted for a while and promised to meet again if Miles could come again.

Later, he met with Cale and other soldiers he met last time. They once again spent the day chatting and hanging out. Cale still invited him after that, and they met with Quinn and Lucy. Lucy was also Form-Rank now, and she was in the same stronghold with Quinn once again. Although Quinn wanted to create the hunting team once again, she wasnt the post commander anymore, and she couldnt.

The new stronghold they were in was Merlin's. Since he was there for such a long time, he had a team of his own. Quinn wanted to lead a hunting party of her own but she also wanted to hunt with Merlin. Thus she could only give up on creating her own and join Merlin's.

Miles also heard that Porseila wanted to join their team, but was kindly refused by Merlin. Quinn didn't like Porseila, nor did Merlin. Although Quinn said it only agitated her more, she couldn't care less.