Chapter 1155: Departure

Chapter 1155: Departure



"Will we ever see you?"

"Can you please come back at least?"

Aqua and Rose were constantly swimming around us, asking for us to come back quickly. They

were sure going to miss us, maybe miss me more than the rest, but yeah.

"Sorry, no promises, girls," I said. "Erm, also don't wait for us... or me, get married to someone else if possible, alright?"

"Ugh..."

"Really?"

Are these girls for real?

"Yes, really! Anyways, farewell, take care, okay? I'll open a Shadow Portal here only I can access, so if I ever come back, it'll be through here," I said. "I do plan to start doing some trading between your nation and my village, maybe make a connection with the dwarves as well."

"So you're coming back!"

"Alrighto!"

They were pumped up, but I just decided to ignore these mermaid princesses, our worlds were too different, and I would prefer if they remained living their leisure lives down here.

"Please wait, as a last gift, we would like to give you this," the King said. "You've slain the King of the Depths, so the least we could do is gift you half of our treasury!"

Suddenly, a gigantic carriage brought a huge pile of gold, jewels and treasures, there were also many weapons included into the pile.

"M-More things?!" asked Lucifer. "Oi this is too much, you're going to fall into poverty like this!"

"Poverty?" wondered the Queen. "Well, we don't do trading with anybody, so this is mostly useless... We are rather self-sustained after all."

"Unbelievable..." I sighed. "Okay, if you insist, I'll take some of that!"

I didn't hesitate at the end, taking what they offered, it was better and less insulting to take and accept their generosity instead of just rejecting it. I opened a portal to my inventory, and everything got sucked inside.

"Maria! Isn't this excessive? I don't feel right taking advantage of their generosity..." Lucifer was perhaps too nice at times.

"Worry not honey, they'll be fine," I said. "I left them some protection. Look."

He looked into the seas surrounding the city's bubble, realizing there were a few thousand undead sea monsters, most at S Rank and above.

The Rabbit-kin also looked oddly different now, most of them had white and gold fur rings around their brown fur, and their eyes held a celestial, golden gleam to them.

What did happen here while I was gone?!

"It's Lady Maria!"

"She's finally back!"

"Welcome back, everyone!"

"She's back, she's back!"

"She has brought many friends!"

"New people? So many new faces!"

"Surprising..."

The people quickly ran out to greet us, all kinds of people. I couldn't see any goblin anymore other than the youngest children. Everyone else had fully evolved into something beyond

Hobgoblins.

"Hello everyone! Hi!" I greeted them. "I'm back! Just to chill for a bit."

As the people clamored our return, I heard some familiar voices.

"Oh, lady Maria!"

"Auntieee!"

"She's here... Finally!"

"It has been quite some time."

I was greeted by three green-skinned people, former goblins, and friends of mine, and also

two rabbit-kin people, also friends of mine.

They were all people I once rescued, a long while ago, before everything truly began, when I

had yet to even pick a place where I could stay.

Old friends...