Chapter 28: A Reunion That Isn't At All Romantic

Chapter 28: A Reunion That Isn't At All Romantic

Beneath the seaberry tree, Yaine, wielding her staff in one hand, raised her other hand in front of her where a clump of pure, clear water floated.

The water constantly changed shape, at times forming regular polyhedra, other times crystallizing, sometimes clustering, sometimes dispersing.

"This is... pure elemental spirit?" Liu Ji recited the complicated term using incantation.

Yaine nodded as she took Liu Ji's hand, made him spread his palm, and placed the water cluster in it.

The water cluster indeed floated in Liu Ji's hand, continuously changing and fluctuating along with him.

Staring at the strange water cluster, Liu Ji gulped.

Can this thing... really be eaten? It wouldn't cause indigestion or puncture my stomach, right?

He tried poking the water cluster. It was soft, like regular water, and his fingers easily passed through.

Hmm... Looks to be harmless.

Seeing Liu Ji study the pure water spirit like a child, Yaine grinned and started to think about teaching him more about pure elemental spirits.

But her daydream was interrupted when she saw Liu Ji bring his hand up and open his mouth wide.

"No, you..." Yaine reached out, but before she could say anything, Liu Ji's mouth had already enveloped the water cluster and swallowed it with a gulp.

Yaine was stunned. It wasn't just Yaine; Osar, who had just got down from the tree, was equally dumbfounded.

"D-did... he just eat pure elemental spirit?" Osar asked, wide-eyed. "Heck, is that thing even edible?"

"I-it isn't inedible, it's just a cluster of water, but... I've never seen anyone eat it!" Yaine was at a loss. "He's not a three-year-old child! Who would have thought?"

Meanwhile, Liu Ji smacked his lips and thought to himself, Why doesn't this water element have any taste...

No, taste doesn't matter, what's important is...

Oh! There it is! It's here!

Liu Ji felt that impulse!

He glanced at Yaine, smiled, and responded to the impulse.

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Mervant moved rapidly.

In just 30 or so minutes, he had left the elite squad far behind, their silhouettes no longer visible. Not that they were chasing him; they were merely maintaining their regular marching pace.

However, the further he flew, the more uncertain he felt. With his senses fully extended, he detected more of the Tyrant’s minions' presence ahead, but these presences were faint as if they were already dead.

The question was, why were they dead? Could Calidora and the others have defeated them? If so, why had the link between them disappeared? Could Calidora be injured, perhaps so severely that her presence was almost undetectable?

Or maybe they had found a way to hide? How long could they hide in this desert? Would they have enough supplies? Could they have been without water and food for days?

Various worrisome thoughts crowded his mind, making him extremely anxious. All he could do was move faster, and faster still...

And then, city walls suddenly appeared before him.

Or rather, not directly in front, but about a hundred or so meters away. But at Mervant's current speed, whether it was a hundred or two hundred meters made no difference from if it were right in his face.

Despite reacting immediately and attempting to brake, his high-speed travel caused him to crash straight into the wall.

Accompanying a loud boom was a large hole in the city walls.

The three people sitting in the terrace of a watchtower, sipping tea, were startled and jumped at the sudden noise.

"Hmm? Strange, have the pesky flies arrived so quickly?" Myza turned to look. "Eh? No, it seems to be a person..."

"A person?" Calidora's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly leaned her head out.

Seeing the familiar figure shakily rise from the dust, she froze for two seconds, rubbed her eyes, and then froze again for another two seconds.

Then, she abruptly leaped straight off the watchtower.

Her white dragon wings unfolded behind her, and she traced a graceful arc in the air before diving into the arms of the figure.

Mervant, still dizzy from his collision with the wall, was immediately struck by a secondary impact.