Chapter 2283 Departure

Chapter 2283 Departure

Eventually, he completed all his social calls soon enough, having spoken to everyone he needed and was obligated to. He was glad to see that they were doing well and alive, more importantly.

Once that was done, his attention immediately shifted to the matter regarding Master K'Mala. It wasn't long before he procured an intelligence packet from the Martial Union regarding all the developments that had occurred in the G'ak'arkan Tribe and Vilun Island since his departure from the place many years ago.

The developments had been interesting, to say the least.

"So she either wiped out or assimilated all the tribes on the island after breaking through?" Rui raised an eyebrow. "That's disturbing."

It was nothing short of genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Then again, that was par for the course, he supposed. The tribes on that island had a gruesome warring culture with each other. The concept of human rights and other things was something that they fundamentally did not possess, harboring significantly different views on life and death.

The reports and records of the Martial Union talked about how, soon after breaking through, she slaughtered all enemy Martial Seniors effortlessly. Wiping out all those who could possibly threaten her newfound dominance.

The reports detailed how, even after the enemy tribes of the island surrendered to her, she killed all the men, sparing only the women and the children, who were then assimilated into the G'ak'arkan Tribe. Essentially, she had eliminated war in the Vilun Island by eliminating anybody to war with. "Well, looks like I changed the future of the island forever." Rui heaved a sigh as he read through the reports, struggling to reconcile what he was reading with the woman he had known twenty years ago. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Of course, twenty years was a long time. Who knew what had happened on the island over the course of that period?

Still, the K'Mala that he knew was the least aggressive Martial Artist in the G'ak'arkan, she was also the most thoughtful out of all of them. Yet, her actions after she broke through to the Master Realm were a departure from what he remembered of her. "Wait, after she broke through to the Master Realm...?" His eyebrow rose. "Could it be...?"

"Just the two of us?" Master Ceeran raised an eyebrow. He was packed more heavily, anticipating to spend some time there than Rui did in pursuit of good inspiration and source of his new technique.

"Don't see why not," Rui replied nonchalantly. "We can travel much faster if it is just the two of us. Let's go."

"...Alright."

BADUMP!

Their Martial Hearts blazed into power.

WHOOSH!

The two of them shot to the sky as Rui activated Greater Phantomind to cover them with misdirection-derived stealth. He didn't want to let people track him easily, after all. Although he was willing to face assassinations head-on, he was not willing to make it easy for them. Regardless, the two of them shot through the sky unimpeded as they headed East. Rui had long memorized the path to Vilun Island in his Mind Palace. Thus, navigation was no issue at all.

They soared past the port town of Farund, heading into the Great Nam Ocean at top speed. The salty humidity of the ocean and the cool wind blowing from afar prickled their skin while the odor of the ocean wafted in the air.

"Let's pick up the pace," Rui remarked. "I don't want to remain at sea for too long. Let's get to land before our Martial Hearts run out."

The two of them activated their Martial Minds, blazing through the sky as they headed towards Vilun Island.

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