"Te...Tea...?" Herbert's mouth twitched. They are in the Mist Library! They can finally find the secret behind the centurions' powers. And yet, Roan is here, brewing so tea. That wasn't all. Rean, Rifindio, and Kentucky were all sitting at the table, leisurely waiting for Roan.
It goes without saying that those looking from above and the few who entered by foot all looked at that with as much bewildernt as Herbert and his clan mbers. Is this truly a place to make tea? Why would he do that?
Roan completely ignored everyone and continued brewing his tea before he finally began to distribute it. "Careful. It's hot."
"Thanks..." Rifindio took so, and so did Rean and Kentucky. Roan also poured so for Herbert, who didn't know what to do. It was then that Roan patted Herbert's shoulder, sending his Divine Sense through the touch to talk to the man. 'Look at all of those following us. It seems like no one knows where to go. Thus, they are all following the bookmark owners.'
'However,' Roan continued. 'That also applies to Xesht and the other three. They aren't getting away from each other or from us, afraid that so of us know sothing they don't. In this manner, we are all moving together without saying anything. For what? We don't need all of those experts on our tail. That said, let's stop and drink so tea. I want to see how long everyone will be able to hold themselves back and wait for us to move.'
Herbert finally understood Roan's plan. Indeed, that was a very simple yet extrely efficient way to get rid of all of those demon beasts, spirits, and humanoids. The rewards that await them could determine their future in the cultivation world, so how long can they truly wait here?'
'But...' Herbert answered. 'That also applies to us, doesn't it?'
At that mont, Herbert noticed the mistake of his words. 'I'm an idiot...'
Right after, he sat down, waved to his clan mbers, and smiled at them. "All of you, sit down as well."
*Sip...*
Herbert drank a little bit of the tea and had to admit it was truly marvelous. "Such a great tea. Would you mind serving a little for my clan mbers as well?"
Roan nodded. "Yes, but don't ask for much more than that. These tea leaves are hard to grow."
Why did Herbert think he was an idiot? Because he forgot about the cultivation limit to proceed in the Mist Library for a mont. He doesn't know where exactly it will be required since he doesn't know where to go. But, at the sa ti, no one else seems to do either. Since that's the case, he can simply wait for everyone to go away.
The twins' group enjoyed their tee under the scrutiny of all the other groups' eyes. At so point, soone finally got tired of that. "What the hell are you even doing? How long are you going to keep us waiting?"
Herbert, who was leisurely enjoying his tea with the others, glanced at the guy. he recognized him. "Carlo, Carlo, Carlo... that's not the way a Sect Master should act, right? You need to control your temper." Carlo's mouth twitched, just like Herbert's earlier. "Stop speaking bullshit!"
Herbert took another sip of his tea, looking at him before his eyes scanned everyone else in that location. "Just so you all know, I'm not holding any of you back. Since when did I say that as long as I'm drinking tea, no one can proceed with the exploration of the Mist Library? I'll be blunt here. You are all waiting in this place because you want to. I have absolutely nothing to do with it. If you want to wait, then wait. If you want to go ahead, by all ans, be my guest. Now, don't bother or the mbers of my group."
Everyone was speechless. They were waiting exactly because they didn't know where to go. Of course, they soon noticed Herbert was doing that on purpose. He was waiting to see how long they would truly wait, including the other bookmark owners.
"Hmph!" Then, the first bookmark owner lost his patience, Xesht. "Let's go!"
Without thinking twice, he ordered their flying beast companion to continue forward, ignoring Herbert and everyone else.
That imdiately made the other groups, regardless if they had bookmarks or not, fall into a dilemma. Should they follow Xesht? Should they wait for Herbert to move? Which one of them really knew what they were doing? What if neither of them did?
*Zush, zush, zush...*
It didn't take long for a bunch of the groups to fly after Xesht. In the end, Xesht was part of the Qediya Royal Family, which controls the entire continent. They simply thought their chances would be better with him.
Samalia was the next one, although she didn't insist on sticking together anymore. If she followed Xesht, she would leave Herbert. If she stayed with Herbert, she would lose Xesht. Why should she be forced to follow the whims of these n? She turned in a different direction, selected another passage, and left as well. Another bunch quickly followed after her.
Zantie and Kalamdra were the next ones. Xesht and Samalia had already left. What if one of the two found the secrets of the Mist Library before them? One thing was certain. If they waited here with Herbert's group, they definitely wouldn't find anything.
In the end, with the various groups separating and the bookmark owners going in different directions, only a few remained behind. Naturally, the twins' group was one of them.
Seeing most of the experts were gone, Roan got up, sent all his things back into the Celestial Soul Dinsional Realm, and looked behind. There, three groups remained, three groups that decided to risk it all and stick together with Herbert's group. 'I guess this is enough.'
Herbert also noticed that and smiled with satisfaction. "Now, this is a lot better. Let's take a different path from the others. I don't know exactly where to go anyway, so any other path is valid."
With Roan's plans' success, their group once again restarted their journey, now in much smaller numbers.
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