Chapter 1110 Cooperation
Four day had passed since the attack by the swarm of Vasps. After surviving its first encounter, there were no more traces of the flying swarm ever again.
Ery could only assu that the swarm just acted like a horde of birds transmigrating during certain seasons and would return to their true habitat soday. But for now, he had to make do with the current situation.
After the last battle with the swarm, Ery had gained a much deeper understanding of the planet's gravitational pressure. Since then, he had been experinting with the gravitational force during his hunts, using multiple spatial magic that distorted the fabric of space.
He was hungry for more comprehension, hence he diligently hunted for more creatures to be devoured.
[Spirit force has increased]
[Spirit force: 1670 (1686)]
Thanks to that, Ery only needed a few days to finally reach his bottleneck. This was sothing monuntal for him, as it hadn't been long since he achieved a breakthrough in his cultivation.
Other than the trendous increase in his spirit force, the last few days Ery also attempted to increase his cooperation with the Dragon protege. The start was rough due to their differences, but gradually they managed to peel off the ice that had been separating them.
They began to interact with each other more, starting from small conversations up to discussing techniques and skills of one another. Slowly but surely, the two of them bridged the invisible distance.
For one, Zach had been focusing on finding ways to defeat Mahinder, who he believed to be the most powerful among the three standing above him.
"I have been practicing my innate skill in order to defeat him." the Dragon protege said, informing the reason for the skill Ery had never seen before.
Apparently, Zach believed that the way to break through the monk's infinite spirit pool was to attack the latter with a quick burst of powerful attack instead of a long one. With that the monk will not be able to fully utilize his ability. Hence the reason for his continuation of mastering the innate skill.
The Dragon protege even shared his thoughts on ways to defeat Eeshoo's long range attacks and Olivier's ti based attacks, which was sothing Ery inwardly appreciated when he heard it.
Later, Ery realized the reason as to why the Dragon protege was willing to share his thoughts. All along, the man had always put himself above him. Never in his mind did he thought Ery as a threat who would be able to beat him.
But of course, Ery just smiled wryly when he found out this fact. He had no intention of bringing this up to the Dragon protégés, as there was no point at all for them to argue about it. He just needed to find the opportune mont to prove the other party wrong, after all.
This particular day, Ery was caught off guard by Zach who had interestingly asked a different matter – a more personal one.
"Ery.. Tell what you will do after graduating from the academy? Are you going to go for further studies, or enter military duty?"
Naturally, Ery knew about the two choices. The forr would keep him tied in service of the Magus Academy, while the latter – as it directly implied – would enlist him straight to the military, being part of the magus alliance fighting forces.
However, unlike what the Dragon protege expected, Ery would not choose both options. As for soone who was from a lower realm like him, there was another choice that was different from the two.
"Neither." Ery replied, causing Zach to raise his eyebrows at him. "I will be returning ho." He added, a sincere longing for ho was apparent in his voice and facial expression.
But then, he saw Zach's expression change that startled him. To his surprise, the Dragon half-blood unexpectedly lost his cool and exclaid in a raised tone. It was as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"Going ho! Are you kidding !?"
Before Ery could say anything, the young dragon beat him to it.
"Ery, we are at war! Especially us half-bloods on two fronts with those humans that hate us! Why the hell did you choose to return ho!?"
Without giving Ery an opportunity to speak, the Dragon protege began to speak a long and thorough explanation about the honor of heading to the frontline, as he himself would be joining the military after graduation.
At this mont, Ery couldn't help but recall what Annara had told him about Zach. The fact that the Dragon half-blood aid to bring his father's honor back by obtaining nurous rits at the frontline.
It kind of explained the reason as to why his reaction was extre, but it didn't an Ery would have to accept it as truth. Still, Ery chose to convey his point across in a non-aggressive approach.
"Sorry if I let you down, Zach. but there's too much going on in my ho that I can't leave for anything else just yet."
It was truly unfortunate that when a lower realm acolyte like Ery decided to return ho, he won't be able to return back and forth to the Magus Universe until he beca a magus. For individuals like Zach who really valued power, they would certainly find his choice of returning ho a mistake.
After his long rant, Zach took a deep breath. Apparently, he himself was surprised by how emotional he was. There was a mont of silence until Zach finally spoke once more.
"You're only wasting your ti and talent if you choose to return ho."
He stood up and looked away as he added, "It seems I was wrong in choosing you.. You are wasting my ti as well!"
Ery saw the glint of disappointnt in his eyes as he walked away saying, "Don't follow " and flew into the sky leaving him to hunt by himself.
It seed that their newly ford corporation had ended. It was such a short one.
Ery heaved a sigh. He understood what Zach ant. Unfortunately, unlike the latter who was born in a high realm and had a king and leader of a powerful faction as uncle, Ery had no one else he could depend on.
There was no way he could fight in a distant war when he didn't know an inkling about the fate of the people he cared about. Once again, he heaved a long sigh of helplessness.
Now that the Dragon had left, it was ti for him to find a new way to devour more creatures and break through to the next stage.
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