With the Eastern Queen and her co-conspirator dead, Kent has no reason to stay in the forest any longer. He had made it so that regardless of what excuse Randel raises, it will amount to nothing.
He had helped her upgrade her Spirit Root to God-grade and even left her with treasures to aid her in body tempering and soul cultivation.
Aside from that, he had taken care of her biggest rivals, so he had no reason to even consider staying another minute inside the forest when he could be on his way toward human civilization.
"I have already done my part. Now is your ti to uphold your end of the deal."
"Of course. I will take you to the edge of the forest as I promised. Since you have no plans on staying for long, we can leave now."
Thus, they left and headed deeper into the forest. It took them a couple of hours, but they finally arrived at the edge of the forest, where Kent could finally be on his way.
"Contact with the communication crystal I gave you if sothing happens," Kent said, and she nodded.
"Until next ti, then."
He left, and after standing there for a few minutes, Randel also turned and retreated back into the forest. She is now safe from those who wish to oppress her, so she has ti to focus on her cultivation.
As for the domain of the Eastern Queen, it would be a while before anyone realised she was gone. By then, she would beco strong enough to lay claim to it.
Kent had done her a solid favour, one that she never expected to happen.
So as she retreated further back into the forest, she couldn't help feeling both happy and expectant of what would happen later when she could finally stand and beat her chest, claiming supre authority over the entire forest.
There are many such forests where, while there are small rulers like kings and queens, there is a central authority-mostly a god who acts as an Emperor or Empress.
The reason why she wants to beco an Empress is simple: if she becos the Empress of the forest, her divinity will be powered by the beasts under her command.
Maybe that was what the Pseudo-Demigod was after, but ended up dead instead.
She will have an entire forest to rule. That kind of power would be sothing she could harness to do all kinds of things.
So she is looking forward to what the future holds.
Kent, on the other hand, also quickly moved further away from the forest. Randel said it would take her a day, maybe two, to reach the main road leading from the forest.
From there, if he were to walk, it would take him a week to reach Snow City, while flying would take him a maximum of three days.
Kent was in a rush, but not that much in a rush since he wanted to wait for Bello to wake up first. Even so, with his fla veins boosting his speed, he was moving much faster than a normal person.
A day later, he appeared on the main road.
Luckily for him, a few hours after he appeared on the main road, a carriage coming from sowhere entered his soul map range.
Kent quickly scanned them and found out it was a carrier carriage carrying goods from sowhere to the city. It had five guards and one driver, everyone below the True Immortal stage.
Although he could hide from them, he decided to wait for them to catch up to him. There is no danger in eting so people when he had just arrived in such a place.
The forest was a great experience, but if possible, he would love to have more relationships with humans.
This is because he needed information on Inaya, and what better way to get
this information than by interacting with people more?
So as expected, when the carriage caught up, they slowed down.
"What is your na, kid?" one of the guards asked, using Kent's cultivation base to determine his age.
"Jaqen, Sir,"
"Jaqen, can't say I have heard that na before."
"It is not a common na."
"Indeed. Why are you walking all alone? These roads are so dangerous that soone like you shouldn't be here alone," yet again, using Kent's Tier 19 cultivation, he ca to the conclusion that he was weak.
Of course, Kent played the weak kid since he wanted to gain their favour.
"I was travelling with a rchant caravan, but they abandoned when I had no money left to pay for the rest of the journey. I have been walking since."
"That is sad. Mind riding with us?"
Thus, Kent got a ride that, judging by how fast they were moving, would take them less than three days to get to their destination.
"Have you been to Snow City before?" When inside the carriage, another guard by the na of Li asked.
"No. This is my first ti. I have an ice affinity, and since my family is all fla users, they abandoned , so I decided to co here and try my luck. Maybe one day I will also beco an Immortal."
The five guards and the driver nodded. Kent could see they were good people, considering that since he had climbed in, none showed any sign of disdain toward him.
They all seed to genuinely like him. Maybe it was because he looked innocent and handso. In the past, whenever Jest travelled, he always t
three groups of people.
The first group consisted of evil n who just wanted to attack him for his money and treasures. He had dealt with thousands of them and knew how to
tell them apart.
The second group was the jealous ones. These people just got jealous of his good looks. Even when he was a skinny slave, he had the looks and smile that lted almost every heart. So they mostly beco jealous of him because they can't have his looks.
The last group was, of course, those who saw him as an innocent flower that must be protected. Most of the people in this group were won. However, he t n, too, just like how this group of six seed chummy with him.
Of course, he could be mistaken, considering he gave the classic sob story about being abandoned by both his family and the rchant team he was
traveling with.
It had been billions of years, but that sob story still worked.
So seeing them try to make him feel comfortable made him feel like he hadn't changed that much. At heart, he was still Jest.
Their conversation only kept going on for hours. Even when night ca, aside from raising their guard to prepare for anything, they kept riding. Kent was also using the Soul Map to scan their surroundings just in case they missed sothing. Thankfully, as the second day was coming to an end, Snow City appeared in the distance.
It was as its na suggested. The city was built from ice, and snow kept raining down on it. The closer they moved toward the city gate, the more srizing
it beca.
Jest had been here before, but compared to how it looked then and now, the difference was very vast. Even from several thousand miles back, he could feel the cold. Thankfully, with his ice resistance, he wouldn't face any danger. 'Finally, after being away for who knows how long, I am back in this place!
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