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To be honest, Emery wanted to use the remaining time he had to cultivate and absorb the energy that was still in his core. However, Silva was adamant on her wish as always. In the end, he found himself being taken to a corner of the bustling Golden City.

It was an entire block of streets that Emery had never visited nor seen before. The place had a unique atmosphere with its mixed-style decor as if it came from many different cultures. Moreover, most of them seemed to be made of natural materials.

However, what surprised Emery the most was that the entire street was packed with various races of half-bloods and hybrid individuals. This sight brought a familiar feeling to him, it reminded him of Zodiac City.

"From your face, I can tell that you have never been here." Silva said, breaking him out of his reverie. With her back facing the bustling street and a wide smile on her face, "Welcome! To the Inhumane Town!"

Golden City, after all, was considered the biggest city in the entire sector and within such a city there was a designated area which all the half-bloods and hybrids used as a gathering spot - a haven for their kind.

Intrigued by this new discovery, Emery quickly followed Silva inside. However, much to his surprise, as soon as he entered the town, his appearance drew a commotion as many amongst the crowd recognized him.

"That's Ambrose!"

"Ambrose? You mean the savage acolyte?!"

"Where is he? I can't see him!"

People started flooding the street as they gathered around the two of them, wanting to directly see the young half-blood acolyte who had made them all proud of his achievements in the Magus Tournament.

Seeing that more and more people were gathering around Emery, Silva quickly grabbed his hand and pulled him to run away. As their figures slipped through the crowd of people, Emery could hear her voice.

"Sorry to interrupt your moment of fame, but we do not have much time."

They ran for a few minutes before finally stopping. Looking in front of them, Silva had led him to a dilapidated, medium-sized building that gave out a peculiar smell.

The moment they entered inside, Emery saw an interior that looked like a dining court. Silva stepped into first place and took a seat by the window overlooking the street. Seeing Emery wasn't moving, she quickly motioned for him to sit down as well.

"What are we doing here?" Emery asked as he took a seat across from the white-haired girl.

Hearing the question, the girl casually replied, "To eat of course! We still gotta eat, right?"

Before long, lots of delicious-looking dishes were brought over and filled their table. All of them were cuisines Emery had never tasted before; most importantly, each and every one of them had very strong and distinctive smells.

While Emery was wondering what all this was, Silva had already started digging in and was feasting on the food with gusto. Seeing her overjoyed expression, he couldn't help but smile at this side of her he had never seen before.

There was no doubt a distinct cultural difference between his Earth's and Silva's Serpent bloodline. Not willing to appear rude, Emery tried his best to follow suit.

He was surprised to find that his vigor increased when he consumed some of the dishes, these foods were indeed something special. Still, Emery did not believe they were here merely for lunch.

Moments later, a figure approached their table and handed them a large bag that gave off an even stronger smell. Emery's forehead couldn't help but subconsciously furrow at how intense the smell was.

"You can take that, Emery. I ordered those for you."

Those words stopped Emery from calling the figure back. He looked at the white-haired girl in confusion, to which the latter only smiled faintly. He then checked the bag's contents and, to his surprise, there were dozens of packages all filled with different kinds of plants and seeds.

Seeing the look on Emery's face, Silva explained.

"Those are rare plants that can help with your research on the bloodline gene serum. It took me a while to order all of them, so make sure you succeed!"

Emery's eyes bulged in surprise when he heard that. He quickly inspected all the packages inside the bag, to find about three dozen high-tier plants besides the dozens of other similarly precious plants.

"T-Thank you, Silva…This is such a surprise. Thank you truly."

"Well, there's nothing to be thankful about." She casually said, "Those items are not paid yet."

"...."

[32,000 spirit stones]

Emery let out a sigh as he looked at the spirit stones he currently had. In just a few hours, he had spent more than a hundred thousand spirit stones. Once again, he realized how expensive things were.

Still, he was happy with what he obtained, as he quickly stored the bag containing the precious plants within his spatial space.

Now that Silva had gotten what she came for and gave it to Emery, it was time for her to leave. But before she could do so, Emery stopped her.

"Wait, Silva." Grabbing her arm, Emery said, "We need to talk."

Emery found the moment to ask about what was really happening with her all these months and why she joined the mission so suddenly.

Just as he was waiting for the white-haired girl's reply, Silva suddenly turned into a panic as she stared out at the bustling street. Following her line of sight, he saw a group of people in gray uniform approaching the building they were in.

Before he could ask her, she snapped her head towards him and said, "We have to get out of here!"

Confused by the odd reaction, Emery asked, "What's wrong? Who are they?"

"Nothing. Just open a spatial gate for us to get out of here." With a serious look, she said, "Take us anywhere, just away from them."

Emery didn't immediately move as he believed no one would really make any trouble, not in the middle of the busy Golden City. In fact, he found some familiarity in their uniform that he wanted to know more about who they were.

Thanks to him holding back from casting the spell as Silva requested, the people in gray uniform had arrived before them.

Looking at Silva's irritated expression towards these people, Emery calmly stepped forward, "Who are you people? What do you want with us?"

There were five of them. One magus who appeared to be the leader proceeded to ignore Emery and spoke to Silva with respect.

"Princess, we are here to bring you back home."

Those words said everything about their identity.

No wonder Emery somehow recognized the gray uniform these people were wearing. They were all part of the Ouroboros guards.

Meanwhile, hearing those words Silva calmly said, "Uncle Bob told you I would buy these items, didn't he? Smart… unfortunately no, I am not going home."

Hearing this, all the guards started to move surrounding them both.

"Princess, please don't make it more difficult than it already is for us. We are just following orders."

Unmoved, Silva replied firmly, "Please help me tell the queen that I will return when I am done."

By this time, Emery could see that a few more people had arrived, there were a dozen of them now. What's more, three of them were magus-level and currently approaching them from multiple sides.

Now that Emery knew who they were and what they were planning to do, he couldn't help but regret not helping Silva right away. He turned toward the girl and said wryly, "I am sorry for not listening to you earlier. What do you want to do?"

From her expression, the girl seemed still annoyed by Emery's actions. Pouting her lips, she spoke with grumbling, "Huh! I can get away from them myself!"

Saying those words, Silva leapt into the air intending to get out of the building through the window. At the same time, several of these gray uniform guards closed in on her. All were intent on capturing her. Emery however instantly [Blink] next to her and with just one spell, all the chasers were pushed back several meters with his new gravity spell.

[Repulsion]

Before Silva could do anything, Emery already grabbed her arm tightly saying.

"You follow me this time."

Such action quickly made the girl stop resisting. Her face was blushing as Emery cast [Blink] and brought her away with him. He continued to teleport multiple times, getting the two of them further away from the chaser.

All the gray uniformed men could only watch helplessly from a distance as Emery finally opened up a spatial gate and stepped inside. Their two figures disappeared from both their sight and their spirit-reading sense.

To be continued