Sand City
They would have had to be at least 50-60 kilometers away but their size-
'Too big!' Hao Xuan correctly assumed, 'I can neither fight nor run away in my condition! I should ask Ogostin to let me tag along-'
When his thoughts reached this point it unexpectedly began to make sense. Ogostin came from a race of beings that put a realistic value on everything and were infamous for their greed. So why would such a being not only waste its resources on him but then let him walk away scot-free?
'He wants me to volunteer...he doesn't know my background or who 'enslaved' me so he is being cautious in case I'm someone important. But if I beg to come along, I will even owe him a debt regardless and he can keep using me without spending a single coin...or maybe there is some unknown law that will make me indebted to him so I won't be able to walk away. In that case-'