Book 15, Priceless Treasure – Chapter 1, The Fiends Assemble
Two star mission. Escort from 'Royalwing City' of the Nightblaze Prefecture to 'Bluemaple City' of the Rainbow Prefecture, a trip of nearly four billion kilometers. Compensation, two hundred thousand inkstones!
Although the distance was that of four billion kilometers, generally speaking, when riding on a metallic lifeform, a few decades was enough. An escort mission of a few decades which would result in a reward of 200,000 inkstones was quite a high compensation for a One Star Fiend or a Two Star Fiend.
"You choose this one?" The youth raised his head in surprise, glancing at Linley's team.
The look on the youth's face caused Linley to feel suspicious. "What? Is there a reason I shouldn't?"
"Oh. Give me your Fiend medallion for a moment." The youth didn't say anything extra. Linley's team immediately handed their Fiend medallions over. With a flip of his hand, the youth brought out gemstone which radiated with violet light.
He placed this gemstone next to the three Fiend medallions.
Under the violet light, strange characters suddenly appeared in the air above the three Fiend medallions.
"Uh?" Linley's team was rather surprised.
"What's this? A line of numbers?" Bebe asked. An extremely long number was currently hovering above the Fiend medallion.
The youth said very casually. "That's the serial number for your Fiend medallion. Every single Fiend has a different serial number, and we can verify your identity through it. The medallion also has your star rank as a Fiend." As he spoke, he recorded down the serial numbers of the three Fiend medallions.
And then, he handed the three medallions back to Linley's team. "Alright. What the three of you need to do is go to the city gates twenty days from now at dawn. At that time, staff members of the Fiend castle as well as the escorted guests will be waiting for you there. They will verify your Fiend medallions, and thus they naturally will be able to verify your identity."
"Does it cost anything to accept missions?" Linley asked.
Linley had heard that most Fiend Castle missions required a fee to be paid first before acceptance.
The youth laughed. "That depends on the mission. Taking on escort missions doesn't require a fee to be paid."
Linley's group left the Fiend Castle, returning to their own residence.
"Ah, so we have twenty more days. In twenty days, we'll leave this place." Bebe tossed his grass hat to the stone table, then sighed. "We've lived here for thirty years now. I'll miss it."
Linley couldn't help but let out a long breath.
They had come to the Infernal Realm so long ago now. They had finally become Fiends. In twenty days, they would finally begin their journey enroute to the Indigo Prefecture.
"Linley." Delia's face had a hint of a smile on it. "Tarosse, Dylin, and the others arrived here in the Infernal Realm long before we did. Where do you think they might be? This time, when we leave Royalwing City, will we meet them on the way?"
"Tarosse, Dylin?" Linley couldn't help but think back to the things which had happened in the past.
"All of them are together. Tarosse and Dylin, in particular, aren't just Gods, they are divine beasts. They should be able to have the ability to somewhat protect themselves." Linley looked towards the distant horizons. "Only, this Infernal Realm is too vast. I don't know where they were transported to."
