Death… And Me

Chapter 1721 Start of Kentuckyʼs Journey

As he was part of the Jhiod Sect now, Kentucky could use the sectʼs badge to take any teleport formation he wanted. Itʼs just that he had to pay for them. Then again, that wasnʼt really a problem. Rean had given a lot of Rank Two and Rank One Divine Stones for Kentucky to use during his journey.

ʼWell, Vurasic Continent is located near Huring Continent. I guess that makes sense since we got information about the Minokawa on our way here,ʼ Kentucky thought to himself.

”The teleport will activate now. Anyone else?” Suddenly, a worker of a cityʼs Formation Guild asked.

”Me! Me!” Kentucky quickly paid the Divine Stones and stepped on the formation. Usually, the roundtrip would take much longer than just three years. However, Kentucky didnʼt use city-to-city teleport formations like the twins did. Instead, he took long-distance ones that could be paid with Rank Two Divine Stones. With that, he was able to cross many regions inside the continents at once.

Back then, Rean didnʼt want to spend that much on teleport formations. However, there was no way Kentucky would travel so many continents if he used the same method. If he wanted Kentucky to come back before eleven years had passed, he would have to spend much more.

In any case, Kentucky already knew most of the continents he passed by. The Jhiod Sectʼs badge allowed Kentucky to even ask for the continental barriers to be opened by the experts of each continent. Indeed, there wasnʼt a need for him to wait for official openings.

Thanks to that, Kentucky made his way back to Huring in a time record of just one year! Compared to the time it took to arrive in Jhiod, it was ridiculously short.

Of course, Kentucky didnʼt stop there. He passed by the Huring Sacred Land to talk with Erithean. After all, Erithean knew about the twins. The best thing was that he didnʼt need to alert the others about his presence as Erithean left a way to send a message to him.

Surprisingly, the Huring Continent was quite in a tense state. Thatʼs because after Rean shared his forging method, his Element Absorbing Weapons quickly became the hottest topic. The Huring Sacred Land tried its best to hide this information, but there were just too many spies for them to suppress. It went without saying that the continents on the borders of Huring grew very concerned about this.

”So, is Huring Continent heading into a war against the other continents nearby?” Kentucky couldnʼt help but ask him.

Erithean sighed in response, telling Kentucky, ”That I donʼt know. However, itʼs obvious that things canʼt continue like this for long. The only reason war hasnʼt started yet is that quite a few of Reanʼs Element Absorbing Weapons ended up in the hands of the neighboring continents. Theyʼre trying to find the secrets of the Element Absorbing Weapons on their own first. As you probably remember, just a scant few in the Sacred Land were taught by Rean about his method. Thanks to that, the forging secret hasnʼt been found yet. The Sacred Land Master has put those who know the method under strong protection. Not even a fly would be able to get close to them.”

Kentucky could imagine what those blacksmiths were doing at the moment, saying, ”Now they should be forging Element Absorbing Weapons nonstop to arm the experts of the Huring Sacred Land, correct?”

Erithean nodded in response. ”Correct. However, thatʼs also one more reason for things to get this restless. After all, the longer it takes for the other continents to invade, the more of Reanʼs Element Absorbing Weapons will be given to the Huring Sacred Landʼs experts. In fact, I already have one myself.”

Kentucky couldnʼt help but think to himself after hearing that, ʼIf the twins were here, I wonder just how many Destiny Points they would get from all the ruckus Reanʼs weapons created. A continental war is going to happen exactly because of them.ʼ Unfortunately, the monitoring distance was only a million kilometers. On top of that, the system couldnʼt check things beyond the continental barriers.

Erithean then decided to change the topic after that. ”Letʼs not dwell on boring topics anymore. Tell me, how are the twins doing? Looking at the Jhiod Sect badge you have in your hands, it seems like you finally made it there. Have you found more about the demon beast territories and the Minokawa?”

Kentucky smiled and began to recount the story of everything they had done so far. Of course, he left out anything related to the system. ”As for the Minokawa, it seemed like his name was Ume. He did go to Jhiod Continent in the end. The reason Iʼm here is that Iʼm looking for the place where he first appeared. Iʼm only passing by Huring in my journey there.”

Erithean was surprised to hear that. ”So many things happened, huh? I wish I could use these weapon intents you talked about. However, I donʼt even know where to start.”

Kentucky shook his head, saying, ”Donʼt ask me. I know nothing about intents. After all, I fight with my body. Well, perhaps Iʼll awake a beak intent in the future. Hahaha! Anyway, thereʼs little I can help you with this topic.”

Erithean didnʼt mind. ”Itʼs fine. I guess just knowing it exists already gives me a place to start. Now then, I wonʼt delay you for long. Come with me. Iʼll teleport to the border of the next continent with you and open the continental barrier myself.”

Kentucky was happy to hear that. ”Thatʼs good. Letʼs go.” Kentucky could have used the Jhiod Sectʼs badge to ask Huring Sacred Land to do that for him, but since Erithean already volunteered himself, it would be much better.

The rest of Kentuckyʼs journey made him pass through three more continents, all of which he used the sectʼs badge and the Rank One and Two Divine Stones from Rean to teleport nonstop. Unexpectedly, Philip was right about the time necessary for him to get there. It really took Kentucky one year and a half to get to Vurasic Continent. ”Phew... finally here.”