Shang and Ranos stopped talking after that.

Ranos thought that Shang was angry at being called a young boy, but he actually wasn't.

In Shang's eyes, Ranos seemed to be someone that was stuck in their way and wasn't willing to look at the Mages as individuals instead of as a group.

Because of that, Ranos' opinion of Shang was not very important to him.

After a couple of hours, they reached the Ice Wyvern Zone.

While they were traveling through it, Shang didn't feel any suspicious Mages with his Pseudo-Spirit Sense, which probably meant that they knew that a powerful group of Duke Whirlwind's people would be traveling through here.

Some minutes later, they reached the Storm Eagle Zone. Shang had been here for several months, but now, he could officially walk amongst people again.

As Shang ran through the Farm Line, he fell into nostalgia.

He still remembered the first time he had come here.

Everything here had been more powerful than him by a lot.

Shang and the group reached Warrior's Paradise in the middle of the night, after which they split apart.

The Mages returned to whatever they were doing previously while Ranos and Shang entered Warrior's Paradise.

As Shang entered, more of his memories awakened.

The first time he had come here, it had also been at night.

"You're back."

Shang looked in front of him and saw a familiar face.

The Dean.

His Teacher.

"I'm back, Teacher," Shang said as he looked at him.

The two of them only looked at each other for a while.

Vice-Dean Ranos had vanished as soon as the Dean appeared in front of Shang.

As Shang looked at his Teacher for the first time in ten years, he was surprised.

His Teacher felt very similar to him, but there were still some differences.

The Dean felt cold to Shang, but there was a certain honor and righteousness to his coldness.

These were qualities Shang couldn't identify with.

To Shang, his power was the most important thing, and he would do anything to become more powerful.

That included lying, deceit, and plotting.

In the past, Shang had seen himself as a very honest person, but that image had vanished as soon as he began talking to Duke Whirlwind again.

He had become accustomed to lying and hiding in the last ten years.

but he guessed that this change had appeared inside

was also glad about the

to worry about the Dean as long as

Dean said as he

can't

your decision, but might I ask for the

want to involve

Dean threw a

say anything,

seconds,

you to accept his mission

knew what the Dean

Whirlwind had offered it at a high price. Shang could have purchased it with his contributions, but he chose

for Duke Whirlwind on

it back then, but after the Dean spoke these words,

faction, but as soon as Shang had returned to the Skythunder Kingdom,

been the logical

had done his best to protect him from the Thunder Horse,

Whirlwind was very

the Dean's camp and had joined

he manipulates

he wants. I know that he knows that manipulating powerful allies will only drive

he is still involved in the politics, and he wants to become the King. This is why I like

every other powerful person in the Kingdom. Following him will most likely end

nodded. "But with great risk come

the rewards are not what I need right now,"

do you

"Peace, quiet, and time."

"Did you

the past, the Dean might have become irritated

to the Dean, which

from Shang

on your True Path, and you should be able to judge my

Shang nodded.

do you think of it?" the Dean

looked at

hasty," he

Dean nodded. "Don't make

"I won't," Shang said.

his Pseudo-Spirit Sense

came into contact with the Dean, and Shang used a voice

was one of

for about a second before

"What happened?" he asked.

trained me for five full years inside

couple hundred meters away from

the luxury of having such a good teacher, I might not have made the very mistakes I

hear deep respect emanate from the Dean when he talked

would have committed your mistake," Shang answered. "He saw what you have done, learned from it, and

first to make this mistake so that others

answer for a

it is my mistake to bear," he answered, but at that moment,

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