Races: Online

The cost of creating a teleportation scroll—no, the knowledge and effort behind making it was something valuable. The [ High Elf ] had struggled to make it and she had to make a costly trade in order to get her hands on two copies. If she gave this last one to him and he were to use it, the institution of learning that they were in would be able to progress, they would be able to break through the barrier that lay beyond Tier 7 Magic.

Tierra on the other hand didn't care about those details, she might have gotten slightly concerned of the well being of the three [ Players ] but it didn't mean that she was willing to give up their only means of transportation. She was already dreading the distance that they had to cross and yet she sighed. 

Lucia pursed her lips together, she felt obliged to some degree but just because she felt guilty didn't mean that she needed to give this up—her gaze met the [ Wood Elf ], the man must know and understand that 'obligation' wasn't something that Elves like them were naturally predisposed to follow.

All of them were more drawn to freedom.

She pressed her lips together and held the scroll out, "Fine, take it. Though you must understand that this is a valuable object—"

The young human swiped it away from her hands before she could even finish speaking. "Alright, do you know how to maneuver this thing?" Somehow, Han had been able to nab it while awkwardly carrying the spawn of the [ Wood Elf ] in his arms. He turned to the [ Wood Elf ], "Do you know where the habitat of that Wyvern is? Or if it's too far, maybe just teleport it somewhere that can't attack the Kingdom?"

She tried not to balk. "W-What?!"

The young man gave her a side glance, "What's the matter? Once you give it to me, shouldn't you not bother with whatever I do with it?"

Lucia held a hand up and tried to find words but found none.

They were essentially right.

But it seemed like they were acting too lax and even too casual, had they really been this way all along? They were more respectful when they were talking in the Universal Chat before, their attitude in person was more different than she expected them to be. Shaking her head, she glanced at Tierra and Bleu, "I guess we'll have to go back to our place the old fashioned way, but I hope that we'll all look forward to this. Let's consider this as an adventure!"

The [ Tiefling ] shrugged and the [ Shadow Elf ] perked up while he pocketed the last items from the man that they had battled with. She would have expected that the [ Human ] would raise a fuss but he didn't, instead he was more concerned with operating the scroll.

"Aalieva—"

Her head whipped back to the [ Wood Elf ] and she shot him a look before waving a hand at Han, "You know, it's easy enough to change the coordinates, the Colossal Wyvern probably came from… Endless Passes?" She produced a large screen in front of them and motioned helpfully, "You just summon the [ World Map ] and look for—and there's the mountain range, you choose these numbers and keep them in mind."

"Can't you just think of the location and end up there?"

"...unless you're familiar with the location or have been there before, don't attempt that. You might end up a thousand feet above the air or underground from what I heard." She explained as patiently as she could.

Somehow she could already see the [ Wood Elf ] stifling a laugh from behind them, did he really think that she'd just let him use her real name? This was a form of intimidation that she wouldn't allow to continue after her explanation. Why was he exerting that much effort for a new [ Player ] even?

"Hmm, alright. I didn't know you need to know about maps first when it comes to this." Han nodded before tossing the scroll towards the [ Wood Elf ]. "Can you do it instead of me? My hands are a little preoccupied."

Alright, so the [ Human ] wasn't playing favorites.

Lucia watched the [ Wood Elf ]'s eye twitch for a moment before clasping his hands together, "I'll let you boss me around this once, dear Ally. But if you do so much as touch some weird parts of my daughter then—"

"W-What!? I would never!" Han shook his head furiously, "I'm just taking her back to Kraelonia Academy, we're classmates!"

"Umm, what will you do with these people? They're both [ Humans ] too, can you carry them as well?" Odele finally spoke up once again, a sheepish smile on her face.

Han managed to shrug, "I don't think they'll die if we leave them in the outskirts, my hands are full—and I'm hoping that they forget about this incident. It'd be hard to explain this. Anyway, I'll be going on ahead, see you guys. Thanks for the trouble."

And then he left.

She watched him leave, leaving his fellow Humans and the Colossal Wyvern in the hands of them. If they had been anybody else, these people would have already been dead. She would be able to level up if they killed them. Did he not realize that? Was he confident enough that… she glanced at the [ Wood Elf ] already moving back into the forest.

They weren't going to check either?

Odele scratched the back of her head, "Ah, I guess I'll go on ahead as well. Have a safe trip to the three of you! Mister [ Wood Elf ] wait for me!" Turning her back against them, she trailed after the other Elf like a small waddling duckling.

She tried not to sigh as she gazed at her other companions, "What route do you guys want to take?"

Tierra cocked an eyebrow at her, "Didn't you say that you wanted to explore the City of Gloria?"

.. .

"Hey, do you think your friend will let you do this?" The young woman walked after Timothy, she trudged after him—a small frown on her face. "I mean, you agreed to hide, well, let me stay with you, but what about him? Do I need to double the bribe?"

Timothy tried not to sigh as he glanced at her, "I… well, I think...no?" He hadn't actually considered that. He was already bringing himself future trouble by bringing this girl in with him and if the [ Professors ] and the ones in charge of the Kraelonia Academy discover this, would they expel him? He couldn't drag in Han with this.

Although from the looks of it, they'd end up getting expelled by staying past curfew.

He rubbed his face, "You know, I don't even know your name."

"You never introduced yourself as well." She pointed out with a shrug, "But very well, I'm Iona...and you are?"

"Timothy." He muttered and sighed, "We have a change of plans, I'll get you into the Academy first and then I'll look for my friend later."

"Wait, you're staying at the dormitories are you not?"

"I am, is there a problem? You're the one already asking for a favor."

It was hard to tell during the night, but it seemed like her face was heated up, "No. I suppose you have a point. The arrangements, I shouldn't be picky."

"Good, hopefully with all the trouble happening, they wouldn't bat much of an eye."

"If you worry about getting in, you don't have to worry too much about that." Iona flicked her cloak and gave him a confident smile, "I'll be able to get myself in, I only worry about the quarters."

.

.

.

Along the way back to the City of Gloria and into the Kraelonia Academy itself, Han managed to gain himself a skill in regards to his stamina and he was already levelling it up. Perhaps it didn't make much sense as a [ Rogue ] out to be fast and deadly, but he gave no question to it as he only wanted to get stronger and also finally make it to his dorm room.

Somehow there weren't so many people that had thrown a look into his direction despite carrying Ellynn in his arms.

The City of Gloria was pretty much intact except for the unperturbed crowd and the group of folks he had encountered near the gates. Those were injured for some reason and he could only attribute it to the other three [ Players ] that had stepped in here. Nevertheless, everybody still seemed frantic and busy.

Especially when he finally arrived at Kraelonia, he managed to walk into the Academy and soon arrived at the Tower of Dewrowan with no problems. Except for one thing.

Where the heck did Ellynn stay at?!

He couldn't just leave her randomly around the area, there were already many students gathered around in the grand hall of the tower. Not everyone was giving him nasty looks but he was sure that if he left her, then some trouble might happen. The nature of people could turn nasty if let undisturbed.

Han glanced around worriedly, should he leave her in his room? But how would he logout in peace? And it was there that he saw a familiar sight, somebody just leaving their door.

"Hey Timothy!'

The young man stiffened as he called him before their gaze landed on him, "So you managed to find your way back on your own—and why is she with you?"

"It's a long story, well, to put it shortly, we met along the way and I think she passed out among the crowd of people. It was a good thing I was there or who knows what would have happened?"

Timothy rolled his eyes, "Very heroic."

"I know, you don't have to keep praising me. But my problem still stays the same, I don't know where her room is, you think we can ask around?"