Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

Not only Queenie, Rebecca, Scott, and Nelson, but also Alger and all the other disciples opened their eyes wide in shock. That was because all the treasures, weapons, and pills that Zachary had taken out were pretty good. They all stood there in quiet amazement as they continued to appreciate them inwardly.

Surely, they were all surprised by the generous act of Zachary. They could not help looking at him in a new light. The goods he brought over were simply too good to be true.

"Wow! You turn out to be so deep-pocketed after taking a trip to the Burial Abyss!" Queenie sneered slightly. "But all these things are too common. If you want to give something to Rebecca and me as gifts, we won't accept anything ordinary."

Hearing her said that, Zachary couldn't help shaking his head and beaming at her. Still, she hadn't changed till now, he mused. After a moment of reflection, he eased his way to Queenie and whispered something by her ear.

"Are you serious?" Queenie gasped as she asked. She looked stunned after hearing Zachary's words.

"Queenie, what did he say?" Rebecca probed her out of curiosity when she noticed the looks on Queenie's face. She looked like she was dying to know what it was.

"Let's go inside first," Queenie suggested and didn't answer her query. She pulled Rebecca along instead, back to the room with a slight urgency.

Similarly, Scott also turned around and left without uttering a single word.

"Hi, Nelson, let's find a place to have a chat!" Zachary invited Nelson, giving him a hint with his eyes. Then he casually took the lead to walk out of the farmyard.

Nelson silently followed him immediately.

Now that Zachary and his friends all had gone, the other disciples, excluding Alger, who was trying to refuse the desire, immediately began to divide up the treasures, weapons, and pills that Zachary had given them for free. But in the end, even Alger could no longer stand still. He joined the others. Like them, he gave in and couldn't resist the tempting treasures.

On the other hand, after leaving the farmyard, Zachary and Nelson both went to a secluded place with nobody else present.

"How are Orion and Kiwi?" Zachary asked anxiously.

"They are both fine. I'm calling them now to get here," Nelson replied while he immediately took out an instrument. He then gracefully played it between his lips, but there was no distinct sound produced, only a very faint whine.

But before long, a red roc flew in the air towards their direction, and a beast, with thunder light, stood on the back of the roc. They were none other than the Blazing Roc, and the Thunder Dragon Horse, respectively.

As soon as the two beasts landed on the ground, they were so exceedingly excited to see Zachary that they hugged him tightly as if they were old friends who hadn't s

cused of fleeing to escape punishment?" Tracy questioned suddenly, coming straight to the point as she closely watched him.

"I believe that a clean hand wants no washing. And I also knew that you would unquestionably prove my innocence," Zachary answered calmly with simple directness.

"But this can't explain the reason why you went on missing," Tracy probed further, not convinced with his words.

"Who said I was missing? I was certainly not. I just attended training in the Dark Prison under the instructions of the dean," Zachary corrected her.

"But even so, you should not have disappeared completely without leaving any message. You made us all think that you were already..." Tracy gave him a scornful glare as she knew that he was still hiding something from her.

"Somebody met me. Didn't he tell you?" Zachary countered as he was also quite surprised to hear what Tracy said because Pollard had come back to the college long ago. In the normal sense, he should have mentioned that he had met him. However, from what Tracy said, he could tell that obviously, Pollard hadn't told anybody in the college that he had met him.

"Somebody? Is it Pollard?" Like a blow, Tracy soon realized that Pollard had lied to them. Zachary was still alive, but Pollard said that he was dead. However, his words were quite ambiguous at that time. Consequently, she could not assert that he had lied to them. They had come to the conclusion all by themselves.

"It seems that Pollard is really good at keeping secrets!" Zachary stated jokingly. He couldn't suppress his lips curling up.

Tracy could do nothing but force a smile on her face. Now, it seemed that Zachary's being missing was just a misunderstanding from the beginning to the end. Fortunately, he came back in time. Otherwise, it would be a bad thing for the college if Katrina was provoked because of his death.