Runemaster in the Last Days

Chapter 965 - 967: Samuel

Even though he had known about this beforehand, he still thanked the people who came to bring him the information.

He rubbed his sword, that had long fully recovered through various resources that Samuel found in Afirer Kingdom.

But even if he spent his time recovering his sword, he never neglected his practice and still managed to reach rank 9 some time ago.

It was precisely because he had advanced to rank 9 that he chose to return.

Because he knew very well that it would be impossible for him to advance again anytime soon.

The improvement upon reaching rank 9 was too slow.

He might need a decade if he wanted to reach the peak of rank 9 and then attempted to advance to rank 10.

There was not enough time.

Only after the Green Planet was safe would it be possible for him to rest and possibly attempt to reach the peak again.

Since Samuel didn't have much to do in Continent X, he didn't stay there for long and only greeted the people there for a bit before going back to Continent Z. There were already many people who were waiting for him.

Soon, Samuel reached City A Base.

"Father." Samuel nodded when he saw Mr. Jones coming out.

"It's good that you're back." Mr. Jones was smiling when he saw his son. In the past year, it could be said that he has been worrying for his children from time to time. He hoped that they were doing fine, yet at the same time, he didn't know what they have been doing.

Because there was no one who could tell him the truth.

When Peter and Dina came back, they only briefly said that they were separated from the others.

They separated within a few days of their arrival in that world, so it was impossible for Peter and Dina to know where Samuel and Riya were going. Besides, the two of them were preoccupied with the large amount of information they received that they didn't have time to care about it anymore.

In this way, no one knew what the others were doing.

As for the world they were in...

Peter never said the word Afirer for he didn't want to reveal the fact that they came back to the world where they used to be for four years in the past. So they only said briefly that they encountered many powerful magic beasts in that world.

Aside from that, they also brought a lot of information from various techniques that they managed to find through one way or another.

For Peter, he found some scattered notes.

For Dina, she found the records of the demonic magician from that castle and the surrounding areas.

They reported some of them.

"I brought some things for the continent... Did that Peter bring anything back?" Samuel asked.

"Dina brought a lot of forbidden techniques for the demonic magicians while Peter brought a lot of other techniques. As for magic beasts' corpses, he could only give us parts that can't be eaten," Mr. Jones replied with helpless tone.

Samuel: "..." as expected of Peter.

That man should have brought the magic beasts copses because he wanted to eat them all.

Given by Peter's ability to digest the food as his rank advanced, Samuel guessed that Peter should get stronger again after he had finished eating it all.

The energy from these magic beasts were more than enough for him to advance through ranks.

Heh.

A crude way of advancement.

Not that he didn't use it, though.

But it was definitely not as much as a warrior.

"Where's Riya?" Mr. Jones asked the question that concerned him the most.

"We're not together," Samuel replied helplessly. As much as he would like to stay together with Riya, the moment they knew they it's Afirer Kingdom, they knew it's impossible.

There were things he didn't want to show her and vice versa.

They also have a completely different way of training, so staying together will only hinder the progress of one person.

The two of them didn't exactly talk about this clearly.

Because while they also felt somewhat unwilling, they also knew that they should not hinder each other's magic's path.

Besides, this separation is temporary.

They have spent too much time working together when they were on the Green Planet that it was time for them to go on their own.

"You..." Mr. Jones frowned.

"She's still alive," Samuel replied calmly. "Before leaving, she made the soul stone, a type of stone that can detect whether one's person is alive or not. The soul stone could only last for 10 years, though as the materials is only jade and formation."

Riya handed it over to him before they went their separate ways.

Because it was impossible to communicate in that kingdom after all the communication technology and the likes had been destroyed, this was the only way to easily confirm whether the other party is still alive or not.

Without the soul stone, there was no way Samuel would agree easily to go on their separate ways.

He would rather stay with Riya all the time.

But no, they couldn't do that.

Because the two of them knew very well that they had to reach the highest rank possible within the short period of time before they went back to the Green Planet.

"In that case, you can go back and see your family. Your mother has been thinking of preparing meal for you," Mr. Jones said lightly.

Samuel chuckled and waved his hand.

Seeing his son still acting like that, Mr. Jones shook his head and leaned back.

When he saw his son just now, he had the faint feeling that the time Samuel spent in that world was not one year but more.

Because the difference in his son's temperament was not small.

'But no matter what, I'm glad he's safe and sound.'

Pressing the thoughts in his head, Mr. Jones went back to work. There were still many things he had to handle.

With Samuel's return, those people will definitely come and ask countless questions to him.