Moments later, Qianye and Ji Tianqing headed north from Southern Blue. He knew there was no stopping anything this young miss was set on doing. At first, she was supposed to monitor the reorganization of the mercenaries in the city, but she had pushed aside such an important job without a second thought.

Qianye tried to object in a tactful manner since Dark Flame could be considered the foundation of their new nation. Nonetheless, Ji Tianqing had an excuse—she wanted to let those disloyal people take action during this short absence and round them all up after her holiday.

Ji Tianqing’s words were fairly tyrannical and she did look the part, but she also let slip her true thoughts by describing the journey as a holiday.

The two arrived outside of Tidehark a couple of days later. This was nominally the number one human city, and also the place where Zhang Buzhou rose to fame. Built along the mountainside less than ten kilometers away from the sea, Tidehark’s walls and towers stood dozens of meters tall—it was a majestic...