The beautiful mage was kidnapped by the contracted beast again

Amid the noisy voices, the light of the teleportation array beneath their feet gradually dimmed. Miaomiao and Chi walked down from the platform. There was no sign of the spaceship around them except for the bustling crowd.

There is also a sign on the edge of the platform with big bold letters saying: Departure on time at 12 noon every Wednesday, no waiting for latecomers!

The man who had won a bag of silver coins from their bet saw them staring at the sign for a long time. He smiled and walked over and said, "Is this your first time on a spaceship, you two kids? Do you know the rules of boarding?"

The other big men around him put their arms around his shoulders and said with a smile, "Hans, do you still have time to tutor the kids?"

Hans slapped his hand away and raised an eyebrow: "I won a bag of silver coins for him. What's wrong with me taking care of it?"

Miaomiao watched them playing and fighting. Judging from their expressions, she seemed to know these people. She also noticed that they all had a blue rope hanging on their wrists, with a wolf head pendant strung on the rope.

It looks a bit like a mercenary group. Did they accept the mission to the Dawn Empire?

He thought for a moment, his eyes curved slightly beneath the mask as he gave Hans a harmless smile. He said, "This is our first time on a boat. A staff member just explained the rules. We pay the fare and ID when we board the boat, right?"

Hans was a little surprised. The staff were incredibly busy, yet he'd never seen them bother with any formalities. Still, he nodded and said, "That's right. The ship ride to the Dawn Empire costs ten gold coins per person, which isn't cheap. If you don't have enough money, you'd better find a way."

He blinked and said, "You can borrow money from me, but I'll charge a little interest."

Ten gold coins is a large sum for ordinary people, but it is obviously nothing to him now. Miaomiao just smiled: "No, we are ready."

He pointed at the sign again and asked, "Does the spaceship only come when the time is up?"

Hans replied, "Yes, there's only one ship per week. It takes a day and a half to get from here to the Dawn Empire. The ship departed from the port yesterday morning and will arrive here at noon today. However, it will arrive a little earlier than midnight, around 11:30, after all, there are so many people to get on board."

After saying this, he looked at the child in front of him with some anticipation.

He spoke so much because he saw the child before him was so young, standing among so many people, like a little white rabbit in a tiger's cage. After all, protecting young cubs is ingrained in everyone's nature, and the tiny size of this one made him even more endearing.

Hans thought that such a cute cub must have a very sweet mouth.

however.

"I see. Thank you, kind uncle."

The cheerful smile on Hans's face suddenly froze for a moment.

The person next to him burst out laughing and pounded him on the back: "Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter, Uncle, Uncle Hans."

Hans turned around and punched him in the stomach: "Get out!"

When he turned around and spoke to Miaomiao, his tone became broken: "I'm only 18 years old, so I shouldn't be old enough to be your uncle, right?"

Miaomiao glanced at the thick black beard on his chin and remained silent.

A companion said, "You look too old. The kids don't believe you're 18."

Angry Hans immediately turned around and started fighting with him.

The scene in front of her was extremely chaotic. Miaomiao felt that the accident seemed to be somewhat related to her and somewhat unrelated. She stood by and watched for a while. She felt Chi holding her hand and moving it, so she walked forward without resistance, following the force from the palm.

Chi led him around the crowd.

The boarding point they are at now is located on a mountain peak. The entire mountain seems to have been cut off with a knife, and the ground is extremely smooth and flat.

Further back in the crowd was a row of colorful tents. Small vendors sat inside, hawking their wares, mostly food and water, with the occasional alchemical potion. Many people, with nothing better to do, wandered among the tents, and business was reasonably good.

Miaomiao casually walked into a tent selling food and took a look. She found that the price of an ordinary loaf of bread here was one silver coin, which was 10 times the normal price outside.

What a ruthless person. He silently put the bread back, shocked by the price.

Chi said, "Those who can afford to ride on this magical spaceship are generally wealthy people. They don't care about the difference between a copper coin and a silver coin. Rather than carrying a heavy package, most people would rather buy more expensive food on the spot."

After all, not everyone has a spatial artifact. For example, the big men they just met all carried heavy weapons on their backs, which couldn't be stored in their spatial props like them. With such a heavy burden already in place, any extra weight would be a burden.

Miaomiao said thankfully: "Fortunately, Grandpa gave us several space props."

He has three, and Chi has one more, which is a black jade pendant, which is now hanging on his belt as an ornament.

After leaving the tent area, they continued walking forward. The crowd suddenly thinned out, and from a distance they saw a huge alchemical clock standing in the open space, with the pointer now at around 11 o'clock.

There is also a huge route map below the clock, with red dots marking their current location, the blue line representing the track they will sail on, and black dots on the track, which represent the cities they will pass through and stay in during this voyage.

Miaomiao went forward to take a look. The Imperial Magic Academy they were going to was located in Rhine, the second largest city in the Dawn Empire. In the second half of this route, if nothing unexpected happened, they would need to spend the night on the spaceship.

There were still quite a few people standing near the bell, but the temperament of this group of people was completely different from the crowd at the exit of the formation. They were all young boys and girls, all dressed in bright and beautiful clothes, and were accompanied by several servants.

This group of people didn't talk to each other. Although they were standing not far away, the atmosphere between them was tense. When they saw Miaomiao and Chi coming over, they all cast wary glances at them.

Compared to the mercenary group that looks intimidating, these young people of the same age as them are much more hostile.

The two of them didn't stay here for long. Seeing that there was nothing else around, they turned back. On the way, Miaomiao whispered to Chidao, "Are they also students going to the academy?"

He could sense clear fluctuations of magical energy coming from those young men and women.

Chi nodded. "It should be, but it's not necessarily the school you go to. This route passes through many cities, and there are many other schools in between."

Miaomiao suddenly understood why those people looked at each other with unfriendly eyes.

Competition among magic academies for rankings was fierce, with different rankings determining how much resources the nation was willing to invest. Even if these people didn't know each other, they knew they were likely to become future rivals, so naturally, they wouldn't treat each other well.

Chi whispered, "You are too young. You just appeared here. They should have noticed you. Fortunately, you are covered by the mask. They don't know what you look like."

He paused, then added, "But be careful once you're on board. Don't be alone. Someone might deliberately cause trouble for you."

Miaomiao never thought that wearing a mask to avoid trouble would have such an effect. It was a small lucky coincidence.

But thinking about these complicated interpersonal relationships, he couldn't help but sigh. He really still liked his fellow mythical beasts in the forest—sometimes foolish, sometimes clever, but without exception, they were straightforward in expressing their feelings.

Another half an hour later, just as Hans said, a huge wave of magical power suddenly came from the sky.

A strong wind suddenly blew up from top to bottom on the flat ground.

"Get down!" The mercenaries shouted almost immediately, and a group of people lay down quickly in a very well-trained manner.

However, there were still some people who were unprepared and did not react in time, and were blown away like weeds.

Just as they were about to fall off the platform on the top of the mountain, they let out a terrified scream, and their bodies hit an invisible barrier heavily, bounced back to the ground again, and were knocked unconscious.

When the strong wind just started, Miaomiao was grabbed by Chi's arm. The young man's body, which had not yet fully grown, was as steady as a rock in the storm, providing a stable fulcrum in the chaotic world.

The child's long black hair was blown all over the place, but he had no time to care about it. He stared at the sky above without blinking.

From the thick and dense clouds on the dome, a lead-gray figure appeared like a swimming whale, slowly poking out its huge head and smoothly curved back.

What a huge monster it was! When its figure completely emerged from the clouds, the visual effect was almost as if it blocked out the sky and the sun.

The crowd around them also burst into cheers of surprise at the same time.

After waiting for so long, it’s finally here.