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Chapter 490: Absconding
The Wine Master took a step back and staggered, alhastly pale, and twisted in agony “I was a clown and nothing more I’m sorry I troubled you Had I known, I wouldn’t have been around all the tiize I won’t bother you any further, but I will say that the Horologiu nostalgic It’s been forty-two years, your store is the sas are different Otherwise, I promise that I won’t disturb you anymore”
A pain difficult to put in to words struck at the old , only to discover this He felt empty, like his dimensional rifts had carved away the inside
The former Clockmaker looked at him in stunned silence She watched as he retreated a few steps, then turned as though to leave His shrunken fraht splayed out around him
Forty-two years, and he still…
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Zeus-1 was tucked in to an unassuar None of the newly arrived Paragons had used it to get here, though The Gourmet had informed the Wine Master of Jun’er’s abilities at the earliest chance he could The Cosus then immediately alerted the other two andback the little one safely The entire future of the Avenue was altogether, not least Lan Jue who the Clairvoyant placed such high hopes on
A great deal went in getting in to the North undetected so quickly It required a series of secret identities to confound would-be defenses They’d refused Lan Jue’s offer to use Zeus-1 to maintain secrecy
The Accountant kept them abreast of the situation with a special frequency their coers from curious ears For nate, it was a laughably easy network to set-up
The three Paragons watched closely as the East began to dominate the tournament Lan Jue’s miracle victory over Titan put him in the finals, and swept potential victory fro moment, they knew their haste and secrecy arranted
They knew the North, its do by the Avenue and the East, it would have been strange for hi
The Gourmet covered their retreat in conjunction with the other three No one need fear any longer, with nearly all of the Avenue’s strength at their back
Their painstaking preparations had paid off in the end And what’s ons they had not overdone it Without them, the Gourmet and his party would have been at the Terminator’s mercy
They without fuss, and made no attempts to hide their tracks They were sufficiently protected and even if they’d tried, the North was the biggest Alliance in the galaxy If they wanted to track the on the ship, as pro of beautiful woian Succubus Mika, the Asura Bladeuo Ke’er was the only amazon not present Due to her history with the North, Lan Jue thought it best she re the tournament, responsible for the bets, were Mika and Xiuxiu They’d be co back to the Avenue tre Star, was of course with the the tourna herself with their escape plans
The Accountant sat at the controls, fidgeting He turned to look at Lan Jue “Everyone here, Jewelry Master?”
He shot the twitchy man a thumbs-up, to which the Accountant chuckled deviously “Then let’s get the hell outta here! Ladies and gentlen has been illuar and on to the runway The delegate were perched aardly around the cabin, as it hadn’t been equipped for luxury travel The seats were the ones he’d had installed for the ARC students Disco, so he hadn’t spent very ers had to make do with limited elbow rooot the airship lined up, take-off ift The engines roared as Zeus-1 streaked across the sky and through the at equipment made the acceleration feel no more uncomfortable than a bus ride Jun’er al
Almost the entire Avenue leadership was on Luo, and it was no longer a secret They needed to get back to Skyfire as quick as possible, or they left theer In reality, however, they knew the chances of so while they were aas son attack, they would be safe