Travelling To The All-Healing Region
"Anyy, mph-! Nggh, le-let me talk first, o-oka-ANNFGHH!- okay? Huff, huff... huff, huff..."
"Ah, sorry, feels really great to 'communicate' with miss Yona." Towards his indecent, hidden words, Yona rolled her eyes before giving him a coquettish glare.
"I... I don't know, I'm doing well here, and-" Interrupted by Tongqiu, she didn't became angry as she instead ever so attentively listened to Tongqiu's proposal: "Let's not speak about the unfairness brought to you, I can also pay you well. If it's not for the money, then rest assured that I'm not just asking you to become another maid or a secretary of an useless boss."
Tongqiu held his laughter on such a manner, it was really too pitiful and stupid if someone wanted such a thing to happen just out of nowhere. He then continued: "What I want is something really... Innovative. So I also need someone capable, I believe in miss Yona's abilities. Besides, I won't take advantage of miss Yona's position and status, I'm not a total bastard. I'll be taking miss Yona as my woman, as long as she doesn't mind accepting me."
Yona: "..."
'What do I do? It's obvious this 'not so bastardly' young man has his harem, does he really need me?' Because of such thoughts, she couldn't help but blurt out the important question here which by the time she realized, it was too late as her words were spoken: "Beishang, are you just do some expenditure of money for certain business and that will be it? Or will you really do something greater than the bigger picture? I can't just- ah."
Tongqiu was so taken aback that even his shallow thrusts stopped, he looked up at Yona's face before answering with a devil-like grin: "Hah, you can be sure that this won't be an easy thing, we will even be the number one enemy of the big shots, how about it? Convinced, hm, yet?"
Right on the spot!
Both mentally and physically, as after a sharp and deafening 'AAAAGGGHHH' of pure pleasure and ecstasy came from miss Yona's mouth as both parties finished once again, this time together; she then meekly responded: "I accept then, also... Please take care of me, I don't have familiars in this world no more so I can start working for you directly. Ah, mwah, thanks... Oh right! Why... Why did Beishang wanted to... to... do this in the first place? Was it only to convince me to be both your employee and your woman, or...?"
Tongqiu held her writs as he responded: "Well, of course not. I first thought of properly thank Miss Yona here, the thought of hiring you only came to be a few weeks ago. Anyways, let's go, I need to travel to another Region in less than half an hour, we can keep going later on so let's not waste any more time."
Yona's eyes flashed with realization at the mention of the word 'properly' before becoming rather shy and blushing at his and her time being short, and that they should 'hold it' for some time first.
"Alright, then I'll get the papers ready and all. It'll take only 10 minutes, most of it is digital anyways." Tongqiu nodded to Yona's words as she dressed rather quickly, she went out after finishing dressing, not even caring to conceal her just then endeavors.
Speechless, Tongqiu thought her time to be in this company as of late, bad as he followed behind her. After all, he couldn't just shy away and hide from the prying eyes as her new boss, right?
***
Finally, for what seemed to be a never-ending amount of time spent at the eyes of many onlookers for Tongqiu, he was finally in the extremely advanced and specialized -as well as costly- plane toward the All-Healing Region. Not only that, it would also be directly arriving towards the capital of the Region, Care and Worry City. Which was named after the tough times from when Cities and Regions were firstly being built, where many lives were taken from the Tarn Clan. All those lives that sacrificed themselves to build what New Earth's current human population could relish upon without a single worry, resisting the unbearable climate and endless attacks from unknown beasts and other life forms.
Though the Tarn Clan nor those following them ever faced actual possible extermination back then, their hardworking and care for their people and their futures' were one of the most admirable events in the entire history of New Earth.
Even the Crestfallen Industry showed its own worry towards the state in which the Tarn Clan ended up in, which prompted them to send a few scripts with the knowledge of incredible medical skills, which only added to help them advance into what the current Tarn Clan, almost 1,700 years later, became. A hegemon of the human race and leader -without taking the Crestfallen Clan- of the entire medicinal knowledge of New Earth, becoming indispensable and one of the most cherished Founding Clans of New Earth by its own people, even by other Founding Clans themselves.
Pity, there was so much to clean under the table in the last few hundreds of years that the people of New Earth in its entirety subconsciously made a blind eye to it or simply ignored it without a reason. There were many, many occurrences that started to manifest; yet they only begun to cease a decade ago, and there was still not a single soul in New Earth who came to doubt the Tarn Clan. Either by blind worship or necessity, but those who did... there were no words to put these happenings and their cause and effect in a proper manner, for it was just as complex as it was for the people of New Earth to process.
The flight would take 3 days; the entirety of New Earth was 30 times bigger than the 'old' Earth. And not all of the lands have been properly discovered, not even half! Even less was populated by the human race, even then, the distances to travel between cities in a Region was astronomical, let alone travelling between one Region to the other!
Right now, the fastest aircraft ever built -at least for public knowledge- with a capacity of 10,000 people and capable of taking flight without turning those meat bags into smithereens, protecting them safely at the speed of 14,000 kph, was that of the Baby Mother Bird Aircraft.
It was as it implied, only a 'baby', with the Crestfallen Industry and the Jones Clan working hard to develop even greater types of aircraft, but as of now, only this 'baby' was capable of being used by the public.
The thing is, such a thing was completely free!
It wasn't without conditions nor rules though, as a person can only travel between Regions twice -with special cases of people being given more chances after an acute investigation took place- every year unless it is for business, which a necessary card would be needed to identify it.
It wasn't a strict and cold management, however, as there would be many instances were some people wanted to incorporate their family to a better life where they did not have enough to take care of even themselves. This was, of course, also happening to lovers, friends, or even just making someone owe them a favor.
As for the sneaky stuff, well, there was a reason why Crestfallen Industry was pretty involved in the making of these Regional flights.
Right now, Tongqiu boarded such a plane with the use of his and Diana's platinum card with some black spots on them. Such was the appearance of a card specially made for dealing with anything that had to do with the word 'work' or 'business' if you must.
Miss Yona was excited at the new experience of travelling through the special lounges that Tongqiu booked for themselves alone with the aid of Diana's status as a trainer at the most famous 'public' gym in the entire New Earth as well as her connections with the Tarn Clan.
How could Miss Yona not be happy? From having a small 1.5 x 2 meters cubicle as an ordinary passenger to reserving the entirety of the 'vip' side of the Baby Mother Bird Aircraft for the three of them... If Tongqiu's words could be argued as incredulous, then this fact alone was a good boost to anyone's confidence entering into the clutches, no, into Tongqiu's team.
. . .
In the 'vip' section of the Baby Mother Bird, Diana had brought Yona to a little tour of the entire section that has been reserved just for them. As of right now, 15 minutes had passed and they could be seen coming back towards the 'lounge' area where Tongqiu was calmly enjoying the comfy as hell sofa that could be made into a large bed.
Diana's voice was the first to be heard as they arrived before him: "Are you going to log into Rising Essence already?"
Opening his eyes to look at the two women, one professional and tranquil while the other professional yet excited and with bright eyes darting all over the place at least once. Tongqiu then responded: "Yup, I am tired and Little Zyv is already waiting for me. My break time is over, you aren't?"
"Eh, nope. I'll explain some necessary details to your Miss Yona right here so that she can catch up, go ahead and envelope with your little beauty, hmph." With a tone that was clearly playful yet comforting, Diana spoke her last few words as she turned around and dragged his Miss Yona away to another couch.
'Hm~, log in.' With that, Tongqiu's virtual body materialized inside Rising Essence.
***
Eternal Silhouette Region, far away south from the Hidden White Shadow's Main City.
After having ran away from the location of the Light Exposing Minimal Cave, Tongqiu and Zyv went towards another town only to be surrounded by the players who were there who, in a rush of blood, tried to take both of them down at once only to be sent back to the main city directly before borrowing a couple of horses and speeding away.
The guards or other NPCs there wouldn't turn hostile just because of coming from another Region. After all, this wasn't a game where players have had supposedly always been around. Since not even their own 'Journeyers' where from their same Kingdom, then, why even care of others coming from another Region of the same Kingdom?
As such, the NPCs and guards around the towns, villages and possibly even the main city wouldn't even try to take them both down just because of that, unless it was directed by their Sub-Division's one and only governor, the Hidden White Shadow City's city lord.
Thanks to that, they could still buy any item that NPCs had to offer and were they not to have such an enticing 'reward' for their heads, they would even be able to use the Marketing Area for players in a foreign main city.
Of course, were Tongqiu or Zyv to attack an NPC, now with their status as an 'invader' against the 'Journeyers' from their own Region, they would then be the entire Region's number one enemy from all NPCs and 'Journeyers' alike...
Including those hidden ones who are trying to protect it from any outsider enemy, danger that came from the exterior of their own little Sub-Division.
After borrowing those two horses, Zyv and Tongqiu went towards the nearest southern borders to allow Zyv to once again cross through it to another Region. This time, they were going towards the Wonder Region, the Region which is the richest and abundant in miscellaneous items; specially minerals of all kinds.
Earlier, Zyv used Rise of the Ancestral Race skill to go from the deep woods, not the borders, of the Azure Dragon Sub-Division. She could do the same, before; as of right now, because of being exposed and the like, she is not able to do so as there would be a warning from the system that she may invite unstoppable troubles to themselves where she to NOT use it when at the borders. Not only that, but she even had to go from one Regional 'inexistent' barrier -border- to another instead of jumping from any place she from one Region to another.
As such, she could only dispiritedly take the system's warnings into consideration and take the slow and dangerous road up ahead, with players trailing their tail and certain powerhouses eyeing them from afar... NPCs basically, that were just waiting for the slightest of errors to have an excuse to get their hands dirty. Basically, typical dogblood drama, yet in 'real life' this time.
Though she felt despondent and bullied from having her Hidden Class and skill be downgraded, she did not fault Tongqiu and instead was glad that it happened with him around, otherwise she would've been flattened after just a mere couple of large rivers of players swarming over to kill her and gain many, many benefits.
She was awesome and capable, but not as infernally perverted as Tongqiu's Evil Saint class. She would definitely be stomped into a little, flattened image of Zyv in one day, maybe Tongqiu would've been able to last for a few days more if he was alone.
Luckily, none of them were as they affectionately accompanied each other in this solitary yet intense and risky road towards the farthermost south of the Eternal Silhouette Region.
. . .
"Oh, ouch! My little nose, aoooweeee!!"
With the horses gone already, Tongqiu and Zyv were moving forwards aimlessly, looking for the 'border' that separated the many different Regions all across Main Kingdom. When suddenly, Tongqiu tilted his head in sudden contemplation, it was as if he was seeing nothing yet still seeing something. Zyv barely had any chance to think the same but in a clearly much less comprehensible manner. Hence, such thoughts barely started forming inside her little head before she was suddenly 'booped' in the nose by a nonexistent barrier, successfully reddening it and forcing some tears out of her lacrimals.
"Oh you, come here, come here." Extending his hands from behind her towards her nape, Tongqiu took the back of her head into his embrace before using his most beautiful purest white essence to envelop her cute little nose as it came to be from the tips of his fingers.
"Uwaah! Mn, mmmm. Thgat feews gwoowd, thfank you~." Zyv involuntary had to speak to voice out her extreme pleasures as Tongqiu's essence tenderly traced all around her little nose, her sky-blue eyes glowing a stronger white every time.
"Ueh?! Isn't this that thing from before... eeeh?! Nope, this one's different, sniff, sniff. Ooooh~~... smells so good, sniff sniff, ah! Can I eat it? Let me see..."
For their first meeting, Zyv had indeed seen one of Tongqiu's essences, the grey-platinum, bright-metallic essence which had the strange capability of activating after making an attack, if he used direct contact that is. Or if he imbued his attacks with Mental Prowess, which didn't really do much and instead would make him feel wasted.
The negligence of mastering such powerful weapon awoke Tongqiu's sense of his need to become stronger and resourceful; this type of essence was also pretty painful which he took notice of from the moment he gave his last few blows towards the Mortal's Terror back then. Tongqiu made a mental note on practicing the use and whatnot- of his newfound essences, as he could do nothing with those that came with the essential bow and arrow anyways. Might as well focus on what he could at least understand properly.
Zyv, at first, thought this most beautiful purest white essence to be the same as back then. She jolted a little from the image of that idiotic retard from before that tried to kill her big bro, that pain wasn't something she had ever seen on any player before. But when she felt really good about it, and found out that it had Tongqiu's smell... well, she became addicted to it instead.
In any case, Tongqiu was glad that she made such remarks out of nowhere, otherwise he may have actually taken a few more weeks to contemplate upon these... 'features' of the game, they were not only interactive and fun but also overpowered. Who knows if he actually, as Kleus said, stumbled upon features that were supposed to be revealed much later on? Even later than this Rising Essence's first update?
"Eeeh? I can't put it in my mouth, waaah, but it smells so good!" Zyv's voice made Tongqiu's thoughts free again as he turned his head lower to look at her, his chin already resting on her little forehead which she found it to be a beautiful type of bonding.
Having successfully shut up such a squeamish little immortal fairy, he then caressed the sides of her jaw before booping his nose with hers, eliciting a cute 'eek!' immediately after the initial touch.
Tongqiu then gave her an eskimo kiss ever so slowly and with both their eyes closed for a good while, in a type of comforting massage, only waking up when Zyv's little moist lips kissed his forehead between his skin and the line his hair by accident.
"Oops, hehe. Big Brother, are you ready?" She said as she stood up slowly after giving Tongqiu the cutest, most adorable and delicate sights of her little face, eyes almost completely closed and her slightly puffy eyelids having a slight pink hue on them and her lips forming a thin and irresistible smile, before asking him a really important question.
"Ah, yes, I am ready."
"You sure, Big Brother? Last time you almost died from trauma, hehehe." Hearing her teasing become rather dangerous in terms of meanings, and dignity, Tongqiu spoke the truth: "Yes, I'm ready~. I'll be using my entire Mental Power stat to protect us both, in case anything happens, haish. Content?"
Hearing her big bro out, she then smiled resplendently once again before also saying: "Okay, won't be long, wait for me a little!"
After speaking, the same old fog and gracious effects from her skill made their appearance once again, with her little body outlined as a shadow from time to time...
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