Chapter 307: Joining the Frontier Elite
Technically Kai had been to the Frontier many times in his life and even spoken with the elites there. This time, however, he was coming to actually train with them. It wasn't really the dream he'd had as a young man, just an echo of those aspirations. Even though he'd gained equal or potentially greater power on his own, they still held something he needed.
He sincerely hoped that even his luck couldn't throw any more obstacles in their way now. They had Inafay, who would back them up, and they were just coming off the completion of an important mission. Adding on top of that all the resources he had and he was fairly sure that the Frontier elites would be willing to listen. If the world matched their theorizing, they could gain at least one edge here that couldn't be found even on Rosemount.
They returned to the outpost and it wasn't under assault or on fire, so he considered that a good start. The other trainees all chattered with one another, since many of them would be heading back south for further training. Kai walked back to see Talndim Bundrin and found the older man sitting in an armchair in the first room.
"The son of Goralia returns," he said with a chuckle. "I heard about the Southern Water Palace. Glad to have one more prince back on board."
"Do you think it will work?" Kai asked. "We basically overwhelmed him by force."
"Force is right at the heart of things. If I had my way, I'd throw every leader in the Frontier nations right into an incursion, just so they understood. But they don't ask me what to do about that sort of thing... maybe because I suggest throwing everyone into incursions, ha!"
"I'm unclear on what you do in general. Do you work at the Frontier, or train people here?"
"Usually I train the next generation, but we need all hands on deck when it comes time for an incursion. As for me..." Talndim sighed and rubbed his back as he got up. "Take a look at my soul and you'll see that I didn't quite make it as high as I'd hoped."
Since the man removed one of those those impenetrable elite shrouds, Kai eagerly took a look.