Chapter 530: Reaching the Hall
The disciple group exited the dirt island area very different from when they entered. Brock’s strength had surged upward. All six Elders were gone, their cores long absorbed. In their place, Jack and Brock now led the group, with everyone else flying behind them.
Starhair, of course, also enjoyed everyone’s respect. His strength was enough to rival Strawpin and Fiend Prince’s, while his friendship with Jack and Brock earned people’s envy.
In just a short few weeks, Jack and Brock had secured the disciples’ admiration. Their level of talent was unfathomable, but it wasn’t just that. Any other monster might have left these disciples to fend for themselves—Jack and Brock had taken responsibility for killing the Elders and promised to protect the disciples all the way to the Hall of Trials.
As for the disciples… Being escorted and protected by Elders was one thing, but experiencing the same from people of your own class… That was a different emotion altogether.
“Are you sure you don’t want a disciple, Jack Monstrous?” Fiend Prince asked, flying beside Jack. “I’ll be good, I promise. I can wipe and mop your floors if you want. I’ll work hard!”
“I’m good, Prince, thank you” Jack replied with a laugh. He’d interacted with the other disciples over the previous weeks, and Fiend Prince was one of the people he enjoyed. He was straight-forward to the point of being funny. As for Strawpin, while she was somewhat stuck-up, her heart was kind. She’d only acted aggressive to defend the disciples whose spots Jack’s group had taken.
Of course, now that she knew they more than deserved those spots, she’d completely switched her tune.
“How do you even know the way?” she asked, flying on Jack’s other side, between him and Brock.
“I can sense the Dao released by the Hall of Trials. At least, I think I can,” he replied. “If I’m right, the Elders were leading you in circles before.”