9 THRONES

CHAPTER 78: NEW FRIENDS

Before Yazer could understand what was happening, the newly-flying water dragon rushed towards Vann.

When it reached in front of Vann, the figure of the water dragon instantly disappeared which caused Yazer to fall.

As Yazer was about to fall to the ground, Vann caught his clothes and ran towards the next floor gate very close to him.

"What-What's going on here? Why was there a water dragon just now? Is that your spirit? It should be impossible, dragon spirits were at least at the mythical level upwards, people who had such a great spirit would not come to a small academy like the Wood Sword Academy. Actually who are you-" said Yazer who was in Vann's hands full of confusion.

"Don't ask much, what you need to know is that I helped you today and we have to escape first to stay alive!", said Vann who had arrived in front of the next floor gate.

Without hesitation, Vann leaped over the gate with Yazer, which he kept in hand. However, Yazer is unable to move due to a severe injury and a broken bone, Vann must take him away to keep Yazer alive.

When he had just passed through the gate, Vann felt his entire head swirling around like the time he had just come to the Pillar of Fire.

As Vann opened his eyes again, he found them at the base of the volcano.

Vann gazed at the top of the volcano where there was a constant sound of explosions while muttering "Isn't a fire lizard up there? Then where are Laken and the others? Did they think we were dead so we left? I don't think so, they'll definitely wait a while to see if we're really dead before leaving! The problem is that I only spent less than a minute carrying Yazer out of the siege of the Lava Golem, why aren't they here anymore?".

The confused Vann suddenly thought of something, he remembered Githa once explaining they had to be careful as they passed through the gate to the next floor on the pillar.

If someone jumps for too long like 10 seconds from a friend who just jumped, they will appear in a different location on the next floor.

"It turns out that way, great! If they find out I brought Yazer alive, there's likely some hostility going on! Especially Theresa must have worried that Yazer was vengeful to her, so she might have thought it best to kill Yazer while he was still weak" Vann murmured "Then let's go see the area around, then, I have to be careful not to be found-".

Vann, who was thinking about looking around, discovered that the Yazer he was carrying had lost consciousness "I might have to find a place to rest first until he healed his wounds".

Not wasting any more time, Vann searched for a cave that was quite hidden in the volcano and waited until Yazer realized and used some healing medicine that he had.

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4 Hours later, Yazer slowly opened his eyes and stared around confusedly "Where is this? Wait a minute, the last time we were being chased by the Lava Golem, after that-".

"You can't move first, even if I've given you a medicine that can heal broken bones, but your wounds are too heavy" said Vann who was beside "Wait tomorrow morning, wait, you should be able to move again".

"You, newly joined boy, your name is Vann, right? Thank you for your help, if there was no you then I would have died under the attack of the Lava Golem" said Yazer who smiled bitterly "I might be too good to almost kill myself, I'm really a fool for worrying about their lives when they don't care about me".

Vann who was preparing dinner using fire and the freshly caught fire rabbit meat shook his head "The good and stupid actions are different, the good actions you do are not stupid at all. The problem is that you give that kindness to the wrong person, if you give it to the right person then you must realize that all your actions during this time are not stupidity. Look, I'm helping you not because I'm a good person, but I made sure there wasn't a problem with your life".

"There's nothing wrong with helping someone, but you have to make sure of your life first. As long as there is an opportunity to help others without risking yourself, what's wrong with trying to help. Besides, the other reason I helped you is that I appreciate your kindness. If you are not a good person who tries to help others until they are betrayed, I do not necessarily think of helping you. Do you still think your good actions are stupid? I think it's wrong, you're just giving kindness to the wrong people".

The sad Yazer immediately cried, Vann was also surprised at Yazer's change.

Before Vann could understand, Yazer hugged Vann regardless of her pain "Thank you Vann, I Yazer must have remembered all your kindness just now! You are right, doing good is not wrong but I must be more careful in the future. Vann, I consider you my friend now! Even if the injured me is not suitable to say this, but after I recover then my strength will be stronger than you. Therefore, I must protect you either as a form of repaying your kindness or because we are friends".

Vann felt that Yazer's words just now weren't a lie but that he was really very grateful to Vann "Alright, alright, you should rest now and don't move much! Think a little about your wound, if you move too much then it will open again! You need to get back to rest!".

After Yazer let go of his embrace, Vann gave some of the fire rabbit meat he had cooked, they finished all the dinner before returning to rest.

After all they would tomorrow have to keep moving, besides they had agreed not to directly return to the Wood Sword Academy but rather climb onto the volcano.

Their goal was to find a fire lizard that should have been on the mountain because Laken and the others would have gone to the lizard fire place if not to return to the academy.

The next day, although it was difficult to distinguish the time on the pillar due to the absence of sunlight or the moon, Vann brought a clock that made him know the present time without problems.

Vann practiced swinging his 5 Element Sword for an hour beside the cave and rushed towards the cave again.

When he arrived at the cave, Vann found Yazer, who was fully healthy, and hit him around to see if the wound was still affecting his movements.

Looking at Yazer's recovered movements, Vann knew there was no problem anymore in Yazer's wounds "It seems like you've healed completely, let's go towards the fire lizard's place".

"Let's go!", said Yazer who took his sword.