CHAPTER 1138: SECTION 704: HOMETOWN (PART 1)

Found the central power room safety bolt, Malin used Spiritual Energy to fly to the top of the shelter, used the previous zip line to find a fulcrum on the top and tied it securely, then first dragged the immobile Konen up, then Sage Yu and the central power room safety bolt, followed by Jason and Bei Luo.

Ails rode up on the giant salamander, which was very full after eating, and after coming up, it shook Ails off its back, then crawled over to Malin’s side.

Ails complained a few words, so the giant salamander turned its head to look at Ails and took a deep breath.

Seeing that a mouthful of unknown and possibly unpleasant substance was about to be spat out, Ails could only flee to a distance.

The giant salamander proudly spat a mouthful of acid onto the ground, then squatted at Malin’s feet.

"I’m contacting the airship. It’ll take them some time to get here. Poor Konen kid, we’ll need to tie him to a chair," Sage Yu said while watching the commotion, noticing Malin was selecting a saddle seat for the giant salamander: "Mr. Malin, where do you plan to ride it to?"

"Down the river, to see my homeland," Malin said while picking out a saddle, one originally used by the King, who later became a protector for the children, and Malin had not used it as a mount since. It seemed to be the perfect occasion now.

With Malin’s soothing, the giant salamander accepted him, it was equipped with the seat, then crawled into the shade.

"You’re going alone, and while I have confidence in your strength, how do you plan to return?" Sage Yu was somewhat concerned, and his worry was indeed a valid question.

To this question, Malin provided an answer as he leaped onto the back of his giant salamander: "No problem. Ails can find me, and I can return anytime using his coordinates."

With this level of assurance, Sage Yu no longer objected, while Jason came over, looking at Malin: "Malin, we’ve known each other for a long time, promise me, no matter what you see in your homeland, come back, okay?"

"I will come back," Malin said, giving Jason a high five.

Although Malin didn’t understand why Jason said that, he felt certain he would return.

That is indeed the homeland, but... it has become part of history. Malin’s homeland is indeed there, but that’s the physical address.

Malin’s real homeland lived eight millennia ago, and it will forever live in Malin’s heart.

"I hand over my drone system to you, Mr. Malin." Bei Luo tossed over a tablet, and Malin caught it.

Patting the giant salamander below, it carried Malin to the riverbank and then entered the river.

In Malin’s perception, all the lifeforms in the nearby river were desperately moving away from the giant salamander, as if it was... well, it was indeed a monster.

A giant over ten meters long, ordinary fish would only feel awe, and when Malin sits on it, those with keen senses would all have some awareness,

No doubt a giant deformity spanning ten meters, Malin gave the big guy a command to move downstream, then began using the drone system Bei Luo gave him, only to discover this thing was right above in the sky.

Quite high, Malin took some time to locate himself in the river, and at this moment, this thing still had full signal and power.

What a nice gadget, is this nuclear powered? With admiration, Malin had the drone follow—although it hadn’t detected the giant salamander, who would expect something so large to carry optical camouflage?

While thinking about this, Malin saw a small boat coming from downstream at full speed, with something pursuing it, Malin cast Eagle Eye on himself and found people on the boat shooting behind them.

The giant salamander beneath him was a bit restless, Malin comforted it, then maneuvered it to approach the small boat.

The people on the small boat first saw Malin, froze for a moment, then saw the big creature in the water, and started screaming, desperately trying to distance themselves from Malin—yet this river was only so wide, and Malin’s proficient Thainan made them eventually choose to take a chance, given the very real pursuit behind and the potential threat in front, choosing the lesser of two evils, they began shooting backwards again, then someone started shouting.

"There’s a water ghost behind us!"

"Water ghost? How is there a water ghost in broad daylight?" Malin stood up.

"Broad daylight? What the heck... I... I’ve seen a ghost! It’s daylight!" The man steering the boat and yelling to maintain contact with Malin screamed.

His three companions shooting behind seemed to also wake up.

"...You don’t seem like you’ve seen a water ghost, more like you’ve been controlled by something else." Malin’s undead detection hadn’t picked up anything, but the giant salamander below did, prompting Malin to jump onto the small boat while the giant salamander submerged.

"Thank you, Your Excellency!" The middle-aged man controlling the boat bowed his head humbly to the obviously youthful outsider who saved him.

"Don’t thank me, I just happened to be passing by." Malin said, also noticing the bound zombies on the boat, sparking Malin’s curiosity: "What are you...?" Already prepared, if they intended to sacrifice the zombies to some damned entity, Malin was ready to kill them—no problem with killing zombies, but sacrificing to an Evil God, that was something Malin would not allow.