Zectas Volume V: The Sequestered Seminary of Sawtorn Read Online Free Page A

please distribute the supplies that we brought from the city. Those are for all of you here to share."

"Thank you so much, Faux, thank you!" cried out Esper and hurriedly began unpacking Colere's cart.

Smoke then looked up to the sky and saw that the afternoon sun was about to set.

'I feel like I just cooked lunch and now it's already time to make dinner,' he thought to himself, amused.

However, before he began preparing the food, he went outside the doughnut-like structure, and called someone.

"Hello, Sierra? You're not going to believe what I found in Sawtorn," began Smoke as he told her of the OrkElves and his initial findings of Zectas' Southern Continent.

 
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    The cold water spring at the heart of Souer Settlement gave out a red glow as the dawn's sun rays made contact with it.

Smoke had just logged back in Zectas after leaving it for only eight hours. He needed this precious hours to get in his scheduled power nap in the real world.

Regaining his senses, he saw that most of the OrkElves were still asleep. They were tired from last night's celebration of their new settlement. Only a few were awake, busy looking into the items Smoke had bought for them.

Amidst the gathered OrkElves, Smoke spotted Colere and Esper. They quickly came to where he was as soon as they saw him.

"Welcome back, Faux," greeted a smiling Esper. "So, where do you want us to guide you, next?"

Smoke rose a large rectangular table from the ground, and took out a map of the Sawtorn Continent from his bag. He laid it out for the two of them to see.

"I want you to point out the other OrkElf Settlements you were telling me earlier," began Smoke. "I plan to pay them a visit."

As expected, Smoke saw their faces light up at his news.

"Thank you so much for doing this," said Esper. "Who knew there were Sonstwelters such as yourself."

"Exactly!" happily added Colere. "Most of the OrkElves who venture in the city were only offered Jobs as hired Mercenaries by the Sonstwelters."

"Really?" asked a surprise Smoke. "I didn't see any other OrkElves when we were purchasing our supplies."

"That's probably because we stayed in the market district," replied Colere. "Only Merchant Sonstwelters commonly stay there, and they're usually too cheap to even hire an OrkElf."

"Yeah, I think so too," added Esper. "Most of the hired OrkElves stay with their Sonstwelter bosses in the entertainment district or near the arena. I think there is going to be a special event being held in the stadium soon."

Smoke made sure to make a mental note of this newly acquired information.

"That sounds really interesting, but let's get back to marking those OrkElf Settlements in the map for now," said Smoke.

After Colere and Espere updated his map, a series of Map Location windows popped up. He closed all of them, as he would not be using any of them yet.

"Thanks for this," said Smoke. "I'll be heading out, now."

"Huh? But don't you want us to guide you anywhere else?" asked Esper.

Smoke shook his head. He then took out two jewels from his bag and gave one to both of them. "I know we said three-hundred zecs a day, but I hope you won't mind if I paid you both in jewels."

Then, a notification window popped up.
 
    + Verbal Contract Completed

> You have paid Colere Ecarte for his services as a guide
> You have paid Esper Ecarte for her services as a guide

+ 10 Fame
+ 200 Experience
    Smoke smirked after he read the notification window.

"Well, I guess this it. I'll see the two of you around," said Smoke and left for Vona City. Restricted not to show his gliding ability, he had to walk out of the pomegranates.

As soon as he was out of the OrkElves' sight, Smoke leapt up and glided away swiftly. He headed straight back to Vona in order to investigate the other parts of the city.

It took him less than an hour to spot the gateway city. Since he needed to keep up with appearances, Smoke decided to land and walk the remaining distance