Chapter 165: Leaving (Part 1)

"So, why does she want to meet me?" Evan asked somewhat nervously.

"I don’t know. She just informed me that she wanted to see you before you leave," Alice replied with a shrug.

"Did you think you could leave without facing any consequences after calling all the students of our academy trash?" Erza asked gleefully, looking at Evan as if she were looking at someone about to meet his death.

"Brother, I hope I’ll be able to see you again," Liam said with a sigh as he patted Evan’s shoulder.

"Don’t worry. Even if your hands are cut off as punishment, I promise I’ll heal you in the future when I become a high-level Evolver," Kevin said in a serious voice.

Evan looked at Liam and the others speechlessly, and his eyes twitched.

’Should I just escape using the Entrance Authority Token?’

Seeing the nervous look on Evan’s face, Alice shook her head and said, "Don’t worry. Mother isn’t going to do anything to you. After all, she was the one who told you to do all those things in the first place."

Hearing Alice’s words, Evan sighed and nodded.

Soon, they left the space of Academy’s Mythical-Grade Artifact and appeared outside.

Once outside, they boarded a cable car and descended Misty Mountain.

"When are you guys going to leave for the main academy?" Evan asked.

Alice shifted her attention from the scenery outside to him and replied, "We’ll be leaving the day after tomorrow."

"You’ll go there using a spaceship, right?"

Liam nodded, and a hint of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

"Yes. I heard there are many space pirates in the outside world. I wonder if we’ll encounter any."

Erza and the others rolled their eyes upon hearing Liam’s words.

"If we encounter space pirates, I’ll throw you out to them first," Kevin said with a speechless expression.

"Sure, sure..." Liam waved his hand dismissively. "By the time you throw me out, I’m sure those pirates will have already been hacked to death by some high-level Evolvers."

Evan chuckled slightly at Liam’s words and shook his head.

At the same time, he once again realized just how precious an Entrance Authority Token was.

With it, he could travel to other planets very easily.

Moreover, the cost of using it was far lower than that of a cross-planet teleportation formation.

Even if he didn’t use Mana Cores to recharge it, the token could absorb the surrounding energy to replenish its own power.

’Although traveling by spaceship is much cheaper than using teleportation formations, it takes too much time to travel from one planet to another. In that case, an Entrance Authority Token, which can instantly teleport someone to another planet, is even more precious than a spaceship.’

As Evan thought about it, he couldn’t help but feel that he was incredibly wealthy now.

Not to mention the Epic-Grade artifacts he possessed, even the recommendation letter and Entrance Authority Token he had were things that Rank Four Core Evolvers couldn’t obtain easily.

Soon, the cable car stopped after reaching the bottom of Misty Mountain, and Evan and the others stepped out.

Looking into the distance, Evan could easily see the giant tree at the center of Evergreen City.

Alice and the others walked toward the giant tree, and soon, Evan once again saw the two Rank Four guards standing watch at its entrance.

Unlike last time, the guards didn’t question or stop Evan. They simply allowed him to enter without asking anything.

Using the same golden leaf, they all reached the upper floors of the tree, where they had previously met Queen Eleanor.

When they arrived at the door, Alice knocked and waited for a few seconds before Queen Eleanor’s voice came from inside.

"Come in."

Alice opened the door and entered, followed by Evan and the others.

As soon as they stepped through the doorway, Evan once again found himself in the same beautiful place where he had first met the queen.

Just like the previous time, Queen Eleanor was sitting beneath the tree near the pond.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

Liam and the others paid their respects to Queen Eleanor, and Evan did the same.

"You’re here. I thought you would just return directly to your planet without coming to see me," Eleanor said as she put down the book in her hand.

Evan couldn’t help but recall what he had been thinking just a few moments earlier and wondered if she had the ability to read minds.

Although he felt a little flustered inwardly, he remained calm on the outside and replied humbly.

"How could that be? Even if you hadn’t summoned me, I would have still come to pay my respects before leaving."

Alice and the others couldn’t help but give him a sideways glance upon hearing his words, as they clearly remembered that he had been planning to leave without even considering coming here.

"Really?" A look of surprise flashed across Queen Eleanor’s eyes. "I thought that since I’m merely the Queen of some trash elves, you wouldn’t bother coming here."

Hearing the word trash, Evan suddenly felt an urge to travel back in time and slap his past self for using that word so many times.

Seeing that Evan wasn’t saying anything, Eleanor shook her head and said, "All right, don’t be nervous. I didn’t call you here to talk about that."

As she spoke, she took out a golden ring with several runes engraved on it.

"I called you here to give you the reward I promised if you accepted my request."

When Evan heard Eleanor’s words, he was stunned for a moment before quickly replying.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I don’t need any reward. I’m already grateful that you allowed me to attend the academy and helped me when I knew nothing about this planet."

Eleanor was taken aback by Evan’s words and looked at Alice.

"Daughter, didn’t you say this guy was greedy for artifacts? Then why is he refusing?"

Evan, who had been wearing a humble expression, almost choked on his own breath and looked at Alice with widened eyes, wondering why she was slandering him behind his back.

Alice felt a little awkward and turned her head, trying to whistle but failing miserably.

Eleanor looked at their reactions and shook her head.

"Forget it. Since I promised you a reward, you have no choice but to accept it."

As she spoke, she tossed the ring toward Evan.

Evan had no choice but to catch it and as soon as the ring fell into his hand, its details appeared before him, making his eyes widened in shock.