Archipelago: the lost king
chapter 16 - Journey to the academy

after shopping for his needs, Noran walked to the city hall.The location of the city hall is not too far from the city center, the city hall is right at the intersection of the north and west roads.

with a magnificent and beautiful building, as well as two passionate soldiers who guard the gate of the building, add to the luxurious impression of this building.

"town hall"

clearly emblazoned with a beautiful silver-colored iron plate.

"stop, show yourself and what your needs are" a guard told Noran.

with his ferocious face, he tried to intimidate Noran, but it didn't work.

"i'm Noran, Mr. Hugo told me to come to this place" Noran said.

"follow me" said the guard.

he guided Noran into the building.The complex in it is quite spacious, there are several other buildings in this place.

si Prnjaga and Noran walked towards the biggest building, it was the hall building.

"please proceed yourself inside" said the guard.

he just drove Noran to the front door of the building.he immediately returned to the gate and stood guard again.

"is this the room?" thought Noran.

Noran opened the door slowly, and stepping in. Apparently, three people were sitting at the same table.

it was the semi city lord, lord Renner, the two emissaries of the north star academy, Hugo, and Lilia.

"please enjoy our simple banquet, sir" Renner said.

some meeah food is served on the table, do not forget some bottles of wine are also served.

"have they come?" ask Lilia.

"Miss, they have come, only the last participant is left" said Hugo.

without speaking again, the three of them were silent in the room.

creeakk...

Noran stepped in, walking straight towards the center of the hall.Aware of Noran's presence, Hugo and Lilia turned their heads.

"it's clear she's here" said Hugo.

"yes, I know." Lilia replied briefly.

the two looked towards the entrance, and before long a simple young man walked into the hall.

"sorry sir, I'm late" Noran said, bowing.

"basically, the first meeting was too late" said Ellen.

"what do you expect from such a poor young man? hahaha." said Reis.

the two looked at Noran with disdain and contempt.

"dumb time with you guys, most importantly, I have to get stronger again" Noran thought.

"for this time, we will forget about it, but, next time, punishment will await you" Lilia said.

"well! thank you for the warning." said Noran.

the two stood up, and looked at Noran and the others.

"the journey leading to the north star academy is very far.The journey will be through the southwest of this kingdom, through the dead forests and the gloomy mountains, after passing through the gloomy mountains, we will arrive at the north star academy.

the journey will last for 7 days, and we will leave today.I hope, your preparations have been completed." said Lilia.

"well, we will leave immediately by riding a lightning eagle. immediately prepare and gather in the city square." said Hugo.

"well!" answer them in unison.

Noran and the others immediately left, preparing themselves to leave. Noran wrapped his clothes and other necessities into a cloth.

unlike Noran, the two young yuan had something more special.

both have space rings to store their goods.The price of one space ring alone is fantastic, around 1 platinum coin, or the equivalent of 100 gold coins.

the three had gathered in the center of the city, Hugo and Lilia were also seen to have prepared.

"we will leave for the academy with two lightning eagles. each lightning rod is only able to carry two people only. With this, there will be one person riding a horse towards the academy" said Lilia.

"horse riding? isn't that dangerous? we could have died passing through it using a horse" Noran said.

"that's the only way if you don't want to, you can resign" Lilia said.

"resign? no way. I've tried so far, where maybe I just give up." murmured Noran.

"so, who's going to ride a horse to the academy?" ask Reis.

"we will determine it through the fight, the three of you will fight each other, and the losers will ride horses towards the academy" Hugo said.

"alright, now, you can start the fight now" Lilia said.

Reis, Noran, and Ellen exchanged glances.Their eyes stared intently.

"start!" shouts Hugo.

wush...

both disappear, Reis and Ellen disappear shortly after Hugo starts shouting.

"gawat, they're disappearing. It's a danger!" thought Noran.

sure enough, both of them appeared before Noran. Reis tried to hit Noran's back with his fists.

"dangerous!" thought Noran.

Noran immediately jumped up, fists darting and smashing into the empty air.

unexpectedly, Ellen also jumped, a sideways kick speeding quickly towards Noran.

"not able to!" thought Noran.

buuk...

Noran rolled several times on the ground, making his clothes even dirtier because of the soil and dust.

"it has been determined, Noran who will ride horses to the academy" said Hugo.

"we're leaving now" said Lilia.

Lilia blew out a whistle, before long another streak of lightning eagles appeared in the sky.

Hugo and Reis were on top of a lightning eagle, they darted away towards the academy.In the meantime, Ellen and Lilia were inside another lightning eagle.

as they say, they leave a horse for the mount of Noran.

"alright, it looks like I have to fight again.just wait, I'll avenge you!" noran muttered.

Noran placed his luggage on the horse, and rode it towards the academy.

"wait for me, north star academy!" niran said excitedly.

hyats...

with vigor, Noran spurred his horse through the main road quickly.

Noran stopped right in front of the city gates.After passing through the city's fortress, demons and monsters could threaten his life.

"since when I forget, life is full of risks." Noran murmured.

"without risk, I'll never get anything I have to go forward" Noran murmured again.

"hyatt!!!"

nghhikkk...

the horses on the runway quickly moved away from the semi-city, racing towards the northern star academy...