Emery sat in the lotus position and started to heal his wounds. At the same time, the female grand magus had decided to fly away.
Before following his master, Zach glanced at Emery and gave a slight nod. It was most probably a gesture of gratitude for helping his breakthrough, but with the man's cold expression, Emery would never know.
The two people eventually left without saying anything else, leaving him behind on the gray plains among the many beast corpses strewn about.
Emery sat in silence, lost in a pensive state. The grand magus saying he was merely whetstone for the Dragon protege naturally affected him to some degree, but what bothered him the most was actually the two pieces of dark steel in front of him.
His precious Tier 5 [Savage Sword].
As he grabbed one of the broken pieces, the memory of a certain girl came into his mind along with her sincere wish for him to reach number one.
