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Ashton managed to get to the first city in less than 20 minutes using an appropriate speed.
Upon his arrival, he could see dozens of sail ships all beached on the shore and a makeshift tent in which people came in and out.
The old hunter didn't need an explanation for what he was seeing. The tent was likely a checkpoint for the newcomers.
They were the first of the New Continents new residents. Some could even call them immigrants from Lake Mobius.
Ashton could also see a few familiar faces. Cheadle and Kurapika were speaking with Morel, Knov and a slightly more grown-up Kite.
Ashton approached them with a smile on his face, he could also see a few more Zodiacs around, coordinating and catching up with some of their acquaintances from the Hunter Association.
"Well, glad to see everyone has made it in one piece!" Ashton's words came out smoothly and alerted the leaders of his presence.
"Ashton... It's been quite a while." The one to greet him first was none other than Kite. He now looked like a teenager instead of a child. His tail was also a bit longer, so was his red hair.
Ashton also noticed a few other things about him, like the fact that his power had progressed quite a lot. Ashton would even consider it on par with his strength before he had doubled his Nen reserves.
Of course, he didn't take into account any artefact or relic. But even without them, Kite was now one of the strongest begins alive, at least in Ashton's eyes.
"Indeed, I'm glad to see so many people got here safely." Morel also smiled when hearing Ashton. He hadn't even realised that he had missed the old hunter. He also noticed that he seemed a bit different in a few aspects.
Like the fact that he seemed younger, and a lot more agreeable.
"We were all quite happy when we received your message. Glad to see you still retain your youth..." Morel's words seemed to be holding quite a bit of jealousy in them.
He was, after all, an ageing man. He was slowly ageing past his prime, although he wasn't going to try looking for any ways to extend his lifespan. Living a long life wasn't all that attractive for Morel.
"Of course I would! I did stay this way for a long time, I just came back to normal technically." Kite just acknowledged his words with a nod. Knov didn't seem to have much of a reaction either.
"So... How come you called me for this Cheadle?" Ashton's question was responded with a sigh.
"Figured you'd want to meet the people since you were the one to write the messages," Cheadle said while handing Morel and Knov some reports about the cities.
"I guess that makes sense, say, how's Pitou doing?" Ashton's question just made Cheadle stare at him for a bit.
"She's currently part of the scouting team. I did inform you of this Ashton..." She said while still staring at the old hunter.
"Oh... I'm sorry, it must be my age you see. I tend to forget these things." In truth, Ashton was just a bit panicky at the possible reactions that Kite could have when meeting Pitou.
Kite thankfully didn't know of his killer's name, but he would certainly recognize her appearance.
"By the way... Did you guys also bring the Zoldyck families dragon with you?" Ashton suddenly stopped and stared at the sky.
"What? No! We had no contact with them." Kite said, but then he also looked up at the sky after a second. "Oh..." He said while staring at the flying beast.
Ashton immediately bent his knees and jumped towards the dragon, only using his explosions to fly towards it after reaching a safe distance from the temporary immigrant camp.
He arrived in front of the dragon in a few seconds, even though the dragon was around a hundred kilometres away.
The dragon was startled when Ashton just appeared in front of it. But it calmed down after seeing who he was.
Ashton was quick to notice the letter tied to one of the dragon's limbs. He grabbed it and read through it quickly.
In it was given the location of the Zoldyck Family fleet, as well as some basic information about their state.
Suffice to say, it didn't give Ashton a positive vibe.
Ashton flew back to the other leaders of the expedition and also informed them of what was happening.
"So the Zoldycks are carrying that many people?" Asked Morel while looking at Ashton in a confused manner.
"So it would seem. I doubt they'd have many problems arriving here otherwise," Ashton said while slowly putting on some of his relics.
"Are you already planning to go to their aid? Shouldn't you prepare a bit?" Said Cheadle with concern as Ashton took out his gauntlets and put them on.
"No need, the journey itself shouldn't take me more than 3 hours. I just hope they can survive that long..." He said as he once again prepared to take off.
"They'll probably be fine... I don't know about the civilians though..." Knov said while also looking at the letter.
"Regardless, that number of people is important for us. It would allow us to populate another city besides the three we already have..." Cheadle said while looking at the dragon. Then she got an idea.
"Hey! How about we follow you on the dragon?" She asked while Kite just shook his head.
"I doubt it would keep up with him..." He said while also studying the flying beast.
"Anyway. Enough with the time-wasting. I've got some friends to visit. See you guys in a few days or something." Ashton took off just as these words left his mouth.
He once again pushed his speed to its limits. After all, the pain was not a scary concept to the old hunter.
He continued flying even after his legs were burned off. He only stored his relics and changed bodies after that one became useless.
And so, he managed to make a two day's long journey for the dragon, into a three hour one.
When he reached the point that was written, he quickly noticed quite a few wrong things.
One of the Cruise Ships had already sunk, many of the people were in lifeboats. The rest of the ships also didn't seem to be in that great of a condition.
Ashton acted quickly and activated Noah's Arc. The large ship towered over the sea like a tsunami. It instantly caught the attention of everyone present.
Silva could only sigh in relief when he saw the large ship. Then, he saw all of the lifeboats be carried out of the water and above the large boat. The people were all dragged onto the ship.
Ashton manipulated the winds and pulled everyone he could out of the water too.
It was unknown to him for how long the situation had taken such a drastic turn, but he knew that he needed to ensure that all of the people managed to embark on the Arc promptly.
Then, a large purple dragon made out of Aura also started carrying people onto the Arc.
Maha also jumped towards the Arc, he immediately spotted the younger-looking Ashton. He raised an eyebrow at his appearance.
"Well, you sure look healthy." He said while staring at the floating people being carried onto the Arc.
"Obviously! I originally looked like this though, so there's no need to act surprised." Ashton said while still using his Hatsu 'Wind Aspect' to the fullest.
"How did things go this badly?" Ashton asked as he looked at the wreckage that was previously the Zoldyck Family fleet.
"That's... It's a bit hard to say. Something large attacked us all of a sudden. Our Nen didn't manage to scare it off like it did the others, Zeno was also injured quite a bit." Maha's words were laced with quite a bit of hatred.
It wasn't directed at Ashton of course, it was more directed at the situation.
"Well, they shouldn't be attacking this ship... At least I hope so. This is the first time I heard of a Sea Beast not scared by Nen." Ashton said as he brought the last people on the ship.
After he was done, the other less damaged ships all came near the arc and a ladder extended itself down on top of the ship nearest to it.
The embarking process continued with the people carrying their baggage and climbing up the ladder and onto the Arc.
Ashton looked at the water warily as he continued speaking to Maha. Eventually, Zeno and Silva also joined them...
Things looked like they were done. But then Ashton heard a large rumble. Looking down, he could see a large shadow under the place where the Zoldyck Fleet was supposed to be.
'I guess it came back, huh?' Ashton thought to himself as he sat down on the railing of the Arc.
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