The Growth of a Titan
Chapter 144- It’s In Here

Chapter 144: Chapter 144- It’s In Here

A week soon passed with all the disciples of the Martial Alliance Academy trapped inside the Hundred Plants and Herbs dimension.

All the other camps still had fights breaking out as the paranoia of someone being from the Demonic Cult kept increasing as time passed.

However, the Alchemy Pavilion’s camp was relatively calm for the most part.

Sol followed through with his promise and helped Yoon-Jae handle the situation.

First, he held a meeting to gather all the alchemy disciples.

Sol then spilled his thoughts about the Demonic Cult disciples infiltrating the academy just to enter this dimension.

First, they aren’t here to harm the Martial Alliance Academy Disciples specifically. They instead came in here to find treasures.

Rather than killing people and drawing attention to themselves, they would instead choose to remain anonymous and gather treasures.

This resonated with a few people and the paranoia of being jumped and kill all of a sudden died down a bit.

Sol’s second point was that most of the disciples here were promising talents of the Six Holy Sects and the Five Great Clans.

Not to mention this dimension is extremely important to the Martial Alliance Academy.

With all of this the rescue team outside not only comprised the Academy Elders, but the Elders from the Six Holy Sects and Five Great Clans.

With their combined force they would undoubtedly be able to get them out. All they have to do was patiently wait, or in the meantime, they could gather medicinal plants and rebuild the garden.

Sol’s suggestion to continue gathering medicinal plants made everyone hesitant.

What if he was wrong, and a Demonic Cult spy attacked and killed them during that time? After all, rumors about them being bloodthirsty demons who find murdering people fun was all they could think about.

And worse of all, if they only wanted to collect treasures, why did they tamper with the Teleportation Array and trap them in here?

To make the alchemy disciples feel more at ease, Sol created three rules they must follow.

1. No disciples should have their weapons out. All weapons should be stored in one’s storage bag.

2. All disciples should be in a five or six-person group at all times. Sleeping, eating, and gathering medicinal plants, this group should always be together.

3. The final rule is that no disciple should attack a fellow disciple under any circumstance. Any disputes that arise in the group should be reported to either Sol himself or Yoon-Jae and a few hand-pick enforcers of these rules.

Sol admitted to these disciples that this was a form of distraction for them until the Dimension is opened, and he really didn’t know when that would be.

The alchemy disciples were already impressed by Sol’s Martial Arts talent, but now they were impressed by his leadership skills. He was honest and open with them, and he easily created solutions to appease everyone.

After the disciples disperse and formed their groups, they couldn’t stop talking about how cool Sol looked giving his speech.

So due to Sol, the Alchemy Pavilion’s camp had a week of stability. And the more days that went by without an incident the more calmer the atmosphere became.

Though, disciples in each group would not stop glancing suspiciously at each other a few times a day.

However, this was Sol’s intention. It was better if the paranoia was contained in a group since it would be easier to handle.

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In a secluded area of the forest near the ruined Pavilion, a youth with a headband around his forehead and a sword strapped to his waist could be seen.

It was weird that he would be here in the middle of the day when this area didn’t have any medicinal plants or herbs. Instead, this part of the forest had colorful flowers that were breathtaking to look at.

Though this youth wasn’t admiring these flowers and was instead looking straight ahead as if he had a specific destination in mind.

After walking for a while, the youth came upon a large boulder that was extremely off the path.

If one walked by here they would be able to see it, but wouldn’t think to go look behind it.

However, the youth did just that, and behind this boulder, wrapped in fiery chains, was a young girl.

A few strands of her hair were sticking out in all directions, and her clothes look slightly disheveled.

Around her neck and wrists were flowers made into necklaces and bracelets, but they were now dry as if they were picked a long time ago.

When the girl saw the youth with the headband, her eyes lit up.

The youth came over to the girl and knelt beside her.

"Sorry, I wasn’t able to come yesterday. Here eat these."

The youth tapped his storage bag and took out a blue and red medicinal pill.

The blue pill was to replenish her Aether Energy, but not too much to the point where she could struggle free. And the red pill was a type of nutrient pill that could replace a three-course meal.

The youth formed a hand seal and removed the chain covering the girl’s mouth.

"Don’t yell."

The youth said, but he must have said it out of habit since the girl hadn’t screamed once when he came to look after her in the past few days.

After removing the chains, the youth place the blue pill into her mouth first.

"Absorb it slowly."

The youth sat cross-legged next to the girl and placed a hand on her stomach to help her absorb the pill.

After that was done, he went to place the red pill inside her open mouth. However, all of a sudden the girl leaned forward and took the pill from the youth’s hand.

As she did, she stuck out her tongue and licked the youth’s fingers that had some of the pills residue on it.

The youth was momentarily stunned but he soon recovered and pulled his hand back.

He then looked at the girl to see that she was looking at him rather strangely.

But this wasn’t the first time she looked at him like that.

Over the past few days, the youth started to realize this girl’s feelings towards him started to change.

There was almost this sexual tension between them that wasn’t there before.

The youth wondered how that was even possible in a situation like this, but perhaps this girl had a secret fetish for situations like this?

Maybe under different circumstances he would respond to this strange stare, but now wasn’t the time.

The youth went to form a hand seal to cover the girl’s mouth, but the girl suddenly said.

"Wait! The chains around my wrist are too tight, can you loosen them, please?"

The youth looked at the girl’s pleading expression and he thought for a moment before nodding.

He waved his hand over the fiery chains around her wrists and loosen them a bit.

"Thank you."

The girl responded, and the youth went to cover her mouth again before leaving. But the girl suddenly asked.

"Wait, what’s your name? My name is Bong Seon... it means impatient flower."

The youth then witness this girl name Bong Seon bite her bottom lip, and he felt strange.

Was this girl really trying to hit on him in this situation?

The youth was ready to get up without responding to her question. However...

"Wait! You aren’t going to tell me your name?"

The youth stood up and expressionlessly form a hand seal to cover her mouth.

"No, wait! I have a dag-"

The girl’s mouth was covered before she finished her sentence, but the youth frowned and remove the cover.

"What did you just say?"

"I said I have a dagger, I was going to use it to escape."

The youth found it strange the girl would tell him that, but he still asked seriously as he bent down.

"Where is it."

"It’s in here."

After saying this, the youth saw Seon lean her chest forward.

His expression instantly changed and he turned to give the perverted girl a stern look.

"Are you actually telling the truth?"

Seon nodded, but the youth still didn’t trust her.

"If you don’t check then I’ll escape and tell everyone you’re a part of the Demonic Cult."

The youth’s face hardened.

"You’re not scared I would just kill you to avoid all the trouble?"

"If you wanted to kill me then you would have done so already. Even though you’re a part of the Demonic Cult, you don’t look like someone that likes killing people."

The youth frowned, but Seon simply leaned her chest towards him further.

The youth swore to himself if this girl was lying just to play out her weird fantasies then he was going starve her for a week.

After sighing, the youth reached between Seon’s robes in search of this supposed hidden dagger.

"Hhm..."

The youth’s eyebrows twitched when Seon suddenly released a moan, but he managed to remain expressionless as he reached further in after not feeling anything initially.

But suddenly, his fingers brushed against something.

He pushed his hand further and ignored Seon’s increasingly loud moans as he grabbed the handle of something.

The youth then pulled his hand out and saw that there was actually a small dagger inside of her robes.

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