Chapter 144: Moving on (1/2)

After that, the screen dissipated into thin air and Yan Wang's armies set off with the two dead ghost kings.

Alex was still not awake, but he was in a very stable condition.

The piggy had caught up to them, and the group from earlier, except the ghost king delegate, was reunited.

Xuanzang bowed slightly to Hermes and said, ”We apologize for not being able to help with your troubles with Yudi.”

Hermes shrugged and replied, ”Don't worry about it, thank you for your help with vanquishing the other ghost king.”

”Oh, before I forget, Alexei-boy seemed to get along well with you, is there any way we'll meet up in India?” Hermes asked Sun Wukong.

Xuanzang replied in the monkey's stead, ”After meeting up with Buddha, only fate shall determine where we shall go, but if karma wills it, we might meet again.”

After that, Sun Wukong and the monk bid their goodbyes to Hermes.

Meanwhile, the piggy silently drifted off with the group while glaring at the former.

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-Sometime later-

Hermes sat down silently, waiting for Alex to gain his consciousness back organically.

Suddenly, a cold wind from the east breezed through their location.

Alex's eyelashes fluttered, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Other than his torn clothes, there was no sign of any battle on the latter's body.

However, he clenched the Essence of Chaos tightly in his hand, even throughout his unconscious period.

”Hermes?”

”Alexei-boy? How are you feeling?”

Alex was puzzled and looked around.

The molten magma had cooled down, and the wind carried away the apocalyptic ash that surrounded the desert earlier.

Most importantly, he didn't perceive the delegate or the ghost king.

”What happened?” Alex asked Hermes.

The latter was looking at him with a strange expression of relief.

Hermes smiled and recounted everything.

”I took care of...

”Then, Yan Wang said...

”We're in the trouble...

Alex's expression shifted drastically through the discourse.

The delegate had brought them into conflict with the heavenly court, which was their destination for the entire trip, and now, they'd have to go through negotiations with other affiliated factions to regain their safety in Qin.

Out of a sudden, Alex recalled a small detail.

He jumped out and clenched his fists, ”They know our appearance, Hermes!”

Hermes frowned and stated, ”We'll have to restock supplies somehow, The East Sea is quite far away...”

”Do you have any shapeshifting abilities?”

Unfortunately, Hermes shook his head.

Alex gulped, and because of this situation, he would be able to bear Incarnating into that hateful woman.

His other Incarnations looked too close to his real appearance, therefore, only Aphrodite's Incarnation, which changed his appearance very drastically, would work.

Under his guise, Alex's appearance slowly morphed into that of an extremely handsome, blond man with lilac-blue eyes.

”I'm not sure you should let mortals see you around in that appearance, but it's fine,” Hermes refrained from commenting on his distaste for this appearance.

”Should we get the dragon back?” Alex asked.

Hermes shrugged, and ultimately, they went back near the small village, where they left the dragon.