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Illumi asked Zeno Zoldyck to help King Bradley get a legal identity. Zeno agreed very readily, but his condition was that Illumi buy him a valuable stone table with collector's value. The price of the stone table, which could have been bought for one hundred thousand Jenny, suddenly increased by more than tenfold.
"Hmm?" As Illumi and the other person walked out through the small door of the Testing Gate, Zebro, who was drinking tea in the security room, heard the sound. Turning his head, he happened to see Illumi and the other person passing by the security room.
"Why is Young Master Illumi running outside so often these days?" Looking at the two walking towards the mountain road outside, Zebro scratched his somewhat chilly bald head. He had seen Illumi come and go four times in these three days. Once a day, back and forth – was he just running around for fun?
The two walked all the way, taking an hour to reach the small town at the foot of the mountain.
"Young Master Illumi, Master Zeno asked me to wait for you here. The identity document you requested has been prepared." As soon as they arrived in the small town, a butler dressed in a tuxedo immediately came forward and handed Illumi a file folder.
"So quickly." Illumi took the file folder, opened it, and took out the contents to look. All documents were complete; even King Bradley's photo was there.
After the butler handed him the documents, he bowed and left. Illumi and King Bradley went to the train station. They were to take a train here to a town in the deepest, most remote part of the Dentora region.
"Your tickets, please keep them safe." The ticket seller handed Illumi and King Bradley's train tickets out through the window.
Zeno Zoldyck, through some unknown connections, had managed to get King Bradley legal citizenship of the Republic of Padokea in just one short hour, and had even processed various transportation documents for him at the same time.
Toot...
The two waited at the station for ten minutes. With a whistle, the train stopped at the platform. The two queued up behind others and boarded the train.
Illumi sat by the window, his elbow resting on the windowsill, watching the scenery fly by outside, enjoying the cool summer breeze.
"Since it's cultivation, of course, we have to go to some relatively dangerous places."
"And these places, ordinary people cannot enter. Only Hunters are qualified."
"Even if not a Hunter, one must have at least one accompanying Hunter as a guarantor."
"Dangerous places? Are you referring to those mysterious demonic realms and secret lands?" King Bradley pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then spoke.
"Oh?" Illumi couldn't help but show surprise upon hearing King Bradley's question. "I don't remember telling you about demonic realms and secret lands."
King Bradley closed his eyes and chuckled lightly. "I am a Nen beast. I don't need to sleep or rest."
"So, while you were sleeping, I read all the books in your room about this world's common knowledge and some legends."
"Quite capable. It would take an ordinary person several days to finish reading those books." Illumi praised casually, retracted his gaze, glanced at King Bradley, and took out a laptop from his backpack.
"To become a Hunter, let's first register on the official Hunter website."
"Although it's only July now, and the Hunter Exam registration deadline is December 30th, with the exam starting on January 7th."
"But before that, there are still five months of training time."
"Dear passengers, we have now arrived at Gregorius National Park."
An announcement sounded inside the train. The train stopped at a remote small town. Illumi and King Bradley got up and disembarked, looking up at the endless primeval forest ahead, feeling a sense of awe.
This was Gregorius National Park, a primeval forest hundreds of kilometers away from Kukuroo Mountain. Gregorius National Park was located in the northwest of the Republic of Padokea, in the western part of the Dentora region. It covered an area of approximately 500 square kilometers and was situated at the western foot of the Laresena mountain range. The Monte River flowed through it, and the Monte River, coursing through the entire national park, carved out a huge canyon in the northern half of the park.
The essence of Gregorius National Park was rock; ubiquitous granite formed a rough, gray canvas. Upon it were depicted dazzling emerald forests, shining silver rivers and lakes, winding small streams, rolling hills, and the magnificent Gregorius Great Falls. It housed various mammals, thousands of species of birds, reptiles, and amphibians, and even magical beasts. This natural beauty, a masterpiece of nature, combined delicacy with ruggedness, attracting millions of tourists annually on average.
"The forests in such remote places are truly appealing." Illumi looked at a group of people who had disembarked from the train ahead of them. The group of six all carried very large travel backpacks. Judging by their demeanor, they were not ordinary people.
Seemingly sensing Illumi and the other person's gaze, a man with short, messy flaxen hair walking at the very end of the group stopped and looked back at Illumi and King Bradley.
Pop! He blew a pink bubble with the gum in his mouth, which then burst with a pop, sticking to his lips.
"Sawyer, what are you dawdling there for?" A long-haired man wearing glasses at the front of the group turned back and shouted at him. The young man called Sawyer shrugged, scraped the gum off his lips with his teeth back into his mouth, and caught up with the group.
"Let's go." Illumi also retracted his gaze. He and King Bradley set off on the road to the small town. They needed to find a place there for lunch, and then they could enter that primeval forest to begin their cultivation.
Three months. For this period, they would be cultivating in this endless primeval forest. After three months, they would spend two months crossing the Republic of Padokea and the Republic of Minbo, reaching the largest port city on the westernmost side of the Republic of Minbo – Delgada. There, they would take a ship specially designated by the Hunter Association to the city where the Hunter Exam location was. After the Hunter Exam, they would return to Kukuroo Mountain. By then, it would be around the time Milluki was born. The time had been allocated.
Illumi and King Bradley walked on the streets of the small town. Unlike the quiet forest, the small town had a large flow of people and was very lively. Many lightly dressed tourists came and went, experiencing the various local delicacies and specialties.
"It's so hot." Illumi and King Bradley stood on the street of the small town under the scorching sun. Illumi looked at the hat shop next to them; many sun hats were displayed inside.
"Forget it, let's find a restaurant to eat first." Illumi touched his head; his black hair was scorching hot from the sun.
Illumi only carried a small backpack containing some daily necessities and a change of clothes, while King Bradley carried nothing, because he didn't need to. They weren't here for tourism like others; they were here for cultivation. Too many things would be inconvenient.