In just a day, the Southern Continent was engulfed in the raging fire that was the news of players finally getting to return back to where they came from.
It wasn't just the players that were happy with the news, but also people that were not players. After all, it was clear that players were vastly more talented than regular people, these regular people wanted nothing more than to not have to see the players again.
Of course, the truly successful players didn't even give going back a thought. They had already lived the majority of their life here and had friends and families that they would've wanted to get rid of just so they could go back to a life that they didn't even remember that well.
There were others, however, who were more than happy to learn that they could go back. They rushed through the continent, with the help of the Royal army, to reach the capital as soon as they could.
In just 3 days, over 120 thousand individuals were gathered in the Sunborn Sanctuary, and the number was steadily growing.
In 4 days, it reached 140 thousand, and in 5 days, it reached 150 thousand. That seemed to be as many people as were going to come. Still, Alex decided to wait 2 more days as he initially planned for it all to take an entire week.
"Just over 150 thousand," Hao Ya said softly. "The people who came to the Southern Continent should have numbered over 600 thousand. Now, there's less than a fourth of it."
"Is that bad by any chance?" Alex asked.
"No, I was just making an observation," Hao Ya said. "Although that does makes one wonder just how many refused to come back... and just how many can no longer come back."
Alex spent the remaining 2 days doing something he thought was worth it. He had to use up one of the spirit veins he was planning on taking back to the Western continent, but it was for good reason, so he didn't feel any guilt.
He only wished that the work he had done wasn't at waste at all.
In the remaining 2 days, a few people had still come, but the number didn't increase by much. However, the excitement and nervousness in the air grew with every moment.
Soon, the time to leave was arriving, so everyone gathered around the Intercontinental Teleportation formation.
The formation itself was large enough to handle about 20 thousand people at once, so they would have to do multiple teleportations to send everyone away.
If not for the royal army that was keeping peace right now, people would've already stormed the formation to go away immediately.
"You guys decided to go?" Alex asked Jai Heiyun and Harry who were sticking together. Thanks to being one of the best alchemists on the continent, the two had managed to form a friendship that even Alex couldn't have thought about.
"Just to check," Harry said. "We have no plan on staying."
"You are absolutely sure we can return, right your Majesty?" Jai Heiyun asked. "I only want to visit my home, I don't want to be stuck there."
"No, we will return," Alex said. "I'm confident. You don't have to worry."
"I can't believe I'm actually going back," Harry said. "I wonder if anyone is still around. I wonder how things have changed."
Alex thought the same himself. He left to prepare a few more things and returned to Scarlet who was with his father.
"Father, I'm glad you agreed to go visit home," Alex asked.
"Yes," Graham said. "Even though your mother isn't back there, I still want to visit. If nothing, I want to visit my parent's graves one last time."
Alex nodded. "We should go then," he said.
Scarlet stood tall next to them as she looked toward Hao Ya who was flying in the sky with some sort of artifact.
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