Enweit lowered his eyes slightly, then quickly raised his head again after a moment. "Thank you, Captain, for your guidance all these years. Without those years of partnering with you, there would be no Enweit of today, much less the powerful Aura. Aura has no way to repay you."
Xi Xiu was very surprised.
She had not expected the usually quiet Enweit to say such a long speech.
And one filled with thanks, at that.
Even A Xian was astonished.
She had thought the Aola People were simply poor with words. It turned out they just could not be bothered to speak.
Xi Xiu waved her hand. "We're partners, so don't talk about that. As long as you hold Aura steady and don't let the Hanhai People take advantage of it, that will be enough. I believe you can protect the homeland of the Aola People."
Back then, she had pushed Enweit to train because, first, she had discovered that their talents, when combined with Mental Power, could yield unexpected results.
Second, it was because the two of them were partners, with an obligation to rescue each other during missions.
If Enweit became stronger, the success rate of their missions would rise as well, and their chances of escaping safely when danger struck would be much higher.
Come to think of it, she and Enweit had once fought.
At the time, she had gone all out and defeated the Aola People warrior.
To make Enweit truly accept it, she had initially fought using only Mental Power.
Just when Enweit believed he was about to win, her final strike combined Martial Skill and Mental Power, knocking him flat.
The tall Aola People warrior had been utterly bewildered, unable to understand how he had lost just like that.
Only after seeing how