After parting ways with Baus, Saine took his newly acquired apprentices to the southern border of the Ebarute Empire, where they rendezvoused with the floating ship of the Dark Flame Holy Tower.
Nearly seven hundred qualified apprentices with initial Mental Strength exceeding 10 points meant Saine's trip had not been in vain.
As for the hundred-odd Magic Coins paid to Baus, Saine truly did not care about such a small sum.
Strictly speaking, moreover, Saine should not have been the one paying for it.
Once he returned to the Dark Flame Holy Tower, the expense could be reimbursed.
Before the Tower Master had "gone out," he had entrusted the Public Funds of the Holy Tower Academy to Saine and Kester, the two full deans, who could also keep watch over one another.
It was a tremendous sum of money. Even Saine, who was quite wealthy himself, could not help clicking his tongue when he saw it.
Since the Dark Flame Holy Tower was so rich, it naturally would not embezzle Saine's little expenditure.
When Saine returned to the floating ship, Vice Dean Bob came forward to greet him.
Bob truly had not expected Saine to bring back more than seven hundred apprentices. What he had expected even less was that Saine's solution would be to come to the Ebarute Empire and "snatch people."
Bob had lived for three or four thousand years, yet this was the first time he had done something so wicked.
Seeing Saine return, the Vice Dean did not even have time to ask for the details. He hurriedly pulled Saine along and urged the floating ship to return.
"Those little ones have been fairly obedient, right?" Saine asked Bob before him as he landed on the deck of the floating ship.
After all, Bob was a