"Thanks, but this old Cui isn't looking to enlist just yet..."
"What should I call you, brave man?"
"Cui Li of Yong Province!"
After exchanging a few brief, crisp words with the officer at the gate, Zhang Tie did not pause for even half a step. Together with Gong Ziyao and Zhou Shufan, he swiped his card and entered Lion Fortress.
Swiping the card served as identification and also accumulated time spent in the fortress, earning Earth Element Crystals.
"Brother Cui, then let's split up and handle our own business for now. We'll meet again at Ironblood Tower at eight o'clock the night after tomorrow!" Gong Ziyao said to Zhang Tie.
"Alright, you two go ahead and get busy. I need to deal with the things I have on hand too. See you the night after tomorrow!" Zhang Tie nodded.
The three clasped their fists to one another, then went their separate ways.
Over the past few days of traveling together, the three had come to understand one another quite well. Gong Ziyao and Zhou Shufan had invited Zhang Tie to gather at Ironblood Tower, the Knight tavern in Lion Fortress, three days later, saying they had something to discuss. Zhang Tie had nodded and agreed.
Watching Gong Ziyao and Zhou Shufan leave, Zhang Tie said nothing more. After recalling the map of Lion Fortress in his mind, he headed straight toward the Knight Tower of Radiance in Lion Fortress at a run.
That was where the various assignments for the Knights stationed at Lion Fortress were issued, and where Knights turned in missions in exchange for all sorts of resources. The Tower of Radiance was Lion Fortress's Knight mission tower.
The pair of horns from the minotaur devil Knight on Zhang Tie's back were proof that Zhang Tie had