"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving." Duke had no time to waste on this strange woman and intended to leave directly.
Freya hurriedly reached out to stop him, then took out a brass plaque. "Take this. It'll let you pass unimpeded throughout Turus Territory."
Duke looked at the plaque before him without reaching for it, only considering whether there was some trick to it.
He even wondered whether Freya intended to track him and use that to locate the Fifth Outpost.
The possibility was not nonexistent. When traveling through another plane, one had to be cautious about everything.
Seeing that Duke had not accepted it, Freya quickly understood what he was worried about and said, "You really are guarded. It's just an ordinary brass plaque, yet you treat good intentions like malice!"
After thinking for a moment, Duke reached out and took it, then immediately placed it inside the Light Divine Court.
"I've accepted it. Can I leave now?"
Freya was clearly stunned by what she saw. She had no idea where Duke had put the brass plaque. "Now I'm becoming more and more curious about you----"
Duke ignored her, turned, and left. Freya could not stop him even if she tried.
She could only watch his departing back, lightly biting her lip as a faint smile appeared on her face.
After shaking off Freya, Duke immediately controlled the surrounding water elements to wash his entire body, then extracted those water elements and cleansed away every scent that had clung to him.
As for the brass plaque, he would not take it out for the time being unless he encountered another patrol on the road.
Once he left Turus Territory, he would throw the plaque away.
With the plaque inside the Light Divine Court, Duke was not worried about