An Yanfei seemed to have come specifically to see Hill off. His smile was dazzling, and he almost eagerly escorted Hill aboard a large ship bearing the character "An."
Neither he nor An Ran seemed surprised that Hill had brought only seven attendants. An Archmage was an army unto himself, after all. He had no need for Guardians; most people around him would only be there to handle odd jobs.
If anyone truly angered him, even an empire as strict about foreigners as the Dragonborn Empire would not step in to restrain the Archmage. It would only blame the fool who had failed to see what was right in front of him.
The strong had privileges everywhere, provided they really were strong.
An Yanfei had some idea of Hill's strength, but what he learned after contacting the Divine Dragons still frightened him.
He had originally wanted to keep this visitor's arrival quiet. Unfortunately, Hill's power was beyond what the An Family could keep under wraps.
Whenever someone above the Legendary level arrived in the country, the Divine Dragons along the Dragonborn Empire's coast found a way to gauge their strength.
Then they decided whether to allow that person inland and, if so, what rank of shaman should follow and protect them.
Yet when Archmage Bolanio entered Guest Island, all had been calm. Not a single dragon had appeared.
As the manager of the VIP docks, An Yanfei had even had to contact the dragons himself through spiritual communication. Their assessment was that they might not beat the Archmage even if they all attacked him together.
No one would dare stop someone like that from going anywhere, unless he insisted on visiting the imperial palace or the ancestral shrine of some great family.
They could not pressure a man of such