Fleur's death meant Frank had no other choice.
While he had hoped to find the antidote from Fleur before, that hope had now gone up in smoke.
And since he burned down Baba Yaga's clinic before, he could not pin his hopes on anyone else.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe tried asking Yora Yimmel too, but she had nothing either, as the Rigor Pneuma was delivered straight to Fleur Lang from Baba Yaga through Borc Zomer.
And Borc had long since killed himself, ingesting a poison tablet hidden in his molar after Jade Zahn tortured him horrifically. With all the other options out, Frank could only go to Kornac's Keep as Abel had suggested to save Mark's life.
After a few days of rest and preparation, Frank drove to Norsedam.
Kornac's Keep was not particularly famous on the east coast, let alone Draconia, but they certainly held a strong reputation locally. In fact, on the day of the trials and Frank arrived at the gates, he was surprised by the crowds he was seeing.
They were on the edge of Norsedam, at the very end of the mountainous highways.
But despite the remote location, the masses could not resist coming for the hype.
Many were rich kids too, dressed flamboyantly and carrying themselves above the rest.
Frank discreetly stayed behind the crowd as they slowly headed up the mountain, and everyone soon saw the Kornac's Keep enclave, hidden deep in the woods.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe facade of the main building was dilapidated and already a lot less impressive than Riverton's Sage Lake Sect.
Even the signboard looked like it had to be repaired and changed several times, a sign of the thrifty attitude of those inside.
"Tut, tut." A rich playboy with a pretty face in one arm clicked his tongue as he stared at the signboard in contempt. "My dad insisted I chere to learn? You really need to see it to believe it-honestly, what respectable person would learn anything here?" Content belongs to en.kikistories"How unseemly. Don't you know better than to judge by appearances?" Another youth strode over, wearing robes of plain cloth as he stared at the rich kid in contempt.
"Exactly." The young woman standing with the plainly-robed youth agreed. "Sspoiled brat like you shouldn't bother coming to take the trials at all." The young woman did not wear makeup, but her natural beauty was a class above the rich kid's girlfriend.
"Hmm?" The rich kid's eyes widened at the young woman, and he suddenly could not care less about the pair's contempt as he chuckled. "Hey, beautiful. Where are you from? My n dad owns Huey Pharm don't SW we go out for drinks after the trials?" Content belongs to en.kikistories"What?! Huey Pharma?!" The crowd were shocked to hear the name, as Huey Pharma was one of the top pharmaceutical companies and its owner, Warren Summers, was one of the richest men in Morhen.
It was certainly a surprise that Warren would send his own son Ira to take part in Kornac's Keep's trials! Ira Summers certainly noticed the worshipful looks around him, and in his pride, he did not hold back from ogling the young woman, especially her lady parts.
"Hmph!" That was when the youth in plain robes snorted and moved to stand in front of the young woman, blocking tra's ogling as he snapped coolly, "Lam Kairo Wal, an apprentice of Cloudnine Sect's & Te of Flowers. This is my junior Horey Lindt, and if you ogle her for another second longer, I will gouge your eyes out of their sockets!" Content belongs to en.kikistories.com