553, Well, aren't they all prisoners? (Asking for monthly tickets, today's update is 11,000 words)

Charles didn't stay at Arcadia Port and soon returned to Strasbourg.

Wood Brandon had let him know about the might of the Van Gaal Family's Secret Technique, and he realized that he had progressed too quickly in his cultivation and indeed neglected many things.

The first special ability of the Van Gaal Family's Secret Technique was the Spirit of the Mirror, something Charles hadn't expected to be so profound. When cultivated to a higher level, it could manifest as a Spiritual Hunting Dog, and he had almost suffered a great loss under the claws of these conceptual magical creatures.

Charles still had to wait until the last day of the one-month deadline, so he made no moves and instead began to study the first special ability of the Infinite Mirror Realm, the Spirit of the Mirror, at Machu Picchu!