Teleportation arrays were fast, clean, and efficient.
But even the instant travel they provided couldn't send Kain and Serena to the capital quick enough to beat the crowd gathering for the auction.
Which is why Kain and Serena—two beast tamers with far more intelligence than they were currently using—stood at the edge of Celestial Plaza in the capital, staring at the blinking No Vacancy signs lighting up every hotel they passed.
"I can't believe we didn't think of this," Serena muttered, arms crossed, eyes narrowed at the elegant facade of the third luxury hotel they'd tried.
