The fifth portal was over, they only needed to finish two remaining portals then they could come out of the HZ Bay and survive the death that kept coming for them.
After the fifth portal, the system gave them one day of break. The sixth portal would appear the day after tomorrow, at the same time they returned from the fifth portal.
When the night came, Tang Shaoyang called Arina and Selena. He was asking the two to do a Marriage Oath for him. This was the only way to erase the paranoid thoughts that haunted Zhang Mengyao.
Despite her experiences in the war, the girl wavered when it came to Tang Shaoyang. She just did not want to lose him, and this Marriage Oath would make sure that she would not be forgotten or even left behind.
Arina agreed to do the oath for him. The Cleric could help to form the oath, just like the priest did when he made a contract with the Guild Master.
In the living room, Zhang Mengyao was sitting across Tang Shaoyang. The girl was nervous and kept forgetting her lines. Because of that, the marriage oath was delayed for fifteen minutes before she could finish her lines.
As Tang Shaoyang and Zhang Mengyao finished their lines, a magic circle formed on top of them. The magic circle lightened the living room even more. The magic lasted for ten seconds before it shrunk in size at the marble and entered their heads respectively.
"Done!" Arina announced the Marriage Oath was over which caught Zhang Mengyao off guard, "It's over, just like that? There's no more ceremony or anything?" She felt that the Marriage Oath was too superficial for a sacred ritual.
"Mnnn, if it's my place, we will celebrate the Marriage Oath together with music, dance, and feast," Elinova joined in, "What makes the Marriage Oath special is the celebration, not the oath. At least, that's what I feel back then."
"Really, is it over? I don't feel anything after the oath," Zhang Mengyao tried to move her hand here and there, trying to feel the mysterious power.
"What? Were you expecting warm flow in your body or getting electrocuted something like that?" Tang Shaoyang rolled his eyes at the girl.
"Get yourself, Kang Xue is waiting for her marriage oath," Kang Xue was waiting behind the couch, her face was telling everyone that she was very excited. She was beaming in happiness.
Only then Zhang Mengyao realized that she was not the only one. The seven girls had come to an agreement that they would make an oath together. Just like that, Tang Shaoyang married all the seven girls in one night, but of course, he was not going to sleep with the seven of them which was a bit unfortunate on his side. He could not because the girls just met and knew each other recently. He could not be more selfish than this as the fact they were getting along was pretty good for him.
The last one was Selena, "I guess it's fine even if I don't have the Marriage Oath..." her voice was low.
"However, a few of them almost died. If not for the on-time portal, they would die for sure," Cao Yuntai told him his subordinates' tales.
Tang Shaoyang was surprised that they suffered no casualties in the fifth portal. In his case, he easily passed the portal because of Rumru's bloodline and help. Remembering about Rumru, it upset him again.
He just had fun to forget the foul mood for losing a precious Spirit, now he remembered it again. Even though it was not as upsetting as before, his mood took a sudden change from better to worse.
"Then we should plan the next portal carefully," Tang Shaoyang tried to change the topic. He did not want to talk about the fifth portal for the time being.
"We may have no clue for what we will face next, but from the pattern, I do believe that the next portal would be a random group again or even a solo survival," he voiced his thoughts
The first four portals were a group survival, they moved and fought in a whole group. Of course, the fifth portal was a group too but a much smaller group. He guessed that the next portal they would get separated into a smaller group or even alone to increase the difficulty.
"What do you guys think?" Tang Shaoyang asked the two.
"I guess so too," both men agreed with his conjecture.
"Do you have any plans for that?" Tang Shaoyang asked the two. He had thought about the next portal, but he wanted to know what his subordinates' thought first as he always did.
Before Wei Xi and Cao Yuntai could give their response, the Jade Eagle Beastmen descended from the sky with his high speed. He landed next to Tang Shaoyang, "You should come with me, your subordinate is about to fight Kairu!"
The urgency in his tone could not be denied, it was clear the beastmen was concerned about the fight. That meant it was the fight that likely could not be stopped by himself.
"My subordinate? Who?" Tang Shaoyang looked toward Wen. He wondered who was challenging the Kairu since the people had been avoiding the Flaming Lion all this time.
"I don't know, but he looks younger than you and quite strong too. You should stop them before they are killing each other!" Wen urged Tang Shaoyang to follow him.
"Woooo... This is interesting..." Tang Shaoyang smiled as he could guess who was coming to challenge Kairu.
'Interesting your ass!' That was what Wen wanted to say, but he acknowledged the man as his leader, so he would not say that. Especially in front of the others.
"Let's take a look then!" Tang Shaoyang followed Wen.