《Sovereign of the Firmaments》 Chapter 1 - Lonewolf ''Keke'' On a in ground that was covered with countless bloodied bodies, a man who was entirely covered in blood could be seen revealing an evil smile while looking at the dead bodies all around him. Among the countless bodies, not a single one was intact as they were missing at least a single part. As for the blood on his body, it was a mix of his own with the blood of all those who were around him whom he had killed single-handedly. ''Fi...finally, I can die.'' With an eerie smile on his face, he muttered to himself before falling to the ground. Even though he knew he was going to die, he was not worried at all; instead, there was a relieved smile on his face. In his final moments, he could see his entire past as though everything happened just like yesterday. The man''s name was Lonewolf which he gave himself because he was an orphan without a name. Lonewolf was just a skinny beggar until the age of six; however, everything changed when he and all the orphans from all the corners of the world were picked up by a mysterious organization to undergo cruel training. The training was so cruel that before the first part of the training waspleted, 80 percent of the orphans in that program were dead. The training continued for 10 years and from the rest of the 20 percent, only 12 orphans were able to survive and became the deadliest weapons for that mysterious organization. For the next 10 years, Lone wolf and the other survivors started working for the mysterious organization and all of sudden, for some unknown reason, one after another trained assassin died mysteriously on their missions. The same thing happened with Lonewolf; however, he was lucky enough to survive the ambush and found out that the mysterious organization itself was nning to kill him and already killed the other nine trained assassins. Initially, he nned to hide from the mysterious organization; however, he was hunted down. Finally, he could not endure being hunted by everyone, he nned and sessfully killed the head of a mysterious organization after many difficulties, at least that''s what he thought until he saw the true head of the organization walk out of another room. Before he could know anything, he was surrounded by thousands of assassins of the mysterious organisation. Without wasting anything, he led everyone to the nearby open ce where he was confident in going against any number of assassins. In the end, he was able to kill everyone including the boss who was paralysed by seeing his killing spree and it took him a single poison dart to kill him. ''If there is a next life, I hope to live without killing anyone.'' These were thest words he muttered in his low voice before closing his eyes in this world forever. For thest 15 years, there was not a single day, he didn''t kill anyone and after killing so many, Lonewolf got tired of killing and just wanted to rest. Moreover, he even hoped to get a peaceful life without having to kill anyone in his next life. .... Somewhere in another world, "Brother, please don''t leave me alone and die." A little boy was crying while trying to wake up a young man lying on the ground whose head waspletely covered with blood. ''Huh?'' ''Who is calling me?'' ''Didn''t I just die?'' ''Moreover, who is that? Why is he calling me brother?'' ''I don''t have a single sibling and where the hell did this brothere from?'' As for the young man lying on the ground, he didn''t open his eyes; however, he could hear everything. But the thing is, his head waspletely filled with questions as he didn''t understand what was happening with him and who was addressing him as ''Brother''. "Young master, give this pill to him." All of a sudden, an old man rushed from a distance and gave the crying boy a pill. Without wasting any time, the little boy took the pill from the old man''s hands and tossed it into the young man''s mouth before praying to the heavens. ''Please save my brother. Nothing should happen to him. He is thest member of my family.'' ''I am tired from killing. Can''t you just let me rest in peace?'' Even though Lonewolf wanted to say those words as loudly as possible to whoever was disturbing him from his sleep, he was too weak to speak. So, he could only curse in his mind. After dying on the blue, Lonewolf''s soul transmigrated into a young man''s body; however, Lonewolf has yet to notice it. So, he was cursing the brainless fool who was trying to wake him up. ''Huh? What is this?'' All of a sudden, Lonewolf felt a pill enter into his mouth and within seconds it melted. Soon, he felt his strength recover at an incredible speed. ''Where did this miraculous pille from?'' Even though he used pills in the past, those pills would take at least one day before showing any effect; however, the pill tossed into his mouth was showing instant effect. ''Sigh...who the hell is saving me now? I am already tired of my life killing others.'' Nevertheless, Lonewolf was annoyed because he just wanted to die and now someone is saving him. After a few moments, the young man in whom Lonewolf had transmigrated a few minutes back opened his eyes. As he recovered his partial strength. "Don''t me me¡­.." As soon as he opened his eyes, Lonewolf decided to kill anyone who saved him; however, when he saw a crying skinny boy, he was unable to continue his actions. He even stopped his words ''.....for killing you for saving me.'' ''Huh? Where am I?'' At the same time, he noticed he was wearing different clothes. Moreover, his body became smaller and thinnerpared to what he remembered about his body. "Brother, you are finally awake." While Lonewolf was in his thoughts, the crying young boy jumped at him with excitement. ''What? Why does he keep on calling me that? Don''t tell me that I have transmigrated.'' ''Aargh'' As soon as he thought about it, Lonewolf got a sharp pain in his head as many familiar yet unfamiliar memories flooded into his head. Chapter 2 - Lucas Hellmore ''Lucas...Hellmore?'' For Lonewolf who endured even more hellish pains, the slight pain in his head was not a big issue and after checking the new memories in his head, he understood everything. ''So, I have really transmigrated. I never thought that Quickscar''s fantasies were true.'' He suddenly thought of one of the deadly assassins who survived the hellish training. Even though Lonewolf didn''t talk with others much, the assassin named Quickscar used to talk a lot and transmigration was one of them. ''ording to him, there should be some gift for the trasmigrator, right?'' Lonewolf, for the first time in his life, thought about something other than killing. ''Damn it...what am I even thinking? Compared to my previous world, this world is even more cruel.'' Soon, Lonewolf cursed himself as he thought about the world he had transmigrated. From his memories, in this world, killing is asmon as cutting vegetables. ''I asked for a peaceful life but why the hell did I transmigrate into this dog-eat-dog world.'' Lonewolf could not help but curse in his head. "Brother, how are you feeling? Are you okay?" Seeing that his brother was spacing out, Evan Hellmore asked with a worried look on his face. "Huh?" Lonewolf came out of his thoughts and looked at the skinny boy who was worried for him before replying in a stern voice, "I am okay." This was the first time he saw someone who was worried for him. So, he could not help but feel something in his heart which he had never felt in his previous life. "Second young master, the first young master still needs some rest." Seeing that the boy was about to ask even more questions, the old man standing beside him stopped the boy from asking any more questions before taking him to the adjacent room in the cave. ''Phew'' Seeing that both the boy and the old man leave the small room, Lonewolf heaved a sigh of relief as he slowly looked into the memories of Lucas Hellmore. That''s right! The previous owner of the body was called Lucas Hellmore and he died after getting beaten up by the servants of the Liontalon family''s young master. ''So, the Hellmore family and the Liontalon family are blood enemies and what''s more, after a long stalemate, the Liontalon family sessfully destroyed the Hellmore family leaving the brothers¡­Poor kids.'' After learning everything that happened to the Hellmore family, the heartless assassin also could not help but feel a little pity; however, he didn''t have any ns to take revenge on them. ''Anyway, tomorrow, we will be leaving for the ninth firmament anyway. So, there is no reason to go against such a powerful family.'' Lonewolf, who was tired of fighting from his past life didn''t want to continue in this life also. ''After going back to the ninth firmament, I can live peacefully with my new brother.'' The only thought in his mind was to have a peaceful life with his brother. In his previous life, Lonewolf was just an orphan and even though he worked with the other assassins, they were just emotionless creatures just like him. So, he wanted to treasure the brother he got in this life. .... Next day, "Young master, can you walk or should I...?" "No need. I can walk." Lonewolf...no, Lucas Hellmore slowly stood up from the ground as he replied to the old servant in a stern voice. Since he didn''t have many conversations in his past life, Lonewolf could only speak in a stern voice. "Yes, young master." The old man Bernard nodded his head. Soon, a 16-year old young man, a 10-year old boy and an old man walked out of a cave. Once Hellmore was a mightly family equivalent to Liontalon; however, now they didn''t own a single property as everything was taken away by the Liontalon family. Even though they had some gold coins on them, they can''t use them in this firmament because they were banished by the Liontalon family. "Young masters, do you want to say goodbye to the master who saved your lives?" After walking for some time, the old servant asked his two young masters behind him. "I wan..." "There is no need. He only saved us because he owes the father. He just wanted to clear that favour." Before Evan could speak Lucas interrupted him as he scoffed at the person who saved their lives. The Liontalon family was not magnanimous to leave the offspring of Hellomore just like that. The reason why the Hellmore brothers were alive was because of the firmament ruler who came just when the brothers'' lives were at stake. ''Such a cunning ruler.'' Even though it looked like the firmament ruler saved their lives, it was just bullshit. If he really wanted to save the Hellmore family, then he should have stopped the Liontalon family before they even initiate the attack. "But brother..." "Evan" Before Evan could say anything, Lucas berated him. ''Sobs...Brother, you have never shouted at me like that.'' Evan was just a little kid who didn''t have much understanding regarding the cruelty of the world. However, Lucas'' voice made Evan cry. ''Damn it...I need to be a normal person. I am not a deadly assassin anymore. I am Lucas Hellmore.'' Even though Lonewolf decided to take Lucas'' identity, he was unable to blend into it perfectly because of hisck of emotions in the past life. "Sorry, Evan." Nevertheless, Lonewolf tried his best to act as gentle as possible to calm Evan down. However, in his so-called gentle tone, there is still a little bit of sternness. "I am sorry, brother. Since you are the head of the Hellmore family, you have to shout at others just like how our father used to shout." Evan didn''t bother about the sternness in his brother''s voice as he rubbed his nose. ''Is this how a blood rtion works? Why is my heart aching with his words? Also, when did I be a family head?'' There were many new emotions in his head that were new to him; however, he suppressed all of them and looking at his brother, he said, "Don''t worry, I will not shout at you no matter what." "Really?" "I promise." Lucas promised Evan without thinking for a moment. ''I like this lifepared to my previous one.'' Even though this life is not perfect, Lonewolf liked itpared to his previous life. With that thought in his mind, he walked towards the firmament portal with his brother and family servant. ''Ding, Activating the transmigrator''s gift. Chapter 3 - Transmigrators Gift The world Lonewolf has transmigrated into has nine firmaments and each firmament was connected by a portal that allows the people from one firmament to another. However, there were certain conditions before anyone could pass through the portal along with thousands of gold coins. Even though Lucas and his brother have gold coins, they were not enough for them to enter the portal; however, the ruler of the current firmament permitted them to leave the firmament. So, they could walk towards the firmament portal without any worry. ''Ding, The transmigrator''s soul epted his new life. Activating the transmigrator''s gift. Just when Lucas was approaching the firmament portal, there was a female voice in his head that made him frown for a second. ''Is this the gift that Quickscar talked about?'' Even though Lonewolf didn''t know much about the transmigrator''s stories and their gifts, he could still remember how badly Quickscar wanted to transmigrate leaving behind his role of deadly assassin for a nameless mysterious organization. "Well well well¡­.isn''t that Hellmore brothers?" Before Lonewolf could check what his gift was, he heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice from the distance. "Nathan?" Unconsciously Lonewolf muttered to himself as he looked in the direction from where the voice hade from and saw a young man wearing a light yellow-coloured armour walking towards him. He was none other than Nathan, the eldest young master of the Liontalon family and the one who killed Lucas Hellomore before Lonewolf''s soul transmigrated into this world. "Nathan, what do you want?" If it was the previous owner of the body, then he would have already hidden behind the old man; however, Lonewolf didn''t fear Nathan at all; instead, he asked the young man in armour with a scoff. ''What''s with this Lucas? Why is he not scared even after seeing me?'' Nathan felt something was not right with Lucas as he silently thought in his head. "Young master Nathan, you look like a real knight in that armour." "Yes, young master. I heard you became the squire of ''Sir Ranald''. Is that true?" While Nathan was thinking, two middle-aged men in grey robes rushed towards him and started their bootlicking. "Yes." With a proud look, Nathan nodded his head as he looked at Lucas and his brother before signalling the two men with something. ''You don''t have to worry, young master. You can do anything you want with them. As for the surveince spell, we can tamper it a little.'' ''You just have to throw them into the portal after killing them. We will take care of the rest, young master.'' The two men understood what Nathan wanted to do. So, they whispered to Nathan before leaving that ce. "Don''t worry. Once I be a real knight, I will not forget about you two." Before they left, Nathan assured the two watchers with a slight smile on his face. Soon, the entire ce fell silent except for the sound of the portal activation behind Nathan. "Young master Nathan, my two young masters are under the protection of the ruler himself. If you do anything to them, you and your entire Liontalon family will disappear from this Crystalville firmament." Without any hesitation, the old man Bernard stood in front of the Hellmore brothers as he calmly replied to Nathan; however, deep down, he was worried about the safety of his young masters. "Haha...." Hearing Bernard''s words, Nathan could not help butugh out loud before saying, "Don''t worry, my father is apanying the ruler while I am going to take care of you." "What are you waiting for? Go and take care of that old servant. As for the Hellmore brothers, they will be killed with my own hands." Soon, Nathan gave the order to the three servants he brought along with him. Among the three, two were wearing silver coloured armour whereas thest one was wearing a red-coloured robe. "Yes, young master." As soon as they got the order from their young master, two knights rushed towards the old man Bernard whereas the red-robed old man was chanting something. "Young masters, I will hold them back. You two enter the portal." All of a sudden, the weak-looking old Bernard emitted a light yellow-coloured glow as he rushed towards the two iing knights. "Fireball." All of a sudden, a medium-sized fireball rushed towards the Old Bernard; however, he dodged it without much difficulty. ''Damn it'' The red-robed mage cursed when he saw how easily Bernard dodged his fireball and soon, focused on his next spell. "Grandpa Bernard." Evan became worried for the old man as he looked at his brother Lucas. ''Interesting.'' As for Lucas, he was not at all worried about Nathan''s words; instead, when he saw the Old Bernard fight with a golden glow around him, he became marvelled. Even though he already learned about Knights and Mages from the memories, it was his first time witnessing for real. ''sh'' ''Swoosh'' Just as Lucas was enjoying the sight of a battle between the Knights and a mage, a huge sword was shed at him. Even though he evaded his vital parts from getting shed, there was arge cut on his chest and at the same time, he was unable to bnce his body as he fell to the ground. ''Damn it...I thought I was in my old body. This body is just too fragile.'' Lonewolf cursed the body because it was the reason why he was unable to dodge the shpletely. ''Brother.'' Evan hurriedly used a cloth to press on the wound to stop the bleeding while tears were sliding down on his face. ''Sigh'' Looking at his crying brother, Lucas could not help but sigh. ''Huh? How did I miss it?'' As for Nathan, he was shocked and looked at his sword and then looked at Lucas on the ground and said, "Little bastard, move aside and watch how I kill your brother." Nathan wanted Evan to watch Lucas'' death before he killed him too. "No. You have to kill me before you cany a hand on my brother." Evan took out a wooden sword as he stood in a fighting stance waiting for Nathan to attack. "Haha...sure" Nathan felt it was funny when he saw Evan in front of him and could not help butugh out loud. Chapter 4 - Barren Firmament, Silverstone Town ''Is this how it feels when you have a family who will give their life for you?'' Lucas Hellmore, who saw the actions of his little brother, felt something in his heart that he was feeling for the first time. ''I like this feeling.'' With a slight smile on his face, Lucas stood up from the ground as he stretched his body a little. "Die, little bast¡­." Nathan stoppedughing as he shed his golden sword at Evan who was trying to protect his brother. ''Swoosh'' However, he was unable to finish his words and his attack before a small stone flew past his face. ''What was that?'' Nathan barely dodged the stone; however, he was unable to see what it was. ''Che...Looks like I need some time to get used to this body.'' Lucas muttered to himself as he looked at Nathan and said, "Are you looking for this?" ''Swoosh'' While saying those words, Lucas used his fingers to shoot another small stone. ''Puchi'' ''Aargh'' This time, his aim didn''t miss as the small stone directly hit Nathan''s left eye making him groan in pain. "Evan, Old man, let''s go." As soon as the small stone hit Nathan''s eyes, Lucas held his little brother''s hands and shouted at the old man Bernard before rushing towards the portal. "Die" Seeing that the young masters were safe, the old man used a powerful sh to cut the hand of the knight in front of him while pushing the other one aside. Without wasting any time, he rushed towards the portal following his young masters. "Young master Nathan?" As for the mage beside Nathan, he hurriedly checked on Nathan because if something happens to Nathan, he and the other two knights would be killed without any mercy. "Damn it...don''t let them escape." Even though Nathan was in so much pain, he didn''t want Lucas and others to escape into the portal because it would be very difficult for him to hunt them down once they leave this province. So, he shouted at his servants to catch them. However, before anyone could react, the Hellmore brothers and Bernard had sessfully entered the portal. "I will not forget this and definitely take revenge for what happened today." Nathan saw Lucas and others enter the portal with his right eye and shouted as loudly as possible. ¡­.. In the Barren firmament. Even though it was called a Barren firmament, it was filled with greenery everywhere and in the distance, there was a small town that seemed to be bustling with people. ''Swoosh'' All of a sudden, a portal appeared in the middle of the open ground, throwing two young men and one old man out of it. "Young masters, are you alright?" The old man Bernard rushed towards Lucas and Hellmore and hurriedly asked with a face full of concern. "I am fine, Grandpa." Evan replied with a smile whereas Lucas slightly nodded his head. ''Young master Lucas changed into apletely different person after that incident.'' Seeing the nonchnt look on Lucas, the old man shook his head before asking, "Do you want to enter the town and rest for the day to n for our future, Young master Lucas?" Since Lucas is the current family head of the Hellmore family, the old man asked him for his opinion. "Sure." If he was alone, he would have done something different; however, he had a little brother to take care of. Moreover, it''s been a while since his little brother had a proper sleep. Soon, they started walking towards the town in the distance. ''Golden finger?'' While walking Lucas silently called the thing in his head. He didn''t know what the thing in his head was called; however, from Quickscar''s words, it was called a Golden finger. ''Ding, Greetings host, what can I do for you? All of a sudden, Lucas heard a cold voice in his head. ''Who are you? What can you do?'' Lucas calmly asked while walking towards the town. ''Ding, My name is Sovereign system and my duty is to help the host to be the Sovereign of these nine firmaments by giving various missions. Onpletion of these missions, the host will be rewarded depending on thepletion rating. The system in his head exined its purpose. ''So, it''s just like my old mysterious organization.'' As soon as he heard the system''s exnation, Lucas felt he didn''t have a use for the system. In his past life, he used toplete the missions to get money and other items which he didn''t want to do; however, once again the same thing is repeating in this new life. ''I don''t need you to be the Sovereign of this world.'' Once he said those words, Lucas didn''t even bother to talk with the system anymore. ...¡­ Silverstone town. Silverstone town is one of the busiest towns in the Barren firmament because there is a huge forest a few kilometers away from the town. As a result, this town is always filled with various people with different professions. It only took 20 minutes for Lucas and others to enter the town and without wasting any time, they looked for a nice inn, paid for a week to stay in the inn. Soon, they freshened up before Evan soundly slept in the soft bed. ''Old man, let''s talk about our finances and future.'' Once Evan fell asleep, Lucas walked into the other room while asking the old man Bernard to follow him. "Young master Lucas, before the family head had died, he gave me 10000 gold coins and removing the 10 gold coins we spent for the inn and food, we still have 9990 golden coins." After entering the other room, the old man exined everything to Lucas while taking out a small pouch and gave it to Lucas. ''Ding, Detected a small spatial pouch that contains 9990 gold coins. ''Ding, Unlocking the Sovereign shop for the host to purchase items from it. Just as he touched the small pouch, two system notifications rang in his head that made Lucas frown a little. ****** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters Chapter 5 - Sovereign Shop The first impression Lucas got from the system in his head was not good because he felt he would once again fall in the circle of missionpletion-reward. However, when he heard the system notifications in his head, Lucas could not help but be a little curious regarding the ''Sovereign shop'' mentioned by the system. ''Let''s see what are the items inside the shop.'' Even though he didn''t like the concept of Mission-reward, he felt there was nothing to lose in checking out the Sovereign shop. ''Ding, A sovereign shop is a ce where the host can buy the listed items for a certain price. Even before Lucas could ask, the system sent a notification as though it was trying to make Lucas use the Sovereign shop. ''Let me check the items then.'' Since he had 9990 gold coins with him, Lucas wanted to check the items in the Sovereign shop. ''Ding, Level 1 Sovereign shop, 1) Lesser knight pill - 100 sovereign points. 2) Lesser mage robe - 100 sovereign points. 3) Basic thunder spell - 10 sovereign points. Note:- The items in the shop will be refreshed every week. Soon, a holographic screen appeared in front of him with three items on it. ''Sovereign points might be a type of currency and it looks like I need toplete the missions to get them.'' Lucas silently thought in his head as he shook his head. ''Ding, The host is only half-right because there are other ways to gain the sovereign points and it is by converting the gold coins. ''Ding, 1 sovereign point is equivalent to 100 gold coins. Just as Lucas was about to reject the idea of buying the items from the sovereign shop, the system hurriedly sent a couple of system notifications. ''Interesting.'' Lucas felt it was a little interesting; however, he didn''t find any of the three items suitable for him or his brother or the old Bernard. ''This body is not suited for magic and barely able to enter the second stage of Knight training. So, I can''t use the Lesser knight pill to enter the Lesser knight realm.'' Even though he was not from this world, Lucas got to know everything that the previous owner of that body knew. In the world, people pursue two types of training. One is the ''Way of Knights'' in which people want to be a Heavenly knight to rule the entire firmament; however, only a handful of them achieved this in history. As for the other one, it was ''Way of Magic'' where people''s ultimate goal was to be Heavenly mage. Compared to bing a Heavenly Knight, bing a Heavenly Mage is very hard. Moreover, very few people have the talent in ''Way of Magic''. ''To reach the Heavenly knight realm, one had to go through the Novice, Squire, Lesser knight, General Knight, Higher Knight. Furthermore, except for the first two stages, all the stages are ssified into five tiers from tier 1 to tier 5.'' ''Currently, I am just a lowly squire who can be squashed by others easily.'' After analysing his current situation, Lucas could not help but clench his fists. "Young master." Sensing that something was wrong with Lucas, the old man Bernard asked him face full of concern. "It''s nothing." Lucas shook his head as he stood up before saying, "Old man, I want to know everything about this town before nning our future. Can you collect the information for me?" "It is my duty to follow your orders, Family head. I will finish it as soon as possible." Earlier, he was calling Lucas ''Young master''; however, now, he changed it to ''Family head''. "Good. Go now." Lucas sent the old man away. He was not worried that the old man would get into any trouble because he is a General Knight. In this barren firmament, no one wants to get into a fight with a General Knight. ''Moreover, even if there were any Higher Knights in this town, the old man had his own way of protecting himself.'' From the memories, Lucas got to know the old man was a loyal servant of the previous family head who went through thick and thin with him. So, he didn''t worry much about it. ''With the current amount of gold coins, we could live for a few years. I will wait until I get to know about this town before nning for the future.'' In his previous firmament, 10000 gold coins were not much; however, in this barren firmament, he and his brother could live for years withoutpromising their previous lifestyle. After thinking that, Lucas rested on the soft bed in his room. ''Ding, Host, please check out the other functions of the system. Just as he closed his eyes, the system once again sent the notification which irritated him. ''I will check it in the morning. Don''t disturb me until then.'' Lucas didn''t have the mood to check as he was already tired as hell. So, he warned the system to not irritate him until morning before going back to sleep. Once it received the warning, the system didn''t dare to annoy Lucas anymore. ..... Morning, ''Ding, Host, can you check the other functions of the system now? The system waited until the morning before sending the system notification to Lucas. ''Damn you...didn''t I tell you to wait until morning?'' Lucas woke up as he cursed the system in his head; however, when he saw through the window, he saw the sun rays enter through the ss window. ''When was thest time I slept so well like this.'' Suddenly, Lucas recalled his past life where he never slept properly as he didn''t know when he would die. However, now, he was able to sleep without any distractions. ''Sorry'' After realizing that he scolded the system for nothing, he apologized in a single word. ''Ding, Host, can you please check the other functions of the system now? Once again the system sent the same notification; however, this time, it added ''Please'' which made him shake his head. ''Sure. Show all the functions of the system then.'' Since the system was literally begging him, Lucas decided to check out the functions of the system. ****** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters Chapter 6 - Dispute ''Ding, Currently, the host can ess Sovereign Interface, Sovereign shop, Inventory, Mission Management. ''Ding, Sovereign interface, everything regarding the host will appear here. Sovereign shop, the host already knows about it ''Ding, In inventory, the host can store unlimited non-living things whereas in Mission management, the host will be given random missions and onpletion, he will be fairly rewarded. ''Ding, There are many other functions that will be unlocked when the hidden requirements are met. Once Lucas gave permission to the system, it sent a series of system notifications exining everything about its functions. ''Hm'' Lucas nodded his head as he started checking one function after another starting with the Sovereign interface. ''Ding, Sovereign system. Host:- Lucas Hellmore Strength:- Low-level Squire Knight skills:- None Knight talent:- Below average Mage talent:- None Current position:- Head of the Hellmore family. Special Items:- None. ''You have such good talents, my predecessor.'' After seeing the talent in both paths, Lucas scoffed at the previous owner of the body. ''There is no need to check the inventory as I didn''t store anything in it. But should I check the mission management?'' Even though he didn''t want to do missions for others anymore, he could not help thinking about it because ''Old habits die hard''. ''Ding, Generating the missions for the host. While Lucas was trying his best to control his old habit of checking the missions, the system decided to generate the missions. ''Ding, Mission:- Establish the Hellmore Family in the Silverstone town. Mission details:- For the future sovereign, he should create and develop his family into a powerful force. Mission rewards:- 1) The host can choose any one item from the Sovereign shop. 2) 100 sovereign points. ''Damn it...what the hell are you doing?'' When he saw the system generate a mission and sent him theplete details, Lucas cursed at the system because he knew that once he saw rewards, he would be enticed. In the past, he killed many people just for 100 dors. So, he didn''t know how he would change once he saw the rewards for the mission. ''Lonewolf, you can do it. Don''t look at the rewards¡­.System, close the mission information window.'' Lucas tried his best to control and didn''t see the reward before asking the system to close all the system notifications. Except for the mission, Lucas didn''t see anything else. So, he felt he had his old habit under control. ''System, I am warning you onest time, don''t ever do what you did just now.'' After seeing that there were no system notifications in his head, Lucas heaved a sigh of relief before warning the system in a cold tone making the system remain silent. ''I wonder, whether my little brother woke up or not?'' Soon, he kept the stuff rted to the system aside as he entered Evan''s room; however, he didn''t find his little brother. ''He must have gone downstairs for breakfast.'' With that thought in his mind, Lucas decided to go downstairs too, to eat something. "Big brother, you are awake. I brought breakfast for us." However, before he could take a couple of steps, Lucas saw Evaning towards him with a huge te. In the te, there were tworge pieces of brown bread along with two sses of spirit beast milk. "Let''s eat." Lucas wasn''t cordial with Evan as they started eating their share of breakfast. "Evan, what happened to your cheek?" Suddenly, Lucas noticed a handprint on Evan''s face as he asked with a frown while checking it. "It''s nothing big brother. Let''s just eat our breakfast." Evan hurriedly tried to cover his cheek with his hand as he shook his head. "Fine...don''t tell." Lucas didn''t ask Evan anything as he put the brown bread on the te beforeing down. "Big brother...don''t go. There are bad people downstairs." Seeing that his big brother was going downstairs, Evan panicked as he tried to stop his brother. However, how could a little boy with no knight training stop a young man who had the strength of a low-level squire? The inn, where they were staying, provided rooms on the first floor and on the ground floor, it had a small dining hall for the residents and outsiders. Soon, Lucas went downstairs and behind him, Evan followed his brother without a choice. "Who hit my little brother?" As soon as he reached the dining hall, Lucas surveyed the entire hall before asking in a cold voice. "What now? Big brother wants revenge?" A young man in his twenties who was wearing aplete silver-coloured knight armour mocked Lucas in reply to Lucas'' question. ''Haha'' Hearing the young man''s words, the two young men who were wearing bronze coloured knight armour and one 19-year old girl in mage robes couldn''t help butugh out loud. From a look, Lucas could say there was a single group and moreover, three of them were lesser knights and the girl seemed to be a lesser mage. "I just asked who hit my little brother?" Lucas scoffed at the small group of adventures as he once again repeated his question with the same coldness in his words. "It is me who hit that little bastard. So, what are you going to do with your low-level squire strength?" When the silver armoured young man saw Lucas''s disgusted gaze towards them, he became very angry as he replied to Lucas without missing the chance to mock him again. "p yourself three times and apologize to my brother. I will overlook what you did and let you go from here." Lucas slowly replied to the young man with a serious look on his face. ''What''s with that gaze?'' The young man felt a little scared when he saw the look in Lucas''s eyes; however, when he thought about Lucas'' strength, his fear disappeared without a trace. "Huh? Are my ears ying a joke on me or did he really ask me to p myself¡­.Haha" Soon, the young man startedughing; however, theugh came to an end as he furiously shouted, "Kid, how do you want to die?" ****** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters Chapter 7 - Grayeye Family "Kid, how do you want to die?" While saying that, the silver armoured young man emitted the lesser knight realm pressure. "It is not me who is going to die today." There was not the slightest fear in Lucas'' eyes as he surveyed the dining hall in the inn before replying to the silver armoured young man. "Huh?" Stefan frowned when he saw that Lucas was still not showing any signs of fear. "whoever kills him, can have these 100 gold coins." As for Lucas, he secretly took out 100 gold coins from the small pouch and ced them on an empty table. "Haha....Kid, do you think some will listen to you just before those 100 gold coins?" Stefan startedughing as he looked at the 100 golden coins on the table. The others who were eating in the dining hall looked at Lucas and shook their heads. Even though 1 00 gold coins were not small, it was not worth fighting against three lesser knights and a lesser mage just for 100 gold coins. "Thud" "500 gold coins." Seeing no response from anyone from the dining hall, Lucas didn''t show any emotions on his face as he ced another 400 gold coins on the table. As a deadly assassin in the previous life, Lucas had seen many things and knew mercenaries would do anything for the money. Judging from the attire of those who were eating in the dining hall, Lucas knew that most of them were mercenaries. "Huh?" Stefan was surprised to see 500 gold coins on the table because he didn''t think Lucas was so rich to casually take out 500 gold coins without any hesitation. However, no one came forward to take his gold coins, making him frown a little. ''Moreover, no one ising forward to steal the gold coins. What am I missing?'' Lucas felt like he was missing something and carefully observed each and everyone in the dining hall. Lucas, in his past life, had excellent observational skills. So, he was confident in finding out something. As for how to protect his gold coins from the thieves, of course, Lucas had his own methods. "You must be wondering why no one ising forward, right?" While Lucas was busy checking for a clue from his surroundings, Stefan started exining to him with a mock, "In this town, killing and stealing is not allowed. That''s the reason why no one is trying to steal your gold." ''Oh. So, that''s how it is.'' Once he learned the reason, Lucas nodded his head at the silver armoured young man before looking at a middle-aged man sitting in the corner with a young man who was wearing a purple-coloured robe. What caught Lacas'' eye was the lightning symbol on the purple-coloured robe. "Thud" "1000 gold coins...as long as you beat him and his friends, these 1000 gold coins are yours." While observing his surroundings, Lucas took out another 500 golden coins and added them to the previous 500 gold coins. "Kid, I will do it for you." Since 1000 gold coins was a good amount even for the top families in the Silverstone town. So, all the mercenaries in the dining hall were ready for the offer. To them, 1000 gold coins were dozens of missions where they had to put their life on the line. Moreover, 1000 gold coins are worth going against dozens of lesser knights, not to mention there were only three of them along with a lesser mage. ''That middle-aged man was not as simple as he looks.'' However, the middle-aged man and the purple-robed young man didn''t move from their seats as though they were not enticed by the 1000 gold coins. Also, Lucas felt that man''s cultivation must be higher than a lesser knight; however, since the other party was minding his business, Lucas was also watching the scene in front of him. Currently, Stefan and his friends are surrounded by a dozen lesser knights and half a dozen lesser mages. "Do you know who we are?" "We are invited by the Grayeye family to this town. If anyone dares toy a hand on us, you better get ready to face the consequences." "I am the fiancee of the second young master of the Grayeye family. If he finds out about you ganging up on us, you know what he will do, right?". Stefan and his gang panicked as they hurriedly used the name of a family in the Silverstone town. Also, Pa, the female mage hurriedly used her identity, making all the mercenaries surrounding them back off. Grayeye family is one of the powerful families in the Silverstone town and as mercenaries, they didn''t want to have a feud with that family. So, everyone went back to their ces. ''Phew'' Seeing that everyone went back to their ces, Stefan and his gang heaved a sigh of relief. "Did you see that?" "You got money? So what? As long as we have the Grayeye family''s support, you are nothing." Pa, Stefan, Cody and Mason mocked Lucas. ''Big brother. Let''s go back and wait until Grandpa Bernardes back.'' Seeing that they were in no position to go against Stefan and his gang, Evan said to his brother in a low voice. ''Damn it...Grayeye family.'' Lucas didn''t give any reply to Evan as he cursed the Grayeye family. "You want to go away after making such a big fuss here?" As a lesser knight, Stefan and others had good senses. So, they heard Evan''s words loud and clear. Soon, Stefan walked towards Lucas and Evan with an intent to do something bad to them. ''Looks like I need to make this dining hall bloody...sigh.'' Lucas sighed when he saw Stefan walking towards him as he silently picked the toothpicks from the table and adjusted them in between his fingers. If possible, Lucas wanted to avoid this; however, since he took the matters into his own hands, he decided to do anything to stop Stefan from touching him or his brother again. ***** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters Chapter 8 - Bounty In the Liontalon family, Crystalville firmament. "How is it? Can you cure my son''s left eye?" A middle-aged man in casual robes asked an old man who was wearing a green-coloured robe with a couple of mysterious symbols on it. On the bed beside them, a young man was sleeping while his left eye was covered with some green paste. "It is curable; however, it will cost you¡­." "No matter the price, I want my son''s eye to be healedpletely before this year ends." Before the old alchemist could finish his words, the middle-aged man interrupted and said that he would pay anything for his son''s left eye. "Sigh...it is not that easy. I have to contact the headquarters and ask for the ingredients. So, I can''t say the exact price. As for how soon I can heal your son''s eye, it will depend on the headquarters." The old man replied in a barely audible voice. "Respected Alchemy master, can you give me the list of the items? I will use my Liontalon family''s influence to procure some of the items?" The middle-aged man bowed in front of the old man as he asked for the list of the items required to heal his son''s eye. "Edan, you know I can''t tell you the list of the items as it is against the rules of the Alchemy association." However, the old man shook his head before asking, "For now, just give me 10000 diamond coins and I will ce the order with the headquarters." ''What? 10000 diamond coins?'' The middle-aged man was shocked for a moment; however, he didn''t doubt that the old man was swindling him. So, he nodded his head while ordering a servant to arrange the money. The middle-aged man was none other than the head of the Liontalon''s family and the father of Nathan whose left eye was destroyed by Lucas. As one of the top families of the Crystalville firmament, the Liontalon family had so many assets and money. Moreover, since 10000 diamond coins were for his son''s treatment, Edan Liontalon didn''t even think for a second before ordering the servant. "Edan, you should have stopped your son from going after those Hellmore kids. Do you know how important the uing event is for your son?" While the servant was arranging the money, the old man shook his head while saying something. "I know." Edan clenched his fists when he heard the old man''s words and said with an evil smile on his face, "That is the reason why I already put a bounty on their heads with the Assassination guild." "Really? You contacted Assassination guild?" The old alchemist shook his head before saying in a low voice, ''Do you know what will happen if ''He'' found out about this?'' "You mean the King of this firmament?" However, Edan didn''t lower his voice; instead, he spoke a little louder as he continued, "What if I say he was the one who came up with that n?" ''What?'' The old man was shocked by Edan''s words as he asked, "But, why would he do that?" "Old master, I can''t really tell you about it as you know how careful that bastard is? He made me swear on my ''Knight''s heart'' from disclosing anything more than what I said to you." However, Edan shook his head. "Right! That bastard is so clever that he could be the King of the Whispering woods firmament in a couple of years." The old man understood why Edan was not saying more about the feud between the King and the Hellmore family. "Old master, here." Soon, the servant brought a small pouch filled with 10000 diamond coins as Edan gave it to the old man. "Okay then. I will leave now and try my best to procure all the items as soon as possible." Taking the small pouch, the old man left from there. ''Damn you, Lucas. Did your father teach you that technique?'' After the old man left, Edan was thinking how could Lucas use a normal stone to damage the eye of his son, who was a stage 3 squire strength? Finally, he rted it to Lucas'' father Aldrich Hellmore who was a specialist in hidden weapons. "Anyway, the assassin guild will take care of the Hellmore brothers." Soon, he stopped thinking about Lucas and Evan as he walked back to his son. .... In the Barren firmament, In the inn, Lucas was looking at Stefan who was walking towards him with his sword. He didn''t have the slightest idea that he and his brother became the target of the Assassin guild which Lucas used to do in his past life. He waspletely oblivious about that as he was ready to throw the toothpicks the moment Stefan lifts his sword. "Since I can''t kill you in this town, I will just cut off your hands." Stefan revealed an evil smile as he was ready to lift his sword. "Young man, I ept your offer; however, 1000 gold coins is too much to beat this piece of shit." All of a sudden, the middle-aged man who didn''t stand earlier with other mercenaries, stood up and said to Lucas in a loud and clear voice. "What did you say?" Stefan frowned at the middle-aged man''s words; however, he was arrogant because he was invited by the Grayeye family. "I said you are a piece of shit. What can you do about it?" Soon, the middle-aged man walked towards Lucas and stood in front of the Hellmore brothers while replying to Stefan. "Everyone, let''s teach this uncle a lesson too." Stefan became furious at the middle-aged man''s words; however, he didn''t act immediately; instead, he checked the middle-aged man''s strength and found out it was only a tier 4 lesser knight. Even though their strengths were less than the middle-aged man, currently, they were more in numbers. So, Stefan asked his friends to join the fight. "Young man, One gold coin is enough to teach them a lesson." As for the middle-aged man, he didn''t bother with Stefan and his friends as he took a single gold coin from the table. "Damn you." Stefan was already irritated by a young man who nearly tried to beat the shit out of him with the mercenaries and now, a middle-aged man was openly saying that he was a ''Piece of shit'' and worth only one gold coin. So, of course, he was angry and rushed at the middle-aged man with his full strength. ***** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters Chapter 9 - Magic Talent:- Baron Level ''Swoosh'' ''Puchi'' Before Stefan could swing his sword, the middle-aged man swung his sword that appeared out of nowhere and shed Stefan''s right hand. ''Aargh'' Stefan fell to the ground and started crying in pain while muttering, ''My hand...my hand.'' Blood sshed everywhere as Stefan rolled on the floor. "Just because you know the Grayeye family, you should not be arrogant." The middle-aged man walked towards Stefan and said those words before looking at Pa and others. "Sir General Knight, please forgive us. We will apologize to this little brother hurriedly." Pa knew that the middle-aged man must at least have cultivation of General Knight to be able to handicap Stefan at a lightning speed. So, she hurriedly begged for mercy. Also, she didn''t forget about Lucas and Evan as she apologized to them while pping her face three times. Since Stefan was not in a position to p himself, she did it herself. ''This man...he is powerful and cruel.'' Lucas was shocked by the middle-aged man''s strength and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Sir Knight." As for Pa and others, he didn''t even bother to look at him as he thanked the middle-aged man. "Young man, even though you are a good brother trying to get justice for your brother using the gold coins, it is useless in front of absolute power. So, better work hard and increase your strength." The middle-aged man signalled the little boy in the purple robe before leaving the inn; however, he didn''t forget to throw five gold coins at the innkeeper. ''Damn it. How naive I was to think that I could live a peaceful life in this world?'' ''Whether it was my previous world or this world, without power, you are just an insect for others to step on.'' Lucas clenched his fists when he heard the middle-aged man''s words and thought in his head while looking at Stefan who was carried away by his friends. ''Looks like I have to start my training and reach the pinnacle of this Firmament world.'' Soon, Lucas decided to be powerful in order to be untouchable by anyone. "Kacha" Once he decided to be powerful, something in his heart broke. It was nothing but the chains that were stopping him from continuing the same path as his previous life. ''How is thispared to my previous life? In this world, I have a family name and a little brother to look after. There is no Lonewolf anymore, only Lucas Hellmore.'' After the chains in his heart broke, he felt very free and fully integrated with the body. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for epting the current body. ''Ding, The host is rewarded with Baron level talent in the ''Way of mages''. ''Huh?'' Just as Lucas got the rity over his life, he got a couple of system notifications that made him raise his brows. ''Interesting...looks like I don''t need to torture myself to be stronger.'' Soon, Lucas revealed a slight smile on his face thinking about the magic talent. "Evan, let''s go." Lucas said to his brother while taking him upstairs along with him. "Brother Lucas, I am scared." Evan had a serious look on his face until they went upstairs; however, he hugged Lucas and started crying. "It''s ok. I am here. I will not let anything happen to you." Even though he said those words, Lucas felt a little guilty for trying to get justice without actual strength. It took quite some time for Lucas to calm his little brother as he didn''t have much experience in handling little kids. Nevertheless, Evan calmed down and fell asleep, making Lucas heave a sigh of relief. ''Why the hell is this old man taking forever toe back?'' It''s been a day since the old man Bernard had left the inn to gather information on the Silverstone town. Moreover, if Bernard was here, then the morning incident would have not happened. "Swoosh" "Family head." Just as Lucas was thinking about the old man Bernard, he heard the family voice of the old man. "Why are youte?" Lucas asked with an annoyed look on his face. "Family head, there was a minor issue whileing back to the inn. Sorry for the dy." The old man replied with an apologetic look on his face. ''This old man was loyal to the Hellmore family for decades. I can''t scold him. Moreover, he waspleting the mission I gave him.'' With that thought in his mind, Lucas didn''t bother about it and asked, "So, tell me what information you gathered about this town?" "Yes, family head." The old man heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Lucas was not angry anymore and started saying, "The Silverstone town is a main town in the entire barren firmament because of the Myriad primordial forest which was just 10 kilometers away from here. Due to that, there will be many mercenaries entering this town." "As for the families in this town, there were many of them; however, there are three families with whom no other family dares to sh. They are the Grayeye family, Windcrusher family and Sternbrook family." "Also, there are small branches of Mercenary guild, Mages guild, Alchemy guild, Weaponsmith guild and other professions because of the abundant items brought back by the adventurers and mercenaries." The old man finished saying all the information he gathered for Lucas. ''Hm'' Lucas carefully listened to everything and nodded his head while nning the future. "Old man, are there any special criteria to establish a family in this firmament?" Generally, not anyone can create a family as they wish. Instead, they have to follow the firmament''s criteria to establish a family. So, Lucas asked as he only knew there would be criteria for different firmaments; however, he didn''t know the criteria for any firmament. "Actually, it is quite simple to establish a family in the Barren firmament. Here, as long as someone has the strength of a General knight or any of his family''s servants has the same strength as a general knight, they could apply for establishing a family." "Good. Then, let''s establish our Hellmore family here." Lucas had already thought about it for quite some time. So, he was serious when he said those words. ******* Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters Chapter 10 - Future Plans After today''s incident with the group of adventures, Lucas understood that money doesn''t have value if you don''t have the power or a powerful family behind you. So, he decided to have both power and a powerful family. "Family head, are you sure about it? Currently, we don''t have many gold coins and it is not an easy thing to maintain a family." As the follower of the previous family head, Bernard had enough experience in establishing a family and nurturing it because he watched how the Hellmore family was established and nurtured. "I am very sure. As for the gold coins, I will think about something." Lucas nodded his head with a serious look on his face which showed Bernard how adamant Lucas was on establishing a family. And thest thing Lucas worried about in this world was money. As long as he showed his assassination skills to the assassin guild, he would easily be a member of it while earning good money; however, he didn''t want to work for another shady organization. Other than that, he could also be an adventurer and enter the ''Myriad primordial forest'' to kill the spirit beasts. ''Also, I will get some kind of reward for establishing the family from the so-called Sovereign system.'' Even though Lucas didn''t like toplete the missions given by some mysterious system, he felt he could use it for his own development and the more powerful he grew, the better future he could give to his little brother. "Yes, family head." Bernard saw the same look on Lucas'' father before and it was on Aldrich Hellmore''s eyes. It means that there is no going back on his decision now. So, he could not nod his head and help Lucas to do his best in establishing the family. "Tomorrow, let''s go to the adventurer''s guild andplete the procedures required to establish a family." Once he decided to establish the family, Lucas didn''t want to waste much time pondering about it. Since the Silverstone town didn''t have the Royal hall, they could only request the adventurer''s guild because the royal family of the Barren firmament gave full authority to the adventurer''s guild in the Silverstone town. "Sure, family head." Bernard kept on nodding his head at Lucas'' words. All of a sudden, he thought of something and said to Lucas, "Family head, there is an auction going on in this town in seven days. If we establish a family, we might find some interesting things for the development of the family." "Nevermind my words, family head. I was just excited regarding the auction and forgot I only have 9989 gold coins with us." Before Lucas could say anything, Bernard bitterly shook his head. Currently, they barely have the money to establish the family and nurturing the family would take more. So, how could they set their eyes on an auction? They were not the old Hellmore family who could easily spend thousands of diamond coins without thinking much; however, they were only left with 9989 gold coins now. "Auction?" However, Lucas raised his brows and thought about it for something before shaking his head because he knew he was short on money right now and he didn''t want to join any shady organization. "Let''s think about it once we find a good ce and establish our family tomorrow. You can go and take a rest for now." Right now, all he wanted to do right now was to establish his family. It is a small goal he set for himself. After getting the approval of the adventurer''s guild, he still had to find a good ce, which means he needed to spend a lot on it. So, Lucas was also not thinking about the auction for now. "Yes, family head." Bernard nodded his head and went to his room to take some rest. ¡­.. ''Hm...let''s see what reward I will get for establishing a family.'' After Bernard left, Lucas also went to bed; however, he was having many thoughts in his head regarding his future that made him unable to sleep. So, he decided to check the mission rewards. ''Ding, Mission:- Establish the Hellmore Family in the Silverstone town. Mission details:- For the future sovereign, he should create and develop his family into a powerful force. Mission rewards:- 1) The host can choose any one item from the Sovereign shop. 2) 100 sovereign points. ''These rewards are lucrative just like the ones from my past life....sigh.'' No matter how hard he tried to forget about his past life, he was unable to forget and he could not do anything about it. Nevertheless, he tried his best to divert his attention to something else. ''Let''s think about my options.'' Soon, he started thinking about what he could do with the rewards. ording to him, he had already finished the mission as it was really very easy to establish a family because in this Silverstone town alone there are thousands of families; however, only three are powerful enough to be remembered by everyone. ''Putting aside those 100 sovereign points for myself to buy something from the ''Sovereign shop'', I can choose the ''Lesser mage robe'' from this week''s items from the ''Sovereign shop''.'' ''As long as I can put that lesser mage robe in the auction, then I can earn a good amount of gold coins.'' Soon, Lucas started his n regarding the auction. The reason he chose the ''Lesser mage robe'' over ''Lesser knight pill'' even when they have the same price of 100 sovereign points was that ''Lesser mage robe'' is rarepared to the ''Lesser knight pill''. Lucas didn''t fear that the other families would try to do something for him because the auction was hosted by the adventurer''s guild who have strict rules when ites to the business. Basically, the adventurer''s guild is the true king of the Silverstone town and no one dares to go against them. ''To go everything as I nned, I need to establish a family.'' While thinking about it, Lucas went to sleep with many adventurous dreams in his head. Chapter 11 - Ghost Snake .... In the assassin guild of the Silverstone town. Even though killing is prohibited in the Silverstone town, the assassin guild still established their branch in the busiest town in the Barren firmament. Because the assassin guild gets more assassination requests either when people are entering the ''Myriad primordial forest'' or leaving the Silverstone town with valuable items they gained from the ''Myriad primordial forest''. Since they were not assassinating anyone in the Silverstone town and at the same time paying some good percentage from their profits to the adventurer''s guild naturally gave the permission for them to establish their guild in the Silver stone town. "Guild master, we received a forwarded assassination request from the royal city''s guild." Two ck-masked assassins rushed towards a thin middle-aged man who waszily sitting on the guild master''s chair. One of them walked forward with a scroll and while giving it to the thin middle-aged man, he said the origins of the scroll. The thin middle-aged man was none other than the guild master of the assassin guild in the Silverstone town and his name is Ghost snake. "What?" The moment he heard the words and Ghost snake hurriedly stood up from his chair and took the scroll. "Killde and Killsh, you two can leave now." After taking the scroll, Ghost snake asked both the assassins to leave the room. "Yes, Guild master." With a deep bow, both of them left the room. ''Creak'' After his two loyal servants left the room, Ghost snake closed the doors and slowly opened the scroll in his hands with great excitement. ''Swoosh'' The moment he opened the scroll, a thin old man''s projection appeared in front of Ghost snake that surprised him for a moment. ''You will see two images on the scroll after I finish my words. Kill them and you can pick any one item you want from my branch''s inventory.'' Soon, the projection only said a few words before disappearing into thin air. Ghost snake raised his brows as he hurriedly looked at the two targets with theirplete information. ''What? To kill a lowly squire and a kid who didn''t even start his cultivation, I can pick any one item from his inventory?'' Ghost snake was surprised for a moment before startedughing because it was the easiest task with such a high reward. ''Even though their tier 4 general knight might create a problem, it is stated that he is injured in the past. So, at most this is equivalent to tier 2 general knight.'' Ghost snake checked about the guardian of those two targets and revealed an eerie smile on his face. ''There is no hurry and I will ask someone to keep an eye on them.'' If it was any other town, Ghost snake would have personally paid a visit to the targets to finish such a high-reward mission. However, it is Silverstone town and he needs to be very careful with his actions. Moreover, he can''t assassinate them in the town except for asking his two loyal servants to keep an eye on them. "Stop leaning on the doors and juste in." Suddenly, Ghost snake said those and just as he finished his words, the doors opened before the two figures from before entered the room. "How many times should I tell you not to eavesdrop on me?" "Master, we wanted to help you with the new mission. So..." "Enough" Before the two assassins could finish their words, Ghost snake stopped them before saying, "Go and keep an eye on these two targets ''Lucas Hellmore'' and ''Evan Hellmore''. Also, there is an injured tier 4 general knight with them. Don''t let him find you." Ghost snake had already gotten used to the behaviour of his two loyal servants. So, he didn''t waste his time repeating the same words he used to say to him; instead, he gave the task of keeping an eye on them. "Hehe...master, you know about us. With our ''Stealth'' skill, it is impossible for even a tier 5 general knight, not to mention an injured tier 4 general knight." The active one among the two assassins replied Ghost snake with an eerie chuckle. "Still, I want you to be careful." Ghost snake knew about their capabilities but he rebuked them to be careful. "Yes, master." Once again, with a deep bow, both the assassins named ''Killde and Killsh'' left the room. ''These two¡­.they will never change.'' Ghost snake shook his head when he thought about his two loyal servants with a smile on his face. ''I wonder who these two targets are? Why do they have such a high reward?'' Next, Ghost snake looked at the ''Anonymous'' word on the Scroll, he wondered about the one who paid for this mission. ..... In Lively inn, Lucas didn''t have the slightest clue that the Silverstone town had already received the task to assassinate him and his brother. Right now, he was having a deep sleep. Compared to his previous life where he barely slept, Lucas was able to sleep peacefully in this world for some unknown reason. ¡­.. The next day morning, Lucas, Evan and the old man Bernard walked towards the adventurer''s guild amidst the gazes of many adventurers and others. ''Grandpa Bernard, they were all looking at you.'' Evan whispered to the old man with a peal of smallughter. ''Yeah...yeah. Old man Bernard has good cultivation. So, everyone wants to invite him into their adventurer group.'' Before the old man Bernard could say anything, Lucas ced his hand on Evan''s hand and said in a low voice as he continued, ''With him beside us, no one will bully us.'' Even though Lucas didn''t like to say those words, he still said them because he didn''t want his little brother to live in fear. Moreover, what he said was true because with Bernard''s cultivation, except for the three top families, no one would trouble them. Even the top families would try their best to recruit him into their families. Evan revealed a sweet smile on his face as he understood what his brother was trying to say. ''Big brother didn''t have much talent in the ''Ways of knights'' and no talent at all in the ''Ways of mages''. I have to try my best to be stronger and protect him.'' Deep inside his heart, Evan swore to himself. Even though he had yet to check his talent in the ''Ways of knights'' and ''Ways of mages'', Evan swore to protect his big brother. Lucas is oblivious that his little brother swore to protect him by bing stronger in the future. Soon, the three of them reached the adventurer''s guild. ****** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters Chapter 12 - Adventurers Guild Adventurer''s Guild is a ce where various legal missions were ced for the adventurers and onpletion of the mission, the adventurers whopleted the mission would be rewarded with the stated rewards. Not only that, anyone can ce a mission; however, they have to pay the rewards in advance along with the adventurer''s guild''smission. Other than that, the adventurer guild in the Silverstone town conducts auctions from time to time and grants permission to establish new families, shops and whatnot. "Big brother, this building is nearly as good as our home in the Crystalville firmament." Evan eximed when he saw how huge and how good looking the adventurer''s guild building was. To see such a majestic building in Barren firmament, even Lucas was surprised and nodded his head at Evan''s words. ''They really know how to do business.'' Lucas muttered under his breath as he walked into the courtyard along with others. As usual, the adventurers areing in and going out of the building. "Respected general knight and young sirs, I am one of the managers of the adventurer''s guild. What can I do for you?" The moment they entered the building, Lucas and his team caught the attention of everyone because of Bernard. Moreover, one of the managers of the adventurer''s guild hurriedly rushed towards them and asked with a respectful look on his face. "Family name registration." Lucas replied with a calm tone whereas Evan unconsciously held his big brother''s hand. He was just a little kid when he saw so many adventurers looking at them, he was a little scared; however, he tried his best to put a calm look on his face. ''My silly little brother.'' As for Lucas, he shook his head with a slight smile on his face. "Please, follow me." Soon, the middle-aged manager asked them to follow him. Lucas and his team followed the manager while Lucas absorbed the adventurers who were looking at them. As for the adventurers, they were not surprised because they see it daily that the young masters from the other firmaments try to establish the families in the barren firmament after being kicked out of the family. That''s right! It is verymon for the top families from the other provinces to kick their most useless sons to the barren firmament with some initial investment and a guardian with enough strength for their sons to establish a family. As long as they develop the family and get the approval of their main family, then they could go back. "Hey, isn''t that old man''s cultivation too high to be a guardian for a useless young master?" "Yeah, I felt the same, but who cares?" "Yes, let''s pick a Silver grade mission this time, what do you say?" "Sure." "Let''s keep an eye on them." . . . Most of them didn''t think much about Lucas and his team; however, there were a few adventurers who kept an eye on them. Among them, there was a middle-aged man donned inplete knight armour and beside him, a young man in purple robe also eyed Lucas and his team for some unknown reason. .... Soon, Lucas and his team were taken to a big hall that was already filled with many people. "Manager Rean, you are here?" Seeing the middle-aged manager in front of Lucas, all the people greeted him. "Hello, everyone." With a polite smile on his face, Manager Rean greeted everyone in the hall before asking, "Did you all finish your family registration process?" "Yes, manager Rean." All the young men in the hall nodded their heads. "Good then. Go and pick a ce to start your family. I hope your new families grow in the future." "Thank you for your kind words, Manager Rean. We will take our leave now." Soon, one after another young men left the hall with their guardians. "Sorry for making you wait, respected sirs." After everyone left the hall, Manager Rean apologized to Lucas and his team before asking, "Do you want to establish the main family or a subsidiary family?" "I will be establishing the main family." Lucas nodded his head at Manager Rean''s apology before answering his question. ''Huh?'' Manager Rean was surprised for a moment but he recovered soon enough before asking, "To establish a new main family, it costs 1000 coins." Generally, every young master that was kicked out of their family would create a subsidiary family to that family. So, that''s why he was surprised for a second. "Old man, give it." Lucas already knew the cost from Bernard. So, he directly gave 1000 coins leaving him with 8989 gold coins. "Please tell me the family name you want to establish." After taking the 1000 gold coins from Bernard, Manager Rean asked the name of the family. "It is ''Hellmore''." Lucas didn''t think much before saying it. He didn''t have any thought about keeping a different family name because he had already epted that he is Lucas Hellmore. For the next few minutes, Manager Rean asked various details which Lucas and Bernard replied. "Here, take this. This is the family head token." Soon, Manager Rean took out a wooden token from who knows where before writing the ''Hellmore'' word on it and gave it to Lucas. The wooden token looked simple and there was nothing extraordinary about it; however, at the same time, he felt there was something unique about it. "Using this token, you can buy a property deed for your family." While Lucas was checking the wooden token in his hands, Manager Rean exined their next step. "Respected sirs, if you follow me, I will take you to the ce where we keep the property deeds." After saying that, Manager Rean once again took them to another hall which was empty. "In this hall, we keep the property deeds for the main families. So, most of the time it will be empty." While talking, Manager Rean took out a few property deeds and kept those deeds in a way that that price could be seen to Lucas and his team. "Raindrop manor - 5000 gold coins" "yriver residence - 6000 gold coins" . . . "Goldnor manor - 20000 gold coins" The starting price of a property deed was 5000 and the highest one was 20000 coins. ''Looks like I can adjust to the Raindrop manor for now.'' Since he didn''t have many gold coins, he decided to take Raindrop manor that costs 5000 coins. "Manager Rean, what is that?" By chance, Lucas'' gaze fell onto the property deed that the Manage Rean was holding in his hands but he was not cing it on the table. "This one? It is a property deed that I was unable to sell for years now." With a bitter smile on his face, Manager Rean replied to Lucas. ***** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 13 - Slave Market "Huh? Why are you unable to sell it?" Lucas asked Manager Rean with a curious look on his face. "The mansion of this property deed is the "Myriad Primordial Forest" where powerful spirit beasts run amok along with their hordes and the huge mansion was already half-destroyed. So, no one is willing to pay for it." Manager Rean replied with a disappointed look. Previously, that mansion was owned by a higher knight and unfortunately, he died while fighting high-level spirit beasts. He owed a great amount to the adventurer''s guild and they could only take the property deed of that mansion in the "Myriad Primordial Forest". "Oh." Lucas nodded his head and understood Manager Rean''s problem with that property deed. However, Lucas didn''t have any ns to buy the property deed because it was not worth it. Seeing thatck of interest in Lucas'' eyes, Manager Rean shook his head before giving the ''Raindrop manor'' property deed to Lucas in exchange for 5000 gold coins. "I will send an attendant with you who will guide you to the ''ve Market'' who will make sure you are not fooled by the shopkeeper and then he will guide you to your Manor." Soon, Manager Rean summoned a young man and asked Lucas and his team to follow him. ''Huh?'' Hearing Manager Rean''s words, Lucas frowned for a second and checked his head for ''ve Markets'' and understood some things about it. ve Market, as its name suggests, is a ce that sells ves and in this world, ve Markets are legal and a most profitable business. "Thank you for your help." Lucas knew Manager Rean was trying to help them because of Bernard''s cultivation. In the future, when this town''s Adventurer''s guild needs help, they would ask all the top tier cultivators like Bernard. So, if he helps them with small things, the chances of getting rejected in the future are less. Nevertheless, Lucas thanked him before following the young man. "Old man, can you take Evan and go back to the inn?" The first thing Lucas did aftering out of the adventurer''s building was to ask Bernard to take away Evan. Lucas knew it was not a good ce for Evan to be there. "Okay, but family head, are you going to be okay?" Bernard knew what Lucas was trying to do and nodded his head; however, he knew that it was Lucas'' first time visiting a ve market too. So, he was worried whether Lucas could bear the sight of the ve market. "I will be fine, right?" Lucas looked at the young guide beside him and asked with a slight smile on his face. "Of course, you will be fine, respected sir." The young squire ced his hand on his heart as he solemnly replied. Nodding his head, Bernard left with Evan before giving the remaining gold coins to Lucas. "Let''s go." Soon, Lucas and the young guide walked towards the ve Market. "My name is Shawn and I will be your guide." While going to the ve Market, the young man continuously spoke after Lucas gave permission to talk. He started from his introduction and exined everything that came across them. "Respected young sir, this is the ve market." Maybe it was because it is the most profitable business in the Silverstone town the ve Market was quite close to the adventurer''s guild and it only took them a 10-minute walk to reach there. "In this ve Market, there are only four shops that sell the top quality ves. One shop belongs to the adventurer''s guild and the remaining three shops belong to three top families of this town." As they walked into the market, Lucas heard Shawn speak as he watched the cages on both sides that were filled with men, women, boys, girls. Except for a few, almost all the ves in the cages were continuously whipped who let out painful groans. If it was any other young master''s first visit, they would be scared and feel unwell at the sight of those actions; however, Lucas felt nothing as though he was used to it. "Shawn, is this the young sir who bought Raindrop manor?" Soon, they reached the biggest shop in the ve market and of course, it was managed by the one and only adventurer''s guild. The moment they reached, an old man weed Lucas and Shawn before asking Shawn. "Yes. Did you bring out the goods for the sir to choose?" As though he was experienced with the process many times, Shawn asked the old man without wasting any time. "Of course." Nodding his head, the old man asked Lucas, "Young sir, please follow me." Soon, he brought them to the inner room where there were three groups of people. One group were old men wearing formal robes, the second group consisted of beautiful young women with stunning features who were wearing half gowns. As for the third group, it was a mix of young, middle-aged and old knights with strength starting from tier 1 lesser knight to tier 5 lesser knight. "Please pick how many you need, young sir." The old man replied with a smile on his face. "One butler cost 500 gold coins, one beautiful maid cost 300 gold coins and as for these lesser knights ves, tier 1 cost 1000, tier 2 cost 2000, tier 3 cost 5000, tier 4 cost 8000 and a tier 5 lesser knight ve was 10000 gold coins." Seeing that, Lucas was looking at Shawn, the old man exined the prices for three types of ves in front of him. "Hm" Lucas maintained his calm look as he nodded his head before pointing at the young men from the third group and asked, "What about them? They are just squires, right?" "These squires are just a bonus given to those who buy the lesser knights. For every lesser knight, you buy, you will get a young squire as a bonus." The old man exined about the young squires standing in front of the lesser knights. "What if I only want to buy the young squires? How much do they cost?" After thinking for a moment, Lucas asked the old man. ''Huh?'' The old man was puzzled for a moment; however, after thinking for a second, he said, "If you want to buy them, I can give a squire for 50 coins." "Young sir, don''t buy them. These young squires didn''t have the talent to be the lesser knights in their life. This old man is trying to squander your gold coins." Before Lucas could say anything, Shawn hurriedly warned Lucas because he knew about the greediness of the old man. "10 coins per squire." How could Lucas not know about it? He revealed a slight smile on his face and stated a price that he felt was right. "40 gold coins per squire." However, The old man shook his head while decreasing the price by 10 gold coins per squire. "I will buy all 10 squires at a price of 10 gold coins." Lucas pointed at the young man and quoted his price once again. "If you buy at least one tier 1 lesser knight, I will agree to the deal." "Deal then." Lucas didn''t hesitate even a single bit before agreeing to the deal. ***** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 14 - Home "Pleasee here more often, young sir." The old man of the shop waved at Lucas with a slight smile on his face. Lucas didn''t bother to look at the old man as he walked out of the shop with the ves he just bought. Behind him, an old butler in formal robes, five beautiful maids in half gowns, one middle-aged tier 1 lesser knight and 10 weak-looking young men in pain robes. On their hands, there was a freshly imprinted tattoo of two crossed-short swords emitting ck fire. It was the insignia of the Hellmore family and with that tattoo, all these ves are officially the property of the Hellmore family. To buy all of them, it cost 2790 after removing the 10 percent discount as a new main family head. Since they were giving a 10 percent discount, Lucas bought two high-quality tamed horses along with a cart with 199 gold coins leaving him exactly 1000 gold coins. Soon, Lucas and Shawn boarded the cart he bought whereas the ves boarded three carts prepared by the shop. It was the responsibility of the shop to deliver the goods to the customer''s ce without charging anything. "Sir Lucas, do you want to buy anything else like weapons, pills, spirit beasts or their eggs?" While moving out of the ve market, Shawn asked Lucas. ''I only have 1000 gold coins and I can''t spend them randomly. So, I will check them after I find a way to earn money.'' Lucas silently thought in his head as he shook his head at Shawn. "Do you have any idea about the cost of hidden needles that could prate the General knight bodies?" Suddenly, Lucas thought about something and asked Shawn about the price of his favourite hidden weapons. Even though he could use stones or toothpicks, he could only blind the Knights as their bodies are strong and these normal stones and toothpicks would do much damage. So, he wanted to know the price for hidden needles ''Hidden needles?'' Shawn raised his brows for a moment and said, "The cost depends on the material; however, I can say that a single hidden needle that could prate the bodies of a general knight cost a minimum of 100 gold coins." "Oh." Lucas was not surprised at such a huge price before asking, "Then, what about hidden needles for lesser knights?" With the price of 10 such needles, Lucas could have bought another Tier 1 lesser knight ve. When he thought about it, Lucas felt the human''s life in this world is worthlesspared to his previous world. "It ranges from 10 gold coins to 99 gold coins for a single hidden needle." Shawn didn''t think much before replying to Lucas. "Can you deliver 10 hidden needles with these 100 gold coins by tomorrow?" Lucas knew he had a tier 4 general knight guardian; however, having 10 hidden needles on him could be useful in emergencies. Moreover, he wanted to make a friend from the adventurer''s guild. So, to show his sincerity, Lucas took out 100 gold coins and gave them to Shawn. "Don''t worry about the money, Sir Lucas. I will take the money after I deliver those needles to you." Shawn replied with a polite smile. "Sure." Lucas didn''t try to force Shawn and allowed him to guide the horses towards the Lively inn. Along the way, they talked about a few things and mostly it was Shawn who spoke about his past and how he ended up in the adventurer''s guild. Soon, they picked up Evan and Bernard before going to their new manor. "Sir Lucas, that is your manor." On the edge of the Silverstone town, there was a huge light blue-coloured building and in front of the building, there was a small-sized garden with a small fountain. Moreover, there was enough open ground within the courtyard for training. "Big brother, that manor is beautiful." Evan was the first one to exim as he said his inner thoughts the moment his eyes fell on the manor. "From today onwards, this is our home." Lucas didn''t have much preference as he lived in the most terrible ces whilepleting the missions in this past life. Compared to them, all the other ces are heavens. Nevertheless, finally, there is a ce called ''Home'' for him in this life. "Sir Lucas, I will take my leave now. Tomorrow, I wille again." After saying those words, Shawn jumped down the cart and left with the three carts from the adventurer''s guild''s shop. In front of a huge gate, Lucas, Evan, Bernard and 17 Hellmoe family ves were standing while looking at the huge light-blue coloured manor. "Everyone, let''s enter." As soon as he finished his words, one of the young squires rushed towards the gate and opened it for Lucas and others. Nodding his head, Lucas entered the courtyard while holding his little brother''s hand. Behind him, Bernard and the rest of the ves followed while looking at their surroundings. ''We should work hard and prove our worth.'' ''Yeah. Master spent so much money on us.'' ''Even though my strength is limited, I should protect my master at any cost.'' . . Along the way, all the servants had their own thoughts and all of them were eager to prove their worth. Among them, squires were very eager to train as hard as possible because, until today, they were just bonuses that were gifted along with a knight; however, Lucas spent 10 gold coins per each one of them and bought them away from a nightmarish ce. Even though they didn''t know what kind of person their new master is, they decided to help him as much as possible. ...¡­.. Some distance away from the Raindrop manor, ''Killsh, what do you think about that old man?'' ''As long as we are careful, we can kill the two targets before he could notice it; however, we need to wait until they leave this town.'' ''Yeah. This adventurer''s guild is bing more and more powerful. Our assassin guild is still can''tpare to this adventurer''s guild in this firmament.'' Two masked assassins were sitting on the branches of two tall trees as they observed Lucas and others enter the manor while conversing with one another. ***** Finally, entered the power stone ranking. Send the power stones, I will send the bonus chapters. ***** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 15 - Tasks For The Slaves ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for sessfully finishing your first mission. ''Ding, 100 sovereign points are added to the host''s ount and the host can choose any one item from this week''s sovereign shop. Just as he entered the manor, Lucas received two system notifications that made him halt in these steps for a moment; however, suppressing his excitement, Lucas continued to walk forward. "Evan, why don''t you go and check everything?" Lucas asked Evan to check the building and Evan was excited to explore his new home. "Herbert, you will be in charge of the maintenance of the Hellmore family from now onwards." After Evan left the main hall, Lucas looked at the ves and started giving the orders. First, he made the old man in formal robes in charge because he was trained to be a butler. "Thank you, master." The old man named Herbert bowed as he thanked Lucas. While buying them, Lucas learned their names and it was not a big issue for him to remember 17 new names. "Diana, you will be the head maid and the remaining four of you will follow her orders." Next, Lucas looked at the young woman who looked olderpared to the other four and made her the head maid. "Thank you, master. Diana will not disappoint you." Diana slightly bowed while thanking Lucas. "You can leave now and start preparing dinner." Nodding his head, Lucas asked the five young maids to leave. Even though there was no one living in this manor, the adventurer''s guild spent a lot on the maintenance. Also, Lucas learned from Shawn, there are sufficient food ingredients that could easilyst them for a week. So, they didn''t buy any groceries whileing to their new home. "Porter, you will be training these 10 young squires for 6 hours a day daily. If they arezy, you can do whatever you seem fit. Even if you kill them, I don''t mind." Once the five young maids left from the main hall, Lucas gave his orders to the tier 1 lesser knight. "Sure, master. I will give the strictest training possible to them." The middle-aged knight named Porter made a knight''s salute as he replied to Lucas. "No need. Meet me after dinner, I will give you the training n. Just make sure they do it properly, understood?" Lucas shook his head as he asked Porter to make the young squires train them ording to his training n. Since they didn''t have the talent to be Knights, he knew what he had to make them. Moreover, Lucas believed that the effects of that training would give more benefits to thempared to the benefits he gained in his previous life. ''I just have to modify the training n of the mysterious organization. So that no one had to die while training it.'' Lucas silently muttered to himself as he heard Porter say, "As you say, master." "As for you, from today onwards, you are just some nameless ves and the day I grant you a name is a day you will have a name. Also, after your training, you will guard the manor in the night." Hearing Lucas''s cold tone, the 10 weak-looking young men became stiff; however, no one said anything. Almost everyone who thought to work as hard as possible for their new master, they were having second thoughts. Even though they were tortured back in the ve shop, they were still alive; however, their new master is nning to kill them. However, they could not retort as they would be killed right now. "When I give you the name, you will no longer be a ve; instead, you will be a member of the Hellmore family." Just as they were regretting being bought by Lucas, his next words shocked the 10 young men and soon, they were no longer regretting; instead, they were eager to be a member of the Hellmore family. "Don''t worry. Along with them, you will also be a family member." Looking at Porter, who was expectantly looking at Lucas, Lucas replied with a slight smile on his face. For a ve, bing a family member is their greatest achievement in life and Lucas knew this thing. So, he used it to make everyone work harder for his family. Of course, whatever he promised, he would definitely grant them. "Today, you can take a rest and don''t forget to eat a lot. You need strength for tomorrow''s training." Soon, Lucas asked everyone to take a rest. "Yes, master." Everyone nodded their heads and walked into the small rooms on the ground floor. Those rooms were built for the sake of servants and Lucas didn''t mind the young squire staying in those rooms. "Old man, do you have something to say? You have been looking at me like that for a while now." After everyone left, in the main hall, only Lucas and Bernard were left as Lucas asked the old man with a nonchnt look. "It''s nothing. If the previous family head was here, he would have been very happy." Tears filled in Bernard''s eyes as he exined the reason. "Stop being a cry baby. Evan ising, wipe away those tears." Lucas scoffed at the old man as he turned towards his little brother and asked, "Did you pick your room?" "Yes, big brother. Just beside your room." "My room?" "Yes. As a family head, you have to take the master bedroom. So, I picked the one just beside you." With a big smile, Evan replied. ''He is so happy just to have his room beside his room. Such a silly brother.'' With each passing day, Lucas was bing fond of his little brother and his actions. "Let''s go and take a rest until dinner is prepared." Lucas, Evan and Bernard checked their three rooms and sat in the main master room before reminiscing about the past and discussed their possible options about their future. That night, they have a feast as they enjoy the cooking of their new maids before going back to their rooms. Only after Lucas, Evan and Bernard ate, the remaining people in the manor ate in an orderly manner. It was a hearty meal for men after so long because usually they were not given food properly. .... In the master room of the manor. ''Finally, it is time to use the rewards from the mission.'' While sitting on the bed, Lucas decided to use the rewards he gained from the ''Family establishment'' mission. ******* Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 16 - Thunder Bullet ''Sovereign shop.'' Lucas had already remembered the rewards from the mission and without wasting any time, he decided to choose the item from the shop. ''Ding, Level 1 Sovereign shop, 1) Lesser knight pill - 100 sovereign points. 2) Lesser mage robe - 100 sovereign points. 3) Basic thunder spell - 10 sovereign points. Note:- The items in the shop will be refreshed every week. ''I want to pick the ''Lesser mage robe'' as my reward from the shop.'' Soon, he selected the item from the sovereign shop. ''Ding, One ''Lesser mage robe'' is sent to the host''s inventory. ''Huh? That''s fast. Let''s see how it is.'' This was his first time receiving from the system and he wanted to check attributes of the ''Lesser mage robe'' while feeling it with his hands. ''Ding, Item name:- Lesser mage robe Effect:- Reduces the damage from the physical attacks and energy attacks by 50 percent from a peak lesser knight and a peak lesser mage. Note:- 1) It reduces theplete attacks from below lesser mage or lesser knight. 2) The effect decreases with the increase in the opponents'' strength. More information:- An artifact that was refined from the skin of a special spirit beast that has absorbing properties. Soon, the information regarding the robe appeared in front of him. ''This is very convenient.'' Lucas liked the feeling of knowing everything with thought and hurriedly read the effect of the robe. ''50 percent damage reduction? It is good.'' Lucas felt the light blue-coloured mage robe in his hands was smooth and very light. So, when he saw the effect, he was surprised for a second that the robe in his hands was so magical. ''If I had enough gold coins, I would have just kept it for myself or given it to Evan when he goes out. But, now I have to auction it off.'' Lucas shook his head and kept the ''Lesser mage robe'' in his inventory before looking at the remaining two items in the ''Sovereign shop''. ''Since I have a Baron level magic talent, I can check this ''Basic thunder spell''.'' With a thought, Lucas redeemed the ''Basic thunder spell'' after spending 10 sovereign points. ''Ding, A basic thunder spell scroll is stored in the host''s inventory. Please check it. ''Ding, The remaining sovereign points:- 90. Soon, he got the system notifications informing him about the redeemed item and the remaining sovereign points. ''Let''s see what kind of basic thunder spell I received.'' To Lucas, learning spells seemed fun and since it is said that thunder type spells or attacks had the most destructive power, he wanted to learn it. So, without wasting any time, he took out a purple-coloured scroll from the inventory. ''Ding, Item name:- Basic thunder spell scroll. Spell stored:- Thunder bullet. Usage:- Crushing the scroll will instantly send the knowledge rted to the ''Thunder bullet'' spell. Note:- Even though the user gets all the knowledge regarding the ''Thunder bullet'' spell, he still needs to understand it to be able to use the spell. ''Ding, Do you want to crush the scroll to learn the ''Thunder bullet'' spell? Before he could ask the system to show the information on the scroll, it sent theplete information and at the same time, it asked him whether he wanted to learn it or not. ''Of course, I want to learn it.'' Since he didn''t have much talent in the ''Ways of Knights'' and has a baron level magic talent, he wanted to focus on it. Generally, various ways of increasing strength had a way to measure the talent and it was ssified into seven types. It starts with the lowest level of talent which is ''Peasant level'' that means basically no talent at all. The remaining six levels of talent are Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, Duke and finally it ends with the highest level talent, Sovereign level talent. Even though his magic talent was just at Baron, Lucas had confidence that it would increase in the future. Moreover, even if didn''t increase, he is not the type to stop his mage training just because of his low-level training. So, he nodded his head and crushed the scroll in his hands to learn his first spell ''Thunder bullet''. ''Swoosh'' Soon, the crushed scroll disappeared and thousands of tiny purple-coloured light elements appeared in its ce as they slowly flew into Lucas'' head. ''Ding, The infusion of knowledge rting to the ''Thunder bullet'' might be a little painful. Please bear with it. Just as the system sent the notification, Lucas felt a sharp pain rising in his head; however, he endured much greater pains than the current one in his past life. So, of course, it was nothing for him. ''Ding, All the knowledge has been infused into the host''s head. Please use it topletely learn the ''Thunder bullet'' spell. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for sessfully learning your first spell and your magic sea will be unlocked. It didn''t take much time for Lucas before he received the system notification. He was not surprised by the second system notification because he already knows that when a mage has enough knowledge to create a spell, his magic sea will be open. To create any spell, a mage needs magic power and it could only be gathered into the magic sea by the mage using some magic cultivation techniques. He knew all these things from the memories of the previous body owner which was a piece ofmon knowledge for the descendants of the top families. ''Let''s test this spell; however, I can''t practice either in this room or outside. Since he just started his own self-image practice, Lucas knew it might st something in the room and on the outside, he knew people would be watching him. Just imagine, a young man established a main family in the Silverstone town, what will the other families in the town do? They would try to gather as much information on his family which Lucas didn''t want. As long as he stays mysterious, no family would bother him. ''Wait a second, didn''t Shawn say that there is a secret training room for all the manors of the main family? However, he didn''t say exactly where the entrance was.'' Suddenly, Lucas thought of his conversation with the young guide and started searching for a secret entrance in the master room. It was verymon for the family heads to have a secret training room for themselves in order to avoid the issues of their families while training. It was unique to every manor. So, of course, Shawn didn''t have a clue about it either as only Manager Rean and other managers knew about it. ''Kacha'' Finally, after searching for 20 minutes, Lucas found the entrance to the secret training room which was perfectly hidden; however, to Lucas who was an expert in observing minor details of a room, it was not a big deal. ''Knock knock'' However, just as he was about to enter the room, Lucas heard someone knock on his door. ****** Still need two reviews for the Book''s rating to be shown. Please leave a review. ******* Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 17 - Secret Training Room ''Looks like it is Porter.'' Lucas knew who it might be as he called Porter to give the special training n for the young squires. So, he went to open the door. "Master, you asked me to..." "Here. Take this parchment and make sure everyone follows them. Even though it looks simple, the effects of those exercising in the long term will be terrifying. You can also give it a try if you want." Before Porter could finish his words, Lucas interrupted him before putting a folded parchment. Earlier, Lucas thought a lot andpared exercises from this world to the previous world where he trained to be a deadly assassin, he came out with the names and simple drawings that anyone from this firmament world could understand without much difficulty. Moreover, even if someone observed the young squires training in those exercises, they would not be surprised because almost all the exercises noted down in the parchment were also in this world. However, the order of those exercises and the time for each exercise was clearly noted down by Lucas. "Thank you, master. I will also follow these exercises along with the young squires." Taking the parchment, Porter thanked Lucas before leaving for his room. ¡­.. ''Since this is settled, it''s time topletely learn my first spell.'' Lucas had many ns for his future and all those ns needed him to be powerful. So, of course, he would try his best to be one. Soon, he locked his door and silently entered the secret training room to officially start his spell training. ''Woah'' Lucas was satisfied with the secret training room which was 100x100 square feet and it was very peaceful blocking all the sounds from the outside. There was barely enough lightning to see all the corners of the room. In the room, other than a simple stone bed in the center, there was nothing. ''This room will just do fine for now.'' With that thought in his mind, Lucas sat down on the stone bed and started absorbing the knowledge infused into his mind by the system rting the ''Thunder bullet''. ...¡­. In the Grayeye family''s manor. "Second young master, you have to take revenge for brother Stefan." Pa, thedy from the inn, begged the second master while keeping her head in his embrace. The young man looked in and simple; however, because he was the second young master of the Grayeye family, he was the prince charming in the eyes of many girls in the town. "In the wilderness, he protected you so many times. The least I can do is to take revenge on that young man and his brother." Samuel''s hands were roaming everyone on Pa''s body as he nodded his head while saying those words in a gentle tone. Since Pa knew that even the grayeye family would not help them in getting their revenge against the middle-aged man who chopped Stefan''s hand, she shifted the me to Lucas and Evan. As for Samuel, he casually nodded his head while carrying Pa to his bed. "Thank you, young master." Pa replied with a red face, making Samuel, even more stimted as he said, "Anything for you, my little wifey." Soon, the battle began as the room was filled with pants and moans. ...¡­ In the secret room, ''It''s just some simple hand signs and chants.'' Even though he didn''t study properly in his previous life, he was able to learn anything quickly. So, it didn''t take much time for Lucas to learn what he had to do. ''Since the theory is over, it''s time for practicals now.'' Without wasting any time, Lucas stood up from the stone bed and used some wooden practice dummies that he found under the stone bed to test his new spell. ''Let''s do this.'' Once everything was settled, Lucas made some unique hand signs while chanting, ''O lightning elements in nature, heed my call and let me condense a thunder bullet in the¡­..'' Even though it was just a basic spell, it was so big that it took Lucas nearly two minutes to finish the chanting. For the entire time, his hands were making unique signs. ''Swoosh'' Just as he finished the chanting, a few tiny purple-coloured light particles gathered together to form a shining bullet. ''I did it...I did it on my first try.'' He cried out in joy and if any of his associates from the past life saw him, they would never believe he was the Lonewolf they used to know. Who would not be excited about learning their first spell? And even that, it is his first try. So, of course, he was excited. ''Swiish'' Just as he was getting excited about his sessful creation of the thunder bullet, the bullet hovering in front of him scattered into nothing. ''I was a bit careless. I can always create a second thunder bullet, right?'' Lucas was not disappointed with the disappearance of the thunder bullet; instead, he decided to give it another time. ''Ding, 10 units of magic power consumed. ''What? 10 units of magic power?'' Lucas was shocked when he saw the consumption of his magic power. After unlocking his magic sea, he gained 100 units of magic power and at the current level, he could store a maximum of 100 units of magic power. So, basically, a single ''Thunder bullet'' costs him 10 percent of his magic sea. ''I can still use nine more times; however, to be on the safe side, I will keep 20 units of magic power for an emergency and use seven more times.'' With that thought in his mind, Lucas once again started chanting and making hand signs. ''Swoosh'' After a couple of minutes, a ''thunder bullet'' was created in front of him, ''Go.'' Unlike before, Lucas was focused on the thunder bullet to hit his target. ''Puchi'' The thunder bullet went through the head of the wooden dummy a little away from his aim. ''Not bad for my first time.'' He was a perfect marksman in his previous life andpared to it, guiding the thunder bullet to his target seemed much easier; however, he still needed some practice to urately hit his aim. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for sessfully learning your first spell ''Thunder bullet''. ''Ding, Inferior aim. Gained 1 experience point. Basic thunder spell (1/ 100 experience points) Suddenly, he got a system notification which made him think, ''Now, it haspletely turned into a game.'' **** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 18 - Bullseye ''Since I was able to get an experience point, I think I will get more experience points if I hit the target.'' Lucas muttered to himself as he felt he was pretty much ying a game. Using the spell to increase the mastery and the system is measuring the progress with the experience points. ''I wonder where this system came from. Who can possibly create it? Is it god? Or is it the devil?'' Lucas wondered about the origins of the system. ''Ding, Once the host bes the ''Sovereign of the firmament'', the system can answer it. Until then, the system requests the host to not worry about the system origins. ''Oh. You act all mysterious now?'' Lucas scoffed at the timid system and shook his head. ''Anyway, I learnt my first spell sessfully.'' Even though there were many dangers in this world, Lucas had just started his mage practice. So, he was not worried about those dangers now and only focused on the spell. Overall, Lucas was liking his new life pretty much. ''Let''s check how much damage this single thunder bullet does.'' Lucas always had one mentality in his past life ''know your own capabilities first before thinking about your enemy''. So, he wanted to know how much damage the ''Thunder bullet'' could do and walked towards the wooden practice dummy. The practice dummy had a perfect hole in his hand as though the ''Thunder bullet'' didn''t have any resistance passing through the wooden hand. ''With this, I can kill a low-level squire like myself without a problem.'' Generally, basic elemental spells could injure low-level squires and could only kill novices. However, the basic thunder spell had a lot of destructive power that is enough to kill a low-level squire directly. ''This will only make me use this spell more and more but Ick the magic power. I need to find a good magic power recovery cultivation technique.'' Soon, he went back to his shooting practice while thinking about the cultivation technique. However, he knew it was very hard to find and even if found one, he needed a lot of gold coins for that. ''Swoosh'' ''Puchi'' ''Swoosh'' ''Puchi'' ''Ding, Inferior aim. gained 1 experience point. Basic thunder spell (2/ 100 experience points) ''Ding, Inferior aim. Gained 1 experience point. Basic thunder spell (3/ 100 experience points) ''Ding, Inferior aim. Gained 1 experience point. Basic thunder spell (4/ 100 experience points) In a row, Lucas aimed at the practice dummy three times and for the three times, he only missed his aim by an inch, making him a little annoyed; however, that didn''t discourage him. ''Phew...lonewolf, you can do it.'' Taking a deep breath, Lucas tried his single spell one more time. ''Swoosh'' ''Puchi'' ''Ding, Bullseye. Gained 5 experience points. Basic thunder spell (9/ 100 experience points) ''Yes...finally, I did it.'' Lucas punched the air with a determined look on his face. ''Ding, The remaining magic power in the magic sea:- 40 units. ''Looks like I have be proficient in the spell. I think practising anymore is just wasting the magic power.'' Even though he nned to use it eight times, Lucas was satisfied after hitting his target once and decided not to try the spell anymore. ''For the next few days, I will practice those exercises to get used to this body before going to the ''Myriad primordial forest''.'' That''s right! Lucas was nning to enter the ''Myriad primordial forest'' and there were a few reasons and they were to increase his strength and at the same time to collect the spirit beasts parts and ingredients. Generally, there are two quick and legal ways to make money in this town. One is to be an adventurer, pick a mission with a good reward from the adventurer''s guild andplete it. And the other one is to enter the ''Myriad primordial forest'' to either kill the spirit beasts or collect rare ingredients flowers or fruits that could fetch a good price. "Evan will be worried if he knows I am nning to enter the ''Myriad primordial forest'' as it is a very dangerous ce for a low-level squire like me. For now, I will not say anything and let''s see after I get used to this body." Lucas didn''t n to tell his little brother about his ns to enter the forest as he would be adamant on tagging along with him or either send Benard to follow him. However, Lucas wanted Bernard to remain along with Evan all the time. Only then, he could be at ease. Soon, Lucas started his special training to get adjusted to his new body as he wanted to check the limits of the body. .... Time continued to pass and soon, it was morning. The small open ground in the courtyard was filled with 10 young squires who were guided by a Tier 1 lesser knight Porter. ''Aargh...this is such a pain.'' ''I can stand in this posture for too long.'' ''He is thin and weaker than us but how was able to do it?'' One hour after their first training session, all the young squires were feeling a lot of pain and were not doing properly except for one weak and thin young man. He had his eyes closed as he was standing on the toes of his left leg with his other leg half folded. Currently, everyone was doing one of many postures that Lucas had written on the parchment given to Porter and they were nearly breathless; however, Porter didn''t have any ns to stop the training session anytime soon. ''They are better than I thought; however, he is interesting.'' Lucas, who was watching the first-day training session of the young squires nodded his head at all the young squires; however, only one young squire caught his eye. ''Let''s see what happens after a month.'' He was not expecting any immediate results and wanted to see their progress in a month. ''However, I need to find some pills and potions to increase their strength. For that, once again, I need gold coins.'' In this world, if someone didn''t have the talent, then he could use special pills and special potions to increase his strength in both ''Way of mages'' and ''Way of knights''; however, it costs so much just to buy a single one of those pills and potions, not to mention buying for 10 young squires. ''I need to hurry up and get used to my body.'' Soon, Lucas went back to his training after spending some time with his little brother. ****** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 19 - Myriad Primordial Forest After three days, "Big brother, I want to train. Can you ask Uncle Porter to train me too?" Evan asked Lucas as he looked at the open ground from the first floor balcony of the building. In Evan''s eyes, everyone is equal. So, he treated them as family as they were working for the Hellmore family. It''s been three days since Lucas officially established the ''Hellmore'' family in the Silverstone town. For thest three days, Lucas was secretly training hiis body and that same goes for the young squire. Even though they were still not doing perfectly fine, in a month or so, they would get used to it. "First, we should go through your talent assessment. Only after that, you are allowed to train as you like." Lucas shook his head as he directly rejected Evan''s request. Hearing those words, Evan became silent, making Lucas shake his head, "I heard from Shawn that there will be the ''Talent assessment day'' in three more days. Once we find out in which field you are talented, let''s train you in it." As promised, Shawn came the next after he bought the manor and secretly delivered the 10 finest hidden needles for Lucas. At the same time, he informed Lucas about the ''Talent assessment day''. In this world, anyone who reaches 10 years old would need to be assessed their talents and depending on it, they would pursue their future path. The day is random and the adventurer guild or the royal family chooses a date when they think enough 10-year-old kids were there to assess. Kids with greater talents in a particr path will be picked by the respective guilds and trained with their resources. Even though Lucas didn''t want his little brother to be tested for his talents openly, it is a process everyone had to go through and even if he postponed it, his brother would hate him for dying his talent assessment. ''Only if the system could assess others'' talents like how it shows theplete information on items.'' Lucas shook his head as the system said, it is still a low level to assess others'' talent. "Brother, do you think I will have a good talent in any field?" After hearing Lucas''s words, Evan felt a little better; however, he soon had another doubt as he asked his big brother about it. "Of course, you will have a good talent just like our father." Lucas rubbed his little brother''s hair as he filled Evan with confidence. "Really?" Evan became excited as he asked Lucas. "Of course. Our father''s talents have to be passed to either one of us, right?" Even though Lucas gave a brief reason, Evan was clever enough to understand it and nodded his head while saying, "Don''t worry, big brother. Once I be stronger, I will protect you." Generally, if parents are very talented, it is said to be passed down to their descendants. Even though there were cases like Lucas who only had ''Peasant talent'' in bing a Mage or a Knight, they were still rare. So, Lucas was very sure that Evan will have a good talent because their father had a ''Duke talent'' in the ''Way of knights'' with the potential to be a Heavenly Knight. "I will be going out today to check what businesses our family can do in this town. So, be good after I go out, okay?" Lucas felt that he gotpletely used to his new body and decided to test his skills in the wilderness; however, he didn''t want his little brother to worry about him. Evan was just a 10-year-old kid who had watched his father die in front of his eyes and he had only a single blood rtive, his big brother Lucas. So, of course, he would throw a tantrum if he found out Lucas was entering the ''Myriad primordial forest'' and it was thest thing Lucas wanted right now. "If you are not going to take Grandpa Bernard with you, at least take Uncle Porter along with you." Evan knew how dangerous this town was. So, he suggested Lucas take the tier 1 lesser knight as his guard. "Sure." Seeing the stubborn look on his little brother''s face, Lucas knew he could not ept it. Soon, Lucas ordered the old man Bernard to keep an eye on the young squires while he took Porter along with him. Lucas and Porter used the high-quality horses to ride towards the ''Myriad primordial forest'' ''Myriad primordial forest'', a forest full of resources and a ce where opportunities and threat co-exists. And here I am, searching for my opportunities with a heart to face the threats.'' Lucas muttered to himself while exiting the Silverstone town and the distance between the town and the forest is around 100 kilometers; however, for the high-quality horses, it would take less than an hour. "Master, I know you are not from this firmament, so, I don''t think you know about the ''Myriad primordial forest''. If you want, I can tell you about it." Along the way, Porter asked Lucas whether he wanted to know more about the forest. "Sure." Even though he had a rough idea about the forest, Lucas wanted to know more as there was no harm in learning it. "Myriad Primordial Forest is ssified into six regions starting with the outermost region named Baron grounds and the innermost region is called Sovereign grounds. Viscount grounds, Earl grounds, Marquis grounds and Duke grounds are the regions that were in the middle." "Generally, even if a novice lurks in the outskirts of the Baron grounds, if his luck is bad, he could die in the ws of the spirit beasts. As for knight squires or mage apprentices, they can enter the Viscount grounds but still lose their lives." "Sovereign grounds is the most terrifying region in the myriad primordial forest where even Heavenly Knights and Heavenly Mages fears to enter." Porter said most of the things he knew about the myriad primordial forest to Lucas who listened in silence. "Even though there are dangers everywhere, there are opportunities along with them." Porter finished his exnation with a line that Lucas already knew. Nevertheless, he nodded his head at Porter, before asking the system, ''Show me the mission details again.'' That''s right! There was another reason why he was entering the ''Myriad Primordial Forest'' and it was because of the system''s new mission. Initially, he didn''t want toplete the missions; however, after experiencing the true cruelty of this world, Lucas understood that he needed to be powerful to protect what he cared about. So, he wanted toplete the missions for the rewards that would make him powerful in the least amount of time. ''Ding, ****** Weekly Target 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 20 - First Hunt ''Ding, Mission name:- First hunt Mission details:- Kill 100 rank 1 spirit beasts in the Baron grounds of the ''Myriad Primordial Forest''. Mission reward:- Basic Magic recovery cultivation technique. Note:- 1) The spirit beasts that were killed by the host without any help would be counted. 2) The host should not bring his powerful guardian for the trip. Soon, the information regarding the mission appeared in front of Lucas. ''I hope this cultivation technique will fasten the recovery of my magic power.'' It was Lucas'' third time checking the mission details and he was hoping he would get a good cultivation technique as a reward. The main reason why he was entering the Myriad Primordial Forest in a hurry was because of the rewards and it was clearly stated that he should not bring Bernard along with him. After three days of training, Lucas got to know that his magic sea was naturally able to recover a single point of magic power per hour which means it would take more than four days topletely recover his magic sea. So, he needed a magic power recovery cultivation technique very badly. ''Anyway, with my strength of low-level squire, I can kill a rank 1 spirit beast without any problem and adding to the fact that I can use ''Thunder bullet'' that will injure even the rank 2 spirit beasts, Baron grounds is not a bad ce for me.'' Lucas could see the outline of a forest spreading thousands of kilometers and clenched his fists. "We are short on members, anyone wants to join our adventurer group temporarily?" "We can provide you with a good share." "The Grayeye family''s adventurer''s team is in need of three members. If you do well, the grayeye family will make your position permanent." "Join our Honorwolf family''s adventurer''s team. Even though we can''t guarantee the permanent position, we will take care of your families if something happens to you after we enter the forest." . . Various adventurer''s teams belong to various families and separate families that were registered under the adventurer''s guild were recruiting the members for their expedition into the ''Myriad primordial forest''. It was amon sight for those who entered the Myriad primordial forest and Lucas didn''t bother to join any team or recruit anyone; instead, he silently entered the forest with his tier 1 lesser knight ve. "Master, other than the spirit beasts in the forest, we also have to keep an eye on the other adventurers." After entering a few kilometers into the forest, Lucas caught sight of two knights battling each other and beside them, there was a rank 2 dark-spotted cheetah. So, Porter exined about it as they continued to ride the high-quality horses deeper into the forest. ''Swoosh'' Soon, Lucas saw the first living spirit beast in the Baron grounds of the forest. ''A red-eyed devil rabbit.'' Lucas knew the name of the spirit beast as he was amonly found rank 1 spirit beast in the outskirts of the Baron grounds. Surprisingly, the red-eyed devil rabbit didn''t attack him; instead, it hopped towards his horse with its sharp teeth. ''Puchi'' Before it could bite the horse, Lucas threw the short swords in his hand to pin the red-eyed devil rabbit to the ground. ''Ding, The host killed a rank 1 red-eyed devil rabbit. No Sovereign points were gained. ''Ding, Mission progress:- 1/ 100. Just as he killed the one-meter devil rabbit, Lucas received a couple of system notifications giving him a pleasant surprise. ''So, I can gain sovereign points like this too?'' Even though he didn''t get any sovereign points for his first kill, he was satisfied to know that he could gain sovereign points by killing the spirit beasts. "Master, it might be attracted to high-quality horses." Porter jumped down from his horse and picked the dead devil rabbit before throwing it into a big sack which he prepared before leaving the manor. At the same time, he exined the reason why the devil rabbit was focused on the horses while giving Lucas''s short sword back to it. Lucas''s family excel in the dao of short swords and his father''s mastery had reached to the highest level in them. So, he used the short swords as the ''Hellmore'' family''s insignia. So, the old man Bernard gave two short swords to Lucas while leaving the manor to protect himself. "Isn''t it better?" Lucas replied to Porter as he thought of an idea, "Porter, let''s tier our horses here and wait beside those boulders." And the idea was to use the high-quality horses as bait to kill the rank 1 spirit beasts. He was not worried that he would attract rank 2 spirit beasts because it wasmon sense that only rank 1 spirit beasts would be interested in the normal animals like these horses. Nodding his head, Porter tied the horses to a tree before waiting for the rank 1 spirit beasts to take the bait. ''Portor, as I said, unless I ask for your help, you don''t have to kill a single spirit beast.'' Lucas had already ordered Porter before entering the forest and now, he did it once again. ''Yes, master.'' Porter guessed that Lucas was to experience the blood rush while fighting the spirit beasts; however, Lucas was only thinking about the mission. The more rank 1 spirit beasts he killed, the quicker he could finish the mission and get the reward. ''Kur kr'' ''Kur kr'' Lucas and Porter didn''t wait for much longer before the rank 1 red-eyed devil rabbits started appearing. However, unlike the first devil rabbit, they were careful as they looked at their surroundings. ''They are intelligent. No wonder, they became rank 1 spirit beasts.'' Lucas was surprised at the behaviour of the devil rabbits. Finally, a few devil rabbits approached the ck horses and the horses started struggling to escape from that ce. However, they were tied to the tree. So, no matter how hard they tried, they were unable to break free. ''Kur ku'' ''Kur ku'' Seeing those struggling horses, the devil rabbits became excited as they always enjoyed the struggle of their prey. Without wasting any time, they jumped on the horses. ''Master, they are going to kill the horses.'' Porter became anxious while looking at the horses. For him, those horses cost 200 gold coins and if they die, it would be a waste of 200 gold coins. ''Swoosh'' ''Swoosh'' ''Puchi'' ''Puchi'' ''What?'' Just as Porter was feeling that all young men from rich families are the same, he saw something that made his eyes wide open. ***** Weekly target. 50 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 100 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 21 - Iron-headed Ants ''How did he do that?'' Porter had only one thought in his head when he saw Lucas who had a calm look as though he didn''t do anything extraordinary. ''These hidden needles are way better than the ones I used in the past life.'' As for Lucas, he didn''t bother to exin anything to Porter and with a nonchnt look on his face, he remarked on the hidden needles. "Take out the hidden needles from their bodies after you collect their bodies." Lucas ordered Porter as he stopped hiding behind the boulder with two short swords in his hands. Seeing that more than 10 of them were dead, the remaining dozens of red-eyed devil rabbits were scared toe forward; however, at the same time, they didn''t escape. ''Kur ke kur ke'' Instead, they made some noises with one another as though they were nning something and maintained some distance while taking the trees as their cover. ''Master, be careful.'' Porter wanted to say this; however, when he saw how calm Lucas looked, Porter felt there was no need to say that. Soon, he rushed towards the dead red-eyed devil rabbits to throw them in the huge sack before taking out the hidden needles from their bodies. ''Let''s see which lucky one will take the bait?'' Lucas intentionally separated from Porter and maintained some good distance making the scared red-eyed devil rabbits attack him. Moreover, he even made a small cut on his finger. ording to what he knew about the red-eyed devil rabbits, they would be mindless when they see the blood. So, this time, he made himself a bait. ''Kur ke'' ''Kur ke'' Soon, the light red-coloured eyes of the devil rabbits turned dark-red as they rushed at Lucas. "Yes...yes. That''s what I want." Lucas revealed a dark smile on his face when he saw that all the devil rabbits had taken the bait. ''sh'' ''Kacha'' ''sh'' ''Kacha'' He didn''t move from his ce; instead, he bent a little as he shed at the iing devil rabbits which were instantly killed by Lucas. Even though he didn''t give any mastery in the short swords, his breathing was even and each sh looked wless flowing like a river. ''Ding, The host killed a rank 1 red-eyed devil rabbit. No Sovereign points were gained. ''Ding, The host killed a rank 1 red-eyed devil rabbit. No Sovereign points were gained. ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ''Ding, The host killed a rank 1 red-eyed devil rabbit. 1 Sovereign point gained. ''Ding, Mission progress:- 30/ 100. ''Huh? Finally, I got a sovereign point.'' Not only was he focused on killing the red-eyed devil rabbits, he was also keeping an eye on the system notifications. So, when he saw the sovereign point, he became happy that he finally got a sovereign point. ''Not only that, the mission progress is increasing at a good speed.'' Lucas looked at the corpses of the red-eyed devil rabbits around him and got a little excited. ''Puchi'' ''Puchi'' There were still two devil rabbits which were rushing towards him and he casually threw the two short swords and killed them. ''Ding, The host killed 2 rank 1 red-eyed devil rabbits. No Sovereign points were gained. Just like always, he didn''t get any sovereign points; however, he was not doing this mission for those points. It was because of the magic power recovery cultivation technique. Whatever the sovereign points he gets during the mission, they were a bonus. "Master, here are the hidden needles." Once all the red-eyed devil rabbits were killed, Porter walked towards Lucas and gave him the hidden needles before collecting the remaining dead devil rabbits. "Master, shall we go to some other ce now?" It didn''t take much time for Porter to collect all the devil rabbits into the huge sack before asking Lucas. "No, this ce is perfect. The blood stench will invite many rank 1 spirit beasts for sure." Lucas pointed at the many bloodstains on the ground and told Porter. "As you say, master." Until now, Porter thought Lucas was just a young man who wanted to have fun in the ''Myriad primordial forest'' under his protection. However, after seeing how calm and how smooth his usage of short swords was, Porter had great respect towards him. ''As long as he matures, he will definitely make the ''Hellmore'' family into a powerful family for sure.'' Even though it might feel like over-exaggeration, hepletely believed the Hellmore family is going to rival other top families in the Silverstone town in the future. ''Swoosh'' ''Puchi'' ''Kacha'' Lucas and Porter waited until the next batch of the rank 1 spirit beasts appeared before killing them. Unlike before, this time it was a group of rank 1 iron-headed ants. Their size was less than half a meter in height and less than a meter in length and there were more than 100 of them. Nevertheless, Lucas didn''t bother about them because he saw them as normal ants that could be crushed easily. So, released all 10 hidden needles at once hitting 10 iron-headed ants thin necks which instantly killed them. ''These hidden needles are really cool.'' Since these needles had the potential to kill a lesser knight, killing a rank 1 spirit beast was nothing. As long as he hit them with those hidden needles, they would be killed without much resistance. Lucas killed twenty more iron-headed ants before he waspletely surrounded by nearly 70 iron-headed ants. ''I already got a sovereign point after killing 30 iron-headed ants. By the time, I finished killing the rest of the iron-headed ants, I might get 2 more sovereign points.'' Even though he waspletely surrounded by the iron-headed ants, Lucas was calcting about the sovereign points. ''Swoosh'' ''sh'' Once again, he started swinging his two short swords to massacre the iron-headed ants ''I need to help, master.'' Porter, who was looking at Lucas fighting the swarm of iron-headed ants, thought to help him; however, remembering Lucas'' words, ''Unless I ask you to help me, don''t help me.'' ''If he got injured even a single bit, I will go and help no matter what.'' He didn''t want his new master to die in front of his eyes. So, even if he gets scolded by Lucas, he decided to stop the fighting as long as Lucas gets injured. ''Tut tut tut'' Just as he was ready to rush anytime to save Lucus, he heard a noise from his side. "What? A rank 3 iron-headed ant?" Porter was shocked when he saw a rank 3 iron-headed ant that was slowly moving towards him. ****** Three bonus chapters will being soon. ***** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 22 - Fighting A Rank 2 Iron Headed Ant # Weekly bonus chapters (1/3) Currently, in front of Porter, there was a three-meter iron-headed ant that was looking at the huge sack beside him. Iron headed ants have a thick shell around their heads that is very hard to break; however, that''s not their strong point. Their strength lies in their mandibles. A rank 3 iron-headed ant could instantly chop a tier 1 lesser knight like Porter into pieces. So, Porter was sweating a lot when he saw a rank 3 rank iron-headed ant. What''s more, besides that rank 3 Iron headed ant, there were two rank 2 iron-headed ants that were around two meters in height. ''What should I do?'' Generally, in the same realm, a human would be weakerpared to spirit beasts. So, seeing three iron-headed ants in front of him, Porter could only throw the huge sack filled with devil rabbits at the ants. "Take it and eat it. Just leave us alone." Porter knew if Iron headed ants attacked him, he would notst for much longer and he would be killed soon. So, he threw the huge sack away trying to distract the attention of all the iron-headed ants. "Tut tut tut" The three iron-headed ants in front of Porter only nced at the huge sack filled with devil rabbits'' bodies; however, they didn''t move; instead, they looked at Porter as though he was the meal they came for. "Master, leave from here. I will try to stop them here." Even though his n failed in diverting the attention of the rank 2 and rank 3 iron-headed ants, the rank 1 iron-headed ants around Lucas ignored Lucas and rushed towards the huge bag. So, Porter could only shout at Lucas hoping at least his master would stay alive. ''Huh?'' Lucas frowned when he saw what was happening and he was shocked to see the three-meter iron-headed ant along with 2 two-meter iron-headed ants in front of Porter. ''There is no way Porter could win against them. Should I leave?'' Without hesitation, Lucas thought to escape because if he stayed here, Porter''s life would be wasted for nothing. ''What if I can kill them all?'' However, for a second, Lucas was tempted to try his best to kill the three iron-headed ants. ''No, I can''t win against a rank 3 iron-headed ant.'' In the next second itself, Lucas shook his head and decided to just leave from here to save his life. ''Tut tut'' However, before he could take a couple of steps, a rank 2 iron-headed ant stopped him from leaving. As for the other rank 2 iron-headed ants, it was using its antennae tomunicate with the rank 1 iron-headed ants that were feasting on the dead devil rabbits. "Since you don''t want me to leave, I will fulfil your dream." The only way from where Lucas could escape was blocked by the rank 2 iron-headed ant, behind him, a rank 2 along with more than 50 rank 1 iron-headed ants and in another direction, it was a rank 3 iron-headed ant. As for the remaining directions, trees and boulders were blocking him from running away. So, he could only fight now. "Porter, how long can you manage that rank 3 iron-headed ant?" Before he started attacking, Lucas asked Porter as he already nned something. "If I stay onplete defence, I can stall it for 10 minutes." Porter eyed the rank 3 iron-headed ant as he replied to Lucas. "Okay then. Let''s do it. As long as you stall for 10 minutes, I might be able to kill it." Lucas said what he wanted to tell Porter and didn''t bother with Porter''s reply and rushed towards the rank 2 iron-headed ant with his short swords. ''What?'' Porter felt like he had heard the funniest joke in his life; however, he didn''t dare tough and simply nodded his head. A low-level squire who had yet to master a weapon mastery wanted to kill a rank 3 spirit which even tier 1 lesser knight could not do it. So, of course, it was the funniest joke he had ever heard. Nevertheless, Porter didn''t want to die without doing anything. ''I will be onplete defence for the next 10 minutes and before using the self-destruct to at least injure it a little bit.'' Porter silently decided what he had to do and soon, the rank 3 spirit beast rushed at him. ¡­. ''ng'' ''My short swords can''t prate through them.'' Lucas used his unique footwork to dodge the rank 2 iron-headed ant''s mandibles before attacking it; however, it didn''t have much effect on the ant. Even the weakest leak, the neck part of the ant was very strong making Lucas frown. ''Should I use the ''Thunder bullet'' now?'' Lucas felt he needed to use the ''Thunder bullet''; however, he wanted to save them for the rank 3 iron-headed ant. ''Tut'' ''Swoosh'' Dodging the ant''s mandibles, Lucas asked the system, ''System, show me the mission progress?'' ''Ding, Mission progress:- 72 / 100. ''Only 28 left.'' Lucas felt he was nearing the missionpletion and thought, ''I need to distance myself from these ants to use the ''Thunder bullet''.'' Since the normal methods were not working on the rank 2 iron-headed ants, Lucas could only think of ''Thunder bullet'' which has the power to kill a rank 2 spirit beast or a squire with mastery. However, to do that, Lucas needed two minutes to cast the spell which would definitely not be enough. ''Wait a second. How did I forget about it?'' All of a sudden, Lucas thought of something and without wasting any time, he muttered, ''Lesser mage robe, appear.'' Just a single word and the lesser mage robe which he picked up from the sovereign shop appeared. Soon, we wore it before started his spell casting, ''O lightning elements in nature, heed my call and let me condense a thunder bullet in the¡­..'' ''Tut tut tut.'' The rank 2 iron-headed ant rushed towards Lucas as it felt a bad premonition from Lucas. ''Tut'' It aimed for Lucas'' neck as its mandibles were closing to separate Lucas'' neck away from his body. ''Tut?'' However, for some reason, its mandibles were unable to closepletely and it struggled a lot to cut Lucas'' neck. ''It''s time.'' All of a sudden, Lucas opened his eyes and revealed a slight smile on his face. **** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 23 - Mission Completed ''Thunder bullet'' After he finished his chanting, Lucas muttered his spell name and a thunder bullet condensed in front of him before sting through the thick shell of the iron-headed ant. ''Kacha'' The thunder bullet only broke the thickyer of the iron-headed ant making its brains visible to Lucas. ''Ding, Bullseye. Gained 5 experience points. Basic thunder spell (14/ 100 experience points). ''Tut tut'' Lucas didn''t bother with the system notification when his prey was right in front of him which was moving backside with slight fear in his eyes. "Where are you going?" ''Puchi'' How could Lucas let it escape after spending 10 units of magic power? So, without wasting any time, he used his short-sword to pierce through the brains of the iron-headed ant. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for killing a rank 2 iron-headed ant. 1 sovereign point gained. ''Ding, Since it was the host''s first time killing a rank 2 spirit beast, the host''s short swords will be upgraded to rank 1. Just as he pierce the rank 2 ant''s brains, his head was filled with system notifications. At the same time, the two normal short swords in his hands shone for a moment. ''Huh? Only 1 sovereign point?'' Lucas was expecting he would get more sovereign points; however, the first system notification only disappointed. Nevertheless, he was satisfied with the second system notification as he looked at the two light-blue coloured short swords in his hands. ''Let''s see whether these short swords can do some damage to the rank 2 ant?'' Without wasting any time, he wanted to test the power of his new swords. So, he rushed towards the rank 2 iron-headed ant which was stillmunicating with the rank 1 iron-headed ants. ''Tut tut'' However, before Lucas could reach it, the rank 1 iron-headed ants started swarming towards him. "Don''t worry, I will not discriminate against you based on your rank." With a dark smile on his face, Lucas started killing the rank 1 iron-headed ants that were trying to swarm him. However, too bad for them, currently, Lucas was wearing the ''Lesser mage robe'' that was giving him aplete defence against the rank 1 iron-headed ants. Compared to before, Lucas was very aggressive because unlike before Lucas was not worried about his defence. ''Looks like this master of mine is hiding so many secrets. Interesting.'' Porter, who used his bare hands to stop the mandibles of the rank 3 iron-headed ant, silently muttered to himself while pushing the ant away. First, he was shocked by the sudden appearance of the ''Lesser mage robe''. Even though he didn''t know about itpletely, he could guess that an artifact that could block the attacks of a rank 2 spirit beast is definitely not a normal one. Second, he thought Lucas used some kind of spell; however, he was not sure about it and thought, ''Maybe it is a spell from the talisman.'' Next, he was surprised by the change in aura emitting from the short swords. ''So, they were rank 1 short swords all along.'' However, what he didn''t know was that they were upgraded by the system after Lucas killed the rank 2 iron-headed ant. ''I have to do something.'' Seeing that Lucas was shocking him with his actions, Porter decided to do the same and instead of defending, he decided to start attacking. ''sh'' With that thought in his mind, Porter took out his sword from the sheath and used the Knight energy to wrap around the normal sword in his hands. As a ve how could he have ranked swords? So, he could only use the Knight energy to make his normal sword powerful enough to fight against the rank 3 iron-headed ant. ¡­.. ''Ding, The host killed a rank 1 iron-headed ant. No Sovereign points were gained. ''Ding, The host killed a rank 1 iron-headed ant. No Sovereign points were gained. . . . On the other side, Lucas was feeling like he was in heaven doing his favourite thing as the system notifications rang in his head. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for sessfully killed 100 rank 1 spirit beasts. ''Ding, Mission progress:- 100/ 100. Missionpleted. ''Ding, A basic magic recovery cultivation is sent to the host''s inventory. Amidst his killing, Lucas finally got the system notifications he was waiting for; however, there was still more than 30 rank 1 iron-headed ants along with a rank 2 iron-headed ant. ''Huf huf'' It took Lucas exactly five minutes to kill all the rank 1 ants as he gasped for breath while looking at the angry rank 2 iron-headed ant. While Lucas was killing the rank 1 iron-headed ant, the rank 2 iron-headed ant tried to chop his head; however, the lesser mage robe saved him. Seeing that its mandible was not working, the ant used its strong body to ram Lucas into a tree; however, Lucas dodge it making the ant even more angry. "Finally, it is you and me." Lucas didn''t care whether the rank 2 iron-headed ant understood his words or not but still, said those words anyway. ''sh'' Since Lucas wanted to test his rank 1 sword shorts, he didn''t use the ''Thunder bullet'' directly; instead, he shed at the neck of the ant. ''ng.'' However, even with the rank 1 weapon, Lucas was still unable to kill it. ''Only a scratch?'' Lucas raised his brows as he used another short sword to hit the same ce and repeated the same thing again and again. He dodged some attacks while the ''lesser mage robe'' deflected the remaining attacks. ''Kacha'' Finally, after striking at the same ce nearly twenty or so times, a small crack appeared on the neck of the ant making Lucas reveal a slight smile. ''I can do it...I can do it.'' If it was the old Lonewolf, then he would have already killed the beast; however, he was out of stamina after fighting for half an hour. So, he pushed himself as he continued to hit the small spot while changing his positions continuously. ''Kacha'' Soon, the crack became bigger and the rank 2 iron-headed ant felt the fear as he decided to escape from the devil in front of him. ''You want to run after making me tired out so much? In your dreams.'' Lucas jumped onto the ant with full force, he shed onest time. ''Kacha'' ''Thud'' The big head of the ant fell in front of the rank 3 iron-headed ant that was fighting Porter. ''Thud'' At the same time, Lucas also fell to the ground with a face full of exhaustion. ''I should not sleep yet. There is a rank 3 ant and I need to help Porter in killing it.'' Lucas wanted to help Porter; however, he waspletely exhausted as he pushed himself to the limits in hisst attack. ***** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Last week''s remaining two bonus chapters will be released soon. Chapter 24 - Killing The Rank 3 Iron Headed Ant #Weekly bonus chapters (2/3) ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for killing a rank 2 iron-headed ant. 1 sovereign point gained. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for entering into the ''Small sess stage'' in the Short sword mastery. ''Ding, The host''s rank in ''Way of knights'' increased to the mid-level squire. ''Ding, Conditions met to remove the host''s exhaustion. Just as Lucas was about to close his eyes due to the exhaustion, he felt all the tiredness in his body mysteriously disappeared. ''Th...this is so magical.'' Lucas'' eyes were wide open as he looked at his body which not only became much stronger than before and all the previous tiredness disappeared into thin air. ''It''s time to fight the Boss.'' Lucas was excited as he held the two short swords in his eyes and rushed to help Porter. Generally, in the ''Way of knights'', the starting two ranks ''Novice'' and ''Squire'' were simply measured with ''Strength and Stamina'' and ''Weapon mastery'' respectively. As long as a novice swung a 10 kg sword 1000 times, he would be promoted to the low-level squire. As for the low-level squire, as long as he learns a weapon mastery to ''Small sess stage'' then he would be prompted to the mid-level squire. After using the short swords in his hands to kill the spirit beasts with excellent strikes, Lucas was able to enter into the ''Small sess stage'' in the short sword weapon mastery. ''O lightning elements in nature, heed my¡­..'' Lucas stayed 10 meters away from the rank 3 iron-headed ant and started chanting the spell. ''He is really a mage.'' Porter, who was barely able to manage the ant, noticed that Lucas was chanting a spell and he became excited. ''Thunder bullet'' Without wasting any time, Lucas moved a little closer to deal more damage to the rank 3 ant before aiming at its neck. ''ng'' ''What?'' Lucas was shocked when he saw that the ''Thunder bullet'' was unable to do anything to the rank 3 ant. Not even a scratch was left behind. ''Ding, Bullseye. Gained 5 experience points. Basic thunder spell (19/ 100 experience points). ''Ding, Magic sea:- 80 / 100 units of magic power. As usual, he got the system notifications which he didn''t bother with and started thinking of a way to deal with the rank 3 ant. ''Tut tut'' The rank 3 iron-headed ant became angry when Lucas''s thunder bullet hit it, making it angry at Lucas. "Master, just leave from here, I will hold it back." As a ve, it was his duty to protect his master. So, Porter was trying his best to protect his master. ''Damn it...even thunder bullets are having no effect on it.'' However, Lucas didn''t run away as he was thinking of a way to kill it. It cost him 1000 gold coins to buy Porter. So, how could he leave such a valuable ve to death? So, he was trying his best to think of a way to kill it. "Porter, wear this." Suddenly, he thought of the ''Lesser mage robe'' he was wearing and without thinking much, he decided to give it to Porter. So, his chances of killing the rank 3 iron-headed ant would be increased. ''Swoosh'' Porter pushed the ant back as he rushed towards Lucas and without any hesitation he wore it. "It reduces the 50 percent damage from the rank 3 spirit beasts and lesser knights. Try to attack only on its neck." Lucas exined the effects of the mage robe and a simple suggestion before rushing back to the ants that he killed with ''Hidden needles''. ''Puchi'' He dug out the hidden needles from the ant''s carcasses one by one before rushing back to the battle between Porter and the rank 3 ant. ''ng'' ''Kacha'' ''ng'' The battle between them was intense and looking at them made Lucas want to be powerful. ''If only Porter has a good weapon, it would have been easier for him to kill this rank 3 spirit beast.'' Lucas decided to buy a good weapon for Porter after going back. That''s right! Lucas was already nning to go back because with the help of the ''Lesser mage robe'', Porter gained the upper hand in the battle against the rank 3 ant. ''Thunder bullet'' Since he didn''t want to stay on the sidelines while Porter fight the rank 3 spirit beasts, Lucas decided to use the ''Thunder bullet''. ''ng'' ''Thunder bullet'' ''Thunder bullet'' ''Puchi'' After casting the spell five times into a row to hit the same ce where Porter was shing, there was a crack appear on the neck of the ant. ''Tut tut'' Finally, the rank 3 ant understood that if it stayed here any longer, it would be killed. So, he decided to run. "Porter, stop it. Don''t let it run away." Lucas was expecting some good rewards from killing the rank 3 ant. So, he shouted at Porter while he threw 10 hidden needles at the cracked shell of the ant. ''Tut tut'' The ant cried in pain as its antennae shook violently. "Master, it is contacting his friends. Let''s kill it as soon as possible." Porter knew what the rank 3 ant was doing. So, he hurriedly rushed towards the ant and violently swung his sword at the cracked shell. ''Thunder bullet'' Just like how he jumped onto the rank 2 iron-headed ant, Lucas jumped onto the rank 3 ant while chanting the spell. "You can go and die now." Lucas shouted as he condensed the ''Thunder bullet'' just a few inches away from the ce where he could see the meat of the ant under the cracked shell. ''Bang'' ''Boom'' The thunder bullet prated through the cracked area before a huge explosion urred into the rank 3 ant''s head. "Master, are you okay?" Porter and Lucas werepletely covered in the blood and mucus of the rank 3 iron-headed ant as Porter helped Lucas get up from the ground. "I am fine." Lucas nodded his head as he received a series of system notifications. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for sessfully killing a rank 3 iron-headed ant. ''Ding, 100 sovereign points are rewarded. ''Ding, A special item is sent to the host''s inventory. Please check it. ''Huh? What is that?'' Before he could check the special item in his inventory, Lucas saw something on the bloodied ground. ***** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 25 - Beast Core Outside the Myriad primordial forest. "Idiot, what took you so long?" "Sorry, brother, the guild master asked us to stop this mission for now." "What? Why?" "He ordered us to go back now to the guild. Not only us but all the guild members have to assemble in the guild by evening." "But we are so close to finishing off one of the two targets." The two masked assassins Kill de and Kill sh who were tasked with the assassination of Lucas and Evan, were having a conversation. From the conversation, Kill sh was obviously not happy to leave their mission in the middle; however, he could not go against the guild master''s orders. "I know but the guild master was so serious saying that there will be bulk assassination orders soon." "Bulk orders?" However, hearing Kill de''s next words make Kill sh''s eyes shone with a glint as his previous displeasure disappeared without a trace before being reced with excitement. "Are there any special events happening in theing days? Right, there is an auction but are we going against the adventurer''s guild?" Along the way, Kill sh asked Kill de; however, Kill de didn''t have any idea regarding more information on the ''Bulk orders''. "Hm" Soon, both the assassin increased their pace as they rushed towards the assassin guild in the Silver stone town. Not only these two assassins but the adventurer teams of all the top families who were about to enter the forest dropped their n to enter the forest as they rushed back to their families after getting the message toe back as soon as possible. ...¡­. In the outskirts of the Baron grounds of the Myriad primordial forest. A light red-coloured crystal was lying on the ground emitting a glint asionally. "Ma...master, we are rich." Porter also saw the crystal and became excited as he said to Lucas. ''Beast crystal?'' Lucas had a memory of seeing such an item when he was in the old firmament as he picked up the crystal from the ground. ''Ding, Item name:- Beast core. Grade:- rank 3 Use:- 1) Helps lesser knights or above ranked knights in recovering their knight energy within the shortest time possible. 2) Can be used in the preparation of pills. Energy stored:- 100 / 100 units. Soon, the information regarding the small crystal appeared in front of him. "We will get some gold coins but we will not be rich." Lucas knew he could sell this beast core for a good price; however, he knew it was not enough for him to consider he would be rich with it. "Here, use this to recover your knight energy." Stretching his body a little, Lucas threw the beast core at Porter. "No..no..no..master. This is very valuable to be used by me." Porter caught the beast core; however, he felt it was a waste of such a great thing to use for himself; instead, of selling it. "If I said to use it, then use it." Lucas raised his brows as he continued, "You will only use it until you use half of the energy in it. Then, we are going to sell it." "But, isn''t it going to decrease the value of the beast core? I can simply let the knight energy recover on its own." For a lesser knight or above ranked knight, it was very easy to detect how much energy is left in a beast core. So, Porter worried about decreasing the value of the beast core. "Don''t worry about it. I need you to be in peak form." Lucas''s words made Porter''s heart warm. ''I can simply auction it off in theing auction. Since it was already a rare thing for a rank 3 beast core to appear. Not to mention those rich families'' ego to get such a rare thing.'' Lucas had attended many auctions in his past life and he knew how the powerful families would outbid theirpetitors. So, he knew, the energy inside the beast core doesn''t matter much in front of the egos of the top families. "But before that, let''s clean up all the carcasses before more spirit beastse up here." Lucas was still wondering about how a rank 3 spirit beast appeared in the outskirts of the Baron grounds? So, he didn''t want to stay much longer before another rank 3 spirit beast showed up. "Yes, master." Soon, Lucas and Porter threw all the carcasses around them into three huge sacks before putting them on the horses as they rushed out of the forest. "Stop right there." Just as they came out of the forest. Lucas and Porter were stopped by a group of adventurers. ''Huh?'' Lucas frowned when he saw a group of knights and mages in front of him with arrogant looks on their faces. "What do you want?" Porter controlled his horse as he stood in front of Lucas'' horse as he asked in a cold voice. "Give up 50 percent of your gains from the forest along with your two horses and we will let you live." A middle-aged man walked forward as he gave his demands. "And what if we don''t?" Porter was checking the strengths of the adventurer in front of him before Lucas replied to the leader of the adventurers. It was not that Lucas was arrogant; instead, he felt there was no need to worry about a bunch of ''bandit adventures'' whose leader had only the strength of tier 1 lesser knight strength. As for the remaining ''bandit adventurers'', they were either mid-level squires or mid-level apprentices. So, Lucas was not worried as he could instantly kill all of them with his hidden needles while they were still unprepared and as for the leader, Porter could easily take care of him with the help of the lesser mage robe''s effect. "Then we will take everything you have...haha." The leader of the ''bandit adventurers'' was shocked for a moment before chuckling as he ordered his men while pointing at Lucas, "Kill him and bring the loot." "As long as I am alive, it is not going to happen." Porter wore the mag robe as he jumped off his horse before rushing at the iing bandit adventurers. "But your opponent is me." The leader of the bandit adventurers stopped Porter from killing his men as they started fighting one another. "I only need to stall for sometime before my men kill your master then we are going to kill you and take this artifact...Haha." The leader sounded excited as he replied to Porter. ****** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 26 - Killing The Adventurer Bandits Adventurer bandits, are the bandits that set their eyes on the low-level adventurers and they would take half of the loot from the adventurers if they willingly give; otherwise, they would just kill the adventurers and loot thempletely. ''Hehe'' However, when he heard the leader of the adventurer bandits, Porter could not help reveal an eerieugh but he didn''t say anything. ''Huh?'' Seeing the eerie chuckle on Porter''s face, the leader felt something was not right and hurriedly looked at Lucas to check his cultivation. ''He is just a mid-level squire but why does he look so confident?'' However, no matter how he looked at Lucas, the leader of the adventurer bandits didn''t think that Lucas could win against the dozen squires in which there were even a couple of high-level squires and high-level apprentice mages. ''Puchi'' ''Puchi'' ''Thud'' Just then, he saw something that made him freeze in his ce. Because among the twelve of his men, eight were dead before they could even reach Lucas and the other two were killed by the short swords in his hands. ''From the 12, only two were alive. What kind of monster is he? What should I do now?'' The leader of the adventurer bandits didn''t know what he should do because he was not as strong as Porter despite having the same tier 1 lesser knight rank. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for killing six mid-level squires and a high-level squire. ''Ding, The host is rewarded with 7 sovereign points and his short sword mastery increased by (2/ 100) in the small sess stage. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for killing 2 mid-level apprentices and a high-level apprentice mage. ''Ding, The host is rewarded with 3 sovereign points and a basic earth spell. Soon, his head was filled with the system notifications which he didn''t have any time to check as he still had one high-level squire and a high-level mage to take care of. If someone had killed a human for the first time, they would not maintain their calm; however, Lucas was much calmer because, in the past life, his entire life was about killing. ''No matter which life it is, I am cursed to either kill my way to the top or die in the process.'' Lucas had already thought he would be killing the humans in this life too; however, he didn''t expect it to happen sooner than he imagined. "What are you? How did you kill them?" After seeing their friends die, the two bandits looked at Lucas as though they were looking at some kind of monster. Moreover, they also lost the will to fight Lucas as they shuddered in fear looking at Lucas. "O fire elements..." Nevertheless, the high-level apprentice mage started chanting while the high-level squire was protecting him. ''Swoosh'' However, why would Lucas let the apprentice finish his spell? So, without wasting any time he rushed towards them. ''Take this.'' Just when he was a few meters away from the high-level squire, Lucas threw the short sword at his neck. ''ng'' The high-level squire was able to deflect the short sword with his sword; however, felt a sharp pain in his foot because Lucas'' other short sword was in his foot. The short sword which was half a meter long waspletely entering into the ground through the high-level squire''s foot. ''Aargh'' The squire could not help but groan as he looked at his leg. "I wille back for you. Just endure it for a while." With a slight smile on his face, Lucas rushed towards the high-level apprentice mage. ''Snap'' Before the apprentice could finish his chanting, he saw Lucas snapped his neck. Generally, apprentice mages had weak bodiespared to squires. So, all Lucas had to do was close the distance between him and the apprentice before killing him. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for killing a high-level apprentice mage. ''Ding, The host is rewarded with one sovereign point. ''Only one sovereign point?'' Lucas shook his head as he went back to the high-level squire who was still groaning in pain. "I will put you out of your misery." Lucas picked the short sword deflected by the squire earlier as he shed his throat getting another sovereign point. ''With this, I have 210 sovereign points. Looks like I can buy some good items in the next weekly items in the sovereign shop.'' Lucas was keeping track of his sovereign points as he was eagerly waiting for the weekly refresh of the items in the sovereign points. ''Should I just buy the ''Lesser knight pill'' and sell it in the auction too?'' Lucas had another thought; however, he quickly rejected that idea because he just wanted to save the sovereign points for the next weekly items. ''What poor bandits? Their weapons are all normal ones.'' Lucas shook his head in pity when he saw their weapons and didn''t bother to take them as it was just extra weight for him. "Porter, stop ying and kill him. We didn''t have all day to waste here." Evan was waiting for him back in the Raindrop manor and he still had to sell the body parts of the devil rabbit and the iron-headed ants. So, Lucas shouted at Porter to finish the fight. "Yes, master." Porter was just having some fun with the leader of the bandits and when he heard Lucas''s shout, he nodded his head. "If something happens to me, the Grayeye family will not let you off." He knew that his end was near. So, he wanted to threaten them with the name of the Grayeye of the family. "How can such a top family have ties with you poor bastards?" Hearing the ''Grayeye'' family name, Porter looked at Lucas as though he was asking what he had to do. So, Lucas walked towards them and scoffed at the leader of the bandits. Even though he didn''t like the Grayeye family, it was still a well-established family in the Silverstone town. As for these adventurer bandits, they have nothing valuable on them. So, Lucas was having a hard time believing that. ''Looks like it is working. He seems to fear the Grayeye family.'' When he saw that Lucas didn''t ask his servant to kill him, the leader of the bandits felt his life could be saved. "Here, this is the insignia of the Grayeye family." With a confident smile on his face, he took out a silver-coloured coin with an eye symbol on it. "Porter, he just gave me another reason to kill him. You know what to do, right?" After checking the insignia of the Grayeye, Lucas calmly replied to Porter, before going back to the horses. "Did you hear that? You better leave...what?" The leader of the bandits thought Lucas was letting him; however, by the time he understood that Lucas asked Porter to kill him, he was cut into two pieces. **** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 27 - Magic Sea Reconstruction Pill # Weekly bonus chapters (3/3). In front of the adventurer''s guild, "Sir Lucas." Just as he was about to enter the adventurer''s guild, Lucas heard Shawn''s voice. "Shawn." Lucas revealed a slight smile on his face as he nodded his head. "Do you need anything?" "I am here for Manager Rean." "Sure. Follow me, I will bring you to him." Shawn nodded his head as he bought Lucas and Porter into Manager Rean''s room. Porter was carrying two huge bags on his shoulders as he walked into the room. "Sir Lucas." Even though Manager Rean had good cultivation, he was polite with Lucas as he asked, "Do you need any help regarding something?" "Yes, Manager Rean, I heard your guild is conducting an auction in two days and I want to auction this item. What do you think?" While saying that, Lucas took the rank 3 beast core from Porter''s hands as he showed it to Manager Rean. "Half used rank 3 beast core." With a nce, Manager Rean could say that the beast core was half used; however, he didn''t bother about it before saying, "I can set the starting bid of 100 gold coins and ording to my guess, it might reach a little over 1000 gold coins." Soon, Manager Rean added the half-used rank 3 beast core to the auction items and gave a receipt regarding the details of the beast core belonging to him. "Also, this is an elite pass for the auction. If you bid for any items, the adventurer''s guild makes sure to keep your identity safe with us. So, you don''t need to worry about it." Generally, young family heads like Lucas tend to be careful. So, Manager Rean assured Lucas about it. "Thanks, Manager Rean." Lucas thanked as he collected the item receipt and elite pass to the auction before asking, "Manager Rean, I heard the adventurer''s guild gives a good price for the spirit beast carcassespared to others. So, I want to sell these to your adventurer''s guild." While Lucas was saying those words, Porter opened the two huge sacks and showed them to Manager Rean. "Sure. Shawn is a good appraiser and he would evaluate their value. Don''t worry he would definitely give a good price." Manager Rean was not shocked with the many carcasses because they were also rank 1, a couple of rank 2 spirit beasts along with a rank 3 spirit beast. "Sir Lucas, is there anything you want?" Manager Rean was able to guess that Lucas still had something to say. So, he asked Lucas about it. "Manager Rean, if you don''t mind, can you get me a special talent assessment pass on theing talent assessment day?" "That''s all? Sure, juste to me on that day, I will arrange it." Manager Rean knew it was for Lucas'' little brother. So, he nodded his head and agreed to help. A special talent assessment pass means the candidate will be assessed separately for different talents and except for the guild that was assessing him, no one would know about his talents. "Thank you, Manager Rean. This is a small gift from my side." While saying that, Lucas gave a small pill bottle to Manager Rean. "There is no need for you¡­." Initially, Manager Rean wanted to reject Lucas'' gift; however, when he saw the pill, he froze as he hurriedly took the pill bottle to check whether it was real or not. "It is real, Manager Rean, you can use this pill to heal young sir''s magic sea." Seeing the usually calm Manager Rean lose hisposure, Shawn could not help but shake his head while assuring him about the pill. "How is it¡­.where did you ge...why are you giv..." Manager Rean was overwhelmed so much that he was unable toplete a single question as he looked at Lucas with gratitude. The thing is, Manager Rean''s son''s magic sea was broken while chanting a powerful spell. After that incident, his son was never the same and he didn''te out of his room. From that day onwards, Manager Rean tried his best to find a way to heal his son''s magic sea; however, every time, something that could heal his son''s magic sea appeared, it was bought by other powerful knights. Previously, when Shawn visited the Raindrop Manor while talking, Lucas was able to find out about Manager Rean''s son. Coincidentally, after killing the rank 3 iron-headed ant, he got a special item and it was none other than three ''Magic sea reconstruction pills''. After seeing the information on the pills, Lucas'' first thought was about Manager Rean and it was not out of kindness; instead, Lucas was making Manager Rean his first friend in the Silverstone town. ''With one of the managers of the adventurer''s guild, the ''Hellmore family'' will have a good time in the Silverstone town.'' This was the only thought in Lucas'' mind while giving the pill to Manager Rean. "Thank you for such a valuable gift, Sir Lucas. I don''t know how I can repay you." Manager Rean became emotional as he bowed to Lucas while thanking him with a grateful look on his face. "I will be honest with you, Manager Rean. I want my Hellmore family to develop a little faster and be a well-established family in Silverstone town. So, I need some tips and small favours. You don''t have to say the secrets of the adventurer''s guild." Lucas knew that Manger Rean could easily figure out his reasons for giving such a rare pill to him. So, he thought it was better for him to say; instead, of Manager Rean figuring it out. "Th...this...ok." Manager Rean hesitated for a moment; however, when he looked at the pill bottle in his hands, he no longer hesitated. Even though he was a manager of the Silverstone town, his authority in another town was not powerful enough for him to get the items he needed. And he didn''t know how long he had to wait to get another ''Magic sea reconstruction pill''. As a father, he could not bear to see his son who was getting more and more depressed with each passing. So, he felt there was nothing wrong in helping Lucas in developing his family. "Thank you, Manager Rean." Seeing that Manager Rean agreed, Lucas smiled as he heaved a sigh of relief. Lucas already got the personality of Manager Rean from Shawn. So, from the beginning to the end, he was not worried that Manager Rean would use force to take the pill. "So, let me tell you something that was only exclusive to the well-established families of the Silverstone family." Manager Rean kept the pill bottle away as he looked at Lucas and said those words, making Lucas curious about Manager Rean''s next words. **** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 28 - Dungeon "The following day after the auction, the mages guild is opening one of their dungeons that was just outside the Silverstone town. The guild invited geniuses from all over the Barren firmament saying that there was one advanced spell, three intermediate spells and more than a dozen basic spells." Soon, Manager Rean exined about the opening of a dungeon by the Mages Guild. Since he decided to help Lucas, Manager Rean already had something that came up today morning. Except for the guild and the top families, others didn''t have the slightest clue about it. No one knows the origins of the dungeons as they were in various locations from ancient times. From time to time, there would be new ownerless dungeons and as long as you get the dungeon core, then the dungeon would belong to you. When a newly formed dungeon opens, there would be countless rewards along with dangers and once it was cleared, the new owner of the dungeon could ce his own items as bait to invite others to enter it. As for the reason why he would be inviting others into the dungeons, is because the more people die in the dungeon, the more benefits the dungeon owner gets. So, he was willing to bait some of the rewards to invite others. "Dungeon?" Lucas was shocked when he heard that because this firmament is called Barren firmament for a reason. As for the Dungeons, they were rare and given great importance even in his previous firmament. "That''s right! ording to our adventurer guild''s intel, this dungeon of mages guilds wasst opened 12 years back and it was aplete blood bath. Only three young men came out of the dungeon and one of them is the current guild leader of the mages guild in this town." Seeing the shocked look on Lucas'' face, Manager Rean gave some more information. ''This world is really insane.'' Even though he said, deep down, Lucas was really liking this world. "There is something more to this matter, right?" Lucas asked Manager Rean expecting something more from him because the matter of this dungeon had juste and the mages guild would make sure that the news about the dungeon and rewards inside it to the entire firmament. Because the more people enter the dungeon, the more benefits the mages guild would get. "Yes. The mages guild is auctioning a few items and among them, there were a few talismans that could directly send you off the dungeon if you were killed in the dungeon, along with a few briefly drawn maps." "So, it is basically a lifeline in the dungeon." Lucas understood as he nodded his head before saying, "Thank you, Manager Rean for the information." "Yes and this time the mages guild had oddly kept a limit on the strength of the participant making all the top families and other guilds displeased; however, no one can say anything to the mages guild because it was their own dungeon." "Limit? What kind of limit?" Lucas became curious because it was very rare of the dungeon owners to put restrictions on the entry. So, he asked about it. ...¡­ In the mages guild of the Silverstone town. "Guild master, I still didn''t understand why you kept the strength restriction for the participants entering the dungeon." Felix asked the guild master Elliott regarding the restriction. "Do you know what benefits we get from this Silverstone town''s dungeon?" The middle-aged man Elliott asked Felix who looked to be in histe twenties with a slight smile on his face. "Isn''t that information ssified, Father?" Felix shook his head while calling Elliott ''Father''. "Since you have a great father like me, I can break those rules...Haha." With a chuckle, Elliott continued, "There are two types of rewards we will get from these dungeon runs. One, it is a strength crystal that could increase someone''s strength as long as they absorb the energy from that crystal." ''So that''s where those crystals came from.'' Felix was shocked for a moment before nodding his head. "And as for the other one, it was a talent crystal that could increase someone''s talent in a particr field. So, the restriction I kept on it will allow only the young ones with the strength less than tier 1 lesser knight and lesser mage to enter the dungeon." Soon, Elliott exined the reason for the restriction for the participants. "But, what if the participants didn''t have much talent?" Felix thought there was a problem with that kind of restriction and asked his father about it. "Haha...it doesn''t work like that. As long as the young men were less than 20 years and had strength less than the lesser knight and the lesser mage, all their talents can be merged before the dungeon gives us at least a viscount level talent crystals. And that''s the reason why I never left this town because of that dungeon. As long as I have it, I can increase your talent slowly with time and finally the time hase to open the dungeon. So, be prepared to increase your talent." "What?" Felix was shocked as he finally understood why his father was adamant about staying here despite the fact he got the promotion to other towns that had less work but more paypared to the Silverstone town. Soon, he became excited as he hugged his father. ''I will make you a Heavenly Mage at any cost. Even if I have to kill hundreds of thousands or millions of people, I will not think twice to do it if it could increase your chances of bing the heavenly mage.'' Elliott muttered to himself as he patted his son''s back. ''Don''t worry, father. I will definitely be powerful and take revenge against those two bastards.'' At the same time, Felix was also thinking something in his head as his determination to be stronger grew even more after seeing how much his father cared about him. "So, where are you going back to the institution?" In the next moment, Elliott asked Felix. "I will leave after this auction." With a smile, Felix replied and as for participating in the dungeon, why would he participate in it when it was his father who would manage it? If he wants something he likes, then he would directly ask his father and take it and even if he entered and came out unscathed with his own efforts, people would point their fingers at his father for giving a back door for his son. "Here, take this card. It has 10000 gold coins and if you like something in the auction, buy it. But don''t offend anyone." Elliott casually gave a ck card to Felix before saying, "I have something to take care of. So, you need to go now." As soon as he finished his words, Elliott pushed Felix out of his room because he knew his son would definitely reject the card. ''I hope he likes something in the auction.'' Elliott muttered to himself as he soon started working the dungeon preparation. ***** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Don''t forget to vote. Chapter 29 - Return ''Looks like I need to enter this dungeon to get those spells.'' On his way back to the Raindrop manor, Lucas muttered to himself as he thought of the dungeon. ''Even though I didn''t know the reason for the limit for entering the dungeon, I am very sure this is my opportunity. If I can increase my strength to a high-level squire, then my survival chances will be increased even more.'' ''Also, there is this magic recovery technique and a new spell. As long as I master them and adding to my skills from the past life, no one below lesser knight or lesser mage could kill me.'' Lucas felt it was the godsent opportunity for him and decided to increase his strength to the high-level squire and at the same time, learn the magic power recovery technique and the new basic earth spell. Actually, Lucas fell in love with spells after learning the ''Thunder bullet''. Even though it was time-consuming to cast the spell, the damage was great. So, he wanted to learn more spells as he eyed the three intermediate spells and the advanced spell. ''I guess it is not bad to earn 210 gold coins in a single day.'' Next, Lucas thought about the gold coins he got from selling the spirit beast carcasses are not bad as he urged his horse to gallop towards the Raindrop manor and behind him, Porter was keeping an eye on his surroundings as he followed Lucas. The prices for the rank 1 spirit beasts were a single gold coin and for the rank 2 spirit beasts, it was 10 gold coins. As for the rank 3 iron-headed ant''s corpse, it was a whopping 100 gold coins. Most of the corpses were still intact as he mostly killed them in a single stab except for the rank 3 spirit beast whose head and the body was separated. But nevertheless, Manager Rean gave the standard prices for all the spirit beasts giving him a total of 210 gold coins. ¡­.. In the Raindrop manor, After reaching the manor, Lucas freshened up before meeting his little brother Evan. "Big brother, did you decide on what business our family will be doing in this town?" Evan asked with a curious look on his face as he asked his brother. For a family, either it is small or big, they need a good source of ie to develop their family. "Currently, it is not a good time to enter into any business because all the top families in the town had good foundations in their business. So, until we find an opportunity, let''s send Bernard and Porter on hunting trips on alternate days." With the ''Myriad primordial forest'', Lucas didn''t worry about living frugally; however, at the same time, the gold coins earned from killing rank 3 spirit beasts would be not enough for the development of their family, not to mention, the talent assessment of Evan ising. He needs some good resources before the talent assessment and once his talent is found out, it requires another ton of resources. So, Lucas had to find an alternative source of ie. "Okay, big brother." Unlike Lucas, Evan didn''t know much about the businesses. So, he didn''t stress about it because his big brother and Grandpa Bernard knew what they were doing. "Let''s have dinner after I talk about something with the old man." After talking a few more things with his little brother, Lucas went to meet the old man to ask about the young squires'' training. "I guess, they are determined while training because of your promise." The old man replied with a slight smile on his face as he continued, "Family head, are you sure about making them the members of the Hellmore family?" "What? Do you not want to do that?" Lucas frowned as he asked the old man Bernard. "No no no." Seeing the frown on Lucas'' face, the old man hurriedly shook his head as he continued, "You have changed a lot since the old family head was gone. In the past, you used to keep ves a few meters away; however, now, you even promised to make a ve a family member." While saying these words, the old man''s eyes turned misty and muttered, ''If the family head was here, he would have been very proud of you young master.'' Actually, Bernard was also a ve that was bought by Lucas'' father and when he saved his father''s life, Aldrich Hellmore directly gave the old man a name and the status of the Hellmore family member. So, whenever he thought about Lucas'' idea, Bernard thought of his previous master, Aldrich Hellmore. "I have a task for you." Lucas didn''tment anything on Bernard''s words as he ordered Bernard, "For the next two days, you will enter the Baron grounds of the Myriad primordial forest and hunt for rank 2 and rank 3 spirit beasts." "Yes, family head." Bernard knew how many resources a developing family needed. So, he was even ready to enter the Viscont grounds of the forest for the sake of the family. "Remember, do not enter the Viscount grounds and only hunt for a rank 3 spirit beasts or below." Lucas warned Bernard strictly to hunt in the Baron grounds as he could guess how dangerous the Viscount grounds were. In this firmament, Bernard was the only one who could protect him and his little brother until he increased his strength. So, until then, he didn''t want Bernard to take unnecessary risks. "I will keep that in mind, family head." Bernard nodded his head as he kept Lucas'' orders in his mind. "Also, take these 1000 gold coins and buy a good pair of rank 3 short swords from the adventurer guild''s shop. Don''t forget to mention Manager Rean''s name and the shopkeeper will not dare to fool you." Soon, he gave a few more orders before going back to have dinner with his little brother. "Herbert, these 100 gold coins are for groceries and other charges. If they are finished, you can alwayse to look for me." After having a simple dinner with his little brother and the old man, Lucas gave some gold coins for the house butler to take care of the household things. "Sure, master." The old man Herbert bowed deeply as he replied to Lucas. "Okay, you can have your dinner now." After saying that, Lucas and Evan left for their rooms. As Evan was still young, he slept early whereas Lucas rested for some time, before entering the secret training room. ''It''s time to learn the Magic recovery technique.'' Lucas was waiting to learn this from the afternoon and he didn''t waste any time before taking out a jade leaf from his inventory. ***** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 30 - Gentle Behemoth Recovery Technique, Earth Spike For the next two days, Lucas decided to focus on learning the ''Magic recovery technique'' before focusing on the ''Basic earth spell''. ''Ding, Item name:- Technique storage leaf Grade:- Special and auxiliary. Technique stored:- Gentle Behemoth technique (Magic recovery technique). Usage:- By consuming the leaf. Just as he took out the jade leaf from his inventory, Lucas got a piece of brief information regarding the leaf. ''By consuming?'' Lucas raised his brows; however, he didn''t think much before eating the leaf which tasted like a mint leaf. ''Hm...now what?'' Lucas waited for some kind of pain or a system notification; however, none of them appeared making Lucas raise his brows. ''Ding, Magic recovery technique ''Gentle Behemoth'' is learned. ''Huh? That''s it?'' After waiting for a couple of minutes, Lucas got a system notification giving him a pleasant surprise. Soon, Lucas found some mysterious knowledge regarding the magic recovery technique. ''Ding, Technique Name:- Gentle Behemoth (level 1). Technique type:- Magic recovery. Effect:- 1) Passively increases the magic power of the user by five points per hour. Note:- Increase the level of the technique to get more effects or to modify the existing effects. With a thought, he understoodpletely about his magic recovery technique. ''An increment of four points of magic power per hour is good.'' Lucas was satisfied with the current magic power recovery; however, he knew that it was still not enough. ''System, how can I increase the level of this technique?'' Since he had an assistant in his head, why would Lucas stress about things like these on his own? So, he asked the system about it. ''Ding, Sorry to inform you, host. You have to find this on your own. Lucas could sense that the system was scared shitless while saying those words and understood that the system really didn''t have a clue regarding how to upgrade the technique''s level. "No problem." Lucas shook his head as he thought about it for a while and decided to leave it for now because he had another thing to learn now. It is none other than the basic earth spell that he got from killing a high-level apprentice mage. With that thought in his mind, Lucas took out a khaki coloured scroll from the inventory. ''Kacha'' Since Lucas already had the experience of learning a spell from the scroll, he crushed the scroll in his hands. ''Ding, Infusing the knowledge regarding the basic earth spell ''Earth spike''. Please bear with the pain if there is any. ''Sure.'' With a light chuckle, Lucas nodded his head as he felt the sharp pain in his head as though his magic sea was pierced with countless thorns. However, Lucas had great endurance from his past life andpared to the pain he endured in his previous life, the current pain was nothing. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for sessfully learning a new basic spell. Please check information about the spell in the user''s interface. After who knows how long, Lucas was woken up by a system notification. That''s right! During the pain, Lucas fell asleep as though the pain was some kind of luby for him. ''Check'' With a thought, hisplete interface appeared in front of him. ''Ding, Sovereign system. Host name:- Lucas Hellmore. Current position:- Family head of the Hellmore family (Unranked) Knight strength:- Mid-level squire. Mage knowledge:- Mid-level Novice. Spells:- 1) Thunder bullet, level 1 (39/ 100 experience points). 2) Earth Spike, yet to learn. Note:- Only when the host can use the spell once, it would be counted as fully learned. Magic power:- 29 / 100 units. Recovery technique:- Gentle Behemoth technique. Sovereign points:- 210. Weapons:- Two rank 1 short swords. Gold coins:- 10. Inventory:- Lesser mage robe, Magic reconstruction pill x 2. Soon, theplete information regarding him appeared in front of him. ''Managing a family is definitely hard.'' Lucas'' eyes were on the gold coins as he shook his head. In his previous life, he was a lone wolf as his name suggests; however, that doesn''t mean he never saw the powerful underground families that rule the entire world from the shadows. He wanted to make the Hellmore family like that while he himself became the Sovereign of this firmament world. ''Earth spike.'' Soon, he came to his senses as he focused on his second spell. ''Ding, Spell name:- Earth spike (level 1) Effect:- It summons an earth spike within a 10-meter radius around the user that pierces anyone standing in its way. Chanting time:- 1 minute. Even though he had to use the spell once to actually learn it, Lucas could check the information on the spell without a problem. ''Only one minute?'' Lucas revealed a smile when he saw the chanting time for the ''Earth Spike'' which was 50 percent less than that of the ''Thunder bullet'' ''Being a basic spell, the ''Thunder bullet'' can kill a low-level squire; however, it was not possible for the ''Earth Spike''.'' Lucas knew that reason for less chanting time as he didn''t bother about it and started chanting the spell for the ''Earth spike''. ''O earth elements in nature, heed¡­..'' The initial chanting was almost the same as the ''Thunder bullet''; however, it was finished in a single minute. ''Rumble'' ''Kacha'' The floor shook a little as a sharp earth spike came out of the floor. The sharp earth spike was around three meters in height and had a base radius of around 10 centimeters. ''Disperse'' As soon as Lucas said that, the earth spike disappeared back into the floor and the floor was mysteriously repaired itself. ''What the hell?'' Lucas was shocked by such a scene and hurriedly rushed to check the floor where the earth spike came out. ''The floor ispletely repaired.'' Lucas lightly tapped the floor as he confirmed that the floor was repaired. ''Looks like I need to test it.'' Soon, Lucas once again started using the ''Earth spike'' and just like before the floor repaired itself. ''This is really a magic training room.'' After searching his memories regarding training rooms like this one, Lucas understood about the training room and all his doubts were cleared regarding the training room. ***** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 31 - Starlight Auction House In this world, the training rooms are created with some rare materials that could self repair themselves because it would be troublesome to repair the training room every time they train. They were called Magic training rooms; however, they couldn''t repair the entire training room at once and could only repair limited damage. ''Looks like I did the right thing by choosing this Raindrop manor.'' Lucas felt satisfied with the price he paid for the Raindrop manor. ''It''s time to train.'' After finding out the secret training room could repair itself, Lucas didn''t care about damaging it and continued his training. ...¡­ After two days. Time continued to pass and in a sh, two days passed by as the auction day had finallye. ''Huf huf'' In the secret training room, Lucas was breathing heavily as his body waspletely covered in sweat. ''This body is not as bad as I think it is. It has a lot of potentialpared to my previous body.'' Lying on the ground, Lucas was gasping for air as he muttered to himself. For thest two days, he would exhaust his magic sea by casting the ''Thunder bullet'' and once the magic sea bes empty, he would train his body with the help of his modified exercises from the past life. Once he was exhausted, he would lie down on the floor of the magic training room before checking on the training of the young squires while spending a couple of hours with his little brother. The reason he was training so hard was to protect his family. So, how could he not spend some time daily with his little brother? ''I wonder how much that old man gained from hisst two trips.'' After a few minutes of resting, Lucas stood up from the ground as he thought about Bernard whom he had ordered to hunt in the ''Myriad primordial forest'' to raise the funds for the Hellmore family. ''Before going out, I have onest thing to do.'' Soon, Lucas selected his target in the training room and muttered, ''O lightning elements in nature¡­.'' ''Swoosh'' After two minutes, a thunder bullet materialized and with a thought he hit the previously chosen target. ''Ding, Bullseye. Gained 5 experience points. Basic thunder spell (104/ 100 experience points). ''Ding, Congrattions to the host, the basic thunder spell ''Thunder bullet'' upgraded to level 2. ''Ding, Magic power:- 19 / 100 units. Soon, the system notifications that Lucas was waiting for had rung in his head making him reveal a slight smile. Previously, Lucas was short on a single experience point; however, he was out of magic power. So, he started his body training session and waited until it was over as he knew his magic power would be passively recovered. ''Let''s see what are the changes in the ''Thunder bullet''.'' For the past two days, he only used the ''Thunder bullet'' spell and ignored the ''Earth spike'' just for the sake of level 2 basic thunder spell. So, of course, he wanted to see the changes. ''Ding, Spell name:- Thunder bullet (level 2) Grade:- Basic thunder spell. Effect:- The user can condense a thunder bullet that has good explosive power. Chanting time:-90 seconds. MP cost:- 8 units. Next level:- (4 / 1000 experience points) ''Chanting time is reduced by 30 seconds and magic power consumption is reduced by 2 units. It is good but there was no increase in the attacking power of the bullet.'' Lucas expected the spell''s attacking power to increase; nevertheless, he was satisfied with the two other changes. ''I hope the level 3 basic spell will increase the explosiveness of the bullet.'' With that thought in his mind, Lucas walked out of the secret training room. As for the huge requirement for upgrading the spell to level 3, because as long as he focused on the single spell, he could increase its level within 25 days. So, he didn''t bother about it because the much-awaited auction of the adventurer''s guild is in the evening and he had to freshen up and check with the old man Bernard regarding the gold coins he gained in thest two trips. ...¡­ Evening. Lucas, Evan and Bernard went to the auction venue in their high-quality horse cart. The venue was a huge building in the shape of a semicircle and it was guarded by so many lesser knights and a few general knights from the adventurer''s guild. With the help of the elite pass, Lucas and others didn''t have any trouble passing the guards and along the way, they met Shawn who tagged along with them. "Wee to Starlight Auction house." Shawn weed them as they finally entered the auction house. Inside the auction house, there was a small stage, a dozen rows of seats facing towards the small stage and on the top, there were a dozen half-opened small chambers withfortable chairs. "Since Sir Lucas has an elite pass seven, we can enter that chamber." As usual, before they could ask anything, Shawn said everything about the auction house and finally guided them to their special elite chambers. "Thanks, brother Shawn." Lucas had a good opinion on Shawn as he was exining to him a lot. So, he thanked him which he never did in the past life. ''I should notpare my past life with my current. These are two different worlds and what''s more, I have a little brother in this world.'' Lucas thought to himself after he thanked Shawn. "It''s my duty, Sir Lucas." Shawn shook his head as he left the room as he had other things to do. "Brother, do we have money to buy the items from the auction?" After everyone settled in the small chambers, Little Evan asked Lucas with a worried look on his face. "Don''t worry. Entering the auction doesn''t mean we will be buying everything." Lucas ruffled Evan''s hair as he continued to say, "Also if you want to buy I will try my best to get it for you." Lucas didn''t promise that he would definitely get the item for his little brother because he had limited funds in his hands. But he promised to try his best. "Big brother is the best." Evan gave a little shout; however, he decided not to show any interest in any of the items in the auction. Soon, the entire auction house was filled with Knights, Mages, Squire and Apprentices, Assassins, Alchemists and others from their respective guilds. "Wee to the Starlight auction house." A beautiful maturedy with few pieces of clothing appeared on the small stage as she weed everyone before saying, "I know everyone is waiting for the auction, right? So, let''s begin the auction." ***** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 32 - Minotaur Kings Horn As soon as she finished her words, the entire auction house was filled with cheers. "The first item for tonight is the Minotaur horn." A long brown-coloured horn appeared in her hands as she started giving the exnation. "As you can see this is not a normal horn but a rank 4 Minotaur king''s horn. You can turn it into a magical artifact that could control a group of minotaurs." "The starting price for this Minotaur king''s horn is 1000 gold coins with a minimum raise of 100 gold coins." Soon, she stated the starting price with a beautiful smile on her face. ''What?'' ''1000 gold coins?'' ''If I have that many coins why would I risk my life to enter the ''Myriad primordial forest''?'' ''Shut up. For us, 1000 gold coins might be big but for those sitting inside the chambers, it was just a change.'' ''Yeah.'' ''The reason we came here was to see the rare items and widen our knowledge regarding the bigshots world.'' ''Also, for top families and guilds, they always like the items that could control the spirit beasts. So, I say the price for this horn is not so high.'' Mostly those who were sitting in the normal seats, were just there to see the rare and unique items. For that, they had to pay an entry of 5 gold coins. Only powerful knights and mages from the chambers would be buying these auctioned items. "1100 gold coins." While the low-level knights and mages in the normal seats were muttering and whispering to themself, an old voice came from one of the chambers. "Herees the first bid from the Alchemy Guild. 1100 gold coins." The beautiful host looked at the chamber from which the bid hade and shouted. "Mages guild, 1200 gold coins." "Assassin guild, 1300 gold coins." "Alchemy guild, 1400 gold coins." . . . "Alchemy guild, 3000 gold coins." Soon, the bidding war between the top guilds appeared and most of the time, it was the Alchemy guild that was bidding the price as though the Alchemy guild was adamant about getting that item. "So, the Alchemy guild''s bid for the Minotaur''s king''s horn is 3000 gold coins. Is there no one else you want such a rare item?" "Just imagine, if you have a group of minotaurs, how cool you look." The job of the female host was to try to make others bid more and more. So, she intentionally used many lines; however, the price of the horn had already exceeded the actual price. So, no one bade, making the old man from the Alchemy guild reveal a light chuckle. "3000 gold coins, once" "3000 gold coins, twice." "3000 gold..." "My weapons pavilion''s bid is 3500 gold coins." Just when thedy was about to finalize the deal, an old voice interrupted her as he increased the bid by 500 gold coins. "Weapons pavilion''s bid 3500 gold coins" "Once" "Twice" "Thrice" "Congrattions to the Weapons pavilion for getting the first item." The beautiful host was quick this time as though she knew the bid would not be increased further. So, within no time, she finalized the deal. ''Holy heavens. The weapons pavilion is wasting their money.'' ''Yeah. Even though the Minotaur king''s horn is rare, I think 2000 gold coins is the right price.'' ''You don''t know a thing, do you? Even though the weapons pavilion spent so much to buy it, they can easily use the horn to earn more than 5000 gold coins with their talent to make weapons and artifacts.'' ''Moreover, 3500 gold coins is just a change for them.'' Once again a buzz was created in the dozen rows of sitting. "Damn this old bastard." In the chamber that belongs to the mages guild, an old man clenched his fists as he scolded the guild master of the weapons pavilion. However, in the weapons pavilion''s chamber, everyone was happy for winning against the mages guild. "Let''s go to the second item and it is a Strength crystal that can increase the rank of anyone below Lesser knight rank by a minor rank; however, a high-level squire can''t use them to break into the Lesser knight rank." Soon, the beautiful host summoned a small box that was filled with light-red coloured crystals as she continued, "There are a total of 10 strength crystals in this box and they will be auctioned as a whole. The starting bid for this box of strength crystals is 100 gold coins." The first item of the auction will always be a unique item. So, once the minotaur king''s horn is gone, there will be only fewer unique items. That''s the reason the price of the item was so lowpared to the first item. ''If it was a single strength crystal, I would have bought it without hesitation but now...'' ''Damn it...why is my luck so bad?'' Many were shaking their heads in disappointment as they cursed their luck. "Honorwolf family bids 200 gold coins." "Windcrusher family bids 250 gold coins" "Grayeye family bids 500 gold coins." Soon, the bids were ced on the box of strength crystals; however, currently, only top families were bidding and not a single guild ced a bid. The guilds were of course not interested in the strength crystals because the guilds only recruit those with talent and skill. So, they don''t have much use for such items. However, it was different for families because, in a family, there would be both genius and a fool. Even though they were fools, since they have the same blood, the family heads can throw some gold coins for their sake. ''Damn it, this bastard increased the price so much in his first bid already. Let''s see how he will get that item? Haha.'' The Honorwolf family''s family head cursed the Grayeye family head as he nned something.. ''Let''s leave it. It''s not worth being in the bad books of the Grayeye family.'' Except for the Honorwolf family, the rest of the families just stopped bidding. ''I think I can use these strength crystals to increase the ranks of the young squires.'' However, Lucas didn''t care about the Grayeye family or any other family. Since the item was useful for him, he decided to bid for it. "Anyone wants to increase the bid for this strength crystal''s box?" The beautiful host cursed the Grayeye family under her breath as he looked at the other chambers "510 gold coins." All of a sudden, a voice came from chamber seven as the bid got increased. ****** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 33 - Extravagant Weapons Pavilion ''Which family is that?'' ''Does the bide from the seventh chamber?'' ''I wonder which new family is lucky to get the opportunity to enter that chamber?'' ''Shh...keep quiet. The adventurer''s guild strictly ordered that no one should ask about the family sitting inside the seventh chamber.'' Lucas''s bid created a small buzz that quietened down within a few moments. As for the top families bidding for the strength crystals, they only frowned for a moment before stopping thinking about the mysterious family in the seventh chamber. The thing is every time the adventurer''s guild hosts an auction, they could give an elite pass to a newly established family in the Silverstone town and no information regarding that family will be leaked. As long as that family has the money, they could bid for any item without intimidation from the other families and guilds. All the chambers were semi-open; however, the seventh chamber had a ss that could stop anyone''s vision from the outside. "Lucky family from the seventh chamber bids 510 gold coins for this box of strength crystals." "Once" "Twice" "Thrice." "This box goes to the lucky family." Since the information regarding the family in the seventh chamber should not be known to others, the female host called it the ''Lucky family''. ''Huh? Why did no one bid against me?'' In the seventh chamber, Lucas was surprised as he didn''t expect that no one would bid against him. Nevertheless, he was happy with the item he got for only 510 gold coins. ''I still have 500 gold coins left with me and adding to the gold coins from the beast core, I can buy a few more things without any problem.'' Lucas muttered to himself as he waited for the third item. The 1000 gold coins were made by the old man Bernard who killed some rank 3 spirit beasts but at some point in time, he might have been killed if not for the Lesser mage robe that Lucas had given and two rank 3 shorts swords he bought before going for the hunting. "Third item, Dark lotus - sold to Alchemy guild for 600 gold coins." "Fourth item, Apprentice robe - sold to Mages guild for 450 gold coins" . . . . The beautiful host took out one after another item from who knows where and all the items were bid for more than their average price. "Now, the tenth item is a half-used rank 3 beast core." In no time, nine items were sold to various guilds and families and finally, Lucas'' item was taken out for bidding. "As you know how rare it is even for a rank 4 beast, not to mention a rank 3 beast core. So, the starting bid for this item is 500 gold coins." The beautiful host showed the beast core to everyone as she stated the starting bid for the item. "Mages guild bids 1000 gold coins." Elliott, the guild master of the Mages guild directly raised his bid by a double, making others think that he needed that item and he would be going to pay any price. "Sorry to say this Elliott, my Alchemy guild needs a rank 3 beast core in the preparation of an important pill. So, I will be taking it." The old alchemy guild master stood up as he shouted his bid, "1500 Gold coins." "Weapons'' pavilion can pay 2000 gold coins." Even the weapons pavilion head raised the bid by 500 gold coins, making everyone present in the auction house surprised. ''Holy heavens, they increase each bid by 500 gold coins as though it was nothing for them.'' ''I wonder when I am going to reach that level.'' ''You can just dream on and you will reach that level instantly.'' ''I wonder who is going to win it.'' ''From the looks of it, everyone needs it for their own purposes.'' The onlookers were excited about the bidding war between the top guilds. As for the top families, they were still thinking about whether they should participate or not. ''I am rich...I am rich.'' Seeing the bidding wars between the guilds, Lucas was having an ear to ear smile and hoped they would continue to bid more and more and make him rich. ''2100'' ''2200'' ''2350'' ''3000'' Finally, the price for the half-used rank 3 beast core had reached a terrifying price of 3000 gold coins. Originally, a rank 3 beast core''s price should be below 1000 gold coins; however, despite it being a half-used beast core, it went for 3000 gold coins which was not within Lucas'' expectations. "Congrattions to the Alchemy guild for winning a rank 3 beast core for 3000 gold coins." The beautiful host finalized the deal. "Everyone, p for the alchemy guild''s guild master for getting the rank 3¡­.half used rank 3 beast core for 3000 gold coins." Before the bid for the next item started, the weapons pavilion''s head stood up and mocked the alchemy guild''s guild master. "You" Of course, the old man was furious; however, it was strictly forbidden to fight in the auction house. So, he could only control his anger and decided to show it when the timees. As for the beast core, he didn''t bid any further as he knew it was already overpriced. "Let''s go to the next item." Nevertheless, the beautiful female host continued to take a few more items as the auction continued. After a few more items, the much-awaited item appeared making everyone silent. "The item for this round is the ''Life-saver talisman'' for the dungeon which is opening tomorrow. Since everyone knows its value, there is no starting price for it." The host took out a green-coloured talisman as she showed it in every direction before cing it in a box of suitable dimensions. "Alchemy guild bids 3000 gold coins." Until now, Alchemy guild got only a rank 2 rare herb and a half-used rank 3 beast core because they were waiting for this talisman. Even though it was useless outside the dungeon, the talisman''s value is priceless inside the dungeon. As long as their genius disciple had the talisman in their hands, they didn''t have to fear death and they could collect various spells along with other cultivation resources. So, the alchemy guild went all out to buy that talisman. "3100 gold coins." Surprisingly, the weapons pavilion that got so many items in today''s auction increased the price by 100, making everyone surprised. ''How much money do they have?'' Lucas calcted the gold coins that the weapons pavilion bade for, he was shocked by the total price which was more than 20000 gold coins and thought to himself. ***** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. 500 power stones= 5 Bonus chapters. Chapter 34 - Life-saver Talisman Not only Lucas but everyone was surprised with the insane spending of the weapons pavilion. Even though 20000 gold coins was not a huge amount, it was not a small amount either. To be able to spend on all the auction items, was just a waste of money in the opinion of many onlookers. As for the weapons pavilion, why would they care about others? They will say something all the time. "Grayeye family can pay 3500 gold coins." Until now, whenever the guilds were bidding, all the top families stayed silent; however, the item in front of them was a priceless treasure for those who are sending their youngsters. So, the Grayeye family was the first one to join the bid against the guilds. "Honorwolf family - 4000 gold coins." "Windcrusher family - 4100 gold coins." Soon, the other two top families joined the bidding war as the price for the Life-saver talisman was escted to the next level. It didn''t stop there as both the guilds and the top families continued their bidding because the price of a single advanced spell starts from one hundred thousand gold coins. With the help of this talisman, not only their participant would not fear death and his chances of getting the basic, intermediate and even advanced spell would be increased. So, they were willing to fork out all their resources for the talisman. "Guild master, what are you nning to do by writing down those names?" While the bidding war was going on, in the assassin guild''s small chamber, the twins Killde and Killsh looked at the guild leader Ghost snake and asked. "This is called keeping track of all the resources in our surroundings." The Ghost snake replied with a slight smile. "What? Are you going against all the guilds and the top families?" For some reason, Killde was shocked by Ghost snake''s words as he asked while squinting his eyes as though he was thinking something. "Do you think we will stand a chance against them? They are the guild masters and the family heads." Ghost snake scoffed at Killde''s words as he continued, "As long as we need something in the future, we can just check who has the item and use our methods to get them. It might be tomorrow or it might be a weekter or a yearter." Assassin guild is the only guild that didn''t get a single item in this auction so far and from the looks of it, they were not nning to buy the next items too. "Understood, guild leader." Both twin assassins nodded their heads before one of them asked, "Guild leader, what about the bulk order? Who are we going to assassinate this time?" For the members of the assassin guild, ''Bulk order'' is a generous mission and the rewards for it would be higher too. So, everyone looks forward to the ''bulk order''. Killde and Killsh were no different as they asked the guild leader about it. "You will know when all the other assassins assemble in the guild. So, be patient." Ghost snake didn''t reveal what this year''s ''Bulk order'' was as he kept them in suspense. ''...'' The twin assassins were speechless as they continued to watch the bidding war. In the mages guild''s small chamber. "Son, did you see that. That is the craze for our life-saver talisman." Elliott was smiling from ear to ear as he told his son Felix. "Congrats, father." Felix was happy for his father and suddenly, he thought about something as he asked, "Father, why didn''t you auction more items like rank 3 strength crystals?" "Selling them here is the worst thing to do; instead, I will be sending them to the royal city''s auction house where I can exchange for good cultivation resources; instead, of gold coins." Elliott replied without thinking much. "Oh." Felix nodded his head. "Alchemy guild will be taking it for 10000 gold coins." Finally, the alchemy guild master shouted his bidding amount. "10000 gold coins, once¡­.twice...thrice." "And the life-saver talisman goes to the alchemy guild." The host looked at the other chambers that quietened down after the old man''s huge bidding amount. So, she finalized the deal. "Next time is also rted to the same dungeon and it is a rough map of the dungeon. With a starting price of 10 gold coins." Since the day ising to an end, the beautiful host wanted to finish thest few items soon. So, she gave a brief exnation about the item. "50 gold coins, if you bid any further, I will not be bidding anymore. Feel free to bid higher to get it." Once again, it was the alchemy guild who bade for the item and at the same time, he warned that he would be not bidding more than that. No one said anything as they were thinking whether it was worth it or not to buy a rough map. A rough map, as the name suggests, will not be 100 percent urate. Even the weapons pavilion head, who was eager to oppose the alchemy guild master, didn''t bother to bid. "100 Gold coins." All of a sudden, a voice resounded in the auction house that surprised everyone. ''Who is buying a rough map for 100 gold coins?'' ''I think he is out of his mind.'' ''At most, there will be a couple of locations for the cultivation resources in it.'' ''Wait...it came from the seventh chamber. The so-called lucky family is fooled by the guild master Elliott.'' ''Looks, no one ising forward to bid for the rough map, because they knew it was not worth it.'' All the onlookers knew that it was basically worthless to buy it. Nevertheless, they didn''t bother much except forughing at the bidder. As for the bidder, it was none other than Lucas who bid for it. In the seventh chamber. "Big brother, it looks so ugly. Why did you buy it?" Evan, who looked at the ugly beast skin map in the hands of the beautiful female host said to Lucas. From the side, Bernard didn''t mind the ugliness of the beast skin map; however, he also felt it was wasting 100 gold coins. Nevertheless, he didn''t say anything as it was just 100 gold coins. ''As long as the family head learns from his mistake, 100 gold coins is nothing.'' That was the only thought in the old Bernard''s head. "Evan, never judge something by its appearance." Lucas didn''t mind the whispers of the onlookers and calmly replied to his little brother with a slight smile on his face. ''System, I hope there is something better in it.'' At the same time, he seriously said those words to the system. ****** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. 500 power stones= 5 Bonus chapters. Chapter 35 - Young Dwarf Lucas was no fool to buy a rough map for the dungeon with 100 gold coins. There was a reason why he bought it and of course, the reason was the system. It sensed something in the ugly beast skin and asked him to get it at any cost. Until now, the system was giving him some good rewards, so he decided to buy it and thought to see what''s so special about the ugly looking beast skin map. Since all the items will be given to the bidder only after all the items were auctioned off, Lucas had to wait for some more time. "The final item for tonight''s auction is a young dwarf. Even though he is yet to learn the weapon refining, once he awakens the dwarf''s special weapon refining talent, he would reach the pinnacle of the weapon refining." Next, a two-meter cage was brought onto the stage as the beautiful host shouted about the next item of the auction. In the cage, there was a one-meter dwarf who was looking at the onlookers with a fearful expression on his face. ''Huh?'' Everyone raised their brows as they looked at the dwarf in the cage and thought about the origins of the dwarf. "I know what everyone was thinking about." As though she knew what everyone was thinking, the beautiful female host continued, "Recently, an otherworldly portal opened in the only dwarf town of this firmament and before the adventurer guild''s adventures could reach there, the entire town was destroyed and he was the only survivor." The beautiful host sympathized with the dwarf; however, the actions of keeping the dwarf in the cage said otherwise. ''What?'' ''Why no one said anything about it? ''Looks like the Weapons pavilion already knows about it. No wonder they were buying everything.'' ''With the only dwarf town in our firmament gone, the weapon pavilion will monopolize the weapon refining business.'' All the onlookers sitting in the twelve rows were shocked with such big news and looked at the weapon pavilion because finally, they found out the reason for the extravagant spending of the weapons pavilion. Generally, for the barren firmament, the weapons pavilion and the dwarf town were the only sources of getting weapons. Even though it was the only dwarf town in the Barren firmament, they gave a cutthroatpetition to the weapons pavilion. And it wasmon sense that the prices of all the weapons would be increasing in theing days. In the seventh chamber. ''I have to get him at any cost. As long as I have him, I can open the weapon refining shop to start my first business.'' Lucas was also looking at the grey dwarf and thought to get him at any cost. Because he knew the weapon refining business is always a good business as long as you have the talented weaponsmith. ''As long as I wait for a few weeks, I can buy something from the ''Sovereign shop'' to speed up his weapon refining talent.'' Since the dwarf was quite young and there was no one to teach him the weapon refining techniques, it might take a few years or even a few decades for his talent to awaken on his own. But, he had a system and a shop. He knew sooner orter, he would get some item that might help the dwarf to awaken the talent. ''Ding, A new mission is issued for the host. Please check. Just as Lucas was thinking, he got a system notification in his head and without wasting any time, he opened it. ''Ding, Mission name:- Recruit the young dwarf. Mission reward:- Random level of weapon talent for the host along with the young dwarf. Information:- It was quite difficult to get a mature dwarf''s loyalty. So, it is better to nurture a young dwarf and once they be attached, they would be loyal forever. ''Interesting. Looks like my thinking and the system''s thinking is bing synchronized.'' Lucas muttered to himself when he saw the new system mission. "Brother, can we bring him to our house?" Evan felt sad when he heard that the young dwarf lost all his family and felt both his and the young dwarf'' situation was simr; however, he had a big brother and guardian to protect him. So, he asked Lucas about bringing the young dwarf back to their house. "Of course." Why would Lucas reject his brother''s request when he was already nning to buy the young dwarf. "The starting bid for the young dwarf is 1000 gold coins." On the stage, after the host finished exining the origins of the young dwarf, she stated the starting bid. "Greyeye family bids 1100 gold coins." "Honorwolf family bid 1200 gold coins" . .. ¡­ "Alchemy guild bids 10000 gold coins." Soon, all the families and the guilds started bidding until the alchemy guild directly raised the price 8000 to 10000 gold coins. "Haha" Just as the alchemy guild finished their bid, the loudughter of the weapons pavilion''s head could be resounded in the entire auction house, making all the other bidders stop bidding for it and looked at the old man. "Before anyone could bid for the young dwarf, let me tell you a few things." The weapons pavilion head stopped hisughter as started speaking, "The young dwarf¡­." "Weapons pavilion, if you are trying to spoil our auction, then your weapons pavilion will be banned from all the events conducted by my adventurer''s guild." Before the old man from the weapons pavilion could say anything, one of the managers of the adventurer''s guild interrupted him and at the same time, he warned. "Manager Carl, ording to the auction rules, If I feel like the host is not exining more information about the item and if by chance, I know about it, I can say it, right?" Weapons pavilion head was happy until heid his eyes on the young dwarf; however, when he heard he had yet to awaken his weapon refining talent, he felt quite good because he could not worry about his business. However, he wanted to do something to make his rival, the alchemy guild''s guild leader, suffer some losses before leaving the auction house. "Go ahead, then." Manager Carl frowned when he heard the old man''s words; however, he nodded his head and allowed him to speak. "Thank you, manager Carl." Nodding his head, the weapons pavilion head continued, "I have a few questions for you before anyone who wants to bid for the young dwarf." The entire auction house became silent as they waited for the old man to continue speaking. "Do you know exactly how long it will take for a young dwarf to awaken his talent?" ****** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. 500 power stones= 5 Bonus chapters. Chapter 36 - Deal With The Alchemy Guild ''...'' Everyone looked at the old man from the weapons pavilion''s chamber; however, no one said anything because they didn''t know much about the dwarf. Even the top families and a few guilds in the Silverstone town had limited knowledge regarding the dwarves. "It takes at least 10 years for him to awaken his weapon refining talent; however, there is no guarantee that his talent will be top-notch." The weapons pavilion startedughing as he continued, "Moreover, you have to spend a lot of resources. Moreover, you need a real weaponsmith to guide him along the process which will take another one or two decades." "So, if you still want to bid for him, you can go ahead and bid for him." Once the old man finished his words, he sat down while looking at the old man from the alchemy guild with a mocking smile. Who would bid once they knew that it costs a fortune to raise a weaponsmith? Moreover, the price had already reached sky-high. So, no one bidded anymore. "Everyone, before you me the adventurer''s guild regarding this, we didn''t have the slightest clue regarding what the weapon pavilion''s head said." Soon, Manager Carl rushed to the stage as he informed everyone about it. What Manager Carl said was true because except for the guild leader, no one has theplete information. However, he was not going to say anything about the guild leader. ''Damn you, bastard. You intentionally waited until now before saying all these things.'' The alchemy guild''s leader cursed the weapons pavilion''s head under his breath and decided to think of these 10000 gold coins as a bad investment. But still, his heart was aching badly whenever he looked at the young dwarf as though it was reminding him of his 10000 gold coins. ''What should I do?'' In the seventh chamber, Lucas was racking his brains and finally decided, ''Let it be. Even though I only have 3500 gold coins, I think I can request some time to gather the resources with the help of Manager Rean.'' ''No, if I keep on asking him every now and then, it would not be good in the long term.'' In the next second, Lucas rejected the idea of asking for help from Manager Rean and started thinking of an idea. "The alchemy guild''s bid is 10000 gold coins. Is there no one who is going to bid higher?" Soon, the beautiful female host started finalizing the deal, making Lucas anxious. ''Wait a second.'' All of a sudden, Lucas thought of something and without wasting any time, he spoke from his closed chamber. "Alchemy guild''s guild leader, I didn''t have sufficient funds to bid higher than you for the young dwarf. If you don''t mind, can you lend me 7000 gold coins, I will bid higher and buy the young dwarf?" "What?" "Why does he want to buy the young dwarf on credit?" "He is definitely a fool." The top powers of the Silverstone town and all the onlookers were shocked when they heard Lucas'' words; however, soon, they started to think that Lucas was just a fool. Unlike previous times, they were openly mocking Lucas because he was just a newly established family. Moreover, judging from the voice, they could definitely say that it was a young master who got kicked out of the family from the other firmaments. "How can I trust you when I can''t even see your face? I don''t know anything about your family either." The old man felt tempted to agree to Lucas'' request; however, when he thought about how the other party was not even opening his chamber, he shook his head and at the same time, he scoffed. "Fine then. You can take the young dwarf for yourself." Initially, Lucas wanted to request the old man a few more times and even nned on how to make the alchemy guild trust him with 7000 gold coins. But, the old man was so arrogant for a man who is making a bad investment. Even though it was a bad investment for others, it was an opportunity for Lucas; however, that doesn''t mean he would beg the arrogant old man. At the same time, he didn''t want to sound desperate lest others felt something was not right and decided to bid for the dwarf. "Since my family is quite new here, I thought helping you will do me a favour in the future. Looks like you have quite a lot of money, right?" Earlier, when he said about buying the young dwarf, Lucas saw a spark in the old man''s eyes. So, he knew that the fish had already taken that bait. So, he added a few more words while sitting in his chamber. "Who said he is a fool? He wanted to curry favour with the alchemy guild." "No wonder, he wanted to buy the young dwarf despite knowing it was a huge loss." ''But the alchemy guild was quite arrogant.'' All the onlookers started their mutterings and whenever they talked about the alchemy guild, they would whisper. "The price of the young dwarf is 10000 gold coins¡­.once..." Soon, the host started the count, making the old man anxious and gritting his teeth. Finally, the old man could not bear to take a loss of 10000 gold coins and shouted, "Fine, I will lend you 7000 gold coins; however, you need to pay it back within three days." "Three days? Fine. I hope in the future you can give me a discount when I buy the pills from you." Lucas wanted to toy with the old man for a while; however, he didn''t knowpletely about the old man on how he would react if he toy with him for some time. Moreover, the host is going to finish her counting. So, Lucas didn''t waste any time. "The three managers of the adventurer''s guild, you heard what he said, right?" Lucas was not a fool to directly bid the price higher than the alchemy guild without the actual money in his hands. So, he wanted the managers of the adventurer''s guild to be the judges. "Yes." Manager Carl was the first to nod his head as he had a good rtionship with the alchemy guild and of course, he didn''t want the alchemy guild to suffer a loss of 10000 gold coins. "Good." Lucas revealed a slight smile on his face as he stated his bid, "10100 gold coins." "Herees the lucky family again. The family head''s bid is 10100 gold coins." "Once...twice and Thrice." "The young dwarf now belongs to the Lucky family." Soon, the beautiful female host who received eye contact with Manager Carl finished the deal in no time. ****** Weekly target. 100 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 250 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. 500 power stones= 5 Bonus chapters. Chapter 37 - Mission Completed The auction came to an end after the young dwarf was bought by Lucas and all the onlookers started leaving the auction house. ''Knock knock'' Suddenly, Lucas and others heard the knocking sound as they heard, "Sir Lucas, it''s me, Shawn." "You bought the items?" Lucas opened the door and saw a small box filled with light red-coloured crystals and the ugly looking beast skin was in his hands. "Yes. One of the managers wille here regarding yourst item. As for these two, you can just settle the payment with me." While saying that, Shawn gave the two items that Lucas won in the bidding to him. "Hm" With a nod, Lucas took the items and signalled Bernard to settle the payment. "A box of strength crystals is 510 gold coins and the rough map of the dungeon is 100 gold coins. So, a total of 610 gold coins." Bernard said as he gave exactly 610 gold coins to Shawn. "I will take my leave, Sir Lucas." Once he received the payment, Shawn left the chamber while Lucas and others waited for one of the managers from the adventurer''s guild. "Manager Rean?" Soon, Lucas saw Manager Rean enter their small chamber. "Sir Lucas, I am here to settle your payments for selling the Beast core and buying the young dwarf." With a respectful look on his face, Manager Rean exined the reason for his visit. As a manager of the adventurer''s guild, he should always remain polite and respectful to his customers. Even if there was someone else in Lucas'' ce, he would still maintain the same respectful look on his face. "Sure. Go ahead." Lucas nodded his head and asked the manager to continue. "The beast core is sold for 3000 gold coins and since it was the customer''s first time giving an item to our guild''s auction, the 10 percent service fee will be exempted." "Also, the customer has bought a young dwarf for 10100 gold coins. After deduction, the customer has to pay 7100 gold coins." Manager Rean calcted as he exined everything while Lucas and others heard him speak. "Since the alchemy guild decided to lend you 7000 gold coins without any interest for three days, all you need to pay is 100 gold coins and sign here agreeing that you will return the money in three days." Soon, Manager Rean finished his words as he took out a fresh beast skin filled with terms and conditions regarding his borrowing. "Sure. Let me read it." Even though he trusted Manager Rean a little bit, he still read it before signing on it. "Yourst item will be sent to your manor in absolute secrecy. Sir Lucas. As long as you don''t want to know that you are the lucky family in this chamber, it is better to hide the young dwarf. Also, while leaving, take the back door which takes you to the adventurer guild''s main building. You can leave from there and no one will doubt that you are this year''s lucky family." Manager Rean suggested that before leaving the chamber after taking the 100 gold coins from Bernard. This time, he gave the suggestion because of Lucas'' gift for his son. Unlike the other guilds, Manager Rean didn''t think Lucas was a fool because Lucas was still young and had a powerful servant. As long as he diligently poured some resources for the young dwarf for a decade or so, he would have a loyal young dwarf. All he needed to do was invest and wait. However, what he didn''t know was Lucas''s system could awaken the weapon refining talent for the young dwarf the moment he got his hands on the young dwarf. "Let''s go." They followed Manager Rean''s advice and went through the adventurer''s guild making no one suspect. If others found out the Hellmore family had the young dwarf, then it would be troublesome for Lucas and he is not strong enough to openly fight everyone in the Silverstone town. So, all he could do right now is hide and build his family. Back at the Raindrop manor. Lucas and others reached the house without any mishap and since it was alreadyte, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. As for Porter and other young squires, they were on the patrol duty shifts around the manor. In the secret training room. ''There is something in this room that makes my head clear of all thoughts.'' Lucas liked the feeling of staying in the secret training room. So, he spent most of his time in that room instead of his actual room. "Time to check what''s so special about the ugly beast skin." In the next second, Lucas took out the rough map and checked it before asking, "System, just let me know why you asked me to buy it." Since the guild leader of the Mages guild who was a higher mage was unable to sense anything from it. So, Lucas didn''t waste much of his time; instead, he directly asked the system. ''Ding, Analyzing the anomaly in the beast skin. Please wait a few minutes. A holographic box appeared in front of him and covered the ugly beast skin in Lucas'' hands. "Okay." Lucas shrugged his hands and took out the box filled with strength crystals. "With these 10 strength crystals, I can make the 10 young squires into high-level squires. But the problem is I need to wait until they learn weapon mastery and be mid-level squires." Lucas didn''t have any ns to use the strength crystals on himself because he already found a way to increase his master toplete the sess stage. So, using the strength crystals for himself is just a waste of resources. "As long as they be high-level squires, I can form a small adventurer''s unit for the Hellmore family and with Porter''s leadership, we will have a steady source of ie." Lucas revealed a smile when he thought about it and kept the box back into the inventory. ''Knock knock'' While Lucas was waiting for the system to finish its analysis, he heard a knocking sound on his main room''s door. So, he had toe out of the secret training room and went to check who it was. "Master, among the grocery boxes, there is a cage with a young dwarf in it." It was none other than the butler of the Hellmore family, Herbert. "That''s fast." Lucas didn''t expect the adventurer guild to be so fast and he asked, "Take me to that cage." "Yes, master." Herbert guided Lucas to the basement that was filled with groceries and a few bottles of wine. However, Lucas'' eyes werepletely on the young dwarf in the cage who was looking at the new surroundings with fear. ''Ding, Mission "Buy the young dwarf"pleted. ***** Weekly target. 250 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 500 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 38 - Taming The Young Dwarf ''Ding, Mission ''Buy the young dwarf''pleted. Just as his eyesnded on the fearful young dwarf, Lucas got the system notification regarding thepletion of the mission. ''Ding, Do you want to awaken the young dwarf''s talent now? At the same time, he got the system notification asking him whether he wanted to awaken the dwarf''s talent. ''Wait. It''s not time.'' Lucas already had a n for it as he slowly went to the cage and opened its door. "N...no. Don''te near me." However, the young dwarf was so fearful that he was pushing the cage to the other end, making Lucas shake his head. "What will you do if Ie near?" Lucas asked the young dwarf with a scoff. "I...I will kill myself?" The young dwarf stammered a little as he used a long piece of cloth to wrap his neck and he was ready to kill him. ''Huh?'' Lucas frowned seeing the actions of the young dwarf and after thinking for a moment, he threw his rank 1 short sword towards the young dwarf, "A brave dwarf should at least die by a weapon; instead of a piece of cloth." After he said those words, Lucas folded his hands as he looked at the young dwarf with a slight smile on his face. "Huh?" This time, it was the young dwarf who frowned because previously whenever he said those words, no human came towards him and just left him alone. However, the human in front of him was clearly supporting him inmit suicide. "Go on. If you don''t kill yourself in a minute, I will kill you myself." Lucas urged the young dwarf to kill himself, making the young dwarf sweat a lot. ''What''s with this human? Is he going to waste 10000 gold coins just lke that? Is he not going to train me?'' The thing is, the young dwarf already knew that whoever bought him would make him a ve for weapon refining once he was capable of refining the weapons. So, before that could happen, he wanted to make the human who bought him to stay within his limits while allowing him to do whatever he wanted to do. As for the fearful expression on his face, that was just an act he had put on to fool the humans. However, too bad for him that his new master is Lucas. "Okay. Time is up." After one minute, Lucas walked towards the small cage and picked up the short sword lying on the ground. "Since you are so fearful to even kill yourself, I will help you do it." With an evil smile on his face, Lucas kicked the small cage a couple of times which destroyed the cage. ''I need to run away now.'' Even though the young dwarf was clever, he was just too young and seeing the evil look on Lucas'' face, he was scared shitless and fell to his knees. "Master human, please spare me. I will diligently train and be a good weapon refining for you." Soon, he started begging and said many things like ''I will do anything for his new master''s family'', ''If the master asks him to refine 100 weapons, he would do 101.'' Right now, all he wanted was to convince Lucas about his usefulness. "Are you once again putting the fearful expressions on your face to fool me?" Lucas scoffed at the young dwarf because he already knew that the young dwarf''s fearful expression was just an act. As for how he knew it, that was all an act because he had seen it hundreds of times if not a thousand in his past life. "No...no..no master human. I am really not putting on an act. I really want to live and don''t want to die." The young dwarf hurriedly shook his head as he replied. "Herbert, you can leave now." Lucas didn''t say anything to the young dwarf; instead, he asked the old butler to leave the basement. "Yes, master." Nodding his head, the old man left. "I know you don''t want to die yet as you want to take revenge. Previously, I didn''t know that; however, a few moments ago, I saw it in your eyes." After the old man left the basement, Lucas became serious as he looked at the young dwarf before asking, "Who do you want to take revenge against? The evil beasts from the portal? Or the adventurer''s guild? Or against the entire human race for making you a ve?" It is never to be underestimated, anyone. This was the lesson he learned in his past life. Before the mysterious organization trained him, he never thought he had the potential to be a deadly assassin that was feared by many. Moreover, in this world, a young dwarf who can awaken a top weapon refining talent is never to be estimated because once his talent awakens, he might even gain the ability to break the seal ced inside him. "It is the weapons pavilion." The young dwarf clenched his fists as he shouted back at Lucas and continued, "All the weapons pavilion from the Barren firmament used some kind of artifact to open the evil portal in our town. I want to destroy them. They massacred my entire town just because of our weapon refining talent. I...I have to do something to take revenge." The young dwarf started crying as he finished his words. "Huh? Weapons pavilion?" Lucas was doubting the destruction of the dwarf town was rted to the weapons pavilion; however, he was still surprised how the weapons pavilion was able to fool the adventurer''s guild. "Yes, human master." The young dwarf was still on his knees as he requested, "Master, all I want is your support in providing sufficient cultivation resources and I will try my best to refine the weapons to repay your help." "You want to go against the weapons pavilion?" Lucas could see the determination in the young dwarf''s eyes; however, it was not time for him to be sympathetic, which he basicallycked for others except for his brother. "So, let me ask you a question." With a serious look on his face, Lucas asked, "How long can you wait for revenge?" ording to Lucas, patience is a must to have quality if anyone wants to take revenge. "As soon as I awaken my talent..." "You will be killed before you could even enter the gates of the Silverstone town''s weapons pavilion, not to mention the royal city''s weapons pavilion." Before the young dwarf could finish his words, Lucas interrupted him as he scoffed at the thought of the young dwarf. "I will help you with how to deal with the weapons pavilion and in return, I want your absolute loyalty." "Master, as I said I will give you my absolute loyalty." "I heard there is some dwarven chant that allows a dwarf to be a particr family''s weapon refiner and I want you to be that weapon refiner for my family." "What?" The young dwarf was shocked by Lucas'' words as he looked at Lucas in a new light. ***** Weekly target. 250 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 500 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 39 - Duke-level Weapons Refining Talent Even though the young dwarf''s life and death were already in Lucas'' hands, that was not enough for Lucas as he wanted absolute loyalty from the young dwarf. "I can do it only after I awaken my weapons refining talent." The young dwarf shook his head as he replied with a disappointed look on his face. Right now, the young dwarf only wanted a trusted master that could support him in his weapon refining journey. So, the young dwarf didn''t hesitate to be the Hellmore family''s weapon refiner. "What if I can help you awaken your weapons refining talent?" Lucas learned about that tradition from the system that suggested as a future sovereign of the firmaments, how could his familyck a weapon refiner who puts his family first before anything. "What?" The young dwarf had already taken so many shocks today as he looked at Lucas and tried his best to suppress his shock before asking, "I will obviously be the chief weaponsmith of your family, Master human." Generally, the dwarves didn''t like to be the chief weaponsmiths for any family even if you threaten to kill them except for the rare cases where they were impressed by the family. ording to the young dwarf, if Lucas already had an ability to awake a weapons refining talent in him, obviously, it meant he was special and he could take revenge on the weapons pavilion as long as he trained harder and created a powerful weapon. So, there was no hesitation in agreeing to Lucas'' condition. "Good." Lucas revealed a slight smile on his face as continued, "I can give you the talent and at the same time, I can even take it back. So, I hope you don''t go back on your words." After finishing his words, Lucas didn''t wait for the young dwarf''s reply as he ordered the system, ''System, awaken his weapons refining talent now.'' ''Ding, Awakening the random weapons refining talent for the young dwarf. Please wait. Just after the system notification, the young dwarf was covered in mysterious white energy that came from who knows where. ''Swoosh'' Soon, the white coloured mysterious energy changed into various colours starting from yellow, orange, red, dark red, ck and purple. After that, it once again turned into white before changing into other colours as the rotation continued. Finally, after a couple of minutes, the mysterious energy stopped at ck colour. ''Ding, The awakened weapons refining talent for the young dwarf is at ''Duke level''. ''What? Duke-level talent?'' Lucas was shocked for a moment before suppressing it. As the one who helped the young dwarf in awakening his weapons refining talent, Lucas didn''t want to look shocked in front of the young dwarf. "I helped you awaken a Duke-level talent. So, recite the chant and swear your loyalty to the Hellmore family." With a slight smile on his face, Lucas informed the young dwarf regarding his ''weapons refining talent''. "What? Duke-level talent?" The young dwarf waspletely shocked to hear Lucas'' words. So, he closed his eyes and tried something to know his talent level on his own. "It has a ckyer of mist. So, it is really a duke''s talent." As for what the young dwarf did to find out his talent, Lucas didn''t know but he was happy that the young dwarf could believe him now and swear his loyalty to his family. "I, Buznuk Alemaster, the young chief of the Alemaster dwarf tribe, swear to be the chief weaponsmith and my descendants will continue to serve the Hellmore family. We will Rise and fall, Thrive and perish, Gain and lose, Celebrate the joys and share the pains...¡­. with the Hellmore family." Once he confirmed his talent, the young dwarf didn''t say any words to Lucas; instead, he directly swore to be the chief weaponsmith of the Hellmore family and his descendants would also do the same. "Rumble" In the pitch-ck sky, there was a loud thunder rumble. It was the witness of the young dwarf''s words. This means, as long as there is a sky in the firmament world, the young dwarf will serve as the chief weaponsmith for the Hellmore family. "Hm" Lucas nodded his head as he was satisfied with the young dwarf''s actions before asking, "When you said descendants, are you implying that I have to find a good female dwarf for you?" "Huh?" The young dwarf raised his brows for a moment and when he thought about it he understood what he had said and hurriedly replied, "No no no...master. It is the general chant for our dwarf when bing a chief weaponsmith for a family." "Haha...fret not. In the future, let''s see whether we can find a good match for you." In his past life, Lucas rarelyughed; however, in this world, he was slowly bing a normal human which he always wanted without noticing himself. As for the young dwarf, he didn''t say anything as he was still excited because of his duke-level weapons refining talent. "Go and find the old man from earlier, he will give you a room." Soon, Lucas ordered the young dwarf as he continued, "Also, I will call you Buzz from now on because your full name Buznuk Alemaster is too big to call." "And as for your weapons training, just get used to your life in the family for now. I will give you the cultivation resources after a few days. Then you can start your training for weapons refining." "Yes, master." Currently, Lucas was a god in the eyes of Buzz because a human capable of awakening the talent of others is definitely umon. So, he nodded his head before asking, "Master, until you say I am ready for the revenge, I will not think about it and fully focus on the weapons refining." "Good." Lucas wanted the young dwarf topletely focus on the weapons refining and once he is capable of refining at least rank 3 weapons, he would have a lot of ways to deal damage to the weapons pavilion. Soon, Buzz left the basement to find the old butler Herbert. ''Buzz has awakened a duke-level weapon refining talent, I wonder what level of weapon refining talent I will awaken.'' As for Lucas, he was thinking about his awakening of the weapons refining talent. The reward for finishing the mission ''Buy the young dwarf'' was not only the awakening of the dwarf''s weapons refining talent but even the awakening of his weapons refining talent also. So, Lucas thought to awaken his talent also. ''Ding, The system detected the anomaly in the beast skin. Just as he thought about awakening his weapons refining talent, Lucas received a system notification making him put a hold on his awakening. ''Tell me what secret is hidden in it.'' ***** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Target decreased on the request of a reader. Chapter 40 - Eternal Magic Recovery Technique ''Tell me what secret is hidden in it.'' Lucas was curious about it because the system acted all mysterious in the auction house and made him buy it. So, of course, he wanted to know what is hidden in it. ''Ding, There is a secret cultivation technique regarding the magic sea. ''Huh?'' When he saw the system notification, Lucas raised his brows as he was disappointed. He already had a magic recovery technique and what will he do with another one unless it is a high-level one because a mage can only cultivate one recovery technique. Lucas had high hopes on the ugly beast skin and so as his disappointment was. ''Ding, Do you want to learn the ''Eternal magic recovery technique''? Note:- The host can view its effects only after learning it. ''Still, if it is a high-level one, I can consider changing the technique.'' With that thought in his mind, he nodded his head as he gave permission to the system. ''Swoosh'' Soon, the ugly beast skin in his hands started glowing and emitted light rays that entered into Lucas'' head before turning into dust. ''Ding, Eternal recovery technique is sessfully learned. Please check its effects in the user interface. ''That was quick and painless.'' Unlike before, there was no pain in his head, making him a little surprised. Nevertheless, he didn''t ponder much on it as he directly checked the effects of the technique he learned. ''Ding, Technique Name:- Eternal magic recovery technique (level 1) Grade:- Unknown. Effect:- Whenever the host uses his magic power for his spells, he instantly recovers 10 percent of magic power in his magic sea. Note:- 1) Minimum recovery from the technique is one unit of magic power. 2) Since it is different from other recovery techniques, it can be stacked with a regr recovery technique. ''What? A special recovery technique?'' Once he checked the full information about the technique, Lucas became excited and thought, ''Now, I can train more than usual as I can recover the magic power even by spending them.'' Even though it was only 10 percent, he could use one extra ''Earth spike'' or two extra ''Lightning bullet'' spells. Moreover, in the future when he increases the level ofo the technique, then its recovery percentage might even increase. So, Lucas'' previous disappointment disappeared and was reced with great excitement. ''If the mages guild''s guild leader knew about it, I wonder what he would have done? Kill me? It is quite possible.'' Lucas muttered to himself and thought back to the original owner of the ugly beast skin, the mages guild. The spells Lucas could use only cost him 10 units of magic power; however, that''s not the same for the guild leader of the mages guild who has a much bigger magic seapared to Lucas''s 100 units magic sea. So, Elliott would have not hesitated to kill Lucas. "I will go back to the secret training room and awaken the weapons refining talent." Soon, Lucas thought about the next thing he wanted to do; however, he wanted to go back to the secret training room before that. So, with that thought in his head, Lucas went back to his room. ''I need to find a way to earn 7000 gold coins in the next three days.'' Along the way, he thought about the gold coins he owed to the Alchemy guild. Still, he preferred the awakening of the weapons refining talent. So, he thought of earning the gold coins for the morning as he entered the secret training room. ''System, I want to awaken my weapons refining talent.'' As soon as he entered the secret training room, he sat cross-legged as he ordered the system. ''Ding, Awakening the host''s weapons refining talent. Please wait for some time. Soon, the mysterious white-coloured energy appeared out of nowhere andpletely surrounded Lucas and it started changing the colours just like how it happened with the young dwarf. ..... In the weapons pavilion. "Master, are you not nning anything for the young dwarf?" A middle-aged man looked at the old man who was sitting on a resting chair and asked with a serious look on his face. "Little James, stop bothering with that young dwarf. Do you really think he could be a high-level weaponsmith anytime soon?" The old man yed with his long white beard and scoffed as he continued, "First, he had to awaken a weapons refining talent, then it must be a high-level one. Following that, he needs to train for years while consuming so many resources before bing a rank 3 weaponsmith." "And what can a single rank 3 weaponsmith do to us? If he could train for another couple of decades then he might be a rank 4 weaponsmith who could do some damage; however, where do you think we will be after 100 years?" The old man Finn exined to the middle-aged man named James before ending his exnation with a question. "By that time, I will definitely be a rank 5 weaponsmith and get promoted to the royal capital and as your chances of bing a rank 5 weaponsmith are also high once you be the head of the weapons pavilion." James didn''t answer the old man''s question as he silently thought about it when he heard the weapons pavilion head continued to speak. "So, we will be forgetting about the young dwarf, right?" James became a little excited when he heard the old man''s words and asked that. "Not really. We will just don''t focus on the young dwarfpletely; however, if you ever find him in the open, be it outside the Silverstone town or outside the town, just send someone to kill him. As for the consequences, we can face them after that." The old man revealed an evil smile on his face as he replied to James. "You are as cool as you used to be, Master." James also revealed an evil smile as he replied to the weapons pavilion head. "When am I not?" The old man scoffed at the vice pavilion head as he continued, "But, I doubt the young dwarf will being out in the open anytime soon and he must have already said that all the weapons pavilions in this firmament are behind the massacre of the dwarf town." "So, it is better to pull out something about that family in the seventh chamber." Finn continued, "Even if others find out about it, we are the monopoly in the weapons business, so, no one would bother us...Hehe." "Yes, master. If they use us of something, we can ban them from buying our weapons." James already knew the ways of the weapons pavilion as he nodded his head. "Also, increase the prices of the weapons by 50 percent. Now, you can leave." After finishing his final order, the old man closed his eyes as he rested on the resting chair. ***** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 41 - Beck And Ada Since in the entire Barren firmament, only weapons pavilions in each town could refine the weapons, the main branch of the firmament already ordered all the weapons pavilions to increase the prices. With the destruction of the only dwarf town in the firmament, no one would dare say anything about it. Nevertheless, the weapons pavilion had spent so much to get an artifact that could open the otherworldly portal in that town. Now, it is time for them to recover whatever they invested with more profits. However, what they didn''t know was that the young dwarf bought by Lucas had already awakened a weapons refining talent and it was not a low-level one either. Moreover, even Lucas was awakening a weapons refining talent. Whether he awakened a good talent or bad talent, the Hellmore family alone will have two weaponsmiths in the future. In the secret training room. Just like how the weapons pavilion was oblivious regarding the young dwarf''s talent and Lucas, Lucas is also oblivious about the conversation between Finn and James. Currently, Lucas''s body was covered in mysterious energy that was changing colours at an incredible speed. White, yellow, orange, red, dark red, ck and Purple. ''I..it is stopping at Purple.'' Soon, the colours that were changing at an incredible speed slowed down and Lucas could see the mysterious energy''s colour on his hand. It was ck and it was slowly turning into purple. Along the way, Lucas asked the system about the colours and found out that the white colour means no talent or peasant-level talent. As for the purple colour, it is the highest talent in the firmament world which means Sovereign-level talent. So, of course, he would be excited when he saw when the colour was changing into purple. ''Yes.'' Lucas heaved a sigh of relief when the mysterious energy finally changed into purple colour; however, his excitement soon turned into anxiety as the colour started changing into white colour. ''No no no.'' Lucas muttered to himself because other than that, he could do nothing. ''Damn it.'' Once the purple coloured mysterious energy changed into pure white colour, he stopped muttering and directly cursed the heavens. ''So be it. What if I don''t have a talent for weapon refining? I can be both Mage and Knight.'' With that thought in his head, Lucas didn''t bother to check the colour anymore. ''Ding, The host''s weapons refining talent has been awakened. It is Baron-level talent. ''Huh? Baron-level talent?'' Only after listening to the system notification in his head, Lucas opened his eyes to check the colour of the disappearing mysterious energy on his hand. ''Yellow? Looks like I can pursue this weapon refining in the future.'' Even though he had the same Baron-level talent in the ''Way of mages'', it was different because the chances of increasing the talent in the Mage path are highpared to the weapon refining path. But still, Lucas didn''t want to give up because weapons refining could be a good business. The more weapon refiners in the family, the more weapons that the family could refine and the profit would be more too. "Looks like the future of the Hellmore lies in the weapons refining business." Lucas muttered to himself as he decided to take a rest for the night. ..... Just outside the Silverstone town, a portal and a beautiful young girl wearing a light blue-coloured gown walked out of it. She looked to be around 18 years old and immature; however, her eyes said otherwise. She had an exquisite face with a well-developed body. Overall, she has a beauty that could topple the kingdoms. She was holding a small white-coloured lion in arms as she looked at the Silverstone town world. "Ada, we need to get that advanced magic spell at any cost. I will be relying on you when we enter the dungeon. Once I get that spell, I can leave to make that Liontalon family regret what they have done." Beck said to the little lion in her hands in a gentle tone. ''Rrr'' The small white lion named Ada roared in response as though it was assuring the girl. ''Also, we have to find them.'' All of sudden, the environment around her turned chilly as she thought about someone. "Let''s go." With that, she disappeared into thin air along with the lion. ..... The next morning, Lucas woke up early in the morning and started his daily training in his secret training. At the same time, in the courtyard, Porter was training the young squire. "Master Lucas ordered me to inform you of something." While the young squires were training, Porter said in a loud voice as he continued, "The first three among you who reached the mid-level squires will be rewarded with a ''Strength crystal''. I guess you all know what a strength crystal does, right?" "Yes, sir." All the young squires nodded their heads as they replied to Porter. "Now, let''s see who will be the mid-level squire and reach closer to bing a family member." Porter was satisfied with the young squires'' response and nodded his head while he trained himself. Initially, he didn''t think much about Lucas'' training schedule; however, after practising it for a couple of days, he already felt his strength had grown a little. Even though it was very little, Porter decided to train with the young squires. "Porter, look after Evan." After an hour, Lucas and Bernard walked out of the manor after ordering Porter to take care of Evan. ''Family, I can no longer sense the assassins.'' Just as they walked out of the manor, Bernard whispered to Lucas, making Lucas nodded his head. ''Are you sure you want toe with me? If you stay here, I can fully focus on collecting the spells in the dungeon.'' Lucas shook his head as he thought Bernarding with him was not a good idea. ''Don''t worry, family. There is Porter to look after Evan. Moreover, as long as we are in the town, the assassin guild will never do something like that.'' Bernard felt Lucas needed him more than Evan because, in front of the dungeon, there would be many powerful characters guarding their youngsters. So, Bernard tried his best to convince Lucas. ''Fine.'' Lucas shook his head; however, he still felt the assassin guild is not to be underestimated. So, he said, "As soon as I enter the dungeon, you have toe back as fast as possible." "With these horses, I will be back in no time, Family head." With a confident smile, Bernard assured Lucas as they guided their horses to the location of the Dungeon. ****** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 42 - Opening Of The Dungeon A few kilometers away from Silverstone town, there was a small cave and in front of it, there were so many people. The small cave in front of them was none other than a dungeon that was owned by the mages guild. Right now, almost everyone from the Silverstone town and other nearby towns had appeared except for the guild leader of the Mages guild, Elliott. ''Why is it taking so long toe here?'' ''Isn''t he supposed to open the dungeon already?'' People that don''t belong to any guild could only curse the Mages guild under their breath. "These days, the mages guild are thinking they are above everyone. Looks like it is time to put more restrictions for the mages guild when theye to my alchemy." "I will do the same when they request for any assassinations from my guild." However, the powerful guilds directly spoke out in order for the members of the mages guild to hear. Even Lucas and Bernard were among the crowd as he looked at young men who were going to participate. Since there were many new families in Silverstone town along with families from the other towns along with the drifting knights and mages, Lucas was just another young master in the eyes of the powerful families. "I think I am right on time." Soon, Elliott''s words could be heard from above and everyone looked into the sky. "What? He is flying?" "Has he already be a Heavenly mage?" Everyone saw Elliott flying in the sky without using any flying artifacts, making most of them surprised because, in this world, only Heavenly mage or Heavenly knights could fly without the support of any artifact. However, now, they see Elliott flying in the sky. So, they guessed regarding his rank being a Heavenly mage. "He is just a tier 1 General mage." The alchemy guild''s leader scoffed at everyone who was thinking that Elliott was a Heavenly mage. "That''s right! He is just using an advanced spell to fly using his magic power." The weapons pavilion head Finn didn''t get along with the alchemy guild; however, he backed his words now. ''Oh. So, that''s how it is.'' ''If he really was a heavenly mage, he would have been in the royal city or promoted to the other firmament''s mages guild.'' ''That''s what I am trying to say to you from the start but no one believed me.'' ''What the hell? When were you trying to say that?'' . . . As usual, there were no locks to the mouths of the onlookers as they whisper for every single thing. "Everyone, move aside and give way to the guild leader." Felix, Elliott''s son and the vice guild leader of the mages guild tried to clear a way for his father. Once the way was cleared, Elliott slowly walked towards the small cave and took out a small mirror and a small bottle with red liquid in it. ''Drop'' He poured all the liquid into the small mirror which was mysteriously absorbed by the small mirror. "Open" Elliott chanted something before shouting a single word. ''Rumble'' ''Swoosh'' The small cave shook a little before a portal opened in small cave. "Everyone, the portal will be closed after one day and as long as you are alive by the time the portal closes, you will be teleported out of the dungeon. So, you don''t have to waste time in finding the portal." "If you die in the dungeon, you will die." "Not only are there many dangers in the dungeons but the danger of the dungeon will be entering into the dungeon with you and your fellow participants." "Because no one can see what''s happening inside the dungeons from the outside, the usual death rate is very high." "So, if you still want to enter the dungeon. Go on and I hope you can be sessful in gaining some good things." As soon as the portal of the dungeon opened, Elliott spoke so many lines to all the participants making everyone listen to him attentively. After finishing his words, Elliott didn''t bother to stay there anymore and left that ce. As for the dungeon, it would only allow the youngster below lesser knight or lesser mage ranks and below 20 years of age. The more youngsters entered the dungeon, the better it was for him. Also, there was no way anyone could see what''s happening inside the dungeon So, he decided toe back after one day when the dungeons send the living participants out. "Everyone, let''s go." "Try to find each other before searching for the treasures and spells." "Nephew, be careful inside." "You have to protect your young master at any cost. If something happens to him, I will kill you and your families. Do you understand?" "Get that Advanced spell at any cost." Soon, everyone gave their suggestions to their youngsters. ''Just find each other and wait for others to collect some treasures, then start our bulk order.'' However, the assassin guild''s leader looked at the 10 masked youngmen and ordered them. ''Yes, leader.'' All 10 of them nodded their heads. ''Do you remember the ns and training you have been doing for thest couple of days? Just remember them. The entire assassin guild trained you for today. There are a total of 100 targets...no 101 targets including Lucas Hellmore. As long as you finish this deal, I will make you all Gold-ranked assassins.'' Ghost snake promised the 10 young men that he would do so and so for them as long as they finished their tasks. ''Master, so, you lied to us?'' ''That''s right! The bulk order is only for these 10 young men?'' Killde and Killsh were dissatisfied when they heard Ghost snake''s low voice and asked him in the same low voice. They were excited for the bulk order for thest few days and without knowing that, they trained these 10 young men. So, of course, they were dissatisfied. "Don''t worry. You have another mission in two days." How could Ghost snake not know how to cool his two servants? So, he said something in their ears making their eyes lit up. "You have to do well and be the gold-ranked assassins." Once they heard Ghost snake''s words, they didn''t show any dissatisfaction on their faces and even encouraged the youngsters. ''You remembered everyone''s face and information, right?'' Soon, Ghost snake asked the youngsters who nodded their heads before entering the dungeon. "Old man, go back and protect Evan. I will be going now." On the other side, Lucas said goodbye to Bernard and entered the dungeon with the rest of the participants. "Grandpa Bernard?" Just as Lucas left, the old man heard a familiar voice and turned back to see a beautiful girl in blue-gown with a small white tiger in her hands. **** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 43 - Infernal Mage Dungeon # Weekly bonus chapters (1/3) ''Swoosh'' Lucas got teleported to a cave that was filled with many tunnels; however, currently, all of them were closed except for one. Just as Lucas was checking his surroundings a cold voice resounded in the cave. ''Huh?'' Lucas looked for the owner of the voice; however, he didn''t find anyone. While Lucas was still wondering about the voice, the spirit of the dungeon''s voice continued, Since he was unable to find the owner of the voice, Lucas listened to the voice and understood what was happening. And just as the spirit finished speaking, all the closed tunnels opened whereas the only opened tunnel from earlier was closed. "So, what would you have done if I didn''t meet the criteria for the dungeon entry?" Lucas walked towards the tunnels; however, he didn''t choose; instead, he asked the spirit of the dungeon. He got only two words in reply; however, that was enough to understand how strict the rules were making the high-level knights and mages from entering the dungeon. Soon, he chose a random tunnel because everything looked the same to him and entered into it. The moment he entered the tunnel, he slid down at an incredible speed before falling on the ground. "I wonder if anyone got killed by trying to fool the spirit of the dungeon." While thinking about that, Lucas stood up and checked his surroundings. It was an open ground as far as his eyes could see; however, he could see a turret. ''Is that some kind of castle or manor?'' Lucas muttered to himself as he decided to check it out because he could not find any other ce to check for spells. So, he ran in that direction. ''Swoosh'' After running for a few kilometers, Lucas could only see the same current, making him frown a little. "Attack this rank 3 spirit beast together." Just when he thought whether he should give up on running in the same direction or not, he saw a group of five members fighting a rank 3 fire snake. ''Huh? How the hell did I miss them?'' This was the first thought in his head because they were only a few kilometers away from him and since it was an open ce, he should have noticed them long back. ''Looks like this dungeon ys with the vision of the participants. I need to be careful.'' Lucas muttered to himself and observed the five young participants fighting the rank 3 fire snake. ''Let''s go and take a closer look.'' Since there is a spirit beast, then there must be a treasure. So, how could Lucas have it like others just like that? However, he was not rash and wanted to know more about their strengths beforeing to a decision. Soon, he reached a little closer to them and observed the strengths of the four young men and one woman. ''Weapons pavilion and Honorwolf family.'' Judging from their robes, Lucas guessed their identities and started nning something in his head. ''Brother, there is someone here watching us.'' ''I saw it.'' ''Should we ask him to help us?'' ''I think it is better not to...'' The brother and sister who were wearing the same colour formal robes whispered to each other. "Hey...you over there." Just as the Honorwolf family members were having a conversation while fighting the fire snake, a young man from the weapons pavilion shouted at Lucas. "Come and join us. We will give you your share." That young man had a rank 3 sword in his hand as he was shed at the fire snake before shouting at Lucas. "I amfortable here. You can continue." Lucas knew they were having a hard time dealing with a fire snake despite one of them having a rank 3 sword that could inflict great damage. If he joined them, killing the fire snake would be easy and he guessed what would happen afterwards. So, he rejected in a t tone making Carter furious; however, he didn''t say anything as he had to deal with the rank 3 fire snake. ''Once I kill this rank 3 fire snake, I will take care of him along with the siblings.'' With that thought in his mind, Carter waved his sword even more heavily. ''Where is the treasure?'' As for Lucas, he didn''t bother with them and searched for the treasure. There was a cave behind in the distance making Lucas'' eyes lit up. ''Since you are having fun with the fire snake, I will have fun with the treasure.'' Soon, Lucas nned to enter the cave to take the treasure for himself. "Hiss" ''Thud'' Just as Lucas took a few steps towards the cave, the rank 3 fire snake hissed before falling to the ground. "Young master, we did it.." "We killed it." The two servants of the weapon pavilion became excited when the rank 3 fire snake fell to the ground. ''Sister be careful with these bastards. They are very hard to predict.'' However, Logan from the Honorwolf family asked his sister to be careful. ''Yes, brother.'' Luna nodded her head as she took out a talisman from her clothes and was ready to crush it if Carter did anything funny. ''Time to hurry up.'' Since everyone was focused on the carcass of the fire snake, Lucas silently slid into the cave. Even though the siblings were keeping an eye on Lucas, once the fire snake was dead, they had to keep an eye on the bigger snake and it was Carter. ''Looks like no one saw me. Even if they saw me, I don''t care.'' Once he sessfully entered the cave, Lucas checked the five youngsters and slowly entered the cave. After seeing their fight with the rank 3 fire snake, Lucas had only one thought in his head and it was, ''They were amateurs.'' Even though they have some good weapons, they were yet to master their weapon skills and as for the mage girl, she was taking a lot of time to cast a spell. So, Lucas felt he could take them on; however, he just didn''t want to start the fight and wanted to avoid it if possible. ''A spell scroll?'' Lucas was surprised by the item inside the cave because a red-coloured scroll was hovering in the mid-air above a small egg-shaped stone. ''Time to learn a fire spell.'' With a slight smile on his face, Lucas rushed to pick the scroll. ***** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 44 - Spirit Beast Egg? Outside the cave, ''Where did he go?'' After celebrating a little at their victory, Carter looked at Logan and Luna before looking at the ce where Lucas stood earlier. ''Looks like he escaped after seeing I killed the rank 3 fire snake.'' Even though he had help from others, the final blow was dealt by Carter. So, without hesitation, he imed that he killed that fire snake. "Luna, what did you think about my proposal fromst week?" While looking at Luna''s attractive body, Carter asked with a lewd smile on his face. "As long as you agree to it, I will let you have thisplete carcass of the rank 3 fire snake." Before she could say anything, Carter continued, "I heard your father needs the gall of a fire snake to cure the fire poison in his body. So, what do you say?" "As I said, I don''t like you and your weapons pavilion head. As for the gall, I will be taking it from mine and my brother''s share." Lucas scoffed back at Carter and was ready to use it. "Die, bastard" Suddenly, Logan shouted as he rushed towards Carter with the long spear in his hands. "Huh?" Carter raised his brows a little before revealing an evil smile on his face as he said, "I was trying to give your sister a future; but, now, you ruined it." ''Putong'' Carter blocked the iing spear attack with his rank 3 sword which broke the rank 3 spear in Logan''s hands. "Haha...do you think your spear is equal to my sword just because our weapons have the same rank?" Seeing the broken spear in Logan''s hands, Carter mocked Logan. "Haha" All of sudden, Logan startedughing despite being mocked by Carter, "Luna, do it now." As soon as he finished his words, a wolf spirit appeared out of nowhere and jumped onto Carter. "Luna, you take the left one." The brother and sister duo didn''t waste any time, as they selected Carter''s servants who were rushing towards their young master to help. ''Puchi'' Logan used the broken spear to pierce his target''s neck and killed him without much difficulty. "Wolf ws" Luna chanted a spell that took her nearly one minute. ''sh'' A transparent wolf ws condensed in front of Luna as they shed the second servant to death. "Damn you." Carter was barely stopping the wolf spirit that was trying to eat his head and when he saw that his two servants got killed, he became furious. ''Am I going to die here?'' Even though he was furious regarding the Honorwolf''s siblings, he lost hope in surviving because he was hitting his limit. "Young master, Carter." Just when he was about to give up, he heard a familiar voice from the distance that gave him hope. In the distance, there were three young men wearing the weapon pavilion''s robes rushing towards them at their fastest speed. "Brother, let''s kill him and get out of here." Carter was troubling her for a few years now and finally, she got a chance to kill him. So, how could she let him live? So, she was adamant about killing Carter before the group of the weapons pavilion coulde here. "No, think about our father. Go and store the fire snake since you have the space ring. I will kill him." As soon as he finished his words, Logan rushed towards Carter to kill him whereas Luna rushed towards the fire snake. ''Die.'' Logan took out the broken spear from the servant''s neck as he tried to pierce through Carter''s neck. ''Swoosh'' However, just when the broken spear was about to pierce through Carter''s neck, the wolf spirit disappeared and Carter fell backwards making him dodge the attack. "Bastards,e fast and save me. " Carter lost all his strength in trying to stop the wolf spirit from killing him. So, he could only curse his servant toe fast. "Brother, I stored it. Let''s go." Logan gritted his head and looked at the servants who were only a few hundred meters away from them. ''If I kill him, I will be killed by the three of them; however, it is even more troublesome if I don''t kill him.'' With that thought in his head, he shouted at his sister, "Luna, run away, I will stall them and take good care of the father." ''Puchi'' As soon as he finished his words, Logan lunged at Carter before killing him. Carter, the young master of the weapons pavilion died just like that. "Young master." The members of the weapons pavilion angrily shouted as they didn''t stop running. "Young master." One of the three young men called Carter while shaking his corpse before shouting at the other two young men, "Go and kill them." They were angry not because they like Carter, they were angry because Carter''s father would punish them and their families if they didn''t bring the corpse of Logan and Luna. "Yeah. Come...let''s see." Logan jumped at the young men with the same broken spear in his hands. ''sh'' Logan didn''t bother to dodge their attacks. While taking some cuts, Logan caused some serious injuries in return. ''Wolf''s recovery'' From the back, Luna didn''t run away; instead, she cast a healing spell on her brother while chanting an attack spell. ''Damn you.'' Seeing that, the two young men were unable to kill Logan, the young man holding Carter''s corpse cursed them before joining the fight. .... Inside the cave. ''Ding, The host learned a new basic spell ''Fireball''. Please cast the spell to start gaining experience in that spell. ''Another spell...cool.'' Lucas revealed a slight smile on his face when he received the system notification. ''It''s time to search for other spells or treasures.'' Lucas didn''t want to waste his magic power on testing while he was still in the dungeon. So, he decided to leave the cave to search for other spells or treasures. ''Kacha'' Just as he took a couple of steps, his ears caught the sound of something breaking behind him. ''Huh?'' Lucas turned back to see that the egg-shaped stone had a few cracks on it and they were spreading at an incredible speed. ''Ding, The system detected a spirit beast egg hatching. ''Spirit beast?'' Lucas was pleasantly surprised because, from his memories, he knew that in this world, many have their own contracted spirit beasts. So, Lucas thought about dropping his blood on the egg as it was the most basic method and primitive method to form a contract with an unhatched spirit beast. ''Ding, As long as the hatchling sees the host aftering out of the egg, it will consider you as its family. ''Huh?'' Sensing his thoughts, the system informed Lucas to not drop his blood on the cracking spirit beast egg. **** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 45 - Little Snake Lucas was surprised by the system''s words for a moment before asking, ''Oh really? But why is there nothing like that in my memories?'' Because he had never seen such a thing in his memories. ''Ding, Because no one will wait until the spirit beast hatch on its own; instead, they will drop their blood and fasten the speed ofo hatching which decreases the potential of the hatchling inside the egg. ''Oh.'' After seeing the system notification, Lucas understood and could not help but shake his, ''No wonder, humans are the same everyone. Greedy and anxious to be powerful.'' ''Since it ising out on its own, it should have a good potential, right?'' Lucas asked while waiting for the spirit beast toe out of the egg. ''Ding, The potential of the spirit beast depends on so many factors and it was one of them. ''Kacha'' Just as the system sent the notification, the spirit beast eggs that looked like a stonepletely hatched as a thin and small red-coloured snake came out of the egg. ''Hiss'' It hissed and looked at its surroundings before its small elliptical eyesnded on Lucas. ''Swoosh'' As though it saw its parent, the small red-coloured snake rushed towards Lucas before climbing onto him as it looked into Lucas'' eyes. "In the past, most people feared to look into my eyes and look like you are quite daring." Lucas joked as he pointed at his eggshells on the ground, "Don''t you want to eat them?" ording to his memories, hatching will eat the eggs shells; however, from the looks of it, the small red snake didn''t bother to look at the eggshells. ''Just go and give it a try.'' While saying that, he threw the small snake towards the cracked eggshell. ''Hiss'' It hissed at Lucas as though it was asking why he threw it away; however, in the next second, it felt a strong sense of hunger and its mind was telling it to eat the eggshells. ''Slurp'' The small snake which didn''t show any interest in the eggshells swallowed its first eggshell with some hesitation; however, once it got the taste of the eggshell, it started devouring them. ''See, you are very hungry.'' After devouring all the eggshells, the small red snake fell asleep, making Lucas shake his head. "Now, it''s time to leave the cave before theye." With that thought in his mind, Lucas picked up the sleeping snake and threw it into a small cloth before putting it in his robes. ''I remember Evan asking for a spirit beast pet in the past. I think this will do for now.'' The only reason he picked the small fire snake was for the sake of his little brother who was very fond of spirit beast pets. Even though he wanted to form a contract with it before, it was also for the sake of his little brother. In his previous life, if he had seen a snakelet, he would have not looked at it the second time; however, now, things have changed for him and he wanted to change. ''I wonder what they are doing without entering the cave? Have they already started fighting?'' Soon, he came out of the cave wondering why it was taking so long for others to enter the cave. ''As I expected.'' Lucas was not surprised because that''s how this world is. ''Huh? That young man is dead?'' What surprised him was the death of the young man who was wielding a rank 3 sword. ''As long as I kill them all, I can have a rank 3 weapon along with the rank 2 weapons and who knows what they were hiding in their pockets.'' Even though he didn''t want to get involved in others'' fights when there were so many good things, how could he resist it? With that thought in his head, Lucas moved a little closer to the fight and started chanting a spell. "Whoever you are, help the weapons pavilion to kill these perpetrators. I will make sure you will get a good reward for your service." Seeing that Lucas was just standing and not joining any side, one of them asked for Lucas to help them. However, Lucas didn''t say anything because he was chanting for a spell in his heart. "If you help our Honorwolf family, as one of the young masters of the family, I can give you more than what the weapons pavilion will offer you." And why would Logan keep quiet while the other party was giving such offers to Lucas? So, he also asked for Lucas''s help. "You know about the weapons pavilion, right? How powerful are we? So, I hope you can think wisely before choosing your side." Just as Logan finished his offer, the weapons pavilion members directly used the influence of the weapons pavilion. In front of the Weapons pavilion, the Honorwolf family is weak and poor. So, they were hoping that Lucas would join their side. "So, you are threatening me?" Exactly, after nine seconds, Lucas finished his chanting and scoffed at the weapons pavilion''s members. ''Thunder bullet'' He aimed at the one who looked to be more powerful among the three members of the weapons pavilion. Among the three basic spells he had, only his ''Thunder bullet'' had the ability to kill a squire; however, if the squire was alert, he could easily dodge it or defend it. Nevertheless, currently, that young man was in a stalemate with Logan. So, Lucas knew he already got the kill. ''Ding, The host killed an injured high-level squire. Gained one sovereign point. ''Ding, +1 units of magic power recovered from the earlier spell with the help of the Eternal recovery technique. ''Ding, Magic sea:- 93/ 100 units magic power. ''This eternal recovery technique is good.'' Lucas praised his new recovery technique as he rushed towards the youngsters who were shocked by Lucas''s ''Thunder bullet''. "Puchi" "Puchi" Within no time, he caught up to the two other members of the weapons pavilion as he slit their throats before saying, "I stopped working for other organizations in myst life." ''Three down and two left.'' Lucas looked at the lying corpses on the ground before looking at Logan and Luna and muttered to himself. To avoid future trouble, Lucas decided to kill everyone including Logan and Luna. ***** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 46 - Past Versus Present "Thanks for saving me and my sister." "Thud" Just as Lucas was about to rush towards Logan to kill him, Logan thanked him in a weak voice before falling to the ground. "Brother" Seeing that, Luna rushed towards Logan and started crying. "Silly girl, I am still alive. Just tired." Logan revealed a slight smile on his face as he weakly said to his sister as he continued saying, "I will take some rest." By saying that, Logan closed his eyes as he stopped breathing anymore. "Brother." Luna felt her entire world fall apart when she saw the lifeless body of her brother in her arms. "This is all my fault...my fault." "If I had not been adamant on entering the dungeon, he would not havee here with me and we could have searched for a fire snake in the Myriad primordial forest." "He protected me for his entire life and now he is dead because of me." Soon, Luna''s face was entirely covered in tears as she med herself for the death of her brother. ''...'' Lucas was speechless when he saw Logan die before he could kill him; however, after seeing the bloodied clothes on Logan, Lucas knew that Logan was just hanging onto his life just for his sister. Once the members from the weapons pavilion were killed by Lucas, Logan felt some kind of relief and felt his sister was safe. "If you want, I can send you to your brother." Lucas slowly walked towards the crying Luna as he asked her. Lucas didn''t feel a single thing in his heart even after seeing the crying Luna because he had seen far worse things than the current one in his past life and his heart turned into stone. "Huh?" Luna looked at Lucas with tears in her eyes with confusion. Generally, people would try to console her in this situation; however, Lucas was asking her whether he should kill her. "Please do it." Nevertheless, she wiped her tears and nodded her head. "Okay. I will try to make it quick and painless." With an emotionless look on his face, Lucas looked at his short swords and said those words. At least that''s what he could do for her since she is so cooperative. ''Ding, A new system mission is generated. Please check it quickly. Just as he was about to make a quick kill, he got the system notification. ''I will check it after I kill her.'' Lucas just wanted to kill Luna because only a dead person could keep secrets. So, he didn''t bother to check the mission. ''Ding, Mission name:- Protect Luna. Mission details:- Protect Luna until she leaves the dungeon. Mission reward:- A favour from the Honorwolf family. More details:- The Honorwolf family used to be a powerful family; however, their family head was poisoned and the family started falling apart from within and from outside. As long as Luna goes back with the poison gall of the rank 3 fire snake, with the help of already gathered ingredients, an antidote pill can be refined. So, protecting her can gain a powerful ally in the Silverstone town. Just as he was about to sh Luna''s neck, the system directly sent the mission details, making him stop. ''Damn it...what was I thinking?'' As soon as he saw the mission details, Lucas hurriedly retracted his short sword before moving away from Luna. ''I have a family to take care of now. How could I mindlessly follow the same path in my previous life?'' ''I should always think about what is beneficial for the family; instead, killing everyone around him.'' ''No...killing her will keep me safe from the Weapons pavilion until I am powerful enough.'' Lucas clutched his head as he tried to fight back his urge to kill Luna. His basic instinct was saying suggesting him to kill Luna; however, his newer version of him was stopping him from going back to the same path of mindless killing. Killing the members of the Weapon pavilion seemed nothing wrong for his newer version because they tried to threaten him which he, of course, didn''t like. However, Luna was innocent and already lost her brother. So, when he saw more details of the mission, his newer version triggered and asked him to think about the family. "Hey mister, what happened to you?" Luna opened her eyes and saw Lucas was clutching his head and asked with a concerned look on her face. ''For a family, having allies is a must. Only then, the growth of my family will be quick.'' Finally, Lucas kicked away his past self and came to the conclusion to follow his current self. ''Swoosh'' Just as he came to the conclusion, he felt a few silhouettes rushing towards them. ''More members of the Weapons pavilion?'' Lucas frowned looking at the five members of the weapons pavilion who were rushing towards them from different directions as he thought, "How can the members of the weapons pavilion gather so quickly?" It''s been only an hour or so since they entered the dungeon; however, so many of them were able to gather and more areing at them, making Lucas think that they were using some item to regroup. "There are five members. We are not going to win against them." While Lucas was thinking in his head about the Weapons pavilion''s method for re-grouping, he heard Luna speak and before he could say something, she continued, "I will stall them and kill as many members as possible. You can run away." While saying that, she took out a ring from her finger and said, "But, can you give the fire snake gall in the ring to the Honorwolf family in the Silverstone town? As for the corpse of the snake, you can take it along with some gold coins in it." As soon as she finished her words, she put the space ring in Lucas'' hands and started chanting for a spell. ''...'' Lucas looked at Luna in a new light before revealing a slight smile on his face, ''I guess, Honorwolf family is not a bad option for an ally for my Hellmore family.'' However, he didn''t run away; instead, he chanted a spell and chose a target. ''Fireball'' Unlike the other spells, the ''Fireball'' spell''s chant took only a minute to finish as Lucas waited for the target toe a little closer before releasing it towards the target. ''Wolf bite'' At the same time, Luna also finished her chanting and released a spell at the iing targets. ***** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 47 - Killing Tactics ''Che...a basic fireball spell?'' The target Lucas had chosen scoffed at the iing fireball and he deflected it with his rank 2 sword. ''Ding, The basic spell ''Fireball'' missed the target. Experience gained (1/100). ''Ding, 5 units of magic power are consumed and 1 unit is recovered. As for Lucas, two system notifications rang in his head. He knew that a basic spells like ''Fireball'' and ''Earthspike'' would not cause much damage to the mid-level squire, not to mention the high-level squire. However, the reason he used that spell was just to get a rough idea regarding the power of the ''Fireball''. ''Looks like level 1 fireball can only be used for fireworks.'' Lucas shook his head as he put his short swords away and rushed carefully waiting for all the members from the weapons pavilion toe near him. ''Wolf''s bite'' Behind him, Luna used one of her spells and injured a mid-level squire who fell to the ground. "Not bad." While observing the iing attackers, Lucas kept an eye on Luna''s spell and after seeing a huge wolf mouth appear out of nowhere to injure one of the attackers, he praised her. "Kill that bitch fire. She is a high-level apprentice mage." Seeing how powerful Luna was, the leader of the attackers shouted before rushing towards Luna. As for Lucas, only a single attacker rushed towards him. ''Now, I became a secondary target.'' Lucas could not help but reveal a slight smile on his face. ''Swoosh'' ''Puchi'' Just when his attacker was only a few meters away from him, Lucas casually tossed three hidden needles. ''Huh? Hidden needles?'' The attacker scoffed at Lucas as he deflected all three hidden needles. ''Puchi'' However, who would have thought that Lucas was not nning to kill him with the hidden needles. Instead, he pierced his short sword into the attacker''s throat. ''What?'' The high-level squire didn''t expect that he would be killed by a mid-level squire in a single strike. ''Ding, The host killed a high-level squire. Gained one sovereign point. ''Ding, Mastery of short sword, small sess stage (4/100). ''Looks like killing is the only way to be stronger.'' Seeing that his mastery of the short sword increased by a single point, Lucas thought to himself. ''For now, I will focus on the short sword mastery while killing my enemies and as for the spells, I can use them on non-living things and still get the experience.'' With that thought in his head, Lucas looked at Luna who was surrounded by three high-level squires. ''Swoosh'' ''ng'' "Everyone, be careful. He is using hidden needles." Lucas had to save Luna. So, he could only use the hidden needles to distract three attackers; however, one of them was very alert that he easily deflected three of his hidden needles. Nevertheless, the other two attackers were not so lucky to evade the hidden needles. However, Lucas was not nning to kill them with the hidden needles. So, he intentionally missed the vital parts. ''Puchi'' ''sh'' However, before those two attackers could react to their leader, they had a short in their hearts. ''Ding, The host killed two high-level squires. Gained two sovereign points. ''Ding, Mastery of short sword, small sess stage (6/100). ''94 more men to kill to reach theplete sess stage.'' Lucas pulled back the short swords and stood in front of Luna while revealing a slight smile on his face. For a squire, when he reached the small sess stage in the mastery of a particr weapon, then he would be considered a mid-level squire. And when that weapon mastery reaches theplete sess stage, he would be a high-level squire. So, Lucas guessed that as long as he killed 94 more men with his short sword, his master in the short swords would reach the Complete sess stage which makes him a high-level squire. "Who are you? Why did you kill the young master Carter?" Seeing that he was the only one who could fight, the high-level squire tightened his grip around his rank 2 sword before asking Lucas. "Because I didn''t like his face. Is that enough?" ''Swoosh'' As soon as he finished his words, Lucas rushed like a snake in zig-zag movement before shing at his target. ''ng'' However, he was a high-level squire. So, he was able to stop Lucas'' attack with a simple block. "Just what I expected." The high-level squire was still surprised at Lucas'' unique movements and speed when he heard Lucas''s mocking tone. "Girl, use it now." Lucas shouted while looking at the high-level squire with the same mocking look on his face. ''Huh?'' The high-level squire frowned at Lucas''s words and looked at Luna who also looked visibly confused as she didn''t understand what she had to use. "Puchi" Just as both the high-level squire and Luna were having confused looks on their faces, Lucas used his other short sword to pierce through the high-level squire''s jaw. ''Thud'' The high-level squire didn''t even have the time to understand what was happening as his lifeless body fell to the ground with the same confused look on his face. ''Th..this is¡­.who is he?'' Luna was already shocked at Lucas'' killing spree without batting an eye as though he knew what he was doing. Moreover, when she saw how he killed thest high-level squire using his wits to fool the enemy before killing him, she was even more shocked and started thinking about Lucas'' origins. Until now, because of her brother''s death, she was not thinking straight; however, when she thought about her father and an entire family relying on the fire snake''s gall, she decided to live. Nevertheless, she was still ming herself for her brother''s death. "Are you going to kill him?" Lucas pointed at a mid-level squire in the distance and asked Luna. "I will do it." She hated herself for bringing her brother into the dungeon; however, he hated the weapons pavilion even more for killing his brother. So, he wanted to kill every single one of them. ''One kill is not going to make much difference for me.'' Lucas could have increased his short sword mastery''s experience by a single point; however, he felt it would help Luna a little by killing at least of them with her own hands. ''While she kills them, I will just collect my loot.'' With that thought in his mind, Lucas started collecting the weapons and other things from the corpses of the weapons pavilion''s members. ***** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 48 - Killing Is Easier Than Convincing A Girl. # Weekly bonus chapters (2/3) ''A rank 3 sword, 8 rank 2 swords. 2000 gold coins and a dozen of rank 2 healing pills. Not a bad loot.'' Looking at the pile of weapons on the ground along with the gold coins and pills in his hands, Lucas felt satisfied. "You don''t mind, if I use your space ring to store these things, right?" Looking at Luna who just killed thest member of the weapons pavilion, Lucas asked. Earlier, Luna gave her space ring to Lucas to give the fire snake gall to her family. "Of course. If you like the space ring, you can even take it." Luna didn''t think much before giving away her valuable space ring to Lucas. Space ring is a very valuable item and only the top families and guilds have it. Moreover, the space in the space rings was small; however, it is still a very costly item to get. "Then I will not stand on ceremony and dly take it." Even though Lucas didn''t need the space ring in reality as he had the system''s inventory, he didn''t want Luna to get suspicious about his storage. Moreover, he could give it to his little brother or Bernard. "What do you want to do now?" Lucas knew Luna came for the fire snake''s gall and now she got it at the cost of her brother. So, he asked her what she wanted to do. "I don''t know. I guess I will just stay here and wait for the dungeon to send me out." Luna shook her head as she lost a part of herself with the death of her brother and she wasn''t sure about what she was going to do. ''I am not going to let you wait here until the dungeon''s time is up.'' Since Lucas had to protect Luna until they left the dungeon, he could not leave here and at the same time, he could not stay here because he came for the spells in this dungeon. "So, how about you follow me? Let''s collect some good items and try to kill more of the weapons pavilion''s members." Lucas knew Luna was not interested in any of the spells or items in the dungeon. So, he had to use the weapon pavilion''s members to get her to follow him. "Th..this...I don''t want to trouble you." Luna hesitated a little as she looked at Lucas'' eyes which showed no hint of emotions and shook her head. "There is no trouble in it. I like someone to watch my back during fights." Lucas almost had no interaction with the girls in his past life. So, he tried his best to convince her; however, still, it was very hard for a girl to be convinced by Lucas with his facial expression. Actually, Lucas likes to be alone and didn''t want a partner; however, for the sake of the Honorwolf family''s alliance with the Hellmore family, he was willing to do it. Luna looked at Lucas for a moment before nodding her head. ''Phew...killing someone is easier than convincing a girl.'' Even though it took him around 10 minutes, Lucas felt that''s the hardest thing to do. "Wait a second. I will store my brother in the space ring." After saying that, Luna turned to the ce where Logan''s body was; however, currently there was nothing in that ce, making Luna anxious. "Did you see his body?" She hurriedly looked at her surroundings; however, other than herself, Lucas and the corpses of the weapons pavilion''s members, there was no one else. So, she could only ask Lucas about it. Unlike Luna, Lucas was not anxious; instead, he frowned because how could a body disappear into thin air? "Hey...look over there." However, he pointed at one of the corpses beside them and asked Luna to look. "But that''s not my brother." Luna shook her head; however, soon, she realized why Lucas asked her to see. Because the corpses around them started turning into tiny light particles as they disappeared into their air. "What is happening with those corpses?" Lucas and Luna had the same thought in their heads as they hurriedly moved away from the nearby corpse. ''Ding, This is the process of Dungeon absorbing the energy from the dead participants to produce its unique items for its master. ''Oh.'' Lucas was only surprised for a moment because nodding his head and exined the same to Luna. "So that means, my brother''s corpse is absorbed by this dungeon?" Once again, Luna''s face was covered in tears as she fell to the ground. Even though she knew entering the dungeon is very risky, she had never imagined that there would be nobody to bring back. "Damn you, Weapons pavilion. As long as I am alive, I will make you suffer." Luna stopped crying as he wiped her tears before swearing in her heart. "Let''s go." Lucas didn''t say anything because he didn''t know what he had to say in the current situation. So, he waited until Luna spoke on her own. "Hm" Nodding his head, Lucas walked in the front as Luna followed behind him. ...¡­ Somewhere in the dungeon. "Puchi" A masked assassin killed a young man with his dagger before licking the blood on the de. ''This stinks of pills just like you.'' That assassin scoffed at the corpse before searching for the valuables on his body. ''Huh? A lesser knight pill?'' The assassin became happy because it was a valuable pill for high-level squires. ''Even though I can''t use it, I can exchange this pill with a lesser assassin pill by adding some more gold coins.'' Soon, the assassin became happy because he could finally be a lesser assassin. Just like Knights and Mages, the assassins follow a separate path with their own ranks. So, he could not use the lesser knight pill but that doesn''t mean he could not exchange it for the lesser assassin pill. ''Huh? Someone is here.'' After keeping the lesser knight pill and gold coins, that assassin sensed someone wasing. ''Two targets from the Bulk order. Good.'' The assassin looked at a young man and young womaning in his direction and revealed an evil smile on his face. ''I will go with the same n as before.'' As soon as he confirmed that both of them were on his hit list, that assassin became excited as he fell to the ground and acted like a corpse beside his recently killed victim. "Brother, looks like they both died fighting each other." The girl said to his brother and hurriedly rushed towards the corpses along with his brother. "This corpse has nothing on it. What a shame." They found nothing on the alchemy guild''s member and sighed before checking the second body. "sh" "sh" Just as they bent to search for the valuables, they saw the body on the ground move as he shed the daggers in his hands to kill both of them. They didn''t have a single chance to fight back before falling to the ground with shocked looks on their faces. "Fools." The assassin stood up to search the two new corpses; however, he once again saw the two participantse in his direction. ''Looks like today is my lucky day.'' Chapter 49 - Ambush Gone Wrong ''Looks like today is my lucky day.'' The assassin was excited when he saw two more targets on his hit list appear. What''s more, they wereing towards him and as long as they continued to move towards him, they would see him. So, without wasting any time, he followed his usual technique. The thing is, the current terrain was not a good ce for him to assassinate because other than slight ups and downs, there were rarely any obstacles to hide. ''Once I kill these two targets, my promotion to the gold rank is confirmed.'' While lying on the ground, he was thinking about his promotion because until now, he had killed eight targets and with the two he was going to kill, it would be ten which was the required number he had to kill to get a promotion to the gold rank. In the assassin guild, other than the strength of the assassin, there was another ssification depending on the number of missions or kills theypleted. They were Bronze, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, Purple and Diamond. Currently, the assassin lying on the ground had just begun taking his missions and the guild leader, Ghost snake had promised the 10 young assassins that as long as he kills 10 targets from the list, they would directly skip promoted from Bronze to Gold by skipping a Silver rank. So, all the young assassins were motivated for this mission. ''I will be bing a gold-ranked assassin in my first mission itself.'' Whenever he had that thought in his mind, his motivation to kill the two targets increased. As for the two targets that were walking towards the assassin, they were none other than Lucas and Luna. ''We already walked for an hour but there is nothing and we didn''t even find a single participant. I wonder how big this dungeon is.'' Lucas muttered to himself as he walked forward and from time to time he would check on the little snake which was still sleeping without showing any signs of waking up. Behind him, Luna was silently walking without talking about anything as though she was thinking about something. It was like that for an hour or so. "So, what happened to your father?" Finally, Lucas asked about Luna''s father because he had to collect as much information as possible regarding his future ally. "Huh?" Hearing Lucas'' question, Luna came out of her thoughts and replied, "My father was poisoned with fire poison from a rank 5 or higher spirit beast." "Rank 5 spirit beast''s poison?" Lucas raised his brows because rank 5 spirit beast is equivalent to Higher Knight or Higher Mage. Currently, the strongest person in the Silverstone was a tier 1 Higher knight and it was the guild leader of Adventurer''s guild. ''Looks like someone went to a lot of trouble to get the poison.'' Lucas silently thought to himself and kept note of it in his mind. "The true perpetrator was never found; however, I am¡­." ''Shoo'' Just as Lucas continued to say something, Lucas signalled her to keep quiet because he saw four bodies lying on the ground and pointed his finger into the distance. ''From their clothes, two are from weapons pavilion, and the other two are from alchemy guild and assassin guild respectively.'' Following Lucas'' finger, Luna squinted her eyes as she silently replied to Lucas; however, what she didn''t understand was why Lucas asked her to be silent. ''Keep an eye on the surroundings and check for the ces where someone could hide.'' Lucas didn''t bother to exin to her; instead, he whispered back to her. ''Huh?'' Even though Luna didn''t understand why Lucas was asking her to do that, she nodded her head and checked the surroundings. ''There are a few boulders from the corpses; still, they were very far. So, it''s not an ambush.'' It took a few moments for Luna to understand Lucas''s thoughts as she replied while Lucas was squinting at the bodies lying on the ground in the distance. ''O fire elements in nature¡­.'' As soon as he heard Luna''s words, he started chanting a ''Fireball'' spell which made Luna surprised; however, she thought Lucas was correct earlier by asking her to check the surroundings and she decided to believe Lucas. ''Fireball'' He walked a little closer to the bodies before summoning the fireball and releasing it at the lying bodies. ''What is taking them so long?'' Currently, the assassin waiting for his targets frowned as they were taking longer than he imagined; however, he was still waiting in patience with his eyes closed. From the time Lucas saw the corpses to now, the corpse of the alchemy guild''s member was already swallowed by the dungeon leaving three bodies behind. Moreover, all three bodies were close to one another. ''Boom'' The fireballnded on the three bodies sting two bodies in two directions and as for the body in the middle, it was turned into pieces. ''Ding, The host killed a high-level assassin servant. Gained one sovereign point. ''Ding, Bullseye. 10 units of experience gained. Fireball, level 1 (11/100 experience). ''He is just an amateur.'' Lucas was not surprised in the least as he scoffed at the body that burned to ashes. As a deadly assassin in his past life, how could Lucas not know that it was an ambush? ''But I got the best experience. Is it because of the fireball spell? However, I should get fewer experience points since it is the weakest spell I have currently.'' Lucas was pleasantly surprised by the experience points. ''Is it because of killing a living being? I just have to use other spells on the living targets to find out.'' After thinking for a moment, Lucas came to that conclusion; however, he was not sure about it yet. Despite the ''Fireball'' spell being his weakest spell, Lucas only used it because assassins have the weakest defence that even basic spells could kill them. "You are being paranoid." Luna shook her head and walked some distance away before sitting on the ground because, in her view, all the bodies lying on the ground are corpses. ''If it helps to stay alive, then be paranoid.'' This was another thing he learned in his past life which was very hard to forget as it saved his life many times. Soon, Lucas started collecting the loot on the ground. Even though the dungeon eats the bodies, it leaves behind the items. So, Lucas took his own time in collecting the items. Just as he was collecting the loot, the familiar voice of the dungeon spirit resounded in the entire dungeon. **** Suggest a nickname for the little snake. ***** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 50 - Infernal Castle # Weekly bonus chapters (3/3). ''Rumble'' Just as the dungeon spirit announced the opening of the Infernal dungeon, the entire dungeon shook a little before a huge dungeon came out of the ground. ''Th..this is..'' When Lucas entered the dungeon, he wanted to enter this castle whose turret was visible; however, he was unable to find the exact location of the castle, making him give up on it. However, now, the castle appeared a few kilometers away from him and since he was currently in the high-location, he was able to have many participants rush towards the castle in groups. "Until now the dungeon restricted our sight to a certain distance and I think the restriction is gone with the appearance of the castle." Lucas started nning his next move; however, he didn''t forget to loot everything. ''A lesser knight pill?'' Lucas was obviously surprised with a lesser knight pill because it is valuable. ''Seeing this lesser knight pill, I think the items in the sovereign shop will be updated soon.'' It''s been nearly a week since he activated the system. So, he was looking forward to the new items in the shop. "Let''s go." Lucas said to Luna and rushed in the direction of the Infernal Castle. "Hm" She saw more than a dozen weapons pavilion members entering the infernal castle. So, she was also eager to enter the castle. .... Inside the Infernal Castle. "What the hell? Why is it not opening?" "How long are we going to wait here?" "Idiot, don''t push me; otherwise, I am going to kill you." In the main hall, nearly a thousand youngsters were standing in the main hall as the one door to go to the next hall was closed. Even though the main hall was big, it was not enough for all the young participants to stand. So, they were cursing and pushing each other. Soon, the dungeon spirit''s voice resounded in the castle as it continued. After saying everything about the infernal castle, the dungeon spirit stopped speaking. ''What?'' Lucas and all the participants in the main hall of the infernal castle were shocked to the core as they hurriedly summoned their weapons. ''This is barbarous.'' Even though Lucas had seen many brutal situations, he knew the current situation was going to get the first ce. ''Luna, stay behind me and chant the spell to kill the required target to enter the spell room.'' Lucas could not leave behind Luna and at the same time, he could not protect her for much longer in such a small space. So, he asked her to start killing as Lucas guarded her. ''Hm'' Nodding her head, Luna knew what she had to do and hurriedly started chanting her strongest spell. In the current situation, mages are the first ones to die if they don''t have support. ''Puchi'' ''Puchi'' ''Swoosh'' While standing guard for Luna, Lucas killed the nearby participants without any hesitation because this is a do or die situation and there is nothing to think about right or wrong. ''Wolf''s bite.'' In a minute, Lucas killed eight participants and others hurriedly moved away from him. Because he had to protect Luna, Lucas waited for Luna to finish her spell which instantly killed a dozen members and injured another dozen. "Young miss from Honorwolf family?" All the surrounding participants were shocked by the sudden explosion and hurriedly looked in the direction where the spell came from. Some of the participants recognized Luna and had many thoughts in their heads. "Lucas, the dungeon spirit is asking me whether I like to enter the spell-room¡­" "Just go. Let''s meet in the second level." Before Luna could finish her words, Lucas replied to her and rushed towards the participants injured from Luna''s spell. ''Swoosh'' Luan hesitated a little and after thinking about her father and Lucas'' surviving techniques, she decided to leave from the main hall as she didn''t want to be a burden for Lucas who was trying to protect her from the start. So, she left to the spell-room to take her reward. <10 spell-rooms are left> ''I need to hurry up.'' Just after Luna left, the dungeon spirit''s announcement came which urged Lucas to speed up his killing. ''sh'' ''Puchi'' ''sh'' With Luna gone, Lucas was free with his movements and he was like a phantom with his unique movements, he ran between the corpses as he killed the other participants. ''Ding, The host killed two mid-level squires, gained 2 sovereign points. ''Ding, The host killed three high-level squires, gained 3 sovereign points. . . . . ''Ding, The host killed two high-level mages, gained 2 sovereign points. Within no time, Lucas killed three dozen participants and at the same time, he also heard the dungeon spirit''s voice in his head asking him whether he wanted to enter the spell-room. However, Lucas wanted to kill more before entering the spell-rooms. The dungeon spirit urged Lucas to enter the spell-room; however, Lucas decided to enter the spell-room after he killed three more participants. ''sh'' ''sh'' For Lucas, it didn''t take much time before killing three more participants and until now, he killed a total of 40 participants after entering the infernal castle which gives him the chance to enter four spell-rooms. With time, the spell-rooms started decreasing. So, Lucas didn''t n to kill anymore as he said, "I will enter the spell-room." ''Swoosh'' As soon as he said that, Lucas disappeared into thin air. ¡­.. "Damn it...he was here just a moment ago. Why am I always slow by a moment?" Just as Lucas disappeared from the main hall, Beck, the blue-robed young girl cursed at her bad luck for beingte by a second. ''Never mind, I can meet him in the mid-level.'' Beck shook her head as called, "Ada, we are leaving." As soon as she finished her words, a small white lion jumped into her embrace before she disappeared from her ce, most likely for the spell-room. ***** Weekly target. 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 51 - Heavenly Devourer System In one of the spell-rooms of the Infernal Castle. Currently, Lucas was looking at the scroll floating in the mid-air at the center of the room. Just as he entered the spell-room and saw the floating, Lucas heard the dungeon spirit''s voice resound in the room. ''10 minutes? I don''t think I need that much time.'' With a slight smile on his face, Lucas picked the scroll and crushed it because he got used to it after learning three spells from the same method. Soon, he felt a slight pain in his head and in the next second, he received a system notification. ''Ding, The host learned an auxiliary basic spell ''Telepathy''. ''What? Telepathy?'' Lucas was disappointed with the spell he learned because it was the most useless spell. As long as some be a lesser mage or lesser knight, they could easilymunicate with anyone they want through the voice transmission. ''Never mind, I can still use it until I be a lesser knight or lesser mage.'' Since he still had three more spell-rooms to check, Lucas didn''t bother to think much about the ''Telepathy'' before asking the dungeon spirit, "I want to enter into another spell-room." The dungeon asked Lucas in a surprised tone. "No, it is just a telepathy spell. So, I will skip it." Lucas acted like he didn''t learn the spell and asked the dungeon spirit to send him to another spell-room. The dungeon spirit didn''t have a way to check if someone had learned the spell unless they used it. Moreover, since it was a ''Telepathy'' spell, the dungeon spirit could understand Lucas'' probLem and hurriedly sent it to another spell-room. When a participant had four chances to enter different spell rooms, why would he or she waste time with the worst spell like ''Telepathy?'' As for why there was a Telepathy in the spell-rooms because it was very cheap and easy for the Mages guild to get their hands on that spell. So, they casually threw it in the Dungeon as a reward for the participants. ¡­... Bright sea city, Alverton firmament. ''Ding, The host consumed a 1000-year ice lotus and sessfully became a tier 1 Lesser knight. In a small room, a plump young man opened his eyes when he received the system notification in his head with an excited smile on his face. ''Finally, I reached the Lesser Knight rank thanks to the system in my head.'' The plump young man stood up as he stretched his body a little and thanked the system. ''Ding, It is the duty of the ''Heavenly devourer system'' to help the host be stronger. To his continuous thanks, the system sent another notification. ''Still, I wanted to thank you.'' The plump young man thanked the system as he asked, ''System, you are sure that no one will find my rank unless I want them to see, right?'' ''Ding, Yes. You can show whatever you want below your exact rank. Unless it was a Heavenly Knight or simr powerful figures, no one else can find it. ''Good. With my current strength, I can easily enter the top 10 in the inter-familypetition. At that time, let''s see who will dare to make fun of me in the Goldhammer failly...no, in the entire Bright sea city.'' Once he received the system''s confirmation, the plump man muttered to himself. "Fatty, where the hell are you? Come out. We are entering the Redstar words and we need you to clean our spirit beasts." Just as the plump young man was getting excited about his future, a loud shout from the outside woke him out from his thoughts. "Brother Nate, I aming." The plump young man kept away his thoughts and hurriedly rushed out. "How many times should I tell you to not call me like that?" Just outside the room, a young man wearing aplete knight set shouted at the plump young man. "Just because you have the ''Goldhammer'' family name doesn''t make you one of us." Another young man who was also wearing theplete knight set mocked the plump young man. "I will go and clean your mounts." Nevertheless, the plump young man didn''t get angry as he hurriedly rushed away from there, making the four young men who were wearing theplete Knight set annoyed. "Why does he not get angry no matter what we say?" "I feel the same." "Because of that, even though he didn''t have any talent, Father gives him the same resources as us." "We need to do something about it." The four young men looked at the plump young man in the distance with angry looks on their faces. The plump young man''s name is Seth and he is one of the six sons of Ethan Goldhammer, the family head of the Goldhammer family. Among his six sons, Seth was the second oldest one with 21 years and because he was born with no talent in any profession, he lost his value. He has four younger brothers who had an average talent in the ''Way of knights'' and one elder brother with a Duke''s talent in both ''Way of Knights'' and ''Way of Mages''. So, he was taken as the personal disciple of a powerful figure from the Lunaris firmament which was one rank higher than their current firmament. Coming back to Seth Goldhammer, no matter how much he was bullied by his four younger brothers, he would not get angry and notin to anyone. ''Didn''t father ask them to train in the family itself? Why do they want to enter Redstar woods?'' While cleaning the four mounts of various sizes, Seth thought about them and felt something was wrong beforeing to the conclusion, ''If I ask them to stay here, they would definitely don''t care. Looks like I have to enter with him and not let anything happen to them.'' Seth continued to think about the safety of his brothers because currently, their father was out on some kind of mission from the royal family. Seth was sure that if he said that he would also enter the Redstar woods with them, his brothers would definitely not deny him because they would like to show the differences between them and him. ''I wonder if brother Lonewolf and others also transmigrated to this world just like me?'' All of sudden, his thoughts shifted from his current family to his past life''s family. ''Anyway, once I be powerful enough, I can create a powerful faction with my code name ''Quickscar''.'' Even though he felt it was highly unlikely that his brothers from past life would get transmigrated to this world just like him, he wanted to try it. ''With the heavenly devourer system, I can achieve that feat.'' Seth had confidence in achieving that; however, all he needed was time and at the same time, he had to take care of his new family. .... Weekly target (same target). 200 power stones = 1 Bonus chapter. 350 power stones= 3 Bonus chapters. Chapter 52 - Three New Spells In one of the spell-rooms of the Infernal Castle. Lucas waspletely oblivious that there was one of his associates from the past life to be transmigrated into this world just like him. What''s more, he had a system of his own to help him be powerful. ''Kacha'' Since he still had two more spell-rooms to check, Lucas hurriedly crushed the spell scroll to learn it. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for learning the ''Protection spell''. Please use it to gain experience. ''Protection?'' Lucas felt the name of that spell was good; however, he didn''t have the time to check the information on it. So, without wasting any time, he informed the dungeon spirit. "Send me to another spell room. I need an attacking spell, what will I do with this protection spell?" In order to not raise any suspicions of the dungeon spirit, Lucas said that the ''Protection spell'' was useless. The dungeon spirit didn''t bother to waste Lucas'' time as it informed the remaining spell rooms to Lucas before sending him to one of those three remaining spell rooms. ''Only three? Looks like I can''t enter my fourth spell-room. I hope I can gain a powerful spell in the third room.'' Lucas had already expected that he would be not checking in all the spell-rooms. So, he was not worried about it; however, he was hoping for a powerful spell in the next spell room. ''Swoosh'' Soon, Lucas appeared in the third spell room and rushed towards the center of the room before crushing the spell scroll. In the next moment, a sharp pain that was more painful than before appeared in his head. ''Since it is painfulpared to the time when the knowledge of other spells entered into my head, it must be a powerful basic spell.'' Lucas became hopeful with his new spell. Even though ''Thunder bullet'' is a basic spell, it can kill a mid-level squire without much difficulty and severely injure the high-level squire as long as he takes the hit. So, he was hoping for another spell simr to the ''Thunder bullet''. ''Ding, Congrattions to the host for learning a new basic spell ''Basic heal''. ''Heal?'' Lucas was stupefied when he saw it was not a powerful spell; instead, it was a healing spell. ''Healing spell is not a bad spell.'' Nevertheless, when he thought that all the spells were ced by the Mages guilds, Lucas knew it was very hard to find a powerful or rare spell. "Are there any spell-rooms left?" Lucas asked the dungeon spirit, who replied, "Okay" After getting his answer, Lucas sat on the ground and closed his eyes trying to fool the dungeon spirit that he was learning the spell from the scroll he just crushed. ¡­.. In the main hall of the Infernal Castle. Currently, there were many corpses lying on the floor of the main hall as they started disappearing much faster than before leaving behind their valuables which were picked up by the surviving participants. Just after all spell-rooms were checked in, the dungeon spirit''s voice resounded in the main hall. ''What?'' ''I killed more than 10 participants. You have to give me a spell.'' ''That''s right! We need our spells'' . . Hearing the dungeon spirit''s words, a few participants became furious and shouted at the ceiling of the castle. ''Boom'' ''Boom'' The two participants who cursed the dungeon spirit first had their heads sted off by some mysterious force that made all the remaining participants silent. ''Huh? Only 10 participants entered the spell rooms? Then what about the two more spell rooms?'' Some of the participants who were not scared by the earlier explosion were able to remember that there were 12 spell rooms. So, they thought about it; however, they didn''t dare to ask the dungeon spirit about it as they didn''t want their heads to explode. After saying that, the dungeon spirit didn''t bother with them anymore ¡­.... In the spell room, ''System, show me the information about my three new spells.'' Even though Lucas had a basic idea about the spells, since he had time, he just wanted to know more about them. At the same time, he was fooling the dungeon spirit. ''Ding, Basic spell name:- Telepathy Effect:- The user can silentlymunicate with a single person within a 10 meters radius with a thought. MP cost:- None (MP = Magic power) Chanting time:- none. ''Ding, Basic spell name:- Protection Effect:- As long as the user casts this spell, he will be protected by all the attacks below Lesser knight rank for two minutes. MP cost:- 10 units Chanting time:- Two minutes ''Ding, Basic spell name:- Basic heal Effect:- This spell can heal small cuts and scratches. MP cost:- 10 units Chanting time:- one minute. Soon, the information about his three new spells appeared in front of him. ''Telepathy is free to use and there is no chanting time.'' Lucas was surprised with that spell and his previous dissatisfaction decreased a little as he slowly checked the other two spells. ''I thought the Basic heal spell would be a good spell; however, the Protection spell turned out to be better than the other two.'' Lucas gave a good rating to the Protection spell as it could stop any attacks below the Lesser Knight realm. So, of course, he would be happy about it. ''For now, I will not use any of these spells until I leave this Infernal mage dungeon unless it is absolutely necessary.'' Lucas has many reasons for thinking like that and he was not wrong with his thought. Generally, a mage could learn any spell he wanted as long as he had the spell scroll; however, each one of them had an affinity with a single, dual or in some rare cases triple elements. For mages, as long as they try to learn the spell of their affinity element, it would take the least time and less effortpared to the non-affinity elemental spells. That''s the reason why the mages guild kept different elemental spells and at the same time added a time limit of 10 minutes, making it the participants very hard to learn them unless they have an affinity with that spell. ''Mages guild is cunning'' That was the only thought in his head when he thought about the mages guild who didn''t want the youngsters to learn any of their spells. However, what they didn''t know was Lucas could easily learn the spell without much difficulty and for him, he didn''t have to worry about the elemental affinity. If he used his newly learned spells in the dungeon, the dungeon spirit would definitely know something is off about me and inform the Mages guild about it. ''I don''t want the Mages guild to torture me about how I can learn different elemental spells in such a short time.'' Lucas clenched his fists as he silently thought to himself.