《The Moon Thief》


 Chapter 1: In The Desolation

    Chapter 1: In The Destion


    "It looks like it''s going to rain. I best have to hurry." A young man in a ck hooded robe examined the clouds above. His grandfather had asked him to go to Rusan Town and get some Silver Water. He and his grandfather lived in a house deep in the wooded area which located north of Rusan Town. In fact, their location was known as the Meitharian Territory, an area that epassed many towns, including Rusan Town. He had taken Silver Water and wanted to go home before the rain got more severe.


    He began to ride his horse quickly. He breathed a sigh of relief when he got to his house before the rain got stronger. The house was not big and shy. It was small andpletely made of stone. However, it was quite adequate for the two people living in it. When he entered, he did not see his grandfather reading a book at his desk as he usually does.


    His grandfather was sitting in front of the burning firece and was drinking some kind of herbal tea.


    "Grandfather, I got the Silver Water you wanted."


    This young man''s name was Heinald and he was trained by his grandfather, Lavs Dothor. His grandfather used to be a powerful Ainsar, but now he is an old man whose life is rapidly decaying and whose sole purpose is to educate his grandson as much as possible before he died.


    The world in which they lived was chaotic and a world ruled by the strong, and power belonged to the Ainsars. In ancientnguage ''Ainsar'' was a title given to people who could control the forces of nature and all kind of mystic powers.


    "Great! Come,let''s start brewing Constitution Potion immediately."


    The old man stood up and headed to the next room, which was filled with jars, usually containing nt roots, leaves, seeds, bones, and the ingredients for potion making, such as various creatures and animal organs. Apart from jars, there was arge table, several boilers of various sizes, and huge cabs. On the table, there were beakers, ss rods, petridishes and a distiller.


    "How are your Spirit me studies going?" The old man asked, while checking the ingredients for the potion.


    "I still have a little trouble controlling, but I''m still much better than before." Heinald answered. The toxicity in the potion were destroyed by Spirit me. It did not have a form, it did not even appear. It was a form of energy invisible to the eye. It yed the most critical way in Potion Brewing. If the toxicity were not destroyed by the Spirit me, the potion would fail. If the Spirit me was used too much, the ingredients in the potion would be damaged and the potion would fail again.


    These toxic particles were too small to be seen with the naked eye, but people who had gained experience in brewing potions by making a lot of experimentation, finally became ustomed to using enough Spirit me to destroy the toxic particles.


    "Good, that''s what matters." The old man started making potions after confirming that all the ingredients were ready. He started by pouring Silver Water into the cauldron. Silver Water was an absolute necessity for every potion.


    Potions were very important for the Ainsars. The world was a dangerous ce and there were many dangerous creatures. Life was undoubtedly the most precious thing and no one would want to lose it. Potions, on the other hand, could reduce this risk with the effects they offered. For example, a person who consumed Constitution Potion would temporarily gain extra Constitution power, thus increasing his natural defenses and strength, thats why potions were very useful but also difficult andplex to make.


    Spirit Cultivation was the most basic condition of power for an Ainsar. The source of Magic Energy was spirit. If spirit grows up, the amount and power of Magic Energy would grow up.


    Heinald was an Apprentice Ainsar, so his spirit was not strong yet and he had very little Magic Energy. To be a Level 1 Ainsar, he must first cultivate his spirit.


    There were many different ways that Ainsars could follow for the cultivation of their spirits but the most epted way was to use Spirit Potion. However, Spirit Potions were the most difficult andplicated potions to make. They were made with extremely rare ingredients and their forms were extremely rare.


    The area where they lived was an area where Ainsars were not seen. Lavs, chose this ce to avoid being disturbed by anyone. Although the number of people who knew he lived was not more than one hand''s finger. There was only one person tomunicate with him, and he was his old friend Luian. They usually wereing together for business. Lavs was selling the potions he made to Luian, but he made little profit because Luian brought most of the ingredients for the potions and the ingredients were not cheap at all. Most of the ingredients for potions in this part of the world were impossible to find. Almost all of the Ainsars lived in the great kingdoms, and almost all of the great kingdoms were west of the Dawn Continent.


    As usual, Heinald observed the preparation of the Constitution Potion with all his attention and was confident in precisely adjusting the amount of ingredients used to make the potion. After all, he had watched with all his attention dozens of times but unfortunately, he could not observe and calcte the amount of Spirit me he had to use. He would make mistakes over and over again until he started using the right amount of Spirit me needed for the potion, and he would get gradually experienced.


    "You''ll have to go to Cloud Valley soon. You''ll need to collect Remank Flower and Blue Grape Grass." When Lavs examined the stock, he noticed some shorings. The herbs he wanted were necessary to make an ointment that was effective in healing various wounds.


    "It''s okay, I''ll hit the road tomorrow morning. A trip to the wild wouldn''t be bad for me. I haven''t been going for a long time." Heinald nodded.


    "Start preparing your bag now. Get extra jars and test tubes with you. If youe across a rare nt or creature, you may need it."


    He went quickly to prepare his bag, then sat by the firece and started reading a book that gave information about various nts. He was seventeen and had been reading every day since he was almost six years old. At first it sounded very boring because he wanted to run outside and have fun as any little kid would want him to. He never had a friend because he spent his life in this deste, wooded area but he got used to all this as he grew up. As he learned about the world they lived in books and his grandfather''s memories, he was deeply d that he did not waste his time. He was not stupid, he was aware that he was luckier than most people because he was born with Magic Energy.


    Most of the people were born as ordinary people with no power. However, some of them are born with Magic Energy. Those with Magic Energy had a chance to be an Ainsar. Of course, not every person with Magic Energy could be an Ainsar because you had to have a lot of knowledge and skills to be an Ainsar, but if you seed, you would be an existence that was respected and held in power by all.


    On the other hand,he was bored of living in this lonely ce. He wanted to see the mighty Ainsar kingdoms and open the doors of opportunity there. If he hadn''t been for his grandfather, he wouldn''t have stayed in this deste ce for a second.


    ***


    The next day, Heinald was prepared and set out for the Cloud Valley. The Cloud Valley was about ten miles east of Rusan Town. After several days on horseback, Heinald reached the valley without any problems. The nts he had to collect were on the edge of the stream flowing between the two mountains and on the slopes of the mountains.


    "I''d better start looking for Remank Flower first." Heinald muttered.


    The Remank Flower was usually grown near streams. It had yellow colors and unpleasant smells, so it was not a hard nt to find. Blue Grape Grass grew on the slopes of the mountains, so it was more difficult to collect. Fortunately the mountains were not very steep.It was not impossible.


    Heinald searched for Remank Flowers by the stream from morning to evening and managed to find three of them. As the sun was about to set, he made a small campfire with a few twigs he found around. After a disturbed sleep, he woke up tired and began searching again, hoping to find a few more Remank Flowers.


    He was only able to find two more after a full day of searching.


    After another ufortable night, this time it was time to climb the slopes of the mountains. Slowly and carefully he climbed the mountain slope and began looking for Blue Grape Grass. As the altitude increased, the strength of the wind increased. Blue Grape Grass was originally a purple nt. It was easy to distinguish from other nts as there was not a purple nt around, but it could be said to be a difficult nt to find, especially if you''re looking on a mountainside.


    "Oh? Here! " Heinald managed to find one after a few hours of searching. He took a jar from his bag and gently ced the nt inside. After lifting the jar in his bag, he continued to wander, climbing slowly upwards, seeing many creatures by the stream , but for some reason not even a rabbit on the mountain slopes.

 Chapter 2: Mysterious Man

    Chapter 2: Mysterious Man


    "Hrr ..."


    Heinald froze with a growl he heard. He quickly began to observe his surroundings. There was a ck wolf on his right side. The wolf''s eyes were red,its eyes fixed on the young man. There was about a hundred meters between him and the wolf, and the wolf was walking towards him in a slow pace.


    "Basic Fireball!" Heinald started to cast the only spell that he knew.


    Heinald was standing without any move during cast process. If he made a sudden move,the wolf would start runing and attack him immediately. The casting time of the spell was too long, as he was still an Apprentice Ainsar, and he had enough Magic Energy to cast just one spell. This spell was a fire-based spell and it was only a Low Rank.


    After about 30 seconds,a small fireball formed in Heinald''s hand, even casting this little fireball was very difficult. When casting a spell, you had to construct the pattern of that spell in your mind and integrate it with your Magic Energy. Any mistake in casting process of a spell would result in death because of rebound. If the process proceeded sessfully, the spell would be formed.


    When the fireball in Heinald''s hand began to radiate light and warmth, the wolf snarled loudly and attacked, while Heinald sent the fireball to the wolf''s head. When the fireball and wolf collided, there was a rather small explosion of fire. The wolf''s fur caught fire. Taking advantage of this, Heinald began to run in full swing. He picked up the one handed small axe that hanging on his belt. The wolf rolled on the ground, stopping his fur from burning,and began running after the young man at its full speed.


    "Damn! The gap is closing fast. I will be caught if it goes on like this."


    Heinald was looking for an escape route,but in the current situation the only escape he could find was to jump down the slope,which meant certain death. Though, being caught by the wolf also meant death. He took a deep breath and,stopping suddenly, grabbed the axe in his hand tightly and threw it with all his might at the wolf right behind him.


    The axe stuck in the wolf''s left eye.


    After the wolf howled painfully, began to stumble. Heinald immediately fled with all his might, and after running for a while he began to think that he had gotten over the wolf, but after hearing the violent footsteps behind him, he quickly drove that thought out of his mind. Continuing to run at high speed,he saw a cave entrance ahead,and immediately began to run towards there. After moving a certain amount in the cave, his heart started to beat insanely fast with the view he saw.


    The road was finished and down was a dark cliff. He turned around and saw the wolfing, he didn''t have much time to think. He took a deep breath and jumped off the cliff.


    As he fell down, he cursed his fate and his misfortune, growing in fear of the unknown of death. Hundreds of different thoughts had passed through his mind as he fell,but he was still falling. He was sure now that he could not survive.


    However, something he did not expect happened.His falling speed suddenly started to slow down. There were bursts of white light around him. Looking down, after a few seconds his fall had stoppedpletely, the gravity around him seemed to disappear,he felt like he was floating in space now. He realized that the source of the bursts of light was the crystals forming a rectangr shape.


    "Magical crystals?" Heinald frowned.


    These magical crystals destroy gravity in a given area. This could only be possible with a high-level formation. But even for a high-level magic formation it would be very difficult to destroy gravity, requiring insane amounts of energy.


    Thoughts filled his brain. Thanks to some books that his grandfather had, he knew superficially a few facts aboutws and formations, but he did not understand why such a formation was built deep in a mountain. At that time,he noticed that the area around him had begun to refract, and a repetitive burst of light caused Heinald to close his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself somewhere else.


    "What the hell !?" Heinald muttered, observing his surroundings,he was confused. He was inside arge hall, surrounded by the same magical crystals he had seen before. The environment was illuminated by the lights emanating from them. There were symbols and seals on the walls of the hall that he could not understand, and there was a white statue in front of him. The statue''s hands were open to both sides. It was obvious that the material it was made of was very special,it radiated a mixture of white and blue.


    "This?" Heinald was stunned by what he saw, the statue''s eyes shining golden like a sun. As he approached the statue, he felt a strange feeling, as if he was losing control over his body. But he didn''t even think about it, all he wanted was to approach the statue. He couldn''t take his gaze from the statue''s eyes, when he arrived in front of the statue, he had nowpletely lost control of his body. At that moment a ray of light came out of the statue''s eyes and entered his eyes.


    "Aaaarrrggghhh!!!"


    With the unbearable pain he felt, he fell to the ground and began to writhing on the ground ,as if his eyes and brain were gouging out. The pain he felt was so intense that all the muscles in his body were contracted at the same time. The only thought in his mind was that he did not want to live a second more. When he his limits, he could no longer hold on and lost consciousness.


    Hours passed...


    When he opened his eyes again, he found himself staring at an orange sky, he sat up and began to examine his surroundings. Ahead he saw a man wearing a long ck robe. His back was turned. He had long silver hair, tall structure and broad shoulders. Heinald was very confused, he did not understand what was happening. He stood up and started walking towards the man, as far as hest remembered, he was trapped deep in the mountain and was in pain.


    "Excuse me, where is this ce?" Heinald walked over to the man and asked. However, the scene he saw confused his mind more and more. They were on the edge of a cliff and the height was so high that the clouds were below.


    "How long have I been unconscious and how did I get here?" Heinald asked himself.


    "Pretty sight, right?" The man pointed to the vast sky with his hand, still not turning his back.


    "Where is this ce?" Heinald asked.


    "This must be one of countless dreands. Actually I should have asked you this question." The man turned to Heinald, he was wearing a ck mask.


    "What do you mean?" Heinald asked.


    "You created this dreand. I''m only a guest here." The man shrugged.


    "Did I create it?" Heinald was so confused.


    "Destiny is a really interesting phenomenon." The man sighed. "Your and my destiny crossed, you are the one who inherited my eyes."


    "My eyes! What happened to my eyes?" Heinald remembered the terrible pain he had suffered and the darkening of his vision.


    "You will learn. Our destinies collided with each other, we will surely meet again in the future.


    "B-But...who are you?" Heinald was very nervous. He could not understand who this man was or what his purpose was.


    "The ancients used to call me as Moon Thief. I guess nobody must remember me anymore... But, these are trivial things. It seems that your spirit is so weak that it has difficulty sustaining the dreand that it created. If I spend more time here the dreand will not perish and your spirit will copse. I hope we can get to know each other better in our next encounter." The man''s voice rose a little at first, then became normal again.


    These words were thest words Heinald heard, his vision darkened again,and when he returned, he found himself lying in front of the statue. When he tried to stand up,he lost his bnce and fell to the ground. After a few deep breaths he tried to stand up again, and this time he was sessful. The statue before him no longer had eyes that glowed like the sun, but the magic crystals were beginning to shine fiercely around him.


    "What''s going on again?" As Heinald tried to understand what had happened but he was struck by a sudden wave of intense energy emanating from the magical crystals and flew up. When hended, he found himself on the top of the mountain.


    "Teleportation!"


    This formation was a space formation, it could interfere with gravity and space. Heinald was in shock. Such a high level of formation could only be made by ancient Ainsars who who rule long time ago. Only they could create a formation using such aw that is difficult to understand and control.


    "What the hell was this?" Heinald frowned. The man who introduce himself as ''Moon Thief'' had said that their fates had collided. He didn''t understand what he meant,but he wouldn''t think about it right now. He wanted to get away from this valley immediately.


    When he was thinking about how he''ll get down,a thing that he realized shock him. His vision had changed, he could see everything much more clearly.


    He was on the top of the mountain but when he looked down he could even see a leaf running over the stream.


    "My eyes..."

 Chapter 3: New Eyes

    Chapter 3: New Eyes


    ***5 dayster***


    Heinald was thinking over and over again what he had been through for days. His eyes, which used to be brown, were now a mixture of green and yellow. Moreover, he realized that he did not forget anything he saw in the past days. He had read dozens of books to verify, and he clearly remembered every word in each line of them all.


    He wouldn''t tell his grandfather about it, no, he wouldn''t tell anyone about it. Because it was simply an iprehensible power. If anyone found out about it, he would do anything to get that power. Sure, he trusted his grandfather, but he had a mouth and could speak. When his grandfather asked what happened to the color of his eyes,he reacted as if he had noticed it for the first time. Poor Lavs, immediately began to search for the reason.


    He was worried about his grandson.


    "If you have acquired a power for free,that means there is a big problem." Heinald was uneasy.


    These words of a sage came to his mind every time. Normally he should have been quite happy to have acquired such power, but he was afraid. He had thought about his conversation with that man again and again.


    Did he get this power for free?


    Was this destiny?


    Will he have to pay a consideration?


    He didn''t know, but the only thing he knew was that he couldn''t live with constant fear. That''s why he was constantly suggesting himself to get rid of his fear.


    "Heinald,e here I''m starting potion brewing."


    When he heard his grandfather calling him, he got up from his bed and went to the potion room. When he examined the ingredients his grandfather had prepared, he realized that his grandfather was making Low-Level Healing Potion. Healing Potions were more effective on wounds than ointments, but were divided into levels among themselves ording to their healing speed and healing standard. It was a little more difficult to make than potions like Constitution Potion.


    As usual, he watched his grandfather making the potion carefully, this time thanks to his eyes, he could clearly see the reactions of the ingredients in the potion at every new stage. Undoubtedly, this would make his job quite easy in brewing potions.


    "Wait ... Through Moon Thief''s eyes, can i see the Spirit me and reactions on a potion?" His eyes sparkled with a new thought, impatiently waiting for his grandfather to use Spirit me.


    When his grandfather started to use Spirit me, he observed the process with all his attention.


    "This is..." He could really see the Spirit me. He could see a surge of energy rushing into the ingredients. After the process of purifying the toxicity in the ingredients, he immediately focused his eyes on reactions uring in the potion. He was trembling with excitement, he could even be a potion master through the Moon Thief''s eyes.


    Heinald watched his grandfather''s making Potion of Constitution Potion with all his attention.


    He immediately went to his room after the potion brewing was finished and repeatedly visualized the process of making the potion. Through the Moon Thief''s eyes, he was able to observe even the slightest change that was happening in potion, and every moment was stuck in his mind.


    "The first thing I need to focus on should be to be able to control the Spirit me. When I can fully control the Spirit me, I can start brewing potions." Heinald muttered.


    In the following days, Heinald spent all of his time trying to fully control the Spirit me. He had worked every day for a period of two months, eventually being able to control the Spirit me. Moreover, he had read all the books his grandfather had and, since he could remember them all, he had greatly expanded his knowledge.


    Heinald was nowpletely sure of himself. He went to him to let him know that he was ready to brew the potion.


    "Grandfather, I think I have improved enough in controlling the Spirit me." Heinald''s eyes were shining.


    "Is that so?" The old man took his eyes off the book and started looking at his grandson. Although there was some expectation in his eyes, he didn''t seem very convinced.


    Heinald nodded.


    "Show me."


    Although Lavs could not see the Spirit mes emanating from Heinald''s hand, he could feel the energy. Seeing that Heinald increased and decreased the amount of Spirit me he produced as he wanted, the old man was convinced.


    "You really can control it! Well done, son." Lavs was very happy. His grandson aplished something quite difficult to find. Controlling the Spirit me was very difficult for most of relevant persons with potion brewing. He achieved this at the age of 17. This is not an achievement to be underestimated.


    Heinald would make a Constitution Potion on his own. He went and prepared the necessary ingredients. After confirming that all the ingredients were ready, he started making the potion. However, his first attempt failed because he put one of the ingredients early. He thought it was because of excitement. He took a deep breath and began his second attempt. This time there was no problem with the ingredients, but because he used the Spirit me a little too much, the ingredients in the potion were damaged and the potion failed again. On his third attempt, he failed because he had little use of the Spirit me.


    While his grandfather was making the potion, he had carefully observed how the potion should look like, but it was still normal for him to make mistakes. Despite having the Moon Thief''s eyes, tracking the reactions in the potion was still challenging. That is why the vast majority of Ainsars refrained from making potions. On his fourth try, he finally sessfully brewed a Constitution Potion.


    "I did it!" A surge of joy swept through Heinald.


    Lavs was in a shock like never before. He had neither heard nor seen anyone who managed to make a potion on his first four attempts. It was not enough for his grandson to watch him make potions since he was young, that took five years to make his first potion and even that was considered a good achievement at the time.


    "Y-You..How?" Lavs didn''t know what to say.


    "Hm?"


    "How did you manage to brew in the first four attempts?" Lavs asked slowly, still the expression of pure shock on his face.


    "I guess I just got lucky." Heinald shrugged.


    "There''s no chance in brewing potions. You''ve aplished something incredible. Watching me for years may exin how you can track the addition time and reactions of ingredients, but it doesn''t exin who you just learned could set the Spirit me in such a short time." Lavs shock was slowly giving way to excitement and happiness.


    Was his grandson a potion genius?


    This would no doubt provide him with a future that would pass in dignity and abundance. Even if he could not be a strong Ainsar, if he became a great Potions Master, even mighty Ainsars would bow before him. After all, potions were very important for them.


    Heinald was always busy making potions in the following days. He was deliberately making the mistake of not giving his grandfather a heart attack, but he could actually sessfully brew Constitution Potion and Low-Level Healing Potion. At the same time, he was trying to learn a new spell. His job was much easier because he could memorize the pattern of the spell at a nce, but still, an error that would arise during application could even lead to death. That''s why he visualized the casting phase of spell many times in his mind.


    "Wind of Aira"


    Unfortunately, there was only one spell he could learn, he was an Apprentice Ainsar yet, and the number of spells he could learn was very limited. Spells are divided into six ranks: Low, Middle,High,Legendary,Immortal and Divine.


    Moreover, even he was not an Apprentice Ainsar, the number of spells he could learn would be quite limited. Spells were not easy things to find. He was lucky that his grandfather was an Ainsar.


    Wind of Aira was a wind-based Low Rank spell. With a sudden wind wave, the enemy''s attack was blocked or the enemy was directly blown back. However, the wind did not cause any damage to the opponent, unless external factors are taken into ount.


    With the knock on the door, he drove out his thoughts and went to open it.


    When he opened the door, he saw an old man with long white hair and a beard. The old man''s blue eyes matched with his robe. He knew this man, this man was his grandfather''s old friend Luian.


    "Master Luian!" Heinald bowed his head slightly as he greeted Ainsar in front of him.


    "Little Heinald! You''ve grown sincest time I saw you. Time is passing really fast ..." The old man patted Heinald''s shoulder.


    Luian! Wee, old friend." Lavs hade out of the next room when he heard his friend''s voice.


    "Old Lavs! It''s good to see you, my old friend. How are you since you haven''t seen?" After the two friends hugged each other, they went inside and started chatting. The two old friends told each other about what they''ve done since thest time they met. Luian began to talk about the events happening in the outside world superficially. What he was talking about was often the conflicts between powerful Ainsar families and alliances. These powerful alliances held control of everything in the Ainsar World, including kingdoms and empires.

 Chapter 4: Farewell

    Chapter 4: Farewell


    Lavs told his old friend Luian about his grandson''s achievements in Potion Brewing. At first, Luian was not so sure that he was able to make the most difficult potions among the basic potions such as Constitution Potion and Low Level Healing Potion in such a short time. However, after seeing Lavs was serious, he realized that this was not some kind of joke, and he was shocked.


    Was Heinald a genius?


    "Lavs, you know I''m working for the Rinemoth Family. If Heinald and you want to, I can introduce him to the family leader. I''m sure he won''t want to miss such a talent. The family''s leader, Marcus Rinemoth, became a Level 2 Ainsar nearly 100 years ago, in the current situation maybe even close to being a Level 3 Ainsar. He leads a strong family. If Heinald can influence him, he can get plenty of resources."


    Luian made his suggestion. He had been working for the Rinemoth Family for quite some time and was a prominent member of the family. If Heinald did good deeds, Marcus Rinemoth would reward him generously. Many Ainsars worked under the Ainsar Families, conducting research and studies in many areas such as Potion Brewing, Medicines, Spells, Herbs, Curses etc.


    Of course,all of them chose the field to work in based on their skills. An Ainsar with the ability to brew potions was naturally working in the field of Potion Brewing.


    "Actually, I wanted to talk to you about this. Heinald is a talented young man and it would be a waste of time for him to stay with me now. If he makes a good deal with the Rinemoth Family, he can really get good resources." Lavs began to y with his long beard, looking thoughtful, and after a few seconds of silence he turned to Heinald.


    "What do you think about this?"


    "I agree. Even though I am bad at Potion Brewing, what I really want is to be a strong Ainsar. Of course, I will try to improve myself in Potion Brewing, but getting stronger as an Ainsar will be my top priority. I cannot do this without resources." Heinald knew that he had to open up to the outside world now. There was no point in spending more time in this deste part of the world. From his grandfather and books he knew that an Ainsar needed abundant resources to grow stronger.


    Spells, Magical Treasures, Potions, Sacred Herbs, Potions, and more. Even ordinary knowledge of magic was important to an Ainsar and could be regarded as a resource. The rare information about magic was the most important source, as it could lead to great changes and enlightenments on an Ainsar''s path. All of these resources were in the hands of the powerful Ainsar families, so Heinald now had to open up to the outside world and officially take the path of an Ainsar.


    "Alright, then start making your preparations. In a few days, we will set out with you. We will go to the Southstorm Kingdom. It won''t be a short journey." Luian shook his head.


    Next few days, Heinald packed up the things he would take with him and spent time with his grandfather. He predicted that he wouldn''t be able to see him for a long time. After all, his destination was not very close to the Meitharian Zone, and he would have various responsibilities if he could make a deal with the Rinemoth Family, he might not have much free time.


    "Heinald, take this. This is my only and most precious treasure from my past days. Long time ago, I had to pay a huge price to get it but I no longer need it." Lavs came to his grandson with a robe in his hand.


    "Is this an Ainsar robe?" Heinald asked excitedly. The robe was ck and tall, with bright blue motions on it. These robes were specially made for Ainsars, through their durability, they protected their owners against various dangers.


    "Yes, but the main feature of this robe is not its durability. The main feature of this robe is its pockets." Lavs, pointed to the robe with his eyes.


    "Pockets?"


    "Yes. This robe is actually a Magical Treasure. Its pockets can store hundreds of items." Lavs smiled.


    "What!!" Heinald''s eyes were wide open.


    "Hehehehe ..." Lavsughed at his grandson''s reaction. "Aplex dimensional formation or concepts must have been used in the making of this robe. Of course I have no understanding of how it was made. But wealthy Ainsars all have such simr treasures. The value of this robe is estimated to be several thousand Arkana Stones."


    "What? A few thousand Arkana Stones?" Heinald''s mouth was left open. The Ainsars used to trade Arkana Stones among themselves, and thousands of Arkana Stones were a huge number. Every 1000 Arkana Stones were worth 1 Crystallized Arkana Stone and every 100,000 Arkana Stones were worth 1 Singrized Arkana Stone.


    "Send your magic energy to the robe," Lavs pointed to the robe.


    When Heinald did what his grandfather said, a dimension appeared in his mind. Inside the dimension there were 300 Arkana Stones.


    "Arkana Stones and books?"


    "Yes. These are what I''ve managed to save with potions I''ve made all this time. You know, I could normally earn a lot more, but we''re not in a ce where Ainsars aremon. The books contain contents of two Middle Rank spells that I know. Remember, try to learn these spells only when you be Level 1 Ainsar. These books will show you in detail how spells are cast." Lavs looked at his grandson and smiled.


    "Thank you, grandfather. For everything." Heinald hugged Lavs.


    "I trust you, my grandson. I am sure that you will aplish great things. Remember, this world is a world where the strong is right. Everything you do to get stronger is permissible. In some cases, if you need to suppress your conscience, do it without hesitation." Lavs gave his grandson onest piece of advice.


    "I''ll remember what you said, grandfather."


    After a while, Heinald and Luian said goodbye to Lavs. They were traveling in a horse carriage,so they were travelling slowly. However,at least they could easily carry their loads. After reaching the northernmost part of the Meitharian, they would cross the Reda ins. Later, they would cross the Geros Mountain Range.


    Their journey up to the Geros Mountain range passed very calmly. The journey took about 15 days and they did not have a shortage of amodation since they were traveling by horse carriage. During the journey, Heinald often dreamed of what he would do next, and asked Luian a variety of questions that came to his mind. In order to cross the Geros Range, they had to cross the Obelisk Pass. However, they stopped in Erks Town, a small town at the foot of the Mountain Range.


    "


    Why did we stop?" Heinald asked.


    "We will pass through the Obelisk Pass to cross the Geros Mountain Range. The roads to the pass are curved and narrow, we cannot survive if we fall down from that high. It gets dark, it will be safer to continue our travely during the daylight." Luian shook his head.


    They found a tavern called Genatrovy and went inside. It wasn''t very big inside, but it was still not small. It had a very quiet atmospherepared to other town taverns. The people around sipping their drinks were talking quietly among themselves. The surroundings were lit by candlesticks hanging from the ceiling and walls of the tavern. A middle-aged man was strumming his guitar by the firece.


    "Interesting. Usually taverns don''t have such a calm atmosphere. There''s often quarrels, noise, andughter." Heinald was looking around.


    "This town has many myths because it is close to the mountain range." Luian smiled.


    "What do you mean?" Heinald frowned.


    "The mountain ranges are not very safe, some people get lost trying to reach the pass and cannot be found again. People here believe that some monsters in the mountains kidnap their friends." Luian made a hand gesture to the innkeeper across.


    "What would you get, masters?" A skinny man approached with a slight smile,he was the innkeeper.


    "We want two Horey Roms." Luian ordered,the innkeeper nodded and left.


    "But are there really monsters in the Mountain Range?" Heinald asked.


    "There are various creatures all over the world, son. Some are harmless and some are extremely deadly.The Geros Mountain Range is not an exception either. These people are not people who know much about Ainsars and magic. To the people who live here, even the Ainsars are a legend."


    Luian finished when he saw the innkeepering, he left two Horey Roms in front of them and left.


    "Have you ever drunk Horey Rom?" asked Luian.


    "No, my grandfather would usually make Whiterose Wine and Gurnbeg Beer." Heinald shook his head.


    "Heh ... Old Lavs is good at brewing.Though, for someone who can brew potions,this is a piece of cake." Luian smiled.


    "Master Luian, my grandfather doesn''t want me to know this, but there is a question I''m wondering. Do you know what happened to my mother and father?" Heinald asked after a long silence.He had asked his grandfather several times before, but had not received an answer.

 Chapter 5: Lord Marcus

    Chapter 5: Lord Marcus


    "I know what happened." Luian took a deep breath.


    "Your grandfather did not tell you what happened so that you did not seek revenge. However, you have a right to know what happened. You are no longer a little boy. Moreover, the things I will tell you, can give you a full understanding about how the way Ainsar World works."


    "I''m listening." Heinald nodded.


    "Your mother and father fell victim to a betrayal. They were trapped by a Ainsar named Mirron they newly met. Both were almost close to being Level 2 Ainsar, so they needed a lot of resources. They made a n with Mirron to go to the Hell Inds in order to get some Lava Hound eggs from there. Even one egg was very valuable.


    I don''t know what happened there, but they managed to get one egg. However,your parents failed to leave the Hell Inds. When they were trying to escape, Mirron trapped your parents and took the egg and ran away. When Lavs found out about this, he went after Mirron to the Raveneye Kingdom for revenge, but Mirron was a member of a family called Santerr and the leader of the family was Level 3 Ainsar. Your grandfather was only Level 2 Ainsar, so he could not do anything. Your grandfather was subjected to a curse by the leader of the Santerr family. He would normally have killed your grandfather immediately, but he wanted him to die slowly and in pain."


    "Some nights my grandfather was suffering from pain. Is it because of curse?" Heinald clenched his fists.


    Luian nodded.


    "Why? Why did he want my grandfather to die slowly and in pain?" Heinald asked.


    "Because he wanted to do. He wanted to do it and did it. Do you understand? The strong is always right. That is why nobody spoke about the injustice done to the your family." Luian shook his head.


    "Level 3 Ainsar..." Heinald was in thought as he yed with the splinter on the table.


    The rest of the night passed with sporadic conversations. The tavern remained calm all night long. The next day, they started to move along the winding roads of the mountain range. Heinald and Luian had reached the Obelisk Pass when it was getting dark. Heinald understood why it was given such a name. The pass was located on the hill between the two mountains, with obelisks on either side.


    "Let''s wait here until morning." Luian looked around.


    He pulled the Horse Carriage near arge rock, which reduced the force of the wind as the big rock was on the windward side. Heinald waited vigntly all night, and through his eyes he could see quite clearly even in the dark, and if something came close he wouldn''t miss anything.


    Except for a few strange sounds and strong winds, the night passed smoothly. At dawn they set out again and crossed the pass. The sight of the Wastnd began to catch the eye as they descended the winding roads of the mountain. On the other side of the Geros Mountain Range, the Wastnd greeted you first. The Wastnd was a region that really deserved its name.


    The soil waspletely dry and the number of living being. As Heinald entered the boundaries, he noticed that the energy around him changed. He was beginning to feel a small amount of Elemental Energy. Kingdom of Southstorm was located 300 miles North-West side of the Wastnd. Heinald and Luian made their way through the Wastnd, and after a two-day journey they entered the borders of the Kingdom of Southstorm.


    Their new goal was to reach Sky City, located in the center of the Kingdom of Southstorm. Sky City was the capital of the kingdom and the royal pce was located there, and of course most of the powerful families of the kingdom were there.


    "What kind of person is the leader of the family?" Heinald asked.


    "Marcus Rinemoth ... He''s not usually very involved in family affairs. He''s more focused on his own development. He''s pretty cunning, he''s good at seizing opportunities." These were Luian''s impressions about the head of the family.


    "Which department is your work in?" Hienald asked.


    "I am working on nts. You already understand from the materials I brought to my grandfather. I am trying to find new effects that have not appeared before by researching various nts. Thus, I make interest agreements with Ainsars who deal with Potion Brewing."


    After the ten-day journey of Luian and Heinald, the huge walls of the city of Sky City began to appear. Apart from the walls, the only thing visible was the royal pce built on the hill. Heinald was excited, he was going to see a city for the first time. Sky City had four entrances and exits, north, south, east and west. After a short check, they entered the city from the south gate. Sky City was a city where only Ainsars and their servants lived. Ordinary Knights and people could not live and shelter here. Non-Ainsar people could not open any shops in the cities and towns of the Ainsar Kingdoms; they could only work as servants there.


    Heinald was exploring his surroundings with admiration. He had never seen suchrge and grandiose buildings before. Since the only ce he visited in his life was a small town, the liveliness of this city made him feel different, there were too many people around. Most of the people he had seen so far were Apprentice Ainsar, and a few Level 1 Ainsar. Luian was also Level 1 Ainsar, so the Apprentice Ainsar, feeling the energy emanating from him, bowed their heads as they walked the road.


    There were a lot of shops on the streets of the city, but interestingly, they all sold the same stuff. All shops were selling Potions, Herbs, Forms, Spells and Weapons.


    "Probably, there are strong families behind these shops." Heinald thought.


    "Avarage Ainsars and their families live in these parts of the city. The mighty Ainsars and their families live in the center of the city, around the Royal Pce. " Luian returned to Heinald and began to provide information about the city.


    "Which family rules this kingdom?" Heinald asked.


    "The Hubeth Family. The leader of the family, Penoth, is a Level 3 Ainsar. He appointed his son as king, but of course the real power is himself. Most of the shops you see are actually owned by the royal family."


    It took them a few hours to get to the middle of the city, and indeed it was clear that powerful Ainsars lived in these areas. There was almost no Apprentice Ainsar around, most of the people he saw were Level 1 Ainsar. There were no double or triple-storey houses around like the other side of the city, there were vis and mansions.


    When they came to a mansion with white walls, they stopped. This was the mansion of the Rinemoth Family. The mansion covered arge area. It was a veryrge and imposing mansion.


    "Sir Luian, wee." When the guards at the gate saw Luian, they opened the door and let them pass.


    When Heinald walked into the mansion, his mouth remained open, and there were gold-ted paintings on the walls, which were obviously borate. Inside was quiterge and spacious, with lots of corridors and doors, but there were not many people around, they saw only two Apprentice Ainsars around.


    "Lord Marcus''s room is upstairs. When we get to him, do not be disrespectful. Choose your words carefully." Luian made some warnings to Heinald before appearing before the family leader.


    Heinald nodded.


    When they got upstairs, they started walking down a long and wide corridor. At the end of the corridor was arge door. Two middle-aged men in white robes were waiting outside the door. The man standing to the right of the door knocked on the door when he saw Luian.


    "Enter!"


    "Lord Marcus, Luian and his guest is here." The white robed man lowered his head.


    "Let theme."


    When Heinald and Luian entered, they immediately bowed to Marcus Rimenoth. Contrary to what Heinald had expected, Marcus did not have an aged appearance, on the contrary, he had a vigorous body and long ck hair. There was not a single wrinkle on his face, and he seemed to have a body even stronger than the strongest knights, though not obvious due to the robes he was wearing.


    "Master Marcus, this young man''s name is Heinald. He''s quite skilled at Potion Brewing, he managed to make his first potion on his fourth attempt. I thought you should definitely recognize him." Luian introduced Heinald.


    He felt a lot of pressure when Marcus turned his gaze at him. He had be Level 2 Ainsar long ago.


    Heinald immediately bowed his head.


    "How old are you, young man?" Marcus asked.


    "I''m seventeen, sir."


    "Oh? You are quite young. What skills do you have about Potion Brewing?" Marcus was surprised at the age of the young man across from him.


    Did this young man really know how to brew potions?


    "I can brew Constitution Potion and Low-Level Healing Potion, sir."


    After a slight frown, Marcus Rimenoth looked into Heinald''s eyes. He felt at that moment he was naked. After a few seconds, Marcus pursed his lips and stood up. "Interesting, no lies in your eyes. Come with me. Let''s go to the Potion Lab. I''m curious about your skills."


    Heinald and Luian followed Marcus to the Potions Lab, which was built under the mansion. Heinald could not hide his astonishment at theboratory he saw. There were every size of every tool needed for Potion Brewing. Marcus asked the servants to bring the ingredients needed for the potions.

 Chapter 6: Blood Agreement

    Chapter 6: Blood Agreement


    While waiting for the ingredients, Heinald prepared the tools needed to brew the potion, and when the ingredients arrived, he started to brew Constitution Potion. He was very excited, a mistake he made would make a bad impression. However, he managed to calm himself down and focus on making potions. After a period of time he sessfully managed to brew a Constitution Potion.


    "He really did it!" Marcus was impressed. While Heinald was making the potion,he had watched him carefully from beginning to end.


    "I told you he is quite talented, sir." Luian smiled.


    "Did you really manage to make a potion in your first tries?" Marcus had a hard time believing it.


    "Yes, sir. I have often watched my grandfather make potions since I was little, so I am familiar with Potion Brewing." Heinald''s eyes sparkled.


    "If you were not talented, you wouldn''t be able to brew potions even if you watched for a hundred years. You are a really talented young man. Make the other potion too." Marcus also wanted to see Low-Level Healing Potion.


    Heinald also sessfully brewed Low-Level Healing Potion. Seeing that the young man in front of him was making both potions sessfully in one go, Marcus was delighted. Luian really brought him a jewel this time.


    "Do you intend to cooperate with the Rinemoth Family?" Marcus asked.


    "I do, sir." Heinald nodded.


    "Well, let''s go back to my room. I''m sure we cane up with a good deal." Marcus gently pped his hands.


    After several exchanges of ideas, it turned out to be a really profitable deal for Heinald. Marcus would give Heinald the form for Medium Level Strength Potion for free. This potion increased the physical strength by 5% for 10 minutes when consumed.


    ording to what Marcus said, the ingredients of this potion worth 90 Arkana Stones, and the potion itself worth 200 Arkana Stones. That meant a profit of 110 Arkana Stones per bottle.


    Moreover, he would earn 10% more than the potions he sold in all the shops owned by the Rinemoth Family and he would get two hours of daily ess to the Rinemoth Library.


    In return,he would brew 2 Medium Level Strength Potion for Rinemoth Family per month for 2 years. The ingredients for the potion would be provided by the family for 2 times. The time given to start brewing potions for family was 3 months.


    In 3 months, he had to learn how to brew the potion and start to brew potion for the family.Heinald would also be given a room to stay in the mansion.


    "Since we''ve set the terms, we can make a Blood Agreement." Marcus waved his hand and a paper appeared in his hand.


    Once the Blood Agreement was made, it was an irreversible deal. The conditions specified had to be met to the letter.If not, the blood of the person who did notply would turn into an ocean of fire.


    "Drop your blood here." Marcus wrote the terms of the agreement on paper and drew a Blood Seal. Marcus and Heinald made a small cut in their fingers and dropped their blood into the seal. The seal glowed deep red.


    "The deal isplete." Marcus took a book from one of his bookshelves and gave it to him, "Everything you need to know to make a Medium Level Strength Potion is written in this book. Make sure you keep it well. This is the badge that shows you work for the Rinemoth Family."


    "Yes, sir." Heinald nodded.


    Marcus ordered his servants to prepare a nice room for Heinald.


    One of the servants escorted Heinald to his room and handed over the key to his room, which was on the second floor of the mansion. The interior of the room was veryrge and luxurious, with a huge bed,rge sitting set, firece and desk.


    It''s been a really good deal. I''ve made good gains. All I need to focus on is to learn how to make the potion right away. For two times they will provide me the ingredients of the potion for free. That means i do not need to spend 180 Arkana Crsytals. However, after that I am alone." Heinald muttered. He had three months to learn how to brew Medium Level Strength Potion. He knew that the reason Marcus offered such good terms was to pave the way for moreprehensive deals ahead.


    He spent the rest of the day studying the form of the potion in his room. One nce was enough to remember everything written in the book, but unfortunately, memorization was not enough. Most important of all was understanding the preparation of the potion. Medium Level Strength Potion was the mostplex and difficult potion he had ever seen. He had repeatedly observed the making of other potions he had learned before, but the only resource he could use for making this potion was the book that showed how to make the potion.


    Heinald began to visualize the making of the potion in his mind that based on the information and instructions written in the book. He did this over and over again, so he was mentally prepared to brew the potion.


    However, this visualization was stillcking in many ways because he had not yet seen the ingredients for the potion and the reactions that took ce in the potion during the making. Still, he had the Moon Thief''s eyes and believed he could do better visualization once he got the ingredients for the potion.


    He spent the whole day visualizing potion brewing process in his mind.


    The next day, after eating the food that came to his room, he left the mansion to explore the city. He would spend the whole day strolling the streets of the city and visiting shops. The first impression he got about the Ainsars while strolling the streets of the city was that they were not very friendly. Most of them were sullen or expressionless in face.


    ''Rinemoth''s w''


    When Heinald saw the name of the shop, he realized that it belonged to the Rinemoth Family and entered. The shop was quiterge, various potion bottles were disyed in the showcases, but they were not filled. Apart from that, there were also various alchemical tools, parchments,weapons and books.


    "Wee." A short man with sses came to Heinald. He was also an Apprentice Ainsar.


    "Greetings, just joined the Rinemoth Family. How much is Low Level Healing Potion? Heinald showed his Rinemoth Family badge.


    "Of course, please wait, I will inform Master Hamber."


    "Hello. Are you the one who wants to sell potion?" A man with short gray hair and a tangled beard emerged from inside. Heinald realized from the energy he was radiating that he was a Level 1 Ainsar. This man was Hamber, he was the sales manager of the shop.


    Heinald bowed, then said, "I''m not going to sell today, I just want to learn. But I''m thinking ofbrewing and selling Potions in the next days."


    "Can you brew potions?" The man asked in surprise.


    "Yes." Heinald nodded.


    "I see. You look so young so I was a little surprised." Hamber smiled,slightly.


    "How much is the Constitution Potion and Low-Level Healing Potion?" Heinald scratched his neck.


    What is the level of the Constitution Potion?


    "Low."


    "Low Level Constitution Potion worths 25 Arkana Stones,and Low Level Healing Potion worths 30 Arkana Stones." Hamber answered.


    "Where are the potions and ingredients for potions?" Heinald looked around.


    "The ingredients for potions and potions are kept in our warehouse below, to keep them safe. After all they are very valuable things, the bottles on the disy represent the potions we have in stock." Hamber pointed to the showcase with his hand.


    Heinald left after some more nce at the products in the shop, and continued to stroll the streets of the city. He strolled around until the sun went down, and at night he returned to the mansion.


    The next day, he went immediately and requested the ingredients for the Medium Level Strength Potion, which was made with 4 ingredients in total; Silver Water, Stardust Flower, Hent Grass Extract, and the heart of Sunhed Herb. All ingredients except Silver Water were pretty valuable.


    He made a n.


    He would have been able to experiment twice with the ingredients given by the family, of course he did not think it would be sessful, but ultimately he would have the opportunity to observe the reactions the ingredients create in the potion. Later, he would integrate the knowledge and experience he gained from his observations with those he gained from the form book, and visualize the process of making the potion hundreds of times in his mind. Thus,he would try to perfect the making process of the potion as best he could.


    Of course, it was easy to think, but it would be difficult to do. Moreover, this will not be his only upation. With all 300 Arkana Stones he had, he would get the ingredients for Low-Level Constitution Potion and Low-Level Healing Potion. Since he was almost an expert in brewing these two potions, he did not think he would have any problems. He was thinking of making a profit by selling them, and with all the Arkana Stones he obtained, he was thinking of buying the ingredients for the Medium Level Strength Potion as he could. Thus, he would gain more experience in making Medium Level Strength Potion and then only brew this potion.

 Chapter 7: Brewing Potions

    Chapter 7: Brewing Potions


    Heinald filled the table with various tools from from theb below. There were different sizes of Baekers, Test Tubes, ss sks and Seperatory Funnels and Distillers on the table. He would use all of these tools to brew the Medium Level Strength Potion. Marcus had ordered the ingredients to be procured. He prepared the cauldron he would use to brew the potion.


    Silver Water, Stardust Flower, Hent Grass Extract and Sunhed Herb. Two of each of these four ingredients were given. He could experiment twice with these materials, but there was one factor to be very careful about.


    Sunhed Herb was highly toxic. Before it was added to the cauldron,the toxicity had to be eliminated with the Spirit me. He used all the power in his eyes to see the toxic particles on the herb. He began to spread his Spirit me across the herb slowly. But something unexpected happened, the Spirit me destroyed the toxic particles very quickly, and the herb was damaged. It quickly began to darken.


    "Damn it!" Heinald muttured.


    It was really unlucky. He hadn''t even put his heart into the cauldron yet. He thought that the potion trial was over before he started, but suddenly he had an idea. ording to the form, after eliminating the toxicity in the herb,it was necessary to remove the fibers from it and add it into the mixture in the cauldron. However, the herb was thest to be added. At least he could observe the reactions of other materials with each other.


    He immediately started preparing the potion ording to the form. Sunhed Herb was already garbage, so he focused all his attention on applying the form so that those remaining ingredients would not be garbage.


    After long efforts, he sessfullybined the first three ingredients. When the ingredients werebined, the liquid inside the cauldron turned dark blue and there was a sudden explosion of toxicity. The number of toxic particles suddenly increased hundreds of times.


    Unfortunately, he got this far. ording to the instructions written in the form book, when the mixture turned dark blue, the herb had to be added to the mixture.


    Still, Heinald was happy with the result, and he had gained enough experience, inference, and data from this experiment, even though his first attempt did not go as he wanted. After taking a break, he decided to start his second try.


    He took the second herb out of the jar and began to destroy the toxicity again with the Spirit me, sending the Spirit me as controlled as possible, but the toxicity on the heart was very sensitive, they disappeared extremely quickly.


    Heinald stopped the Spirit me when there was little toxicity left in the herb.If he continued any longer,the herb would be garbage again.


    "It''s really hard ... There is still little toxicity in this herb. But I guess it''s eptable." Heinald muttured.


    After removing the fibers from the herb,he started making potion again. It sessfully came back to where it camest in the previous try. The toxicity in the mixture increased enormously. Heinald immediately added the herb into the mixture. As soon as the herb entered the mixture, the color of the mixture started to turn purple.


    "Next is to eliminate the toxicity in the mixture." Heinald could see the toxic particles in the mixture.


    He began to slowly spread his Spirit me into the mixture. If this process was sessful, only a few processes would remain. However, the experiment was not going the way he wanted it to be. A small amount of Spirit me was not enough to eliminate the toxicity in the mixture,so he slightly increased the amount of Spirit me. However, the amount of Spirit me was too high and damaged the ingredients in the mixture. A disgusting smell began to emerge.


    "Shit!"


    If he did this sessfully, all that would be left was to purify it in the beaker and after distill it. However, it still failed. Despite having the Moon Thief''s eyes, it was really upsetting for him to be fail.


    "Alright, I have to be calm. I''ve only done two attempts yet, it''s normal that I fail. Others have to do hundreds of experiments and studies to seed." Heinald tried to convince himself. He should not be upset, he was just at the beginning, and he would have to ovee much greater difficulties in the future.He wouldn''t have a bright future if he gave up already.


    Heinald left his room and went to the Rinemoth Library, where an Apprentice Ainsar was waiting at the library entrance.


    "Greetings.I''m Heinald, I want to enter the library."


    "You must have special permission to enter the library." Apprentice Ainsar stood out and said.


    "Lord Marcus has allowed me to use the library for two hours a day." Heinald pulled out his badge and showed it.


    "Ah!You have a gold badge. All right then, go ahead. You have two hours." When the apprentice Ainsar saw the badge,he let Heinald in.


    When Heinald entered the library, he found a muchrger library than he had expected.This library possibly containing thousands of books. Heinald''s intention toe here was to learn about physical development. Although Ainsars possessed Magical power, they were important in pysical powerording to what he learned from his grandfather, after a certain level, the body would start to copse and be unable to cope with the Magic Energy.


    Heinald had no problem with this right now, but it would be in the future. So he wanted to start strengthening his body already. In this library, he hoped to find books exining what kind of body strengthening techniques Ainsar took. Thus, he wouldbine the knowledge he gained and create a development method suitable for him. During the two-hour period, he looked at hundreds of books but could not find the kind of books he was looking for.


    When he left the library, he went straight to the city and went to Rinemoth''s w, the Rinemoth Family''s shop, where he was greeted by Hamber, the shop''s sales manager.


    "Do you need something?"


    "Yes. I have to buy ingredients to brew potions." Heinald nodded.


    "Alright, what ingredients do you need?" Hamber asked.


    Heinald purchased the ingredients for his Low Level Healing Potion with all his 300 Arkana Stones.It was already night when he returned to the mansion, and he spent a few hours contemting the inferences he had made while trying to make the Medium Level Strength Potion. Then he visualized the making process of the potion again and analyzed how he could correct the mistakes he made in the making process. Through the Moon Thief''s eyes, he was able to fully visualize the process of making the potion.


    Besides his perfect eyesight, his perfect memory was undoubtedly his greatest advantage.


    "When I have enough Arkana Stones, I''ll try to make the Medium Level Strength Potion again. Until then, I will simte the making phase of the potion in my mind so that the making phase goes much easier for me."


    Heinaldy down on his bed and thought about these before he went to sleep.


    For the next 15 days, his only job was brewing the Low-Level Healing Potion without any breaks except for food and going to the library. Before he went to sleep at night, he repeatedly envisioned the making of the Medium Level Strength Potion. He brewed 20 Low-Level Healing Potions in total with all the ingredients he bought.


    He ced the potions properly in his bag and set out for Rinemoth''s w to sell the potions.


    When he came to the front of the shop, he would enter, but was stopped by an Apprentice Ainsar, whom he did not know.


    "Greetings! My name is Henra, would you like to join our Starfall Group?"


    Heinald exemined Apprentice Ainsar, who appeared almost his age.He had round sses and short blond hair.He had a tall and slightly muscr body.


    "Starfall Group?" Heinald had never heard of it before.


    "Yes, it is an interest group that gathers Apprentice Ainsars like you and me. As you know, we need a lot of resources to develop. That''s why we''re huddling together and looking for lost treasures or hunting various creatures and selling their limbs. Here, take this, the location we will meet if you want to participate, it is written on it." Henra held out a wrapped paper, then said goodbye and walked away.


    "Maybe I''ll have a look sometime." Heinald muttured.


    Hamber was arranging the window when he entered the shop. When he saw Heinald,he came to his side.


    "I have potions to sell." Heinald smiled at Hamber, who came towards him.


    "Oh?You must have brought Low-level Healing Potions.I remember you bought a lot of ingredientsst time." Hamber nced at the bag full of potions.


    "Right. I''ve been working for thest half month, I''ve managed to brew 20 potions." Heinald put the bag on the table and opened it.


    "What? How did you manage to produce 20 potions in such a short amount of time?" Hamber shouted in surprise.


    "With a busy pace of work, sir ... What would I gain for these twenty potions?" Heinald pointed to the potions.


    Hamber checked the potions one by one and confirmed that they were all Low-Level Healing Potions. Heinald sold 20 potions for a total of 660 Arkana Stones. Normally they all kept 600 Arkana Stones, but were paid 10% more for every potion he sold to the family.

 Chapter 8: Subdawn Caves

    Chapter 8: Subdawn Caves


    Heinald again purchased material worth 300 Arkana Stones to make Low-level Healing Potions before leaving Rinemoth''s w. When he looked at the amount of profit he made, he thought that his grandfather was really doing a lot of loss.


    "Looks like Luian is a little too greedy." Heinald muttered.


    After leaving Rinemoth''s w, he went to the market area of the city to buy a good horse.The market area was the most populous and lively ce in the city, with many shops and stalls around.


    Heinald came in front of a barn on the corner of the market district, and a fat man greeted him.


    "I''m looking for a good horse."


    "Sure! What''s your budget?" The fat man''s eyes shone.


    "I want to see the horses first." Heinald pointed to the stable.


    "Then follow me!" The fat man started walking quickly towards to the stable.


    "This is the best horse I have. Its name is Shadow, a very strong animal. Even if he runs for hours without stopping, he does not get tire. Moreover, if you blow his special horn, he can hear your call within 100 miles."


    As soon as the fat man entered the stable, he pointed to the horse that was first seen. The horse was ck and very muscr.


    Heinald actually liked this horse.


    "How much do you want for this horse?" Heinald asked.


    "5 Arkana Stones!" Fatty scratched his beard and said.


    "Deal!" Heinald thought and agreed for a while. It was quite a lot for a horse, but he liked this horse very much.


    "Congrattions! You got a very good horse. Wait, I''ll bring you Shadow''s special horn." The Fat man started walking towards the back in a pleasant way.


    After Heinald made the paid, he mounted the Shadow and set out for the mansion. He had been thinking about buying a horse for a long time, and now his travels would be much shorter and faster. When he returned to the mansion, he started making Low-Level Healing Potions again.


    Heinald produced 10 Low-Level Healing Potions in 15 days. He could normally produce 20 potions likest time, but this time it was also conducting an intense research process. He found more than a hundred books in the library that provided information about body strengthening, and bybining important information from these books, he created a body strengthening path that suits him best. However, this path focused on strengthening body endurance rather than strengthening muscles.


    At his first visits of library he was afraid that he would find almost no sources, luckily, this did not happen.


    "I think I should visit Rinemoth''s w again." Heinald muttured.


    He went to the garden behind the mansion, mounted his horse and set out for the shop. Thanks to Shadow, his travels were now much faster.He had paid this horse quite much, but did not feel the slightest remorse. It was a very fast and tough horse.


    "I have potions to sell." When Heinald entered the store, he saw Hamber sitting.


    "Low-Level Healing Potions? When Hamber saw Heinald, he stand up.


    "Yes." Heinald nodded.


    "Hm? Why are they few this time?" Hamber''s brows frowned slightly.


    "I also had other things to do." Heinald shrugged.


    Heinald earned a total of 330 Arkana Stones from the 10 Low-Level Healing Potions he sold. After throwing Arkana Stones he gained into his pocket, he headed for the exit of the shop, but stopped at thest minute because of something he remembered.


    "Do you sell Messoy Mushrooms?" Heinald asked.


    "Messoy Mushroom? What''s that?" Hamber began to stare at Heinald nkly.


    "I need it for an experiment I want to do." Heinald wanted to use these mushrooms for a form he had created himself.


    The form he created was not a potion form, but it could be said to be simr. He created a form that hardened bones bybining the information he got from various books about the body that he had read in the library. There was no doubt that a strong body would require strong bones.


    "Sorry, there is no Messoy Mushroom here. I''ve never even heard of it before." Hamber shook his head.


    After Heinald left the shop, he set out for the inn named Lich Hand, where he was invited to join an interest group called Starfall.


    ording to what he wrote on the paper given to him,he could get detailed information about the group by visiting the Lich Hand Inn. In fact, risking himself for the little resource was not quite in his mind. He wanted to visit by just out of curiosity, and he was bored at not leaving the mansion recently and wanted to have some free time.


    When he came in front of the Lich Hand, he dismounted and entered. Inside of the Inn was more crowded than he expected.


    "Wee, friend. I seem to remember you from somewhere." A blond-haired young man greeted Heinald.


    "Possible! Actually it was you who invited me." Heinald smiled slightly.


    "Ah! It must be so. I apologize,I deal with many people every day. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Henra."


    "Heinald,nice to meet you."


    "Are you thinking of joining us now that you''vee here?" Henra asked.


    "Right now I''m just here to gather information. I have a few questions on my mind." Heinald made a hesitant expression.


    "You can ask whatever you want! Come, let''s sit at the empty table over there. Let me order you Rejection Romu, I''m sure you''ll love it." Henra pointed to the empty table.


    "What responsibilities will I have if I join your interest group?" Heinald asked.


    "You will not have any responsibility. After all, we are not a n. We are Apprentice Ainsars who havee together just for our intrests." Henra shrugged.


    "So,what kind of ns do you have?" Heinald asked.


    "In a month we will go to the Subdawn Caves on the north side of the city. The venom of the spiders living in the caves can be sold at very high prices." Henra''s eyes sparkled.


    "Caves? Could it be?" The thought made Heinald frown his brows.Messoy Mushrooms he was looking for were found in caves that went deep.


    Could the mushrooms he was looking for grew in Subdawn Cave?


    "Are the Subdawn Caves long?" Heinald asked.


    "It''s very long. As far as I have heard,it''s over a hundred miles long. But nobody dares to go deep." Henra shook his head.


    "Why is that?" Heinald frowned.


    "It is said that there are mysterious and dangerous creatures in the depths of the cave. I don''t believe it, though. If it were, they wouldn''t let anyone enter the cave." Henra took a sip of the drink in front of him.


    "That''s right. If it was a dangerous creature, no one would have gotten close. So what are non-dangerous creatures?" Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "As I said, our interlocutors will be spiders. Spiders do not live deep in the cave, so it''s easy to reach them." Henra smiled slightly.


    "You said they''re poisonous, which makes them dangerous.Is it worth?" Heinald raised his brows.


    Their poison is not deadly as long as they are dealt with immediately. Moreover, we will be crowded." Henra was clearly trying to persuade Heinald,but he could not be said to be very sessful.


    Heinald could make a good profit by brewing potions, so he didn''t want to put himself in danger. However, he was supposed to obtain the Messoy Mushrooms. He would wander around the various shops in the city in search of Messoy Mushrooms. If he failed to find the mushrooms then he would think about it again.


    "Within a month, I will make my final decision and let you know."


    Heinald left after saying goodbye to Henra. He got on his horse and headed towards the Rinemoth Mansion. As he was moving slowly through the city''s streets, his eye reached a paper hanging on the wall. He approached the paper and began to read.


    "Old Sword Edgar and Arna the Ox will fight each other to the death. Don''t miss the struggle of these two ves."


    Heinald was astonished when he read the paper, not knowing that the Ainsars loved to watch ve duels. He went to the location written on the paper just out of curiosity. The fight would take ce at a ce called Gonzo''s Rod. When Heinald came to the front of the ce,he saw that it was very crowded.


    "Are they really that interested?" Heinald muttured. He did not expect to see such arge crowd. He could only see Apprentice Ainsars around.


    He had bought a ticket after paying for one Arkana Crystal.


    Normally Ganza''s Rod was an inn. While drinks were sold on the upper floor, there was a small-scale arena on the lower floor and a cage in the middle.It was very crowded inside, there was almost no room to step in. Many people around were talking about their bets. Heinald sat down in one of thest empty ces he found in the back.


    After a short time,a fat man came to the front of the cage.


    "Dear guests, wee to the struggle of the night. Today the Old Sword and the Ox will fight and only one will leave the cage alive. Let''s start without waiting too long!"


    The fat man started talking loudly. When he finished his speech, the people around started to cheer.


    "First, Old Sword Edgar!" The fat man pointed to the right side of the cage. From where he was pointing, an old man with a thin and long beard began to walk. There was a cut on the side of the man''s right eye.


    pping sounds rose again from the surroundings.


    Nowes the king of the oxen.Here is Arna the Ox." The fat man pointed to the left side of the cage. From the left, a man with an incredibly broad shoulders and an ugly face, much more than two meters tall, began toe, carrying a huge ax in his hand.


    "It really looks like an ox..." Heinald''s eyebrows twitched.


    The skinny man was holding a thin sword like himself. Although he was old, his movements were quick and his stance was firm. Heinald saw something interesting when he looked into the old man''s eyes.


    "Oh?" Heinald''s eyebrows rose, the old man''s eyes calm as water, no sign of fear or excitement.

 Chapter 9: Leina

    Chapter 9: Leina


    "Hey, who do you think will win?" A female voice came from Heinald''s right side, and when he turned to his right he saw a youngdy with long ck hair and dark blue eyes. As understood from the energy she radiated, she was also an Apprentice Ainsar.


    She was looking directly at Heinald.


    "I vote for the skinny. What about you?" Heinald was silent for a while.


    "I''m not sure. The old man''s gestures are not like a frightened person. He could be a trump card he had." The youngdy began to look carefully into the cage.


    "Start!" The fat man started the fight.


    Arna quickly dashed forward, raised his ax and lowered it toward the old man.The old man dodged the attack by taking step to the left and waved his thin sword from bottom to top and cut Arna''s arm. He immediately jumped backward so that a second before Arna was swinging his axe, he was out of the impact area.Arna roared and dashed at the old man and swung his axe from right to left, but something happened that no one expected. The old man rolled over to Arna and dodged the axe blow. He then severed Arna''s left leg with a violent sword blow. Then,he severed Arna''s left leg with a violent sword blow. Arna lost his bnce and began to fall to the ground. At that time, the old man made a quick slit in Arna''s throat.


    All of this happened within seconds, and no one expected such a thing, so not a single voice came around.The sand inside the cage waspletely soaked with Arna''s blood, and people started to p wildly when they took the shock off.


    "Old people are really dangerous." The youngdy overcame her astonishment and said.


    "Indeed." Heinald nodded.


    "It is very sad that they put their lives on for a few Arkana Stones." The youngdy shook her head.


    "How many Arkana Stones do they get?" Heinald wondered.


    "It should be about five or six, depending on the bet." Youngdy shrugged.


    Heinald knew he would be pretty weak until he became a Level 1 Ainsar, so he at least wanted to learn how to use a weapon.He loved the old man''s style,it was a really good style to move quickly to finish off the opponent.Thanks to the Moon Thief''s Eyes, his reflexes had be quite fast, so a quick style would suit him.


    Heinald soon left that ce like everyone else and went to a shop called Aynor''s de. Everything sold in this shop was about weapons.An attendant who saw Heinald enter the shop greeted him.


    "Wee. How can I help you?"


    "I''m looking for a nice sword." Heinald looked around.


    "What kind of sword are you looking at, sir?"


    "It is enough to be thin and tough" Heinald answered.


    "Then follow me please, I think you can find the kind of sword you are looking for upstairs."


    When they came upstairs, the attendant showed Heinald the thin swords they had. A sword in particr caught his attention.When he got to the sword that caught his attention,the attendant began to inform him about the sword.


    The sword was not a thin sword;it was a long sword, but due to the material it was made, its weight was less than a thin sword. Moreover, the steel it was made of was known as one of the strongest steels.Heinald liked this sword very much.


    "What''s the price?" Heinald asked.


    "15 Arkana Stones."


    "What? Too expensive ..." Heinald liked this sword very much, but thought it was too expensive. However, he still bought it. He would never have thought of buying such a sword if he had not made a big profit by selling potions, but his earnings were quite good, he relied on it.


    Heinald sent his sword into the dimensional pocket of his robe with only one thought and started his travel to the mansion. He had spent enough free time today, it was time to get to work, a busy schedule awaited him. He would put the bodybuilding path he created into practice. Besides that,he had to analyze in detail how the old man fought. So he could begin his sword training himself, and finally, he had to produce a Low-Level Healing Potion every day.


    The next day his first job was to make potions, after all, he had spent a lot of money and had to make a profit again. Later, he started to train with various weights. The main factor for strengthening his body was of course training with weights. Later, he went to the city''s most famous restaurant to eat the Meham Duck.Meham Duck was the fastest food to strengthen the body as a result of his research. But it was quite expensive,3 of them worth 10 Arkana Stone. Heinald had to eat three of them every day.


    Days continued to pass by repeating each other. Heinald had a hard times in training. Weight training was really hellish and specifically lifted until he had no strength to increase the endurance limit. Then he had to run until he was out of breath. Finally, he was practicing sword and foot y by repeating the movements he saw from the old man.


    He had envisioned the war between the old man and Arna dozens of times throughout. Thanks to his eyes, he could remember every moment precisely, which enabled him to notice the details. He realized that the reason the old man was able to dodge the attacks easily and quickly attack was due to his foot ys. The feet must always be in position before the sword so that the necessary move can be made quickly and evenly.


    In fact, the reason he hurried so much was to strengthen his body as much as he could in a short time. He had decided to join the Starfall Group because he recently visited various shops in the city but could not find Messoy Mushroom.


    Heinald had worked with all his will for a month. Brewing the Low-Level Healing Potion was getting more and more easy for him. So it didn''t take him too hard, he managed to make 20 Low-Level Healing Potions in a month. His sword and foot y training was also very good. After all his aim was not to be a supreme warrior, he just wanted to protect himself. After working for hours every day, his sword and footy skills had improved.


    Body strength training was the most challenging for him. Since the goal of the workout was to push the limits, he had to go until he got over his limits. However, his hard work had paid off. His body was iparably stronger than before. His muscles became clearly visible and his endurance increased. The Meham Duck''s role in this result was huge. It was expensive but it was really effective.


    Heinald left the mansion to sell the potions and went to Rinemoth''s w. After selling all the potions he had, he went to the Lich Hand to talk to Henra. When he entered,he could not see Henra around but saw someone he did not expect. He made eye contact with the woman he was talking to while watching the fight between the old man and Arna.


    "I seem to remember you. Ah, yes. You are the one I spoke to in that cage fight." The youngdy walked over to Heinald.


    "I remind you too. Hello again." Heinald smiled slightly.


    "Did you join the Starfall Group too?"


    "No, not yet. Do you know Henra? I need to talk to him." Heinald hade here to join the group, or rather to join the group''s expedition to the caves. Participation in interest groups was mostly on expeditions.


    "It should be upstairs, follow me." The youngdy pointed to the upper floor with her head.


    "By the way, I haven''t learned your name yet." Heinald looked at the youngdy.


    "My name is Leina. What''s yours?"


    "Heinald."


    When they got upstairs,Henra was talking to someone. When he saw Heinald,he asked the man in front of his for permission and started walking towards Leina and Heinald.


    "Count me on the expedition to the Subdawn Caves." Heinald smiled slightly.


    "Good! Each participant means more safety. Let me give you detailed information about the expedition." Henra smiled and nodded.


    Henra told everything about the travel and expedition. They would go to the Subdawn Caves with 6 groups because the caves are quiterge. There would be 5 people in each group. Each group would have a leader, and each group would control a certain part of the caves. The aim of the expedition was to hunt spiders in Subdawn Cave and seize their venom, teeth, and eggs. Anything obtained would be equally distributed within the group. On the way to the caves, they first had to pass through the Yellowleaf Forest.


    "I am the leader of the second group. Would you like to join my group?" Leina asked.


    "Of course." Heinald nodded.


    Heinald left the inn after learning the information he needed to learn. The expedition to the Subdawn Caves was to begin two dayster. Heinald wouldplete his various preparations in these two days.

 Chapter 10: In The Forest

    Chapter 10: In The Forest


    After Heinald returned from the caves, he would buy materials for the Medium Level Strength Potion that he had been working on for a long time and try to make the potion again. He managed to obtain quite a bit of information and experience from histest experiment, and based on these information, he corrected the mistakes with the experiments he envisioned and carefully calcted what he had to do. Even so, he still didn''t know how the experiment would go.


    Moreover, his body strengthening process must continue. Although his body was developing very rapidly, he still did not reach the level he wanted. Another issue that troubled him was how to cultivate his spirit. If he wanted to advance to Level 1 Ainsar, he had to find a way to cultivate his spirit. Unfortunately, spirit potions were out of the question for now, and spirit potion forms were incredibly rare.


    Even if he found someone who selling a Spirit Potion form, he wouldn''t have enough Arkana Stones to buy the form, so he had to start looking for an alternative way. Potions were the most effective way to cultivate spirit, but it wasn''t the only way.


    Two days passed quickly. During those two days, Heinald brewed a few Low Level Healing Potions and somebustible oils. He hoped he wouldn''t need to use healing potions. He could usebustible oils on spiders, depending on the situation. In fact, he still thought that mushrooms were not worth the danger, but he also wanted to gain experience. The world they lived in was a dangerous world and experience was very important.


    Heinald got on his horse and started going to the Lich Hand. He hung his sword on the belt around his waist, and he didn''t want anyone to know that his robe was a treasure.


    When he arrived at the Lich Hand, he encountered arger crowd than ever before. When he looked around, he saw that everyone was Apprentice Ainsar.


    "Wee, Heinald. Come, let me introduce you to the rest of the team." Seeing Heinalding, Leina greeted him.


    Leina started walking towards the table in the back corner. There were three people sitting at the table. When they arrived at the table, Heinald met Rigaz, Tanya and Hanfran, the other members of the team.


    Rigaz was probably the youngest of them all, with curly brown hair and a scrawny body.


    Tanya, on the other hand, was an admirable beauty with her blond hair and brown eyes. A bow was hanging from his back.


    Hanfran was a man with long ck hair and thick eyebrows. He was wearing a blue old robe.


    "Are there any spells you can use?" Rigaz asked. He seemed to be trying to get to know his team mates.


    "There are two Low Rank spells I can use." Heinald nodded and said.


    "There is a Low Rank field spell I can use, but the casting time is too long." Hanfran sighed loudly.


    "There are two Low Rank spells that I can use too." Leina shrugged.


    "There is one Low Rank defense spell that I can use." Tanya exhaled quietly.


    "Everyone,please listen to me. It''s time to hit the road." Everyone turned towards him as Henra spoke loudly.


    There were a total of thirty people around. Littleter, everyone got on their horses and slowly began to advance to the northern gates of the city.


    "You have a nice horse." Leina was staring at Heinald''s horse.


    "Mm,his name is Shadow." Heinald smiled slightly.


    Soon they got out of the northern gates of the city and began their way through the Fall in. There were Yellowleaf Forests to ovee. When they left the Lich Hand it was morning, now it was noon. They would move forward until evening and have a camp in the evening.


    "What do you think about the rumors?" Hanfran posed a question.


    "What rumors?" Liena asked.


    "There are rumors that there are dangerous creatures deep inside the Subdawn Caves." Hanfran shrugged.


    "Don''t be silly, if there was such a thing, nobody would go there." Tanya shook every head.


    "By the way, is there anyone going there?" Heinald asked.


    "I..I don''t know actually ..." Tanya frowned slightly.


    "Stay calm, we are not the only ones going there. Many interest groups like us have organized expeditions there." Leina rolled her eyes.


    The progress of Starfall Group continued until the evening. They entered Yellowleaf Forest and moved on a little through the forest. They had stopped in a suitable ce before it waspletely dark. Each team prepared a campfire for themselves with tree branches they gathered around.


    The environment was very active until night. Conversations andughter arose around each campfire. By nightfall, the surroundings were getting much quieter. Most people had prepared a ce to lie down and hoped to be able to sleep. Everyone in Leina''s team was lying restlessly, except for herself and Heinald.


    "Are you involved in any field?" Le broke the deep silence with her question.


    "I''m dealing with Potion Brewing." Heinald answered.


    "Really? I heard it''s a pretty tough branch. Moreover, it took a lot of Arkana Stones to advance." Leina''s thin eyebrows rose.


    "Yes, it is a really difficult and costly field. However, when you seed, you can earn really big ies. I made huge gains by selling Low Level Healing Potions that I could make." Heinald nodded.


    "What? Are you serious?" Le''s eyes widened.


    "What happened?" Leina''s reaction made Heinald slightly frown.


    "I thought you were just intrested in the branch. Can you make potions?"


    "Yes...Why are you so surprised?" Heinald asked.


    "You look very young. Have you been trained by a potion master?" Leina was looking at Heinald with a curious expression.


    "Yes. My childhood passed by receiving education from my grandfather." Heinald nodded.


    "I understand...Still, you are able to make potions at such a young age,which surprised me a lot. I''ve been educated about Magic Formations by my father since I was little, but I haven''t been able to grasp even the simplest of formations yet." Leina sighed loudly.


    "Magic Formations?" Heinald''s eyebrows lifted. Heinald had only superficial knowledge of the formations. Formations are formed by magical schemes that maniptes energy to achieve an effect. He remembered the formation deep in the mountain that could manipte gravity and dimension.


    "Aaaaaaaaaaah!" The deep silence of the night was broken by a suddenly high-pitched woman''s scream. Heinald and Leina jumped up from their seats.


    "What''s going on?" The people around got up in panic.


    "Who was that screaming?" Henra asked aloud.


    "Ennie! Where is Ennie?" A woman shouted in panic.


    Heinald began to look around. The severed leg he saw forward caused his eyes to widen.


    "Look!" Heinald rushed over to the severed leg.


    "Wha ... Fuck!" When Henra came near the severed leg, his face turned white.


    "Everyone should be on the alert." Leina shouted.


    Heinald drew his sword and began to observe his surroundings again. He could see clearly in the dark, but saw nothing but trees around.


    "Must be hiding behind the trees..." Heinald muttered.


    "Everybody listen to me! Get together, let''s get out of this forest as soon as possible." Henra stood out and said.


    "What the hell are you talking about? Are we going to leave Ennie here alone?" A bald man opposed Henra.


    "Look, buddy, I''m really sorry for Ennie, but we don''t know what we were attacked by Every second we stay here, everyone will be in danger. We alle back to the forest in the daytime and look for her." Henra tried to persuade the bald man.


    "I-I ... Damn it!" The bald man reluctantly epted the situation. He knew Henra was right.


    Everyone began preparing.


    They wanted to leave the forest as soon as possible. Heinald was still watching the surroundings as he walked towards his horse.


    "What the hell is that thing!" As Heinald continued to observe his surroundings, he was dismayed by what he saw behind one of the trees. What he saw was definitely a creature. It had a long body and arms.Its hand was huge and its ws was like de, its face unlike anything he had seen before. It didn''t have a nose, had four eyes and teeth like nails.


    Realizing that Heinald had seen him,the creature began to rush toward him. Heinald jumped back quickly and took a position, gripping his sword tightly with both hands. When the creature leapt towards him, he dodged the attack by taking a side step to his left and swung his sword quickly. The sword move created a long and deep cut in the creature''s back.


    "Ryaaaak!" The creature gave a shrill and painful scream. Pus flowed from the cut in its back.


    "What in the world is this thing?" The people around started to react after their shocks were over from the fast-paced events. Everyone began to take position.


    Heinald quickly observed the creature and people around. Some people had begun to cast spells they knew.


    Tanya stretched her bow and aimed at the creature. When she released her hand, the arrow flew off quickly and got stuck the open wound on the creature''s back.


    "Ryaaaaaak!" The creature screamed in pain again.


    "Basic Fireball" Heinald began casting one of the Low Rank spells he knew.


    The creature started running back into the darkness in panic, but was constantly attacked by the people surrounding it. The creature lost its bnce due to an arrow stuck in its leg and fell to the ground.


    A man with a sword rushed at the creature on the ground to finish off it. However, the creature flew the man back with a kick, with its uninjured foot. The creature tried to straighten up and run, but was surrounded by thorny vines suddenly emerging from the ground. The vines prevented the creature from escaping. The creature also hit by couple of spells.


    "It''s done!" A fireball appaered on Heinald''s hand. He sent the fireball squarely into the creature. When the fireball hit the creature its feathers caught fire. At that moment, an arrow stuck the eye of the burning creature and put an end to its pain.

 Chapter 11: Inside the Subdawn Caves

    Chapter 11: Inside the Subdawn Caves


    "What the hell is this thing?" Hanfran crouched beside the creature and began to examine it.


    "Disgusting!" Tanya gagged her nose. The creature''s flesh was burned, and pus was flowing from all wounds on its body.


    "This is a one of the Cursed Race. I read a book about them. Thousands of years ago, during the time of Ancient Ainsar, an Ainsar named Loysius started working on a forbidden curse. However, during his experiments, an ident happened and the curse infected the creatures around the experiment area. Thousands of years have passed,but this curse has not disappeared."


    Leina said in a low voice what she knew about the Cursed Ones.


    Heinald pondered. He hadn''t heard of the background of the Cursed Ones before. Sometimes terrible idents could happen during the Ainsar experiments. The ident that caused the appearance of the damned happened in the time of Ancient Ainsar. The Ainsars of that time were those who were able to dig deep into magic and reveal great secrets.


    Unfortunately, little was known about the ancients. There were many books written about them, but the information was either always the same or just fake. It is said a war between Ancient Ainsars brought great destruction to the Ainsar World. Most of the high-level information and remains were destroyed in this war. However, it is thought that there are still hidden Ancient Ainsar tombs in some parts of the world. The cause of this devastating war is unknown; it was an ancient secret buried in the darkness of history.


    "That man who called himself as the Moon Thief... Is he an Ancient Ainsar too?" Various thoughts started running through Heinald''s mind.


    "Do you think there are other cursed ones around?" Henra looked around and asked.


    "I don''t know, but it''s good for us to get away from here quickly." Leina stood out and said.


    "Wait,I see her." An Apprentice Ainsar was pointing a ce with his hand. They found Ennie''s mutted body where he showed it, and without much distraction, they prepared a grave for her and buried her.


    After buried her, everyone quickly got on their horses.They started to move on inside the forest. They moved on for two days without stopping and finally got out of the forest without any further incidents. When they got out of the forest,they camped again and rested well.


    When they left the camp, they were already very close to the Subdawn Caves. The entrance to the Subdawn Caves was located in the middle of two hills.


    The Starfall Group had arrived in front of the Subdawn Caves within couple of hours. Heinald began to look around.There was nothing that looked abnormal, but the surroundings were too quiet. After everyone tied their horses and made their final preparations, they entered the cave.


    Everyone was on the alert when they started to make their way through the cave. The unfortunate incident in Yellowleaf Forest left a slight effect on everyone. Many dangerous creatures lived in the deste areas,so it was important to be on alert.


    Heinald was particrly careful while observing his surroundings. Unlike others, he could observe ces where torches were not illuminated. He hadn''t even seen an insect on the ground since they had moved forward through the cave. This was interesting to him because there would be so many insects in the caves in normal.


    "Wait! Did you feel it?" Heinald felt the ground shake.


    "What?" Leina asked.


    "The ground is shaking." Heinald frowned.


    "Cave Worms!" Henra shouted.He realized what was happening. Soon the soil began to split and giant worms began to emerge from it. "Let''s stand together, if we attack together, we can easily finish them."


    Heinald immediately drew his sword, and when he looked around he saw a total of seven worms." Let''s take care of the two on our right!" Leina called to her team.


    "Alright!"


    Tanya stretched her bow and sent an arrow through one of the worms,which had prated the worm''s skin but did not go too deep.


    "Their skin looks too hard. Looks like Basic Fireball won''t work." Heinald observed the worm and made an inference.


    "Heinald, I''ll attack its back. You attack its forepart!" Leina took out two daggers from under her robe.


    "Let''s go!" Heinald nodded.


    Heinald rushed towards the worm, jumped on it and stuck his sword into the worm''s head with all his might. At the same time, Leina pierced the back of the worm with her daggers. The worm began to squirm and eventually died. When Heinald looked around he saw that other worms had been killed.


    "Is everyone okay?" Henra stood out and asked.


    Once everyone was confirmed to be fine, they kept moving forward. After moving forward for a while,they saw different tunnel entrances. There were twelve diffrent tunnel entrances.


    "Alright!Each team will choose a different tunnel and move forward. ording to the information I have acquired,spiders will appear from here on. We will kill as many spiders as we can and collect their venom, teeth and eggs. Then we will gather where we are right now ande back."


    Henra,briefly exined the n again.


    After everyone approved,the teams started walking over the tunnel they chose. Heinald was also looking at the Messoy Mushrooms, which was his main purpose ofing here, but he hadn''t seen one yet.


    "Need to go deeper?" Heinald thought.


    "Chii!"


    As Heinald''s team continued walking, a giant spider appeared in front of them. Its red eyes glowed menacingly in the darkness.


    "Be careful!" Leina took up her daggers.


    "Basic Fireball!" Heinald immediately started casting spell.


    At that time, other members of the team started attacking the spider with their weapons. Tanya began shooting arrows at the spider one after another.


    Hanfrand was attacking the spider''s legs with his short sword.


    Rigaz was casting a spell like Heinald.


    Leina climbed the wall and jumped on the spider and stabbed her daggers into the spider''s back.


    "Chiiiii!" The spider made a shrill noise and began to wobble.


    Leina immediately went down.


    "Dark Thorn!" Rigaz murmured, and a ck thorn emerged from the ground and stuck into the spider''s belly.


    By that time Heinald had finished his spell too, and sent the fireball to the spider. However, the spider suddenly jumped onto the ceiling and dodged the attack. While the spider was on the ceiling, he threw a web towards Heinald, but Heinald showed a quick reflex and cut the web with his sword in the air.


    The spider jumped from the ceiling onto Hanfran, who immediately flipped to the right and avoided being crushed.


    One of the arrows that Tanya shot, hit one of the spider''s eyes.


    "Chiiii!"


    "Here is the opportunity! Everybody attack together!" Heinald shouted. As the spider was wobbling, everyone at the same time attacked the spider with their weapons. The spider, already injured, could not stand long and died.


    "Good job!" Rigaz cheered.


    "Yes, but my Magic Energy has run out. It takes at least a few hours to recover again. "Heinald let out a loud sigh. Since he was still the Apprentice Ainsar, he had very little Magic Energy. Even Basic Fireball, a Low Rank spell, consumed all Magic Energy in one use.


    "Same." Rigaz also had run out of Magic Energy. He also used a Low Rank spell called Dark Thorn.


    "No problem. We can deal with spiders with our weapons. I haven''t used any magic yet. I will use it if necessary." Leina slowly looked around.


    "It makes sense. I wish I didn''t use it right away. We wouldn''t know what we would encounter." Heinald thought.


    They carefully poured the venom of the spider into the jar and ripped its teeth. Then they continued to walk carefully. The tunnel they walked through was quite a wide one, and if Heinald had not had the Moon Thief''s eyes, he would have thought he had overlooked mushrooms.


    "Your moves are pretty fast and your dagger skills are very good. Have you been trained by an expert?" Heinald looked at Leina walking beside him,as he observed,she was quite experienced in closebat.


    "I didn''t get training from anyone. I just participated in too many expeditions like this." Leina smiled lightly and shrugged.


    "I wonder what others are doing?" Tanya asked.


    "Although these spiders are difficult to kill for a single person,they are not hard to kill for a team. I don''t think they had much trouble. " Leina tried to think positively.


    "Be careful!" Heinald noticed that the spider above was about to jump on Leina. He immediately embraced her and jumped sideways,so the spidernded on the empty floor.


    "Tanya, try to aim just the spider''s eyes. Leave the rest to us." Hanfran raised his sword and started running towards the spider.


    Heinald also drew his sword and started running to the back of the spider.


    "Chiiii!" Tanya''s arrow hit one of the spider''s eyes. Heinald immediately rushed to the back of the spider and swung his sword violently. The sword chopped off the back of the spider.


    Hanfran was making cuts on the spider''s legs, but the cuts did not cause deep wounds.


    The Spider jumped andnded in front of Leina,attacked her with its front legs. However, Leina reacted quickly and jumped to the left. Thus,she avoided the attack. Then she jumped towards the spider and stabbed her daggers into the spider''s eyes.


    "Chiiiiiiii!"


    Heinald immediately jumped to make the finishing move and stabbed his sword the spider''s head.


    "Its dead." Heinald sighed with relief. During the time he spent with his grandfather, he received various trainings from him to strengthen his psychology. The world the Ainsars lived in was a cruel world, and in an Ainsar''s path there would be many deaths that he would see. After years of training, even if he killed any living thing, including humans, his psychology would not be harmed.


    "Good job!" Hanfran smiled slightly.


    "Thank you Heinald,you just saved my life." Leina looked at Heinald with a grateful expression.


    "Its all good." Heinald waved his hand.

 Chapter 12: Doom

    Chapter 12: Doom


    Heinald''s team simrly killed four more spiders. They took everything they could from all the spiders they killed. Along their way,they only stumbled upon one spider''s nest. They took 16 spider eggs from the spider nest they found. However, they did not continue any longer because they were very tired. They thought they had gathered enough material,at least the members of the team except of Heinald thought so.


    Heinald had not found a single Messoy Mushroom. Although he tried to think of this expedition as an experience, he could feel his disappointment. The caves were going deeper,but he wouldn''t be foolish to go deep alone.


    Heinald and his team began to turn back quickly. Heinald was thoughtful. He had to find the Messoy Mushrooms somehow. The first idea that came to his mind was to look for it in ck market. Many materials could be found on the ck Market. However trade was expensive and dangerous.


    Heinald''s thoughts were dispersed by the high-pitched voice he had heard dozens of times before. However, this time there was a different situation. This voice was very loud and did note from close.


    "What''s going on?" Heinald frowned.


    "Run!" Leina shouted.


    Everyone started running. None of them stopped until they got to where they separated from the others. When they came to the ce where they separated,they were in such a shock that they could not take a step.


    In front of them was a spider at least five times the size of the giant spiders they killed. His eyes shone like a purple diamond, and smoke was rising from his body. When Heinald looked around, he saw dead bodies and severed limbs and organs on the ground. An overwhelming Magic Energy was emanating from the spider.


    "Everyone run! This spider is a Magical Beast. Its strength must be ahead of even Level 1 Ainsar." Henra shouted.


    The spider suddenly jumped onto the ceiling and threw a web towards Henra. However, this web was not a normal web,it was made entirely of fire. Before Henra could react,he was shot by the web of fire.


    "Aaaaaaaaggggghhhh!" Henra screamed miserably. Smoke began to rise from his whole body. He had turned into a melted piece of skin in a matter of seconds. Some people who saw this sight hadpletely lost their hope.


    The spider made a strange noise and then prepared to throw a web again, but the ceiling could not bear the weight of the giant spider and copsed. The whole cave was starting to shake, andrge rocks began to fall from the ceiling.


    "Everybody run!" Heinald shouted and entered one of the tunnels and started running. Heinald''s team immediately followed him.


    "Our way out is blocked!" Leina looked back as she ran.


    "What do we do? Is there another way out?" Rigaz asked in a panic.


    "Our only option is to go deep into the caves. Maybe we''ll find an exit." Heinald''s expression darkened. He regretteding to the caves,actually he had never regretted so much before in his life.


    "This spider is trapped under the falling ceiling. Do you think it''s dead?" Hanfran was out of breath from running.


    "I''m not sure. The energy he radiated was almost close to Level 2 Ainsar. His defense must be very strong." Heinald remembered the giant spider and Henra''s tragic death.


    If that spider chased them,it would mean their death was near. There was no way they could stand against such a powerful Magical Beast.


    Heinald and his team ran deep into the caves. They didn''t know that the spider was alive or dead. They were just running for their lives. Heinald had increased his durability,so running was not a problem for him. However, the rest of the team started to get breathless after a while.


    "Let''s stop for a while." Hanfran was out of breath. He sat on the floor and leaned against the wall.


    "Yes. I need to breathe." Tanya also sat next to Hanfran.


    "Did the others escape?" Leina wiped the sweat off her face.


    "If they started running at the same time with us maybe..." Heinald shook his head.


    Minutes passed quickly. After some rest, they started running again.


    The caves did note to an end as they run deeper and deeper. It seemed as caves were going to the center of the earth, they had passed through different tunnels that they could not even count. After they ran until all their energy was exhausted,they could not continue any more and stopped.


    "If the spider still lives and catches us we will die. If we keep running, we sure will die." Rigazined in a tearful tone.


    "How deep have we gone?" Leina asked in a low voice.


    "I do not know." Heinald shook his head.


    "Chiii!" Everyone stood up with the sudden chilling high-pitched voice.


    "Did ite? Did it catch us?" Tanya''s graceful hands were trembling immensely.


    "No, that''s not its voice. The sound came too close." Heinald quickly began to observe the direction the sound wasing from. However, the image he encountered caused his pupils to shrink. A dozen spiders wereing ahead at the same time. Others could only see as much range as the fire illuminated,but Heinald could easily see in the dark.


    "They are very crowded!" Heinald shouted.


    "What?" Leina looked at Heinald with a confused expression. At that moment the spiders were close enough for everyone to see.


    "What the..." Hanfran''s eyes were wide open.


    Heinald immediately took out the mmable oils he had crafted from the pocket of his robe. He threw the bottles filled with mmable oil one after the other at the spiders and created a small fire on his finger and sent it to where the bottles were broken.


    "Chiiiiii!" As the fire touched the mmable oil, the mmable oils instantly ignited and created a huge fire wave. Swallowed by the wave of me, all of the spiders began to make a high-pitched sound at the same time.


    "Be careful!" Heinald noticed that unfired spiders were walking up the ceiling anding towards them. After Heinald''s warning,they withdrew quickly.


    "I''m taking the right one!" Hanfran headed towards the spidering on them from the right wall.


    "I''ll take care of the spideres from the left." Leina took her daggers in her hand." Tanya, can you shoot the spider on the ceiling? Heinald looked at Tanya.


    However,he shook his head when he saw that her hands were shaking extremely.


    The spider suddenly jumped on Heinald but failed to crush him.Heinald showed a quick reflex and rolled over to the right. The spider attacked with its forelimbs,but Heinald parried the attack with his sword and swung his sword downwards. The sharp sword instantly cut the spider''s head in half.


    When Heinald looked around he saw that all the spiders around him had died, and he let out a sigh of relief. "Is everyone okay?"


    "Thanks to you, my friend. If it wasn''t for the trick you did, we''d probably all be dead by now." Hanfran smiled slightly.


    "Hanfran is right. Thanks, Heinald." Leina smiled tiredly.


    "It wasn''t a big deal." Heinald waved his hand.


    "Was there some kind of mmable substance in those bottles?" Leina asked.


    "Yes,I crafted it for precautionary purposes. Unfortunately I needed it." Heinald exhaled loudly.


    Heinald and his team continued to move through the charred bodies of spiders. Everyone was quite tired, but they didn''t want to spend time among spider corpses. So they decided to walk a little more.


    "My legs no longer do my wishes." Rigaz was close.


    "Hang on. After going a little further, we''ll rest somewhere." Heinald was quite tired,if not as much as the others, but he still thought it made sense to get as far from spider corpses as possible.


    "Wait! Do you see the light ahead?" Heinald was excited by the light he saw.


    "What light?" Leina asked.


    "There!" Heinald replied.


    "I don''t see any light ..." Hanfran was looking carefully forward.


    "You are right! There is a very little light out there!" Tanya also saw the light. As they kept moving forward,everyone started to notice the light. They pushed themselves to walk faster.


    "This ..." Heinald looked carefully at the source of light. The source of the light was two sculptures. It was because of the material it was made of that they spread a faint white light around. When they got closer to the sculptures, other members of the team noticed the sculptures, which are the sources of light.


    "Statues? In a ce like this?" Tanya frowned.


    "The stairs...going down." Leina pointed forward,and just behind the sculptures were the descending stairs.


    "Are we going to go even deeper..." Heinald''s expression darkened.


    "I think we''d better rest here first." Tanya looked quite tired.


    "I agree." Leina nodded.


    Heinald and his team sat next to the statues and began to rest. After a few hours of rest, they all felt much better. Fortunately, they were not attacked by any other spider attacks. After getting enough rest, they got up from where they were sitting and started down the stairs.


    "Wait, there''s something we don''t think about. Stairs do not ur naturally. Someone built these stairs here." Heinald stopped suddenly as he descended the stairs.


    "You are right!" Leina frowned.


    "Could all these caves be made by someone?" Rigaz had a confused expression on his face.


    "Even the distance we have run must be tens of miles. I don''t think anyone will bother with something like this." Heinald shook his head.


    "Lets go!" Leina pointed forward.

 Chapter 13: Marks of Dark Magic

    Chapter 13: Marks of Dark Magic


    There were so many stairs that it took them over ten minutes to get down.When they got downstairs, they found themselves in a huge hall.In the middle of the hall was an obelisk with a red aura around it.


    "Hm? Symbols?" When Heinald came near the obelisk, he began to examine it. He did not understand any of the symbols on the obelisk.


    "No! Don''t touch it!" Realizing that Rigaz was touching the obelisk, Leina yelled, but it was toote.


    Rigaz had touched the obelisk.


    "Aaaaaagggghhhhh !!" Rigaz began to scream, the symbols on the obelisk glowing red.


    "What''s going on with him?" Tanya asked in panic.


    Rigaz''s hand, which had touched the obelisk, waspletely darkened, and the ckness slowly spread over his whole body.


    "This is a Trap Formation! This is a damn Trap Formation!" Leina shouted.


    Trap Formations were one of several types of Formations.Their strength varied ording to the strength of the person making the formation or the material that used. Leina had done a lot of research on Trap Formations. She suspected it might be a formation because of the aura around the obelisk,but now she was sure.


    Within seconds,Rigaz''s entire body darkened.His body was changing.His hands and feet were getting bigger and bigger,his fingernails were growing extremely quickly. His skull began to bend at a strange angle,his eyes pitted.


    He was definitely not a human anymore!


    Rigaz spun around in a sudden and swung his paw at Tanya, the closest person.


    "Tanya!"


    Before Tanya could even react, the w had detached her head from her body. Tanya''s trembling body fell to the ground, forming a pool of blood.


    "Damn it!" Heinald''s pupils shrank.


    "Be careful!" Leina shouted.


    Rigaz ran over Heinald and swung his right paw toward him, but Heinald parried the attack with his sword.


    "Argh!" Although Heinald had stopped the attack, his arms were sore by the violence of the attack. After the transformation, Rigaz''s strength had increased exponentially.


    Hanfran saw the opportunity and stabbed his sword in Rigaz''s waist.


    "Ryaaak!" Rigaz made a scratching sound, immediately kicking Hanfran, but he managed to retreat quickly.


    Heinald took the opportunity to swing his sword at Rigaz''s head, but Rigaz caught the sword in the air and kicked Heinald hard in the stomach.


    Heinald fell to the ground after flying a few meters.


    "Damn it!" Heinald immediately stood up, fortunately, his robe was quite sturdy and absorbed most of the damage.


    Hanfran took a step forward and thrust his sword to Rigaz''s chest. However, Rigaz grabbed the sword and quickly cut off his neck with the sword.


    "Dizzle!" Leina had been casting a spell for about a minute.When shepleted a spell, she immediately sent a spell to Rigaz. A tiny lightning bolt rushed into Rigaz''s head. The opponent struck by this lightning bolt would be stunned for two seconds.


    "Raaghhkk!" Rigaz''s body stiffened.


    "Here is the opportunity!" Heinald immediately run towards Rigaz and cut his head. Tigaz''s head fell to the ground after flying through the air. ck blood flowed from Rigaz''s dead body.


    Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "This is ..." Leina copsed and started to cry. The sudden events affected her badly.


    "Leina,listen to me.I know, it''s really hard, but we have to go on.We can''t lose hope." Heinald walked up to Leina and helped her get up.


    "I ... You''re right, we have to go on." Leina wiped her tears and barely stood up. Leina was a really strong woman, but she had limits too. She had seen three of her friends die in a very short time.


    "There are five different tunnel entrances around this ce." Heinald looked around.


    "Do you think we can get out of here?" Leina asked in a low voice.


    "I believe we will find a way." Heinald nodded.


    Heinald and Leina started walking towards the tunnel on the right.This tunnel was much narrower and shorter than the tunnels they had seen before.After about two minutes of walking, a stone door came in front of them.


    "Wait. Let me examine the door first." Leina narrowed her eyes and moved towards the door. There was only a pitch-ck globe and a sun symbol on the door.


    "Is this gate also a Trap Formation?" Heinald asked.


    "No." Leina shook her head after a little silence. "The sun symbolizes fire, right?"


    "Yes." Heinald nodded.


    Leina formed a small me and brought it closer to the door.However, there was not the slightest change.


    "Send the me to that ck sphere." Heinald pointed at the sphere.Leina immediately sent the me to the sphere, but again there was no change.


    "The sun may also represent light." Leina murmured.


    "Perhaps a stronger fire is needed." Heinald guessed.He signaled Leina to withdraw and began casting Basic Fireball.After he created a fireball the size of his hand, he sent it to the ck sphere.However, there was no change.


    "I have an idea!" Heinald directed his hand at the ck sphere.


    "Wait! What are you doing?" Leina took Heinald''s hand in panic.


    "Calm down. You said that this gate is not a Trap Formation, right?" Heinald shrugged.


    "Still there is no trust." Leina was nervous.


    "Let me try, nothing will happen." Heinald put his hand on the sphere.Nothing happened as expected.After ncing at Leina,he created a small fire with his hand on the sphere.


    "HA! Something is happening." The ck sphere began to glow red, and then the stone door swung open with a loud noise. As the door opened, fog began toe out of the room,blue and pink light came from inside.


    "Be careful!" Leina was holding her daggers moving through the fog.


    "Leina ... look at this." Heinald was pointing the floor.There was a skull under his feet.


    "Skull? Wait, there''s something on it!" Leina frowned.


    There were various symbols on the skull and Heinald was starting to understand what was happening. "Leina, we should never havee here."


    "What''s going on?" Leina asked.


    "ording to my guess, people who lived here made Dark Magic experiments." Heinald shook his head.


    "What ?!" Leina''s eyes widened.


    "Have you noticed that the energy surrounding us has changed since we went down the stairs?" Heinald frowned.


    "Yes! How I missed this ... The energy around, turned into cold and deste energy." Leina struck each forehead.


    "Tssss!"


    "This ...!" Heinald immediately began looking around, seeing hundreds of snake bodies rising from the fog.


    "Leina! Run!" Heinald immediately turned to Leina but could not see her next to him.


    "Damn it!" Heinald quickly turned and started running, and when he looked back he saw the snakes following him.


    "Where the damn door?" Heinald shouted.He couldn''t find the door that should have been right behind him.It was as if running over an endless fog cloud.He had been running for minutes but could not get anywhere, the snakes behind him were still following him.


    "There!" After Heinald ran for minutes, he saw a ck tunnel entrance.He immediately headed for the entrance of the tunnel, looking back and noticing that the number of snakes in pursuit was increasing.Once he got into the tunnel, he continued running.It was pitch ck all around, feeling as if on a dark road with no end.


    Heinald continued to run.He ran so hard that he could no longer breathe.The tunnel didn''t seem to be reallying to an end, he could still hear the sounds of the snakes behind him.Gradually, he was beginning to lose all hope, but with a red light the size of a bead he saw,his hope returned a little.He clenched his teeth and started running toward the red light.


    The red light grew bigger as he ran.


    "No way! This looks so much like that obelisk!" As Heinald got closer to the red light, he saw that it was a ret red stone on top of a thin obelisk.There were various symbols on the obelisk and they glowed in red.


    "Wh..o ... Who?" Heinald shuddered because of the faint sound he heard and began to look around, and when he looked to his right, what he saw made his eyes wide open.On the right,there was a spiritual body that lying curled up on the ground.He was radiating a dark aura around him.


    "..." Heinald wanted to speak, but could not find anything to say.


    "D...Destroy...me..." The spiritual body was trying to say something.


    "What ..." Heinald did not know what to say.


    "Destroy...me!" The spiritual body shouted.


    "Snakes!" Heinald remembered that he was chased by the snakes and began to search around for a ce to escape.


    "No ... Snake!" The spiritual body pointed to the obelisk, and Heinald noticed that the spiritual body was connected with the obelisk in a red bond.


    "There are snakes after me!" Heinald shouted.When he looked behind he did not see anything,or he did not hear any sound.


    "Was it a hallucination?" Heinald thought.


    Heinald began to look around.This ce looked like a big room.There were shelves and desks around, and Heinald felt the energy around him was extremely cold and deste.Especially intense amounts of ck Energy were radiating from the red stone.


    "Destroy.... me!" The spiritual body repeated once more.


    "Who are you?" Heinald asked.


    "Destroy...me!...Set..me...free..." The spiritual body ignored the question.


    "How can I get out of here?" Heinald ignored it and asked in panic.

 Chapter 14: End of the Nightmare

    Chapter 14: End of the Nightmare


    "I will...tell...but...first ...destroy me ..." Spiritual body growled.


    "What happened to you?" Heinald tried to calm down and asked.


    "Betrayal!" The spiritual body roared, then pointed his hand at Heinald. "Destroy... me ... I will... tell you ... the exit ...and... give ...you...my...precious..."


    "What are you talking about?" Heinald frowned.


    "... Destroy...the...Obelisk!" The spiritual body pointed to the obelisk. "Sin...Stone... bound...and..tortured...me...hundreds..of.. years...Inside..golden box...something...precious..."


    "Sin Stone!" Heinald''s eyes widened. He learned this stone in one of the books his grandfather owned. The Sin Stone was a stone used to imprison or gather spirits. It was a very difficult item to find. That red stone was actually a Sin Stone!


    "I will destroy the obelisk,but first say exit!" Heinald narrowed his eyes.


    "The map... this...room...marked.. the crown...the...precious...answer...is...Secret..." The Spiritual Body pointed to the table ahead.


    Heinald went right away and started looking for the map on the table. However, there were hundreds of books,scrolls and a golden box on the table,yet he managed to find the map. He quickly started to examine the map. The tunnelworks and where they were going were detailed. Heinald realized that here was actually an underground city and began to wonder more how such a ce was built.


    "Now ... destroy... me!" The Spiritual Body growled.


    Heinald nodded.


    He drew his sword and cut the obelisk.When the obelisk split in two, the red glowing symbols and the Sin Stone were extinguished. A strong wind began to blow throughout the room, the bond between the spiritual body and the obelisk was disappearing.In a few seconds the spiritual body also disappeared with the wind.


    "Alright... I can get out of here." Heinald leaned against the wall and tried to gather his thoughts with his head in his hands. He didn''t know if Leina was still alive or dead.But he wouldn''t look for her. This ce was full of dangers,and a new enemy could appear at any moment. The most sensible move he would make would be to leave this ce immediately. He stood up and envisioned the map. One nce was enough for him to memorize the entire map down to the finest detail.He immediately started calcting the way he would go.


    "The room where I am now must be the ce marked with a crown ..." Heinald muttered. He took action to leave the room he was in, but remembered something at thest minute.He immediately collected whatever was on the tables and bookshelves and stored them in the dimensional pocket of his robe including Sin Stone and golden box.


    Heinald started to move on through the exit way which was indicated on map. When he move through theplex tunnels, he realized that this ce was actually a small underground city. On the map,everywhere was detailed.


    "Hm? What is that?" Heinald saw a body lying on the ground ahead, and his eyes widened as he approached.


    "Leina!"


    Heinald went over to her and checked her breath and body. She wasn''t hurt,she probably ckout from exhaustion. Heinald immediately grabbed her and continued to move through the tunnels nonstop for several hours. Eventually he hade out of the tunnels and made his way through Sundawn Caves. But he was worried,he did not know that the damn spider was alive or dead. There was no way he could fight a Magical Beast.


    Fortunately, events did not develop as Heinald feared, and they left the Subdawn Caves without any problems. Heinald never thought he would miss the sun so much. He inhaled fresh air and exhaled rxed. When he looked around he saw that he was in the middle of a wooded area. He immediately took out Shadow''s horn and blew it.


    He leaned against one of the trees and waited for his horse. Leina in her arms was still unconscious. Heinald immediately pulled the Low Level Healing Potion from the pocket of his robe and poured some into Leina''s mouth. After a few minutes Leina slowly began to open her eyes. She murmured something, but what she said was not understood. When she recovered a little, she immediately reflexively tried to stand up, but she lost her bnce and fell.


    "Hey, calm down...calm down." Heinald quickly grabbed her. She did not yet understand what was happening.


    "Heinald!" Leina immediately hugged him and started crying. Poor girl was so scared. If Heinald had not found her by chance, she would most likely die there.


    "Its okay.Its done..." Heinald tried to calm her down.


    "I...I was chased by spiders and i could not find you. You disappeared suddenly,i did not know what to do..." Leina continued crying.


    "Calm down! We are safe now,I found you fainted. I embraced you and got you out of there. Don''t cry anymore, try to calm down." Heinald tried tofort her.


    It took Leina a few minutes to calm down, her eyes swollen from crying and she looked quite exhausted.


    "Alright, can you tell me what happened?" Leina asked.


    "We were hallucinated by the fog in the room we entered.


    As I understand it, you were chased by spiders and I was chased by snakes.


    When I regained my consciousness, I found myself in a room I didn''t know.


    After wandering around,I found a map and figured out that it shows the entire tunnelwork.I found you walking through the tunnels." Heinald didn''t want tell everything.


    There was a long silence.


    "Do you think everyone is dead?" Leina asked.


    "Probably." Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "Where are we now?" Leina asked.


    "I don''t know. I blew Shadow''s horn,he''ll be here soon. When hees,we get out of here." Heinald scratched his chin.


    Shadow arrived at the end of half an hour. Heinald and Leina got on Shadow and started to move forward. After a short journey, they encountered a small town.


    "Do you know this town?" Heinald asked.


    "No." Leina shook his head.


    They moved forward the narrow streets of the town until they found an Inn. The Inn they found was pretty empty as it was around noon. The innkeeper immediately bowed respectfully when he saw two Apprentice Ainsars.


    "What town is this?" Leina asked.


    "Yttra Town, mydy." The innkeeper answered respectfully. Yttra Town was located 20 miles west of the Subdawn Caves. Heinald ordered the innkeeper to prepare two rooms, and the most delicious food.Both are very tired and hungry.


    Heinald went to the room prepared for him and took off and immediately took a bath.After the Rinemoth Mansion, the bathroom of this inn seemed quite simple, but now he was not in a position toin. After leaving the bathroom, he ate the delicious food that came to his room,y down on his bed and went to sleep. Before he went to sleep, he had warned the innkeeper that no one would bother him.


    It was dark when he woke up,not sure how long he had slept. He threw some firewood into the small firece under the window and made a fire. Although sleeping was good for his physical exhaustion, his mental fatigue was still on. The events he experienced had mentally broke him.


    Suddenly he remembered the remains he had obtained. He removed all the remnants he had stored in dimensional pocket of his robe and began to examine them.In front of him were many books and scrolls. Moreover, there was Sin Stone and the golden box. He read all the books and parchments in front of him until the morning. Thanks to his eyes,this has never been difficult. Heinald''s reading made him feel excited,astonished and frightened.


    Heinald obtained interesting information from various sources he had read. Previously, he thought that all sorts of magic could be done with Magic Energy, but that was not possible. There were three different types of magic and energy;Elemental,Dark and Mystical.


    The human body was originally created by Elemental Energy,so Ainsars were able to transform the Magical Energy from their spirits into Elemental Energy and dominate the elements. However, in order to rule the other two types of magic, they had to amodate the other two types of energies in their body. Not much was known about Mystical Energy and Mystical Magic. Ancient Ainsars had some knowledge, but a terrible war between them destroyed many secrets they discovered with them and many legacies they left behind. The cause of this war would remain an ancient secret in the dark pages of history.


    However, there was some known about Dark Magic. It was more dangerous and deadly than most elemental spells. It was difficult to defend,because it was unknown to most Ainsar. An Ainsar had to have Dark Energy piece in his body to perform Dark Magic. If they gathered enough Dark Energy pieces in their bodies, they could transform their Magic Energy into Dark Energy.


    As he understood from a diary he read, 500 years ago, a cult called Melrungan built that small underground city deep in the Subdawn Caves. The Melrungan Cult had been banished by other Ainsars for dealing with Dark Magic. Therefore,they built a center deep in the caves and continued their research there. The leader of the Sect was a Level 3 Ainsar known as Runmoag Rastell.


    There was no detailed note about how the Sect was destroyed but Heinald already understood what had happened. That spirit body was Runmoag Castell. He had spoken of some kind of betrayal,most likely one of them had betrayed the sect and caused them to disperse. Runmoag Castell''s punishment was that his spirit was imprisoned in the Sin Stone.

 Chapter 15: Cursed Technique

    Chapter 15: Cursed Technique


    Heinald took the golden box in front of him and began to examine it.There was a strange green stone on it.Heinald felt a small tingling in his brain when he touched the stone, and the stone began to glow.


    "Answer?" An old woman voice in Heinald''s head made him frown.


    "What?"


    "Answer?" The voice repeated.


    "Secret." Heinald smiled slightly, the spiritual body had already told him the answer.


    The tingling in Heinald''s brain stopped. Golden box opened with a slight click. There was a scroll inside the box.


    Heinald immediately opened it and looked at its content.


    "Heart Of The Darkness?" Heinald muttered. As he read the content written in the scroll, his pupils started to shrink.


    On this scroll was the detailed content of the cursed technique that Runmoag had acquired. Heinald read the entire content. This technique was truly a cursed technique. The first step in the technique was to gather 1000 Ainsar souls together. The second step was to burn spirits and obtain the Malicious Spirit Essence through the Malicious God''s Torture Stone. The third step was to pierce his heart and send the Malicious Soul Essence directly to his heart.


    "This technique..." Heinald sighed. "One of the books I have found has a spell called ''Aodon''s Hand''. However,I can''t think about it for now. Dark Magic seems extremely dangerous for now. I''d better go back to Sky City."


    Heinald sent the whole thing into the dimensional pocket of his robe and left the room. After a short chat with the innkeeper,he learned from the innkeeper that Leina had left the inn a few hours ago and left him a note. Heinald immediately picked up the note and started reading.


    "As I want to return to my family as soon as possible, I have to leave hastily. I wrote my address on the back of the Note, I and my family would like to wee you when you have free time. Thank you for everything."


    "It''s for your services." Heinald threw an Arkana Stone to the innkeeper.


    "I...I...Thank you, my lord!" When the innkeeper saw the Arkana Crystal in his hands, he would almost faint with joy.


    Heinald left the inn and made his way towards Sky City.This would increase his travel time, but at least it would be safe.


    When Heinald arrived in Sky City, the first ce he visited was Rinemoth''s w. He had to start to deal with the Medium Level Strength Potion. Then he had to talk to Marcus Rinemoth about a matter..


    "Greetings." Heinald walked into the shop.


    "Wee." Hamber greeted Heinald.


    "Can you get me seven Stardust Flowers, Hent Grass and Sunhed Herbs?" Heinald listed the ingredients.


    "If I''m not mistaken, these are essential ingredients for Medium Level Strength Potion, right?" Hamber asked.


    Heinald nodded.


    "Medium Level Strength Potion is a very difficult potion to make. Don''t tell me you can make Low Medium Level Strength Potion..." Hamber nced at Heinald.


    "Not yet. I''m still working on it." Heinald shook his head,spending a total of 630 Arkana Stones, left and began to move towards the Rinemoth Manor.


    When he arrived at the mansion, he immediately went to his room and sat down at his desk after taking a bath.Re-envisioning the production process of Medium Level Strength Potion, he began to examine the entire process carefully.Even though the unsessful experiments demoralized him,they actually helped a lot in spotting his mistakes.


    Heinald also envisioned his previous experiments and meticulously examined his mistakes.He corrected these mistakes and created a new and wless model in his mind.It was a tremendous advantage,indeed,that he could re-envision everything he saw in aplete way.It was only possible for ordinary people to fully understand their mistakes by making those mistakes over and over again dozens of times.


    When he envisioned the whole process and created a wless model, hey down on his bed and went to sleep. The next day his first job was to go to Marcus Rinemoth''s room.There was a special issue he wanted to talk to him about.The guards in front of his door let Heinald in after getting permission.


    "Greetings, sir." Heinald bowed his head slightly and greeted Marcus.


    "Young Heinald! I don''t see you around much, I guess you have a busy schedule." Marcus put the book he was reading on his desk and started looking at Heinald.


    "Yes, sir. I''m really busy." Heinald nodded.


    "Hard work always pays off. Don''t worry, keep working without slowing down." Marcus gave a little advice.


    "I will, sir." Heinald nodded again.


    "Do you have a special reason toe here?" Marcus asked.


    "I actually came to ask for your help, sir." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "Oh? About what?" Marcus put his hands together.


    "I need a special material for my body but I couldn''t found it anywhere. So I want to search for it on the ck Market." Heinald exined the situation.


    "I understand ... I have a friend named Benson, he will help you." Marcus wrote an address on a small piece of paper and handed it to Heinald.


    "Thank you sir." Heinald left after saying goodbye to Marcus.


    He immediately got on his horse and started to move towards the address written on the paper.The address was the address of a small bookstore called Blue Hawk, which was located near the center of the city.When Heinald arrived at the front of the shop, he dismounted entered the shop.


    "Hello young man, how can I help you?" A skinny Ainsar with gray hair and beard greeted him.His aura indicated he was a peak Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greetings.I am here with Marcus Rinemoth''s direction. Are you Benson, sir?" Heinald lowered his head and greeted him.


    "I am!" The man smiled and nodded.


    "There is a material I want to search for on the ck Market. Can you help me?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    "ck Market ... Sit down first." Benson pointed to the chair in front of his desk, then asked, "What do you know about the ck Market?"


    "Its an underground tradework.There may be obtain legal and illegal materials that are not avable in the market.Items traded on the ck Market are not logged." Heinald slowly nodded.


    "True!ck Market is actually a hidden market.Countless unidentified shadow wanders." Benson made a serious expression.He opened the drawer of his desk with arge key and took out a card.


    "This card is very important, don''t lose it.Send it a special energy wave.The energy surge you send will be your identity and signature.You have to pay 15 Arkana Stones as the registration fee." Benson gave Heinald an orange crystal card.


    Heinald sent a wave of energy to the card, which glowed for a while and then returned to its original state.


    Then he made paid.


    "Alright,now you can officially trade. Come on, let me show you the Trading Room." Benson got up and signaled Heinald to follow him.Benson stopped in front of one of the many doors in the hallway and opened the door with arge key.In the middle of the room there was a stone-only lectern and above it there were two books.


    "You have to write the material you want to sell in the blue book, and the material you want to buy in the green book." Benson exined and left the room.


    Heinald went to the green book and opened it, all the pages were nk.Heinald picked up the pen next to the book and wrote.


    ''Messoy Mushroom''


    Wrings began to appear on the book.


    "Request: Messoy Mushroom, Condition: Avable, Price (Piece): 10 Arkana Stones"


    "Do you want to make a purchase?"


    "Yes." Heinald wrote.


    "Please specify the number of pieces!"


    "3"


    "Please put your card on the page."


    Heinald immediately put his card on the page.


    "Your order has been received. We will contact you!" Heinald left the Trading Room and came up the stairs, and Benson was sitting at his desk.


    "Could you figure it out?" Benson asked with a smile.


    "Yes, my order has been taken, so what now?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    "You will be notified when your order arrives. Then you cane and pick it up here." Benson shrugged. When Heinald got his job done, he left the Blue Hawk and went to the Rinemoth Manor. He entered his room and prepared the materials and tools for the Medium Level Strength Potion experiment. He envisioned thetest model he created in hisst mind and started making potions. He never left his room for five days, and at the end of the process three potions were sessful and four potions had failed.


    "Not bad! I really managed to brew three Medium Level Strength Potions.I must be the only one to achieve this in so few attempts." Heinald smiled and nodded.Moreover,he was still in the stage of being experienced.When he got experienced,his mistake rate would be almost zero.


    When Heinald first left his room in days, he first rewarded himself with a fine meal.He then went to sell the Medium Level Strength Potions he had breweded.Hamber was almost ckout when he saw Heinald sessfully brew 3 Medium Level Strength Potions.He had praised Heinald for minutes when he recovered and said he admired his talent. He sold 3 Medium Level Strength Potions for 660 Arkana Crystals.

 Chapter 16: Invite

    Chapter 16: Invite


    Heinald spent the next five days going to the library and searching for books on the concept of ''Spirit Cultivation'' in shops of the city. He could predict that his earnings would increase rapidly in the future. When he had more earnings, he could look for various resources to be a Level 1 Ainsar, but he had to learn enough information first.


    He knew some basic things from his grandfather''s teachings, but through the his new eyes, he was able to obtain a lot of informationpletely and quickly. Using this advantage,he could gain more advanced knowledge and inferences. This would make his knowledge foundation much stronger.


    As Heinald sat at his desk, he noticed that the crystal card was glowing, he picked it up and began to examine it.


    "Your order has arrived."


    When Heinald saw the text on the card, he immediately left the mansion and went to the Blue Hawk.


    "Greetings! I''m here to take my order." Heinald smiled slightly, and Benson was at his desk as he wasst time.


    "Put your card on the book in front of me." Benson opened the ck book in front of him, a notebook simr to the one in the Trading Room.


    Heinald ced his card on the book, and two writings appeared on the page, one after the other.


    "Material Fee: 30 Arkana Stones" "Transaction Fee: 2 Arkana Stones"


    Heinald paid the fee he had to pay, to Benson.


    "Follow me!" Benson got up and went down the stairs, stopping at the door of the room opposite the Trading Room.


    "Hold your card towards the door!" Benson pointed to the door. When Heinald held his card at the door, a purple light shed inside the room.


    "You''ll find your order inside." Benson pointed to the door and left in order not to vite the privacy policy.


    When Heinald walked in, he saw a jar inside a big purple sphere.There were three Messoy Mushrooms in the jar. Heinald made the necessary checks and sent the jar into the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    "A really effective system is used. Behind this crystal card must be arge andplex formation." Heinald muttered.


    After Heinald had finished his work he left and prepared to go back to the Rinemoth Manor, but a familiar voice called out to him.


    "Heinald!"


    When Heinald turned, he saw Leina and a man with long gray hair and short beard.


    "Oh?Leina!"


    "What are you doing here?" Leina asked.


    "I was looking for some materials that I needed.What about you?" Heinald waved his hand slowly.


    Likewise, my father and I are here for some of our needs.


    "Sir!" Heinald bowed his head and greeted Ainsar before him. Leina''s father had the energy waves of mid-phase Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greeting my young friend, I am Rendes Aynaz. Leina has talked about you a lot. You saved her life ording to what she told me!"


    "It wasn''t a big deal. Everyone would do it." Heinald behaved modestly.


    "Someone else would probably run from there without ever looking back. I really want to thank you sincerely. I would like to host you for dinner." Rendes kindly invited him to dinner.


    Heinald was going to dinner in the evening. Since he had more time, he immediately returned to the mansion and prepared the mixture he needed to harden his bones. Finding the Messoy Mushrooms was a challenge, but fortunately the mixture was not difficult to make. Heinald had prepared the mixture in about an hour.


    "Disgusting!!" Heinald had one thought in mind when he drank the mixture in one go.This mixture he drank was really awful.


    *pop*


    Voices began toe from Heinald''s bones. He felt burning and itching in all his bones. This situationsted for a few minutes, and the purpose of this mixture was to harden the bones. This potion was important to Heinald because hard bones meant a strong defense. After a few minutes his body felt a little heavier.


    *Grum!*


    "Nice!" When Heinald punched the wall, his hand only hurt a little.This meant he had positive results. He was happy with the result, so he was in good mood. After taking a quick bath, she got ready for dinner. Leina had said that her father was interested in Formations. Heinald was definitely going to bring it up this evening. Formations were very interesting.


    "This is a good opportunity! It would be very helpful to seek advice from someone who is knowledgeable about the patterns. At least it will help me understand the basics better." Heinald muttered.


    When Heinald had finished all his preparations, he left the mansion and started to go to the address given to him. After a few hours'' journey he managed to reach the address given to him.There was a two-story vi in front of him.Even though it was much smaller and unassuming than the Rinemoth Mansion, it still looked quite beautiful.


    "Heinald, wee!" Leina had seen Heinalding while sitting in the garden, immediately stood up and greeted him.


    "Leina!" Heinald smiled slightly and Leina was wearing a dark blue dress. It was the first time that Heinald saw her in a dress. She looked even more stylish and beautiful in this dress.


    "You came just in time,the feast has just been prepared. Come in, let''s go inside." Leina made a signal to Heinald to follow her, and when they got in together they passed a long corridor and entered arge hall.


    Rendes Aynaz greeted Heinald upon seeing him and thanked him once again for not refusing the invitation.


    "Come on, let''s start eating." Rendes pointed to the table.


    Heinald sat in the chair opposite Leina and they started talking on various topics while they were eating.


    "I heard that the families of those who died in the cave came together." Leina took a sip of her wine.


    "They came together?" Heinald raised his eyebrows.


    "They probably wanted to find out what was happened... Normally I would like to tell them what happened. However, some of them would probably me me." Leina shrugged.


    "You are right." Heinald nodded.


    Families certainly wouldn''t believe that only two survivors were lucky.


    "Leina told me you were dealing with Potion Brewing. It''s really impressive that you can brew potions at such a young age." Rendes took a sip of his drink.


    "Thank you." Heinald smiled slightly.


    "What potions can you brew?" Rendes asked.


    "I am able to brew Low-Level Constitution Potion and Low-Level Healing Potion wlessly. I am still getting experienced in making Medium Level Strength Potion, yet I have only sessfully brewed three bottles." Heinald smiled proudly.


    "Oh? Medium Level Strength Potion is a precious and difficult potion. I''ve heard that some people interested in potion brewing have done hundreds of unsessful experiments to brew this potion." Rendes scratched his chin.


    "Yes, it is a very difficult potion to make." Heinald nodded.


    "How many failed experiments have you done to sessfully brew?" Rendes asked.


    "Thirty." Heinald actually seeded in just a few tries, but if he told the truth, no one would probably believe it.


    "What!? Are you serious?" Rendes was shocked, and Heinald could see the twitching muscles in his face.


    "Yes..."


    "Sorry about my reaction, I was just pretty surprised." Rendes took a handkerchief and wiped his mouth." Brewing such a difficult potion with so little failure means you are a genius."


    There was a short silence.


    "If I am not mistaken, Leina told me that you are interested in Formations." Heinald changed the subject.


    "Right! I am conducting experiments and studies on Formations." Rendes nodded.


    "I am really intrested about Formations. It would be really nice to hear some advice from you." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "Besides Potion Brewing, do you want to deal with Formations?" Rendes asked.


    "Yes." Heinald nodded.


    "Don''t think formations are easy concepts. The higher the levels of the formations, the higher theirplexity and difficulty. " Rendes cautioned severely.


    "I can predict it." Heinald was so courageous because he had his overpowered eyes, otherwise he would not have had the time and resources to deal with such a difficult field. Potion Brewing was already a very difficult area. Besides, to deal with formations, you had to be either a top fool or a divine genius.


    After dinner, Rendes, Leina and Heinald went to arge room under the vi.


    "First I want to ask you a question. Do you know what is the foundation of Formations?" Rendes walked towards arge chest.


    "No." Heinald shook his head.


    "Runes! In ancient times, Ainsars believed that the foundation of the universe was built with runes." Rendes took out arge blue glowing globe from inside the chest.


    "Runes ..." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "Each Rune has a different energy effect. These runese together to form Seals. Sealse together to form Magic Pentagrams." Rendes waved his hand slightly.


    "Magic Pentagrams?" Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    "Leina, can you give me your buckle?" Rendes asked.


    "Watch carefully!" Rendes nced at Heinald after taking the buckle.

 Chapter 17: A New Mission

    Chapter 17: A New Mission


    Rendes closed his eyes and held the globe glowing blue with his left hand and Leina''s buckle with his right. After a few seconds, energy fluctuations started to spread around. The glow of the sphere in Rendes''s right hand gradually faded and then fadedpletely. However, energy fluctuations continued to increase.


    * Dzzzt! *


    Circles glowing red began to appear around Rendes.


    "The group of runes inside the circle is called the Seal, and the circle itself is the Magic Pentagram." Leina pointed to the circles around her father.


    The Magic Pentegrams around Rendes suddenly turned into a beam of light and moved towards the buckle.


    "Its ready!" Rendes opened his eyes.


    "What ready?" Heinald asked excitedly.


    "Do you know what will happen if someone other than me touches this buckle?" Rendes smiled slyly.


    Heinald shook his head.


    "The buckle will start to burn!" Rendes made a sign to Leina.Leina quickly put on a thick glove and touched the buckle.


    * Trsss *


    The buckle instantly caught fire and began to burn.


    "Casting stages of spells and Formations are quite simr, but there is an important difference between them. Do you know what that is? " Rendes looked at the lighted buckle and smiled.


    "I don''t know..." Heinald stroked his chin.


    "Spells are cast, used and thats it!On the other hand, formations continue to be active until their energy runs out. Formations are not made in one go, they are continuous. Several formations may even need to bebined to make a formation that have various effects." Rendes scratched his chin.


    "What is the simrity in the casting stages?" Heinald asked.


    "When we cast a Spell, we construct its pattern in our minds. Simrly, when making a Magic Pentagram, we construct the Seals in our minds and integrate them with a source of energy." Rendes exined.


    "Seals are formed by Runes. Then do we have to visualize the Runes as well? " Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    "Yes." Rendes nodded.


    "To create a Seal, you need to fully remember all the Runes that forms it. Otherwise, the Seal will not be created." Leina frowned.


    That''s why Leina had failed all the time.


    "If this buckle is not deted by any other factor, it could possibly burn for a hundred years non-stop. Manipting the energy. That''s the whole thing!" Rendes pointed to the buckle.


    "You haven''t used your Magic Energy as your energy source, have you?" Heinald asked."


    "Yes, Fluctuations in Magic Energy are not suitable for most of formations. So external energy sources are preferred. For example, I just used the Compressed Energy Stone." Rendes pointed to the sphere in his hand.


    Heinald learned a lot about Formations that day. Leina and her father sincerely assisted him and answered his various questions. Of course, even though they only provided very superficial information and examples, even that was a big plus for him. Before he left, he did not neglect to thank both of them sincerely.


    When he returned to the Rinemoth Mansion, he began to carefully n his future actions. His top priority would be to make potions. Soon he had to start delivering 2 Medium Level Strength Potions for the Rinemoth Family each month. His second top priority would be to gather as much information about Spirit Cultivation as he could. He was much more advantageous than other people in gathering information and would use that advantage. The third was gathering information about Formations and conduct studies about them.


    *****


    Two years passed.


    "Its done!" Heinald was staring at the potion in his hand with a smile. It was thest Medium Level Strength Potion he prepared for the Rinemoth Family. The terms of the Blood Agreement were done.


    "I''d better go talk to Marcus Rinemoth." Heinald muttered.Heinald cleared the tools he used to make the potions and collected them all. If Marcus didn''t offer a very good agreement,he would probably have made the potion for thest time in this room.


    Heinald left his room and went to Marcus Rinemoth''s room. The guards on the front of the door,as usual,first asked Marcus'' permission.


    "Come!"


    "Sir!" Heinald bowed his head slightly and greeted Marcus.


    "ording to the Blood Agreement we made, I brought thestMedium Level Strength Potion I had to hand over, sir."


    "Oh? Is our agreement over already? Time is passing really fast..." Marcus Rinemoth slowly put the ss in his hand on his desk.


    "Yes sir." Heinald nodded.


    "So do you have any ns?" Marcus asked.


    "I''ve been busy improving my foundation to be a Level 1 Ainsar for a long time. I want to make a breakthrough to be a Level 1 Ainsar." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "Do you know the requirements to be a Level 1 Ainsar?" Marcus asked.


    "Yes sir. Thest step I have toplete ording to my calctions is to cultivate my spirit."


    As far as he knew, the most important factor in an Ainsar''s cultivation was to increase Spirit Energy; thats called Spirit Cultivation. However, the body was the shell of the spirit, and if it wasn''t strong, it would copse under the Spirit Energy. Therefore, it also needed to be strengthened in order to level up.


    Another essential requirement was to be knowledgeable about Magic. If an Ainsar wanted to make a breakthrough to the next level, had to be sufficiently knowledgeable about Magic. The Magic Knowledge included everything that was magical, including Spells, Cultivation Techniques, Formations, Inscriptions, Alchemy and Curses.


    "I have an offer for you. But this time I won''t ask you to make the potion. I want to give you a mission." Marcus had a serious expression on his face.


    "Mission? What kind of mission?" Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    "I ask you to go to the Risingmoon Kingdom and observe an organization called Bloody Teeth." Marcus'' expression darkened.


    "An organization? Why me?" Heinald asked.


    "The main reason is that I want to continue cooperating with you. I don''t want to show myself as an egoist, but I have a pretty good awareness. It''s not hard to predict that you will achieve great things in the future. If I help you improve... I guess you will give me an extra face in the future.


    Heinald slightly nodded and asked, "Am I going to another kingdom just to observe?"


    "Yes, but you will not fight them. You will gather information only by observation. Their leader is at least a Level 2 Ainsar." Marcus handed the notebook to Heinald.


    "Level 2 Ainsar?" Heinald frowned. A Level 2 Ainsar didn''t even need to use a spell to kill him.


    "In return, I''ll give you Sevenstar Flower Seed." Marcus sat back at his desk.


    "Sevenstar Flower Seed !?" Heinald''s eyes widened. Ainsars preferred source for cultivating their spirits was Spirit Potions, but that didn''t mean thats the only source. Some natural stones and herbs also contained Absolute Spiritual Energy. The Sevenstar Flower Seed was one of them.


    Absolute Spiritual Energy is a type of energy that directly affects the soul. From what Heinald learned from his grandfather, various materials containing Spirit Energy Particles were harmonized to craft a Spirit Potion. Thus, their reaction resulted in a potion containing Absolute Spiritual Energy.


    "Yes. My guess is that you looked for a Spirit Potion but couldn''t find it, right?" Marcus smiled softly.


    "Yes..." Heinald''s expression darkened. For two years he had searched for a Spirit Potion but had not find. On the Sky City ck Market, prices reached incredibly high numbers.


    "This is because powerful families and ns hold Spirit Potions and Spirit Potion Forms." Marcus exhaled loudy.


    "Why is that?" Heinald asked.


    "Because so they can gather many Ainsars under their patronage. They give the Spirit Potions not with Arkana Stones but through various agreements of interest." Marcus shook his head.


    "Sir, sort of, aren''t you doing that right now?" Heinald asked.


    "Wee to the game!" Marcus let out a shortugh.


    **** **** ****


    Heinald came out of Marcus Rinemoth''s room with a box in hand. A few minutes ago he had made a new Blood Agreement. He would go to the Risingmoon Kingdom and carefully observe the actions of Bloody Teeth. However, the main purpose behind all this was to reach Ainsar named Hamra Rumhet.Heinald had to observe and investigation Bloody Teeth with all his zeal for a year. If, in less than a year, he obtained very important information about Hamra and ensured his capture, the deal still would be consideredplete.


    Hamra Rumheth was the leader of Bloody Teeth. This organization was stealing valuable resources by attacking Ainsars and various institutions. It was not known where Hamra was hiding or living, but the city where his organization was most active was known as the Risingmoon Kingdom. A few years ago they had stolen some of Marcus Rinemoth''s resources. So, Marcus wanted to get him with a good operation and finish him but he could not get enough information and intelligence. However, Marcus was a smart and cunning man. He had noticed Heinald''s abilities very early on andmissioned him to take care of this.


    "Marcus Rinemoth ...He''s a really good maniptor, once I get this done I won''t cooperate with him anymore." Heinald muttered.


    Heinald was desperately forced to ept the mission because he had not found any Spirit Potion or any other source to cultivate the spirit in the market. Since the mission was not an overly dangerous mission, he epted the mission but did not like the way he epted it.


    Heinald left the Rinemoth Mansion and went to the small cave he had recently discovered. This cave was located outside of the city and in a very isted ce, where he was sure he would not be disturbed by anyone, but as a precaution he still established a poor Defense Formation that he learned.


    This Formation would protect the entrance with a transparent shield, but this formation could only stop the Apprentice Ainsars. Heinald had worked on high level Formations several times but had always failed.


    He had achieved his goals in the meantime. He earned a total of 10,000 Arkana Stones from the Medium Level Strength Potions he sold, which would have been much more if he hadn''t had to give the Rinemoth Family the potion. He had learned a lot about the formations and was sessful in establishing them. He could easily establish a few simple formations. Leina and Rendes were quite surprised by this speed. Moreover, he managed to obtain many different information about Ainsar World.

 Chapter 18: A New City

    Chapter 18: A New City


    "No point waiting. I''d better start to breakthrough." He opened the box that Marcus had given him, which contained the Sevenstar Flower Seed, just like it was mentioned in a book he had read.


    "Let''s start!" Heinald threw the Sevenstar Flower Seed into his mouth and swallowed it.


    * Bup * A voice came from Heinald''s stomach.


    "Uh!" Heinald exhaled, there was a burst of energy from his abdomen that spread all over his body, his whole body was shaking, a heat wave began to emanate from his body.


    Heinald calcted that he had done all but Spirit Cultivation to be a Level 1 Ainsar. Thanks to his incredible memory, he learned a lot of important and unimportant information easily. His knowledge about magic increased a lotpared to a few years ago. His body was highly strengthed, and if his grandfather saw his current shape, he probably wouldn''t have recognized him.


    He could still be a Level 1 Ainsar if he hadn''t worked so hard on his mind and body. But he chose to optimize the conditions because that was very important. When you became Level 1 Ainsar, you were now transformed into a mighty being. As a result of this transformation, you would get. Spiritual Magic that you can only obtain once. The more developed your Mind, Body and Spirit the better a Spiritual Magic you got. This was an inference from the thousands of sources Heinald had read.


    He had onest shoring, and it was about to bepleted. Heinald could feel the fluctuations in his Spirit. As the fluctuations in his Spirit began to settle down, he began to feel incredible pressure in his entire Spirit, Body and Mind.


    "Huuuu!" Heinald took a deep breath, indicating that the breakthrough must now be made. When all the requirements for the breakthrough werepleted, Spirit, Body and Mind would feel great pressure because they wanted to get out of the shell that held them.


    Heinald put himself in trance mode, turning the energy into his Spirit, Body and Mind. As the pressure decreased, the amount of energy increased even more.


    * Bom! *


    The energy wave from Heinald''s body disintegrated everything around. The energy in Heinald''s Spirit, Mind and Body shattered the crust they were trapped in. When Heinald slightly opened his eyes, all he saw was a cloud of dust, and then his vision wentpletely dark and he fainted.


    When he sober up, he straightened up slowly. He felt very different, as if he had been transformed into another person mentally, physically and spiritually. When he stood, he took off his robes and began to examine his body. His appearance was different than his previous version, his height was a little longer and his muscles were much more distinct. When he began to examine his surroundings, he saw that there were shattered rocks around and the stones of the wall on his right had fallen.


    He had sessfully made a breakthrough in Level 1 Ainsar! As Heinald stood,he stretched his hand to the wall beside him.


    * Voushh! * A mixed red and ck fire ray emerged from Heinald''s hand with a range of 20 meters for 10 seconds.


    "The wall ispletely pierced!" Heinald yelled excitedly, the ray that just came out of his hand was his Spiritual Magic.


    "It''s so weird it was always with me, but I seem to have just noticed it..." Heinald muttered.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald decided to name his new Spiritual Spell.


    "Basic Fireball!" Within seconds, a fireball formed in Heinald''s hand. It used to take about 30 seconds for this fireball to form. Heinald threw the fireball forward, and when the fireball hit the wall, there was anrge explosion of fire. The wall was not damaged but fire spread over arge area.


    "Even Basic Fireball is so effective!" Heinald yelled with delight. This was the strength of Level 1 Ainsar.


    When Heinald recovered well,he left the cave. Returning to the Rinemoth Manor, he went to see Marcus Rinemoth.


    "As I expected, you made a breakthrough." Marcus Rinemoth smiled lightly and nodded.


    "Yes sir!" Heinald smiled too.


    "This was expected from a talented person like you." Marcus pulled out a letter, arge map and a blue stone from his desk drawer.


    "Thank you sir."


    "I have a very old friend in the Risingmoon Kingdom named Albert. He is a good Potion Master. Try to get along with him, he can teach you a lot. Give him this letter and he will take you with him." Marcus winked at Heinald and handed him the letter.


    "And take this stone. You can use it to convey the information and intelligence you want to give me."


    "Understood!!" Heinald had a serious expression on his face, and Marcus gave him a detailed and high-quality continental map and at a nce he memorized the entire map.


    Heinald said goodbye to Marcus and returned to his room, began to pack his belongings, but his business was interrupted by a knock on his door.


    "Wee." When Heinald opened the door, he saw Leina in front of him.


    "Wait! You ..." Leina immediately noticed Heinald''s aura.He had the aura of Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Right! I made a breakthrough." Heinald was quite enjoyable.


    "Congrattions!" Leina hugged Heinald, ustomed to Heinald''s incredible achievements and he wasn''t even too surprised anymore.


    "Well, do you have a gift for me for this achievement?" Heinald asked with a smile.


    "Yes." After Leina answered in a sensual voice, she took off her robe with one swipe and revealed her curvy body.She jumped into Heinald''sp and clung to his lips, and after a few minutes her moans of pleasure began to echo in Heinald''s room.


    **** **** ****


    "Are you sure this mission isn''t dangerous?" Leina was lying on Heinald''s chest. In recent years, the two had be very close. Both were young and their sexual desires were at their peak.


    "No." Heinald told Leina about hisst experience. He was not a fool, he knew he was not going on a mission without danger. Or he would never get a Sevenstar Flower Seed in return but he still thought he could do it.


    "Do you want me toe with you?" Leina asked.


    "No, I don''t want to endanger your life either." Heinal shook his head.


    "I hope you can handle your task without any problems." Leina sighed.


    "So what are you nning to do?" Heinald asked.


    "I will continue to deal with the Formations." Leina shrugged.


    Heinald left Sky City the next day. He continued his travel from the Ridya ins to the east of the city. These ins were evenrger than thends of the Risingmoon Kingdom and it took Heinald 20 days to cross the ins, although he traveled almost non-stop. Being a Level 1 Ainsar, his endurance increased dramatically, so he was able to travel almost tirelessly.


    At the end of 20 days, Heinald arrived at Pukand Town, near the western border of the Risingmoon Kingdom. There, after spending a night at an inn he found, he continued his journey again, reaching the capital, Rentes, a few dayster. He entered a shop selling various ordinary magic items.


    "Wee, sir! How can i help you?" Heinald was greeted by an attendant working in the shop. Marcus had given Heinald a map of the continent, but Heinald also needed the Risingmoon Kingdom and Rentes.


    "I want a map of the Risingmoon Kingdom and the Rentes City. It better have the most detailed." Heinald scratched his chin.


    The attendant brought detailed maps to Heinald.


    "Nice!" Heinald smiled. The maps were really detailed, even street names in cities were shown.


    Marcus had written Albert''s address on the back of the letter.Heinald immediately made his way to that address. Although Rentes City was not a very crowded city, there were more Level 1 Ainsar around than Sky City. The surrounding buildings were more magnificent and well-kept.


    When Heinald arrived at a shop written ''Albert''s Mixtures'' on its sign, he got off his horse.When he entered, a female Apprentice Ainsar, who was short and had long red hair, greeted him.


    "Wee! How can I help you, sir?"


    "This shop must be owned by Master Albert, right?" Heinald asked.


    "Yes, sir!" Apprentice girl nodded.


    "I want to talk to him. Please give him this letter first." Heinald handed the letter to the girl. The girl nodded and went in, knocking on the door to the side. After a few minutes she came out.


    "Master Albert is waiting for you."


    When Heinald entered, he saw a table full of books and parchments and a crumpled old man.However, it didn''t take long for this old man to realize he was a Level 2 Ainsar and Marcus didn''t tell him about it.


    "Master Albert!" Heinald bowed his head and greeted the old man across from him.


    "How old are you, young man?" Albert looked at Heinald for a few seconds, then frowned and asked.


    "19"


    "Oh? Really? You managed to be a Level 1 Ainsar at such a young age!" Albert raised his eyebrows.


    "About a month ago I made a sessful breakthrough!" Heinald smiled and nodded.


    "Marcus mentioned in his letter that you are a talented young man. You are also a genius in Potion Brewing!" Albert waved his hand slightly.


    "Lord Marcus exaggerated a bit..." Heinald replied modestly.


    "No, that old devil doesn''t praise someone easily. If he praises, that person deserves it!" Albert shook his head.


    "Old devil?" Heinald thought, Marcus looked almost as young as himself but this old man across from him called him old, which made Heinald curious about his age.


    "Potion Brewing must be causing premature aging. ..." Heinald sighed inwardly and shook his head.

 Chapter 19: Bloody Teeth

    Chapter 19: Bloody Teeth


    "You can help me with my experiments as well, right?" Albert asked.


    "I will do my best." Heinald bowed his head slightly.


    "Nice!" Albert put the letter in his hand on the table and began looking at Heinald with a solemn expression. "I assume you need more information about Hamra and Bloody Teeth."


    "Yes, the more I know, the more advantageous I will be." Heinald nodded.


    "Ranton will help you about this.He''s been investigating and observing Bloody Teeth for a long time, but he''s not going very far because he doesn''t have a strongrade. Maybe you can help him. Give him this note." Albert wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to Heinald.


    "Anya,e here!" Albert raised his voice slightly.


    "What''s your order, sir?" The apprentice girl came in and immediately asked.


    "Take Heinald to Ranton." Albert ordered.


    "Of course, sir!" Anya bowed her head.


    Anya took Heinald to an inn called the Old Man''s Cup, and when they entered they saw a maid cleaning the tables only.


    "Where''s Ranton?" Anya asked.


    "In below." The maid answered with a bow of her head. As Heinald and Anya went down the stairs, they came to some kind of hall, ahead of them was a man studying a map at a crowded table.


    "Anya?" There was a slight surprise in the man''s face.


    "Sir Ranton!" Anya bowed her head.


    Ranton had a Level 1 Ainsar''s energy waves.


    "How can I help you?" Ranton gave a respect nod to Heinald, and it didn''t take long for him to realize that he was also carrying a Level 1 Ainsar aura.


    "Master Albert sent me. Here,he asked me to deliver this letter to you." Heinald handed the letter.


    Ranton nodded after reading the letter.


    "Are you really willing to help me? We will deal with a criminal organization after all..." Ranton exhaled loudly.


    "I thought we were just going to observe?" Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    "It is! But we may need action ns depending on the situation. For example, if we are exposed and attacked while trying to get information about them..." Ranton folded the paper in his hand andid it on the table.


    "If so, you must solve the problem as quickly as possible." Heinald nodded, a solemn expression on his face.


    Ranton is also nodded.


    "Alright, I''ll tell you the basic things I know. The man we call Hamra is a thief in the simplest terms. He has only one goal and he is to seize valuable resources through various attacks."


    "Well, if he angered so many people, why isn''t he caught?" Heinald asked.


    "Because it never reveals itself." Ranton''s expression darkened.


    "How so?" Heinald frowned slightly.


    "I''ve been dealing with this man and his organization for about five years and I haven''t seen him once.He usually gets his servants done .That''s why, nobody wanted to join me and participate in my investigations because they thought it would be a waste of effort."


    "Do they know anything about you?" Heinald asked.


    "No.I have always tried to collect information from a safe distance, so I could not collect any useful information." Randon shook his head.


    "How many members does Bloody Teeth have?" Heinald, sat on one of the empty chairs.


    "I don''t know anything for sure, but I assume they''re not too crowded. However, its members are not careless and there are some really strong ones among them." Ranton took a notebook out of his desk drawer and handed it to Heinald.


    "What is this?" Heinald took the notebook.


    "This is a notebook with a list of the robberies and attacks he has done so far. Check it out, I want to hear your guess."


    Heinald was shocked when he examined the list of robberies in the notebook, it was truly inconceivable that he was involved in so many robberies and was still not caught, and he managed to do so against powerful people and institutions.He immediately memorized the entire list, which he would examine in detailter.


    "I can''t give an exact estimate either, but my guess is that they must be over a thousand." Heinald thoughtfully returned the notebook.


    "Let me tell you something even more interesting then. The members of the Bloody Theeth organization are not just humans." Ranton smiled bitterly.


    "What do you mean?" Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    "There are Magical Creatures, too." Ranton had a solemn expression.


    "What!?" Heinald''s eyes widened.


    "Hamra must have some magic or method that controls Magical Creatures." Ranton sighed.


    "Very dangerous! Little is known about this man and his organization. It seems best that I would observe them from as far away as possible." Heinald thought, but he doubted he could obtain information or intelligence by observing it from a distance. The man called Hamra left no trace behind him.


    "What is the power level of the creatures?" Heinald asked.


    "There are 10 creatures in total, all of Level 1 Ainsar power." Ranton looked at Heinald. "We have tough enemies.


    Heinald left Ranton with a solemn expression, trying to think of something but could not think of a n. Bloody Teeth was a very dangerous organization and they had many secrets.


    "Do you know where I can rent a house?" Heinald asked Anya who stands next to him.


    "Yes sir. I can take you there if you want." Anya nodded.


    "Lets go!"


    Heinald rented afortable and secure home for 5 Arkana Stones per month.The house was guarded by powerful Trap Formations. After Heinald took care of his work, he returned to Albert.Albert was known to be a good potion master, and Heinald could really learn a few things from him. He would help him with his experiments in the future.


    Heinald''s top priority was to be stronger. He would first learn the Middle Rank Spells that his grandfather gave him. Now he was Level 1 Ainsar, his Magic Power was greatly increased, and every spell he cast would be much more effective than before.


    Heinald began to spend his days intensely, helping Albert in various experiments and learning some tricks and nuances about potion making. Another was to learn the Middle Rank Spells that his grandfather had inherited him.


    The first spell he tried to learn was called Frost Wave.This spell strewed frost waves around, freezing everything near it.As with any spell, the effect time and damage inflicted varied depending on the opponent''s strength.The closer you were to the Frost Wave, the more affected you were.


    "Master Albert, I have a question that I want to ask." When Heinald caught Albert in an empty moment, he wanted to ask a question he had long had in mind.


    "Let me hear!"


    "Where can I find a Magical Treasure?" Heinald asked.


    "Magical Treasure?" Albert had a confused expression on his face.


    "Yes."


    "I don''t think you can find Magical Treasures by looking for it." Albert scratched his chin.


    "Why is that?" Heinald asked.


    "You''re probably looking for a life-saving type of Magical Treasure, right?" Albert smiled.


    "Yes,although my job is only to observe and obtain information from a distance, there are still some risks." Heinald smiled bitterly.


    "Do you see this bracelet? This bracelet is a Magical Treasure, it allows me to store things. You can find Magical Treasures like this with enough Arkana Stones. However, Magical Treasures of the kind you are looking for are not sold." Albert pointed to his bracelet. It was a Magical Treasure with the same kind of feature as Heinald''s robe.


    "Why not sold? They can make quite a fortune to the seller." Heinald spoke after a short silence.


    "Life-saving type Magical Treasures are very few in number. So everyone wants it for themselves. And even if they were sold they would be immediately bought by great Ainsar families or organizations." Albert shrugged.


    "So is there any ce where I can find spell?" Heinald asked.


    "Which Rank?" Albert asked.


    "Middle."


    "I know of a shop where you can find some Low Rank Spells, but most likely there is no store where you can find a Middle Rank. I can give you a Middle Rank Spell for a reasonable amount." Albert scratched his chin.


    "Oh? Really?" Heinald''s eyes sparkled.


    Albert showed Heinald a small portion of the contents of a spell book called ''Lightning Spear''. This spell was a Lightning element-based Area Spell. A formed three-headed lightning spear would fly quickly towards the targeted area or person. It would explode where it struck first, causing a powerful lightning explosion. Even if the target or targets inside the explosion area did not die, they were stunned for a while.


    After a long bargain, Heinald purchased a copy of the Spell for 5,000 Arkana Stones. Medium Rank Spells were quite expensive, but powerful and useful. Heinald had many potential enemies, and the more Spells he learned, the more advantageous he would be.


    Heinald then went to Ranton''s ce to ask about new developments. When he went downstairs, he saw him peering thoughtfully at a piece of paper.


    "Heinald,e and check this out!" He handed the paper to Heinald.


    "Auction?" Heinald began to examine the paper. Lettel Trade Company was nning an auction.


    "Yes! This may be an opportunity for us!" Ranton was very enthusiastic.


    "Well...Its 6 monthster..." Heinald shrugged. "You think some members of Bloody Teeth might be in Auction?" After thinking for a moment, he made a guess about Ranton''s thinking.

 Chapter 20: Pursuits

    Chapter 20: Pursuits


    Ranton smiled contentedly after Heinald''s guess."Exactly! They may be there to observe who is getting valuable things.


    "They may think this is a trap." Heinald had a thoughtful expression.


    "You''re right ... But I can''t think of any other ns. They''re hiding very well." Ranton tapped his desk.


    "Who is behind thepany that ran this auction?" Heinald asked.


    "I don''t know.Tradepanies take their privacy very seriously." Ranton sighed.


    "Then they probably don''t know either. Still, let''s be at the auction, but I don''t think we can get a result. A cunning person like Hamra will not risk attacking apany whose background is unknown." Heinald shook his head.


    "What do you suggest?" Ranton exhaled.


    "I think they''re also trying to find out about the people behind this auction." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "It''s a reasonable assumption. They must somehow be able to get solid intelligence about the target they''re going to attack." Ranton nodded.


    "They have attacked arge number of ski depots, and most of them have been sessful. They must have been able to bypass Trap Formations in some way." Heinald frowned slightly. The methods of this organization were increasingly confused.


    "They have attacked arge number of resource storages, and most of them have been sessful.They must somehow be able to ovee Trap Formations." Heinald frowned slightly.The methods of this organization were increasingly confused.


    After Heinald left Ranton''s ce, he returned to his home, with so many thoughts in his head.He had to learn how the Bloody Teeth Organization was getting intelligence.When Heinald looked through the list,he had saw that there were many attacks on families and organizations.They could not be receiving information from Ainsars who were members of these families or organizations, because that would be treason, and every Blood Agreement included a precautionary principle to prevent betrayal.


    The next day, Heinald began wandering through the city''s shops to buy some materials,he hade to the city on a mission, but could not devote all his time to the mission,he had to keep improving.


    First, he bought the materials needed to brew Low Level Fire Effect Potions.After that,he went to a shop called The Red Mountain, which was rmended to him by Master Albert himself.ording to Albert, the materials sold in this shop were of higher quality than other ces.


    "Wee." A woman with a Level 1 Ainsar aura weed Heinald.


    "I need resources that provide information about Herbs and Spirits." Heinald bowed his head slightly to greet the woman in front of him.


    "The book section is upstairs. Follow me, please." The woman pointed to the stairs.When they got upstairs,Heinald encountered a muchrger library than he had expected.


    "Copies of only a small fraction of the original sources are exhibited for security reasons.If you want anything, you shoulde and get it tomorrow." The woman exined the situation.


    Heinald nodded.


    Heinald had picked four books after look over for a few hours.He went to the Woman and showed the copies.


    "Enril''s Spiritual Truth Guide?" The woman''s thin eyebrows frowned slightly.


    "Is there a problem?" Heinald had noticed the situation.


    "I do not rmend buying this book,it is a book with most pages missing." The woman smiled bitterly.


    "Missing?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    Among the books he looked, this was the book that gave the most in-depth information about the spirits.The other three books were those that gave information about various herbs and their effects.


    "I want it anyway." Heinald made his final decision after thinking for a while.


    "Well, this book is not only iplete,but also very expensive." The woman is shrugged.


    "How much?" Heinald asked.


    "600 Arkana Stones." The woman answered.


    "What!?" Heinald''s eyes widened.


    "I told you that I don''t rmend ..." The woman raised her eyebrows.


    "How much are the other three books worth?" Heinald asked.


    "350 Arkana Stones." The woman answered.


    Heinald fought within a few minutes.His mind opposed it, while his heart wanted him to buy that book.Finally, the winner of the war was his heart, and he ordered four books in total. He woulde back to this shop tomorrow and take his orders.


    "I must be crazy..." Heinald muttered. This was the only thought on his mind as he made his way home. Heinald brewed a few potions that day, then spent the rest of his time practicing the spell called Frost Wave. The next day,he went first and received his orders. He had paid a total of 950 Arkana Stones,and almost no Arkana Stone was left.


    Heinald spent most of his time studying the spells he needed to learn for the next four months. While working on the spell named Frost Wave, he made two mistakes in total and both had his body damaged. Fortunately, Master Albert helped Heinald with the potions he prepared. The second spell he learned was ''Whisper of the Wind'', another spell inherited from his grandfather. Through this spell,he was able to glide rapidly for 10 seconds. He could not fly,but could move fairly quickly, and finally learned about the spell he bought from Albert. Learning the spels was not too challenging for him, as he was able to visualize and construct the spell patterns precisely and quickly. During the rest of his time,he had made potions and sold it to obtain some Arkana Stones.


    Heinald also asionally contacted Ranton during this period and had hoped there would be a little bit of intelligence about Bloody Teeth. Unfortunately nothing happened.Afterpleting his primary work,he read Enril''s Guide to Spiritual Truth at the first opportunity he had and pondered it for hours.This book indeed contained very in-depth information and secrets about Spirits,but it had too many pages missing.


    "There are some really interesting and good information,but not enough.Unlucky,if this book was not missing..." Heinald sighed and shook his head.


    Just as Heinald was about to stop thinking more about the book, he noticed an hidden text.


    "Shadows of spirits filled Estnor. There is no escape!In dawn, what is always there will show the way!"


    "Estnor?" The text made Heinald frown. He immediately thought of the maps he had memorized, but could not see a ce named Estnor.


    Heinald left his house and immediately went to Ranton, this time not downstairs as usual.


    He sat at one of the tables and was drinking.


    "Hey! Would you like something to drink?" When Ranton saw Heinalding, he greeted him.


    "No thanks. I came to ask you something." Heinals shook his head.


    "If you are going to ask if there is any new development ..."


    "No, I know there is no new development." Heinald smiled bitterly.


    "What are you going to ask then?"


    "Do you know where Estnor is?" Heinald asked.


    "Estnor?" Ranton checked his memory, then shook his head.


    "Do you know someone with good map knowledge?" Heinald asked.


    "Old Adler can help you." Ranton gave Heinald an address.


    Heinald immediately left and headed for the address. When he reached the address, he saw a small and neglected shop in front of him. When he entered, he saw objects covered with dust and spider webs.


    "What do you want?" An old skinny man appeared on Heinald''s left side.


    "There is a ce I want to learn. Do you know a ce called Esnor?" Heinald started looking at the old man.


    "5 Arkana Stones!" The old man nodded after thinking for a while.


    "Catch!" Heinald threw five Arkana Stones at the old man.


    "Do you know the Huda Ruins?" the old man asked.


    "Yes." Heinald nodded. The Huda Ruins was a region south of the Risingmoon Kingdom.


    "Estnor was once located right in this area of the ruins. The Huda Ruins are actually the remains of a vanished kingdom." The old man pointed to a point on the map.


    **** ****


    Heinald began to see the beginning of the Huda Ruins after traveling non-stop for days. When he entered the edge of the Ruins,he instantly felt the Dark Energy surrounding him. It was still a few hours before the sun came up, it was dark all around,but that wasn''t a problem for him. The reason he came here was because he could find a valuable relic of ancient knowledge.If he could find the deeper information about spirits,he could have a deep understanding of spirits.


    "Shadows of spirits filled Estnor. There is no escape! In dawn, what is always there will show the way!" Heinald remembered the article he had read earlier.


    "It must be the sun... that is always there at dawn!" Heinald muttered. In dawn,the sun began to light up the ruins.Heinald began to observe his surroundings carefully.


    "This ..?" Heinald saw a thin beam of light rising toward the sky ahead.


    He immediately looked where the beam of light came outing over a small hill. ording to their calctions, it was only a few miles from the hill. For a few seconds,the yellow beam of light disappeared. Heinald immediately got on his horse and started heading up the hill at full speed. When he reached the side of the hill,he saw an upward path.


    "Stay here, Shadow, above may not be the right ce for you." Heinald got off his horse and started walking upstairs.


    As you went up, the intensity of Dark Energy in the surrounding area increased.


    "These are..." When Heinald climbed up, he encountered thousands of tombstones. In some parts of the cemetery there were oval structures made of stone, and Heinald began to wander around carefully and examine the tombstones.

 Chapter 21: Giant Skeleton

    Chapter 21: Giant Skeleton


    * Thum! * Heinald heard a voiceing from his back. When he turned, he saw a hand emerging from one of the graves. After a few seconds, hands started toe out of all the graves, and then all the skeletons started toe out of the graves.They had a deep red aura around them, but Heinald did not feel any Magic Energying from them.


    * Hryaa! * The skeletons shouted in unison and started running towards Heinald.


    "Damn! These skeletons are outnumbered!" Heinald gritted his teeth, he was surrounded by the skeletons.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald pointed his hand forward.


    A mixed red and ck fire ray emerged from his hand. All the skeletons remaining within the range of the ray instantly turned to ash. Heinald turned around at once, all the skeletons within a range of about twenty meters had turned to ash. But there were many more skeletons to deal with.


    With Heinald''s only thought, his sword came out of the dimensional pocket of his robe and appeared in his hand. He gathered all his strength in his legs and dashed to the right, with all the skeletons in front of him crumbled.He did this to avoid the blockade of skeletons.


    "Basic Fireball!"


    A fireball shot out of Heinald''s hand and exploded the moment it hit the skeletons. The scattered mes ignited all skeletons about 15 meters in diameter.


    "Let me see your strength." Heinald squinted his eyes and let the skeleton closest to him attack him.The skeleton hit his chest quickly with his paw.


    * Pa! *


    The attack of the skeleton wasn''t strong enough to even force Heinald to back down, he gave a sigh of relief. Though the robe, which was quite solid, also had an effect. He didn''t even need to use any magic against these skeletons. However, he could not make sense that these skeletons were so weak, these skeletons could only be a problem for the novice knights and perhaps the Apprentice Ainsars. ording to his estimates, these skeletons came out of their graves through some kind of formation.


    "Well, I can handle you with the sword." Heinald muttered. He quickly charged the skeletons and began to chop them up. His physical strength had increased considerably after he became Level 1 Ainsar. In one cut,the skeletons in front of him were cut into pieces.There were frequent attacks that he could not counter or avoid, but these attacks were not at a level that could harm.


    Heinald fought skeletons non-stop for hours. Exhaled loudly after smashing it in thest skeleton he saw around. It was not a harsh battle for him, but a boring one. With just normal cuts, he was able to dissect the skeletons in one shot. He was normally bored when he did this on thousands of skeletons.


    "Boring ..." Heinald had a scornful expression on his face.


    As Heinald looked around, a green sphere suddenly appeared in front of him.Before he realized what was happening, all the shattered and burnt bones around began to fly towards the sphere. All the bones gathered around the green sphere and formed a giant skeleton.


    The giant skeleton was about ten meters tall. The green sphere was in the center of his chest, and green fire gushed from the eyeballs. A bone sword several meters long formed in the hands of the skeleton.


    "What the fuck is happening !?" Heinald shouted. He also felt the intense Magical Energying from the giant skeleton. The Magical Energy that the giant skeleton emitted was certainly stronger than him.


    The giant skeleton raised his sword and downward it towards Heinald. Heinald immediately jumped sideways and dodged the attack. When the giant sword hit the ground, an area of 50 meters copsed and a huge crater formed. The scattered soil and rock fragments began to pour from the sky like rain.


    Heinald''s heart was beating madly, he had never imagined that the attack could have been so violent that if that attack had hit him he would certainly have died.


    "I should definitely avoid the attacks of this damn thing!" Heinald was examining the giant skeleton.


    The green sphere on the giant skeleton''s chest rushed forward and stood behind Heinald. Meanwhile, the skeleton had copsed and formed a mountain of bone. However, the bones quickly gathered around the green shpere again and reconstructed the skeleton,the whole process took about two seconds. When Heinald turned his back, the skeleton raised its sword again and was about to downward it towards him. He quickly rolled over to the skeleton''s legs,so the skeleton lost its angle of attack.


    Heinald, with all his might, shed his sword into the right leg of the giant skeleton. With the effect of the powerful attack, the right leg of the giant skeleton was severed and bone fragments were scattered around. However, the giant skeleton was not toppled.The scattered bones flew back towards the skeleton and reconstructed the leg.


    "Damn it!" Heinald muttered.


    "Whisper of the Wind!" Heinald began casting one of the spells he had just learned. Within seconds, Heinald''s body was surrounded by the wind. The giant skeleton raised his sword, now the bone sword was covered with green mes and quickly disyed a horizontal sh.


    A green arc-shaped fire wave flew rapidly towards Heinald. Heinald glided to the left at full speed and dodged the attack at thest moment. When the fire wave hit the ground, there was a scorching explosion of fire, and green mes were scattered.


    The skeleton swung a fist suddenly. Heinald was still in the air and the fist wasing towards him, breaking the air around it.


    "Wind of Aira!"


    An air wave came out of his hand and hit to the fist. The air wave was not enough to affect the fist, but made Heinald fly backwards, preventing him from being hit by the fist. Fortunately, this spell had shortest casting time among the spells he knew. With the level 1 Ainsar, the cast time of this spell was even less than 1 second.


    When Heinald flew back, he hit the ground and after a few meters of slide he was able to stop. Fortunately, he did not fall too high, he did not suffer any injuries.


    Effect time of Whisper of the Wind was expired, and Heinald had currently consumed half of his Magic Energy. He immediately stood up and looked at the skeleton. The skeleton held his sword with both hands and raised it. The sword was again surrounded by green mes, and the skeleton threw the sword at him with all his might. Heinald immediately jumped to the side and cast the Wind of Aira again. There was a violent explosion of fire as the sword hit the ground. Heinald had just stepped out of the explosion''s radius, but the shock wave hit his back violently.


    "Aaarghh!" Heinald flew a few yards and fell to the ground. He coughed blood violently, his internal organs were damaged.If he hadn''t hardened his bones, that shock wave would have easily broken many of his bones.


    Heinald immediately pulled a Low Level Healing Potion from the dimensional pocket of his robe and took a great sip.


    At that time, the Skeleton raised his arm. The Bone Sword flew quickly and came back into the hands of the skeleton.Heinald realized that he could not destroy the giant skeleton by attacking the bones, the bones were gathering around that green sphere, if he destroyed that green sphere he could finish the skeleton.


    "Lightning Spear!"


    Heinald held up his arm. Lightning began to gather on his hand and took the form of a three-headed spear. The Lightning Spear quickly started flying towards the skeleton. However,at that moment,the giant skeleton was about to throw its bone sword again.


    * BOM! * The sword of the giant skeleton collided with the Lightning Spear.


    There was a big explosion due to the impact of the collision.There was so much noise that Heinald''s ears began to ng. The resulting shock wave pulverized many of the surrounding stone structures.


    "Bones have fallen!" Heinald had seen the bones surrounding the sphere disintegrate under the impact of the explosion. He had to destroy that sphere before the bones could gather around the sphere again. He immediately stood up and started running towards the sphere as fast as he could. When he was near to the sphere, a few bones were already gathering around the sphere.Heinald jumped toward the sphere, raised his sword, and sliced the green sphere vertically.


    * Pam! *


    The green sphere could not withstand the violent sword strike and exploded,strewing a wave of energy around it. He was too near to the explosion, so he was blown back meters. Before being blown back meters, all he saw was a silver key sticking out of the sphere.


    "Damn! I am so badly injured ..." Heinald''s entire body was damaged. He took the Low Level Healing Potion out of his robe and drank the entire bottle. Straightened up difficulty and he began to look around. He only saw bones, dust,and green mes around. But he was feeling good,after this sessful fight. He managed to beat a tough opponent.

 Chapter 22: Exploring Deeps

    Chapter 22: Exploring Deeps


    "Where''s that key?" Heinald muttered and began to look around.After looking around briefly, he saw that the key was ahead. He tried to stand up, but the sharp pain from all over his body prevented him from doing this. He began to creep slowly towards the key, when he came near it, he took it in his hand and began to examine it. This key was in the shape of a star and made of silver, without any inscriptions or symbols. He sent it into the dimensional pocket of his robe and leaned against the rock on his side. Here he would stop doing nothing and wait for his wounds to heal.Fortunately, he had a few more potions in his robe, and he could use them if necessary.


    With the help of Low Level Healing Potion, Heinald''s internal injuries were mostly healed. By meditating until the next dawn, he rested and contributed to the regeneration speed of his Magic Energy.There was no incident around him during this time.


    Heinald began to look his surroundings at dawn. As the sunlight started to light the ruins again, the yellow light beam rose back into the sky. The source of the light beam was one of the oval structures a few hundred meters away. Heinald started walking towards the oval structure.


    "Are these oval structures some kind of altar?" Heinnald muttered.There were these strange, oval structures all over the graveyard, and Heinald did not understand what these structures were. When he came near the oval structure from which the beam of light came out, he began to examine it carefully. It looked no different from the others, it was made by stacking medium-sized rocks on top of each other.


    When Heinald entered he saw nothing but a few grass, he started to examine the walls and he saw a star-shaped hollow. He took the star-shaped key from the green sphere out of the pocket of his robe and inserted it into the hollow. At that moment the ground under Heinald began to tremble, and a few secondster the earth split and a stone spiral staircase appeared.


    "These stairs seem to go very deep." Heinald muttered. He took the star-shaped key out of the hollow and immediately sent it into the dimensional pocket of his robe.The passage above was closed when he started going down the stairs.


    Heinald knew about this kind of mechanisms. Even though it had a not too difficult Formation behind, it would be almost impossible to open without a key. Mostly, secret nes and rooms were secured with this kind of mechanisms.


    When Heinald descended the spiral staircase for a few minutes, he finally reached arge area. There were huge sculptures and natural stones that glow around. It didn''t take long for Heinald to realize that it was a dungeon. Dungeons were usually built deliberately to hide the ruins. Also, some sects or important families would also build dungeons to hide their resources.


    "Hu Hu..." Heinald smiled slightly. He went to the marble bridge in front of him and, after confirming that it was solid, crossed it.


    After crossing the bridge he saw three corridors going in different directions, at first he looked where the corridors were leading.The rightmost and leftmost corridors led to the great gates, but the middle corridor was a long dark corridor, as if there was no end. Heinald decided to take the first rightmost corridor and began walking. A few minutester he came to arge door with carved designs.


    "Looks like there is no lock..." Heinald began to examine the door. When he push the door, the door opened through two sides. It was pitch dark inside, there was not the slightest light inside. Two fire-red eyes emerged into the darkness as Heinald thought of making a small me in his hand.


    "Hm?" Heinald immediately pulled back and pulled a Fullmoon Sphere from the pocket of his robe and threw it in. Fullmoon Spheres were items that could illuminate the surroundings on a grand scale. When the area was enlightened, Heinald saw a giant lizard staring at him.


    * Hyiiik! * Lizard made a shrill sound and started walking over Heinald.


    It was a magical beast and usually their power would equal a Level 1 Ainsar. However, there were asionally seen those whose power was equal to Level 2 Ainsar. Their tongues were venomous, and their tails were like a me whip.


    Heinald,immediately took his sword in his hand. Lizard was running towards him, swung its tail at Heinald. Its tail looked like a whip made of me. He parried the attack with his sword. When the sword and the tail collided, a violent collision sound came out. Sparks were scattered around due to the impact of the collision.


    Heinald wanted to use his sword only,he wouldn''t cast any Spell unless needed. He did not know what to face in these dungeons and wanted to preserve his Magic Energy.Heinald rushed towards Lizard. It waved its tail toward Heinald, who rushed towards him. Heinald jumped and dodged the attack,performed a downward sh to Lizard.


    The Lizard quickly jumped to the right and dodged the attack. The violent sword move hit the empty floor, causing the floor to shatter.


    "His attacks are not very powerful, but they are quite fast, I have to be careful." Heinald muttered. This Lizard was moving faster than him.


    The Lizard began to spin around incredibly fast. A small tornado hose had begun to form around him.


    "Not good!" Heinald''s eyes narrowed, and he immediately began casting Wind of Aira.


    When the Lizard finished spinning around, a violent wave of air began toe towards Heinald, when he had finished casting his spell, a wave of air flew out of his hand.


    "Aghh!" The collision of two air waves resulted in intense instantaneous pressure, Heinald was blown away by the wind after being hit by the pressure wave.It was the same for the Lizard.


    Heinald immediately stood up and rushed towards his sword on the ground.But the Lizard was faster than him. The thorns on the lizard''s back were zing, and when Heinald saw this, he immediately began casting Wind Of Aira again. These thorns could be absolutely dangerous.


    When the airwaves collided with the ming thorns, it managed to extinguish the mes but failed to stop the thorns. Heinald was hit by several thorns, thrown back as he felt a sudden pain in his ribs.


    "Damn Lizard! I will not be gentle on you anymore." Heinald grit his teeth. Fortunately, his robes were much more durable than ordinary robes. He had absorbed most of the impact of the attack.


    Heinald and Lizard started running over each other.


    "So you want a physical fight?" Heinald looked coldly, by the time he got closer to Lizard, he was already casting his Spiritual Magic.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald suddenly stopped and pointed his hands at Lizard. A mixed red and ck fire ray emerged from his hand. Lizard tried to dodge the attack, but failed and was shot by the fire ray. The fire ray disappeared after 10 seconds of spreading incredible heat around it.


    A disgusting smell of burning and fumes began to spread.Heinald began to examine the lizard shot directly by the fire ray. It waspletely charred and still radiating severe heat around it.


    "This spell manages to impress me every time..." Heinald looked at his hands and sighed. His Spiritual Magic was really powerful.


    When he entered the room again, he immediately began to look around. It was a veryrge room but there was nothing but a few magnificent statues around. When he saw a door ahead he immediately started walking towards it. But he stopped suddenly and decided to wait for his Magic Energy to regenerate first. He started to meditate. Fortunately, he did not spend much Magic Energy, so his Magic Energy was renewed in a short time.


    Heinald took the Fullmoon Sphere and walked towards the door. After pushing and opening the door, he immediately threw the Fullmoon Sphere inside. When it lit up, he saw two giant spiders, both of which were Level 1 Ainsar power ording to the energy they radiated.


    "Again?" Heinald gritted his teeth. He hated spiders, especially the bigger ones.When the spiders noticed Heinald, they started walking towards him.Heinald immediately began to examine the spiders.Both were over two meters tall and their eyes were ice blue.


    "Mutation?" Heinald squinted his eyes. Normally the spiders eyes were red, but these two spiders eyes were ice blue.Heinald immediately began casting his spell called Whisper of the Wind.He had to finish off these spiders immediately or he might have gotten into trouble.


    One of the spiders jumped on Heinald and tried to crush him. However, Heinald hadpleted his spell and dodged the attack by gliding quickly to the left side. While gliding, he cast his Basic Fireball Spell and sent it to one of the spiders.When the fireball hit the spider, there was an explosion of fire.


    *Chiiii!* The spider''s entire body caught fire.


    The spider wobbled and tried to extinguish the fire, while the other spider sent an ice blue web to Heinald. Fortunately, he was still gliding,so he dodged the attack easily. When the spider''s web hit the wall,itpletely frozen.

 Chapter 23: Venomous Giant Scorpion

    Chapter 23: Venomous Giant Scorpion


    "Damn spiders ... If one of those attacks hits me, I will die for sure, I must be very careful." Heinald''s expression darkened when he saw that the wall was frozen.


    The giant spider hit its front legs ground hard after the ice web attack and the ground began to freeze.


    "Since they can use the power of ice, these spiders must be immune to ice..." Heinald observed and inferred. These spiders could have been immune to his Frost Wave spell. Magical Beasts, just like the Ainsars, were able to manipte Magic, but they could only manipte the elements they were born with. For example, these spiders were born with the ice element, they could only use it. However, some high-level Magical Beasts were capable of many elements and could use them.


    The spider hit by the fireball had all its feathers burnt, but it survived.


    "This spider survived but was badly injured. Although Basic Fireball is much more effective than its old version, it still shouldn''t have done that much damage to this level 1 Ainsar spider. I think the fire element does more damage to them because they are born with ice element." Heinald thought.


    When the effect time of Whisper of the Wind was over, the winds surrounding his body disappeared and hended on the ground.


    The legs of the two spiders began to be covered with ice, and soon afterwards they both started walking on Heinald at the same time. Heinald started running backwards, casting a spell at the same time.


    "Lightning Spear!" Heinald suddenly stopped running and raised his hand, a lightning spear had formed on his hand. He sent the lightning spear to the spiders without losing time, a spell that deals area would be much more effective because they were side by side.


    * Chiii! * There was a violent lightning explosion when the lightning spear exploded at the ce where the spiders were. The violent explosion destroyed the spiders and burned them at the same time. Fumes were rising from the dead bodies of the spiders.


    "This spell really deserves to be a Middle Rank spell. There''s a big difference with the Low Rank spells." Heinald muttered.


    Heinald was much more advantageous than other Level 1 Ainsars. His first and biggest advantage was his eyes, thanks to his eyes he was able to recognize even the smallest details duringbat and react very quickly. His second chance was that he knew more spells than the others. He could be said to have been quite lucky, he inherited two Medium Rank Spells from his grandfather and he was wealthy enough to buy a Medium Rank Spell from Master Albert. Most Level 1 Ainsars didn''t have a Medium Rank Spell. Therefore, Heinald had no trouble fighting against two spiders that had power of a Level 1 Ainsar.


    After confirming that he was safe, Heinald searched the surrounding area carefully but found nothing.


    "I think these rooms must be some kind of test ..." Heinald shook his head. Often, various tests and traps were put in the dungeons so that an ordinary person would note and take the remains. So that the unworthy person could not take the remains.


    Heinald rested a little and restored his Magic Energy. Then he turned back the way he came from. This time he took the mostleft corridor and began to move towards. After walking down the corridor for a while, he came to front of arge door. He prepared himself and opened the door carefully. He threw Fullmoon Sphere inside. When it lit up, he expected to see another beast, but this time there was no Magical Beast inside, just lots of alchemical tools and dust.


    "This ce looks like ab ..." Heinald muttered. He began to scrutinize the area carefully. To the left was a huge bookcase that covered the entire wall, but interestingly there were no books. There were only empty jars,some alchemical tools and a ornamental pool in the middle, there was no water in it.


    "Interesting ce..." Heinald scratched his chin.


    As he was about to turn his attention elsewhere, he noticed a detail, a camouged ledge on the edge of the ornamental pool.


    Heinald immediately went over to the ledge, and after examining it, he pushed it away with slight force.


    The ground began to shake slightly, the center of the fountain opened and adder appeared. When he looked down he couldn''t see anything, there was not the slightest light. He immediately took Fullmoon Sphere with him and began to descend.


    When he finished going down, he hade to a rather narrow tunnel, and he began to proceed carefully, observing the surroundings carefully to avoid any traps. After walking for minutes, it emerged into a spacious circr area, which was very different from the other parts of the dungeon, with a sand-like ground.


    "Hm?" Heinald continued to move forward but stopped when he felt the floor shake slightly.


    Suddenly tworge pincers jumped out of the middle of the sand, and a giant body emerged from behind.


    "This..." Heinald''s pupils flickered. There was a huge yellow scorpion front of him. Although the energy this Magical Beast radiated was not much greater than himself, its body looked huge and very hard.


    As Heinald held up his hand, his sword appeared in his hand. He was examining the scorpion''s body carefully, its entire body covered in venom. His skin was absolutely not supposed to touch this scorpion''s body.


    The scorpion began to move around quickly, looking for a good position to attack.


    "Basic Fireball!" A fireball flew out from Heinald''s hand, but the scorpion moved quickly and dodged the attack.


    The scorpion raised its tail and squirted venom from its stinger.


    Heinald immediately cast the Wind of Aira, a wave of air came out of his hands, and they collided with the venom in the air. Scorpion did not settle for a single attack and ran over Heinald and tried to catch him with his pincers, but failed. He rolled over quickly and ran, widening the distance from the scorpion.


    While running, he also cast the spell called the Lightning Spear. He held up his hand and the dancing lightning bolts formed a spear shape. Heinald did not immediately send the Lightning Spear this time. The scorpion in front of him was able to move very quickly, despite its huge body. He was looking for a suitable position.


    When he caught a suitable position, he sent the Lightning Spear towards the scorpion.


    *BAM!*


    "Stunned!" He noticed that the scorpion in front of him was stunned. The lightning explosion could not shatter the scorpion''s hard body, but still did a good amount of damage and stunned it. He immediately took action and jumped towards the back of the scorpion, gathering all his strength, swung his sword towards the tail of the scorpion.


    * CLANG! * It sounded like two metals were colliding. The violent sword sh wasn''t enough to sever the scorpion''s tail. When the scorpion recovered from stun, it quickly turned to Heinald and tried to catch him, but he had immediately run away from the scorpion when his attack failed.


    "Damn, its body is much tougher than I thought." Heinald''s expression darkened. When he saw that the giant scorpion was about to throw venom at him again, he immediately began casting Basic Fireball. A fireball flew out from his hand and collided with the toxic liquid in the air.


    * Tzzsss! * As a result of the collision, toxic fumes began to emerge into the air. He immediately backed off and began observing the movements of the scorpion.


    The giant scorpion suddenly raised its tail and threw its stinger. Heinald parried the stinger thating towards him with an incredible speed. He was waiting the giant scorpion to throw its stinger again but the scorpion plucked arge rock off the wall with his gripper and threw it at him with all his might.


    Heinald shed the rock with his sword, but the incident happened too quickly, so he couldn''t take position and blown back.


    "Aghh!" Heinald''s arms had begun to numb as a result of the strong blow. The giant scorpion did not waste time and quickly began to walk towards him. When he saw this, immediately began casting his Frost Wave spell.


    When the giant scorpion came near him,swung its stinger towards him. At that moment, a piercing cold began to spread from his body. The piercing cold frost wave gathered around his body and spread out. The giant scorpions''s stinger stopped just as it was about to touch Heinald because the giant scorpion''s entire body was frozen.


    Heinald held out his right hand forward, and a fire ray emerged from his hand, radiating fierce heat around him. The temperature was so fierce that all the ice covering the scorpion had melted in seconds.


    "Now!" Heinald had used his Spiritual Magic to perform the n in his mind. Using Frost Wawe, he prevented the giant scorpion from moving so he could burn the giant scorpion''s head with a violent fire ray.


    The head area of the giant scorpion had turned a fire-red color, and he immediately rushed forward and stabbed that area.

 Chapter 24: The Art of Spirit Binding

    Chapter 24: The Art of Spirit Binding


    Heinald''s sword was stuck in the head of the giant scorpion. His Spiritual Magic eroded the head area of the scorpion so that the armored head area of the scorpion was worn down and the sword could be stabbed.


    "Disgusting!" Heinald grimaced. As he pulled back his sword, a mucous-like liquid began to flow from the scorpion''s head.


    After moving away from the giant scorpion''s lifeless body, he began to carefully clean his sword, the venom of this scorpion have been quite strong, and if he was careless and touched the venom, he could get into trouble.


    Heinald did not linger any longer and began to walk, entering the wide tunnel in front of him, walking quite carefully, as always.


    "These ...?" Heinald''s eyes began to shine at the sight he saw, with a huge herb habitat in front of him.


    "Serpenteye Herb, Libus Flower, Wolirle Grass, Punfire Mushroom ... All these nts are very valuable and special nts!" Heinald''s heart began to beat quickly, he didn''t even know some of the nts around. But he didn''t jump right away, he checked his surroundings carefully at first. A trap to be caught without preparation could have been his end.


    After carefully checking the surroundings and verifying that there was no danger, he immediately began to carefully tear the surrounding valuable nts and store them in the dimensional pocket of his robe. They were so many that it took hours to collect them all.


    When he collected all the nts, he began to return the path he came from with a pleasant smile on his face, and if he sold these nts he would probably be as wealthy as the kings, but he did not think of doing anything like that. All of these nts were rare and not readily avable. He would use these for his Potion Brewing experiments.


    When Heinald came back to the triple crossroads, he stopped there and waited for his Magic Energy to be restored. When he was ready, he started walking in the middle corridor. The end of this corridor did not lead to a door like the others. Heinald walked quickly for minutes, yet all he saw was darkness with no end.


    After walking through the dark tunnel for long periods, he saw something.


    "Hm?" Heinald saw a small blue light ahead, and began to walk quickly toward the light. As he drew closer to the light, he saw it emanating from a small ball on a stone pulpit. He went over to him and began to examine it, there was a ring and a book inside.


    He soon realized that this ball was a kind of Barrier Formation.


    "This formation is pretty solid. It will take arge amount of energy to decay." Heinald was muttered while examining the Barrier Formation.


    For emergencies, he always carried lots of Compressed Energy Stones in the dimensional pocket of his robe. Sometimes it was needed, as in the current situation. He emptied his mind and focused all his attention on the Formation. After spending hours and 20 Compressed Enery Stones, he finally seeded.


    "Nice! Finally the barrier is gone, now I have to carefully examine these items. This ring and book seems not ordinary things." Heinald thought.


    Heinald began to examine the items. There was nothing suspicious about them, and there was no Magic Energy emitting from them. He sent the Magic Energy onto the objects. At that moment the ring began to emit a pale golden light.


    "Hm?" Heinald''s eyebrows rose, and an intense fire element energy began to radiate from the ring. Heinald carefully picked up the ring, and interestingly, the ring was not hot, it could even be said to be quite cold. The ring in his hand was a in silver ring, without any stone or embroidery.


    Heinald put the ring on his finger, and he didn''t really understand what was happening because the ring on his finger was getting colder.


    "A cold ring that radiates fire element energy eh ... It''s really ironic!" Heinald smirked. He sent his Magic Energy back to the ring, wanting to decipher this ring''s trick.


    "Wait! This..." Heinald''s hairs pricked up with a strange feeling he felt. He could have sworn he felt a presence in this ring. He was sure now that he sent Magic Energy to his ring a few more times. There was the energy of another creature in this ring!


    He immediately closed his eyes and focused his mind and soul on the ring, and after a short while he began to see a small golden ball in the distance, although his eyes were closed. As he kept focusing, it was as if the little golden ball was getting closer and closer to him. Time went by, the little ball grew bigger at first. Later, its shape started to change, the ball was gradually opening.


    * Hiyaa! * The little ball began to burst golden mes around it, followed by a shrill scream. Heinald was astonished, facing a Phoenix. He immediately opened his eyes and looked at the ring, and the ring was no longer shining, but he could feel the presence of the Phoenix in the ring without focusing anymore.He was so confused that he had neither seen, heard nor read anything like this before.


    "What is this? A Phoenix''s Spirit?" Heinald looked at the ring in his hand with some thoughtfulness.


    Someter he picked up the book on the pulpit.It was thick and heavy. The tome of the book made of a kind of animal skin.


    "The Art of Spirit Binding" Heinald saw this title when he opened the first page of the book.


    "The Art of Spirit Binding?" Heinald frowned.


    "Spirit Binding is one of the few techniques left over from the time of Ancient Ainsar. In fact, this technique was discovered ipletely at first. But Great Ainsar Enril has managed toplete this technique by blending it with his own knowledge. Spirit Binding is the name given to the process of binding a spirit that has already been captured of a Magical Beast can be sessfully integrated into an object, that object will integrate with the core energy of the Magical Beast''s spirit. An Ainsar who has such an object can bond with the spirit source of that Magical Beast. The Spirit Binding process can only be done with a special formation, this book will mostly contain technical information about this Formation. "


    "This ..." Heinald gaped with astonishment when he read the book''s introduction. There was a Phoenix spirit in the ring. He immediately began to examine its other pages.


    He found some small notes between the pages and read them first. These little notes contained some information about The Art of Spirit Binding and experiments.


    "The Magical Beast spirit required for the spirit binding process must belong to an Elemental King!"


    Heinald''s eyes widened when he read the first of the notes.


    The Elemental Kings were the most powerful Magical Beast species in the world. The elemental energy of this species would be higher than any other species.Ancient Ainsars used to hunt these species for glory and fame, but now an Ainsar who might confront them was regarded as a fool.


    "It would be insane to fight a grown Elemental King.But those that are not grown yet can be hunted." Heinald muttered, but this species was already a fairly rare breed, and a not grown one would be very difficult to find.


    Heinald quickly scanned the contents of the book with his eyes, but could not find any information about this ring and the Phoenix Spirit within.


    Heinald sent the book into the dimensional pocket of his robe and carefully observed its surroundings. After confirming that there is nothing else,he began to move on. He entered a dark tunnel again, but this tunnel was more spacious than the others, and as usual he was alert for the possibility of a trap. Fortunately, this tunnel was not very long, after a short walk he reached an area surrounded by sculptures, and when he examined the sculptures, he saw that these were various Magical Beast sculptures.


    A fiery-red light came from the end of the road ahead of him, and he noticed that the temperature grew stronger as he approached the light. He speeded up his steps and soon reached the end of the road. There was another short road to the right, the road leading to a veryrge area.


    Heinald walked quickly and went out into arge field. There was a long stone bridge across it, and below the bridge was like a sea ofva and surrounding was very hot.


    * Hrrr * Heinald heard many growling soundsing from the environment. He immediately began to look around carefully.


    "These are the Lava Hounds! Their auras are weaker than mine, but they are too many. Still, it won''t be a problem." Heinald saw the hounds rising from the giant sea. mes wereing out of the eyes and noses of theva hounds, and they were slowly gathering around him.


    Heinald smiled slightly and suddenly released some of his Magic Energy. The sudden wave of Magic Energy created a small shock wave around. The Hounds shot by Heinald''s Magic Energy immediately retreated.


    They did not dare to approach Heinald.


    "I''m sorry but I have to kill you, I want your hearts." The Heinald murmured mockingly. The Lava Hounds in front of him were actually notmon creatures, mostly living in volcanic regions.


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 Chapter 25: Approaching the Edge of the Death

    Chapter 25: Approaching the Edge of the Death


    As Heinald raised his hand, his sword appeared in his hand, jumping towards the Lava Hounds ahead and performed a downward sh. Although the hound he aimed tried to escape, it was not fast enough, its head split in two and its body copsed to the ground. All the other Lava Hounds rushed at Heinald at the same time.


    "Frost Wave!"


    A freezing wave swept around Heinald''s body, and the Lava Hounds surrounding him were all frozen. Although the Lava Hounds were not considered strong, they would still be able to melt the ice sheet that covered them in a short time, for sure. So, he rushed towards them and finished them off with quick cuts.


    After killing all the Lava Hounds, he began to extract their hearts with a super sharp skinning knife. The hearts of these monsters could be used in Potion Brewing and various Magic Formations due to their fire element energy.


    "What''s going on?" When Heinald removed the heart of the Lava Hound front of him, he saw that the elemental energy in the stone was absorbed by the ring. Within seconds, all the fire element energy in the heart of the Lava Hound was exploited by the ring.


    He immediately focused his attention on the ring, noticing that the energy of the Phoenix Spirit in the ring had increased a little bit.


    "Does it absorb Fire Energy?" Heinald had a thoughtful expression, he immediately turned to the other Lava Hounds and took out their hearts. The Fire Energy of all the hearts that he gather were immediately exploited by the ring.


    *Roooaaarr! *


    Heinald heard a roar that trembled the earth and the sky, so fierce it was that stone fragments began to fall from the surrounding walls.


    *BUM! * The massive wall to the left exploded in an instant, small andrge pieces of stone scattered around, creating a cloud of dust all over the ce.


    "No way ..." Heinald''s pupils shrank. A gigantic body emerged from among the dust, his eyes like a me plucked from the deepest of hell. One of its paw was twice the size of him. His mane was zing, and there was nonstop smokeing out of his mouth.


    This was an adult Underworld Warg, another name for this species, the Hell Wolf. From the energy it radiated, it had almost the power of a Level 2 Ainsar. Heinald''s heart was beating madly, and if he fought this monster in front of him, his death would have been certain. The spells he knew, absolutely will not be enough to save him.


    He should have run from here right away!


    He quickly began to observe the surroundings. There was a tunnel ahead, he had to cross the bridge and get there and run without looking back.


    "Whisper of the Wind!" Heinald''s body was surrounded by the wind, and he immediately began to run with all his might, moving quite fast thanks to the wind that surrounded him.


    * Roaaaar! * Warg roared and blew fire out of its mouth.


    He immediately jumped to the side and came out of the range of the fire at thest moment, and immediately started running towards the bridge, but the Warg behind him was also very nimble and fast.


    "Lightning Spear!" Heinald cast the spell as he ran towards the bridge. Warg was chasing him right behind him. When he got to the bridge he started running at full speed without testing his durability, because he had no other choice.


    As he neared the end of the bridge, he gathered all his strength in his legs and jumped forward, sending the Lightning Spear to the bridge while he was in the air.


    When the Lightning Lance hit the bridge, a violent lightning explosion broke out. The violent explosion tore the stone bridge to pieces and caused the warg to fall down.


    Heinald had sessfullynded on the other side of the bridge when he jumped forward.


    "This saves me some time. But I certainly can''t slow down, probably that warg could climb back up in less than a minute." Heinald thought.


    He started running through the tunnel at full speed. While he was running, he was also observing the tunnel, that monster''s gigantic body probably would not fit into this narrow tunnel. However, because he was unsure, he certainly did not rx and kept running at full speed.


    Heinald quickly nced behind him as he ran and saw warg reach the entrance of the tunnel.


    * Rooaaaarr * Gigantic Warg let out a breath of fire with all its might. This breath of fire was so powerful that even a Level 2 Ainsar would hesitate to confront it directly. There was no way Heinald could stand directly in front of this breath of fire. Luckily, his mind worked quickly and he came up with an idea he thought might work.


    He casted Lightning Spear and throw it to the ceilinng of the tunnel.


    *BAM!* When Lightning Spear hit to the ceiling a lightning burst appeared and ceiling copsed. Although the copsed ceiling absorbed some of the power of the iing scorching fire wave, it could notpletely block it. Heinald cast his spell, Frost Wave, again, and with it he blocked the waves of fire that had weakened in intensity.


    * Roooaaarrr! * Warg roared again and began to move forward by hitting his giant body left and right. The whole tunnel started to shake, rocks were falling from the walls.


    "Damn warg!" Heinald gritted his teeth. He was moving at full speed through the tunnel, the ground underneath trembling as if there were a severe earthquake. After running for a while, the tunnel began to bend to the right. When Heinald turned to the right, he saw a dim light from the end of the tunnel.


    "Finally!" Heinald yelled excitedly, for a moment thinking that these damned tunnels would never end.


    There began to be loud rumbling sounds from the rear of the tunnel, followed by a heavy dust wave. The warg had destroyed the tunnel by breaking the walls, causing the entire tunnel to copse.


    Heinald came out of the tunnel. He reached a small room illuminated by various natural stones around him.


    There was only a small chest and an iid door ahead.


    He immediately turned to the chest and started to examine it. As he had guessed, the chest was protected by a Defensive Formation.


    * Rooaaar! *


    "Fucking Warg! You''re still not dead !?" Heinald immediately sent the chest into the dimensional pocket of his robe and headed for the door. There was a star-shaped recess near the door, and he immediately took the star key from his pocket and ced it in the recess.


    The door before him opened trembling, revealing the stairs leading upwards.


    Heinald quickly began to climb the stairs, and after a few minutes he climbed into the openness of the ruins.


    "I did it!" Heinald let out a sigh of relief. Warg had failed to catch him, but he still wanted to leave the ruins without much dy.


    That beast survived even after the entire tunnel copsed.


    He blew Shadow''s horn and waited for him to arrive, and after a few minutes he saw his horse rushing towards him.


    **********


    When Heinald returned to the Risingmoon Kingdom, he first stayed at his home for a while and never went out.During this time, he both rested and devoted time to the resources he obtained from the dungeon. He spent quite a bit of time destroying the Defense Formation on the chest he had obtained from the dungeon.


    "Alright! It''s finally open!" Heinald was excited when he destroyed the formation. He carefully opened the chest. There were only two books in it. He calmly took the first book and quickly nced at its contents.


    "This book contains information about a Spirit Imprisonment Formation!" Heinald''s eyes were bright.


    He quickly started view the other book.


    "T-This ... This is a Spirit Potion Form!" Heinald''s hands were trembling. The book he was holding contained the form for a Spirit Potion and information about how to make it.


    A Spirit Potion Form had a lot of value, so only the strongest families had these forms. If Heinald was found to have one of these, powerful families would do their best to eliminate him and seize the potion. ording to the book, this potion would not affect Level 3 Ainsar and above. However, it was quite effective for Level 1 Ainsar and Level 2 Ainsar. Of course, after a certain amount of use this potion would still be dysfunctional because the body would begin to show immunity to the content and effect of this potion.


    "I have gained invaluable resources. These resources will definitely be of great use to me ..." Heinald had a pleasant smile on his face.


    Heinald never left his house for a while. After dealing with matters of concern, he decided to see Ranton.


    "Wee, Heinald! Where have you been?" When Ranton saw Heinald, he greeted him.


    "I had a few things to do." Heinald shrugged. "Any news?"


    "There isn''t a single one." Ranton shook his head.


    "They must have gotten a very good source of intelligence somehow..." Heinald murmured. An idea that came to his mind at that moment and made him frown.


    "What happened?" Ranton asked.


    "What if the intelligence sources are themselves?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    "How so?" Ranton looked directly at Heinald.


    "I don''t think they can get that much intelligence from a single source. Maybe they are collecting intelligence themselves." Heinald stood up and started walking around the room, looking thoughtful.


    "Their actions do not ept even any little mistake. How can they collect intelligence that is so precise?" Ranton frowned.


    "This is the question that we should focus on, my friend! If we can solve this question, we can find something useful." Heinald nodded. The answer to this question could open important doors for them.

 Chapter 26: Clue Pursuit!

    Chapter 26: Clue Pursuit!


    Heinald and Ranton continued to exchange ideas for several minutes.


    "Where do Ainsars spend their free time?" Heinald turned to Ranton and asked.


    "In libraries, shops and taverns." Ranton thought for a while.


    "Taverns!" Heinald nodded.


    Taverns are the adress of the babbling.


    "But Ainsars are smart people, I don''t think they''ll drink a lot and just talk about important intelligence." Ranton shook his head.


    "We don''t know that, after all there are too many different people." Heinald shrugged. In fact, he thought Ranton was right, but it was obvious they would get nowhere just by waiting.


    "Then I''ll take you to the busiest taverns in the city tomorrow." Ranton sighed.


    After Heinald bade farewell Ranton, he went to Master Albert.


    "Master Albert!" Heinald greeted the old man front of him, slightly bowing his head.


    "I haven''t seen you around for a long time, son. Where have you been?" Albert let go of the book in his hand and started looking at the young man in front of him.


    "I had a few important things to do." Heinald waved his hand softly.


    "Is there any news about Bloody Teeth?" Albert asked.


    "No, sir." Heinald shook his head.


    "They hide pretty well ...Anyway, we haven''t brewed potions with you for a long time, let''s work a little." Albert gave a lowugh.


    "I agree!" Heinald smiled and nodded. He had spent too much Arkana Stones, now he had to save some. Ever since Heinald came to the Risingmoon Kingdom, he had been helping Master Albert brew a variety of potions.Thus, he was receiving important advices from him about Potion Brewing. Since he could easily observe him, he had important inferences about many materials used in potion making.


    The most important one was inferences he gained about the Spirit me. He had learned just by observing what amount of Spirit me to use on hundreds of materials.


    Heinald brewed the potion for long hours.


    ***


    The next day, after the sun went down, he went to Ranton.


    "Are you ready?" Ranton asked when he saw Heinald.


    "Yes."


    "Alright! Our first destination is a tavern called Riverwater."


    Ranton and Heinald jumped on their horses and began traveling through the city, stopping when they arrived at a fairlyrge tavern.


    "Here we will start here." Ranton nodded ahead.


    When they got inside, they sat at a table, especially in the corner. So they could observe the surroundings well. While the two were chatting on various topics, they were also observing around. The hours passed quickly, but neither of them saw a suspicious thing, and there was no one around drinking enough to lose themselves.


    "Well ... we predicted it would be like this anyway." Ranton shrugged.


    "Yes, but it''s better than doing nothing. And there are taverns we still have to check out, right?" Heinald finished the drink in front of him and stood up.


    T


    The two said goodbye to each other and began to ride their horses towards their home. Heinald had been observing especially everybody around all night long. Thanks to his eyes, it was quite easy for him.


    But he didn''t notice anything.


    The next evening, he met Ranton again and they came to another tavern called Burning Paw. Likewise, they picked a corner table again and began to observe the people around carefully, but without being noticed. Unfortunately, they didn''t find anything that night either.


    Heinald and Ranton could not go to another tavern for the following week as they both had jobs to take care of.


    Heinald spent the whole weekbrewing and working with potions. Formations were much easier for him than dealing with potions. He had an impable memory so he could not forget a single rune and could even remember them precisely. Therefore, it was much easier to deal with Magic Formations. Potion Making was more about talent than strong memory. He was certainly talented, but fields that required talent were much more difficult.


    ***


    "Where are we going today?" Heinald looked at Ranton and asked.


    "To the Oakdeep Tavern!" Ranton answered.


    They immediately started riding towards the Oakdeep Tavern.They reached the tavern after a quiet ride through the wide and well-kept streets of the city. As they didst time, they chose a table in the corner and began to observe people around without being noticed. Heinald hadn''t seen anything to suspect yet, but the few cats wandering around seemed pretty interesting to him. Cats were fairlymon, so there was nothing wierd. However, it was interesting for cats to roam in a tavern.


    The hours passed quickly, and again they couldn''t find anything suspicious.


    "We''d better leave now. Tomorrow we''ll go to another tavern." Ranton exhaled.


    "Wait!" Heinald murmured. A scene he saw as he was about to stand up had stopped him.


    "What happened?" Ranton asked in a low voice.


    "I saw a small pill drop from the innkeeper''s ring into the ss." Heinald was watching the innkeeper carefully.


    "What are you talking about? How can you see something like that from this distance?" Ranton''s eyebrows were slightly frowned.


    "Trust me, my eyes are good." Heinald couldn''t bother answering Ranton at this time, so he cut the conversation short.


    As the innkeeper poured the drink into the ss, he threw a very tiny pill into the ss with a quick gesture.


    Heinald began watching the innkeeper with full attention. He had picked up another ss in his hand and did the same again, this time for sure.


    The innkeeper served the drinks to the two Ainsars sitting a few tables ahead.


    "Heinald, are you sure?" Ranton asked quietly.


    "I am sure!" Heinald nodded. He began to observe the two Ainsars who were drinking. A gray cat came near their table andy there.


    "Hmm..." Heinald''s eyes squinted.


    As time passed, the Ainsars he was watching began tough a lot and their pupils grewrger.


    "I just discovered something very interesting, Ranton..." Heinald smiled slightly and stood up.


    "Lets go!"


    After leaving the tavern, they jumped on their horses and walked away from the tavern.


    "Are you going to tell now?" Ranton asked.They were riding slowly.


    "I noticed a change in the acts of the two Ainsars who were drinking. Besides, I guess those cats are somehow controlled." Heinald shook his head.


    "What? How so?" Ranton''s eyebrows rose.


    "Probably the pill that the innkeeper threw into the drinks is some kind of medicine.That drug must be making Ainsars talk too much and without thinking.Thus, they can gather various intelligence, and even if the Ainsars reveal confidential information for a family or organization because they do not speak of their own free will, the Blood Agreement does not punish them.Those cats are around to listen to what is being spoken.They must be controlling those cats with some kind of spell, or I''m too paranoid." Heinald had a thoughtful expression.


    "This ..." Ranton couldn''t find anything to say.


    "Let''s visit this tavern a few more times in theing days." Heinald wanted more observations.


    "Well, don''t you think these Ainsars remember what they talked?" Ranton asked.


    "I don''t think so, they would have been caught already." Heinald shook his head.


    "He couldn''t have used that pill in our drinks, right?" Ranton had a distorted expression.


    "Let''s hope not so, my friend..." Heinald smiled slightly.


    "Hey! Don''t scare me..." Ranton made a moody expression.


    "He''s probably giving this medicine only to the people he gets in his eyes. It would be nonsense to give it to everyone." Heinald scratched his chin.


    After the two said goodbye to each other, they returned home.


    Heinald visited the Oakdeep Tavern several times over the next month and made continuous observations unnoticed.Unfortunately,he was unable to obtain any other useful information during his visits.Interestingly, they weren''t interested in who he was either, or they were, but he didn''t realize it. Perhaps someone was stalking him every time and he didn''t notice it.


    Even if they targeted Heinald, they wouldn''t have learned anything about him. He did not have any membership anywhere.He had been part of the Rinemoth Family for a while, but was no longer considered an official member. He made an agreement of interest with Marcus Rinemoth shor time ago. So his head was at ease. In fact, if they made a move against him, he would probably be pleased with it because he could get a direct lead.


    Apart from that, he made potions and studied Magic Formations.


    Over time, he had a full grasp of Spirit Imprisonment Formation. However, this formation required much more energy than other formations. So, he spent half of the Arkana Stones he obtained from the potions he sold to buy just one Uthus Core. An Uthus Core was hundreds of times more effective than Compressed Energy.


    Heinald''s next n was to follow the innkeeper outside neutralize and seize. Although this innkeeper seems to be messing something hidden,it might not have anything to do with Bloody Teeth. After all, there was not a single criminal organization.There were many criminal organizations lurking behind the shadows.


    He would question him at first, if he wasn''t a member of Bloody Teeth, he would leave him.

 Chapter 27: Chasing the Innkeeper

    Chapter 27: Chasing the Innkeeper


    In Ranton''s Office


    "What are you crazy? What if someone sees it?" Ranton was looking at Heinald, who stood calmly in front of him.He had a distorted expression on his face.


    He was going to kidnap and interrogate the innkeeper, so he asked him to find a safe and vacant ce.


    "Don''t worry, it''s okay, Ainsars don''t like to interfere in each other''s internal affairs." Heinald shrugged.


    "That innkeeper is also a Level 1 Ainsar, how can you be so sure you can defeat him? If you think to use a spell on the streets of the city ..." Ranton was interrupted by Heinald before he finished.


    "Of course I will not use spells. I am not so stupid, I don''t want to gather the guards over me."


    Heinald pulled a small bottle from the pocket of his robe, with a yellow liquid in it.


    "What is this?" Ranton asked.


    "This is Hellnisk Serpent''s venom. It has the ability to paralyze for a short time, but I will add a few ingredients to this poison to prolong its effect." Heinald smiled at the bottle in his hand.


    "Let''s say you seeded and you managed to paralyze him for a short time. What are you nning to do when the paralysis wears off?"


    "I think I can take care of that innkeeper, just find me a decent ce." Heinald stood up, he had to go home and prepare the paralyzing mixture.


    "Alright! But I won''t be in any other part of this n." Ranton exhaled loudly.


    After saying goodbye to Ranton, Heinald jumped on his horse and began to ride his horse straight to his home. After increasing the effect of the paralyzing poison with various toxic herbs, he waited for the night and went alone again to observe the innkeeper. But this time he did not enter and waited for him to exit the tavern. The innkeeper left the tavern a few hours after midnight and was reced by another person.


    He was very curious where this innkeeper was going,so he would spare this night to follow him. Thanks to his eyes, he could follow the innkeeper from a distance even in the dark, so his aura would not be felt by the innkeeper.


    "Finally!" Heinald saw the innkeeper leave the tavern after waiting a long time. The innkeeper had begun walking through the dark streets of the city, not riding a horse. He followed the innkeeper from a safe distance. The innkeeper entered a temple after about half an hour traveling through the streets of the city.


    "Temple?" Heinald frowned, and he waited for several hours for the innkeeper to leave the temple, but the innkeeper did not.


    "If I can gather some information about this temple, maybe I can get a useful clue." He thought, it was almost morning, so before sunrise he dived into the dark streets of the city and started walking towards his house.


    When Heinald returned home, he began to study Spirit Binding Formation, but his work was interrupted by a knock on his door.


    When he opened the door, he saw Ranton in front of him.


    "Wee! Come in." He made a hand gesture for him toe in.


    "I found an empty house as you wanted. I''ll take you there." Ranton shook his head.


    "Oh? So quickly?" Heinald was surprised that it got done so quickly.


    "I have some good connections." Rantonughed softly.


    "Good job!" Heinald smiled slightly and left his house and locked his door.


    "But remember, you shouldn''t damage the house. It belongs to a friend of mine whom I trust." Ranton warned.


    "Do not worry." Heinald nodded.


    Ranton took Heinald to the house where he found it, which was a small and unobtrusive house on the north side of town.It was located in the middle of a wooded area.


    "By the way, I followed the innkeeperst night. At night he left the tavern and went to a temple." Heinald had a straight expression.


    "What temple?" Ranton asked.


    Heinald did not know the name of the temple, so he described it.


    "Ah! That must be the Eunor Temple." Ranton nodded. "What could he be doing there? Religionist or something?"


    "I do not know." Heinald shrugged.


    "I don''t know much about it, but I can do research." Ranton scratched his chin.


    After thanking Ranton, Heinald left and went to his house and waited for it to be night time.


    Hours passed quickly, and night time came.


    In the back street of the tavern, Heinald, mingled in darkness, waited for the innkeeper to leave the tavern. The innkeeper came out of the tavern quite hastily and got on his horse, and he seemed to have a very urgent job.


    He immediately got on his horse and began following the innkeeper from a safe distance. The innkeeper had turned to the Northern Gates of the city and left the city. He didn''t know where the innkeeper was going, but he could have been morefortable outside of the city. When they got far from the gates of the city it was time to attack!


    Heinald stepped up his horse and began to close the distance from the innkeeper, and they were advancing over a t in. When he looked back, he saw a man who had covered his face with a ck mask approaching him with his horse.


    He understood that this man was going to attack him!


    The innkeeper formed a fireball and sent it towards him.


    "Basic Fireball" When he saw that the innkeeper casting a fireball, he immediately made a counter attack.


    As the fireballs collided in the air, a violent explosion of fire broke out and mes spread around.


    The innkeeper stopped his horse and dismounted, looking directly at the man approaching him.


    "Who the hell are you? What do you want from me?" The innkeeper shouted loudly.


    "I just want some information." Heinald stopped about twenty meters from the innkeeper and dismounted.


    "What information?" The Innkeeper frowned.


    "About Bloody Teeth!" Heinald shouted.


    The innkeeper had a great surprise on his face for seconds, but he immediately got him under control. It was obvious that he wanted not to show his surprise, there was no doubt that this guy was definitely connected with Bloody Teeth.


    "I don''t know anything about them. Now,get lost now or this will be your grave!" A cold look appeared in the innkeeper''s eyes.


    "How scary! Unfortunately threats don''t save you!" Heinald shook his head. Obviously he was not afraid of this innkeeper. Thanks to Moon Thief''s Eyes and the spells he knew, his strength was much higher than the ordinary Level 1 Ainsar. Of course, he did not have any knowledge of his opponent''sbat strength, he did not know exactly how advantageous he was against him. But he didn''t think he was going to lose to him.


    "I have no time to waste with you! Die!" The innkeeper shouted, and five red arrows of energy appeared around his body.They all started flying towards Heinald one after the other.


    "Wind of Aira!" The air wave from Heinald''s hand prevented red energy arrows from hitting him.


    At that moment the innkeeper''s hands were beginning to freeze, and as he pointed his hands at Heinald, icy arrows burst out.


    A fireball flew out of Heinald''s hand and collided with the ice arrowsing towards him, but at that moment something unexpected happened.


    The fireball had failed to melt the ice arrows!


    Fortunately, Heinald had noticed this early and dodged the ice arrows in a tumble to the right, when the ice arrows hit the ground, they frozen an area of about 10 meters.


    "Damn it! Taste my Spiritual Magic!" The innkeeper shouted in anger.


    Heinald begun to watch the innkeeper attentively.


    Within seconds, waves of heat were radiating from his body. Then, mes began to radiate from his body, the mes gathered behind the innkeeper to form a dragon figure about 15 meters in length.


    "Whisper of the Wind!" Heinald''s body began to be covered with winds. The ming dragon, formed by the innkeeper, spewed a wave of fire at Heinald .


    He jumped to the side at once and dodged the attack, gliding quickly, then leaped toward the innkeeper and glided toward him.


    The speed had caught the innkeeper off guard.


    While he was gliding, he also started casting his spell called Frost Wave. When he got close to the innkeeper, a freezing wave came out of his body, freezing everything around. The innkeeper''s spell dragon resisted the cold for a few seconds but then disappeared.


    The innkeeper was so closely exposed to Frost Wave''s influence, so he immediately froze. In fact, he didn''t even need to use magic to finish his job, he could have done it even with a sword, but his purpose was not to kill him.


    At least not yet.


    He immediately pulled a small knife and the paralyzing mixture he had prepared from the pocket of his robe, poured a small amount of the paralyzing mixture on the tip of the knife and made a small cut on the arm of the innkeeper. Then he took the innkeeper on his shoulder and ced him on the back of Shadow.


    He had to find a secluded ce off the road. After riding for a while, he found an area full of huge rocks.

 Chapter 28: Raid Plan

    Chapter 28: Raid n


    Heinald decided to imprison and question the spirit of this innkeeper. After all, if he gave information about Bloody Teeth, the Agreement of Blood would destroy his body.If he imprisoned his spirit, he could easily question him; if he did not answer, he would torture his spirit and take answers by force.


    Of course, this was not the path he chose to follow, but he had an agreement and he had to give his best. He would do it, albeit reluctantly.


    After locating a suitable ce, he immediately took the Uthus Core from the pocket of his robe and began creating the Spirit Imprisonment Formation. Dozens of magic pentagrams appeared on and around the Innkeeper.


    A gray aura copsing around the cliffs veiled. After a short while, the entire body of the innkeeper was beginning to fade and darken; Heinald immediately took out the Sin Stone from the pocket of his robe and ced it in the middle of the Formation.


    A small white ball appeared in the center of the innkeeper''s chest and began flying toward the Sin Stone. His body gotpletely darkened. The Sin Stone began to scatter a red aura around it.


    "You damn bitch! Damn you! I hope you get the biggest damn!" When Heinald took the Sin Stone in his hand, the words of the innkeeper''s spirit began to appear in his mind.


    "I have questions to ask you, are you willing to answer?" Heinald asked. Even though this guy was not a good person, he took out his soul after all. It could not be said that he felt very well, but this man was his source of clue, he should have used it.


    "You won''t get a word out of my mouth, son of a bitch!" The innkeeper started to scream in anger.


    "If I were you, I wouldn''t be so sure ..." Heinald shook his head. He learned a lot about them from the books he read about spirits.


    One of them was torture that could be inflicted on spirits!


    When Heinald raised his hand up, a small magic pentagram appeared.Then,he ced the Sin Stone on the pentagram, the innkeeper started screaming poorly.


    "You know ... Your spirit is trapped inside this Sin Stone, I can torture you as much as I want. I wouldn''t want to annoy me if I were you ..." Heinald took a nce at the Sin Stone.


    "Aaaaagggghhhh! Stooooooop! Aaaaaaagghhhhhhhhhhhh!" The innkeeper''s cries of pain did not stop, and the magic pentagram Heinald created contained dozens of fire runes.


    "I hope I was able to change your mind." Heinald took the Sin Stone in his hand.


    "Stop! I...answer ... I''ll answer ..."


    "Nice! If you don''t make trouble for me, then I won''t make you trouble." Heinald smiled slightly.


    "You took my spirit out, son of a bitch! What are you talking about?" The innkeeper shouted furiously.


    "Aaaaaaaggghhhhh!" The innkeeper began to scream again poorly when Heinaldid the Sin Stone on the spell pentagram again.


    The Sin Stone remained on the magic pentagram for minutes.


    "Alright! I think you''re ready, let''s get started!" Heinald took the Sin Stone in his hand.


    "Stop ... I''ll answer ... Please ..."


    "Thanks to this magic pentagram, I will know if you lie. I would never suggest you lie to me or I will burn you for hundreds of hours." Heinald created another magic pentagram.


    "Where is your leader?" Heinald asked.


    "I don''t know! We never saw his face, even in robberies, he always wore a mask and hide hid his aura. Even though I was one of the chiefs of Bloody Teeth, I only saw him twice."


    He squinted his eyes, the innkeeper was not lying.


    "Is there a headquearters?" Heinald asked.


    "Yes. We hold meetings in the basement of a shop called Dagger Pit in Ennsir Town.


    "How many members does Bloody Teeth have?" Heinald narrowed his eyes.


    "Only the leader knows the exact number."


    "What are the names of the other chiefs and where do they live?" Heinald asked.


    "I don''t know where they live, but I can list their names." The innkeeper named twenty people who were influential in the Bloody Teeth organization.


    "You came out of the tavern quite hastily. Where were you going?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    "I had received the news that the Estrus Family''s warehouse would be raided, tomarrow night. I was going to go to the meeting ce of our organization and let me know that I would join."


    "Raid?" Heinald frowned.


    This information was a very important information!


    Heinald immediately contacted Marcus through the item he had given him. He wanted to convey the information he had learned to him immediately.


    "Tomorrow?" Marcus had listened Heinald carefully.


    "Yes."


    "How did you get this information?" Marcus asked.


    "I used a special query method. You can be sure that the answers given are correct." Heinald didn''t want to tell him the truth, he didn''t want to reveal his techniques.


    "Go and inform the Estrus Family and coborate with them. So they will help you in case of an emergency with the organization. "Marcus was silent for a while and continued, "Inform me again me if there is another situation."


    "Of course, sir."


    When Heinald finished his conversation with Marcus, he burned the innkeeper''s body. Then,he got on his horse and began to ride towards Ranton''s ce.


    He might have known about the Estrus Family, if not, he could learn through his connections. When he arrived in front of Ranton''s ce, he dismounted from his horse and entered. He immediately went down to the lower floor of the ce and found Ranton there, as is often the case.


    "Heinald! What happened?" When Ranton saw him, he immediately asked about new developments.


    He told Ranton the information he had learned. Like Marcus, he doubted the uracy of this information, but got the same answer.


    "Do you know anything about the Estrus Family?" Heinald asked.


    "I know them.They are one of the city''s prominent families. I can''t believe they dared even raid them." Ranton scratched his chin.


    "Take me to their residence." Heinald would talk to the family leader and tell them about the situation.


    ording to the n he has formed in his mind: When Bloody Teeth raided, the Estrus Family would be prepared, at the same time he would be there to help them fight the raiders, thus earning the respect and cooperation of the family. After handle the raid, if raiders are still alive, he would query them.


    "Alright, let''s go!" Ranton nodded.


    They quickly left and rode their horses toward the Estrus Family''s residence, and stopped when they arrived at arge mansion on the west side of the city. There were many guards on the walls surrounding the mansion.


    "Greetings,lords. What''s the reason for your visit?" One of the guards came to them.He was an Apprentice Ainsar as understood from his aura.


    "We would like to meet with your family leader." Heinald stood out and said.


    "Have you previously announced that you areing?" The guard asked.


    "No."


    "Please wait here." The guard entered through the doors.


    After a while he arrived with a tall man wearing a ck robe.Although the man''s aura revealed that he was a Level 1 Ainsar, it was obvious when he was close to being a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Wee, may I ask why you want to see our leader?" The man nodded greeted them and asked.-


    "We need to talk to him about something very specific." Ranton answered.


    "What is the content of the topic you want to talk about?" The man asked.


    "Are you the family leader?" Heinald asked.


    "No."


    "This is a topic we want to discuss with family leader." Heinald had a solemn expression.


    "I''m sorry, but I''ve been asked to find out the topic." The man is shrugged.


    "It''s okay, Heinald. We can tell him, after all, we just came here to warn." Ranton looked at Heinald.


    "Do you know an organization called Bloody Teeth? They''re nning to raid here tomorrow." Heinald murmured.


    "What? What are you talking about?" The man''s brows frowned.


    "We have been doing research on this organization for a long time. We''ve just managed to get important intelligence." Heinald exined.


    "Let them in, Hanberd!" A man emerged out of the shadows.


    Heinald had not felt and had not seen he there.


    "Are you sure?" The man named Hanberd had a solemn expression.


    "Yes, it will not be a problem."


    *Inside the mansion *


    "Let us introduce ourselves first. I''m Hn and this is my brother Hanberd."


    "My name is Heinald, and this is my friend Ranton."


    "We are sons of Aenri Estrus, the leader of the Estrus Family. We will talk to you." Hn nodded.


    "May I ask how you got this intelligence?" Hanberd had a thoughtful expression.


    Heinald exined everything he knew except how he questioned the innkeeper.


    "So that''s how they collect intelligence." Hanberd''s eyebrows were raised.


    "I have no intention ofpelling you to expose your method of inquiry. But are you sure there will be an attack tomorrow?" Hn asked after a long silence.


    "To be honest I don''t know. The innkeeper died during the interrogation, if they noticed his absence, they might think there was a problem and dy the raid." Heinald scratched his chin.


    The innkeeper''s soul was actually in his hands but naturally, he did not want to tell them about this.


    "You caught the innkeeper on the way to the headquarters of the organization, right? As I understand it, they have to go to the headquarters and give their consent before joining a raid. So if the robbery is sessful, the resources they get can be distributed equally. Those who don''t want to participate wont''t participate, it''s a risky job after all." Hn nodded.


    "So if he doesn''t go to the center, they''ll think he doesn''t want to participate in the robbery. They might not think there''s a problem." Hanberd exhaled.


    "However, he won''t be able to go to the tavern. When they realizes his absence, won''t they suspect?" Ranton sighed and asked.


    "They may think you are doing an urgent job." Hanberd made an assumption.


    "My father went to the Lightw Kingdom yesterday to meet a friend. They must have gotten the intelligence that he is leaving. In fact, that''s why I agreed to meet with you, it looks like it''s more than a coincidence." Hn squinted his eyes.

 Chapter 29: Unexpected Counterattack

    Chapter 29: Unexpected Counterattack


    "I''ll let my father know." Hn stood up and looked at his brother. "Hanberd, please take care of our guests while I''m away."


    "There''s something I want to ask. Could an Ainsar serving your family have gone to any tavern recently?" Heinald looked at Hanberd.


    "I''ll inquire." Hanberd nodded.


    Hours passed quickly, while Hn had contacted his father, while Hanberd had interrogated everyone in the family and learned that a few days ago there were two attendants who had spent time in a tavern called Rilenbub.


    Heinald had written the Rilenbub Tavern in the back of his mind, and he was going to be there sometime.


    Ranton left after a while, and Heinald remained there, awaiting the raid time with the Estrus Family, and all family members were warned to be ready.


    By the night time of the next day, Heinald''s tension was getting worse. The Bloody Teeth organization might have noticed the innkeeper disappearing.If so, they wouldn''t have raided.


    When Heinald found some free time, he pulled the Sin Stone from the pocket of his robe.Of course, he had made sure that no one was around.


    "When there is a raid, will all the chiefs participate in the raid?" Heinald asked.


    "No. If they find it too dangerous, they might not participate." The innkeeper''s voice echoed in his mind, and he quickly sent the Sin Stone back into the pocket of his robe.


    Security around the mansion was kept at the same level so that it would not attract attention from the outside.However, many Level 1 Ainsar and Apprentice Ainsar were waiting in the main hall.


    "Mr. Heinald, are you sure you want to fight if the raid happens. After all, this raid is our concern." Hn asked.


    "Yes, I''m sure. If there are survivors of the raiders, I''ll question them. I''ve been trying to gather information about this organization for a long time. Maybe tonight I can get important information." Heinald answered.


    "Do you think their leaders will emerge?" Hanberd asked.


    "His servants often do the robberies, he just plots robberies." Heinald''s expression darkened. Hamra wasn''t really giving the slightest hint of himself.


    * Ruuaaaa! * * Bom! * Suddenly, roaring and explosion sounds appeared all around the mansion.


    "Raid!"


    "They really came!" Hanberd shouted.


    Everyone in the main hall suddenly started going out, and Heinald was among them.


    "Protect the warehouse area!" Hn shouted.


    When Heinald headed towards the warehouse area, he felt there energy waves of fifteen Level 1 Ainsar and thirty Apprentice Ainsar. There were also five tigers and they were equal Level 1 Ainsar power, as evidenced by the energy they radiated. They were almost 3 meters tall and their eyes were ice blue.


    "They''re too many!" When Heinald looked around, he immediately thought about this. They had a lot of Level 1 Ainsar and they had five Magical Beasts.


    He quickly cast his spell called Whisper of the Wind, and when his body was surrounded by winds, he began to glide forward.


    The garden of the mansion was like a battlefield. Fireballs gliding through the air broke the night, screaming and explosion sounds all around.Heinald quickly plunged into several raiders and cast his spell called Frost Wave, suddenly freezing three Level 1 Ainsars around the freezing wave that spread from his body.He immediately waved his hand and his sword appeared in his hand.


    He quickly stabbed his sword in the frozen Ainsars before him.


    "Anger of the Heavens!" Heinald heard a loud yell from his side, and when he turned in the direction the voice came from, he saw it was Hn.


    He held up both hands, and suddenly circles began to appear over the Ainsars opposite, but these circles were quiterge, not like magic pentagrams, and did not carry any runes or seals.


    * BOOM! * Lightning strikes in session from the circles. It was as if the sky and the earth were splitting and the world was disappearing. The whole ce was trembling and strong winds were blowing around.


    "This ...!" Heinald''s eyes widened. This aura was the aura of Level 2 Ainsar!


    Hn actually was a Level 2 Ainsar!


    "Retreat!" The chiefs of the raiders began to shout, this time they were caught unprepared, so they had suffered a great loss in a very short time. Their chiefs realized that the situation was not good and they ordered to retreat. Moreover, in a few minutes this ce would be full of city guards.


    "Young Master Hn!" The Ainsars on the side of the Estrus Family began cheering enthusiastically, and they seemed not to know that he was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Brother!" There was a great surprise in Hanberd''s face."


    Young Master Hn, shall we chase them?" One of the Ainsars asked.


    "No! Take care of the wounded right away, the guards will be here soon anyway." Hn looked around for a while and shook his head.


    Most of the dead and wounded around belonged to the raiders. Heinald immediately searched over them but found nothing. Even if he verbally questioned them, he probably wouldn''t have learned anything, and he wouldn''t create the Spirit Imprisonment Formation here either.


    "I forgot that the City Guards would be involved. Without the City Guard, I might have imprisoned and questioned their spirits, but..." Heinald sighed.


    City guards arrived a few minutester.


    "What happened here?" A calm voice echoed around. A beautiful woman in a green robe stepped forward from among the City Guards. She had golden hair and brown eyes, almost as strong as mid phase Level 2 Ainsar.


    Everyone around greeted the woman by bowing their heads.


    "Lady Yetenna!" Hn gave a nod slightly and greeted the woman in front of him gently.


    "Mr. Hn!" Lady Yetenna responded, slightly bowing her head.


    "Unfortunately we have been raided." Hn pointed around.


    "Raid?" Lady Yetenna''s graceful brows frowned.


    "Yes, by the organization called Bloody Teeth." Hn nodded.


    "Ah..what a headache ..." Lady Yetenna sighed, she looked around, "I guess Lord Aenri is not here."


    "He was on a journey. But I informed him, he will be here soon." Hn looked at Heinald and signaled for him to approach.


    "Lady Yetenna, this young friend''s name is Heinald. Actually, we were prepared for this raid and it was made possible by him."


    "Mydy ..." Heinald bowed.


    "Then I will ask you to tell me in detail how you became aware of this raid." Lady Yetenna nced at him.


    "Of course." Heinald nodded.


    The guards arrested the survivors of the raiders and took them to the city center for interrogation. Hn and Heinald also traveled to the city center with Lady Yetenna. In fact, Heinald was quite ufortable with this. His name came to the fore too much, and if he had done this job in the background, it would have been a much better result for him. When they arrived in the city center, they stopped in front of a huge building, a circle in shape and ten floors, each floor was embroidered and surrounded byrge columns, at the top of the building was arge statue with its hands raised to the sky.


    This was the headquarters of the City Guard. Although the Ainsars were free to fight and kill each other, it was forbidden to do so in the city. This was the guards'' duty to keep the city safe, but the big fish, small fish rule still applied.


    If a great and powerful family raided a small family''s residence and attacked them and seized their resources, the City Guard would not seek justice for the small family.


    Of course, if they get a share.


    "Mr. Hn, let''s talk to you first. Tell me in detail what happened." Lady Yetenna nced at Hn.


    "Of course." Hn nodded.


    Lady Yatenna and Hn went to the interrogation office. Heinald was waiting in arge hallway, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and in the following days he had to stay out of sight and walk around in disguise.He was very prominent and it was obvious that the organization would not let him go for a while.


    He was summoned minutester to Lady Yetenna''s office.


    "Mr. Heinald, I have listened in detail about how things unfolded. There is a question I want to ask you, how did you learn such detailed information?" Lady Yetenna looked directly into his eyes.


    Heinald was silent for a while, thinking how to answer, and finally made the decision to tell the truth.


    "I attacked the innkeeper when he left the city and neutralized him. Then I imprisoned and questioned his soul." Heinald had a solemn expression on his face.


    "Have you imprisoned his soul?" Thedy''s thin brows frowned.


    Heinald nodded.


    "May I ask how you did this?"


    "My grandfather was an Ainsar who spent his life researching spirits. So I know a lot about spirits. I also know a Spirit Imprisonment Formation." Heinald lied.


    "I understand ..." Lady Yetenna lightly nodded.


    "Mydy, please don''t tell anyone about it..." Heinald smiled bitterly.


    "Of course."


    "There is something I want to ask with your permission." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "Please, ask." Lady Yetenna made a gentle gesture.


    "Can you get urate information from the raiders?" Heinald asked.


    "We can. We have some effective methods." Lady Yetenna replied after a slightugh.


    "I am doing research on this organization. Could you please share this information with me?" Heinald exhaled.


    "Sorry, this is against privacy." Lady Yetenna shook her head.


    "Oh ... Alright." Heinald''s expression was darkened. This woman could get information from him, but he could not get information from her.

 Chapter 30: Ladys Request

    Chapter 30: Lady''s Request


    Lady Yatenna kept her eyes on the young man before her for a moment, and then she asked, "Why are you so interested in this organization?"


    "Actually, this organization is the reason I came to the Risingmoon Kingdom. I have been given a mission to research them."


    "Oh? Who gave such a mission?"


    "My boss." Heinald gave a quick reply, making it clear that he did not want to provide any further information, and she understood that she will not get ant more answers.


    Hn greeted him when he left the office.


    "Thanks to you today, we have overcame a raid with the least possible damage. I want to thank you, if you are avable, I would like to invite you to our mansion tonight. I will make prepared a magnificent feast for you, and my father will want to thank you specially."


    "Sure! I''d be honored." He smiled lightly.


    "Good! We''ll be waiting for you after the sun goes down." Hn nodded with a satisfied expression.


    After leaving the City Guards'' Headquarters, Heinald immediately went his home. He was very careful along the way. He always had to be careful and disguise his identity in the following days. In fact, it was a huge thing, he alone managed to damage an organization that had been tracked by dozens of families for years.


    When he came to his house, he activated some low level defense formations that he learned through his previous researches and experiments,and then he slept. Although things did not go the way he wanted, he had ultimately made significant progress in his mission. He would tell Marcus about what happened tomorrow and ask him for new instructions.


    He contacted Marcus Rinemoth first thing the next day and told him about thetest events, and Marcus said he was doing a good job and would contact him soon.


    He spent the next hours of the day researching various nts, and when evening came he got ready and went to the Estrus Family mansion.


    During his journey, he did not neglect to pay attention to his surroundings.


    When he came in front of the mansion, he was greeted by the guard who greeted himst time, this time he was taken inside and apanied by him without any interrogation.


    "Wee." When Hn saw Heinalding, he greeted him.


    "Greetings." Heinad bowed his head slightly, after all, Hn was a Level 2 Ansar.


    "Come, let''s move on to the main hall. When the feast is ready, we''ll go to the dining room." Hn pointed forward with his hand.


    They crossed a long corridor together and came into the main hall. When Heinald entered the main hall, the first person he saw was a man with long white hair and a beard, and on the side Hanberd was sitting.


    "Heinald, meet my father, Aenri Estrus." Hn made a small gesture with his hand.


    "Sir!" Heinald bowed his head and greeted the old man before him.


    "Wee, my young friend. I heard that we overcame the raid with so few casualties thanks to you. That''s why I want to thank you very much." Aenri Estrus had a very loud voice for his age, although his hair and beard were white, his face and body looked quite vigorous.


    "All I did was let your family know about the raid, sir. It''s not a big deal..." Heinald shook his head.


    "Do not say that. If the news of the raid had not been learned early, the size of our losses would have been enormous. I wonder where those bandits got such courage." A cold look appeared in Aenri''s eyes.


    When Heinald looked into Aenri''s eyes, he felt as if a mountain had ridden on him, feeling great pressure even though no energy was emitted from the old man before him. He did not feel his aura either, but this old man was most likely Level 3 Ainsar or close to being.


    That day, Heinald took a strong family on his side, which would no doubt be of great use to him in the future. After all, he had pissed Bloody Teeth and would need some help to deal them.


    In fact, he thought he had done his duty well; if Marcus asked for more, he wouldn''t do it. After all, ording to his agreement, all he had to do was observe, and he had done it very well.


    ording to the information he got from Hn, the headquarters of the organization was raided but nothing and no one was found. This was the result he expected, no one in that organization was stupid enough to go back there.


    He began to spend his days in his home brewing potions and doing general research on formations, herbs, and spirits. asionally Ranton woulde to see him and give him thetest news he heard.


    Heinald''sst days were quiet and uneventful.


    On one of the quiet and uneventful days, his door knocked, and when he opened the door, he saw thest person he expected to see.


    "Lord Marcus!" Heinald immediately bowed his head to greet him. "What are you doing here,sir?"


    "I have some matters here. I learned your ce from Albert and wanted to visit you." Marcus Rinemoth, as always, had a solemn expression.


    Heinald immediately invited him inside.


    "Has anything happened since thest time we talked?" Marcus asked.


    "No, myst days have been quite calm. Bloody Teeth must have learned about my name and that I broke their ns. So I try not to hang around too much." Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "Who knows you helped the Estrus Family?" Marcus asked.


    "Almost everyone under the umbre of the Estrus family and the City Guards. Moreover, the raiders probably noticed my identity. After all, they have been watching the family members for a long time, realizing that I am the only foreign face there. "


    "Still, you did a good job. The bnce of the organization was shaken, they will start to give more deficit. Moreover, I will stay here and follow the events closely." A cold gleam passed through Marcus'' eyes.


    ******


    Heinald sat for a while after Marcus left and pondered his future. He have fulfilled the requirements of the Blood Agreement. After all, the term of the deal for him were not to capture Hamra, it was Marcus'' problem.


    However, it bothered him to be under pressure, and while Bloody Teeth had not yet taken a move against him, it was mentally exhausting to constantly think about what they could do at any moment.


    While nning to start making potions again, he knocked on his door again.


    "Today, I''m pretty popr..." Heinald grinned. When he opened the door, he saw Lady Yetenna in front of him.


    "My Lady ..." Heinald bowed his head and greeted him. Today the people he least expected were visiting him.


    "Mr. Heinald, there is something I want to talk to you about."


    "Of course, pleasee inside." Heinald promptly invited her in.


    "You said you had knowledge of spirits, right?" Lady Yetenna asked.


    "I am not an expert, but I guess I can still say I am knowledgeable." Heinald nodded.


    "Do you know the Yearwind Forest?" Lady Yetenna had a serious expression.


    Heinald nodded.


    "There is an Imp I want to capture there, and I want you to help me. In return, I''ll give you all the information we''ve got about Bloody Teeth."


    "Are you looking for help on a personal matter?" Heinald was stunned.


    "Yes." Lady Yetenna nodded.


    "Can you tell us a little more about this Imp?" Heinald asked thoughtfully. Imps were a member of the fairy race, and didn''t have a body. That''s why they could be seen directly as ''Spirit''.


    "Many ips live in the Yearwind Forest, but my target is the Chief of the Imps. Since itss an Imp, its already in pure spirit form. I want you to imprison it." said Lady Yetenna.


    "The Spirit Imprisonment Formation I have is for human spirits. I don''t know if I can imprison an Imp spirit. Moreover, in order to imprison it, it is necessary to neutralize it first."


    "That''s why I came to ask for your help." Lady Yatenna''s voice harshed.


    Then, let me do some research first.Once I know more about Imps I can give a clear answer to your offer." Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "Of course. I''ll wait for news from you." Lady Yetenna nodded.


    After Lady Yetenna left, Heinald continued to brew potions. Recently he had brewed many potions, he had to go and sell them. He would also search for sources providing information about the Imps and buy them if he found them. He needed all the information he could get about Bloody Teeth, and he didn''t want to miss this offer.


    His Soul Imprisonment Formation included removing the spirit from the human body. If he was going to imprison an Imp it would not be necessary, but he was not sure if he could imprison an Imp by following the same steps.After all, an Imp belonged to a different race. Yet he was not hopeless, after all, spirit is spirit! The source of all souls was pure energy, so there could only be a difference in approach.


    Moreover, how could a fairy be neutralized? He had used a poison to neutralize the innkeeper, but this time his target was a fairy. It did not have a physical body.


    "Hopefully I can find a few sources that give good information about the Imps or the fairy race, so maybe I can figure out how to approach an Imp." Heinald sighed.

 Chapter 31: Unexpected Situation

    Chapter 31: Unexpected Situation


    Heinald had the usual uneasiness when he came out. He had a thoughtful expression on his face as he was riding through the spacious and mboyant streets of the city. If he had a Protective Type Magic Treasure, he would feel much safer.


    Unfortunately he didn''t have one of them,actually he had not even seen.


    Heinald sold his potions in the shop where he always sells it, and bought two books from the same shop containing information about the Fairy Race.


    He immediately returned to his home without much dy outside, activated Defense Formations and quickly read the books he bought.


    He learned not only about Imps, but also about other fairies from the books.


    Imps could be captured by Trap Formations but Imps were not stupid beings, they could spot it unless the Trap Formation was prepared very professionally.


    Moreover, their target was not an ordinary Imp.They had to catch the Imp Chief, and he had no clue of his strength and abilities.


    Another option was to neutralize it by injuring it. Elemental spells could injure the Imps although they did not have a physical body. However, this was very risky; the amount of injury had to be bnced very well.


    "I will discuss this with Lady Yetenna. It would be better if she decides which path to follow." Heinald settled on this thought after thinking for a while.


    The next day he went to the City Guard''s Headquarters. When Lady Yetenna was informed that Heinald wanted to meet her, she immediately epted him.When Heinald entered, he saw the beautiful woman with her usual solemn expression.


    "Mr. Heinald, have you made a decision?" Lady Yetenna asked in a calm voice.


    "As a result of my research, I decided that I could help you." Heinald nodded.


    "I''m d to hear that. So how do you intend to imprison it?"


    "Our first option is to lure the Imp Chief into a Trap Formation. However, it can be difficult because the Imps are not stupid. The second option is to injure and neutralize it, but this option is also risky because it could die." Heinald offered options. Because Imps did not have a physical body, when they died their spirits were torn apart andpletely destroyed.


    "I need Imp Chief alive. The second option is not eptable." Lady Yetenna shook her head.


    "Mydy, can you tell me more about the Imp Chief?" Heinald asked.


    "Sure. What do you want to know?" Yetenna nodded.


    "I learned that the Imps hate strangers who enter their habitat. When we enter the forest, we are likely to be attacked many times. What is the power level of the Imp Chief and the other Imps in the forest?"


    "The strength of the Imp Chief does not exceed the might of a Level 1 Ainsar. However, he has a high level of maniption ability. Don''t be fooled by its mind tricks. His mind games might even trick me, a Level 2 Ainsar." Yetenna answered.


    "My Lady, we will need the Sin Stone to imprison it."


    "No problem." Yetenna nodded.


    Heinald and Lady Yetenna agreed to go to the Yearwind Forest tomorrow. After leaving the City Guard''s Headquarters, Heinald visited Ranton and learned information about the Yearwind Forest from him.It was assumed that about fifty Imps lived in this forest. Thats why people generally not preferred to move through the forest due to the aggressiveness of the imps. Of course, the forest was not a problem for Level 2 Ainsar and more powerful beings.


    Heinald met with Lady Yetenna at the eastern gates of the city the next day, paying particr attention to his surroundings on the way; his eyes and made sure he was not being watched.


    The Yearwind Forest was not far from the city, after a quiet 5-hour travel, they had reached the entrance to the forest. Lady Yetenna had never spoken during the journey, and Heinald was silent as he did not need to speak. He spent more time thinking about what the Imp Chief was like.


    "Alright, be prepared from here. Imps can make sudden attacks." Yetenna looked around.


    Heinald began to look around with all his attention, he was moving slowly through the trees on the horse. The forest was quiet, not even a bird sound could be heard. The only sound heard was the footsteps of the horses and the rustle of the gently blowing wind.


    "Do you know the location of the Imp Chief?" Heinald asked.


    "Yes. In the middle of the forest." Yetenna nodded.


    "Then I will set up a Trap Formation before we get close to the middle." Heinald had a Trap Formation based on the Fire Element that he knew.


    Together, they continued to move deeper into the forest.


    "Why is this forest so quiet?" Heinald asked.


    "I don''t know ... What''s interesting is that we haven''t seen any Imp yet." Yetenna made a graceful gesture.


    "Ah,there!" Lady Yetenna pointed her hand across.


    Ahead was a round and hollow area, like a crater but an expertly made crater. There was a tree in the middle and a hole in front of the tree. There was nothing around, oddly enough, he was almost getting used to it.He hadn''t even seen an insect in this forest.


    "Should I set up the Trap Formation here?" Heinald asked.


    "You don''t have to bother." Heinald was startled more than he had ever before, with the sound behind him. He felt a needle stick in his neck, and when he turned around he saw a tall and slender figure. He was covering his face with a white porcin mask, unable to sense his aura.


    "Good to see you, Hamra." When Heinald turned to Lady Yetenna, he saw her smile for the first time, a smile she would never forget, cold, insidious, humiliating, and demonic, and his whole body began to cool and tremble uncontrobly.


    "I must say that you actually impressed me. You were able to really reveal my n and spoil it. I wish we had met in a different way,maybe we could cooperate with you." Hamra shook his head.


    Heinald''s entire body was numb and unable to move any part of it. Yetenna had ced him on the back of her horse.


    "Yetenna told me that someone put you on duty. While I was thinking about who this might be, I got the intelligence that Marcus visited you. Well, once we find a decent ce, you will tell me everything you know about Marcus. If you choose not to, I would choose not to be polite." Hamra started to steer the horse.


    "Do you think he''ll know we''re here?" Yetenna asked.


    "Marcus is a fool, he can''t do tracking and investigating, but he''s pretty good at finding and manipting people to get things done for him. This young man also seems to be one of his victims..." Hamra giggled.


    "So?" Yetenna frowned.


    "I don''t think Marcus wille here." Hamra shrugged.


    His long ck cloak and hair waved synchronously in the gently blowing wind. His dressing style and the mask on his face gave him a very mysterious appearance. Though this man was already quite a mysterious person, it was normal for him to appear this way.


    Suddenly, Hamra''s steps stopped and he quickly looked around.


    "Someone has entered the forest. Get rid of this guy and leave the forest. Don''t use magic,otherwise our ce will be determined."


    "Should I throw him off the Deepnight Cliff?" Yetenna asked.


    Hamra nodded.


    Yetenna quickly started riding her horse towards Deepnight Cliff. Heinald tried to move with all his might, but could not move any part of him, cursed inside and tried to resist the desperation that pervaded him.


    On one side of his mind was the thought that the person who came to the forest could find and save him. But this thought did notst long, because when they came to the edge of the cliff, Yetenna threw him off the cliff like trash. As he fell down, his body, which he could not control, was just swirling.


    Although Heinald''s body was paralyzed, his brain was still active. He was quickly looking for a solution but could not find anything. He had no chance to cast any magic and could not move in the slightest. He knew the Deepnight Cliff, it was the cliff at the end of the forest, and it was so high.


    Heinald fell steadily for one hour. Still unable to move any limbs in his body, he had been waiting to die for hours. If he had regained even a little bit of control of his body, maybe he could have cast Whisper of the Wind, gliding towards the slope and making a non-hardnding.


    "Could this poison be affecting my Magic Energy?" Heinald thought.Many other thoughts were crossing his mind. It was all his stupidity that he got into this situation, trusting someone he didn''t know well at a time when he needed to be careful. Of course, he didn''t think the Chief of Security was actually a traitor, but still getting out was his biggest stupidity.


    Now he understood better why this organization was able to take actions sofortably and that there was very little information about them. He had to admit that Hamra was a really smart person, he had taken really logical and wise steps.

 Chapter 32: Luck

    Chapter 32: Luck


    Heinald continued to fall quite rapidly, with only a small distance from the ground. However, he noticed that a strong wind was blowing towards him, which grew stronger and slowed his fall at first, then stopped it altogether. It was about ten meters from the ground when the wind around him subsided.


    "Is he okay?" Heinald fell to the ground from a height of ten meters when the wind around him cleared, but this height was not even a height to hurt him.When he hit the ground, he heard a female voiceing from his left side.


    "Are you okay?" Two rather young-looking men and women entered Heinald''s vision,one of them came right next to him.


    It didn''t take long for them to realize that Heinald could not move any part of him except his eyelids.


    "What''s wrong?"


    "He was poisoned, look at his veins!"


    Heinald''s veins became distinct and darkened by the poison, it was the poison itself that darkened his veins.


    "This antidote might be good for him!" One of the young women took a small bottle from her backpack and poured the liquid into Heinald''s mouth.


    After the liquid passed through Heinald''s throat, he began to feel his body more and more with each passing minute.After an hour, he was able to move almost his entire body.He still had a stiffness while moving some of his limbs, but most of the poison in his body was already neutralized.


    "Thank you for saving my life." Heinald strained his facial muscles and was able to produce a slight smile. Although the vast majority of this world was made up of ruthless and inconsiderate people, there were also some good people.


    He was lucky to meet these people,if not...


    "No problem! Let us introduce ourselves to you. I am Dane Shidu." The person who seems to be the oldest of them introduced himself. The energy waves emanating from him indicated that he was a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "I''m Ruske Shidu." He slightly nodded and introduced himself. He was also a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "I''m Morena Shidu." The woman who gave the antidote to Heinald introduced herself. This woman with blond hair and green eyes was one of the most beautiful women Heinald had ever seen. Like the others, she was Level 1 Ainsar.


    "I''m Mady Shidu." Most recently, the youngest of them introduced himself.


    Heinald had noticed from this girl''s aura that she had just made a breakthrough to Level 1 Ainsar.


    Heinald initially thought these people were friends, but they were from the same family.


    "I''m Heinald. Nice to meet you." Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "What exactly happened that you fell paralyzed from above?" Dane asked with a curious expression.


    "I was thrown by my enemy." Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "Did your enemy paralyze you and kick you down? Why didn''t he kill you right away?" Mady''s eyebrows were slightly frowned.


    "Mady, don''t be disrespectful!" Ruske red at his sister.


    "Its okay!" Heinaldughed. "He actually trapped me, at first his goal was to force me to speak, but things didn''t work the way he wanted and he wanted to get rid of me right away by throwing me off the cliff.


    "At least you''re still on the line!" Morena smiled slightly.


    "Thanks to you." Heinald looked at her and smiled slightly.


    "I don''t want to demoralize, but there is no guarantee that we will survive in this region." Dane had a solemn expression.


    "Do you know this ce?" Heinald asked.


    "This region is known as the Greenhell Cavity. It is a deserted area with a lot of dangerous beasts." Dane answered.


    "So why are you here?" Heinald asked, butter realized that he was asking a question he shouldn''t have, because the expressions of everyone around him darkened.


    "We''re exiled..." Ruske said in a low voice.


    "What!? By whom?" Heinald was surprised.


    "By our father." Dane sighed.


    "Our family is one of the strongest in the Darkwood Kingdom. My uncle and father are a Level 3 Ainsar. We are all expected to be strong due to the reputation of our family, but we were excluded because we didn''t get strong enough." Morena briefly summed up the situation.


    "Well, that''s no logical reason for an exile..." Heinald didn''t know what to say.


    "It''s not our fault that we don''t grow improve enough!" Dane spoke sharply.


    "My father gave our stepbrothers and us equal resources to grow. But those greedy dogs didn''t stop there and stole our resources. Thus, they grew faster than us and got stronger. When we went toin to our father, he stated that it was our fault that we could not protect our resources. But it wasn''t our fault because they caught us off guard, we weren''t ready. Unfortunately my father did not understand this and insulted us as useless and rubbish." Mady looked like she was going to cry.


    "He exiled us, saying that weak people cannot live in the family. Only if we can grow stronger by our own means we will be able to return to the family." Ruske shook his head.


    "Although this ce is full of dangers, it also has many opportunities. If we are lucky, maybe we can find great opportunities and get stronger in this ce of exile." Dane wanted to look on the bright side.


    "What opportunities?" Heinald asked.


    "ording to the legend, Greenhell Cavity was actually a city in the time of Ancient Ainsar. Few people know this ce because no one would mind going this deep into an abyss." Dane smiled slightly.


    "Are you serious?" Heinald cried in surprise.


    Dane nodded.


    "So which way did youe here? We are now in the region at the bottom of a cliff, and the cliff we are talking about is a very high cliff." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "We reached here through the Riisha Tunnel." Morena answered.


    "Riisha Tunnel?" Heinald had never heard of this tunnel.


    "The exit of the tunnel is a few days away from here." Morena nodded.


    "Where is the entrance to the tunnel?" Heinald asked.


    "In the southern part of the Dark Forest." Morena answered.


    "What? The Dark Forest?" Heinald was horrified.If asked the most dangerous ce on the continent, everyone would say the Dark Forest without thinking. The Dark Forest was a huge forest that covered almost half of the continent, and Magical Beasts were the mostmon there.


    In the middle of the forest lived the Elemental Kings, the most powerful Magical Beasts, meeting them meant certain death.


    "Calm down, the southern part of the Dark Forest is the least dangerous ce" Dane made a small hand gesture, "The real danger is in the deepers."


    Heinald fell silent and began to think.At least he had learned a way out of the cliff. Since his horse was not with him, his journey would take a long time. On the other hand, he wanted to stay with these people. First, he owed their lives to them and paid off by helping them in this dangerous ce. They also had the chance toe across ancient Ainsar ruins.If they discovered a tomb-like ce, they could obtain very important remains.


    "Would it be a problem for me to join you on your adventure?" Heinald asked.


    "We''d be very happy. What else could we want from an ally in such a dangerous ce?" Dane smiled. Others joined him, after all, being crowded in a ce like this could really save lives.


    "


    Thank you!" Heinals smiled and nodded.


    "Let''s tell you about our journey n. We came from the east side and we are moving towards the west side. We did not encounter any Magical Beasts on the East side, which means we should be prepared in the future because we will definitely encounter Magical Beasts." Dane stood out and exined.


    Heinald nodded.


    "Alright! Let''s keep moving forward." Dane exhaled and started walking,others quickly joined him and started talking between eachother.


    Heinald loved these people, all they wanted was to grow stronger and prove themselves they are not useless. As he understood, these people did not want to prove themselves to their fathers, but to themselves.


    "This ce really makes people uneasy.We haven''t heard anything but the sound of the wind blowing gently for hours. Where there is silence, there is always a problem." Dane looked around and shook his head.


    Their location was a rather strange ce geographically, the ground was gray and dry, with no insects or nts around. Looking ahead, all they saw was a high hill.The weather was dry and hot.


    "It''s also interesting that we haven''t met a Magical Beast yet." Mady said.


    "Would you like us to run into a Magical Beast?" Morena asked.


    "If we kill a Magical Beast whose limbs are worthy, we can sell them in the future to get arge amount of Arkana Stones." Mady shrugged.


    "How will we carry so many things even if we kill them?" Morena asked.


    "My robe is a dimensional type treasure. We can storefortably." Heinald did not hesitate to tell these people that his robe was a dimensional treasure.


    "Oh? Really?" Dane''s eyebrows rose.


    "Dimensional type treasures are really valuable things. Where did you get it?" Ruske asked.


    "It inherited me from my grandfather." Heinald answered.

 Chapter 33: Cursed Lyud Worm

    Chapter 33: Cursed Lyud Worm


    Heinald and the others hade close to the great hill after hours of walking, the only sounds they heard along the way were the sound of the wind and their own. Other than that, they hadn''t heard any sound, and not hearing any sound in a dangerous ce like this ce was creating psychological pressure.


    "Wait! Did you feel it?" Dane suddenly stopped.


    "Yes, the ground is shaking!" Heinald nodded.


    "Earthquake?" Morena''s thin brows frowned slightly.


    * Pa! * About 50 meters away, a gigantic worm emerged from under the drynd, sorge that it covered half of their vision, despite being 50 meters away.


    "This is a Cursed Lyud Worm!" Dane cried out in surprise.


    "The Cursed Lyud Worm?" Heinald had never seen such a Magical Beast.


    "It can''t move fast outside of the ground, but its armor is incredibly strong." Dane''s face had a solemn expression. This Magical Beast had the power of a Level 2 Ainsar and was pretty gigantic. Tens of thousands of jagged teeth in his mouth resembled spears, steam escaping from various parts of his massive body.


    "If we all attack together, we can break through his armor." Ruske said.


    "Let''s finish this!" Dane shouted.


    Heinald immediately cast Lightning Spear and threw it at the giant worm.


    * BOOM! *


    When Lightning Spear hit the giant worm, there was a violent explosion of lightning. Since Lightning Spear is a field magic, its area of effect was quite wide. The violent lightning struck half of the worm''s body.


    * WAA! * The giant worm roared.


    "Damn, he''s not even lightly damaged!" When the dust cloud from the explosion dissipated, the body of the giant worm became fully visible. Heinald immediately examined his body, but was unable to detect damage.


    "Predator Destruction!" Morena murmured a spell name. A cloud of fire appeared above the worm and small bits of me began to pour down.


    "These mes are too small to damage it." Heinald thought and shook his head. However, something unexpected happened at that moment, when small pieces of me fell to the ground, they started to explode. Those explosions were not very violent, but when thousands of explosions urred at the same time, the ground began to shake and the surrounding area waspletely covered with dust.


    Unfortunately, the giant worm was unharmed by this attack, crawling out of the dust clouds and plunging into the ground.


    "Everybody be careful, he will attack from under the ground! Don''t stand still!" Dane shouted.


    Heinald immediately cast his spell called Whisper of the Wind and began to glide. Others started running around with all their might. Everywhere was shaking as the giant worm crawled under the ground. This meant that there is no a lot distance between them.


    "Shaking has intensified! Its about toe out, be careful!" Heinald warned.


    * WAAA! * The giant worm came out from under the ground and jumped up about 100 meters. The body of the giant worm had overshadowed arge area.


    "What the hell ..." Heinald''s eyes were wide open. The giant worm was able to move fairly quickly under the ground, with the momentum it gained it could jump so high when it came out.


    "Be careful!" When the giant worm fell to the ground, it created an effect as if a meteor had fallen. The shock wave appeared blew everything around. Arge crater had formed where the worm fell, and hundreds of tons of soil were scattered around.


    Heinald and others were blown violently by the shock wave and their internal organs were damaged.


    They were caught under the spilled soil.


    Heinald was not badly injured due to the toughness of his robe, but he did not know the condition of the others. He immediately cast the Wind of Aira and flew the soil above him. Others had used their wind-based magic to lift the soil on them too.


    Heinald began to examine them. Blood ran slightly from the corner of their mouths and from their noses,it was also same for him. Ruske was holding his ribs, his ribs had been damaged. Mady''s arm was broken, the young girl was clenching her teeth in pain. Others did not seem to have any serious problems.


    There was no damage to Heinald''s bones, he was happy once again to strengthen them. Strong bones mean strong foundation, physically.


    "I''m not going to ask if everybody is okay ... Can you continue?" Heinald looked around and asked.


    Their condition was obvious!


    "We must continue!" Dane said and nobody tried to oppose.


    "Morena, try to hold him steady using the Fire Vines. I will cast the Blood Freezing Sword." Ruske looked at Morena.


    Morena nodded and began casting a spell.


    Vapors rose first from under the giant worm, then Fire Vines emerged from the ground and began to wrap around it. The giant worm began to struggle violently.


    "Try to be fast, vines can''t take long!" Morena said.


    "Although the damage of Blood Freezing Sword is very high, the casting time is too long." Dane said.


    Fire Vines were beginning to break and disappear one by one, while Ruske was still casting the spell in a focused way.


    "Done!" After about 10 seconds, Ruske had finished casting the spell, but by that time thest fire vine was gone. Waves of me came out of Ruske''s hand and they flew over the worm and formed a great sword.The great sword quickly fell to the worm.


    * BOOM! * There was a violent fire explosion and scorching mes rose from the ground.


    "Damn! Even the most damaged growth could only inflict a small wound on him!" Ruske cried out in surprise, and although a small slit had been made where the sword fell, it was not such an injury to weaken the giant worm.


    "He''s going to dive under the ground again! Before it does that, let''s all attack at the same time!" Heinald shouted. The more attacks they could attack this damn worm, the more advantageous they would be.


    "Dishonor of Insanity!" Mady yelled, and lightning appeared all over her body. Then, apanied by thunder, all the lightning around her struck the worm. The giant body of the worm wobbled when it was struck by dozens of lightning bolts at the same time.


    "Dragon Instinct!" Five fireballs formed around Morena and they started flying towards the worm at the same time. When the first fireball hit the worm, there was no explosion and the fireball did not disappear.Later, other fireballs stuck to the giant worm''s body. When all five fireballs came together, a chain of fire formed between them and they began to radiate intense light and heat.


    * BOM! * There was an explosion of fire big enough to cover the entire body of the giant worm. A violent heat wave spread around.


    Heinald cast and sent his spell called Lightning Spear, and there was a violent lightning explosion.


    "Neverending Nightmare!" An ice-blue orb formed in Ruske''s hand, and it flew over the worm, and a session of lightning bolts began to hit the worm.


    "Lyus Wave!" Dane pointed both hands at the worm, and a wave of arc-shaped me appeared in front of them and flew towards the worm.


    * BOOM! * Powerful spells cast on the worm in session caused violent explosions. Intense fire and lightning explosions destroyed everything around the worm.


    "What''s the condition?" Dane asked, hoping that after repeated use of such violent spells, they would get him. But when he saw the worm flying through the dust cloud anding upon them, his hope vanished.


    "How can the body of this damn thing be so durable?" Heinald gritted his teeth. Examining the worm''s body he saw only a few injuries. These wounds weren''t enough to kill him.


    "Should we run?" Mady asked worriedly.


    "We can''t escape! It can easily follow us. That''s why we must fight to the death!" Dane grit his teeth.


    "We can''t do any deadly damage to it from the outside, but maybe we can do it from the inside." Heinald said.


    "I can wrap it with Fire Vines." Morena said.


    "Everyone,try to send your spells into the mouth of the worm!" Heinald started running towards the worm.


    Morena again wrapped the Fire Vines to the giant worm.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald pointed his hands at the worm''s mouth, the scorching ray of fireing out of his hands, straight into the worm''s mouth. Meanwhile, the others sent the spells they cast into the worm''s mouth and head.


    * WUUUAA! * The giant worm frantically stumbled and escaped the Fire Vines. It swung around quickly and dived under the ground.


    "We must have hurt him!" Dane said excitedly.


    "Let''s attack in the same way when hees back to the surface." Heinald dly nodded.


    "There is a problem! My Magic Energy has run out!" Morena had a worried expression. She had spent the most Magic Energy since the war with the giant worm began. Moreover, the spells she cast were highly effective fire-based spells. Since she came from a strong family, the spells she had were quite powerful,so these spells must have consumed too much Magic Energy.

 Chapter 34: Fallen

    Chapter 34: Fallen


    "Wait! I don''t feel any shaking ... Did it run?" Dane frowned slightly.


    "I don''t feel any shaking either." Heinald said.


    Everyone waited carefully for about a minute, but the giant worm didn''te back.


    "We did it! We couldn''t kill it, but we''re all alive!" Mady exhaled a sigh of relief.


    "It''s too early to talk yet. There is still a possibility to attack us, we must always be cautious in this damn ce!" Dane observed his surroundings and shook his head.


    "Dane is right! After all, we couldn''t kill it, he cane back anytime. We''d better start moving forward quickly." Heinald nodded.


    After Heinald had given everyone the healing potion, they all set out together. He was thinking about the battle with the giant worm. Despite using their strongest spells, they were unable to kill it or even seriously injure him.


    Was it really that big the difference between levels?


    From the energy emitted by the giant worm, it could be said that it was roughly equal the power of a Level 2 Ainsar. Moreover, five people attacked in session and did not even allow it to attack. However, they still could not get pass its defense.


    Everyone was silent as they moved quickly on the road. They were thinking about their battle with the giant worm. Previous fight exposed the power of them, moreover, the giant worm they encountered had not carried out dangerous attacks.


    When they got closer to the hill, they were still quite cautious. They only spoke a few words for hours. The giant worm had never attacked them again.


    "Hm? Look at the floor..." Heinald leaned over and grabbed some sand in his palm.


    "Pretty strange...sand?" Dane muttered as he looked at the sand. The sand had a mixed color of gray and ocher.


    They continued on their way, uneasy, and they were close to the great hill, which was like a great valley of sand.


    "Where do we have to go from here?" asked Heinald.


    "Anywhere..." Dane shrugged. After all, they were here to explore this area, they had no particr direction.


    * Ssshiii! * The group was startled by the noise they heard.


    About 20 meters from them, the sand began to move, then a giant scorpion emerged from under the sand. This scorpion was about 10 meters tall, with intense Fire Element Energy emitting from it, its energy waves indicating that it was at Level 2 Ainsar power. The scorpion''s ws looked like hot irons, radiating intense heat.


    "Damn ... be careful, a single attack of this scorpion is certain death." When Heinald examined the scorpion in front of him, he had only one thought in mind that was ''danger.'' This scorpion would not be slow like the worm they encounteredst time, and their attack would be very dangerous.


    The Scorpion aggressively walked to the right and to the road, then a ball of fire formed above its tail, which gradually grewrger, warmed, and radiated more intense heat waves around it.


    "Whisper of the Wind" Heinald immediately moved away from the scorpion, moving in conjunction with the surrounding wind. The others immediately took action and retreated to a safe distance.


    The fireball formed by the scorpion was getting bigger and bigger.


    Heinald immediately cast the Wind of Aira and sent it to the fireball, but had no effect against a fireball formed by a Magical Beast with the power of Level 2 Ainsar. After all, this spell was one of the lowest rank spells.


    "Frost Wave!" Heinald realized that the situation was serious and immediately began casting his Ice Element-based magic that didn''t have to be an expert to realize that the fireball would explode and spread scorching waves.


    "Be careful!" Heinald warned that everyone else had predicted that the fireball would explode and they had begun casting spells.


    Except for Heinald, everyone in the group cast the same spell, the spell''s area of effect creating a small but violent tornado. When four tornado created at the same time by four people were intertwined, arger tornado emerged with arger impact area and more severe. At that moment, Heinald sent the freezing waves emanating from his body directly into the hose, resulting in a frost tornado.


    Meanwhile, the fireball formed by the scorpion exploded and a scorching fire wave spread around. When the scorching wave of fire collided with the frost tornado, severe crackles began to emerge. The reason for these crackles was air breaks due to sudden temperature changes in the area.


    Although no one in the group was burned after the collision, the surrounding temperature had increased considerably, and if an Apprentice Ainsar was here, he would probably start to fry like a chicken. But for Level 1 Ainsars, this temperature was not deadly.


    "Lightning Spear!" Heinald immediately began casting his the violent lightning spell. He did not want to give this scorpion an opportunity, hoping that his body would not be as strong as him, even though his attacks were more violent than the giant worm. However he still wasn''t sure, he didn''t know anything about this scorpion.


    The spear-shaped lightning formed in his hands quickly began to fly towards the scorpion.


    * BOOM! * A violent explosion sound echoed.


    "What!?" Heinald had a clear view of the scene before the explosion. As the Lightning Spear advanced towards him, a shield of fire was formed around the scorpion. When the Lightning Spear hit the fire shield, violent lightning strikes and bits of fire were scattered around. Tons of sand rose from the ground. Nothing was visible.


    Magical Beasts were able to use the elements they were predisposed to as part of their nature. They carried out their attacks by relying on the power of these elements and they were using elemental energy. However, this scorpion was able to use its elemental power to make a shield for itself.


    Was this one of his natural defensive abilities?


    The reason Heinald was so surprised was that no Magical Beast he had seen before was using their elemental energy for defense, they only used their elemental energy to attack. Moreover, books about Magical Beasts only wrote information about attacks of known species, he never read information about their defenses.


    "Oh no!" Ruske cried out in concern.


    "What''s going on?" Heinald felt the whole ground start to tremble, and at that moment the giant worm they had fought before flew out of the ground and again rose tens of meters from the ground.


    "Run!" Dane cried out, but things were so sudden that no one could act as quickly as they should.


    * BOM! * When the body of the colossal worm fell to the ground, there was an explosion as before. However, the effect was not as great asst time due to the sand on the ground. However, the shock wave it caused had managed to lift tons of sand in the air and hit Heinald and the others again.


    After Heinald swung several meters, thest thing he saw before losing consciousness was falling sand. He had not seen it because he had lost consciousness, but the whole area around the hill was copsing, taking in everything and everyone around.


    ***


    When Heinald''s consciousness returned, he found himself in a dark ce in the sand.The only thing he could see was sand.As he stood up to climb through the sand, he felt sharp pains all over his body, he was injured.


    He pushed himself out through the sand and stood up.He immediately formed a piece of fire in his hands and illuminated the environment.When he began to examine his surroundings, he thought he was in a dungeon-like ce.


    "Damn ... I hope the others are fine too." Heinald muttered.It really saddened him that something happened to those people he met, after all, they were not bad people.


    He started walking, examining the surroundings. This ce was like a gigantic ce, but there was nothing around, it had a deste ambiance. He felt this ce was an ancient ce. However, he could not understand whether this ce was a natural formation or a building. After walking for a while, the descending stairs entered the viewpoint.


    When he got downstairs, he came to arge hall whose walls were filled with antique embroidery. There were columns made of jade in various parts of the hall. He went to the great throne beyond the hall and began to examine it. At first he thought it was a dungeon, but this was not a dungeon, it was a pce.


    Probably a pce from the time of Ancient Ainsar!


    After he had finished examining the throne, he continued to examine the great hall, examining the various engravings on the wall, but saw nothing special.


    "Hm?" Heinald saw arge door ahead, and when he went near it, he saw that it was covered with various embroidery, and he tried to open it, but there was not the slightest movement, despite using all his might.


    At that moment he thought of some information that he had read in a book, this was an ancient pce, most likely each door was protected by a formation. He immediately sent the Magic Energy to the door, and as he had guessed, the embroidery of the door began to emit a blue light.


    But the door did not open.


    "Oh? There has been no visitor to this pce for a long time. " A deep and calm voice came into his ears.

 Chapter 35: Mystical Energy

    Chapter 35: Mystical Energy


    Heinald immediately began to examine the surroundings after hearing the sound, nothing in sight. He was under some sort of invisible pressure and had mixed feelings.


    "Who are you?" asked Heinald.


    "I am a Pce Spirit. I am the guardian of the pce of Lord Aanton Rues."


    "Who is Lord Aanton Rues?" Heinald asked.


    "Lord Aanton was City Lord and Protector of the Rainbow Region. This pce was his pce."


    Heinald had never heard of any of these names.In the present situation he should be very careful and not disrespectful, this was a ce from the ancient Ainsar period. Lord Aanton must have been a mighty Ancient Ainsar, this spirit he left behind was certainly very important.


    "How should I call you?" asked Heinald.


    "Lord Aanton named me Ahnosh."


    "Master Ahnosh, isn''t this a ce from the Ancient Ainsar period?" Heinald asked. He knew the answer but still wanted to confirm it.


    "Ancient Ainsar?" Ahnosh let out a faintugh.


    Heinald continued to wait in silence. He was wondering what the Pce Spirit would say, could this ce not belong to the Ancient Ainsar period?


    "Time is a veryplex concept ... Ancient Ainsar myth existed in the time of my lord, it still seems to exist."


    "How many years ago did Lord Aanton live?" Heinald''s eyebrows were slightly frowned.


    "It is not known whether Lord Anton died or not, but this pce was built 5,300 years ago."


    "Why is Lord Aanton''s fate unknown?" Heinald asked, but received no answer from the Pce Spirit.


    "Master, do you have full control of this pce?" Unable to get an answer to his previous question, Heinald asked another question.


    "Yes."


    "Has anyone else entered heretely?


    "No."


    Heinald''s brows frowned slightly, the others must have been buried in the sand with him. Where had they gone?


    "But many people came here in thousands of years." Ahnosh''s voice was heard again after a little silence.


    "This is a ce under the sand, I fell here by ident." Heinald said.


    "Oh? So you didn''te here in search of treasure?"


    "I and my friends were hoping to find ruins from the Ancient Ainsar time around, but as I said,ing to this pce was the result of an ident." Heinald answered in a calm voice.


    "And do you have any wish to seize the ruins of this pce?"


    "Yes." Heinald said without hesitation because the remains would have been left for the benefit of future generations.


    "Don''t you want to know what happened to those who came here before?"


    "Hm? What happened?" Heinald hesitated.


    "They died." This clear answer by the Pce Spirit disturbed Heinald. There were traps in the ruins so that various ordinary people could not reach the ruins, but in the ruins like the pce where he is now, there were often tests, and these tests would be much more challenging than oveing the traps.


    "If I''m not mistaken, there will be a test, right?" Heinald asked slowly.


    "True! But this will not be a test of your skills or spirit. The test you have to go through to reach the ruins in the pce is a very special test ..."


    "How so?" Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    "I''ll give you two options right here. The first option is to join the test, but I will not give you any information about the test. The second is to leave right away. Which one do you choose?"


    "Leaving here." Heinald replied without a second thought. He was not a fool, and if he died, remains would be of no significance. However, it was bizarre that no one who had been here before had left.


    Could this Pce Spirit be some kind of liar?


    "Oh? I thought you wanted the remains." Pce Spirit voice seemed surprised.


    "If I die, those remains are of no use to me. Besides, haven''t any of those who have been here ever chosen to leave?" Heinald squinted slightly. Anything left from Ancient Ainsar would catch his attention. But he was not a greedy fool, he knew his life was more important than anything else. It was quite unreasonable to risk his life for a few remnants of which he did not know.


    "None of them chose because the charm of the remains attracted them. Alright, now that you''ve made your choice, you can get out of here. But remember, you won''t be able to enter here again."


    At that time arge sphere formed behind Heinald, he felt a kind of energy he had never felt before from this sphere.


    "This portal will get you out." the Pce Spirit Ahnosh said.


    "Young man, stop!" Heinald heard a deep and deep voice as he walked towards the portal. It wasn''t Asnosh''s voice, it was another voice.


    "Master Zs?" Asnosh''s astonished voice echoed around, and Heinald stood there, not realizing what was happening.


    Was there another Pce Spirit?


    "I sensed an ancient energy from you." The voice was heard again, the owner of this voice was another Pce Spirit named Zs, but it was Ahnosh''s senior.


    "Did he notice the Moon Thief''s eyes?" Heinald''s heart began to beat rapidly at this thought.


    "What do you mean?" Heinald pretended not to understand.


    "Do you have an ancient treasure?"


    "Why did you think that?" Heinald was very nervous.


    "As a spirit that was justified from ancient times, I immediately notice the energy of something from ancient times. Anyway, of course I will not force you to reveal your secret, but I want to take you to my master''s test. "


    "Test?" Heinald narrowed his eyes.


    I''m going to show you five mind runes. If you manage to construct these runes in your mind in one minute, you will pass the test. However, do not think that this test will be easy. The runes I''m going to show you are runes that will test your willpower and mind power as determined by our lord himself.


    Heinald slightly nodded and said, "Ready!"


    His mind was already so powerful since he got the Moon Thief''s eyes, and he fully trusted his willpower since he trained for many years for it by his grandfather. Over the years, not having any childhood and just getting an education had strengthened his willpower considerably. He had had a hard time as a kid and was very bored, but he was starting to pay off.


    Five runes appeared in front of Heinald, suspended in the air. These runes were as if forged from the fire itself. They appeared for a few seconds, then disappearedpletely. Thanks to his impable memory, Heinald naturally had no trouble remembering them.


    However, he felt with certainty that his mental strength and willpower were starting to get more and more difficult when he tried to construct one of them in his mind. A feeling that was difficult to describe began to rise within him. He was starting to feel like a person who wanted to drop everything and go and never want to do anything again for the rest of his life.


    He was beginning to feel his mental energy leaving him!


    "Damn it''s not worth it! I won''t lose much if I just quit this ridiculous test and leave this ce."


    This thought popped up in his mind. He knew it was a trick his mind was ying on him because it was struggling. At the same time, it was also an indication that his willpower was rapidly diminishing. Even though he knew he shouldn''t give up in this situation, he couldn''t ease his difort.


    After he had constructed the two mind runes in his mind, he clenched his teeth and fist with all his might and had to restrain himself not to give up.


    "I have three more runes to construct in my mind... Damn, how am I going to hold on?"


    Even though Heinald felt like his mind was going to explode and he thought about giving up a hundred times in a very short time, he managed to contain himself and finished constructing the remaining three runes in his mind before the time that given him had finished.


    After the construction of each rune, an aura that he had never seen or felt before appeared around his body. It was as if invisible multicolored mes were emerging from his body and illuminating heaven and hell.


    At the end of this process, his head ached a lot and his eyes were red. His ears were ringing from exerting himself too much, and his whole body was shaking uncontrobly. His whole body was covered with sweat.


    "Young man, I have to admit that I was quite surprised" The Pce Spirit''s bewildered voice was heard, "How could you remember these runes properly even though you had such a hard time constructing them in your mind?"


    Unfortunately, he didn''t get an answer from her because Heinald had dropped to the ground and was holding his head, trying not to do or think about anything.


    The Pce Spirit naturally agreed with him. This young man in front of him had passed a very, very difficult test, and he could only imagine the state of his mind.


    After an unknown amount of time, Heinald recovered a little.


    The Pce Spirit was not trying to test him any further to give him his reward. With just one thought of him, a phenomenon Heinald had never seen before began to materialize.


    "This?" The environment had changedpletely, and he saw a blue sphere hanging in the air before him. This sphere was like a living organism, emitting a kind of energy that Heinald had not felt before. This energy seemedpletely unfamiliar to him, it was an experience that felt quite strange. He was ustomed to him as he was present in every human being with his Elemental Energy, he understood from the cold feeling he felt when he first experienced Dark Energy that it was Dark Energy. Another type of energy, Mystical Energy, came to his mind.


    "Don''t tell me..." Heinald''s eyes widened.


    A spiral of energy flew from the orb in front of Heinald towards him. When the energy vines reached him, he felt as if his whole soul and body were being examined. He felt his whole body numb, but this was not the numbness when you were paralyzed, more like the numbness you feel when your muscles rx when you lie down on a soft mattress.


    After a while, the vines of energy disappeared and the blue sphere began to emit a dazzling glow, and a small white ball emerged from inside the sphere, which resembled a white pearl, flew directly into the center of his forehead.


    When the white ball touched Heinald''s forehead, he felt intense pain in the head, as if someone were sticking hundreds of needles into his brain. Fortunately, this was a process that only took a few seconds. That little ball was about Lord Aanton''s some experiences of Mystical Energy. He was not able to perceive the information that had entered his mind at first, butter managed to take control.

 Chapter 36: Tulan Town

    Chapter 36: Tn Town


    Mystical Energy was also known as Creation Energy. In fact, the Mystical Energy was also present in every living being, but unlike Elemental Energy, it was not in the body, but in the depths of the Spirit. To reach the Mysterious Energy, it was necessary to reach the depths of the Spirit. But the Spirit itself was an all-epassing ocean. Even if it was reached, there was no ultimate knowledge or experience you could gain about it. Creation itself was a profound mystery and inessible.


    ording to Lord Aanton, the Spirit Realm was the cradle of all creation. There was no time and space there, only the Energy of Creation and the total of concepts. Thews that made up the Spirit Realm were so ancient and powerful that even the most powerful people were not able to understand. It was impossible not to control, but even to grasp thosews.


    Heinald frowned as he controlled the thoughts in his mind. He understood that one had to descend into the depths of one''s Spirit and search for its concepts. However, he did not understand the Spirit Realm mentioned. To go to the Spirit Realm, he had to prepare a special potion called Astinuf. The form for this potion was in his mind in all. When this potion was consumed, the Spirit would leave the body and go to the Spirit Realm for a short time. But he did not know what to see there, how to understand the concepts, how to recognize the Mystical Energy, or how to leave the Spirit Realm ande back.


    The answer to these questions was not in the information that entered his mind!


    He only knew that after consuming the potion the Spirit would officially be considered a dead body, and therefore the body had to be kept in a safe ce. If there was a problem with its connection to the body when the spirit in the Spirit Realm had to return, its spirit would disappear into purgatory forever.


    "Will I be able to ess other remains?" Heinad asked.


    "As long as you passed the tests..." Pce Spirit Zs reply was quick.


    "I choose to get out of here." Heinald nodded, not wanting to risk his life so he was going to leave.


    "Well, remember, once you get out, you won''t be able toe back."


    "I know." Heinald nodded.


    A portal appeared next to him again, and when he walked into the portal he suddenly found himself outside on the sand.


    When he looked around, he saw neither the others nor the scorpions. The great dune had disappeared, there was a in of sand all around.


    "Hey, does anyone hear me?" Heinald shouted with all his might. Others might still be alive, maybe still underground. He started to walk around and shout and control everything, but he didn''t notice anything at all. He did not feel any auraing from under the sand.


    After spending a long time around, he began to advance in the gigantic sand valley without knowing his direction. He felt quite in danger because the Magical Beasts in this area were strong. If he were to run into one of them, he would surely die.


    Many thoughts crossed his mind as Heinald walked desperately in the sand valley. He had tried to contact Marcus at first but had no sess. He did not think this could be due to distance, after all, he managed tomunicate even at distance between kingdoms. There was another reason but he couldn''t figure out what it was.


    As he continued to move forward, he noticed something far away. Focusing on the distance, he saw the others walking. When he saw what he was going through, he gave a sigh of relief, and if they were dead, he would feel sad and in extreme danger and lonely because he was hardly left here.


    He immediately cast the Whisper of the Wind, and when surrounded by winds, he began to float towards them quickly. There were separated roads beyond this wide sand valley, and these roads should probably lead to other valleys. They had previously spoken in a conversation between the group that it would not make a difference where they would go, they were here for discovery.


    "Heeey!" Heinald shouted with all his might as he approached them. Ruske was the first to hear this voice among them, and when he turned around he saw somethinging towards him. Unsure at first, he thought Heinald might be some kind of animal, butter realized he was Heinald.


    "This is Heinald! He is alive!" Ruske cheered.


    Heinald where have you been? We searched you below the sands for hours but couldn''t see you! "Dane had a happy expression.


    "Something very interesting happened to me! I fell into an ancient pce with the sand. The Spirit of the Pce told me that if I passed the tests, I could get perfect ruins, but no one who tried it before survived. I thought that if I was going to die, these remains would be of no use to me, and from there. I chose to quit. " Heinald described what had happened ipletely and without detail. He did not feel the need to say that he had taken a special remain.


    "What !? Ancient remains, they were definitely worth the risk!" Mady looked at Heinald in surprise.


    "If you think like that, you can go and take the tests!" Heinald gave a slightly angry reply.


    Mady sighed and shook her head.


    "What is Pce Spirit?" Morena asked.


    "Formerly the lord of this area was an Ainsar named Aanton, who left two Pce Spirits to protect and control the ruins. These pce spirits must be kind of a Spiritual Magic. I did not see them physically, but I could hear their voices. Moreover, they could use Space Concept, they opened the portal and took me out.


    "Space Concept!?" Dane cried out in surprise. Space Concept was truly one of the most powerful. If you got certain princples about space, you could use some dimensional powers. But of course this would require a lot of energy.


    "So what have you done? Have the scorpion or worm reappeared?" Heinald began to examine them. Their condition was not good, but they were not bad either.


    "We couldn''t see them again." Morena shook her head.


    "How could you get out of all that sand?" Heinald asked.


    "Thanks to our wind-based spells. If we didn''t have them we probably would never havee out of those sands." Dane answered.


    Heinald nodded.


    After they got together, they started to move forward together. There seemed to be four different ways they could go. After a quick discussion, they decided to take the far left road. The road they walked was an ascending road, so it was a slope.


    After hours of climbing, they reached the end of the road. The sight they encountered surprised them all. Below there were a lot of buildings built into what looked like a volcano mouth. There was a spiral road going down. When viewed from above, they realized that in the different ways they had previously seen, they actually climbed into this region.


    "This is a town!" Heinald could see people below even from hundreds of meters.


    "Who are you?" A voice was heard from the right. This voice belonged to a little girl with white skin and blue eyes.


    "Hello kid. What''s your name?" Morena walked over to the little girl.


    "Nuya."


    "Where is this ce?" Morena asked.


    "This is Tn Town." The little girl replied slowly, observing the people in front of her carefully with her huge eyes. For her, seeing strangers was something she had experienced for the first time.


    "Will you take us to the elders?" Morena asked.


    Little girl nodded.


    Nuya led Heinald and the others down the spiral path. When the road was finished, they had reached directly into the town. The people around were looking at the people they saw next to Nuya in shock. Most likely, they were seeing strangers for the first time in their lives.


    "Nuya!" A female voice echoed, a woman ran from the side and came to the little girl.


    "Mom, I saw these people at above entrance. They said they wanted to talk to the elders." Nuya exined the situation.


    "Who are you?" The woman began to quickly examine everyone in the group. There was no anger or hostility in her gaze, but he had a cautious gaze. Her aura revealed that she was a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Hello, we are traveler Ainsars, we discovered this ce after crossing the sand valley left behind. Are you a native of this region?" Dane asked.


    "Yes." The woman had a serious facial expression.


    "If we disturb you, we can leave this ce immediately. We discovered this ce by ident as we were moving forward." Heinald stood out and spoke.Heinald wasn''t sure, but he felt that this woman was slightly ufortable with them.

 Chapter 37: Century Raid

    Chapter 37: Century Raid


    "We haven''t had guest in a long time..." Behind the woman a tall and skinny man appeared. This man''s emmited energy indicated that he was Level 2 Ainsar. Although the man looked like a typical old man, Heinald could see that his vitality was quite high.


    "Elder Honyon?" The woman immediately bowed her head.


    Heinald and the others bowed their heads to the old man in front of them. The old man in front of them looked carefully into the eyes of each member of the group and then smiled.


    "What brings you to this part of the world?" The old man named Honyon,asked.


    Heinald and others briefly told their story to the old man standing in front of them. This old man seemed to know the world outside of this area well. They started to wonder about the story behind this town and the people who lived here.


    How and why did the people living heree here?


    Elder Honyon took Heinald and the others to arge house. However, this house wasrge by this town''s standards, normally the size of an average house in cities. Yana, the other elder of the town, also lived in this house. Elder Yana was Elder Honyon''s wife. Elder Yana was also surprised when she saw strangers in her face after a long time. She was also a Level 2 Ainsar like her husband.


    "Sir, when did you settle here?" Heinald asked after the two sides got to know each other.


    "Under my father''s leadership, we settled here 300 years ago. At that time, a great war was about to break out among the Ainsars, so my father moved everyone to this deste area to protect Tn Sect. We have adapted to this area over the years and never thought of returning to the upper world." Elder Honyon had a faint smile on his face.


    "So what area is beyond this area?" Dane asked.This area was getting more and more of his attention.


    "There is no zone beyond this zone." Elder Honyon shook his head.


    "I guess Greenhell Cavity isn''t as big as we thought..." Dane scratched his chin. Although he did not reveal it, he was quite surprised inside.


    "Yes, and even though the monsters we encountered were not weak, we only encountered two monsters. Isn''t that quite a small number?" Morena frowned.


    "Wait! Have you encountered only two Magical Beasts?" Elder Yana had a solemn expression.


    "This is not good!" Elder Honyon''s smile faded.


    "What is the problem?" Heinald asked.


    "If the number of Magical Beasts is decreasing, that''s mean one thing..." Elder Honyon''s expression darkened.


    "Century Raid!" Elder Yanapleted her husband''s sentence.


    "Century Raid?" Heinald frowned.


    "Yes. All Magical Beast species in the region gather together and raid where they see a threat. They are notmonly seen in the environment as they alle together in one ce." Elder Honyon exined.


    "All of them? If they were all gathered together, wouldn''t we see them?" Mady asked.


    "The Greenhell Cavity is not as small as you might think ... There are different ces that the Magical Beasts know and rule, but these ces are not in sight. So you cannot notice." Elder Yana shook her head slightly.


    "So who is leading these Magical Beasts?" Heinald asked.


    "That''s the real problem. When they raided our town a century ago, they were led by a Level 3 Ainsar power Ridhus Eagle." Elder Honyon exhaled loudly.


    "An eagle equivalent to the might of Level 3 Ainsar !?" Heinald and the others'' eyes widened. The might of Level 3 Ainsar would be considered the pinnacle of this continent. There were very few of them, and they would set the bnce of power on the continent. Onlyrge families would have Level 3 Ainsar.


    This eagle, the leader of the Magical Beasts, was like them and maybe even stronger. A great unease arose within Heinald and the others. They knew this area was dangerous, but they could never have predicted that such an event would happen.


    "So how did you survive previous attacks?" Dane asked.


    "Our Tn Sect has a Defense Formation inherited from our ancestors. We managed to circumvent previous attacks thanks to this formation." Elder Honyon smiled slightly.


    "We should talk to the other elders of our sect. We ask your permission for now, we can continue our conversation with youter. I''ll order to be prepared a nice ce for you to stay." Elder Yana sighed softly.


    *****


    Beautiful and spacious rooms were prepared for them. They all had a serious expression on their faces, all lost in thoughts.


    "What should we do?" Heinald had summoned everyone to his room to speak.


    "We can leave before it''s toote and try to get back to the upper world, but there is still no guarantee that we will not encounter a crowded Magical Beast group on the way." Morena said her thoughts in a calm voice.


    "On the other hand, we can stay here and make some kind of agreement with these people. They have a Defense Formation that allows them to evade previous attacks. If we stay here and cooperate with them, we can both survive and gain experience and interests. Dane looked into everyone''s eyes one by one.


    "What kind of deal can we make with them?" Mady asked.


    "I don''t know. Maybe the elders will make us a good offer." Dane shrugged.


    "So what will happen if this time attack seeds in oveing Defense Formation?" Heinald asked.


    "Actually, we came here taking all the risks, but I know it''s not the same for you. That''s why we can''t decide for you." Dane thoughtfully nodded.


    "In fact, staying here with you will give me more confidence than traveling alone." Heinald nodded after thinking for a while.


    "Let''s get some rest first. After talking to the elders, let''s decide exactly what to do." Morena said.


    Everyone went to their room andy down on their beds hoping to get some sleep. While Heinald was lying in his bed, he was also evaluating his situation. Traveling alone was not safe at all, and if he encountered a Magical Beast, his death was certain. But if he stayed here with the others he would have a chance, so he chose to stay here.


    He once again realized how important power was whenever he was desperate. If it were strong, despair would only be a feeling that he would feel his enemies. If he got out of here, he would initially open a shop where he could sell potions. He would then search for ingredients for Spirit Potion and Astinuff Potion. When he became a Level 2 Ainsar, he would go after Hamra.


    Heinald fell asleep with thoughts in his head. The thing that awakened him again was the knock on his door. When he got up from his bed and opened the door, he saw Ruske in front of him.


    "Good morning, we will go to talk to the elder. We wanted to let you know." Ruske pointed back.


    "Lets go!" Heinald nodded.


    They all gathered together and went to the elders. The first thing they noticed was that the elders had an anxious expression. Although they tried to smile slightly when they saw the young people in front of them, their smile was more of a bitter smile. Heinald and others shared the topic they spoke about yesterday with the two elders in front of them.


    "Actually, there is something you can help us with." Elder Yana nodded after thinking for a while.


    "What is it?" Dane asked.


    "All the Ainsars in our town strive to reach the Marrow of the Hipbone of Anthros Bison, which remains a relic from the founders of our sect. But we have not been able to reach it despite centuries of struggle, because Ainthros Bison was a Magical Beast with the power of a Level 4 Ainsar when it was alive. " Elder Honyon sighed.


    "What!?" Heinald and the others shouted in surprise. A Magical Beast of a Level 4 Ainsar power had the might to steer cities in powerful kingdoms alone. It was almost impossible to deal with .


    How could the ancestors of this sect have acquired such a relic?


    "As you can imagine, it is an incredibly difficult task to break through the bones of a beast that was so strong in his lifetime. Even if we collect all the Ainsars in our town, we cannot deal enough damage. One hope is that if we work with you we maybe able to do some damage. If we can do a good amount of damage to this bone with you,we will share a copy of a High Rank spell from our founders. " Elder Yana smiled slightly.

 Chapter 38: Seeking Solution

    Chapter 38: Seeking Solution


    "High Rank is a spell!" Heinald had never seen a High Rank spell, and what the elder said excited him quite a bit. However, his excitement began to fade when he remembered that they had to damage the hipbone of a Magical Beast equal Level 4 Ainsar power. Almost all of the Ainsars in this tribe were Level 1 Ainsar, it seemed unlikely that they could damage the bone of a beast of Level 4 Ainsar power. However, he was still determined to give it a try.


    "Elders, do you think your defense formation can prevent the uing attack?" Heinald calmed his excitement and asked.


    "We will be honest with you, we don''t know that. The power source of our formation is from our founders and is near the end of its life. While it may help us survive this attack, it probably won''t help for the next attack. If we could break the Ainthros Bison''s Hip Bone, we would get to the marrow and we could be Level 3 Ainsar. Thus, we would not have to fear any more, but unfortunately we don''t have much hope." Elder Honyon sighed and shook his head.


    Heinald and the others started talking to each other after leaving the elder''s rooms. It was dangerous to stay here, but also dangerous to leave. It was themon opinion of everyone in this group. After exchanging ideas with each other, even though their hopes were low, they decided to coborate with these people and try to deal with enough damage to the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone. If they were sessful in some way, the reward they would get would be really impressive.


    Heinald and the others made a Blood Agreement with the elders of the Tn Sect after they agreed among themselves. ording to this deal, if Heinald and the others helped inflict significant damage to the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone, they would be given a High Ranking spell called Lightning Dragon''s Roar. This spell was transforming the surrounding elemental energy into a destructive lightning and giving it to the person''s control, the spell could be used on a single target or area, but it would be much more destructive if used on a single person.


    Also, another condition of the Blood Agreement was that Tn Sect secured the life safety of Heinald and the others and could not make any moves against them. So if the bone was damaged they could not make ns to kill them so as not to share the spell. Actually, this requirement was a bit of a credibility, but Mady insisted on the addition of this condition.


    "Are you ready?" Elder Yana looked at the young men beside her. He brought them to the building where the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone was located. The building was round and quiterge, even the doorway was several meters long. It was protected by some kind of defensive formation. Elder Yana came next to the building''s huge door and put his hand on the door. Red mes appeared in various parts of the door, and the door began to slowly open.


    As they entered, they began to feel a frightening aura above them. This aura radiated from the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone. In fact, this could be considered quite normal, because it was a piece remain from a legendary beast with the power of Level 4 Ainsar was in front of them. This bone was about 6 meters high and twenty meters wide.


    "How big was this bison when it was alive !?" Heinald cried out inside. When he began to examine the bone carefully, he saw various cracks and burns on its surface, but none of them were significant damages. ording to him, no one living in this town could harm these bones. But maybe he could find a way by using his talent in alchemy.


    "As you can see, that''s all the damage we''ve been able to do over the years." Elder Yana sighed.


    "Are there any alchemists in this town?" Heinald asked.


    "One of our sect elders, Old Kajal is the best alchemist we have. Why did you ask?" Elder Yana gave him a curious look.


    "I am not bad in alchemy. Maybe if we both work together we can create something effective. To be frank, I don''t think we can damage this bone with our spells." Heinald spoke thoughtfully.


    "Oh? I didn''t know you were talented in alchemy." Morena looked at Heinald.


    "Actually,it can be said that I''m pretty good at Potion Brewing. Unfortunately, this time I have to think of something different." Heinald scratched his chin.


    Elder Yana assigned one of his attendants to take Heinald to Elder Kajal. The servant brought him in front of a medium-sized, three-story house, which belonged to Old Kajal and carried out all his work in this house.


    When Heinald knocked on the door, an old man opened it.


    "Oh? You must be one of those strangers everyone''s talking about." The old man gave a smallugh.


    "My name is Heinald." He bowed lightly.


    "I am Kajal" He also gave a gentle nod. This old man was Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Elder Yana said that you are the best alchemist in this town, and he led me here. My purpose toe here is to work with you to find something that could damage the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone." Heinald briefly exined his purpose foring.


    "Oh? Are you an alchemist too?" The old man''s eyebrows rose, at the same time he gave him a hand gesture toe in.


    "Yes, actually my main branch is on Potion Brewing." Heinald nodded.


    "I was actually working on some kind of toxic substance that I hoped would corrode the Ainthros Bison''s Hip Bone at first, but I didn''t manage to make it effective enough. Later I discovered something interesting." Old Kajal''s brows frowned for a moment, then returned to normal.


    "Oh? What''s that?" The old man in front of him caught his attention.


    "The Horn of the Righides Bull!" Old Kajal looked at the young man next to him and borated,"Righides Bull is a Magical Beast that can use the fire element. It can collect the elemental energy needed to create fire in its horns, which caught my interest and I researched on it. I discovered that it has a structure suitable for collecting Elemental Energy within it."


    "Is it a high amount?" A thoughtful expression appeared on Heinald''s face. When Kajal saw his expression, he didn''t say anything so as not to disturb his thinking process.


    "Can I check it out?" After thinking for a moment, Heinald looked at the old man and asked. "Of course." Old Kajal nodded and entered one of the rooms. After a while he came out of the room with arge horn in his hand.


    Heinald could really feel the intense elemental energy emitted by the horn. He started thinking with all his attention, actually he had an idea, but it was very difficult to carry out. However, it was not as difficult as damaging the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone with spells.


    "I have to create a formation!" This idea started spinning in Heinald''s mind. The formation he was going to create had to be a formation that made elemental spells in a given area tens of times more effective. If he could draft it, he would use the Horn of the Righides Bull as the energy source for this Formation. It would be a very suitable energy source because it could store it. Of course, Heinald wasn''t sure if that would be enough, but maybe they''d be able to abrade the hipbone enough to reach the marrow.


    Due to his perfect memory, he could remember many runes without error. However, his task this time was quite difficult, he had already made Formations that were already avable before. This time it was supposed to create a new formation. Although many runes knew, he had to do a lot of work and experimentation in order to bring these runes together and produce the desired effect.


    "Do you know anything about formations?" Heinald asked.


    "Well... a little, I guess..." Old Kajal was surprised that this young man next to him suddenly asked such a question.


    "I have an idea..." Heinald scratched his chin. As he began to tell Kajal the idea he had in mind, the old man in front of him took shape. What this young man said was unlike anything he had heard from any young man before. ording to him, this young man was either a genius or a big braggart.


    "This ..... Elders know more about formations than I do. Let''s go talk to them." Old Kajal pointed outside.


    The two left the house together and went to Elder Yana and Elder Honyon. Heinald also exined his idea to the elders, who thought it was too difficult, but agreed that it was not as difficult as damaging the bone of a bison with the power of Level 4 Ainsar. As a pleasant surprise, Morena was also knowledgeable about Formations, and she expressed her willingness to participate in the studies.


    After deciding what to do, they set out toe up with a n. Elder Yana and Elder Honyon would work with Heinald and Morena on the Runes and Seals they know. Others would cast elemental spells around the horn to store the Elemental Energy of the Horn of the Righides Bull. Thus the horn would be able to absorb and store the Elemental Energy emanating from the spells.

 Chapter 39: Problems to be Overcome

    Chapter 39: Problems to be Ovee


    All Ainsars in the town went through a hard work process. Heinald was constantly trying to put together various runes to obtain a Seal of elemental effect increase. Of course, Elders and Morena were also conducting studies and research, but Heinald was able to work on them hundreds of times faster and more efficiently with his perfect memory. Although he tried not to reveal this to them, his ability on runes and seals did not go unnoticed.


    Members of the Shidu Family except of Morena and a few selected Ainsars in town were constantly casting Elemental Spels, causing arge amount of Elemental Energy to be released into the environment. Like a hungry crocodile, the Righides Bull''s Horn was ingesting all the surrounding energy.


    But actually everybody was on the edge because they knew there was an impending Magical Beast raid,and when ites to Magical Beasts, that wouldn''t be anything predictable. Their numbers could have been many times greater or less than previous raids. Previously only one Level 3 Ainsar power was at the disposal of a vanguard Magical Beast, this time they could have been under two of them. It wouldn''t be enough, though, even if the Defense Formation worked perfectly against two Level 3 Ainsar-powered Magical Beasts.


    Everyone in Tn Town had a busy work routine. Everyone had a task and reduced time. Yet everyone had a hope, and they had no choice but to believe in it because all they had was hope. If the energy source of the Defense Formation, which would protect the town, was not sufficient, the formation would not be activated and everyone in the town would be destroyed by the Magical Beasts. However, the options were not absent, if Heinald, Morena, and the elders could create a Formation that would increase the effect of the Elemental Spells, they could damage the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone and perhaps obtain the marrow. At that time elders could experience a breakthrough and be Level 3 Ainsar.


    If Heinald and the elders failed, they could use the horn to energize the Defense Formation, but it wouldn''tst much for a huge formation protecting the entire town. However, there was one more thing that if the Magical Beasts raided early, all they could hope for would be the Defense Formation activation without any problems.


    ***


    Heinald and Morena were making an important trade in one of their rare spare time.


    ****


    "Here are three Middle Rank Spells I have!" Heinald handed the beautiful woman a copy of the three spells he had in front of him.


    "Here''s what you want!" Morena likewise handed her copies of the three spells she had.


    "Mm!" Heinald smiled and nodded. Morena had very powerful Fire-based Spells. He was amazed by the spells she used. Moreover, he liked the Fire-based Spells very much because their destruction and damage was too much.


    The first spell he wanted was Predatory Destruction. This spell formed a cloud of fire over the target and rained down a rain of me, small pieces of me exploded in a matter of seconds and a scorching wave of fire was emitting. It was a very effective field spell.


    The second spell he wanted was the Fire Vines, which binded the target with vines from the fire from the ground and burn it. It was a very useful spell because it was both restrictive and burning.


    Finally, he wanted the spell called Dragon Instinct, which was marked with five fireballs towards the target and produced a chain fire explosion if all five were hit. The fewer fireballs hit, the less damage and severity of the explosion.


    Unlike others, it was no problem for Heinald to memorizeplex patterns of spells and, when necessary, formte them in his mind precisely and quickly. So although it is much more advantageous than others, all this was not enough to cast a spell. It would have been necessary to send the Magic Energy to pattern which formed in mind properly, otherwise the spell would backfire and cause massive damage that could lead to death.Heinald was no exception, he had to train to be able to cast a spell like everyone else. His already quite busy schedule would be more intense, but the more magic he knew, the more secure he would feel, so he was quite in a hurry.


    A month flew by quickly. During this time, everyone in the town tried to fulfill their dutiespletely without interruption. Heinald was undoubtedly the hardest working person in town due to his busy schedule. Since he started this busy schedule, he hadn''t slept at all, but just did a few hours of meditation to rx and rest his mind.


    During this time, Heinald had made some progress in the spell called Fire Vines. If he had a lot of time and only worked on this spell, he could have made quite a bit of progress, but he had a more important task to deal with. Morena and she worked for hours each day trying toe up with new ideas about how to increase the effect of Elemental Spells within an area.


    In fact, it was just one Seal they had to create. If this Seal was able to increase the damage of Elemental Spells, the efficiency could be multiplied by making arge number of it. However, creating a Seal was a very difficult and delicate task. In fact, it could be turned out to be a bit like Potion Making, in one mistake you had to start all over again because that one mistake would affect the whole.


    "I think we should focus on one element rather than all the elements." Heinald called out to Morena, who was drawing diagrams on the papers.


    "I agree." Morena tiredly nodded.She, like Heinald, was working very intensely, which could be said to be even tiring for her as she did not have the perfect memory like him.


    "The two most powerful people in this town are Elder Yana and Honyon. So it makes sense to focus on that element whatever their strongest elemental spells are, because those spells will do the most damage." Heinald scratched his chin.


    Heinald went to their residence to talk with the elders. However, only Elder Honyon was there.


    "Oh? I haven''t seen you in days, young man, you must be pretty busy." Elder Honyon smiled slightly when he saw Heinalding.


    "I really am, elder. I actually came here to ask you a question." Heinald lightly nodded.


    "Sure, what is it?"


    "Which element is your strongest Elemental Magic on?" Heinald asked.


    "I know what''s on your mind, you want to focus on one element, right?" Elder Honyon sighed, as if he had thought of what Heinald was thinking.


    Heinald nodded.


    "Although this is a logical approach, it is also an approach that will reduce the impact. If we concentrate on one element, a small portion of the Ainsars that make up a small part of the town will be able to join us. The most powerful spell Yana and I know is a Lightning Element based spell. But all Ainsars do not know spell based on the Lightning Element. "Elder Honyon shook his head.


    "I know this won''t be advantageous, but to be honest, there are too many variables for a formation that can increase the effect of all Elemental Spells. So I need either too much time or more Rune knowledge. Unfortunately I can''t make progress because I don''t have both." Heinald sighed.


    "So let''s first determine what element-based spells the majority know, then we''ll take the necessary steps." Elder Honyon said.


    The Elder Honyon thenmissioned a few people to find out what elemental spells or spells all Ainsars in town knew. ording to the results that came within a few hours, the majority of Ainsars knew of Fire Element-based spells. This result did not surprise Elder Honyon, as the Fire Element was rtively easier to grasp than other elements.That''s why the patterns of Fire-based Spells would be easier to understand.


    Elder Honyon summoned Heinald to his side. He soon saw the young maning to him.


    "You wanted to see me, elder..." Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "Apparently most people know of Fire Element-based spells, so if the formation you create can increase the effect of a single element, it must be the Fire Element." Elder Honyon gently nodded.


    "Isn''t that a problem for you and Elder Yana?" Heinald asked.


    "Although the most powerful spells we know are on the Lightning Element, the destructiveness of the Fire Element spells we know has a very high destructiveness potential too, so it won''t be much of a difference. But if you manage to add the Lightning Element next to the Fire Ellement, it would be wonderful. " Elder Honyon exhaled.


    "I will try." Heinald nodded.


    He frankly didn''t think he could achieve this. After all, he wascking in knowledge, as he said, and he saw almost no possibility of achieving it without more runes and without further work with those runes.

 Chapter 40: Formation Works!

    Chapter 40: Formation Works!


    When Heinald returned to Morena, he told her that their priority was to focus on the Fire Element. If it could be added, the Lightning Element would also be added, but this was still difficult because the structure of the entire formation had to change when a second element entered the equation.


    Heinald left two more months behind his busy schedule. In those two months he only worked on the formation. Fortunately, this two-month busy schedule brought him sess and really managed to create a formation blueprint. Everything was just a sketch because arge amount of Elemental Energy was required to activate this formation, and unfortunately only had one Righides Bull Horn, he could not use it for testing. Moreover, although the formation was ready on the draft, it might not actually be ready, he wasn''t sure.


    No matter how hard Heinald tried, he was able to build a formation that amplified the effect of Fire-based spells in just a small area. But he wasn''t sure how much it would increase or how long the Elemental Energy in the Righides Bull Horn wouldst. It was all an assumption until he activated the formation and saw the results.


    "So, the big day has finallye..." Elder Honyon was looking at Heinald, and Elder Yana was with him. After Heinald and Morena had finished working on the formation, they quickly went to report to the elders.


    "Yes, Morena and I did our best and we managed to create a formation." Heinald exhaled loudly. But he didn''t have an expression of joy on his face, he actually had an anxious expression. There was no certain probability that the formation he created would be sessful, the formation might not work, and his months ofbor could be wasted.


    "In fact, Heinald did most of the work. I only came up with certain runes and ideas. Moreover, the model of the formation ispletely in his mind, i don''t understand how he was able to model such aplex formation in his mind in such a short time. He is a true genius. " Morena looked at Heinald and Elder Honyon in turn.


    "Thank you, Morena. But you don''t have to be so humble. You really helped me through this process." Heinald looked at the beautiful girl beside him and smiled.


    "Can you show the formation?" Elder looked to Yana curiously.


    Heinald built the model of the formation in his mind and integrated the Magic Energy with the model in his mind. Dozens of circles began to emerge around him. All of these circles had hundreds of runes intertwined within them, these circles were actually Seals. The entire room was surrounded by an energy field, this energy field actually representing the field in which the formation would be effective. At the moment, the only thing missing was the energy source. But of course the ce and time were not correct, after making sure the elders saw it, he stopped sending the Magic Energy to the model he had formed in his mind. Thus, the seals around immediately disappeared.


    "To create a formation in such a short time and to be able to model itpletely in your mind ... You are truly something." Elder Honyon lightly nodded.


    "Do you think enough Elemental energy has been stored in the Horn of the Righides Bull?" Heinald did not want to be talked about anymore and changed the subject. In this case, the energy source to be used for the formation was at least as important as the formation. The characteristic of the Righides Bull''s Horn was that it could store Elemental Energy, and it was a very appropriate and logical choice to use Elemental Energy as an energy source in a formation that would basically increase the effect of the Fire Element.


    However, the amount of this energy was also very important. Although Fire-based Spells would deal more damage, it would have to be done over and over again for a long time, as the bones they aimed to damage belong to a beast that have a Level 4 Ainsar power.


    "Your friends and the Ainsars in our town have cast various elemental spells over the months to exploit the Elemental Energy around the horn continuously until the Magical Energies arepletely exhausted. I guess arge amount of Elemental Energy must have umted inside the horn, but how long it willst depends on how much energy the formation you create will consume." Elder Honyon patted his beard.


    "We don''t have many options ... If the energy inside the horn runs out, the same process will have to be repeated to recharge." Morena made a hand gesture.


    "Elder Honyon, there''s something I want to ask you... Did you send scouts to observe the surroundings?" Heinald asked another question in his mind. In fact, all of the thoughts that gnawed part of his brain for a long time were all about the beast raid.


    "Yes. All reports I have received say no Magical Beasts have been seen around." Elder Honyon nodded.


    "Were the watchers ordinary people?" Heinald asked thoughtfully. If so, it would also make sense for them not to be attacked at all. Since waves of Magic Energy are not emitted from the bodies of ordinary people, it would be very difficult for Magical Beasts to detect them.He only saw two Magical Beasts, though.


    "They were." Elder Honyon nodded.


    Heinald wondered where the Magical Beasts were gathering. He learned from the Elders that they had hidden ces but did not understand how they were hiding. He thought he might be a Magical Beast with dimensional powers, but that would be absurd. Dimensional forces could only be controlled when one understood the depths of the Space Concept, while the Magical Beasts were far from such intelligence and mindset.


    "When do you think the attack will take ce?" Morena asked worriedly.


    "We cannot know that, they will appear out of nowhere and attack with all their might." Elder Honyon shook his head.


    "Let''s not waste any more time talking, let''s go and make preparations and see if we can damage the bones." Elder Yana stood up. With her standing, Elder Honyon also stood up, news was given to everyone, and gathered in front of the building where the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone was held.


    "We will move the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone to an open field." Elder Honyon said. The Hipbone of the Atthros Bison was lifted by dozens of Ainsar around and moved to an empty and vast area.


    "Well done! You really managed to create a formation in such a short time." Dane looked at Heinald and Morena. In fact, it could be said that he saw them quite rarely, all the while he was dealing mostly with the Horn of the Righides Bull with the others.Those two were working on formation, so they didn''t meet very often.


    "Thanks! But it''s too early to say anything, I don''t know how effective this formation will be or how long it willst. Maybe it might not work ..." Heinald was quite nervous.


    "Calm down. We did our best, if not, there is nothing to do. Nobody can me us." Morena nced at Heinald standing next to her.


    "Bring the Horn of the Righides Bull!" The Elder Yana ordered. Shortly after, two Ainsars brought the horn. The horn radiated intense energy around it. The magnitude of the energy in it was evident from the deterioration of the surrounding area due to intense energy.


    "Well, it''s time!" Heinald took a deep breath and built in his mind the pattern of the formation, which he called the Fire Stream Formation, and he told everyone to move away from the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone.


    Various Seals began to emerge around Heinald, then a great circle of energy emerged wrapping the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone. Any fire-based spells cast within this energy circle would be much more effective. A seal shining a pale red light was flying around him on his hand.


    With that seal, Heinald went out of the energy field with the others and signaled them to bring the Horn of the Righides Bull. When the horn was ced on the seal on his hand, the entire circle of energy began to emit a fiery red light. The Elemental Energy flowing from the horn towards the formation was so intense that it was visible even with the eye.


    "It should work!" Heinald cried in excitement. An intense energy waves of Fire was emanating from the formation.


    "Did it work?" Morena asked excitedly.


    "I''ll use the first spell, now we know!" Elder Honyon took a deep breath and held up his hand. When he raised his hand, five enormous fiery snakes shot out of his hand, more than twenty meters in length, all of them gliding over the formation for some time and then flocked to the Hipbone of the Ainthros Bison.


    * BOM! * When the fire snakes hit the Ainthros Bison''s Hip, there were strong and scorching waves of fire. Suddenly the surrounding temperature increased so much that everyone there felt their bodies burning.

 Chapter 41: The Raid Arrived

    Chapter 41: The Raid Arrived


    "Back off! Get away!" Everyone around started to retreat. However, the temperature was so high that they felt the scorching heat no matter how far they went.


    "The effect has really increased exponentially! That''s great!" Elder Honyon cried out with excitement and joy.


    "When the elders finish their spells, we will approach and perform our spells!" Heinald shouted, there was great excitement in him. He had really managed to create a formation, it had been very difficult, but he still seeded. An unstoppable pride and self-confidence began to rise within him. However, now it was not the time to be affected, it was the priority to damage the Ainthros Bison''s Hip Bone as much as possible.


    The only thing that wasn''t positive about this pattern was energy consumption. Once activated, the formation did not stop until the source energy was drained. So the Ainsars around would rest to gather their energies when their Magic Energies ran out, but the formation would not rest. It would continue to consume energy all the time, a huge waste but nothing to do.


    "I hope the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone will be damaged a good amount until the energy runs out. Otherwise we may not have time to fill the Horn of the Righides Bull with that much Elemental Energy again ..." Heinald began to examine the horn on the seal anxiously. It was obvious that this formation was consuming crazy energy because it really increased the effect.


    Elder Yana and Elder Honyon began sending the most powerful Fire-based spells they knew to the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone. The scorching heat did not hurt them as much as the others, as they had Level 2 Ainsar durability, but even their bodies were starting to burn slightly, even though they were never directly exposed to fire. It was one of the biggest indicators of the scorching heat and the effect of the formation in this formation.


    For five days, everyone in Tn Town, including Heinald and his friends, cast their familiar fire-based spells to damage the Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone. By the end of the fifth day the Elemental Energy stored inside the Horn of the Righides Bull waspletely finished, and the result was aplete disappointment. Ainthros Bison''s Hipbone was only superficially burned, but its structure did not take the slightest damage.


    "Let''s face it, we knew deep down that we could not damage the bones of a Magical Beast that had the power of a Level 4 Ainsar. But we still followed a piece of hope within us." Dane looked at his brothers and Heinald standing next to him. They were all gathered in his room and they were going to talk about what to do.


    "Damn, Morena and I worked like crazy for that formation, and for this damn horn..." Heinald shook his head. He had a sad, exhausted, and uneasy expression on his face, really felt really bad when all thatbor went for nothing.


    "If we could damage that bone, we would get a High Rank spell..." Ruske swallowed.


    "Never mind about spell now, what do we do about the raid?" Morena took a deep breath.


    "I don''t know if it''s a failure, but I don''t want to stay here for even a minute." Heinald shrugged.


    "If we leave this ce, we don''t know what will happen to us." Dane shook his head.


    "It is unclear what will happen to us if we stay here ..." Mady exhaled loudly.


    "If the formation protecting the town is not activated ... That means we are dead!" Heinald''s expression darkened.


    "Do you know anything about this town''s Defense Formation?" Morena nced at Heinald.


    "


    "I know,we had a short conversation with Elder Honyon about the formation protecting this town." Heinald nodded.


    "The name of this protective formation is The Touch of Hell. When the formation is activated, a barrier that covers the boundaries of the town is created. Only Level 4 Ainsar or a Magical Beast equal this power could destroy this barrier."


    Heinald did not say anything for couple of seconds, and than he continued.


    "If the energy source of this formation is weak, maybe even a Level 3 Ainsar Magical Beast could cross the barrier. However, just because it''s a defensive formation doesn''t mean it doesn''t cause damage. This barrier, which covers the town, was made entirely of lightning. In other words, if the Magical Beastse into contact, they are struck by lightning bolts. Moreover, this formation can also throw violent lightning waves to the external environment."


    "So where is the energy source of this formation? Can''t we control it?" Morena made a small hand gesture.


    "The horrible energy it radiates would instantly destroy us. So hundreds of meters below ground. In fact, before I talked to Elder Honyon, I thought we could rece the Defense Formation''s energy source with a new one. But I learned that it was not possible." Heinald shook his head.


    "How so? What is this energy source?" Mady asked curiously.


    "I do not know."


    "Anyway ... Let''s go back to our main question ... Are we going to leave this ce?" Dane took turns looking into everyone''s eyes.


    *****


    Heinald and others argued for a while, but decided it was safer to stay in this town anyway. The Magical Beasts that had Level 2 Ainsar power they encountered on their way here showed them well how big the difference between the levels was. If they managed to survive the raid, they could foresee that the Magical Beasts would not be around for a while, so they could take the opportunity to return to the upper world.


    Another month passed quickly in Tn Town... During this time, Heinald had worked on the spell Morena gave him called Dragon Instinct. Moreover, he did regr exercises to get better with the spell called Fire Vines. One day he felt an earthquake while walking towards an empty area to study the magic called Dragon Instinct.


    "Hm?" He started looking at his etaf. At that moment he saw that the sky was covered with dark clouds. Then, the sounds of thunder started to be heard one after the other.


    "Raid!!" One of the guards shouted with all his might.


    "Damn it!" Heinald''s heart began to beat rapidly. He immediately rushed towards the elder''s building. However, he soon saw that the two elder were in front of the building and were shouting orders to the surrounding Ainsars.


    "Honyon, go and activate formation! I''ll keep this ce in check." Elder Yana looked at the dark clouds above with an uneasy expression.


    Elder Honyon nodded and went to activate the formation.


    * ROOOOAAAARRRRR !!! * Incredibly loud roaring sounds began to be heard at the same time. The ground was still shaking violently. It was as if an army of millions was marching at the same time.


    Thousands of lightning shed over the town at that time, and the sudden light was so strong that even Heinald had to look away.


    "Heinald!"


    Dane and the others rushed towards Heinald.


    "


    "The raid finally here..." Heinald muttered gravely.


    "The size of this defensive formation ... is huge !!" Morena looked at the lightning-covered sky. In fact, she knew that this defensive formation would cover the whole town, but seeing it was different.


    * HYAAA! * An eagle cry fierce enough to shake hearts was heard. It was so severe that some people around had fainted and blood started toe from their ears.


    "What is that!?" Dane cried out.


    * BAM! * BOM! * BOOM! * Violent lightning sounds began to be heard one after the other. Magical Beasts outside were flocking to the formation and trying to ovee it.


    "Will it hold on?" Morena cried out in concern.


    "Lightning is preventing us from seeing the situation outside!" Heinald gritted his teeth.


    * BAM! * There was a violent thunder again.


    "Oh, no!" Heinald cried out in fear.


    A huge worm pierced the lightning barrier and crashed into the ground. When the body of the giant worm fell, there was a big shock explosion and the surrounding houses werepletely destroyed. The giant worm''s body waspletely burned by lightning struck,a disgusting burning smell spread all over. This worm was muchrger than the worm Heinald and others had previously encountered.


    "They''reing out of the worm!" Dane cried out in concern.


    The giant worm was dead but obviously dead for a purpose, and that was to bring in various Magical Beasts. 5 different Magical Beasts emerged from the gigantic worm, it was evident from the aura they emitted that they were all had Level 2 Ainsar power.


    "Rsita Lightning Spider, Darhlorst Sarpent, Spearfang Wolf, Poison-eyed Kru Frog and White Jaengtra Tiger!" When Heinald observed the Magical Beasts emerging from inside the giant worm, his expression became darker and darker. From the books he had read he knew the appearance and characteristics of these monsters, they were all very powerful monsters.


    "All Ainsars listen to me! Cast the strongest spells you know or we will not be able to defeat these monsters!" Elder Yana shouted with all her might, when Elder Honyon also came to his wife.

 Chapter 42: Unexpected Fortune

    Chapter 42: Unexpected Fortune


    The Magical Beasts started walking towards different parts of the town, destroying everything that came in their way.


    "Let''s stand together!" Dane looked at his brothers and Heinald. Elder Yana headed in the direction towards which the Rsita Lightning Spider was pointed. Elder Honyon, on the other hand, headed to where the Spearfang Wolf was.


    The Poison-eyed Kru Toad jumped to where Heinald and the others were. When itnded, a toxic gas rush spread around, and the surrounding buildings immediately began to melt.


    "Watch out! The toxicity of this frog is top notch!" Heinald warned solemnly.


    "I''ll use the Fire Vines!" With Morena''s shout out, burning vines appeared surrounding the frog. However, the Poison-eyed Kru Frog jumped right away and quickly got rid of the vines that were wrapping it.


    "Lightning Spear!" Heinald cried out from within and sent the Lightning Spear from his hand to the frog in the air. When the Lightning Spear hit the Poison-eyed Kru Toad, a violent lightning explosion urred in the air. The frog fell to the ground, out of bnce.


    Seeing this opportunity, the surrounding Ainsars cast the powerful spells they knew and sent them to the Poison-eyed Kru Toad. Because the frog was subjected to too many spells at the same time, serious injuries urred in various parts of its body. However, he recovered and jumped again, and when hended, a wave of toxic gas began to spread around again.


    However, a wind spell cast by Ruske prevented the toxic gas wave froming to them.


    "Heinald, let''s cast Dragon Instinct!" Morena looked at Heinald beside her.


    Heinald nodded and started casting Dragon Instinct.


    A total of ten fireballs from Heinald and Morena flew towards the Poison-eyed Kru Toad, and they all hit it. However, these fireballs were slightly different from their counterparts, their purpose was to mark the target rather than to damage it. Fireballs stuck to the body of the Poison-eyed Kru Toad. After a while, fireballs began to expand and expand at the same time, then they formed a massive explosion of fire, a scorching heat spread around.


    The Poison-eyed Kru Toad, who already had multiple wounds, was more severely injured and began to flee for its life.


    "Don''t let him escape!" Dane shouted.


    With this warning, the surrounding Ainsars again cast the effective spells they knew and sent it to the Poison-eyed Kru Frog, who was running away. The enormous frog, struck by these spells, could no longer stand it and fell to the ground, and died soon after.


    When Heinald and the others looked around, they saw that the other beasts were also dying. Although all of these beasts were very strong, they could not resist the damage caused when so many Ainsar attacked together. Violent explosions and roars were heard both inside and outside the town.


    * BAAM! * A violent thunder sound was heard. The Lightning Sphere had been attacked heavily from above. The earth and sky began to shake violently, it was like an apocalypse. The ground was shaking so violently that the whole town seemed to fall to the bottom. Most buildings around were beginning to copse.


    "Why are we shaken so violently?" Dane was looking around cautiously.


    "Don''t tell me ..." The thought that came to Heinald''s mind made his expression seriously darkened.


    * WUAAA! * There was a roar from the middle of town. The scene they saw when those around turned towards it made their eyes wide open and they lost hope.


    Five huge worms had emerged from the ground, and all of the worms exploded after they had surfaced. When they exploded, seven Magical Beasts emerged from each of them. These Magical Beasts all had the power of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Damn it!" Heinald gritted his teeth. This time he was really at the end of the road, it would be a miracle he got out of here. His expression was full of despair and fear, looking for a way out, but he could not think of any way out.


    The situation was pretty bad for everyone in this town.


    "Dane, use it!" Morena cried out in concern.


    "W-What?" Dane clenched his teeth.


    "If you don''t use it, we''ll die!" Morena went over to Dane and grabbed his shoulders.


    Dane turned and looked again at the Magical Beasts ahead. He clenched his fists so hard that his veins would almost burst.


    "Damn! Everyone gather around me!" Dane cried in anger. Heinald and the others immediately went over to him.


    "What''s going on?" Heinald asked.


    "I will use ourst chance." Dane''s face had a solemn expression. He took off his ne from under his robe and it looked at it for a few seconds. The ne was a silver ring ne. There were a few strange symbols on it. Dane clenched his teeth and started sending his Magical Energy to the ne ..


    When Dane sent the Magic Energy to the ne, the ne began to shine a faint silver glow. At that moment, the silver ne started to radiate energy. When Heinald felt this energy, his eyes widened. This emitted energy was the same as the energy emitted by the portal formed by the Spirit of the Pce.


    Space and time in Heinald and others'' immediate surroundings began to twist. Everyone in the field felt intense pressure on them. They all started getting dizzy, seeing their surroundings blurred. The noise they heard from the environment disappeared and was reced by a deep silence. Although this was a momentary thing, everyone felt it very deeply. All had experienced the momentary silence of emptiness.


    When the warping of space and time ended, they found themselves in the middle of a field full of greenery. When they saw the sunlight monthster, they felt quite awkward. The air they breathe and the sounds of the various animals around made them feel as if they came to a different world.


    "Where is here?" Heinald asked.


    "We are in the territory of the Kingdom of Yalew. We are located near the Hunran City." Ruske replied.


    "I didn''t know you had a Space type Magical Treasure." Heinald nced at Dane standing next to him.


    "I don''t have such a treasure anymore ..." Dane took off the ne from his neck and took it in his hand. The silver pendant hadpletely darkened and turned into a charcoal structure. Then, like a heap of ash, it was mingled with the wind and scattered.


    "This ne was an treasure our father gave us. Its value could not be measured with Arkana Stones." Dane sighed sadly.


    "Dane! The purpose of this Magical Treasure was to save our lives in an emergency, and it did." Morena shook her head.


    "I know! I know, but ... Dane had a sad tone.


    "Dane, what I am trying to say is that this item saved our lives, which is our most precious treasure. There is no point in being sad!" Morena exhaled loudly.


    "So how did you know where we are?" Heinald asked.


    "The concept behind this treasure is veryplicated, but its use and purpose is simple. When you first send Magical Energy to this ne, it leaves a dimensional anchor to the ce it is in, the second time it sends Magical Energy it brings you back to that ce." Dane exined.


    "Last year we decided that this area was safe and we dropped the anchor here to return to this area in an emergency. Mady said.


    "Sad that it was only for single use..." Heinald smiled bitterly.


    "It would be the most precious treasure in the world if it were not for single use." Dane shook his head.


    "All those poor people will die..." Ruske muttered after a short silence.


    "Unfortunately there was nothing we could do for them ..." Heinald shook his head.


    The group traveled together to the nearest city, Hunran City. When they reached the city, they found an inn and rented a room for them. As soon as Heinald arrived in his room, he took off his clothes and went straight into the bathtub to take a hot bath. He thought about what he was going through as the hot water slowly took all the tension on him.


    Seeing so many Magical Beasts side by side he thought he was sure to die, fortunately the younger members of the Shidu Family had a strong trump card and they were able to escape. He had been rescued twice by them when he thought about it.


    "Ah ... I have to find a way to thank them in a beautiful way." Heinald muttered.


    Heinald spent hours in the bathtub and, quite rxed, came out of the bathtub, went straight to his bed, and immediately went to sleep.


    He opened his eyes with the knock on his door the next day. When he got up from his bed and opened the door, he saw Dane and the othersing.


    "Good Morning!" Dane seemed to be in a much better mood than yesterday.


    "Good Morning." Heinald responded with a slight smile.


    "There is something we need to talk to you about." Dane and the others entered Heinald''s room.

 Chapter 43: Preparation

    Chapter 43: Preparation


    "What''s going on?" Heinald asked.


    "As you know, ourst adventure was not quite the way we wanted, we went to the Greenhell Cavity area to get some ruins and experience, but we came out of there with loss. So we will go on another adventure topensate it. Do you want toe with us? " Dane had a solemn expression.


    "Sorry I have other ns to deal with. I''m nning to open myself a Potion Shop and earn some Arkana Crystal." After Heinald thought for a while, he shook his head.


    "Potion Shop? Where?" Morena asked, slightly surprised.


    "In a city with a lot of rich Ainsars!" Heinald smiled confidently.


    "Pfft!" Everyone startedughing out loud.


    "Why are youughing?" Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    "Do you know how much it costs to open a shop in a city?" Dane wiped the tears from his eyes.


    "Of course, I guess it will be quite costly, but at the end I can get a pretty good ie selling potions." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "You don''t understand ..." Dane shook his head. "Even if you earn a lot of ie by selling potions, opening a shop in a city will still be very costly. You will likely need at least fifty thousand Arkana Stones."


    "What!? At least fifty thousand Arkana Stones?" Heinald cried in surprise.


    "At least..." Morena smiled bitterly.


    "And what about the towns?" Heinald asked after thinking for a moment.


    "The price in the towns would of course be much more affordable. But if I were you, I still wouldn''t expect a small amount." Dane exhaled loudly.


    "I need to start brewing potions as soon as possible." Heinald muttered.


    "Well! If you have your own ns then we can''t force you toe with us. It''s time for us to set off." Dane slowly stood up.


    "Well when will we meet again? How will I contact you?" Heinald also stood up slowly.


    "How would you like to meet here again in a year? If either of us iste in getting here due to an emergency, the first person to arrive will leave a letter and indicate the new meeting ce. Dane replied after thinking for a moment.


    "Agreed!" Heinald scratched his chin and then nodded.


    After Dane and the others were gone, Heinaldy down on his bed and started thinking. He had learned many potion forms with Master Albert. Of course these forms were not high-end and expensive, but in contrast, expensive materials were not required to brew them. They could be made inrge numbers with very easily avable materials. Heinald would also include these potions when he opened his shop. When he did a little calction, he even realized that he could make more profit with these potions.


    In fact, his idea was to open a shop in a city, but such an initiative seemed unaffordable, at least for now. If he could open a shop in the city, he would be close to the resources and he could do his research and experiments better, but this would still not be too much of a problem for him. He would just have to travel a lot from town to city.


    Heinald left his room and went down to the innkeeper, and he had some questions to ask.


    "How can i help you, sir?" The innkeeper immediately bowed his head when he saw Heinald walking towards him.


    "There are a few questions I want to ask you." Heinald said.


    "What is it, sir?"


    "They say all the innkeepers know each other, is it true?" Heinald nced at the innkeeper.


    "Not all, but most innkeepers know each other." Innkeeper nodded.


    "Do other innkeepers tell you about the situation where they have been?" Heinald asked.


    "Whenever we trade with each other, we sit down and chat a little bit." Innkeeper lightly nodded.


    "Then, assuming you know, I ask...What town is the most frequented town by the Ainsars?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    "I can''t tell you a single town, sir, because usually the most visited towns vary ording to various situations. But I can tell you the most visited ones generally." The innkeeper thought for a while. "The most visited towns were often border towns. Ainsars who traveled between the kingdoms first came to the towns for amodation."


    The innkeeper did as he said and listed all the frequently visited towns.


    Heinald gave the innkeeper two Arkana Stones for his services and left.


    First he was going to buy himself a new horse, he had no idea what happened to his old horse, Shadow. He had learned from the innkeeper where the Market Square of this city was. ording to Heinald''s observations, Hunran City had more Ainsar than any other city he was in. Having too much Ainsar in a city was always good for him.


    "Maybe there are more resources in Market Square than in other cities." Heinald muttered.


    The Market Square of Hunran City was located on the north side of the city. When Heinald got there he saw a crowd of Ainsar he had never seen before, there were many shops around.


    "All my Alchemy tools remained in the Risingmoon Kingdom. I had better buy new ones, as I don''t think of getting back there yet." Heinald muttered.


    Heinald went into a shop that sells ingredients for potions and bought all the ingredients he needed.Since he didn''t have many Arkana Stones, he bought the ingredients for the lowest-tier potions he had learned from Master Albert.


    Then he went and bought himself a nice horse. Although his new horse was not as strong as his old horse, Shadow, it was still a good horse.


    After finishing work at Market Square, he set out for Guljan Town. This town was located on the eastern border of the kingdom and was the closest border town to Hunran City. ording to the innkeeper, it was a town frequented by the Ainsars. He was going to make some observations in Guljan Town, and if he saw fit, he would open a Potion Shop there.


    ********


    Heinald arrived in Guljan Town after a five-day journey. This town was located in the westernmost part of the kingdom, almost the same in size as Tn Town. He would first rent a house in this town and brew potions, then talk to the town authorities to rent a shop, but he didn''t have much hope. To do business in towns and cities, it often made sense to buy that shop entirely. Of course, the shops could be rented with a good deal, but in the long run, these deals were causing huge losses.


    Heinald went straight to the town''s central building. When he entered, he felt oddly bored, as the inside was rather bleak. To the right of the great hall he saw an old woman with a sullen face, in front of her was a table made of wood and full of carvings on it.


    "Greetings! I want to rent a house." Heinald came before the woman and expressed his wish.


    "What size do you want and for how long?" The woman asked.


    "Medium size, I want one year for now." Heinald replied after thinking for a moment.


    "You can see the houses that meet your criteria by looking at this catalog." The woman held out a catalog.


    Heinald chose a suitable house from the catalog and paid for it. Since this is only a border town, house rents were pretty low, only paying one Arkana Crystal for each year''s rent. An attendant apanied Heinald to show him to the ce of the house.When Heinald arrived in the house he rented, he began to look around indifferently. It had a medium sized living room with a small bathroom and a small bedroom.


    "Pretty enough!" Heinald nodded.


    Heinald took out the alchemical tools and potion ingredients he had bought from the dimensional pocket of his robe. After arranging the tools and materials properly, he started the production of various potions. All of these potions were the lowest tier potions, of course it was quite difficult for most Ainsars to make even these potions, but it was very easy for him.


    These potions had effects such as temporarily increasing physical strength, preventing blood flow from open wounds, rxing the mind, or hardening the skin. However, since they are low-level potions, these effects were very short-lived and there was little effect. Moreover, due to the ingredients of the potion, the purity rate was very low, so the body quickly produced resistance to these potions and consuming these potions more became meaningless.


    After Heinald finished his preparations, he went through an intense potion making process. He would produce various potions using all the ingredients he had. Moreover, he would conduct in-depth research on all the highly valuable and rare nts he had previously obtained and expand his knowledge reservoir. Wasting these precious and rare nts just for research seemed like a huge waste at first, butter believed that this information would be of great use in the future.

 Chapter 44: Heinalds Potions Shop

    Chapter 44: Heinald''s Potions Shop


    Time flew by, and a month passed.


    Heinald was focused solely on potion making, he had not taken any further action.


    "Huh!" Heinald exhaled.


    He had just finished his hundredth potion, and they were all at the best level with the ingredients they were made. He stored all the potions in the dimensional pocket of his robe and set out for Hunran City. When he reached the city after a few days'' journey, he went to Market Square and started looking for a suitable Potion Shop.


    "Wee sir." An attendant who saw Heinald greeted him.


    "I''m here to sell potions." Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "Please wait, sir." the attendant said and knocked on the door behind the safe and went inside. Then a middle-aged man came out of the room.


    "Wee! Can I see the potions you want to sell?"


    Heinald took out the potions and ced them on the table. The middle-aged man was surprised to see a hundred potions.


    "Excuse me, can I ask if you are a Potions Master?" The man looked at Heinald, drawing his gaze from the potions on the table.


    "I am." Heinald nodded.


    "Oh now I understand... Let''s see..." The man started controlling the potions and valuing them.


    "I''ll buy all for 1000 Arkana Stones!"


    "Pretty fair!" Heinald smiled slightly.


    "Alright! I have bought arge amount of material, I will make various potions with all of these materials. I also have to research the herbs I have kept and practice more on the spells I have received from Morena." Heinald muttered.


    Nothing was keeping him busy right now, as his agreement with Marcus expired. Moreover, he had already given him important information about Bloody Teeth, he had done what was asked of him. He would no longer deal with that man.


    When he left the shop, he decided to spend some more time in Market Square. He was bored for a long time that all he had done was to make potions. Spending some time here would distract him and rx a little. He went into the various shops and started looking for all sorts of useful items.


    He spent hours entering the various shops in the Market Square. He eventually found himself buying a total of ten books he thought would be helpful. He decided not to spend any more time and started his journey to Guljan Town.


    When he entered his house in Guljan Town, he immediately arranged the materials he bought and started to produce various potions again. Potion Making was mentally exhausting, so when he took a break he bought books he could read and thought would be useful to calm his mind. Moreover, he would add a few hours of meditations to his schedule.


    ***5 Months Later***


    Heinald had loads of Arkana Stones in front of him. These were Arkana Stones he earned by selling low-level potions he had made for months. These were 7000 Arkana Stones he earned by selling low-level potions he had made for months. In total, which could have been considered an investment, although he wouldn''t mind wasting that many to open a shop. Shopkeepers who bought the potion would sell the potions for a little more than the price they bought, this was the underlying rule of the potion trade. Moreover, some Ainsar varieties were able to offer some valuable items instead of Arkana Stones to buy potions. He actually hoped he could get some opportunities from this, so he wanted to open a shop.


    Moreover, he was able to urately cast the spells he had learned from Morena.


    After storing the Arkana Stones in the dimensional pocket of his robe, he went to the town''s headquarters. Last time, the sullen woman was at her desk with the same sullen face. The inside of the building looked a lot more bleak than thest time she was.


    "Hello, what are the requirements to buy a shop?" When Heinald came to her, he asked immediately.


    "Sorry, but you can''t buy a shop." Woman shook her head.


    "Hm? Why?" Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    "That''s the town rules. These rules were set by the rulers of the kingdom themselves." The woman said.


    "You just want to earn more in the long run by collecting rent." Heinald said. He understood more or less why there was such a rule.


    The woman is shrugged.


    "What is the rental fee?" Heinald asked.


    "500 Arkana Stones per month." The woman replied quickly.


    "What !?" Heinald grit his teeth, which was officially a robbery, which would certainly loss if the shop didn''t attract many customers and didn''t get enough good deals.


    "After all, this is a border town, many Ainsar''s road falls here. That''s why it''s more expensive to open a shop here than in other towns." Seeing Heinald''s statement, the woman exined.


    "I wonder if there is the same procedure in other towns?" Heinald asked himself. On the other hand, he was not nning to do business here for many years. He would only seek various resources to break into Level 2 Ainsar, and for this he wanted a settled life for a while. Through this shop, he would sell the potions he made and search for various resources.


    "So are there any offers or campaigns?" Heinald asked.


    "What shop will you open?" The woman asked.


    "Potion Shop." Heinald answered.


    "Really?" The woman looked slightly surprised.


    Heinald nodded.


    "Please, wait." she said and went to the back.


    "We can make a deal with you." When the woman arrived, she immediately looked at Heinald.


    Heinald''s eyebrows rose.


    "We can license you for 400 Arkana Stones per month for two years."


    "Agreed." Heinald thought for a while, then agreed. After all, two years was not a bad offer, he might even consider doing more business in the future.


    He received his license after paying 400 Arkana Stones. If he did not continue to pay, his license would be discontinued.


    Heinald went to the shop given to him and began to examine it. The shop was not in a remote part of town, but rather close to the headquarters. It was not very big inside, but it was quite enough. In fact, he would only use the showcases of this shop, and he was nning to make the potions at his home and bring them to this shop.


    "Better go and buy ingredients for potions..." Heinald muttered. Afterpleting his preparations, he made his way to Hunran City.


    When he reached Hunran City, he immediately went to Market Square and bought the necessary ingredients for the potions he was making. He had alsopleted his examinations and researches on valuable nts that he had collected over time. This work increased his understanding of nts, and he thought that he could now synthesize various forms.


    After Heinald had all his needs, he immediately returned to town and began producing various potions. He put his potions on the market and hoped it would attract the attention of the Traveler Ainsars.


    A few days flew by quickly.


    Heinald had sold potions worth 200 Arkana Stones over the past few days. The potions he sold were low-purity potions that reduced fatigue for a short time. Such potions were often bought by Apprentice Ainsars.


    "Greetings." A middle-aged man entered the shop.


    "Wee!" Heinald nodded to the iing person. The middle-aged man against him was a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Do you sell Healing Potions?" The man asked.


    "I have 10 Low-Level Healing Potions." Heinald nodded.


    "I want them all," The man nodded.


    "350 Arkana Stones or equivalent item." Heinald nced at the man in front of him.


    The middle-aged man took a book from the inside pocket of his robe and put it on the table.


    "This book was given to me by my father, unfortunately I could not understand the high level information in it. Since I do not have enough Arkana Stones, I want to offer this book in return."


    "Oh? What is the content of this book about?" Heinald nced at the book.


    "It has some concepts and principles about the Lightning Element, but as I said, I have not been sessful in fully understanding the content." The middle-aged man sighed.


    The middle-aged man allowed Heinald to look at some of the book''s contents.


    "Deal!" Heinald smiled softly and nodded.


    After the middle-aged man left, Heinald quickly read everything in the book and began to think about it. Thanks to his wless memory and eyes, it took only minutes to finish the book, but he could not understand most of the principles about the Lightning Element that the book contained. The middle-aged man was really right, the information contained in this book was really hard to understand.


    "This is not unexpected. In a book I read at my grandfather''s house that it was only gods who could fully grasp any concept orw. If I could understand too many principles about the Lightning Element, it would increase my strength incredibly because the lightning I create would be terrifying." Heinald muttered and nodded.


    Of course, even if he understood all the principles about lightning in this book, it would be just a drop in the ocean. Understanding aw was not a matter of understanding a few principles!


    "I''d better start making new potions." Heinald muttered. When he got home, he immediately began brewing various potions.

 Chapter 45: Old Reulon

    Chapter 45: Old Reulon


    Heinald brewed potions without stopping until the next day. In his spare time sitting in the shop, he would think about concepts and principles about the Lightning Element and try to gain understanding on them. After all, most of his day was empty.


    Heinald stored all the potions he had brewed in the dimensional pocket of his robe and began taking them to the store and showcasing them.


    "Hello, young friend!" Heinald quit his job with the voice he heard and turned to where the voice came from.


    "Wee!" When Heinald looked in the direction from which the voice wasing from, he saw an old man and greeted him.


    "You just opened this ce?" The old man looked around and asked.


    "Yes."


    "Are you a Potions Master? You look pretty young." The old man looked at Heinald.


    "I''ve been studying on potions since I was little." Heinald nodded.


    "Oh, I understand ... I have to travel through a region considered dangerous, so I''m looking for potions that could help me." The old man started looking at the potions.


    Heinald immediately went over to the old man and helped him choose potions that could help him. This old man was a Level 1 Ainsar, so he didn''t prefer low level potions and decided to buy two Low Level Fire Effect Potions.


    "My young friend, have you ever thought about going to Ruthas Academy?" The old man asked when he was paying.


    "Hm? Ruthas Academy?" Heinald''s eyebrows rose.


    "Don''t tell me you haven''t heard of Ruthas Academy?" A surprised look appeared on the old man''s face.


    "I haven''t heard ..." Heinald shook his head. He hadn''t seen any information about this academy in any of the books he had read, and his grandfather hadn''t told him anything about it. At least he didn''t remember.


    "It''s the best academy on the continent. The most research about magic is done there, and since you''re a Potion Master at this age, I think you can try your luck there." The old man is shrugged.


    "I will remember your advice." Heinald nodded.


    "What''s your name, by the way, my young friend?" As the old man turned and was about to leave, he remembered at thest minute that he did not know the name of the young man in front of him.


    "My name is Heinald, what''s yours?"


    "My name is Reulon, I mostly spend time in this town. It was nice to chat with someone young and talented like you. Unfortunately I have to go now." The old man bade farewell and left.


    He had a few more customers that day. After winning a decent amount, he was in a good mood, fortunately the location of his shop was not in a remote location so he could attract the attention of Ainsars passing by.


    One of the customers had offered him a low-level formation in exchange for the potion, but he refused. The information he would gain from the lower level formations would not be of use to him, he wanted information from the higher level formations.


    Heinald left another month behind in Guljan Town. His newly opened shop was getting more and more popr and attracting more and more customers. Last month, he had sold a total of 10,000 Arkana Stones worth of potions. This is a much better profit than he expected. Of course, he was also preferred because he made the potions he made of higher quality than the standards thanks to the Moon Thief''s eyes.


    However, the thought that he should learn a new form in his mind was getting more and more challenging. In the past months, he was continuing his research on nts as well as making potions. However, it took a lot of work and experimentation to produce a new form or to improve an existing form, based on the properties and effects of nts. Observing thebination of effects of so many herbs and controlling the emerging new effects was a very time, resource and energy consuming task.


    Heinald was again traveling to Hunran City to buy new resources. In fact, everything was going as he wanted in his life. With potions, he gained more Arkana Stones faster and more than most Ainsars, and he could ess important information. Now it was time to start looking for the ingredients required by the Spirit Potion form he had obtained in the ruins. Of course, he had to umte a lot more first, because it would be very difficult to make a Spirit Potion, and he would probably make mistakes many times and waste the ingredients. He also knew that these materials would never be cheap, so he had to save a lot more.


    When Heinald reached the city, he went to Market Square without dy. As usual, he entered the shop where he bought the nts and left after buying thousands of crystalline materials. This time, however, the ingredients for his potions weren''t the only things he would get.


    "Ruhen''s Ink! This is it ..." Heinald walked into a bookstore, which he heard a lot. Although he heard the name often, he didn''t want to waste time here because he was usually very busy. However, he was going to have some time for himself today. As he entered, the enchanting scent of the Sandalwood Incense poured into his nose,rger than any shop he had ever seen, and books were everywhere.


    "Wee!" A middle-aged man greeted him. He was Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greetings!" Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "How can I help you?" the man asked.


    "I''m looking for variety potion forms." Heinald nced around.


    "Please follow!" The man pointed up to the floor with his hand. Heinald followed the man walking ahead and went upstairs with him.


    "In this section you can find low and medium level forms. For now, of course, they will only show you the properties of potions. If there is a form you want to buy, we will have to order it." The man exined briefly.


    Heinald nodded.


    After all, they were not in a position to simply disy valuable forms. Potions were undoubtedly one of the most important things in Ainsar World. High-level potions in particr were definitely very, very valuable. He didn''t know if there were any high-level potion forms here, but he could guess that it wasn''t. It was not surprising that the forms for high-level potions were also monopolized by powerful families.


    Heinald grabbed the little booklets and began to look.


    "Middle Level Muscle Potion: Increases muscle strength by 20% for 2 hours. The rate of purity is 30%." The price of this potion form was 5000 Arkana Stones.


    "Too expensive! The purity is really good, but still..." Heinald''s eyes widened when he saw the price of this form. Such a potion would undoubtedly be very popr with Apprentice Ainsars, but would not be much preferred by a Level 1 Ainsar.


    He began to look at another potion form.


    "Low Level Concentration Potion: Noticeably increases the concentration for a period of 2 hours. The purity rate is 6%." The price for this potion form was 2000 Arkana Stones.


    "Nonsense! Who would pay so much for such a thing!?" Heinald shook his head. The purity of this potion was terrible. Most likely, after drinking two bottles, the body would immediately create resistance to this potion as it would cause too much damage to the body.


    "Middle Level Ice Effect Potion: Increases the Ice Element effect by 20% for 2 minutes. The Purity Rate is 20%." The cost of this potion form was 50,000 Arkana Stones.


    "Shit!" Heinald almost vomited blood when he saw this price. It was a really good form, but incredibly expensive.


    "Middle Level Healing Potion: Potion with high healing speed. Its Purity Rate is 15%." The price for this potion form was 40,000 Arkana Stones.


    "Is there really that much difference with the low level?" Heinald looked at the text before him in amazement. Low Level Healing Potion''s healing speed and purity was low, so it didn''t worth much Arkana Stones. However, this form was probably much more effective in terms of healing speed, which would of course be reflected in its price.


    "Low Level Magic Energy Regeneration Potion: Increases the recovery rate of Magic Energy by 5% for 1 hour. The Purity Rate is 40%." The price of this potion form was 30,000 Arkana Stones.


    "The prices for these potion forms are too high for me ... I better not look at them for now." Heinald muttered.


    "Do you have a good quality Anotomy book?" Heinald went to the attendant and asked.


    "I think we have a book you might like. Please wait a moment." The attendant thought for a moment and nodded.


    The attendant came after a while with a thin book in his hand.


    "This thin book is just a book with titles. If you like these titles, I''ll bring you the original book, The Anatomy of the Earth."


    Heinald picked up the fine book and, after taking a short nce, saw many different concepts he hadn''t heard before in the titles. He had done some research on anatomy before bing Level 1 Ainsar, but it was clear that he still didn''t know many terms.


    "What is the price of the original book?" asked Heinald.


    "1500 Arkana Stones. The author of this book is Ennoj Porsen, Professor of Anatomy of the Juurn Academy, the most prestigious academy in the Kingdom of Yuel." The attendant gave some important information.


    "I want this book." Heinald nodded. After all, he knew that to progress to Level 2 Ainsar he had to improve his body further, and this was only possible by understanding and knowing more about the body.

 Chapter 46: Jusen City

    Chapter 46: Jusen City


    Heinald left the shop excitedly after buying the book. Before leaving the city, he wanted to browse other shops, hoping that he could find potion forms at a more affordable price in other shops. He visited various shops in Market Square but could not find a shop that sold good quality potion forms.


    He decided to stop by the inn where he was staying with his friendsst time. He entrusted a letter to the innkeeper and left. In the letter he wrote to Dane and the others that he was in Guljan Town. He didn''t want to linger in more cities and set out to return to town.


    He didn''t start making potions as his first job back in town. He just finished reading The Anatomy of the Earth, and started thinking about it. This book really broadened his horizons. As he understood from this book, the Ainsars had to strengthen not only their bones and muscles, but also their internal organs, blood and skin in order to rise.


    Every part of the human body was interconnected and every part of the body had to evolve to be a higher order being, where ''strengthening'' could be seen more like evolving. Because when these stages werepleted, humanity was exited and a higher being was made.


    "If my inferences are correct, I don''t need to strengthen my internal organs, blood or skin to be a Level 2 Ainsar. I will need to strengthen themter stages of Ainsar Path. In order to be a Level 2 Ainsar, I have to find a way to strengthen my muscles and bones once again. " Heinald briefly considered his situation.


    He had found a way to strengthen his body when he was Apprentice Ainsar, but the methods he used then would make no difference to his current state. His body''s standards were very different than before, so it required a very different approach. These approaches should have been effective enough to affect the strength of a Level 1 Ainsar, otherwise there would be absolutely no progress.


    Time continued to flow rapidly and five months passed. During this time Heinald continued to experiment on various nts and expand his knowledge base. He also tried to gain insight by trying to understand the concepts and principles of the Lightning Element.


    Unfortunately, this was much more difficult than he thought!


    On the other hand, he did not neglect to constantly brew potions. His shop was getting more and more customers day by day. He even started to brew potions in the shop so that he wouldn''t run out of potion stock. Fortunately, now that he was an expert in potion making, he could quickly brew potions without making any mistakes.


    Although he could not create a new potion form, he managed to increase the effects of some potions with various herbs, albeit a little. This had a direct effect on the amount of Arkana Stones he gained. He had gained over 100,000 Arkana Arkana Stones in the past 5 months. During this time, no one offered him any substantial items for trade, but ultimately he earned a pretty good amount of Arkana Stones, which was quite enough for him.


    The only thing that has demoralized him over the course of time was his inability to hear from his friends. They had agreed that they would meet in a year, but there was no news from them. Recently he had visited the inn in the city and questioned the innkeeper, but there was no news from them.


    "The auction time is getting closer. Old Reulon better not bete." Heinald was muttered. He became a good friend of this old man whom he had met as his first customer in time. One of the other days, the old man had informed him about an uing auction.


    ording to Reulon, the trade association behind this auction was a very wealthy one. For this reason, it was likely that there were many valuable items and resources at the auction. Heinald had a good amount of savings over the years, and if he saw an item or resource that would work for him, he could take a step to buy it.


    "Are you ready, old man?" Heinald made a hand gesture to Reulon, who was approaching him.


    "Lets go." Old Reulon nodded.


    The auction was to be held in Jusen City, arge city in the north of the kingdom. ording to Reulon, the Jusen City was like the backbone of the kingdom, with the majority of powerful families in this city, which is why Heinald was quite curious about this city.


    Heinald and Reulon traveled on horseback for days. Along the way, they stopped in various small towns and viges and continued their journey. Finally, they began to see the gigantic walls of Jusen City. The dazzling sight and glow of the Royal Pce could be clearly noticed even from miles away.


    Heinald and Reulon were taken to the city after a short check. Together, the two began looking for an inn to stay because there were only two days before the auction started. During this period, they had to find a ce to stay, but the city was very crowded due to this event, and it seemed that it would be difficult to find an empty ce.


    After touring many inns together, they finally managed to find an inn with two vacant rooms and rented two rooms and settled in their rooms. Since Heinald has been working hard for a long time, he spent time without fiddling with anything until the auction day. He had usually slept through this time.


    The day of the auction was both prepared and they went to the huge building where the auction would take ce. This building had a round structure and had 5 floors. To participate in the auction, everyone had to prove that they had at least 10,000 Arkana Stones. After waiting a long time in line, the two proved that they had 10,000 Arkana Stones and were sent to the auction hall after they received the number.


    "Wow..." Heinald couldn''t restrain himself as he looked the surrounding. The inside of the building was filled with shining white marbles, gold embroidery and precious stones. There were many lodges on each floor, which should have been reserved for members ofrge families.


    Heinald and Reulon sat in the seats the attendant had shown them. Before long, the huge hall waspletely filled.


    "There are many Level 1 Ainsars around. I''m sure most of the people inside the lodges are Level 2 Ainsars. But I don''t feel any energy surge from the lodges, an energy-concealing formation seems to protect the lodges." Heinald muttered.


    Whoever was in the lodges and the energy waves should have been blocked by some kind of formation. It was as if there was a ck curtain over the lounges.


    "Dear guests, I would like to wee you all first. My name is Ard and I will be happy and honored to lead the Yuler Trade Association''s Auction today." Soon after, a bald man appeared on the scene.


    pping sounds rose from the whole hall.


    "If everyone is ready,e our first item!" The two attendants came out behind the scenes with arge jar when the bald man made a gesture. Inside the jar was a flower emitting a faint blue glow. The attendants slowly put the jar on the table on the stage and left.


    "This flower you see is known as the Aetus Lisur Flower. It contains a Spiritual Energy extract powerful enough to even affect the spirit of Level 2 Ainsars." The bald man introduced the flower in a loud voice.


    "Is it even effective for a Level 2 Ainsar !?"


    "Fantastic!"


    People around started talking to each other. Normally, Spirit Potions weremon for spirit growth, but some special herbs alone could be beneficial for spirit growth. That was great, but such a nt would likely cost a lot.


    "Opening price is 300,000 Arkana Stones!" Ard said.


    "320.000"


    "350.000"


    360.000"


    "380.000"


    "400.000"


    ...


    Shocking offers began toe in one after another. These numbers were, for now, numbers Heinald would not dare even to think about. When he heard the offers from the lodges, he could not prevent his eyes from widening.


    The Aetus Lisur Flower wasst given to Ainsar in lodge 25 for 500,000 Arkana Krsitali.


    "Next item!" Ard pped twice.


    At that moment an attendant came from behind with a sword in his hand. The hilt of the sword in his hand was made of ordinary old leather. It looked like it had nothing special about it. The attendant left the stage after slowly dropping the sword on the table.


    Ard took the sword in his hand and slowly pulled it out of its hilt. The sword was slender and elongated, the de was slightly bow-shaped and as white as the moon.


    "This sword is an Attack Type Magical Treasure. ording to its owner, it can absorb the Fire Element created by the surrounding or its user and use it for powerful attacks based on damage. This sword is referred to as an E ss Magical Treasure. " Ard introduced the sword.

 Chapter 47: Secret Market Place of Jusen City

    Chapter 47: Secret Market ce of Jusen City


    Magical Treasures were divided into 6 sses, E-D-C-B-A and S. E was the lowest ss and S was the highest ss. S-ss Magical Treasures were also called Sacred Treasures, and it was said that only Ancient Ainsars could control them.


    "The opening price is 70,000 Arkana Stones." Ard announced.


    "This Magical Treasure is not the kind of thing I was looking for. It is a Protective Type Magical Treasure that I can count on to save my life in an emergency that I need." Heinald thought that he was not going to make any offer to this Magical Treasure, and his offensive type of Magical Treasures was unnecessary unless it was too superior.


    "75.000"


    "80.000"


    "90.000"


    "120.000"


    "140.000"


    "155.000"


    "180.000"


    ...


    ss E Magical Treasure was given to an Ainsar sitting a few seats behind Heinald for 200,000 Arkana Stones.


    "Next Item!"


    The two attendants brought a big book to the stage. The cover of this book was made of some kind of animal skin and it was a very thick book. It should have been at least 5,000 pages, ording to Heinald''s estimate. Considering so many pages and the size of the book, it was obvious that this book contains a lot of information.


    "This book was written 500 years ago by the famous botanist Akrason Junbell. All the nts and their properties that he discovered in his lifetime are mentioned in this book." Ard looked at the book and the crowd.


    "Opening price 50,000 Arkana Stones." Ard loudly announced the price.


    Heinald held up his number without thinking.


    "Heinald !? What are you doing?" Reulon''s eyes would almost pop out.


    "I want that book." Heinald said.


    "Nonsense! 50,000 Arkana Stones are not given to just one herb book!" Reulon was trying to persuade him, but his efforts were in vain.


    Because no one except Heinald wanted the book, the book was sold to him at the opening price.


    "I can''t believe you did that..." Old Reulon could not believe Heinald gave 50,000 Arkana Stones to a herb book.


    "A book like this is very important to me." Heinald thought this book was worth Arkana Stones he spent.


    The auction ended after a few more valuable items were presented. Heinald and Reulon hade out of the building where the Auction was held and were walking along one of the city''s wide and grand streets.


    "There is something I want to show you, follow me!" Reulon nced at Heinald walking beside him.


    After walking for a while, they came to a shop called ''Res Aunres''.


    "Why did wee here?" asked Heinald.


    "I''ll show you the biggest market ce you''ve ever seen." Reulon smiled slightly.


    When they got inside, this shop looked like an ordinary shop, but that wasn''t the case!


    "My old friend, Reulon!" An old man apuded enthusiastically.


    "Riphes!" Reulon responded with the same enthusiasm, and the two old men hugged each other in a friendly manner.


    "It''s been a long time!" said the old man.


    "Indeed!" Reulon nodded.


    "Who is this young man?" asked the old man.


    "My name is Heinald." He greeted the old man in front of him with a slight nod.


    "He''s an incredibly talented Potions Master even though he''s quite young. I brought him here to see the main market area of this city. I am a surety for him, so you don''t have to worry!" Reulon put his hand on Heinald''s shoulder.


    "If so, then move on!" The old man opened the door behind him. As the door opened wide, the downward stairs appeared.


    "Lets go!" Reulon said.


    "Is this the city''s main marketce?" Heinald murmured.


    "Yes. I am sure you will find many things you are looking for where we will reach soon." Reulon said.


    "How do you know this ce?" asked Heinald.


    "You know ... Living for a long time brings some advantages. Some of my older friends who are more talented than me havee to good ces. So I can enter here easily, but be sure not everyone can do this. This is a ce that most Ainsar does not know." Old Reulon let out augh.


    After walking for a while in a tunnel lit by many torches, they went out into arge area, there were dozens of Ainsars around, all of them entering and exiting the various shops.


    "Can I find a Protective Type Magical Treasure here?" asked Heinald.


    "I don''t think so. Magical Treasures are not sold in shops." Reulon shook his head.


    Heinald entered a potion shop he had found, filled with showcases and a variety of potions on the windows. The shop was quiterge, with steps going up to the right of the entrance.


    "Wee." Hienald was greeted by a female attendant.


    "Hello, do you have Sunrise Blood Flower, Moonlight Tree Leaf, Yernes Eye, Lisbon Herb Root and Fire Emrald Herb Extract?" Heinald approached the attendant.


    "Please wait!" The female attendant went to the back and disappeared.


    After a while, the woman came back.


    "We have everything you want except the Fire Emerald Herb Extract." The female attendant said.


    "Oh? Really?" Heinald was very excited. In fact, he thought they wouldn''t have most of the ingredients.


    But only one ingredient was missing!


    "May I ask why you want these materials?" The woman in charge asked politely.


    "I am a botanist, for some research I need to study these nts and do some experiments on them." Heinald said.


    The woman on duty suddenly asked such a question, though she did not show it, caused her to feel nervous. He didn''t say he would use it for Potion Crafting because he knew that the forms for Spirit Potions were in the hands of powerful families.


    "Why did you ask?" Heinald gave a naive nce.


    "These materials are very rare materials. This is the first time I see someone buying all these materials together." The woman in charge is shrugged.


    "Will you get Fire Emerald Herb Extract soon?" asked Heinald.


    "Sorry, but for now I can''t say for sure. Runar Valley, the area where the Fire Emerald Herb grows, is controlled by the Risw n. The Fire Emerald Herb trade is in their hands, as they control the entire valley. This year they did not send any Fire Emerald Herb to us. That''s why we terminated our trade agreement with them." The woman said.


    "Will there be an agreement?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    "My bosses can only know that, not me." The woman smiled bitterly.


    "Got it, thank you." Heinald nodded.


    Heinald purchased twenty of each material and paid them a total of 5,000 Arkana Stones. Afterpleting his shopping, he left the shop.


    "Did you find what you were looking for?" Waiting outside, Reulon, when he saw Heinald walking towards him, approached him and asked.


    "Except for just one material, yes." Heinald shrugged.


    "What is the missing material?" Reulon asked.


    "Fire Emerald Herb Extract." Heinald answered.


    He exined why the material was missing.


    Heinald knew the location of the Runar Valley. Located on the north bank of the Mesqur District. He had to travel there and make a deal with them, he had managed to find most of the ingredients anyway, and if he also obtained the Fire Emerald Herb, he could begin his Spirit Potion experiments.


    Heinald decided to return to Guljan Town as he had no more jobs left in Jusen City. Reuolon said goodbye to Heinald, stating that he had another job and stayed in the city.


    Heinald returned to Guljan Town after a boring trip alone and was pleasantly surprised. Dane and the others had received his letter and hade here, but when they could not find him, they started to stay at the inn in the town. He learned these from a note they left in his shop.


    He immediately went to the town inn.


    "Heinald!" While Dane was struggling to buy drinks on the ground floor of the inn, he saw Heinald walk in.


    "Dane!" The two friends greeted each other and hugged.


    "Where have you been? You guys werete, I was worried about you." Heinald tapped the shoulder of your friend next to him.


    "We encountered some problems during our travels." Dane shrugged.


    "Where are the others?" asked Heinald.


    "Everyone''s in their room, I went down here to get a drink." Dane pointed to the bottle in his hand.


    Heinald went with Dane to the others'' rooms and greeted them all. He was relieved to see that they were all well, these people were actually his first sincere friends, he had spent his childhood being trained by his grandfather in a deste ce. That''s why he never had a sincere friend.


    "So,tell me what you''ve done." Heinald said.


    "As a result of various investigations, we decided to examine the ruins in the Khaajaal Area and we started to travel there. When we reached that area, we carefully examined all the remains in the area for months, but we could not find anything. Most likely, those who came before us already got what they wanted. Anyway, we did not have anything to do. we decided to return and search for other remains, but unfortunately we could not find a useful residue. " Dane sighed.


    "On some of our journeys we were attacked by various Magical Beasts and Ainsars. On the bright side, we gainedbat experience on these journeys." Morena chuckled slightly.


    "We killed the Ainsars who attacked us to get what we had and took what they had, and we obtained a total of around 25,000 Arkana Stones." Mady had a satisfied expression.


    "How''s your shop business going?" Dane asked.


    "Much better than I expected!" Heinald smiled.


    He and the others chatted into the night.


    The next day, Heinald started toe up with a n in his head. He should have traveled to the Mesqur Region as soon as possible, but it was going to be a very long journey. The Runar Valley is located on the southeast side of that region. He had to go there and make a deal with the Risw n and get the Fire Emerald Herb.


    "After all, as long as I pay them the price, it shouldn''t be a problem." Heinald muttered.

 Chapter 48: Master Kunes

    Chapter 48: Master Kunes


    Heinald told Dane and the others that he had to go to the Mesqur Region. He also told them why he wanted to go there. He didn''t tell them that he had a Spirit Potion form, but he said he needed the Fire Emerald Herb for important research. Although he trusted these people, he did not want to tell such a secret, they could get into trouble if they identally talk around it.


    "Check this out! This is a Communication Crystal, I bought this from a traveling merchant during our journey. We canmunicate with you using this." Dane gave Heinald a scarlet crystal, which radiated a faint magic energy.


    Dane and the others soon said goodbye to Heinald and left town. They too would take a journey to the Bone Hills hundreds of miles wide to question the uracy of a sensation they had previously received.


    Before long, Heinald made his preparations and left town. He had an incredibly long road ahead. ording to his calctions, it would take about two or three months to reach the Mesqur Area. If misfortunes happened to him, it could even be four months.


    ***


    After a long and tedious journey of three months, Heinald entered the borders of the Mesqur District. Fortunately, no misfortune happened to him during his travel, because traveling so long alone had already bored him.


    -


    Still, his morale was not too bad along the way, as he was pleasantly surprised by the book he bought from the auction, which included high-quality and useful information not only about herbs but also about potion brewing. By the time he finished this book, the properties and uses of tens of thousands of nts had prated into his mind. His understanding of nts in general had increased exponentially. ording to him, this book deserved dozens of times more than the crystals it gave.


    "This area is pretty high above the ground..." Heinald shrugged as he nced around. Mesqur Region was a region located on hills thaty side by side. Therefore, when viewed from its borders, the enormous Moonwind Valley that remained behind could easily be seen.


    Mesqur Region was a colder and windy cepared to other ces he traveled to. This region could look like a steppe on the same great hills. Far ahead, the hazy peaks of a great mountain were visible, but this mountain was outside the Mesqur Area.


    He got there after a few hours'' journey as he was close to the southeast part of the area. A ratherrge tower had entered his field of vision. This tower was sorge that Heinald could not calcte its exact length because clouds blocked his view. The tower was surrounded by high walls.


    "Greetings! This must be the Risw n territory, right?" Heinald went to the guards guarding in front of arge gate.


    "Right! Who are you?" Guard nodded.


    "I came here hoping to make a deal." Heinald said.


    "Deal? What deal?" The guards looked at each other.


    "Aren''t Fire Emerald Herbs controlled by the Risw n? I urgently need the Fire Emerald Herb so I came here." Heinald had a solemn expression.


    "Ah! So that''s the point ... Pleasee with me." Guard nodded.


    "Am I going to deal with the n leader?" Heinald asked as he followed the guard.


    "No, Master Kunes will take care of you." Guard shook his head.


    After the guard and Heinald entered the tower, they used the stairs leading to the lower floor of the tower. After a long time descending a spiral staircase, they came to a cold andrge area. There was arge tree in the center of the field, its leaves were blue and radiating a pale blue color around it.


    "Master Kunes!" The guard went over to a middle-aged man standing by the tree and bowed his head to greet him. This man had wavy hair that went down to his shoulders. Each of the hair strands seemed to be made of silver.


    "Hm?"


    "This lord wants some Fire Emerald Herb, sir." the guard said.


    Master Kunes turned his gaze to Heinald.


    "Greetings. I''m a Potions Master and a botanist, I need the Fire Emerald Herb toplete a research I''ve been working on." Heinald bowed, slightly bowing his head. He could not feel any aura from this old man in front of him.


    "Oh? Are you working on potions?" Master Kunes'' eyebrows rose slightly.


    "Yes."


    Master Kunes began to ask Heinald various questions about various herbs and potion brewing steps. He was trying him to confirm what the young man in front of him had said. His conversation with him evolved into a mutual exchange of ideas as the young man in front of him gave very good answers to all theplex questions he asked. This young man he met was probably just in his twenties, but knew more than most of the old potion masters he knew.


    "If I had it, I would give you Fire Emerald Herb right away, but ording to the new rule introduced by the n, the Fire Emerald Herb is only exchanged for Contribution Points." Master Kunes sighed.


    "Contribution Points?"


    "Yes. n members receive Contribution Points for the various tasks theyplete and with these points they can buy various resources."


    Heinald''s expression took a thoughtful turn. He did not want to join any n because ns both restricted freedom and piled responsibility on it. Besides, he had his own ns to work out.


    "Do I need to be a n member to earn Contribution Points?" asked Heinald.


    "Look what I''ll tell you. I''ll talk to the n leader and try to convince him to make a deal with you. Without being a n member, brew various potions for the n for cooperation, and earn Contribution Points in exchange." Master Kunes understood from the testimony of the young man before him that he did not want to join the Risw n. So he told him about an idea that came to his mind.


    "Come with me."


    Heinald and Master Kunes entered an elevator-like vehicle on the right. When Master Kunes pressed his finger against one of the white spheres, the sphere glowed blood-red and the ground beneath them began to move upward.


    "How does this tool work?" It was the first time that Heinald had seen something like this.


    "There is a wind formation below and it is pushing the ground below us. So we can reach the floor we want of the tower." Master Kunes answered.


    After climbing hundreds of floors, they reached the top floor of the tower at the end, with a wide and long corridor in front of them and arge gold-embroidered door at the end of the corridor.


    "First I have to talk to my n leader and then I will introduce you to him." Master Kunes said.


    Four guards were waiting in front of the door. Master Kunes said something to one of the guards, and the guard knocked on the door behind him. Then the door opened and Kunes entered. When he came out after a while, he signaled toe to Heinald.


    When Heinald entered, he saw arge room surrounded by bookcases. There was a big window in the back and a table in front of that window. A man with long white hair stood beside the table. Since no energy waves were emitted from him, he could not tell exactly what level he was, but it was clear that his level was high.


    Heinald bowed his head and greeted the old man in front of him.


    "Kunes told me you are a Potions Master, my young friend, you need the Fire Emerald Herb as I understand it." The old man stroked his long beard.


    "Right, sir." Heinald nodded.


    "We can make a deal with you, my young friend, but first let me introduce myself. I am Alvares Rinton, founder and leader of the Risw n."


    "I''m Heinald, sir. I''m honored."


    "Our n is working on the northern part of the Mesqur District, but that area is full of toxic gases. So Kunes is trying hard to brew a Poisoneater Potion, but unfortunately this is not enough." Alvares sighed.


    "I ask you to help me produce the Poisoneater Potion. I will give you the form and I am sure with my help you will be able to brew the potion in a short time. I will show you all the tricks in detail. All thisbined with your skill, I hope we can do good things in a short time." Kunes smiled softly.


    "For every Poisoneater Potion you produce, we''ll give you Contribution Points so you can get Fire Emerald Herb with them. And you won''t have to join the n as this will be a cooperation agreement." Alvares leaned against the table.


    "Alright! I''ll do my best!" Heinald nodded steadfastly, this deal seemed fine.


    Alvares and Heinald immediately made a Blood Agreement. ording to this agreement, Heinald would earn 10 Contribution Points for each potion he brewed. One Fire Emerald Herb was worth 100 Contribution Points and there would be absolutely no change in pricing. It was added to the agreement that neither side would resort to fraud whatsoever.


    "I will arrange a room for you, and now that we are considered partners, if there is something you do not understand, you cane directly to me." Kunes and Heinald had left the n leader''s room and were heading back to the lowest floor.


    "Thank you!" Heinald smiled and nodded.


    "No problem! We''re going to work together now..." Kunes gave a slightugh.

 Chapter 49: Poisoneater Potion

    Chapter 49: Poisoneater Potion


    Master Kunes ordered a few attendants to prepare a nice room. He also gave Heinald a copy of Poisoneater Potion''s form. All he had to do in a few days was to memorize the form of the potion, but it was a one-nce matter him. Of course they did not know this.


    Poisoneater Potion made Ainsars fully immune to toxic gases in the north of the region within five hours. In fact, this potion waspletely created by Master Kunes for toxic gases in that area. It was not known whether the elixir was resistant to other toxic gases.


    Heinald decided to wait for two days before going to Master Kunes and announcing his readiness. He didn''t want to go too early and raise doubts. Waiting for two days was the ideal time.


    Two dayster he went to Master Kunes''b.


    "Heinald! Have you memorized the Poisoneater Potion form?"


    "Yes sir." Heinald nodded.


    "Nice! Then you''d better follow the process of making the potion." Master Kunes made a hand gesture for his approach.


    Heinald carefully watched the making of the Poisoneater Potion. Master Kunes showed him all the tricks to be carefull for when making the potion. He particrly noted how much Spirit me Master Kunes used to eliminate the toxicity in the ingredients required for the potion. As a Potions Master, he knew that the Spirit me was one of the most important things in the process.


    "Did I exin it well?" Master Kunes asked after brewing the potion.


    "Yes, sir. I got it all." Heinald seriously nodded.


    "I have to brew five more today, watch the others with full attention!" Kunes made a hand gesture, and after cleaning the various alchemy tools on the table, he went and prepared new ingredients for the potion.


    ***


    Heinald also carefully watched the making of the other Poisoneater Potions that were brewed. In fact, this potions''s making process was quite easy, but the Spirit me that had to be used on the materials had to be very sensitive.


    Fortunately, by observing Master Kune, he was able to understand how many Spirit me he needed to use. He had learned this by experimenting with potions he had learned before, and even though he had the Moon Thief''s eyes, it felt like torture to him. If he didn''t have them he probably would have given up.


    Master Kunes allowed him to experiment with the ingredients for the potion in the following days. He got used to how many Spirit me he had to use within two days, which surprised even Kunes, who knew he was capable. Heinald didn''t want to hold back because he didn''t want to waste too much time, and there was no point in hiding his talent.


    Soon he started practicing the whole potion making process, and within a few days he was able to craft Poisoneater Potions with a small error rate. When Alvares found out about this, he was quite surprised and personally came and checked it. This was pretty big news for him because it meant that his n would get Poisoneater Potion faster.


    Heinald wanted to get as many Fire Emerald Herbs as he could. This potion would have had to go through a lot of experimentation while making it, so a lot of Fire Hemerald Herb was required.


    He had to brewas many Poisoneater Potion as he could, so he would have collected enough Contribution Points as soon as possible. Moreover, with these Contribution Points, not only the Fire Emerald Herb but many other resources could be purchased. He did not know what resources the n had, but was sure he could find useful resources, of course, after having enough Fire Emerald Herbs to look after them.


    Days and months passed quickly.


    Heinald had been in the Risw n about 4 month. He was brewing about 10 Poisoneater Potions every day. He was also counseling and helping Kunes on various issues, and even when Kunes spent more time with him, he realized that he knew more about nts than he did. Every day he became more and more admired by this young man who helped him.


    Heinald had acquired a total of 120 Fire Emerald Herbs in the past months. He had extracted them through an easy process. He thought that he had obtained enough Fire Emerald Herbtely and that he could leave this area now. However, the other day he received a very important request.


    Of course, his great sess in potions and herbs was heard by the n leader as well, who wanted him to join the Risw n and be an official member.


    However, if he joined the n, he would not be a regr member. He would be the official chief assistant to Master Kunes, which meant he was a top-ranking name within the n. Moreover, he would receive a certain amount of Contribution Points each month and he would have ess to high-level information.


    Moreover, ording to the n leader, he would not be given mandatory obligations. All he had to do was join the n, and he and Master Kunes had to do various researches and brew potions. He would be given the freedom to leave the n any time he wanted.


    All this appealed to him. Over time he had looked at other resources he could buy with Contribution Points. There were a lot of really useful resources. Moreover, the most important part of the proposal for him was that he would be given ess to high-level information. Of course, this n had a lot of different and important information about magic, and this information was only avable to senior members.


    Heinald, however, had a n in mind, and after deciding that staying here for a little longer would not be a problem, he found it appropriate to ept the offer.


    Heinald went to speak with the n leader to say he epted the invitation to join the n. When he arrived at Alvares''s door, he informed the guards who were on guard in front of the door that he wanted to speak to the n leader.


    One of the guards went inside and asked for permission and told Heinald that he could enter after he was granted.


    "Sir ..." When Heinald entered, he came in front of Alvares'' table and bowed his head to greet him.


    "Wee, my young friend." Alvares closed the book he was reading and started looking directly at the young man standing in front of him.


    "I''m here to say I ept the invitation to join the n, sir." Heinald smiled gracefully.


    "Very well! This is really great news..." Alvares smiled.


    Heinald signed a Blood Agreement to officially join the n. The terms were as prescribed and there was not the slightest change.


    He was now officially the Kunes'' chief assistant and one of the n''s elites.


    The n would not give him mandatory tasks, but of course he would have responsibilities within the n, all of which would be on the potions and herbs that were his domain.


    "As I gain ess to the second floor of the library, I will be able to gain some high-level information." Heinald smiled happily. There were three floors of the library in this n, and each floor actually represented different levels.


    There was intermediate information on the first floor, but the number of this information was much higher than on the other floors. Heinald naturally had the right to enter this section, and of course he would. He could not do this because he was not an official member before, but now he can. Moreover, now that he was in an elite position, he could spend as much time as he wanted on the first floor. Normal n members could only spend 1 hour a week on the first floor of the library.


    The second floor, on the other hand, contained information at a higher level than the information on the first floor, and only people with high positions in the n could enter. He could only spend two hours a week on the second floor of the library, but that was not a problem for him. After all, he could memorize everything written in the books at a single nce.


    Only Master Kunes and the n leader could enter the third floor, but even Master Kunes could enter with the n leader''s permission. The third floor of the library contained the highest level of information the n had.


    Heinald''s room was brought to his room as he was now an elite member, with a dark blue robe and a gold badge, representing the high rank in the n, sort of adding prestige to the wearer. Heinald wore this robe over the gown given by his grandfather and put his badge on his cor.

 Chapter 50: Spirit Potion Brewing Attempt

    Chapter 50: Spirit Potion Brewing Attempt


    Heinald''s official title became ''Vice Chief of Potions and Herbs Division'', which gave him some rights. For example, under the pretext of working on a new potion for the n, he had the right to request some resources from the n. Although this right was not at all ethical, he intended to use it for his own benefit. He could carry out studies with the various resources he requested and even if he was sessful in these studies, he could easily get out of the work by saying that he was unsessful.


    But of course this would not continue all the time, and after a while the situation would be understood and this would put him in a difficult position. So he intentionally nned to reveal some of his aplishments from time to time. Thus, the resources given to him would not be consideredpletely wasted, and resources would continue to be allocated to him.


    ** A few dayster in Kunes''b **


    "Heinald, check this out!" Kunes lifted his head from the book in front of him and gestured to his young assistant standing in front of the next bookcase.


    "Hm?" Heinald approached Kunes curiously.


    "Do you know the Resi Tiger Eye? The fluid inside this eye was a strong tissue. It was quite resistant to melting." Kunes tapped the page twice with his finger.


    "Oh? So you''re saying..." Heinald''s eyebrows arched.


    "Yes! We can use it for a powerful mix!" Kunes had a lively expression.


    The Poisoneater Potion was beginning to be more and more ineffective. n members who were exploring the northern part of the region were safe by consuming this potion, but like every potion, its effect disappeared after a certain use. Other members were constantly sent to expeditions, extending this period as much as possible, but eventually almost everyone became immune to this potion.


    That''s why Kunes and Heinald were consulted on a new solution. They started looking for a solution by spending all their time on research. This time they wanted to find a different solution than the potion. While potions were really effective, they were not a long-term solution.


    It hade to their mind to find a mixture that was applied to the outer body. Thus, the whole body would be freed from the caustic effect of toxic gases and would not be ineffective after a while like an potion. But even if they seeded, there would be two important elements: First, it would be necessary not to breathe in the toxic gases. So those who could hold their breath for quite a long time would be able to explore, that those who could hold their breath for such a long time should have been at least Level 1 Ainsar. This would greatly reduce the number of the expedition team.


    Second, everyone would wear special a sses which protect their eyes.


    Of course, first of all they had to make this mixture first.


    "Where can we find the Resi Tiger Eye?" Heinald asked.


    "I will assign someone from the n to search for shops in the nearest city. If not, we will have to expand our search area." Kunes stroked his beard.


    After Heinald left theb, he went straight to his room. Over time, he transformed his room into a smallboratory. He had every kind of alchemy tool he needed, and they were all for one purpose...


    Starting the Spirit Potion experiments!


    It was supposed to be undisturbed and quite secret when preparing the Spirit Potion. So he would take care of this in his private room. He would even form a defensive formation in order not topromise on security.


    Heinald had learned a great deal of knowledge and experience of Potions and Herbs in recent years. He also had Moon Thief''s eyes, but it would still be very difficult for him to produce a Spirit Potion because this potion had a moreplex and difficult making phase than any potion he had previously produced.


    "Sunrise Blood Flower, Moonlight Tree Leaf, Yernes Eye, Lisbon Herb Root and Fire Emrald Herb Extract ... All ready!" Heinald counted the materials one by one and checked their condition. Everything was ready, it was time to start.


    First, Sunrise Blood Flower had to be detoxified, which was one of the most toxic of all nts. Heinald began to remove the toxicity of the flower carefully using his Spirit me. But then something unexpected happened; the nt suddenly wentpletely ck.


    "What the hell?" Heinald cried in surprise. He was sure he didn''t burn it because he could see that the ckening was not caused by burning. Heinald sent Magical Energy to his eyes, and he used his eyes to use it to its fullest extent and began to examine the nt. However, he could not understand what the problem was.


    "I have to try again!" Heinald muttered.


    He bought a new Sunrise Blood Flower and began to destroy the toxicity on him again with Spirit me. This time he had focused all his attention and was following the process. The toxicity on the flower was slowly disappearing, but suddenly the flower began to darken again.


    "No!" Heinald gritted his teeth, tossed the flower to the side, and sat down and began to think.


    What was the problem?


    Over and over again he envisioned the process but could not see what the problem was.


    "Hm?" Heinald noticed something nervously looking at Sunrise Blood Flower.


    He was wrong!


    "They''re burned! But how..." Heinald''s eyes widened. He could now use the Spirit me and the Moon Thief''s Eye in perfect harmony, and this brought him a great chance of sess. He was sure that this flower had used enough Spirit me to eliminate the toxicity on it, but the results said the opposite.


    He was so sure of himself that he could not see the flower burning at first, looking for another reason.


    Heinald was very confused. He was sure he had adjusted the amount of Spirit me well, but he was not sessful.


    Why is that?


    This question was constantly spinning in his head, he envisioned his experiments over and over again, but he could not find the reason.


    "The only way to find out the reason is to experiment! Until I find the problem, no matter how many mistakes..." Heinald gritted his teeth, his eyes got red.


    AGAIN!


    Heinald reworked the whole process and again failed.


    "Damn it!" Heinald took his face in his hands and began to think. He clearly remembered everything that was written in the form book, down to thest detail. He even opened it and looked again in order to avoid a mistake, but there was no instruction he missed during the production process.


    A fear began to arise within him that this form might be iplete or inurate. However, these thoughts were immediately taken away from his mind.


    There was a problem, and it was the burning of Sunrise Blood Flower. Heinald was sure that this flower was not supposed to burn, but it did. He had tried using too little Spirit me to harm its toxicity, and yet the flower was burned.


    Heinald continued his experiments and was able to figure out what the problem was on his fifteenth attempt. On hisst try, he had seen something he hadn''t seen before. The toxicity where the Spirit me was affecting had dissipated before the me got there.


    The toxicity on Sunrise Blood Flower was actually some kind of organism!


    "I must distribute the Spirit me evenly everywhere!" Heinald had thought for a while and then decided how to proceed. In the past, the Spirit me was starting to send a Spirit me from a random area of the flower, so the toxicity in that area dissipated immediately, so the Spirit me was directly damaging the flower. It would now prevent toxicity from escaping from a certain area by sending an equal amount to each area, but adjusting the amount of Spirit me would be much more difficult. It had to be much more precise than before.


    The hours flew by quickly.


    "Damn! I used all the Sunrise Blood Flower I had and I didn''t get any sess..." Heinald had an ugly look on his face. He hadn''t even aplished the first stage of the Spirit Potion making yet. There were many more stages to work on. For example, the Yernes Eye had to remove its retina and purify it by keeping it in Kucka Herb. If this purification time could not be adjusted well, the function of the retina in the potion would bepletely destroyed.


    Even if Sunrise Blood Flower was sessfully detoxified, it had to repeat the same process on other nts.


    Heinald created a schedule in his head. He would retreat to his room and work on this potion, after taking care of his chores next to Master Kunes every day. In order not to attract attention, he would say that he was researching a substance that prevents toxic gases.


    Of course, in the meantime, he would not neglect to go to the library and expand his knowledge. After all, the most important thing in this world was knowledge, and the more information you had, the stronger you were. He did not intend to waste his limited time, especially on the second floor. His knowledge on that floor would probably be higher than he''d gotten elsewhere.

 Chapter 51: Experimenting Hard

    Chapter 51: Experimenting Hard


    The next day, Heinald went to Kunes and helped him with his research. After doing his job in theb, he went to the first floor of the library. He would leave the right to enter the second floor until a day when his head was more empty. He thought it would be helpful to start learning a lot of intermediate knowledge on the first floor already.


    Other n members in the library were giving strange nces at Heinald, who quickly turned the pages of all the books and then threw them aside. They all thought he was looking for a special topic, none of them actually thought he had put all the information in his memory at a nce. So after a while they gave up on him and concentrated on their own business.


    He wanted to memorize all the information he could get, because he knew that in the future, high-level information coulde on top of this information toplement them, and they could give him great advantages. This information was not in a single category, they covered many categories about magic. This included branches of alchemy such as Potions and Herbalism.


    "Heh ... Lisbon Herb Root is also fresh out." Heinald sighed. He had been studying Spirit Potion ingredients for the past few days and trying to understand them. Thus, he would gain more experience for the construction phase and form the ''right'' way to do it in his mind.


    Though thousands of Arkana Stones worth of materials were spent on experiments, he would not have cared if he eventually seeded. Getting the Spirit Potion was more important than anything else. But he had to buy materials again. He was able to find these materials in a secret marketce in Jusen City. It was not possible for him to travel there now.


    "Can I find the materials I''m looking for in the nearby cities?" Heinald asked himself, a thoughtful expression on his face. After thinking for a while, he decided to put this aside for now.


    Heinald decided to meditate for some rxation after clearing the remains of the experiment in his room. He sat in afortable position on his bed, but just as he was about to begin his door knocked.


    When he went and opened the door, he saw an Apprentice Ainsar in front of him.


    "Sir, sorry to bother you. Master Kunes is calling you to theb." Apprentice Ainsar bowed quickly.


    Heinald immediately went over to Master Kunes.


    "I have good news for you!" Kunes said when he saw Heinald enter theb.


    "What''s that?"


    "Resi Tiger Eye is resistant to toxic gases in the area." Kunes'' mod was pretty good.


    "This is nice!" Heinald nodded.


    "But it alone does not leave very pleasant results on human skin, we have to make some adjustments on it." Kunes stroked his beard.


    "This is the easy part!" Heinald smiled confidently.


    "Oh? The easy part?" A confused expression appeared on Kunes'' face.


    "If I''m not mistaken, impurities inside the eye destroy the skin, right?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    "Right."


    "I discovered a purifying form the other day. After doing some experimentation with it on the eyes, I''m sure I can get a good result. I just have to determine the exact amount I should use. Heinald shrugged.


    "A purifying form can damage the structure of the eyes ... Are you sure about that?" Kunes'' expression was uneasy.


    "Don''t worry, the form I discovered is not like other purifier mixtures." Heinald said.


    "Really? Let me take a look!" Kunes looked excited.


    "Alright! But first I need some ingredients ..." Heinald made a list of the materials he wanted. Fortunately, all of these items were in the n storage, and they arrived in a short time. After about an hour of treatment, the purifier mixture was prepared.


    Kunes began experimenting with the purifying mixture on a variety of materials, and his heart rate began to elerate.


    "Did you create the form for this mixture?


    Heinald nodded.


    "You really are ..." Kunes exhaled loudly.This young man in front of him continued to surprise him.


    Heinald knew all the properties of tens of thousands of nts. So he could predict, when necessary, the results that could be achieved bybining the effects of various herbs. Of course, not all of these predictions were correct, but they could fix this problem with various experiments. Moreover, his knowledge of alchemy was not only in nts, he also had a good knowledge of various animal and beast organs.


    "Well I guess I''m not bad." Heinald smiled and touched his nose. In fact, he did this show on purpose because he would demand materials from the n and expand his knowledge by experimenting with them, saying that he would make potions with good effects for the n. Kunes'' reliance on him meant that supplies would be handed over to him without any problems.


    The first phase of the n waspleted.


    Heinald left theb and headed for the library. He would only spend two hours on the second floor. So he had to quickly store all the information sources there in his mind. A tiger statue guarded the entrance to the second floor of the library. As he approached the tiger statue, it suddenly turned into a living tiger. When he showed him his badge, the tiger returned and stoned again. Meanwhile, the strong steel door had begun to open.


    "Your time is limited to two hours. If you use a spell or any magical item, you will be executed immediately." A cold voice echoed.


    Heinald did not see a single person around when he came in, in fact it was quite normal, there were very few elite members of the n. He was going to devour all the sources of information on this floor, so he did not choose a particr category and took the first books he saw and quickly began to turn their pages. Heinald memorized all the resources he could find as quickly as he could.


    When the two-hour period was over, he saw the tigering towards him. He closed the book in his hand and stood up and headed for the exit. He felt awkward as the tiger behind him followed him in silence, a shiver arose inside him.


    When Heinald went to his room, he checked a thousand pieces of information in his mind. The second floor of the library was a truly special ce. He had already learned many different things and terms he hadn''t known before.


    "Magic Combination" was the most important of these. Spell Combination was clearly meant to integrate two different spells and create a different superior spell. He had thought of this concept before but was unaware of its existence.


    "Damn ... There is very little information about this in the source I found. If I had some more information ..." Heinald sighed.


    Each spell had a specific pattern. This pattern determined the properties of magic, the way it was created, and its effect. When this pattern was constructed in the mind, it was fused with Magical Energy as thest step and created magic. But the important point was that the pattern was bnced, if there was an error in the pattern the magic would bacsh. To make a Magic Combination, two patterns had to be intertwined, but this was an incrediblyplicated process because it took a lot of experimentation and calction to bnce the two different patterns. The slightest imbnce between the patterns would cause the magic to fail and bacsh as pure energy.


    Obviously, if Heinald tried tobine the two spells, he wouldn''t even know where or how to start. However, since such a concept existed, the ancient Ainsars must have done a lot of experimentation and calctions with this concept.


    "More ... I need to find out more about the Magic Combination concept ..." Heinald had a serious expression.


    In the following days, Heinald helped Kunes prepare the toxic gas-resistant blend. The impurity in the Resi Tiger Eye had been removed, but it could not withstand toxic gases for a long time. So by adding various ingredients and nt extracts, they improved the durability of the mixture.


    "With the Contribution Points I have, I also wanted to get different resources in the n, but unfortunately I need to buy Fire Emerald Herb with all of them." Heinald had a serious expression, after all, he had to leave when the time came, and he didn''t have much time to collect Contribution Points.


    He should have helped Master Kunes produce potions in all his efforts and assist him in various researches. So he could earn a lot of Contribution Points in a short time. On the other hand, he had the right to request various nts from the n, and he would experiment on those nts and develop his knowledge base. Finally, he would learn all the information in the n Library.


    There were only three things to focus on.

 Chapter 52: One Last Favor

    Chapter 52: One Last Favor


    Time passed quickly and almost a year left behind. The mixture prepared by Master Kunes and Heinald was quite an indispensable mixture for the n. The n had to allocate too many resources to the Poisoneater Potion. Moreover, the effect of Poisoneater Potion disappeared after a while, but since this mixture was rubbed into the body, the body did not develop an immunity to it. Thus, its effect was always constant.


    This mix saved the n from a huge resource burden. That''s why n Leader Alvares gifted Heinald 2000 Contribution points. Over the course of time, he had collected more than 3000 Contribution points with the various potions he made and his contributions to research.


    Heinald was in thest minutes of his weekly library entry. He closed the thick book in his hand and exhaled. It was thest source of information on the second floor of the library, and he had recorded it in his memory as well. Thus, all the information on the first and second floors of the library was in his memory. He only learned twice as much information in this n''s library from all the information he had learned in his life. Moreover, there were some really important ones among them.


    But with the exception of the Magic Combination, those that caught his most attention were the missing potion forms mixed into ordinary parchments. Heinald found three missing potion forms on the second floor of the library.


    He found these potion forms on the pages of a book that gave various information about elemental energy.


    The first potion form he found was named Distilled Thunder Essence, which increased immunity to the lightning element by 10% for 30 minutes.


    The second potion form was named Shield of Fire Heart, which increased immunity to the fire element by 15% for 10 minutes.


    Thest potion was Rhimpous Potion, which increased immunity to the ice element by 15% for 30 minutes.


    All these potions were very important potions. It would be great for him if Heinald could somehowplete these forms. Consuming these potions in a life-and-death battle could be lifesaving.


    After Heinald left the library, he went straight to Master Kunes. He would now tell him first that he had to leave the n. He had used all the advantages he had in this n to the fullest. He stated that he was working on potions and forms useful for the n, and had advanced his knowledge and experience of nts by requesting and experimenting with various herbs stored in the n store. Moreover, he had read all the sources on the first and second floors of the library.


    Sure, he could stay a little longer and get more Contribution Points, but he thought he had enough Fire Emerald Herb. He spent all the Contribution Points he had collected so far on them. Now he would return and repurchase the ingredients for the Spirit Potion and continue his experiments.


    "You look pretty busy as usual..." When Heinald entered Master Kunes''b, he saw him experimenting on Outras Grass.


    "I have a brilliant idea..." Kunes grinned.


    "I came to talk to you about something important." Heinald walked slowly beside him.


    "Oh? What is it?" Kunes raised his head slowly and looked at the young man beside him.


    "It''s my time to leave the n." Heinald said.


    "Oh..." After a few seconds of silence, Master Kunes gently nodded.


    "Yes, I have other ns I have prepared for myself and unfortunately I cannot stay here any longer." Heinald sighed.


    "Although I didn''t want to admit it, I knew that a talent like you wouldn''t want to stay here for very long." Kunes said.


    Heinald remained silent.


    "Actually, there is onest topic I want to talk to you about." Kunes said.


    "What''s that?" Heinald was curious.


    "Have you heard of Albin Redsand?" Kunes nced at the young man standing in front of him.


    "Of course, I have seen his name in many of the sources I have read. He is one of the most gifted Potion Masters known." Heinald nodded.


    "He is my father." Kunes said.


    "What!?" Heinald''s eyes widened, and when he thought about it, he did not know Kunes''st name.


    Master Kunes was actually the son of Albin Redsand!


    "So why is he here and not with his family?" Heinald thought.


    Various questions arose in Heinald''s mind. Albin Redsand was quite famous and his reputation alone was probably superior to this n. He wondered why Master Kunes preferred to work in this n.


    "My father normally doesn''t meet anyone whoes to his door, but I think he will consider my letter of rmendation." Kunes stroked his beard.


    "Why do you work here instead of working with your father?" asked Heinald.


    "I''m too... incapable of working for him." Kunes had trouble speaking.


    Heinald would never have guessed that this old man next to him had family problems. Although Master Kunes did not show his age, it must have been close to almost two hundred years. Despite such a long time, the point he had reached in Potions and Herbs was not a high point. Presumably, his father did not see the performance he expected of him in his youth.


    "Your father''s anticipation for talent must be pretty high..." Heinald kept his thoughts to himself and gave Kunes the kind of response he wanted to hear.


    "No, although I have years of experience, unfortunately, I am not a talented person and I am aware of that. If I was as talented as you in my youth ..." Master Kunes did notplete his sentence and shook his head. He went to his desk and wrote a short note on a piece of paper, put it in a jade envelope and handed it to Heinald.


    Then he paused momentarily and lifted his finger and he opened one of his desk drawers again. "There is one more thing I would like to give you. There is a technique in this book that teaches you how to suppress the energy you radiate, it can be very useful in confidential situations."


    Heinald did not instantly know how to react to this precious gift. He stood there in a daze for a while, then smiled and bowed her head. "Thank you, Master Kunes ... for everything!"


    "You don''t have to thank me for anything, but I should thank you for helping me with so many things. Oh, I''d better write you the address before I forget." Kunes wrote down the address of his family on a small piece of paper. To make things easier, he also gave him a gold medallion that was only owned by family members.


    After saying goodbye to Kunes, Heinald went and spoke with the n leader. Although the n leader tried to persuade him to stay in the n but he did not seed. It was time to go now, he had to move on. The goal of getting here was to get enough Fire Emerald Herbs, and he did just that.


    After Heinald left the Risw n, he started his journey directly to Jusen City. After traveling for months, he reached the front of the city''s gigantic walls.


    "I hope I can enter that underground market area without him." Heinald was thinking of the shop called Res Aunres, where he entered the city''s main market area,st time Reulon vouched for him, but this time he was not with him.


    When Heinald entered the shop called Res Aunres, he saw Reulon''s old friend. He was praying for the old man to remember him, otherwise he wouldn''t let him pass.


    "I''ll remember you somewhere, but... Oh! You are the young man next to Reulon, I remember you!" Old Riphes had a good memory. He managed to remember this young man who came with his old friend.


    "Hello, sir. I have run out of materials I boughtst time, I need to buy some again." Heinald smiled slightly.


    "Reulon has vouched for you, you can pass." Old Riphes nodded and pointed back.


    Heinald reached the market area after quickly passing the tunnel. He went to the shop where he bought the materials he wanted before. He purchased all the materials and thus paid a total of 30,000 Arkana Stones for the Spirit Potion ingredients.


    "I have to remember to buy ingredients to craft Eitruis Potion and Astol''s Caustic Poison Potion, which I learned alongside Master Kunes." Heinald thought inwardly.


    Eitruis Potion can put Apprentice Ainsars to sleep for 3 days if inhaled. It can even put Level 1 Ainsars into a sleepy mode for 20 minutes, making it a useful potion even when fighting against a Level 1 Ainsar.


    Astol''s Caustic Poison Potion breaks in the area where it was thrown, and the poisonous mixture in it spreads rapidly in the air. The area within 300 meters is corroded and rotted by the effect of the toxic mixture. If a Level 1 Ainsar stays within this area, it will take serious damage within seconds, and if breathes, will have a fatal consequence.


    Heinald also bought the ingredients for these potions, and after paying a total of 2000 Arkana Stones, he left the market area in no time and headed for Guljan Town. He would prepare his Soul Potion there without attracting anyone''s attention, if anyone saw him, he would get in trouble.


    When Heinald arrived in Guljan Town, he immediately rented himself a house again. When he passed by his old shop, he saw that it was given to a different person. In fact, he was thinking of opening a potion shop again in the future, but this time he wanted to open it in the city.

 Chapter 53: Invitation From Friends

    Chapter 53: Invitation From Friends


    When Heinald arrived at his rented house, he immediately took the alchemical tools he had stored out of the dimensional pocket of his robe and ced them neatly. This robe, a relic from his grandfather, was by far the most useful item for him. Normally, carrying all these items with him would be a huge inconvenience for him, but thanks to the dimensional pocket of his robe, he always seemed to carry a huge warehouse with him.


    "I wonder how is my grandfather?" Heinald muttered. A long time had passed since hest saw his grandfather, and he was going to visit him at some free time.


    After Heinald prepared all the alchemical tools and materials needed for potion making, he began experimenting. Making Spirit Potion wouldn''t reallypare to other potions. Despite having Moon Thief''s eyes and a lot of knowledge and experience, he was still struggling. The materials he used for the Spirit Potion were much more expensive than other materials, so each failed experiment also caused him financial damage.


    Most of them understood and agreed with why Ainsar did not approach Potion Brewing. If he didn''t have the Moon Thief''s Eyes, he would definitely not progress further in this area and he would start looking for an easier and cheaper area to specialize in.


    Heinald experimented with his materials for days. Sometimes he hadn''t slept at all for almost a week, and despite all his efforts, there was a slight problem in the process of making the potion, causing the whole potion to be destroyed. He was picturing the production process over and over again, fixing the error after identifying it, but this time another error was emerging. After 70 unsessful experiments in a row, he was finally able to craft his first spirit potion.


    "Finally ready!" Heinald held up the little bottle in his hand. It had a dark blue liquid in it, that was his greatest achievement.


    Spirit Poiton had been brewed sessfully!


    Heinald was able to sessfully produce four more Spirit Potions using the remaining ingredients. The Spirit Poiton form he had was a form that would be somewhat effective even for Level 2 Ainsars. Of course it wouldn''t be as effective on them in Level 1 Ainsar, but it would still have some effect.


    "Well the big moment hase!" Heinald took one of the bottles in front of him and opened the cap. After taking a deep breath, he drank the whole potion at once.


    At first he felt his whole body tingling. Then he began to feel as if all the blood was being drawn into the abdominal cavity. The waves of energy that were emerging inside him that circled his entire body at incredible speed began to appear. He was experiencing many strange emotions at the same time, as if his whole body was floating freely in a void, his body was quite calm, but his spirit was in chaos.


    Heinald felt that he had to take control of the energy waves within the body immediately. If all the energy got stuck in a certain area, he would explode like a bomb. He quickly took a meditation position and put his whole mind inside his body. He focused all his attention on directing the energy that moved wildly through his body, trying to distribute the wild energy evenly throughout his body. Although it was difficult to control the energy at first, after a while it managed to spread the energy evenly like water filling a container.


    When the wild energy waves stopped, he let out a deep breath and opened his eyes. When he exhaled, a blue vapor came out of his mouth and nose. Even though his body was rxed, there was great disturbance in his spirit. He quickly began to meditate again. For about a day he did nothing else to calm his spirit.


    "My Spiritual Power has increased exactly 10%!" Heinald smiled with satisfaction. This potion was really effective.


    Heinald experienced the same process over and over again. His Spiritual Power increased by 50% in total after consuming all the potions. However, when he drank thest potion, he was sure that his body had developedplete resistance to the potion. Unfortunately, the potion wouldn''t have any more effect.


    "I feel quite different already, I am sure that the difference in the impact this huge increase in my spiritual power will have on the spells I cast will be huge." Heinald muttered. He wanted to do a few magic exercises, but he was not in a suitable environment.


    This process had exhausted him, first, after a hot shower, he rxed and began a meditation process that wouldst for days. The reason for doing this meditation was to bnce the sudden surge of strength in your spirit. If he didn''t do this, his spirit would be unstable, which could negatively affect his Magic Energy.


    Heinald decided to end this process after a week of meditation. Because he had been meditating for a week without a break, every part of his body was afflicted and he felt intense hunger and thirst. As a Level 1 Ainsar, although his body was far superior to a normal person, he was still human and needed to meet his needs.


    "The imbnce in my spirit has disappearedpletely." Heinald focused on his spirit for a while and then disyed a rxed smile.


    After meeting his needs, he reviewed his ns for the future. He had removed the Spirit Potion, which upied the biggest ce among his ns. Undoubtedly, his power had grown enormously, but he still had a long way to go. He had in mind to prepare a new Spirit Potion using his theoretical knowledge of nts and various materials. Even though he had a lot of theoretical knowledge thanks to his unlimited memory, this information was definitely not enough to create a new Spirit Potion form.


    However, he had to find answers to some of the questions he had in his mind before working on a new Spirit Potion form. First, the section on exactly what it does was iplete, even though it had the production stages of Art of Spirit Binding, the technique he acquired in the ruins. In addition to the technique, there was the ring that he obtained with an Elemental King Phoenix Spirit. The only thing he could learn about this ring was that it swallowed the resources which contained intense Fire Element Energy.


    This was an issue Heinald wanted to resolve. He knew he had a treasure but didn''t know what it was for. But as far as he could foresee, if the Phoenix Spirit inside the ring swallowed enough of the Fire Element Energy, he could experience some kind of awakening.


    The other question was about Mystical Energy. Although he received a very important legacy of knowledge from an ancient Ainsar, he still knew very little. As far as he understood, he had to go deep into his own spirit to reach Mystical Energy, but this was not something that could be achieved through meditation or cultivation. Astinuff had to craft Potion and consume it to go to the Spirits Realm.


    "Heinald! Do you hear me?"


    Heinald heard Dane''s voice in his mind, immediately pulling the Communication Crystal from the pocket of his robe.


    "Yes."


    "Listen, the Magic Energy in these crystals is not much so we won''t have much time. We are in Penrith Town, in the far south of the kingdom, where really interesting things are happening. Come if you can." Dane''s voice was extremely serious.


    "Afterpleting my preparations, I will hit the road." Heinald answered after a short silence.


    "We will wait for you."


    Heinald brewed 3 bottles of Eitruis and Corrosive Poison Potion. In addition, there were 5 Low Level Fire Effect Potions that he always kept with him. Until now, he had not chosen to use potions in his battles because the enemies he encountered were either much stronger than him or were not worth consuming. Both options made it unreasonable to consume potions. However, he always kept various potions with him in case he encountered an enemy he would have difficulty defeating.


    Afterpleting his preparations, Heinald left Guljan Town and started traveling to Penrith Town, choosing the most safe routes to go. He reached the town after days of travel.There was a depressing air around, and there was a light fog curtain in the courtyards and alleys of the cottages. There were chickens and uneasy cats walking around.There was a slight wetness in the grass and weed next to the houses. The cool wind was blowing quietly as if it didn''t want to wake someone up.


    "Dark Energy ..." Heinald immediately sensed the Dark Energy surrounding the town area. However, this town was not the center of the energy. The town, as he observed, was a pretty quiet town, no one was visible outside, but the townspeople seemed to be at home.

 Chapter 54: Dark Clouds

    Chapter 54: Dark Clouds


    "Dane, I have arrived in town." Heinald took the Communication Crystal andmunicated with Dane.


    "Heinald!" Dane came out of one of the small houses and waved.


    "What''s going on, Dane?" Heinald asked after hugging his friend.


    "Come in, very interesting things are happening in this area!" Dane had a solemn expression.


    Heinald came in and hugged the rest of the family as well. There has been no change in their appearance since thest time he saw them.


    "The waves of energy emanating from you are much stronger than before." Morena noticed the change right away.


    "Indeed! My trip to the Mesqur Area was lucky, I found a few resources that would work for me." Heinald did not mention, of course, that he had a Spirit Potion form and was able to brew it sessfully.


    "What was it that made you get so strong in such a short time?" Dane asked curiously.


    "I cooperated with a n for a short time and helped them with very difficult potions to make. In return for my long-term help, I received three fruits with intense Spiritual Energy." Heinald lied.


    "You are really lucky that you have the ability to brew potions! We have been traveling for almost a year and we have received very few Arkana Stones." Mady let out a long sigh.


    "But I think we found something really interesting this time." Dane said in a solemn and excited tone.


    "I noticed the Dark Energy surrounding the town." Heinald said.


    "A few months ago, an old friend of mine noticed the Dark Energy surrounding the area while passing through this area. Luckily, when we came across a tavern, he talked to me about this area and offered to cooperate. ording to him, if we can find the source of Dark Energy behind this area, we can obtain valuable resources. So we settled in this town and we''ve been observing the surrounding area for a while. "


    "But the situation seems a little more serious than we thought..." Morena said.


    "What exactly is going on here?" asked Heinald.


    "There are three Cruxals that show up at night." Dane said.


    "What!?" Heinald was taken aback.


    Cruxal was a type of cursed spirit, they are not dangerous without possessing a body, but if they found a body to take shelter in them, they would be quite dangerous. But a Cruxal was not a natural creature, it was the result of cursed experiments.


    "What''s behind this?" asked Heinald.


    "That''s what we want to learn." Dane snapped a finger and stood. "Who were those Cruxals created by?"


    "Didn''t most of the curses disappear with the ancient Ainsars? Are some people still known how such curses were done?" Heinald had an uneasy expression.


    There were Ainsars who still knew about the curses, but these curses were generally not effective curses. However, in a book he read about curses, it was written that the curse required to create a Cruxal originated in ancient times.


    "We are not the only ones looking for what the ancient Ainsars have left behind. Many powerful associations are searching for ancient Ainsar relics with research groups of thousands." Ruske shrugged.


    "No wonder, after all, even we know information about Cruxals." Mady said.


    "There is a huge difference between knowing information about Cruxal and knowing the curse that created a Cruxal..." Dane exhaled.


    "So what does your friend suggest?" Heinald asked.


    "He thinks we need to make observation first, when hees here I''ll introduce you to him." Dane said.


    "If we get valuable gains at the end of this, all the gains will be shared equally among all of us." Mady said.


    "We''re going to be six in total, actually we are a pretty strong group." Morena smiled slightly.


    "So what do we do when we find the person or people behind this incident?" This was exactly the question that confused Heinald.


    "If possible, we will kill them." Dane said.


    "During our observations, we visited a few more towns in the region and you know what they all have inmon?" Morena looked directly at Heinald.


    "What?"


    "There were cases of disappearance in all of the towns. Some Apprentice Ainsars and ordinary people living in the towns suddenly disappeared." Morena said.


    "This ... Are they using them as test subjects?" Heinald''s expression became serious.


    The intense Dark Energy, Cruxals and disappearing people in the region ... When all these were brought together, a disturbing picture emerged.


    "Let''s say we killed the person or people behind this business, is it certain that we will profit from it?" Heinald asked a question after a short silence.


    "Well ... No." Dane shook his head.


    Heinald fell silent.


    In fact, another question that had stood in the corner of his mind for a long time was about Dark Magic and Dark Energy. Although Dark Magic appears to be much worse than other types of magic, it was actually because Ainsars thought Dark Magic and Cursed Arts were the same. Cursed Arts was mostly a concept that epassed various curses made or created with Dark Energy. ck Magic could be used just like Elemental Magic, but its difficulty, function, and destructive power were far greater than elemental spells.


    The point that misled Ainsars was that the Cursed Arts and Dark Magic originated from Dark Energy!


    Moreover, Elemental Energy could also be used in very malevolent ways, some elemental spells could be much more malevolent, so Dark Magic was just another type of spell in his opinion.


    "Dark Arts and ck Magic are concepts that should not be confused." Heinald remembered a sentence written in one of the books he had read.


    Moreover, he did not deny that the technique he gained to bring Dark Energy into his body was an extremely malignant technique. So he decided to focus on different topics until he learned more about Dark Magic and Dark Energy.


    "I''m not sure, I have a gut that says this is too dangerous." Heinald said.


    "I know, but our earnings may be huge. Whoever was behind this work must have acquired the relic from Ancient Ainsar era." Dane exhaled loudly.


    "Take into ount Heinald that if we work with you, our strength as a group will increase a lot. You are much stronger than us in terms of Magic Energy and you can also make various potions." Ruske said.


    "First, let''s observe enough, we will make the final decision based on the information we have." Heinald said after a moment''s silence.


    "Where exactly did you see the Cruxals?" Heinald asked.


    "In a field a few miles from here." Dane answered.


    "I want to go there alone and observe." Heinald said.


    "Alone? If you are spotted, you will die." Mady objected in surprise.


    "Mady is right, are you crazy?" Morena''s brows frowned slightly.


    "Don''t worry, I''ll be very careful. Besides, I have some potions to use in emergency situations, I think I can easily escape. Observing with more than one person makes it difficult for us to stay secret. Heinald responded to the reactions. He thought he could easily observe from a safe distance thanks to his eyes. Moreover, it would also hide the energy waves emitted by the energy suppression technique Kunes gave him.


    "If you say so ..." Dane exhaled loudly.


    Heinald followed the directions given to him and started walking towards the region where the Cruxals werest seen. He would not use his horse because secrecy and quiet movement were important. He was curious about the appearance of the Cruxals.


    After a roughly two-hour hike, he reached a small hill, copsed among the tall grasses on the hill, and began to walk slowly, at the same time using energy suppression technique.


    Behind the little hill was thestnd of the Cruxals.


    He purposely wanted to climb this little hill because he could see the whole terrain. He felt quite well hidden and safe in the dark of the night and in the tall grass. He began to observe thend with all his attention.


    Hours passed, but no Cruxal was able to see any. After a while, his eyes were quite tired as he strained his eyes to see the distance.


    "Maybe they''ve gone out of the field..." Heinald muttered.


    As Heinald was about to make the decision to move, he saw movement in the distance. He immediately began to look at the movement area with all his attention.


    "This must be one of those Cruxals..." Heinald''s brows frowned slightly.


    A figure with some of their skin rotten and shed entered the viewpoint. ckened bones were visible because there was no meat in some parts. Apparently, he imed the body of a corpse in the tomb.


    Heinald watched Cruxal for a while without taking his eyes off. As far as he understood from its actions, he was keeping watch around the region. He had not been able to see the other two Cruxals around, and they were likely to be on guard in different areas.


    "Hm? Who is this?" Heinald saw someone in ck robes walking towards Cruxal. He couldn''t see his face properly, so he crawled on the ground to find a better angle for himself. When he found a good angle, he could see the face of the person in the ck robes.

 Chapter 55: Shapeshifter

    Chapter 55: Shapeshifter


    This person was a man with a very calm and ordinary expression on his face. His eyes were blue, and underneath the hood of his robe, wavy brown hair was falling down towards his shoulders, and he had a short but fairly dense brown beard. This man came before Cruxal and started to say something to him. Then he raised his arms and a white fog formed on his hands, which then surrounded Cruxal and then disintegrated.


    Part of his left arm was exposed when the man raised his arms, and Heinald noticed something strange at that time. The man had a strange tattoo on his forearm. He squinted at once and began to scrutinize that tattoo with all his attention. He had difficulty seeing the tattoo clearly, being hundreds of meters away from them, but he could tell that it was a snake tattoo wrapped around a wand.


    "What did that man do to the Cruxal?" Heinald thought inwardly. He could not understand what the smoke screen was for.


    The man soon walked away and left the Cruxal behind.


    Heinald soon left and returned to town. The sun was just beginning to rise when he returned to town. When he entered the house where Dane and the others were, he noticed that there was an extra person there.


    "Heinald, wee! Come meet Baunt. He''s the one I told you about earlier, who showed us this area." Dane pointed to the man standing next to him.


    "I am pleased." Baunt said.


    "Me too." Heinald nodded.


    "I hope nothing bad happened to you?" Dane looked at Heinald.


    "No, I''ve actually seen some pretty strange things." Indeed, Heinald had seen interesting and strange things.


    "Like what?" Dane''s eyebrows rose.


    Heinald exined everything he observed. What he was telling would have attracted everyone''s attention, so everyone in the room listened with full attention. Especially the mysterious man Heinald saw surprised everyone.


    "That tattoo is probably the symbol of the organization that man is a member of." Baunt scratched his chin. "However, I have never seen such a symbol before, unfortunately I do not know which organization."


    "You still caught a very important detail. If we investigate it, we can find a very important clue." Dane had a thoughtful expression.


    "You must have gotten pretty close to them to capture all that detail, how did you go unnoticed?" Morena looked at Heinald curiously.


    "Well, I have some trumps too." Heinald winked, gave an evasive answer.


    "I have a few friends who know about the organizations hiding behind the shadows. I can talk to them and try to find out what organization is behind this tattoo." Baunt tossed off his thoughtful expression and stood.


    "Very good! We will continue our observations." Dane said.


    Before long, Baunt said goodbye to everyone and left.


    "Can we trust him for sure?" Heinald asked.


    "Don''t worry he''s a pretty old friend of mine, I can vouch for him!" Dane nced at Heinald standing beside him. "We''re going to look around. If you''re not tired, would you like toe with us?"


    "I''m not tired, I''lle with you." Heinald nodded.


    "Okay, let''s go then!" Dane pped his hands.


    "I, Ruske and Mady go to observe the east side, Heinald and Dane the west side." said Morena.


    "Okay!" Dane and Heinald nodded.


    Heinald and Dane mounted their horses and set off to the west. The region, which included Penrith Town and its surrounding towns, was known as the Pachil Region. They would observe roads, fields, and towns to the west of this area.


    "Wait! Did you feel it?" Heinald stopped abruptly.


    "Yes, Dark Energy in the surrounding has suddenly concentrated." Dane nodded gravely. They were in a wooded area and immediately began to observe their surroundings more cautiously.


    "Let''s get off the horses and walk." Heinald whispered.


    "OK." Dane nodded.


    The two of them started walking slowly through the wooded area together. The Dark Energy intensity they felt increased as they walked towards the inner part of the wooded area.


    "There!" In a sparse area, Heinald saw a crouching silhouette next to a dead wolf.


    The sunlight filtering through the trees seemed to have no effect on his silhouette. The shape of this silhouette was constantly changing, sometimes small and sometimesrge.


    "What is this?" Dane whispered. The Dark Energy he felt had never been more intense.


    "Nyaa!" The silhouette suddenly began to make a deafening, screaming sound.


    "It spotted us!" Heinald immediately understood the situation, and the silhouette began to move towards them.


    The silhouette started to stretch towards its surroundings like a dough, its size was getting bigger and bigger. He then slowly transformed into a tall monster figure whose body was tens of meters long, with long feet and fingers. However, he was still in a silhouette form, without eyes and mouth, as if a shadow had emerged from the heart of darkness.


    "Damn! It''s a Shapeshifter!" Heinald frowned. Shapeshifters were one of the ancient demon species. They were known as an extremely dangerous demon species that drained the energy of the creatures they captured.


    "Can you tell at what level its power?" Dane asked.


    "No, I do not fully understand the power contained by the Dark Energy waves emanating from him. However, I feel my own energy being suppressed, which means that his strength is close to or equal to that of a Level 2 Ainsar." Heinald immediately took a Low Level Fire Effect Potion from his robe pocket and drank it.


    At this moment, Shapeshifter had gotten closer to them and had lifted one of its arms and waved it quickly. The horizontal dark energy wave emerging from his w began to fly directly over the two.


    Heinald and Dane immediately bent over and dodge the horizontal ck energy wave that came upon them. The horizontal dark energy wave instantly cut the trees in its path and caused hundreds of trees within hundreds of meters to split into two halves in total. The vitality in the trees that were divided into two soon dried up and the trees began to rot.


    "Dane keep your distance, if its attack reaches you, it will kill you immediately!" Heinald''s Magic Energy was greater and stronger than Dane. Moreover, he had a spell that allowed him to move fast like Whisper of the Wind, so it made more sense to stay on the front line.


    Dane nodded and stepped back.


    "Dragon Instinct!" Five fireballs came out of Heinald''s hand, and they all stuck to the Shapeshifter. Then, a reaction started between the fireballs and there was a violent explosion of fire. The entire area, about 70 meters in diameter, was destroyed.


    Even though Dane used a wind spell to protect himself, the scorching heat from the explosion still affected him.


    "Naaa!" The Shapeshifter let out a deafening cry again and leapt out of the fire to attack. He raised his arms and formed a ck ball, then hurled it towards Heinald.


    Heinald immediately cast Whisper of the Wind and glided away before the ball reached him. When the ck ball hit the tree, a ck energy explosion urred in that area and a small but deep crater formed.


    "Thunder Charge!" Dane cried out and stretched out his hands. Three lightning balls appeared in front of his hands. The three lightning balls simultaneously flew towards the Shapeshifter, but were blocked by a ck wall formed by it.


    A ck wall suddenly appeared in front of the three lightning balls, and the resulting lightning st was absorbed by this wall.


    "Lightning Spear!" Heinald raised his hand up and lightning bolts appeared above his hands. When Lightning Spear formed it flew towards the Shapeshifter quite quickly.


    However, at this time, Shapeshifter also created a ck ball again and sent it towards the Lightning Spear.


    *BAM!* There was a violent explosion and the resulting energy waves caused great havoc in the region.


    "Damn, he can respond so fast." Heinald muttered.


    Although this Shapeshifter was quite powerful, it didn''t seem like he had the strength of a Level 2 Ainsar, if he did, they would probably both be dead right now.


    The ck ball that the Shapeshifter created had to be a kind of Dark Spell, the destructive power was really great. Even a peak Tier 1 Ainsar would be killed by it within seconds if directly exposed to it.


    After Heinald stepped back a bit, he cast the spell called Fire Vines. Burning vines appeared around the Shapeshifter and enveloped it. He quickly cast his spell called Predatory Destruction without wasting any time. Clouds of fire appeared over the Shapeshifter, and chunks of me began to rain heavily on him. As therge numbers of me fragments fell to the ground, they formed small explosions, and when these explosions came together, they actually created a sea of scorching fire around that area.

 Chapter 56: Servant of Darkness

    Chapter 56: Servant of Darkness


    "Looks like it''s working!" Heinald saw a piece of the Shapeshifter in the sea of fire vanish. Thanks to the Spirit Potions he consumed, his spirit had improved considerably, which naturally resulted in his Magic Energy getting stronger. The spells he cast were much stronger than before, moreover, since he used Low Level Fire Effect Potion, his Fire-based spells were even more effective.


    "Heinald,it is doing something, watch out!" Dane eximed.


    Shapeshifter was surrounded by a ck mist. Before long, this mist engulfed its entire body and exploded outward. The sea of fire and vines hadpletely disappeared, a very rapid wave of dark energy began to spread around. It devoured and rots everything in its path.


    Heinald immediately cast Whisper of the Wind and began to flee from the ck energy wave. Although his speed was also quite high, the ck energy wave was faster and he realized that he would soon be hit by it.


    "Wind of Aira!" The airwave from Heinald''s hands elerated his escape, and at thest moment he managed to get out of range of the dark energy wave.


    "Dane you will stall it with casual attacks, I''ll approach it and use my strongest spell." said Heinald.


    "OK!"


    Dane quickly created fireballs and threw them at the Shapeshifter. Heinald was also rushing towards it at the same time.


    Shapeshifter Shifter countered Dane''s fireballs with w attacks.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald used his Spiritual Magic as he got closer to Shapeshifter. The scorching fire ray emanating from their hands was heading directly towards him. At that time, Shapeshifter also built a ck wall in front of itself again, but the ck wall could not stand against the ray for more than a few seconds and was punctured. The scorching ray went straight to the Shapeshifter and began to burn it.


    "Naaa!" The Shapeshifter let out a terrifying and painful cry. It was trying to escape, but had no chance of escaping Death Ray. Shapeshifter''s body disappeared within seconds. The dense Dark Energy in the environment began to lighten after the demon was destroyed.


    "Dane, are you okay?" Heinald looked back.


    "Im okay...What about you?" Dane walked briskly to Heinald''s side.


    "I''m fine."


    "I never thought we''de across a Shapeshifter." said Dane.


    "Yes, Cruxals and a Shapeshifter. Not good at all..." Heinald shook his head.


    "Do you think we should go with the others?" '' Dane asked.


    Heinald shook his head and said "I don''t think it''s necessary, they''ll be able to take care of themselves."


    Heinald and Dane continued their way through the wooded area. When the wooded area was finished, they went out onto a t field. A few miles ahead was a small hill and a small town perched on top of it.


    "Have you visited that town before?" asked Heinald.


    "No." Dane shook his head.


    "Let''s go and ask the locals a few questions about the area around town, maybe we can learn some useful information." Heinald scratched his chin.


    They began to ride their horses towards the town. They soon reached the side of the hill and crossed the uphill road to the top of the hill. Their first impression of this town was that it was rather gloomy like other towns around the region.


    They were both here to interrogate, so they wore masks on their faces. They took a little precaution because they didn''t want their identities to be revealed.


    "Let''s split up here, let''s both talk to the people we saw, it will be faster that way." said Dane.


    Heinald nodded.


    Heinald tied his horse to a hitching post he saw and began to walk the squalid streets of town.


    Smoke wasing out of the chimneys of all the houses in the town, everyone was at home and almost no one was outside. There seemed to be something frightening them.


    "No wonder!" There was a momentary glint in Heinald''s eyes.


    As he continued walking through the deserted streets, he saw a little girl crouching next to a small cottage. Her brown hair and face were covered with dirt, and her clothes were very thin and torn. There was nothing on the girl''s feet, it was obvious that her small body was trembling violently in the cold air.


    When the little girl saw Heinald, a look of fear appeared in her eyes. The waves of energy emitted by Heinald would put much more pressure on ordinary people, especially this little girl.


    "My lord..." The little girl stood up and lowered her head. The tremor in her body was getting worse.


    "What''s your name, little girl?" asked Heinald.


    "Pely, my lord." The little girl answered.


    "What are you doing here alone?" asked Heinald.


    "Waiting for my master, my lord." The little girl''s head was still bowed, not daring to make even the slightest movement.


    "Why are the streets of this town so deserted?" Heinald asked after a short silence.


    "Well..." The little girl hesitated.


    "No need to fear." said Heinald.


    "Giant spiders appear in this town at night." The little girl''s voice came out more shaky than usual.


    "Giant spiders...Do you know where they went?" Heinald''s eyes narrowed slightly.


    "No, my lord. Some nights as soon as I hear their voices when they show up, I immediately hide in my hut. I dare not even breathe in case they notice me."


    "When did theyst appear?" Heinald''s eyes narrowed slightly.


    "About four days ago, my lord." The girl answered.


    Heinald stroked the little girl''s bowed head.


    "Who is the person you call your owner?" asked Heinald.


    "My lord, please don''t tell him I''m talking to you about spiders!" The little girl knelt down and began to beg.


    "Whoever that person was must have pressured this little girl not to talk." Heinald was stunned for a second at the little girl''s sudden movement, but he quickly brushed it off. He more or less understood the situation.


    "Don''t worry! Just show me where he lives." said Heinald.


    The little girl nodded and started walking. After a short walk, they came to a house that wasrger and more ostentatious than the other houses in the town.


    The little girl''s head was still bowed, and her trembling was intensified.Heinald knocked on the door of the house, and a short timeter a woman opened the door.


    "My lord ..." When the woman saw Heinald, traces of surprise and fear began to appear in her eyes, just like the little girl.


    "Who owns this girl?" asked Heinald.


    "I''ll get him right away." The woman lowered her head and started running towards the house.


    A short timeter, a middle-aged man wearing a worn-out-looking robe came from inside. From the energy he emitted, it was clear that he was an Apprentice Ainsar.


    "My lord...My name is Lart, this feeble servant of yours greets you." The middle-aged man immediately came before Heinald and bowed his head.


    "Why is this town so dested?" Heinald ignored the man''s ttery and asked.


    "People in this town don''t like to go out much because they''re used to a quiet life, my lord." Lart replied quickly.


    "Do you know the source of the surrounding Dark Energy?" Heinald posed another question, carefully examining the eyes and gestures of the man in front of him.


    "I have no idea, my lord... Dark Energy has been felt around this area for a long time, but fortunately we have not been harmed yet." Lart nodded in reply.


    "Liar!" Heinald''s eyes gleamed coldly. Though he thought so, he just nodded and walked away. After moving a little further, he concealed the waves of energy he had emitted and started walking back to that guy and the little girl. He hid behind the house next door and began to observe.


    "Did you say anything to him?" Lart had grabbed the little girl by the throat and lifted her into the air.


    "No, owner! I didn''t say anything." Pely began to squirm, her eyes filled with tears.


    "As expected..." As Heinald raised his hand, a silver light emanated from his hand and his sword appeared in his hand.


    He aimed at Lart''s shoulder and tossed the sword.


    "Aarghh!" The sword flew through the air, leaving afterimages, and emerged from the front of the entrance behind Lart''s shoulder.


    He let Pely go with the sword stabbed into Lart''s shoulder, and the little girl fell to the ground, coughing.


    Heinald began walking slowly towards Lart. The wet and muddy earth was even more soaked with blood.


    "M-My lord...Why?" Lart began to stutter when he saw Heinald walking towards him.


    "You''re going to tell me every detail of what''s going on in this area!" Heinald grabbed Lart by the throat and lifted him up.


    "I-I don''t know anything..." Lart said hard.


    "Don''t force me to use hard, just tell me." Heinald began to choke Lart even more.


    "T-They''ll kill me!" Lart tried to scream, but his voice came out rather hoarse as his throat was choked.


    Heinald quickly threw it to the side. When Lart flew to the side, he hit the wall and part of the wall copsed. Little Pely watched the whole thing, crouched in a corner and scared. People living in the surrounding houses were also secretly observing what was going on through their windows.


    Heinald quickly drew his sword from Lart''s shoulder.


    "Aaarghhh!!"


    Heinald said "You''re already dead, but it''s up to you to die painfully and painlessly depending on your talk."


    Fucker! Kill me, I''m not going to tell you a single word." Lart shouted in a momentary scurry.


    "Is that so?" Lart''s words made Heinald even more angry. He quickly swung his sword and sliced Lart''s arm.

 Chapter 57: Painful Query

    Chapter 57: Painful Query


    "Aargghh!" Lart let out a scream of pain, his severed arm falling to the ground after being thrown for tens of meters.


    "Heinald, what''s going on!?" Dane was shocked by the scene he encountered.


    "This man knows what''s going on around the area." said Heinald.


    "Still... aren''t you too cruel?" Dane looked at Lart''s miserable self on the ground.


    "No, believe me, he deserves whatever happens to him." Heinald had absolutely no sympathy for people like Lart. He could be really cruel, especially if they pissed him off. It was only from the little girl''s eyes that he was able to infer what this man was like.


    "I met two people but they said they didn''t know anything." Dane murmured.


    "If we manage to get this man to talk, we can get clear information about the situation in the area. He''s probably connected to the man I saw the other night." Heinald eyed Lart on the floor.


    "Are you sure?" '' Dane asked.


    "Yes, but this guy may not be the only coborator in town, we have to be careful." said Heinald.


    "Well, for thest time, will you talk?" Heinald looked at Lart, who was lying on the ground.


    "Never!"


    "There is something I want to show you." Heinald stood there for a few seconds, then pulled the Sin Stone from his robes pocket. The spirit of the innkeeper he questioned was still inside this sin stone.


    Both Dane and Lart stared in disbelief at the Sin Stone that Heinald was holding. When He sent the magic energy to the Sin Stone, the reflection of the innkeeper''s trapped soul appeared on the stone.


    "Is this a spirit?" Dane''s eyes widened.


    "Yes, this man also once refused to give me the information I wanted ... So I imprisoned his spirit and by making his spirit suffer, I got the information I wanted." Heinald gave Lart a cold look on the floor.


    "Do not worry! You are my friend." Heinald grinned when he saw Dane staring at him with fear.


    A greater fear appeared in the eyes of the man who suffered terribly than his suffering. After all, he was just an Apprentice Ainsar, so he didn''t stand a chance against a Level 1 Ainsar like Heinald.


    "How did you manage to trap a spirit there?" The expression on Dane''s face was filled with curiosity, fear, and surprise.


    "Long story, I''ll tell youter... Gathering information we need to focus on for now." Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "I have a Blood Agreement, I can''t speak..." Lart was gritting his teeth.


    "You have to make a choice, to have your spirit trapped in a stone for thousands of years, or to die for viting the blood covenant?" Heinald sent the Sin Stone back into the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    "If I''m going to die anyway..." Lart suddenly pulled a knife from under his robes and held it up to his throat, but Heinald''s superior reflexes were too quick for him, he immediately bent down and caught the knife.


    "Okay, enough talking!" Heinald punched Lart hard and knocked him unconscious. To prevent him from dying, he cauterized his open wounds and made him drink some healing potion. Finally, he dropped a few drops of sleeping potion into his mouth.


    "What are we going to do with it?" Dane asked.


    "I will question his spirit." said Heinald. He nced over at Pely, who was crouched in the corner, and called her over.


    "Is there anyone in charge of this town?" Heinald asked.


    He got her answer as her gaze shifted to Lart, who was lying on the ground.


    "Anyone who witnessed the event, get out immediately!" Heinald shouted loudly, gathering all his Magic Energy together. The powerful surge of spiritual power that had emerged felt an incredible pressure on the people in the town for a second.


    Not only those who witnessed the event, but all the locals came out immediately. No one there was foolish enough to disobey an Ainsar''s word. Heinald looked at the gathered crowd, who stood with their heads bent down.


    "No one will talk about what happened in this town today, if he does, I will destroy this town with you." Heinald nced at the crowd gathered before him. Then he summoned two men whom he had caught sight of.


    "From now on, you two are in charge of protecting this little girl." Heinald eyed the two strong-looking men approaching him.


    "Y-Yes, my lord." Both men nodded at the same time.


    "Here take this!" Heinald took an Arkana Stone from his pocket and ced it in Pely''s small hand. However, from the little girl''s gaze, it was clear that she did not know what the Arkana Stone was.


    "You can exchange that for hundreds of gold coins." added Heinald.


    "T-Thank you, my lord!" The girl bowed her head.


    Before long, Heinald and Dane left town, taking Lart with them.


    "Do you think the townspeople will talk?" Dane looked at Heinald beside him and asked.


    "I don''t know, if someone stronger than uses to question them, they will naturally choose to speak up, but I don''t think they would dare otherwise." Heinald shrugged.


    "In any case, we won''t have much time. If this man has any ties to the organization, they''ll soon learn of his absence." Dane sighed.


    Heinald nodded slightly, a serious expression on his face.


    ***


    After a short journey, Dane and Heinald arrived in Penrith Town with the long unconscious Lart by their side.


    "You go check on the others and let them know so they cane back and I''ll take care of him." Heinald said.


    Dane quickly left the house and went to check on the others. Heinald also took the spare Uthus Core he had with him from the dimensional pocket of his robes and began to form the Spirit Imprisonment Formation. Before long, the process waspleted sessfully, trapping the unconscious Lart''s soul in the Sin Stone, next to the innkeeper.


    Heinald could hear Lart''s angry roars, but he didn''t care and began using various spirit tortures to get him to speak. He didn''t have much time, and every minute he lost was a loss to him. If he was going to ept this offer, he had to learn a lot in a short time so he could have time toe up with a good n.


    An hour went by like water...After that one hour, Lart reluctantly told everything he knew because he couldn''t stand the spirit tortures any longer.


    Lart was assigned by the organization to prevent the townspeople from spreading abnormal events around the region. However, the detail that caught his attention was that the organization tried to keep the spiders that appeared around the town private.


    Heinald didn''t understand why, and Lart didn''t know why. Shortly after all this, Dane and the others arrived, and Heinald told them what had happened and what they had learned.


    "We still don''t have a lot of useful information." Ruske sighed after listening to the conversation.


    "Yes, but I''m sure we can learn more." said Dane.


    "Did Baunt get any important information about the organization?" Heinald asked.


    "I don''t know, when he finds out, he wille to talk to us." said Dane.


    "We need to learn more about that man you saw." Morena looked at Heinald, who was standing next to her.


    Heinald nodded slowly.


    In fact, he had in mind to follow him from afar. He believed that thanks to his eyes, he could follow him from afar without being noticed. If he managed to track him down undetected, he could draw some inferences by observing the people he wasmunicating with. Of course, all this would be possible if he could see him again.


    Perhaps he could see other members of the organization as he went to observe the Cruxals again. In any case, the intelligence he would gather would help him make a general conclusion about the organization. ordingly, he would decide to deal with this organization or not to deal with them at all.


    When night fell, Heinald left town to examine the area where the Cruxals had been seen again. He climbed the hill just likest time, and after making sure he was well-hidden, began to observe the terrain.


    AThis time, however, after a brief nce, he noticed two Cruxals. One was Cruxal he had seen before, but he had not seen the other before. This Cruxal had rotten flesh and had taken on the body of a little girl. It was carrying a baby skeleton in its hand.


    These two Cruxals were not far from the hill where Heinald was hiding, so they were easy to spot. He watched them for hours nonstop, but saw no one approaching ormunicating with them. After observing until dawn, he left. When he returned to town, he did not see anyone in the house. Dane and the others must have gone out to observe the environment.


    Heinald decided to go back to the town he went to with Dane the other day. He had overlooked something about the town, he needed to find out what it was. He mounted his horse and set off straight for town. He would observe around the town and find out what he was missing.


    He jumped on his horse and headed straight west. He continued to ride, hoping to get across the wooded area smoothly. Luckily, he didn''t encounter another Shapeshifter inside the wooded area and exited the wooded area without any problems.

 Chapter 58: Forsaken Lab

    Chapter 58: Forsaken Lab


    "I can see the town now..." As Heinald stepped out of the wooded area, he saw the town perched on the small hill. This time he would not observe the town but the surroundings of the small hill.


    For the next few hours he wandered around the hill looking for something odd. However, he could not find anything around the hill that would attract his attention.


    "That little girl told me that spiders appear at night. Maybe I should wait for them to reappear ..." Heinald muttered inwardly.


    He decided to continue observing around the hill. At worst, he woulde to this area and observe every night until the spiders appeared. He rode as slowly as he could, observing the area and the slopes of the small hill.


    As he continued his observations carefully, he noticed an interesting detail on the hillside. The slope of the hill usually had a light green vegetation, but in a small part this color was slightly darker. However, this tonal difference was very difficult to distinguish, if Heinald''s eyes were normal, he would definitely not be able to notice this detail.


    He immediately got off his horse and started climbing that area. As he got closer and closer, he became more and more certain that he wasn''t wrong, the surrounding nts were the same, but the colors were different. When he arrived at the different area, he began to carefully examine his surroundings.


    "The Horizon Grass..." Heinald studied the surrounding vegetation closely and shook his head. There was a visual fluctuation in a small area when he touched one of the different shades of grass in front of him.


    Heinald frowned slightly.


    Nothing hade to Heinald''s hand instead of grass. There must have been some kind of camouge formation in this area. When he carefully stepped inside, he realized that he had stepped inside arge cave. The cave was quiterge and had spider webs all over it. There was a foul odor that permeated the entire cave.


    He took his sword and began walking cautiously. After a few hundred meters, the cave began to curve. There were incredible pointed stctites above, but almost all of them were covered with cobwebs. Although it was not very obvious, there was a constant shaking on the ground, this shaking was not felt above.


    At that moment, Heinald began to feel the waves of energying from ahead. Before long, three huge spiders appeared. However, there was an extremely interesting but also frightening situation.


    Both Fire Energy and Dark Energy were emanating from the bodies of these three spiders!


    "Damn it!" Heinald''s expression turned rather serious.


    He immediately realized that these spiders were being experimented with. Normally, Magical Beasts were born with Elemental Energy, just like humans. The only difference is that if a human managed to be Ainsar, they could control all the elements, but Magical Beasts could only control whatever element they were born predisposed to. Heinald had read in some books that some evolved Magical Beasts could contain different types of energies, but these spiders front of him were not evolved. If they were,he would probably not be able to withstand the energy waves they expose and would explode.


    "There are so many ws in their bodies, these spiders must be the result of an iplete experiment...." When Heinald examined the spiders'' bodies, he saw that there were some ws in various parts of their bodies. For example, one of the spiders had two heads, but one of the heads was smaller than the other.


    Another spider had two more legs protruding from its middle body. Thest spider he examined had no eyes and had four extra legs.


    Fortunately, the energy emanating from these spiders showed that they were not very strong. The energy emitted from these spiders was as much as the energy of a Level 1 Ainsar that had just made a breakthrough. Although they had the advantage of numbers, he himself had various potions. But he still had to be very careful. He had no clue how these spiders front of him will use the Dark Energy they have.


    Heinald''s right hand shed, and Astol''s Caustic Poison Poiton appeared in his hand. Without hesitation, he threw it towards the spiders.


    *Puufss* When the bottle was broken, a snake hissing sound and a cloud of toxic gas appeared.


    "Fire Vines!" Heinald muttered harshly.


    As the spiders began to feel the effects of the scorching and poisonous gas, burning vines emerged from its underside and gripped their bodies, so they were trapped in the poisonous gas cloud.


    Heinald ignored the spiders'' scream of pain and focused on the state of their bodies. The cloud of poisonous gas and burning vines left open wounds on the spiders'' bodies, but not enough to topple them.


    The eyeless spider broke free from the burning ivy and leaped towards him, its forelimbs covered with fire.


    At the same time, Heinald swung his sword at the spider.


    His sword shed through in the air and easily blocked the spiders attack.


    The force of the collision created a shock wave and sparks flew. The two-headed spider also got rid of the burning ivy and began walking along the walls of the cave for a suitable attacking position. Violent waves of fire began to radiate from its body.


    The two-headed spider''s entire body was engulfed in mes, and when it jumped from the wall to the ground, a scorching wave of fire began to spread across the cavern.


    "Frost Wave!" Heinald shouted out inside.


    The freezing wave emanating from his body and the scorching wave of the spider had annihted each other.


    While Heinald was fighting, he was also watching the spiders. These spiders had used fire energy in the fight until now. His estimation was that these spiders were using Dark Energy for defense rather than attack. He had noticed that Dark Energy was umting in the areas where the spiders had open wounds, and the wounds were healed quite quickly.


    He had to kill them quickly! If this war was to prolong, the disadvantage would be greater.


    Heinald quickly cast his ''Fire Vines'' spell again and briefly stopped the spiders from moving again.


    "Dragon Instinct!" Heinald''s eyes gleamed coldly.


    He raised both hands and five fireballs formed around him. These fireballs flew directly over the spiders and stuck to them. At the same time, a fire bond began to form between the fireballs and the reaction began.


    *BAM!*


    A fierce explosion of fire took ce, and the resulting scorching mes burned the surroundings. He was thinking of using his magic called Lightning Spear, but the violent explosion he would create could cause part of the cave to copse.


    He didn''t want to take the risk!


    When Heinald raised his hand, red and ck smoke began to rise from his hand, then a scorching fire ray shot out of his hand and hit the spiders. The temperature in the environment had increased so much that it could literally be considered a hell. Luckily, it didn''t hurt him, as all this was the result of spells cast by him.


    When the scorching mes dissipated, the charred bodies of the spiders were revealed. Even though Dark Energy gave them a superior regeneration speed, it wasn''t enough to save them. Heinald''s spells had be noticeably stronger, especially after his spiritual strength had improved.


    However, he had to admit that if the energy of these spiders were equal to his, he might not be able to ovee them even with the help of potions.


    Heinald split the charred parts of the spiders and reached for their blood. He filled a small vial with spiders'' blood and sent them into the dimensional pocket of his robe. He wanted to examine the blood of these spiders whenever he had time.


    He stopped fumbling on the spiders'' body and started walking deeper into the cave. The cave was not divided into any other road, and although it was curved, there was only one direction to go.


    "Hmm? These are..." Heinald continued to walk cautiously, seeing many skeletons wrapped in spider web in front of him. He approached the skeletons and began to examine them. There were fractures and bruises in various parts of these skeletons. These skeletons were about two or three years old, not very old.


    After a short while, he stopped examining the skeletons and continued walking. After walking an estimated few hundred meters, he saw the burning torches hanging from the ceiling. This showed that this cave was visited recently.


    "I have to be careful..." Heinald muttered.


    Considering the possibility that a trap might have been set, he took every step he took very carefully and examined his surroundings down to the smallest detail.


    After continuing to move forward, it came to a spherical field. This space was not very big, just a little bit bigger than a standard room. There was a blue colored crystal on the ceiling that illuminated the surroundings. There were many shelves in the vicinity, and on each of these shelves were storage containers and bottles of various sizes.


    When Heinald looked inside the bottles and containers, he saw various animal organs and blood samples. On therge table in the middle of the space was a table filled with the alchemical tools he was familiar with. A slight amount of Dark Energy was emanating from the blood on this table.


    In one corner of the field were broken spider eggs. Inside was a dark liquid that gave off a nasty smell.


    "I think this is where the spiders I killed were created..." Heinald muttered.


    After thoroughly scanning the area, he confirmed that there was nothing of use. The blood sample from the spiders should have been thest point of the experiment anyway.


    Heinald did not want to linger there any longer and left.

 Chapter 59: Awakened Nightmare

    Chapter 59: Awakened Nightmare


    "Heinald, where have you been?"


    When Heinald returned, he saw that Dane and the others had arrived.


    "I discovered a strangeness in the town area where Dane and I went the other day and wanted to observe that area again. Through careful examination, I discovered a cave entrance protected by a camouge formation. When I examined the cave, I discovered that various experiments on spiders were carried out in this cave." Heinald began to exin.


    "Around the town?" Dane muttered thoughtfully.


    "Actually, under the town, in a cave in the hill. The spiders I killed could use both Dark Energy and Fire Energy." Heinald exhaled.


    "What!?" Shocked expressions appeared on everyone''s faces.


    "Yes, the Dark Energy in their bodies made their wounds heal faster. Fortunately, their strength was less than mine, otherwise...." Heinald shook his head.


    "How did they achieve this?" Dane had an ugly expression.


    "I don''t know. Besides, I have a question..." Heinald frowned slightly. "They must know that Dark Energy in this area will be noticed by someone sooner orter. However, it can''t say that they act very secretly. Either there is a power behind them that they can trust, or they do not want to leave this area despite all the risks."


    "Or both." Mady added.


    "Why wouldn''t they want to leave this area?" '' asked Ruske.


    "It could be precisely because of the reason we are here. Maybe they also want to reach the source of Dark Energy." said Dane.


    "The source of Dark Energy may also be the creatures they created as a result of their experiments," Morena said.


    "They don''t have enough energy to be effective across the entire region." Heinald shook his head.


    While they were chatting among themselves, the door opened and Baunt entered.


    "Wee! Did you get any information?" Dane asked behind Baunt as he closed the door.


    "Yes." Baunt nodded.


    "What did you learn?" asked Heinald.


    "The symbol belongs to an organization called Awakened Nightmare. I don''t know the number of members of the organization or its headquarter, but there is a Level 2 Ainsar at the head of the organization. We can also assume that there are powerful Level 1 Ainsars in the organization. I have not been able to obtain any information about the operations they carry out. But its clear that they want or looking for something precious in this region." Baunt sat down and exined the situation.


    "It is obvious that they are experimenting with Dark Energy and they are after the source that emits Dark Energy to the environment!" Dane sounded.


    Heinald was fighting an inner battle. He wanted to know what the source of such intense Dark Energy was, but at the same time he knew that the job was dangerous. Moreover, although Dane trusted Baunt, he had not yet fully trusted him.


    "At the end of this job, I can get very important information or resources about Dark Energy and Dark Magic." Heinald wanted to get on top of this. He certainly wouldn''t have gotten involved if he''d been alone, but he thought that with Dane and the others, they could handle it.


    If things turned out the way he didn''t want, he would leave quickly.


    "What do you say? Are we going to do this job?" Dane''s gaze swept over everyone in turn.


    "I''m in! But if we''re in great danger, I''ll be the first to leave." Heinald nodded thoughtfully.


    Everyone nodded.


    "Okay! Then we can start nning." Dane sat back and surveyed his surroundings.


    "Our aim is to find out the source of Dark Energy, most simply. The head of this organization obviously has knowledge of Dark Energy and their search has brought them to this area. If we somehow ovee this organization and finish off the leader of the organization, we will get huge resources and that Dark Energy source." When Baunt finished speaking, he looked at the others.


    "But we must not forget that there is a Level 2 Ainsar at the head of the organization we are dealing with. Moreover, we do not have clear information about his might, maybe even a peak Level 2 Ainsar. If he is, we would probably be no more than an ant to him." Heinald''s expression was serious. After what he had said, suspicion and fear appeared in everyone''s eyes.


    "It''s clear we can''t defeat them by attacking them directly. I mean...It''s Risky!" Baunt said.


    "You mean... are we going to infiltrate them?" Heinald looked at Baunt.


    "This seems like the best solution. You know what they say...If the enemy is inside, the door won''t lock." Baunt shrugged.


    "You are right!" Heinald nodded after two seconds of silence.


    If they all fought against a Level 2 Ainsar, they might have a slight chance, but they had an organization against them. Moreover, they knew very little about this organization. If they were to fight them directly, most likely they would all die. So it was most usible to gather inside information about them and learn about their weak spots.


    But of course, this was no easy matter. In order to infiltrate an organization they knew nothing about, they had toe up with a good n and implement it without fail.


    "So how do we sneak in?" Dane popped up the question on everyone''s mind.


    Nobody said a word.


    "Looks like everybody needs to think about that." Dane murmured when he saw that no one was responding.


    "For now, everyone should keep watching around the region. At the same time, everyone should think of a good n. I think we will definitely make some progress." Baunt scratched his chin.


    The days quickly passed.


    Heinald went to the Cruxal area every night and observed, but never saw the man he had seen before. He had been making ns the whole time. He had a certain n in mind, but he had to admit that it was quite risky. Moreover, he would be the only one to take risks, so if his ns were sessful, he would want the biggest share in the end.


    The starting point of his n was to find the man he had seen before!


    "Dawn near, I''d better get back..." Heinald is emerged from the grass he had made and walking towards town. After another night of observation, he had nothing. It was sad, but he would almost get used to it.


    The sun had risen when he returned to town. When he turned back to the house, there was only Dane inside.


    "Any progress?" Dane asked when he saw Heinald walking in.


    Heinald shook his head.


    "I talked to that little girl you asked me to talk to." Dane changed the subject.


    "What did she say?" Heinald had asked him to talk to little Pely. The little girl, who had been a ve before, was now feared by everyone in the town.


    "No one came to town. The girl wasn''t lying, and I would have known if she did. I guess the ce you found under town wasn''t a frequently visited ce. Or it was a ce that was no longer used. " Dane exhaled loudly.


    "It seems so." Heinald nodded thoughtfully.


    A sudden opening door interrupted the two''s conversation. Baunt had arrived and he had an excited expression on his face.


    "Oh? You look excited..." Dane looked at Baunt.


    Baunt said "I am! I learned something very important."


    "What''s that?" Heinald asked curiously.


    "I have intelligence that a few members of the organization are hanging out with a ce called Ulmy''s Card Club! This information cost me a lot of Arkana Stones..." Baunt was quite excited.


    "Ulmy''s Card Club?" Heinald repeated.


    "Yes, it''s a ce in Jusen City. It''s more of a gambling and drinking ce." Baunt nodded.


    "Where did you learn this information from?" asked Heinald.


    "There is a shop called Tsor Chaos in Jusen City. The owner of the ce has a wide intelligencework. Of course they don''t give intelligence to everyone, I was able tomunicate with him thanks to my friend." Baunt replied.


    "How reliable is this intelligence? How can we be sure?" Heinald was clearly not very convinced.


    "Intelligence is correct!" Baunt said in a stern tone.He hadn''t expected so much questioning, it seemed to bother him that there was so little trust in him.


    "But do you know the person who gave you the intelligence so well that you can speak with such certainty?" Dane didn''t seem too convinced either, so he asked questions in his mind.


    "Think about it logically. If the information this person gave was wrong, would he have been able to keep his job? This person gets a huge payment for these intelligence, and if it was false intelligence, he wouldn''t be able to continue." Baunt took a deep breath and exined.


    "Ulmy''s Card Club...We won''t lose anything if we observe there for a while." Dane nced at Heinald beside him.


    "So be it!" After thinking for a while, Heinald sighed and agreed.

 Chapter 60: The Man In Darkness

    Chapter 60: The Man In Darkness


    After Morena, Mady and Ruske came back, they also told them about the situation. After a short debate, it was decided that the others would stay in town and observe while Dane, Heinald, and Morena went to Jusen City.


    Heinald, Dane, and Morena wasted no time in their journey to Jusen City.


    When they reached the city after days of travel, they first found an inn and rented a room for themselves. They gave themselves a day off to relieve the tiredness of the day-long journey. After little resting, they got back together and started making ns.


    Heinald had seen the face of a member of the organization before.So he would go there first and make observations. If he couldn''t find something, Morena would try to use her charm and learn some information. Dane, on the other hand, would observe the outside of the ce unobtrusively at a safe distance.


    Heinald and Dane arrived at Ulmy''s Card Club after a ride on horseback. Morena did not go with them as there was nothing she could do for now. It would be unreasonable for her to show herself at that ce.


    This ce was located on the lowest floor of a three-story building. It could be said that the building was quiterge, also that this ce was quite popr. Especially when it gets dark, this ce gets much more crowded.


    While Heinald was inside, Dane would observe outside. If anyone or anything caught his attention, he would report itter.


    Contrary to what he expected when he entered, he encountered a very decent and orderly ce. Most of those inside were at the level of Apprentice Ainsar, and they were all sitting at the tables at the entrance. For Level 1 Ainsars, special lodges on the upper floor were being prepared. There was no such thing as loudughing or talking caused by drunkenness in the venue. Everyone was calmly chatting with the people next to them while drinking their drinks.


    "I don''t see anyone gambling... It''s probably being organized on a secret floor." Heinald looked around and made a deduction.


    "Wee, sir! Please allow me to serve you!" An attendant came up to him and bowed down. He escorted him to one of the luxury lodges upstairs and began serving them the venue''s most popr food and drink.


    Heinald was observing invironment carefully as he enjoyed the food and drink served to him. He was trying to guess who might be members of the organization and hoped to see that organization member again who had contacted the Cruxal.


    He actually didn''t trust the intelligence that the members of the organization were hanging around here, so he didn''t give himself much hope.


    The hours passed quickly, but no one had ever aroused Heinald''s suspicion, and neither had he seen the man. He decided to leave this ce toe back tomorrow and stood up, but at that moment a man walking through the door made his eyes widen.


    This man was the one he had seen with the Cruxal!


    He went up to one of the attendants, said something, then disappeared through the door on the right.


    Heinald left after giving a few Arkana Stones to the attendant serving him. When he came out, he gestured to Dane, who was hidden in a secluded corner. He got on his horse and began to ride it slowly. Not long after, Dane came up to him with his horse.


    "I saw him!" Heinald said.


    "Are you serious?" There was a mixture of excitement and surprise in Dane''s voice.


    "Yes."


    "So what happened?" Dane asked.


    "Nothing, I only saw him from afar. Then he stepped into a room and disappeared." Heinald shrugged.


    When Heinald and Dane returned to inn which they lodge, they also informed Morena. Thereupon, they all started to think about the n to infiltrate the organization. The intelligence that Baunt got was indeed correct. This was very big news for them because now they could directly observe the members of the organization.


    Heinald did not sleep that night and formed a n in his mind. He left the inn early the next day and went to the market area. He bought Blue Ason Grass, Taws Bull Stomach, Hare Eye and Hetirus Flower Extract from a shop he had visited before.


    He then left without wasting time and returned to the inn.


    Entering his room, he told the innkeeper that no one should disturb him, and he took out some alchemical tools and materials from the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    "Alright! I can start making the Blood Spoiling Pill." Heinald took a deep breath.


    The Blood Spoiling Pill was a pill that he had formted with knowledge from the Risw n''s library. If sessful, this pill wouldpletely change theposition of his blood for a second or two.


    After Heinald burned the harmful particles on all the materials with Spirit me, he started the necessary processes. First, he synthesized Blue Ason Grass and Hetirus Flower Essence. Then he injected the resulting mixture into the Hare Eye.


    In the next step, he opened the Stomach of the Taws Bull and carefully removed the gastric juice inside. After pouring some Silver Water into the small cauldron, he added two drops of gastric juice into it and threw the eye into the cauldron.


    It was time for the most important stage!


    Heinald created a formation that spanned the room so that the surrounding items would not be damaged and the energy emanation would not be suspicious.


    "Here we go! Death Ray!" Heinald''s eyes lit up and an incredible warmth began to radiate from his hand as he held the small cauldron.


    *Shoouh!* The red and ck fire ray from Heinald''s hand rushed directly into the cauldron. The temperature inside the room reached a scorching temperature within seconds. The ck cauldronpletely turned a me-red color.


    "It must go on a little longer!" Heinald grit his teeth as he stared at the small cauldron he was holding.


    Because his Spiritual MagicDeath Raywas incredibly powerful, it was draining arge amount of Magic Energy in return.


    This process continued for about two minutes. He had never used his Spiritual Magic for this long before. His Magical Energy had almostpletely dried up, now his entire body began to tremble and a great sense of pressure began to appear in the depths of his soul.


    When Heinald decided that the boiler had warmed enough, he stopped heating it any further. The protective formation surrounding the chamber had almoste to a state of disintegration, even though it was not exposed to direct fire.


    When Heinald opened the lid of the cauldron in his hand, he saw that the Hare Eye inside it had shrunk considerably. It used to be the size of a walnut, but now it''s the size of a hazelnut.


    "Blood Spoiling Pill is sessfully done! Heinald grinned happily. He was going to use this pill at the crux of his n. Since the purity of this pill was so low, the body would develop full immunity to it in one use. He had only one use right, which made him feel bad, but he still had hope that he could create another form in the future.


    When Heinald came out of his room hourster, Dane and Morena asked what he was doing, but they didn''t get a proper answer from him. He wanted to keep the Blood Spoiling Pill as a secret. Not that he did n''t trust Dane and Morena, no, he did n''t trust Baunt, the stranger in the group, and he did n''t want to reveal information about this pill.


    "Now listen carefully, I''ll tell you the n in my head." Heinald took turns looking at his two friends standing next to him.


    "Have you prepared a n already?" Dane asked in surprise.


    Heinald grinned and began to exin his n.


    ******


    "Morena! I''m here!" Heinald waved to his friend who had entered Ulmy''s Card Club.


    "Heinald, it''s been a long time!" Morena quickly walked over to Heinald and hugged him.


    "Yeah, it''s been a really long time." Heinald had a happy smile on his face.


    "I heard from old Coby that you''ve obtained some valuable potion forms and working on them." Morena said.


    "Yes, I was lucky and after several sessful experiments I was able to sessfully brew a few potions!" Heinald nodded.


    The conversation between the two caught the attention of a middle-aged man at the next table. This man had blue eyes and wavy brown hair.


    This was the man Heinald had seen!


    Getting this man''s attention was the first step in Heinald''s n. He had been watching this man for days and trying to learn about his routine. This man would usually meet up with some of his friends at the same hour and chat. He was a Level 1 Ainsar, as it can be understood from his acts, he had an important and senior rank in the organization.


    That''s why Heinald and Morena yed the role of friends who haven''t seen each other for a long time, and they put forward the ''Potion'' argument that would get that man''s attention. It was quite obvious that Heinald was still very young. In any case, the point that caught this man''s attention was that Heinald was not just a potion master, but a young potions master.


    An Ainsar who managed to be a potion master at a young age would be someone all organizations, families, and various Ainsar Alliances would like to acquire. They hoped to somehow bond with them, using his inexperience from his young age.


    However, Heinald was far more experienced than his current age, as he was constantly trained by an Ainsar even as a child. Especially his grandfather told him about his various memories and asked him to draw experiences from these memories.

 Chapter 61: Plan Successful!

    Chapter 61: n Sessful!


    "Excuse me, I overheard unintentionally. Are you a Potions Master?"


    When Heinald looked in the direction of the voice, he realized that the first step of his n had seeded and grinned inside. This voice belonged to that man!


    "The first phase of the n isplete! I''ve managed to get that man''s attention." Heinald muttered inwardly.


    "Yes, I am a Potions Master." Heinald replied quite firmly of himself.


    "If it''s not rude, may I ask what potions you can brew?" The man asked with a polite smile."I don''t understand why this concerns you." Heinald spoke tly.


    "My name is Erald. I''m a member of an organization operating in this kingdom. Frankly, we don''t want to miss a young potions master. I thought that if I found out what potions you knew, I could set the terms of the deal I would offer you."


    Heinald saw the man fill with anticipation. But he wasn''t going to jump right away, he wanted to show some resistance first.


    "What kind of activities does your organization carry out?" asked Heinald.


    "I''m sorry but I don''t have the authority to disclose our activities, at least in a ce like this" Erald looked around and shook his head.


    "I''m sorry, but I don''t want to be associated with an organization I know nothing about." said Heinald.


    "Oh! I can understand you too. We can talk about our mutual interests in a more private ce if you want." Erald said hastily.


    Erald gave Heinald a card with the address to meet him two dayster and left. The address was a ce called Linadres Mansion in Jusen City. He didn''t know where this mansion was or who it belonged to.


    Heinald and Morena, thinking that there might be people watching, continued their roles and left after spending time there for a while. They both went to different ces and visited a few shops to risk being tracked. Later, they both returned to their inn at different times.


    "It''s really great news that your n is working wlessly!"


    When Dane heard what had happened, he was quite pleased. They had sessfully connected with a member of the organization. Moreover, since this person was able to invite Heinald directly to the organization, he must have been a high-ranking person.


    Two days passed quickly.


    After a short investigation, Heinald learned where the Linadres Mansion was. This pavilion belonged to a trading group called Eternity Hill. He didn''t understand how the Awakened Nightmare organization was rted to this trade group. But even indirectly, there seemed to be a connection between them.


    When Heinald showed the card to the guards at the entrance of the mansion, one of the guards led him directly into the mansion.


    "Heinald! I''m d you''re here."


    While Erald was talking to someone in the garden of the mansion, he saw Heinalding and immediately walked over to him.


    "Greetings." Heinald gave a light nod.


    "Wee! Follow me and we can talk freely in the next lounge."


    Erald took him to a ce to the north of the mansion, where the huge mountains were visible in all their glory. The mansion had a very nice view as it was on a high part of the city. Almost the entire city could be seen from here.


    "First of all, let me introduce our organization to you. Our organization is called Awakened Nightmare. Our purpose is to do research on Magical Beasts and study their biology. Since we do research on Magical Beasts, we have to fight them very often. So a potion master would be very useful to us, especially if it''s a young person like you."


    Heinald pretended to be impressed by what he heard, but was actually grinning contemptuously inside.


    "Your job is really tough! Magical Beasts are pretty dangerous." said Heinald.


    "It is! We are also conducting research on many other dangerous animals." said Erald.


    There was not only Magical Beasts in the world of Ainsar. There were also many animals and creatures that could not use elemental energy but had very strong bodies. These animals could be much more powerful and dangerous than Magical Beasts ording to their evolution process.


    "Coming to the main point, I hope we can cooperate with a mutual interest agreement. If you can tell me the potions you can brew, we can adjust the conditions ordingly." Erald sat up straight and put on a serious expression.


    His amazement grew as Heinald listed the various potions he could brew for him. He looked confused, but at the same time, he didn''t seem to believe it. This could be taken for granted because Heinald was more familiar with potion forms than most old Ainsars who were into potions. The sess rate through eyes of the Moon Thief was also quite high, but he didn''t tell him about it. It would be best not to go too far, though.


    "You can test me whenever you want. And if I support you with these potions, what benefits will you give me?" Heinald also had a serious expression on his face.


    "I''d better discuss this with my father, our organization leader. I''m sure he''ll make a very generous offer." Erald was looking into the eyes of Heinald in front of him. He was obviously trying to figure out if he was lying.


    He had noticed the endless confidence in Heinald''s eyes, but it was hard to believe that he had be such an expert in potions at such a young age. Still, even though he knew he would find out the actual result after testing him, something inside him told him that he wasn''t lying.


    Heinald received an invitation toe back to the mansion the next day. Erald did not give any information about the leader of the organization and kept his identity secret. He was going to talk to him about their offer to Heinald.


    Heinald came back to the mansion the next day. Erald greeted him likest time and took him to a ce where they could talk undisturbed.


    "I spoke to my fatherst night. Assuming your potion brewing skills were correct, he made a very generous offer to you." said Erald.


    "Oh? I''m listening." Heinald''s eyebrows rose.


    "When you join our organization and fulfill your obligations, you will receive 300,000 Arkana Stones each year." said Erald.


    "Move 300,000 Arkana a year? A much better offer than I expected." Heinald muttered inwardly allowed an impressed expression on his face.


    Erald smiled confidently when he saw Heinald''s expression.


    "Move 300,000 Arcana a Year...You''d have to be an idiot to say no to this offer!" said Heinald.


    "HAHA! Indeed!" Erald burst outughing and added, "I''ll take you to Old Man Rolls now. You''ll work together often in the future because he''s also a potions master. He''ll test you, and if he approves, we''ll officially start the coboration by making a Blood Agreement!"


    Erald and Heinald came to a great hall on the third floor of the mansion. This entire hall was filled with various alchemical tools. In the middle of the hall was an old man of short stature and sparse hair, almost invisible among the books. He lifted his head when he heard footsteps approaching.


    "Erald! Have you brought new blood?" The old man closed the book in front of him and started walking towards the two of them.


    "Yes! And a Potions Master despite his age!" Erald answered enthusiastically.


    "Oh?" The old man began to stare at Heinald.


    Likewise, Heinald was looking at him. The energy emanating from this old man showed that he was a Level 1 Ainsar. However, he was weaker than himself in terms of Spiritual Power.


    "Hi, my name is Heinald. I think you''re going to test me."


    "Yes son. Show me your skills!" The old man nodded.


    ******


    After a few hours.


    "It''s really hard to believe!" The old man was quite confused. This young man in front of him was the greatest talent he had ever seen. He didn''t believe it at first when he told him the list of potions he could brew, butter he asked him various questions and asked him to brew potions ording to some potion forms he had given him.


    The result was truly incredible!


    This young man had both fully answered the questions and brewed a potion perfectly.He had never met a young man who could answer his questions so calmly and quickly before. He wouldn''t be surprised if this young man in front of him was a member of a famous and powerful Ainsar family, but if he was, it would be absurd to be in this organization.


    Finally, he would brew the potions he had dered he could brew before. Of course, he would do it privately because if someone was with him, he would learn the form content of the potion for free.


    Heinald was provided with the ingredients he requested, and indeed he managed to brew all the potions he dered in full. Old Rolls himself confirmed that the potions were made from ingredients that were supplied by checking the ingredients themselves.


    Thus, Heinald''s testing process was over.

 Chapter 62: Meeting the Head of the Organization

    Chapter 62: Meeting the ''Head'' of the Organization


    Erald brought him to the Cruxal''s area to take him to his father. The Dark Energy around thisnd was as dense as ever. Cruxals were nowhere to be seen, only the moonlight and the swaying of rotten grass in the wind, as throughout the region.


    "What is the source of this intense Dark Energy?" asked Heinald.


    Dane and the others would haveughed a lot if they saw him in this state, because he was expertly ying the part that he really didn''t know anything about.


    Erald said, "It would be better if my father told you that."


    Heinald and Erald stopped when they came to therge stone ruins at the back of the estate. When Erald came in front of the strangely carved oval stone, he ced his hand on the stone and sent out Magical Energy. Then the carvings glowed green and the ground began to shake slightly.


    Part of the floor had split in two, giving the center the appearance of stairs leading down.


    "This way." Erald started down the stairs.


    As they descended, they entered a cold tunnel. After walking for a while, arge oval stone full of carvings appeared in front of them again. Likest time, Erald ced his hand on the stone and sent out his Magical Energy.


    As the carvings glowed green, the side wall split in two, revealing a long corridor this time that looked very clean and elegant. There was a long red rug and elegant tables in the hallway. It was illuminated by candlesticks on the ceilings.


    Heinald asked, "Is this the headquarters of the organization?"


    "No. This is just an underground building that we built to run our work temporarily." Erald replied.


    "When did you build this ce?" asked Heinald.


    Erald said, "The construction of this ce waspletedst year."


    "They must have built this ce to be close to whatever the source of the Dark Energy was..." Heinald muttered inwardly, his curiosity was growing.


    When they crossed the corridor, they came to arge door that was obviously made of very solid wood. There were various rune engravings on the door. When Heinald studied these runes, he guessed that they actually belonged to a defensive formation.


    While Heinald and Erald were waiting in front of the door, the door suddenly opened by itself. As the door opened, a soothing scent of incense came from inside. Inside was a man with long jet ck hair. The first thing that stood out about this man was that he had arge burn mark on the left side of his face. The energy waves emanating from him revealed that he was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    The room was surrounded by bookcases and shelves. The mes in the firece on the left side of the room were the only thing illuminating the room, so there was a dim ambiance. There were some engraved symbols on the walls of the room thaty unlit.


    "Father, I brought the potion master I was talking about yesterday." Erald said.


    "You can leave, Erald." The man nodded slightly and stood up.


    "Sir!" Heinald bowed his head and greeted the Ainsar in front of him.


    "If I''m not mistaken, your name was Heinald, right?" When the man stood up, his imposing body was revealed. He was quite tall and his shoulders were very broad. It was obvious that he was putting in extra effort to improve his body.


    "Yes.


    "My name is Kroll Erin. Frankly, I am quite impressed with your skills. For your young age, you are both a good potion master and have more spiritual energy than most of Level 1 Ainsars."


    "I just love to work, and my luck has helped me a lot." Heinald was humble.


    "Since you''re here, you must have found the offer I offered you sufficient." Kroll said.


    "Yes, quite a generous offer." Heinald nodded.


    "I saw on the list that was brought to me that you could brew some very useful potions. So I wanted to reciprocate." Kroll scratched his wound.


    "Can I ask something I''m curious about?" Heinald paused for a moment, then looked directly at Kroll.


    "Of course."


    "Why does the Dark Energy around the region originate?"


    "Oh! I can only inform you after you officially join us." said Kroll.


    "I see, then we can make the Blood Agreement." said Heinald.


    Kroll immediately began to prepare the deal. ording to this agreement, Heinald could not show any hostility towards anyone in the organization and could not betray the organization in any way and could not disclose any information about the organization. Likewise, no one in the organization could show hostility to Heinald or betray him in any way. The responsibility for this would be directly on the leader of the organization. Moreover, Heinald would brew two potions for the organization every day, and at the end of the year he would receive a full payment of 300,000 Arkana Stones.


    After the terms of the agreement were prepared, it was time for thest step, the blood signature.


    Heinald swallowed the Blood Spoiling Pill that he had been holding in the corner of his mouth for a long time. This was the most important part of the job. He would only have two seconds after mixing with the blood, after which his blood would be back to normal.


    "Now!" When Heinald felt the change inside him, his blood dripped.


    The Blood Seal glowed red.


    "Sess!" Heinald grinned inside. His blood was back to normal, and the blood he had dripped was no longer his own. Thus, the obligations he epted no longer belonged to him.


    "Okay! Now that our deal is done, I can answer some of your questions." Kroll nodded in satisfaction.


    "Why is the Dark Energy in the area so dense?" Heinald asked the question again.


    Kroll said "Due to some of the Dark Energy rted experiments we''ve been dealing."


    Heinald simply nodded. He didn''t want to attract attention by asking too many questions, he always got the same answer. However, despite being a member, he was not told why the Dark Energy density in the area was causing it. He wondered if he would be told in the future, but if not, he would have found out himself anyway.


    "Now that you are a member, put your hand on this orb, it will recognize your presence. This way you will have permission to enter and exit the doors. But remember, your authority will be the potions department and the room that will be prepared for you. If you need help, you can ask Rolls for help. That too. he''ll be seen often in the potions section." After Kroll had finished speaking, he pointed at the orb with his finger.


    A ck orby beside the table. There were various runes on the orb, these runes were actually the building blocks of the security formation that controlled the entrances and exits. When he touched the ck orb, the runes on the orb shed momentarily with a pale yellow light.


    With Kroll''s order, a room and aboratory were prepared for Heinald. He was free to do whatever he wanted as long as he brewed the two potions ordered for him daily. Heinald nned to spend the rest of his time making potions. In the Risw n''s library, he had obtained valuable, but iplete, potion forms. Work on them would try to fill the gaps in the form.


    Of course, as long as he was inside this building, he would not neglect to observe and investigate what the source of the Dark Energy was.


    Since Heinald had supplies to buy, he left the organization''s underground building and started riding towards Jusen City. But before he got there, he decided it would be better to visit Dane and the others.


    "Wee! What happened?" When Dane saw Heinalding, he greeted him.


    "I managed to join the organization." said Heinald.


    "What!? It''s that easy?" Morena was quite surprised.


    "They didn''t want to make a Blood Agreement because they''re going to pay me for every potion they take from me, and I won''t have any duties other than making potions. So I don''t have the right to enter any part of the building other than my work area. They didn''t take precautions with the Blood Agreement, but they took their precautions by limiting me."


    Heinald immediately made up a lie. He had actually managed to evade the deal by using the Blood Spoiling Pill, but he didn''t want to reveal it. Because this pill, which he created as a result of many experiments, would attract great attention if it was heard. Although he trusted Dane and the others, he had failed to trust Baunt. He especially didn''t want her to know about the existence of the Blood Spoiling Pill.


    "And how did they make sure you wouldn''t expose their headquarters?" Mady asked.


    "They probably think I wouldn''t dare." Heinald shrugged.


    "Apparently it will take you some time to get past the restrictions and learn useful information...Maybe you''ll never learn." Dane nodded thoughtfully.

 Chapter 63: Unfortunate Erald

    Chapter 63: Unfortunate Erald


    "I''ll let them use me for a while. Remember, I infiltrated there to gather information anyway. If I can gather enough information, we will make a raid on them. If I can''t gather enough information, I''ll leave the organization. After all, there is no formal agreement that binds me to them."


    Heinald''sst words were true. At worst, he would ignore what was happening here and leave. The reason why he epted this dangerous job was his curiosity and interest in the source of Dark Energy. Moreover, there is a possibility that he had a chance to ess the resources of this organization.


    "Did you sense the power level of the leader of the organization?" Morena asked.


    "The energy waves emanating from him showed that he was an early rank Level 2 Ainsar." replied Heinald.


    After talking to them a few more things, Heinald left Penrith Town without further ado and rode to Jusen City. Dane and the others would still remain in this town, observing events and awaiting news from him.


    When he reached the city, he immediately went to the market area and bought various materials he needed. He would try toplete the missing forms of the Distilled Thunder Essance, Shield of Fire Heart, and Rhimpous potions by experimenting.


    These potions were all elemental immunity potions. Therefore, the active materials in them had to contain elemental metal particles. For example, he was considering using the Winged Sea Serpent''s pericardium for Distilled Thunder Essance because this Magical Beast''s natural elemental predisposition is lightning. If he failed, he would experiment on the organs of a different Lightning-prone Magical Beast.


    The same procedure was valid for all potions based on elemental immunity!


    He thought that these potions would have enough time to make up for his shorings. After all, brewing two potions a day wouldn''t be too much of a problem for him, he could spend the rest of his time productively.


    The days passed quickly and a few months passed.


    Heinald was not allowed to enter most ces in the building. Therefore, he could not collect enough information about the experiments and studies. However, one thing he was sure of was that the Dark Energy source was under the building. Each day he brewed the two potions requested of him, and in the time that was left to him, he did various experiments toplete the missing potion forms.


    Of course, he didn''t just spend the rest of his time doing experiments. He tried toe up with a n to find out what the Dark Energy source was, but couldn''t figure out how to do it due to his limited freedom. However, over time he was able to establish some conversational bonds with Erald.


    Through this conversation, he had learned that he was interested in formations, but could not get any more details. In this organization, there was at least one branch that everyone worked on. Erald was clearly working in the ''formation'' branch, but he hadn''t told him which and what kind of formation he was working on.


    Still, Heinald had managed to learn some information during his time in the organization. A small part of this he had gathered from brief conversations with Erald and other members of the organization he asionally encountered. Most of it was obtained thanks to an old powder mix form that he found while tampering with the library in Old Rolls''boratory in this building.


    The form he found was called "Shadow Powder" and was actually pretty useless to most Ainsars. The person using this powder would be invisible in the shadows, but if that person could n''t hide their energy, it wouldn''t make any sense because he would be noticed immediately.


    But Heinald knew how to hide his energy, so this powder was very useful to him. Although the preparation of this powder required a long process, it was not difficult. It could be said to be much, much simpler, especially whenpared to brew potions.


    When Heinald concealed his energy and sprinkled this powder on himself, he waspletely invisible in the shadows, allowing him to overhear the conversations of many members of the organization talking to each other and make various observations.


    Heinald had previously been unable to create a n due to his limited range of motion and knowledge. However, he managed to create a n in his mind with the information he had easily gathered with the invisible observations he made thanks to Shadow Powder. His first target would be Erald, because he alone had the authority to go down to the Dark Energy source, except the organization leader.


    Erald knew what was down there, so the first part of the n was to infiltrate his room and neutralize him and imprison his spirit, then question him and find out everything.


    Through his observations, he had learned his daily routine. He would leave his room in the morning ande back in the evening to lock himself in his room, asionally leaving his room, but that was rare.


    Heinald and his room were located in the northern part of the building, just like the other members. ording to his calctions, Erald''s room was located in the lower cross of his room. He would dig a tunnel from his own room to reach Erald''s room. It was the only way to sneak into his room.


    Of course, he had no intention of digging a tunnel into Erald''s room with a pickaxe in his hand. He would carve the hard rock floor with the Death Ray. Using his Spiritual Magic for 30 seconds every day, he would slowly carve the ground by melting it. The unbelievable heat that emerged and the fire energy waves that emerged would make a protective formation in his room so that no one could feel it.


    The point here was to make sure Erald was out.


    After making sure that Erald was outside, Heinald used his Spiritual Magic to carve in the ground beneath him for thirty seconds each day. Although Death Ray only touched the ground for thirty seconds, the incredible, single-point heat melted even the stone floor pretty quickly.


    He managed to reach his goal in about 15 days.


    There was a hole in the ceiling of Erald''s room. Heinald came out of the hole and jumped down, once he reached the floor, he immediately scanned his surroundings for possible traps. When he saw no danger, he rxed and began to carefully examine the surroundings. The room was quitergepared to his own room.


    On the right side of the room were five gold sticks one meter long, there were white crystal balls above them. They were emitting a pale blue light. Five gold sticks were lined up to form a circle, a kind of energy field had formed inside the circle they had formed.


    "This looks like a formation..." Heinald muttered to himself, turning around the formation to examine it. However, he did not understand why this formation was made or how it was made. He continued to examine it for a while, and then began to search the rest of the room. Huge bookcases filled most of the room, with thousands of books, scrolls, and misceneous items in them. Next to it was arge desk and bedroom section.


    Heinald''s n was to make an unpleasant surprise attack on Erald and neutralize him, but the liquor bottle he saw on his desk gave him a more assured idea. He took a vial from the dimensional pocket of his robe,there were a ck liquid inside the vial. He gently uncapped the vial and poured two drops into the liquor bottle.


    Inside this vial was a powerful paralyzing poison.


    "That''s another problem I have to deal with." Heinald shifted his gaze to the ceiling and peered into the hole. The ceiling was quite high so it wasn''t easy to see, but it would still be a big risk just standing there. So he closed the hole in the ceiling with big white papers he found. It was obvious if you looked closely, but it camouged the hole quite adequately unless you looked carefully.


    Finally, Heinald found a good shadow to hide in. After concealing his energy and using Shadow Powder, he waspletely unnoticeable. After hours of waiting, the stone door split open and then closed again. As with the locations of the building, these doors could only be opened by the Magic Energies of those with ess rights. Of course, the door could be knocked down with a powerful spell, but this would immediately draw everyone''s attention to that area.


    When Erald came in, he went straight to the formation and, after examining it for a bit, snorted something iprehensible and walked over to his desk. Sitting at his desk, he took out a notebook from one of the side drawers and began to write to it. After writing for a while, he stopped and poured himself a ss of drink, then continued writing.


    A dozen secondster, Erald''s writing hand suddenly stopped. There was no expression on his face, his eyes were only looking at one point. He soon fell over in his seat, drooling from his mouth.

 Chapter 64: Emergency!

    Chapter 64: Emergency!


    When Heinald saw the situation of Erald,he smiled satisfied in the shadows and leapt out of the shadows. He walked over to Erald and started looking at him, he couldn''t move his eyes, but when he saw Heinald, his pupils constricted. All color had drained from his face and he was starting to look like a fisherman who had drowned three days ago.


    Wasting no time, he created a Spirit Imprisonment Formation and imprisoned Erald''s spirit in the Sin Stone.


    "W-What have you done!" Erald''s voice, filled with anger, surprise, and fear, came from within the Sin Stone. It was easy to guess that he was quite confused. Unlike others whose souls were imprisoned in the Sin Stone, he didn''t know why he was imprisoned, he might not even have realized that he was imprisoned yet.


    "I''ll ask you for some information." Heinald said quite naturally.


    "H-Heinald stop joking! Get me out of here right now!" It was clear that Erald was trying to stay calm.


    "Jokes?" Heinald sighed.


    "Tell me what''s going on now and get me out of here!" Erald''s voice sounded calmer than before.


    "I imprisoned your spirit in a stone..." Heinald shrugged and looked at the Sin Stone. "Of course, I could not learn the secrets of the organization from you by speaking in a friendly manner, so I followed a different path.


    "W-What are you saying..." Erald hissed.


    "First, let''s start with the question I am most curious about, what is the source of the Dark Energy radiating from below the building and felt throughout the area?" Heinald''s voice grew slightly louder.


    "Heinald, get me out now, damn it!" Erald roared in frenzied anger,pletely ignoring the question.


    "Here we go again." Heinald sighed and began to torture Erald''s spirit by sending pure fire energy to the Sin Stone.


    Erald''s cries, indicating terrible suffering, overflowed the Sin Stone.


    Heinald didn''t want to waste much time, so he had to get the answers he wanted quickly.


    "Chest! The source of Dark Energy is the chest below, please stop!" Erald began to reveal what he knew to stop the unbearable torture.


    "Chest?" Heinald frowned.


    "Yes! The chest is protected by a formation. When we discovered this chest, we realized that it would take a long time to ovee this formation, and we built this building to be close to it. My task is to develop a formation that will destroy the formation protecting the chest." Erald''s voice stopped for a moment, then continued. "The formation protecting the chest is a kind of barrier, we tried to destroy it with dozens of powerful spells but failed. So my father gave me the task to create a formation that could destroy the barrier surrounding the chest."


    "So the formation I see next door is the formation you were working on to destroy the barrier?" Heinald took a sneaking nce to the side.


    "Yes."


    "What a headache..." Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "You made a Blood Agreement, how can you be a traitor?" Erald asked in a depressing voice.


    "You''re also going to tell me all the important information you''ve gained in your training on formations!" A cold gleam passed in Heinald''s eyes and he ignored his question. Erald''s knowledge of formations would undoubtedly be useful to him as well.


    Heinald tortured the reluctant Erald for hours and extorted all important information from him. He then stored all the valuable books, scrolls, and notes in the room in the dimensional pocket of his robe. Finally, with Erald''s half-hearted help and curse words, he turned the formation on the side of the room into a bomb.


    This formation was originally designed to create a force field that would destroy the barrier. With the slightest change to this formation, the energy would be unbnced and a terrible explosion would ur. That''s why it broke the structure of a few seals forming the formation and made the formation somewhat ''distorted''.


    After activating the formation, he quickly jumped to the hole in the ceiling and reached his room. He immediately left his room and went to the Old Rolls, which was on the south side of the building. He had left behind a bomb that was about to explode at any moment, and he had entered the potionsb as if he didn''t know anything.


    "Old Rolls, I have something to consult with you." Heinald approached the old man as usual.


    "For me?" Old Rolls'' eyebrows rose. "I''d love to hear it!"


    *BAM!*


    Just as Heinald had opened his mouth, an explosion sounded that made heaven and earth groan.


    "What''s going on!?" Heinald quickly threw himself to the ground, shielding his head.


    The explosion was so violent that the entire building shook violently for seconds. The sound of copsing stones and earth could be heard throughout the building. All the alchemy tools and books in the potionsb had been knocked over by the shaking.


    Heinald looked around in horror, as if he didn''t know anything.


    "There was a big explosion!" Old Rolls'' expression darkened and he quickly stepped out. Even though they were far from the northern part where the rooms were located, the entire corridor was covered with a cloud of dust. Numerous cracks had formed in the walls of the corridor, dust pouring out of them.


    Heinald was following Rolls, who was rushing to the north side.


    "Lord Kroll! What''s going on?" When Rolls saw the leader of the organization, who was looking around with a stern look, he quickened his steps.


    "I''m wondering that too, Rolls. What''s going on!?" Veins appeared on various parts of Kroll''s face. It was obvious that he was quite angry and confused. He stared hard at thepletely destroyed northern section, the explosion destroyed not only Erald''s room but the entire northern section.


    "All the rooms..." Heinald paused beforepleting his sentence.


    "What could have caused this?" '' Rolls asked.


    "Erald..." Kroll murmured vaguely.


    "He...Is he dead?" Rolls'' expression was pretty ugly.


    With the force of the explosion, the entire section was destroyed. It was clear that no one would survive this explosion. Later that day, a state of emergency was dered and other members of the organization were summoned to the underground building. Various creatures created by the organization as a result of various experiments and one Cruxal were taken into the underground building to keep watch. Because of this, the inside of the building was stinking and the Dark Energy density had increased. But the real chilling thing was the gloomy ambiance and cursed aura that pervaded the ce.


    Heinald was sitting in silence with Old Man Rolls in the Potions Department''sb. He was acting like he had no idea what was going on, his facial expressions were in that direction, but he was actually lost in a dense cloud of thoughts.


    He had the information he wanted, but he wasn''t sure how the n should go. Erald''s death would unsettle the entire organization. Although his death might seem like an ident, Kroll would definitely start to search for the truth. He didn''t think he would find the truth any time soon, but he still had to be cautious.


    After hours of thought, the idea of raiding began to seem more and more dangerous to him. He had learned important information, but had also rmed the organization. With the security measures so stepped up and Kroll, a Level 2 Ainsar, looking for a criminal, a raid would only be a route for those who wanted to die. That''s why he decided not to tell anyone what happened, as time went on, he would try to seize the chest alone if an opportunity came his way, but for now this idea was a madness.


    Heinald left the underground building for a few days, and after making sure he wasn''t being followed, went to Penrith Town to talk to the others. When he got there, he immediately began to feel the gloomy ambiance of the town in the depths of his soul. Still, it could be said that it was a much more heartwarming ce than the underground building of the organization.


    When Heinald entered the house, he saw that everyone was there, including Baunt. Everyone was eagerly waiting to hear thetest developments from him. Traces of impatience could be seen in their eyes and in their speech, it was clear that they did not want to sit still any longer. unfortunately, they did not receive the kind of news they wanted; they were simply told that the situation was stable by Heinald.


    "So what are we gonna do?" This was the only question on everyone''s mind in the house.


    Heinald had not told them any of the events that had happened. He told them he was trying to get enough information, but the restrictions and secrecy were too much. He had joined the Awakened Nightmare organization to seek insider information and leak, but no one there anticipated that he would face such strict restrictions.


    Baunt slowly stood up and exhaled. "I had hope at first, but I guess I have to ask my n for help. I thought I could seed on my own, but I guess this is beyond me."


    "From your n?" Heinald''s brows furrowed slightly.


    "My grandmother is the leader of the Avveleon n. She is a Level 2 Ainsar, if we can raid with her help..." Baunt paused for a while. "We can find out what the source of Dark Energy is."


    "If your n joins, how will the harvest be distributed?" '' Dane asked.


    "I''m going to go talk to my grandma first, then we''ll talk about the terms again." Baunt''s gaze and tone of voice showed that he was quite thoughtful.


    Baunt soon said goodbye and left.


    "I did not expect this at all... If a Level 2 Ainsar is with us, our job will be much easier, but it wille at a cost." Heinald''s expression darkened. Events had unfolded in a way he had never imagined.

 Chapter 65: Truth

    Chapter 65: Truth


    It took about ten days for Baunt to return to town. During this time, Heinald had continued to brew potions for the organization on a daily basis. Dane and the others spent their time observing around as usual.


    When Dane reported the Baunt''s return to Heinald through the Communication Crystal, he immediately left the organization''s underground building unnoticed and rode into Penrith Town. When he reached the town and entered the house, he found everyone pensive. Everyone''s eyes were staring at something.


    "Have you brought news from your n?" Heinald went up to Baunt and asked.


    "Yes, I brought an offer." Baunt sounded.


    "You will not like it." Dane murmured.


    "My grandmother and a few Level 1 Ainsars from our n wille here to help us, but in return, whatever the source of Dark Energy is, she will take it." Baunt looked around. "You will get all the other resources of the organization."


    "I''ve spent all the time I''ve been here for the source of that Dark Energy." said Heinald sternly.


    "Maybe." Baunt shrugged recklessly. "That''s the offer, we won''t get anything if you don''t ept it.


    A cold gleam passed in Heinald''s eyes and he looked at everyone in the house one by one. Everyone was assessing the situation and the offer with a serious facial expression. What Baunt said was true, if they didn''t agree they wouldn''t be able tounch a raid and they would just keep wasting time here. But a source of Dark Energy that was felt throughout the region was too much of a value. Maybe even hundreds of times more valuable than the resources the Awakened Nightmare organization had.


    There would be a great injustice.


    "I do not ept." After much thought, Heinald shook his head.


    "So what about you?" Baunt began to look after Dane and the others.


    "We''ve lost a lot of time here and now we need to get some resources." Dane murmured.


    "Well then, there''s no point in staying here any longer if you won''t be with us." Baunt gave Heinald a cold look.


    "Is that so? Do you know the entrance and the pathways to the underground building?" Heinald gave Baunt a disdainful nce.


    "We can knock their entrance down." Baunt said confidently.


    "Maybe, but they will be the ones who defending, and it''s clear that if you attack directly, you''re going to lose. I should also mention that I discovered a secret entrance to the building the other day." Heinald smiled faintly, but the cold look in his eyes did not go away.


    "So what is it you want?" Baunt eyed him for a while, then narrowed his eyes and asked.


    "I want 60% percent of the resources of the organization and Arkana Stones worth of 25% of Dark Energy source." Heinald paused for a moment and then continued. "In the end, I still take the biggest risk."


    "Heinald, are we just getting a forty percent reward?" Mady frowned and looked at Heinald.


    "As I said, I took the biggest risk among you. I assume no one will deny that..." Heinald eyed everyone one by one.


    "Lets ept it! It''s clear we won''t get anything if we don''t..." Dane looked at Morena, Ruske, and Mady in turn.


    He saw them all shake their heads reluctantly.


    "So be it! My grandmother will ept this offer." Baunt eyed Heinald coldly.


    The time of the raid that night was set a monthter. During this time, everyone would prepare for the raid. Baunt''s grandmother and some n members woulde to this house with him. Dane and the others were also going to Jusen City to take care of some of their needs.


    Heinald also wanted to go to Jusen City to meet some of his needs, but he had potions to deliver every day and he couldn''t brew potions during the journey. So he made potions nonstop for a few nights and delivered them en masse.


    Then, he traveled to Jusen City.


    When Heinald went to Jusen City, he bought the ingredients to brew Eitruis and Astol''s Caustic Poison Potion. He did not neglect to buy a few Uthus Cores, as it was unclear when it would be needed. He then returned to Penirith Town again, without lingering in the city.


    The raid was less than half a month away when he returned to Penirith Town.


    Stepping into the town''s ominous ambiance, he saw Baunt approaching from afar. However, Baunt was incapable of seeing him at long distance. Only the moonlight above dissipated the darkness a little.


    With the idea that came to Heinald''s mind, he immediately tied his horse to one of the fences standing there. After using his energy concealment technique, he made himself invisible in the shadows with Shadow Powder and started walking slowly through the shadows.


    He was curious and wanted to know where Baunt had visited. So he would secretly wait for him until he left the house, then try to follow him.


    By the time Heinald got near the house, Dane and the others had gone out too.


    "Have you considered my offer?" Baunt looked at them and asked.


    "An offer?" Heinald repeated to himself.


    "We''ve decided to ept it. You''re right that the reward Heinald requested is too much, if the raid is sessful we''ll eliminate him." Dane spoke in a serious voice.


    "You made the right decision." Baunt smiled slyly.


    "But Heinald is not an idiot." Dane nced around and continued. "He''ll want to make a Blood Agreement."


    "It''s okay, we''ll give him the agreement he wants." Baunt let out a lowugh.


    "Hmm?" Dane narrowed his eyes.


    "See this? My grandma gave it to me." Baunt took a piece of paper out of the pocket of his robe." This is a Turesol Paper, quite rare and very valuable. A Blood Agreement made on this paper is not actually valid, but it feels like it''s valid to the parties. Only a Level 2 Ainsar or stronger being can detect the trick of this paper."


    "How do we know you won''t use it against us?" Ruske asked.


    "You can draw the Blood Seal on any paper you want." Baunt shrugged carelessly. He didn''t see any problem in letting them prepare the Blood Agreement.


    "Come in!" Dane nodded and pointed to the house.


    Heinald just stood there in the shadows. His eyes were focused on a single point and he waspletely still. After staying in the same position for a few minutes, he slowly began to clenched his fist. A sharp and dangerous look appeared in his eyes.


    "In the world of Ainsar, interest always prevails over friendships." Heinald muttered a phrase he heard from his grandfather years ago. He thought Dane and the others were good people, he had never seen these faces of them. If he had not learned the truth by chance, perhaps he would have been killed by them unexpectedly in the future.


    Heinald left with cold eyes and went straight to Lokdown Town, a town quite close to Penrith Town, and rented a house there. He spent the remaining days there brewing some potions he would need and devising a n.He would repent of those who made treacherous ns against him no matter what!


    The days passed quickly, and the appointed day for the raid arrived. Heinald had asionally visited the organization''s underground building and observed the situation there. After it became clear that Erald and three other members of the organization died in the explosion, security measures were increased in the underground building. In particr, Kroll did not believe that his son had died due to a formation error, but he could not find any evidence to the contrary.


    The sun was high when Heinald reached Penrith Town to reunite with Dane and the others. The town was as quiet and gloomy as ever, the sunlight filtering through the clouds not being enough to fully dissipate the gloomy ambiance.


    "The big day is here, are you ready?" When Dane saw Heinalding, he greeted him.


    "I am ready." Heinald smirked.


    "Good! I hope Baunt and his n will get here before nightfall."


    Dane and Heinald chatted as they used to, not revealing anything to each other. However, they both had ns in mind for each other. When the time came, ns would begin to be implemented and only one would be able to seed.


    A few hourster the door of the house opened and Baunt came in and spoke hastily. "My grandmother and my n are waiting for us at the back of town. She didn''te here because she didn''t want to attract attention, so we have to be careful if we''re going to raid."


    "Well, get these potions before you go. These potions will make your fire-based spells more effective." Heinald gave everyone two Low-Level Fire Effect Potions. Then he gave them small bottles containing a water-like liquid. "These bottles contain a cleanse liquid. If you don''t need to drink it before consuming the second potion, you will run into unpleasant side effects because you use it repeatedly."

 Chapter 66: Hidden Entrance

    Chapter 66: Hidden Entrance


    After Heinald dispensed the potions, they left the house and Baunt began to take them to the meeting ce. The sun was setting and darkness was beginning to fall slowly. Thest beams of the setting sun were hitting a wooded area,making the inside of the wooded area rtively visible.


    A group of eleven men waited among the trees. This group of Level 2 Ainsar Elyana Avveleon, the head of the Avveleon n, and her delegation. Elyana Avveleon was Baunt''s grandmother and was highly involved in Dark Magic. That''s why his grandson''s words were of great interest to her.


    "Here they are." Baunt pointed forward as he brought Heinald and the others in front of the woods.


    Heinald''s eyes were fixed on the woman in front of the waiting group in the trees. This woman had silver-colored, well-groomed hair that reached her waist. Certain parts of her hair were adorned with jewels. She had a tense face that showed she wasn''t young, although she didn''t have a single wrinkle on her face. She was taller than most women Heinald had seen. She was wearing a long white robe with blue, white, and yellow patterns on it. Her eyes were gray and his gaze was cold and contemptuous towards his surroundings.


    "Elyana Avveleon, the leader of the Avveleon n and my paternal grandmother." Baunt introduced her grandmother to the others when they arrived in front of the group waiting in the wooded area. Everyone, including Heinald, greeted the Level 2 Ainsar in front of them.


    "You must be the one who knows the secret entrance." Elyana Avveleon walked slowly and stopped in front of Heinald. Her eyes looked as if he was trying to see his soul. Her voice was calm and devoid of emotion, but there was something in that voice that made one uneasy.


    "Right." Heinald nodded.


    "Are you sure they won''t notice us entering?" Elyana asked.


    "I''m sure, you don''t have to worry. I made the necessary adjustments." Heinald looked confident.


    "Okay. Baunt tells me you''ve already agreed on terms." Elyana''s gaze wandered over Heinald, Dane, Morena, Ruske, and Mady. "Does anyone have aint about the terms?"


    Nobody made a sound.


    "Very well! Then we can make the Blood Agreement on agreed terms." said Elyana.


    Elyana took the paper Baunt had shown Dane and the others from the pocket of her robes and began to write down the terms. No one who spilled his blood would harbor treacherous thoughts towards each other, and if there was a sessful raid, the resources obtained would be distributed at a predetermined rate.


    When Heinald dripped his blood on the Blood Seal, it really felt like he had made a normal Blood Agreement. He really couldn''t detect the trick on the paper. He nced momentarily at Baunt and saw that he was staring at the Blood Seal with a devilish smile on his face. Then he quickly averted his gaze from her to avoid being noticed.


    Baunt''s demonic smile was also only momentary, thenpletely disappeared.


    "Now that we''ve done the Blood Agreement, we can move forward for the raid." Elyana said.


    Heinald had done unbearable torture to Erald and learned everything about the organization''s underground building. The building had two entrances, but no one except Kroll and Erald knew about it. The secret entrance was in a small, inconspicuous cave south of the Cruxal''s guarded area.


    They had waited until it was dark before they began advancing into that area. Then they took action and began to advance through the darkness. When they came to the cave, they started to walk quickly through the very narrow cave. The increasing intensity of Dark Energy was noticed by everyone. After walking for a long time in the curved and long cave, they came to arge stone door.


    Heinald took out the Sin Stone from the dimensional pocket of his robe. He pulled a piece of Erald''s spirit that was imprisoned in the stone and brought it out of the stone. Erald''s soul fragment looked like a small white oak in his hand.


    When Heinald touched the door, the carvings on the giant stone door glowed with white light and the stone door opened. Elyana had watched this whole process with too much attention that can''t be innocent. There was doubt and curiosity in his eyes, but he did n''t make a sound. Likewise, Baunt and the others had simr looks.


    When the stone door opened, they emerged into an old and neglected corridor. There were cobwebs almost all over the corridor. Although the immediate surroundings were lit by the mes of Ainsars, the corridor seemed to descend into an endless darkness. After walking for a long time to the end of the corridor, the stairs ascending became visible.


    As they went up the stairs, they came to arge round hall. The perimeter of the hall waspletely made of neglected stones. It was more as if a huge existing rock had been dug and made a hall. Ahead was a stone door simr to the ones they had seen before, but much smaller than it.


    Heinald used Erald''s spirit fragment to unlock it with ease as well.


    "We''vee to the western part of the underground building." Heinald turned and looked at the others. "From here on everyone be careful"


    A child''s cry was heard as Heinald finished his sentence.


    At the end of the corridor ahead was the cruxal Heinald had seen earlier, given the body of a dead child. Jet ck smoke was oozing from his eyes and mouth. He had no pupils, all his eyes looked like the darkest night.


    Cruxal suddenly spread his arms wide, and dark shadows began to emerge from its hands, attacking like wild beasts. It was heading straight for Heinald and the others.


    Elyana held out her hand and a red ball of fire formed about a meter away from her hand. Although the red ball of fire was so small, it made the environment so hot within seconds that smoke began to rise from the tunnel walls. Waves of ck shadows emanating from Cruxal''s hand were drawn into the ball of fire, the faint screams of strange screams emanating from the shadows could be heard by everyone present.


    "Are those shadows alive?" Heinald muttered inwardly, watching carefully.


    Cruxal screamed again as the shadows werepletely burned and destroyed.


    The hazelnut-sized fireball that Elyana had formed flew towards Cruxal and when it hit it, its body was instantly engulfed by fierce mes that seemed to havee from hell, turning it to ashes within seconds.


    "Where is the Dark Energy source kept?" Elyana calmly turned to Heinald and asked.


    "I''ll take you there, follow me." Heinald started walking quickly and showing the way.


    Heinald could feel the energies emitted by the members of the organizationing towards them. Baunt, Dane, Morena, Ruske and Mady immediately consumed the elixir given to them, they were noticed and would have to fight.


    "You take care of them. We will go to the source of Dark Energy." Elyana gave her orders to everyone except Heinald.


    "We need to go down to the bottom floor of the underground building, for that we have to go through the big door on the east side of the building." Heinald started walking quickly, with Elyana following him.


    As they reached the far east of the underground building, they came to a huge door surrounded by a purplish aura. Actually, it could have been more called a gate, guarded by a defensive formation along with the surrounding walls. Because they were so close to the source of the Dark Energy, they felt the Dark Energy density more intensely than they had ever felt before.


    "A security formation..." Elyana had a serious and at the same time thoughtful expression on her face. She was clearly considering how to ovee the formation in front of her.


    "Do not worry." Heinald looked at her and smiled faintly, then picked up Erald''s spirit fragment again and touched the door. The purplish aura of ash in the wind dissipated and the door opened. As the door opened, an intense wave of Dark Energy spread out. Arge number of stairs descending began to appear.


    "You...How?" Elyana locked her confused and serious gaze on Heinald.


    "The leader of the organization is inside!" Heinald ignored her, he could feel Kroll''s energy waves. He needed to get away from this area as soon as possible.


    "Go and help the others." said yna, and began to descend the stairs.


    Heinald started walking slowly down the corridors of the underground building with a disdainful expression on his face. Dane and the others had begun to fight the members of the organization, the energy waves released by the spels could be easily felt. As he continued walking down the corridor, he began to hear footsteps running fast.


    Up ahead, an old man ran out of the corridor that curved to the right. He looked around in panic, then he saw Heinald and his eyes widened.


    "Old Rolls!" Heinald opened his arms with mock enthusiasm.


    "Y-You... are you one of them?" Old Rolls was breathing extremely fast.


    "No, I''m not one of them, but I''m not one of you either." replied Heinald.


    "What does that mean?" Old Rolls frowned.


    "I think you should get out of here." Heinald ignored his question.


    "Damn you!" Old Rolls'' expression darkened and he prepared to cast a spell. However, Heinald reacted quickly and, with one thought, pulled his sword out of the dimensional pocket of his robe. He then threw the sword at him with all his might. The sword cut through the air and plunged into Rolls'' head.


    The old man''s entire body began to tremble uncontrobly. He then fell to the ground and died after dying for a few seconds. The ground had turned into a pool of blood in a matter of seconds. Heinald drew the sword that was stuck in the old man''s head and began to clean it.


    "I really didn''t want to kill you, but you left me no choice." Heinald looked at the old man''s lifeless body and shook his head.


    He hurriedly started walking towards Dane and the others. As he got closer, he began to hear screams, explosions and roars. The floor trembled and dust fell from the stone walls. Heinald saw Baunt running back down the forward corridor, followed by Dane, Ruske, and Morena.


    Heinald quickly realized that Mady was not among them.


    "Heinald! Help!" Dane was in a rather panicked state.


    "What''s going on?" Heinald began to watch him intently.


    "They attacked us with Magical Beasts and the animals they were experimenting on. We killed every member of the organization we could see, but those on our side died too. Mady...Mady too..." Dane gasped. Blood was oozing from the corner of his mouth, there was an open wound on his chest.


    "There are about six Magical Beasts." Baunt had an ugly expression on his face. He didn''t appear injured, but it was obvious that he had consumed a lot of Magic Energy.


    "They''reing!" Ruske cried out in panic.


    Six amber colored spiders wereing from behind. These spiders were short in stature butrge in width, moving quite fast. An energy equivalent to that of a Level 1 Ainsar was emanating from them. Heinald soon realized that these spiders were Dead Canyon Spiders. These spiders had high maneuvering abilities and a very strong venom that rotted in a single drop. Their only weakness was their very little endurance.


    "Morena, tie them up!" said Heinald.


    Morena immediately cast her magic called Fire Vines. The burning vines did not envelop all six spiders. At that moment, Heinald leaped forward and pointed his palms at the spiders. A scorching ray shot out of his hand and struck the foremost spiders. The spiders, fixed in ce, were unable to escape, so they were hit by the scorching fire ray.


    Heinald made an arc with the scorching ray emanating from his palms, thus burning all the spiders in the area. The spiders could not stand the intense heat and were charred in seconds. There was a foul smell of burning, and the area where the spiders were waspletely burned and ck.


    "Use the potions I gave you!" said Heinald, a rather serious expression on his face.


    "We must drink the purifying liquid first!" Morena said.


    Everyone to whom Heinald gave the potions drank the purifying liquid. They then consumed the second Low-Level Fire Effect Potion.


    *Rooooaaaarrr!* Just then, a frightening roar engulfed the surroundings.


    Loud rumblings came from the corridor on the right. When they looked to the right, they learned the cause of the noise; At the end of the long corridor a huge bear was striding towards them. The Dark Energy emanating from the bear was perceived by everyone, this bear must have been one of the organization''s experiments.


    "Watch out! This bear is not a natural Magical Beast.It was probably an ordinary bear before." Heinald was examining the bear carefully. He hadn''t thought of asking Erald about the organization''s experiments, as he often focused on asking questions about the chest and the underground building. He wondered how many experimented animals the organization had.

 Chapter 67: Battle of Level 2 Ainsars

    Chapter 67: Battle of Level 2 Ainsars


    When Elyana began to descend the stairs, she was wary of an attack that mighte her way. She found herself in arge room as she descended the stairs without any problems. The surrounding Dark Energy density was at its highest. If she had managed to be an Ainsar who could use a Dark Magic, she would be able to gather the energy in this room within her body and use it. Unfortunately, as a result of his research, she could not find a technique that would enable her to use Dark Energy.


    In the far corner of the room stood arge chest. There were three red emeralds on the chest. There were skull carvings on the top of the chest. It was surrounded by a transparent barrier. This barrier was the one Kroll and Erald had been trying to break for so long. Although the barrier''s defenses had been weakened by various methods and spells over the years, it could still be considered solid.


    Kroll was standing on the side of the chest, giving Elyana a cold stare. His son''s suspicious death had made him think of the possibility that he might be a traitor on the inside, but now he was sure. There was a traitor because only a traitor who had infiltrated the organization could allow them to sneak in. He didn''t recognize the woman in front of him and didn''t realize how easily he had gotten through the defensive formation and got in.


    "You have something quite valuable." Elyana was looking to the chest with passionate eyes.


    "Who?" Kroll kept his cold gaze on Elyana. "Who helped you get in?"


    "These are trivial questions. What I really want to know is what''s inside that chest." yna did not answer Kroll''s question.


    "You only dream of getting the chest." Kroll grunted and raised his hands and cast a spell. A wave of ice shot out from his hands and rushed towards Elyana. The ce where the ice wave had passed waspletely frozen as if it would never thaw again.


    Three circles of me appeared surrounding Elyana. These circles of me expanded and exploded, creating a sea of fire momentarily. The Ice wave that wasing towards him disappeared before it could reach her.


    The freezing cold emanating from Kroll''s magic protected him from the mes.


    Elyana started casting a new spell. A lightning ball first formed in both her hands, then those lightning balls took a snake-like shape and began to fly directly towards Kroll. The cast time of this spell was longer than other spells because it was a High Rank spell. It took exactly six seconds to cast because High Rank spells were very difficult to visualize in the mind. These spells consumed a lot of Spiritual Energy as well as tiring the mind too much. It would take an incredibly strong mind to cast these spells one after the other.


    By the time Kroll noticed this, Elyana''s spell was almost halfplete. That''s why he immediately started casting the defensive magic he had. Snake-shaped lightning nearly struck him as a fiery shield formed in front of him.


    *BAM!* When lightning struck the fire shield, there was an explosion that shook the entire underground building. Lightning bolts bouncing off the fire shield had begun to shatter the walls. At the same time, the horribly hot mes emanating from the fire shield as a result of the collision pierced molten holes in the floor and walls.


    Even though the shield from the fire saved Kroll''s life, he could not prevent his injury because he was quickly thrown back and sank into the wall. Even though he had the body strength of a level 2 Ainsar, several of his bones were broken.


    Still, this was a perfectly eptable result, if it weren''t for the defensive magic, those terrible lightning bolts were strong enough to tear him apart in a matter of seconds.


    Defensive spells were the rarest and most valuable spell type in the Ainsar world. Even the weakest defensive spell would be a High Rank spell. Moreover, unlike High Rank attack spells, the cast times would be rtively shorter. Defensive spells were very important spells as they were life-saving spells, but there was a cost to using these spells. Every defensive spell would cause some side effects to Ainsar who cast it. Although they were less mind-straining than offensive spells, stacking these spells was impossible even for mentally strong people because the price they had to pay would be too heavy.


    Kroll wanted to end this battle as quickly as possible because he had used his defensive magic. The cost of his defensive magic was that the amount of Magic Energy he could use over the next 10 hours would gradually decrease.


    Generally, the mostmon side effects of defensive spells were the gradual decrease of Magical Energy or the decrease of physical endurance over a certain time period. However, some defensive spells could have more serious costs, it was dependent on the power of the spell.


    "It''s time for you to die!" Kroll came out of the wall he was buried in and started casting his High Rank attack magic.


    Four fireballs appeared side by side in front of Kroll. These fireballs were green in color and were surrounded by a red beam of light. Heinald would have been quite surprised if he saw this scene because he thought the heat released by his Death Ray spell was too much. However, the heat emitted by these green fireballs was almost ten times greater than the heat emitted by his spiritual magic.


    Elyana frowned and started casting her defensive spell in panic.


    Green fireballs flew towards Elyana at the same time. As the fireballs were about to hit her, entire body was covered with white crystals.


    *Vousshh!* The green balls of fire exploded when they hit Elyana and began to scorch the entire room. The temperature in the room had reached thousands of degrees, the floor and walls were starting to melt. When the green mes disappeared, everything in the room looked likeva. Elyana''s crystal body was alsopletely fire orange.


    As the temperature in the room began to drop, Elyana dispersed the crystals around her.


    "Aaaahhh!" A scream of pain came out of her mouth, she had burns in various parts of her body. Even though her defensive magic was a really powerful one, it could n''t fully protect her from the dreadful mes. As a side effect of the defensive spell she used, her physical endurance would gradually decrease over the next 24 hours.


    Kroll wanted to assess the plight of his opponent. A silver light shed and a saber appeared in his hand. This Saber was an offensive type Magical Treasure. The attack-type and defense-type treasures both worked the same way; they would draw the magic energy from their owner and use that energy to activate whatever traits they were.


    Kroll rushed forward and jumped towards Elyana, the saber in his hand surrounded by mes. When he shed downwardly, the saber burned the air forward. But Elyana was not idle either, a thin and elegant sword appeared in her hand. When she swung her sword, an air stripe appeared and collided with Krull''s sword.


    As a result of the collision, an intense hot air wind and violent energy waves began to spread around. Both of their faces turned red from the power they used, the attack type magical treasures they used were constantly absorbing their Magic Energies.


    When the impact of the collision wore off, they were both thrown back a few meters, but that didn''t stop them. They both jumped forward with all their might and swung their swords at each other. A fierce ringing emerged as the swords shed, their bodily strength was also too great as they were both a Level 2 Ainsar. The ground they stepped on had caved in due to the force they exerted on each other.


    Although Elyana''s body looked much thinner and more slender than Kroll''s, she was at least as strong as him. But as a side effect of her defensive magic, her physical endurance was starting to drop fast, she had to find a way to end this battle quickly.


    Elyana dashed forward quickly and performed cross sword sh but Kroll reacted fast and parried attacks with his sword. They both continued to make strong sh attacks to each other. At one point they were so quick that a normal person could not see the sword moves at all, they could only catch the lights of the sword hitting each other.


    However, it was Elyana who was at a disadvantage in melee because her physical endurance was gradually decreasing, so she couldn''t respond quickly enough to a move from Kroll and was hit by his sword lunge.


    As Elyana quickly flew back, she aimed her hands at Kroll and cast a spell. Arge fire arrow shot out from his hand and flew swiftly towards Kroll. Kroll was momentarily ckened by the sess of his move, so he took ate action against the fire arrow sent to him by Elyana. He had managed to dodge the fire arrow with a quick side step, but the fire arrow had passed too close to him,pletely burning the left side of his waist.


    *BAM!* There was a violent explosion as the fire arrow hit the wall behind. Although the area of the explosion was small, its intensity was equal to the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder. Although this was just a Middle Rank spell, it was too powerful because it was cast by a Level 2 Ainsar.


    Kroll was hit by the shock wave from the explosion and some of his internal organs were damaged, but not critically.


    Elyana quickly flew towards the wall and sank into it. As her physical endurance gradually decreased, fractures urred in his skull and various parts of his body, and arge sword cut was formed in her abdomen. Moreover, the burn wounds previously inflicted by Kroll''s magic were getting worse and worse.


    Kroll barely got up from the ground and wanted to cast a spell, but the amount of Magic Energy he could use as a defensive spell''s side effect was decreasing, as the spells he had previously cast had already consumed arge amount of Magic Energy. Seeing that it wasn''t working, he gripped his Saber tighter and started running towards Elyana.


    Elyana barely straightened up and formed a ball of fire, sending it to Kroll, who was running towards her.


    "Damn!" Kroll realized that he could not dodge the rapidly approaching fireball by stepping aside. He sent all of the remaining small amount of Magic Energy to his sword, mes engulfing his sword again, but they were not as strong as before.


    He swung his sword and shed the fireball.


    When the ming sword and fireball collided, they radiated pure fire element energy around them for a few seconds. Then they destroyed each other, when they destroyed each other, a powerful burst of energy appeared. The impact of this explosion resulted in serious injuries to Kroll''s internal organs and limbs.


    Kroll flew back and arge amount of blood came out of his mouth, his face was pale. He was still alive when he fell to the ground, but couldn''t find the strength to stand up. Likewise, Elyana, who was badly injured, could not stand up, her ever-decreasing physical endurance was making her situation more and more difficult.

 Chapter 68: Reveal

    Chapter 68: Reveal


    In the eastern part of the underground building.


    The bear was walking menacingly at Heinald and the others. With each step, the ground it stepped on was sinking into it and the whole area was shaking. The bear was about five meters long and 3 meters wide.


    Dane started casting a spell. Elemental energy particles in the air changed and began to transform into Lightning Energy. There were lightning bolts on the bear, and then they began to fall on it.


    The giant bear began to be struck by heavy lightning, one after the other.


    At that time, Morena also finished a spell and corrosive gases appeared around her, and they curled up like flies towards the giant bear. As they surrounded the bear, the sound of acid poured into the flesh emerged.


    However, these two attacks were not enough to break through theyer of the giant bear''s body and inflict serious damage to it.


    *Roooaaaaarrrr!* The bear roared furiously and started running towards them. The whole area began to shake as if there was a small-scale earthquake.


    A silver light shed and Heinald''s sword appeared in his hand. He started running towards the bear, wanting to know how physically hard theyer covering him was.


    The giant bear made a w attack at Heinald, who wasing towards him.


    Heinald escaped the w attack by jumping into the air and, gathering all his strength in his arms, shed the bear crossly.


    His sword move left only two scratches on theyer covering the bear. This result caused his facial expression to turn ck as it would be incredibly difficult to break through the defenses of this giant divide.


    When Heinaldnded, he immediately jumped back and ran backwards, aiming to find a suitable and safe position to cast a spell. Fortunately, the bear was rather slow due to its massive size or it would have been much harder for them to deal with.


    Baunt began to cast a spell. An intense amount of fire energy began to emanate from him. His arms were surrounded by red mes and they began to radiate intense heat. He gathered all his strength in his legs and dashed forward.


    "Take this!" Baunt shouted and mmed his two fists at the huge bear. His ming fists applied an intense amount of physical and firepower to a single area. Part of theyer covering the giant bear was pierced and the bear was directly damaged.


    In fact, no one there expected Baunt''s attack to be this effective. But everyone had found it to be quite effective.


    "Is the attack more effective when concentrated in one spot?" Heinald narrowed his eyes. Previously, Dane''s spell cast had struck many parts of the bear with powerful lightning strikes, but they had almost no effect on the bear.


    After the bear roared furiously, he stood on his two feet and quickly lowered his forearms over Baunt.


    Baunt reacted quickly and jumped back, away from the bear. As the bearnded on its front legs again, the ground it had hitpletely shattered and copsed inside. The area shook violently. Pieces of stone,rge and small, fell from the surrounding walls.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald cried out in his heart and cast his spiritual magic. The deadly hot fire ray that came out of his hand went directly towards the bear''s head and struck it. His spiritual magic was one of the best it could be at dealing damage to a single point.


    At that time, Morena had created fire vines, preventing the bear from moving for a few seconds.


    *Rooooaaarrrr!" The bear roared in pain, Heinald hadn''t been able to do much damage to his head, but he had managed topletely burn theyer in its head area.


    "Aim at its head!" Heinald shouted.


    Everyone then sent damaging spells to the giant bear''s head. The giant bear painfully tried to dodge the attacks, but when he could n''t, he turned around and started running.


    "You can''t escape!" Heinald ran after the bear and jumped on it. The bear turned around to throw him off, but Heinald swiftly came to the front of the bear and thrust his sword into the bear''s head. His sword pierced through the bear''s skull and plunged into his brain.


    The giant bear fell to the ground and died after squirming for a few seconds, ck corrosive blood starting to flow from his skull.


    "This is..." Heinald saw his sword, which was made of very strong steel, begin to wear down as he sank into it.


    What kind of experiments had they done on this bear to make its blood so corrosive?


    "What was thatyer covering the bear?" Ruske took a slow breath.


    "The result of one of the organization''s strange experiments." Heinald replied.


    Dane was about to say something, but a cough from deep in his lungs stopped him. Likewise, Morena and Ruske also started coughing. Soon they were all gasping for breath and fell to the ground, a strange liquid pouring from their mouths.


    Just as Heinald was about to smile, something he realized gave him goosebumps. Baunt was eyeing him coldly; There were also traces of hatred, ridicule and anger in these eyes. He didn''t make any moves, but he was watching Heinald carefully, probably waiting for him to make a move first.


    "How? Didn''t he consume the poison I gave him?" Heinald cried out in his mind. He had to admit that he had seen the vial of poison in his hand, but not consumed it.


    "So you learned." Baunt smirked. "Otherwise it would be absurd for you to try and kill us out of nowhere."


    "How did you notice?" Heinald eyed him coldly.


    "I instantly saw the killing intent in his eyes as he handed me this bottle." Baunt took the vial of poison Heinald had given him from the pocket of his robes and shook it. "Besides, it would be foolish to trust you and consume what you gave me."


    "How about you? How did you find out we set you up?" Baunt continued to watch Heinald carefully.


    "I''m pretty good at hiding, I''ve listened to everything and none of you noticed it." Heinald took a deep breath and grinned.


    "I''d feel your presence if you were there." Baunt frowned.


    "You couldn''t feel it." Heinald shrugged.


    "Well, it doesn''t matter... After all... You''re going to die here today." A savage killing intent appeared in Baunt''s gaze.


    "I disagree, you will die today." Heinald chuckled lightly and shook his head.


    "Even if I can''t kill you, my grandma will." said Baunt.


    "Maybe,but she must survive against Kroll first. Even she does, will she have enough power remain to kill me?" Heinald smiled provocatively.


    Momentarily, Baunt widened his eyes as if he noticed something. Then, pure anger, hatred and killing intent appeared in his eyes. "So that was your n all along! Even though you knew we had ns on you, you didn''t run away."


    "Bravo!" Heinald grinned and pped.


    "You''re looking for your death!" The energy surrounding Baunt began to change. Heinald reacted quickly and jumped forward, punching him before he had finished casting the Baunt spell.


    "Oughh!" Heinald''s fierce fistnded on Baunt''s stomach, blowing him back several meters. His face was pale and breathless as he flew through the air.


    "I shouldn''t give him a chance!" Heinald muttered inwardly. Although Baunt''s spiritual power was stronger than Dane and the others, it was n''t as much as his, but he did n''t seem bothered by it.


    He might have had a n he was considering to implement, he shouldn''t have let him implement this n!


    Heinald quickly started running towards him, but Baunt quickly got up from where he had fallen and cast a spell.


    *Voushh!* An arc of fire came out of Baunt''s hand and flew towards Heinald, growing bigger and hotter.


    "Frost Wave!" Heinald cried inwardly.


    The elemental energy around Heinald changed and turned into ice energy, then an ice wave appeared around him that froze everywhere.


    Even though Baunt''s fire arc was rather hot, Heinald''s magic was more effective because of his greater spiritual strength.


    Heinald quickly pulled out an Eitruis Potion and threw it at the Baunt. When the potion bottle broke, a small cloud of gas appeared in its immediate vicinity. Baunt immediately stepped away from the gas cloud and began to look around. It was clear that he wasn''t expecting a potion bottle to be thrown at him, he looked confused.


    "Rumbling rage!" Baunt cried out in anger and cast a spell.


    Heinald felt the ground change under his feet and immediately jumped to the side. About half a secondter, a wave of me erupted upwards from where he was before. The me wave continued to erupt non-stop for several seconds.

 Chapter 69: Killing Intent

    Chapter 69: Killing Intent


    Heinald gathered strength in his legs and dashed forward. At the same time, his sword appeared in his hand while he was in the air. Baunt tried to dodge when Heinald swung his sword, but only partially seeded, as Heinald''s sword cut through his entire chest.


    "The potion is starting to take effect." Heinald burst intoughter. Baunt''s reaction was rtively slow because the potion was making him sleepy. Because of this, his reflexes were gradually slowing down.


    Baunt wanted to secure the position by leaping backwards, but Heinald wouldn''t let that happen and rushed towards him again, slicing at him from all directions. Baunt raised his hand to hastily cast a spell, but Heinald quickly stepped to the side and swung his sword downwards.


    "Aaaaahhhh!" Baunt let out a scream of pain as the wrist he was pointing at Heinald had beenpletely cut off and it had fallen to the ground like garbage.


    As Baunt grabbed his wrist in pain, Heinald swung his sword horizontally and shed his throat.


    Baunt''s eyes widened and blood started pouring out of his mouth. First he fell to his knees, then he fellpletely and died after a few seconds of writhing. The blood draining from his wrist and throat had soon turned the floor into a pool of blood.


    "I have to be careful." Even as Heinald fought Baunt, he could still feel the effects of Kroll and Elyana''s fierce battle. The entire underground building trembled, and terrifying waves of energy emanating from their spells could be felt from the ground up.


    Heinald concealed his energy and hurried towards the ce where Kroll and Elyana were fighting. He didn''t neglect to use Shadow Powder as well to make himself very safe. If neither of those two were seriously injured, he would immediately leave the underground building and flee, never to return here again.


    However, if they were both badly injured and had greatly depleted their Magical Energies, he would kill them and try to capture the chest. Still, even if he managed to kill the two of them, he would not bepletely relieved, after all, there could be previous requests for help on both sides and people who were about toe here.


    Heinald ran quickly and came to the front of the descending stairs. After hiding in the shadows, he began to slowly descend. He could no longer feel any of the energy waves caused by the spells, nor could he hear any sound. All this made him think that the war between the two Ainsars was over.


    When he got downstairs, he saw that the surrounding floor and walls had beenpletely burned and shattered. In one corner of the room Kroll was lying on the floor, in the other was Elyana. They were both badly injured and the energy waves emanating from them were very weak. It was easily understood that there was a fierce battle between them.


    As they both stood up awkwardly and grabbed their weapons, they charged at each other again and swung their swords at each other, but then they spotted Heinald who had sprung up from the shadows.


    "Help me to kill him!" Kroll and Elyana said at the same time.


    Heinald just stood there for a few seconds, looked at the two of them, and began tough.


    "So you were the traitor! How did you break the Blood Agreement!" Kroll clenched his teeth so hard he almost broke them.


    "Well, I have secrets too." Heinald looked at Kroll and winked.


    "What are you waiting for? Help me to kill him!" Elyana red angrily at Heinald.


    Heinald didn''t say anything, and Eitruis Potion appeared in his hand and threw it at them. Normally, this potion would have almost no effect on a Level 2 Ainsar, but would have an effect on those who were badly injured and had nearly lost all their energy. They were both so exhausted that they couldn''t even react to the potion bottle Heinald had thrown. Actually, he had used this potion purely as a precaution, after all, he had two Level 2 Ainsars before him, even though they werepletely exhausted.


    They both started coughing because of the gas cloud that had appeared.


    "What is this!" Elyana cried out.


    "Oh, it''s... a potion that will heal you." Heinald replied with a grin.


    "Why are you still lingering? Come quickly and help me kill him..." As Elyana continued to speak, she was interrupted and began to falter. Her whole body was beginning to tremble, and so was Kroll.


    "I''m sorry, but you''re both going to die here today." said Heinald.


    "Y-You...we made a Blood Agreement, remember?" Elyana barely mumbled something.


    "I know the Blood Agreement was fake... Actually i learned it from your deceased grandson,but of course he didn''t know about it." Heinald grinned.


    "Baunt..." Elyana''s eyes widened, then anger started to flow from her eyes.


    "You...you''ll pay for your this..." Although Elyana was angry, her voice came out as a murmur.


    "Let''s end this drama!" Heinald shouted and raised his right hand.


    Fierce lightning bolts gathered over his hand, and they took the shape of a spear. Lightning Spear flew towards the lying Kroll and Elyana, and when it struck them, there was a violent lightning st. Lying on the ground, the two depleted Ainsars, without the slightest resistance, were struck on the side of his spell and smashed to death.


    "Well..." Heinald stood there for a second or two. He was relieved and a fear began to rise in him. Didn''t want to stay in this ce any longer.


    His eyes fell on therge ck chest ahead. There was a transparent barrier surrounding it, but it was obvious at first nce that there were many cracks on the barrier. ording to Erald, the barrier had been damaged over time, but was not that much.


    "Could it have been damaged by fight of two Level 2 Ainsar?" Heinald muttered inwardly. He approached the chest and began to examine it closely. On the barrier were millions of small runes that could not be seen from afar but could only see up close. If even he could only see these runes when he looked closely, the others might not have seen them at all.


    It was not surprising that so many protective runes were used to make such a solid barrier. After all, these runes seemed like they couldn''t take much damage anymore. Dark Energy emitted from the chest was indeed very dense, almost as dense as would be materialize.


    Heinald took his eyes off the chest, staring at the lifeless bodies of Kroll and Elyana. Two good-looking swords standing next to them caught his attention. He first grabbed the saber that stood next to Kroll and began to examine it. There were several seals carved on the saber. These seals were not obvious unless you looked closely, the craftsmanship on this sword was really good. It could be easily recognized that this sword was an attack-type Magical Treasure.


    When Heinald sent his Magical Energy to the sword, the surface of the sword was covered with powerful mes. Heinald shed the side wall with it. Arge cut appeared on the wall, and the cut area continued to burn for several seconds.


    "Not bad at all!" Heinald nodded. Taking it in his hand, he began to examine it, just as he had done with Kroll''s sword. Likewise, this sword was also a Magical Treasure and its craftsmanship was quite good.


    When Heinald sent his Magical Energy to the sword, he saw that the sword was surrounded by the wind. As he swung the sword, an air stripe appeared and rushed forward, hitting the wall in front of him, giving it the effect of a powerful hammer blow.


    "Nice!" Heinald smiled, actually what he wanted was a defensive type treasure, but these offensive type treasures were also pretty good. He decided to take them with him, these two swords would undoubtedly increase his fighting strength a lot. Both of these swords were B-ss Attack-Type Treasures. He thought he should give these two swords a name. After thinking for a few moments, he named Kroll''s sword as Embers and Elyana''s sword as Narox.


    After Heinald sent the swords into the dimensional pocket of his robe, he walked over to the chest and examined the barrier surrounding it for a moment longer. This barrier was actually a formation and it was clear that it was created by a good master. He couldn''t find a counter-seal that could destroy this barrier, so he would try to break it by applying force. If he didn''t seed, he wouldn''t linger too long and would just leave.


    "Let''s see if Death Ray can damage this barrier..." Horribly hot fire ray burst from Heinald''s hands and crashed directly into the barrier. The scorching mes that bounced back from the barrier began to heat the surrounding area just like hell. After spending a lot of Magic Energy, he stopped, unfortunately Death Ray wasn''t enough to destroy the barrier.


    At least he knew if he could do enough damage to the barrier, he could break through. Therefore, he would focus all of his focus on destroying the barrier surrounding the chest, using spells he knew well. He wasn''t sure how long it would take, but he thought that if he did his best, he would get a good result.

 Chapter 70: Step For A New Journey

    Chapter 70: Step For A New Journey


    After he cleared his mind from various thoughts,Heinald walked away from the chest and began casting his spell called Lightning Spear. When Lightning Spear formed on his hand, he sent it straight to the chest. Lightning Spear exploded when it hit the barrier, and there was a lightning explosion in the immediate vicinity. The lightning bolts that bounced off the floor and walls shattered the surrounding area and lifted arge amount of dust.


    As the dust cleared, Heinald saw that the barrier was still standing. When he went closer and examined it, he noticed that it was slightly more cracked than before.


    Heinald drew out Kroll''s sword and sent Magical Energy to it. When the sword was covered by mes, he shed the barrier three times in session. Each time Saber hit the barrier, it encountered a strong force and was pushed back. With each cut, mes and sparks flew around.Heinald stopped after a while, when more than half of his Magical Energy had decreased. He had spent a lot of physical and spiritual energy in a short time, he needed rest. He copsed next to the chest and began to breathe. He knew that the barrier surrounding the chest was close to breaking, but he wasn''t sure if he could break through that barrier any time soon.


    After resting for a while, he cast his spell called Predator Destruction. Above the barrier, fire energy began to condense and a cloud of fire formed. Then, hundreds of me drops started falling from this fire cloud at the same time, but as soon as they fell, they started to explode and shake the whole room. When hundreds of me fragments exploded at the same time, intense heat and explosions emerged.


    As the deadly hot mes dissipated, the ground around the barrier took on the appearance of molten steel, with the cracks on the barrier bing noticeablyrger. Heinald took a deep breath and pulled out Kroll and Elyana''s swords again. He suddenly sent the remaining magic energy to the two of them.


    He raised his two swords and shed the barrier crossly. When the swords shed the barrier, mixed air and fire waves appeared. The force he applied to his two swords was colliding with the force of the barrier, and the elemental energy trapped between the swords and the barrier caused various bursts of energy in the surrounding area.


    *BAM* Heinald clutched the swords with all his might and shed the barrier horizontally. He had sent all his Magic Energy to the swords for this final attack, as soon as the swords touched the barrier, a shock wave appeared and knocked him back several meters.


    "Damn..." Heinald coughed up some blood as he tried to stand up. The resulting severe shock wave had injured his internal organs. He immediately took a Low-Level Healing Potion from his robe pocket and hung it on his head. After he finished it all, he threw the bottle aside and then dispersed the dust cloud around so he could observe the barrier.


    "This..." Heinald looked at the barrier and saw that it was almost covered with cracks all over it. An amused expression appeared on his face and he picked up the fallen swords. His arms werepletely numb because of his previous attack, so he stopped attacking with swords and sent them into the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    Heinald raised his hand and an ordinary fireball shot out of his hand. When it hit the barrier, there was a small explosion of me and it sounded like a bottle had been broken."Broken!" Heinald shouted with enthusiasm.


    When the barrier waspletely broken, hundreds of thousands of small seals and runes appeared in the air and then disappearedpletely.


    Heinald moved excitedly to the chest and began to examine it. It could be a curse or some kind of magic protecting the chest, he didn''t want to be in for a surprise. After examining the chest for a while, making sure it was safe, he opened it slowly.


    "An...Egg?" When Heinald opened the chest, he saw that there was arge egg inside. This egg was a pitch ck egg with a few gray spots. He was quite surprised when he wanted to gently hold it and take it in his hand because the weight of this egg was truly extraordinary.


    Heinald had no idea what kind of egg this egg was. When he looked inside the chest, he saw nothing else. He could easily say that the egg in his hand was at least as heavy as himself, a normal person would have a hard time lifting this egg.


    Heinald remembered that he had spent enough time and sent the egg into the dimensional pocket of his robe. He also wanted to loot Kroll''s room before he left, but that required a bit of work and didn''t have any more time. Therefore, he immediately left the underground building of the organization and mounted his horse and set off for Guljan Town.


    He was always on the alert to make sure he wasn''t followed throughout his journey, and had thought of hundreds of escape ns in case of mishap. Luckily he was not followed by anyone, at least he hadn''t noticed. Just because no one had seen or followed him didn''t mean he''d never be found.


    Ainsars could possess so many different knowledges that it was not impossible for them to locate it. When he came to Guljan Town, he rented a house and filled it with defensive formations. Thus, he rxed a little and devoted himself to rest. He thought about what he had been through and what his next step should be.


    The betrayal of Dane and the rest of his friends had really affected him more than he thought. He realized once again how chaotic the world they lived in. Although his grandfather expressed this many times when he was training him, it was very different to experience. Interest in this world could destroy all friendships, even family ties.


    Everyone wants power, anyone who wants to live a long life should understand that. You could only trust yourself in this world, and you had to be strong enough to be able to trust yourself. Power, on the other hand, was obtained either by chance or by great interest.


    Heinald had a great opportunity gate that opened by Master Kunes: Meeting Albin Redsand!


    If he could cooperate with Albin Redsand, he would undoubtedly have ess to many resources and information. So impressing him as much as possible should be his sole purpose, the rest woulde in time anyway. He could even benefit from his vast experience if he could establish a bond of friendship with him.


    After a few days of rest and thinking about how to make the most of this chance, Heinald left Guljan Town and set out for the Neuor Theocracy. ording to the address given by Kunes, he is supposed to go to Sam City of the Neuor Theocracy. He knew a few facts about the Neuor Theocracy. Although this country was ruled by the Priests Council on paper, it was actually ruled by the ''Religious Leader''.


    This country was a very different ce from most kingdoms on the continent and was not well liked by most kingdoms on the continent. However, their might was more than most of kingdoms, so there was no one who could show open hostility towards this country. The religion they believed in was a religion known as Reinen. The meaning of Reinen was ''Holy Ten''. ording to their beliefs, the creator of the entire universe was ten powerful gods known as the ''Holy Ten''. ording to Reinen belief, Meidan was the creator of magic and the god who bestowed souls on humans. Therefore, he was considered the holiest of the skin.


    "Meidan... the holy one within the ten..." The corner of Heinald''s lip curled. Actually he wanted to see the Neuor Theocracy, he had no doubt that he would see interesting things. That it will be an interesting adventure...


    Heinald had never thought about the concept of god before, nor did he n to think about it. Religious philosophy was thest thing he would think of, more like a waste of time. However, it would still be interesting to see the lives of ''believers'' and witness their lifestyles. Moreover, he was curious about the source of the power of the Neuor Theocracy.


    To get to the Neuor Theocracy, he first had to cross the Mirksun Sea to the east. Afterwards, he had to cross the Curved Wind Meadows. Thus, he would be able to enter the borders of the Neuor Theocracy.


    When he reached Estna Harbor without any problems, he began to look for a ship captain who could take him to the other side. Fortunately, without much searching, he was able to find a ship to transport him to the other side of the Mirksun Sea for a reasonable fee. After a smooth sea voyage he reached the Neson Shores, the Curved Wind Meadows just a few miles from this area.

 Chapter 71: Arriving at Neuor Theocracy!

    Chapter 71: Arriving at Neuor Theocracy!


    After crossing the Neson Shores quickly and without problems, he entered the Curving Wind Meadows, the sun was just starting to rise slightly. He rode non-stop until the night hours, normally without the slightest sign of fatigue, but his poor horse was quite tired. So he found a secluded ce and lit a small campfire there.


    He just sat there doing nothing until the daylight rose again. With the first light of day, he got on his horse and continued his journey. He continued to ride his horse swiftly across the vast meadows. However, a sudden nasty surprise ended his so far uneventful journey.


    He felt a sudden sense of danger rising up inside him as he rode at speed with his horse. Instinctively he looked up and saw a huge Roneg diving towards him.


    Roneg were a type of winged snake and were not seen very often. Thanks to their agile body structures, they could maneuver in the air at least as fast as on the ground. Although their innate elemental abilities varied, most would be prone to the Poison Element, as with most snake species.


    "As far as I can tell from the energy emanating from him, he has a maximum of a average Level 1 Ainsar power." Heinald let out a rtively sigh of relief. He thought he could deal with it easily, but it would be difficult to it him with magic since it was agile.


    Heinald dismounted and sent his horse to safety.


    Roneg circled above, looking for a suitable position to attack. Its tall ck body and green eyes gave him a menacing aura.


    When Heinald saw Roneg above start flying towards him, he immediately cast Whisper of the Wind and began to glide. Roneg had sent a cloud of poisonous gas to the area where Heinald had just been. All the grass in that area rotted within seconds and acidic vapors began to rise above them.


    Heinald''s growing spiritual power made the difference immediately. He could glide faster with Whisper of the Wind than before, but there was no difference in the duration of the spell.


    Heinald began casting a spell called Dragon Instinct. Five fireballs shot out from his hands in quick session, three of which hit Roneg while the others missed. Fire bonds began to form between the fireballs that just hung on different parts of Roneg''s body, and a fierce burst of fire soon followed. Roneg''s body began to fall rapidly down through the waves of fire in the sky. The violent explosion seemed to have injured it.


    The ground shook slightly as Roneg''s massive body crashed into the ground.


    Heinald immediately cast a spell called Lightning Spear and sent it to Roneg, who was already crashed to the ground.


    When Roneg, struggling to recover, saw the Lightning Spearing towards itself, he immediately responded by sending an acid ball towards it.


    When the Lightning Spear and the acid ball collided, there was a massive explosion. Fierce lightning sts from the Lightning Spear destroyed hundreds of meters of area, resulting in arge crater.


    Roneg''s bodyy motionless on the floor. The violent lightning st had shattered half of his body. Roneg''s mutted and burned body parts were scattered around, an extremely foul odor pervading the area.


    Acid began to be released disproportionately from the rest of Roneg''s lifeless body. Toxic fumes were rising from the ground where the acid came into contact. Heinald thought it might be dangerous to stay in this area any longer, so he hurried to his horse. He got on his horse and immediately started to ride it at full speed, not wanting to face any more trouble for the rest of his journey.


    Heinald traveled for days, taking only short breaks. Luckily, he had no more nasty surprises in the meadows.


    The first thing he noticed when he entered the western borders of Neuor Theocracy was that the energy surrounding him had changed. More precisely, the feeling of energy had changed. Of course, it was still Elemental Energy that he felt around him, but it felt different from other ces. ording to the map in his mind, he was currently on the territory of the Stormend Region.


    Sam City, which he aimed to reach, was one of the cities located in the Polya Region, the central region of the Neuor Theocracy. Since the Neuor Theocracy was arge country, its borders were also quite wide. So it actually still had thousands of miles to travel to reach its final destination.


    The closest city to him was Gulrand City of the Stormend Region, he wanted to go there first and see the city. Although he had seen many cities since he left his grandfather, he had a special interest in the cities of this country.


    Heinald arrived in Gulrand City after a few days of travel. Unlike other cities, this city did not have any walls surrounding it. The city was built on a great hill, on the top of which was a statue shining in all its glory. The streets and structures of the city were quite simr to the cities he had seen before, but unlike them, there were quite a lot of temples in this city.


    As far as he understood from his observations, this city did not have a market area in a specific ce, the market area was spread throughout the city. There were many shops and stalls in the streets.


    "Hello sir! Are you new here?" When Heinald looked to his side, he saw a dwarf staring at him with respect.


    "This is my first time to thisnd." Heinald nodded. He was a little confused if he didn''t show it, although he had been aware of the dwarves'' existence from the books he had read before, it was the first time he had seen them with his own eyes.


    "May I know why you came?" the dwarf asked.


    "Why does it concern you?" Heinald''s expression changed abruptly, anyone looking at him could easily spot his freezing gaze.


    "You misunderstood me, sir." The dwarf shook his head hastily. "I was only going to offer to take you there if there was a ce you were looking for. I realized that you were a stranger to this ce from the way you looked around."


    "Not necessary." Heinald shook his head and continued to ride slowly.


    After Heinald had moved away from that area, the dwarf brought the ring on his finger close to his mouth and said, "The Stranger doesn''t seem to have a definite n."


    *******


    Heinald continued to ride slowly through the wide streets of the city and visited a few shops that piqued his curiosity. The shops he visited were, as usual, shops selling herbs or potions.


    "I wonder if the cities in this country also have a secret market ce?" Heinald posed a question to himself. Many rare resources were being sold in secret markets, thanks to Reulon, he had a chance to enter one of them, but he didn''t think he would get that chance in cities that were unfamiliar to him.


    Heinald did not want to travel on horseback any more. So he went to various taverns to find a good caravan, and after searching, he met a caravan owner. Heinald traveled in a very luxurious caravan for ten crystals. His journey took about a month as the caravans could not move quickly, but that was not a problem for him. During this time, he considered various ideas for creating a Spirit Potion form.


    After a month of caravan travel, he reached Sam City. The only difference of this city from Gulrand City was that it was a little more crowded. Other than that, the marketyout, buildings and temples were quite simr.


    Redsand Mansion was located in the center of the city. The mansion was located on arge piece ofnd where no one could enter without permission. To enter thend, it was first necessary to contact the authorities and get permission from the Ainia Temple, which belongs to the Redsand Family. Heinald learned that thend and its surroundings were guarded by a very powerful defensive formation.


    Heinald had learned this information from an ordinary shopkeeper. The people who lived in this city knew the magnificence of the Redsand Family best. After learning this information, he quickly went to the Ainia Temple. Even the Ainia Temple alone was more ostentatious than most structures he had seen.


    "Hello, how can we help you?" A priest waiting at the entrance of the temple came to Heinald.


    "I have a very important matter to discuss with Albin Redsand." said Heinald.


    "Lord Albin has a very busy schedule, I must reject you." The priest quickly turned around and started walking back to where he had stood before.


    "Wait, I came here on the rmendation of his son, Kunes Redsand." Heinald took out the gold medallion that Master Kunes had given him and showed it to the priestess.


    "Oh, I''m so sorry. Please follow me!" After carefully examining the locket, the priest put on a polite and graceful smile. He asked Heinald to follow him and led him to the interior of the temple.


    Together they came to a building located in the middle of the temple. Two priests were waiting in front of the door of the building.

 Chapter 72: Albin Redsands Test

    Chapter 72: Albin Redsand''s Test


    The priest apanying Heinald went to the other priests and whispered something. Thereupon, one of the priests waiting in front of the door opened the door and entered. A short timeter he came out again and pointed in.


    "Follow please, you need to speak to Master Orn." The priest turned to Heinald.


    When Heinald came in, he saw an old man sitting at a gold-embroidered table.


    "May I ask who you are?" The old man began to stare at Heinald.


    "My name is Heinald. We worked with Master Kunes for a while. He described me as a genius in Herbs and Potions and wrote a letter rmending me to Lord Albin." Heinald took the letter out of his pocket and handed it to the old man, while the priest standing next to him held out the gold medallion.


    "I''ll keep you waiting for a while." After examining the medallion, the old man stood up and disappeared, opening one of the back doors.


    After about an hour, the old man came back.


    "Please follow me, Grandmaster Albin will meet with you. I will escort you to the mansion." The old man pointed to the door behind him.


    The old man led Heinald down a long corridor and into a wide underground tunnel. Together they got into a rather ostentatious carriage and began their travel through the tunnel. This tunnel connected the temple and the mansion.


    After a short journey, the carriage stopped. The ce where the carriage stopped was just in front of the stairs leading up. As they climbed the stairs together, they came to a huge golden door. The old man went to the door and ced his hand on a partition in the middle of the door, and a red light emanated from it for a short while.


    Then the huge door opened.


    After passing many corridors, they came to arge door again. In front of the door were four priests dressed in white robes. No energy was emanating from any of them, but when Heinald looked into their eyes, he felt a great weight descend on his heart.


    "The guest Lord Albin has been waiting for has arrived." The old man spoke in a formal tone. One of the priests in front of the door looked at Heinald for a moment, then opened the door behind him.


    When Heinald entered, he saw a sight he had never expected. The interior of the room was as simple and small as possible. There were only candles and cushions lighting up the room. The room was filled with a refreshing andforting scent of incense. In the middle of the room was a man sitting on the mat with his eyes closed. This man''s hair and beard were starting to turn slightly gray, and he was wearing a loose ck robe.


    The man slowly opened his eyes and brought his gaze to Heinald. The look in the man''s gray eyes was wide and calm, like a deepke. However, it was a gaze that could see through the skin and directly into the soul.


    At least that''s how Heinald felt.


    "You can leave!" Albin Redsand looked at the priest standing next to Henald.


    The priest immediately bowed his head and left the room.


    "What''s your name, young man?" Albin asked in a very t voice. It was a very in voice, unaffected by any emotion.


    "Heinald, sir."


    "Sit!" Albin pointed to the cushion in front of him.


    Heinald nodded and sat down on the cushion.


    "Kunes specifically mentioned you as a genius...Do you consider yourself a genius?" Albin looked directly into the eyes of the young man in front of him.


    "Yes." Heinald nodded without hesitation.


    "Who do you call a genius?" Albin asked.


    "A person of extraordinary ability and creativity in one or more fields." Heinald replied.


    "I want to give you a little test. If you''re really good enough, I can offer you a coboration, maybe even take you as my personal apprentice." Albin said his thoughts after waiting for a while without saying anything.


    Heinald snorted, trying to suppress his excitement.


    As Albin snapped his finger, Heinald began to feel a strange energy in his mind. Everything around him was starting to agitate, he soon realized that the weight of his body was gone. He started flying upwards as if pulled by a vacuum. All of a sudden he found himself flying out of the mansion into the sky. All he saw was vast clouds.


    "What''s going on?" Heinald was quite confused, he didn''t know what to do. He knew in one part of his mind that it was a test, but that didn''t stop his mind from being nauseous.


    "Shit!" Heinald''s soaring stopped abruptly, and he began to fall downward at an abnormal speed. A garden was in his view, everything else around was dark. He thought he was going to crash extremely quickly, but when he hit the ground, it felt like he hadnded on the softest thing in the world.


    When he got up, he was in a garden with many different nt species around.


    "Are you ready?" A voice came from behind Heinald.He turned around to see Albin waiting with a scroll in his hand.


    "Is this some kind of illusion world?" asked Heinald.


    "Inside this scroll is the form for a potion that can be made with herbs you see around. I want you to craft the potion in the form within two hours." Albin ignored his question and held out the parchment in his hand.


    "Southern Rute Grass, Desir Flower, Gsetrum, Rete Pine..." Heinald quickly began scanning the nts around him. These nts were quite rare, he had never actually seen them, he just knew how they looked and what they looked like from the various sources he had read.


    "Luckily I know all the nt species around, that might be an advantage for me!" Heinald muttered.


    He immediately opened the parchment and read the potion form inside. This scroll contained very understandable instructions on how to make the potion. This was a kind of vitality potion, but he did not have information about the purity rate and potency rate to be revealed.


    "How do I start preparing the potion?" asked Heinald.


    "All the tools you''ll ever need are there." Albin pointed to the right side with his hand.


    When Heinald looked at the indicated spot, he saw several alchemical tools lined up on arge table. He could have sworn those tools hadn''t been there before. He was sure that this was a realm of illusion, since Albin was the creator of this realm, he could control it however he wanted. Most likely, these alchemical tools appeared on his sole thought.


    "This is the first part of your test, I''m going to measure your potion brewing ability and your ability to focus." Albin said.


    Heinald immediately proceeded cautiously through the garden and began collecting herbs. While collecting the herbs, his thoughts were that this world of illusion seemed so real. If he didn''t know the truth, he certainly wouldn''t have realized that this ce was an illusion.


    "I wonder what realm the power level is in?" Heinald was trying to gauge how mighty Albin Redsand could be.


    Heinald gathered the herbs with his thoughts in mind, all that remained was to gather Rute Grass. He walked to the Rute Grass area and bent down to collect it, but then noticed something interesting.


    "Among these Rute Grasses, there are some Nati Tear Grasses!" Heinald cried inside.


    Rute Grass and Nati Tear Grass were almost identical in appearance. The only difference was the structural differences in their veins, which were evident only upon careful inspection. If Heinald had normal eyes, he certainly wouldn''t have noticed it.


    He immediately began to examine the other nts he had collected and noticed that they also had fake ones mixed in. He immediately separated the fake ones and went to their ce and collected the real ones.


    "It''s not good! I''ve wasted a lot of time..." Heinald had taken extra care in examining the nts he had regrouped to make sure they were real.


    Heinald began to closely examine the herbs he had gathered and then tried to burn off the harmful particles on them, but came across a scene he had previously seen in the ingredients needed to craft Spirit Potion. He needed to apply the Spirit me equally and evenly everywhere, at the same time.


    Heinald soon got used to working on these nts, having spent the previous few months with simr nts. He was not brewing the potion written in the form, quickly but carefully. Only then did he realize that needles were starting to prick his feet.


    "Damn! Is that part of the test too?" Heinald shouted inside.


    He was aware that his time was running out, he probably had less than five minutes left. So he pushed his limits, trying to concentrate and continue brewing the potion. The piercing needles gradually rose up to the knee area, making it more difficult for him to focus.He was trying to calm himself so that he could focus, but it wasn''t easy, yet he never thought of giving up.


    "A little more!" He took a deep breath and started to do thest step written in the form. The number of needles that pricked his body was increasing with each passing second.


    "If this prickling sensation reaches my eyes, it will be impossible for me to focus, I have to hurry!" A cold glint appeared in Heinald''s eyes. He gathered his attention with all his will and managed toplete the making process of the potion before the needle prickling sensation reached his eyes. After the distition process at the end of the brewing process, only one tube of potion emerged, but this was a normal and sessful result as stated in the form. The prickling sensation hadpletely disappeared before it reached the eyes.


    "You passed the first test, next is the second test." Albin appeared alongside Heinald.


    "Whats this test about?" Heinald asked.


    "Analysis talent and creativity." said Albin, waving his hand to the right. With this hand gesture, the vegetation in the entire garden changed and different nts took their ce.


    "What do you want me to do now?" asked Heinald.


    "Create a potion form with the herbs you see, you have five days." said the Albin and disappeared.


    Heinald stood gaping at where Albin stood before he disappeared.


    "Five days to create a potion form? This man must be crazy!" Heinald grit his teeth.


    He quickly began to examine the nts in the garden. There were Bamoth Grass, Yetri Flower, Starlight Grass, Eris Mushroom and Orvus Herb... He knew all these herbs.


    "All of these nts are known to contain Humutren, with the exception of the Yetri Flower. Humutren is a secretion that triggers regeneration, often providing the ''Regenerate'' function in healing potions and simr types." Heinald thought and made a quick inference about the situation.


    He realized that he had to create a healing potion using these herbs. He was aware that he had little time, so he immediately gathered what he knew about these nts and began to sketch out a theoretical construction process.


    Heinald thought about the process non-stop for three days. At the end of the third day, he snapped out of his thoughts and started experimenting with an idea he thought might work. Yetri flower contained arge amount of purifying extract in its leaves, but this extract was so strong that it gained more abrasive properties, so it was often used for different purposes.


    "This purifying extract contains a very small amount of Rufss Acid, I can use it as a trigger for the Humutren Secretion of the nts, but I have to be very precise about the amount. More or less means the whole process is wasted..." Heinald scratched his chin thoughtfully.


    Heinald began experimenting with the Yetri Flowers he had gathered to obtain Rufss Acid. To find out the amount of acid needed to trigger the secretion, he extracted some secretion from nts with Humutren secretion and conducted experiments on them. After hours of experimentation, he was able to precisely determine the required amount. However, these experiments caused almost half of the nts in the garden to be used up, for the rest of the process he had to use the Spirit me to destroy the toxicity on the nts. Otherwise, the nts in the mixture would be useless without obtaining the Humutren Secretion.


    After taking a short break, he started the process of eliminating the toxicity on the nts. Fortunately, the toxicity on these nts was not very mobile and sensitive, so he was able to detoxify the nts rtively easily. A few times he had rendered some nts unusable due to unforeseen mistakes and fluctuations in Spirit me, but the result was still better than he had expected.


    "Well, it''s time to trigger the Humutren secretion in all the remaining ingredients at the same time..." Heinald sighed nervously and continued the process.

 Chapter 73: Albins New Apprentice

    Chapter 73: Albin''s New Apprentice


    When Heinald had sessfully brewed the potion, he had less than an hour left in his time limit. After detoxicating the nts using his Spirit me, all he had to do was make the nts release the Humutren secretion, and he had sessfully ovee it.


    "Congrattions! You passed the test sessfully." Albin suddenly appeared next to Heinald.


    Heinald suppressed his excitement and smiled faintly.


    "It''s time for you toe back." Albin snapped his finger, and the world of illusion began to fall apart. Heinald''s vision darkenedpletely, and when he began to see again, he found himself sitting on the mat again. Again, he was where he was before he went to the world of illusion.


    "Sir, how did I craft a potion in the illusion world?" asked Heinald.


    This question was in the back of his mind, he wanted to know the answer.


    "Actually, it was all just a dream. The point I paid attention to when testing you was your approach to brewing the potion. For example, if it were real, you wouldn''t be able to brew the potion you brewed sessfully in the second test, but your way of thinking managed to impress me." Albin smiled faintly and continued, "So you qualified to pass the test, but you would actually have to solve a lot more problems in real."


    "Oh, so you deliberately wanted to sessfully show me the potions I''ve been working on?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    "For the second challenge, yes, but your sess in the first challenge is entirely up to you, I have carefully considered your use of your Spirit me and I can honestly say that I am quite impressed. It is impressive that you can truly use your Spirit me with such control at such a young age."


    Heinald had really managed to impress Albin. Actually, this was perfectly normal because the tests were really challenging. In the first trial, he didn''t have much difficulty, thanks to his knowledge and the advantage his eyes gave him in Spirit me use. However, it was too hard for him to keep his focus strong as needles pricked all over his body. In the second test, if he did not have the information and theories he could keep in his memory, he would probably have failed.


    "Thank you sir." Heinald bowed his head respectfully.


    "I''ve decided to take you on as an apprentice." Albin nodded and stood up, "I will try to help you with important matters and allow you ess to some of the resources I have, but I will expect the same from you in return. As in any master-apprentice rtionship, I will give you some obligations, but there is only one very important obligation I ask of you.


    "What is it, sir?" Heinald asked excitedly.


    "Help meplete the Nitrius Potion that I call my life''s work!" Albin had a serious expression.


    "Nitrius Potion?" A curious expression appeared on Heinald''s face.


    "A multi-effect potion I''ve been working on for many years, even after decades of analysis and experimentation, I couldn''tplete the potion." Albin exhaled loudly.


    "Multi-effect...But how?" Heinald''s eyes widened.


    "A potion that will simultaneously increase the impact of Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Poison elements by at least 30%." Albin nodded and looked at Heinald, clearly seeing the shocked expression of the young man standing before him.


    "But something like that would be too unstable!" Heinald spoke in surprise. He had a hard time believing what he was hearing. A potion that will create a 30% increase in the impact of all four elements at once.


    A potion that would increase the effects of Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Poison would have to contain four different factors, making that potion quite unstable. In unstable potions, the different factors and substances in the potion would have difficulty in adapting to each other and would begin to destroy each other.


    This was the problem Albin faced and wanted to ovee!


    "True! I''ve been looking for ways to solve this problem for years, but I couldn''t get over it no matter how much I theorized and experimented. I needed help to ovee this problem, but the Potions Masters around me were all useless idiots, I needed a young talent like you because I want toplete this potion''s form and your young mind can benefit me immensely, so if you want to be my apprentice, ept my offer once you are sure you want to take this responsibility.


    Albin''s words made Heinald fall into deep thought. Being an apprentice to a master like Albin Redsand was indeed a great blessing, but the responsibility was too great, and great responsibility greatly restricted freedom.


    "If I ept to be Albin Redsand''s apprentice, I will gain ess to many resources. However, I will also bear the burden of great responsibility. However, the resources I can ess will undoubtedly improve me a lot, I can''t afford to miss this opportunity!" Heinald considered the thoughts in his mind.


    "I intend to be your apprentice!" Heinald resolutely announced his decision.


    "Very well! I won''t do it as any blood deal or ritual doesn''t suit my style. If I ept you as my master and I ept you as my apprentice, there''s no need to prolong it!"


    Although Albin Redsand spoke casually, the look in his eyes was different from what he said. If he broke the deal, he would be punished by Albin.


    Heinald felt these gazes in his soul, would he dare to break his word?


    Albin''s message was clear; if betrayal was involved, his end would be death.


    Albin summoned one of the servants to his room. After ordering him to prepare a nice room andboratory for Heinald, he gestured to his new apprentice to follow him.


    When Heinald saw Albin''s hand signal, he immediately started following him. Since his new master was also a very powerful Ainsar, he was very careful not to show any disrespect; he followed Albin about ten paces behind to avoid any disrespect.


    After the two of them passed a long corridor, they stepped out onto a ratherrge balcony. Part of the city could be seen easily from this balcony. Albin looked ahead for a moment with a cloudy expression on his face, then turned his gaze to Heinald next to him.


    "First of all, I would like to state that it is not my intention to force you. I will not give you intense working conditions or duties." Albin took a deep breath and continued, "As I mentioned earlier, after all, now that you''re my apprentice, I''ll assign you some quests and I''d like to see these quests handled sessfully. Apart from that, with the resources I''ve given you, aside from brewing potion, be a strong Ainsar. But remember! No matter how talented and smart you are, if you rx after achieving a certain sess and follow azy life routine, you will sink into the ground just as quickly as you rise."


    "I will always keep your words in mind, master!" Heinald respectfully nodded.


    "Good!" Albin smiled contentedly and nodded.


    "What aboutNitrius Potion" Heinald didn''t know how to form the sentence, but Albin understood what he was trying to say.


    "Don''t worry, you''ll have to practice a little more before you start helping me." Albin raised his hand, after a short silence, he continued, "Unfortunately I can''t just give you all my books, but since you''re my apprentice, depending on your performance, I will sometimes lend you some of my books for a while that contain some very valuable information, if you can take advantage of these opportunities, these books will be quite valuable for you. But if I think that you are not taking advantage of these opportunities, I will stop giving you books."


    "Understood." Heinald nodded.


    After talking some more with his new master, Heinald went to the room that was prepared for him. His new room was on the second floor of the mansion and overlooked a spacious terrace. The room hadrge andrge windows all over the ce, and there was also argeboratory prepared for him, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a sitting room.


    "I''m pretty lucky! Thanks to Master Kunes, I''ve truly be a Potions Master''s apprentice. If I''m going to please him, he''ll give me some pretty valuable resources. My first goal should be to gather as much information as possible about Spirit Potions."


    Heinald began to assess his situation with contentment. During his stay in this ce, he had to seize every opportunity that came his way, to thest. Thus, his knowledge, skills, and experience on Potion Branch would surely be more than he''s ever had.


    After his room was prepared, he asked his master Albin for permission to wander around to get to know the city, and left the mansion and wandered freely around the city. He learned about the shops he could visit when he needed to, and the location of the Ainsar Markets located in various parts of the city. ording to his observation, the materials and items in these shops were not much more or more valuable than those sold in the shops and market areas he had previously visited. However, the market he was already looking for was a ce known as the ''Secret Market'', where more valuable and special materials were sold.

 Chapter 74: Situation to Resolve

    Chapter 74: Situation to Resolve


    As Albin Redsand''s apprentice, Heinald spent his first week trying to adapt to his new environment. In his first week, he spent most of his time in the library of the mansion. Since he was Albin''s direct apprentice, he had the right to spend unlimited time in the mansion library. Even though this library also had arge number of books that contained a lot of information of interest to an Ainsar, these books still did not fall under the category of ''Extraordinary Books''.


    The books Albin had mentioned earlier that he would only give to Heinald if he deserved it were far more valuable than these. Still, these were not ordinary books to be found everywhere; they were in Albin Redsand''s mansion library after all.


    As lord of the Mansion, Albin Redsand was training many Ainsars at high prices. Since he was a Master in Herbalism and Potion Brewing, many Ainsars were willing to spend their wealth without hesitation for the slightest training they could get from him. When Heinald thought about this, he realized better that he was indeed quite lucky, he was officially an apprentice of a Potions Grand Master, and this this was a very special blessing.


    Although Heinald wanted to memorize every single book in the library, he was after more specific information. He still did not know which creature the giant egg he had captured belonged to. That''s why he was working with all his might to gather information about all the creatures thaty eggs. After hours of research, he observed the drawings in dozens of books and studied the descriptions carefully, but he did note across a description or drawing simr to the egg he had captured.


    "What is this egg?"


    This question was constantly gnawing at one corner of his brain, making it difficult for him to focus on his other work. Recently, Albin had sent him copies of a few pages of his experiment diary to study. These pages contained theoretical information about the ''Effect Combination'', the key to sess of Albin''s multi-effect potion. The most basic of all: The effect of a potion is the sum of the effects of all the ingredients in it as a whole. For example; A potion that enhances the effect of the fire element requires a herb or ingredient with a fire essence, a herb or ingredient with a ingredient that will determine the duration of this essence''s effect, and a ingredient or herb that will allow the fire essence toe out in a controlled way. In order to create a potion form, these herbs and ingredients are tested in many experiments toe up with a suitable mixture. Therefore, herbalism and Potion Brewing are seen as a very, very difficult branch; and the Ainsars who deal with these branches are highly respected by all.


    The necessary condition for the sess of Albin''s multi-potion is that the set of effects in the potion should produce not a single effect, but multiple effects at the same time. This condition is also not theoretically possible because the materials that reveal the effect or the whole of effects will break the structure of each other when theye together due to the ipatibility of the materials.


    As Heinald studied the papers in front of him, an anxiety rose within him that gripped his heart and throat. ording to his training so far and much of the knowledge he learned, it was impossible under thews of Potion Brewing to produce a multi-effect.-Even though Albin Redsand was a Potions Grand Master, could it be that he saw himself as much bigger than he was?


    Heinald sighed heavily and carefully collected the papers in front of him and sent them into the dimensional pocket of his robe. At that moment, he heard his door knocked, and he immediately went and opened the door. In front of him was one of the servants in the mansion.


    "Master Albin invites you to the garden at the back of the mansion." The servant spoke, bowing his head.


    "Alright." Heinald quickly left his room and immediately started walking towards the garden at the back of the mansion. When he reached the garden, he saw Albin sitting calmly by the small pond ahead.


    "Here I am, master." When Heinald came near Albin, he bowed his head respectfully and greeted him.


    "There''s something you need to deal with." Albin said.


    "What is the situation I have to deal with?"


    "I want you to assist Pastor Aeasos in extracting the essence of the Genyort Lotus." said Albin.


    "Genyort Lotus?" Heinald repeated, muttering. Genyort Lotus contained arge amount of Ice Essence. The Ice Essence it contained was used by many branches including Potion Brewing. However, Genyort Lotus had quite a lot of harmful particles in terms of its structure.


    "Yeah, you know what it is, right?" Albin cast a questioning nce at his new apprentice.


    "I know." Heinald nodded.


    "Good! With your supreme control over the Spirit me, it won''t be difficult to cleanse and extract the noxious particles from the Genyort Lotuses."


    Albin took a scroll from the pocket of his robe and handed it to Heinald.


    "When you show this scroll to any priestess in the Saint Mevson Temple, they will direct you to Pastor Aesos. He will give you more detailed information about your mission." Albin made a statement when he saw the eyes of his new apprentice, who had not yet grasped the situation.


    Heinald got on one of the carriages outside the mansion and said to the driver that he wanted to go to the Saint Mevson Temple. After a short journey, he came to the front of the Saint Mevson Temple. At the entrance of this temple, there were tworge and magnificent statues of women. The other had his sword pierced into the ground. In two of his statues, his eyes were made of a light blue sapphire.


    When Heinald took his point of view away from the statues, he realized that these statues were actually two of the four pirs that support the entrance of the temple, and it was quite surprising to him. He had never seen this kind of architecture and advanced craftsmanship before.


    On the back of the statues was the entrance gate of the temple. The wall around the gate was filled with fine carvings. Some of the carvings were filled with various precious stones.


    Heinald noticed four priests waiting around the temple entrance. The energy waves they emitted revealed that they were all Level 1 Ainsars. They were wearing a ck robe and a hood covering their heads.


    When Heinald came before the priests, he gave them a light nod and took the parchment from his robes pocket, "I am here at the request of Grandmaster Albin Redsand."


    All four priests showed respect when they heard Albin''s name. One of the priests stepped forward and took the parchment and began to read it.


    "Please follow me!"


    The priest led Heinald into the temple. The interior of the temple was muchrger than its entrance, with many altars and statues inside. The intense Magical Energy that covered the inside of the temple could be easily felt, but it was not a suppressive type of energy. Rather, this energy was like a kind of blessing and danced in harmony with the spirit.


    When the priest came to arge door at the back of the temple, he stopped and turned to Heinald, "Wait here please!"


    Heinald did as he was told and waited. A few minutester the door opened again and the priest came out.


    The priest said, "Pastor Aesos is waiting for you."


    When Heinald entered, he was greeted with a rather in room, unlike the temple. Inside the room were several bookshelves, a firece, and arge table. Next to the table was a man with wavy silver hair. Although he had some wrinkles on his face, his appearance couldn''t be described as ''aged'', but Heinald somehow felt that he was quite old. His bright green eyes made him look like a snake disguised as a human.


    "Wee, young man. You must be Heinald, right?" Pastor Aesos looked at the young man in front of him for a short while, then smiled faintly.


    "Yes sir." Heinald bowed his head to Pastor Aesos. This man before him had energy waves of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Since you can be Grandmaster Albin''s apprentice, you must be quite talented. I have no doubt that you can help me in the best way possible." Pastor Aesos sat down in his chair and, after taking a deep breath, continued. "The expedition unity of our temple decided to investigate a new area they had discovered. However, this area is just like a hell, with reportedlyva and burning gasesing out of many ces suddenly. So our alchemists came up with a freezing mixture form to support our expedition. To extract the essence of Genyort Lotus, the main ingredient of this form, we must first destroy the harmful particles on it. Although,herbalists of our temple working on extract the essence,thats not enough. For that, we need your extra help."

 Chapter 75: Sundown Gardens

    Chapter 75: Sundown Gardens


    Heinald was confident in his own ability, so he was confident that he could handle the task given to him by his master. He was relieved that this task did not pose any danger to his life. Moreover, this task was within his branch of expertise, thats why he was also quitefortable.


    Heinald said, "Don''t worry, I''ll help you as much as I can."


    "Fantastic!" Pastor Aesos nodded in satisfaction and looked around. "Osmond,e here!"


    At the call of Aesos, a young man began to approach them. ording to Heinald''s observations, the other person should have been only a few years older than him. He had thick eyebrows and green eyes, his nose was slightly bent, and his skin was extremely shiny. This person also had the energy waves of a Level 1 Ainsar, but it looked like he had breakthrough recently. The energy waves emanating from it had some disorder.


    "Please say your will, master."


    Pastor Aesos pointed to the young man beside him. "Meet Heinald, he is Grandmaster Albin''s new apprentice. I want you to take him to the Sundown Gardens. He will be tasked with extracting the essences of the Genyort Lotuses."


    Osmond nodded and turned to Heinald standing beside him. "My name is Osmond, it''s a pleasure meeting you."


    "It''s a pleasure meeting you too." Heinald disyed a graceful gesture.


    "Sir, so how much essence exactly do I need to extract?" Heinald asked Aesos, who was standing next to him.


    "Exactly 10 grams. That''s equal about 40 Genyort Lotuses." Aesos scratched his chin and added. "Of course it will have its margin of error."


    After Heinald had enough information, he and Osmond left the temple without dy.


    Osmond had given Heinald one of the mighty horses the temple had. The ce they went to was known as the Betelhallow Area, and it was actually a small ce in the northwest of Neswind Forest. To get there, they had to leave the residential area of the city and travel for hours across the vast ins.


    Osmond turned to Heinald on horseback, who was traveling with him, and asked. "Are you new around here?"


    "Yes, I''m pretty new." Heinald answered.


    "How did you manage to be Grandmaster Albin''s apprentice in such a short time?" Osmond asked, there was a pure curiosity on his face.


    "I actually worked with hisst Kunes for a while. Master Kunes was impressed by me and wrote a letter to his father rmending me. Grandmaster Albin tested me and allowed me to be his apprentice. However, if it weren''t for Master Kunes'' letter, I probably wouldn''t have even met him at all. "


    Heinald gave a brief summary of how events unfolded.


    "I really envy you!" Osmond sighed. "You''ve managed to be a Grandmaster''s apprentice at such a young age."


    "I must admit I''ve been pretty lucky." Heinald said with a slight smile on his face.


    After the two had traveled together for almost a day without stopping, they saw the southern part of Neswind Forest. When they entered the forest, they began to carefully pass through the trees. Although this forest was not veryrge, it was rather gloomy. Although the trees were alive, they also seemed lifeless. The trunks of these trees were usually gray in color and the color of their leaves was a shade darker than dark green.


    "Wait!" Osmond called out to Heinald in a low voice.


    "What''s going on?" Heinald asked in surprise.


    Osmond said, "We''ve got the Toothw Wolves around us."


    "I can''t see anything" Heinald looked around with full attention, but he couldn''t see anything.


    "They''re out of sight, but I can feel them, I''ve been here many times before. And I''m sure I just heard a faint growl." As Osmond slowly dismounted, he gestured for Heinald to do the same.


    As Heinald dismounted, about 500 meters away, he saw a pitch-ck wolf looking towards them. This wolf''s fur was fluttering in the gentle wind, its red eyes staring directly into his eyes. At the same time, the sound of branches and leaves being crushed from various ces began to be heard.


    "The situation doesn''t look good!" Heinald squinted as he observed his surroundings, and with one thought, Narox emerged from the dimensional pocket of his robe and appeared in his hand. Although the sword looked elegant, it also emitted a deadly aura.


    "They will attack, be prepared! These wolves have very weak natural defenses, but their attacks are very ferocious and their numbers are many." Osmond whispered slowly.


    Heinald knew about this wolf breed from a book he had read before. A Toothw Wolf''s power level would be very lowpared to a Level 1 Ainsar. Although they were seen as Magical Beasts, the amount of Magical Energy they had was very low. However, these wolves were much more crowded than most packs of wolves, thus drawing theirbat strength up.


    Heinald nodded lightly and said, "I know this breed, they are predisposed to the Wind Element."


    *Whhrr!* From the left side, two wolves started running towards them at full speed. The two uneasy horses ran to the right.


    Osmond immediately began casting a fireball. In a matter of seconds, a fireball the size of two palms formed and flew towards the running paths of the running wolves. The fireball fell directly on the two running wolves, and a burning explosion ensued within about fifty meters.


    The wolves, their furs burning with the impact of the explosion, began to howl in pain, soon they sumbed to the red mes and died.


    *Aaauuuu!* All the wolves around then howled at the same time, and they all attacked from the back and front.


    "You take the front, I''ll take the back!" Osmond started casting a fireball again.


    "Alright!"


    Heinald was able to stay calm now that he had a lot ofbat experience. He made a quick count as the wolves rushed towards them; A total of 20 wolves were running towards them.


    "Frost Wave!"


    As the wolves approached Heinald, a freezing wave of ice emerged from around him and began to spread; all of the wolves that came within range of the freezing ice wave froze within seconds. He immediately jumped towards them and began to cut off the heads of the frozen wolves. At each cut, the frozen wolf heads were falling to the ground as a mold.


    Within seconds, he had managed to finish off all the wolves in front of him.


    At that time, Osmond had sent the fireball he had cast to the wolves and managed to ignite almost half of it, but the remaining half had gotten pretty close to him.


    Heinald immediately took Embers out of the dimensional pocket of his robe and sent Magic Energy to him. Arriving near Osmond, he swung his sword horizontally, the resulting fire stripe flew towards the wolves and cut them in two before they could react.


    Heinald turned to Osmon and asked, "Are you okay?"


    "Y-Yes." Osmond looked around in surprise, then replied.


    "Good! We''d better keep moving forward." Heinald hurried to the direction the horses had fled.


    "It was really good of you to finish off those wolves in such a short time! Have you been in situations like this before?" Osmond quickly caught up with him and began to speak.


    Heinald said, "Yes, I believe I have enoughbat experience."


    "The horses are there!" As Osmond was getting ready to say something new, he saw the horses ahead.


    The two of them quickly mounted their horses and continued their journey to the north side of the forest. After about three hours of travel, they reached the Betelhallow District. This area was a very lively cepared to other parts of the forest. There were lots of flowers, weeds, shrubs and nooks all around.


    Osmond stopped in front of a small pond and asked, "Are you ready to see the Sundown Gardens?"


    Heinald nodded.


    Osmond took a palm-sized yellow sphere from the pocket of his ck robe and dropped it into the pond. When the sphere touched the water, the entire pond shone with a golden light, but there was no movement in the water.


    The golden light disappeared as Osmond bent and picked up the orb, and the water parted in the pond, revealing a staircase that descended.


    "Lets go." Osmond started down the stairs.


    As they descended, Heinald encountered an unexpected natural beauty. In front of him was arge underground garden, which was illuminated by many violets that gave off a dim blue light. In addition, although there were a few different types of flowers and nts, the majority of them belonged to Genyort Lotuses.


    "Isn''t it wonderful? Our temple has many more ces like this one. There''s another area ahead, but that''s theb where herbalists and Potion Brewers work." Osmond pointed ahead.


    When Heinald examined the surroundings in detail, he realized that there was actually a formation covering the entire area. After thinking for a few seconds, he realized what had happened; they were adjusting the environmental conditions needed by the nt they wanted to grow in this closed garden.


    "They can even create a fake climate! Very clever!" Heinaldugh inside.

 Chapter 76: The Two High Concepts

    Chapter 76: The Two High Concepts


    While Heinald was observing each side of the garden with admiration, he saw a maning towards them from the opposite side. Despite his youthful appearance, it was very difficult toment on this man''s age; he looked as if he was both young and slightly old. His light brown hair was partially wavy and reached his shoulders. His eyes were as ck as a bottomless pit.


    This man had as broad shoulders and tall stature as Heinald. The waves of energy emanating from him made it clear that he was not far from being a Level 2 Ainsar. Like Osmond, he wore a long ck robe.


    "Greetings Senior Galer." Osmond walked slowly in front of the man and greeted him.


    The man nodded to Osmond, who was standing in front of him, and nced at Heinald, and said, "Looks like you''re here with a guest this time."


    "Yes, this is Heinald. He is in charge of extracting the essence of the Sundown Lotuses, and he is Grandmaster Albin''s new apprentice."


    Osmond briefly introduced Heinald.


    A confused expression appeared on the man''s face for a second, but he quickly reverted to his former self. "Nice to meet you, I''m Galer. I''m a senior apprentice to Pastor Aesos."


    "I am also pleased to meet you." Heinald gave a light nod.


    "Senior Galer, we had a little misfortune while traveling through the woods." Osmond paused for a moment, then continued, "We''ve been attacked by the Toothw Wolves."


    "Toothw Wolves? How many were they?" Wales'' brows furrowed slightly.


    "Their total was twenty-two." Heinald replied.


    Osmond effort and said, "I'' probably be dead if it wasn''t for Heinald on my side. He killed half the wolves as if they were drinking afternoon tea."


    Galer turned to Heinald and asked, "Do you care about getting powerful on the path of Ainsar?


    Heinald nodded and said, "Yes, although I am into Herbalism and Potion Brewing, my first priority is to be a strong Ainsar.


    "If you don''t get it wrong, could you briefly tell me about yourbat experience and a few spells you know?" Galer scratched his chin for a while and continued, "Actually, I''m looking for someone with experience inbat for my team. Me and my team have been nning an expedition to a location in the new area our temple has discovered for a while. I can tell you the details if you''re interested."


    "I''m sorry but I have to be at my master''s service so I don''t think I can join you. But I''d still like to hear the details, maybe I''ll consider joining you if I get the opportunity.


    When Galer realized that the conversation was going to get long, he took Heinald to the side of the garden. It was obvious that this area was unnatural because the first thing that caught the eye was arge house, although not as much as the houses in the city, it was built underground after all.


    Galer poured Heinald a hard drink first thing when they entered the house. They sat facing each other in therge living room of the house.


    "How do I begin Some time ago, our temple sent an expedition to a newly discovered area, and I was part of that team. I found a map and a note in one of the ancient ruins in that area; the person who wrote the note stated that a passage was discovered and an Azarb Serpent lived below this passage. ording to the map, this pass is very close to us, hidden in one of the ins on the south side of Sam City."


    Galer began to exin the details to Heinald.


    "Azarb Serpent? I''ve never heard of" Heinald''s eyebrows arched slightly.


    "Yes, it is quite powerful and dangerous, but in return all the parts of its body are incredibly valuable. It is said that especially its meat, when eaten, greatly strengthens the muscles and bones."


    "What? Are you sure about that?" Heinald asked excitedly.


    Galer nodded and said, "The same thing is written in both books I found about the Azarb Serpent."


    Heinald had to find a way to increase his physical strength as well as his spiritual power. If his body''s strength was insufficient against his spiritual power, he would never be a Level 2 Ainsar, worse still, his body would even bepletely useless under pressure after a while.


    After thinking for a while, Heinald asked, "And do you know the certain power level of this snake?"


    "Unfortunately not, but it is said that an Azarb Serpent can reach a maximum of a Level 2 Ainsar power." Galer paused for a moment and added, "If you want, I can give you two books with information about the Serpent of Azarb."


    Heinald said, "Just tell me the important points I need to know, I will do my own research on the Azarb Serpent anyway."


    After talking with Galer for a while, Heinald remembered his main purpose ofing here and set to work. He collected 40 Genyort Lotuses from the garden and after cleansing them of the toxins with his Spirit me, he was able to sessfully obtain 10 g of essence. Nothing went wrong as he could now use his Spirit me in a very controlled manner and observe at a very high level thanks to his eyes.


    After Heinald finished his work in Sundown Gardens, he returned to the temple with Osmond and Galer. On their return journey, in the forest, they were not attacked by any kind of attack. As a matter of fact, the rest of the way passed peacefully.


    When they entered the temple, Father Aesos was busy assigning duties to the servants in the temple.


    "Sir, as you requested, I was able to obtain 10 g of Genyort Lotus Extract." When Heinald came near Pastor Aesos, he handed him the vial containing Genyort Lotus Essence.


    "Fantastic!" Pastor Aesos paused for a moment and soured his face, "I hope not too much Genyort Lotus was wasted?"


    Heinald said, "No, like you said, 40 Genyort Lotus wasfortably enough."


    "So they weren''t wasted at all! I really admire your talent." Pastor Aesos put on a satisfied expression.


    Heinald had sessfullypleted the task given to him, so he did not want to linger in the temple any longer. Before leaving the temple, he told Galer that he would inform his decision soon.


    Although he knew almost nothing about the Azarb Serpent , he knew from Galer''s words that this serpent was quite dangerous. Even if he joined his team to hunt the serpent, it was out of the question for him to go there without preparation, and there was no way he could escape the responsibilities that Grandmaster Albin would put on him.


    If he could get permission from his master and gather enough information about the Azarb Serpent, he would join Galer''s team. However, of course, Heinald would no longer be able to join the team if he could find someone suitable for the Galer team in the course of time.


    When he left the temple and reached the Redsand Mansion, he decided to go to his master first. He was busy making some ns in his mind as he walked through the long and magnificent corridors of the mansion. He had a lot of experiments to deal with and a lot of books to read.


    When he arrived in front of Albin Redsand''s room, one of the priests waiting in front of the door went to inform him. A short timeter, the priest came out and informed Heinald that he coulde in.


    Albin was observing a few leaves on his desk when Heinald entered.


    When Albin saw his new apprentice enter, he smiled slightly and asked, "Have youpleted your task?"


    "I did, master." Heinald nodded.


    Albin nced from the leaves in front of him and took a book from his desk drawer. "This book will give you important information about ''Higher Concepts''. I will lend you the book for three days, after which you will participate in an experiment with me."


    "Understood, master."


    After Heinald took the book, he left Albin and immediately went to his room and excitedly began to read the book his master had given him. This book was much more valuable than the books in the library of the mansion. These and simr books were in Albin Redsand''s personal collection and no one else had ess to these books.


    He actually read the rather thick bookpletely in minutes. A single nce was enough for him to memorize every word in any book. As the information in the book poured into his mind, he understood better why this book was a ''valuable'' book. While the other books he read included magic and theoretical information in various branches, this book gave very deep information.


    In the book, important information was given about the Concept of Space and the Concept of Light. ording to what is written in the book; concepts are confused with ws'' by many Ainsars, but there is actually a clear difference between them. Laws are often focused on a single object; For example, the Law of Fire is only about gaining understanding based on the element of fire. However, in order to gain understanding in the Concept of Light or the Concept of Space, it is necessary to ept at the level of mind and spirit that everything that exists is actually a part of these two concepts. These two high concepts actually epassed everything.

 Chapter 77: Important Information

    Chapter 77: Important Information


    Those who could gain understanding in the Concept of Space could control the ''Gravity'' and ''Space'' spells and the runes associated with them. Those who gained understanding in the Concept of Light would have mastery over the Light and Illusion spells, as well as over the runes associated with them. The difference between these spells and Elemental spells was that there was no need to convert Magical Energy into any kind of energy. Spells about these two concepts were created directly by Magical Energy.


    Heinald thought about the information he had learned from the book without sleeping until the day he joined Albin''s experiment. He wanted to gain the power of these two concepts with all his heart, but there was a big question in his mind that he did not understand.


    He was going to ask this question to Albin!


    Heinald took a deep breath and murmured, "It''s time to hand over the book and join the experiment."


    He stood up and took the book and left his room. He started walking straight to his master Albin''s room. When he came to the long corridor where Albin''s room was located, he saw his master walking towards him from the opposite side.


    "Master!" Heinald bowed hid head and received his master.


    Albin looked at his young apprentice and asked, "Have you finished reading the book?"


    Heinald nodded, "I''ve read it, master. It''s a really valuable book."


    Albin gestured to his young apprentice to walk with him, "I hope you have been able to derive important insights from the book."


    Heinald was silent for a moment and then asked, "Master, how can I ept on a mind and spirit level that everything is part of the concepts of Light and Space?"


    "Everyone''s eptance phase is different, but I think I can give you some advice." After a short pause, Albin continued, "Sometimes your eyes are not enough to see things, in such cases try to see with your senses."


    Albin continued walking after speaking. Heinald began to follow him thoughtfully. He was trying to understand the meaning behind his master''s words.


    "Seeing with senses" Heinald repeated in his heart.


    "You don''t know the content of the experiment I will do,right?" Albin''s question broke the silence.


    "I don''t know, master." Heinald replied.


    Albin didn''t say anything and continued walking slowly. After walking a few corridors, they stopped in front of arge ck door.


    The seals on the door shed as Albin casually waved his hand, and soon various unlocking sounds were heard.


    As Albin''s apprentice, Heinald had entered his master''s personalboratory, a ce no one had ess to. Thisboratory was sorge that it took up almost a quarter of the gigantic mansion. Inside theb there were more alchemy tools than Heinald had ever seen, and hundreds of bookshelves thatpletely filled the walls.


    Heinald noticed that there were doors in various parts of theb, and thought, "Storage rooms maybe."


    Seeing his apprentice looking around curiously, Albin turned to him and said, "Follow!"


    Heinald followed his master. They passed through one of the doors and began descending into a basement.


    "This is" Heinald''s eyes began to growrger as he descended the stairs.


    What Heinald originally thought was the basement was actually an artificial garden. It was like the Sundown Gardens, but it was slightly smaller and unnatural. There was a formation covering the entire area, and part of the garden was covered with a transparent barrier.


    "The purpose of me making this garden was to create a special kind of nt." Albin took a deep breath and continued, "Every potion has an effect, and each ingredient used in making that potion has an effect. To make a multi-effect potion, it is necessary to use many ingredients with different effect and this exposes our main problem with imbnce."


    Albin pointed to the transparent barrier.


    "And what would you think if I told you that we can get the effect we normally get with more than one ingredient from a single nt?"


    "What!?" Heinald almost had a fit of surprise at what he heard.


    Albin smiled lightly and said, "If I''m sessful, the essence of the nt I''ve grown inside this transparent barrier will be enough for me to make a potion that increases immunity to the Ice Element by 10% without any other ingredients."


    Heinald understood his master''s purpose. In order to make a multi-effect potion, he first reduced the material crowd. Thus, it would aim to reduce the imbnce problem. However, there was something that did not cross his mind. If the essence of this nt alone produced the effect that would normally ur with thebination of a few ingredients, it would be a very unnatural herb, and the impurity rate would obviously be too high. The body would develop immunity to such an impure essence in a single use.


    Albin guessed what his apprentice was thinking when he saw his brows lightly brooding, and said, "If you''re considering the impurity ratio, you don''t have to worry, I have a way to solve it."


    "Master, how did you manage to grow such a nt?" Heinald asked.


    "First of all, I have to say that the nt has not yet grown sessfully. I have been doing various experiments on nts for about ten years. In general, after determining the necessary environment for the nt, I created that environment with the help of formations and injected various mixtures into the stem of the nt during the development of the nt. For example, I watered the nt inside the transparent barrier with a special water obtained from the leaves of the Icemoon Rose."


    Albin exined the process haphazardly.


    There were different nts in different parts of the garden. Heinald examined these nts carefully, but they were not the kind of nts he knew.


    Albin gathered three of the surrounding nts and headed for the stairs to go up.


    Heinald immediately followed him and went upstairs with him.


    When they got up, Albin ordered his apprentice to prepare various alchemy tools. When the tools he wanted were ready, he extracted the essences of the herbs he had gathered in various stages and put them in three different containers.


    When Albin saw his apprentice watching his actions carefully, he nodded slightly and said, "These three essences contain concentrated amounts of fire, ice, and poison element particles.


    Heinald nodded.


    When Albin poured the essences into a small cauldron filled with silver water, the essences stood in three different areas without mixing. Mixtures of red, white and green colors were fixed inpletely separate ces from each other. There was no activity in the cauldron for half a minute, but then yellow smoke started to rise from the cauldron. The mixture began to take on a dark green color, and the nasty smell after unsessful potion brewing emerged.


    This is exactly how a normal person would see the process. However, Heinald saw the process very differently thanks to his eyes. He had watched the entire process with full attention and sending Magical Energy to his eyes. Pushing the limits of his eyes, he observed the essences reaction with each other.


    When he looked at essences, instead of seeing colors, he was seeing something like a fmentous tissues. This fmentous tissue never separated from each other and stood together. There was no change in the structure of these fmentous tissues for half a minute, but then the fmentous tissue that first formed the ice core began to disintegrate. Then the fmentous tissue that made up the fire essence, and then the fmentous tissue that made up the poison essence disintegrated.


    But what caught Heinald''s attention was that these textures never disturbed each other and did not mix with each other. Each tissue began to disintegrate on its own, the tissues did not annihte each other by mixing with each other.


    "What are your thoughts?" Albin''s question pulled Heinald out of his thoughts.


    "The essences didn''t mix for half a minute, but then one reaction and the whole mix..." Heinald didn''t know how to finish the sentence.


    "A typical elemental particle mismatch. If we want to find a solution, we need to have a very good understanding of the process that led to the fail in the first ce." Albin scratched his chin thoughtfully, then added, "The reason I''m pointing this out to you is probably because you''ve never seen anything crazy like this before. Who knows? Perhaps your young mind can draw some important inferences about this processter on."


    Did you repeat this process with different nts?" asked Heinald.


    "Yes, of course." Albin nodded. "I did the same experiments on many different nts containing elemental particles, the result was the same in all of them. It was just that the reaction times varied sometimes."


    Heinald said, "Master, call me back when you do this kind of experiment."


    "Don''t worry, you will apany me as my apprentice in my next experiments." Albin nodded.

 Chapter 78: Preparations for Hunt

    Chapter 78: Preparations for Hunt


    When Heinald came to his room, he was mentally quite tired. So he immediately went to bed and fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up the next day, he left the mansion and went to the city''s Market Square. The Market Square of Sam City was thergest he had ever seen. There were no ordinary people around, as in the cities of other kingdoms. The vast majority ofmon people lived in small viges, and their sole purpose was to grow various crops for the Ainsars. Themon people living in the city were also personal servants of the Ainsars.


    Heinald walked into a bookstore he saw. This shop was not a big or shy shop, but it was quite neat and clean. As in most bookshops, the books in the bookcases were representative books and contained only the summary of the book. There was no dust even on these representative books.


    Seeing Heinald, a young and good-looking woman approached him. "Wee, how can I help you?"


    Heinald said, "I''m looking for books with information about Magical Beasts."


    "Please, wait!" The woman nodded and plunged into the bookcases.


    About ten minutester, the woman arrived with five books in her hand. "These representative books contain detailed information about various types of Magical Beasts, you can check the content.


    Heinald opened the books and began to read the titles. Since these books were representative, there was no information; there were only titles. He saw that one of the books contained information about the Serpent of Azarb.


    Heinald walked up to the woman and said, "I want the book called Aler''s Creature Guide."


    "Alright! The original book will be delivered tomorrow. You cane and get it. The cost of the book is 100 Arkana Stones." The woman gave Heinald an order card for 10 Arkana Stones. When he came to take the book tomorrow, he would give back this card and get back his 10 Arkana Stones.


    After Heinald left the bookstore, he found a shop selling various herbs and materials, and purchased some herbs and materials for almost half the Arkana Stones he owned. He had long neglected to brew potions and conduct experiments. Now he had to get back to work.


    Originally, he had in mind to start experiments to create a new Spirit Potion form first, but then decided to experiment with modifications on some potions he knew first. If he had an increase in the effect of these potions or an increase in their impurity rate, the potions he brewed would be much more valuable. Of course, he could also sell the forms of the potions for a very high price, but he would only do so if he was in a very difficult situation. Because the moremon a form was, the lower the value of potions made with that form.


    When Heinald had finished his work in Market Square, he returned to the Redsand Mansion and began brewing the potion in his specially preparedboratory.


    The most valuable potions he had were Distilled Thunder Essence, Shield of Fire Heart, Rhimpous Potion, and Eitrius Potion.


    He would concentrate his studies on these potions.


    Heinald brewed the potion nonstop until the next day. When he remembered that he had to get the book he had ordered, he left hisboratory and went to get the book. After paying a hundred Arkana Stones and getting the book, he immediately returned to the mansion and continued to brew the potion.


    During one of his breaks from brewing potions, he quickly read the book he had just bought.


    Serpents were normally considered quite dangerous creatures, thanks to their venom proneness and agility. But Azarb Serpent was beyond that; this creature also had high defense thanks to its innate magic ''Iron Scales''. ording to the information in the book, this serpent could expel a cloud of dissolving venom from its mouth. Another frightening feature of it was its ability to throw out his poisoned teeth whenever it wants, and the ability to rece them in seconds. Moreover, like most serpents, it could make quick attacks against its enemies with its poisonous saliva.


    Heinald clearly wanted to join Galer''s expedition, but didn''t know if it was worth the risk. Eating the flesh of a Magical Beast to strengthen his body would be the most natural and quality body strengthening method he could choose. He was aware of this, and even if he searched and found the flesh of another creature, it would probably be very difficult to kill that creature.


    At least Heinald would go there with a team.


    "I''m a potions master, I can be better prepared than most. If I''m not going to use this advantage against such dangers, when will I." Heinald tried to persuade himself.


    Heinald immediately started brewing Posioneater Potion. Moreover, together with Master Kunes, he also started making a gel-like mixture that protects against the poison he prepared. He had been able to handle it with ease, with supplies stored for emergencies in the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    "Now I must go and get permission from Master Albin. I hope all goes well." Heinald spoke to himself as he left hisb.


    When he arrived in front of his master''s room, as usual, one of the priests who stood guard at his door first went in and informed his master.


    When allowed, Heinald stepped in.


    At that time, Albin was looking at the papers on his desk and sipping his drink.


    "Master, I want to join the team of Pastor Aesos'' apprentice Galer and go hunting the Azarb Serpent with them. Do you have permission?" Heinald directly asked.


    "Azarb Serpent?" Albin lifted his gaze from the papers on his desk and fixed it on his young apprentice, one of his eyebrow raised.


    "Yes, master. The entire body of this snake is a treasure. However, I specifically want to hunt this snake for its meat, ording to the all sources I have examined, the flesh of this snake is very effective in strengthening an Ainsar''s body."


    "I don''t think I''ve ever heard of this type of serpent..." Albin scratched his chin, "Are you sure it''s not dangerous?"


    "This serpent is very dangerous." said Heinald.


    "You know this serpent is very dangerous and you still want to go hunting it?" A confused expression appeared on Albin''s face.


    "We''ll go with a team of five. Besides, I can''t make progress without taking risks." Heinald shrugged.


    Albin stared at his apprentice for a moment without reacting, then burst intoughter that echoed throughout the room, and said, "Sometimes I forget that I''m old and my youthful enthusiasm is gone."


    "The area where this snake is is not very far away, so I don''t think it willst very long." Heinald''s efforts to persuade his master continued unabated.


    A thoughtful expression appeared on Albin''s face, then he sighed and said, "I''ll give you four days. I''ll have another task for you when you arrive."


    "Understood, master." Heinald nodded.


    "You can go now that you''ve got my permission..." Albin pointed to the papers on his desk, "I''m pretty busy."


    Albin chuckled slightly as Heinald left the room and muttered, "Youth..."


    Heinald left the mansion and traveled quickly to the Temple of Saint Mevson.


    When he reached the temple, he headed inside the temple to find Galer, but saw Galer in front of the temple giving orders to the temple attendants.


    Galer was surprised to see Heinalding towards him. It was clear that he had not expected to see him. "Heinald, its good to see you again!"


    Heinald gave a light nod and said, "Greetings Galer. I''m here to say I''ve decided to join the team."


    "Oh, so I''ve decided to join us. That''s good news. Actually, when I saw your indecisiveness, I was almost certain you wouldn''t join us." Galer shrugged.


    "I decided to take the risk. Master gave me four days, that will be enough, right?" Heinald smiled bitterly.


    Galer nodded. "It will be enough."


    "This is nice!" Heinald nodded and then asked, "When will we be leaving?"


    "I have to contact the other members of the team first, I''ll let you know in a letter when I''ve made the necessary arrangements." Galer said.


    When Heinald finished his conversation with Galer, he returned to the mansion and continued his experiments. The four-day period his master had given him would begin when he left the mansion. He would try to spend all his time in hisb until he contact with him again. During this time, he would brew the potion and review his master''s experiment in his mind.


    Heinald did not know the market price of the potions he was brewing. Before go hunting the Azarb Serpent would sell them to a potion shop in the Market Square and with the Arkana Stones he obtained,he would buy the materials he guessed would be needed for his modification experiments on the potions.


    When he came back, he would try to find books that contained the slightest knowledge about the two high concept. If he could gain a certain amount of understanding of these two concepts early on, it would greatly increase his current wisdom and if he could acquire spells rted to these concepts in the future, he would be able to directly work on them.

 Chapter 79: Secret Passage

    Chapter 79: Secret Passage


    For a week with almost no rest, Heinald only brewed potions. He had run out of all the ingredients he had, so he wouldn''t be able to continue brewing potions anymore. After carefully packing all the potions he had brewed into arge bag, he left the Redsand Mansion and went straight to the city''s Market Square.


    He walked into a potion shop he had seen before. There were no potions on the shelves of the shop, just bottles to put the potions and various containers to store the ingredients. There was an old man sitting behind arge bench in the back of the shop.


    When Heinald came in front of the man, he put his bag on the counter and said, "I have potions I want to sell.


    The old man nodded slowly and said, "Please let me see the potions."


    When Heinald opened the bag, the old man''s eyes began to shine. He carefully picked up the bottles and began to examine their colors, but it was clear that he didn''t know anything about these potions. Thereupon, he told the old man the names of the potions and their effects. Inside the bag there were 10 Distilled Thunder Essence, Shield of Fire Heart and Rhimpous Potion.


    The old man took out a palm-sized cube from his pocket. This cube had a round recess at the top. With the help of a stick, the old man took one drop of all the potions in the bag, one by one, and poured it into that round recess.


    This cube was a special magical item that determined the potion''s effects and impurity ratio.


    "I can give 150,000 Arkana Stones to all these potions." The old man had the price in mind after he had finished his investigations.


    After thinking for a while, Heinald said, "Deal."


    The old man gave Heinald 150 Crystallized Arcana Stones and took all the potions to the room behind the bench.


    When the old man came back, Heinald asked, "Can I see what kind of potions you''ve got?"


    "Certainly." The old man handed him a catalogue.


    Heinald looked through the entire catalog and said, "I want a Theton Potion, a Lus Potion, and a Pal Potion."


    Theton Potion was increasing the Fire Element effect by 20% for ten minutes.


    Lus Potion was increasing the effect of the Lightning Element by 15% for five minutes.


    Pal Potion, on the other hand, increased physical strength by 30% for ten minutes.


    The old man nodded and said "10,000 Arkana Stones."


    Heinald gave the old man 10 Crystallized Arkana Stones and left the shop after sending the potions into the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    Heinald entered a shop selling various materials and herbs, and after buying the materials he needed from there, he left and returned to the Redsand Mansion. He was exhausted, having been brewing potions with almost no rest for the past week. So he went straight to his room to get some sleep.


    Meanwhile, an attendant was walking towards Heinald''s room. When he saw himing from the opposite side, he immediately walked towards him and said, "Sir, there is a letter for you."


    Heinald nodded slightly and took the letter and entered his room. The news he had been waiting for from Galer had finally arrived.


    "We''ll meet at the south gate of the city at noon tomorrow. Please be careful not to bete."


    After he threw the letter aside, he went straight to his bed and slept. He woke up early the next morning and left a note for his master that he was going to hunt the Azarb Serpent. Then he left the mansion and mounted his horse and started to ride towards the south gate of the city. After a few hours of traveling without haste, he managed to reach the south gate of the city.


    When he saw Galer and three other people on horseback in front of the door, he went to them.


    When Galer saw Heinalding, he walked over and said, "Here''s the person I told you about. Heinald,e. Meet the rest of the team."


    A woman with long blond hair and stern green eyes gave a slight nod and introduced herself, "I''m Ajna, nice to meet you.


    "Me too." Heinald replied with a slight nod. The energy waves that this woman emitted were even slightly more than her own energy.


    "My name is Faniel, nice to meet you." A gray-haired man almost as tall as Heinald introduced himself. The energy waves emanating from this man were quite bnced. It was clear that he was a Level 1 Ainsar a long time ago.


    "Me too." Heinald replied.


    "I''m Labas, nice to meet you." A rather skinny-looking man introduced himself. This man was so stocky that his cheekbones were showing. His skin was pale, and anyone looking at him from afar would think he was suffering from a serious illness. However, the waves of energy emanating from this man showed that he was very close to bing a Level 2 Ainsar.


    Heinald was quite curious about the secret behind this man''s body. This man''s body had to be at least as durable and strong as his, or it would shatter under the pressure of Magic Energy. Normally, a women who became Level 1 Ainsars wouldn''t have a very mascr body either, but that was due to their gics.


    Heinald decided to clear his head from these thoughts and said, "Me too."


    Galer said, "There''s one more person we''re waiting for."


    Thus, everyone started chatting in order to get to know each other better. When it was revealed that Heinald was Albin Redsand''s new apprentice, they all began to look at him with special respect.


    Heinald was d that these were not a newly ascended Ainsar. The Magical Beast they were hoping to hunt was extremely dangerous, so he was relieved that those around him were rtively experienced Ainsars. If a newly ascended Ainsar like Osmond were in the team, he might not be able to perform as required.


    "Oh, here''s thest person we''ve been waiting for." Galer pointed ahead. On a white horse came a beautiful woman with long ck hair. The energy waves emanating from her showed that she was also a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greetings. I hope I haven''t kept you waiting too long. I''m Aleinar, nice to meet you."


    "Nice to meet you!" Everyone responded.


    "Now that everybody''s here, we can get going." They set out with the guidance of Galer.


    As soon as you left the south gate of the city, the ins began. Galer''s map marked the area where the passage was, but as far as he mentioned, there was no specific parsing description of the passage. They would most likely have to search and find the pass themselves in the marked area.


    They rode non-stop for about three hours across the ins. Finally, they came to the area marked on the map. It was a ce full of sparse trees andrge rocks, with a riverbed on its right side.


    Although Heinald looked around carefully, he couldn''t see any ''gate'' like ce. It had to be some kind of secret passage so no one expected it to be easy to find, but everything in this area was simr and a ''gate'' would look quite differentpared to other things in the area.


    After looking around carefully, Ajna exhaled and said, "I hope this guy isn''t a liar and we''re not looking for a ce that doesn''t really exist."


    "I don''t think that would happen. It would be very pointless for him to do something like that." Keeping looking around, Galer shrugged.


    "So are we sure we''re in the right area?" Heinald asked.


    "I can''t say for sure, but I''m pretty sure it''s in or around this area." Galer replied.


    Labas said, "We can''t go on like this, let''s spread and search the whole area. If anyone finds anything, let the others know."


    Galer view. "I agree. Let''s spread around and look for the gateway."


    Everyone spread out around the area and started looking for the secret passage.


    "The passage must be under one of these rocks... There''s nothing around to hide a passage." Heinald thought.


    As he rode slowly around the area, he carefully watched the huge rocks around. It was then that his eyes caught an important detail. The spots and marks on one of the rocks were recurring frequently.


    This rock must have been created with a simr camouge formation he had seen before!


    Heinald immediately went to the stone and when he extended his hand, he saw that his hand had entered the stone. Afterwards, it almostpletely went into the stone. There were several seals on the ground and a red crystal in the middle of the seals. This was the camouge formation itself.


    At first, he thought of breaking this formation, butter decided not to do it. If he disrupted this formation, the secret passage would be visible to others as well. If there was indeed an Azarb Serpent downstairs, they could be attacked by others while fighting him.


    No one there would want something like that to happen!

 Chapter 80: Hidden Paths

    Chapter 80: Hidden Paths


    When Heinald looked into the passage, all he saw was a gate that looked like a mine entrance, and pitch ck.


    He came back without doing anything and went to inform the others. Soon everyone had gathered around the stone.


    Galer came to the stone and, after examining it closely, extended his hand towards the stone. As his hand entered the stone, he nodded slightly and asked, "How did you notice that?"


    "Look carefully at the stone. The stains and marks repeat one another, it''s obviously unnatural." Heinald pointed to the tracks.


    Ajna said, "Well caught."


    "Well, now that we''ve found the entrance, it''s time to make a Blood Agreement. The conditions are simple: If Azarb Serpent really exists and we manage to kill him, everyone will receive an equal share of his body. No one will make a hostile or malicious move towards each other during and after the fight."


    Once everyone agreed to the terms, Galer began preparing the Blood Agreement. When the terms were written on the door and the Blood Seal was drawn, everyone dripped a drop of their blood on the seal and the Blood Agreement became active.


    "Let''s go." Galer moved slowly into the stone. The others entered the stone after him.


    Galer created a fire in his palm and illuminated the surroundings. With the illumination of the fire, old stone stairs appeared that led down.


    Everyone began to carefully descend the stairs. They were careful with every step they took in case of a trap.


    In particr, Heinald was paying attention not only to the stairs he stepped on, but also to the stone walls and ceiling to the side. If there was a trap, it woulde from where they least expected it.


    After descending the stairs for several minutes, they came to a ce that smelled musty. It waspletely empty and there was a slight dampness on the ground. The environment was extremely quiet and the sound of water drops could be heard quite clearly.


    After looking around for a while, they saw that there was a narrow corridor ahead. They started walking down the corridor in single file. The water level began to rise under their feet as they walked down the corridor.


    "The water has reached such a level that we can''t see the floor. I hope it''s not hiding any traps." Heinald muttered softly.


    "I don''t think we''ll find a trap here, although I''m not sure. After all, this isn''t an ancient treasure dungeon. If we''re lucky, all we''ll find is an Azarb Serpent." Galer spoke uneasily.


    Labas said, "The corridor we are passing through is very narrow. It is impossible for an Azarb Serpent to pass through."


    When the corridor was finished, they went out into a wide area. The water under their feet had decreased in this area. However, the musty smell that was spreading all over the ce was getting stronger.


    "Which way do we go now?" '' Ajna asked.


    "Look here!" Heinald pointed to the wall in front of their location.


    "What is there?" '' asked Galer.


    Heinald went to the wall and began to examine it closely. This wall looked like it was built hereter. In fact, the ce that looked like it was built afterwards was not the whole wall, but a part of it. It was as if it was built withrge and small intertwined stones.


    Heinald backed up a little and then rushed forward and kicked the wall. With the force of his increased kick, the stones on the masonry broke apart and rolled forward.


    "You''re pretty good at capturing details!" Galer pursed his lips.


    "I guess I am." Heinald grinned.


    A long corridor appeared before them again. They started to move forward in the corridor with a slight anxiety that swelled inside, although they did not show it very well. They knew they were going deeper and deeper. After all, they hade here because of an obscure note written on a note of uncertain timing. It could also be a malicious trap.


    Heinald nced at Galer walking beside him and asked, "Do you think the person who wrote the note you found built that wall?"


    Galer was silent for a moment, and then said, "It''s probably him or someone he knows."


    After crossing the corridor, they came to arge hall. The fire in Galer''s hand was not enough to illuminate the entire hall, so the others lit a fire as well.


    There were various statues of creatures all over the great hall. Other than that, there was nothing. There was no corridor or passageway leading to another ce.


    "And now?" Ajna muttered.


    Heinald examined his surroundings carefully and said, "There is no way to go anywhere else."


    "Maybe it''s hidden by a wall again?" Galer began to carefully look around.


    Labas nodded and said, "The walls look exactly the same."


    "Please let''s not juste here to see the beast statues" Aleinar spoke in a tearful tone.


    "There must be something we overlooked." Heinald thought out loud.


    "Maybe there''s a hidden path and we haven''t noticed it." Labas put forward an idea.


    "We didn''t go through veryrge areas, I don''t think there was anything we overlooked." Galer shook his head.


    "Wait!" Ajna stopped abruptly and pointed to the floor, "There is a line that separates the floor."


    Heinald immediately began to examine the floor and realized that there was indeed a line separating the floor from one end to the other.


    "Is this ce open?" Galer scratched his chin, "There must be a mechanism."


    "I don''t think they put these statues here for the love of art. There must be a trick here." Heinald began to examine the statues carefully.


    Everyone began to examine the statues.


    Galer pped his hands excitedly several minutester. "Here it is!"


    Ajna walked over to Galer and asked, "What did you find?"


    There was a ledge behind a gigantic double-headed bat statue. As Galer pressed against the ledge, the floor they stepped on began to tremble.


    "Be careful!"


    The ground split in two with a loud noise, revealing a path that went downhill.


    Galer took one look at everyone and said, "Let''s go."


    Together they began to advance on the downward path. This road could not be said to be wide, but it was not a narrow road either. There was not the slightest sound around except the sound of their footsteps and dripping water. So everyone was starting to get a little nervous.


    "If Azarb Serpent really exists..." Heinald paused for a moment, then continued, "We can get over it, right?"


    "It is said that the highest level of power an Azarb Serpent can reach a Level 2 Ainsar''s power. Even if this serpent is so, we can ovee it if we attack all attack together."


    Although Galer spoke his thoughts openly, he also had some questions in his mind. Azarb Serpent was a very dangerous creature, there was always the possibility that things could go wrong.


    What would happen if things didn''t go as nned?


    He tried as best he could to prevent bad thoughts from appearing in his mind, but he was not very sessful in this. He longed to hunt the Azarb Serpent, but he was also afraid to fight such a dangerous creature. It could be said that these feelings were valid for everyone there.


    It was Heinald who felt the least fear of them all, because he felt that he was pretty confident with the advantage of the reaction speed his eyes gave him and the potion stock he had prepared before he got here.


    Heinald nced at Aleinar, who was walking beside him, as he continued on the road. This girl was the one who talked the least and she was the one who feared the most, though she tried not to show it. If Azarb Serpent existed, he hoped this girl wouldn''t be paralyzed when she saw it. If this girl let fear take over her, she wouldn''t be able to attack the Azarb Serpent in an organized fashion with the rest of the team, and it would do more harm than good to the team.


    "I might stress her out more if I talk to her about it." Heinald thought of talking to her at first, but after thinking it might make her nervous, he gave up.


    When the road was finished, they found themselves in arge round area, it was pitch dark. The fires they lit were not enough to illuminate the surroundingspletely. Galer pulled a Light Sphere from his bag and hurled it upward.


    When the Light Sphere reached the top, it hung there andpletely illuminated the circr space. As the darkness dissipated, a huge coiled body began to appear beyond the area. There were various animal and human skeletons around.


    "T-This is" Aleinar''s eyes widened.


    -


    "Azarb Serpent!" Heinald''s expression was extremely serious. The body of this giant creature before him was more than a hundred meters long, and its ck scales reflected back the light emanating from the Light Sphere like an imprable shield.


    -


    Azarb Serpent''s twisted body began to move. The giant creature''s eyes were still closed. When it lifted its head up, its length was about 20 meters. When it opened its eyes, green pupilless eyes began to appear, filling the hearts with fear.

 Chapter 81: Attack on Azarb Serpent

    Chapter 81: Attack on Azarb Serpent


    Azarb Serpent stood in all itsfright. The cruel look in its eyes caused great uneasiness in everyone.


    Heinald immediately took a Poisoneater Potion from the dimensional pocket of his robe and drank it.


    Others on the team had also made their own preparations. Galer had pulled a dagger out of his robe pocket, but it didn''t look like a regr dagger.


    With a snap of Galer''s fingers, a few runes appeared on the dagger and began to glow. Four different copies of the Dagger formed, and they all began to circle around Galer. This dagger was an Attack-type Magical Treasure.


    Aleinar had taken a blue sphere out of her robe''s pocket.


    Labas, on the other hand, had drawn the sword from his waist. His sword was covered with a burning aura of fire when he took it in his hand. This sword was also an Assault-type Magic Treasure.


    Ajna took a potion known as the ''Ice Sea Potion'' from her pocket and drank it. This potion increased the effect of the Ice Element by 5% for 5 minutes.


    *Hhhisss!* Azarb Serpent hissed long and uneasily. He slowly began to look for a position to attack. The ck scales on him slowly began to turn silver.


    "Its using its innate defense spell." Heinald narrowed his eyes.


    "Let''s attack!" Galer shouted.


    Heinald immediately cast Lightning Spear and hurled it into the body of the Azarb Serpent. However, the serpent dodged it with a swift and agile movement.


    *BAM!* Lightning Spear mmed into the wall behind, resulting in a lightning st. A part of the wall copsed as a result of the violent explosion.


    Daggers around Galer were covered with lightning bolts. He waved his arm and the daggers all flew towards the serpent; he was inplete control of the daggers and couldmand them as he wished.


    *Hissss!* Azarb Serpent''s eyes lit up with anger when it saw the daggersing towards itself. The sound of two metals hitting each other and an annoying rubbing sound came as the daggers mmed into its body. The Lightning Bolts began to dance on the giant serpent''s scales.


    Azarb Serpent quickly spun around, pushing the surrounding daggers away from itself. The daggers had failed to inflict the slightest damage on him. Only made the giant serpent was more enraged.


    Galer''s expression darkened he saw this, "Damn! How to break its defense?"


    Heinald said, "These scales are its innate magic, I don''t think it can use this continuously. Hold on, when its scales turn back normal, attack with your strongest spells."


    The giant serpent suddenly rushed towards Galer and opened its mouth to swallow him in one swift move.


    "Take this!" Heinald stepped forward and started using his Spiritual Spell-Death Ray. The ray of fire from his hands struck directly into the serpent''s mouth.


    *Hhiiiiiissss!* The giant serpent made a pained noise and stepped back. The inside of its mouth was apletely defenseless ce, so the horribly heated fire ray had managed to leave a painful wound inside his mouth. If this creature had the power of a Level 1 Ainsar, this attack could have killed him, but this giant Azarb Serpent had the power of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    Galer looked gratefully at Heinald beside him and said, "Nice one!"


    At that time, Ajna had finished casting a spell. Five icicles appeared around her. The elemental energy waves emanating from these icicles were so intense that they were almost visible to the naked eye. The ground in the immediate vicinity of female Ainsar was beginning to be covered with a lightyer of ice.


    When Ajna waved her hand, five icicles started flying towards the giant serpent simultaneously. Azarb Serpent managed to dodge two of the icicles flying towards him with quick body movements, but was struck directly by the remaining three.


    The icicles that struck its formidable scales, pierced there andpletely froze the area they had struck.


    *Hhissss!* Azarb Serpent felt angrily and raised its body as high as he could. He then sent a cloud of poisonous gas down its mouth. The poisonous gas cloud began to wreak havoc on the ground it touched.


    Heinald shouted, "Everybodye towards me!"


    Although his sudden call surprised everyone at first, they reacted quickly and rushed towards him.


    Arge jar appeared in Heinald''s hand. When he broke it, the gel-like liquid inside was sshed on him and everyone around him.


    At that time, a cloud of poisonous gas was slowly beginning to envelop the entire area.


    "What is that?" Ajna asked.


    Heinald said, "This gel will greatly reduce the damage of the toxic gas on the skin."


    *Cough* *Cough* Everyone but Heinald started coughing. He was unaffected by the poisonous gas that had surrounded him from the Poisoneater Potion he had taken before, but the others'' breathing started to burn them from the inside.


    They all took rags from the pockets of their robes and covered their faces. If they breathed too much, they would end up very badly.


    At the moment, Azarb Serpent acted again and suddenly threw a poisonous spittle at their location.


    "Be careful!" Heinald somersaulted to the side. Galer, Aleinar and Labas also managed to get away from that area somehow, but Ajna did not react as quickly as the others and was hit by the poisonous saliva.


    *Aggghhhh!* Ajna''s screams of pain filled the entire area. The woman, whose entire body was covered with poisonous saliva, began to melt rapidly. Everyone watched as the poor woman''s entire skin began to ke off in a matter of seconds, and before long it hadpletely vanished without a trace. The area where Ajna used to stand was now a small pool boiling with poisonous saliva. A sickening smell and toxic fumes were emanating from that area all around.


    Everyone except Aleinar was making a great effort not to vomit. Aleinar herself, on the other hand, was in shock at seeing such a sight for the first time, and a statue was cut into a muscture. Her hands and pupils were trembling.


    Observing the situation, Heinald immediately rushed to her side and began to shake her, "Control yourself now is not the time! If you do n''t want to die like that, start attacking with us right now!"


    "Again! Watch Out!" Galer cried out in anxiety.


    Azarb Serpent tensed to spit poisonous spittle again. Heinald immediately threw Aleinar to the right, and he jumped to the left.


    *Shousshh* When Azarb Serpent threw the poisonous saliva, the saliva didn''t hit anyone and hit the ground directly. A voice rose from the ground, like duck meat thrown into hot oil. Again, toxic fumes began to rise above the ground.


    "Its scales are back to normal!" Labas shouted.


    Heinald immediately took the Theton Potion out of his pocket and consumed it. The nasty-tasting liquid slid down his throat, burning like boiling water. He instantly felt that the Fire Energy in his entire body had be raging like an overflowing brook.


    "Together!"


    Heinald quickly cast Fire Vines and then immediately cast his Spiritual Spell-Death Ray. Wrapped with fire vinesing out of the ground, the serpent is directly hitted by the fire ray.


    *Hhhiiiisss!* Azarb Serpent began to hiss painfully. He was almostpletely engulfed in fire, and the effect of these fires was increased with the help of a potion.


    Labas shouted "Lightning Meteor!"


    A ball of lightning nearly half the size of the gigantic serpent formed above the Azarb Serpent and began to descend towards the serpent.


    *BAM!* When the huge ball of lightning fell on Azarb Serpent''s already bound body, he experienced a violent lightning st. Lightning twigs scattered all around and the surroundings were illuminated with a dazzling white-blue mixed light. The violent waves caused by the explosion blew away the crew members along with many stone fragments.


    The entire environment waspletely covered with dust.


    The Heinals shouted, "Everybody okay?"


    "I''m fine but i can''t see it!" Galer answered.


    Labas said, "Be careful, it may attack suddenly."


    "I-Isn''t it dead?" Aleinar''s voice trembled.


    As the dust began to dissipate, the giant serpent was seen inside arge crater formed after the explosion. Some scales had shed from various parts of its body, and both of itseyes hadpletely disappeared. Smoke was rising from its whole body, and there was a foul burning smell all around. However, everyone there knew that the giant serpent did not die because the energy waves emanating from it could be felt by everyone.


    The Azarb Serpent had arge hollow in one part of its body. Heinald''s Spiritual Magic had caused this hollow. The scales there werepletely gone, and the serpent''s skin in that area waspletely charred.


    "Damaging those scales would be nothing short of a dream if its innate magic hadn''t ended. Its still not dead, though, and we can kill it, if we manage to strike powerful enough attacks on therge wound I''ve inflicted. " Heinald observed the Azarb Serpent lying inside the crater and began to draw inferences.

 Chapter 82: Losses and Gains

    Chapter 82: Losses and Gains


    Azarb Serpenty motionless inside the crater. Although it had many injuries on its body, these injuries were not deep enough to kill a high vitality creature like it.


    It was still alive!


    "Why isn''t it moving?" Aleinar asked.


    Galer squinted his eyes and began to observe it intently, "Could it be trying to fool us into believing its dead?"


    Heinald cast a fireball and sent it directly to the lying serpent.


    *Hiss!* All of Azarb Serpent''s scales suddenly took on a silver appearance. When the fireball hit the silver scales, it dissipated and waspletely destroyed. The fireball that Heinald created was a Low Rank spell, it was impossible to damage such a powerful creature.


    Labas'' expression darkened and said, "Damn! It can use its defensive magic again!"


    Azarb Serpent quickly spun around and rose from within the crater. It dashed towards Aleinar, who was standing closest to it. Its huge mouth was wide open and it wanted to swallow its prey in one go, but Aleinar threw the blue sphere in her hand into its open mouth.


    *Hisss!* The giant serpent began to wobble as the blue sphere entered its mouth. It was as if he had swallowed a prey he didn''t want and wanted to get rid of it, but he couldn''t get rid of it.


    Heinald looked at Aleinar and asked, "What was that thing you threw?"


    Aleinar replied, "Its a magical item. It will absorb its venom for couple of minutes."


    "Nice!" Galer''s nervous expression loosened a little.


    Heinald pointed at the wound he had inflicted and said, "Focus your attacks on therge wound on its body!"


    Even if they all attacked together, it was very difficult to get past its scales and inflict direct damage while this creature''s Defense Spell was active. Attacking the area where there was already no scales and an open wound was the best option.


    But the giant serpent was well aware of this. It adjusted his position to cover the wound on its body and protected its wound.


    Galer grit his teeth and said, "Let''s stay away from each other and surround it. Whoever gets a chance to attack that big wound, attack immediately."


    Heinald moved to the right of the giant serpent.


    Galer sent daggers swirling around him to the giant serpent. However, the serpent turned around, fending off the daggers.


    Labas muttered a spell, and his right palm waspletely covered in lightning. As he extended his palm towards the serpent, a palm-sized ball of lightning flew into the giant serpent and hit it on the head. However, this small ball of lightning didn''t disappear, and despite its size, it began to scatter quite powerful lightning bolts around the serpent''s head.


    *Hissss!* Azarb Serpent hissed angrily and rushed towards Labas with a sudden movement and bit him with a sudden movement.


    Labas had reacted quickly and stepped aside, but the giant serpent''s speed was too fast and one ofits teeth had pierced his shoulder.


    "Agghhhh!" Labas screamed in pain and pushed himself away from the giant serpent''s tooth. If Aleinar didn''t have that magical item, he would have died of venom in seconds.


    However, he survived this attack with only injury.


    Embers and Narox appeared at the hands of Heinald. He sent Magical Energy to Embers and jumped towards the Azarb Serpent. At that time, the serpent was about to attack Labas again. However, it suddenly stopped when it sensed an attacking.


    Both of Azarb Serpent''s eyes were gone, but its strong senses were still intact. It couldn''t see the attacks, but it could feel them.


    For example, it could feel the Lightning Element Energy emanating from Galer''s daggers and the Fire Element Energy emanating from Heinald''s sword.


    While Heinald was still in the air, Azarb Serpent felt his attack and turned its head towards him. Giant serpent had opened its mouth wide to swallow it in one bite, but Heinald used Narox to create an airwave and suddenly flew himself higher.


    He swung the Embers downwardly which wrapped up with powerful mes.


    *Tinn!* There was a shrill sound as the sword and scales collided. This sword strike had cut the giant serpent''s face vertically and managed to destroy all the scales in that row. It also managed to burn that area down.


    The snake hissed angrily and staggered.


    "Here''s the opportunity!" Galer''s eyes narrowed and he muttered a spell. A fireball began to form in his hand. However, the heat emitted by this fireball was unlike that of an ordinary Low Rank fireball. This fireball was entirely formed by red mes.


    The fireball shed out from his hand and hit the open wound directly. The ce where the fireball had hit began to burn like a burning bush.


    Heinald raised his right hand,a lightning spear formed and started emitting lightning bolts. Lightning Spear flew at full speed, and when it hit the wound, a lightning st appeared. The giant serpent''s body was struck by violent lightning bolts.


    Azarb Serpent copsed to the ground and began to squirm, as a result of repeated violent attacks. The wound had grownrger, and the flesh in that area waspletely charred.


    Aleinar put her hand on the ground and muttered a spell. The ground began to tremble, and shards of sharp stones flew out from under the ground. She hoped her attack would injure its lower body, but serpent dodged the attack with a agile move.


    "Watch out!" Heinald observed that the serpent raised its head and would attack. He tried to warn Aleinar, but it was toote. Azarb Serpent opened his mouth, and one of his teeth flew incredible towards Aleinar with speed, snapping off her head in an instant.


    No one had been able to give aplete reaction to this event that happened so quickly. Although Azarb Serpent was badly injured, it still managed to kill one memeber of the team. Aleinar''s body, shaking wildly, fell to the ground, and after a few seconds, her body waspletely motionless.


    "It''s aiming at me!" Heinald was running as soon as the serpent turned its head towards him. Although the giant serpent couldn''t see him, it could sense the vibrations he created on the ground as he ran.


    *Hisssss* Azarb Serpent sent his poisonous saliva towards Heinald.


    Heinald immediately sent Magic Energy to the Narox in his hand and swung it away. An air strip came out of the sword and stopped the flight of poisonous saliva.


    Galer gathered the daggers around him and thrust them into an arrowhead-like position. Giant serpent had left his wound vulnerable again as he attacked Heinald. The daggers flew, leaving lightning trails behind them, and simultaneously stabbed into the giant serpen''s open wound.


    * Hhhiiiissss! * Azarb Serpent felt in pain and its entire body began to tremble violently. It couldn''t keep hiits bnce and he copsed to the ground with all its weight, causing a dent.


    Heinald sent Magical Energy to the other sword in his hand, Embers, and leaped into the air, lowering the ming sword in the air, and thrusting them all through the serpent''s open wound.


    Azarb Serpent tried to recover, but thest move hadpletely destroyed what little stamina it had left, and after writhing in pain for a while, it stopped moving at all. The energy waves emanating from it had alsopletely disappeared.


    It was dead.


    "Finally...Died." Labas sat down weakly on the ground.


    Heinald immediately drew his sword from the dead serpent''s body and cleansed it.


    Galer exhaustedly sat down on the ground and murmured, "Five Ainsars almost couldn''t cope with it...Is the power gap between Level 1 and Level 2 that big?"


    "If we had been faster..." Labas sighed, "Maybe we could have saved them."


    "Their families... I hope they won''t think we killed them." Heinald grimaced when he saw Aleinar''s blood-stained body.


    "I don''t know...we''ll think about itter. Let''s get what we need to get and get the hell out of here." Galer stood up slowly.


    Heinald, Galer, and Labas first tore off the remaining intact scales of Azarb Serpent and drew as much blood from him as they could. They then chopped up their meat and divided everything they got equally. This whole process took about three days.


    Since Labas had a Dimensional Ring, he could easily take his own supplies with him. However, Galer didn''t have any Dimensional items, so Heinald also stored his materials in his own robes'' dimensional pocket.


    When they got out of there, they quickly traveled to Sam City without stopping. When they reached the south gates of the city, they bade farewell to each other.


    When Heinald arrived at Redsand Mansion, he waspletely exhausted and feeling very dirty. After taking a quick shower, he meditated for a few hours to calm the surges of Magical Energy. He theny on his bed and quickly fell asleep.


    Although the Ainsars had a much stronger constitution unlike normal humans, they still needed to rest. However, even if a Level 3 Ainsar hasn''t slept for years, it will have no effect. Nor did they need to rest unless they were seriously injured or fighting.

 Chapter 83: Growing Doubt

    Chapter 83: Growing Doubt


    Heinald went to see his master the next day. However, he learned that he had left the mansion in the early hours. So he postponed his n to talk to him and he too left the mansion and went to Sam City''s Market Area. It took a lot of effort with the others to tear off Azarb Serpent''s solid scales and remove the poison in its body as not be as died. Now it was time to reap the rewards of his hard work.


    He would consume Azarb Serpent''s flesh to strengthen his body, and he would use its blood in experiments.


    He went to the shop called ''The Sleeping Owl'', where he bought ingredients to make potions before. The price of the materials in this shop was the highest he had ever seen, but at the same time, he had never seen more materials in a shop than in this shop, and they were all of extremely high quality. Moreover, some of the materials in this shop were not even in the secret market area he had visited before.


    "Greetings!" When Heinald entered the shop, he greeted the shopkeeper he had met in his previous trades. This shopkeeper was a well-built man who appeared to be in his 50s. He was a Level 1 Ainsar. His hair, beard and eyes were as ck as night. Although he himself did not look very old, he felt that he was at least 150 years old. Ainsars could change their appearance with various potions and ingredients. By the time they became an Ainsar, their life expectancy increased exponentially, as they had ceased to be a normal human being both spiritually and physically. A Level 1 Ainsar could live for at least 200 years if they were not killed by someoneor something. Moreover, this time could be increased with various healing potions and cures.


    The shopkeeper gave a light nod and said, "Greetings!"


    "Heinald said, "I have valuable materials I want to sell."


    "Oh? Aren''t you going to buy supplies this time?" The shopkeeper thought that this young man, with whom he had traded several times before, hade for the same reason.


    Heinald shook his head, "No, a few of my friends and I hunted an Azarb Serpent the other day. We shared various parts of his body, I want to sell my share."


    "A-Azarb Serpent!? Where the hell did you find that creature in this part of the world?" The Shopkeeper had almost lost it.


    Heinald scratched his chin and replied, "In some kind of underground ruin..."


    "Ah! So you discovered a ruin, I really envy you." The shopkeeper sighed and continued, "If there is an Azarb Seerpent in an underground ruin, it was put there to guard a treasure. I''m sure you''ve found a precious treasure."


    Heinald''s brows furrowed slightly. After he and the others killed Azarb Serpent, they thoroughly checked the area, but they could not find any other path or passage. Later they thought that the treasure itself was the Azarb Serpent, and they abandoned their search and left.


    Heinald decided pass the topic, "I have 500 Azarb Serpent scales and 200g of its venom."


    The shopkeeper waited expectantly for him to continue, but when it didn''t happen, he asked, "What about its flesh and blood?"


    Heinald immediately replied, "They''ll stay with me."


    "Oh...I see." The shopkeeper''s face fell, "Please let me see the ingredients."


    After carefully examining the scales and the venom, the shopkeeper valued them all at 550,000 Arkana Stones.


    Heinald gained 5 Singrized Arkana Stones and 50 Crystallized Arkana Stones in exchange for the materials he sold and left the shop.


    On his way back to Redsand Mansion, he had some questions in his mind.


    "Could that Azarb Serpent really be guarding something?" Heinald asked this question to himself.


    At that moment, a possibility urred to him.


    Galer talked about the note he found from the remains simply by speaking. The note might have mentioned about a hidden treasure. He could have made the Azarb Serpent look like a treasure, thus manipting everyone into believing that the serpent was the treasure.


    He himself wouldter go and retrieve the hidden treasure by himself.


    Although Heinald thought this possibility unrealistic, he still decided to check it out.


    He abandoned returning to the Redsand Mansion and made his way to the Saint Mevson Temple. When he got there, he looked around but couldn''t see Galer. When he asked the servants working in the temple where he was, the answer was that no one had seen him.


    "Can it really be?" Heinald''s suspicion and logic was in a conflict. Galer was not injured, but he was quite tired. This might be the reason why he didn''te to the temple.


    The suspicion won over Heinald''s internal war, and he decided to go to the secret passage in the southern ins.


    After half a day''s journey, he hade back to the area where the secret passage was. He quickly went to the ce where they killed Azarb Serpent. At first, nothing seemed different to him. Aleinar''s lifeless body was still on the ground, and the surroundings had been devastated by the fierce battle.


    But then something caught his eye that was not the same. There was a change in the ceiling, there was a square-shaped gap that wasn''t there before. He clearly remembered everything he saw, he had studied the ceiling before, and that void was not there.


    "Damn! That bastard used us!" Heinald grit his teeth.


    Galer had taken the treasure and left.


    Heinald left there angrily and returned to Sam City. He was also angry with himself for not noticing the hidden mechanism in the ceiling. Moreover, he was very curious about what Azarb Serpent was protecting. In any case, a Magical Beast equal Level 2 Ainsar power was guarding had to be valuable.


    "When the timees, I''ll show him what it''s like to use me!" Heinald had a piercing look in his eyes.


    When he returned to Redsand Mansion, he decided to put this incident out of his mind for a while. He was curious about the new task his master would give him. When he went to his master''s room, the priests waiting in front of the door said that Albin was waiting for him inside.


    "Master!" Heinald bowed.


    "Mmm." Albin gestured for him to sit down.


    Heinald said, "Master, you said you had a task to give me."


    "Oh, yes! I''m going to ask you something that is very important to me." Albin nodded. A box the size of two palms appeared in his hand.


    "I suppose you want me to deliver this to someone." Heinald looked at the box and scratched his chin.


    "Exactly!" Albin nodded.


    Heinald nodded and asked, "Alright, so who am I going to deliver this box to?"


    Albin said, "You will go to the Shadowmirage Mountains. There is a great castle on the peak of Ariek Mountain. It is known as ''Raghast Ghul''. Someone very close to me lives there, I want you to deliver this box to him. His name is Fredor.Treat him with the same respect as you treat me, and properly fulfill the duties assigned to you by him."


    The Shadowmirage Mountains" Heinald had studied a detailed map of the Neuor Theocracy, he knew where these mountains were. The Shadowmirage Mountains were located near the northeastern borders of the Neuor Theocracy. There were three mountains: Ariek, Mlovid and Erdest. These three mountains were called the Shadowmirage Mountains.


    Heinald said, "Don''t worry, I will grant your task."


    "Good! However, you have to be careful. The Shadowmirage Mountains are a dangerous area and there are many Magical Beasts living there. Prepare well before you go. If you sessfullyplete this task,in return, you can be sure that I will give you a great reward. "


    Albin sent Heinald from his room after giving some necessary information. This task given to him was not urgent. Albin had given him time to prepare and for the experiments he had to do. After finishing his experiments, he would travel to the Shadowmirage Mountains.


    ******


    A month went by quickly.


    Heinald only went to three ces in that time. Laboratory and Mansion Library and The Sleeping Owl. He spent half of the Arkana Stones he owned in thest one month on books he thought would help the experiment process and on the materials he had to buy to carry out the experiments.


    There were two things he did in a month''s time; gathering information and experimenting.


    He had read all the books in the libraries in all the ces he had been before. He was very careful with this because he did not forget a single word he read. He knew very well that for an Ainsar, knowledge was very, very important. A knowledgeable Ainsar could chart his own path and find solutions to the obstacles he would encounter.


    It was known that an Ainsar could not be promoted to higher levels unless he had sufficient knowledge.


    Heinald had more or less knowledge of many things, including Herbalism, Potion Brewing, Spells, Curses, Spirit Cultivation, Magical Beasts, Runes, and Formations.


    In particr, the knowledge he knew about Herbalism and Potion Brewing was much more than other branches because his orientation to these two branches was much more than the others.


    Relying on the information he has gathered so far, he entered an experiment process and carried out many experiments.


    All of his experiments actually served one purpose; improve the potion forms he knows.


    In this process, there were both sessful experiments and failed experiments. For example, one of them was the Low Level Fire Effect Potion. Although his experiments on the form of this potion were very difficult for him, he seeded. He had carefully studied thepatibility of materials used for this potion, and had prepared a list of materials that could bepatible, taking this as an example. After a detailed scanning process, he had experimented with materials that he thought could be sessful, and he was sessful.


    The potion he brewed with the new form increased the Fire Element Effect by 20% for 8 minutes, and the impurity rate was low.


    He named the new potion ''Phoenix Feather Potion'', which he developed based on the form of the Low Level Fire Effect Potion.

 Chapter 84: To the Shadowmirage Mountains

    Chapter 84: To the Shadowmirage Mountains


    Heinald''s second achievement was his experiments on the potion called Shied of Fire Heart. He gathered the materials he thought might bepatible with this potion and as a result of various experiments he carried out, he added an essence consisting of a mixture of Elir Flower Leaf and Juirus Seed to the potion''s form. As a result, he managed to increase the immunity rate against fire that potion provides to the person consuming it by 5%, increasing it to 20%. However, the addition of this material slightly increased the impurity rate of the form.


    Hisst achievement was to improve the potion''s effect called Distilled Thunder Essence. Under normal circumstances, Distilled Thunder Essence would provide 10% immunity to the Lightning Element, but after the experiments this rate increased to 15%, but the potion''s duration was decreased to 7 minutes. The reason for this was that the newly added material called Raven Eye Retina was somewhat ipatible with ck Rose Leaf, which is the main ingredient that determines the potion''s effect duration.


    Heinald also experimented with other potion forms he knew, but considering that he would bepatible, none of the ingredients he listed werepatible to be added to the form of these potions. That''s why he thought there was no point in trying any further and ended his experiments.


    It was time toplete the task given to him by his master. Therefore, when he finished his experiments, he made a quick preparation and left the mansion to begin his long journey. Of course, he had not neglected to talk to his master for a while before leaving.


    Shadowmirage Mountains that he needed to go were located near the northeastern borders of the Neuor Theocracy.


    A ride on horseback would be quite tiring for him. So he was thinking of going by an airship to Weirl City, the city closest to the northeastern border of the Neuor Theocracy.


    Therefore, he got on one of the horse carriages waiting in front of the mansion and traveled to the Airship Port. He had seen airships from afar before, but when he looked closely, he realized that they were much bigger in a close look.


    These airships could be found in every city of the Neuor Theocracy. The owner of this airshipwork was the Anjsen Family. This family was among the most powerful families thanks to their powerful family members and incredible resource wealth.


    In order to get on the Airship, it was first necessary to buy a ticket from the big building on the right of the Airship Port. Heinald paid 50 Arkana Stones and bought a ticket for the airship to Weirl City. For this trip, which is not normally long, this price was too expensive for many Ainsars, but for a Potion Master like him, this amount was pretty insignificant.


    Heinald bought his ticket and started walking towards the airship indicated on the ticket. An attendant waiting outside the airship checked Heinald''s ticket and then assigned another attendant to serve him.


    The inside of the Airship was no different from a luxury home. Apart from the private rooms, there was even an area equipped withrge windows for those who wanted to watch the journey from a wide area.


    The attendant left after showing Heinald his room.


    The room had arge bed, bathroom and desk.


    Heinald smiled and muttered as he looked around, "A nice journey awaits me."


    After a few hours, the airship took off and set off for Wierl City. Heinald was particrly preupied with thoughts about the magic formation that allowed the airship to soar through the air like a bird. It was obvious that this formation was made by an Ainsar who had acquired some understanding on the Space Concept. This formation was destroying the gravity around the airship.


    Heinald would have given anything to gain a very small amount of understanding of the Concept of Space and Light, but for now he was far from gaining an understanding. Moreover, he did not have much time to gain understanding.


    His journey took about 5 days.


    Heinald had reached Wierl City. Now it was time to cross the Manien Heights and reach the Shadowmirage Mountains.


    Heinald bought himself a horse as his first job and left town without dy. After a two-day travel, he managed to cross the Manien Heights.


    He stopped in a small town located south of the Shadowmirage Mountains border. He would find an inn here and spend time there until morning. It was not wise to travel towards the mountains at night. Moreover, he wanted to learn from the innkeeper what he knew about the mountains. Listening to the locals was the best way to get to know a ce.


    As he wandered the squalid streets of the border town, the few people he saw greeted him with respect and fear. For ordinary people, Ainsars were like gods, who could destroy them at will.


    Heinald entered the only inn he could see. There was nobody inside but four people gathered around a table. But there was something interesting; these four people were not ordinary people. They were also Ainsars like himself.


    They stared at him in surprise when they noticed the energy waves Heinald was emitting. It was clear that they did not expect to see an Ainsar in such a border town.


    The innkeeper immediately ran up to him and said, "Wee, my lord."


    "Mmm." Heinald gave a nod.


    "Greetings, friend! Would you like to join us?" One of the four sitting at the table invited Heinald.


    "Certainly." Heinald replied.


    Everyone at the table introduced themselves to him. These four were Level 1 Ainsars named Kulin, Faskor, Juben, and Kavns.


    Their purpose ining here was to assist Kavns in his exploration work that he had been conducting for several years. ording to Kavns, there was arge catbs beneath the Vinestream Valley between three mountains.


    After years of exploring this area, he finally discovered an entrance, but was attacked by arge number of creatures. Therefore, he could not continue his exploration and sought support from friends he knew.


    Heinald looked at Kavns and asked, "What makes this catbs such an interesting ce for you?"


    Kavns shrugged and said, "There''s no obvious reason. Ancient tombs always contain relics from ancient times. Who knows, maybe we''ll find something interesting."


    Heinald chatted with them until the morning and got useful information and advice about the mountains.


    In the morning he said goodbye to them and set out for the mountains. The mountain he had to reach was the rearmost mountain, Mount Ariek. But for this he would use mountain passes. The valley between these mountains was huge, and he was warned that it was too dangerous to travel there.


    Climbing the mountains would undoubtedly be much more difficult than traveling in the t valley, but at least it would not be as dangerous as it would be in the valley.


    Mount Mlovid and Mount Erdest were side by side, the area in the middle of which was the beginning of the Vinestream Valley.


    Heinald started walking down the path that led up to the slope of Mlovid mountain. Since the roads of this mountain were not for a horse, he left his horse at the inn in the border town. To reach the mountain pass, he had to reach the back of the mountain. The path of Mlovid mountain was a zig-zag path. He could not see the upper reaches because of the snow and heavy fog, but he could predict that the whole road would not continue like this.


    For several hours Heinald headed on the mountain road without stopping. He could see that he was getting closer and closer to the clouds, the coldness of the air was getting harder and harder for even an Ainsar to bear.


    *Tyaaank!* The sudden shrill screech suddenly set off rm bells in Heinald''s mind. He knew at once that that shrill cry belonged to a Roneg. A very strong wind blew towards him from his right. A Roneg with a huge body descended towards the mountain road andnded there.


    His bright red eyes stared wildly at Heinald.


    "The energy waves emanating from him are somewhat suppressing my energy waves. He must have a strength almost close to that of a Level 2 Ainsar." Heinald said inwardly.


    Roneg, whom Heinald encounteredst time, was prone to the Poison Element. However, this Roneg was prone to the Fire Element as he was radiating massive waves of Fire Energy. Like every Magical Beast, this Roneg had a prone.


    Narox appeared in Heinald''s hand. He sent Magical Energy to it and carefully waited for Roneg''s next move.


    *Wuuuak!* Roneg cried out and threw a fireball from his mouth towards Heinald.


    Heinald immediately swung the wind-wrapped Narox and met the fireballing towards him.


    The heat wave that emerged from the impact of the collision instantly melted the surrounding ciers.


    Heinald gathered all his strength in his legs and rushed towards Roneg.


    Roneg swung his right w, which was sharper than a sword, at Heinald, who wasing towards him. When the w collided with the sword, a small shock wave appeared and Heinald was blown back.

 Chapter 85: Struggle in the Mountains

    Chapter 85: Struggle in the Mountains


    When Heinald was swept back by the force of the collision, he flipped over the ground several times and crashed into a rock.


    "Damn it!" Heinald grit his teeth in pain.


    Roneg pped his wings vigorously and took off. Every time he pped his wing, a small-scale storm seemed to arise.


    Heinald rushed to his sword, which was swinging quite far from him, and took it in his hand.


    Meanwhile, Roneg threw another fireball towards him.


    "Whisper of the Wind!"


    Heinald was surrounded by the wind and dashed forward. Thanks to the wind that surrounded him, he glided quickly through the air and dodged the fireball.


    When hended on the ground again, he jumped with all his might and began gliding towards the Roneg.


    Roneg opened his mouth wide to halve his hunt,who flying towards him in one bite. However, Heinald made a quick maneuver with the help of the wind around him and dodges the attack.


    "Take this!" Heinald cried out and swung his sword though Roneg''s right wing and chopped it with three move in a row.


    *Wuuak!* Roneg screamed in pain and wagged his tail at Heinald.


    Heinald immediately put up a defense with his sword, but the violent thrust sent him flying downward like an arrow.


    "Wind of Aira!"


    Heinald immediately used one of the oldest spells he knew, the wind spell, and greatly slowed his speed before crashing into the ground. However, when he hit the ground violently, there were cracks in the bones in various parts of his body.


    The vast majority of Magical Beasts could notpete with an Ainsar in terms of magic usage. As long as Ainsars learned every element and every kind of magic, they could use it. However, Magical Beasts could not cast spells; they only used innate attacks that they based on the element they were prone to. For example, Heinald''s fireball was a spell, but Roneg''s fireball was his innate attack; It doesn''t have a pattern like a spell does.


    But what makes Magical Beasts really strong is their body strength. Those with a strong skeletal structure, such as Ronegs, stand out especially with their body strength. It would most likely be the end for an Ainsar to use pure body strength to fight a powerful creature like a Roneg without using magic.


    Heinald grit his teeth and stood up before the Roneg could direct another attack at him.


    Roneg''s wings turned the color of a hot iron and began to ze around. As he pped his wings, the entire area was hit by a scorching wave of fire.


    Heinald was able to neutralize this move easily using his spell called Frost Wave.


    As Roneg fell to the ground again, mes began to dance in his mouth again. mes flowed endlessly between his sword-like teeth.


    "Fire Vines!" Heinald muttered a name.


    Numerous burning vines came out from under Roneg andpletely wrapped him.


    "Predator Destruction!" Heinald immediately cast another spell.


    -


    As Roneg struggled to break free from the vines that had wrapped him, clouds of fire appeared above him, and tiny bits of me began to rain down on him.


    These small pieces of me exploded as they fell on Roneg, creating shock waves and intense heat.


    Since this Roneg was immune to fire, these two spells hadn''t been able to deal much damage to him, but still managed to injure him. One of his eyes had burst and his wings were torn.


    When Roneg got rid of burning vines, he had shed out like an arrow towards Heinald with power from both his wings and legs.


    Heinald reacted quickly, leaping to the right, thus avoiding being smashed by Roneg''s saber-like teeth.


    The stones werepletely crumbled when Roneg missed him and bit the stone behind him.


    "Lightning Spear!"


    Heinald raised his right hand and a spear of lightning appeared above his hand.


    As Roneg turned towards Heinald to attack him again, the Lightning Spear shed out and went straight into the giant creature''s mouth.


    *Rynaaak!*


    The Lightning Spear inside Roneg''s mouth exploded, and violent lightning bolts began pouring out of his mouth.


    Roneg''s head could not withstand the violent explosions and exploded. Numerous pieces of teeth, blood, and flesh were strewn about.


    The giant creature''s headless body struggled for a while, then stopped moving.


    Heinald took a Low Level Healing Potion from the dimensional pocket of his robe and consumed it. In a short time, he felt that various wounds and cracked bones on his body began to itch.


    This meant that his wounds were healing.


    Heinald wanted to leave the area without dy because in his battle with Roneg, surges of Magic Energy had spread to the surrounding area. These energy surges could attract some Magical Beasts to his area.


    Despite the pain in his body, he clenched his teeth and continued on the mountain road. When he reached the end of the zig-zag path, he realized that his only option was to climb the rocks.


    He found a spot against the freezing wind and waited there so that the wounds on his body would healpletely. He could very well warm up by using magic, but he was in a dangerous ce and didn''t want to waste his magic energy. These mountains were filled with dangerous creatures, and no one knew for sure when they would attack. If he stumbled upon one of them without having enough magic energy, it would be a disaster for him. Additionally, if he warmed up by using magic energy, the waves of magic energy emanating from him could be felt by the surrounding creatures.


    So he grit his teeth and tried to endure the fierce cold.


    When his wounds werepletely healed, he began to climb the huge cliffs. More precisely, he started jumping over the rocks.


    Using his spell called Whisper of the Wind, he managed to cross the mountain''s huge rocks without difficulty and reached a spiral path again.


    As he headed along this road, the surrounding coldness had be even more severe.


    When he reached the end of the spiral path, he had managed to reach the back of the mountain. He could now see the pass leading to Mount Ariek. This pass was formed by the fusion of extremelyrge rocks side by side.


    Heinald walked quickly and carefully towards the passage. When he reached the head of the rocky road, he was surprised by a roar that rang in his ears.


    Looking around quickly, he noticed a Yeti standing on a rock above. This yeti was at least eight meters tall. The energy emanating from him showed that his spiritual energy was less than Heinald''s.


    However, in terms of body strength, this Yeti was far, so far above him.


    "Again" Heinald gritted his teeth and waved his hand. A sh of white light appeared on his hand, and then Embers appeared.


    *Crack!* Yeti raised both his arms and mmed into the ground. At that moment, jagged ice crystals started to rise from the ground that were heading towards Heinald.


    With a quick side step, Heinald dodges the attack and starts running towards the Yeti.


    Yeti roared and raised his right w. Yeti''s w turned into icy des and began to emit a freezing aura.


    Heinald sent Magical Energy to Embers in his hand, and the sword was wrapped in mes, emitting a scorching heat around him.


    As the ice w and the me-wrapped sword approached each other, the two elemental energies first collided, and a fierce energy wave began to spread around. This energy wave was so strong that the surrounding snow and hundreds of pounds of stones were thrown into the air.


    This shsted for a few seconds, but Heinald was the winner, and Embers overpowered the ice w''s Ice Element energy, destroying it and directly halved the w.


    Under normal circumstances, even a sharp sword like Embers wouldn''t be able to damage these ws, but the sword was constantly draining Heinald''s Magic Energy, causing it to burn with extremely strong mes.


    *Woaar!* Yeti roared in pain and anger, his w split by the Embers. He quickly waved his other w, but Heinald had foreseen this move and was already prepared to retreat.


    When Heinald withdrew, he immediately cast his spell called Fire Vines.


    As the yeti prepared to run at him, he was suddenly wrapped by burning vinesing out from under his feet.


    Fire Vines was undoubtedly one of the most useful spells Heinald knew. By blocking the opponent''s movement - although not for very long - it gave time to make a move or preparation, hindering the opponent''s move and at the same time damaging him.


    Heinald managed to cast his Spiritual Spell-Death Ray quickly as the yeti tried to get rid of the vines that were burning him. The ray of fire that shot out of his hand instantly turned the snow on the ground into boiling water, and struck the giant creature directly.


    Although the Yeti had managed to escape the vines that had wrapped him at the time, he had been directly hit by the Death Ray.

 Chapter 86: The Castle on the Peak

    Chapter 86: The Castle on the Peak


    Hit by Heinald''s Death Ray, a big cleft appeared in the Yeti''s chest, and that area waspletely charred. Although the Yeti''s body was very strong, Death Ray''s destructive power was too much. Moreover, he was not a newly ascended Ainsar, his spiritual power was far greater than that of a newly ascended Ainsar. Therefore, all of his spells were quite destructive.


    The severely injured Yeti started to flee with all his remaining strength due to his survival instinct. Various parts of his body were also burned while he was trying to get rid of the Fire Vines. There was hardly any part of his thick fur that didn''t burn.


    Normally, Heinald would chase and kill him, but this time he was intent on letting him escape. The weather conditions were already so harsh, he didn''t want to waste any more time chasing him. This yeti wouldn''t be any more of a problem for him anyway, as his injuries were so severe he would probably die soon.


    He did not linger there any longer and carefully crossed the pass to reach Mount Ariek. He could now see the huge castle which his master had spoken of. As he examined the surroundings to plot a route for himself, he realized that a path had been made leading to the castle.


    Heinald started his way up the mountain road, which had a very steep incline. Although he tried to move as fast as he could, it took almost half a day to reach the castle. Mount Ariek was thergest and highest mountain he had ever seen. As an Ainsar, despite his superior physical strength, to move forward against the constantly blowing gusts of wind made it very difficult for him. He had a hard time traveling especially at night. Even though his robe was a Magical Treasure and his body was very solid, the conditions were tough.


    When he arrived in front of the castle, he noticed that the entire castle was inside a protection formation. Someone with normal eyes would definitely not see this formation, but his eyes were far from normal. When he approached the formation and touched it, he was pushed back extremely powerfully.


    At that moment, Heinald felt the ground tremble under his feet. About two secondster, a stone golem half his height emerged from under the ground. He could see the various runes on this golem.


    "Exin your reason for being here!"


    The little golem standing in front of Heinald spoke with a human voice. He almostughed at this, but he managed to restrain himself.


    Heinald said, "I''m here at the request of Albin Redsand."


    The golem stood for a while without moving or making a sound. After a few seconds it started walking and said, "Please follow!"


    The protective field where the golem was walking disappeared. When both of them entered the formation, that area was back to its original state. Heinald had only seen such arge protection formation in Tn Town and Grandmaster Albin''s mansion before.


    Heinald felt a heaviness in his heart as he remembered the isted Tn Town. Most likely, no one there was able to get rid of the Century Raid. The formation there was also very strong, but it was surpassed by those creatures.


    As he and Golem arrived in front of the castle''s great gate, the gate slowly began to open. When they entered, he encountered a sight he never expected to see. Inside a huge fortified fortress built on arge mountain like Mount Ariek, there were stone buildings that looked quite ordinary. At the center of the buildings was arger and more ostentatious main building, yet still less ostentatious than most buildings he had seen in cities he had visited before.


    Heinald began to wonder the person who which own a casle like this, and also quite close to Albin Redsand. It was clear that he was an important person, but it seems like unlike Albin, he obviously wasn''t much of a show-off.


    "Lord Fredor will wee you soon." The golem''s strange voice snapped Heinald out of his thoughts.


    While walking, Heinald had seen many ordinary people. These people were servants working in the castle. He hadn''t seen any Ainsar yet, and this situation was strange to him, but this situation did notst long. These ordinary people wore very thick clothing to protect themselves from the freezing cold and tried not to stay outside for as long as possible.


    When they arrived in front of the great building, a bald and vigorous-looking man greeted them. The waves of energy emanating from this man revealed that he was also a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greetings! I''ll apany you from now on." The bald man gave a nod.


    Likewise, Heinald gave him a nod.


    Heinald''s thoughts about the outside of the castle slowly began to change as he saw inside. It was obvious at first nce that the stones on the walls of this building were special, he could also feel the energy emanating from these stones.


    "These stones must have been powered by runes." Heinald continued to examine the stones at the same time as he passed through a long and ostentatious corridor. This castle was built in a dangerous area and it was understandable that it was so protected. Even if the formation outside the castle was breached, it would be very difficult to pass the castle walls.


    After a few minutes of walking, they stopped in front of arge ck door.


    The big ck door opened slowly at that moment.


    "You cane in, Lord Fredor is waiting for you inside." The bald man gestured inside.


    When Heinald entered, the first thing that caught his attention was the intense Magical Energy surrounding the room. The interior of the room was quite tidy andrge, with many bookshelves around. Apart from books, on these bookshelves were spheres and various magic items that he had never seen before.


    At the very back of the room was a veryrge window, and in front of it was an armchair decorated with precious stones and a man sitting on it.


    His eyes widened slightly when Heinald saw this man. At that moment he realized that this man he was looking at was Albin Redsand''s twin brother.


    The man watching Heinald carefully gave a smallugh and said, "Looks like Albin didn''t tell you much about me."


    Heinald stared nkly for a few seconds, then recovered himself and bowed.


    Fredor stood up and walked over to Heinald, then opened his hand and waited.


    "Ah!" Heinald immediately understood what Fredor wanted, and took the box his master had given him from the dimensional pocket of his robe, and handed it to him.


    Fredor took the box gently and put on a satisfied expression, then said, "Albin told me about you. Even though you''re quite young, it is said that your Potion Brewing skills are pretty good!"


    "My master is exaggerating." Heinald gave a modest answer.


    "Albin doesn''t exaggerate anything." Fredor shook his head and continued, "If he thinks you''re talented, that means you''re talented."


    Heinald didn''t know what to say in response, so he wanted to open a different topic, "ording to my master''s order, if you need me for anything, I will do my best to help you."


    "Actually, I asked you toe here..." Fredor walked back to his seat and sat down. After stroking his beard for a few seconds, he continued, "I''m asking for your help, but not for myself, for my daughter Tisha."


    Heinald nodded slightly and asked, "Alright, but about what?"


    "What do you know about Ainsar academies?" Fredor asked.


    "I don''t know much. I just know that there are powerful families behind the academies. In these academies, education is given in various fields and Ainsars who are deemedpetent are invited by the families behind the academy."


    That was all Heinald knew.


    "Indeed! Academies are talent-finding tools for powerful families. However, if you ask me, every Ainsar should go there whenever they can." Fredor looked into Heinald''s eyes and asked, "Do you know why?"


    "For a quality education?" Heinald shrugged.


    "Actually, education is secondary..." Fredor shook his head, "The things that matter most are the research done there and the opportunities that wille your way."


    "What kind of opportunities?" Heinald''s eyebrows rose in interest.


    Fredor stroked his beard and said, "Only talented Ainsars are epted into academies. That means that you will be able to interact with many different talents like you."


    Heinald had never looked at it that way before. He wanted to go to an academy in the future to be able to ess the research done in the academies, but there were more important things there than research.


    Interacting with arge number of talented Ainsars in the academies will be very beneficial, especially in terms of knowledge exchange and experimentation!


    Heinald pondered for a moment, then asked, "And what does all this have to do with the task you''re going to give me?"


    Fredor asked, "Have you ever heard of Ruthas Academy?"


    "Yes. An old friend of mine called it the best academy in the continent." Heinald nodded.


    "One of the best." Fredor nodded, "My daughter managed to get there sessfully about five years ago. When I contacted her a few days ago she told me she needed help for a mission she got from the academy."

 Chapter 87: Rune Tablet

    Chapter 87: Rune Tablet


    Heinald was stunned to hear the details about Fredor''s daughter''s mission. The purpose of this mission is to go to another realm and find Aenarath''s Sunstone there. Every five hundred years, as thes align, a natural dimensional gateway opened in a area within the boundaries of the Ruthas Academy.


    What surprised Heinald the most was that natural dimensional gateway!


    He had learned from many of the sources he had previously read that there were dimensional gateways from the Ancient Ainsar period. However, these dimensional gateways were constructed by some Ancient Ainsars who had gained understanding in the Concept of Space.


    The dimensional gateway within the Ruthas Academy was not an Ainsar creation.


    Every five hundred years, when the gateway was opened, Ruthas Academy promised invaluable rewards to anyone who could go there and bring the Aenarath''s Sunstone. However, no one had been able to do this. Moreover, the fact that most of the people who went did not return or could not return, caused a decrease in the number of Ainsars who wanted to go there.


    Fredor was not forcing Heinald to go on this mission with his daughter. However, he knew that a potion genius, whom even his own brother was impressed by and epted as his apprentice, would be of great help to his daughter.


    That''s why he wanted to talk to him face to face.


    Heinald knew nothing about Aenarath''s Sunstone and the realm where the dimensional gateway opened. He admitted that seeing another realm would be very interesting, but he didn''t want to ept the offer immediately, not knowing the dangers there.


    Ever since Fredor had given him the details of the mission, he had just remained silent and thought.


    "I cannot ept your request until I have sufficient knowledge of Aenarath''s Sunstone and this new ''realm'' you speak of." Heinald finally revealed his thoughts.


    "Aenarath''s Sunstone was the most precious treasure Ruthas Academy had. Rumor has it that this stone contained the Primordial me..." Fredor stroked his beard.


    "Primordial me?" Heinald had never heard of it before.


    Fredor nodded and continued, "The Primordial me is a fragment of the first source of fire that appeared in the creation of the universe. It is said that anyone who observes it enough can grasp many principles of the Law of Fire. Unfortunately it was stolen by a traitor and smuggled into the realm we are talking about."


    Heinald nodded absently and asked, "Does this realm have a name?"


    "It is called Starlight Realm." Fredor answered.


    "So, how was it smuggled?" Heinald asked.


    Fredor sighed and began to speak, "As far as I know, that traitor who smuggled Aenarath''s Sunstone learned the secrets of the dimensional gateway before anyone else and devised a n, the day thes aligned nearly 2000 years ago, when the dimensional gateway opened , he escaped by using it.


    "And what do you know about the Starlight Realm?" Heinald asked.


    "Actually, it''s not much different from our world, the people living there are also divided into those who have Magic Energy and those who do not, but they don''t call themselves ''Ainsar''. There are also many types of Magical Beasts out there, and as you can imagine, there are many dangers, just like in our world. However, It''s smaller than our world and most of the resources are still there. There are many resources as well as danger."


    Fredor began to tell what he knew. No doubt there were many dangers there, but there were also many sources. Finding resources for spirit cultivation meant taking the ultimate step to breakthrough to a higher level.


    After thinking for a while, Heinald decided to ept the offer. ording to his calctions in his head, going to this Starlight Realm would bring him some benefits, besides, the danger there was no more than that of the Ainsar World.


    The biggest factor in him making this decision was that he would experience a dimensional travel. If he was lucky, he might gain some understanding of dimensional principles when he made that travel. Even the resources in that realm were secondary to this.


    While Heinald was talking with Fredor, he also got some information about how long the dimensional gateway will be active. This dimensional gateway remained active on this world for 15 days. On the other hand, in Starlight Realm, it will be active for exactly 360 days. This was because the timekeeping between dimensions was different. An hour in the Ainsar World was equal to 1 day in the Starlight Realm.


    Fredor''s daughter Tisha would arrive at this castle a weekter, ording to his estimations. So a room was prepared for Heinald in the castle.


    Fredor was quite pleased when Heinald epted the offer. That''s why he said that he would give him some education about his specialty, Rune Defining. Although he was curious about Fredor''s level, he didn''t ask because it would be rude. This man was concealing his energy waves, so it was not possible for him to perceive his level, but he guessed that he was at least a Level 2 Ainsar.


    After all, he was Grandmaster Albin Redsand''s brother, so it''s likely that he had many opportunities.


    Since Heinald had just arrived from the travel, he was allowed to rest on the first day. Fredor would start teaching him the next day.


    When he went to the room prepared for him, he enjoyed a hot bath and theny down on therge andfortable bed in the room. He fell asleep as he considered the various thoughts running through his mind about the Starlight Realm.


    The next day he got a call from Fredor and went to his room.


    As Heinald entered the room, Fredor gave him a nce and asked, "What do you know about runes?"


    He was a little taken aback when he was asked a question as soon as he entered the room.


    "Well... Runes are energy patterns with a specific effect. ording to the Ancient Ainsars, everything is rune-derived, including magic..." Heinald began to say what he knew.


    Fredor stopped him, raising a finger, and said, "Not ording to, it is! Everything is energy, and in runes, as you said, are energy patterns."


    Runes were actually quite important to an Ainsar. Because even the simplest magic model used various runes and symbols. These runes and symbols determined the quality of magic. For example, strong fire runes were required for a strong fire-based spell. The rank among the spells was determined by the power level and function of these runes.


    "And do you know how runes were discovered?" Fredor asked.


    "I do not know." Heinald shook his head. He only knew that the Ancient Ainsars had somehow discovered many runes, but he did not know how.


    Fredor grinned and asked, "Have you ever wondered why the Arkana Stones are valuable?"


    Heinald frowned. He never expected such a question.


    Seeing his reaction, Fredor smiled and said, "There is an important connection between the Arkana Stones and the Runes."


    "Really? How?" Heinald was shocked.


    "I won''t ask if you know anything about Rune Tablets because I know you haven''t. It''s a concept even I''ve just learned." Fredor waved his hand and a red crystal tablet appeared in his hand.


    Heinald could feel waves of pure energy emanating from this tablet.


    Fredor pointed at the palm-sized tablet in his hand and said, "This is a Rune Tablet. If youbine enough Arkana Stones and manage to fuse them with a high pressure force, you can obtain a Rune Tablet."


    "This" Heinald didn''t know what to say.


    "I found this tablet I hold in my hand in an ancient relic. As soon as you send your Magic Energy to this tablet, some runes will appear that only you can see. The downside is that you will only be able to see these runes once, and as you know, if you forget or mess up even the smallest part of a rune, its effect will never ur. You can''t get it."


    Heinald''s eyes lit up as Fredor spoke of all this.


    A single nce was all it took for Heinald to remember anything perfectly. It certainly wouldn''t be a problem for him.


    "These information i gave you are very important and rare. Don''t tell anyone about it, a knowledge that everyone knows is less and less valuable. Don''t forget that!" Fredor had a very serious expression on his face.


    Heinald noi solemnly and said, "These information are so important. Thank you, sir. Don''t worry, I won''t spread these information.


    Fredor handed him the tablet in his hand and said, "As you will help my daughter, I will be generous to you. Here, send your magic energy to this tablet and try to memorize runes which will appear as much as possible. Remember, you will only be able to see it once."


    Heinald took the tablet and sent the magic energy to it.


    At that moment, a faint red light emitted from the tablet, and hundreds of tiny runes appeared around the stone and disappeared within a second. This process was repeated continuously for about half a minute. After that, no more runes appeared.


    Heinald had managed to see every rune that appeared, and he remembered them all very clearly.


    However, he deliberately put on an angry expression and said, "They disappeared so fast, I only caught a few."


    Fredorughed lightly and said, "That''s the worst part! I''ve only been able to catch a few either."

 Chapter 88: Lady Tisha

    Chapter 88: Lady Tisha


    Heinald had informative conversations about runes with Lord Fredor every day during his week in the castle, and to learn the effects of the runes he find out from the Rune Tablet, he modeled them all in his mind and then integrated them with his magic energy. These runes were all rted to Elemental Energies, unfortunately there were no Space or Light rted runes among them.


    Still, he was incredibly excited by the important information he had learned. Moreover, some of these runes were quite high-level runes. He thought that if he worked on these runes, he could make some of the spells he knew stronger with some modifications.


    Moreover, Lord Fredor had also shown him some of the runes and seals he knew. All of these runes and seals were higher than the sum of the runes and seals in the thousands of books he had read before. After all, Fredor''s specialty was runes and seals, which was not surprising.


    By the end of the week, Tisha had reached the castle. At that time, Heinald and Fredor were talking about the Starlight Realm.


    When one of the servants reported that Lady Tisha had arrived at the castle, they both went outside the building to greet her.


    A small group was walking towards the main building. A young woman was leading the group. This woman''s long blonde hair reached her waist. Her eyes were light green and her skin was as smooth as a pearl. She was wearing a white robe with blue and delicate embroidery on it.


    "Father!" The young woman ran and hugged Lord Fredor.


    This young woman was Fredor''s daughter, Tisha. She herself was a Level 2 Ainsar and was also one of Ruthas Academy''s favorite geniuses.


    Those who came with her were the crew she was going to take to the Starlight Realm. Apart from Tisha, there was another Level 2 Ainsar in the group of five. This person was a man with long ck hair and a disdainful gaze.


    Everyone else was a Level 1 Ainsar.


    After giving his daughter a hug, Fredor pointed to Heinald, who was standing next to him, and said, "Meet Heinald. He''s a potion brewing genius who''s qualified to be your Uncle Albin''s apprentice."


    "Mydy." Heinald bowed.


    Tisha looked at Heinald in surprise and said, "I never thought my uncle would ept an apprentice, you must really be a genius if you managed to impress him."


    "I told him about your mission from the academy. He''s willing to help you." Fredor put a hand on his daughter''s shoulder and smiled.


    "Father! I hope you didn''t force him, that would be very rude." Tisha gave her father a questioning look.


    "Mydy, I have not faced anypulsion. I am willing to help you." Heinald intervened.


    "Oh! An expert in potion brewing like you, I''m sure will be very reassuring to our crew." Tisha smiled gracefully.


    Heinald was fascinated by this young woman in front of him. Although she herself was a Tier 2 Ainsar, she had a very kind and pleasant disposition. Moreover, despite her young age, the wisdom in her eyes could easily be recognized by a careful nce.


    Tisha turned to her father again and said, "Father, meet Arlies Loghsor. He was kind enough to join my team and help me."


    The tall, cold-looking man bowed his head in a respectful bow.


    When Arlies'' gaze fell on Heinald, he reluctantly bowed his head. After all, the man before him was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    Arlies gave a slight nod and looked away from him.


    At that time, Tisha introduced Heinald to the other members of the crew, Renshi, Lork, Durkus, and Plon.


    Heinald wondered if these were also from Ruthas Academy.


    In honor of Tisha''s arrival at the castle, Lord Fredor made prepared a great feast that night. Tisha asked Heinald to sit next to her to get to know him better and to inform him about the Starlight Realm. During the feast, she told him what she knew about the Starlight Realm and their mission.


    ording to Tisha, few people in that area knew about the gateway in the Starlight Realm because it was in a deste corner of a rather deste forest. If it was not like that, there would be many visitors or invaders from that realm to the Ainsar World.


    There were no kingdoms in the Starlight Realm, only ns and everyone was ruled by those ns.


    In fact, they were simr to the Ainsar World in this respect, although this world also seemed to be ruled by Ainsar Kingdoms, it was actually ruled by major ns and unions.


    Tisha thought it was very difficult to have a n for the mission. It was apletely different realm, and they knew very little about it. There they would let things happen.


    Anyone who went there had no hope of finding Aenarath''s Sunstone, anyway.


    Heinald had listened carefully to Tisha during the feast. However, something had happened that was bothering him. Arlies had stared at him coldly, contemptuously, and maliciously during the feast.


    Heinald had generally never been met with hostility by any of his much stronger coborators, due to his superior skill at brewing potions. If he didn''t have his talent for potions, he would likely have been scorned by most of his previous coborators, even if he hadn''t faced hostility.


    At least he thought he had good luck with the powerful Ainsars he had met, but now that luck seemed to be over.


    Arlies, a Level 2 Ainsar, had an outright hostile attitude towards him. In fact, he knew very well the reason behind it.


    Jealousy!


    Despite his young age, Heinald had managed to be Grandmaster Albin''s apprentice, and now he had the opportunity to see another realm.


    Although Arlies had managed to be a Level 2 Ainsar, he had no particr specialty. That''s why he considered his level to be a greater advantage than it was. Or so he wanted to see like that.


    There was nothing Heinald could do about it. He would just try not to have too much contact with him and be careful about the moves he could make against him.


    Heinald was to leave the castle in two weeks with Tisha and her crew. During those two weeks, he was asked to brew as much as he could of all the potions he knew. All the ingredients for the potions were in Lord Fredor''s warehouse, which took him quite by surprise. Heter learned that Lord Fredor was also one of the directors of a trade association.


    So he began to spend most of his time brewing potions. Tisha and Fredor in particr visited him often and watched his potion brewing process. Then they understood better why Albin epted him as an apprentice.


    Heinald''s knowledge and brewing skills were undoubtedly one of the best they had ever seen. They had witnessed him brew dozens of potions without making a single mistake, and they were horrified at this rate. Even if most potions masters spent decades on a potion, they would still sometimes make a small mistake in the process and cause the potion to fail. But he could brew many potions, not just one, without failure.


    Tisha did not know what dangers they would face in the Starlight Realm, so there was always a fear in her heart. However, after seeing Heinald''s abilities, this fear was somewhat alleviated. It was obvious that with his skill, he could prepare effective mixtures and potions when needed.


    On the other hand, Heinald was working on runes he learned when he wasn''t brewing potions. He wasbining various runes and wanted to see if it would achieve a certain effect. Although most of his attempts ended in failure, there were some sessful ones among them. He epted these sessful ones as ''seal'' and listed them.


    The main purpose of his work with the runes he learned from the books Lord Fredor lent him and the runes he knew before was to obtain seals that he could use in Spell modifications and various formations.


    He didn''t have the knowledge and experience to create a new spell yet, but he thought that with enough research and study, he could make various modifications to the spells. This would increase his overall power. Moreover, he had the knowledge that Magical Items and Magical Treasures were made in various formations. The more runes and seals he knew, the easier it would be for him to craft a Magic Item or Treasure in the future.


    Moreover,one question that stood in the back of his mind was which creature the egg he found belonged to. No matter how many sources he examined, he had never learned anything about this egg. This egg was unlike anything he had seen before. He didn''t want to let anyone else see it either. The only way he can think of is to keep searching and hope he can find something about it. Otherwise, he would have to wait for the creature inside the egg to hatch.

 Chapter 89: High Rank Spells

    Chapter 89: High Rank Spells


    A few days before the journey, Heinald went to Lord Fredor''s room to talk to him about something very important. He had in mind to ask some questions about two things that were very important to him. These two things could be his stand, especially against dangers in a different and unknownnd.


    When Lord Fredor saw Heinald, he smiled lightly and said, "Are you here to get some information about the runes again?"


    Heinald also smiled and replied, "I never say no to knowledge. However, runes are not what I came here for today."


    "Oh? So what?" A look of curiosity appeared on Fredor''s face.


    Heinald asked, "Do you have a Protective-type Magical Treasure?"


    "Yes, I have." Lord Fredor answered.


    "How many Protective-type Magical Treasures do you have?" Heinald asked.


    "I have three of them. You want me to give one of them to you?" Lord Fredor grinned mockingly.


    "Not for free" Heinald didn''t quite know what to say.


    "Look young man...a Protective-type Magical Treasure is not the kind of items you can get by giving something in return. A Protective-type Magical Treasure is first and foremost a life guarantee. What kind of idiot would give up such a guarantee?" Lord Fredor took a sip of his drink and continued, "If someone says they''re going to give you a Protective-type Magical Treasure, they''re either going to charge you a hundred times what it''s worth in return, or they''re trying to trick you."


    "So you mean" Heinald wanted to say something, but Fredor interrupted him.


    "You can''t buy a Protective-type Magical Treasure..." Lord Fredor looked directly into Heinald''s eyes, "You obtain it!"


    When Heinald heard this, his pupils twitched.


    What Lord Fredor was trying to say was clear. If you wanted to possess a Protective-type Magical Treasure, you had to finish off the person who had it and capture it. However, it would be a looking for death to fight someone who had a Protective-type Magical Treasure.


    In a battle between two Ainsars, even a defensive spell would be decisive, a Protective-type Magical Treasure would make an even greater difference. Defensive spells, after being used, would create certain disadvantages on the person using them. Moreover, it was necessary to spend arge amount of Magical Energy to cast these spells.


    However, a Protective-type Magical Treasure could be activated with a small amount of Magical Energy depending on its rank and would not have any disadvantages.


    "Sir, do you have any High Rank Spells?" Heinald asked after a sigh.


    Lord Fredor looked at the young man in front of him for a while, then said, "If you want a defensive spell, it will cost you more than a few million Arkana Stones, and that''s how it is with the discount I''m giving If you want an Attack-type High Rank Spell, you need to discard at least half a million Arkana Stones.


    Heinald nodded slightly. He didn''t want to spend much of his Arkana Stones, especially after learning about the connection between Arkana Stones and Rune Tablets, but he didn''t think he could get an Attack-type High Rank Spell anywhere else for half a million Arkana Stones .


    Heinald was his brother''s apprentice and was going to help his daughter. Moreover, one would have to be a fool not to see that he was a promising Ainsar. To get good rtions with such a person, Fredor made him an offer that was cut in half.


    Heinald said, "I would love to see an Attack-type High Rank Spells in your hand."


    Lord Fredor gave him five different scrolls. Each of these scrolls had a description of an Attack-type High Rank Spell.


    He took the scroll that written ''Divine Chaos'' on it and began to read.


    "This spell creates an energy field within a radius of two hundred meters so that the opponent or opponents cannot escape. Powerful storm clouds appear above this energy field and 100 lightning strikes within the energy field in session, within 10 seconds. This spell has a very high destructive power. It''s a field magic."


    His eyes widened as he began to read the description of the spell. Especially in a fight against Magical Beasts, such a spell woulde in handy for him.


    He took the scroll that written ''Indignation of Ice'' on it and began to read.


    "Towards a single target, a giant ice hand reaches up to 50 meters. If the target is caught by the ice hand, it will suffer an extremely strong freezing effect. It inflicts a severe ice burn on the hit target. To break this freezing effect, another spell must be used at the same level as the spell, weaker spells will have zero effect against the freezing effect."


    As Heinald began reading the descriptions of these spells, he began to understand why High Rank spells were so rare and valuable. There was a special case for High Rank spells; Even if these spells were obtained, few Ainsars were able to learn them. The pattern of these spells of veryplex runes, seals and symbols. It was necessary to fully construct the entire spell pattern in his mind and then integrate it in a bnced way with Magical Energy.


    That was the real problem!


    ording to what Heinald read in a book about spells, even if you could construct aplete pattern of a High Rank spell in your mind, it was still likely that there would be a problem during the casting phase. This was because these spells did not have a fixed pattern content like Low Rank and Medium Rank spells. For example, if someone sessfully construct the pattern of the Divine Chaos spell in their mind and started integrating Magical Energy with it, they would encounter resistance and have to suppress this resistance because the seals and runes that make up a High Rank spell were too strong .


    Therefore, it was necessary to have a very strong mindpower, willpower, and ability to cast a High Rank spell.


    In the Ainsar World, the number of Ainsars was very smallpared to the world poption. On top of that, even fewer Ainsars had the mindpower, willpower, and ability to sessfully cast a High Rank spell.


    Heinald snapped out of his thoughts, picked up another scroll and began to read. The name of the spell mentioned in this scroll was ''Infernal Fireball''.


    "Infernal Fireball is a very powerful single and multi-target spell. Composed of very strong fire, this spell, when it hits the target and explodes, emits a fire wave with a radius of 150 meters and a temperature of 1500 degrees. Where it explodes, it creates ava pit with a radius of 30 meters and thisva. The pit stays active for 20 seconds."


    His hands began to tremble as He read the description of this spell in his hand. All the spells he had read descriptions of so far were extraordinarily good spells, and he wanted them all. However, he would only have the right to choose one. A battle had already begun in his mind over which one to choose.


    Heinald immediately picked up thest scroll and began to read it.


    "Whirling Air Wave is a very strong wind type spell. When the formed windball is sent to a specific target, it activates at the desired time of the caster and pulls everything within 300 meters of its radius to the center point. During heavy pull, all targets inside the wind waves take physical damage due to excessive pressure."


    Heinald nodded slightly as he read the spells'' description. This spell was more like a support spell. If there was an enemy moving quickly, it could be used to capture him. For example, if Heinald was exposed to this spell while using his spell called ''Whisper of the Wind'', he would never be able to escape and would be drawn to the central pulling point.


    He liked all of these spells very much, but unfortunately he had to make a choice.


    Understanding Heinald''s predicament by observing his expressions, Fredor smiled, "It''s hard to choose, isn''t it?"


    "Indeed!" Heinald repliedmentably. He was especially torn between Divine Chaos and Infernal Fireball. His Spiritual Spell-Death Ray was a single-target spell and had a very high destructive power. Therefore, it would make more sense for him to choose a spell with field destruction power, such as Divine Chaos. However, it would be absolutely ridiculous to say that Infernal Fireball is an ineffective field spell. If Fire Vines and Infernal Fireball were used in a row, it would cause terrible havoc.


    However, Heinald thought it was more logical to choose Divine Chaos because the energy field created by this spell also limited the opponent''s range of motion. While Infernal Fireball was a really useful spell, Divine Chaos was a step better spell tactically.


    "You are a Potions Master and also Albin Redsand''s apprentice. I''m sure you''ll make great profits in the future. Don''t worry, I can give you a copy of all of these spells if you get enough Arkana Stones with you " Lord Fredorughed and tried to reassure the young man before him.


    "Thank you sir." Heinald couldn''t help but smile bitterly.

 Chapter 90: Supreme Existence

    Chapter 90: Supreme Existence


    Outside of Lord Fredor''s castle walls.


    Heinald was waiting with the rest of the crew beside Tisha''s airship. This airship was half the size of the airship he had traveled before. He also wanted to own such an airship in the future, but even a small airship was worth tens of millions of Arkana Stones. He had no choice but to forget this dream for now.


    "We are going!" After saying goodbye to Lord Fredor, Lady Tisha came to join her team. So everyone got on the airship and started to settle into their rooms.


    It would take them about a month to reach Ruthas Academy. During this time, he would continue to brew potions inside that airship. That''s why one of the biggest rooms was given to him. Before they left, Lord Fredor had given half of his stock of ingredents to his daughter.


    Of course, that wouldn''t be the only pursuit for Heinald. He would continue to work on the runes he learned and would try to create a perfect pattern of the spell called Divine Chaos in his mind. If he had time left, he would also think about creating a new Spirit Potion form.


    Days began to pass quickly.


    In addition to his daily pursuits, Heinald also had the opportunity to get to know Renshi, Lork, Durkus, and Plon better. Although these four Ainsars were experts in various subjects and were trained at the Ruthas Academy, they envied Heinald. Especially after these four Ainsars got to know him better and saw his ability to brew potions, they realized that with his talent, he could easily enter the academy.


    Although they were an average of 20 years older than Heinald, they did not specialize in a particr branch as much as he did. Especially in a difficult branch like Potion Brewing. Moreover, he had managed to be Grandmaster Albin''s apprentice, which was undoubtedly something many young Ainsar dreamed of.


    By the end of the first month of the journey, the Grandsky Hills were beginning to appear. Ruthas Academy was built on and around these hills.


    At first nce, Heinald thought they were in a small city, but it wasn''t. At the top of the hills wererge, white buildings. There were many houses and shops on the slopes and lower sides of the hill.


    Tisha said there were still two days before thes align. Two dayster, when thes align, the dimensional gateway would activate.


    "We''re finally here!" Risha sighed without energy as he looked down at the Ruthas Academy.


    The journey had not been boring for Heinald, as he had various upations. However, for others, the journey became boring after a while.


    As the Airship approached the academy, the shape of the clouds above began to change.


    "What the hell" Heinald watched the event in amazement.


    The clouds above took on the head shape of a man with a long beard. Lightning began to emerge from the eyes of this head figure.


    "Damn geezer Orion! Stop ying games, you know it''s me!" Tisha shouted from the deck of the airship.


    "You know, prettydy... Safety is important." The head figureughed.


    "It''s nothing to worry about, the academy''s head of security, Mr. Orion, is his usual jocr demeanor. Since he''s in control of the security formation, he often makes bad jokes."


    Plon exined the situation when he noticed the puzzled look of Heinald standing next to him.


    Heinald nodded and thought, "When that head figure first started forming, I felt a very strong Magical Energy, probably hundreds of times more than I felt in Fredor''s castle. If an enemy tried to trespass this formation..."


    As the clouds began to return, the airship began to descend into a clearing in the hills.


    Meanwhile, Heinald was able to clearly observe all the areas where the academy was spreading thanks to his eyes. Most of the Ainsar he saw around were quite young. The older ones were most likely mentors.


    This academy was only epting promising and young Ainsars. Thus, they knew that if they faced a dangerous situation in the future, they would get help from many talented people educated there.


    When the airshipnded, two Level 2 Ainsars weed them below. They imposed a Blood Agreement on Heinald that if he got the Aenarath''s Sunstone he would hand it over to the academy. He had already predicted that this would happen, he quicklypleted the process. Moreover, when they learned that he was Albin Redsand''s apprentice, they wanted to put him through the Potions Brewing test, but he refused because he was not yet interested in the academy. After returning from the Starlight Realm, he had to go to Albin''s side and fulfill his responsibilities as his apprentice.


    If they managed toplete Albin''s multi-effect potion then he would get the grand prize from him and then he would take the tests of Ruthas Academy.


    For now, he had other things to deal with.


    Heinald encamped with the other Level 1 members of the crew until the day thes align. As the time approached, his excitement increased even more. He hoped to gain important uderstandings about the principles of space during interdimensional travel.


    When the time finally came, around midnight, everyone gathered in arge garden at the back of the academy buildings. Now only minutes were left for thes to align, and everyone was excited.


    "The elder of the Academy will be here soon!" Renshi excitedly whispered to Heinald,who stands next to him.


    "Who is the elder of the academy?" Heinald asked.


    "He is master Alveron Highsworn, a Level 4 Ainsar." Renshi answered.


    "What!? Level 4 Ainsar?" Heinald had a hard time believing what he was hearing.


    The elder of Ruthas Academy was a Level 4 Ainsar!


    A Level 4 Ainsar were beings who ruled in the most powerful ns or families. In the time of the Ancient Ainsars, a Level 4 Ainsar was only considered little above average. However, at the current time, a Level 4 Ainsar represented the pinnacle. There would be no one who would want to offend or tease them. They were powerful enough to destroy entire cities in a matter of minutes.


    Heinald thought of Alveron Highsworn, he had not heard of this person''s name, but he had heard his family name. Highsworn family was known as the second most powerful family in the entire continent. The wealth and power they held in their hands made them an unshakable authority. There was no family or organization that would want to be hostile with them.


    At that moment, a crowd was seen entering the garden. At the forefront of this crowd was an old man with a long staff in his hand. His hair was long, a mixture of silver and gold. He wore a long andrge hat on his head. He was wearing a long and stylish purple robe. This man had blue eyes and a crooked nose. But what stood out most about him were the two ck orbs swirling around him. Intense Dark Energy waves were emanating from both of these orbs.


    Tisha lowered her head and called to her team, "Master Alveron is here. Everyone pay respect to him!"


    At this, everyone bowed their heads and did not even dare to breathe. Especially, Heinald was seeing the great Ainsar Alveron for the first time. Even as he concealed the energy emanating from him, there was an unspeakable pressure all around. If he didn''t hide it, everyone there would probably feel like hundreds of thousands of tons of weight were put on them.


    Heinald had encountered Level 3 Ainsars before, they were one of top rankings in power, and even the energy emitted from them alone could cause a Level 1 Ainsar to be unable to breathe. However, a Level 4 Ainsar was a very different existence. In front of them, even a Level 3 Ainsar would feel like a poor ant.


    This was because there was a huge gap between the two different power realms. The gap between Level 1 Ainsar and Level 3 Ainsar was many thousands of times less than the gap between Level 3 Ainsar and Level 4 Ainsar.


    "If this Aenarath''s Sunstone is so valuable, why would Master Alveron go alone and not take it?" Heinald had asked himself that question. Undoubtedly, if he were gone, he would be able to capture Aenarath''s Sunstone in a short time and bring it back to the academy. Even if he faced resistance, he was undoubtedly strong enough to ovee it.


    Heinald would ask that to someer.


    Alveron Highsworn stared at Tisha''s team for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "As you know, Aenarath''s Sunstone is very important to our academy. It''s not just because of its value, no, it''s also about the reputation of our academy. So , if you can bring it back I will reward you all munificently.


    "Being rewarded by a Level 4 Ainsar" Even Heinald''s imagination couldn''t quite designate what rewards an existence like him could give them.


    In the middle of therge garden, it was surrounded by stones that radiated a strange energy. In the center of the circle were strange runes and symbols that Heinald had never seen before. He examined these symbols carefully, after all they were runes on a dimensional gateway.

 Chapter 91: Transition to the Starlight Realm

    Chapter 91: Transition to the Starlight Realm


    At midnight, thes finally aligned. As soon as this happened, the runes and symbols on the dimensional gateway in the middle of the garden began to glow, but something interesting happened.


    These runes began to change constantly. The runes would appear in the circle and then disappear, giving way to other runes. No one out there had been able to decipher this mystery of this dimensional gateway.


    Including Alveron Highsworn.


    When no more runes appeared in the middle of the circle, the inside of the circle becamepletely pitch ck. The light around this circle was refracted and bent.


    Heinald was observing all this with full attention. If he could draw any conclusions from these observations, it could be an introductory step for him to understand the principles of space. Understanding the principles of space could also mean gaining an understanding of the concept of Space and Light.


    "Do not attempt to use any spells during the dimensional journey. Any damage to the dimensional tunnel will expose you directly to spatial turbulence, which means instant death." Alveron Highsworn warned Tisha''s team.


    "We will remember your suggestions, master." Tisha bowed respectfully.


    "Mm. Go now!" Alveron Highsworn nodded.


    Tisha and her crew arrived near the circle and prepared to leap toward the dimensional gateway. They were all excited to experience something like this for the first time in their lives, naturally. However, it was Heinald who tried to suppress his excitement the most because he had a very important mission to take care of.


    Observation!


    During the dimensional journey, he had to give his full attention to observation. Nothing should have escaped his attention, for even the smallest thing that escaped his attention could be his key to a certain understanding.


    "Lets go!" At Tisha''smand, everyone began to jump into the circle.


    Heinald took a deep breath and jumped into the circle.


    The moment he entered the circle, he found himself being dragged down a vast tunnel. All he could see was the refraction and bending of ck, white and orange mixed lights. He felt as if he was being pulled by an unseen hand, he couldn''t breathe.


    "I have to be calm!" Heinald cried out inside.


    He tried to focus all his attention on observing those around him, but it was very difficult. The pressure he felt, the breathlessness and the terrible shocks he was exposed to, made his job very difficult.


    "Oh?" While trying to collect himself, Heinald saw a circle below, and after passing through that circle, he suddenly found himself flying into the air. After flying a few meters, he crashed into an earthen floor.


    * Cough * Heinald spat out the soil that had escaped into his mouth.


    He looked around and saw the entire team staring at him, but beside them was also a strange-looking man whom he had never seen before. This man looked more like a ghoul, his hairpletely falling out and his skin incredibly wrinkled.


    However, that man had the energy waves of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    Tisha said, "Heinald, we''ve been waiting for you here for about an hour."


    "When did youe?" Heinald asked.


    "We were all here almost at the same time, why did it take you so long?" Tisha looked at him curiously.


    Heinald shrugged and said, "It felt like a few seconds to me."


    "Aberrations can ur in interdimensional journeys." The stranger spoke for the first time.


    "Heinald, this is Rebi Alssen. He was a Ruthas Academy genius who came here five hundred years ago. Unfortunately, he failed to return to the Ainsar World." Renshi introduced the old man to him.


    "It''s an honor to meet you, sir." Heinald greeted the old man in front of him.


    Rebi gave a slight nod in response and said, "For five hundred years I have been waiting for the dimensional gateway to reactivate. Although I look forward to returning to the Ainsar World, I will not return until I share with you the knowledge I have gained over the years."


    "We are grateful!" Tisha smiled slightly.


    It was then that Heinald began to survey his surroundings. It was covered by huge trees above, and although some light leaked through the leaves, it was almost dark. There were many trees in the surrounding area, and the surrounding elemental energy was less than that of the Ainsar World.


    Rebi began to take the lead to take them to his own ce. First they had to cross the deste forest. Except for Rebi, Tisha and Arlies, they were feeling very exhausted. Clearly their bodies were affected by the interdimensional journey.


    Moreover, this dimensional journey was much safer than the Dimensional Portals created by the Ainsars. However, Level 1 Ainsar''s stamina wasn''t quite enough.


    "Sir, whatnguage is spoken here?" Renshi asked.


    "People who can use magic are called ''Pavant'' here. Themonnguage in the world is the Pavant Language." Rabi replied.


    "Will they understand that we are from a different world?" Heinald asked.


    "If you don''t interact with the Pavants, you will naturally go unnoticed by them. But it will be difficult because you will be after Aenarath''s Sunstone." Rebi stopped abruptly and looked at everyone one by one, then continued, "Don''t get me wrong, but even I don''t know for sure who owns Aenarath''s Sunstone. So I suggest you don''t get too hopeful about going back to the academy with it."


    When no one said anything, Rebi started walking again, and after walking for a while, he stopped again and said, "Even if you find it, it will be impossible to capture it with your little group."


    After hearing all this, Heinald became even more curious about what the academy was nning. They had sent two Level 2 Ainsars and a few minor Level 1 Ainsars to another realm.


    Level 2 Ainsars were very important to any organization, many medium sized organizations would have a Level 2 Ainsar at the head.


    But Ruthas Academy was putting them in danger by sending them to another realm on an almost impossible mission. Even though everyone here was here of their own free will, the academy had made no move to not send them out.


    When they came out of the forest, they came upon a rough terrain. There didn''t seem to be any settlements around. Now that there were no huge trees blocking the sky, they could see the sun in the sky, but this sun was blue. That''s why daylight seemed so different to them.


    "I settled in a cave many years ago. This made it easier for me to hide my identity, if it was discovered that I came from another realm, I could be attacked." When there was silence, Rebi began to reveal some information about his life.


    "Are there important resources for the Ainsars here?" Renshi asked.


    "Mind your words! Our top priority here is to gather information about Aenarath''s Sunstone." Arlies said coldly.


    Renshi lowered his head and didn''t say anything else.


    "I won''t risk my life looking for a stone I can''t get. I''vee here for my own interest above all else. At worst, I''ll pretend to be looking for that stone, but I''ll actually be too busy searching for resources." Heinald thought he would continue to brew potions for the team against the dangers they might face here, but no more than that.


    After walking for a few hours, they reached the cave where Rabi lived. The entrance to this cave was protected by some kind of protection formation. At Rabi''s orders, the formation was disabled and they all entered the cave. Inside the cave, there was nothing but an old mattress, crystals of light, and piles of books.


    Rebi told them what he knew about the Starlight Realm for hours that day. In this realm, just as in the Ainsar World, there were ns and cities. Likewise, most of the resources were ruled by powerful ns and trade was in the hands of these ns.


    However, this realm was far behind the Ainsar World in terms of specializations and magic research. For example, there were various mines in this world that contained many different types of energy for the development of Pavants, and many wanted to use this as the only way to cultivation. So very few people researched and experimented branches like on potion brewing and herbalism. This was the case in all other specialties.


    ording to what Rebi said, this realm was very underdeveloped, especially in the formation branch. The strongest formations in the Starlight Realm would only appear on average in the Ainsar World. The reason why these formations were not strong was not because of their insufficient energy resources, but the Magic Pentagrams that formed the formation were ineffective.


    When powerful runes came together, mighty seals emerged; when mighty seals came together, mighty magic pentagrams emerged. Mighty magic pentagrams, on the other hand, formed a powerful formation. No matter how mighty a formation''s energy source is, if the runes using that energy were not strong, the energy source used for the formation would be wasted.


    Another important difference was that the number of Magical Beasts in this realm was too many for the size of this realm. In this realm, there were different types of Magical Beasts that were not in the Ainsar World. Because their numbers were so many, the number of those attacked in the cities and on the journeys was very much.


    Heinald listened carefully to everything Rebi told them. He had already begun to devise a n in his mind. The first thing he would do would be to learn thenguage of thisnd using Rebi''s book resources. It would be very easy for him to learn anguage because of his impable memory. Later, he would travel frequently to study the nts of this realm. For these travels, he would use the pretext that he was trying to gather information about the Aenarath''s Sunstone.

 Chapter 92: I Want You In My Game!

    Chapter 92: I Want You In My Game!


    ording to what Rabi told, he discovered after a long search that Aenarath''s Sunstone was in the hands of an organization called Deph Enerun. ording to him, the founder of this organization, the traitor who kidnapped the sunstone, was Eneel Alsen.


    Heinald and the rest of the team were surprised to hear this. After all, it was a treacherous foreigner who stole the sunstone, how did he manage to form an organization?


    Seeing the surprise on everyone''s faces, Rebi continued, "I guess he used the charm of Aenarath''s Sunstone."


    "Tell me everything you know about this organization, please." Tisha''s voice sounded strained.


    "This organization is a secret organization... Although I have been in this realm for a long time, I have not learned enough about them. One of the main reasons is that I do not live in this isted ce. Sometimes I would overhear conversations in towns and cities disguised as an ordinary person. One day, I met someone who understood that I was different. luckily he was not malicious and we became friends, obviously he is much more knowledgeable about the organizations in this realm than I am. "


    Rebi wanted to let them know that she didn''t know as much as they expected.


    "Have you be friends with someone from this realm?" Tisha asked in surprise.


    Rebi nodded slowly.


    Tisha''s thin and beautiful brows furrowed at this. After waiting for a while without saying anything, she asked, "How could you trust him?"


    "He understood that I did not belong to this realm, I had no choice but to trust him." Rabi replied.


    "It''s okay... Since he''s still alive, it means this person didn''t reveal him." Arlies looked at Tisya beside him.


    "True." Tisha indicated.


    "You should know that this organization is not a small and weak organization. If you are going after the sunstone, you have to act very cautiously. Secondly, if the traitor who stole the sunstone is still alive, it was definitely at least a Level 3 Ainsar." Rebi spoke slowly.


    "Can you get us to see your friend?" Arlies stood out and added, "If he knows more about the organization called DephEnerun than you do, contacting him directly will save us more time.


    "My friend''s name is Janeroth, he lives in a small town directly north of this ce. His house has a blue roof, which will catch your attention at first nce. I will write him a letter, if you give him this letter he will help you. He has spent a lot of time with me, so he learned the Ainsar Language, you will not have problems inmunication."


    Rebi quickly wrote a letter and gave it to Tisha.


    Heinald said, "Lady Tisha, if you''ll excuse me, I''d like to stay here for a while."


    "Hmm? Why?" A surprised expression appeared on Tisha''s face.


    "I want to explore thend in this area for a while and do experiments on the nts here. I don''t think it will take long. I''lle to you in a few days." Heinald replied.


    "Mm, well. But if we need you, you''ll be right back." After thinking for a while, Tisha made her decision.


    Tisha and her team left soon after.


    Heinald turned to the old man, who was looking at him in surprise, and asked, "When will you be back, sir?"


    "Tomorrow...I''ll be back tomorrow." Rebi answered slowly.


    "Sir, is there a book where I can learn thenguage of this realm?"


    "You think learning anguage is easy, young man?" Rebi looked at him in a questioning tone.


    "My aim is not to master thisnguage, I just need to understand some of the things I''ve read. After all, I''m thinking of staying here for a year or so." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "You''re not thinking of contacting the people around here, are you?" Rebi asked.


    Heinald shook his head.


    "You really are an interesting young man" Rebi looked him for a few seconds, then sighed and walked over to the stack of books.


    After rummaging through the stack of books for a while, he took a book from the stack and handed it to Heinald.


    "Why do I feel you don''t care about Aenarath''s Sunstone? Rebi asked.


    "I just don''t care. My purpose here is to brew potions for them because I made a deal with Lady Tisha''s father. Besides, I''m not affiliated with Ruthas Academy. My goal is to see a new realm and expand my knowledge base. I''m a Potions Master, so here I am. It will be a great pleasure for me to study the new species of nts."


    Heinald didn''t mind telling the old man what was on his mind. After all, their thoughts were not malicious and everyone was already here for their own benefit in a way. Tisha and everyone in her team didn''t juste here to seize the stone. They were also here in hopes of gaining new experiences and knowledge.


    Heinald spent the day studyingnguage rules and vocabry. Learning anguage was child''s y for him because of his impable memory. Unfortunately, anguage cannot be learned with a single book.


    "Still, I''ve got the basics!" Heinald made a silent assessment.


    Early that morning, the next day, he began brewing potions using the ingredients he had stored in the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    At that time, Rebi was watching him carefully. The ghul-like old man''s eyes were beginning to emit a strange light more and more.


    "My guess is that you must be under 30 years old yet, but you can wield your Spirit me with great expertise. It certainly cannot be exined by skill, you must have a secret."


    Rebi began to speak her thoughts as he watched him.


    At that moment, Heinald felt as if boiling water had been poured over his head. This old man seemed to have discovered his secret.


    "What do you mean?" Heinald asked, trying to remain calm.


    At that moment, the old man''s appearance began to change. The wrinkles on his face were greatly reduced, and his silver long hair appeared. His eyes began to shine like a blue diamond. However, the biggest change in him was not in his appearance, but in his energy.


    The energy he emitted made Heinald gasp.


    "Level 3 Ainsar!" Heinald''s eyes were wide open.


    Rebi had a slight smile on her face. When he realized that the young man in front of him could not stand it any longer, he restrained the energy emanating from himself.


    "Uh!" Heinald took a quick, deep breath.


    Rebiughed and said, "I want to y a game and I want you to join me in this game."


    "Y-You" Heinald''s entire body was trembling reluctantly against the Level 3 Ainsar in front of him.


    "I am Eneel Alsen" The person Heinald and others knew as Rebi has revealed his true identity.


    "What''s going on!?" Heinald cried out inside.


    "I knew that the academy would send new Ainsars here as it always does Normally, I would have killed you immediately, but I decided it would be more appropriate to use you." Eneel Alsen stroked his beard.


    Heinald remained silent.


    "You know what, actually everything I told you was true except for my little joke. I have my own followers and my organization in this realm. But there is another organization that has been giving me a headache in recent years, I was looking for an opportunity to finish them off, and this opportunity came to me." Eneel Alsen gave a longugh.


    Seeing that Heinald was still silent, he pointed at him and said, "You''re going to lead Tisha and those around her on my behalf!"


    "How?" Heinald asked.


    "I owe Aenarath''s Sunstone..." Eneel Alsen''s lips curled slightly, then continued, "But I will convince Tisha and the others that the sunstone is in the organization which I want to destroy."


    "Is the organization you want to destroy, Deph Enerun?" Heinald asked.


    "Haha! Smart boy." Eneel grinned.


    "You want me to oversee the process?" Heinald asked.


    "You could say that too ... The person I''m leading Tisha and her team is someone from my organization, he''s going to tempt them with various statements about Deph Enerun." Eneel stroked his beard.


    "Will he tempt them?" Heinald repeated.


    "Yes! The people out there won''t risk fighting an organization just for a stone they''re not even sure of there. But if we add various sources to it, they''ll be convinced. Moreover, Janeroth will make up a story about him and his team being hostile to them and wanting to fight them. " Rabi exined.


    "Have you already contacted him?" Heinald asked in surprise.


    "Certainly." Eneel grinned, "He knows what to do."


    "So how do I oversee the process?" Heinald asked.


    "I will be in constantmunication with you. If you serve me well enough, I will spare your life. But if the opposite happens, I will not wait a second to destroy you." Eneel''s expression suddenly turned serious.


    "And why did you advise them to be cautious before leaving this ce?" Heinald asked.


    "To be believable, of course. Ainsars are not stupid, they would be suspicious if things were easy for them. Especially in the a diffrent realm." Eneel answered.

 Chapter 93: Big Trouble

    Chapter 93: Big Trouble


    Heinald had a serious expression on his face as he walked across the wide in. In a short time, things got very mixed up. Eneel wanted to destroy the organization called Deph Enerun by using Tisha and Arlies. Undoubtedly, having two Level 2 Ainsars on his side would greatly increase the overall power of his organization.


    Ironically, he was also given the task of checking two Level 2 Ainsars. After all, he was part of Tisha and her crew, and it would be easy to oversee and report them when he was among them.


    But he had to be careful!


    If he betrayed Eneel he would die, if Tisha or the Arlies found out he was a traitor, he would die. So he''d be content toment on those events as little as he could and keep on making his main task, brewing potions.


    Moreover, before he left, Eneel had asked him to brew the potion for his organization as well. He wanted to use it as best he could, so he let him live.


    "He''ll want to kill me when he''s done with me!" Heinald angrily assessed the situation. No matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn''t think of a logical solution or a n to follow. If it went on like this, his only hope would be to be able to join his organization after he had done exactly what Eneel had said.


    Turning back as he came was not an option for him because Eneel had set up some kind of formation in dimensional gateway area. He would know the moment he got there.


    Heinald walked helplessly towards the northern town. Normally, he would have wandered around the in, searching for different nt species, but that didn''t make much sense anymore. Started to see the town after a long walk. Although it was not a very big town, it was clear from the architecture and the intense magical energy in the surrounding that not only ordinary people lived in this town.


    The person Eneel referred to as his friend, Janeroth, was actually a member of his organization. He was going to manipte Tisha and her team and persuade them to attack Deph Enerun together. Things seemed to develop ording to how this person would manage the situation.


    He entered the town wearing the hood of his robe. So he thought he could hide his appearance a little bit. Rtively, this thought turned out to be correct, although dozens of people radiating magic energy passed by him, no one paid any attention to him.


    He managed to discover the blue-roofed house Eneel had mentioned without much searching, and started walking there. It was a house with arge garden surrounded by walls. It had three floors and looked quite spacious. The entrance was guarded by two guards with their faces hidden, no magic energy emanating from them.


    Heinald went up to them and said in a low voice, "I''m here on Rebi''s direction."


    The guards didn''t say anything and directly opened the big iron door and let him in.


    As soon as Heinald entered therge garden, he saw a tall man with fluffy ck hair. This man was wearing a ck robe and a strange looking hat.


    When the man noticed Heinald, he started walking towards him. When he got to him, he stopped in front of him and said, "You must be the one Master Eneel was talking about."


    Heinald nodded. Although this man in front of him concealed his energy, in his opinion, this man at least had the power of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "I am Janeroth. ording to Master''s orders, you will brew potions while I try to persuade them, and I will provide you with the necessary materials." After Janeroth spoke, he turned around and started walking towards the entrance of the house.


    Heinald was going to tell him that he could only brew potions if they had the ingredients in the potion form, but when he saw his move, he decided to put it off untilter.


    When they entered the house, he realized that the architecture in this realm was not much different from that in the World of Ainsar. The only difference was that probably even the smallest house had more than two floors. All the houses he saw in town had phase floors.


    When Lady Tisha saw Heinald, she immediately told him about what Janeroth had told her. The things Tisha was talking about were naturally familiar to him. Lady Tisha needed many resources to evolve as a Level 2 Ainsar. Honestly, seizing all the resources an organization had was something he would very much want.


    Janeroth offered him that as long as they helped destroy his organization called Deph Enerun, they would get all of their resources. The destruction of their arch-enemy Deph Enerun would be their greatest reward. Moreover, Janeroth assured him that his own organization would provide all kinds of support.


    All thisbined, Tisha seemed ready to be convinced.


    Of course, she was n''t talking to Heinald to get his opinion. A Level 1 Ainsar''s thoughts meant nothing to her, she was just keeping him informed.


    "I have onlye here on a mission to brew potion, but I will have to join a battle with them, and my opinion is not even asked. If I disobey her, she will kill me and probably no one, including Albin, will care. Here is the dark side of the Ainsar World, power means everything." As Heinald silently assessed the situation, his eyes radiated a strange gleam.


    Although Tisha wanted to ept this offer, she obviously still had reservations. After all, they would attack an organization that was said to be powerful, and they would do so by relying on the word of someone they had met a few days ago.


    In Tisha''s opinion, this Janeroth man must have been trustworthy because they had not exposed or killed Rebi. If it were the other way around, they would have killed him immediately. Moreover, the sole purpose of this organization was to destroy their enemy, the Deph Enerun organization.


    What really worried him was the possibility that Janeroth''s organization might not keep their promise. If the sunstone was indeed there, and they captured it along with the other resources, every organization could attack her and his team to capture all of this.


    She would make her final decision after seeing all the power of the other side!


    "Use all the stock my father gave you to brew potions and spend all your time for brewing. The more potions we have, the better off we''ll be." Tisha left after saying her wishes to him.


    ***


    Tisha went to speak to Janeroth again.


    "I''ve thought about your offer, but I can''t afford to trust you and attack a strong organization unless you show me the full power of your organization."


    "When we gather before the attack, you will see that our power is quite sufficient. If you do not find it enough, you will immediately give up and turn back." Even though Janeroth understood what Tisha''s real purpose was, he didn''t mind and answered.


    After thinking for a while, Tisha nodded and said, "Very reasonable!"


    "So I guess we can start working together toe up with a good n." Janeroth said.


    While all this was going on, Heinald was still thinking about what to do. This time he was in real trouble and he didn''t feel safe at all. Although all he had to do for now was potion brewing, he would soon be asked to apany the raid. No dangers there were obvious to him, and he did not know what kind of techniques or abilities the magic users in this realm had.


    Thus, he could not make an assessment about them.


    Although he relied on his ownbat power, this was only true if he had a Tier 1 Ainsar like him. No matter how talented he was, he had no chance to stand up to a Level 2 Ainsar. If someone with the power of a Level 2 Ainsar was targeted during the raid, it would definitely be the end of him.


    "Tisha epted the offer, you''d better start brewing potions now."


    Janeroth''s voice snapped Heinald from his thoughts.


    Heinald said, "I don''t think the ingredients for the potions I know can be found here."


    "Master Eneel saw you brewing potions. Your skill is pretty good, he said, so I''ll give you some herbs from this realm. Do research on them and create a new and working form if necessary." Janeroth shrugged, "Remember, this is Master Eneel''s order."


    "I will try." Heinald answered after barely suppressing his anger.


    When Janeroth left , he began to think about the nts in this realm. If he didn''t have to brew potions for Tisha and her crew, he''d want to spend all his time studying nts in this realm, but unfortunately he didn''t have that option. Since he did not have much time, his research, experiments and inferences on these nts would be slow. The potion form he would create based on all of this would be even slower.


    "If they''re waiting for me to create a form in a day or two, they may continue to daydream... Looks like they''ll develop aprehensive n first and then raid after that. They''re asking me to brew as many potions as I can during this time." Heinald made an assessment.

 Chapter 94: Stronghold Raid!

    Chapter 94: Stronghold Raid!


    The days passed quickly.


    Heinald has been busy brewing potion for the past few days, using all the ingredients given to him. He also studied and experimented with the Starlight Realm herbs that Janeroth had given him in the remaining time. Moreover, during some of hisfree time, he left town and traveled to the ins and tried his new spell, Divine Chaos. During his journey to Ruthas Academy, he had done a lot of practice in the mind construction of spell pattern, but he had never done any casting.


    This spell was the one that challenged him the most, but even that didn''t give him much of a headache. Most Ainsars would need hundreds of times more practice to cast a Medium-Level spell. His greatest advantage was that he could construct the pattern of the spell in his mind perfectly and very quickly.


    He understood better that this realm was far behind the Ainsar World in terms of research. When he asked Janeroth for a few ordinary books with information on nts, he said they were too valuable and could not be given away. Even ordinary books that gave information in this realm were considered very valuable.


    Moreover, he learned some information about some stones containing spirit energy that the Pavants of this world used for cultivation.


    It was quite easy to strengthen the spirit with these stones, as the body and spirit could not develop immunity to the spiritual energy taken from these stones. However, these stones were very rare and their spiritual energy was not as high as Spirit Potions.


    ording to Heinald, Spirit Potions were a better option because if a person had a Spirit Potion form they could also use itmercially. Of course, the great powers would do their best to prevent this.


    Tisha and the rest of the team were nning with Janeroth how the raid could be done.


    Janeroth told them that his organization knew the location of all the meeting ces of the Deph Enerun organization. Their initial goal would be to attack their meeting ces, reducing their overall power. Finally, they were going to raid the organization''s headquarters.


    Of course, Eneel was actually behind this n. He had been secretly investigating the locations of the organization called Deph Enerun for centuries. He had discovered the members of this organization by various methods without anyone noticing, and he had observed the ces they visited thoroughly.


    Heinald didn''t know why Eneel was hostile to this organization, and frankly, he didn''t care. All he cared about was his own life, and he was looking for ways to save himself.


    One day Tisha gathered everyone together.


    "Before we attack the headquarters of the Deph Enerun organization, we will attack their meeting ces, we have talked about this before. Now we will split into teams and attack three different ces at the same time."


    Tisha began to exin the situation.


    Heinald, Renshi, Lork, Durkus, and Janeroth were to be a group to attack the meeting ce in the west of a valley called Dekporent.


    Tisha and Arlies were to attack the meeting ce near the organization''s headquarters.


    A total of ten Pavants from Janeroth''s organization would attack the meeting ce in the wooded area east of Polka City.


    Heinald distributed all the Shied of Fire Heart, Distilled Thunder Essence, and Low Level Fire Effect Potions he had produced so far to the attackers. However, he brewed these potions from a non-optimized version by him. Only he would use the potions was optimized by himself.


    He was able to give enough potions to those in Eneel''s organization because he had extra potions in his hands. If it wasn''t, it would definitely piss Eneel off.


    After the next few days preparations were made, the teams moved to attack the bunkers designated for them.


    Heinald, Renshi, Lork, Durkus, and Janeroth set out for the Dekporent Valley. Before leaving, Janeroth had given everyone a type of mount known as Vukant. This mount looked like arge six-legged lizard. However, they were faster and more agile than an ordinary horse. They had a mixed color of gray and green and could climb sloping roads without any difficulty.


    After several days of uninterrupted travel, they reached the valley and began to advance towards the west of the valley.


    Before long, they began to see the meeting ce of the Deph Enerun organization. This meeting ce was arge building built in a deserted area. It was built inside a medium-sized hill. The height of the building was about a hundred meters, but from the outside, it was not clear how deep it went inside.


    Janeroth nced at the people next to him and said, "We''ll all be heading to different ces once we get in. Kill anyone you see, if the situation is inextricable for you, then run away."


    Meanwhile, his hidden energy began to emerge. He had the spiritual power of a Level 2 Ainsar. He raised his hands in the air and muttered a spell.


    "Nighthallow Fire!"


    Four zing spears formed above his hands, and they all flew towards the entrance of the building at the same time.


    *BAM!* With a loud explosion, the entire entrance was shattered.


    "We are going!" At Janeroth''smand, they all started running towards the entrance. There were pieces of burning rock and earth everywhere. It was chaos when they jumped over them and came to the entrance. The confused and nervous shouts of the Pavants inside could be heard.


    As Janeroth said, everyone went in different directions when they walked in.


    With Heinald''s only thought, Embers and Narox appeared in his hands. He was moving quickly to the west side of the building.


    "Estana Pataviff!"


    Suddenly, a Pavant appeared before him. His appearance was that of a slender middle-aged man, but the energy emanating from him was almost equal to Heinald''s. This man''s face was filled with anger as well as awe. Obviously, the young man''s appearance in front of him seemed different to him.


    Heinald did not understand what this man was saying.


    Heinald was ncing the man standing in front of him intently. Even though this man''s spiritual power was almost equal to his own, his body looked very limp. There were many Ainsars who normally had a limp body but actually possessed great strength, but he did not know the cultivation method in this world. In this realm, magic users called themselves as Pavant, but he didn''t know if physical cultivation was required to be a Pavant.


    "There''s no point in thinking any further! If this man''s body can carry the spiritual energy he has, it means he has solid physical strength." Heinald cleared his mind of thoughts and began to think about how he could kill this man.


    "Lsanstritis!" The middle-aged Pavant said something iprehensible and attacked.


    "Hm? What is that?" Heinald saw that the man was about to throw a small red stone at him. He immediately sent Magical Energy to the Narox in his hand and drew an arc into the air. An air stripe appeared and collided with the stone.


    *BUM!* There was an explosion that destroyed half the corridor.


    Heinald and the middle-aged man were struck by the energy waves from the explosion and were knocked back several meters.


    Because the explosion was closer to Heinald, his internal organs and bones were destroyed.


    "Puah!" Heinald coughed up blood.


    Because the explosion was closer to Heinald, his internal organs and bones were pretty injured.


    The middle-aged man stood up and began to cast a spell.


    "I can not allow this!" Realizing this, Heinald immediately forced himself to his feet and threw the Narox in his hand with all his might.


    Seeing the sword fast approaching towards him, the middle-aged man abandoned casting process and threw himself to the right, dodging the sword.


    "Lightning Spear!" Heinald shouted out in his mind.


    Lightning bolts appeared above Heinald''s raised right hand, and it began to fly rapidly towards the middle-aged man after they got a shape of a spear.


    The middle-aged man immediately took a blue stone from his pocket and broke it. As soon as the stone broke, a fog appeared surrounding the man.


    *BAM!* When Lightning Spearnded on the man''s location, a lightning st appeared.


    However, there was a problem!


    "What!?" Heinald cried out in surprise.


    When the Lightning Spear exploded, there was an explosion that was much less violent than it should have been. He immediately realized that it was about the fog surrounding the middle-aged man.


    However, this fog could not prevent the middle-aged man from being greatly harmed. During the explosion, various limbs of the middle-aged man were severed, and his body floated several meters in the air.


    "Not protective enough!" Heinald made an assessment as he walked towards the still-living middle-aged man.


    He picked up Narox from the ground and stabbed the dying middle-aged man in the head, killing him immediately.


    Heinald began to search for this middle-aged man. He wondered if there were more of the interesting stones he used before. If he found a few of them, he wanted to examine them in detail.


    Unfortunately he couldn''t find even one.


    "Puah!" Heinald coughed up blood again. His internal injuries were not well at all, he could not go on any longer. He turned around to walk again towards the entrance, hoping he could retreat. But as soon as he took a step, a crack formed in the ground under his feet and the ground copsed.

 Chapter 95: The Arrival of the Great Raid

    Chapter 95: The Arrival of the Great Raid


    When the ground copsed, he fell about fifteen meters down with the pieces of rock.


    "Damn it!" Heinald threw away the rocks that had fallen on him.


    He drank one of the healing potions he had prepared earlier, but these potions were bing less and less effective for him. Moreover, these potions did not have strong healing effects, his wounds needed more serious treatment.


    But first, he had to get out of the way he fell. He created a small me in his hand and illuminated the surroundings. It was in a small room, there were several chests around.


    Heinald moved to the chest closest to him and opened it.


    As soon as he opened the chest, a red light emanating from inside the chest illuminated the surroundings greatly. He soon realized that this light wasing from a red crystal.


    "What an intense Fire Elemental Energy!" Heinald could both feel and see the energy emanating from the crystal.


    The Fire Element Energy emitted by the crystal was so intense that the elemental particles around the crystal were transforming into fire element particles. This caused sparks to form around the crystal.


    Heinald immediately took the stone and sent it into the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    When he opened the chest next to the one he had opened earlier, he saw two mirrors. He could feel an immense amount of Dark Energy emanating from these two mirrors.


    *BAM!* As Heinald was trying to figure out what these two mirrors he had discovered were, he heard an explosion that shook the whole ce.


    "Damn...I have to leave this ce right now!" Heinald shifted his gaze upwards. If anyone discovered him, it would be the end of him.


    He sent the mirrors inside the chest to the dimensional pocket of his robe forter inspection.


    He grit his teeth and jumped, putting all his strength on his feet.


    When he reached the top again, he quickly headed for the entrance to leave.


    He didn''t know what the rest of the team was doing, but he couldn''t continue with the injuries he received, so he wanted to leave without encountering another magic user.


    *****


    The days passed quickly and it''s been ten days since the raid.


    The raids on various meeting ces of the Deph Enerun organization were sessful, but there were some casualties.


    Renshi, Lork and Durkus died that night in the team led by Janeroth. Heinald, on the other hand, was badly injured. Most of the Pavants there were finished off by Janeroth, who had the might of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    At the same time, five Pavants from Eneel''s organization had died during the raid.


    Renshi, Lork, and Durkus were not ordinary Ainsars. They were sessful Ainsars who had managed to enter the Ruthas Academy. ording to Heinald, the reason they died was because the magic users in this realm, the Pavants, had a differentbat style. For example, Pavant, whom he had killed earlier, used a strange stone against him. No one would have guessed that such a small stone could have so much destructive power. If Heinald wasn''t wearing the durable robe his grandfather gave him, he would have died, even if that explosion had not been directly exposed.


    In such cases, he understood better the value of a Protective-type Magical Treasure.


    Heinald had healed the injuries in his internal organs with various herbal teas he had prepared. Although this process was hundreds of times slower than the effect of a healing potion, it was the only method he had under current circumstances. The Low-Level Healing Potion he used had not healed the injuries in his internal organs. This was due to his body''s immunity to the potion.


    Fortunately, an Ainsar''s recovery speed was too high to bepared to an ordinary human. He had managed to recover, albeit not quickly, thanks to some herbs that had a slight healing effect that he had hidden in the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    The injuries to his bones, on the other hand, did not take much damage since his bones were previously hardened with a special mixture he prepared with Messoy Mushrooms, they were restored to their former state in a shorter time than the internal organs.


    Apart from that, Lady Tisha and Arlies had almostpletely destroyed the meeting ce they attacked. Considering the might of the two Level 2 Ainsars, this was a normal result.


    In the meantime, everyone had begun to prepare for the attack on the headquarters of the Deph Enerun organization.


    Heinald was keeping as low a profile as possible throughout this process, secretlymunicating every word Lady Tisha had said to Eneel.


    During his healing process, his preupation, excluding brewing potions, had been to examine the crystal containing high Fire Elemental energy and the mirrors containing Dark Energy.


    Since he exploited the information in every book he found, his knowledge had reached very high levels. This knowledge included not only herbs and potions, but also runes, seals, and formations.


    Heinald thought he could use this crystal as an energy source for a very powerful trap formation. In his spare time for days, he had been drafting a powerful trap formation in his mind.


    He had only one reason to want to sessfully create this trap formation: If Eneel decided to kill him, at least inflict a severe wound on him before he died.


    He had searched for a way out for a long time, but no solution came to his mind. He was almost certain that Eneel would kill them once he achieved his goal, and unfortunately he couldn''t have a good n against a Level 3 Ainsar.


    "I''ve run out of all the materials I have." Heinald had a thoughtful expression as he stared at the potion bottle he was holding.


    "Heinald! We''re going to take action soon, be prepared!"


    Janeroth appeared with his usual stern expression on his face.


    "I will be." Heinald said after greeting the Level 2 Ainsar in front of him.


    "Master Eneel will be there during the attack to personally fight Pavant Olfern." Janeroth said.


    Pavant Olfern was the head of the Deph Enerun organization. He had the might of a Level 3 Ainsar. Moreover, he was also known to be one of the wealthiest people in the Starlight Realm.


    Heinald thought, "Being in the area where Eneel and Olfern are fighting would mean certain death. I definitely need to stay away from where they''re fighting. Moreover, Eneel is a truly intelligent man. Tisha would be aware of his presence at the moment of the raid so she would not dare to defy him at that time and turn back."


    Tisha, on the other hand, still thought that if something did not please her during the raid, she could still give up and turn back. Of course, this was because Janeroth had touted himself as one of his organization''s directors.


    Tisha did not think that there would be a problem as she thought that the other directors of that organization were at the same level as Janeroth.


    "When exactly will the raid be?" Heinald asked.


    "Not sure yet, but probably in a week." Janeroth replied.


    After Janeroth left, Heinald began to think seriously. Thanks to his grandfather''s education, he had always been someone who cared about having a n. The fact that he couldn''t have any n in the current situation was bothering him. Moreover, he did not have enough data toment on the events that would ur.


    He was confident that if he had never met Eneel, he would have easily gathered information about the Starlight Realm and the Pavants. He would somehow decipher thenguage in this realm and begin to gain data. Unfortunately, things didn''t turn out the way he wanted. The events that were going to happen were not in his control.


    Earlier, hisbat with that Pavant had taught him that at any moment he could face an attack he did not know. Therefore, during the raid on the headquarters of the Deph Enerun organization, he hoped to disguise himself with the techniques he had and avoid anybat.


    Over the next week, Heinald tried to create a trap formation using all his knowledge. However, unfortunately, he was not able to form a formation as he wanted. Despite all his efforts, the formation he was able to create was kind of a extermination formation. Moreover, he was not sure that he could control this extermination formation.


    Finally, when it was time to raid the headquarters of the Deph Enerun organization, everyone gathered together.


    Tisha, Heinald, and Arlies met at dusk with Janeroth and 50 Pavants of his organization in a wooded area near the Deph Enerun organization''s headquarters. Tisha looked a little relieved when she saw the 50 Pavants. These Pavants were all considered equal to Level 1 Ainsar power.


    "When will he appear?" Heinald asked himself when he couldn''t see Eneel around. He wondered what Tisha and Arlies'' faces would look like when he showed up. They would probably feel the same distress as he was in his situation at the time.


    Heinald began to examine the massive building across the wooded area. Although it looked like a normal mansion from the outside, everyone there guessed that this exterior was a deception. Most of the structures that organizations built would be underground.


    It was obvious that some kind of formation was protecting the area of this mansion, but it didn''t seem as strong as the formations Heinald had seen before. Maybe this formation could stop a Level 2 Ainsar, but he didn''t stand a chance against a Level 3 Ainsar.

 Chapter 96: Critical Concealment

    Chapter 96: Critical Concealment


    "It''s good that everyone is here!"


    There was a sound that made the hearts of everyone there tremble. The power contained in this voice made even the Level 2 Ainsars there feel under pressure.


    The owner of this voice was Eneel, a Level 3 Ainsar.


    "Master!" All the Pavants there, especially Janeroth, knelt down and the mighty existence before them. Tisha and Arlies also knelt in shock.


    This Level 3 Ainsar who suddenly appeared and spoke the Ainsar Language made them wonder what they had been through. However, they also realized that he was the traitor who betrayed the academy.


    "What''s going on!?" Tisha cried out inside. While she was thinking that everything was going well, she suddenly found herself in a game where she was used as a pawn. In her opinion, if this person really was Eneel Alsen, it meant that they would n''t get anything but death.


    Likewise, Arlies realized the tricks they were getting into, and she turned his cold gaze directly on Janeroth, but he did n''t dare to keep that gaze on him for long.


    "I am grateful to you for helping me destroy my enemies." Eneel sneered at Tisha and Arlies, then continued, "When I destroy this poor formation, everyone will attack and kill everyone they see."


    Eneel raised his hands.


    Storm clouds containing intense elemental energy began to appear in the sky. The sky was illuminated as lightning danced with the clouds.


    Heinald watched the sky in horror.


    Fierce surges of Magic Energy emanating from Eneel had caused some weak-willed magic users there to faint.


    A deafening thunder was heard, and hundreds of lightning bolts emanating simultaneously from the storm clouds came together in one point. It was so bright that no one could look directly into it.


    The lightning bolts gathered together to form a ball of lightning several miles in diameter. The energy emanating from this ball of lightning was so terrifying that most people who witnessed this scene knew in their hearts that they would never encounter such a sight again.


    "Don''t tell me...!" Every cell of Heinald, who was watching the event in horror, started to give a danger rm.


    At that time, a lightning ray with incredible destructiveness shot out from the lightning ball that had appeared above the headquarters of the Deph Enerun organization.


    *BUUM!* When the Lightning raynded on the defense formation, terrifying waves of energy and shock were released.


    Every second the incredibly powerful lightning raynded on the formation, thousands of lightning bolts appeared and the entire environment was illuminated.


    The resulting energy and shock waves caused all surrounding trees and nts to be uprooted.


    Even though the defense formation blocked the lightning ray for about five seconds, it couldn''t hold out any longer and shattered.


    When the terrible explosions finally ceased, Heinald got up from the ground and began to look his surroundings.


    Although they were hundreds of meters away from the headquarters, some trees in the wooded area where they were hiding could not withstand the strong shock waves and fell over.


    After the terrible noise pollution caused by the explosions, the surrounding was covered with dead silence.


    "RACHSA!"


    At that moment, a shout was heard that made the earth and sky groan.


    "These energy waves" Tisha''s voice began to tremble.


    An old man wearing a golden robes had appeared in front of Eneel. The waves of energy emanating from this man showed that he had a Level 3 Ainsar power.


    At that time, arge number of Pavants wereing out of the headquarters.


    "Kill them all!" At the behest of Janeroth all the pavants under hismand went into action. Tisha and Arlies were thinking about what to do. They realized that they had been trapped, but everything had happened too quickly and they had no time to decide what to do.


    Naturally, they didn''t want to fight alongside Eneel. They wanted to just leave everything and run away, but they thought that there were some ns prepared for them by a Level 3 Ainsar who had managed to y with them like toys for a long time.


    In the current situation, bad things could happen to them if they just retreated.


    "It''s toote to go back now." Tisha''s expression darkened.


    Thus, two Level 2 Ainsars attacked the headquarters along with the others.


    At the time, Heinald was on the move with them, but was also thinking about how to keep himself out of this meaningless war.


    Spells and shouts began to fly in the air.


    The powerful spells that Janeroth, Tisha, and Arlies used in session began tond on the Pavants emerging from within the headquarters. Chaos reigned over the entire area, and violent explosions sounded from everywhere. At the same time, how fierce the duel of the two Level 3 Ainsars, which took ce further away from the headquarters, was evident from the energy waves that emerged.


    In a short time, all of the Pavants who went outside the headquarters were killed. However, most of the people they were supposed to kill were still inside the headquarters.


    When Heinald entered the headquarters with the others, he headed towards a corridor where no one was heading, and immediately concealed his energy. He then took out some of the Shadow Powder he had prepared earlier from the dimensional pocket of his robe and sprinkled it on him. He made sure that no one was being watched while he was doing this.


    A few seconds after he disguised himself, a few Pavants rushed down the corridor he was in. Meanwhile, violent explosions were taking ce all over the headquarters building. These explosions caused the building to shake as if it had been subjected to a non-stop earthquake.


    "With the energy concealment technique given to me by Master Kunes, I can hide my energy even from a Level 2 Ainsar, but the Shadow Powder I crafted can only hide me from a Level 1 Ainsar." Heinald muttered.


    There were many corridors inside the headquarters building, and as everyone expected, the main part of the headquarters was underground rooms and sections. He had continued to move ahead without stopping, but had move to the non-conflict areas of the headquarters.


    Unfortunately, the area he could escape from was getting smaller and smaller, as energy waves were rising from everywhere as a result of conflicts.


    Heinald had gone through many corridors and stairs and had gone quite deep. A long hallway he followed eventually led to arge, tinum door that looked pretty solid. There was no longer a corridor to go any further.


    This tinum gate was protected by some kind of barrier.


    At that time, he began to hear footsteps and conversationsing from the beginning of the tunnel.


    "Damn it!" Heinald''s eyes narrowed.


    A young man was walking briskly with an old man beside him.


    "Young Master, please listen to me! If your grandfather heard that you were not fighting, he would give you a great punishment!" The old man seemed to be trying to persuade the young man walking ahead.


    "Shut up! Whoever attacked here managed to destroy the formation. I won''t risk my life by showing up. Now get out of here!" The young man turned around and shook his hand sharply.


    "As you wish" The old man gave up with a sigh and quickly turned back the way he hade.


    Thereupon, the young man quickly headed for the tinum door.


    "He didn''t notice me!" Heinald let out a sigh of relief. He could feel the waves of spiritual energy emanating from this young man.


    These energy waves were the same energy waves that a Level 1 Ainsar had.


    When the young man came to the tinum door, he took a jade ne from under his shirt and lifted it up slightly. A few beams of light shot out from the pendant and interacted with the barrier. After a few seconds, the beams of light disappeared along with the barrier surrounding the door. Therge, tinum door opened wide.


    Seeing this scene, Heinald''s eyes radiated a strange glow.


    He gathered all his physical strength at his feet and shot like an arrow at the entering young man. While he was still in the air, Embers appeared in his hand with only one thought.


    The young man stopped, feeling the danger suddenly rising in the depths of his soul, and tried to turn around. However, it was toote, an extremely sharp sword stabbed into the back of his neck.


    "Puahh!" The young man coughed up arge amount of blood, and the vitality in his eyespletely disappeared. After he fell to his knees, he fell to the ground and did not move again, a pool of blood began to form where hey.


    Heinald immediately began searching for this young man. At that moment, a jade ne caught his eye. He immediately picked it up and began to examine it, soon discovering that this jade ne was controlling the defensive formation in the room.

 Chapter 97: The Sky-Shaking Explosion!

    Chapter 97: The Sky-Shaking Explosion!


    When Heinald took the ne and sent Magical Energy to it,in some part of his mind, control of the entire room was given to him. Therge, tinum door closed at his only thought, and the protective barrier was reactivated.


    When the whole room was illuminated, everything in the room was visible.


    The first thing that caught his attention was a type of nt that had been nted in a regr row, just as he had seen in Sundown Gardens before. When he examined this nt closely, he was sure that he had never seen it before.


    The color of the soil where the nt grew was the second thing that caught his attention. This soil was purplish in color and had a foul odor.


    "There''s something special about this nt species..." Heinald murmured.


    He carefully uprooted all the nts there and sent them into the dimensional pocket of his robe. He took out all the jars he had from the dimensional pocket of his robe and filled them with purplish soil.


    He understood that the environment in which these nts grow does not require any special conditions, the important thing was the soil. However, he did not understand what made this soil and nt special. He knew he had to experiment on this soil and nt to figure it out.


    After Heinald had finished caring for the nts and soil, his eyes focused on a stone circle mechanism standing in the middle of therge room. Because he was in control of this room, he knew that this stone circle was some kind of mechanism, but he did not know what it was for.


    "Activate!" With Heinald''s thought, the stone circle began to spin. As the stone circle rotated, a pitch ck crystal rose from the center of the circle.


    "W-Wait...This..." Heinald realized what it was after examining this crystal.


    This crystal was known as ''Eka Alugen''. Eka Alujen means Spirit Harvester in ancientnguage. This crystal could be counted as a much more advanced version of the Sin Stone and could easily trap hundreds of thousands of souls within it.


    With some excitement and some fear, Heinald approached Eka Alugen and when he took it in his hands, he felt tens of thousands of souls trapped inside. These souls included the souls of ordinary people, as well as the souls of magic users.


    He thought of the cursed technique he had obtained from the remnants of the Melrungan Sect. He couldn''t help but shudder when he thought about that technique.


    "I''d better not linger any longer." Heinald scowled at his surroundings. A cold and cunning look could be seen in his eyes. It was because he thought of a way out. This way out was still very risky, but he knew that he would be in greater danger if he did not try this way.


    He hadn''t had a chance to examine the other parts of therge room yet, but he wouldn''t dare linger any longer. It would be aplete disaster for him to be found by Eneel or any Level 2 Ainsar.


    Heinald had not been able to sessfullyplete the trap formation he had been working on recently, but instead created an extermination formation. Normally, in order to activate this extermination formation, he needed to create a very strong mind seal, but he could notplete it either. Therefore, he could not activate this extermination formation on his own thought.


    But the room he was in was a security formation!


    This meant that it had a self-extermination feature so it could destroy everything in case of extreme danger.


    Heinald would also use the self-extermination feature to activate the destruction formation he created. The security formation protecting this room must already have a very powerful self-extermination system, the explosion that would ur during this self-exterminationbined with the destruction wrought by his extermination formation could even injure a Level 3 Ainsar.


    Heinald immediately took out the red crystal containing intense Fire Element Energy that he had previously obtained and identified it as the energy source of the formation he was going to create. He visualized all the runes in his mind and began to put them together to create seals. At this time, yellow light beams emerged from his body and began to with the red crystal.


    The red crystal began to glow and radiated an intense Fire Elemental Energy around it.


    The beams of light emanating from Heinald''s body began to circle around him, and they all took the form of a Magic Pentagram.


    Anyone who looked closely at Heinald could see him gritting his teeth. This was because he was using all his mind power. When he had the Moon Thief''s eyes, he also had a very powerful mind, but he was still only a Level 1 Ainsar. The formation he created was far above his level.


    ording to his calctions, even a Level 2 Ainsar could not create this formation.


    *Buzz* All the surrounding magic pentagrams interacted with the red crystal with a blue bond.


    Encircling the red crystal, Magic Pentagrams began to move towards it. All the Magic Pentagrams turned into a beam of light, merging with the red crystal, forming a palm-sized red ball in the middle. This ball was surrounded by a dark redyer.


    "If thisyer is broken, thepressed power will be released and there will be a terrible explosion." Heinald looked at the red ball and made an assessment.


    He again sprinkled Shadow Powder on him and concealed his energy. Then he left the room and started walking down the long corridor again. His sole purpose now was to leave the mansion without being caught by any Level 2 Ainsar. As far as he realized, most of the conflicts had already ended; various explosions and energy waves were no longer rising from each side of the headquarters building.


    Although Heinald encountered dozens of Pavants, none of them noticed him. He was lucky because he had never encountered anyone with -a strong enough spirit to notice him.


    When he got out of the headquarters, he run away at full speed.


    As he move away at full speed, he was also observing his surroundings. There were fires andrge craters in many ces.


    The conflict between Eneel and Pavant Olfern seemed to be over, neither of them in sight.


    A sudden pressure rose in Heinald''s mind. The barrier protecting the tinum gate had beenpletely destroyed.


    "The barrier was crossed in one go..." Heinald frowned, "Only one person can do this!"


    Heinald took the jade ne hanging around his neck and gave the order. Self-extermination would ur in five seconds. With a single thought, the formation received the order and the countdown to self-extermination began.


    ***


    At that moment, Eneel was staring at the tinum door in front of him with cold eyes.


    If Heinald could see it, he would have noticed that the energy emanating from him had dropped a little. The reason for this was naturally his tough fight with Pavant Olfern. Although he failed to kill Pavant Olfern, he had seeded in injuring him badly and forcing him to leave the headquarters area.


    Now it was time to seize his most precious resources!


    Eneel was able to easily destroy the barrier protecting the tinum door. Likewise, he managed to melt the tinum door with a single spell. However, at that time, he encountered an unexpected sight.


    "Self-extermination!" Eneel cried out in shock inside his mind. He predicted that some form of self-extermination would begin when he entered, but he did not anticipate that the self-extermination would begin before he entered. Under normal circumstances, a security formation would only be activated on forced entry and a countdown would take ce for a while.


    Eneel thought he could stop the countdown during this time, but the situation he faced was very different from his thoughts.


    How did this happen?


    Lightning bolts were rising from everywhere in the room, in the middle of the room there was a red ball that was radiating arge amount of energy. When lightning bolts interacted with this ball, they were repelled by ayer around it.


    "Situation is bad!" Eneel roared and sent all of his Magical Energy to the emerald ring on his right hand. The emerald stone ring emitted a blue light, and this light wrapped his entire body.


    "No!" Janeroth watched in horror as the event unfolded with a few Pavants beside him. He wanted to act when he knew exactly what was going to happen, but it was toote.


    At that moment, there was a violent lightning explosion inside the room. As a result of this lightning st, theyer around the red ball in the middle of the room was shattered, resulting in an energy st with a very high destructive power.


    This explosion was strong enough to engulf the entire headquarters building and its surroundings. The shock wave that emerged as a result of the explosion hurled tons of soil and rock fragments into the air, destroying everything in its path. A huge mushroom cloud began to rise at the center of the explosion. Fierce mes and lightning bolts emanating from this cloud were rising into the sky.

 Chapter 98: Death is Inescapable!

    Chapter 98: Death is Inescapable!


    When Heinald stopped running and turned around, he saw a mushroom cloud rising into the sky. After watching the scene in front of him nervously for a few seconds, he started running again with all his effort.


    As he was a Level 1 Ainsar, he could run for hours whenever he wanted, and this wouldn''t tire him too much. Moreover, if he pushed himself, he could advance faster than most animals. Naturally this would tire him out faster, but in the current situation he had no choice but to push his limits.


    Her ran across the wide ins. He wasn''t sure what Eneel''s situation was, but he hoped he had managed to create a certain time slot for himself.


    He wasn''t far from the forest where the Dimensional Gateway was located, but he wasn''t anywhere near, either. So he would run until he pushed his limits, trying to destroy the formation Eneel had created if he could reach there.


    Heinald ran for days.


    When he was too tired to bear it, he took a breather for a maximum of ten minutes and resumed running.


    When he finally entered the deste forest where the gateway was located, the uneasiness in his heart increased. If he could n''t destroy the formation Eneel had created, all he could to do would be wait for his end.


    He began to feel surges of Magical Energy as he move through the center of the deste forest.


    "What''s going on?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    He continued to move deeper into the deste forest. As he go ahead, the power of the energy waves he felt grew stronger. The scene he saw as he approached the dimensional gateway deep in the deste forest took him by surprise.


    "Lady Tisha!?"


    Heinald saw her trying to break through a pyramid-shaped barrier that surrounded the dimensional portal. This exined the Magic Energy waves he was detecting, these waves were caused by the explosion of spells.


    As a Level 2 Ainsar, Tisha immediately realized that there was another entity nearby and turned her gaze towards Heinald''s area. However, she couldn''t see him because the distance between them was too far.


    When Heinald noticed this situation, he quickly started running towards her. As he approached her he shouted, "Lady Tisha, it''s me!"


    "Y-You are alive!" When Tisha saw him, a moment of surprise appeared in her eyes.


    "I''m d to see you alive!" Heinald was greeted with a slight nod of his head.


    "How did you manage to survive?" Tisha asked.


    "I''ve been lucky!" Heinald shrugged. Of course he didn''t want to tell her about what he had done.


    Tisha sighed and said, "I was lucky too, unfortunately Arlies wasn''t as lucky as me..."


    "Can you destroy this formation?" Heinald turned his gaze to the pyramid-shaped barrier.


    "HAHA...I don''t think she can!"


    Heinald and Tisha shuddered at the familiar voice they heard. The owner of this voice belonged to a being that was far beyond the power of either of them. The deep calm and slyness of this voice made their hearts tremble.


    This voice belonged to Eneel Alsen!


    "No way" Heinald''s pupils were starting to shake. They hadn''t even felt himing.


    "You''re a really good runner, son." Eneel grinned at Heinald. Then he sighed and continued, "You are like an ant in front of me, but you still thought you could escape. Still, despite your low power, you are pretty goodpared to many who are stronger than you. Unfortunately, you made the mistake of underestimating me, that''s for sure. It''s something I won''t forgive."


    Terrifying surges of Magic Energy began to radiate from Eneel''s body. Even Tisha was trembling with fear at these surges and she was starting to be unable to breathe. A small-scale storm had formed around, and the branches and leaves that had fallen from the trees began to circle around them in an orderly shape.


    "Is this how it''s going to end!?" Heinald, who was being crushed by the pressure at the time, roared inside. Naturally, he knew that he didn''t stand a chance against a Level 3 Ainsar.


    At that moment, the pyramid-shaped barrier suddenly shattered like ss.


    The two figures emerged like an unshakable mountain.


    "Professor Arin! Professor Lapin!" Tisha cried out in excitement.


    She knew these two people. They were high-ranking supervisors of Ruthas Academy and also disciples of Lord Alveron. Seeing them naturally made Tisha very happy because she was like a tiny dot against a Level 3 Ainsar. However, each of these two people had the same level of power as him. Thebined power of the two should have been enough to defeat him.


    These two men were both Level 3 Ainsar!


    "Looks like our master Alveron was right as always...Everything went as he predicted." Professor Arin gave Eneel a disdainful look.


    "Alveron!" Eneel''s eyes shed coldly for a moment. At the same time, a vague fear began to grow within him.


    He had known Alveron for a long time. He had always been inpetition with him. The fact that these two Level 3 Ainsars referred to him as their master meant that he had managed to be a Level 4 Ainsar.


    Eneel''s tense expression loosened after a while, giving way to sarcasm. "It seems Alveron has gotten more timid with age. He knows I''ve spent too long with Aenarath''s Sunstone, so he doesn''t dare confront me."


    "Our master told us that you were far from being qualified to fully master Aenarath''s Sunstone. So he didn''t bother toe here to take care of an ant like you." Professor Lapin grinned.


    "Hmph! Keep believing the empty lies. I''ll show you why your master didn''t daree here!"


    An oval stone appeared on Eneel''s forehead, emitting a golden light. A mighty Fire Element Energy began to radiate from his body, more powerful than Heinald had ever felt before. All of his arms were covered with golden mes, and golden mes began to overflow from his eyes.


    "As always, youe up with your trump cards very quickly...You really dared to reveal the sunstone so easily." Both professors said at the same time.


    "T-This" Heinald''s eyes widened. An aura of unshakable authority suddenly enveloped the entire environment.


    The two professors'' bodies turned into ck smoke, and they fused together to form a figure. It was a figure that everyone there had seen at least once before.


    "It''s you! Alveron!" Eneel cried out in shock.


    "With Aenarath''s Sunstone, you may be stronger than many Level 3 Ainsars, but before me you''re like an infamous insect! You dared to think I''d be afraid of you just because you actually have the sunstone! I''ll show you the might of a Level 4 Ainsar..." Alveron raised his right hand, a few streaks of ck light flew and engulfed Eneel.


    The barrier that had formed around Eneel fell apart before it could protect him for a second. He began to flutter like a bird caught in the ws of a monster, but all his efforts were in vain.


    Alveron walked slowly towards Eneel and reached for the stone on his forehead and easily plucked it from his forehead.


    The light in Eneel''s eyes instantly disappeared and was reced by the eyes of someone whose vital energy had beenpletely exploited. His whole body began to float away like ash paper, and within seconds it disappeared into the environment.


    "This is the might of a Level 4 Ainsar" Heinald would never forget the scene he saw. He was both impressed and horrified by the illusion technique Alveron used. He had initially presented himself as two professors and no one had even noticed that they were fake.


    Even Eneel was easily fooled by this illusion, revealing the sunstone.


    They both bowed respectfully as Alveron''s gaze fell on Tisha and Heinald. They felt like an ant in the face of this mighty existence standing in front of them. Just his gaze made time stand still for them.


    "Just you two made it?"


    Tisha nodded and said, "Yes, my lord."


    "Arlies was a Level 2 Ainsar..." Alveron''s gaze settled on Heinald, "But only the survivors win, power doesn''t matter in the face of death."


    Heinald immediately lowered his head.


    Alveron sighed and asked, "Will youe back with me or do you intend to stay here?"


    "I intend to return!" Tisha answered.


    "Me too." Heinald also replied.


    With Alveron''s wave of his hand, they were both pushed towards the dimensional gateway.


    Before Heinald could even realize what had happened, he found himself inside the vast dimensional tunnel. Unlike his previous experience, this time he saw too many stars crumble and bend. He felt both fixed and floating, like a ball trying to hold itself together in the face of infinite spatial energy that waspletely unfamiliar to him.


    The white lighting towards him caused him to close his eyes.


    When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in afortable and wide bed. He ignored the sharp pain in his head and slowly straightened up. His body ached all over and he felt very low on energy.


    He sighed in relief when he saw the familiar sunlight streaming through the window. He walked slowly to the window and looked out. A view from one of the extensive gardens of the Ruthas Academy greeted him.

 Chapter 99: Puppets

    Chapter 99: Puppets


    "After resting at the academy for a few days, Heinald decided to leave. Meanwhile, some Potion Brewing Division officials there insisted that he retake the tests.


    However, Heinald tly rejected them.


    He wasn''t thinking of joining the academy yet. He wanted to return to Grandmaster Albin at the first opportunity and continue his experiments with him. Moreover, before joining the academy, there were some issues that he had to deal with and some questions that he needed to find answers to.


    Heinald thought that maybe Alveron Highsworn could reward him for getting his wish, but that thought never happened.


    He did not understand how Alveron was aware of what had happened and was able to execute his n perfectly. A Level 4 Ainsar''s knowledge was something he could not understand. But he understood why he had sent Tisha and her crew there in the first ce. The reason for this was to get Eneel out of his hiding ce. Sending two Level 2 Ainsars there that he could use was purely to lure him.


    Before Alveron had yet ascended to a Level 4 Ainsar, he did not want to go after the sunstone possessed Eneel. That''s why Ruthas Academy sent a team to the Starlight Realm every five hundred years and asked them to gather information about Eneel. However, Eneel had not revealed himself before, and had secretly hunted down most of the Ainsar in the iing teams.


    However, this time, he thought himself almost invincible thanks to some fire principles that he had managed to grasp as a result of his long time with the sunstone, and he acted more courageously. He believed that Alveron would act as cowardly again as he had done in previous years, and if he did not, he would be able to repulse him. However, he did not know that he had managed to be a Level 4 Ainsar.


    After all, Alveron had seized the sunstone himself. So he didn''t have to reward anyone, but he still used everyone who went there, including Heinald.


    ***


    Heinald made the long trip to Sam City in an airship. During this journey, he conducted experiments on the nt species he had stolen from the Deph Enerun organization and obtained results that fascinated him. He understood that the leaves of this nt species had a very special effect.


    He used this leaf on a mixture containing a lot of harmful particles and observed that the movement of harmful particles and reactions stopped for a while. Moreover, this leaf itself did not contain harmful particles on it.


    He thought it must be used in Albin''s potion experiments.


    When Heinald reached Sam City, he quickly made his way to Redsand Mansion. When he got there, he quickly went to talk to his master.


    In front of the door of Albin''s room, as usual, two priests stood guard.


    When Albin saw his apprentice enter his room, he smiled slightly and said, "So you''re finally back..."


    "Master!" Heinald Bowed.


    Heinald told Albin everything that had happened, except what he had done at Deph Enerun headquarters. But what he especially wanted to tell Albin was the new nt species he had acquired.


    "I discovered a very interesting nt species there." Heinald excitedly took one of the nts he had gathered from the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    "Oh?" Albin began to examine the nt with interest.


    Heinald said, "As a result of my experiments, I have observed that the leaf of this nt stops the reactions for very a short time."


    "Really? So it must be simr in characteristics to the Zepin Mushroom" Albin slowly.


    What had excited Heinald so much didn''t seem to affect him much.


    Heinald said, "Perhaps this feature of this nt can help you in your experiments."


    "What do you mean? How?" Albin asked.


    "Stopping the reactions that ur for a while can give us important insights." Heinald could not exin that he saw clearly everything he was looking at in detail. So he decided to offer a sensible suggestion.


    "Maybe..." Albin shrugged, giving his apprentice a furtive nce, "ording to what you''ve told me, you''ve aplished the task I gave you."


    "Iplied with your brother''s request and assisted Lady Tisha with the potions." Heinald nodded.


    Albin stroked his beard for a while and said, "As a reward, I''ll lend you a book with some high-level information on Spirit Potions."


    Hearing this, Heinald''s heart started to beat faster. The higher level knowledge he would gain about Spirit Potions would undoubtedly increase his knowledge of potions.


    "I''m grateful, master!" Heinald Bowed.


    "Mm. We''ll be experimenting often in theing days. So try not to leave the mansion too long." A thick book appeared in Albin''s hand. The binding of this book was made of solid animal skin and was very heavy.


    "Understood!"


    After Heinald left his master''s room, he quickly walked to his room. He spent the rest of the day reading the book and analyzing the information in it. It was easy for him to memorize the contents of a book at a nce and never forget it, but the learning process did not end there. The important thing was to analyze the content of the book or any source well and to draw inferences.


    "The first and most important requirement to be able to create a Spirit Potion form was to find a material with Spirit Particles. It is known that only human spirits, some special crystals, and some nts had Spirit Particles. The reaction of materials with Spirit Particles with other materials resulted in Liquefied Spirit Extract, It was the second biggest requirement. Other ingredients to be added to the potion form would determine the severity of the effect."


    This was the most fundamental analysis Heinald did.


    This book also contained brief conclusions and suggestions about many of the experiments conducted. Without a doubt, everything written in this book would be of great use to him. However, learning the basics of a Spirit Potion would allow him to clearly determine the path to follow in his experiments.


    "This book mentions that human spirits and some crystals also have Spirit Particles, but how can Spirit Particles in a human spirit be retrieved? Or how can Spirit Particles in a crystal be revealed?" The information Heinald had learned caused new questions to arise in his mind.


    Heinald hoped to learn the answers to these questions from his master. Of course, in order to get answers to these questions, he had to please him. He understood that his master was not an angel who did a good deed.


    "Hmm?" Heinald''s brows furrowed at something he noticed. He immediately took out the two mirrors that he had obtained in the Starlight Realm from his dimensional pocket. Under normal circumstances, both of these mirrors should have emitted an intense Dark Energy, but these mirrors were no different from an ordinary mirror.


    As he probed the dimensional pocket of his robe inside his mind, he realized something. The intense Dark Energy emanating from the mysterious egg he possessed was intensified even more. This meant that the mysterious egg was absorbing the Dark Energy from the two mirrors!


    Heinald took the mystery egg out and examined it closely. Some changes in the egg in front of him immediately caught his eye. The first detail he noticed was that the gray spots on it were getting bigger. He also noticed that there were many small cracks on the underside of the egg.


    He had studied many sources since obtaining this mysterious egg, but he still could not lift the veil of mystery on this egg. There was no description of an egg like him in any of the books he read.


    After Heinald stopped thinking about this mysterious egg, he decided to go to Sam City''s Market Area. All the potion ingredients he had stocked up were gone, and he needed new ones. Unfortunately, he didn''t have enough Arkana Stones to buy a lot of materials. So at first he would have to brew a small number of potions and sell them.


    In the days that followed, it seemed that his only preupation would be to help Albin with the experiments and brew potions. He wanted more Arkana Stones than ever before, especially after his time with Lord Fredor and what he had learned from him.


    His first goal was to purchase High-Rank Attack Spells owned by Lord Fredor. If he obtained those spells, hisbat power would undoubtedly increase greatly. Having more spell types always gave the advantage of having different ways of solving and attacking in a fight.


    Afterwards, his goal would be to collect the Arkana Stones for the valuable materials he would buy for his Spirit Potion form experiments. He could predict that the price of the materials he would determine as a result of his various researches and analyzes would not be less. In particr, the amount of Arkana Stone that must be spent to create a Spirit Potion form would probably still only be possessed by a potion master.


    Most of the Ainsars who were dealing with other branches could not afford that much Arkana Stone. Of course, some magic formation masters also had a lot of wealth, but a potions master was usually the ones who were always at the top of the wealth.

 Chapter 100: Karmic Punishment!

    Chapter 100: Karmic Punishment!


    After Heinald bought all the ingredients he needed in Sam City''s Market Square, he set out for Saint Mevson Temple.


    When he arrived there, he could easily get in as he was already recognized by the priests there.


    As he walked into the temple, he saw Galer and Osmond talking about something.


    A cold light shed in Heinald''s eyes when he saw Galer, but waster deliberately destroyed by him. He had been tricked and used by himst time.


    He would definitely make him pay for it when the time was right, but that day was not today. He hade to the Saint Mevson Temple to ask him for help with something today.


    "Gallery! Osmond!" Heinald greeted them as he approached them.


    "Heinald! Which wind brought you here?" Gallery was surprised to see him. He had no idea why he hade to the Saint Mevson Temple.


    Heinald sighed and said, "Actually, I was going to ask you for a little help."


    Galer''s eyebrows rose slightly, "If it''s something I can help with, I''ll enjoy it."


    "Thanks!" Heinald smiled faintly.


    "Come, let''s take a walk with you." Galer pointed to the garden.


    "Actually, I came here because you know a lot more people in this city than I do." Heinald started walking with him.


    Galer gave him a look, "Speak more clearly, please."


    "Do you know anyone interested in Dark Magic?" Heinald asked.


    "Dark Magic?" Galer stopped abruptly and stared at his face for a moment, then continued, "People interested in Dark Magic are not very tolerated ... You should know that."


    "Don''t worry, I have no intention of surrendering my soul to evil. My intention is only to learn a few facts." When Heinald felt that he was ufortable, he felt the need to exin himself.


    "Heinald, the methods used by those who deal with Dark Magic are even more dangerous than they think" Galer sighed, "Most people who deal with Dark Magic conduct various spirit experiments on ordinary people, but all who do so face one end."


    "What do you want to say?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    "Do you know the Karmic Punishment?" Gallery asked.


    Heinald nodded. "Even though ordinary people are an ant alongside the Ainsars, they are also part of the Order. A person who kills too many ordinary people will be exposed to Karmic Punishment by the Order."


    "Yes. Those who are interested in Dark Magic use ordinary people in their experiments, and most of these experiments result in the death of those ordinary people." Gallery view.


    "He must have thought I was dealing with curses... How pathetic!" Heinald grinned inside.


    Galer shrugged and said, "But after all, I know you''re not one to recklessly put yourself in danger. So I can give you the address of someone I know."


    Heinald smiled faintly.


    ***


    When Heinald returned to Redsand Mansion, he learned that his master had called him for the experiment. He immediately walked to his master''sboratory. Earlier, his master had told him that they would conduct many experiments in theing days.


    "Master!" When Heinald entered theboratory, he immediately greeted his master. When he saw Albin preparing various materials, he immediately went to him and prepared the materials he intended to use for the experiment, at his orders.


    "Blue Tendon Lotus Flower, Wild Sunset Grass, Angel Feather Rose and Red Jubek Crystal." His eyes lit up as Heinald looked at the precious ingredients in front of him. All these ingredients were hard-to-find ingredients that most potion masters dreamed of.


    "What do you have master?" Heinald noticed that Albin had a strange stone in his hand.


    "Watch carefully!" While Albin was holding the stone with his right hand, he brought his left hand over the stone and small seals began to form around his hand. These seals quickly shrunk and were engraved on the stone. The stone began to emit a pale blue light and soon turned into dust and flew in a line through the air.


    As the dust slowly descended to the ground, they formed a thin circle. Various seals appeared within this circle.


    With a wave of Albin''s hand, the Red Jubek Crystal flew into his hand. When he ced the crystal on the circle, the crystal did not fall to the ground and remained suspended in the air.


    Heinald was watching the whole process with interest and curiosity.


    "This formation will pulverize the Red Jubek Crystal. Meanwhile, we will deal with the remaining materials." Seeing the expression on his apprentice''s face, Albin exined.


    Heinald watched his master use Spirit me to destroy harmful particles on Blue Tendon Lotus Flower, Wild Sunset Grass, Angel Feather Rose and couldn''t help but admire.


    Through his splendid eyes, Heinald could see the particles and the energy flow of the Spirit me. So,brewing a potion seemed impossible to many, it wasn''t too challenging for him.


    Albin, on the other hand, could act with expertise thanks to the experience he gained from hundreds of thousands of experiments.


    Albin and Heinaldter extracted the essences of Blue Tendon Lotus Flower, Wild Sunset Grass, Angel Feather Rose through various processes.


    After hours, the red Jubek Crystal was floating above the formation like a cloud of dust.


    Albin picked up a small tube and filled the powder floating above the formation into a small tube.


    "The purity of these ingredients we''re working with is way above the others. That''s why we have to be extra careful when working on them. When adding these ingredients to the mix, if we add a small amount or a little more than the required amount, the whole process is instantly over. Keep in mind the amount ratio that I will show you."


    Albin meticulously began adding Red Jubek Crystal Powder to the essences they had previously extracted.


    He then added the extracts sequentially onto the silver water.


    Heinald began to observe this process as carefully as he hadst time. As the reaction began in the mixture, he strained his eyes and examined the reaction.


    The result from this process was the same asst time. Although the ingredients in the potion seemed to destroy each other, he thought there was a different problem. When he looked at the essences, the fmentous tissue he saw resulted in the tissue in the essences not destroying each other, but self-destructing.


    ording to Heinald''s calction, it was between 1.5 and 2 seconds before the mixture started to dpose after the reaction.


    Albin thoughtfully took a few notes and said that he could leave and go rest. In addition, he told him to think about this experiment until the next experiment.


    When Heinald went to his room, hepared his previous experiment with his new experiment and hoped to discover something. Unfortunately, he still couldn''t understand what was going on during the reaction. He analyzed all the data he had on potions and herbs for a long time, but couldn''te up with a logical theory.


    He''s stopped thinking about it for now and brewed Phoenix Feather Potion, Shied of Fire Heart, and Distilled Thunder Essence. He brewed as much of these three potions as he could brew with all the ingredients he had.


    After upgrading this inner potion, the value of these potions increased even more. Using his knowledge of potions and herbalism, he was able to increase the effects of these potions.


    "Master Albin won''t be in a rush for a new experiment. First I''ll go and sell these potions, then I''ll go to the address Galer gave me and talk to that person who''s interested in Dark Magic." After Heinald had listed the things he wanted to do, he left Redsand Mansion and traveled to Market Square of Sam City.


    When he walked into the shop where he always sold his potions, he saw again the old man who had helped himst time.


    "Greetings! I have some potions I want to sell."


    "Wee!" The old man got up excitedly.


    Heinald opened the bag and showed the old man the potions. This old man naturally did not know these potions advanced by him. He exined the feature of all the potions to him, and the old man confirmed it with the magic item he had.


    "5 Phoenix Feather Potion,Shied of Fire Heart and Distilled Thunder Essence." Looking at these potions, the old man thought about the price he could offer, "I can give you 110,000 Arkana Stones for all of them."


    "Very reasonable." Heinald nodded.


    "Distinguished sir. The institution I work for will be honored to cooperate with you. Would you like to cooperate with us?" When the old man saw that Heinald had left without another word, he spoke immediately.


    This old man understood that the young man in front of him was a potion prodigy. If he could persuade him to cooperate, he would definitely be rewarded by his superiors.


    "What benefits will I gain and what responsibilities will I have to take on?" Heinald asked.


    "We can give you some discount on any ingredients you buy from us. All you have to do is brew potions just for us at the frequency determined by our institution." The old man answered.


    Heinald immediately shook his head, "I''m sorry. I don''t want to take that kind of responsibility for now."


    When Heinald left Market Square, he immediately went to the address given to him by Galer. This address belonged to a house located on a high hill in the northern part of Sam City.


    When Heinald arrived in front of the house described to him, he began to inspect the house. This house looked quite old, there were cracks in various parts of the walls. The flowers and herbs in the garden in front of the house had all dried up. There were no other buildings around the house.


    "What aforting ce" Heinald muttered.


    When he got to the entrance of the house, he knocked on the old ck door.


    *Squeak* The door opened slowly.


    However, no one was there to open the door. All he saw was a dusty corridor.


    He started walking slowly down the corridor. He passed several closed doors as he walked, and at the end of the corridor he reached an open room.


    "Stop right there! What do you want?" Heinald heard a hissing sound. He could feel the energy waves of a peak Level 1 Ainsaring from inside the room.


    "Are you interested in Dark Magic?" Heinald asked.


    "So what?" The hissing sound was heard again after a while.


    "There''s nothing wrong. There''s just something I want to ask you." Heinald continued to wait in the doorway, not seeing what''s inside.


    "Ask quickly and then go!"


    "Do you have a Malicious God''s Torture Stone?"


    There was a long silence.


    "Come in." The hissing sound was heard again.


    When Heinald entered, he found a room covered with dust, just as he had been in the hallway. Most of the room had bookcases covered in dust and cobwebs. On these bookshelves were various skulls and different-looking candles.


    There was a kind of formation in the middle of the room that was emitting a pale red light. On the right was arge ck table. Behind the desk there was a figure wearing a hood, sitting on a ck chair just like the color of the desk. He was wearing a gray, unembroidered robe, his face was darkened.


    "I don''t feel Dark Energy emanating from him." Heinald began to observe the figure before him.


    "Why do you need the Malicious God''s Torture Stone?"


    A scene emerged that gave Heinald a great shock when the mysterious figure raised his head.


    There was a skeleton in front of him!


    Heinald did not answer for a moment, studying the skeleton before him. Inside his jet-ck eye sockets were two red dots. Various runes were carved around his skull. When he tried to study these runes, a great difort rose in his heart.


    "Karmic Punishment?" Heinald asked.


    "Don''t ask questions you already know the answer to!" The skeleton raised its hissing voice.


    "Why I need the Malicious God''s Torture Stone is my business." Heinald squinted, "Do you have it or not?"


    *Kekeke!* The skeletonughed.


    "I have it, but don''t think you can get it easily!"


    "What do you want in return?" Heinald asked.


    "Bring me two Naksha Serpent fang and 500g of Odux Rhinoceros blood." The skeleton ced his fingers on his desk, "So I''ll give you a Malicious God''s Torture Stone right away."


    "I''ve never even heard of those." Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    "It''s your problem, I said what I wanted." Two dots on the skeleton''s eye sockets shed ominously, "Now go!"


    ***


    Heinald was very thoughtful as he journeyed to Redsand Mansion. The things that damned skeleton demanded, he had never heard before.


    He could guess that these items the skeleton wanted were not found in the Market Square either. Otherwise, he wouldn''t want those things from him.


    "I''m going to do a little research on these materials. If I can''t find information that works for me, I''ll have to find another way." Heinald''s expression darkened.


    That skeleton was exposed to Karmic Punishment for his malicious experiments. He probably did all this to integrate Dark Energy into his body, but he was unsessful.


    ording to Heinald, he had a pretty good chance. He had already obtained arge number of souls in the Starlight Realm.


    If he had collected that many souls himself, he would definitely be exposed to Karmic Punishment.

 Chapter 101: The Cursed Technique Reappears!

    Chapter 101: The Cursed Technique Reappears!


    Heinald began to spend most of his time brewing potions and helping Albin with his experiments in the following days. Mostly, he brewed the Phoenix Feather Potion, Shied of Fire Heart, and Distilled Thunder Essence potions because they were in his monopoly and were the most profitable potions of any potions he could brew. He and Albin encountered the same results in all of their experiments and failed to make any progress.


    Of course, Albin hadn''t epted the apprentice just to have him participate in the experiments. After all, Albin, as a famous potions grandmaster, was brewing various potions to somerge families and organizations and getting incredible resources in return. Knowing his apprentice''s ability to wield the Spirit me, hemissioned him to destroy the toxicity in the ingredients needed to brew these potions.


    Although he didn''t show it, it shocked him every time that his apprentice was even more skilled at this than himself. As a potions grandmaster, after studying the same materials tens of thousands of times, he had gotten into the habit of using Spirit me to destroy the toxicity on those materials with very little margin of error. However, after only a dozen mistakes, his apprentice could clearly determine how much Spirit me to use.


    A year passed quietly.


    Heinald had brewed 160 Phoenix Feather Potion, Shied of Fire Heart, and Distilled Thunder Essence during this time. The amount of Arkana Stones he paid for the ingredients he bought to be able to brew these potions was approximately 600,000 Arkana Stones. The total Arkana Stones he earned by selling these potions was 3,520,000 Arkana Stones.


    During the time that passed, Albin had given him approximately 1,000,000 Arcana Stones for his help to brewing potion. So he had almost 4,000,000 Arkana Stones total. It could be said that he was the wealthiest Level 1 Ainsar who did not have a strong family.


    Of course, this was because he made almost no mistakes when brewing potions. His very low fail rate minimized the amount of Arkana Stones he spent on the ingredients he needed to brew the potion. Thus, when he sold the potions he brewed, his profit was higher than other potions masters.


    This was not Heinald''s only pursuit in the course of time. He did research on Naksha Serpent and Odux Rhinoceros and learned where to find them.


    The Naksha Serpent was known as a species that lived in huge forests. It was stated that even the adolescent form of this species had the might of a Level 2 Ainsar. It was clearly stated in the source he read that an adult Naksha Serpent could easily fight a Level 3 Ainsar.


    Another Magical Beast he researched was Odux Rhinoceros. This Rhinoceros species had a very strong defense. A teenage Odux Rhinoceros could easily fight a Level 2 Ainsar. It was stated that even a Level 3 Ainsar could hardly damage an adult Odux Rhinoceros. This species was located on an ind called Odux.


    After hearing this information, Heinald thought that damn skeleton was asking for too much. There was no way he could fight these two monsters. However, this did not mean that he could not find the necessary materials. Lord Fredor was a director at a trade association. He could ask him for help about this. Moreover, he had enough Arkana Stone to buy High Rank spells from him.


    After obtaining permission from his master, Heinald again traveled to the Shadowmirage Mountains region. While trying to reach Lord Fredor''s castle, he encountered several Magical Beasts, but he did not see fit to fight them and fled from them. His spell called Whisper of the Wind really came in handy in such situations.


    When Heinald arrived at the castle, he couldn''t get in due to the barrier around the castle, as he had donest time, and he was granted entry by the arrival of that little golem.


    When Heinald entered the castle, the bald servant he sawst time escorted him to Lord Fredor''s room.


    After Lord Fredor''s permission, Heinald entered his room. When he saw his familiar figure, he immediately bowed and greeted him.


    "Did my brother send you to bring me something again?" Lord Fredor asked when he saw Heinald entering.


    "No, sir. I''m actually here to ask you an important question." Heinald shook his head.


    "What question?"


    "If I remember correctly, you were a director of a trade association, right?" Heinald asked.


    "Yes! I''m an executive member of the Owlhond Merchant Guild." Lord Fredor nodded.


    "Sir, there are some materials I need, can you help me find them?" Heinald immediately added, "I''ll definitely pay the price."


    "Just a small matter! Give me the names of the ingredients you need." Lord Fredor nodded slightly.


    "I''m grateful, sir!" Heinald smiled faintly.


    "I contacted Tisha. Despite the unfortunate events, you did your duty after all. I will help you." Lord Fredor waved his hand.


    Heinald was entertained at Lord Fredor''s castle for the next half month. During this time, he waited for any news about the materials he requested and paid 1,500,000 Arkana Crystals to purchase three copies of Lord Fredor''s own High Rank Attack-type spells. These are: Indignation of Ice, Infernal Fireball and Whirling Air Wave.


    Indignation of Ice: Towards a single target, a giant ice hand reaches up to 50 meters. If the target is caught by the ice hand, it will suffer an extremely strong freezing effect. It inflicts a severe ice burn on the hit target. To break this freezing effect, another spell must be used at the same level as the spell, weaker spells will have zero effect against the freezing effect.


    Infernal Fireball: Its a very powerful single and multi-target spell. Composed of very strong fire, this spell, when it hits the target and explodes, emits a fire wave with a radius of 150 meters and a temperature of 1500 degrees. Where it explodes, it creates ava pit with a radius of 30 meters and thisva. The pit stays active for 20 seconds.


    Whirling Air Wave: Its a very strong wind type spell. When the formed windball is sent to a specific target, it activates at the desired time of the caster and pulls everything within 300 meters of its radius to the center point. During heavy pull, all targets inside the wind waves take physical damage due to excessive pressure.


    Over time, Heinald has struggled to visualize the pattern of these High Rank spells. It was no problem for him to remember the exact pattern of this spell, but in mind, constructing the pattern of these spells consumed his willpower and mental stamina very quickly.


    This result was quite natural because under normal circumstances, an ordinary Level 1 Ainsar would never be able to construct a High Rank magic pattern in his mind. A genius Level 1 Ainsar would very unlikely be able to construct a High Rank Magic pattern in his mind.


    At the end of the 15-day period, the news Heinald had been waiting for reached him. The materials he wanted were found, but it would take a long time to reach him as he woulde from other Ainsar kingdoms. Therefore, the materials would be delivered directly to the Redsand Mansion.


    Two Naksha Serpent fang and 500g of Odux Rhinoceros blood had cost him 1,300,000 Arcana Stones. He wasn''t sure how valuable a Malicious God''s Torture Stone was, and he didn''t want to ask around about it because he didn''t want to be misunderstood.


    Especially to people like his master Albin and Lord Fredor.


    However, in the course of time, he had contacted that damned skeleton a few more times, confirming that he still badly needed these materials.


    After Heinald settled his business with Lord Fredor, he returned to Sam City. He was very close to attaining the Dark Energy and Dark Magic that had been in the back of his mind for a long time. If he could sessfully apply the technique he obtained from the remants of the Melrungan Sect, he could gain the power of Dark Magic.


    There was a small magic formation in the middle of Heinald''s room. This formation was radiating yellow lights. This formation looked like a transparent cylinder. In the middle of it stood a green crystal fixedly. Anyone who looked very closely could see that this green crystal was throwing some kind of balls of light around it with certain frequencies.


    Heinald, on the other hand, was sitting thoughtfully at his desk and observing the green crystal. The rhythmical tapping of his fingers on the table was the only sound that echoed in the room.


    He suddenly grimaced and removed his gaze from the crystal and stared at the five blue nts on his desk.


    For some time, he had been experimenting with five Silver Dragon nts, day and night, which he obtained for 300,000 Arcana Stones. This nt was a very rare species among nts and contained Spiritual Energy.


    Likewise, the green crystal that stood inside the formation in the middle of the room also contained spirit energy. This crystal was known as the Anxium Crystal and contained rich Spirit Particles.


    He had now begun work on creating his own Spirit Potion form. He had set the first step in this process as obtaining Soul Particles, but he had failed in his experiments.


    When the ingredients in the Spirit Potion form he obtained from the remnants werebined, the spirit particles would automatically begin to appear when the reaction started.


    However, Heinald''s skills in potions and herbalism were still insufficient to make such a potion. Therefore, he had to first obtain the Spirit Particles and then find materials that would harmonize and react with these particles.


    The problem Heinald faced during his experiments was a kind of energy leak. When he wanted to obtain the Spirit particles, he realized that most of them were quickly destroyed.


    ording to Heinald''s theory, this was due to time itself. The Anxium Crystal and the Spirit Particles he had managed to obtain from the Silver Dragon nt were destroyed before he was able to store most of them.


    The amount he managed to store was not enough for a Spirit Potion.


    There had to be another way!


    Heinald wanted to experiment with human spirits as well, but predicted the result would be the same. Even if he could get some Spirit Particles from the spirit, he would lose most of them.


    "For now I have to pause the experiments and collect more data. This will increase my chances of finding a solution to this problem." Heinald sighed and made an assessment.


    He tidied up everything in his room and destroyed the remains of the experiment.


    He then went to his master Albin and helped him brew potions and asked a few questions about Spirit Potions. However, his master did not intend to give him important information for free.


    He was already quite exhausted when he left Albin''s side. He hadn''t had a good night''s sleep for a long time, and his experiments had exhausted him mentally.


    "Sir! It''s been reported that someone wants to talk to you." As Heinald was walking down one of the long corridors to his room, a servant came in front of him and bowed to him.


    "Take me to him!" Heinald nodded.


    The servant took him outside the mansion to the person who wanted to meet him.


    Heinald was brought to a masked figure waiting in a room of the Ainia Temple. No energy was emanating from this figure.


    "I havee to deliver your orders." The masked man gave a nod.


    Heinald also gave a nod and smiled faintly.


    ***


    Heinald now had the materials the skeleton had asked of him. So he immediately made a travel to the skeleton''s house.


    When he arrived in front of the old and dreary house, he ignored the uneasiness that appeared in him and knocked on the door.


    When the door creaked wide open, he quickly stepped inside and walked to the end of the dusty corridor.


    "I have the materials you requested." Heinald entered the room at the end of the hall and stood in front of the skeleton.


    "What? Show!" The skeleton jumped up excitedly.


    At Heinald''s only thought, the ingredients popped out of his robes'' dimensional pocket and appeared in his hand.


    "H-how? You really got them!" The skeleton shrieked.


    "I think we can make our trade now." Heinald smiled.


    As he waved his skeletal hand, a ck pyramid-shaped stone appeared in his hand.


    The dark aura that radiated around this stone made him shudder.


    After the exchange took ce, Heinald quickly traveled to the in outside the city and found a deste cave there. He set up a security formation at the entrance of the cave and prepared to apply the technique called Heart Of The Darkness, which he got from the Melrungan Sect.


    Heinald held the Eka Alugen in one hand and the Malicious God''s Torture Stone in the other. He constructed some seals in his mind and fed them with his own Magical Energy. Several small Magic Pentagrams appeared on both of his hands.


    These pentagrams soon turned into a ck beam of light, which connected the Malicious God''s Torture Stone and Eka Alugen.


    Hours passed and Heinald let out a sigh of relief. Anyone who looked closely at him could tell he was sweating.


    He had transferred exactly 1000 Ainsar souls from Eka Alugen to the Malicious God''s Torture Stone.


    "Easter Instar Arlm!" Heinald muttered a few words


    He was following the directions in the technique called Heart Of The Darkness.


    In a short time, Malicious God''s Torture Stone began to emit a terrifying amount of Dark Energy. This amount was sorge that Heinald began to hope with all his heart that no one would pass near the cave. If someone passed by, they would definitely notice these Dark Energy waves.


    "I wonder if" Heinald squinted at an idea. With one thought, he took out the mysterious egg from the dimensional pocket of his robe. He had noticed before that this egg had a tendency to exploit Dark Energy.


    Heinald waited impatiently for hours.


    Finally, when the energy that the Malicious God''s Torture Stone was radiating stopped, the stone broke and a ck bead emerged.


    Malicious Spirit Essence was finally ready!


    "Here we go!" Heinald took Embers out of the dimensional pocket of his robe and, after taking a deep breath, plunged it into his heart.


    "Poak!" Heinald spat out arge amount of blood as he drew back his sword. However, he did not forget his purpose and quickly sent Malicious Spirit Essence into his pierced heart.


    "Aggghhh!" Heinald felt a terrible pain in his heart.


    Since his physical stamina had increased since bing a Level 1 Ainsar, his natural resistance to pain had also increased. However, the pain he felt was more intense than he had felt in a long time.


    Heinald''s entire chest was covered with ck veins. He could feel thousands of little ck snakes seeping into the depths of his soul. The pain he felt was growing more and more.


    "Aggghhh" Heinald was starting to feel like he couldn''t take the pain any longer. He felt himself losing consciousness. Soon, his vision began to darken and he passed out.


    When Heinald regained consciousness, he noticed that the weight in his chest had been greatly reduced. He felt very different, as if he felt someone else''s blood in his veins. But there was something bigger that took him by surprise.


    "The Spirit Energy I have has increased!" Heinald concentrated on his spirit in shock.


    He could guess that the reason was rted to 1000 Ainsar spirit, but he did not know how. ording to his estimation, he had already be a peak Level 1 Ainsar and had reached the required amount of Spirit Energy for the next level.


    "All I have to do is find a way to strengthen my body even more!" Heinald muttered amusedly.


    *Crack*


    Heinald was startled by the sound he heard.


    When he turned around, his eyes widened at the sight he saw.


    Before he passed out, the egg he had took out of the dimensional pocket of his robe had been broken.


    "This is" Heinald nearly swallowed his tongue when he saw the two palm-sized ck dragon cub next to the egg.


    The baby dragon was looking at him with interest with his small green eyes.

 Chapter 102: A Stronger Being!

    Chapter 102: A Stronger Being!


    Heinald just watched the baby dragon standing in front of him, not knowing what to do. It felt strange knowing that this baby dragon in front of him would grow up to be one of the most powerful and deadly beasts alive.


    Heinald slowly approached the baby dragon and took it in his hand. "Apparently, he''s not afraid of me."


    After closely examining the baby dragon in his hand, he sighed and left the cave, taking it with him.


    He couldn''t hide him in the dimensional pocket of his definitive robe. Imprisoning him in a spatial storage would mean killing him. That''s why he hid him under his robe.


    He quickly traveled to Redsand Mansion.


    When he reached the mansion, he immediately hid the baby dragon in his room. He then walked quickly to his master''s room. One of the priests standing guard at the door, as usual, went in and asked for permission.


    With permission granted, Heinald entered.


    "Did you gain an increase in your Spiritual Energy?" Albin immediately noticed the change in his apprentice.


    "I was just lucky! I was able to obtain a fruit that contained quite a lot of Spiritual Energy in the Starlight Realm." Naturally, Heinald didn''t tell him the truth. He was aware that the lie he was telling wasn''t believable, but he hoped his master would n''t get too caught up in the situation.


    "Mmm." Albin nodded expressionlessly.


    "Master, I havee to consult you on a matter." Heinald changed the subject.


    "I am listening." Albin''s gaze fixed on him.


    "I''ve decided to acquire a Soul Companion..." Heinald started, but was interrupted by Albin.


    "If I were you, I wouldn''t rush into this. Remember, you only have a chance to bond with apanion. If you get an ordinary magical beast as apanion, you''ll regret it when you encounter a high-level one in the future."


    "I know. I just want to learn a ritual technique." Heinald said.


    "If so... I''ll give you a copy of a technique I know." Albin nodded.


    "I''m grateful, master!" Heinald bowed respectfully.


    After Heinald left his master''s room, he immediately went to his room and took care of the baby dragon. He had not told his master about this dragon because he was simply afraid that he would take this baby dragon from him.


    Dragons were beasts that were highly feared and respected in the Ainsar World. Being a Soul Companion with a dragon was undoubtedly something that everyone would want. Plus, bonding with a baby dragon was much easier. If someone wanted to bond with an adult dragon, they had to defeat that dragon and then convince it to be apanion.


    To think of beating a grown dragon was undoubtedly insane!-That''s why he wanted to bond with this dragon secretly. If he bonded with this baby dragon, neither of them would ever be able to bond with anyone else again.


    After Heinald read the Ritual Technique that Albin gave him, he analyzed the information in his mind and began to prepare for the ritual.


    Heinald constructed the various runes and symbols mentioned in the technique in his mind. Red smoke came out of his body and surrounded the baby dragon. After a while, green smoke emerged from the baby dragon''s body and surrounded Heinald.


    After a while, every time he opened his eyes, he had a smile on his face. As he had predicted, the ritual had beenpleted without any problems. Now he could feel the baby dragon''s arrival in a part of his soul.


    The baby dragon also felt his presence in a part of his soul.


    "Come to me!" Heinaldmanded in his mind.


    As he had guessed, the baby dragon listened to him and scrambled towards his hand.


    Heinald smiled and took him in his hands, stroking his little head a little, hid him in his robes and left the room.


    Heinald quickly traveled to the shop called The Sleeping Owl. This shop was where he always bought the ingredients for the potion and sold the potions he brewed.


    "Young friend Heinald! Wee!" The old man immediately recognized the person who had entered.


    "Greetings, Mr. Rovnof!" In the course of time, Heinald and the old man had interacted many times and became familiar with each other.


    "Are you here to sell potions again?" Old Rovnof asked.


    "No. There are some books I want to buy today." Heinald''s expression turned serious.


    "Is that so? What kind of books?"


    "I want books that give high-level information on Anatomy, Evolution, and Mutation." Heinald exhaled loudly.


    "Well..." Rovnof didn''t know what to say for a while, then prepared to say something, but was interrupted by Heinald.


    "Don''t try to make excuses...I realize that a lot more is sold in this shop than is shown."


    "Y-You...how would you know?" Rovnof''s eyes widened in surprise.


    "I''m a pretty good observer!" Heinald winked.


    "Books with high-level information are not for sale..." Rovnof exhaled loudly.


    Heinald shrugged and said, "We are no longer strangers to each other, I think you can do me a little favor."


    "Keep dreaming! If the bigwigs find out about this..." Rovnof swallowed.


    "Just a few hours...I''ll pay you well for it." Heinald was determined to persist.


    Rovnof grit his teeth and began a series of calctions. After a short while he exhaled and said, "You only have 4 hours, I''ll take your 100,000 Arkana Stones."


    "Deal!" Heinald immediately agreed.


    "Wait here until I get the books ready!" Rovnof said and went to the back, disappearing.


    About half an hourter, Rovnof informed him that the books were ready. He would read the books in a secret room at the back of the shop.


    "There are twenty books here that contain high-level information on Anatomy, Evolution, and Mutation. Remember, these books are original books, so don''t damage them and don''t try to copy them. These original books are protected by a special magic against copying." Rovnof left him with the books after a few briefings.


    "One nce will be enough to memorize all the content." Heinald grinned inside and quickly began reading all the books there.


    After about an hour, he had already had all the information in his mind. However, he decided to wait for four hours so that nothing suspicious would arise.


    After four hours, Rovnof quickly collected the books and took them to a special section.


    "I learned a lot of useful information, even if it was for a short time. So, be a little generous and give you 150,000 Arkana Stones for the great kindness you''ve done me." Heinald was in a good mood, so he saw no problem being a little generous.


    After all, if he could somehow buy these books, he would have to give them so many Arkana Stones.


    It was pretty big profit from this angle.


    Rovnof greedily took the 15 Crystallized Arkana Stones and smiled broadly.


    *****


    In a deste cave, a well-built man was sitting naked. The floor he was sitting on was covered with arge magic pentagram. Around this pentagram were three silver bowls. Anyone who looked closely would have noticed that these bowls contained strange colored liquids.


    This man was Heinald.


    Within a few months, he hadpiled all the information he had on Anatomy, Evolution and Mutation, and by analyzing them, he had drawn some inferences. Thanks to his experiments on these inferences, he was able to develop a technique that would strengthen his body a lot.


    "Pascan Elsy!" Heinald muttered.


    At that time, the formation he was sitting on emitted a red light, and the liquids in the silver bowls came together in the air, forming a kind of mixture.


    The liquids that came together in the air took the shape of a sphere, then they began to separate into drops and finally took the shape of a needle.


    "200g of Petros Uinis blood, 2g of Merrin Snake venom and 3g of Corrosive Blood Flower essence. I will integrate the mixture of these three ingredients directly into my muscles. If sessful, this mixture will initiate a mutation in my muscles, but it will also start to affect all of my cells. If I manage to be a Level 2 Ainsar, my immune system will be strong enough to stop this mutation. If I fail, I will be in great danger!"


    Before starting the process, Heinald did a situational assessment.


    At his only thought, thousands of hovering needles pierced and prated every muscle in his body. The sudden pain he was experiencing made his face turn pale.


    "My heartbeat elerated abnormally in a very short time, the process is working as I expected." Heinald''s eyes gleamed strangely.


    "Aaargghhh!" Heinald began to squirm with the sudden pain rising from all of his muscles. Sudden swellings and strokes began to appear all over his body. His whole body was starting to be covered with ck veins, from afar it seemed as if thousands of snakes were crawling inside his body.


    Heinald was convulsing with pain, while at the same time gathering all his spiritual energy in the middle of his chest. If there was someone next to him, he could easily see the intense waves of energy emanating from him.


    *Tond!


    *Todond!*


    Strange noises began toe out of his entire body. A small, white triangle shape appeared in the middle of his chest.


    "Huaaaa!" Heinald roared with all his might as he tried to hold on.


    The spiritual energy gathered in the middle of his chest began to spread like tsunami waves throughout his entire body. At this time, his color had changed to dark blue and he had reached about five meters in height. His hands had turned into ws, and long, bloody protrusions were beginning to emerge from his spinal cord.


    His spiritual energy concentrated around his body and suddenly copsed into a single point.


    *BAM!*


    There was a violent burst of energy and the cave, hit by the shock waves, began to copse.


    Hours after the cave copsed...


    "Argh!" Heinald felt a sharp pain in his body. When he opened his eyes, he saw nothing but darkness.


    When he tried to stand up, he realized that he had tons of stones on him.


    "I did it!" Heinald roared with all his might. He didn''t need to delve deep into his soul to realize that he had managed to be a Level 2 Ainsar. He felt like apletely different person, just like when he was a Level 1 Ainsar, but this time he felt much more powerful than he felt then.


    Heinald felt a great force on his arm as he shook his hand. When he pushed his arm up hard, the stones on him shattered and flew at great speed. He crumbled the stones in front of him and proceeded out of the cave.


    When he came out of the cave, he realized that the sun had just risen. When he started examining his body, he was no different than before, except that he looked taller and more built. This obviously put him at ease, as he had predicted, after bing a Level 2 Ainsar, his immune system was able to destroy his mutation.


    He was in a deste forest far from Sam City.


    *Whiiiirg!* Heinald heard a shrill roar.


    That shrill roar belonged to the little dragon cub. He looked worried for the owner, who had been under wreckage for a few days.


    "You do not need to worry!" Heinald smiled at him and took him in his arms.


    Within a few months, this little baby dragon was almost too big to fit in hisp.


    He went to the smallke nearby and washed to remove the dirt from himself. He then went to the cottage he had built before attempting a breakthrough. He wore the robe his grandfather gave him.


    "I should be as strong as my grandfather used to be right now." Heinald muttered.


    Heinald began casting his spell, Infernal Fireball, to test his new power level. Casting this High Rank Attack-type spell was much easier for him now. While he was constructing the pattern of this spell in his mind, he was pushing his mind power very hard before, but in the current situation it was like casting a Medium-Rank spell. In the past, he was undoubtedly the one with the strongest mind power among all the Level 1 Ainsars, but now his mind seemed much stronger than before.


    Thanks to his incredible memory, he would be in a much better position than them as he could remember the spell''s pattern much faster than other Level 2 Ainsars and construct it in his mind. This difference would appear more especially in High Rank spells.


    A ball of fire the size of three palms formed above his hands. In the face of the heat emitted by this fireball, the surrounding trees and grass started to burn instantly. At the thought of him, the fireball began to fly, leaving traces of me behind it.


    It took less than two seconds for him to cast with this spell, it was an incredible speed.


    *BAM!* When the fireballnded 300 meters ahead, into the middle of the trees, a terrible explosion of me appeared. The resulting waves of me instantly turned everything 150 meters in diameter to ash. The temperature at the center of the explosion was so intense that it reached over 2000 degrees Celsius.


    He shuddered at the sight before him. If a Level 2 Ainsar cast a High Rank spell, terrifying destruction would ensue.


    "Whirling Air Wave" Heinald roared.


    An airball formed in his hand and was sent directly into the fire. When the airball exploded, all the mes about 500 meters in diameter were suddenly drawn into a single spot and were extinguished by the intense air pressure. After he extinguished the source of the fire, he waved his hand and rain clouds formed above the forest.


    A downpour soon followed, which was enough to stop the fire, which was spreading at a slow speed.


    "Let''s go now, Revakender!" Heinald called out to the baby dragon beside him.


    A small gust of wind formed around the baby dragon as he began to p his wings.


    Heinald also started running to test his new body. He could run about 20 times faster than before. He was going so fast that if there was an obstacle in front of him, he would probably not be able to stop in time and crash into it. He could have run much faster, pushing his limits, but he did n''t want to leave Revakender too far behind.


    Heinald ran non-stop for about a week. As the Revakender got tired after flying for a few hours at most, he mostly hugged on his owner''s back and enjoyed a fast ride.


    Despite this, Heinald''s physical stamina was still very high.


    When he entered Sam City, he had hidden his baby dragon by wrapping arge cloak around his back. In the time that passed, only his master, Albin, had learned his secret and had a great shock. He hadn''t even thought that his apprentice would actually bond with a baby dragon. But he would soon see something more surprising.


    When Heinald reached the Redsand Mansion, he immediately went to his master.


    "You actually managed to be a Level 2 Ainsar!" Albin looked at his apprentice in disbelief, "How old are you?"


    "I''m in my thirties." Heinald replied with a smile.


    Albin Redsand had been alive as a Level 3 Ainsar for too long to count. However, he had never heard of anyone in his thirties who had managed to be a Level 2 Ainsar. He already knew that his apprentice was a formidable potion genius, but he now understood that he was also a genius in the Ainsar Path.

 Chapter 103: Magic Scrolls

    Chapter 103: Magic Scrolls


    Heinald spent the next few weeks trying to heal the internal injuries caused by his ordeal and calming his Spiritual Surges. In the process, he got rid of the side effects of the very harmful materials he used to initiate mutations.


    "I''d better go talk to that skeleton again." Heinald could now use Dark Energy, but he couldn''t because he didn''t know the basics.


    While being trained by his grandfather, he had learned the basics of the elements. Thanks to this, he had no trouble understanding the basic of the elements.


    However, he had no knowledge of the basics and transformation of Dark Energy.


    Since that skeleton was the only person he knew who was interested in Dark Magic, he naturally decided to go for it.


    A-fter a quick travel, he arrived in front of the skeleton''s house.


    *Crack* With Heinald''s hand, the wooden door shattered into pieces.


    When he stepped into the corridor, he saw a thin man. His skin was very pale. His hair was sparse and long. An Apprentice Ainsar''s energy waves were emanating from him.


    "M-My Lord!" Seeing Heinald, he immediately bowed and greeted him.


    "Did he have a body?" Heinald asked himself. He had naturally realized who this skinny man was.


    It was none other than that damned skeleton.


    Heinald said, "You''ve managed to get a body, but it seems like it hase at a cost."


    "Y-Yes my lord."


    Heinald shook his head and said, "I have some questions I want to ask you."


    "Please ask, my lord."


    "Where can I get resources that provide information about Dark Energy basics and Dark Energy transformation theories?" Heinald asked.


    "I own a few books that give information about Dark Energy Fundamentals. However, the leader of the sect that I am a member of has the resources that contain theoretical information about Dark Energy transformation."


    "Your sect?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    "I am a member of the Uldem Sect. People who are interested in Dark Magic like me join this sect. As Ainsars who practice Dark Magic are not tolerated in society, our sect''s headquarters is far from cities.


    "Who is your sect leader?" Heinald asked.


    "Our sect leader is a Level 2 Ainsar, Kiel Vols."


    Heinald chuckled lightly and said, "Show me where your headquarters is on the map!"


    "As youmand, my lord!"


    Heinald soon emerged from the skeleton''s house expressionless.


    He was supposed to travel to the Danfall ins, located on the southern border of the Neuor Theocracy. The headquarters of the Uldem Sect was on a hill in those ins.


    He hurried to Albin and made great efforts to obtain permission for his journey. He had to go on a long journey after all, and he couldn''t say for sure when he''d be back. Finally, he was able to get permission in exchange for helping Albin brew the potion every day for a month,when he returned.


    After Heinald got permission, he took the Revakender with him and started his long journey. If the Spirit Companion wasn''t with him, he would prefer to travel in an airship, but in the current situation he didn''t have such a chance.


    No one would let a dragon into the Airship.


    So Heinald decided to travel in a horse carriage. The journey in the horse carriage would take a long time, but he would be able to both hide the Revakender and deal with a subject that had been in the back of his mind for a while while traveling.


    Heinald took one of Albin''srge horse carriages and hid the Revakender behind him. This horse carriage was pulled by four strong gically modified horses, so even if their speed was n''t as fast as his running, it would n''t be bad at all.


    ******


    "It''s finally done!" Heinald was looking excitedly at the scroll in his hand. Various seals and symbols were engraved on this scroll, the Elemental Energy emanating from it was very dense. It was a Magic Scroll and contained the power of a spell.


    Heinald had managed to engrave his magic called Divine Chaos into this scroll. When he sent a small amount of Magic Energy to this scroll in abat situation, he could instantly use his magic called Divine Chaos because he had already used the Magic Energy required for the spell while building seals.


    This Magic Scroll technique was known among the Ainsar as a very high level of magic art. He had learned of its existence long ago in a book he had read, and he had to gather a lot of information resources to make a Magic Scroll.


    Since he had read all the books in Albin Redsand''s library, his knowledge had greatly increased. In the end, he used the information he gathered to study well and achieved a good result.


    Heinald had been traveling for over a month and had spent that time crafting Magic Scroll. He had entered into Danfall ins a few days ago. He was heading towards his final destination, Ruined Hill.


    Since the beginning of the journey, the carriage had only stopped when the Revakender was hunting for prey. The journey continued when the baby dragon found some prey and ate it. This baby dragon was always hungry and always wanted something to eat.


    Heinald had stored hundreds of pounds of meat for him in the dimensional pocket of his robe before he set off on the journey, but it was all gone in a few days. So the baby dragon had to find its own food and flew over the wide ins for hunting, sometimes for hours.


    After two days'' journey across the ins, he finally reached Ruined Hill. There was a small castle at the top of the hill. He followed the path leading up the hill. When he came to the front of the castle, he saw two Apprentice Ainsar waiting in front of the castle''s great gate.


    The two Apprentice Ainsar bowed in fear when they realized that he was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Please allow us to assist you, Lord Ainsar!"


    "If I''m not mistaken, this must be the Ulden Sect''s headquarters, right?" Heinald took a nce around.


    At that moment, the huge gates of the castle opened and a rather old man came out. This old man had many wrinkles on his face and had no hair. He had a slight hump and carried a chain in his right hand that radiated intense Dark Energy. The energy emanating from him showed that he was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "I haven''t seen a Level 2 Ainsar with Dark Energy in thisnd in a long time." A strange smile appeared on the old man''s face.


    Heinald gave a nod to Ainar in front of him, "Kiel Vols?"


    Elder Ainar nodded, "I amand you?"


    "My name is Heinald. I''m here to talk to you about an important matter."


    "Pleasee inside!" Kiel Vols invited him inside the castle.


    While walking inside the castle, Heinald saw several Level 1 Ainsars and dozens of Apprentice Ainsars. The castle was made entirely of Kostruvn Stone. Therefore, although the inside and outside of the castle looked very ordinary, its solidity was definitely not ordinary.


    Kiel Vols looked at Heinald, who was walking beside him, and said, "I will order the servants to prepare a feast for you. In the meantime, we can talk freely in the hall."


    "I''m grateful!" Heinald gave a light nod.


    "What is it you want to talk to me about?" Kiel Vols asked when they got to the living room where there werefortable and big armchairs. Meanwhile, the servants immediately served them wine.


    Heinald said, "I need resources that provide information on Dark Energy basics and Dark Energy transformation theories."


    Kiel Vols nodded lightly, "And what will you offer in return?"


    Heinald said, "Arkana Stones or potions."


    Kiel Vols'' eyebrows rose slightly, "Can you be a Potions Master?"


    Heinald smiled faintly and nodded.


    After a short bargain, Heinald gave him 120,000 Arcana Stones and obtained copies of several books containing information on Dark Energy basics and Dark Energy transformation theories.


    Both sides were quite satisfied with this trade. In the following hours, the two of them sat at the feast, and during this time, they opened various topics and tried to gain some inferences about each other. Kiel was particrly interested in Revakender and admired him.


    "Have you ever heard of the Shadow Ind Ruins?" Kiel Vols asked.


    "No." Heinald shook his head.


    "Shadow Ind Ruins is the ce where the remains of an ancient sect are hidden. However, no one wants to go there because it is a very dangerous ce. Soon we will gather with people from various kingdoms who are interested in Dark Magic and organized an expedition there. The ce where the remnants are hidden is still undiscovered, very valuable resources can be obtained if discovered. It is assumed that important information can be obtained about Dark Magic and Dark Energy as it is a sect from ancient times. Would you considering as my ally?"


    Kiel Vols quickly realized the potential of the youth in front of him. His age was quite young and he was a Potions Master. Moreover, he had somehow managed to obtain Dark Energy. He would feel much safer in the Shadow Isle Ruins if he had an ally like him by his side.


    "Remnants from ancient times?" Heinald''s eyes lit up.


    He was quite confident in his own strength, especially after bing a Level 2 Ainsar. There were many spells he knew, and as a potion master himself, he had many potions. That''s why he decided to consider this offer. But he still wouldn''t just ept it without knowing the details, after all, recklessness always brought trouble.

 Chapter 104: To the Shadow Island Ruins

    Chapter 104: To the Shadow Ind Ruins


    After Heinald learned the details from Kiel, he decided to go with him to the Shadow Ind Ruins. The area where the Shadow Ind Ruins were located was a deste and extremely frightening area where many dangerous Magical Beasts roamed freely. Various Ainsar sects and groups that had intrested in Dark Magic had made expeditions there, but they could not find the remnants and also inflicted many casualties in various attacks.


    Alongside them, many Level 1 Ainsars and two Level 2 Ainsars would join this expedition.


    In the following days, Kiel hosted him in his castle.


    Heinald easily memorized and analyzed all the information from the sources he had obtained. Later, he started working on the spell named Aoron''s Hand, which he obtained from the Melrungan Sect.


    Heinald had grasped the basics of Dark Energy but was still quite a novice. Controlling Dark Energy was much more difficult than controlling Elemental Energy. Moreover, the spell named Aaron''s Hand was quiteplex.


    About two weekster, Kiel and Heinald set out for the Shadow Ind Ruins. Since Revakander was with them, they found it more convenient to travel in Heinald''s horse carriage. A few dayster they reached a deserted seaside town on the southern border.


    "The house designated as the meeting ce is over there!" Kiel pointed to an old three-story house.


    When they went to the house and knocked on the door, a bat appeared in front of them.


    "Vonsley, stop kidding and open the door!" Kiel grumbled.


    The bat disappeared and the door opened.


    As they entered, an Apprentice Ainsar immediately weed them and led them through a secret passage to the basement of the building.


    When they descended into the basement, arge hall appeared before them. There was a middle-aged man sitting on the big sofa in the middle of the living room. He was a Level 2 Ainsar, and there were intense waves of Dark Energy emanating from him.


    "Old Kiel! It''s good to see you''re still able toe as undead." The middle-aged manughed.


    "Hmph!" Kiel rolled his eyes. "Meet Heinald, he wille with us to the ruins."


    "Greetings! My name is Vonsley."


    "Greetings!" Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "Hasn''t Kavael arrived yet?" Kiel asked.


    "No. He struggled to find many Level 1 Ainsars for this expedition, so it must have beente." Vonsley shrugged.


    Later in the day, Heinald, Kiel, and Vonsley talked about various rumors and myths about the ruins. The Shadow Ind Ruins were on a veryrge ind and the ruins covered a veryrge area. Moreover, there were not only Magical beasts on this ind, but also various cursed ones and evil spirits.


    Two dayster, a medium-sized ship approached the shore.


    This ship wasmanded by a Level 2 Ainsar named Kavael, and there were about twenty Level 1 Ainsars inside. After Heinald met him, the four Level 2 Ainsars signed a Blood Agreement between them.


    ording to this agreement, if they could reach the ruins, everyone would take as much as they could, and no one would be greedy and attack to seize the resources someone else had acquired.


    When the deal waspleted, they set out for the Shadow Ind Ruins.


    Heinald decided to leave Revakender in the seaside town for his safety. The area around the seaside town was a ce with arge number of ordinary animals. There he could easily hunt, and he would not encounter a monster that endangered his life.


    It would take them about half a month to reach the Shadow Ind Ruins. The sea they were traveling on was also known as a very dangerous sea.


    The days began to pass quickly.


    They did not encounter any problems until halfway through the journey, but their luck did notst long.


    "What is this!?" One of the Level 1 Ainsars on the deck shouted in fear.


    "Gavarcha horde!" Kiel''s expression darkened. "Kavael, activate the defensive formation on the ship now!"


    Kavael looked up at the sky and grit his teeth, then said, "I will activate it, but the defensive formation on this ship is not strong! Let''s try to kill them as quickly as possible."


    "Among them are grown Gavarchas!" Heinald had a serious expression on his face as he observed the sky.


    Gavarcha was a type of Magical Beast. Its appearance was simr to a flying jellyfish, but its three blood-red eyes made it quite frightening. This species always travels in packs, it was a nightmare to meet them, especially in the open seas. What was scarier than their appearance was that they were capable of ruling lightning. While its adolescents could be equal to the power of a Level 1 Ainsar, its adults were equal to the power of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    A kind of energy shield appeared around the ship.


    "Let''s hurry and kill them!" Kiel shouted.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald shouted in his mind. A scarlet ray of fire shot out from his hands and instantly turned the two Gavarchas in the sky to coal.


    Knowing that his Spiritual Magic was so powerful, Heinald had deliberately suppressed the heat it radiated, or the ship would have caught fire instantly. Especially after he became a Level 2 Ainsar, the might of his Spiritual Magic had be much more frightening.


    The moment Death Ray touched them, they scorched their bodies, causing them to fall into the sea as pieces of coal.


    Observing this, the Level 1 Ainsars began to look at him with both fear and envy.


    An intense wave of Dark Energy rose from the chain that Kiel had always held. He began to spin the chain and threw it towards the adult Gavarcha. The chain covered up with a ck beam of light and whipped it.


    *Sk!* A sharp voice was heard.


    "A single attack inflicted a severe wound on an adult Gavarcha!" On the one hand, Heinald had observed this attack. Kiel had clearly used Dark Energy in this attack, and it seemed that the damage potential was quite high.


    "Infernal Fireball!" Heinald noticed an adult Gavarcha approaching them from behind. He knew that he had to finish off immediately before he could attack, or defense formation would have been broken.


    Heinald raised his hands. A ball of scorching fire flew out suddenly hitting the Gavarcha squarely on its body. The whole process has taken only two seconds!


    *BAM!* The sky was covered with devastating mes and hotva spilled out.


    Gavarcha, whose entire body was engulfed in mes, crashed into the sea, screaming in pain. When it crashed into the sea, huge waves, exceeding five meters in height, appeared.


    "He killed an adult Gavarcha with a single spell!" Kiel, Kavael, and Vonsley looked at him with eyes too careful not to be innocent. But then they immediately turned their attention to the danger that was threatening them.


    "Dark Thread!" Vonsley cried out.


    A ck ring appeared around his body, and from within this ring five threads shot out, emitting intense waves of Dark Energy around him. The threads flew towards the herd and connected the five adolescent Gavarchas at once. Then the dark threads got stuck in a single spot and shattered the Gavarchas'' bodies.


    During this entire process, various parts of the defensive formation had been attacked. But fortunately, none of them came from an adult Gavancha. Thus, the ship''s defensive formation was still active.


    "God! We''ll get hit!" One of the Level 1 Ainsars shouted.


    "Damn it!" Heinald saw an adult Gavarcha about to attack. Fierce lightning bolts danced around his body.


    Heinald immediately raised his right hand and cast Lightning Spear. On his hand, lightning bolts gathered together and took the shape of a spear.


    Adult Gavancha attacked the ship directly with a fierce lightning strike, but before its attack could reach the ship, its collided with Lightning Spear.


    *BOM!* Violent lightning danced in the sky and streaks of lightning bounced off everywhere. Even the ship''s defensive formation had taken some damage from the explosion.


    Kiel muttered a spell, and a cloud of poisonous and corrosive gas appeared around him. This cloud of gas took the form of a snake and soared quickly through the air, reaching Gavacha, enveloping it and starting to burn it.


    Meanwhile, Heinald used the Death Ray again and began to scorch it.


    Finally, Kavael began to mutter a spell, and after about ten seconds, a spell pentagram appeared above Gavancha. Arge ck arrow shot out from within this magic pentagram and pierced it.


    Having suffered three consecutive attacks from three Level 2 Ainsars, Gavancha screamed in pain and crashed into the water.

 Chapter 105: Phantom Sand Crab

    Chapter 105: Phantom Sand Crab


    Even after the entire horde of Gavancha was wiped out, the fierce energy surges in the sky continued. This was due to the fact that very powerful spells were used in a short time. The clouds in the sky had turned into storm clouds due to therge amount of elemental energy released.


    "It was terrifying... The power levels of the Masters don''t evenpare to ours!"


    "Even though I didn''t take any damage, I almost passed out from the power emanating from their spells alone."


    Level 1 Ainsars began to talk among themselves. Most of them had never witnessed the attacks of a Level 2 Ainsar before. They had witnessed their power very closely through the event, which was undoubtedly something they would not forget.


    "The Defensive Formation seems to have taken quite a bit of damage." Kavael''s expression darkened.


    "Hmph! Only adolescent Gavanchas'' weak attacks hit. You can only me yourself foring here on a ship with such a weak formation." Kiel grumbled.


    "We''re going to be in trouble if we get attacked on our remaining journey." An uneasiness rose within Heinald.


    "Let''s hope it doesn''t..." Kiel also looked restless.


    A week passed quickly.


    They had not encountered another attack during the journey, but they had always been on the alert. This room had made them quite nervous. Although everyone there was confident in their own strength, they did not want to encounter trouble on the open sea.


    By the time they reached the east coast of Shadow Isle, they were all quite relieved.


    "This ind is almost as big as Sam City" Heinald calcted the size of this ind bluntly.


    "The ruins are located at the top of the ind. However, nothing has been found on previous expeditions there. So it''s very likely that the path to the remnants is hidden further away from the ruins."


    Kiel began to give information about the ind.


    "Are we going to trust these expeditions?" Heinald asked.


    "What do you mean?" Kiel asked.


    "I mean, if those who''ve been there before haven''t found the ce where the remains are hidden, that doesn''t mean we won''t either." Heinald shrugged.


    "You got it wrong...Of course we''ll go to the ruins and explore there. I just said it generally." Kiel shook his head.


    Everyone there hade here in hopes of finding any remains. So soon everyone dispersed and began walking the long, rough terrain in hopes of finding a clue.


    If anyone discovered something, they would return to the east coast, and when the others returned, they would all venture into the remnants.


    "And what if the person who found the remains go for it his own?" This question had urred to everyone there, but then they figured out the answer themselves.


    The remnants of a cult from ancient times must have been protected by very strong obstacles. Probably no one would want to go there alone.


    Heinald began to advance, following a path that led up to a hill in the west of the ind. He was also observing the nts growing on this ind, after all, nts were his field of interest.


    After tens of miles, he reached the top of a hill. When he looked around, he saw that there were many hills going higher. The ruins were on the highest peak, but since the highest peak was even above the clouds, he could not see the ruins.


    "Hm? This is" Heinald squinted his eyes, seeing ake a few miles away, but it wasn''t a normalke.


    Theke he saw was a Quebec Lake!


    Thesekes were quite small, but the water in them became quite special thanks to the minerals in them.


    "The water in suchkes turnspletely red, and this water has a minor healing effect." Heinald looked quite amused.


    However, the main reason for this joy was not the water, it was the possibility of finding one or more Inxius nts in theke. Inxius nt was a very valuable and very rare, its secretions could purify even the strongest poisons if properly extracted.


    Heinald started running towards theke at full speed. When he reached the shore of theke, he prepared to dive to the bottom of theke, but the waves of energy he felt prevented him from doing so.


    The sands he stepped on began to move, and at some point they began toe together. At the same time, the surrounding area was covered with a lightyer of fog.


    "I know what this is...Phantom Sand Crab!" Heinald''s expression turned serious.


    Phantom Sand Crab wasn''t a Magical Beast. He was more of a cursed spirit creature, but that didn''t make him weak at all. On the contrary, it could be considered more dangerous than most Magical Beasts.


    The Phantom Sand Crab was several times of his size. It naturally looked like a crab, but anyone who saw it from afar would have thought it was a sculpture made of sand with some parts missing.


    "It definitely has more energy than the spirit of a Level 1 Ainsar" Heinald grinned contemptuously, "However, it won''t be able to hold out long in front of me."


    Ember and Narox appeared in Heinald''s hands.


    He was going to test his physical strength on this Phantom Sand Crab.


    Heinald gathered strength to his feet and dashed forward like an arrow. It was so fast that an ordinary person would definitely not be able to follow him with the naked eye.


    He held both of his swords straight and aimed to pierce the Phantom Sand Crab''s body.


    However, the Phantom Sand Crab also moved quickly and met the swords with its pincers.


    When the swords pierced into its pincers, it exploded and huge grains of sand were thrown into the sky.


    The Phantom Sand Crab disappeared and reappeared about ten meters away, its pincer that had just exploded, back and it looked like new.


    This was his specialty; if his limb was badly damaged, he could regenerate it, but his Spirit Energy would be reduced at the cost.


    If all its Spirit Energy was gone, its existence would bepletely wiped out and destroyed.


    The Phantom Sand Crab began to circle around itself, and sand circles began to form above it.


    These circles of sand quickly began to fly to Heinald.


    Heinald immediately used his spell called Whisper of the Wind and he got rid of those sand rings.


    When the rings of sandnded where he used to be, it left arge cut that went several feet underground.


    "There was a chance that if it hit me, it might hurt me." When Heinald saw this, he made an assessment.


    Heinald hovered over the Phantom Sand Crab, preparing tounch an attack as he approached it, but then something unexpected happened.


    The Phantom Sand Crab jumped about ten meters up and threw two sand stctites through its pincers.


    Heinald draw an arc with Embers and cut the two stctites heading towards him.


    *BUM!* There was a sound as if two steels collided violently, but also an airwave that was strong enough to blow the surrounding sands.


    Heinald was dragged back several meters by the force of the collision, but he did not lose his bnce and fell to the ground.


    "This attack was enough to make my arms ache. If I had been a Level 1 Ainsar, I certainly wouldn''t have escaped so easily. Most likely, both of my arms would have been smashed."


    When Heinald checked his arms, he made sure there were no cracks or breaks.


    Again, Heinald dash like an arrow towards the Phantom Sand Crab. But this time, as the distance between them was short, he had appeared above it before it could react, and had sliced its body diagonally.


    As a result of his fierce sword attack, the sand that made up the PhantomSand Crab''s body was scattered around and did not close back.


    The Phantom Sand Crab lurched for a few seconds before it managed to regain its bnce.


    "Oh? So it''s getting serious" Heinald smiled faintly when he saw the Phantom Sand Crabpletely take on phantom form.


    An Ainsar would be uneasy because he couldn''t see it, because as it assumed its phantom form, it was also ordinary suppressing the energy waves it was emitting. This ability to take on invisible form was its most dangerous skill, it was invisible and inaudible for a full five seconds.


    However, Heinald could see it, though not clearly, thanks to his eyes.


    The Phantom Sand Crab jumped up and sand spikes appeared on its pincers. It thought it was invisible, but the sudden movement of its enemy below took it by surprise.


    When Heinald realized that it had jumped up and was about to attack, he had jumped too, "Come on!"


    *BAM* There was a sound like two steels colliding again.


    With the force of the collision, Heinald quickly fell to the ground, creating a crater with a small diameter. Even he had not anticipated that its attack would contain so much power.

 Chapter 106: Spotted Volcano Gorilla

    Chapter 106: Spotted Volcano Gori


    Heinald immediately stood up and stepped out of the crater. He calmly cleared the sand off his body and cast a sharp nce at the Phantom Sand Crab.


    At that time, the Phantom Sand Crab had also reappeared.


    Heinald gripped the Narox tightly in his hand and hurled it with all his might. Narox flew forward, cutting even the air, its speed exceeding that of an arrow.


    *Thub* Narox stabbed into the body of the Phantom Sand Crab. Its bnce was lost again, but this time he recovered faster and quickly lifted his two pincers into the air. As he did so, pointed stctites rose from everywhere within a radius of two hundred meters.


    Heinald reacted quickly to the ground shaking and jumped, sending Magical Energy to Embers while he was in the air and swung it out.


    An arc of fire flew from Embers and hit into the Phantom Sand Crab''s pincer.


    The Phantom Sand Crab''s pincer could not withstand the fierce fire stripe, and it instantly teared off as a whole. A trail of fire appeared where its pincers had teared.


    "Now it''s time to end this battle!" A fireball appeared in Heinald''s hand, emitting intense Fire Element Energy into the surrounding area, and began to rapidly move towards the Phantom Sand Crab.


    The moment the fireballnded on the Phantom Sand Crab, there was a destructive explosion, and all the surrounding vegetation caught fire. Even the waters of nearby Lake Quebec were starting to boil. The st of scorching fire had engulfed itpletely.


    Heinald realized that the energy emanating from the Phantom Sand Crab hadpletely disappeared. When the scorching mes dissipated, he went to the center of the explosion and shook his head when he saw theva pit forming. Even if it managed to survive the explosion, it would be doomed to perish in thisva pit.


    "I think I can now easily search the depths of theke." Heinald muttered.


    When he dived into theke, he immediately dived into the depths and began the search, hoping to find Inxius nts.


    He carefully searched the entireke twice, but did not find a single Inxius nt.


    "So bad luck" Heinald sighed as he emerged from theke. If he managed to find an Inxius nt, he could sell it for a high price or save it for future use.


    Cursing his bad luck, he started to move forward to reach another hill. He didn''t know what the others would do, but he would definitely go to the ruins and examine that area. Of course, he had no intention of ignoring Kiel''s advice, he would always be on the lookout for any clues.


    *UGAA!* Heinald heard a roar that shook heaven and earth as he made his way up the sloping road up the hill. The trees in the wooded area to his right were beginning to fall one by one.


    "Damn it!" Heinald grit his teeth.


    The body of a gigantic Spotted Volcano Gori, more than ten meters tall, appeared from among the trees. The Spotted Volcano Gori was an incredibly powerful Magical Beast. Moreover, the only thing that made him strong was not only his fierce attack ability, but also his defense, which was very strong. This Spotted Volcano Gori was definitely an adult, and his strength level should definitely be higher than Heinald.


    Heinald immediately took a Phoenix Feather Potion from his pocket and drank it immediately. The Spotted Volcano Gori could do powerful fire element attacks, he definitely should n''t be caught by his attacks. Other than that, he believed he could somehow get past his defense.


    After all, he was a Level 2 Ainsar, and the damage of his spells was definitely too high.


    The Spotted Volcano Gori picked up one of the huge fallen trees from the ground and hurled it at him. Although the tree was quiterge, it was thrown like a stone by him.


    "HA!" Heinald clenched his fist and punched the fast approaching tree. His fierce fist smashed the tree in the middle, and the tree split in two and was thrown into two different ces.


    Heinald pulled Embers out of the dimensional pocket of his robe and sent Magical Energy to it. Burning mes began to dance around the sword.


    He started running towards the Spotted Volcano Gori at full speed, jumping as he approached and lowering his sword towards him. At the same time, mes began to emerge from the Spotted Volcano Gori''s eyes, and his right arm was engulfed in mes.


    "UGAA!" The Spotted Volcano Gori roared and swung his ming fist at Heinald.


    When the sword and fist collided, a sea of mes appeared that instantly engulfed an area of about two hundred meters. This sea of me spread in waves and turned everything to ash. Sensing the violent waves of energy that had emerged, some of the Magical Beasts quickly fled from that area, while somw others began to angrily stare at that area.


    As a result of the collision, Heinald was thrown back about twenty meters, while the gori had two fingers severed.


    "UGAAAAA!" The Spotted Volcano Gori roared angrily and jumped. As he raised both hands in the air, his fists were engulfed in red mes.


    "Damn it!" Heinald''s eyes widened. He immediately cast his spell, Whisper of the Wind, and pushed himself as far away from where he had once stood.


    The Spotted Volcano Gorinded with two fists on the spot where Heinald used to be.


    "BAMM!" Arge-scale earthquake and an explosion of fire rising hundreds of meters appeared around the area. The surrounding trees, stones and nts were destroyed by the shock wave before being destroyed by the mes.


    Heinald had not been able to move away from the area of effect of this attack fast enough and was struck by a raging wave of fire. When he saw that the fire wave wasing directly towards him, he used the spell called Frost Wave and managed to reduce the burning of the fire wave a little at thest moment.


    Still, the waves of fire had managed to inflict massive damage to his robe. If he hadn''t used Phoenix Feather Potion, his skin could have had a serious injury as well.


    "Damn monkey! I''m going to give you a painful death!" Heinald roared as he got up from the ground. A freezing aura began to radiate from his right arm. In a short time, his entire arm was covered in ice. As he swung his arm forward, a hand-shaped ice fumes shot forward, growing in size as it move forward.


    When Ice fumes reached the Spotted Volcano Gori, there was a burst of fumes, and he turned into a frozen statue within seconds.


    "Divine Chaos!" Heinald roared.


    An energy field appeared that covered a wide perimeter. Violent lightning appeared above this energy field, then hundreds of lightning streaks fell on the gori incessantly.

 Chapter 107: Strange Totem

    Chapter 107: Strange Totem


    Severe lightning streaks shook the entire region, the whole region began to copse. Hit by multiple lightning streaks, the thickyer of ice on Spotted Volcano Gori shattered,pletely severing an arm and a leg. The blood flowing from his severed limbs was like a kind ofva, burning the ce where it fell within seconds.


    "I''ve made a lot of noise...More Magical Beasts will be flocking here soon, I''d better hurry and get away from here." Heinald looked around and grit his teeth.


    Spotted Volcano Gori was inside arge crater and was about to die.


    Heinald immediately jumped into the crater and thrust his sword all the way down the dying Spotted Volcano Gori''s throat, killing him on the spot.


    He immediately took arge jade jar from the dimensional pocket of his robe and filled it with gori''s blood.


    Heinald came out of the crater and ran from there at full speed.


    The Shadow Isle was indeed a very dangerous ce inhabited by arge number of Magical Beasts. In this ce, a Level 1 Ainsar would definitely not be able to survive without the help of luck.


    Although he had just arrived in the Shadow Isles, he had already had to fight two dangerous creatures. He trusted himself and therefore agreed toe to this ind, but he was beginning to regret it. He intended to find the remains of a cult that ruled in ancient times on this ind, but if events continued like this, he would abandon his exploration and return.


    Heinald was moving at full speed to reach a higher peak in the north. He concealed the energy waves he was emitting, so that no Magical Beast would sense his energy waves and attack him. However, Magical Beasts of equal power to Level 1 Ainsar, who were previously frightened by the energy he was radiating, were immediately moving away from him, this situation would no longer continue.


    If he encountered a Magical Beast, he would still have to use his spiritual energy to kill or scare it.


    "Oh? It looks like I''m not the only one in trouble" Heinald saw lightning bolts rising into the sky southwest of the ind. He also heard the echoes of loud roars and explosions. He didn''t care too much about this event and kept walking.


    With the physics he possessed, he could move much faster under normal conditions, but as he was looking for a clue, he had to go by carefully observing the environment. So it took days instead of hours for him to reach the other hill.


    As Heinald looked around, as he often did from a high vantage point, he thought he saw a ck statue a few miles away. His brows furrowed as he began to examine him more carefully. Although what he thought was a statue at first looked like a statue, it wasn''t actually, it was a totem!


    This totem of two red-eyed crow figures carved into a ck stone. One of the crows was in the form of a skeleton and was tied to each other by a ck chain. A strange symbol was carved into the skull of the skeletal crow.


    He immediately recognized this totem. He had seen a drawing of this totem in a book he had read before. For Ainsars who were interested in Dark Magic in ancient Ainsar times, this totem meant ''Poisoned by the Curse''. ording to an ancient legend, crows were the eyes of death, and where they appeared too much meant that there was a ce where death was free. That''s why the Ainsars built this totem where they thought were cursed.


    Heinald started running towards this totem with full speed.


    When he reached the totem, he observed the surroundings but did not see anything strange.


    "Perhaps this totem was built here to scare anyone who woulde here... Could the entrance to the ruins be somewhere around here?" While Heinald examined the totem, he also evaluated the thoughts that came to his mind.


    Heinald waved his arm and Embers appeared on it.


    He gripped his sword tightly and swung it with all his might. When his sword struck the totem, the top of the totem shattered into pieces. Hundreds of small stones flew into the air, and at the same time, ck smoke began to spread.


    The resulting ck smoke merged and a figure appeared.


    The resulting figure was a skeleton. Its body was surrounded by ck smoke, enveloping it like a cloak. Its eye sockets were like a swirl that engulfed the beholder, and it had a degenerate aura.


    Heinald didn''t feel any energy radiating from it, but there was a rapidly growing restlessness inside him.


    The skeleton suddenly waved its right arm and three mes appeared above its head, which took the form of daggers within seconds.


    "Damn it!" Heinald immediately jumped to the side.


    Although he reacted quickly, it wasn''t fast enough, one of the fire daggers was already flying straight towards him before he could react. He immediately sent Magical Power to his sword and wrapped it with powerful mes.


    "HA!" He swung his sword and shed the fire dagger.


    A pir of fire rose into the sky as two scorching fires collided.


    "The fire this damn skeleton created at least is as strong as mine!" Heinald realized that he had to be very careful.


    The two remaining daggers above the skeleton''s head began flying towards him.


    Narox appeared in Heinald''s hand, he immediately performed a sword move and an air stripe burst out of his sword. The air stripe that burst out of his sword collided with two fire daggers, and a fierce wind of fire emerged.


    Lightning bolts began to roam like a snake in Heinald''s arm, then converged into a single point and took the shape of a spear. With a wave of his hand, Lightning Spear flew straight into the skeleton.


    As the skeleton raised both hands, a ming sword formed in its hands, as it brought it down, the sword collided with Lightning Spear.


    Sparks and lightning streaks spread to the environment and started a fierce fire. However, this collision was not instantaneous, it continued for about five seconds between sword and spear, and finally, the lightning spear disintegrated.


    As the skeleton''s fire sword destroyed the spear andnded on the ground, waves of fire began to rush towards Heinald from underground like a tsunami.


    "Frost Wave!" Heinald cried out. A st of freezing air burst out of his body, and ayer of ice covered the surroundings.


    Against this sudden move, the skeleton could not react and frozepletely.


    When Heinald saw this, he sent Magical Energy to the Embers in his hand, causing it to be wrapped in fire again. As he swung his sword, a streak of scorching fire appeared and flew towards the frozen skeleton. However, before this streak of fire reached the skeleton, five circles of lightning appeared around its body and violently exploded into the surrounding area.


    "HA!" Heinald swung his sword horizontally towards the lightning waveing towards him. As his sword collided with the powerful lightning wave, the mes covering the sword dissipated and he was thrown back.


    "Arghhh!" Although Heinald wasn''t directly hit by the lightning wave, multiple lightning bolts hit his body and burned several parts of his body. Smoke was rising from various parts of his body.


    As the skeleton waved its arm, fierce lightning boots appeared around it.


    "Infernal Fireball!" Heinald immediately began casting one of the most powerful spells he knew. Still on the ground, he straightened slightly and extended his arm towards the skeleton, three destructive fire fragments formed in front of his hand, and they came together to form a fireball that began to scorch the environment. This ball of fire flew towards the skeleton, leaving behind sparks, a scorching airwave and traces of fire.


    This whole process took three seconds!


    *BAM!* Fireball had hit the skeleton before it could finish casting its spell, resulting in a small-scale inferno. The scorching wave of fire had set arge area aze within seconds, everything in the center of the explosion waspletely charred in a second. This explosion greatly illuminated the darkened air, just like a meteor crash.


    Heinald kept his eyes on the center of the explosion, wanting to see this skeleton disappear.


    A very interesting scene caught his eye while observing the center of the explosion. As the skeleton melted in theva pool, the darkness surrounding it had turned into a disk and began to float above theva pit.


    Heinald grit his teeth and strode towards theva pit, trying to ignore the pain of the burn wounds on his body. Arriving near theva pit, he grasped the ck disc and pulled it out of theva pit.


    "Is this actually a formation?" His eyes widened as Heinald examined the disc in his hand. He was able to clearly see the seals and symbols on this disc.


    That skeleton nearly managed to fight him head-to-head and used a lot of spell. He had never witnessed anything like this before. If he didn''t have a High Rank magic, he might even have been killed by that skeleton.


    "Hmm?" As Heinald continued to examine the disk, he noticed something. This disk had an energy bond that even he could hardly see.


    Heinald immediately built a seal in his mind and fed it with his spiritual energy. A formation formed around him, and beams of light emanating from this formation wrapped the disc.

 Chapter 108: Lost Soul

    Chapter 108: Lost Soul


    After the light beams grasped the disk, they released it and formed a thick thread. This thread was stretching out somewhere.


    This formation Heinald used was actually quite simple. It had only one function and that was to make the energy bonds clear, since it was a fairly simple formation, there was no need for a fixed energy source. Therefore, it could also be built using spiritual energy.


    He started following it to find out where this thick thread was going. He definitely wanted to solve the mystery behind that skeleton. Once he did that, he would quickly turn around and leave this damn ind.


    This was a very dangerous ce even for a Level 2 Ainsar!


    When he came to the end of the thread, he saw nothing but cliffs covered with ivy.


    "Looks like I''m going to have to use force, so first I have to heal my wounds quickly!" Heinald sighed and pulled a lotion he had prepared long before from the dimensional pocket of his robe.


    Since his wounds were only superficial wounds, there was nothing to worry about, his wounds could heal in a few days with the regeneration speed of a Level 2 Ainsar''s body. However, he decided to use the lotion he made from Orphem Leaves to both speed up the process and relieve his pain.


    After Heinald applied the lotion to his wounds, the pain he felt gradually lessened and the burns on the area where he had applied the lotion felt as if it was a refreshing breath.


    "That should be fine! Now I can go about my business." Heinald nodded lightly.


    He clenched his right fist and punched the ground with all his might. Due to the terrible physical strength he possessed, the ground he was on copsed along with the rocks.


    This caused arge amount of dust to be lifted into the air.


    Heinald waved his hand and cleared the dust. When his field of vision opened, he realized that a deep pit leading downward appeared. After calcting the depth of the pit, he jumped into the pit without thinking. After falling about fifty meters, hended on the ground. Where hended, cracks formed in the ground beneath his feet.


    Heinald took a sphere of light from his pocket and threw it into the air. Normally, he wouldn''t need a light source in dark ces, but he wanted to make sure he didn''t miss anything in the pitch dark.


    When he observed his surroundings, he immediately realized that he was inside some kind of building. The surrounding walls were made of stone blocks and were quite t, it was not a natural structure.


    As he started to walk, he realized that he was walking down a long corridor. The floor and walls were full of cracks and felt like they were going to copse at any moment. It was clear that this ce was built in ancient times.


    When Heinald reached the end of the corridor, he saw a few broken stone steps and a room entrance. There was no door at the entrance of this room. When he entered the room, he saw nothing but broken pottery and rat skeletons on the floor. There was a small well at the end of the room. As he headed for the well, a stone block he stepped on split in two, and the whole ground began to shake.


    Heinald jumped back quickly and avoided falling at thest moment. When he looked down from the copsed ground, he could see nothing but darkness and realized that the copsed area had gone very deep.


    "What kind of ce is this?" Heinald nodded and left the room.


    As he climbed the stone steps, another long corridor appeared before him. However, this corridor opened up to too many rooms.


    He hurried forward and checked the rooms one by one, but found nothing but ruined walls and floors. When he reached the end of the corridor, he saw that this corridor was connected to another corridor. He had not yet figured out what purpose the building was built for.


    He quickly crossed the corridor in front of him, and when he reached the end of it, he was stunned by the sight he saw. Ahead was arge sarcophagus, and behind it was another one of the same totem he had seen before. While he was trying to figure out what was going on, the disc in his hand suddenly flew towards the totem and merged with it.


    "What the hell is going on!" Heinald''s heart leapt. He knew, of course, that he was in big trouble, and as always, he was cursing himself for refusing toe back because of his curiosity. He had already consumed a lot of Magic Energy because of his battle with the skeleton.


    Just likest time, ck smoke rose and began toe together. However, the figure that appeared this time was not a skeleton. It was more like a dposed woman corpse, with several parts of her thin scalp falling out along with her hair. Likewise, there was no meat in some parts of her arms and legs, her bones were visible. Her skin had turned gray, and there were maggots and worms roaming various parts of his body.


    It was a pretty sickening sight.


    "Tehehehe!" The corpse woman let out a shrillugh. ck smoke was rising from around her body.


    Heinald was observing her intently. The energy waves emanating from this woman corpse in front of him showed that she had the might of an almost mid-phase Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald used his Spiritual Magic as soon as he felt that the corpse in front of him would move to attack him.


    The elemental energy around him underwent a violent transformation, turning into scorching fire energy. The air around him was covered with a scorching heat, although there was no fire yet.


    *Shousshh* The fierce fire ray flew directly to the corpse woman.


    However, a wall of ck smoke appeared in front of the corpse woman, preventing her from being directly hit.


    Heinald''s Spiritual Magic was so destructive that even the heat it spread around made the surrounding stones look like stones from the depths of hell.


    "I have to try to finish her off before she can cast a spell. My biggest advantage against her will be that I can cast spells faster than she can. I should make good use of this opportunity, if any of her spells hit me it will most likely kill me. " Thoughts passed rapidly through Heinald''s mind.


    The wall of ck smoke that blocked the scorching me ray for too long finally couldn''t stand any longer and shattered.


    However, Heinald had also reached the usage limit of his Spiritual Magic, so he couldn''t use it any longer.


    The deadly heat waves from Death Ray hadpletely melted the rotten skin of the corpse woman, her appearance was now exactly a ck skeleton covered in ck smoke.


    "Already cast a spell!?" After the wall of ck smoke had disappeared, Heinald realized that the corpse woman was about to send a fireball towards him.


    "Indignation of Ice" Heinald cried out in his mind and extended his right hand forward. A frozen hand bursted out from his arm and flew straight over the fireball the corpse woman had sent him. Hand-shaped ice fumes froze everything within a few meters in a thickyer of ice.


    When the fireball sent by the corpse woman collided with the ice hand, waves of both scorching and freezing air began to appear around. However, the ice hand could not resist the devastating fire long and dispersed.


    Heinald stared coldly at the scorching heat waveing towards him and cast his spell called Frost Wave.


    A single spell cast by this corpse woman was equal to the power of his two spells. Although Frost Wave had greatly alleviated the intensity of the scorching airwave, it did not relieve him at all.


    He couldn''t let this fight go any longer!

 Chapter 109: Al-Yuen

    Chapter 109: Al-Yuen


    Heinald gripped both swords tightly and dashed forward. He didn''t think this corpse woman had any physical strength avable, if he managed to reach her, he could finish her off.


    ck fire surges appeared around the corpse woman, at the same time an intense amount of Dark Energy engulfed the entire area.


    "No! How could she cast a spell so quickly?" Heinald''s eyes widened.


    He could feel that these ck mes were extremely deadly. It was as if time had stopped for him at that moment, as if he were living hisst seconds before death.


    ck fire surges gathered around the corpse woman had begun to spread all around.


    Heinald closed his eyes in resignation while he was still in air, but what he expected did not happen when the ck mes touched his body.


    No harm had been done to him or the environment.


    The sudden change in events had affected their positions.


    Heinald lost his bnce and was able to stop after a few somersaults on the ground, while the corpse woman staggered back holding her head.


    "What''s going on with him!?" Heinald began to observe the corpse woman intently. She was staggering violently and banging her head against the walls.


    "Destroy it!" Heinald heard a voice that did not belong to the corpse woman.


    After his eyes flickered momentarily, he sent Magical Energy to Embers and dashed towards the corpse woman.


    His sword was wrapped by fire and drew an arc in the air.


    "Aaaaeeehhgggg!" The corpse woman let out a deafening scream before splitting in two.


    Theyer of ck smoke surrounding him began to split in half, burning like a piece of paper and turning to ash and being blown through the air.


    Theyer of ck smoke surrounding her began to split in half, burning like a piece of paper and turning to ash and being blown through the air.


    When theyer of ck smoke surrounding the corpse woman disappeared, a white light emerged. Although this light was very small, it illuminated the whole area.


    "Thank you for rescuing me from that dark curse" A tired female voice was heard.


    "You...are you a soul piece?" Heinald was speechless.


    "After tens of thousands of years of captivity..."


    Heinald waited for the tired woman voice to finish her sentence, but she never finished. He couldn''t feel anything from her except a weak aura. From what he understood, this soul piece was a soul that had previously been held captive.


    "That bodywas it yours?" Heinald asked.


    "No...it''s just a body I''ve been forcibly imprisoned in."


    "Was it you who just saved me?" Heinald asked.


    "Yes. I''ve been imprisoned by that curse for tens of thousands of years, and no matter how hard I resisted, I couldn''t get over it. That''s when I used myst remaining resistance." The tired woman voice was heard again.


    "What was that?" Heinald asked.


    "A curse. The curse inflicted on me is a very terrible spirit curse. My own spirit degenerated over time and became an independent part of me.


    "Out of the current state..." Heinald sighed, "You said tens of thousands of years ago, do you know why the war between the Ancient Ainsars began?"


    "Many wars took ce among the Ancient Ainsars...I couldn''t understand what you were talking about."


    "I''m talking about the lost millennium." Heinald said.


    "..." There was a long silence, "I don''t have time to tell you what I know, I''ll be gone soon. But I can show you some memories."


    The little light entered Heinald''s forehead. At that moment, his vision waspletely white.


    When he regained his sight, he found himself in a garden. He looked around and saw a young girl standing next to him. She had long ck hair and blue eyes, wearing a purple robe with many embroideries. In her right hand, she was holding a staff slightly longer than her height.


    "Eslem! Come here, we have to go to the mentor." Someone called from a distant ce.


    "I''ming!"


    "This is ... Am I in her memory?" Heinald began following the young girl. He couldn''t help but feel sorry for her every time he realized that that piece of light was the only thing left of the spirit of this young woman named Eslem.


    They walked with him down a long, ostentatious corridor. This corridor was made of pure white marble, and the walls were filled with various artifacts.


    When they came out of the corridor, they came to a great hall. There were many young women and young men here, chatting with each other in groups.


    "Eslem! Did you hear? Our sect leader, upon our sect founder''s testament, will personally enter his tomb and receive his legacy."


    A tall girl wearing a white robe came up to them. She also had a staff in her hand, like most people around.


    "For the ancient Ainsars, staffs were treasures that reflected their glory. Staffs made with their vast knowledge and experience were far more powerful than staffs made in our time. Unfortunately, as with most things, staffs of ancient times were lost with the lost millennium "


    Heinald remembered a text he had read in a book called The Ancient History of Yukra.


    "Eslem! Juina!" Another girl came running up to them, "Follow me, I have something to tell you."


    "What''s going on?" Eslem asked.


    "You better get away from the sect as soon as possible, our sect leader is making a big mistake!" The young girl had a very worried expression on her face.


    "What do you mean?" Eslem''s eyebrows were slightly furrowed.


    "Our sect is preparing a big celebration and is announcing that it will enter the tomb of our sect founder...Al-Yuen will be here!"


    "I thought you were going to say something serious!" Eslemughed and continued, "The Manjoreiz Alliance was after them, they were probably all found and executed."


    "The Manjoreiz Alliance failed to catch them. Al-Yuen is destroying everything left from ancient times, along with those who seek them. Our sect has made it known to everyone..."


    As the young girl continued to speak, she was interrupted by Eslem.


    "I''m sorry but I have to go to my mentor. My advice to you is to get rid of these ridiculous thoughts, the celebrations will begin soon. Just Rx!"


    "Please Eslem, wait. I''m serious, I''ll be leaving soon. Please listen to my words."


    While Heinald was listening to the conversation, his field of vision suddenly turned white again and returned to normal.


    The little light was gone.


    "The remaining energy of the spirit piece must have beenpletely depleted" Heinald sighed. He hadn''t found out what was going on yet.


    Heinald had never heard of or read Al-Yuen before. As he understood it, this organization was hunting and destroying remnants from ancient times.


    "Al-Yuen must be some kind of organization..." Heinald scratched his chin, "I''ll do some research on this when I get back to Sam City."


    Heinald turned back the way he came and left the underground.


    When he got back to the ground, he found a small safe area and began to meditate and regenerate his Magical Energy there.


    After about a day of meditation, Heinald hadpletely renewed his Magical Energy. After he became a Level 2 Ainsar, the amount of Magic Energy he could use had greatly increased. That''s why it was taking so long to renew.


    Heinald began making his way back to the east coast at full speed. This time he ran nonstop, using all his speed. When he reached the east coast after about half a day''s run, he saw many Level 1 Ainsars there with injuries.


    Heinald immediately noticed that the other Level 2 Ainsars were not returning. They must still be looking for a clue.


    He was almost certain that they wouldn''t find a clue. Of course, he couldn''t im that the sect''s remnants on this ind had been definitively destroyed by Al-Yuen. However, he had a feeling that they would n''t be able to find anything from these ruins. That woman couldn''t have shown her memories for nothing.


    Moreover, he was definitely not going to risk his life further and go to the ruins. He would wait a while for the others toe. If they didn''te, he would take the ship and leave on him own, and how the others would return would be their problem.


    The days passed quickly, and a month passed, and the other three rank 2 Ainsars also gave up and returned. The Shadow Ind Ruins was one of the most dangerous areas on the continent.


    Even for a Level 2 Ainsar, death was quite possible here. The other Ainsars also understood this after their various battles, and they decided not to put themselves at risk any longer.


    So they all decided to return in frustration. Although Kiel initially offered to move forward together, Heinald had not epted it.


    He was afraid Albin would punish him if he spent any more time. He did not intend to incur the wrath of a Level 3 Ainsar.


    Fortunately, they did not encounter any attack on their return journey. Everyone''s morale was pretty low, including Heinald. It was natural for them to risk their lives and return without gaining anything.


    "It''s normal for situations like this to happen... Sometimes we don''t get paid for the actions we take or the risks we take. However, that''s no reason to despair, if an Ainsar stops advancing, certainly won''t be able to achieve true might."


    Heinald tried tofort himself by remembering his grandfather''s advice as well.


    When Heinald returned to the seaside town, the baby dragon immediately flew up to him and greeted him.


    "Thest time I saw you, you were less than half the size you are now... How can you grow so fast?" Heinald could only sigh helplessly when he saw the size of the baby dragon.


    After bade farewell to Kiel and the others, he began his journey to Sam City. When he returned, he had to help Albin everyday for a month, as he promised.

 Chapter 110: The Beginning of a New Process

    Chapter 110: The Beginning of a New Process


    After a long and tedious journey, Heinald finally arrived in Sam City.


    Before going to Redsand Mansion, he decided to go to The Sleeping Owl. He needed a lot of Arkana Stones and therefore he needed to brew a lot of potions.


    When old Rovnof saw that he had managed to be a Level 2 Ainsar, he didn''t know what to do and kept bowing before him. This pissed him off, and he had instructed Rovnof to treat him as before.


    After getting the supplies he needed, he traveled to the Redsand Mansion. However, contrary to what he expected, he did not find an angry master.


    "Master Albin went on an adventure two weeks ago?" Heinald learned that his master was not in the mansion when a servant in the mansion informed him.


    "Yes, my lord." The servant lowered his head.


    "Did he leave me a note?" Heinald asked.


    "He didn''t leave a note to me to pass on to you. However, he may have left it to other servants. I''ll go and ask them for you."


    The servant quickly left.


    Heinald began to wonder where his master might have gone. At the same time, he ordered the servants to prepare an area for the Revakender in the big garden at the back of the mansion.


    The servants in the mansion were trembling with fear when they saw Revakender. Because of this, Heinald had to exin to them that there was nothing to be afraid of, that this baby dragon would not act against his will.


    Since this baby dragon was growing so quickly, it was obvious that it wouldn''t fit in the garden any time soon. Therefore, after a while, he would have to fend for himself in the ins near Sam City.


    In fact, Heinald had no doubt that he could take care of himself. This baby dragon''s physical strength was already exceeding that of a Level 1 Ainsar. Soon, his physical strength would surpass even a Level 2 Ainsar.


    Other than that, he hadn''t been able to find out where his master had gone. None of the servants and priests in the mansion knew where he had gone.


    After a while, Heinald realized that there was nothing he could do and stopped thinking about it. He began to spend his days brewing potions and doing various experiments. He was naturally able to generate ideas superior to many others and conduct more sessful experiments than most, since he had read many sources of information and urately remember all the content in each source of information he read.


    Besides brewing potions to sell, he also had a knack for creating new potion forms.


    The days continued to pass quickly. In the process, he brewed many potions and created a potion form that he thought would work for him.


    He named this potion ''Deep Hallucination Mixture''. This potion was not a potion consumed by drinking. When the bottle of this potion was broken, the mixture that came out spread rapidly over an area of twenty meters, causing the person it came into contact with to have various hallucinations. This potion could even affect first-phase Level 2 Ainsar. However, he did not know what effect it would have on the Magical Beasts.


    When Heinald went out for the first time in a long time, he went again to The Sleeping Owl.


    "My lo-Heinald...Wee!" When Rovnof saw him, he immediately stood up and greeted him.


    "Old Rovnof, I need your help again" Heinald grinned.


    "What do you mean..." Rovnof began to feel uneasy.


    A jade jar appeared in Heinald''s hand, "This jar contains Spotted Volcano Gori blood. If you let me spend four more hours with a few more books likest time, I''ll give this all to you for free.


    "Spotted Volcano Gori...Wait...Did you get it by yourself?" Rovnof stared wide-eyed at the jade jar he was holding.


    "Mmm." Heinald said, "Don''t worry, I''m definitely not going to do the slightest bit of copying, I''ll just skim through it and hope to keep in mind the little bit of information I choose..."


    "Oh... well!" Rovnof''s eyes lit up, "However, I have something to tell you. You are Albin Redsand''s apprentice and you have recently be a Level 2 Ainsar, I''m sure the bigwigs who own the shop will let me sell these books to you if they find out about it."


    "Next time we''ll do that..." Heinald didn''t know what to say for a while, then he passed it off with a rote answer.


    "What kind of books do you want?" Rovnof asked.


    "Bring any books you can find containing information on Runes, Formations, and Spirits."


    "The information in these top level books is veryplex and difficult to understand. I just don''t understand what he''s trying to do by looking at them for a few hours..." Rovnof was having a hard time understanding the man in front of him. He was aware that he was a genius, but not even a genius would be able to digest the high-level information in those books in a matter of hours.


    Heinald noticed that Rovnof was looking at him strangely and asked, "What are you looking at?"


    "Why do you want all the books?" Rovnof asked.


    "There are a few specific topics I''d like to learn about, so I''m going to see if there''s anything written on those topics in all of these books." Heinald shrugged, he was as rxed as if he were telling amon lie.


    "Oh! As I guessed." Rovnof turned around and went into the secret part of the shop to find the kind of books he wanted.


    After a while Rovnof returned with some thick books in hisp.


    Likest time, Heinald sat in one of the rooms at the back of the shop and he started reading books that gave high-level information about Runes, Formations and Spirits.


    About four hourster he walked out of the shop smiling.


    Rovnof was a little suspicious that he was doing some kind of cheating, but if he had somehow made copies or spells, the formation protecting the books would have acted immediately. So he started to think that he was both a genius and a fool.


    When Heinald returned to the mansion, he began to analyze all the information he had just learned. He had acquired so much information that it took him a week to analyze this information and make inferences.


    Another reason why it took so long to analyze that this information was high-level information, and naturally they were veryplex and difficult to deduce.


    One day a servant came to his door and informed him that Grandmaster Albin had returned.


    Albin had not been around for a long time, and no one knew where he had gone.


    Heinald immediately went to his room to talk to him.


    "Master!"


    When Heinald entered her room, he bowed and greeted him.


    "Before you ask, let me tell youI went to the Anuen Mountain to research a few herbs." Albin spoke indifferently.


    "Anuen Mountain?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    "Yeah, it''s a long way from here." Albin took his eyes off the bottle in front of him and looked at him, "You''re going to brew potions with me every day for a month."


    "I know."


    "Good, now I have some business to attend to. Be at the Potions Lab by tomorrow morning!" Albin waved his hand.


    After Heinald left the room, he immediately went to Revakender and took care of him for a while.


    With each passing day, this baby dragon continued to grow rapidly.


    The next day, Heinald immediately went to the Potions Lab and preupied with numerous nts and organs that Albin had ordered him to detoxify using Spirit me.


    Every day for a month, Heinald helped him for hours. The rest of his time he prepared for a very rigorous experimentation process that he had nned.


    The reason why he wanted to gain advanced knowledge about Runes, Formations and Spirits was the experiment process he had nned in his mind.


    For this process, he asked Albin for books containing high-level information about these concepts, and his master lent him three books that gave important information about each concept due to his help in the potion brewing process.


    The main purpose of Heinald''s experiment was to create a new type of potion. In order to create this new potion type, he had to evolve the Spirit Imprisonment Formation.


    ording to the n in his mind, if he seeded, he would be able to brew much more effective and powerful potions.


    Time flew by and ten long years passed.


    Heinald was staring at a potion bottle in his hand under the dim light in the dark room. The blue liquid inside this potion bottle radiated a cold aura and a pale blue light.


    "Experiment 1286...Sessful!" Heinald smiled relieved, "After oveing hundreds of problems and obstacles, I can now start working on an advanced type of potion brewing!"


    After many experiments, Heinald was able to make changes to the Spirit Imprison Formation''s structure, and he was now able to make it usable on Magical Beast spirits.


    The fact that he could now also obtain Magical Beast spirits greatly expanded his field of experimentation with spirits. After this process, his two biggest priorities were to try to obtain Spirit Particles from Magical Beast spirits and to obtain the elemental energy in their spirits and make them usable.


    Heinald had not yet seeded in obtaining Spirit Particles from a Magical Beast spirit. However, he had managed to turn these spirits into the main ingredient of the potion. for example, the Spirit of a Magical Beast, which has an affinity for the Ice Element, contains a dense particle of Ice Energy; A potion based on the Ice Element could be brewed.


    He had done 1286 experiments just to achieve this!


    Moreover, it took a lot more experimentation than that to seed in making changes to the Spirit Imprison Formation structure.


    "OkayI can start the making process of the Icysoul Potion!"


    Heinald took out a hexagonal stone from the dimensional pocket of his robe. It was a gray stone and was very shiny, with intense waves of pure energy emanating from it.


    He had spent almost half a million Arkana Stones on this Hexagonal Lykul Stone. Fortunately, this stone was not disposable.


    Three magic pentagrams and symbols appeared around him. The three magic pentagrams came together and formed a triangr energy field.


    A Sin Stone appeared in Heinald''s hand, and from within it emerged a ball of blue light with a thinyer of energy around it. It was the spirit of a Frozen Abyss Spear Scorpion. This spirit had at least as much energy as a Level 2 Ainsar''s spirit.


    He had put a lot of effort into acquiring this spirit.


    The blue ball of light slowly began to shrink when it entered the energy field formed by the three magic pentagrams.


    After a few hours, the spirit of the Frozen Abyss Spear Scorpion turned into a small raindrop.


    Heinald carefully ced it inside a small tube, then immediately de-energized the Hexagonal Lykul Stone and destroyed the formation.


    He went to the table on the right side of the room and slowly ced the tube in his hand on the table. He picked up a small flower pot in the middle of the table, the soil of which was covered with a thinyer of ice.


    Heinald dropped the drop in the tube into this flower pot.


    Secondster, a sprout appeared on the soil inside the pot. This sprout began to grow at an incredible speed.


    After ten minutes, this little sprout had turned into a flower. This flower looked like a daisy, but its leafs werepletely made of ice.


    Heinald carefully plucked the leaves of this flower and threw them into the silver water in a small cauldron.


    As the icy leaves came into contact with the silver water, an icy blue light enveloped the entire room.


    A strong ice aura covered the entire room.


    Heinald picked up the tube contains Baiwud Owl blood on the table, removed the stopper, and dripped a drop. He carefully watched the reaction in the potion and added blood to the mix when the time was right.


    After adding a total of four drops, he put the blood-filled tube on the edge.


    He began to observe the mixture in the cauldron without grabbing anything. About five minutester, he sprang into action again and added three Venomous Pan Thorns to the mix. Thereupon, the mixture quickly clung together and shrunk to the size of a small pearl.


    "I followed the reaction process well and added the ingredients just in time. Now there is only one process left..."


    After Heinald had put the mixture in the cauldron into an extremely durable jade bottle, he built a few seals in his mind andbined them with the bottle.


    "The Icysoul Potion is ready!" Heinald exhaled loudly and wiped the sweat from his forehead.


    The Icysoul Potion was a superior outer effect potion created by him. If Heinald threw the Icysoul Potion bottle and the bottle broke, the runes on the bottle would trigger an action, and the pearl-sized mixture inside the bottle would freeze the spirits of all beings within ten meters of diameter for a while.


    For example, if this potion was used on Heinald, his spirit would be damaged by frostbite and he would be unable to use Magic Energy for a while.


    After Heinald finished the experiment, he destroyed all the remaining materials and all traces of his experiment.


    He left his room after removing the formation he created so that the energy waves in his experiment would not leak out.


    Over the past ten years he had also experimented a lot with Albin and they had finally seeded inpleting the making of his multi-effect potion.


    After various experiments on the biological structure of the nt that Heinald brought from the Starlight Realm, Albin had seeded in integrating its structure with the structure of the special nts he had grown.


    This gave them a chance to eliminate the adaptation problem within 1.5 seconds after the essences were mixed together.


    After hundreds of experiments with his master, Heinald realized that it was the fire essence, one of the main ingredients in the potion, that disrupted the adaptation in the fmentous tissue. After sharing this with his master, the two of them began to investigate the cause of the adaptation problem of the fire essence.


    Finally, when the reaction started, they concluded that the fire element energy emitted from the fire essence momentarily emitted more energy than the others.


    Finally, Heinald started working on a formation to eliminate this energy imbnce. The formation he was trying to create would have only one purpose, and that was to suppress the excess fire energy generated within 1.5 seconds after the reaction started, so that allponents had the same level of elemental energy when the effects of the reaction urred.


    He bought all the books that gave information about runes and formations he could found in past ten years.


    So it didn''t take him long to create a schematic of a formation that would suppress the fire energy. However, there was one point to note about this formation: to suppress the extra fire energy in the reaction of the potion, the person using the formation had to use their own Magic Energy. Therefore, he had to adjust the rate he would use well.


    If he used too much Magic Energy and suppressed the fire energy released in the reaction more than necessary, the brewing process of the potion would fail!


    It took Albin a long time to learn to create and control this formation. However, he eventually managed to sessfully brew his sole purpose, the Nitrius Potion.


    Normally, Heinald could have brewed the Nitrius Potion earlier than he did, but he didn''t.


    Albin had given Heinald the seeds of all the nts needed for the Nitrius Potion and the soil in which it was grown, so that he could grow and brew the nts needed for the Nitrius Potion whenever he wanted. After all, this multi-effect potion was the result of the coboration of the two of them, only they had the right to brew this potion.


    With the sessfulpletion of the Nitrius Potion, Heinald''s apprenticeship came to an end. Now that he had fulfilled his promise to Albin, he could leave his apprenticeship and go his own way.


    That''s what he would do!


    After his years with Albin Redsand, he had be a very different person in every sense. Although he did not reveal it to anyone, including Albin, his brewing techniques and knowledge pool were at least as phased as a Grandmaster.


    Being Albin''s apprentice, he had earned both too many Arkana Stones and ess to too many important resources over the years. However, it wasn''t for free, he had definitely worked harder than anyone else. Sometimes he hadn''t slept for months and experimented constantly.


    Naturally, this process had worn him out mentally.


    His idea was to set aside a few years for himself before going to Ruthas Academy and rest his mind during this time.


    But before that, there was onest thing he had to deal with.


    A revenge!


    A long awaited revenge...

 Chapter 111: Rentes City Again

    Chapter 111: Rentes City Again


    "Master, I''m grateful for everything..." Heinald bowed.


    Albin looked at his apprentice with a slight smile. He knew that he would be a great Potions Grandmaster in the future. After many years with him, he had be quite ustomed to working with him. Therefore, although there was some sadness in him, he did not intend to prevent him from advancing on the Path of Ainsar.


    "You have aplished everything by your own effort and talent. I know that you will have an unlimited future ahead. I hope you progress smoothly on the Path of Ainsar and seed in bing a supreme sage." Albin sighed and continued, "Even though your apprenticeship is over, if you evere to this kingdom, be sure to be my guest."


    "I''ll visit you when I have the chance, master!" Heinald bowed once more.


    After saying goodbye to his master, Heinald left Sam City and traveled to the ins outside the city. He would soon see his baby, whom he had not seen for a long time.


    A small ck dot appeared in the sky. This point was getting bigger and bigger, and soon it became a gigantic figure.


    This huge figure was a ck dragon. As it approached the ground, a small whirlwind swept around, each pping of its wings creating a very strong wind.


    "You absolutely must be the biggest baby, Revakender!" Heinald grinned and went to stroke the dragon''s nose.


    Although this dragon was huge in size, it was still considered a baby. Considering the dragons'' lifespans, this baby dragon had many more years to experience.


    His physical strength already exceeded that of a Level 2 Ainsar. Although its Magic Energy is much less than a Level 2 Ainsar, it would be foolish not to foresee that its Magic Energy would increase soon as well.


    Like every Magical Beast, this baby dragon had an element to which he was prone. This element was naturally fire.


    Over the years, this baby dragon would be experienced in the fire element and itsws.


    Heinald knew this too, and hoped he could learn a few things from it.


    Heinald jumped on its back and said, "Time to go!"


    The Revakender pped its wings, and fierce winds appeared in an area hundreds of meters in diameter.


    Heinald and Revakender''s destination would be the Rentes City of Risingmoon Kindom. He had been there a long time ago and had experienced many things.


    His adventure there had never ended the way he wanted, he would definitely fix that.


    If that man named Hamra hadn''t thrown him off the cliff, Heinald wouldn''t have cared about him and his organization.


    However, the actions of Hamra and that evil woman Yatenna had angered him. He had long wanted to take revenge on them.


    Heinald naturally did not know where they were. Last time, he yed a big role in preventing the raid they were going to make on the Estrus Family, thanks to the intelligence he got.


    The Bloody Teeth organization had an intelligence-gathering technique and it was disrupted by his intervention. No member of the organization should be able to obtain intelligence from the inns anymore.


    Actually, Heinald was quite curious about what was going on. Therefore, the first thing he would do was visit the Esrus Family, that he had good rtions.


    His travel took a long time as his location was so far from the Risingmoon Kingdom. He had not calcted how long he had traveled, but he knew it was more than a month.


    Moreover, he made this journey by flying!


    When he finally entered the borders of the Risingmoon Kingdom, he began to feel the familiar energy around him.


    When the rtives of Heinald Rentes City arrived, he released Revakender to go wherever it wanted. They would never allow a dragon to enter the city.


    When Heinald entered Rentes City, he experienced great nostalgia. Walking slowly through the streets, he remembered when he first came to this city, back then he had just be a new Level 1 Ainsar, and this city was one of the first cities he saw.


    Noticing the energy emanating from him on the way, everyone greeted him and bowed their heads. A Level 2 Ainsar roaming the city streets would rarely appear. Usually Apprentice Ainsars and Level 1 Ainsars were seen on the streets.


    Heinald immediately traveled to Estrus Mansion. When he arrived in front of the mansion, he did not see any of the guards he had seen before.


    "My lord" The guards waiting outside the gate were the Apprentice Ainsars. Naturally, they were shocked when they saw a Level 2 Ainsar in front of them.


    One of them rushed inside to give the news.


    "Heinald?"


    Soon after, Hn came to the door. He was also a Level 2 Ainsar. He had a look of shock on his face because as he remembered, Heinald was a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Did he manage to be a Level 2 Ainsar in such a short amount of time?" Hn cried out in surprise.


    "Greetings!" Heinald smiled faintly and gave a nod.


    "Congrattions on your breakthrough!" Hn smiled crookedly.


    "Thanks!"


    "Oh! Pleasee in..." Hn invited him to the mansion.


    Heinald remembered the night of the raid as he walked through therge garden of his mansion. They had alsomanded various Magical Beasts that night. He was very curious about the mysterious technique behind it.


    "I came here today to ask you some questions" Heinald looked directly into Hn''s eyes as he sat on thefortable chair in the great hall.


    "About what?" Hn asked.


    "About Bloody Teeth." A hardness appeared in Heinald''s gaze.


    "Bloody Teeth" Hn grit his teeth. He was after that organization for a long time, but they hid their tracks very well. They were much less active than in old times, sometimes they had been inactive for several years.


    Heinald said, "The reason I came back to this city is for personal revenge."


    "Revenge? Have you had any interaction with them?" Hn asked.


    Heinald sighed, "Is Lady Yetenna, the city''s head of security, still on duty?"


    Hn nodded.


    Heinald said, "He''s partnered with the leader of the organization, Hamra!"


    "What!?" Hn stoop up, "What are you saying?"


    "I''m serious... They trapped me for exposing their n and paralyzed me and threw me off a cliff."


    Heinald''s expression darkened.


    "This" Hn didn''t know what to say.


    Many thoughts were running through his mind. If Yetenna was indeed a traitor, that would exin why Hamra was never caught. But he didn''t want to believe it, he couldn''t understand how such a thing could happen.


    "I will ask you not to tell anyone this secret that I have told you for now. If this situation arises, they will surely flee and we will never find them again." Heinald gave him a serious look.


    "Certainly." Hn nodded.


    "Any intelligence about them?" Heinald asked.


    "No." Hn shook his head, "They hide themselves very well and have not been very active since they raided us. Their attacks with low density are usually in independent ces, in independent times."


    "As I predicted! I''ve dealt a major blow to their intelligence system. Now that they can''t get intelligencefortably, they''re not asfortable with attacking as they used to be." Heinald evaluated the situation internally.


    Last time he had made a great fool of himself and told Yetenna about the innkeeper.


    Yetenna must have told Hamra this for sure, so that they too changed their order. Since they knew that the innkeeper''s soul was in his hands, they must have taken precautions against the members the innkeeper knew.


    After a while, Heinald left with a somber expression on his face. The fact that even the Estrus Family had not been able to obtain any intelligence about them was proof that they were well concealed.


    Under normal circumstances, he could gain some things after observing Yetenna for a while, but he had to be very careful. If they noticed him, he would definitely not be able to take revenge, even his life would be in danger.


    He would never let this happen again!


    At night, he began to observe the security building where Yetenna was located from a distance and from a secret location. Fortunately, his eyes could see very clearly even at night.


    When Yetenna left the building, she got into a very luxurious-looking carriage and left the front of the building with an army of guards behind her.


    Heinald had concealed the waves of energy he was emitting from the very beginning, he used Shadow Powder and began to hide himself in the shadows.


    He followed the carriage which Yetenna was in, from a safe distance into the shadows.


    When he came to the mansion where she lived, there was a sharp look in his eyes. No matter how long it took, he would wait for her to open, and if he saw her going somewhere alone, he would follow her.


    If he could find out where Hamra lives or the location of the organization''s new headquarters, everything would be much easier for him.


    Heinald observed him for weeks.


    Even in the daytime, he had no problems, as he could clearly observe his mansion from far away.


    One day he noticed a shadow jumped out from the back of the mansion. He immediately concealed himself and followed that shadow.


    It was obvious that this shadow had at least the physique of a Level 2 Ainsar because it was moving so fast, that if Heinald was still a Level 1 Ainsar, he would definitely not be able to catch this shadow. However, he was a Level 2 Ainsar and could easily follow the shadow from a safe distance.


    This shadow was naturally Yetenna, and she finally took action.


    Heinald didn''t know whether she was going to participate in a raid or to an organization meeting. She quickly climbed the city walls with ease, using the darkness of the night.


    "Naturally, she she does n''t want to use the city gate" Heinald agreed.


    He sped up so as not to miss the sight of Yetenna, and climbed the walls right after her.


    He followed her outside the walls for hours. They had moved forward nonstop for hours on the wide in north of Rentes City, until they finally came to an area with a lot of cliffs and rough ground.


    As Yetenna approached arge tree in the cliff area, a passage appeared in the trunk of the tree, and after she entered, the passage closed.


    "It must be some kind of camouge formation" Heinald squinted his eyes.


    Confident as the darkness of that night wrapped him, he began to observe the ce where the passage was.


    About an hourter, Yetenna and a few others left. Theypletely concealed their faces and bodies. Therefore, none of them were identified.


    "If this is their new headquarters, they''re pretty sure of themselves. This isn''t far from the city..." Heinald muttered.


    Actually, he wasn''t sure that this was their headquarters, it could be a temporary ce where they gathered for emergency meetings. Still, it would be very useful for him to explore this ce.


    Even if Hamra wasn''t here, these people would take him to Hamra.


    After standing there for a few hours, Heinald saw a man wearing a porcin maske out. He wore a long ck robe, his tall slender figure looked even taller under the moonlight.


    "It''s him! Hamra!" A cold look appeared in Heinald''s eyes. In fact, he was here too!


    He started following him from afar. He was especially careful while following him because if this man had the technique to control Magical Beasts, he could also control ordinary animals.


    Though, since Heinald was already hiding in the shadows and didn''t emit any energy waves, even ordinary animals wouldn''t be able to detect him.


    Hamra moved rather quickly on a wide in.They were a long way from Rentes City and the area where they were meeting.


    Heinald wondered where he was aiming to go. He was in no hurry to confront him. However, after a while, he felt the time was right and began to approach him quickly.


    "Who is there!?" When Hamra heard the voice behind him, he immediately turned around.


    Heinald noticed that he had reflexively put one hand in his pocket.


    The moonlight falling on his mask was reflected in elegant beams of light. Some parts of the wooded area they were in were illuminated by this moonlight.


    As Heinald stepped out of the shadows into the moonlight, his face became visible.


    "You" Hamra naturally remembered his face.


    "Hello, my lord" Heinald smiled.


    Hamra just stared at him, confused, not saying anything.


    Heinald couldn''t see the expression on his face because of the mask, but if he did, he would''ve seen a frowning expression.


    "I thought Yetenna destroyed you" Hamra said coldly.


    Heinald chuckled lightly, "She almost seeded"


    "Then I''ll finish the job she couldn''t finish!" A sword appeared in Hamra''s hand, and he suddenly rushed forward.


    He gripped his sword tightly with both hands and shed horizontally.


    Heinald was waiting for this move, ducked quickly and dodged the attack. He punched his stomach with all his might and knocked him back several meters.


    "Urghh!" Hamra vomited blood from the hard punch he received so close, and felt that her internal organs were slightly damaged.


    He was going through one of the biggest shocks he had ever experienced in his life while he was floating in the air. How could he have so much power?


    Hamra hit the ground and began to drift, roaring inside, "How could this be? Did he use some kind of power potion?"


    He could n''t think clearly because of his shocking and anger.


    "Infernal Fireball!" Heinald shout out in his mind.


    As he pointed his hand forward, mes appeared above his hand, radiating an incredibly fierce heat to the surrounding area, and they came together to form a ball.


    With just one thought of him, the fireball started flying quickly towards Hamra.


    "He is a Level 2 Ainsar!" Hamra''s eyes widened. The young man she hadst seen as an insect now appeared before him as a Level 2 Ainsar.


    Hamra sent Magical Energy to his pocket watch. At that moment, a barrier appeared around him, emitting a pale red light.


    *BAM* When the fireball hit the barrier and exploded, the entire area about 200 meters in diameter was turned to ash within seconds. The scorching mes began to rise in waves into the sky.


    The darkness of the night was dispersed by the dazzling light emitted by the fiery mes.


    Numerous cracks appeared in the barrier surrounding it as Hamra was knocked back by the impact of the explosion.


    "How could this be!? How could a single spell from him destroy half of the durability of my Protective Type Magical Treasure!" Hamra cried out in surprise.


    "This" Heinald''s eyes widened, "He actually got a Protective Type Magical Treasure!"


    He immediately grabbed Embers and Narox and started running towards Hamra.


    "I will kill you!" Hamra roared in anger and began to cast a spell.


    Arge number of needles appeared around him, emitting intense Poison Element Energy. With a wave of his hand, they all started flying towards Heinald.


    Heinald immediately sent Magical Energy to both of his swords at the same time and shed them. From the two swords, simultaneously, an air stripe and a fire strip bursted out parallel to each other and began to fly towards the needles.


    The needles were immediately destroyed when the collision urred.


    "It''s a very weak attack, probably the fastest spell he could cast." Heinald thought.


    He did this weak attack because he was trying to gain momentum, so he was thinking of giving himself some time to make another move.


    However, Heinald had responded to his attack very quickly.


    After the Air stripe and Fire stripe destroyed the needles, they flew straight towards Hamra. He reacted immediately and dodged the attack by jumping to the right.


    Thus, his move made him lose even more momentum.


    "Youeven if you managed to be a Level 2 Ainsar, it must not have been too long. How can you be so strong?" Hamra grit his teeth.


    Heinald hadn''t even used potions yet.


    Heinald ignored him and dashed towards him. He sent Magic Energy to Embers in his hand.


    When Embers was engulfed in fires, he swung it and shed crossly.


    Under normal circumstances, this attack was supposed to split Hamra in two, but his Protective Type Magical Treasure saved his life once again.


    When Heinald''s sword collided with the barrier, the bacsh caused him to fly back a few meters.


    "Hell Hammers!" Hamra roared, he had to take advantage of this gap!


    Three fire hammers appeared above Heinald, radiating fierce waves of me.

 Chapter 112: Late Revenge!

    Chapter 112: Late Revenge!


    All three of the fire hammers began to descend towards him at the same time. Before they could reach him, however, they were stopped by a fist-shaped ice.


    A massive amount of Fire and Ice Elemental Energy began to spread around.


    "Damn you! How can you cast a spell so fast!?" Hamra grit each teeth.


    In the battle of Ice and Fire, ice became the victor and Hamra''s spell was destroyed.


    "My Spiritual Magic will finish you off!" Hamra shouted out.


    An arc-shaped ice wave began to form in front of him.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald immediately cast his own Spiritual Magic and wanted to finish Hamra off before he could cast his own Spiritual Magic.


    "Damn it!" Hamra immediately ended the casting process and used the Protective Type Magical Treasure.


    The cracks on the barrier surrounding him were constantly growing.


    When Death Ray hit the barrier, the cracks on it began to increase at an incredible rate.


    However, Heinald couldn''t keep it up long enough because Hamra had managed to cast his own Spiritual Magic in the meantime.


    "Even under attack, he can rely on the protection of that barrier toplete the casting process" Heinald grit his teeth, observing the situation.


    Hamra''s Protective Type Magical Treasure was giving him great support.


    An arc-shaped ice wave formed in front of Hamra and started flying towards Heinald pretty quickly.


    Anywhere this ice wave move forward was instantly frozen.


    Heinald directed Death Ray into this ice wave. The ice wave soon disappearedpletely, unable to withstand the devastating heat.


    "It''s time to finish this job!" Heinald shouted out and started to cast Divine Chaos .


    An energy field appeared around Hamra, and lightning bolts appeared above it, emitting a terrifying amount of power into the environment.


    "Freak! How can he cast a spell so fast!?" Hamra roared.


    At that moment, hundreds of lightning streaks began to descend on him.


    The earth and sky were shaking, he immediately came back under the protection of the barrier, but at the twentieth lightning streak, the barrier could not take any further damage and it shattered into pieces.


    Hamra was struck by lightning repeatedly, inflicting severe injuries to his body and internal organs. However, before the lightnings struck him further, they began to disperse.


    This was because Heinald had purposely stopped them, he didn''t want to kill him directly.


    Hamra was lying in a crater when he head towards him, and smoke was rising all over her body. Surrounding wrapped by the smell of his burnt skin, the porcin mask on his face was torn into pieces.


    "Hmph!" When he looked at Hamra''s face, he saw that his face was unrecognizable. He wasn''t dead yet, but he was badly injured, dying.


    Heinald immediately created the Spirit Imprisonment Formation and imprisoned his spirit in Sin Stone.


    "Even though he was a Level 2 Ainsar long before me and possessed a Protective Type Magical Treasure, he could not stand in my way. Being able to cast spells very quickly is my biggest advantage." Heinald made an assessment as he ncing Hamra''s body.


    When he searched him, he found a pocket watch out of his pocket. He examined the seals and symbols on this pocket watch, but could not understand anything. These symbols and seals seemed to have been created with a technique he did not know. Moreover, there was another energy that this pocket watch had, but he could not identify this energy.


    ording to Heinald''s knowledge, Protective Type Magical Treasures had a different principle than other treasures, they were not used by integrating with Magical Energy. To use them, it was necessary to charge them with a fixed energy source, just like formations. But the type of this energy source waspletely dependent on the structure of the Protective Type Magical Treasure.


    "The more damage the barrier surrounding Hamra took, the faster it lost energy." Heinald was staring at the pocket watch in his hand with shining eyes. He didn''t know what kind of energy source this pocket watch needed, but he would find out.


    When Heinald continued to search for Hamra''s body, he found a Dimensional Treasure. His Dimensional Treasure was not a robe but a ring.


    When Heinald sent Magical Energy to this ring, he found that it contained many valuable sources of information and Arkana Stones. This did not surprise him much, after all, Hamra was a thief and had stolen a lot of Ainsar''s property.


    After hepletely destroyed Hamra''s body, he went into the shadows and left.


    "Next is that damn witch" Heinald''s eyes gleamed coldly as he thought of Yetenna. He had in mind to set a trap for Yetenna, in return.


    Heinald searched for a suitable ce until the next night, and then, using Hamra''s soul, called her to a suitable location. Hamra initially refused to cooperate with him, but was forced to back down after Heinald''s insane soul tortures.


    The next night he made all his preparations and hid in the shadows, waiting for Yetenna toe. He had learned from Hamra that they usually chose a deste wooded area as their meeting ce. Of course, he didn''t immediately believe this to be true, once he was sure he was telling the truth, he had chosen a deste wooded area.


    He concealed the waves of energy he was emitting and made himself invisible in the shadows using Shadow Powder.


    In the middle of the night, he saw Yetenna emerge from the trees with a normal expression on her face. Her eyes were looking around, naturally looking for Hamra.


    Heinald was holding the bottle of the Deep Hallucination Mixture as he hid in the shadows.


    "Good dreams!" Heinald grinned inside and threw the bottle at Yetenna. The mixture sshed across her entire body as the bottle broke under her feet.


    "What''s going on?" Yetenna cried out in panic. She was frantically looking around, trying to figure out what was going on.


    Shortly after, he began to aimlessly attack and scream. The fireballs she cast began to burn the entire area.


    Heinald dash towards her from the shadows and stabbed his sword into her back.


    "Aaghhh!" Yetenna let out a pained cry.


    Heinald''s sword had entered her back and exited his chest area.


    When Yetenna saw his face after she copsed, her eyes widened.


    "You..."


    "Lady Yetenna!" Heinald grinned and bowed before her.


    Yetenna pointed her hand at Heinald and wanted to cast a spell, but he immediately swung his sword and cut her arm in two.


    "What did you do to me!?" Yetenna asked as she writhed in pain.


    "You had a brief hallucination" Heinald smiled faintly. "You once made a little joke on me, now I made a little joke on you."


    "Damn you...How did you survive? How did you manage to be a Level 2 Ainsar?" Yetenna grit her teeth.


    Heinald looked at her and shook his head, "Aren''t you going to ask where Hamra is?"


    "Hamra..." Yetenna''s eyes widened, "I''m the head of security for Rentes City! If you dare kill me..."


    Before she could finish her sentence, every entire body was paralyzed, due to a strong poison that Heinald had applied to his sword even before he attacked her.


    Even though this poison was very strong, it took quite a while to affect a Level 2 Ainsar. However, the control was entirely in Heinald''s hands, so it didn''t take long to cause any problems.


    Heinald immediately created the Spirit Imprisonment Formation again and imprisoned her spirit in the Sin Stone.


    He wasn''t going to waste a Level 2 Ainsar''s spirit!


    Heinald quickly left after destroying her body by burning it.


    He had received his long-awaited revenge, but his work with Hamra and Yetenna was not yet finished.


    He would first learn from Hamra what the energy source of the Protective Type Magical Treasure was. Later, he would learn his method of controlling Magical Beasts.


    Learning from him would not be difficult at all, as he had various soul torture techniques at his disposal.

 Chapter 113: Ruthas Academy

    Chapter 113: Ruthas Academy


    Heinald left the Risingmoon Kingdom after that night.


    He had been freed from this burden that had been constantly eating one part of his heart for a long time, he had taken his revenge!


    He embarked on the journey to the Meitharian Territory on the Revakender''s back. He could feel in his heart that his grandfather was no longer alive, but there was still some hope in him. He had not been able to visit him in the past years because he had responsibilities to take care of.


    After a long journey, when he reached the Meitharian Territory, he remembered how dry this region was in terms of elemental energy. Most of the people in this region did not even know what Ainsar was. This was because no Ainsar Kingdom had ever been established here before.


    Heinald understood better why not a single Ainsar Kingdom was established in this region!


    He passed over Rusan Town and began descending towards the wooded area, north of the town. No one in town had seen Revakender since it was night time, but if they did, they would most likely have a heart attack from fear.


    When Revakendernded in the middle of the wooded area, it caused dozens of trees in the surrounding area to fall. Its gigantic body was too big to fit among the trees in the wooded area.


    A bitter smile appeared on Heinald''s face when he saw the house and garden where he lived in his childhood. He was still an Apprentice Ainsar when he left here. His entire knowledge of the Ainsar World consisted of the memories his grandfather told and the books he read.


    He got off Revakender''s back and started walking towards the small stone house. When he opened the door of the house, he smelled the smell of many potions brewed with his grandfather. The smell of the potions they made permeated the whole house.


    Heinald walked in the dark and came to the firece and set it aze. He walked slowly through every room of his childhood home, and finally came back to the firece. He picked up the note on the armchair by the firece, his grandfather''s favorite ce, and began to read.


    In this note, his grandfather had said goodbye to him briefly and talked about how his mother and father had died. He had already learned this from Luian. His parents had been betrayed and his grandfather could not had done nothing in return.


    Heinald tossed the note into the fire and sighed.


    He was not an emotional person, in fact, it could be said that he had a rather harsh temperament thanks to the solid training he received from his childhood. Of course he was n''t going to sit down and cry for her parents, but he would have wanted to get to know them.


    When the time came, he would take action to avenge them.


    After spending a few days in the stone house, Heinald left.


    Within a few days, this had questioned Hamra and learned that the energy source of her Protective Type Magical Treasure was actually the blood of the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile. This crocodile was a Magical Beast that even a Level 2 Ainsar would have a hard time against, and it was a very rare species.


    Moreover, he had learned the details of the technique with which he rule the Magician Beasts, but had not started working on this technique.


    He began to wander through this deste region of the Ainsar World. Although he spent his entire childhood in this part of the world, he did not have much time to travel due to the education he received.


    He hadn''t even traveled all of the Meitharian Territory.


    He was flying low on the back of his dragon, moving across the wide ins. Only ordinary wild animals lived on these ins. The shortage of Elemental Energy in this part of the world made it impossible for Magical Beasts to choose this ce as well.


    ording to his calctions, the effect of an elemental-based spell he would cast here would be 60% less effective than in other parts of the world. This was a really big restriction, but there was no reduction in his physical strength.


    Seeing a low-flying dragon, ordinary people either froze in fear or began to flee at full speed.


    Heinald spent several months in the wild, without thinking and doing nothing. The only thing he did during this period was to spend time in nature and travel in the misty mountains.


    These few months had calmed and rested his mind and soul. For many years, he had been striving to advance without stopping, so this process that he spent doing nothing and not thinking anything was very good for him.


    But now it was time to leave this deste area!


    He could now join Ruthas Academy and ess some of the research and high-level knowledge he needed there. It could be obtained for high amounts of Arkana Stones for sources that gave high-level knowledge in various shops in various cities, but none of them could contain as high-level knowledge as sources in academies supported by powerful families and ns.


    He could join the Potions Brewing section there as he wished, anyway, he wasn''t going to go there to study potions or herbs. He would go there to gain ess to the research done by the various departments there.


    Heinald made a journey to the Grandsky Hills that took months.


    When Ruthas Academy came into his sight, he observed that this ce was the same as it was years ago, and hasn''t changed at all. Considering this is a small city rather than an academy, this took him a bit by surprise.


    "Stop!" The clouds changed shape and formed a face.


    Heinald knew what it was, it was the academy''s defensive formation. Naturally, they wanted to stop an Ainsar riding a dragon.


    "My name is Heinald, I was in Lady Tisha''s team before and I entered the Starlight Realm. I am here today with the intention of joining the academy."


    "Where the hell did you get a dragon?"


    Heinald grinned, "It''s my Spirit Companion!"


    "You made a dragon... your Spirit Companion?"


    Ainsar, who ruled the formation, was going through one of the biggest shocks in his life. This man had seeded in making a dragon a Spirit Companion.


    "Yes, please let me pass!"


    Heinaldnded behind the academy''s main buildings. He was greeted by several Level 1 Ainsars.


    They were trembling with fear as they saw a dragon for the first time.


    "Take me to the head of the Potions Division!" After Heinald descended from his dragon''s back, he gave orders to the Level 1 Ainsars in front of him.


    "Yes, sir!" Level 1 Ainsars immediately lowered their heads.


    Level 1 Ainsars took him to the building next to the academy''s headquarters building. This building had a circr architecture and had arge garden in the middle. The building consisted of five floors in total.


    When the head of the Potions Division learned that Heinald wanted to meet with him, he immediately agreed to meet with him. He was aware of Heinald''s talent and knowledge that he was Albin Redsand''s apprentice.


    When Heinald entered his room, the first thing that caught his eye was arge painting of Master Alveron hanging on the wall. Apart from that, there were many bookshelves and nts in the room.


    A gray-haired man stood in the middle of the room. His eyes were green and his body structure was quite robust. The energy waves emanating from him indicated that he was a mid-phase Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Wee! I''m Larten Olyss, its nice to finally meet you!"


    "Greetings! I''m Heinald."


    "Congrattions on your breakthrough!" Larten naturally understood that the energy waves emanating from him belonged to a Level 2 Ainsar. He knew that he was a Level 1 Ainsar thest time he came to the academy.


    "Thanks!" Heinald chuckled lightly, "I''m here today to enroll at Ruthas Academy, naturally I want to join the Potions Division."


    "Great! But before that, let me give you some information about our academy."


    Larten began to tell him various information he needed to know.


    The most important thing in Ruthas Academy was undoubtedly the "Achievement Points". Everyone who was a member of this academy had to collect at least 100 Achievement Points per year or they would be kicked out of the academy no matter how talented they are.


    At Ruthas Academy, the Arkana Stone was worthless. Only Achievement Points were used in this academy. For example, if Heinald wanted to buy a copy of a book about formations, he could do so simply by spending Achievement Points.


    Achievement Points meant everything in this academy!


    Achievement Points, on the other hand, could only be obtained in two ways: The first was by fulfilling the quests given by the Ruthas Academy. The second was by making a contribution to the section you were a member of.


    Heinald had no doubt that he could easily contribute to the potions department. His level was probably much higher than even Larten''s.


    His main concern was the quests. Every member of the Ruthas Academy must ept and sessfullyplete a quest at least once every two years. These quests were dependent on members'' selection, and naturally harder quests gave more Achievement Points.


    When Heinald considered these terms and epted, he apanied him to the academy''s headquarters for the initiation ceremony.


    Initiation Ceremony: It would be by making a Spirit Agreement. All forms of treason and any hostile action against the academy were prohibited. It was quite simr to the Blood Agreement, but much more effective than that.


    Heinald made a pact on his spirit that he would not be involved in any betrayal as long as he was a member of the academy, thus officially bing a member of the Ruthas Academy.

 Chapter 114: Achievement Points

    Chapter 114: Achievement Points


    Now that Heinald is an official member, he has been assigned a house not far from the Potions Division building and given a special badge. This badge both represented his membership and stored Achievement Points.


    For Revakender, a special area was reserved at the back of the hill where it could roam freely. The apprentice Ainsars would bring dozens of animals for it to eat every day.


    Ruthas Academy''s headquarters and division buildings were located at the top of the hill. The houses and various shops where the Ainsars lived were located on the slopes of the hill.


    He was observing his surroundings closely as he walked down the stone road from the hill. To him, the architecture around this academy was better than any city he had ever seen.


    Except for the academy''s headquarters and division buildings, all the houses and shops were made from unpretentious but rather solid stones.


    None of the houses and shops were adorned as if they were sacred ces, and they were not luminous. On the contrary, they looked quite old, but that certainly didn''t give them a bad look.


    This ce was definitely a legacy of thousands of years, and all of these buildings had gone through years of cherished experience. He liked the historical ambiance around Ruthas Academy.


    When Heinald arrived in front of the house number 45, he opened the door with the key given to him. When he entered the house, he encountered a very simple design.


    This house certainly looked like the stone house he spent his childhood in, but it was several timesrger.


    When Heinald looked around, he noticed that the floors and stairs were made entirely of quality wood.


    The first ce he saw as soon as he entered was arge sitting room. There was arge andfortable-looking armchair and a few armchairs around. On the right side of the sitting room there was a ratherrge firece.


    Apart from that, there were three empty rooms, a bathroom, a study room, and arge bedroom upstairs.


    In the study room there was arge, rather heavy ck wood desk and several bookcases. In the bedroom there were arge bed and closets. The window in the room was looking out the garden of the house.


    Heinald took his alchemy tools and misceneous materials from the dimensional pocket of his robe and settled into his home.


    He went to the Potions Division building in thete afternoon. Larten had called him to introduce him to the other members of the Potions Division.


    When he arrived in front of the Potions Division building, he saw Larten giving some orders to the two Level 1 Ainsars.


    When Larten saw him, he immediately walked over to him, "Oh! Here you are. Come, all the members are waiting for you inside."


    Larten took him to arge hall on the first floor of the building. There were many chairs and many tables in the hall. It looked like a meeting room.


    There were fifteen people inside, except for one Level 2 Ainsar, the rest were Level 1 Ainsars.


    When they entered the room, everyone bowed to them.


    "Hellorade, my name is Gun." A middle-aged man with short messy hair came up to Heinald and held out his hand to him. This man had the energy waves of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "I''m d to meet you!" Heinald shook his hand.


    All of the Level 1 Ainsars introduced themselves in turn.


    They had a pleasant meetingte that day and told him about their research and mission.


    Naturally, everyone here had some resposibilities. Some were concerned with the care of nts, some with the removal of toxicity from nts, some with materials and alchemical tools.


    They wanted to see Heinald''s potion brewing abilities that day and had him prepare some mixtures.


    As a result, they were all speechless and did not know what to say. He had seeded in making mixtures in his first attempt that some of them had failed to do hundreds of times.


    Heinald was in much better shape than he had been when he hade here years ago. His potion-brewing abilities and his knowledge of potions and herbs had increased hundreds of timespared to before.


    Potion Division was required to deliver a certain amount of potions to the academy each month, and they would receive Achievement Points in return.


    Their Achievement Points were distributed ording to their workload. Of course, Larten and Gun, who brewed the potions, were getting the highest amount.


    On the other hand, Achievement Points as well as the value of the materials they used for potions were deducted from their total Achievement Points.


    However, regardless of the amount required by the academy, they could brew potions using their own resources and handed over the potions they brewed to the academy and get Achievement Points.


    Heinald could have foreseen that in this situation, he would be able to obtain quite arge amount of Achievement Points. If he gave the Icysoul Potion to the academy, there would be a big mess and the academy would try every way to get the form from him. He didn''t want to mess with it, there were many types of potions he could make, and he knew he could gain a lot of Achievement Points just by brewing them.


    Heinald went to the academy''s headquarters the next day. Larten had given him a map showing parts of the academy''s buildings. So he knew exactly where to go.


    Once inside the building, he began to walk through a long corridor. He saw far fewer people inside than he expected. Except for a few Level 1 Ainsars and a Level 2 Ainsar, he saw no one.


    When he reached the second floor, he stopped in front of arge iron door. When he knocked on it, the door opened by itself in a few seconds.


    An old man sitting behind arge desk came into his vision. In front of this man was only a thick notebook and a pen.


    Thep ce behind this man was not visible due to some kind of formation. All you could see was the endless darkness.


    This old man had short gray hair and a beard. He wore sses that wererge in proportion to his head, and he had a small hat on his head.


    However, the important thing about this man was none of these, the important thing about him was that he was a Level 3 Ainsar.


    "Sir Tynell!" When Heinald came before this man, he bowed. This old man was the person in charge of the academy''s resources.


    "Oh? I seem to remember you" Tynell narrowed his eyes and looked at him.


    Heinald said, "Sir, I was a member of the team that went to the Starlight Realm years ago."


    Tynell nodded slowly, "What did youe for?"


    "There are some potions I want to deliver to the academy." Heinald replied.


    Heinald delivered over a hundred potions he had stockpiled. After these potions were checked, an appraisal would be done. If he epted the offer, the trade would bepleted and he would earn Achievement Points.


    The days began to pass quickly. He assisted the Ainsars in the Potion Division daily and began brewing potions. With his help, a lot of potions brewed with a low fail rate, which meant less Achievement Points would taken from them for ingredients at the end of this month''s delivery.


    Heinald could gain a lot of Achievement Points in a short time due to his ability to brew potions, but the required Achievement Points were also too high for the knowledge he wanted to gain.


    Each of the ten books that he gave information about the techniques and formations he needed to know in order to craft a Protective Type Magical Treasure was worth ten thousand Achievement Points.


    Heinald had sold nearly a hundred potions and had only 300 Achievement Points. In fact, he could have obtained technical information by breaking into pieces Hamra''s pocket watch and trying to decipher the techniques and seals on it, but that would be foolish.


    Heinald was going to use it for himself. It would be a big mistake to do such a move after waiting that long to get a Protective Type Magical Treasure.

 Chapter 115: Three Headed Inferno Crocodile

    Chapter 115: Three Headed Inferno Crocodile


    Heinald continued to spend his days calmly. Every day he brewed potions and delivered them to the academy in exchange for Contribution Points.


    His morale was a little low due to some of the information he had learned in thest days. He had not been granted ess to the Ruthas Academy Library, which he had been eagerly waiting to enter, because he had not yet done a quest for the academy.


    Moreover, even quests had a certain time limit for parts of the library that they could enter without spending Contribution Points. The upper floors of the library contained more valuable sources of information, and even spending a few hours there required arge amount of Contribution Points.


    Another thing he noticed was thatpleting the missions given by the academy would earn a really good amount of Contribution Points.


    Of course, by brewing potions, he earned more Contribution Points thanpleting the easy and safe quests given by the academy, but difficult and dangerous quests promised much more Contribution Points than his potions.


    That''s why he thought he could review some missions. After all, he was full of confidence, and his strength had greatly increased, especially after he became a Level 2 Ainsar.


    After making his decision, he went to the academy''s mission registry office. When the young woman who was on duty there saw him, she immediately stood up and bowed.


    Heinald said, "I want to look at the current missions."


    "You can check avable quests from this list." The young woman handed him a list.


    "Hunt five Sword Teeth Mountain Fox on Mount Boert and bring their heads as proof. This quest is suitable for Level 1 Ainsars. Reward: 130 Achievement Points."


    Heinald frowned slightly as he read the first task on the list. He knew Sword Teeth Mountain Fox, it was a Magical Beast which had power equal a Level 1 Ainsar.


    He was not at all interested in this task.


    "Hunt the me Fur Mountain Bear in the Eastern Fold Region and destroy itsir. This bear is known to have high defense. This quest is rmended for Level 2 Ainsar. Reward: 210 Achievement Points."


    Heinald shook his head.


    "Find and destroy the source of unusual activity around Gilran Town in the east of the Por Wind Forest. Warning: A group with ten Level 1 Ainsar who went there disappeared. Also a Level 2 Ainsar who went there to do searching disappeared.This quest is rmended for Level 2 Ainsar. Reward: 5000 Achievement Points."


    "This" Heinald didn''t know what to say when he read the quest statement. This quest had caught his attention quite a bit, but it also made him a little started.


    The Ainsars who went there...disappeared?


    After a period of indecision, he epted the assignment. The duration of this quest was two months, obviously they did not want to squeeze those who epted this quest in terms of time.


    The Ainsars in the Potions Division were quite upset when they heard that he was leaving for the quest. In his absence, sess rates would fall again.


    Heinald didn''t need to waste much time and left the academy with his dragon. However, Gilran Town would not be his first destination. He was on his way to Redsmoke Volcano, about 4,000 miles south of the academy. As a result of various researches, he learned that the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile had a chance to be found there.


    Heinald arrived at Redsmoke Volcano after days of traveling. This volcano was huge, moreover, it was active. There was no eruption, but this volcano was constantly releasing toxic fumes and gases into the sky.


    Heinald circled the volcano with his dragon and took advantage of his eyes to easily observe from afar. He soon noticed a kind of tunnel entrance on the slope of the volcano.


    When hended at the tunnel entrance, he told his Spirit Companion to stay away from the volcano. When Revakender listened him and moved away from the volcano, he took a deep breath and entered the tunnel.


    Heinald began to walk cautiously through the tunnel. He knew he was taking a huge risk, heading ind to an active volcano.


    Small pieces of stone on the wall were rolling as a result of the constant little jolts. A wave of pressurized heat was spewing through some small cracks.


    If it were his bad luck and this volcano exploded, he would surely die. But he didn''t think it would happen.


    As he move forward to the end of the tunnel, he saw the tunnel curve to the right. He continued to follow the tunnel, was careful about all his steps, a single copse could lead him straight into the devastatingva ..


    The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile often lived inva pools andkes. He hoped to see ava pool orke at the end of the tunnel he was moving.


    As he got to the end of the tunnel, he noticed that the tunnel curved to the left. It was going straight into the depths of the volcano.


    "Shit!" As Heinald continued to walk, the ground he was stepping on copsed as a result of a step he took. Fortunately he showed quick reflexes and was able to jump back in time.


    When Heinald approached the copsed ground and looked down, he didn''t seeva, he saw ground again. After a moment of hesitation, he jumped down.


    Looking around, he saw ava pool a few hundred meters ahead and many tunnel entrances around.


    He immediately started walking cautiously into theva pool.


    As he approached the pool, he began to feel the energy waves of a living being. The information he found as a result of his research must be correct, he must have found the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile.


    There was movement inside theva pool, and the mes leaped upwards. A giant crocodile with three-headed ck scales emerged from theva.


    The crocodile''s aura was suppressing his aura. The spirit of this crocodile was stronger than his spirit. Moreover, the environment was surrounded by a high amount of Fire Element Energy, this was the crocodile''s advantage.


    If Heinald had used any fire-based magic against this crocodile, he certainly wouldn''t have been able to deal enough damage. He immediately took out a Shield of Fire Heart potion from the dimensional pocket of his robe and consumed it.


    *Raghh!* Three Headed Inferno Crocodile roared and his tail turned into a fire whip and flew quickly towards Heinald.


    He showed a quick reflex and dodges the attack by leaning back.


    However, the crocodile''s attacks weren''t over yet. It started to p its tail in rapid session.


    Narox appeared in Heinald''s hand, quickly parried the crocodile''s attacks. Every time his tail hit the sword, sparks and mes appeared.


    Heinald sent Magical Energy to Narox and covered it with wind, then rushed towards the crocodile.


    The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile threw a fireball in his stomach at Heinald, who wasing towards him.


    Heinald quickly twisted the sword around his wrist and cut through the fireball.


    *Shoushh!* A small residue of fire appeared when the fireball was cut by the wind-wrapped sword.


    Heinald jumped on top of the crocodile and, before he went down, lowered his sword on the crocodile''s right head.


    *ng!* When he hed the head of the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile, there was the sound of two steels colliding and sparks. The scales of this crocodile were very hard and could not be damaged by the Narox.


    The crocodile''s middle head rushed towards him and wanted to split him in two in one blow. However, Heinald quickly rolled to the side and chopped his side torso horizontally.


    *ng* Again there was a sound as if two steels were colliding.


    "Damn! His defense is so strong, it looks like I ca n''t damage it with my physical strength "Heinald gritted his teeth.


    Fire started to burst out of the three heads of the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile at the same time.


    Heinald immediately cast Whisper of the Wind and began to glide through the air. Fire sts bursted out of the crocodile''s three heads at the same time and went straight towards Heinald.


    He managed to avoid the scorching fires with various movements in the air. When hended, he immediately cast his spell called Indignation of Ice.


    A freezing aura began to radiate from his arm, and an ice hand, waves of ice fumes began to move towards the crocodile like a tsunami. me sts shot out from all three of the Crocodile''s heads at the same time again, and they collided directly with the ice hand.


    *Pvuff* When scorching fire and freezing ice collided, fierce elemental waves and intense moisture spread around.


    At that moment, the Icysoul Potion had appeared in Heinald''s hand, he quickly threw it away, and when the bottle crashed to the ground and shattered, an unimaginably cold aura emerged. This aura instantly started prating the crocodile''s spirit and freezing it. The crocodile squirmed at first, then started moving and rolling like crazy.


    Heinald wanted to take this opportunity and cast his spell called Indignation of Ice again.


    The ice hand, covered with ice fumes from his arm, flew directly to the crocodile, and when it hit it, there was a burst of cold air that instantly surrounded the entire area with a thickyer of ice. The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile had turned into an ice cube.

 Chapter 116: Moving Deep into the Volcano

    Chapter 116: Moving Deep into the Volcano


    Even though the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile in front of Heinald waspletely frozen, he could feel the energy waves emanating from it. This meant that it had not yet been defeated.


    The Fire Element Energy emanating from this crocodile suddenly peaked and the ice surrounding it shattered. When the ice broke up, chunks of ice spread out.


    Heinald retreated to a safe distance and began observing the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile. Although he could still feel the energy waves emanating from it, these energy waves were greatly weakened.


    The energy waves emanating from it had almost halved in strength. This was a pretty big decrease.


    Heinald thought it was mostly because of the Icysoul Potion he used. The power of the energy waves it emitted was directly rted to its spirit.


    Since the Icysoul Potion had damaged it, the energy waves he emitted had greatly decreased.


    Another thing he noticed was that it was starting to ke off. Not all of its scales were ked off, but dozens of kes started to drop from various parts of its body.


    "Is it because its spirit was damaged?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    If only that was a possibility. The powers of Magical Beasts came from their spirits. The damage to this crocodile''s spirit might have affected its physical defense.


    *Rarrghh* Three Headed Inferno Crocodile roared furiously and started running towards Heinald. When it started running with all its might, mes started to rise from the ces where it stepped.


    Heinald immediately used his Whisper of the Wind spell again and moved away from it. His goal was to gain some time, because as time passed, the scales on the crocodile were king off, leaving it more vulnerable.


    "Frost Wave!" Heinald shouted out.


    As he glided through the air, a cold aura surrounded his body and exploded outward. The freezing air waves spread around and caused the ground to be covered with ayer of ice over arge area.


    *Rarghhh* Three Headed Inferno Crocodile let out a painful cry. After its scales began to fall, its skin was exposed, and the freezing waves instantly turned part of its skin into ice.


    When Heinaldnded, he pushed the ground and started to move towards the crocodile with quite high eleration.


    He stabbed his sword into its frozen skin with all his might, as he came near it. The frozen skin of the crocodile could not stand the de for a second.


    His entire sword was pierced into the skin of the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile.


    When Heinald drew his sword back, his ck blood began to flow.


    The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile had fallen to the ground and was beginning to squirm.


    As Heinald thought about making onest move and killing it, an idea came to him at thest moment. He immediately created the Spirit Imprisonment Formation and began the process of taking out the spirit of the dying crocodile.


    The red beams of lighting out of the formation surrounded it and began to prate into its body. Soon, the crocodile hadpletely stopped moving, and a red pearl began to rise from its body.


    Heinald grabbed this red pearl and guided it to his ring, which contained a Phoenix Spirit. He heard the cry of the phoenix in his mind, and in that instant, it turned into flying dust grains and was drawn into the ring.


    The Fire Element Energy felt from the ring had increased tenfold in an instant. Ayer of fire aura had appeared around this ring, surrounding it.


    "As I predicted! The phoenix spirit inside this ring can consume anything containing fire element energy! It certainly won''t reject a spirit based on Fire element energy, especially." Heinald nodded slightly as he stared at the ring.


    He immediately stored all the crocodile''s blood in jade jars and collected all its scales. Moreover, he also removed its heart, but the intense fire element energy contained in its heart was also exploited by the ring containing the phoenix spirit.


    "I would love to discover the secrets behind this ring! I will spend some more time deep within this volcano and look for Magical Beasts with a Fire Element predisposition." Heinald nodded decisively.


    All these processes took him hours, as the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile''s body was so hard and durable. This crocodile was a Level 2 Magical Beast, and his blood and scales were invaluable.


    "I can now activate Hamra''s Protective Type Magical Treasure!" Heinald was excited.


    Heinald created a formation he learned from Hamra and created an energy link between the crocodile blood in the jade jar and the pocket watch.


    Half an hour passed.


    Heinald destroyed the formation and nced at his pocket watch. He could feel a mixed aura of blood and fire emanating from it.


    He had obtained about 10 jars of blood from the dead body of the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile. A jar of blood was enough to fill half the energy of this pocket watch.


    Not wanting to linger for another half hour, Heinald decided to fill half of its energy. He thought that this amount of energy would be enough for him for now.


    As Heinald sent the Magic Energy to his pocket watch, he felt hundreds of needles instantly prick his brain. But he didn''t mind it because he was so excited.


    In a part of his mind, he could sense the presence of a Protective Type Magical Treasure that now belonged to him.


    With his only thought, a pale redyer surrounded him, then disappeared with his only thought.


    "Finally! I''ll call this treasure ''Blood Nightmare Shield'' from now on!" Heinald grinned happily.


    After Heinald hung this pocket watch around his neck, he hid it under his jacket under his robe and left there.


    Heinald headed for one of the surrounding tunnels and started walking through it. When he reached the end of the tunnel, he found himself in a ce where only burning cliffs and thinva veins were flowing.


    To the right of this ce there was another tunnel entrance. He carefully headed towards this entrance. After entering that tunnel and walking for a while, he felt the temperature risepared to other ces.


    When he reached the end of the tunnel, he found himself in a ce with a hotva flow in the middle.


    *Tnrrk!* Heinald shuddered at a strange sound and turned in the direction the sound hade from. When he returned there, he saw a hedgehog about twice of his size.


    However, this hedgehog''s spines were like iron that had been soaked in fire for years. They were apletely fiery red color and radiated an incredibly intense heat.


    "It seems that his defense is much lower than the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile, but its attacks will be much more dangerous than its. The energy waves that this hedgehog emits are very close to mine, this hedgehog''s spirit looks a little weaker than the crocodile''s spirit."


    Heinald was frowning, observing the hedgehog. When he realized the situation, he immediately waved his arm and Narox appeared in his hand.


    To be frank, he had no knowledge of this hedgehog species. He did not know the types and methods of its attacks. So he had to be very careful.


    Hedgehog suddenly began to spin around quickly. A vortex of fire began to form around it. This vortex of fire radiated an intense heat wave to the surrounding area.


    "So hot!" Heinald was forced to retreat immediately. Despite having the body of a Level 2 Ainsar and the durable Ainsar robe that his grandfather had given him, he still felt as he was burning.


    He felt quite constrained in a way. Fire type spells were his favorite spell type, but using them in this region would be pointless because all Magical Beasts here were naturally immune to fire.


    "I have to finish this job fast!" Heinald grit his teeth. Since this hedgehog''s defense was not very strong, he wanted to finish it off in one attack.


    Heinald send Magical Energy at the Narox in his hand and swung it. From the sword covered with the winds, a wind stripe was rushed and began to fly towards the vortex of fire.


    Meanwhile, he started casting his magic called Indignation of Ice. After two seconds, a frozen hand wrapped in ice fume bursted out from his arms.


    The wind stripe he sent before him had destroyed the bnce of the fire vortex. Taking advantage of this, the frozen hand had crossed the fire vortex and directly struck the hedgehog.


    When the frozen hand hit the hedgehog, there was an explosion of Ice Energy, and ice fume engulfed the entire ce. Loud crackling sounds were heard all around.


    A fierce burst of elemental energy also appeared when the hedgehog''s spines, which looked like hot iron, suddenly collided with the freezing cold.

 Chapter 117: To the Gilran Town

    Chapter 117: To the Gilran Town


    As Heinald approached the hedgehog, he felt the energy waves emanating from it gradually weaken. In a short time, the energy waves emanating from it were about to disappearpletely.


    Heinald quickly created the Spirit Imprisonment Formation and took out the hedgehog''s spirit. Just like the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile, a red pearl rose from its body.


    The ring immediately exploited the hedgehog''s spirit too.


    When Heinald waved his hand, the ice sphere that had surrounded the hedgehog cracked in half and then shattered into pieces.


    Heinald ripped this hedgehog''s spines out and pulled out his heart and eyes. The phoenix spirit inside his ring immediately absorbed the intense Fire Energy inside this hedgehog''s organs.


    Heinald soon left that area and entered another tunnel he had seen. After walking through that tunnel for about half an hour, he came to anotherva pool.


    "Maybe I can find another Three Headed Inferno Crocodile here!" Heinald muttered.


    He began to walk cautiously towards theva pool.


    *Rarghh!* A Three Headed Inferno Crocodile sprang out of theva pool. The energy waves emanating from this crocodile seemed to be less than the other crocodile, but that wouldn''t make much of a difference.


    Narox appeared in Heinald''s hand. He squinted his eyes and waited for the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile to make a move. Since his Magical Energy was gradually decreasing, he would leave this volcano after killing this crocodile as well.


    He could die here if he got greedy!


    mes began to gush out of the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile''s mouth, three fireballs shot out of his mouth and flew towards Heinald.


    "Frost Wave!" Heinald shouted out in his mind.


    A wave of cold air spread from his body towards the outer environment and collided with fireballs.


    As a result of the collision, fireballs and a wave of cold air annihted each other. Fortunately, although this crocodile''s defense was very strong, its attacks were not very strong.


    Heinald remembered that the previous Three Headed Inferno Crocodile had sent him a st of fire. That attack was actually a deadly attack, he had to be careful with it.


    Heinald cast his spell called Whisper of the Wind and began to glide towards it.


    The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile attacked Heinald, who wasing towards him, after turning his tail into a fire whip.


    Heinald performed a cross sh and repulsed the crocodile''s me whip.


    At that time, Heinald realized that this Three Headed Inferno Crocodile was doing something that the other Three Headed Inferno Crocodile had not done. All of its scales were on fire, and they began to emit intense waves of me Energy.


    "Shit!" Heinald''s pupils twitched.


    Ayer of fire had formed around the crocodile''s entire body. Thisyer suddenly began to swell and burst after a few seconds.


    *Shoushh!* Waves of fire from the explosion engulfed the entire area.


    Before the waves of fire could reach him, Heinald had cast his spell named Forst Wave and had decreased the destructiveness of the fires.


    Moreover, with a single thought, his surroundings were covered with a pale redyer.


    "Really impressive! Even though I reduced the power of this explosion with Frost Wave, it still managed to reduce the energy of Blood Nightmare Shield by 20%." Heinald gave a brief assessment of the situation.


    Cracks appeared on the pale redyer that surrounded him.


    A scroll appeared in Heinald''s hand.


    This was a Magic Scroll that contained the power of his magic called Indignation Of Ice. When he sent Magic Energy to this scroll, the scroll started to emit a pale blue light.


    Then, a cold aura began to radiate from his right arm. He pointed his hand at the crocodile and a frozen hand rushed out from his hand with wrapped with ice fumes.


    The scroll was also burned to ashes.


    At the same time, Heinald also cast his spell, Indignation Of Ice, independently of the scroll.


    Two frozen hands rushed out from his arms and struck directly at the crocodile. Except for theva pool, the entire surrounding area was covered in ice from the terrifying st of cold air.


    The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile was encased in an ice sphere about twenty meters thick.


    Heinald could feel the Fire Element Energy rising from it. It wanted to break the ice sphere, but he was unable to do so. After a while, the energy waves emanating from it began to be felt less and less.


    Heinald immediately created the Spirit Imprisonment Formation and took out its spirit from its body as in the past processes.


    The phoenix spirit inside the ring immediately exploited its spirit, and the energy he possessed increased exponentially again.


    "How long will it go on like this?" Heinald looked at the ring in his hand and sighed. He was beginning to think that the phoenix spirit inside this ring was insatiable.


    With just one thought, Heinald smashed the ice globe that had swallowed the crocodile and began to peel off its scales one by one. Fortunately, the scales began to break with very little force, contrary to what he had expected.


    "These scales must be drawing their power directly from the crocodile''s spirit." Heinald opened slowly as he examined the scales.


    Heinald stored all of its blood as before, and took out its heart and gave it to the phoenix spirit in the ring.


    "It would be dangerous for me to linger here any longer. I must leave this volcano now" Heinald immediately left the area and started back the way he hade.


    On the way back, he moved quickly as he already knew the roads and came out of the volcano in a short time.


    "Revakender,e here!" Heinald summoned his Spirit Companion in his mind.


    Soon after, his dragon descended from the sky.


    After Heinald got on his back, he flew directly towards Gilran Town.


    After days of traveling he began to pass over the Por Wind Forest and descended when he came near the town to the east of this forest.


    Some of the people in the town saw the Revakender and began to tremble with fear. The guard at the entrance of the town were all Apprentice Ainsar, and they thought they were going to die.


    However, they were stunned when they saw a man jumping off the dragon''s back.


    "Lord Ainsar!" As Heinald approached them, the Apprentice Ainsars immediately bowed and greeted him.


    "You don''t have to worry about the dragon, it''s mypanion. I came here to inquire about the events in town." Heinald looked at the Apprentice Ainsar in front of him.


    "There are really strange things happening in our town, Lord Ainsar. Please help us or we will have to leave our town." One of the Apprentice Ainsars stepped forward and said.


    "What''s going on in this town?" Heinald asked.


    "Sir, almost every day one of the people living here disappears and never seen again." Apprentice Ainsar had a worried expression, "If you want to talk to Lord Anford, who has a potion shop in our town, I can take you to him, my lord. He has been investigating these events for some time."


    "Take me to him!" Heinald nodded.


    As he began to walk through the narrow streets of the town with Apprentice Ainsar by his side, he began to examine the surroundings as well. There was a very gloomy atmosphere in this town in general. The streets were very neglected and dirty. There was not a single animal around.


    The whole town had a dead silence!


    "Why are the streets so dirty?" Heinald asked.


    "The townspeople are afraid to go out now, my lord." Apprentice Ainsar replied.


    "As I thought!" Heinald nodded and continued to observe the surroundings.


    After passing through many narrow streets, they emerged into a small square.


    "This shop is Lord Anford''s shop." Apprentice Ainsar pointed to a small shop across the square.


    Heinald said, "Mm, well. You can turn back."


    "My lord!" Apprentice Ainsar once again bowed to him, and then began to turn back with quick steps.


    When Heinald came to the front of the shop and opened the door, he was greeted by a shop with a small fire burning in the middle. There were various shelves around, with potion bottles on them.


    He saw an old man standing behind a small counter in the right corner of the shop. He had sparse white hair and a messy beard.


    "M-My lord!" Noticing Heinald, the old man quickly came out from behind the counter and bowed in front of him. It was clear from his reaction that he did not expect to see a Level 2 Ainsar in front of him.


    This old man was a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "I came here to learn about the events in the town. I heard from the Apprentice Ainsars at the entrance of the town that you have been researching for a while." Heinald gave a small nod and said.


    "Yes, my lord. There are really strange things happening around this town. Many people say that at night there are various humming noises echoing in the forest near the town. There are also rumors that strange shadows roam the town streets at night. Over a hundred people have disappeared in the past few years."


    The old man had a serious and frightened expression on his face.

 Chapter 118: Strange Life Form

    Chapter 118: Strange Life Form


    Heinald nodded slightly as he listened to what the old man standing in front of him had to say.


    "Doesn''t anyone see where these shadows go or where theye from?" Heinald asked.


    The old man shook his head.


    After chatting with him for a while, Heinald left his shop and began to wander the streets of the town.


    "Don''t these disappearing people leave any traces behind them?" Heinald murmured.


    As he was walking in the street beyond the square, he saw a man and a small childing from the opposite direction.


    When they sensed Heinald''s aura, they immediately knelt down and greeted him. Heinald realized that this man was an Apprentice Ainsar.


    "Where do youe from?" Heinald asked.


    "From the quarry outside town, my lord." The man answered.


    "Why are you sofortable when everyone else is so scared?" Heinald asked.


    "I went to the quarry to look for missing persons, my lord."


    Heinald frowned and asked, "With a boy?"


    The man nodded lightly and said, "He wanted toe with me because he was afraid of being alone.


    The boy shifted ufortably.


    Heinald stared at the boy for a moment, then he looked at the man, "Did you notice anything strange?"


    The man shook his head, "I didn''t see anything in the quarries, my lord."


    "I-I''m in the pit outside of town..." The boy interrupted him as he began to speak timidly.


    "Child! How to speak in front of Lord Ainsar" The man raised his hand and prepared to p the child, but he immediately copsed to the ground due to the sudden weight on him.


    "Hmph! You dare interfere with my investigation" Heinald''s eyes lit up with a cold re and he began to suppress the man even more with his energy.


    The man couldn''t breathe and couldn''t even move his fingers. His skin was starting to turn purple.


    As Heinald drew back his energy, the man took a deep breath and started coughing.


    "What were you going to tell me, boy?" Heinald asked.


    "M-My lord I was out hunting for prey and near a wooded areaa pitI" The boy suddenly started vomiting after he remembered.


    Heinald turned his head and told the man next to the boy that he had the boy under his protection, and he would kill him if he dare to harm the boy.


    Heinald gave him a sniff of peppermint and held him by the shoulders to help the boy in front of him recover. He looked at him carefully and said, "Take me to that pit!"


    After Heinald gave the boy some peppermint to smell, the boy recovered and led him to the area of the pit he had seen earlier.


    "M-My lordI" The boy wanted to say something, but he understood what he meant before he could even finish that sentence.


    Heinald said, "You better be back before dark."


    "Thank you, my lord!" The boy quickly bowed down and started running back into town.


    Heinald approached the pit and peered in. The sight he encountered was hideous and at the same time startling.


    Inside the pit were dozens of animal corpses whose blood hadpletely dried.


    Almost immediately, Heinald entered the depths of the wooded area and began to wander among the trees. He wanted to know if there was anything else strange in this wooded area.


    "Hm? What is that?" He saw a strange liquid stuck on a tree. When he examined this liquid closely, he realized that he had never seen such a liquid before. He didn''t want to touch it directly and probed its surface with a stick.


    This liquid had a mucus-like sensation. He put some of this liquid in a test tube he took out of his pocket. Then he continued walking among the trees, continuing to look around.


    There was nothing strange in the energy surrounding him.


    He checked the entire wooded area for several hours, but nothing caught his attention. After leaving the wooded area, he returned to the town and continued to wander the deste streets of the town.


    From his pocket, he took out the test tube and simultaneously created a palm-sized magic formation. This magic formation was in the shape of a circle with a pale yellow glow. When he dripped the liquid inside the test tube into this circle, the formation began to glow bright yellow light and suddenly shrank and disappeared.


    The liquid inside the test tube had turned into an orb and began to glide in the air.


    It was a simple formation that he discovered from a book he read. If there was a liquid like this around, he would find it thanks to this orb.


    Heinald immediately followed the orb. After a short walk, the orb stopped in front of an old iron door.


    When he opened the door, he saw that there were stairs leading down to this town. He smelled the nasty smellsing from below.


    "You can''t be serious" Heinald shook his head and went down reluctantly. The Orb kept making his way through the town''s sewer tunnels, taking him straight to the target.


    After a few tunnels, the orb had stopped.


    Heinald''s brows furrowed and he stood still for a moment at the sight. In front of him was a corpse covered with liquid he had found in the woods. Moreover, it was just beginning to dpose, not a very old corpse.


    He was surprised to see the orb keep moving.


    "Is there more?" Heinald''s expression darkened.


    As he continued to follow the orb, an iron gate appeared in front of them. He took hold of the door''s thin bars and separated them with ease.


    As he continued to move, he came to a wide area.


    "Ugh!" Heinald had to restrain himself not to vomit at the sight.


    There were dozens of corpses stacked on top of each other, and all their blood had been sucked out. They were covered in that strange liquid, just like the corpse he had seen before.


    "Shit! Could all this be the work of a Pajtar?" Heinald muttered.


    The Pajtars were a type of bloodsucking creature. However, they had no intelligence and would attack anyone they saw. The situation here seemed different.


    He began to carefully scan the surroundings. He noticed arge footprint on the floor. When he started examining this footprint, he counted sevenrge fingerprints. These fingers were very thick and very short.


    He thought of a creature with such a finger, but soon realized that he did not know such a creature.


    Finding no other clue, Heinald decided to leave the sewer. As he was returning the way he hade, he suddenly heard a growl.


    When he turned around, he saw a life form he had never seen before. He had four legs and no arms. It had a broad human-like rib, but without the lower part. It had only one eye and a mouth full ofrge fangs.


    No energy waves were emanating from it.


    This strange life form suddenly rushed towards him. With the strength of his four legs, he jumped towards him and opened his mouth at a wide angle.


    Heinald immediately stepped to the side and punched it hard.


    "Grargh!" The strange life-form made a sound as the fist mmed into his body and quickly flew all the way to the end of the tunnel.


    The force of his fist shattered the rib bones of this strange life form, and these bones pierced its skin and came out.


    The strange life form began to writhe, screaming in pain.


    "Frost Wave!" A st of cold air burst through Heinald''s body and froze the entire tunnel.


    That strange life form was frozen too!


    Heinald went up to him and began to examine it.


    He had no idea of the origin of this strange lifeform. He had obtained information about various types of living things from thousands of sources, but no such creature was mentioned in any of them.


    "This lifeform is not a Magical Beast, but his body strength can be said to be on par with a Level 1 Ainsar. But this lifeform couldn''t have killed all those Ainsars"


    Heinald thought it was getting more and more interesting. Although this life form only had the physical strength of a Level 1 Ainsar, he still dared to attack him.


    A Magical Beast would never do such a thing.

 Chapter 119: Struggling with Strange Life Forms

    Chapter 119: Struggling with Strange Life Forms


    Heinald put the body of the lifeform he had killed in a sack and pulled it out of the sewer. He had many questions in his mind and he was trying to find answers to these questions.


    "How many of this creature were there?"


    "Could there be other creatures simr to this creature?"


    "Did the shadows the townspeople see belong to these creatures?"


    ording to Heinald, although this creature was quite aggressive, it was not strong enough to kill a Level 2 Ainsar and a group of ten Level 1 Ainsars.


    Hoping to find the answers to his questions as soon as possible, he came out of the sewer and went to the old man named Anford, who owned a potion shop in the town.


    ***


    "W-What is that!?" The old man''s eyes widened.


    Heinald had briefly told him what had happened. Since this old man was the only Level 1 Ainsar in town, he hade to him.


    "Maybe this creature is responsible for the missing Ainsars in the town, but not the missing Ainsars" Heinald scratched his chin, "Unless he has a horde."


    "Horde" The old man swallowed.


    "Looks like I''ll have to do some research in the Por Wind Forest" Heinald sighed. To him, if there were more of this creature, that forest was the only ce big enough for them all to hide.


    Heinald left his shop after telling the old man to wander the streets of the town ande to him if anything strange happened.


    Of course, he didn''t trust himpletely, maybe it was all the result of this old man''s experiment gone wrong. He didn''t think this would happen though, he had seen the difort in the old man''s eyes.


    Heinald went to his dragon waiting outside town and flew with him into the middle of the forest.


    "Down!" Heinald said in his mind.


    Revakender descended andnded in the middle of the forest. The surrounding trees werepletely toppled.


    Heinald waved his hand and created a ring of fire.


    *Grrkaha!* Strange howls began to rise from the surroundings.


    It waspletely dark, but he could still see a few hundred yards. He saw a few figures running among the trees ahead, but could not understand their shapes.


    mes began to rise from Revakender''s stomach, and he soon unleashed a fire st.


    Fire waves move forward at great speed and engulfed the hundreds of trees in front.


    "This" Heinald saw two creatures on fire and began to examine them. They looked very simr to the strange life form he had killed.


    With their cries of pain, strange howls began to rise from the entire forest. In some areas, trees were falling and the ground was shaking slightly.


    "I have to be careful!" Heinald had a serious expression on his face. He had already predicted that these creatures were inrge numbers and that they might be hiding in this forest.


    However, these numbers might have somehow killed the group of Level 1 Ainsars due to theirrge, but a Level 2 Ainsar could break these creatures like a stick.


    He thought there was something else behind this that he didn''t know about, so he wasn''tfortable with it.


    "Fire Vines!" Heinald cast a spell as he saw the group of creatures running towards him from his right side.


    Burning vines rose from the ground and engulfed the entire group of creatures. The creatures began to be scorched by the fire of these vines and cried out in pain.


    Meanwhile, several creatures attacked Revakender, but with his single w attack, they flew tens of meters and his limbs were smashed.


    Heinald and Revakender had killed hundreds of these creatures over the course of about half an hour.


    "Where did all these creaturese from?" His expression was quite ugly as Heinald asked himself this question. He was now sure that there was something else behind this event.


    "Goaarrgh!" Heinald heard a roar that shook the entire forest. ording to his calctions, this roar came from a few miles away, but it was quite fierce.


    "Revakender, rise to the sky and do nothing until I give orders!" Heinaldmanded the Spirit Companion in his mind. Although he was quite a powerful beast, he was still a baby after all, and he wouldn''t want him to get hurt.


    The dragon pped his wings and rose out of the forest into the sky.


    The trees in the ce where the roar came from were being thrown around and the ground was shaking as if there was an earthquake.


    Whatever that thing was, it was running towards him at full speed!


    Embers and Narox appeared in Heinald''s hands, waiting for what was approaching.


    A creature about ten meters tall emerged from the trees and stood in front of him.


    This creature was simr in body to the creatures he had killed, but there were still many distinct differences.


    This creature had three eyes and two mouths. It had a total of four horns sticking out from the side of its head and had eight legs. On the back of its body, it had a tail like the tail of a scorpion.


    However, instead of a pin at the tip of its tail, it had a scissor-like pincer.


    The body of this creature had a metallic appearance, as if it werepletely made of iron. Although the structure of the teeth in his mouth was the same as the creatures he had killed before, they were muchrger and much sharper.


    Like the others, no energy waves were emanating from this creature.


    "You''re so ugly... what are you?" Heinald muttered as he stared at the creature.


    The creature suddenly rushed towards him and opened its mouth wide.


    Heinald immediately cast his spell, Whisper of the Wind, and began to glide around the creature.


    He quickly headed behind its and swung both of his swords.


    As the swords moved towards the creature''s back, the creature suddenly swung its tail towards the swords.


    *ng!* Heinald performed a cross sh and the creature made a fierce pincer attack. When the swords and the pincer collided, there was the sound of two steels colliding.


    However, the power contained in this creature''s pincer was too much.


    Heinald''s swords flew around, and he himself flew hundreds of meters through dozens of trees.


    When he finally stopped, his arms were shaking in pain.


    "Almost tore my arms off!" Heinald looked fearfully at his trembling arms.


    This beast was undoubtedly the most physically powerful thing he had ever encountered. He had fought many Magical Beasts before, but he had never seen one like this.


    "I can''t match him physically!" A cold glint passed through Heinald''s eyes.


    Heinald immediately got up from the ground and determined the creature''s position.


    The creature was running towards him again.


    "Divine Chaos!" Heinald shouted out.


    The creature, which was running at full speed, was struck by the energy field that suddenly appeared around it and was thrown back, losing its bnce. Lightning bolts danced above him, and for seconds, lightning streaks struck it one after the other.


    The entire forest was shaking, all the trees in the immediate vicinity were falling due to the shock explosions. Fierce lightning streaks were breaking even the ground, lifting tons of soil into the air.


    Deafening thunder and cries of pain echoed throughout the forest for seconds.


    At the same time, the Apprentice Ainsars outside the town were frightened by the mighty lightning bolts rising from the forest. The cries of pain and howls rising from the forest left them in a very difficult psychological situation.


    They were just Apprentice Ainsars and had never seen a spell cast by a Level 2 Ainsar. Even those two Apprentice Ainsars guarding the entrance of the town had not even seen an elemental spell cast by a Level 1 Ainsar.


    However, they were now witnessing a High Rank spell cast by a Level 2 Ainsar, and it naturally scared them to death.

 Chapter 120: Incredible Discovery

    Chapter 120: Incredible Discovery


    Heinald stood at a safe distance and began observing the crater. He thought that even if that creature didn''t die, it would have been seriously injured as it had been struck repeatedly by severe lightning.


    "Graaaaghh!" The creature inside the crater roared and emerged from the crater.


    Its two legs were severed and various parts of his body were charred. However, it still seemed that he was still far from death.


    "Even Divine Chaos couldn''t deal much damage to it. What the hell is this creature!?" Heinald grit his teeth as he stared at the creature.


    Since this creature wasn''t a Magical Beast, it didn''t have an elemental aptitude, but it had very high physical strength and stamina.


    As the creature swung its tail at Heinald, he leaped to the right and began to back away quickly. There was no way he could fight it closely.


    "Aodon''s Hand!" Heinald shouted out in his mind.


    Arge ck orb appeared above the creature. From within this orb, jet-ck arms emerged and grabbed the creature in various parts.


    "Grarghh!" The creature roared angrily. Despite his efforts, he could not escape the grip of the ck arms.


    This was the only Dark Spell he had, and it was very difficult to learn and master. He was able to control even High Rank Spells normally after he became a Level 2 Ainsar without much difficulty. However, this Dark Spell was still quite a challenge for him.


    Although he was able to construct the pattern of this spell in his mind perfectly, it took a lot of mental strength and willpower to keep this energy stable while integrating it with Dark Energy.


    But the results were there!


    Even that creature with incredible physical strength could not escape the effects of this spell. It was held by ck hands and could not move.


    Infernal Fireball!


    Scorching mes rose from Heinald''s hands, and they came together to form a fireball that emitted an incredible amount of heat and fire energy into the environment.


    This scorching fireball began to fly, leaving traces of scorching mes behind it. Although it did not touch the surrounding trees, the heat it emitted caused them to ignite.


    When the fireball collided with the creature, waves of very destructive fire spread across the sky and the entire environment. Everything in the hundreds of meters area burned down to a handful of ash.


    "GRAAHH!" A very loud and painful howl shook the entire forest and its immediate surroundings.


    The fires rising to the sky were clearly visible from the whole town, while the loud howl made all the houses tremble.


    Even Anford, a Level 1 Ainsar, was staring at the sky in fear and trembling.


    The Apprentice Ainsars, who stood guard outside the town, could not stand it any longer and fled into the town.


    Ava pit about fifteen meters in diameter had formed in the area where the fireball had exploded, and the creature was roasting in thisva pit.


    "He should be close to death now as the Infernal Fireball hit it directly!" Heinald muttered.


    At that moment, the creature jumped out of theva pit and soared about twenty meters up. Its whole body was ck and smoke wasing out of it. Still, it didn''t seem to have lost much of its physical strength.


    While the creature was in the air, a few shards of bone pierced its ribs and sted out, and they began to move towards Heinald at a speed that could pierce even air.


    With Heinald''s only thought, a pale redyer appeared over his body. Those bones had moved so fast that almost even thinking would not save him.


    *BAM!* As the bones mmed into the pale redyer, a loud explosion sound was heard, and a sudden burst of energy spread out. Everything started to be blown away by the strong winds.


    Heinald had sunk about twenty feet into the ground, and the pale redyer surrounding him had increased in number of cracks.


    "The bones that hit me consumed about 12% of my Protective Type Magical Treasure!" Heinald''s pupils twitched. This attack was almost as effective as his spell called Infernal Fireball. If he had been directly hit by these bones, his body would definitely have been pierced by these bones.


    Moreover, it was just a physical attack!


    After Heinald took a few of those bones and stored them in the dimensional pocket of his robe, he jumped up and stepped out of the pit. When he detected the creature''s location, he saw that the skin on its chest was deeply pierced, but this creature''s regeneration rate seemed to be too high.


    The holes in its chest were closing!


    "I can''t let it regenerate!" Heinald cried out in his mind.


    Heinald started casting Infernal Fireball again.


    *Grarghh!* The creature roared angrily when it saw that he was still alive.


    "Die!" Heinald roared and sent the fireball toward it, emitting incredible heat waves around it.


    Although the creature tried to escape, it could not move as fast as it wanted due to its severe injuries and was hit by the Infernal Fireball.


    *BAM!* As the scorching fire spread all around, scorching mes filled the already pierced chest of the creature at the center of the explosion, and they began to fry it from the inside.


    The creature howled bitterly and fell over. Ava pit had already formed where it fell.


    The creature writhed inside theva pool for a few seconds, then managed to throw itself out of theva pit. Its entire body was burnt and almost charred.


    "How can it still be alive!?" Heinald grit his teeth.


    The creature could not afford to fight any longer and began to flee at full speed. As it was badly injured, its speed had slowed considerably, moving towards the northern part of the forest.


    "Hmph! Does it think it can escape?" A cold glint appeared in Heinald''s eyes.


    He began to run after this creature. Since the creature was so badly injured, he could finish it off with any magic. Contemting which spell would be more appropriate, he realized that the creature was moving towards arge hollow.


    "Hm? What is that?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    Indignation of Ice!


    A freezing aura began to radiate from his arms, and an icy hand leapt out towards the creature. When the icy hand touched the escaping creature, it instantly froze its body.


    The giant creature''s entire body waspletely frozen inside a thick sphere of ice.


    After Heinald was sure that the creature was dead, he destroyed the sphere of ice. He severely severed the creature''s head and stored it in the dimensional pocket of his robe to take to the academy as evidence.


    He walked towards the hallow where the monster was running and looked inside. It was spiraling downward like a tunnel made by a giant worm. He got into the hallow and started walking.


    After walking for several minutes, he came to a strange andrge area. When he illuminated the to see the surroundings more clearly, he encountered a sight that surprised him quite a bit.


    Ahead was a stone bridge about a hundred meters long!


    "What''s a bridge doing in this ce?" Heinald was confused.


    Heinald did not use the bridge and jumped directly with all his might andnded on the ground a hundred meters away.


    "There is a way going deeper..." Heinald muttered.


    He started walking slowly. The path he walked on was as if made by a giant earthworm, various roots hanging around.


    After several minutes of walking, he saw stone steps descending. When he descended the stone steps, he hade to arge area. The walls around this area were made entirely of stone and looked quite old.


    "Wait! This is" Heinald''s eyes widened as he looked beyond the area. A circr structure made of purple crystal stood on a kind of pavement. It was about fifteen meters in diameter and had seals and symbols on it.


    The energy he felt as he approached this structure surprised him even more.


    Spatial Energy was emanating from this strange structure!


    Heinald began to examine it closely. The wall behind was visible from inside this circr structure. But he already knew what it was.


    It was a portal where he had no idea where it opened!


    Examining the seals and symbols carved on those crystals, he realized that they were very simr to those he had seen before in the Dimensional Gateway.


    "Could these creatures somehow havee here from another ne?"


    Heinald''s heart was beating with excitement. This portal could be opening to apletely different ne. If there was such a thing and he reported it to the academy, he would definitely earn tens of thousands of Achievement Points.


    However, he definitely did not intend to do such a thing!


    He would first look for a way to operate this portal, and if he seeded, he would begin to explore the ne on his own. If he failed to operate this portal, or if he seeded in doing so but found dangers in the ne where the portal opened that he alone would not be enough, then he would notify the academy of the location of this portal and immediately receive Achievement Points .


    When he started to examine the area around the portal, he couldn''t see any power sockets. Most likely, directly the crystals which the portal was made needed energy.


    "Spatial Energy waves are emanating from these crystals, so I should probably find stones or various items that contain arge amount of Spatial Energy to activate this portal."


    Heinald had a rather thoughtful expression. Even if he managed to find various sources of Spatial Energy, it would cost him dearly.


    On the other hand, he was curious about the origin of this portal. He was sure that this portal was built by the Ancient Ainsars, but he had no idea what time period it was.


    He left after carefully examining everything around. When he got out, he took an Exmul Stone from the dimensional pocket of his robe and used the energy it contained to create a camouge formation he had learned to create before.


    He always kept high energy stones in his dimensional pocket for situations like this. He had improved a lot with formations and used them frequently. That''s why he needed a stable energy source so much.


    Of course, not all formations could be activated with pure energy stones, but such formations could be activated with such stones.


    After Heinald had finished his work, he mounted his dragon and flew to Gilran Town. He left after the people there told them that the danger was gone but to stay away from the forest anyway.


    He embarked on the journey to return directly to Ruthas Academy.


    ***


    When Heinald reached Ruthas Academy, he went toplete the quest as first thing. After presenting the necessary evidence to the officials, he was put on hold for a while. With great surprise and disgust, they began to examine the bones and head of the creature that he had taken with him. The durability of these bones shocked them immensely.


    He was soon confirmed to havepleted the mission and was rewarded with 5000 Achievement Points.


    The members of the Potions Division were overjoyed to have him back in a short time. In the past days, they had faced many failures again and had thrown away a lot of material.


    Heinald nned to spend his next days making potions with almost no rest. He would brew these potions not only for the academy, but also to sell them in shops in the cities for the Arkana Stones.


    Although he already had a few million Arkana Stones umted, even that amount probably wouldn''t be enough for resources containing Spatial Energy.


    He was sure that he could find resources containing Spatial Energy in exchange for Achievement Points in the academy, but he would only use these Achievement Points to purchase a copy of the information and research he needed.


    Since he hadpleted his first mission, he could now enter the library, but unfortunately he didn''t have time for that. He would spend all his time making potions.


    "At least in the academy, I can get the ingredients for potions with very few Achievement Points. From that perspective, it''s to my advantage that I won''t lose the Arkana Stones."


    Heinald thought as he made ns for the days toe. He was quite excited about his discovery, if luck was with him on the ne where the portal opened, he could get incredible resources.


    Heinald started to work intensely in the following days. Sometimes he did not sleep for weeks.


    A year has passed with a busy schedule.


    Heinald had only brewed potions the entire time, and now he was really overwhelmed. He really liked brewing potions, but doing the same thing every day for a long time was just as overwhelming to him as anyone would be.


    However, he got what he wanted. He had over a thousand bottles of potions in his hand, and he didn''t need to spend a single Arkana Stone for the ingredients of these potions.


    He also made up for the Achievement Points he spent on these materials by brewing potions for the academy. He would now do the quests given by the academy, not potions, to earn Achievement Points.


    He had done simple, one-day quests given by the academy several times over the past year. Although these missions earned him very few Achievement Points, at least the academy left him alone.


    Heinald traveled to Joskna City, the closest city to the academy. When he reached the city, he learned where the Market Square was and went straight there.


    After wandering around the market square for a while, he saw arge potion shop and went inside.


    "Lord Ainsar! Wee!" A man waiting behind the counter inside the shop immediately stepped forward to greet him.


    This man was a middle-aged man and was apparently a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "I have a lot of potions I want to sell. I warn you, you may not have enough Arkana Stones to afford these potions." Heinald scratched his chin.


    The man began to stare curiously.


    Heinald took out dozens ofrge bags from the dimensional pocket of his robe, and when he opened them, a multitude of neatly ced potions appeared.


    Seeing this scene, the eyes of the man opened wide. The poor man nearly fainted, he had to lean against the wall for a while to avoid falling over.

 Chapter 121: Dark Forest

    Chapter 121: Dark Forest


    "P-Please wait, I''ll let Lady Liessa take care of you!" The man rushed upstairs.


    A short timeter, a short young woman came down the stairs. This woman had blond long hair and brown eyes. The flowery dress on her made her look very elegant and morous.


    If Heinald didn''t have a strong will, he would most likely have been hypnotized on the spot.


    Moreover, this woman was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Wee!" The woman gave him a light nod.


    "As you can see" Heinald sighed and pointed to the potions.


    The trade took ce after a woman named Liessa determined the effects of the potions with a special magic item.


    Heinald obtained 200 Crystallized Arcana Stones from the potions he sold. After he left the potion shop, he visited many shops in the Market Square and was unable to find any material containing Spatial Energy. Materials containing Spatial Energy were extremely rare and therefore notmon.


    He then considered trying his luck at the ck Market.


    After Heinald returned to the academy, his first job was to enter the library and began reading the books in the area open to all members there. He couldn''t read all the sources quickly because there were other people around with him.


    After spending about half a day in that library, he left and went to Larten''s study room.


    "Hello Larten!"


    "Hey! Do you need something?" Larten greeted him with surprise. It was the first time he had seen him in his room since the day he had met him.


    "Actually, I was going to ask you if there is a ck Market you know of." Heinald scratched his chin.


    "ck Market? Looking for something special?" Larten asked.


    "Indeed!" Heinald nodded.


    "I suggest you first go to the headquarters of the Rasfor Trade Association nearby. If you can''t find what you''re looking for there, then head to the ck Market." Larten stroked his beard.


    "The Rasfor Trade Association?" Heinald had seen the name of this association in a source he had read, but he did not know about them.


    Larten nodded and said, "It''s a very powerful associationmercially. My uncle is a member of this association, I''m sure he will help you."


    "Alright! I''ll try my luck."


    Larten gave Heinald an address and told him to go there.


    After Heinald thanked him, he left his room and went to his own room. He spent the rest of the day analyzing information from the books he read in the library.


    He nned to travel the next day to the address Larten had given him.


    But this n was not going toe true!


    Early in the morning, Larten had summoned all the members of the Potions Division to the meeting room. When everyone gathered, he exined that some unexpected events had happened and that the academy''s mines near the Dark Forest were attacked.


    He was told that the two Level 2 Ainsars of the academy had been killed in that attack and the academy had dered a state of emergency. They wanted to send Ainsars from headquarters there to control the situation.


    Even if there was no conflict there, Level 1 Ainsars who were there would be rewarded with 1000 Achievement Points. Level 2 Ainsars who were there would be rewarded with 3000 Achievement Points.


    "Dark Forest!" Heinald felt uneasy in his mind. The Dark Forest was considered the most dangerous ce in the entire continent and covered most of the continent.


    The most dangerous and powerful creatures on the continent dwelt there. In particr, it was known that mighty elemental kings lived in the middle of the forest.


    This forest was also the ce with the most conspiracy theories.


    Rumor has it that all the information about the lost millennium was hid there. This knowledge was guarded by the most powerful elemental kings.


    ording to another rumor, a beast was growing there that would rule all Magical Beasts and would soon attack. The Ainsar World would perish under this beast''s feet.


    ording to Heinald, this was all nonsense. Nobody could go there, so nobody knew anything about it. Some people who like to exaggerate came up with absurd theories to satisfy their imaginations and sought them out.


    That''s exactly what it was all about!


    Although he was restless, he certainly did not intend to miss this opportunity and decided to go there. After all, they were not going to enter the Dark Forest.


    They would protect the mine, which was owned by the academy, close to the forest, so that there would be no further attacks. Moreover, as he understood, the number of Ainsars there would not be few. That''s why he was going to go there, after all 3000 Achievement Points was a pretty good amount.


    A few dayster, a group of one hundred began to move in an airship to the northeastern part of the Dark Forest.


    Since there was an emergency, the academy rented the fastest airship. After all, the faster they get there, the better. After a quick journey of about two weeks, they managed to reach the mine area owned by the academy. This mining area was a rather gloomy and frightening ce due to its location. After all, this ce was on the edge of the ce where the most dangerous creatures lived, and it was in a corner of a immense forest.


    Heinald stared at the pitch-ck trees of the Dark Forest as the airship descended towards the mine. This forest seemed endless from where it started. Although his eyes could easily see far ahead, he could not see the end of this forest.


    The average length of the trees in this forest was about 500 meters. Due to their size, these trees did not allow the inside of the forest to be seen. Sunlight had never entered this forest, and never would.


    When the airshipnded in the mine area, everyone went out and started to observe around. It was clear that there was a fierce conflict here. There were many dents and craters around, and various traces of blood were evident in ces.


    On the way, Heinald had learned certain things about the incident.


    Magical Beasts equal to the might of a Level 2 Ainsar had attacked this mining area. The area of this mine had been attacked many times over the centuries, but it was always attacked by Magical Beasts equal to the might of a Level 1 Ainsar.


    But something had changed and this time Magical Beasts with Level 2 Ainsar power had attacked the mine area, the academy wanted to figure out the reason behind this incident.


    Magical Beasts equal to a level 1 Ainsar''s might resided in the outermost chamber of the Dark Forest, that is, closest to the border. The stronger ones lived in the inner chambers it was really interesting that these beasts left their positions and attacked.


    Some academy officials thought it might be some kind of conspiracy. ording to them, the beasts that attacked the mine area might not havee from the forest. Ruthas Academy could have been the target of another academy or organization.


    Such events were not umon in the Ainsar World. After all, resources were limited and everyone wanted resources. When this was the case, conflicts naturally urred. Organizations, Families, Alliances, and ns would try to dominate with certainnds. If they could make good use of the resources in thesends, they would have great wealth and naturally power.


    "I want everyone to listen to me!" There was a sound that shook the whole surrounding.


    This voice belonged to Lord Esquis Hantfrall, a Level 3 Ainsar, one of the top ranks of the academy. No one dared to utter a word, as he was the one speaking.


    "Depending on the situation, we will stand guard here for two weeks and work together to find the reason behind the attack. Remember, our aim will be to get back from here without losing any more of our friends. If we encounter another attack during our stay here, we will attack together and destroy the attackers!"


    After Lord Hantfrall''s speech, a total of five different units were formed. At the head of each unit would be a Level 2 Ainsar.


    Naturally, Heinald was also appointed leader of a unit. Five units would stand guard around the mine area. If anything went wrong, everyone would immediately retreat towards the mine, and everyone would gather together.


    Moreover, during the daylight hours, all Level 2 Ainsars would observe and search for clues in the outer chamber of the forest with Lord Esquis Hantfrall. The inside of the Dark Forest would be like night again, this decision was not for the Level 2 Ainsars, but for the Level 1 Ainsars who would be keeping watch in the mine area.


    If the mines were attacked by Magical Beastsing out of the forest, they wouldn''t want to do it during the day. Since they lived in the Dark Forest, they must have been sensitive to sunlight most likely.

 Chapter 122: Space Stones

    Chapter 122: Space Stones


    Heinald spent his first day in the mine area, performing the duty assigned to him and his unit to keep watch on the north side.


    Nothing had happened that night, they hadn''t even heard a sounding from the forest at night. Though, that made them a little more uneasy.


    It was quite strange and disturbing for them not to hear the sound of any living creature, especially in a forest.


    A few hours after sunrise the next day, Lord Esquis summoned all the Level 2 Ainsars to his side.


    They would take a few hours of wandering through the outermost chamber of the ck forest and check for any clues.


    After entering the ck forest and starting to walk a little deeper, it seemed like it waspletely night. The only difference was that there was no moon illuminating the sky above, the surrounding area was illuminated by various nts and insects.


    They searched for clues for hours but found nothing. In the end, they did not want to go any further and turned back. It was strange that they hadn''t seen any Magical Beasts at first, but when they thought of the possibility that they might have escaped after feeling the energy waves of many powerful Ainsars, they stopped thinking about it.


    Two weeks passed quickly. There was no attack on the mine area and they found no clues in the parts of the forest where they were wandering.


    When Lord Esquis concluded that the attack was more likely to belong to another organization or academy, everyone rallied and the journey back to the academy began.


    Arriving at the academy after a two-week journey, the first thing Heinald did was travel to Mount Jewyna, one of the mountains in the south of the academy.


    At this very top was the headquarters of the Rasfor Trade Association. Actually, the headquarters of this unit was built inside the top of the mountain, there was no case of any extra structures.


    "Revakender, descend!" Heinald mentally gave orders to his Spirit Companion.


    As the dragon descended towards the top of Mount Jewyna, the Ainsars there were momentarily panicked. However, they were somewhat relieved after seeing that this dragon was being controlled by someone.


    "My lord, wee!"


    Couple of Level 1 Ainsars greeted him.


    After Heinald told them that the Revakender was his Spiritual Companion, he headed for headquarters.


    There was arge fifty-meter gate at the entrance of the headquarters of this association. When he entered, a very long and wide corridor appeared before him.


    On the right and left side of this corridor were roads leading to other ces. At the end of these roads were huge circr gates. Those gates were protected by some kind of security formation.


    A middle-aged Level 1 Ainsar greeted Heinald. This Ainsar who greeted him was bald and wore a small pair of sses.


    Heinald said, "I want to meet with Ewnzell Tally."


    "Oh" The middle-aged man paused for a moment, "Follow me, please!"


    Heinald started following the man. When they came with him to the end of the wide and long corridor, they were in front of manyrge stairs. As they climbed these stairs, another corridor met them, but this corridor was not very long and wide.


    "The road on the right leads directly to Lord Ewnzell''s settlement. With your permission, I''ll go and forward your request to meet him."


    Heinald nodded.


    Level 1 Ainsar quickly walked away and arrived after about half an hour.


    "Please follow me!"


    Heinald started following the man again. After passing through a corridor that was quite narrowpared to the others, they came to a long iron door.


    The long iron door opened automatically as soon as they arrived.


    "Oh" Heinald stepped through the long iron door and found himself inside arge, rather ostentatious hall. There was a lot of furniture and armchairs, it looked like a kind of lobby. There were roads leading to three different ces, right, left and middle.


    When the man turned to the road on the right, he followed him. At the end of this road, there was a door covered with beautiful embroidery.


    The man said, "Lord Ewnzell awaits you inside!"


    When Heinald opened the door and walked in, the first thing that caught his eye was arge white table. There were many notebooks on this table. The room was illuminated by candlesticks. Behind the desk was an old man sitting on arge armchair. Even though his face didn''t have many wrinkles, his white hair showed that he was old.


    This man was Ewnzell Tally and was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Hello, Mr. Ewnzell." Heinald greeted him.


    "Greetings! What brought you here?" Ewnzell gave a light nod.


    "I came here on Larten''s direction. We''re both in the same division and ww brew potions together." Heinald said.


    "Oh! So Larten sent you here" Ewnzell nodded slightly and continued, "Since you''re here, you must be looking for something special."


    "Indeed! I need materials that contain Spatial Energy." Heinald nodded.


    A look of surprise appeared on Ewnzell''s face, "Spatial Energy?"


    Heinald asked, "Is there a problem?"


    "Aren''t you a Potions Master?" Ewnzell asked.


    "I am."


    "I''m just surprised that you need Spatial Energy materials... Anyway, such materials are quite expensive, can you afford it?"


    When Ewnzell noticed Heinald''s gaze, he decided not to dwell on the matter any longer.


    "So you have materials containing Spatial Energy?" Heinald smiled faintly.


    "I personally don''t own it. However, I''m sure the materials you want can be found in our trade association."


    "Mm. I''d appreciate it if you could help." Heinald nodded.


    "Because you''re Larten''s friend, I''ll help you out! Please allow me to talk to some of my friends. You can wait in the lobby in the meantime."


    Ewnzell left to talk to a few friends about it. Meanwhile, Heinald went to therge lobby at the entrance and sat down in one of thefortable armchairs there and began to wait for him.


    A few hourster, Ewnzell returned. He told him that association had two High-Tier Space Stones in hand. A single High-Tier Space Stone was worth around 2,500,000 Arcana Stones. For most Ainsars, this was a fortune that they would never reach.


    However, this amount was no big deal for a Potions Master like Heinald. He bought the two High Tier Space Stones they had and thus spent almost all the Arkana Stones he had.


    After Heinald confirmed there was no deception in the two High Tier Space Stones, he left and began his journey back to the academy.


    He was confident that the spatial energy contained in these two High Tier Space Stones he had purchased would be enough to activate that portal. Next was getting permission from the academy and traveling straight to the portal.


    After reaching the academy, the first thing he did was topletely fill his Protective type treasure Blood Nighmare Shield with the blood of the Three Headed Inderno Crocodile, which he had stored. Afterwards, he went to the headquarters and informed that he was going to go on a journey and got permission.


    Later, he bought himself a horse and started traveling to Por Wind Forest. He didn''t want to go with Revakender because he didn''t want to attract attention. Before Heinald left, he had told his Spirit Companion that it could roam freely wherever it wanted.


    His journey was rather slow, as he was traveling on a horse.


    When he finally reached the forest, he immediately moved into the middle of the forest and was relieved to see that the camouge formation he had created was still active. He entered the formation without doing anything and immediately moved towards the portal.


    When Heinald arrived in front of the portal, he created an energy transfer formation and began to send the spatial energy within the High-Rank Space Stones into the crystals of the portal.


    The spatial energy from the two High-Rank Space Stones was entering the crystals in the form of a kind of stream of light.


    The crystals that formed the portal soon began to glow. The seals and symbols engraved on the crystals began to emit a white light.


    Soon after, a red sphere formed in the middle of the portal and began to growrger andrger. When this orb grewrge enough topletely cover the middle of the portal, an intense spatial energy began to radiate into the surrounding area.


    "I have to calcte how much energy this portal consumes or how long it will stay active by observing for a while." Heinald sighed and began observing the amount of spatial energy the portal was consuming.


    Heinald calcted that at the end of a day, less than 1% of energy was lost. This meant that he did not have much time. When this portal was activated, the portal that this portal opened was also activated. When this portal was closed, that portal would also be closed.


    "I wonder if someone sent those creatures here on purpose?" Heinald thought before stepping into the portal.


    He knew he was taking a huge risk, but he was confident in his strength. Now that he had a Protective Type Magical Treasure, he felt much more secure.

 Chapter 123: Green Dwarves

    Chapter 123: Green Dwarves


    When Heinald stepped onto the portal, he found himself floating in space for a few seconds. He saw nothing but cold darkness around him.


    At that moment, he was caught by a gravitational force and began to scatter. As he was constantly circling due to the gravitational force, at the same time the space around him began to bend.


    Heinald was sucked into a vortex of space and suddenly found himself staring at the tall, green grass.


    He immediately stood up and began to look around. Behind it were huge rocks, about 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. Between these rocks, long grasses had grown. The sun on this ne also looked simr to that on the Ainsar World, only the surroundings were a little brighter.


    "Where the hell is the portal!?" Anxiety began to rise in Heinald''s heart. He quickly walked around but could not see any portals.


    If there was a portal, that portal would have an entrance and an exit, but he did not see a portal exit!


    "I can feel the Spatial Energy around but cannot see the portal" Heinald frowned. He never thought that he would face such a situation.


    He began to examine all the surrounding rocks one by one. He soon figured out the trick in this area. Actually, the portal was there, only taking on the appearance of huge rocks.


    Heinald''s heart was relieved by his discovery. For a few minutes he was beginning to think he was stuck on this ne. This would undoubtedly be very depressing for him.


    "Could those creatures have identally traveled to the Ainsar World from here?" Heinald had a thoughtful expression as he stared at the rocks.


    He immediately dismissed this question by shaking his head.


    After all, this portal had to be activated with Spatial Energy, those creatures couldn''t have done that.


    There had to be another reason behind this!


    As Heinald began to move away from the rocks, he realized that he was in a great in.


    For several hours on the great in he run without stopping. He was seeing a high hill ahead, he would climb to the top of it and observe the surroundings at the summit.


    While he was running at full speed across that great in, strange creatures suddenly appeared in front of him.


    "These" Heinald''s eyes widened.


    These creatures were the type of creature he had killed in the Por Wind Forest!


    Embers and Narox appeared in Heinald''s hands.


    He dashed towards the creatures and performed five consecutive sh moves. These moves were so fast that the creatures couldn''t even realize when their arms and legs were severed.


    "Oh? This iing creature looks different from any creature I''ve seen before." Heinald squinted at the creature running ahead.


    This creature, unlike the others, had two legs and its arms were so long that it was crawling on the ground. Other than that, its body structure and head structure were the same as the others.


    Heinald began observing its body. Like the others, he had a lot of bone, but less muscture. He didn''t know yet how strong its bones were.


    The creature quickly swung its right arm as it approached him. His long arm had moved so fast that the sound of wind echoed around.


    At that moment, its nails were beginning to fly towards Heinald.


    He immediately swung his sword and his sword collided with the nails that came at him.


    *ng!* A fierce steel crash resounded.


    Heinald was dragged back five meters from the impact of the crash without fell to the ground. Some soil had umted on the back of his feet as a result of being dragged.


    "If this attack had directly hit the body of a Level 1 Ainsar, it could have killed him!" Heinald muttered slowly as he measured the strength of the attack.


    He strength in his feet and dashed forward. He quickly swung the Narox in midair, aiming to cut off the creature''s head. However, the creature put its arm in front of the sword and prevented the sword from reaching its head.


    The creature''s arm ispletely severed.


    Heinald immediately swung the Embers in his right hand and decapitated the creature. Its head flew several meters up and rolled over after he fell to the ground.


    The creature''s entire body trembled violently for a few seconds, then stopped movingpletely.


    "This creature species seems to be subdividing in itself" Heinald muttered as he examined the creature''s body.


    After Heinald had killed all the creatures he encountered, he continued moving on the wide in. After hours of running, he was now close to the top of the hill.


    "Hm? They are...Dwarves?" Ahead, Heinald saw short creatures trying to flee at full speed. Although their appearance waspletely human-like, their skin color was green and they had rather ugly and wrinkled faces.


    There was a huge spider chasing them.


    He felt waves of energy emanating from this spider as he approached them.


    This spider was actually a Magical Beast!


    The energy emanating from it was not as strong as a Level 2 Ainsar, but he had energy waves of peak-phase Level 1 Ainsar.


    Lightning Spear!


    Heinald raised his right hand, and lightning bolts formed on it. Then they all came together and took the shape of a spear. Lightning Spear rushed out and crashed directly into the giant spider''s body.


    *BOOM!* When the Lightning Spear exploded, the giant spider''s entire body was hit by violent lightning streaks.


    A small and shallow crater formed at its location. Its various body parts had been severed by the impact of the explosion, and its entire body was burned by lightning.


    When Heinald turned towards the dwarves, he saw them staring at him in amazement. He realized that these looks showed more respect than surprise.


    "Sage!" The three dwarves, resembling the appearance of a human, bowed.


    Heinald''s eyes widened in surprise. These dwarves had just used the Ainsar Language.


    "Can you understand me?" Heinald asked immediately.


    "Yes, Sage!" One of the dwarves spoke excitedly.


    "H-How" Heinald didn''t know what to say. How could these dwarves know the Ainsar Language?


    "Why do you call me ''Sage''?" Heinald asked.


    The dwarves looked at each other in surprise at this question, then one of them stepped forward and said, "Because you are a Sage..."


    Heinald didn''t understand what was going on, so he frowned for a while, trying to figure out what was going on.


    "Sage! Please visit our tribe and bless us!" One of the dwarves approached him and knelt before him.


    "I''ve only juste to this ne Contrary to what you think, I am not a ''Leader''." Heinald said confusedly.


    The energy waves emanating from these dwarves were roughly equivalent to the energy waves of a newly breakthrough Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Howe!? You are a Sage, we have drawings of Sage in our tribe." One of the dwarves spoke quickly, others agreed.


    "Drawings?" Heinald scratched his chin lightly and said, "Take me to your tribe!"


    "Yes, Sage!" One of the dwarves bowed quickly.


    "A Sage epted our invitation! Now our tribe will be at peace!" Another dwarf jumped excitedly.


    The dwarves began to show him the way to their tribe. Their tribes were at the back of the hill. So they climbed the hill first.


    As they reached the top, Heinald looked in all directions and tried to locate distant ces. There were only two ces he could see: the marsh behind the hill and the wide in.


    When he came down from the hill with the dwarves, they entered the borders of the swamp. As they made their way through the swamp, they encountered a few more dwarves, and when the dwarves saw him, they immediately knelt down and began to worship him.


    "Where are we going?" Heinald asked while observing the swamp.


    "To our Chief." One of the dwarves answered.


    Another dwarf jumped in excitement and said, "Today we will hold a great feast and celebration in honor of your arrival!"


    After walking for hours, he and the dwarves came to a tree several hundred meters high that had beenpletely hollowed out.


    Many dwarves had appeared with their arrival, and when they saw Heinald, they all had expressions of surprise and then joy on their faces.


    "Do these dwarves see me as some kind of god?" Heinald asked himself.


    A dwarf with a strange hat on his head emerged from the big tree. This dwarf had a rather ugly face just like the other dwarves, but unlike them, he had big eyes. Moreover, he had much more muscle in his body than the others.


    However, his biggest difference from the others was that he had waves of energy almost equal to Heinald, indicating that he had the strength of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Sage!" The dwarf with the strange hat quickly approached him and fell at his feet. At that, all the dwarves gathered around knelt at the same time.


    About half a minute passed.


    No dwarfs were movingAs if they were waiting for an order from him.


    "Get up!" Heinald didn''t know what to do.


    All the dwarves stood at hismand, all staring at him in admiration.


    Heinald looked at the dwarves who had brought him into the swamp and said, "Bring me the Sage drawings!"


    The dwarves immediately rushed into the big tree and came back a few minutester with arge animal skin in their hands.


    A picture was drawn on this animal skin.


    "This is" Heinald stared at the painting in surprise. This was a drawing of a man in a robes, holding a staff in his hand.


    "Who is he?" Heinald asked.


    "A drawing of a Sage who was here thousands of years ago." The dwarf with the strange hat, counted as the chief of the dwarves, replied.


    Heinald understood all this in that moment. Drawing of a man thousands of years ago, these dwarves treating him like a god and speaking the Ainsar Language. Putting all these pieces together, he realized that the Ancient Ansars once ruled on this ne.


    "When was thest time you saw a Sage?" Heinald asked.


    "Thousands of years ago...We can''t give an exact time unfortunately. ording to the Ulltemols, the Sages left this realm a long time ago." The dwarf chief answered.


    "Ulltemols?" Heinald''s eyebrows rose.


    "Do not you know?" The Dwarf Chief asked in surprise.


    "I just got here." Heinald decided to continue this game.


    "They are the heirs of the Sages! They were blessed many years ago. Therefore they have the greatest prosperity and power." There was a hint of jealousy in the Dwarf Chief''s voice.


    "Do you have a map?" Heinald asked after a moment of silence.


    The dwarves brought him a map drawn on some kind of animal skin.


    The ce where the dwarves lived was the Swamp of Es. To the north of this swamp was the wide in where the portal was located. On the western side of the in there was a ce called Bleak Hollow.


    To the south of Swampof Es was the Kingdom of Arnakham, to the west was the Infernal Abyss. To the north of the Infernal Abyss was the ck Scorpion Desert.


    From his understanding, this ne was a fairly small ne. ording to this map, there were only six regions in total.


    When he started talking to the dwarves about these six regions, he started to learn some very interesting information.


    Bleak Hallow was a nightmare for these dwarves. ording to what they tell, various creatures and beasts from this ce have been attacking them for hundreds of years.


    In the Arnakham Kingdom, south of the Swamp of Es, lived the race they called the Ulltemols. But they wouldn''t let anything pass through their borders, so they didn''t know much about them.


    They didn''t know anything about the ck Scorpion Desert and the Infernal Abyss. ording to the Dwarf Chief, most sources of knowledge from ancient times had been destroyed by various attacks on their swamps.


    The poor dwarves had dealt with various attacks from the Bleak Hallow region over the years and had lost so much. So they were always waiting for a Sage to bless them.


    Heinald spent a few days in that swamp and learned a lot about the dwarves. For example, he noticed that their cultivation paths were also simr to the Ainsars. Strengthening Spirit and Body was their foundation as well. Unfortunately, they had no knowledge other than that.


    They didn''t have the slightest idea about potions or magical objects. They didn''t have a schematic of the spells they could use, so they could only cast nothing but a small fireball.


    It was the same even for the tribal chief who had the energy waves of a Level 2 Ainsar. This was because Magic Energies could not be converted into Fire Energy in the required order.


    The dwarves witnessed many years ago that an Ulltemol destroyed hundreds of creatures by himself. They asked him to share the source of this knowledge, but they did not receive a single word from him.


    They told him that Ulltemol had created a whirlwind with a single gesture.


    "Ulltemols must have taken over the remants of the Ancient Ainsars" Heinald couldn''t help but think about the ce called Arnakham.


    As Heinald was lost in thought, there was a roar that made the entire swamp tremble.


    "We are under atack!" The dwarves started running around in panic.


    "They seem outnumbered" Heinald listened carefully to the roars.


    "They''reing from the northwest!" One of the dwarves shouted.


    "Sage please bless us!" The chief of the tribe fell at his feet.


    "Don''t worry, I''ll help you." Heinald rushed to the northwest with the dwarves to see the situation.


    "Among them are the kind of creature hiding in the Por Wind Forest!" When Heinald reached the northwestern part of the swamp, he saw arge number of Magical Beasts and the creatures he had seen before charging towards them.


    "There are too many of them! Sage please save us!" One of the dwarves beside Heinald cried out in fear.


    "All of you get away from me!" Heinald looked at the dwarves and ordered.


    The dwarves quickly moved away from him.


    Heinald raised both hands up. Red mes appeared on his hands. These mes had such an intense heat power that everything in the immediate vicinity caught fire as soon as they appeared. These mes gathered together and began to take the shape of a ball.


    The dwarves watched this scene with both admiration and fear.


    The fireball on his hand started flying towards the oing monsters as he waved his arms. As the fireball flew, it left traces of red mes and an incredible heat wave. As the fireball flew, the flowers and nts around the swamp caught fire, and the water began to boil and evaporate.


    *BAM!* There was a massive explosion as the fireballnded on the approaching horde of monsters. Everything within about 200 meters was instantly scorched, the fires rising to the sky forming a mushroom shape.


    "So hot!" Even the dwarves, who were quite far from the st area, had been hit by the radiating heat wave and began to feel a burning sensation in their skin.


    "This is the power of a Sage!" The Chief of the Dwarves was staring at the st area with bright eyes. He was trembling with both fear and excitement.


    Ava pit formed on the ground where the fireball hadnded, and all the creatures inside it melted instantly. All the beasts and creatures in the st''s area of effect were also turned to ashes. When the waves of fire and mes disappeared, only the charred corpses of creatures and beasts and the ck smoke rising into the sky remained.

 Chapter 124: Collapse

    Chapter 124: Copse


    When Heinald looked ahead, he saw many Magical Beasts running backwards. They were frightened by the fierce energy emanating from the fireball.


    "Sage is sacred!" One of the dwarves cried out.


    "Pray to Sage for saving us now!"


    Heinald ignored the dwarves'' shouts and started chasing after these Magical Beasts. In a short time he had already emerged from the borders of the swamp and entered the borders of Bleak Hollow.


    "The creatures that cross into the World of Ainsar alsoe from this region. Maybe with my research here, I can figure out how the portal was activated." Heinald muttered as he observed his surroundings.


    The Bleak Hollow area was a very rugged terrain. Even though he was far from there, he could see arge hollow ahead. The reason for this was that the hollow was veryrge. It was about 500 meters in diameter.


    The escaped Magical Beasts were running towards it. It was probably their of creatures and monsters.


    Heinald had no intention of entering it, but wanted to explore the white area. He began to circle around the hollow. After hours of observation, he found nothing.


    "I guess I better close this hole. So the poor dwarves won''t run into any more problems!" After thinking for a while, Heinald decided.


    "Lightning Spear!"


    Fierce lightning bolts formed on his hand, and they came together to form a spear.


    Lightning Spear sprang up quickly, and when it exploded, it destroyed part of the wide hollow.


    Heinald repeated this five times in a row, causing the entrance to the hollow to bepletely destroyed.


    "It didn''t turn out exactly the way I thought it would...Even though this hollow is superficially destroyed, those Magical Beasts will find a way out."


    A cold gleam passed through Heinald''s eyes as he observed the hollow.


    At that moment, he felt a slight jolt underground. At first he didn''t care at all because this jolt was so small. But as it started to increase, he realized that something was going to happen, and he cautiously walked away from where the tremor was strong.


    "Roarr!" With an all-epassing roar, a beast of a kind Heinald had never seen before sprang up from the underworld.


    With its appearance, all the soil that Heinald had filled in by demolishing the entrance to the hollow had flown several meters up.


    "What the hell is this damn thing!?" Heinald muttered.


    This beast that came out of the ground had four ws. His lower body was quite simr to the body of a bull. But it was muchrger than a bull and had huge ws protruding from its sides. His head was like a crooked lump and had only one eye and an antenna on the top of his head.


    Heinald realized that this beast''s energy was suppressing his own. This beast possessed the might of a mid-phase Level 2 Ainsar.


    "He doesn''t seem to have weak part anywhere on itsbody. Most likely, my attacks with my swords won''t do him any harm." Heinald made some inferences while observing the beast''s body.


    There was a st of wind as the beast closed its two front ws at the same time, and the resulting strong gusts of wind began to head towards Heinald.


    He immediately cast his spell named Whisper of the Wind and jumped to the right and quickly glided through the air.


    "Indignation of Ice!" Heinald shouted out in his mind.


    An intense coldness and ice fumes began to emerge from his arms. As he pointed his hand forward, an ice hand began to move towards the beast rather quickly.


    "Roarr!" The Beast roared and used his two front ws to grab the ice hand. However, as soon as the ice touched the hand, his entire body was covered in a thickyer of ice within seconds.


    "It has really strong physical stamina and strength ... His bodypletely froze, but still, some parts of the ice started to form cracks from his struggle." Heinald was quite surprised when cracks began to appear in the iceyer surrounding its body.


    This happened much faster than he expected!


    The spell he used was High Rank. If Heinald hadn''t had the impable memory he acquired when he had the Moon Thief''s eyes, it might not even have been possible for him to cast such spells. If he did, it would most likely take more than ten seconds.


    The fact that a High Rank spell could not affect this beast very much would show that it was very strong.


    Heinald had no intention of giving him a chance!


    Divine Chaos!


    An energy field surrounded the giant beast, and above this energy field, fierce lightning bolts began to coil like a snake. With the fierce Lightning Elemental Energy spreading around, the lightning streaks began to strike the beast continuously.


    The entirend was shaking, and the fierce thunder could be heard clearly even by the dwarves in the swamp. They could observe numerous lightning bolts forming above the energy field.


    The scenes these dwarves saw today would never leave their minds. For hundreds of years they had wished for a Sage to visit their swamp and save them.


    They thought that their wish had finallye true.


    "Roaaaarrr!" With a single thought from Heinald, the iceyer surrounding the beast had broken, and then hundreds of lightning streaks had directly struck it.


    Although its body was not extremely strong and durable, a Lightning-based High Rank spell had very destructive power. Various parts of this beast''s body were charred, and some of its bones had be salt-like.


    Fierce lightning hadpletely copsed the area where it stood, causing arge crater to form. Dense smoke was rising from inside the crater.


    When beast emerged from the crater, his right front w waspletely shattered. There was an open wound on the upper part of his body, from which a fluid resembling haze was oozing out.


    "Roooaaarr!" Beast roared angrily and raised his two rear ws. A pir of lightning began to form between his ws.


    "Will he use an innate skill?" Heinald began to observe carefully.


    Some advanced Magical Beasts were able to develop a special attack skill thanks to their experience. This Magical Beast should have a lightning element predisposition.


    Since this beast was prone to the lightning element, he was also immune to it; however, Divine Chaos had done him quite a bit of damage.


    The lightning pir formed by the Beast suddenly fell to the ground, and fierce lightning bolts enveloped the several hundred meters area.


    Heinald had immediately fled backwards, thus avoiding the violence of this lightning field.


    *Crack* Violent cracking sounds began toe from underground.


    "No!" Heinald cried out in panic. At that moment, a long thin crack formed over hundreds of miles, and the entire region began to copse.


    This was due to the violent explosions in areas close to each other and the fact that the underground had already been dug many times before.


    Most of the Bleak Hollow area and a small part of the swamppletely copsed. A strong earthquake was felt all around the area.


    "Roaaaaaarrrr!" The Beast roared fiercely as he sank into the ground with the copsing ground.


    Heinald began to fall deep underground, along with the surrounding earth and rocks weighing hundreds of thousands of tons.


    He immediately activated the Blood Nightmare Shield with a single thought. A pale redyer had enveloped him, protecting him from anything that could harm him during his fall.


    Heinald could easily observe the earth and rocks falling with him as he quickly fell down. It should not have fallen hundreds of meters with the weight of the soil on it in a few seconds, but it still had not crashed to the ground.


    "Whisper of the Wind!" Heinald cried out in his mind, and as he fell, he stepped on the rock below and drew strength from it to dash upward. But even this power did not allow him to pierce the tons of soil above him.


    "Damn it!" Heinald''s eyes widened at the yellow light he saw. It was about to fall directly into a sea ofva.


    *Squeak* Heinald crashed directly into the sea ofva and began to sink deeper into it. Numerous cracks began to appear in the pale redyer surrounding it.


    Heinald could feel in his mind that the energy of his Protective Type Magical Treasure was rapidly depleting. Falling straight into the sea ofva caused the pale redyer, the safety barrier that surrounded him to rapidly decline in durability.


    At that time, hundreds of tons of earthen stones began to fall on theva sea. If he didn''t find a way to quickly get out of the sea ofva, he would be swallowed by theva and die painfully.

 Chapter 125: Dark Roads of Evryss

    Chapter 125: Dark Roads of Evryss


    Heinald quickly began swimming in the sea ofva and went to a area away from the pile of earth and rock falling from above.


    With each passing second, the cracks in the barrier protecting him were getting bigger.


    "It can''t go on like this!" Heinald grit his teeth and cast his spell, Indignation of Ice. Some of theva around it solidified due to the intense cold, forming a small ground.


    Heinald immediately climbed to that ground and stepped out of the sea ofva.


    "Blood Nighmare Shield only has 1% energy left!" Heinald checked its condition in his mind.


    But for him, the danger was still not over. Even though he hade out of the sea ofva, he was very close to theva, and the energy of his Protective Type Magical Treasure was still taking damage, though not as much as inside theva.


    Whisper of the Wind!


    Heinald''s body was wrapped by the winds and he jumped, gathering all his physical strength on his feet. As he began to glide above the sea ofva, intense heat waves from theva further reduced the about to depleted durability of his Protective Type Magical Treasure.


    "Hold on a little!" Heinald grit his teeth, and ahead of him was arge piece ofnd. That was where the sea ofva ended.


    *Crack!* The Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy waspletely depleted and the pale red barrier protecting him waspletely shattered.


    Fortunately, just then, he had finished gliding over the sea ofva and set his feet on the ground.


    "So hot!" Heinald immediately began to run away, near the sea ofva.


    After running a safe distance, he threw himself to the ground and began to take deep breaths.


    This time he was really close to death!


    "In less than a minute, the fully charged energy of my Protective Type Magical Treasure waspletely depleted!" Heinald''s expression darkened.


    After some rest, he took out the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile blood from the dimensional pocket of his robes and began to recharge the energy of the Blood Nightmare Shield.


    That''s when he realized something. The Fire Element Energy that the phoenix in his ring had had greatly increased. He immediately understood the reason for this; when he plunged into the bottom of the sea ofva, he had entered a very dense Fire Element Energy field. The density of this energy field was even greater than the organs of the various Magical Beasts he had killed before.


    "However, nothing is still going on Even though I don''t know what the mystery behind this Phoenix spirit is, it would be pointless for it to gather all this energy for nothing. Something will definitely happen in the end." Heinald was lost in thought as he examined the ring.


    After a while he shook his head and walked away from these thoughts. For now, he could save those thoughts forter. He had to find a way out of this ce first.


    As Heinald began to survey his surroundings, he saw nothing but huge rocks and dirt.


    The rocks and tons of earth that fell with him into the middle parts of theva sea had managed to cover itpletely, but of course, there was no way he could get there. Even if he managed to get there, there was no way he would get back to the upper terrain.


    On the left diagonal was a long narrow passage. It looked more like arge crack caused by an earthquake.


    When Heinald illuminated this crack, he saw that the crack stretched quite far. When he looked around carefully again, he realized that there was no other direction to go, and he entered through the narrow passage and started to move forward. This passage was so narrow that the only way for him to move forward was to walk as side.


    After walking through the narrow crack-like narrow passage for about an hour, he finally came out into a wide area. When he illuminated the surroundings, he could see nothing but dirt and rock around him. But on his right was a ce that looked like a cave entrance.


    When he headed there, he began to take careful steps. He didn''t want to face a ground copse again. A curved road, not very narrow, appeared in front of him, and after walking carefully for a while, he came to the fork of a gigantic cliff.


    About fifty meters ahead of him was another piece ofnd and the mouth of the cave. However, in the middle of it was apletely abyss. If he fell, he would not be able to go up again.


    So he chose to follow a guaranteed method and cast his spell called Whisper of the Wind. He jumped forward as his body was wrapped by light winds and reached the opposite side after gliding over the deep void of the cliff.


    He entered what resembled the cave entrance on the side he had reached, and again encountered a curved road that was not narrow. After walking for several minutes, he reached a circr area.


    At first nce, he understood that this was not a natural ce. The surrounding stones and soil were specifically crumpled and excavated to create a rounded area.


    "The Ancient Ainsars of this ne were not idle, eh?" Heinald muttered as he saw therge ck gate about twenty meters in front of him.


    This gate had skull carvings on it and symbols he had never seen before. However, he was able to easily read an inscription on the top of the gate.


    "Dark Roads of Evryss"


    Heinald examined the door carefully for several minutes.


    "Did the ancient Ainsars build some sort of underground road?" Heinald muttered, "But why?"


    Heinald frowned as he touched the door and noticed the ck Energy in his body activate.


    As he started to send some Dark Energy to the door, he noticed a movement in the skull carvings above the door.


    As he increased the amount of Dark Energy he was sending out, ck smoke started toe out of the skull carvings eyes and mouth, and he slowly turned around.


    As the skull carving turned, hundreds of magical locks inside the huge gate began to open. In a short time, the gate opened in both directions.


    As the Gate opened, Heinald realized that he was surrounded by a dense ck Energy.


    It meant two things, that the power of a Dark Energy that he made in this ce would be stronger than in other ces. However, if he encountered a creature using Dark Energy like a Shapeshifter, it would put him in a difficult position.


    Elemental spells such as fire, lightning, earth, wind, poison could be cast using Elemental Energy; however, only Dark Spells could be cast with Dark Energy.


    It wasmonly called Dark Magic.


    Dark Spells would be stronger than Elemental Spells. Of course, this always depended on the rank of the spell and the might of the person using it, but if two people werepared with the same standards, the person using the Dark Spell would be the winner.


    However, the Ainsars were not the only ones to use Dark Magic. Some Magical Beasts and beings would also be able to use Dark Magic. Particr attention had to be paid to them, or death would have been inevitable.


    When Heinald stepped through the gate, the light orb, a simple magical object he used to illuminate the surroundings, could only illuminate a small part.


    Although he felt that the road he was walking on was not a narrow one, he did not know exactly how wide it was. His eyes, which could see well in the dark, could not ovee the darkness of this ce.


    Even though Heinald didn''t know this, it was perfectly normal because this road itself was made using Dark Magic. Arriving at this ne thousands of years ago, the Ainsars had built this road to hide some rather sinister remants.


    On both sides of this road, he was going into an endless darkness. No one looking there could see anything but deep darkness.


    Heinald started walking quickly down the road. Anxiety of being trapped underground tried to rise in his heart, but he was able to suppress it. He had learned to do this from the rigorous training he received from his grandfather as a child.


    "If you let anxiety take over you, you will never reach the solution!" His grandfather had told him this word once, and he had warned him to never forget it.


    Heinald walked for hours without stopping. He could see nothing but darkness around him. All he could see was the stone path in the small area illuminated by the light orb.


    He kept walking, hoping that this road would lead somewhere. Whatforted him was knowing that this ce had been built by the Ainsars. Even though he had no clue as to why it was built, he knew that this road would lead somewhere.

 Chapter 126: TzavrEl

    Chapter 126: Tzavr''El


    As Heinald continued his way along the dark road, he heard a distant voice echoing. It was sound like a bear grunt mixed with a high-pitched girl''s cry.


    Heinald shuddered and his heartbeat quickened. Although he strained his eyes to see ahead, he was unsessful.


    Before long, he began to hear footsteps approaching and went into alert state. His eyes quickly scanned his surroundings as he took slow steps backwards.


    Soon the footsteps came closer and closer to him, and a figure came into his view. The eyes of this figure were red and had no pupils. Its had hundreds of teeth in his mouth, no nose. Its whole body seemed to be enveloped in a dark mist, with worms sprouting from under his thin ck feet.


    "This is a Tzavr''El! What is a demon species from the World of Ainsar doing here?" As Heinald began to look this figure, he immediately understood what it was.


    It was a Tzavr''El and one of the most dangerous demons. This demon type normally does not have a physical body, but they are capable of taking over the bodies of those who practice the Dark Arts.


    This Tzavr''El must have also managed to capture someone who had practiced the Dark Arts before!


    Heinald could feel the intense waves of Dark Energy emanating from it. The waves emanating from this demon were almost as strong as his own.


    "I have to be very cautious. My fear hase upon me..." Heinald''s expression darkened.


    "Krangk tes el vrtin!" Tzavr''El hissed.


    Heinald more or less understood what it was saying. He had managed to learn some words from the Demon Language in some of the books he had read before.


    "Your Spirit belongs to me!"


    That''s what Tzavr''El was trying to say!


    Heinald was hesitant to attack it, unsure of the solidity of the ground he was stepping on. If this ground copsed, eternal darkness would swallow him up. He wasn''tfortable at all, especially since the reason he was here was that the spells he had used before were damaging the ground.


    Embers appeared as Heinald waved his hand. When he sent Magical Energy to it, intense heat radiating fire engulfed the sword. He twisted the sword around his wrist and waited for the demon to make a move.


    His heart was beating like crazy, but he tried to ignore it. Normally he was confident in such conflicts, but the thought of fighting a dangerous demon alone in a ce like this clearly frightened him.


    "Calm down! You are an Ainsar, your aim is to get to the top and discover the truth of Magic. Demons are a part of the Magic Realm, I have nothing to fear from it!"


    Heinald tried tofort himself inside.


    Tzavr''El opened his mouth, and dark snakelike lines began to emerge from its mouth and began to move towards Heinald.


    Heinald immediately twisted his sword around his wrist and performed a horizontal sh.


    He felt like he was trying to cut through a rock when his sword collided with the dark lines. These snake-like lines began to surround his sword. The mes could not destroy them.


    "More power!" Heinald grit his teeth and sent more Magical Energy to his sword.


    "KAKAKA!" Tzavr''Elughed, "Cormois pize mel gvouda..."


    "It''s trying to say my fire is not strong enough to surpass its." Heinald grit his teeth and muttered.


    Heinald gathered all his physical strength in his arms and swung his sword. The ck snake-like lines surrounding his sword broke off and disappeared into ck smoke.


    Tzavr''El spun around and ck mes began to rise from its body. These mes did not radiate warmth, but Heinald felt with all his soul that they were destructive.


    "Fire Vines!" Heinald shouted out in his mind.


    Tzavr''El was wrapped by vines of fire rising from beneath. It tried to get rid of them with a strange scream. The mes that formed around it came together and began to fly towards Heinald.


    Indignation of Ice!


    An ice hand shot out from Heinald''s arms, along with ice fumes, and collided directly with the ck ball of fire.


    While he was waiting for an explosion, something he never expected happened. No explosions or waves of energy appeared when the ck fireball collided with the ice hand.


    The ck fireball destroyed the ice hand and continued towards Heinald. However, there was a great change on it, the Dark Energy emitted from it had greatly diminished, and its size had shrunk considerably.


    Heinald immediately swung his sword at the iing ck fireball and cut it in half.


    When the ck fireball collided with the Embers, the red fire destroyed the ck fire. The ck mes immediately disappeared as the red mes spread around.


    "So this is the power of a ck fireball formed with Dark Energy. This ck fireball was intended to directly destroy, moreover, the power of the Dark Energy emanating from this ck fireball was less than the power of the Elemental Energy of the ice hand that I cast. Despite this, it prevailed over it."


    Heinald had a hard look in his eyes. He had obtained two inferences from the attack swaps they had entered so far; firstly, this demon had low physical strength, secondly, this demon''s spell cast time was longerpared to him.


    He should have used these two advantages to the fullest!


    Heinald gathered strength in his legs and dashed forward. He flew through the air like an arrow and when he came near the demon, he performed a triple sh.


    "Nyaaargh!" Tzavr''El let out a scream of pain. Three burning cuts appeared on his body. It couldn''t cast a spell fast enough to defend itself.


    Heinald immediately twisted his sword around his wrist and made another sword strike, but this time Tzavr''El flew back a few meters, as if caught in a gust of air.


    "Demons are not like Ainsars. They don''t have much knowledge and they don''t know much skill. They''re just a little more conscious than Magical Beasts, he must not have many tricks left." Heinald observed the situation and grit his teeth.


    Tzavr''El raised its ck arms and palm-sized ck orbs appeared between its long ck ws. A massive amount of Dark Energy was emanating from both of these orbs. When the demon threw these two ck orbs into the air, they both started circling each other and started to form a strange vortex around them.


    "What is it doing!?" Heinald''s eyes narrowed and his heart sank. He didn''t know exactly how solid the ground was, so he didn''t want to use high-destructive spes like Infernal Fireball or Divine Chaos.


    So he decided to use his Spiritual Spell-Death Ray to destroy that ck vortex before it got bigger.


    The scorching red mes began to rise from his hands, and they began to emit an intense fire aura. As he pointed his hand at the ck vortex, a ray of fire shot out of his hand and struck the ck vortex directly.


    As the ck vortex and the scorching fire ray collided, intense heat and red mes began to radiate. The demon under the ck vortex was terrified by these mes and immediately prepared to flee from that area and attack to stop Heinald.


    As Tzavr''El spun around, it took the form of a snake and began to crawl towards him.


    "Did it change? Does this demon type have such a skill?" Heinald was quite surprised when he saw the situation.


    With just one thought, he activated the Blood Nightmare Shield and a pale red barrier surrounded his body.


    When Tzavr''El, disguised in the form of a great snake, came near him, its mouth opened wide and it bit into the paleyer with all his might.


    Meanwhile, Heinald had not stopped and continued to attack the ck vortex with Death Ray. The ck vortex could not withstand the intense firepower and slowly began to disintegrate like a piece of paper thrown into the fire.


    "Tzavr''El seems to gain a certain amount of physical stamina and strength when it transforms. However, it must only choose it as ast resort after using all of its Dark Magic skills. Because this bite attack of it is not as strong as his other abilities." Heinald was assessing the situation while destroying the vortex.


    Tzavr''El''s bite attack had only reduced the energy of his Blood Nightmare Shield by 5%.


    After the ck vortex dissipated, Heinald aimed Death Ray at the demon in the form of a snake.


    The scorching fires began to burn directly on its body. The physical stamina this demon gained after the transformation really surprised him.


    Although Heinald''s spiritual magic contained extremely destructive firepower, Tzavr''El had endured that fire for ten seconds.


    However, there was a limit to his endurance. When its physical stamina was over, the scorching fire ray could no longer hold out, and its entire body was engulfed by red mes. When the ck mist surrounding it was destroyed by the red mes, its current existence began to disappear as well.

 Chapter 127: Mysterious Skeletons

    Chapter 127: Mysterious Skeletons


    When Heinald destroyed the demon, all that was left of it was a pitch ck triangle-shaped crystal. No energy was emanating from this crystal.


    While it felt like an ordinary crystal when he picked it up, it was clear that it wasn''t. After all, it was all that was left of a demon!


    After he sent it into the dimensional pocket of his robe, he continued walking down the dark road. However, after a while, he sat down and began to meditate to regain his Magical Energy.


    At first, he could not put his soul and mind into energy renewal mode due to the uneasiness inside him. However, as time passed, his spirit and mind became more and more calm and he was able to enter a state of energy renewal.


    The hours flowed like water.


    When Heinald decided that his Magic Energy had been sufficiently regenerated, he continued walking.


    After walking for an incalcble time, he realized that the road in front of him had ended and he hade to the edge of the cliff.


    Before he panicked, he immediately started walking to the left. After walking for a while, the beginning of a stone bridge came into his sight.


    "I don''t know what kind of stone this bridge is made of, but it doesn''t look ordinary." Heinald began to examine the bridge.


    Then he started walking carefully over the bridge. Although the feeling of the bridge''s solidity with every step he took gave him some relief, he did not even think to stop being cautious.


    After walking for a long time, he reached another road. He had obviously wondered how such a long bridge was built. This bridge was both very long and quite wide.


    "Damn light If only I could see more clearly" It was the first time Heinald had such a limited field of vision, which naturally made him feel ufortable.


    After walking for an unknown amount of time, her heart began to beat with excitement when he saw a pale blue light ahead.


    As he walked towards the light, he realized that it was a kind of light crystal hung on the wall. There was another same crystal ahead.


    "Hm? Does the road curve to the right?" Heinald saw the next lighting from the right. The distance was not close, the light looked like a small spot, so he realized that he had to walk for a while.


    His prediction was correct, and the path to the light crystal he saw in the distance was curved to the right.


    When he reached that light, he began to see his surroundings much better than in other ces. He was at the beginning of a very, very long hall. Thishall was illuminated with many light crystal.


    Heinald started walking quickly. He hoped to get out of here somehow.


    *Khaa!* A great difort rose within Heinald, along with the irritating growl.


    Arge number of pitch-ck hands began to emerge from the floor below the hall. In a short time dozens of ck skeletons emerged from the underground. ck smoke rose from their mouths and eyes.


    "Even though I don''t feel the energy waves emanating from them, I do feel the corrupt aura they have." Heinald had a serious expression on his face, carefully observing the skeletons.


    *Khaa!* The skeletons shouted at the same time and started running towards him.


    Predatory Destruction!


    Clouds of fire appeared over the skeletons, and mes began to fall from them in the form of raindrops without stopping. However, these mes exploded as soon as they touched anything, creating scorching explosions.


    Thousands of firedrops falling from the fire clouds were constantly exploding and scorching the whole environment. There were non-stop bursts of fire within the area of about a hundred meters.


    "Although this spell is only a Medium-Rank spell, it is a pretty good field spell. Moreover, the damage potential is huge and I can cast it in less than a second!" Heinald was in a good mood as he evaluated the spell he had cast.


    The skeletons that hade out of the ground hadpletely disappeared. The surroundings had been burned by violent bursts of fire, and the floors and walls were pitch ck.


    When Heinald checked ahead, he didn''t see any skeletonsing towards him.


    After walking for a few hours, he still had not reached the end of the corridor. While questioning how long this corridor was, he saw skeletonsing out from underground again ahead.


    "Again?"


    Embers appeared in Heinald''s hand.


    *Khaa!* The skeletons gave a battle cry, but this time there was something different about them. The ck smokeing out of their bodies came together and took the form of a ck sword in their hands.


    "I don''t feel any magical energy emanating from them" Heinald didn''t understand how these skeletons were able to form swords.


    He sent magical energy to Embers and wrapped it in a scorching me. He jumped into the air and as he fell to the ground, he plunged his sword into the ground with all his might. At that moment, a wave of mes formed that spread in all directions.


    *Kha!* The skeletons split the mes in half as they swung their swords at the iing waves of mes.


    "They managed to stand up to the mes" Heinald muttered.


    Although the me runes on Embers were not very strong, they were still not weak runes either. However, the ck swords formed by these skeletons were able to stop its mes.


    Heinald, they didn''t understand how they did it, could feel the Dark Energy emanating from those swords, but he couldn''t feel it in the skeletons. However, he was sure that these swords formed by using Dark Magic.


    Frost Wave!


    A cold aura enveloped Heinald''s body, and ice fumes began to rise from his body. Then a st of cold air erupted outward. Everything in the impact area of this cold wave was covered with ayer of ice.


    While Heinald was considering charging and destroying them, something he hadn''t expected happened. A ck circle about twenty meters in diameter formed above them, and the linesing out of this circle broke theyer of ice that had frozen the skeletons.


    "What''s going on!?" Heinald''s heart sank. He was sure that these skeletons were not using Dark Magic, so who did that?


    The ck circle disappeared after theyer of ice that had frozen the skeletons broke.


    The skeletons all rushed towards Heinald at the same time.


    He swung his sword around his wrist and started running towards them. When he came in front of one of the skeletons, he bent down to dodge the skeleton''s sword, then made a left sword strike and shed it off. The skeleton split in half and its bones turned to dust, the ck sword turned into smoke and disappeared.


    He then took a quick step to the right and parried the oing sword attack with his sword.


    mes from Embers spread as the two swords shed. The ck sword was not made of steel, it was made entirely of ck Energy, so it had no particr feeling.


    He felt like he was stopped by nothing.


    He kicked towards the skeleton, causing it to fly backwards rapidly. As far as he understood, the bones of these skeletons were much harder than the bones of ordinary people. They probably had bones as strong as the bones of a Level 1 Ainsar.


    Heinald took a step back and ducked back, dodging the sword attack from his left side, then jumping forward and performed a cross sh.


    The skeleton''s chest could not resist the fire-encrusted sword, and it shattered into pieces.


    "Blood Nightmare Siheld! Activate!" Heinald shouted out in his mind. A pale red barrier surrounded his body. The sword attack from behind was stopped by the barrier before it stabbed into his back.


    This attack of the skeleton had only consumed 2% of Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy. Although this amount seemed small, it could be considered quite high for a physical attack.


    Frost Wave!


    Heinald cast his freezing spell once again and froze the surrounding skeletons. This time he wanted to move fast. He gathered all his strength at his feet and rushed forward with all his might. He shed through the skeletons he passed as he slid along like a line.


    When he passed through all the skeletons andnded about forty meters away, all the skeletons split in two and copsed to the ground. Within a few seconds, nothing was left but ice pieces and bone dust.


    His physical strength far exceeded the endurance of these skeletons. They could not withstand any physical attack from him.


    "There''s something behind these skeletons... I don''t know what it is yet, but of course it will show up." A cold glint passed through Heinald''s eyes.


    He started walking quickly through the long hall. After walking for hours, he finally saw a road curving to the right and steps leading up. He immediately came out of these steps and came out into a veryrge area.


    In the middle of this area was a veryrge and thick column. The surroundings were illuminated by arge number of light crystals, even on the ceiling.


    Heinald saw a statue of a robed man ahead. He held arge book in one hand and a staff in the other.


    Other than that, there was nothing else that stood out. He was starting to worry that he didn''t see a gate or a door. He didn''t want to be walking for anything this whole time.


    He started walking towards the statue. He couldn''t see its back. Maybe there was a door or mechanism hidden in the back of that statue.


    As he approached the statue, he suddenly felt the intense Dark Energy surrounding all the area. The statue''s eyes suddenly began to glow red. Cracks had formed in various parts of it, and a thick ck mist surrounded it.

 Chapter 128: Vansha

    Chapter 128: Vansha


    Heinald quickly jumped back and began to observe the statue carefully. When the exterior of the statue waspletely disintegrated, a skeleton about three meters tall emerged. This skeleton had a ck orb in the middle of its chest. The energy waves emanating from this skeleton were greatly suppressing his energy waves.


    At worst, the energy waves emanating from this skeleton were equal to the energy waves emitted by a mid-phase Level 2 Ainsar.


    When Heinald looked at the ck orb on the skeleton''s chest, he felt a great unease arising in his soul. He clearly knew why; this skeleton was actually a Vansha!


    Vansha was a kind of cursed being. Vanshas would collect and consume souls trapped by various curses in a particr ce or realm, and exploit all of their emotions, experiences, and selves.


    "This ce is truly cursed" Heinald gritted his teeth.


    As it waved its skeletal arm, a silver light emanated from the ring on its finger and turned into a sword. An exact ck shadow of the same sword appeared in his other hand.


    Embers and Narox appeared in Heinald''s hand as he waved his hand.


    The skeleton leaped forward and swung the swords in its hand. The two swords in his hand left a ck and silver light beam in the air.


    With two swords in hand, Heinald tried to parry the swords that wereing towards him. However, he encountered a force he did not expect to encounter and was knocked back.


    The two swords in the skeleton''s hand had cut Embers and Narox in two in one stroke.


    "Ugh!" Arge amount of blood came out of Heinald''s mouth as Heinald was thrown backwards, hitting the wall behind extremely fast, causingrge chunks of stone to fall from the wall.


    "What the hell is this sword!?" Heinald was in great pain from the long cut in his stomach. As he emerged from the wall, he immediately began to carefully examine the swords in the skeleton''s hand.


    An evil and dark aura emanated from the silver sword. A thinyer of ck smoke surrounded it.


    The same evil and dark aura was emanating from the sword, which was form to a ck smoke that looked like the shadow of a silver sword.


    These swords were obviously made using very powerful Dark Magic runes.


    Heinald immediately took the Nitrius Potion that Albin had given him from the dimensional pocket of his robe, uncorked the bottle and drank it all in one go. Within seconds, he began to feel his blood both boiling and freezing. He felt a mighty surge of energy slowly rising from the depths of his body and engulfing his entire body.


    The effect of any spell that he would cast based on Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Poison would be 30% more effective for a short time.


    He should have used this advantage well!


    This Vansha seemed to have possessed various Ainsar souls as well, if that was the case then he probably had their experience taken over and should have been able to cast various spells. Moreover, he already possessed a Magical Treasure and had more Spiritual Energy than him due to thebination of various spirits.


    "If this Vansha has not been nourished by soul-capturing for many years, it is only natural to assume that its might has diminished. It is likely that it used to be even stronger than its current self, perhaps even as strong as a Level 3 Ainsar." Heinald was staring at it coldly while at the same time assessing it.


    Heinald immediately began casting his magic called Divine Chaos. At the same time, a scroll appeared in his hand and soon began to burn, when it disappeared, a ball of fire appeared on his hand, spewing scorching red mes.


    The Skeleton was surrounded by an energy field, and multiple lightning bolts appeared above, emitting intense Lightning Element Energy.


    "Waaa!" When the skeleton realized that it was in danger, it let out a shrill cry and began to cast a spell.


    "Hmph! You''rete, I can cast a spell much faster than you." A cold gleam appeared in Heinald''s eyes.


    With a loud thunder, lightning streaks began to fall on the skeleton without stopping. At the same time, a fireball began to fly towards it, radiating a scorching heat. This was a Magical Scroll that he had crafted; it contained the power of his magic called Infernal Fireball. It was enough to just send it some Magic Energy.


    But before all this happened, the skeleton was surrounded by ayer of ck.


    *BAAAAM!* The entire area was shaken by violent explosions. Half of the entire area was scorched by scorching fires and lightning. The surrounding elemental energy was so concentrated that numerous particles became visible.


    Since the two spells he used were Fire and Lightning-based spells, their effects were 30% higher due to Nitrius Potion.


    However, the ckyer surrounding the skeleton at thest moment greatly increased Heinald''s worries.


    When the skeleton emerged from the mes, it was still covered with a ckyer, but the energy waves emanating from it seemed weaker than before.


    "Did it use a defensive spell?" Heinald''s eyes narrowed. Defensive spells always had a counterpart.


    Its Spiritual Energy was starting to decrease, most likely as a response to the defensive magic the it used. Of course, this wasn''t permanent, but it would continue to gradually decrease throughout the battle, so its Magical Energy would also decrease.


    For Heinald, this was a good advantage as Vansha used defensive magic early on. If the Magic Energy it could use ran out, it would mean that he had won the battle.


    However, in the current situation, it is still too early to speak clearly.


    Green mes began to rise from under Vansha''s feet, and these mes merged above its head to form three fireballs.


    "Not good!" Heinald immediately cast his spell, Indignation Of Ice. A freezing aura and ice fumes rose from his arms. An ice wave hurled from his hands, and while it was in the air, it took the form of an ice hand.


    With Ice hand starting to fly, Vansha had not yet finished casting its spell. An ice burst happened when Ice hand caught it, and everything in the immediate vicinity was engulfed by the thickyer of ice.


    The fireballs that had begun to form above Vansha''s head had disappeared.


    *Crack!* The thickyer of ice surrounding the skeleton began to crack. ck smoke began to emerge from the cracks in theyer.


    "No!" Heinald cried out, and with one thought, a pale red barrier surrounded him.


    The thickyer of ice surrounding Vansha shattered like a ss vase, and a wave of intense Dark Energy spread out.


    This wave was far from an ordinary Dark Energy wave. Most of the surrounding walls had cracked and soon turned into ck dust particles.


    "This attack consumed 18% of Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy!" Heinald had cried out in surprise in his mind.


    This meant that if he were exposed to this wave of Dark Energy, he would also turn into ck dust particles.


    This Vansha had managed to cast a spell while in apletely frozen state. There was only one exnation for this: she it had managed to cast that spell before its skeletal body waspletely frozen.


    But how was it able to cast so fast?


    Heinald noticed that the ck orb on its chest was getting smaller and smaller. Although it used defensive magic, Infernal Fireball and Divine Chaos managed to damage it. Moreover, he was able to sessfully use his magic called Indignation of Ice against it.


    All of this had done a lot of damage to him, but not enough to destroy him.


    Infernal Fireball!


    Heinald pointed his hands at the skeleton and began to cast his mighty fire-based magic. His arms were covered with red and scorching mes. The mes all gathered in one spot and formed a ball of fire.


    At that moment, the swords in Vansha''s hand had been blown several meters into the air and were covered with ck smoke. When it flew back into the its hand, it had turned into a great ax. It was incredibly dazzlingly glowing and was surrounded by an ominous aura.


    As the fireball flew towards Vansha, leaving traces of scorching heat and mes behind it, it swung the ax into the fireball. At that time, ck mes appeared on the surface of the axe.


    When the fireball and the axe collided, red and ck mes spread out. But it was clear that it was the ck mes that had prevailed. Even when the red mes disappeared, they still existed.Heinald was horrified by this Vansha''s Magical Treasure. It was the first time he had seen a shapeshifting Magical Treasure. Depending on the situation, the use of this treasure could be very useful. Moreover, he was able to use Dark Fire with this treasure!

 Chapter 129: Destroying the Vansha

    Chapter 129: Destroying the Vansha


    Seven spears appeared around Vansha. These spears were made entirely of fire and radiated intense heat waves.


    Frost Wave!


    The freezing aura overflowing from Heinald''s body exploded outward. At that moment, fire spears were flying towards him. The fire spears pierced the cold air wave and continued to fly rapidly towards him. However, the power of the spears had been greatly weakened by the cold wave.


    A pale red barrier appeared around Heinald. When the spears hit this barrier, they exploded, scattering pieces of me.


    "Frost Wave reduced the destructiveness of those spears quite a bit. When those spears exploded, they were only able to deal 1% damage." Heinald muttered after checking the Blood Nightmare Shield in his mind.


    Since he did not know how many spirits this Vansha had exploited, he could notment on how its experience level was. however, the Vanshas were naturally not as skilled at spells as the Ainsars; it was not possible for them to use all the experience they had gathered from the spirits.


    "Aodon''s Hand!" Heinald started casting the only Dark Energy-based spell he knew. This spell was also the most difficult spell for him to cast. After casting this spell, his mind was getting tired as if he had cast a few High-Rank Spells.


    ck arms came out around Vansha and began to wrap around her. He immediately cast a spell and fiery snakes began to wander around its body. These snakes attacked the ck arms but failed to harm them.


    It was obvious that these fire snakes were not high rank magic. Moreover, Aodon''s Hand was quite a powerful spell, even if the spell Vansha used was strong, it would be very difficult to ovee it.


    Spiritual Spell-Death Ray!


    A fierce fire aura began to radiate from Heinald''s hands. A red ray of fire shot out from his hands towards Vansha and struck it directly.


    Vansha screamed, trying to break free from the ck arms holding it, but it couldn''t. The scorching fire ray burned it in seconds and turned it into ashes.


    The ck orb on its chest shrunk and reached the size of an oak.


    Heinald started walking slowly towards the ck orb. At that moment, his eyes fell on the ring that had fallen to the ground after Vansha''s skeletal body had disappeared. This ring was the Attack Type Magical Treasure it used.


    Heinald carefully took the ring and began to examine it. This ring was a silver ring with various symbols engraved on it. It was surrounded by a pale golden beam of light.


    "There seems to be a hidden technique in the beam of light surrounding the ring that I cannot decipher. The runes on the ring are not enough to make such a powerful Magical Treasure."


    Heinald was staring at the ring with admiration. As he understood it, the beam of light surrounding this ring must itself be some kind of formation. However, even he was incapable of deciphering the technique contained in this beam of light.


    When he sent magical energy to the ring he was holding, a new part of his mind arose and he began to feel the presence of the Magical Treasure.


    At his only thought, the ring radiated a silver light and turned into a longsword. This sword was about 1.5 meters long and a palm wide. On the surface of this sword were five different runes that he had not seen before, ck smoke wasing out of these runes.


    Likewise, in his other hand, a copy of this sword made of ck smoke appeared, but their weight was exactly the same.


    Another thing that surprised him was the weight of these swords. Each of these swords weighed about two tons. Of course, with the strength of his body, he could easily control these swords, but still, the weight of these swords would slow him down a bit.


    "Change form!" At Heinald''s only thought, the swords rose up into the air and, transforming into an ax in midair,nded in his hand. He could easily say that this ax weighed a ton.


    The tip of this ax was incrediblyrge and sharp. This ax was used for making heavy moves.


    Heinald realized in his mind the two skills this Magical Treasure had.


    The first was called the Fire of Narva. ording to the severity of the attack to be made, it directly attracted the Dark Energy of the person using it. Thus, he bestowed the power of the extremely powerful ck Fire to its user. Of course, the source of Dark Energy was again the converted Magic Energy.


    The second was a skill called Dark Pressure. When this skill was used, whatever form the treasure was in, it was surrounded by a ck mist. If there was a counterattack, some of the power of the opponent''s attack would be swallowed up by this ck mist.


    "So that''s how it stopped the Infernal Fireball!" Heinald could not help but admire this skill.


    After a moment''s attention with the ring, he went to the small ck orb on the ground and took it in his hand. However, something happened that he did not expect at that time. The small ck orb suddenly exploded, and a resulting ck smoke entered directly into his sea of consciousness.


    Heinald realized at that moment that his mind was in a mess. He could hear many screams and whispers in his ear.


    He knew what the situation he was facing was. He was experiencing a contamination of consciousness, it was one of the ancient curses. This curse spawned a seed of stain in the sea of consciousness of the person caught, and if it could not be destroyed, it would grow over time and bepletely uncontroble. In this case, no one could predict with certainty what the end of that person would be.


    "Damn! That little ck orb was no longer emitting a cursed aura. How did I get cursed?" Heinald had touched that little orb, thinking it waspletely safe now.


    However, he had made a great fool of himself. He should never have interacted directly with a remnant of a very dangerous being like Vansha.


    Heinald immediately entered the empty state using all his mental power and will and was able to suppress the movements of the stain in the sea of consciousness. However, this was only a short-term solution, he had to find a way to remove this stain from the sea of consciousness as soon as possible.


    At Heinald''s thought, his ring shone and took the form of an axe. He threw it against the wall behind the statue with all his anger, and that wall waspletely shattered.


    "As I guessed!" A cold gleam passed through Heinald''s eyes. When the wall copsed, a narrow tunnel waspletely dark.


    As he made his way through the revealed dark tunnel, he thought that Vansha might also have controlled the skeletons he had encountered before.


    After walking for an unknown time, he came to a wide area. In the middle of this area was a smallke.


    Heinald sent the orb of light higher and saw that there was another tunnel across theke.


    "Is there a monster living in thiske?"


    Heinald cast a few spells into theke and, realizing that it waspletely safe, he swam across.


    When he came out of theke, he started to move forward in the tunnel that was right in front of him. After walking for a few minutes, he saw a small beam of lighting from above. He immediately went to that light and when he realized that it was sunlight, he excitedly leaped up above and broke the stone area where the sunlight was leaking.


    At that time, hot sand began to pour down on him. After gaining some strength in his feet, he jumped up and came out of the small hollow.


    As he looked around he saw nothing but glowing sands and dunes.


    He was in the middle of the ck Scorpion Desert.


    Since there were multiple dunes around it, he could not observe his surroundings on arge scale. So he headed for the highest dune he could see.


    After getting there, he looked around on arge scale and saw nothing but hot desert sands. He didn''t know which way he was or which way he should go.


    "I can''t believe I''ve traveled far enough underground to reach the ck Scorpion Desert!" Heinald muttered distastefully.


    He actually wasn''t too bothered by the situation he was in. After all, he had managed to get out of the underground after surviving various dangers. However, there was a deep and long cut in his stomach and a contamination in the sea of consciousness.


    These two thoughts bothered him.


    While the wound on his stomach wasn''t a minor one, it wasn''t a very serious one either. His body would somehow ovee this injury, but he urgently needed to find a solution for the staining in the sea of consciousness.


    An Ainsar''s sea of consciousness contained both his mind and spirit. It was his sea of consciousness where his experiences, both spiritual and mental, werebined and located, so it was very important.

 Chapter 130: The Kawtil Race

    Chapter 130: The Kawtil Race


    Somewhere in the northwest of the ck Scorpion Desert...


    In arge, dark room, a tall, well-built figure stood before him watching the vast desert from a globe.


    "Teshki! Come here!" The figure said excitedly.


    "What''s going on?" Another figure, quite simr to the figure, emerged from the work of darkness.


    The figure pointed to the globe in front of him, "There''s someone walking around in the desert! And if I''m not mistaken, he''s a human."


    "How can that be? Humans left this ne long ago."


    "Let''s go and meet him right away." The image in the sphere disappeared as the figure waved his hand.


    ***


    Heinald was walking through the vast desert. For a Level 2 Ainsar like him, the heat of the desert was of course not a major factor, but the wound on his stomach prevented him from making a fast journey.


    Even though he had a few effective healing potions, he didn''t want to consume them. After all, his injury was not a serious one; he didn''t want to consume a healing potion and make his body immune to it.


    He preferred to save these potions for more emergencies. If he remained in such a state, since his body did not develop immunity, the healing potion he consumed could y a vital role for him.


    "Hmm?" As Heinald was walking through the desert, he saw a kind of dark bluring from far away. The fact that this blur could be seen clearly even from far away showed that it was quiterge.


    After a few minutes, it became clear what that shadow was.


    It was a sand tornado!


    "No! This is really bad timing!" Heinald grit his teeth.


    He did n''t want to move fast because of his injury. However, the forward speed of this sand tornado was much faster than anything he had seen before. Moreover, its size and strength were also abnormal.


    Heinald immediately turned around and grit his teeth and started running. If the situation worsened, he decided to consume a healing potion.


    "Wait!"


    Heinald heard a voice echoing across arge field. He immediately turned around and began to observe the surroundings, but saw nothing.


    "I''m in the tornado, you don''t have to worry." The voice echoing in the desert was heard again.


    "Thenguage of Ainsar?" Heinald frowned, he shouted "Who are you?"


    "I don''t intend to hurt you. I just want to talk to you."


    As the sand tornado came close, it stopped, and its intensity began to wane.


    When the sand tornado disappearedpletely, a tall being appeared.


    Hisplexion was pale white and he had arge bald head. There were only three small holes on the side of his nose. Its ears wererger than a human''s, and the tips were pointed. He had two eyes very simr to human ones, but his pupils were golden yellow. Although its arm and leg structure resembled a human, this figure was not a human. He was wearing a long white robe. Two long swords hung from his belt.


    Heinald realized that the energy emanating from this being was almost as strong as his own. He did not sense any killing intent or danger from this presence in front of him.


    "You...you are truly a human! A human Ainsar!" The tall being began to speak excitedly.


    Heinald was eyeing him curiously and puzzled. Whatever this entity was, it must have been a different race living on this ne.


    After a short silence, He asked, "What nationality are you?"


    "Oh! Forgive my rudeness, I forgot to introduce myself because I was excited. I''m a Kawtil. My family and friends call me Towsak."


    Heinald had never heard of or seen the Kawtil race before. He waspletely unaware of their existence. However, he was apparently familiar with the human race and the Ainsars. Actually, after meeting the green dwarves, it didn''t really surprise him.


    "My name is Heinald. Ie from the World of Ainsar, it''s good to know you, Towsak!" Heinald did not want to be disrespectful to the being before him and responded with kindness.


    Towsak said, "Please let us have you as our guest!"


    "Hmm? Where?"


    "We have to go to the northwest of the desert. Our city is there, and I''m sure the other council members will want to meet you."


    Towsak was holding a white orb in his hand. As the white sphere began to glow, a sand whirlwind formed around them and began to rush along with them.


    "Is this a formation?" Heinald shouted at the loud wind noise around.


    "Yes, it protects us against external dangers. This formation was given to us by our ancientrade, the Great Ainsar Grildar." Towsak replied.


    "The Great Ainsar Grildar?" Heinald repeated.


    "Yes! Of course, he left this ne long before our generation. ording to the records we have, he was a Level 4 Ainsar." Towsak let out a light sigh.


    "A Level 4 Ainsar" Heinald had only once had a chance to see such an existence before. That person was, of course, the headmaster of Ruthas Academy.


    As far as he knew, although Level 4 Ainsars were considered a great power in Ancient times, they were much more numerous back then.


    In the present Ainsar World, their number was not more than a finger on a hand.


    "Are you aware of the dwarves in Es Swamp?" Heinald asked.


    "We don''t have much contact with those parties. But yes, we are aware of their existence." Towsak nodded.


    Heinald said, "I learned a few things about the Ulltemols from them. It was said that they considered themselves the heirs of the Ancient Ainsars."


    Towsak''s expression turned ugly when the subject of "Ulltemol" was brought up. It was obvious that his race did not like Ulltemols.


    "They''re just exaggerating because they have a few legacies from them" Towsak lightly shook his head and continued, "The Ainsars who ruled on this ne in ancient times left various legacies to the races here. It is said more races had lived in this realm in ancient times, but over time some races became extinct."


    "You don''t seem to like them very much" Heinald nced at him from the corner of his eye.


    "We have lived peacefully in the depths of this desert for thousands of years. But when the Ulltemols discovered us, they wanted to dominate us and seize our legacy. But of course they failed to do so, they never dared to attack us directly, thanks to this formation left to us by the Great Ainsar Grildar."


    Towsak started giving him various information.


    "Don''t you care about their legacy?" Heinald asked.


    "We''ll talk about that againter. If the council sees fit, they will share some important information with you." Towsak said.


    "For what?"


    "To get you on our side, of course." Towsakughed.


    They traveled quite quickly for hours in the sand tornado. Heinald couldn''t help but admire this formation. This tornado could even deal with a Level 3 Ainsar.Moreover, since they had entrusted him with giving control of such a formation, he realized that he was an important figure among his race.


    They were on a dune when the sand tornado broke up. Below the dune was arge city, though not asrge as in the Ainsar World.


    There was not much difference between the architectures, it could even be said that they were quite simr.


    In the middle of the city was a veryrge and tall tower, which he had not even seen in the Ainsar World. Around this tower were many buildings of small andrge sizes.


    "What''s that thinging!?" Heinald saw a gigantic creatureing towards them. It looked like an eagle, but was slightly different. Its tail was quite long and burning. Its wings looked as if they were ted with gold and steel. It had four legs.


    "It''s a Rafan! It''ll take us to the top of the tower!" Towsak answered.


    Heinald knew immediately that it was a Magical Beast. When itnded next to them, he realized that this creature had a power equal to a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "They must have got him under control with a technique simr to the one I got from that Hamra guy." Heinald muttered to himself.


    Another Kawtil descended on Rafan. Although her appearance was quite simr to Towsak, she had long ck hair and a more slender body. It was quite obvious that she was a female.


    "Teshki! Come and meet Heinald." Towsak pointed at him.


    "I''m Teshki!" The female Kawtil greeted him with a strange gesture.


    Heinald gave a nod.


    This female Kawtil named Teshki also looked as mighty as a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Teshki is also a member of the council like me and takes part in the administration." Towsak introduced him.


    "How many council members are with you?" Heinald asked.


    "There are five council members in total." Towsak replied and pointed ahead, "Let''s go! Meet the other members too, I''m sure they''re pretty excited to have the honor of meeting you too."


    Heinald chuckled lightly.


    The Kawtil Race had not seemed like a dangerous race to him, but he would still be vignt. If he trusted them right away, bad things could happen to him.


    While traveling towards the tower, he also began nning an escape route for himself in case things went wrong.

 Chapter 131: History

    Chapter 131: History


    Heinald flew with them to the very top of the tower. A group of Kawtils greeted them on the top floor of the tower. The energy waves emanating from them were equal to those of a Level 1 Ainsar.


    After descending many stairs, they came to arge round door. There was some kind of tree shaped carving on this round door.


    As Towsak waved his hand, yellow lights began to emanate from the tree shaped carving, and the great door opened.


    When the door opened, a short corridor began to appear. There were about twenty doors along this corridor. At the end of the corridor, the road curved to the left.


    Heinald watched as they walked slowly down the corridor. This tower waspletely covered in a light gray stone, the inside looked just like the outside. However, it was clear that these stones were quite solid.


    It had a much simpler design and structure than most of the buildings he had visited before. There was no decoration or decoration on the walls or corridors.


    When they reached the end of the corridor, they followed the road to the left and emerged into another corridor. At the end of this corridor were stairs leading down.


    Heinald had passed many doors, but he had no idea what areas they led to, but he was sure that they did not lead to personal rooms.


    When they reached the end of the corridor and went down one floor, they encountered arge door again. This great door was exactly the same as what they had first seen and opened in a simr way. However, this time they did not appear in a corridor, but in arge area. In the middle of thisrge area was a long and graceful door. To the right and left of the gate were narrow roads leading to two different ces.


    Four Kawtils were waiting outside the door. When they saw Heinald and the othersing, they dropped to their knees and greeted them.


    "Open the door!" Towsak ordered.


    When the door opened, Heinald saw a crescent-shaped table in the middle and three Kawtils sitting around it. Sitting in the very center, Kawtil had the energy waves of a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar. Those next to him had the energy waves of early-phase Level 2 Ainsar.


    They stood up when they saw Heinald.


    "We''re the first to see a human after thousands of years, I think we can be considered quite lucky. Wee, mate! I''m Avrn." The Kawtif, sitting in the middle, greeted him.


    "Thank you for your kind invitation. It''s an honor to meet you." Heinald gave a nod. As far as he could see, they all looked alike, male or female. The male ones were bald, while the female ones had long hair. Regardless of male or female, they seemed to have very strong bodies.


    "You look injured." Avrn said.


    "An insignificant wound, if I rest it will suffice. Besides, it''s not a problem for me at the moment."


    Heinald''s wound was already starting to crust over, thanks to his rapid regeneration rate. However, the long cut in his robe greatly diminished the nobility of his appearance.


    "Please rest until tomorrow. In the meantime, I will send healers to heal your woundpletely. Tomorrow morning we will meet again and get to know each other better."


    At Avnr''s orders, one of the great and spacious rooms on the lowest floor of the tower was prepared for him, and healers were sent to care for his wound.


    Theing healers rubbed a mushroom Heinald had never heard of before on his wound. With an astonishing healing rate, this mushroom paste had almostpletely covered his wound within hours.


    The only problem was that this mushroom smelled very bad.


    Various craftsmen from the tower came and repaired the damage to his robe. Although Heinald had another dimensional treasure he had obtained from Hamra, he did not want to give up this robe. This robe was inherited from his grandfather and therefore had a special ce in his heart. Moreover, this robe was quite sturdy, otherwise he would have been injured much more seriously.


    The next day, Heinald was summoned to the meeting room. When he got there, he saw five council members waiting for him there.


    He had already met three of these five members.


    After meeting the two council members, Dabk and Kusep, they began to talk among themselves about serious matters.


    "The ancient Ainsars and their remains... Destroyed?"


    Heinald told them some facts about Ancient Ainsar and the lost millennium. After all, the Ainsars who remained on this ne were those of ancient times.


    "Have you ever heard of an organization called Al-Yuen?" Heinald asked.


    "No..."


    The council members thought for a while, then shook their heads.


    Heinald said, "I think this organization went after the remains of the Ancient Ainsars and destroyed them. I''m not sure, but I learned a few things about this subject during one of my travels."


    "Why would they do such a thing?" Towsak asked.


    "I have no idea." Heinald replied.


    "How did you get here?" Avrn asked.


    Heinald hesitated for a while about answering this question. Realizing this, Avrn immediately apologized for his rudeness and haste, and began to tell him about this realm.


    ording to what he tells, the Ainsars who came to this ne in ancient times seized various underground resources and nts on this ne. All of them ruled in various parts of the ne, but there was no war between them. One day, for an unknown reason, they all left this ne and left some legacy behind.


    "You see that painting?" Avnr pointed to the painting behind it, "This painting belongs to the Great Ainsar Grildar, who left us his legacy."


    Heinald began to observe the painting in the back. A young looking man with long ck hair and eyebrows is pictured staring sternly.


    "What do you know about him?" Heinald asked.


    "We don''t know much about him from our ancestors. We only know that he is a Level 4 Ainsar and is a master of various formations. Moreover, even from his time it is known that he had an intense research passion for ancient times." Avnr replied.


    "The Ainsar''s curiosity and quest for ancient times will never cease. It doesn''t matter what age they live in..." Heinald smiled faintly.


    "What do you think happened in the lost millennium you speak of?" Towsak asked.


    "I cannot know for certain. However, it seems to me that much longer than the lost millennium, some sort of disagreement arose among the Ancient Ainsars. Afterwards, a great war ensued, including the lost millennium." Heinald replied.

 Chapter 132: Relic Area

    Chapter 132: Relic Area


    "Could the Ainsars who had ruled on this ne in ancient times also left because of some kind of war?" Avnr asked.


    "Possible." Heinald nodded.


    "What kind of ce is the World of Ainsar?" Towsak asked.


    "To me, it''s a pretty chaotic ce where the selfish are powerful. However, being selfish is one of the most certain and eptable conditions out there, because there aren''t enough resources for everyone. Other than that, it''s a ce full of dangerous monsters and creatures, where powerful families and ns rule the world." Heinald shrugged.


    "It doesn''t seem like it''s different from here" Avnr smiled crookedly.


    Towsak said, "Heinald heard of the Ulltemols from the dwarves living in the swamp. We had a short conversation about them on their way here. He knows they want our resources."


    "Ulltemols..." Avnr''s expression darkened, "The situation is not much different here either, there are not enough resources for everyone here, and we have to acquire them in order to be stronger."


    "I can''t say I know much about Ulltemols." Heinald said.


    "We''ve been inpetition with them for a long time. They outnumber us and we think they have more resources than we do. But they still don''t have the strength to surpass the formation we inherited." Avnr scratched his chin, an annoyed expression on his face.


    "However, that may change soon" Towsak sighed, "We have discovered a relic in the Infernal Abyys. We guess that this relic belongs to a Level 4 Ainsar. Unfortunately, we are not the only ones to discover this relic, the Ulltemols discovered it as well"


    Avnr added, "The side that has captured this relic will most likely dominate the other side thanks to the resources it has acquired. The area where the relic is located is protected by some formations and traps. So neither we nor they can make a move to capture the relics. If someone were to suffer significant losses there, it would break the bnce."


    Towsak said, "That''s why we want to invite you to cooperate with us. We all agree that we can help each other."


    "What kind of coboration?" Heinald wanted to hear their offers in detail.


    "First, we can share our knowledge with each other. Moreover, we are ready to hand over half the resources we will get from the relics to you if you help us in our fight against the Ulltemols to recapture the relics." Avnr made the offer in his head.


    Heinald thought, "It would be very unreasonable to ept such an offer without knowing the exact power of the Ulltemols. And I don''t know enough about the traps and formations in the ruins."


    When they saw that he was thinking indecisively, anxiety began to rise in their hearts.


    Heinald asked, "What do you know about the power levels of the Ulltemols?"


    Avnr replied, "We can''t say we know much, but we can make some inferences by observing their acts. Since they didn''t dare take direct action against us, we can say that their power level is close to ours."


    "They may not be taking action against you because they obviously don''t know the overall power you have either." Heinald said.


    Arvn said, "Of course it is possible... However, if they had a stronger existence than us, he would surely have been able to learn certain information about us.


    Heinald nodded slowly, "What about the dangers in the relic area?"


    Towsak said, "We can take you to the area of ruins so you can make some inferences about there."


    "Hm? Will the Ulltemols allow it?" Heinald asked.


    "The relic area is huge and there are too many entrances. Even if they find us, they won''t dare attack us because we''ll only be there for observation." Towsak answered. Both sides were using some agents to observe each other''s actions. Of course, it was impossible for these agents to control the entire relic zone, but still, the risk factor created by this situation limited their actions. Since the relic zone is considered a very dangerous ce, they and we can only dare to enter it as a group. Since this is the case, naturally, if we enter too many people together, our probability of being noticed is very high.


    "I would really like to exchange knowledge with you. However, I cannot agree to help you without fully knowing the dangers in the relic area. But if I decide from my observations that the relics are worth the risk, I will cooperate with you on this as well."


    Heinald did not ept their offer, but neither did he refuse.


    "Then we''ll go together to the entrance to the relic area whenever you want." Towsak nodded.


    "I think we can go now." Heinald shrugged.


    After all, he had nothing to do.


    Towsak said, "Alright! Then I''ll take you there!"


    ****


    Heinald and Towsak got on the giant Rafan''s back and they flew towards the Infernal Abyss.


    He was observing below as he flew over the vast desert. He was seeing creatures and Magical Beasts below that he had never seen before, although not very often. Although he wasn''t entirely sure of their power level, he could tell from his momentary observations that they were dangerous.


    Heinald thought, "Though, there are no non-dangerous creatures or Magical Beasts..."


    "Are we sure the Ulltemols won''t attack us?"


    Heinald wanted to talk to Towsak while observing the vast desertndscape.


    "I cannot guarantee that. However, remember that you are a human being. They will want to get to know you or at least observe you for a long time before attacking you. After all, you are an Ainsar!"


    When Towsak spoke his thoughts, Heinald openly agreed. The Ulltemols considered themselves the heirs of the Ainsars who ruled on this ne in ancient times. They too must not have seen a human in a long time; so the chances of them attacking him were pretty low.


    "But don''t they automatically see me as an enemy if they see me on your side?" After thinking for a while, Heinald asked the question that came to mind.


    "Even if they see you as the enemy, I don''t think they will make a clear move without observing your trump cards or yourbat power." Towsak shrugged.


    Heinald and Towsak traveled for hours to the south of the desert. When they finally came to the edge of the Infernall Abyss, they dived down. The bottom of this abyss was not visible. All that was visible was the dense fog below.


    For an unknown time they plunged into the bottom of the abyss.


    Resembling a giant eagle, Towsak pulled by Rafan''s reins, the Magical Beast pped its massive wings and hovered in midair.


    "See the huge rift ahead?" Towsak pointed to the huge rift on the cliffside.


    Giant Rafannded on the field in front of the rift. Heinald and Towsak jumped on its back and started walking towards the huge rift.


    Towsak was unaware of it, but Heinald was using his eyes at the margins to look around, careful not to miss the smallest detail.


    After all, ording to Towsak, this was the path to the relics left by the Ancient Ainsars. He was told that there were various traps and formations ahead. The trigger for these traps and formations could even be at the entrance; so he wanted to be careful.


    "Have you ever heard of Magic Path Karma?" Towsak asked as they walked towards the huge rift.


    Heinald said, "If I''m not mistaken, this concept is the main reason why Ainsars leave relics behind. For the continuation of the Path of Magic, Ainsars bequeath materials, spells, knowledge resources, and special techniques from the various experiments they''ve done. In turn, they believe that their future chances will increase. "


    "Do you think that''s true? Do you think the Ainsars, who have left us various relics, have met various chances?"


    Heinald shrugged, "I don''t know, as I said before, I think there was a great war between them. Considering that, I can''t say they were very lucky. However, sometimes luck can''t beat fate; if even the Ancient Ainsars believed in the existence of such a concept, it would make sense to follow their lead. After all, The Path of Magic must continue..."


    "Mmm." Towsak nodded slowly. He seemed to want to make some inferences about the Ainsars.


    Heinald had told him his true thoughts. As an Ainsar himself, he would begin to inherit knowledge of various experiments or various magical materials as a relic. Of course, he would also set traps and various formations at the entrance of these ruins. Thus, he would make sure that these relics would not be seized by the unworthy.


    His luck had always been good. If such a concept as Magic Path Karma really existed, he might be even luckier in the future and encounter events that would greatly affect his future.


    Heinald and Towsak continued to walk deeper into the huge rift. He hadn''t seen any detail that would have caught his attention. The surrounding Elemental Energy density was at normal levels and there was no other type of energy.


    "You''ve been here before, haven''t you?" Heinald asked hesitantly.


    "Of course! We have to walk a little further to reach the danger zone." Towsak replied.


    "Can you give some details about the danger zone?"


    "When youe to the beginning of the ruins and cross the border, a sense of danger will first arise in the depths of your soul. When you go a little deeper, you will hear hums and roars from the deep. Then you will gradually be aware of the dangers in the deep and you will not dare to go any further. If you dare to go further you will see various traps and eventually a formation."

 Chapter 133: Test Formation!

    Chapter 133: Test Formation!


    When Heinald and Towsak entered the rift, they continued on a straight road for a while. Towsak showed him the traps hidden in the road, one by one. However, Heinald had already noticed the traps before he had told him; it was hard for anything to escape his eyes.


    "The hums and tremors increased ..." Heinald said.


    "As I said, we are getting closer and closer to magic formation." There was tension in Towsak''s voice.


    "It''s a pretty straight road, will it always be like this?" Heinald realized that the road ahead of him curved in no direction.


    "No." Towsak shook his head, "We''re already about to reach the formation.


    "Is the formation you''re talking about some kind of security formation?" Heinald asked.


    "No, it''s more of a test formation to me." Towsak replied.


    "Test formation? What do you mean?" Heinald''s brows furrowed slightly.


    Towsak pointed ahead, "You''ll soon find out."


    Ahead was a semicircr entrance, but inside it waspletely dark. When he saw Towsak step inside without hesitation, he followed.


    The moment Heinald stepped inside, he realized that the energy around him hadpletely changed. The Elemental Energy Particles around him were almost half suppressed. This meant that any elemental magic he cast would be 50% less effective.


    All of a sudden, dozens of torches were lit, illuminating the surroundingspletely. He looked around and saw that Towsak was not with him. While he was trying to figure out what was going on, arge ck hole appeared in the air and many insect-like creatures emerged from it. Energy waves were not emanating from these insect-like creatures.


    Heinald waved his hand and a silver light emanated from the ring in his hand, turning into twin swords. The twin swords began to absorb the Dark Energy he had.


    The swords were covered with ck mes.


    Heinald stabbed both swords at the same time into the insect-like creature that was jumping towards him. Swords covered with ck mes quickly overcame these insects'' defenses and skewered thempletely.


    He parried the attack of the insect-like creatureing from his right side with ck sword which made entirely of Dark Energy. Then, he performed a horizontal sh with the original sword.


    *Criiik!" The insect-like creature let out a pathetic cry before being cut in half by the sword.


    He twisted his swords on his wrist and shed at them against the attacks of two insect-like creatures, who were simultaneously heading towards him.


    *Triinn!* A high-pitched crash resounded.


    These insect-like creatures were gray in color and had an oval body. They had four short legs, two small eyes, and arge mouth full of sharp teeth.


    This creature''s tongue was like a flexible sword, able to curl and dash forward, adding great agility to its attacks.


    Heinald realized that these creatures'' bodies were pretty solid, but they didn''t stand a chance against him.


    After repeating the same process for several minutes, all the creatures that came out of the ck hole were destroyed by him.


    The ck hole got smaller and smaller within seconds and eventually disappearedpletely.


    "It can''t be that simple...There has to be something different behind it." Heinald thought this test was too easy. As far as he could tell, Kawtils had failed to break through this test formation.


    Arge door opened automatically at the back of therge square room in front of Heinald. The space behind this door was invisible, all that was visible was darkness.


    As Heinald approached this door, he first poked his finger in. Then, when he inserted his whole body, he found Towsak staring at him.


    "What''s going on? Where have you disappeared to?" Heinald asked.


    Towsak said, "Look behind you!"


    Heinald turned and saw the semicircr entrance. He hade back to where he entered the formation. The Elemental Energy Particles around him had returned to normal again.


    "I went up to the same ce again" Heinald was looking towards the entrance with a serious expression.


    "It looks like we''re subjecting to some kind of illusion..." Towsak said.


    "But how? It felt so real!" Heinald shot him a nce.


    "Dreams feel real too." Towsak shrugged.


    "Not as much as what I just experienced."


    "Of course! It''s an illusion after all, much stronger than your dreams." Towsak sighed.


    Heinald trained three more times and tried to pass the test, but without sess. Each time he came back to Towsak.


    "We''ve lingered here long enough, we''d better go back now." Towsak sighed.


    "Mm. You''re right." Heinald nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face.


    The two of them returned to Kawtil City together.


    After considering helping them with the relic for a while, Heinald decided to decline. While he wasn''t afraid of the traps of the relic area, he was afraid of the formations there and a possible Ulltemol attack.


    However, that didn''t mean he gave up on that relic site!


    He wanted to single-handedly capture that relic. A coboration with Kawtils meant that he had to surrender half of the resources he was going to capture, and that the Ulltemols considered him as an enemy.


    Moreover, if he acted alone, he could move much faster and unnoticed.


    So even though he agreed to exchange information with them, he would refuse to help them with the remains.


    Heinald spent a few days just wandering around Kawtil City. One day he sent word to them to hold a meeting with the council. His proposal was epted by the council.


    Even as he wandered around the city, he had noticed that he was being watched by the council''s observers. They obviously didn''t trust him, just as Heinald didn''t fully trust them.


    "Heinald, do you intend to help us with the relic area?" Avnr asked him.


    "I haven''t decided yet. I will definitely make that decision if we can pass that test formation for sure. But I will help you to pass it." Heinald was not sincere in his words. If he rejected them outright, he might not be able to exchange their inherited knowledge.


    So he was trying to buy time.


    "Oh! That''s good to hear." Avnr nodded lightly.


    "Besides, I would love to exchange information with you." Heinald added.


    "Then we can make our offers to each other." Avnr agreed and continued, "First of all, I would like to present a few very valuable pieces of information we have inherited from the Great Ainsar Grildar.


    "Information about what?" Heinald asked.


    "Information about Level 3 and Level 4." Avnr replied.


    Heinald''s eyes suddenly opened and his heart started beating fast. Despite reading all the sources he found all these years, he had not been able toe up with the slightest knowledge theory about Level 3 and Level 4.


    Such knowledge would be absolutely jarring for the Ainsar World. Information about level 3 was only avable to a few of the most powerful families and ns.


    "The recipe for a Protection Formation I created that can easily stop Level 2 Ainsar, and some high-level knowledge of the Runes."


    Heinald made his offer.


    The eyes of the council gleamed. For them, this information was information that they did not need much. After all, they did not have differentmunities that they could rule using this information. It wasn''t a very important piece as they all knew this information.


    However, what Heinald offered would undoubtedlye in handy for them. After all, although they had some legacy of knowledge left by Great Ainsar Grildar, their general theory of formations and runes was minimal.


    Heinald immediately began to copy some of the information he knew and the description of the security formation onto the papers given to him.


    It worked non-stop for a few days. However, it was worth it; he would get information about Level 3 and Level 4 after all.


    The exchange waspleted when both sides met the requirements. Heinald immediately began to read the information about Level 3 and Level 4 in the sources given to him.


    The Kawtiller, on the other hand, began to study the runes and formation description given to them by Heinald with excitement and admiration.


    When Kawtils started working on the runes, they couldn''t understand how he had memorized so many runes. There were tens of thousands of copies of runes on the papers given to them. Moreover, all of these runes had been drawn wlessly.


    Heinald, on the other hand, was about to have a heart attack with excitement. The information given to him was important enough to start a great war in the World of Ainsar.


    Great families and ns kept information about Level 3 as their greatest treasure.


    Level 4 was something else entirely!


    Heinald wasn''t sure, but maybe 3-4 people in the entire Ainsar World should have known about Level 4.


    The information he obtained contained the requirements and directions to be Level 3 and Level 4. It was very easy for him to learn the requirements about the first two levels because his grandfather was already a Level 2 Ainsar.


    However, he had chosen the path to follow as a result of his own research.

 Chapter 134: Great Exchange

    Chapter 134: Great Exchange


    As Heinald read the information written in the sources about Level 3 and Level 4, he understood the value of this information much better. In some of the chapters embedded in this information, he hade across some more information that had piqued his interest quite a bit.


    In ancient times, the Ainsars did not follow a single path to reach the higher levels. For example, when they reached the required amount of Spirit Energy to rise to Level 2, instead of cultivating their bodies, they would create a magical puppet and transfer some of their Spirit Energy to it. Thus, they could level up faster without having to think about how to strengthen their bodies. Various methods like this exist for all levels.


    He began to read a note written by the Great Ainsar Grildar himself.


    "Breakthrough to Level 3 Ainsar is one of the most important points for the Ainsar Path, because you need to determine which type of energy you will be prone to when breakthrough to Level 3..."


    Heinald took a short break from reading and muttered, "It means I''ll have to choose between Elemental, Dark, or Mystical Energy...I don''t know enough about Mystical Energy yet."


    Of course, he knew that this was not and would not be the only way to breakthrough to Level 3 Ainsar; however, he did not believe that he would find a guiding resource elsewhere breakthrough to Level 3.


    Even if he did, it would probably cost him dearly. So it would be best for him to follow the path shown by this source.


    Heinald continued to read.


    "When you are prone to the energy type you choose, the magic you apply with that energy type will naturally be stronger and easier than other energies. However, you should know that this process will be very difficult."


    Heinald took a deep breath before starting to read the details. Then he began to carefully read everything. Hourster, when he finished reading, he threw himself on his bed and began to think.


    Breaking into Level 3 Ainsar was unlike any other process he had experienced. Despite the sea of information in his memory, it was very hard on his mind to analyze concepts and make correct inferences.


    He felt that the power in his mind waspletely exhausted, on the one hand he had no energy to think about anything, on the other hand he wanted to think.


    ording to the technique he has acquired, in order to break to Level 3 Ainsar, it is necessary to select an energy type and acquire a predisposition for it. However, the process to be followed in order to achieve this predisposition is very difficult.


    ording to the Great Ainsar Grildar, the easiest way to obtain the energy predisposition was to obtain the blood extract of a pureblood Magical Beast who was predisposed to that energy type andbine it with your own soul.


    However, this process was of course not as short as described. it was very difficult to obtain blood extract andbine it with spirit; it was necessary to make veryplex formations and to apply very sensitive operations without errors. Still, finding a pureblood Magical Beast and seeding in killing it would be much more difficult.


    Heinald did not want to continue because his mind was too tired. Over the next few days, he only bothered to analyze the general and detailed information about Level 3 in detail.


    In the meantime, the council members came up with various offers to get more information from him, but he stated that he would listen to their offerster, as he was busy.


    When he finished analyzing the information about Level 3, he set up another meeting with the council and listened to their offers.


    They offered to give him copies of the spells they had in exchange for more rune copies and technical information on formations.


    When Heinald saw that the level of these spells was only Medium Rank, he couldn''t help butugh.


    "If you want high-level knowledge of runes and formations from me, you shoulde up with much better offers."


    Heinald had dismissed them with a non-offensive sentence. Normally, he would humiliate them if he didn''t have the resources he could get from them. However, considering the continuation of offers and exchanges, he managed to control his nerves.


    Before leaving this ne, the Great Ainsar Grildar had left some resources for them. It was so farcical to think that such a powerful entity would only have left them Medium Rank spells.


    The council members asked him for permission to prepare another proposal until the next day. The next day they sent him an invitation toe to the assembly hall.


    When Heinald went to the assembly hall, he saw the five council members sitting as solemnly as ever.


    "We''ve decided to give you the best offer we can make, but we will also ask you for a better offer than your previous offer." When Avnr saw him, he got right to the point.


    Heinald nodded, "All right! Let me hear your offer."


    "We will deliver you copies of the five spells that Great Ainsar Grildar qualifies as High Rank. However, we will expect an offer of the same value in return." After a pause, Avnr continued, "Three of these spells are Elemental Energy based, and the other two are Dark Energy based.


    A quick gleam passed in Heinald''s eyes, quite excited, but he didn''t show it to them.


    Towsak said, "Let me warn you. These spells are quite difficult to learn. If you can''t use Dark Energy, you can''t use Dark Spells anyway."


    "In exchange for these spells, I will give you high-level knowledge of runes and formations. Moreover, as a potion master, I will do research on nts on this ne and give you extensive study records of these nts. If these nts arepatible, I will develop some potion forms for you."


    After thinking for a while, Heinald made his offer.


    Although the council members were very excited about this offer, it was obvious that they did not find it sufficient.


    Heinald didn''t have much to worry about. Kawtils needed whatever higher level knowledge they could get from him. If they wanted to achieve victory over the Ulltemols, they had no choice but to rely on the knowledge he had.


    Their biggest disadvantage was that they did not have the opportunity to develop their knowledge resources. The reason for this was quite obvious: This ne was small and it was impossible to find various studies and resources. Therefore, although they had inherited very important information from a great Ainsar, they could not develop and use it for themselves. As it is understood, they were quite poor in terms of knowledge.


    Most likely, they did their Spirit Cultivation thanks to some important resources and various underground resources left by Ainsar Grildar.


    "There''s one more thing we want from you." Avnr said.


    Heinald asked, "What is it?"


    "Detailed description of how you got here." Avnr said.


    Heinald gailyughed and said, "You should increase your bid for this information."


    Towsak said, "But we''ve already provided you with the highest rank spells we have."


    "I''m sure there are other things you have too." Heinald remained calm and began to observe them.


    "Other than that, the only thing we can offer you is our Protection Formation. However, such an offer is out of the question." Avnr said.


    "Then you should consider mytest offer." Heinald said.


    The council members had to ept the offer after some time to consider among themselves. After all, the information they would get would be very important to them. The information about the runes and formations he gave would allow them to secure various regions. Of course, if they can find a source of energy sufficient to activate those formations.


    Moreover, Heinald would analyze various nts for them, and if they werepatible nts, he would create potion forms from them.


    Time began to pass quickly.


    Heinald wrote down some of the high-level knowledge and many runes he knew for them, and began experimenting with the nts brought to him.


    He exined and noted the effects of the Kawtils one by one after various experiments on various nt species they had collected from different parts of the ne.


    Although these nts were different in appearance, they were simr nts in the Ainsar World in effect, and frankly, they were all very mediocre.


    Heinald was able to develop only three potion forms after experimenting with all the nts.


    One of these potion forms prevented blood loss for five minutes. However, since the purity of this potion was very low, the body developed immunity to this potion very quickly. Moreover, after using it, it caused a two-day loss of strength as a side effect.


    Another potion increased his movement speed by 5% for ten minutes. The purity of this potion was also quite low.


    The final potion was a kind of antidote. It could be used to destroy low-level poisons. The purity of this potion was the lowest among them, ording to his calctions, with just one use, the body would develop immunity to this potion.

 Chapter 135: New Mighty Spells

    Chapter 135: New Mighty Spells


    When Heinald met the conditions for the trade, he was given a copy of the contents of each of the six High Rank spells. He thought that he could learn element-based High Rank spells without much difficulty. However, Dark Spells worried him.


    Heinald began to read the contents of the spells.


    "Light Flow: Gain lightning-fast dash three times within twenty seconds of being cast. If cast twice in a row, it can inflict permanent damage to the body."


    This spell was not an offensive spell. It was more of a spell used to escape or catch.


    "Akreem''s Eye Stone: Suppresses the Fire Element power of all creatures within 500 meters by 30% for 20 seconds after it spawns. If the stone is destroyed by an external factor before the time expires, the effect is removed."


    This spell was a very effective support spell. It was very effective against both Magical Beasts and Ainsars.


    "Toxic Instinct: A toxic gas is emitted within ten meters of the surrounding area. Everything thates into contact with this gas begins to rot due to the intense poison. It is an extremely dangerous spell that needs to be mastered."


    Heinald couldn''t help getting goosebumps as he read the description of this spell. There should be absolutely no problems during the casting process of this spell. Although he was very confident about it, he could hurt himself if he made such a mistake.


    Heinald began to read the descriptions of the three Dark Spells given to him.


    "Cursed Widow''s Mark: The ck Mark left on any Ainsar or beast allows you to sense their position as long as they don''t change dimension. This mark is unnoticeable unless you apply it to a life form of higher Level than you.


    Heinald loved this spell. This spell could certainly be quite helpful in various situations.


    "ck Fire Meteorite: Drop a small meteor made entirely of ck Fire on the opponent. This meteor, if its damage is sufficient, destroys everything within 200 meters."


    When Heinald read the description of this spell, his heart started beating fast. He was finally able to obtain an attack-type Dark Magic. He still clearly remembered the devastating power of the ck Fireball that he had recently witnessed. Most likely, the destructiveness of this spell would be even greater than that.


    In the case of attack-type spells, their direct damage was directly dependent on the strength of the caster. For example, if Heinald had used his Infernal Fireball spell when he was a Level 3 Ainsar, the fire destruction would have been much more terrifying and powerful.


    However, there was one important factor. Even if he was a Level 3 Ainsar, he wouldn''t be able to increase the area of effect of this spell or the duration of theva pit he created afterwards; because this was directly rted to the spell''s pattern. To change it, he had to change the runes and seals in the spell''s structure.


    "After learning these spells, my already quite highbat power will be exponentially stronger. So I have a chance to win even against a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar. But for a Level 3 Ainsar, I will still be a bug."


    After Heinald finished reading the spells'' descriptions, he was quite excited. Each of these spells had hundreds of pages of content filled with veryplex runes and symbols. Although he could keep them all in his memory perfectly, it would be very difficult for him to construct them in his mind and start the casting process.


    Still, he would not deny the fact that he was very lucky in this regardpared to other Ainsars.


    Heinald went to Towsak the next day. Towsak''s personal room within the tower was, like his, on the lowest floor of the tower.


    "Hi! Is something bothering you?" Towsak was surprised to see him. He usually preferred to say what he had to say to the entire council.


    Heinald said, "There''s nothing bothering me, I''m just here to tell you about a decision I''ve made."


    Towsak was excited. He hoped that Heinald had decided to help them, and waited for what he had to say.


    "I will need arge area to learn and practice new spells. So I decided to wander around the desert. So if I encounter creatures, I can try the spells I learned on them." When Heinald saw his expression, he informed him of his decision.


    Towsak was disappointed when he didn''t get the news he had hoped for.


    After Heinald informed him of his decision, he left his side and proceeded towards the tower''s exit.


    After exiting the tower, he walked through the streets of the city of the Kawtils and moved towards the great gates of the city.


    When he left the city and stepped into the desert, he began to travel towards the middle of the desert.


    ****


    "He did go to the desert,huh?" Avnr had a cold expression on his face.


    "Yes, he needed arge area to train with the new spells he learned." Towsak nodded.


    "Hmph! Only a fool would believe that. He probably got what he wanted and now he''s leaving. He didn''t choose to fight on our side." Avrn''s expression darkened.


    "Wouldn''t he have told us straight if he wanted to go?" Towsak asked.


    "He was obviously afraid we wouldn''t let him." Avnr waved his hand, "Since he won''t help us, we''ll catch him and find out how he got here by force."


    "Are you sure?" A worried expression appeared on Towsak''s face, "It might be the trump cards he has. After all, he came from the Ainsar World."


    "He can''t fight against all of us." Avnr shrugged casually, "There would be great danger to us if the Ulltemols somehow got hold of him and made him talk."


    "I think we should wait a while and observe his movements. Thanks to our Protection Formation, we can see arge part of the desert. If he tries to get out of the desert, we''ll go after him and attack him. If hees back, that means he''s already nning to help us."


    Towsak thought Heinald still had a chance to help them.


    After thinking for a while Avnr said, "Okay!"


    While all this was going on, Heinald was wandering through the vast desert. He had memorized the patterns of all spells before he left the tower.


    If someone saw him, he would say that he had a very thoughtful expression. This was because he was still analyzing the patterns of these spells. High Rank spells were very difficult to cast and were veryplex in content.


    Although he could remember all the content urately, he still had a hard time analyzing them. Dark Spells in particr was much more challenging for him.


    He traveled non-stop for days and analyzed the pattern of the spells in his mind. He finally finished the analysis. Now it was time to sessfully implement the casting process.


    Light Flow!


    He started casting the first spell he wanted to try. Arge number of small-sized lightning bolts appeared on various parts of his body, but after a while, they all disappeared.


    "I had no problem constructing the pattern of the spell in my mind, but I made a mistake in the process of integrating my Magic Energy with the pattern. My Magic Energy fluctuated too much and upset the bnce." Heinald evaluated the process and the mistake he made.


    If he had made a mistake both while constructing the pattern of the spell in his mind and while integrating with the Magic Energy, he would have encountered a bacsh and could have been badly injured.


    Fortunately, thanks to his impable memory, he had no trouble constructing the pattern of spells in his mind.


    Heinald repeated the same process dozens of times and failed in all of them. Since this spell was a movement spell, the cast time was quite shortpared to other spells. He thought that if he could integrate Magical Energy with the pattern of the spell without making it fluctuate too much, he would be able to cast that spell in half a second.


    He patiently tried again and again and failed again and again. He tried dozens of times over the course of a few days. Under normal circumstances, he could have done a lot more trials, but he thought it would be more important to draw a conclusion from these trials. So after each failure, he took the time to think about the reason for that failure and how to ovee it.

 Chapter 136: Training With New Spells

    Chapter 136: Training With New Spells


    Heinald spent many long days in the desert learning to cast spells he had acquired. He had noticed that he was spending much less time learning the High-Rank spells he had learned before.


    He thought it was because of the differences in the structure of the spells. Each spell''s pattern was different, and even if they were the same rank, there could be big differences in the difficulty of the spells.


    Heinald had rtively little difficulty learning the element-based spells he had newly acquired, as there were a lot of element-based spells he had learned before.


    However, Dark Spells were the ones that challenged him the most. There were two obvious reasons for this: Dark Spells had a moreplex pattern than elemental spells, so it was tiring the mind much more and faster. Secondly, Dark Energy, which should be used after constructing these patterns in mind, had much more fluctuation than Elemental Energy; therefore it required a very delicate process.


    However, he wasn''t the type to give up. He had a goal to reach the top, and this goal always gave him great willpower.


    After hundreds of mistakes and considerations without giving up, he was finally able to cast all the new spells he learned. However, he hadn''t mastered them enough.


    He knew that if he wanted to use these spells quickly and effectively in a battle, he had to master them.


    Next up was a hard training!


    During his time in the desert, Heinald was aware that he was constantly being watched. So when he wasn''t traveling, he created a simple concealment formation and prevented them from observing him. Another issue that worried him during his time in the desert was the ck mark in his sea of consciousness. He was aware that it was gradually spreading in the sea of consciousness, so he wanted to return to the Ainsar World as soon as possible and seek to remove this taint.


    However, he had to challenge the possibility of seizing the relic on this ne first!


    He wasn''t an idiot. He understood that the Kawtils were targeting him. They obviously didn''t want to miss him. He was sure they weren''t watching him because they were worried about his safety.


    During his time in the desert, he also had time to think about his future ns. He wanted to single-handedly obtain the relic from the Infernal Abyss. However, even if he managed to break through the formation, he did not know what he would face in the future. So he would agree to help the Kawtils and appear to be on their side; but in fact he would only use them as cannon fodder.


    Once he got more information about the relic area, he would finish them off.


    Heinald determined an area to train in and set up a formation in that area. This formation formed a ck globe covering arge area and made its interior invisible from the outside.


    The reason he did this was because he clearly didn''t want them to learn hisbat power.


    "Light Flow!" While Heinald was constructing the pattern of spell in his mind, he sent his Magical Energy into this pattern and integrated them.


    Heinald felt the blood coursing through his veins turn into lightning bolts. He felt very light in his body, he had a feeling that he would take off and fly like a leaf of a tree in a wind.


    Numerous small lightning bolts began to swirl around his body like little snakes.


    Heinald set a point ahead as his target and dashed towards it. He felt his body fly away like a piece of paper caught in a hurricane. In the blink of an eye, he had reached his target point.


    "If my eyes were normal, I would definitely seepletely blurry as I moved" Heinald managed to see his surroundings as he moved at an incredibly fast speed. However, this sudden speed made him dizzy just like it didst time.


    He had to get used to it.


    Heinald knew that the spell named Light Flow could not be cast twice in a row. It couldn''t be said that this and other elemental spells had too much difficulty anyway. He thought he could master these spells in a short time.


    Toxic Instinct!


    His pupils turned pale green as Heinald began casting the spell. Two clouds of gas appeared around him, resembling a snake encircling a pir, and began to circle around him.


    All the sand, ten meters in diameter, turned a ck color and became a sticky and dense consistency.


    This spell was the only elemental spell that he was worried about while casting. The cast time of this spell was about five seconds, as he was very careful while constructing the pattern of this spell in his mind and integrating it with Magical Energy, knowing that he could be harmed if he made a mistake.


    While this time was considered very good for the other Ainsars, it was quite a bad time for him.


    "ck Fire Meteorite!" Heinald started casting the strongest damage spell he had.


    Heinald wanted this spell to strike a ce 400 meters away from him. About 50 meters high, a huge ck circle appeared, from which a ck orb engulfed by ck mes began to fall.


    When this orb fell into the area it designated, a deep crater covering an area of 250 meters was formed. There were no explosions or tremors, the sand in that area hadpletely disappeared.


    "This spell will be extremely deadly if the opponent is caught and held still." Heinald nodded.


    He would reinforce the other two spells when he found a creature on which he could observe the effects.


    He would train for the three spells he had set for now and increase his understanding of them. This will reduce the time it takes to cast them; control would increase.


    While Heinald was training on the spells he had newly learned, the members of the Kawtil Council were in a panic. This was due to an intelligence they had recently received.


    ording to this intelligence, high council of the Ulltemols were seen flying towards the entrance to the relic area, which is on the side of their borders.


    Avnr immediately ordered all the council members to assemble. He had never guessed that they would make the first move.


    The council members had a suspicion that this might be a trap, but they had to ignore it. If that''s why they got scared and didn''t go there, the Ultemols might have a chance to seize the relic.


    Although they were unlikely to break through the formation, they had to be careful.


    The five councilors who made up the main force of the Kawtils gathered together, and the remaining four, with the exception of Avnr, went to the giant Rafan. They would travel fast on the back of this Magical Beast, which looked like a gigantic eagle.


    Avnr, on the other hand, started to move through the vast desert with the security formation. He was moving at a great speed through a gigantic sand tornado.


    While Heinald was wandering around in the desert hoping to stumble upon a life form, he spotted a sand tornado far in the distance.


    "Is it heading towards the Infernal Abyss?" Heinald muttered. A strange glint appeared in his eyes.


    Going to the Infernal Abyss with formation had only one meaning!


    He immediately started running at full speed to the Infernal Abyss. After running nonstop for an unknown amount of time, he hade to the edge of the Infernal Abyss.


    "I wish Revakender was here" Heinald sighed as he looked down.


    The sand tornado had disappeared from his sight a long time ago. He immediately calcted the distance between his current location and the entrance to the relic area he had visited before.


    He then jumped down and cast his spell named Whisper of the Wind and started floating.


    If his calction was not wrong, he should have moved about ten miles towards the east side of the abyss.


    His main concern was calcting how far down the abyss he would go.


    Previously, when flying with Towsak, he had carefully paid attention to which part of the abyss they were diving from.


    After days of traveling over the ledges of the northern slope of the abyss, Heinald managed to find the entrance to the relic area where he hade with Towsak.


    When Heinald came in front of the huge rift, he began to observe the surroundings carefully. He did not feel any energy fluctuating around.


    This meant that there was no conflict nearby.


    He entered the rift and continued forward cautiously. After sessfully circumventing the traps that Towsak had shown him earlier, he had reached the front of the formation again.


    He had reviewed what he had experienced in this formation over and over in his mind, but he could not figure out what to do. He was beginning to think that this formation might actually be a facy and that the real entrance might be somewhere in the Infernal Abyss.

 Chapter 137: Crimson Mirror Ruins

    Chapter 137: Crimson Mirror Ruins


    As soon as Heinald stepped into the semi-circle formation entrance, he destroyed the creatures that attacked him as in the previous process.


    After destroying these creatures, a door appeared on the opposite wall. As it is known, this door led directly to the entrance of his formation.


    Instead of heading for the door, Heinald began to examine the surroundings with full attention. This ce looked like a ruined pce hall. He had observed the surroundings of this ce before, but could not find any detail that would attract his attention.


    Heinald wandered around for a long time, paying attention to even the smallest details.


    However, he could not reach a conclusion.


    "There must be something I overlooked" Heinald gritted his teeth. When faced with a situation he couldn''t solve, he felt like someone was choking his throat, it was so annoying!


    After thinking for a while, he decided to examine the whole area again.


    Something must have been overlooked.


    After an unknown period of time, he had already examined the entire environment five times in detail, but still had not discovered anything.


    "I spent a lot of time, if there was something I missed I would have noticed by now. I better go back now." Heinald muttered.


    He thought he had spent enough time. He didn''t know exactly what was going on between the Kawtils and the Ulltemols, but he would n ording to the future oue. If the situation seemed tooplicated and hopeless, he would leave this ne. He needed to find a way to clean the stain in his sea of consciousness.


    "Hmm?" As Heinald walked towards the door, he realized something was wrong. "Was that ledge there before?"


    In the wall of stone bricks on the side of that door, he noticed that one brick was slightly further ahead than the others.


    Revisioning his earlier observations in his mind, he realized that this brick was clearly aligned with the others.


    This indicated that that brick hade forwardter.


    Heinald walked over to the brick block a little ahead of the others and began to examine it.


    After examining it for a while, he gently pushed it away, as the stone block entered backwards, a circr door appeared.


    Heinald couldn''t quite understand what was going on, but he had a guess. In his opinion, the purpose of this pattern was to test the patience of the seeker.


    He had stayed in this formation for a very long time, trying to figure out the purpose of this formation.


    Heinald nced at the circr door. This door, like the others, was pitch ck, its back could not be seen.


    The moment he stepped through the door, he found himself in the middle of arge, round field. When he turned around, he could not find any door.


    "The exit must be somewhere else" Heinald muttered softly, then turned around and started walking.


    Beyond the round area, there was a road that curved slightly to the right. After following this road for hours, he realized that he hade to the same ce again.


    "Did I draw a circle?" Heinald scratched his chin. He had a thoughtful expression on his face, not seeing any other road or passageway in the path he was following.


    He looked around more carefully this time and began to follow the same path again. He soon realized that there was a small stone door that he had overlooked. This door was smaller than he was tall, so he would have to bend through it.


    "Could the staining in my sea of consciousness be damaging my perception?" Heinald was surprised to have missed this earlier as he slowly walked towards the stone door. Normally, such details would not go unnoticed by him. This was bing a growing concern for him.


    He tried to push the little stone door open, but he couldn''t move it even an inch. Considering the strength he possessed as a Level 2 Ainsar, it seemed that this small stone gate was no ordinary structure.


    He saw some carvings that appeared after he cleared theyer of dust on the stone door. Examining these carvings closely, he realized that they were actually multiple runesbined. This thing before his eyes was a Seal.


    The shapes of these runes were unlike any he had seen before, which only piqued his curiosity.


    He immediately began to construct this seal in his mind, but something happened that he did not expect.


    "Aghh!" Heinald sank to the ground, clutching his head. The moment he started to construct this seal in his mind, a severe pain stabbed in his head.


    He knew right away that this was another test.


    He took a deep breath and started to reconstruct the seal in his mind. When the same severe pain hit him again, he clenched his teeth and continued the process. The intense pain caused his body to tremble slightly. Cold sweat had appeared on his forehead, even his breathing had be sparse.


    Although the process, which took ten seconds in total, seemed like hours to him, it was finally over.


    When the process wasplete, a beam of light emerged from his body and flew directly over the carvings on the stone door, illuminating them. The stone door opened with a slight jolt.


    When Heinald stooped through the stone door, it closed again.


    "So someone else hase this far" A voice with an ufortably calm tone resounded.


    Heinald immediately began to carefully examine his surroundings. He was inside arge room, most of which waspletely dark. Ahead, a light from a crystal in the ceiling hit the floor directly and illuminated a small area. From the darkness, slowly approaching footsteps could be heard.


    "Who are you?" Heinald asked.


    A gigantic tiger, about five meters tall, emerged from the darkness. There were no waves of energy emanating from it, but the solidity of its body and the keen look in its eyes made it clear that it was not ordinary.


    "I am the guardian of the Crimson Mirror Ruins." The gigantic tiger slowly walked in front of him and stopped.


    "I''m here to seize the relic!" Heinald thought that simply telling him his purpose would be the most sensible thing he could do.


    "Yes, of course you are here to seize the relic" The gigantic tiger bend towards him, "And will you be able to get it?"


    Heinald didn''t answer as he was about to pass out from nervousness.


    "Come on! Go on... You better try your luck before those who fight to get in here seed." The gigantic tiger let out a sigh and turned around, pointing its head forward. There was a kind of sarcasm in his voice.


    "Who is fighting?" After Heinald asked this question, he found the answer instantly.


    They must have been Ulltemols and Kawtils!


    The giant tiger looked at him and said, "Someone else came here a short time before you, and he was sure to get the relic. However, he doesn''t seem to have achieved what he wanted. I wonder if you can still be as determined as now when you meet him."


    The floor behind the tiger split in half, revealing stairs leading down.


    "Did he talk like that to manipte me?" Heinald looked rather indecisive. As far as he could tell, someone else had made it this far before him; but it had ended badly.


    "I''ve spent huge amount of Arkana Stones toe to this ne. I''m not going anywhere until I have that relic." After Heinald made his decision, he started walking towards the stairs.


    He possessed powerful spells and a Protective-Type Magical Treasure. That''s why he was confident, ready to face the dangers.


    After descending many stairs, he hade to the beginning of a short tunnel. Ahead, at the end of the tunnel, was a yellowish light.


    As he walked towards the light, he realized that he hade into a veryrge field. It was a round area like an arena, but tens of timesrger than an arena.


    But there was something wrong with this vast region. There were many cracks, pits and craters in the floor of this field. It was obvious at first nce that a fierce battle was taking ce here.


    Heinald saw a tall figure ahead.


    He justy on the ground without moving. He began to walk slowly and cautiously towards her.


    When he came near him, he encountered a figure that looked very human. However, his eyes were veryrge and he had only two nostrils instead of his nose, other than that everything else was the same as a human''s.


    "This must be an Ulltemol..." Heinald had heard various things about their appearance. Although this Ulltemol looked quite badly injured, he was still alive. He slowly opened his eyes when he sensed Heinald''s presence. His eyes widened slightly when he saw him, then back to normal. He looked like he wanted to talk, but he couldn''t.

 Chapter 138: Fire Mane Tyrant Ogre

    Chapter 138: Fire Mane Tyrant Ogre


    "Y-You...will...die." Ulltemol barely managed to say something. "It... is... so... strong!"


    Heinald felt that the energy emanating from him was equal to the energy of a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar; however, these ripples were very weak due to his severe injury.


    "Who are you talking about?" Heinald asked. He felt that this Ulltemol was not ordinary. After all, he hade this far.


    He was also carefully observing the surroundings.


    "Woooooo!"


    A mighty roar made the whole environment tremble.


    From behind a small hill hundreds of meters ahead, a huge figure leaped into the sky.


    Heinald immediately abandoned his current position and retreated. He did this so that he could understand the situation and observe it thoroughly.


    *BOM!*


    Jumping into the sky, the figurended where he had stood before. The shock wave caused by the hardnding blew away the surrounding stone fragments. The area where itnded had sunk a few meters.


    "It''s an Ogre!" Heinald cried out in shock.


    Ogres were huge life forms. They had long and incredibly strong bodies that could reach up to ten meters.


    The ogre in front of Heinald had no hair and no nose. It had a huge mouth full of sharp teeth and tworge eyes. It had a mane covered with mes, resting on his back. Its arms were like burning coal.


    The veins on his ck arms seemed to beposed entirely of fire, radiating an extremely intense heat.


    But all that aside, what worried Heinald the most was that the energy waves emitted by this Ogre were equal to the energy waves of a low-phase Level 3 Ainsar.


    "Damn" Heinald grit his teeth.


    "Another rat, huh?" The ogre''s growling sound echoed.


    It was staring at Heinald with disdain.


    When the ogre raised its fist, its fist was engulfed in mes. It lunged towards Heinald and swung its fist at him.


    Light Flow!


    Heinald''s body became lighter and he moved away with lightning speed.


    The energy waves that emerged from the ogre''s punchpletely shattered the area where he used to stand.


    Heinald flew hundreds of meters ahead in a single dash. He immediately took the Phoenix Feather Potion from the dimensional pocket of his robe and drank it.


    He was aware that this Ogre was predisposed to the Fire Element, but he wouldn''t have had the slightest chance against it if he didn''t use all the spells he had.


    As Heinald consumed the potion, the Ogre dashed towards him again.


    Heinald dash forward a hundred yards once more and sped away from that position.


    "Damn rat!" After roaring in anger, the ogre covered both of his fists with fire and punched the ground.


    *BAM* With the force of the fist, a wave of fire spread out in all directions. In addition to this wave of fire, the shock wave that emerged with the violence of the fist was also moving together.


    Heinald immediately used hisst dash to soar into the sky. He had flown hundreds of meters up before the fire and shock wave reached him.


    While Heinald was still in the air, with a single thought, he activated his recently acquired attack-type magical treasure. The ring in his hand emitted a silver glow and turned into an ax that spewed ck smoke around it.


    This ax started to exploit the Dark Energy he had. The ax was surrounded by ck mes.


    "Take this damn it!" The veins on his face were prominent as Heinald squeezed himself all the way.


    As Heinald descended directly on the Ogre, he gripped the ax firmly in both hands and held it high above his head.


    He would strike the ax directly into the Ogre''s head.


    However, the Ogre roared angrily and swung his fist at him. A fist-shaped form of fire shot out of the Ogre''s hand and began flying straight towards him.


    Heinald''s eyes widened. He immediately swung the ax into a fist-shaped fire form that wasing towards him at full speed.


    *BOM!*


    There was an explosion of fire in the air.


    Heinald was thrown tens of meters and sank to the ground. The explosion of fire he was exposed to hadpletely burned his skin, which was his most vulnerable ce. His muscles and bones were quite strong, but he had not applied a cultivation technique to strengthen his skin.


    "Argghhh!" Heinald cried out in the intense pain of his burned skin. He wasn''t fast enough to activate the Blood Nightmare Shield.


    His biggest mistake was underestimating the Ogre''s attack. This Ogre was a Level 3 Ainsar power, facing his attack directly was a pretty stupid move.


    If there was another Level 2 Ainsar instead, he would have died on the spot.


    "Heheheheh!" As the Ogre looked ahead at Heinald, who was groaning in pain, he chuckled, "Impressive to see you still alive, you little bug!"


    Icysoul Potion appeared in Heinald''s hand. He clenched his teeth and quickly straightened up, throwing the potion bottle directly at the Ogre.


    The Ogre spotted the bottle quicklying towards it at thest moment and was unable to react. It clearly did not expect such a move at all.


    As soon as the bottle broke, Ogre realized that his spirit and consciousness had fallen into the middle of an ice hell. He immediately activated his spirit and began to circte the powerful firepower he possessed in his spirit.


    Icysoul Potion could deal tremendous damage to the spirit of any lifeform equal a Level 2 Ainsar power. However, unfortunately, this Ogre had a power equal to that of a Level 3 Ainsar; so the potion wouldn''t have much of an effect on it.


    "Aodon''s Hand!" Heinald shouted out in his mind. As the Ogre struggled with the deep freeze in his spirit, he thought he should use this opportunity.


    ck arms appeared around the ogre and encircled him.


    "Wooaaarr!" The ogre roared angrily and tried to break free from the arms.


    "Ugh!" Heinald gasped. The power this Ogre exerted was clearly too much for him. The fact that the spell he had cast was immediately destroyed by it had dealt a blow to his consciousness.


    Heinald immediately began casting the newly learned spell called ck Fire Meteorite. However, since he had not yet mastered casting this spell, the time he spent in the casting process was longer than other spells.


    "Wuooarr!" With a fierce roar, the ogre spun around and freed itself from the ck arms that gripped it and tried to hold it still. It took him two or three seconds to get rid of this very powerful Dark Magic.


    Heinald hadn''t finished casting ck Fire Meteorite yet!


    The ogre took a deep breath and roared with all his might. A wave of fire came out of his mouth, so fierce that even the ground boiled, and flew straight towards Heinald.


    "Blood Nightmare Shield, activate!" As soon as Heinald finished casting his spell ck Fire Meteorite, he shouted out in his mind.


    Fortunately, there was quite a distance between him and the Ogre, and it took a few seconds for the wave of fire to reach him.


    This gave him enough time.


    A pale redyer covered his body. This barrier protected him from any possible damage.


    As the fire wave reached him, a huge ck circle had formed above the Ogre. A meteor covered with ck fire emerged from this circle andnded directly on the Ogre.


    Covering an area of 200 meters, ck fires rose into the sky.


    "Wuooaaarr!" The ogre cried out in pain.


    When the fire wave hit the pale red barrier, numerous cracks formed on the surface of the barrier.


    ording to Heinald''s calctions, this single wave of fire consumed 70% of Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy instantly.


    "Damn it!" Heinald grit his teeth. He looked rather pathetic, as his skin and robes were covered with burns.


    When he took a look at the ce where the ogre was, he saw that a huge crater had formed there.


    Heinald immediately began casting his magic called Divine Chaos. At the same time, a Magic Scroll appeared in his hand.


    The moment Heinald sent Magical Energy to this Magic Scroll, mes appeared in his hand that radiated a terrifying heat, and they came together to form a fireball.


    When the Ogre emerged from the crater, some parts of his body were seen to havepletely disappeared.


    If he didn''t have the power of a Level 3 Ainsar, that attack could instantly destroy this Ogre; because he was directly exposed to it.


    When the Ogre emerged from the crater, realizing that it was surrounded by an energy field, it was angry, "Damn rat, I''m going to drink your blood!"


    Arge number of lighning bolts appeared above it, and a session of lighning streaks began to fall on it. At the same time, a fireball consisting of red mesnded in its area and turned that area into hell.

 Chapter 139: Reward

    Chapter 139: Reward


    Hit by fierce lightning and scorching fires, the Ogre was in a chaotic environment it had never encountered before. As fierce lightning pierced through its skin and into its bones, it also found himself in a pool ofva that surrounded it.


    "Woooooooo!" The ogre cried out in pain.


    An elemental energy field formed in its immediate vicinity, which soon turned into a powerfulyer of fire and exploded outward.


    Everything in that vicinity, including theva pool created by the Infernal Fireball, was destroyed by the violent explosion. Hundreds of meters of ground blew up as if a huge volcano had erupted and spread to the surrounding area.


    Heinald shielded his face with his arm to regain his vision, which was blocked by the gust of wind blowing toward him. The fierce wind made him grind his teeth in pain when it touched his burned skin.


    Heinald cast a spell called Akreem''s Eye Stone, which has been around since the spells he had learned just recently. A stone protruding from the ground appeared in front of him.


    A transparent energy field appeared that was constantly rotating in a wide circle. Small sparks were asionally seen in this transparent energy field. Various runes were shining on this stone.


    "Any fire skill he uses will now be 30% less effective." A cold look appeared in Heinald''s eyes.


    "Your tricks are endless, little rat!" The ogre roared and started running towards him. The ground trembled with every step it took, and the tremor was no less.


    "I''m going to kill you!" Heinald roared with all his anger, and with one thought, his ax reappeared in his hand.


    The ogre engulfed its fist in mes again and swung at him in full fury. Its fist was so fierce that; the air around it was torn, making its fist look like it was covered with a transparentyer. At the same time, a terribly hotyer of fire also surrounded its fist.


    Heinald decided to use his favorite feature of his newly acquired attack-type treasure. Through this feature, he would absorb some of the damage of its fist.


    Heinald gripped the ax tightly and swung it sideways. The ax shed like a silver streak of light and stabbed directly into the Ogre''s fist.


    *BAM!* Under the impact of the violent collision, a shock wave exploded and the surrounding area copsed, sting tons of earth into the air.


    Although this Ogre had the strength of a Level 3 Ainsar, it still did not have the strength of the body to easily resist High-Rank spells.


    Heinald was also iparably stronger than an ordinary Level 2 Ainsar. This being the case, the Ogre was badly injured and its strength was greatly reduced. The fire in its fist was no longer strong enough to harm Heinald, but its physical strength was far above him despite its severe wounds.


    "Arghh!" The bones in Heinald''s arms shattered into pieces from the violent collision. He flew back hundreds of meters, coughing up arge amount of blood.


    Ogre''s condition was also not good. The ax had cut his right arm in two.


    Wuoaaarr! I will kill you! I will kill you!" The ogre waspletely insane.


    Heinald struggled to his feet as his entire body trembled in pain and shouted out, "You''re the one who going to die!"


    The ogre roared as her ran towards him, its left armpletely covered in dark blue fire, clearly putting all its remaining power into this attack.


    Heinald immediately cast the spell called Frost Wave. Freezing ice particles appeared around him and exploded outward. Immediately after, he cast his spell called Indignation of Ice.


    Frost Wave hadn''t been able to freeze this Ogre for even a second, but it had somewhat reduced his running speed and the fierce of his mes.


    Heinald''s arm waspletely covered in ayer of ice, and a fist-shaped ice shot out from his arm, flying straight towards the Ogre.


    Ice fumes covered arge area when he collided with the ogre''s fist. The surrounding temperature dropped drastically and the ground was covered with a thickyer of ice.


    As the condensed ice fumes began to dissipate, the Ogre appeared to bepletely frozen.


    Heinald knew it was still alive. the energy waves emanating from it could still be clearly felt; however, the power of these energy waves was gradually decreasing.


    The thickyer of ice surrounding the ogre was covered with cracks.


    *Crack!* The thickyer of ice exploded like a dropped ss bottle and a st of freezing cold air swept over the environment.


    "Wuuaaarr!" The ogre roared in anger and dashed towards Heinald.


    With one thought, Heinald immediately activated the Blood Nightmare Shield. The area around his body was covered with a pale red barrier before the Ogre''s fist hit him.


    "BAM!" When the Ogre''s fist hit the barrier, the already heavily cracked barrier shattered into pieces.


    "Ugh!" Out of breath, Heinald flew backwards and crashed into therge boulder behind him.


    His ribs were broken.


    The Blood Nightmare Shield was able to absorb most of the punch''s damage, but this Ogre''s physical strength was unbelievable.


    "Puah!" The Ogre stumbled and fell to his knees, coughing up blood, after when it began to run towards Heinald again.


    After taking a deep breath, the Ogre got up and continued running towards him.


    Heinald cast a spell called Fire Vines, pushing the limits of his mind and body,pletely numb with pain.


    As the ogre rushed, fire vines emerged from underground and wrapped it. It tried to resist with all its might, but it was also badly injured and hadpletely run out of energy.


    With trembling legs, Heinald barely stood up and managed to lift his fully-broken arms, enduring the incredible pain.


    A ray of fire, hot as hell, shot out from his hands and directly hit the Ogre''s head.


    "Wuaaaarrghh!" The ogre roared in pain. It tried to get rid of the fire vines that gripped its whole body, but it couldn''t.


    The devastating fire ray hit into its head for seconds, and finally seeded in piercing its head.


    Life waspletely gone from the ogre''s body, and its huge body fell to the ground.


    Heinald couldn''t take it any longer and fell to the ground. He immediately took out the healing potion from his dimensional pocket of his robe and tried to bring it to his mouth with trembling hands.


    He was too badly injured to hold even a fairly light bottle to his mouth. After taking the potion to his mouth, enduring intense pain, he consumed all the liquid inside.


    He was aware that his eyes were darkening as he put the bottle down, the only thing he felt before he passed out was the intense itching in his bones and skin.


    ***


    Heinald opened his eyes after being unconscious for an unknown amount of time. As soon as he regained consciousness, the only thing that greeted him were the terrible aches in his body.


    "Arghh!" He straightened, gritting his teeth. He looked over to see that his robe waspletely covered with burns. He saw that the burnt skin on his hands had crusted over and fell off.


    The healing potion he had consumed was taking effect.


    Another healing potion appeared in Heinald''s hand. This was thest healing potion he had.


    He consumed it all at once.


    Although his burned skin was starting to heal, he still felt intense pain in his bones. Consuming one more potion would make his healing process much faster.


    "So you''ve finallye to your senses!"


    Heinald was startled by the sound he heard. Looking around quickly, he saw to his right the giant tiger he had seen earlier walking towards him.


    This tiger had told him that he was the guardian of these ruins.


    Seeing Heinald staring at him with cold eyes, it chuckled and continued, "It was quite an exciting fight, it was worth the wait!"


    "What do you want?" Heinald asked.


    The giant tiger looked directly at him, "Me? Nothing... I''m here to give you your reward. After all, you passed the test..."


    "What''s the reward?" Heinald asked.


    When the huge tiger lifted its w, a pearl appeared in front of its w. Although no warmth emanated from this pearl, no one would dare touch it. It looked like a little sun.


    The light emanating from it was the kind of light that could destroy even the deepest darkness.


    Heinald couldn''t take his eyes off this pearl. It was as if his soul was being drawn into this pearl.

 Chapter 140: Returning to the Ainsar World

    Chapter 140: Returning to the Ainsar World


    "This is a Day Dragon Pearl. If you can use this pearl correctly, you can understand some of the principles of the Fire Element. Of course, this will still depend on your perception." The pearl, which began to fly from the giant tiger''s w, moved towards Heinald.


    "Fire Element principles" Heinald''s eyes lit up. To understand the principles behind an element was to understand a kind of identity of that element.


    As Heinald held the pearl, the sea of consciousness began to shake. He lost control of his mind and body. His vision waspletely clouded.


    As his vision cleared again as he tried to understand what he was going through, he found himself next to a huge star. He began to watch the different colored mes that the star radiated around it.


    He didn''t feel any warmth. All he felt was an incredible desire to observe the mes.


    The explosions on the surface of the huge red star and the colorful mes that spread as a result of these explosions began to fill his mindpletely.


    An unknown time passed.


    The huge tiger looked at the standing Heinald with an expression of interest. His eyes were closed, he was in a state of deep hypnosis. The light emitted by the pearl he held in his hand was fading away.


    This indicated that he hade to the end of his observation period.


    After a few minutes, when the pearl''s shine waspletely gone, itpletely disappeared.


    Heinald''s eyes were stillpletely closed. He remained with his eyes closed for hours, still appearing to be in deep hypnosis.


    When he opened his eyes at the end of long hours, his pupils emitted a golden beam of light for a split second.


    "I hope you were able to get some inferences" The giant tiger muttered softly.


    "I''ve gotten a lot more than just some inferences." Heinald smiled faintly.


    He hadpletely lost control of his mind at first, in his own sea of consciousness. However, heter resisted this uncontrobility as best he could, and finally regained control of his mind and was able to think.


    "Oh? Is that so?" The gigantic tiger''s eyes gleamed sharply.


    Heinald let out a deep, sigh of relief.


    The most important thing he understood in the process he left behind was that the principles could not be understood because contrary to popr belief, there were no principles. An element was whole and it was all about feeling them. For example, when someone is casting an element-based spell, they already have a certain understanding of that element. But feeling that element is something else.


    The things described as ''principles'' were actually the levels of feeling that element in a way.


    He remembered a few books he had read on principles a long time ago. In those books, it was actually trying to exin that the principles of an element could not be understood, but he failed to understand it at that time.


    "As far as I understand, there are different levels of feeling. The Fire Element I felt near a firece fire was not the same as the Fire Element I felt through this pearl." Heinald thought.


    Inferences about principles were not the most important thing the Day Dragon Pearl taught him. The most important thing it taught him was that types of energy can be felt just by being observed.


    He had not felt any warmth in that sea of consciousness, but he had felt the scorching power of those colored mes with his whole being.


    "So, was that the relic?" Heinald looked at the huge tiger.


    "That''s just it." The giant tiger answered.


    "The Ulltemol who came here before me..." Heinald looked at the huge tiger, "What do you know about him?"


    "As far as he told me, he was exiled by the Ulltemols. He wanted to seize this relic and go to the World of Ainsar." The tiger''s calm voice echoed around.


    "The World of Ainsar?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    The huge tiger chuckled, "Yes, he did mention he found a way to get there."


    "Don''t tell me... Could he have caused the creatures to pass through the portal?" Heinald remembered the creatures in the Por Wind Forest. He probably managed to activate that portal for a while.


    After the fierce battle between Heinald and the Ogre, his body must have beenpletely destroyed.


    Heinald looked at the tiger in front of him, asked the question that came to mind, "Will you always stay here?"


    "I havepleted the task my master gave me. Now my spirit can leave this realm." The tiger replied.


    It was a spirit left behind by an Ancient Ainsar.


    Heinald thought that this body might have been bestowed upon him by the Ancient Ainsar, who left this relic.


    "How do I get out of here?" Heinald asked.


    A door appeared as the huge tiger waved its paw. It was quite simr to the door he had seen at the entrance of the formation.


    "When you pass through this door, you will find yourself at the entrance to the ruins. I advise you to get away from there immediately. These ruins will begin to crumble with your exit."


    "Will it begin to crumble?" Heinald''s eyebrows rose.


    "The relic has been captured by you, there is no point in existing here now. I will order the formation under my control to self-destruct."


    The giant tiger replied.


    "Thank you for your help." Heinald bowed before the huge tiger in front of him and paid his respects. This huge tiger was a spirit thousands of years old and would soon leave this realm.


    "Mmm." The huge tiger gave a slight nod.


    Heinald headed towards the door and stepped inside. He found himself directly at the entrance to the ruins. A jolt was felt on the ground.


    Heinald immediately started traveling along the slope of the Infernal Abyss. When he reached the ck Scorpion Desert, he immediately started traveling towards the portal at full speed.


    He had used all his trump cards in his battle with the Ogre, and he had no trump cards to rely on.


    He didn''t know how the conflict between the Kawtils and the Ulltemols had ended, but he no longer had the confidence to stand up to them.


    The Blood Nightmare Shield waspletely depleted of energy, and he had no blood to recharge it.


    Therefore, he had to immediately return to the Ainsar World. Moreover, he needed to remove the staining in the sea of consciousness. A research process was waiting for him about it.


    "I wonder how many years have passed?" Heinald did not know how the time flow was on this ne. When he returned to the World of Ainsar, he could find that many years had passed.


    Heinald traveled as fast as he could for days. When he reached the in where the Portal was located, he ran straight towards the rocky area where the portal was hidden.


    When he reached the rocky area where the portal was hidden, he began to feel the spatial energy. He came to the stone he had discovered earlier, where the portal was hidden, and radiated his Magical Energy outward.


    Heinald saw his surroundings started bending. He soon found himself floating in a spatial tunnel.


    He knew that he hadpleted his journey when he suddenly felt that his body was being pulled by gravity again.


    He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the familiar surroundings, he was inside the underground structure located in Pr Wind Forest.


    Heinald immediately left the underground structure.


    When he out of the underground structure, he found himself inside the Pr Wind Forest.


    "Revakender!" Although Heinald could sense in his spirit that his Spirit Companion was alive, he was on a different ne, unable to mentallymunicate with it. However, he could nowmunicate with it.


    He summoned it and waited for it to reach the forest.


    Hourster, a huge dragon from the sky began to descend towards him. Each time this jet-ck dragon pped its wings, the surrounding trees twitched at an odd angle.


    When it finallynded, the ground on which it had stepped,copsed into the ground, the trees around it falling into pieces.


    Heinald''s eyes gleamed as he stared at it. He was n''t sure how many years had passed, but his baby dragon had grown twice asrge as he had seen himst time.


    He jumped on its back and started flying straight towards the academy with it. As he traveled with it above the clouds, he was actually quite curious how much time had passed in the Ainsar World.


    He could easily learn this by going to a nearby city, but he didn''t need to. After all, he would learn when he went to the academy, there was no need to approach the city with a huge dragon and attract attention.


    When Heinald reached the academy, he realized that five years had passed. It wasn''t a very long time, but it was still quite a bit of timepared to the short time he spent on that ne.


    There had been some changes in his absence from the academy. Larten, the head of the Potions Division, had left. The head of the Potions Division was now headed by a woman named Elly Meson.


    Under normal circumstances, Heinald even had a chance to head the division, but in his absence, they probably went on a different choice.

 Chapter 141: Lady Elly

    Chapter 141: Lady Elly


    After Heinald got some his work done at the academy''s headquarters, he went to the Potion Division building to meet the new department head named Elly Meson.


    He knocked on her door and entered.


    "Hello!" When Heinald walked in, he immediately saluted.


    Inside was a very beautiful young woman standing by the bookshelf. Her dark purple hair reached her waist. Her light brown eyes were glowing slightly. She was wearing a dark purple embroidered jacket that matched her hair. The ck skirt she wore showed off her long white legs.


    When Heinald looked at her, he thought that this woman was even prettier than Morena, the most beautiful woman he had once seen.


    He was surprised when he realized that this woman was a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar. Although there were many Level 1 Ainsars in Ruthas Academy, there were not many Level 2 Ainsars.


    Level 2 Ainsars were the main force of an organization or n. Organizations or ns that had more of them would naturally have a strongerbat power.


    "Hello! Do I know you?" The beautiful woman turned towards Heinald.


    "My name is Heinald, you''ve been traveling for a long time. I''m a member of the Potions Division, I wanted toe and meet you when I heard that the divison had a new head."


    "Oh! I''ve heard your name before from the members of the Potions Division. You were Albin Redsand''s apprentice, weren''t you?" The beautiful woman''s eyes lit.


    "Yeah."


    The beautiful woman walked over to Heinald and held out her hand, "I''m Elly Meson, nice to meet you."


    Heinald immediately took the beautiful woman''s hand and kissed it, "It''s a pleasure meeting you."


    "Please sit down." Elly pointed to one of the chairs in front of her desk.


    Heinald chatted with her for a long time on various topics. This beautiful woman was a member of one of the most powerful families in the Risingmoon Kingdom.


    Although he didn''t know her potion brewing skills, from the conversation they had about various herbs and materials, this beautiful woman had quite a bit of knowledge.


    Elly too was stunned by Heinald''s vast knowledge pool and could not help but admire him. What surprised him the most was that his knowledge spanned many branches, not just potions.


    Both were quite satisfied with theirmunication and decided to meet again to talk and experiment together again about potions.


    After Heinald had left her, he had gone straight to the academy''s library and began reading all the sources of information he could find, regardless of the people around him. He needed to clear the stain from his sea of consciousness before it spread any further.


    The days passed quickly.


    He spent most of his time reading all kinds of books he could find in the library. However, he could not find any information that offered a solution to his problem. He knew that there were more valuable books in the upper levels of the library, but he needed more Achievement Points to reach them. Remain of his time he did also go into a meditation state every day and, thanks to his perfect memory, clearly remember the mes of the star he had observed in the sea of consciousness, and by observing it over and over, he could feel the Fire Element more and more.


    Since Heinald had not been in the academy for a long time, he had to take some quests andplete them. He had to collect Achievement Points to reach all kinds of resources he needed anyway.


    For this reason, he requested that a list of avable quests be given to him. When he received the quest list, he began to look for a suitable quest for him.


    Out of the hundreds of quests listed, he was able to choose only three quests suitable for him. These quests were described as very dangerous quests.


    Naturally, they also gave the most Achievement Points!


    "Kill the Hellfire Nightmare Snake in Boiling Cauldron Valley. Attention: This quest is only suitable for Level 2 Ainsars. Boiling Cauldron Valley also contains too many dangerous Magical Beasts.The Ruthas Academy will soon send an expedition there, so the greatest known threat there must be destroyed. Reward: 7000 Achievement Points."


    "Unravel the secret behind the disappearance of Furyus Almhad, a former instructor of Ruthas Academy. Reward: 10000 Achievement Points."


    "Special Mission: Listen to the request of Count Vaarsen, one of the academy''s biggest supporters. If you bring a confirmation form from Count Vaarsen, the mission will be considered sessful. Reward: 9500 Achievement Points"


    These quests were updated frequently. Therefore, it was very important to get the quest to be taken before someone else did.


    Heinald took all three of these tasks after taking the necessary actions.


    First, he wanted to start by investigating the secret behind Furyus Almhad''s disappearance. However, he had to find the energy source for the Blood Nightmare Shield first. His stockpile of blood was already depleted.


    So it made sense to go to the Boiling Cauldron Valley first. It was a volcanic area and there was a chance to find the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile. Moreover, the organs of the various beasts that he would kill there would be useful for the Phoenix spirit inside his ring.


    That being the case, he made his decision this way. However, before all that he had to do was buy some potions and craft a few Magic Scrolls.


    Heinald did not have a medium rank healing potion form. He was sure he could create a potion form above medium rank if he had enough time, but he didn''t have the time. That''s why he would trade it for the Achievement Points he had.


    Normally, he wouldn''t want to spend Achievement Points, but he had spent all his Arkana Stones to buy Space Stones.


    Heinald had decided to listen for a few days at his home at the academy to make various preparations. Moreover, the damage left on his body by the severe injuries he had received recently continued. Although the healing potions hadpletely healed the injuries to his skin, the injuries to his bones were not yet fully healed.


    A few days would be enough for him, thanks to the superior regeneration rate his body already possessed.


    He also had a craftsman refurbish his almostpletely burnt robe,in his free time.


    When Heinald was on the second day of his rest, an attendant delivered him a note. This note was from Elly, she needed his help for a mixture.


    "It would be such a shame... if I didn''te to the aid of ady in need of me!" Heinald grinned.


    He immediately left his home and went to Elly''s room in the Potions Division building.


    "Hello! What is it that you need help with?" Heinald asked immediately when he entered her room.


    "I''m trying to create a new form ofbustible mixture. However, although the ingredients I use for this mixture are quite strong, the resulting effect is not strong enough. I feel something is wrong, but I can''t find the source of the problem. If you have some time, I would ask you to help me with this.


    "Sure! Let me see the ingredients and the mix."


    Heinald helped Elly and after a short observation identified the problem and told her the source of the problem.


    After the two of them finished their work, they sat and chatted for a while.


    Then they said goodbye to each other.


    A few days passed quickly.


    Heinald hadpleted all his preparations and was ready to go to the Boiling Cauldron Valley. He left the academy after purchasing a few healing potions.


    On the back of Revakender, he set out towards the Boiling Cauldron Valley.


    Boiling Cauldron Valley was quite far from Ruthas Academy, so he traveled for about half a month, although he traveled by flight.


    At the end of the half month, when he finally reached the beginning of the valley. He began to survey the surroundings, on the dragon''s back he could clearly observe the valley from a wide angle.


    This valley was quite arge one. Although Heinald could observe the valley from a wide angle, he could not detect its end.


    There was a longva flow flowing through the middle of the valley. Apart from this,va was erupted towards the sky from some ces he saw.


    "Let''s go, Revakender!"


    Heinald descended towards the valley and began to observe the valley more closely. He could see no danger other than a few Magical Beasts he had seen.


    When he looked closely at theva flow, he could not see any Three-headed Inferno Crocodile around thisva flow. However, this did not make him lose hope, after all, the valley was huge and the Three-headed Inferno Crocodiles were also prowling under theva.


    Heinald was looking for a suitable ce tond with Revakender.

 Chapter 142: Boiling Cauldron Valley

    Chapter 142: Boiling Cauldron Valley


    "Revakender, get down here!" Heinald told his Spirit Companion where tond through mentalmunication.


    Revakendernded near theva flow. There was naturally a very hot and oppressive weather around this valley.


    Heinald originally nned to look for the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile. He would then go after the Hellfire Nightmare Snake, the real reason he hade here.


    It was known that the strength of this snake was equal to peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar. Therefore, it was quite a powerful and dangerous beast. The Academy naturally gave a good amount of Achievement Points for this mission.


    Heinald started walking beside theva flow. He was advancing cautiously, knowing that at any moment he could be attacked by a monster that coulde out of theva flow.


    Heinald was thinking about the Blood Nightmare Shield in the back of his mind as he walked into the middle of the valley. The blood of the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile was the most suitable blood for the energy source of this magical treasure. This was because the fire energy in the blood waspatible with the fire-based runes at the base of the Blood Nightmare Shield.


    If he had more theoretical knowledge about Protective Type Magical Treasures, he could change the runes at the base of his magical treasure and perhaps create a more suitable energy source for him. Unfortunately, research in the academy was very costly and he still had a lot of Achievement Points to umte before he could get theories about it.


    He could gain some theoretical knowledge by experimenting with the Blood Nightmare Shield he already had, but for that he would have to sacrifice it.


    Of course he would never do such a stupid thing.


    "Hmm?" As Heinald rode along the edge of the stream, he saw particles of earth and rock rising up into the sky ahead. The trembling on the ground beneath his feet began to increase.


    As he carefully focused his eyes forward, he saw an Ainsar struggling with a strange creature. Although that man fought well, it seems that the monster he was fighting had a power level superior to him.


    Heinald wasn''t a benefactor, he had no intention of helping the man and bing a hero. However, during the short time he watched his struggle, something had caught his attention.


    That''s why he wanted to talk to his.


    The monster that man fought looked like a kind of Lava Pavlt. Lava Pavlts were life forms with four legs and a cone-shaped body. As they were about the size of an average human, they were not naturally considered arge life form.


    However, they were life forms that could move quite agile due to their small bodies and had a good fire element affinity.


    Fighting with him, Ainsar had severe burns on various parts of his body. Blood was oozing from the corner of his mouth, his breathing getting heavier and heavier. He looked like he was pushing his will to the limit to stay upright.


    An ax was suddenly thrust into Pavlt''s body, who was about to make a final strike towards him. There were ck mes dancing on the surface of this ax.


    Pavlt staggered at first with the sudden blow, then the fire in his body that was burning like emberspletely disappeared and turned into a ck stone, no energy emanating from him anymore.


    This Pavlt had a power that could bepared to the strength of a peak-phase Level 1 Ainsar, if not, it was pretty close.


    The wounded Ainsar stared in amazement at the dying Pavlt before him. He looked around to see what was happening, and saw a maning towards him.


    This man was young looking and quite built, the waves of energy emanating from him showed that he was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Lord Ainsar!" The injured man immediately bowed before him.


    This man was naturally none other than Heinald.


    "It was a pretty tough fight, I guess." Heinald smiled faintly, the man before him was a Tier 1 Ainsar.


    "If it weren''t for you, I''d be dead, sir. I appreciate your help!" As the man spoke, he bent down again, "With your permission, I want to consume potions to heal my wounds."


    Heinald gave a nod, "Of course!"


    The wounded Ainsar took out a potion bottle containing ck liquid from a small bag hanging on his back, and uncorked it and consumed it all.


    "Oh! Forgive my rudeness, I didn''t introduce myself. My name is Orinath, sir." The wounded Ainsar lowered his head.


    "It doesn''t matter, are you a potion master?" Heinald was studying the man in front of him carefully.


    This man had short and messy hair. His hair and beard had a hue between yellow and auburn. He wasn''t even seen as a middle-aged person yet.


    "I''m striving to be a potions master, sir. Although I don''t see myself as a sessful person yet, I have hopes that I can do sessful business in the future." Orinath replied.


    Heinald nodded slowly. He noticed the multi-section belt around his waist. Various potions were hung in the manypartments that the belt had.


    This item wasmon with potion masters. If Heinald didn''t have the dimensional storage treasure, he would also be using this type of belt. However, since he had a dimensional storage treasure, he could already store or extract his potions with a single thought.


    So he didn''t need that kind of item.


    Heinald had seen this man use an explosive type of potion. Not all potions were consumed, some were externally effective. For example, a potion that this man used caused a small lightning explosion.


    Heinald asked him various questions and checked his knowledge of brewing and various ingredients. He had also heard his story and learned why he was here. He could tell this man had an above average knowledge base.


    When he introduced himself to this man, the man was shock after shock. He nearly fainted when he learned that he was someone who hadpleted his apprenticeship with the famous potions grandmaster Albin Redsand and had managed to enter the potions section of Ruthas Academy.


    Heinald had offered him an apprenticeship, which naturally he epted immediately. It would be foolish to miss such an opportunity.


    He hadn''t actually epted this man as an apprentice because of his talent or knowledge of potions.


    Boiling Cauldron Valley was considered a high-level danger zone for Level 1 Ainsars. This man was searching for the Flower of Hope, which is said to grow in this valley, for a potion form he was working on.


    During the two of them talking, Heinald had told him that it was foolish toe to such a dangerous ce for a flower.


    "Death is also part of the Ainsar path... If I''m going to die, at least I''ll die in pursuit of my goal."


    That was the answer Heinald got!


    He was sure that this man was an overly ambitious moron, but he had some ns for him. He was sure he could use this man in the future.


    In his opinion, if he could handle this man well, he could be a good servant for him in the future. He knew that a man who fearlessly pursues his ambitions will always achieve something.


    Maybe this man named Orinath would get something from him during his time with him and improve himself in the potions branch. If that were the case, a servant who worked for him could help him in many ways.


    "Revakender,e here!" Heinaldmunicated mentally with his dragon.


    "S-Sir! Look!" When Orinath saw a huge dragon descending from the sky towards them, he cried out in anger.


    Heinald sighed and exined the situation to him, "Calm down! He''s my Spirit Companion, he''s going to get you out of this valley."


    "T-That...Is that dragon your Spirit Companion!?" Orinath cried out in shock.


    When Revakendernded next to them, he was trembling with fear.


    "Climb on its back!" Heinald pointed to the dragon''s back.


    "W-What!?" Orinath''s heart tightened.


    "Tsk! I thought you were a braver person." Heinald nced at the man beside him.


    "I am! But... After all, I don''t see a dragon every day." A look of embarrassment appeared on Orinath''s face.


    As Orinath mounted on Revakender''s back, he was trembling with fear, though he tried to hide his fear.


    For several minutes Heinald had told him not to be afraid, that he would not be harmed. After all, he didn''t know how long he would spend in this valley, and the two of them would stay together all this time.

 Chapter 143: Scary Beast!

    Chapter 143: Scary Beast!


    For a long time, Heinald encountered nothing as he made his way deeper into the Boiling Cauldron Valley.


    He could hear the roars and hums rising from various parts of the huge valley, but he had not encountered a beast.


    "Oh? There I see one over there..."


    After walking for a long time, he saw a Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile a few hundred meters away, next to theva flow.


    "Ornament of Death! Come to me!" As Heinald cried out in his mind, the ring in his hand shone silver and turned into two swords.


    He thought that this name would suit this Attack Type Magical Treasure he had recently obtained and gave it this name.


    The twin swords began to drain the Dark Energy he had; ck mes appeared from the dancing ind on their surface.


    Although these fires did not radiate warmth, they were quite destructive.


    He jumped over the twenty meter wideva stream and crossed to the other side of the stream, running directly towards the crocodile.


    When the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile spotted Heinald running towards it, fierce fire rose from all three of its heads, and fireballs soon formed inside its mouths.


    Fireballs from the mouth of the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile began to move directly towards him.


    As Heinald sprinted, he jumped with all his might and rose nearly thirty meters, dodging the fireballs with ease.


    As he descended towards it, the crocodile shot out a wave of fire from its mid-head mouth.


    Normally, crocodiles could not raise their heads. However, this damn thing was a Magical Beast. They were getting some changes in the evolutionary process.


    With the ck sword entirely made of Dark Energy held in his right hand, Heinald cut the wave of fire that came straight towards him.


    *Shoush!*


    When the ck sword, which was a copy of the original sword, cut the fire wave in the middle, a ck line formed in the middle of the fire wave.


    The ck fire had split the crocodile''s wave of fire in half.


    "Hua!" When Heinaldnded at the bottom of the crocodile, he spun around with the silver sword in his left hand, making a swift move. As he turned around, the silver light emanating from the sword and the ck mes that had formed a lightyer on its surface created a very elegant y of light in the air.


    These lights were only visible for about half a second. The only thing he knew then was the dense blood bursting from the crocodile''s middle head.


    Heinald''s attack had split its middle head in two!


    "Wraarh!" A cry of pain rose from the other two heads of the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile.


    "Frost Wave!"


    When Heinald realized that the other two heads of the crocodile were going to attack towards him, he immediately cast the Ice-based spell. Since this spell was a Medium Rank spell and he had already mastered this spell, he could cast it in almost under a second.


    A st of freezing air sted out of his body.


    Since the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile was so close to him, naturally this attack was enough to freeze it; however, this ''freezing'' state onlysted about two seconds.


    The thinyer of ice surrounding the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile''s body onlysted for two seconds.


    However, this time was quite enough for Heinald, he managed to open the distance between it and him. The swords in his hand turned into a silver beam of light and again took the form of a ring.


    When the crocodile broke through the thinyer of ice surrounding it, it started running towards him, but before it could reach him, he had finished casting the spell.


    "Divine Chaos!" Heinald eximed.


    An energy field formed around the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile. The giant crocodile immediately attacked its energy field and tried to break it with its teeth, but before it could do that, the lightning bolts that appeared above it were about to hit it.


    *BAM* *BAM* *BOM* Fierce lightning streaks began to descend on the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile with full force. Each streak pierced the giant crocodile''s body and damaged its internal organs.


    "Wraah!" The Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile was howling in pain. Although its skin was quite solid, after all, this spell was a High Rank spell and had been cast by a Level 2 Ainsar.


    After a hundred lightning streaks thatnded on it, the giant crocodile sank tens of meters into the ground.


    It had severe wounds in various parts of his body, which were reducing his stamina with each passing second.


    When the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile emerged from the pit, it started to scream in pain and anger, but its scream was cut short.


    This was because Heinald''s Indignation of Ice hit it as soon as it emerged from the pit.


    The giant crocodile and its surroundings werepletely frozen, looking from afar it seemed like a small iceberg had formed.


    For this attack, Heinald had waited for it to pull it out of the pit and started casting the spell before it even came out of the pit.


    The silver ring on his hand shed again at him single thought, but this time it did n''t take the form of twin swords.


    The silver ring had taken the shape of a gigantic ax. This ax was surrounded by ck mes.


    Heinald gripped the ax in both hands and sprinted towards the crocodile with full speed and jumped towards it. He swung the ax in his hand from top to bottom with all his might.


    *Crack!* There was a sharp cracking sound. Theyer of ice broke into thousands of pieces and was thrown in all directions.


    The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile''s body was crushed by his violent thrust. When the axnded on its body, ck mes spread all over it,pletely destroying its defense.


    "Wragh!" The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile cried out in pain, as most of its body was destroyed by the help of the ck mes and the fierce ax blow.


    After Heinald made his move, he stepped back and began to observe it. Soon, the giant crocodile copsed and died.


    He stored his blood and removed its organs. This crocodile''s organs would be exploited by the Phoenix spirit inside one of his rings.


    After walking around the valley for half a month, Heinald found four more Three-Headed Inferno Crocodiles and killed them. He had killed each of these crocodiles in a simr way. The new attack-type treasure he obtained had really increased hisbat power quite a bit.


    He had managed to reach the middle of that valley within half a month''s time. Moreover, the Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy waspletely filled again.


    His goal now was to find the Hellfire Nightmare Snake and take its head back to the academy.


    Heinald began to observe and track around the valley. He concealed his energy and managed to escape the attention of many monsters. He could kill all the monsters he encountered, but he did not want to just waste his Magical Energy in such a dangerous area.


    That would be a pretty illogical move.


    After days of tracking and observing, Heinald found the Hellfire Nightmare Snake''sir.


    It lived in a hollow in one of the huge hills in that valley.


    He could easily observe him from hundreds of distances thanks to his superior eyes. Therefore, he was able to make some detailed observations about the gigantic snake''s body structure and attacks.


    In total, the Hellfire Nightmare Serpent was more than a hundred meters long, with a width of just over five meters. Its eyes shone like a diamond made of fire.


    This creature had easily killed many creatures during his observations.


    He was the king of this region!


    It was almost ofparable power to a Level 3 Ainsar. When this snake attacked, its scales turned into a hot iron and could be thrown into the environment at its will. These hot iron-like scales quickly destroyed its enemy''s defenses.


    Another attack he observed was a type of attack with the tongue of this giant snake. Its tongue stretched out like a whip and could engulf its enemies, burning them, or split them in two in a single move.


    If Heinald hadn''t filled up with Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy, he would have been quite nervous when facing this snake.


    However, his Protective Type Magical Treasure would be a huge assurance to him in this battle, that was for sure. Since obtaining this magical treasure, he felt much safer in his battles.


    After Heinald observed it, he spent the next few days nning an attack. If he didn''t make a good attack n, he thought he wouldn''t be able to defeat it.

 Chapter 144: Intense Fight With The Hellfire Nightmare Snake!

    Chapter 144: Intense Fight With The Hellfire Nightmare Snake!


    After Heinald had a n in mind, he waited for the opportune moment to attack it.


    His purpose was to make a surprise attack on this snake.


    After watching him slowly wander around for hours, he attacked as it was intending to enter its hollow.


    He rushed towards it and came within attack range when half of the giant snake''s body gone into the hollow.


    Heinald started casting his spell ck Fire Meteorite as fast as he could. This spell of his was cast much longer than the others since he hadn''t gained enough experience on him yet and it was a Dark Magic.


    Naturally, the Hellfire Nightmare Snake sensed the energy surges that had arisen and went into rm mode. It tried to curl its huge body, but failed to do so very quickly in the narrow hollow.


    A wide ck circle appeared on the hill where the hollow was located. This circle was pitch ck and not even light could illuminate it. A meteor covered with ck fire came out of this ck circle and fell right over the cavity.


    *BAM!" The resulting loud shing sound and violent shaking turned the entire area into an apocalyptic zone within seconds.


    "Hiss!" The giant snake hissed angrily. Part of the hill was destroyed by the devastating power of the ck Fire Meteorite, so the hill began to copse onto the hollow.


    The giant snake suddenly found itself under the weight of thousands of tons.


    Heinald had chosen to use the ck Fire Meteorite spell in the first ce for two reasons.


    First reason: This spell would cause the hill, and therefore the hollow, to copse, and the snake would be crushed.


    Second reason: In a near fight with the Snake, it was not possible to cast this spell because of the long cast time, so it was logical to use it as a surprise attack.


    He was pleased when he saw that his n had seeded. After all, this move might not kill the giant snake, but it would cause him to be injured for the rest of the fight and naturally unstable as it was a sudden attack.


    "Hiss!" With a sudden body lunge, the Hellfire Nightmare Snake managed to emerge from the hollow and hissed menacingly.


    His terrifying eyes were fixed on Heinald. The gigantic snake spun around with agile movement, creating a wave of fire that spread in all directions.


    With one thought, Heinald activated the Blood Nightmare Shield. His body was surrounded by a pale red barrier. At the same time, he had started casting his magic called Frost Wave.


    The freezing air wave exploded around his body and collided with the powerful fire wave that was heading towards him.


    The powerful wave of fire immediately destroyed the freezing airwave and continued to move towards it. When the strong wave of fire hit the barrier, dozens of cracks appeared on the barrier.


    "Although I tried to reduce the burning of the fire with Frost Wave, I did not have much sess. This wave of fire instantly consumed 15% of the Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy. Besides, the distance between us is not close. A Magical Beast with the power of a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar It''s really not a joke!"


    Heinald had a dark expression as he inferred about the situation he was in.


    The gigantic snake was distraught when it saw that its move was useless and that its enemy was still alive. An unbelievably strong heat began to emanate from its scales, instantly transforming into a red-hot iron-like appearance.


    "There! It''ll make the move I saw before!" Heinald''s eyes narrowed and he immediately began casting one of his newly learned spells.


    "Whirling Air Wave!" An airball flew out of Heinald''s hand and exploded directly at the base of Hellfire Nightmare Snake. He had set the time to let this airball explode. He had observed before how deadly this beast''s attack was.


    He could never let those scales get to him!


    When the Airball detonated, Hellfire Nightmare Snake was also preparing to hurl its red-hot iron-like scales at him. However, it never seeded; because when the airball exploded, there was a very strong current of wind and pressure towards the center and the kes were pulled into the center of the explosion.


    At the same time, Hellfire Nightmare Snake had also lost its bnce and fell over. The severe pressure he was subjected to had injured its internal organs, but these injuries were not serious.


    The chaotic pressure change in the region caused activity in the clouds above the valley and caused several lightning strikes around the region. The resulting winds carried the terrifying heat emanating from the scales of the giant snake to the surrounding area, making the already stifling valley even more suffocating.


    The enraged Hellfire Nightmare Snake started tossing its head wildly left and right.


    The huge snake started to move rapidly towards Heinald.


    Heinald''s ring emitted a silver light and turned into twin swords. He gathered all his strength at his feet and dashed towards the snake that wasing towards him. He turned half of the Magic Energy he had into Dark Energy as he flew towards the snake extremely fast in the air and sent all the Dark Energy he had into the two swords in his hand.


    The twin des were engulfed by a massive amount of ck me, and their surfaces became invisible.


    As Heinald approached the giant snake, it started to move and opened its mouth to grab it in midair.


    "Wind of Aira!" Heinald cast a low rank spell, one of the first spells he learned. Since this spell was a low rank spell, he was able to cast this spell with almost no time required. Heinald gained momentum, sending a stream of air out of his hand behind him, and dodges the massive snake''s attack, flying towards his body like an arrow.


    "Hua!" He cried out and made a double sh with the twin swords in his hand. The swords, fortified with ck fire, broke through the immense snake''s highly durable defenses and sliced directly into its flesh, destroying its scales.


    "Hyishaa!" Two long sword cuts appeared on Hellfire Nightmare Snake''s body, and arge amount of blood gushed from these cuts.


    All this had happened within seconds, he had cut its huge body in mid-air and had passed its body andnded on his feet tens of meters away. Due to the eleration he had when he fell on his feet, he was dragged about twenty meters onto his feet.


    *BAM* Hellfire Nightmare Snake''s massive body copsed from the blow, and when it fell to the ground, the entire area shook, resulting in a huge rumble.


    While Heinald was observing the giant snake and contemting a new attack n, the giant snake''s body was suddenly engulfed in scorching mes and a fire barrier appeared around his body.


    He had never seen this skill of the snake before.


    "Akreem''s Eye Stone!" Heinald immediately began casting the only support spell he knew.


    When he finished casting the spell, in front of him, a stone from the ground surfaced. A kind of energy field was formed that was effective five hundred meters in diameter. The effect of the fire element used by all life forms within this energy field would be 30% less effective for 20 seconds.


    While Heinald cast this spell, the giant snake had not been idle either, sending its me-whip-like tongue toward him.


    Heinald parried the me whip-like tongue with one of his twin swords and cut it off with the other.


    When the cut piece of Hellfire Nightmare Snake''s tongue fell to the ground, the tongue began to draw particles of elemental energy from the environment instead of extinguishing, and the heat it radiated increased.


    "Not good!" With just one thought, Heinald activated the Blood Nightmare Shield and a pale red barrier appeared around it.


    *BAM* A violent explosion destroyed an area of about 500 meters. A mushroom cloud of mes rose into the sky.


    Heinald was unharmed, but the massive energy waves and an incredibly powerful fire wave from the explosion instantly destroyed 50% of the Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy.


    Numerous cracks formed all over the barrier surrounding it, and it was thrown hundreds of meters by the force of the explosion.


    "How could such a small piece cause such a violent explosion!?" Heinald cried out inside.


    If he didn''t have the Blood Nightmare Shield, he would have given his life to this surprise counterattack.


    Under normal circumstances, Magic Powers of Magical Beasts are weaker than most of Ainsars. However, since this Hellfire Nightmare Snake had the power of a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar, its Magic Power was superior to Heinald''s.


    While he was still a Level 1 Ainsar, there wasn''t a huge difference between phases. However, for Level 2 Ainsars, the power of the phase difference was too great. Therefore, Heinald was struggling against this snake that had the power of a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar despite having a lot of trump cards and powerful spells.


    He was sure he could kill this snake, but that didn''t change the fact that it would be difficult.

 Chapter 145: Chopped the Head of the Beast

    Chapter 145: Chopped the Head of the Beast


    Although Heinald used Akreem''s Eye Stone, this snake''s attack was really that fierce.


    Even though Hellfire Nightmare Snake''s fire element had 30% less effect, it still managed to inflict that much damage!


    "Ornament of Death! Ax form!" Heinald cried out in his mind.


    When the mboyant Battle Ax appeared in his hand, he quickly started running towards the giant snake.


    Light Flow!


    Lightning bolts appeared around Heinald''s body and surrounded him. He began to feel his body as light as a feather. He didn''t immediately use the three-time dash that his Light Flow spell gave him.


    Hellfire Nightmare Snake hissed angrily when it saw Heinald leaping towards him, and its scales began to look like hot iron again.


    The immediate surroundings of the giant snake were surrounded by a radiance of fire reaching thousands of degrees. Everything, including the floor in that area, was ck as coal from the intense heat.


    The radiance of fire around the giant snake gathered in a line and began to stretch towards Heinald.


    Heinald immediately prepared to use damage absorption, one of the properties of his magical treasure called the Ornament of Death.


    He lowered the ax in his hand towards the line and faced it directly. As the ax head interacted with the unbelievably hot line of fire radiance, waves and rays of me began to scatter around.


    Since the power of this fire glow streak was too much, the ax began to drain his Dark Energy.


    "Hua!" When Heinald felt that the ax could not absorb any more, he used one of the dash opportunities given by his magic called Light Flow and reached near the deep wound on the body of the giant snake.


    Heinald sent Dark Energy into the ax and surrounded it with ck fire. Then, with all his might, he thrust the ax into the open wound.


    *Hisss!* The giant snake hissed painfully.


    Heinald didn''t stop, and after pulling the ax out of the open wound, he leaped towards the gigantic snake''s head and stabbed it into its head.


    Hellfire Nighmare Snake shook its head wildly, causing him to fly tens of meters back.


    Heinald used hisst remaining dash to gain rapid eleration, leaping forward about ten meters, and with the eleration he caught, he threw his ax towards the giant snake''s eye with all his might.


    At that time, the huge snake was also preparing to make a move towards him.


    Heinald''s ax advanced at a speed that could pierce even the air, and entered the giant snake''s eye, exiting the back of its head.


    *Hissss!* The huge snake fell to the ground and after struggling for half a minute, it stopped movingpletely.


    For days, Heinald spent days removing the scales of the giant snake and storing its blood. Finally, he cut off the giant snake''s head and stored it inside his dimensional ring. Since he had finished his mission in the valley, he did not linger there any longer and returned to the entrance of the valley.


    At the entrance of the valley, Revakender and Orinath were waiting for him.


    Orinath''s injuries seemed to havergely healed, but the stress he felt around Revakender seemed to have exhausted him.


    Heinald would take him with him to Ruthas Academy. Of course, he would not be considered a member of the Ruthas Academy, but Heinald would be allowed to stay with him. Besides, there would be no permission to enter or trade anywhere there.


    When Heinald returned to the academy, he handed in the task and earned 7000 Achievement Points. He had quite a few Achievement Points along with the Achievement Points he had previously obtained. Besides, he made a Blood Agreement with Orinath and officially epted him as his apprentice.


    Before leaving the academy for two other assignments, Heinald wanted to try his luck at the library and went to see the Ruthas Academy''s Library Director.


    "Greetings!" As soon as Heinald entered the great library building, he greeted the old man sitting behind arge desk. This old man was also a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Greetings! How can I help you?"


    "I want to ess the high-level books of the library." Heinald said.


    The old man nodded and asked, "Books on what subject?"


    "Preferably about ''Spirit''." Heinald replied.


    "Do you know our procedure?" The old man asked.


    "What do you mean?" Heinald asked.


    "You have the chance to see at most one of the books with high-level information in our library every day. The higher the Tier of the book on the topic you have chosen, the more Achievement Points you will have to pay. If you make any copy attempts, you will be immediately executed by the formation." The old man paused and continued, "The book of your request will be brought to the room reserved for you."


    Heinald didn''t expect the rules here to be so strict, he asked, "How many tiers are there?"


    "There are 4 Tiers in total." The old man answered.


    After talking to the library director for a while, Heinald asked for lists of Tier 3 books containing high-level information about the Spirit. Reading each of these books for an hour would cost him ten thousand Achievement Points. He was quite dispirited as he couldn''t use the advantages of his eyes in this library.


    After reviewing the lists and summaries given to him, He chose a book called "Soul Problems of the Primal Periods".


    He was taken to a private room and the book was given to him for an hour. If the formation inside the room caught him doing any copying, he would be killed instantly. He quickly turned the pages of the book and recorded all the information in his memory. Of course, the formation did not have the ability to perceive this.


    After Heinald left after an hour, he immediately went home and, after analyzing the information in the book, learned several ways to get rid of the stain in his sea of consciousness. Of these ways, the one that seemed most suitable to him was to make a "Phemeus Mixture".


    The Phemeus Mixture consisted of only three ingredients, but he could guess that these materials were quite rare because even he had never heard of them, despite his vast sea of knowledge.


    Heinald inquired whether these materials were avable at the academy. Unfortunately, even the academy''s vast resource warehouses did not have these materials. He decided to send a letter to his old master, Albin, asking him about these materials.


    After he wrote the letter, he sent it to his master with a messenger.


    The days began to pass quickly.


    Heinald bought potion ingredients with his current Achievement Points and started brewing potions, while also giving Orinath next to him various details and information that would be of use to him. He had added conditions to the Blood Deal he made with him that he would not share the forms and techniques he learned from him with any person or organization.


    Their first impression of Orinath was that his talent was really not bad, he was a careful person and learned quickly.


    He knew that the stain on the sea of consciousness was getting bigger and bigger. The unexined fluctuations in Magical Energy, especially in thest few days, and the asional confusion in his mind were the biggest indicators of this.


    Heinald received a response about two months after sending the letter to his master. His master knew what these three materials were. The first of these materials was the Ice Hand Crown. Ice Hand Petal used to grow on the high ins of the Evrel Region, but these flowers were hard toe by on the incrediblyrge in.


    The second material was the Eye of the Obrous Cheetah. This type of cheetah was usually seen in the Bellios Forest close to the Risingmoon Kingdom. ording to his master, the strength of these cheetahs exceeded that of a Level 1 Ainsar.


    The third ingredient was 500g of Hercules Boar Blood. Hercules Boar was a very strong Magical Beast, although his attacks were quite slow due to hisrge size, his durability was at an extraordinary level.


    Heinald would brew potions for a period of time and sell them to potion shops in various cities. He would also look for these materials, if he was lucky and find them, he would buy them immediately. If not, he would go on a long journey and try to obtain these materials himself.


    As his first priority was to prevent the taint of the sea of consciousness, he would wait for his assignments from the academy for now. If he sessfully got rid of the taint in the sea of consciousness, he wouldplete the missions he received from the academy, and with the points he obtained, he would receive pieces of the highest level research in the academy.


    The most important pieces of research he wanted to receive were those rted to Protective Type Magical Treasures and Magic Combination. In fact, these two studies were the ones that would give him the information he wanted for a long time, and that''s why he decided to join this academy.

 Chapter 146: Malicious Region

    Chapter 146: Malicious Region


    Heinald visited cities near the academy in search of supplies, hoping to obtain the supplies he needed there. He was able to travel with the Revakender by flying, thus saving a great deal of time; it was fine for him.


    Unfortunately, he couldn''t find any of the materials he wanted.


    When he realized that the situation was more difficult than he thought, he visited Lord Fredor and asked him to help him with the materials he was looking for.


    Lord Fredor naturally knew that he was a Level 2 Ainsar and that Albin hadpleted his apprenticeship, it was not too difficult to foresee that he would be a great Ainsar in the future.


    So he hosted Heinald in the best possible way and immediately took care of his request to keep on good terms with him. He was one of the heads of a trade union, so his business intelligencework was very extensive.


    With his connections, the materials Heinald was looking for could be found!


    After Heinald was a guest in his castle for about a week, he received word that two supplies other than Hercules Boar Blood could be delivered to him.


    These two materials would cost him a hundred thousand Arcana Stones, but that wasn''t a problem for him. As a potion master, he could quickly gain Arcana Stone.


    He wanted orders brought to Lord Fredor''s castle. He would not waste time waiting for orders and would go and try to get Hercules Boar Blood.


    The Hercules Boars were a species found in the Violet Eagle Kingdom, a small Ainsar Kingdom bordering the ck Forest.


    Heinald needed to venture into the Dark Forest to hunt a Hercules Boar; for this he would go to the northern border of the kingdom.


    He did not want to linger in the castle any longer, so he left it and started his journey.


    After flying nonstop for about half a month, Violet managed to reach the northern border of the Eagle Kingdom. This region was also the border region of the Dark Forest.


    Heinald knew that going deep into the Dark Forest was incredibly dangerous. Several sources that he read, giving various information about the types of Magical Beasts, stated that the Hercules Boar was seen in the outermost ring of the forest.


    If this were true, the outermost ring of the Dark Forest would not be a danger to him. If he had to go any deeper, dangerous times would begin for him.


    Heinald allowed Revakender to roam freely. He then stepped into the outermost ring of the Dark Forest.


    The Dark Forest was sorge that even just its outermost ring spanned tens of thousands of miles.


    Heinald''s target was only Hercules Boars, so to avoid dealing with other Magical Beasts, he suppressed the waves of energy he was emitting and concealed himself in the shadows using Shadow Powder. It was quitefortable in the Dark Forest as it waspletely shadowed everywhere.


    However, he still couldn''t sneak up on a Magical Beast. Their sense of smell and ears were very keen, although they could not see it, they could easily detect its presence.


    He wandered through the forest for long days without stopping. During that time, he encountered hundreds of types of Magical Beasts. Their strength was usually equal to the strength of a Level 1 Ainsar, but he had also asionally seen monsters with the strength of a Level 2 Ainar.


    It had already been almost a month since he had entered the forest, when he finally stumbled upon a Hercules Boar. This Magical Beast had the power of a low-phase Level 2 Ainsar. However, this beast''s attacks were less than that of other Level 2 Ainsar''s equivalent beasts. His strength was his thick skin, hence his defense.


    Hercules Boar was about a hundred meters from him. Its length was about three meters, and its width was more than four meters. He had gray and ck mixed fur and red eyes.


    "Infernal Fireball!" Heinald immediately began to cast his magic. Thus, the energy waves he suppressed began to appear.


    Hercules Boar immediately noticed the energy waves emerging and turned towards Heinald. However, at that time, the spell''s casting process was over, and a fireball shot out of his hand and directly hit him.


    *Shoushh!* When the fireball exploded, the burning red mespletely engulfed his body, and an area of 250 meters was instantly turned into ash as a result of the explosion. The intense mes illuminated the dark ambiance of the forest, creating an unusual sight.


    "Bwaaaa!" Hercules Boar roared hoarsely. The fierce roar shook the surrounding ground and trees.


    Hercules Boar''s feathers werepletely burned, and his skin was severely burned. Theva pit that formed under his feet had done a lot of damage to his feet.


    This would further reduce his already slow speed.


    When Hercules Boar emerged from theva pit, a surge of energy emanated from his body, and the surroundingnds gathered around him, forming a long pointed structure.


    Their appearance resembled an earthen spear, and there were hundreds of them.


    Whirling Air Wave!


    An airball shot out of Heinald''s hand and flew into the spear-like earth that had begun to fly over him.


    "Now!" When Heinald shouted in his mind, the airball exploded.


    The pressure over arge area changed drastically and everything began to pull towards the center of the explosion. Some of the surrounding short trees were also affected by this explosion, and their leaves could not escape being pulled towards the center of the explosion.


    However, other than that, the height of the big trees was thousands of meters, and the explosion area did not affect an arearge enough to reach their leaves.


    The impact of the explosion shattered the earth spears before they could reach him.


    Light Flow!


    Heinald''s body became as light as a feather, and with lightning speed he dashed into the boar. Before he could reach him, the ring in his hand had turned into a glowing battleaxe.


    "Hua!" Heinald thrust his ax into the boar''s head with all his might.


    "Bwaaaagrr!" Hercules Boar roared bitterly.


    "The attack failed to shatter his skull!" Heinald looked at the ax in his hand, shocked. Even though this ax was covered with ck me, it could not inflict damage as severe as he wanted.


    Of course, the ax hadpletely destroyed the ce where it had pierced, but it had not been able topletely split the boar''s head.


    A boulder flew towards Heinald at incredible speed as Hercules Boar wagged his tail behind him. The size of this rock was almost half that.


    Although Heinald was able to react with his superior reflexes, not expecting such an attack, he couldn''t move fast enough and the boulder quickly sank into his stomach.


    "Ughh!" All of Heinald''s breath went out and his color faded. The force of the impact broke the rock into pieces, and after being thrown tens of meters, it crashed into the trunk of a huge tree.


    "Shit!" Heinald''s ribs were broken and blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth. He looked at the boar with a cold glint in his eyes.


    "So you want to y hard" Having a broken rib wasn''t too painful for Heinald. Since he had to endure much greater pain before, his tolerance for pain had increased considerably.


    "Aodon''s Hand!" Heinald cried out in his mind.


    ck arms appeared around the Boar, and ck hands gripped his limbs, trying to keep him from moving.


    Spiritual Spell-Death Ray!


    Intense fire element waves began to emanate from Heinald''s hands. As fierce red mes danced around his hand, many sparks briefly appeared, and eventually the red mes gathered together and exploded forward.


    A ray of fire that radiated terrifying heat went straight towards Hercules Boar and struck him. Although the Boar struggled, he could not get rid of the ck arms.


    The fire ray, possessing a terrifying power,pletely melted Hercules Boar''s head after burning it for seconds without interruption.


    When the fire ray touched his head, the terrible heat waves that emerged even charred the trunks of some of the surrounding trees with superior durability, causing them to copse.


    Hercules Boar''s lifeless body copsed to the ground like a sack of potatoes, his headpletely melted.


    Heinald went up to him and quickly took arge jar of his blood, then began to run away at full speed; because he knew they wereing.


    Other Magical Beasts around!


    The Boar''s fierce roars and the fierce energy waves emanating from the spells had naturally drawn the attention of the surrounding Magical Beasts to this area.


    Heinald wasn''t afraid to face the Magical Beasts in this area, no, but there was no point in fighting them out of nowhere. After all, this was the Dark Forest, and he could not know for sure what he would encounter.

 Chapter 147: Mysterious Disapearence

    Chapter 147: Mysterious Disapearence


    After obtaining Hercules Boar''s blood, Heinald started running out of the Dark Forest at full speed. Although he heard many roars and humsing from various parts of the forest, he did not care about these sounds and started running with all his voice.


    He had to stop and rest for a while after running non-stop for days despite his highly durable body. Luckily, he managed to find a small secluded spot, where he rested for a few hours without making a sound.


    After a short rest period, he started running non-stop again. After running for days, he finally managed to get out of the Dark Forest. He had encountered many Magical Beasts during his run, but most of those he encountered were weaker than him and he knew it. However, some had the strength of a Level 2 Ainsar; they chased him for a long time but stopped chasing him when they realized they couldn''t catch him.


    When Heinald got outside of the Dark Forest, it took some time to limate to the daylight. He summoned the Revakender and, after riding on his back, traveled to Lord Fedor''s castle.


    By the time he got there, his orders had already arrived. Lord Fredor was kind enough to host him in his castle for a while and ordered his servants to prepare a room for him.


    After Heinald gathered all the ingredients he needed, he prepared the mixture. For a potion master like him, it wasn''t hard to prepare this concoction. The real thing about this mix was its rare ingredients, not the difficulty of mixing it.


    "Alright! Let''s get this stain off." Heinald cast a bright nce at the bottle in his hand.


    When He drank the mixture in the bottle, contrary to what he expected, he felt a rather refreshing and sweet taste. He felt nothing for a few minutes, but as time went on he felt a slight blurring of consciousness. He felt the way an ordinary person feels when they have a few sses of wine.


    Heinald felt his consciousness go numb, he probably wouldn''t have been able to speak if he tried. His consciousness and spirit had entered an unidentified state, but strangely, this did not bother him.


    He felt like he had taken his mind and soul on vacation after contemting something for a long time.


    Hours passed.


    His consciousness was getting more and more numb with each passing second, before he fell into a deep sleep he saw the faint ck smokeing out of his eyes, mouth, and nose.


    An unknown time passed.


    When Heinald recovered, he felt quite rested and calm. He felt that when he focused on his mind and soul, there was not the slightest trace of smudging.


    "Huuh! Looks like I''ve gotten through this ordeal" Heinald was quite relieved to get rid of the stain that had bothered him for so long, so he took a hot bath to rx even more.


    During the bath, he was considering what his future moves would be. He had achieved his primary goal; he could nowplete the quests he received from Ruthas Academy and start earning Achievement Points.


    His next goal was to deal with the mysterious disappearance of Furyus Almhad. This man was a member of Ruthas Academy''s Life Forms Anatomy division. He was one of the few Level 2 Ainsars that Ruthas Academy had and had mysteriously disappeared two years ago.


    Heinald learned that a number of people had tried to pitch their chances for the jobst year, but were unsessful. A Level 1 Ainsar was even attacked and killed by a Magical Beast while searching for clues. That''s why this quest is rmended for Level 2 Ainsars.


    Furyus Almhad''s family lived in Allivion, an independent city close to the academy. Hest left the academy to go to his family and then disappearedpletely.


    Neither saw nor heard him.


    Heinald would go to his family first and ask them first what was going on. So he first traveled to the academy and left Revakender there. Then a carriage rented a luxury carriage and traveled to Allivion City.


    This city was one of the oldest cities in the Ainsar World. During the ancient Ainsar period, this city was called ''Poskem''. It was not a big city, in fact it could even be said to be a small city. However, despite this, quite a lot of Ainsar lived and visited this city.


    The most important reason for this is that it is a very old city, and many well-established families lived here. When this was the case, the goods and various valuable materials in this city''s market were also high-level. Of course this was rtive, some might not find anything they were looking for in this city. Because the real trade was in the underground market of this city.


    However, very special people could naturally enter this underground market, and those who could not, had to make do with ordinary materials in ordinary shops.


    When Heinald arrived in Allivion City, he was looking out the window of his luxury carriage and observing the city''s architecture. Although there are many restored new buildings, some ancient buildings reveal the history of this ancient city.


    Heinald went to the address given to him, to the house where Furyus Almhad''s family lived. This house was built on top of a small hill at the back of the city. It had arge garden, and the house, though not veryrge and ostentatious, was still well above average. The house and the garden were surrounded by pine trees, there were many Apprentice Ainsars standing guard around.


    After all, this was the property of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    When they spotted Heinald, they knelt before him in fear and let him pass.


    As Heinald walked towards the front of the house, the servants who had noticed himing immediately knelt in front of it and greeted him.


    "Lord Ainsar, it''s an honor to host you! I''m the chief servant of the household, Ajneras, please allow me to serve you!" A suit-wearing man with gray hair and a gray beard bowed before him. This man was a low-phase Level 1 Ainsar, looking like he had just made a breakthrough.


    "I''m here to meet with Furyus Almhad''s family." Heinald said.


    "Please allow me to take you to Lady Annabelle Almhad." The chief servant Ajneras bowed his head.


    Heinald nodded and started following him.


    After entering the house, walking on the left side of a corridor that splits into two sides, he saw three people standing at the entrance of arge hall, waiting for him.


    These three people were Furyus Almhad''s wife, daughter and son. The energy waves Annabelle Almhad emitted showed that she was a peak-phase Level 1 Ainsar. His son and daughter were mid-phase Level 1 Ainsar.


    "You honor us by visiting our house, sir!" Annabelle Almhad gracefully greeted him. Likewise, her son and daughter also greeted him.


    Heinald gave a slight nod and said, "I came here for my assignment from Ruthas Academy. I want you to tell me everything you know about Furyus Almhad."


    "Of course, my lord. Pleasee into the hall." Annabelle lowered her head and pointed to the great hall behind her.


    "Because my husband is a member of the Ruthas Academy, we couldn''t spend much time with him. Sometimes for months, he was doing various experiments and researches and made him miss him. One day we received a letter. It was from him, and he said he was going to visit us soon..."


    Annabelle began to describe what had happened, but was interrupted by Heinald''s intervention.


    "Did hee here?"


    Annabelle nodded, "Yeah, he spent about ten days with us."


    Heinald nodded. "Continue!"


    "An old friend of my husband''s invited us to a ball for his daughter''s wedding. We spentte at night there, but there was something wrong with my husband. He had a worried expression on his face that he was trying to hide from us. I don''t know what caused it, but I''m sure it''s rted to his disappearance."


    Annabelle''s voice trembled.


    "What do you think could be the reason for this?" Heinald asked.


    "I''m not sure. But he might have some issues with the academy..." Annabelle shrugged.


    "Did he have that worried expression the first day he came to you?" Heinald asked.


    "This...I...I am not sure. I guess it wasn''t, at least not as much as it was on prom day." Annabelle hesitated for a moment.


    "Then she was worried about something about her wedding day. He might have been afraid of someone or something at the prom, he obviously knew something was going to happen to him..." Heinald''s speech slowed towards the end of the sentence.

 Chapter 148: Great Purposes

    Chapter 148: Great Purposes


    "What happened next?" Heinald asked.


    "Later,te at night, when the celebrations and entertainment were over, we got on the carriage to return to our house. After traveling for a while, ck smoke surrounded our car and they leaked inside. None of us remember what happened after that, when we came to our senses, my husband had already disappeared." Annabelle''s eyes filled with tears.


    Heinald listened for a while, then nodded. After getting the address of the wedding venue from him, he left and set off. He traveled directly to the wedding venue to inspect.


    Furyus Almhad and his family were attacked in the streets of Allivion City. This meant only one thing: The people who attacked him were very confident in the power behind them.


    To attack a city meant to assemble all the guards. There was a ban enforced by all the kingdoms in the Ainsar World, it was absolutely impossible to fight or attack someone inside the city.


    Every city in the Ainsar realms had numerous formations to quickly spot their attack territory. These formations were all very well hidden, sensing the energy waves and vibrations produced by the magic and revealing that area. Although he had visited many cities, he could not detect a single formation.


    But the person or persons who attacked Furyus Almhad found a way to bypass the guards or formation.


    This situation made Heinald somewhat ufortable. Although he would receive a good amount of Achievement Points for this quest, it was no more important than his life. If the veil of secrecy behind this attack went too deep, he would let it go.


    When Heinald went to the address that Ms. Almhad had given him, he found himself in front of arge mansion. Noticing him, the guards immediately bowed to him, and one of them rushed to inform their lord.


    When he entered the outermost door of the mansion, he could clearly see the ratherrge garden. In the non-grass areas of therge garden there were various flowers nted in a circr stone field. Apart from that, there were various ornamental and duck ponds in various parts of the garden.


    "Wee, my lord. I am the chief steward of House Awnard, please follow me and I will escort you to my masters." A middle-aged woman came in front of Heinald and greeted him.


    Heinald began following the woman. They started walking on the marble path made in the middle of the garden, leading directly to the entrance of the mansion. When they entered the mansion, there was a couple waiting for them at the entrance.


    They were naturally Mr. and Mrs. Awnard.


    "Wee, friend. I''m Ren Awnard, this is my wife Ay Awnard."


    The tall and well-built man stepped forward and introduced himself and his wife. He was wearing a long ck Ainsar''s Robe, not that he had a youthful appearance, but he did not have an aged appearance either. A Level 2 Ainsar''s energy waves were emanating from him. His mate beside him had the energy waves of a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greetings! I''m here to ask you a few questions, I hope you can spare me some time." Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "Of course, please go into the living room." Ren Awnard smiled faintly.


    When they entered the great hall, the servants offered them drinks.


    "I suppose you''re here to ask questions about my old friend Furyus Almhad." Ren Awnard went straight to the point.


    "Yeah." Heinald nodded, "If anything caught your attention that night, please tell me.


    Ren Awnard caressed his chin for a while, "There were a few other people who came before you. I told them the same thing, we had to deal with a lot of people that day and I couldn''t pay much attention to him, but he looked same same to me. However, his wife is not thinking like that, she told me that day he was a little strange."


    Heinald nodded, "I know that. Do you know anything else?"


    "No." Ren Awnard shook his head.


    Heinald left the mansion empty-handed. The people he talked to hadn''t given him much helpful information. He was peering thoughtfully out as he rode in the carriage. It was obvious that he had to take a different path, so he would start looking for witnesses. In every city, there would be people who gave a certain amount of intelligence, but the important thing was to find them.


    Heinald traveled to the city''s market square and after wandering around a bit, found a potion shop. When he entered, a middle-aged man who was a Level 1 Ainsar greeted him.


    "Wee, esteemed sir." The middle-aged man immediately bowed before him.


    "Mmm." Heinald gave a slight node and took out a few potions he had stored in his dimensional ring.


    "These potions" The middle-aged man looked at these potions in surprise. It was clear that he didn''t recognize these potions.


    "It''s normal rare potions that you can''t identify them, and I''ve made some improvements to them. Doesn''t your shop also have one of the magic items that can identify potions'' effects?"


    Heinald smiled faintly.


    "Did you make some improvements to these potions?" The middle-aged man looked at him in surprise, then at the potions.


    The middle-aged man was even more shocked after identifying the effects of the potions with a magic item. He had realized that Heinld was no ordinary potions master. He was both a Level 2 Ainsar and a top Potions Master.


    Heinald had several reasons toe to this shop. One of them was his ability to use potions as power indicators; he could be considered a Potions Grandmaster. Therefore, those who saw his potions would naturally be more easily convinced that he was no ordinary Ainsar. The second reason was that potion shops in cities were always under the control ofrge families, so they would keep a close eye on other shops in the city.


    This middle-aged man was just someone who worked in this shop, but he must have known a lot about the shops in this city.


    Heinald knew that if he made a strong impression on him, it would be much easier to obtain some of the information he wanted. One of the biggest reasons for this was, of course, his fortune as a top potions master.


    "Do you know a ce where I can get intelligence?" Heinald asked.


    "I know, my lord." The middle-aged man nodded.


    "I need intelligence for an important job, if you can give me the address, I will give you these potions for free." Heinald pointed to the potions in front of him.


    The middle-aged man''s eyes shone with excitement, he immediately took a piece of paper and wrote down an address.


    Heinald had a slight smile on his face as he left the shop. When he got into the carriage, he told the rider to go to the address written on the paper.


    After a while the carriage stopped in front of a shop in a narrow street.


    The sign of this shop read "El''s Armhood".


    When Heinald walked in, he saw many liquor bottles on disy. In the back of the shop was a skinny man with messy gray hair. He wore round-rimmed sses that were too small for his face.


    "Wee, sir. How can I help you?" When the man noticed him, he stood up and greeted him. This man was a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "I need to get some intelligence." Heinald said.


    The man''s expression turned serious, "Enter through the back door, then go down the stairs."


    Heinald headed for the back door, opened it, then went down the stairs. When he came down, he saw a stone wall covering his vision. In the middle of this wall was a small window.


    "What do you want to know?" A soft female voice was heard.


    "Do you know anything about Furyus Almhad?" Heinald asked.


    "He saw or heard something he shouldn''t have known. That''s why he was eliminated." The soft female voice was heard again.


    "What?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    "I can give you the name of someone who knows some important information on this subject. This person is also an eyewitness. But it will cost you dearly."


    "How much do you want?" Heinald asked.


    "Ten thousand Arkana Stones."


    Heinald left the shop with a straight expression. He went straight back to the address given to him. Ten thousand Arkana Stones was a small sum for him. Compared to the Achievement Points that the quest he was after would earn him, this amount was definitely an ant staying next to a giant.

 Chapter 149: Observing the Secret

    Chapter 149: Observing the Secret


    When Heinald came to a clock tower, he stopped. The height of this clock tower was about 50 meters. It was made entirely of stone, and at the very top of this tower was a bell. When he entered the clock tower, he saw spiral steps leading upwards. When he got up, he came to an iron door.


    The door was locked.


    Heinald knocked the door.


    A few secondster, the iron door opened with a creak. The person who opened the door was a small boy, about twelve years old.


    "Greetings, my lord!" The little boy immediately bowed his head and greeted him.


    "I''m looking for Avnord Tellsen, son." Heinald didn''t give the little boy the stern stare he gave most people. This boy was also an Apprentice Ainsar and reminded him of his own childhood. Apparently, this little boy was also getting an education.


    "Come in!"


    Heinald went inside when he heard the voice rising from the back. A rather cluttered room appeared before him. There was arge table in the middle of this room, but the top of the table waspletely filled with papers, books, candles and cups. On the left side of the room was the mechanism of the great clock of the clock tower. On the right side of the room were two beds packed into a small space. Apart from all these, most of the ces were covered by libraries.


    He saw a man in front of one of these bookshelves trying to find a book he was looking for. His face was not visible; He had a long but slender body and white hair. There was no hair on the top of his head, only on the sides and back. He was wearing a long gown of dark green with white flower embroideries. The waves of energy emanating from him indicated that he was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    As Heinald learned, this man was a witness to the event, Avnord Tellsen!


    When the man found the book he was looking for, he snapped his finger, and after pulling it out from among the other books, he turned and looked at it, "You''re here for Furyus Almhad''s disappearance, aren''t you?"


    "How did you know?" Heinald asked.


    "It''s not hard... A young genius who managed to be a Level 2 Ainsar at a fairly young age is learning and visiting the address of someone like me who has little to do with the outside world. You''re obviously from the Ruthas Academy. It''s easy to understand why you came here with a simple deduction. "


    Heinald chuckled lightly, "You''re right, I heard you knew something about Furyus Almhad''s disappearance."


    "You heard?" The man grinned, "As if you''d better say you gave that goddamn witch thousands of Arkana Stones..."


    "Then let''s call it that." Heinald shrugged, "After all, there are some things I want to learn and I''ve been able to reach out to someone who knows ''some'' things."


    The man sighed, "That damn witch is using my address as part of her trade..."


    There was a brief silence.


    The man shook his head and said, "My advice to you would be to just let it go, I can tell you what''s going on, but believe me, any reward you get is not worth pursuing."


    "I''ll make the final decision on whether to continue or not, once I know what''s going on anyway." Heinald said.


    "Furyus Almhad has been kidnapped by a group that can effectively use ck Magic, which is reason enough for you to stop pursuing it." Avnord Tellsen picked up a nk sheet of paper from his desk and began to write on it.


    "I can also use ck Magic effectively." Heinald said.


    "Maybe. However, can you do that in the heart of a city and easily disappear without leaving a trace?" Avnord Tellsen stared at his face for a few seconds, then his gaze fell back onto the paper in front of him. "If so, we''ve found the person who had a hand in his disappearance."


    Heinald sighed, "All I''m asking you to do is tell me what the attack was like, and if there''s anything that caught your attention, tell me."


    "When the sun went down, they came like shadows on the mountains and took Mr. Furyus and disappeared." Avnord Tellsen''s writing hand stopped, "Whoever those people were... They weren''t just regr users of Dark Magic, so my advice to you is to let it go and move on with your life.


    Avnord sighed when he saw his stern gaze and said, "If you want to die so badly... Mr. Furyus'' wife and children were in league with his kidnappers."


    "What!?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    "When their carriage was attacked, they calmly got out of the carriage and talked to the people hiding behind the shadows.


    Avnord''s brows furrowed.


    "I have no idea why his wife and children would do such a thing, but Mr. Furyus must have gotten himself in a lot of trouble."


    "They told me that Furyus looked worried, were they telling the truth or were they lying?"


    "Is Furyus'' old friend also involved in this?


    Heinald had a storm of questions in his head. The matter was getting more and moreplicated.


    "What do the city guards think of this situation? Have you heard anything around?" Heinald looked at Avnord, who was still typing something.


    "The city guards came to the scene veryte that night... You know what that means, right?" Avnord shot him a nce.


    Heinald nodded slowly, looking rather thoughtful.


    He had a dark expression on his face when he left the clock tower. Whoever attacked Mr. Furyus was certainly not a member of an ordinarymunity. He wasn''t sure about going after it.


    "I will present the information I have obtained to the academy, let someone else take care of the rest. I am sure I will earn some Achievement Points with the information I get." Heinald had made up his mind when he got into the carriage.


    Those who kidnapped Mr. Furyus seemed to have authority even over the city guards.


    "Hmm?" As Heinald was looking out the window of the carriage, a bird came to his window. A small roll-shaped note was left on this bird''s back.


    He immediately opened the window, took the note and began to read.


    "I know what happened to Furyus. Tomorrow night,e to the inn called Nighthawk. I''ll find you."


    Heinald frowned, "What the fuck is going on?


    He pocketed the note and continued to watch thoughtfully. Of course he didn''t trust this note, but after all he hadn''t been summoned to a deserted ce, he didn''t think his life was in danger.


    "Furyus was attacked in the city" Heinald thought of the attack the person he was looking for had encountered.


    Still, he was going to the inn called Nighthawk tomorrow night. He believed that even if attacked, he would be able to survive this attack. He had the energy and energy source of his Protective Type Magical Treasure.


    ***


    The next night he went to the inn called Nighthawk. When he got out of the carriage, a man in a suit met him.


    "Wee, sir. I have been informed of your arrival, please follow me."


    Heinald started following the man. This bar, Nighthawk, was the most luxurious and ostentatious inn he had ever seen. There were girls dancing in the middle of the inn, the elite of the people here was evident even from the way everyone was drinking.


    No one seemed to be drinking enough to lose control. In the corner, a group of musicians were ying some pretty good-sounding music. There was no loudughter or shouting around.


    The man who greeted Heinald led him down a short corridor and into a private lounge. Inside was a middle-aged man with some gray hair between his ck hair. This man had a long nose and chin. He wore a rather loose gray robe. This man was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Oh! Wee." Seeing him, the man stood up and held out his hand to him, "I am Havin Volz, a very old and close friend of Furyus."


    "My name is Heinald." He gave a slight nod, "How did you find me?"


    "Actually, I''ve been following you for a long time, but only had the opportunity to talk to you today. I noticed you for the first time when you visited Furyus'' family. Despite your young age, I knew you were a Ruthas Academy from the fact that you were a Level 2 Ainsar and visited them."


    "Do you know anything about the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Furyus?" Heinald asked.


    Havin Volz''s expression darkened, "Yes He managed to send me a message that day. He saw something he shouldn''t have."

 Chapter 150: Questions

    Chapter 150: Questions


    Heinald frowned, "What could he have seen to cause his family to betray him?"


    An expression of indecision appeared on Havin Volz''s face. Obviously, the subject he wanted to talk about was quite a deep one and he didn''t want to go into it simply.


    "Whatever he saw... His family wanted to get rid of him to avoid this danger, didn''t they?" Seeing his indecision, Heinald wanted to go further.


    Havin exhaled and said, "Furyus found a Memory Crystal from ancient times in one of the ruins he explored."


    "Memory Crystal?" A thoughtful expression appeared on Heinald''s face.


    "Yes, ording to him, this crystal belonged to a powerful Ainsar who lived in ancient times. However, it took a very strong mind to gather the memories inside this crystal. Even though Furyus was a Level 2 Ainsar, even he did not have such a mind. That''s why he asked me, his most trusted friend, for help."


    Havin''s face turned pale.


    "Just the two of you knew that?" Heinald asked.


    Havin shook his head, "No, Furyus told his family about the Memory Crystal as well. It was quite normal; after all, we''re talking about family."


    Heinald took a deep breath and sat back, "So his family told others that he had a Memory Crystal from ancient times?"


    "I don''t think so" Havin shook his head, "Havin was already a target if you ask me."


    Heinald''s eyebrows rose slightly, "What do you mean?"


    Havin sped his hands on the table and looked directly into his eyes, "I don''t think his family has told anyone that he found a Memory Crystal from ancient times... No! It''s something different. If you ask me, whoever destroyed Furyus has been around since the very beginning. They knew he had the memory crystal."


    Noticing that Heinald was staring nkly at him, Havin continued, "Many in this world, if they''re lucky, are able to obtain some valuable relics from ancient relics."


    Heinald nodded slowly.


    "About twenty years ago I had managed to inherit a legacy from ancient times, but no one came and took me away. Furyus found something that was not wanted by anyone to find it." Havin took a sip of the drink in front of him, "Whoever destroyed him, they reached out to his family first and probably threatened them. Furyus, in a letter he sent me the day before he disappeared, wrote that he found some letters in his daughter''s room and was sending letters to someone who wanted to destroy him."


    When Heinald put the information he had learned together in his head, he more or less understood what was going on. However, all this caused a huge question to pop up in his mind.


    Who eliminated it?


    Havin looked at Heinald, "You''re wondering, aren''t you? Who? Who''s behind this?"


    He shook his head.


    "Although I''m not sure, I think I know who''s behind this." Havin''s tone was as cold as ice.


    "Who?" Heinald asked.


    "An organization... An organization that wants some remnants of ancient times to be left behind the dusty pages of history." Havin was staring at his drink with a thoughtful expression.


    Heinald''s eyes widened, "Don''t tell me... Al-Yuen?"


    "Huh? Do you know them?" Havin sprang to his feet in surprise, his eyes wide open.


    "I can''t say I know much about them. I just know they don''t really like relics from ancient times." Heinald replied.


    Havin quickly sat down and whispered, "They''re specifically finding and destroying relics from the lost millennium era."


    Heinald frowned, "Are they destroying?"


    "Yeah." Haven shook his head.


    "Furyus was uneasy that day because he found his daughter''s correspondence... His family must have realized why, so they finished him off that night." Heinald muttered.


    "I may be their target, too, but I haven''t seen any of the memories stored inside the Memory Crystal. So, I probably don''t pose any danger to them. I was far from here when Furyus asked me for my help on this matter. And when I came here to help him. .. I learned that he had disappeared."


    Havin took another sip of the drink in front of him.


    ***


    When Heinald left the inn, his expression was rather dark. Although he didn''t fully believe this man named Havin, he could sense that he wasn''t lying. The organization called Al-Yuen was probably the oldest in the Ainsar World. Thousands of years of intelligence and interaction in their hands allowed them to be aware of many things and to hide behind the shadows perfectly.


    Heinald had not seen any information about this organization in any source he had read.


    He was thinking of giving up on this business. It was in stupid to go after an old and unknowable organization like Al-Yuen.


    Heinald left Allivion City and traveled to Ruthas Academy. Furyus gave information about Almhad that he had outside of Al-Yuen. The officer said that the academy will investigate this intelligence and he can get Achievement Points depending on the situation.


    Heinald''s next task was to listen to Count Vaarsen''s problem and try to find a solution for him. However, there were some things he wanted to do at the academy before going to his mansion. He was contemting a new potion form in his spare time. This potion form would be one that would increase the Ice Element Effect. However, it would not make this potion with a Magical Beast spirit.


    His goal was to create a potion form that was rtively easy to make, inexpensive, and readily avable. Since his sea of knowledge about various herbs and ingredients was vast and his memory was impable, it was easy for him to list the ingredients he thought might work.


    But the materials he thought might work, of course, might not really work. After all, he would havepatibility problems to ovee, and he did not want to use an extra method to solve thepatibility problem, as he did not want this potion to be too difficult to make.


    He had already listed the herbs and ingredients he thought might bepatible with each other, he would experiment on them and try toe up with a potion form if they were highlypatible.


    Before starting experiments with his new apprentice, Orinath, Heinald had managed to purchase all the herbs and materials he had listed for around 1000 Achievement Points. Now all that was left was to work hard and conduct sessful experiments.


    "Rosew Flower, Ajin Bone Powder, Stubborn Fish Tear, Sky Grass, and Fortified Ha Bull Blood Essence I have quite a few of these ingredients, I hope they will suffice for experiments" Heinald looked at the materials in front of the table.


    Orinath was admiring the materials on the table. He had heard of some of these ingredients before, as he could be considered more knowledgeable in potions than most Ainsar. For him, if not for Heinald, these materials were extremely valuable. The materials that he had worked on before were quite palepared to these materials.


    Moreover, the toxicity of these materials was quite high. As a result of various experiments, these materials would already be reduced, and if there was a problem during the elimination of toxicity with the Spirit me, the materials could run out quickly.


    Naturally, he knew that his master was a genius, but making mistakes in experiments was normal, even for geniuses.


    The days passed quickly.


    After a lot of hard work, Heinald and Orinath had sessfully created a potion form. As a Level 1 Ainsar, Orinath could easily go without sleep for a few days, but like his master, he could not work without sleep for two weeks.


    Heinald wasn''t mad at him for that. He was aware that Orinath was doing the best he could, sessfully following the instructions he had given him.


    That was enough for him!


    The potion Heinald created was one that increased the Ice Element Effect. He called this potion "cial Storm Potion".


    cial Storm Potion was increasing the effect of the ice element by 20% for 3 minutes. The purity of this potion was 60%. Unfortunately, this was the best he could get with the ingredients he listed. ording to him, this result was still very good, this potion didn''t require very expensive and hard-to-find ingredients and still had a pretty good potency. Moreover, the duration of the effect was not bad at all.


    Heinald used ice element-based spells frequently. That''s why he wanted to have a potion he could trust if he faced an enemy that he thought would be difficult to ovee in the future. Naturally, he knew that this potion wasn''t very effective, but the effect increase rate of this potion should be enough even for the strong enemies he will face, if not, that enemy is probably not in his league anyway.

 Chapter 151: Mysterious Disappearence

    Chapter 151: Mysterious Disappearence


    After Heinald finished his work at the academy, he traveled directly to the Velca Kingdom, a kingdom close to the academy. This kingdom was quite smallpared to other kingdoms, it only had two cities. Count Vaarsen was the count of the Jusse City in this kingdom.


    When he arrived in the city, he traveled directly to the count''s mansion. The entrance to the huge mansion was guarded by two Level 1 Ainsars.


    "Wee, my lord." One of the Level 1 Ansars immediately came in front of him and greeted him.


    "Coming from Ruthas Academy, I have something to discuss with Count Vaarsen." Heinald directly stated his purpose of being there.


    "Please allow me to escort you to Count Vaarsen, sir." Level 1 Ainsar said.


    "Mmm." Heinald nodded.


    After passing through a few corridors with Level 1 Ainsar, they came to arge door that was obviously made of very good quality wood. There were star and flower carvings on this wooden door.


    When Level 1 Ainsar knocked on the door, the door opened to the right and left; The two guards inside had opened the door.


    When Heinald entered, he found himself in a ratherrge room. The walls of this room werepletely ck and many paintings were hung on the walls. Apart from that, there was arge window at the back of the room, and in front of it was a very ostentatious armchair and table.


    A man with long white hair and a beard was sitting on the chair. One of his eyes was stuck, obviously he had lost that eye. This man wore a ck robe filled with gold embroideries.


    Count Vaarsen was suppressing the energy waves, but Heinald knew that this old man was a Level 3 Ainsar.


    "Sorry!" Heinald ced one hand on his chest and bowed slightly in greeting.


    "You''re from Ruthas Academy, if I''m not mistaken, right, young man?" Count Vaarsen sat back and began to observe her.


    "Yes sir." Heinald nodded.


    "Ah! A few others came before you, but Iter learned that they gave up the mission." Count Vaarsen sighed, "About three years ago, my son Cawl and my granddaughter Evvy went to Twin Obelisk Valley and never came back. I personally went there many times to look for them and sent a lot of people to find them, but they all came back empty-handed. "


    "Your son and grandson...what power realm were they in?" Heinald asked.


    "They were both a Level 2 Ainsar." Count Vaarsen replied.


    "What did they go there for?" Heinald asked.


    "I don''t know. I wasn''t in this city when they decided to go there. So I don''t know what they went there for. I asked my son''s and grandson''s friends the same question but got no answer." Count Vaarsen sighed.


    Heinald scratched his chin thoughtfully for a while, he asked, "People you sent there before... Did they notice anything strange?"


    "No." Count Vaarsen shook his head, "ording to the reports given to me, they had never seen anything but Magical Beasts in the valley."


    Heinald nodded slowly and said, "I will do my best to find your son and grandson."


    "Thank you, young man. Any clue you can find about them is very important to me." Count Vaarsen smiled bitterly.


    When Heinald left, he wasted no time on his way to Twin Obelisk Valley. He had mentallymunicated with Revakender and summoned it to the wide in north of Jusse City.


    After a long journey, when he reached the Twin Obelisk Valley, he wanted to observe the whole valley from above. Therefore, he started touring the whole valley with Revakender.


    Twin Obelisk Valley was not considered a very dangerous ce. This valley was not a veryrge ce, but it was still not without danger.


    Heinald did not think that the Magical Beasts in this valley would be able to ovee two Level 2 Ainsars. They must have had trump cards that would have saved their lives, especially given that these two people were descended from a count''s family.


    He didn''t know what was going on in this valley, but whatever happened, he didn''t think it was rted to the Magical Beasts.


    There had to be something else behind this!


    Heinald could easily observe the valley from a height of a hundred meters. It was clear that there weren''t many Magical Beasts around the valley. There were two big rocks in the middle of this valley, the source of the name of the valley was these two rocks.


    As he headed for the north-east side of the valley, he noticed something strange. There was ake there, but there was no stream of water going there.


    "Revakender, descend!"


    Heinaldnded next to theke. When he observed the surroundings of theke, he did not see any animals or their excrement.


    He went to arge rock nearby. After scrutinizing it for a while, he nodded and held it tightly, then lifted it up. This huge rock weighed tens of tons.


    Heinald looked like an ant next to this huge rock!


    As a Level 2 Ainsar, he had a very strong physique, but the tens of tons of weight was challenging even him. With the tons of weight on him, his feet pierced the ground with every step he took.


    "Hua!" Heinald gathered all his strength and threw the rock into theke.


    When the huge rocknded in theke, when theke''s waters overflowed, Heinald immediately jumped onto his dragon''s back. The waves were not big enough to swallow the giant dragon.


    During the tide, when most of theke''s water was out, he instantly noticed that there were many tunnel entrances at the bottom of thiske.


    Heinald immediately held his breath and plunged to the bottom of theke. He swam towards one of the tunnel entrances he had seen earlier. When he reached the entrance, suddenly a gravitational force began to pull him deeper. He was dragged down several meters in twisting tunnels with tens of tons of water, and when the tunnel was finished he found himself falling down in the dark.


    "Damn it!" Heinald cried out in panic. It was pitch dark around him, so he couldn''t calcte how high he had fallen. After he fell hundreds of meters, he crashed hard into the water. All his bones ached as he crashed into the water so quickly, but there was no major injury.


    He immediately began swimming towards the surface of the water. When he reached the surface, he pulled out a sphere of light from his dimensional ring and hurled it upward. After the orb of light rose ten meters, it hung in the air and began to illuminate the surroundings.


    When Heinald began to survey his surroundings, he saw nothing but water. He began to swim forward, the light orb following after him as it had an energy bond with him.


    He reachednd after swimming for hours.


    When he emerged from the water, he began to observe his surroundings. In the middle of the field he was in, there was a ck tree. However, this tree was not a burnt tree; Such was his structure. He had never seen such a tree before, went to it and began to examine it.


    When he touched the trunk of this tree, he began to feel a kind of relief inside.


    "This tree doesn''t seem to have any fruit..." Heinald muttered.


    After he plucked some leaves from the tree, he left and started to move forward. There was only one direction he could go, so he was moving in this one direction.


    After advancing for an unknown amount of time, he reached arge area. From this area, the number of ways he could travel had reached five. No light source wasing from beyond these five paths, so he decided to follow the rightmost path without thinking too much.


    The floor he stepped on and the walls filling his sides made him feel like he was moving through a corridor.


    "I don''t hear anything but the sound of drops of water" Heinald carefully observed his surroundings and ahead as he walked. He didn''t know where this ce went or by whom it was built, but if the earl''s son and grandson came here, they must have known about its existence beforehand.


    After all, it was obvious that they were not going to the Twin Obelisk Valley for a nature trip, on top of that it would be a huge coincidence that they managed to find it... It''s unbelievably huge.

 Chapter 152: Dementor Frost Flower

    Chapter 152: Dementor Frost Flower


    Heinald didn''t know how long he had walked, but he was sure it was more than half a day.


    "Oh? Whats that?" As Heinald kept walking, he saw a skeleton ahead. Although it looked like a human skeleton, it wasn''t.


    This skeleton had four arms and only four fingers. These fingers were abnormally long. This skeleton had two legs, but each foot had eight toes.


    In his skull, two faces were intertwined. The sight he encountered made him very ufortable.


    Heinald muttered, "This skeleton must belong to a Cursed."


    After he stopped examining the skeleton, he continued walking. He generally no longer heard the sound of drops of water, all he heard was his own breathing and the sound of footsteps.


    But this situation began to change over time. He began to hear strange humsing from the deep.


    "Nyeek!"


    Heinald heard a high-pitched scream from nearby. Then he noticed arge number of footsteps approaching him.


    His ring radiated a silver gleam, and the ring turned into a silver beam of light that flew into his hand, taking the form of twin swords.


    The light of the orb could only illuminate a hundred meters ahead. A hundred meters away, a hideous-looking creature with two intertwined faces entered his vision. It had four arms and a curved spine.


    Before long, the number of these creatures began to increase.


    "These things must be friends of the skeleton I recently encountered" Heinald started to look at the Cursed, who were running towards him, a look of disdain in his eyes.


    "The Cursed: People whose souls have been corrupted and lost control of their souls after being subjected to some kind of soul curse or soul experiment for a long time. The severe damage to their souls also greatly affects their physical structure."


    Heinald remembered a text from a source he had read a long time ago. In fact, he just took pity on these things. Who does not have consciousness, does not actually live; but they were nothing more than life forms that seemed to be alive.


    "Let''s see how strong you are..." Heinald muttered and took a step forward, taking a firm position. He remembered the first time he had seen a Cursed; that Cursed was quite weak because the Apprentice had been killed by the Ainsars.


    Heinald dodges the Cursed, who dashed towards him and swung his w at his head, by taking a quick step to the right and cutting off his arm in one swift move.


    When the cursed''s arm fell to the ground, he immediately went behind him and plunged his sword into the back of his head.


    "Gwah!" A green liquid began to flow from the cursed''s severed arm and mouth, and he copsed to the ground.


    Heinald blocked the kick from his right, with the sword in his right hand as a shield in front of him, a swift swing of the sword in his left hand, and shing the Cursed''s head in two.


    "His physical strength is probably equal to that of someone who has managed to be a new Level 1 Ainsar" Heinald calcted the strength levels of the two Cursed ones he had killed.


    These power levels were even more harmless to him than a baby toy. Even if he just stood there all day doing nothing, he wouldn''t have been harmed.


    Heinald simply quickly sliced up the dozens of Cursed rushing towards him. The twin swords in his hand automatically drew Dark Energy, and as a result, he used the power of Dark Fire. Naturally, swords covered with ck mes could easily destroy their skin and bones in one stroke.


    In a short time he killed hundreds of them.


    "I think they''re done" Heinald heard no more shouts and footsteps, beginning to think he had killed all the Cursed; however, the voice he heard from the deep made him abandon that thought.


    Apparently, there was a lot moreing after him.


    Frost Wave!


    A st of freezing air blew out from Heinald''s body, freezing all the Cursed who hade near him. He walked normally through the frozen cursed and continued to advance.


    He walked for hours but did not encounter any other Cursed. The ce was dead silent again. He could only hear the sound of his own footsteps and breathing.


    It''s been a long time.


    Heinald was excited when he saw the blue and white lights ahead, it was quite bothering him to concentrate on looking around for a long time.


    As the light began to move east, he noticed that the road curved to the right.


    "Hm? This is" As Heinald entered arge room, the sight he encountered made his eyes widen.


    In the middle of the room was a huge flower with ice-blue petals. This flower was over six meters tall, and the stem of this flower was covered with a kind of energy barrier. This flower radiated a frightening aura of Ice Elements. At the back were ice capsules that looked like eggs.


    Heinald knew what this flower was.


    It was a Dementor Frost Flower!


    He was sure that the energy waves emanating from this Dementor Frost Flower were equal to a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar. This flower was an extremely rare species and very dangerous.


    When the Dementor Frost Flower opened its petals, beams of white and blue light began to dance around. Small pieces of ice formed on its leaves began to move like feathers in the wind and scatter around.


    A wave of ice-blue light shot out from the two petals of the Dementor Frost Flower.


    "Shit!" Heinald immediately activated the Blood Nightmare Shield. As the wave of light collided with the pale red barrier surrounding his body, a fierce cold and dense Ice Element Energy radiated out.


    Heinald had to squint at the sudden pain in his brain. The reason for this sudden pain was that Blood Nightmare Shield lost twenty percent of its energy in a single attack. Cracks had appeared around the pale red barrier surrounding it.


    "Infernal Fireball!" mes of terrifying heat appeared in Heinald''s hand, and they gathered together to form a ball of fire. The resulting fireball instantly melted the surrounding ice, creating ayer of red light around it under the influence of intense heat.


    He sent the fireball directly to the Dementor Frost Flower. The fireball, which radiated a scorching heat, began to fly, leaving scorching mes behind it.


    *Shoushh!* Ayer of ice appeared around the Dementor Frost Flower. The fireball exploded when it hit thisyer, and half of the great room was engulfed by the scorching mes. The Dementor Frost Flower was not visible.


    Magic Scroll: Divine Chaos!


    Heinald took the scroll out of the dimensional pocket of his robe and sent Magical Energy to it. As the Dementor Frost Flower was engulfed by the mes, lightning bolts appeared above it, and fierce lightning streaks began to descend on the Dementor Frost Flower one after another. Each lightning streak caused the entire room to shake violently.


    As he used two very powerful elemental spells in a short time, the surrounding elemental energy became very dominant.


    When the mes dissipated, the Dementor Frost Flower appeared. The pool ofva that had formed beneath him was damaging his trunk, the light emanating from his leaves was greatly weakened. The energy field surrounding his body seemed to havepletely disappeared.


    *Crack!* The Dementor Frost Flower quickly closed its petals and opened them back at the same speed. When its leaves reopened, a st of freezing ice spread and froze everything in the surrounding area, including theva pool below.


    An intense amount of Ice Element Energy began to gather in his petal.


    "Not good!" Heinald cried out inside. His ring turned into a silver beam of light and took the form of a battle ax.


    The Ice Element Energy that had umted in the petal of the Dementor Frost Flower exploded and turned into a streaky wave of ice that rushed towards Heinald.


    Heinald activated the second property of the Attack-Type Magical Treasure, damage absorption, and hurled it into a streaking wave of ice towards him.


    As the two attacks collided, intense waves of energy began to spread around. The ck mes surrounding the ax seemed to be bubbling. The entire room had started to freezepletely, if a Level 1 Ainsar were there, he would transform into a snowman in a matter of seconds.


    Heinald felt his entire body freeze, as he had guessed, his magical treasure''s absorption was not enough against this attack. The situation wasn''t going well for him, he''d better start thinking about something different.

 Chapter 153: The Counts Sorrow

    Chapter 153: The Count''s Sorrow


    Heinald''s stamina was gradually declining, and his magical treasure was almostpletely absorbed. The freezing ray would kill him if he didn''t make a quick move.


    "Blood Nightmare Shield! Activate!" Heinald shouted out.


    A pale red barrier surrounded him, the freezing influence from outside no longer affecting him at all.


    Heinald immediately jumped back and was out of Dementor Frost Flower''s attack range. The ax in his hand turned into a silver beam of light and flew towards his finger, taking the form of a ring again.


    "My turn!" A stream of fire that was terribly hot formed in Heinald''s arm, and they began to pool in his hand. A red ray of fire shot out from its descendants towards the Dementor Frost Flower. The heat emanating from this fire ray began to melt everything around.


    Dementor Frost Flower was directly hit by this destroyer ray. Its alreadypletely destroyed resistance could only resist this fire ray for a few seconds. The icy blue leaves of Dementor Frost Flower began to turn ck and soon turned to ash all over it.


    Only a pearl-sized core remained from the Dementor Frost Flower.


    Heinald approached the core slowly and began to examine it. He hadn''t touched it directly, he had learned his lesson well from the previous incident!


    He did not feel any coldness or energy emanating from this core. He created a small energy field around his hand and lifted the core into the air. This core was light blue in color, its surface was smooth, as if it had been formed into a perfect sphere with thousands of years of effort.


    Heinald infused this core into his dimensional ring.


    As he began to slowly examine the surroundings, he noticed that the egg-shaped ice in the back was starting to melt. The interesting point is that these egg-shaped things did not melt even during the fierce battle.


    They were starting to melt when Dementor Frost Flower died.


    "While Dementor Frost Flower was fighting me, he was also conserving some of his energy for these things. He was truly a being equal to a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar power!" Heinald trembled with fear when he realized this fact.


    The most important lesson he learned from the many battles he experienced was not to give strong enemies the first opportunity to strike. He had attacked it quickly and effectively in his battle with the Dementor Frost Flower, and had managed to break its resistance at the very beginning of the battle.


    He didn''t even hesitate to use his very valuable Magic Scroll for this; because he knew that if he didn''t break its resistance early, he could face unpleasant surprises in the future.


    If he didn''t have a Magic Scroll that he could use right away; his battle with Dementor Frost Flower would have been far more dangerous and grueling for him.


    This was obvious!


    "Hmm?" Heinald saw two bodies emerging after the egg-shaped things melted. These bodies belonged to a woman and a man.


    These must have been the people he was looking for!


    However, his attention was in a different ce right now. He was trembling with excitement from the awareness he had gained about two seconds ago.


    Dementor Frost Flower had the ability to split a soul into particles. Thus, he could easily consume the souls of his victims and prolong his life. Obviously, he was applying the same process to these two people, but that process was interrupted by him.


    Heinald immediately approached the bodies and began carefully pouring the clear secretions that surrounded them into the tubes he pulled from the dimensional pocket of his robe. If his guesses were right, it was the secretion Dementor Frost Flower used to tear souls into particles.


    He thought that if he did enough research and experiments on this secretion, he could get some very important methods or clues. This would have been of great help in furthering the Spirit Elixir form he was trying to create!


    Unfortunately, since the Dementor Frost Flower died, these secretions were dissolving very quickly. He was only able to collect a few tubes of secretions.


    Heinald sighed and muttered, "I guess that amount isn''t bad either."


    More than half of the spirit of the bodies within the secretion seemed to have already dissolved.


    They were dead!


    Since they were already dead, Heinald was able to easily store their bodies in his dimensional ring. When he examined them closely, he was sure they had seen their faces in the earl''s estate. There was not the slightest rot in their bodies, at least that would lessen the count''s pain a little.


    They must have gotten some information that there was a Dementor Frost Flower in this ce. Most likely, this dangerous herb was a remnant from an Ainsar''s experiment long ago.


    The Ainsars bequeathed some important remnants of their experiments for the continuity of the Ainsar Way. Thus, they believed that the doors of opportunity would open for them further down the Ainsar Road.


    These two people had died trying to get hold of one of these legacies, but that was their problem. It had nothing to do with the Ainsar who left this legacy because it was their failure to capture this Dementor Frost Flower.


    There was no room for the unsessful on the Ainsar Road!


    Heinald realized that beyond the huge room he was in, there was a dark road. After making sure that he had looked around sufficiently and that nothing had escaped his eye, he left the ce.


    He walked non-stop for days on this straight road. When this road ended, he realized that he had entered some kind of cave. After walking for hours in this highly entangled cave, he started to see the light of day.


    He finally managed to get out of the underground.


    When Heinald went out, he was surrounded by trees and various nts. From his first observations, he was on top of one of the hills of a rough terrain.


    Hemunicated with Revakender in his mind, his Spirit Companion could feel his presence ande near him.


    It took about twenty minutes for Revakender to get to where he was. He deduced from this result that he was not far from the valley. When he jumped onto Revakender''s back, the two of them began flying directly towards Count Vaarsen''s mansion.


    When Heinald got close to Jusse City, he got off the Revakender''s back and started traveling at a run. He didn''t want to enter the city with a dragon.


    When he entered the city, he rented a carriage and went to Count Vaarsen''s estate.


    When he arrived in front of the Manor, the previous officer apanied him again, and they went to Count Vaarsen''s room together.


    When Heinald entered the earl''s room, everything was the same as before. He had detected no change in either the earl or the room.


    "Did you...find them?" Count Vaarsen asked.


    Heinald nodded, "I did."


    Count Vaarsen grimaced and closed his eyes.


    There was silence for about a minute.


    "I''ve also learned what they''re after." Heinald broke the silence.


    "What did they go there for?" Count Vaarsen asked.


    Heinald took out the core of Dementor Frost Flower and ced it on the count''s desk. "This is the core of a Dementor Frost Flower."


    "Dementor Frost Flower..." Count Vaarsen muttered, "Where in the valley did you find them?"


    Heinald briefly told the count of his experiences.


    Although Count Vaarsen was listening carefully, he could not hide the pain in his heart. His face was bing increasingly pale and his eyes were beginning to look pensive.


    Heinald said, "I have their bodies with me."


    "How is the condition of the bodies?" Count Vaarsen asked.


    "Because of their environment, they''re in pretty good shape." Heinald replied.


    As soon as he removed the bodies from the dimensional storage ring, several attendants arrived and began preparing the bodies for the burial.


    "Thanks to you, at least I''ll be able to arrange a funeral for my son and grandson. Thank you, young man. I''ll send a letter to Ruthas Academy as soon as possible confirming my request."


    Count Vaarsen barely managed to smile a little. Ever since his son and grandson went missing, there was always a little hope inside her, but that hope was killed by reality. The little piece of hope that had kept his morale up for so many years was alsopletely gone. Because of this, Count Vaarsen was starting to look a little older than he used to be within minutes.


    After Heinald said goodbye to him, he left the city of Jusse City. He called Revakender to a distant ce outside the city and jumped on its back and began traveling with him to Ruthas Academy.

 Chapter 154: Ellys Offer

    Chapter 154: Elly''s Offer


    When Heinald returned to Ruthas Academy, he began researching and experimenting to create a High Rank Healing Potion form for himself. He had already sessfullypleted his two missions and earned a total of 17000 Achievement Points. From the quest about Mr. Furyus'' disappearance, he hoped he''d earn some more Achievement Points soon.


    Now that he hadpleted his missions, he could devote himself to research and experimentation. If he was sessful in his experiments with Healing Potion, his next pursuit would be Spirit Potion. Normally, his priority would be Spirit Potion, but as soon as possible, he decided that he wanted a solid Healing Potion that he could trust. The forms of the healing potions on the market were broadly the same, his body waspletely immune to these potions.


    That''s why he was aiming to create a new potion form!


    He went through a one-month review, research, and analysis process to craft a High Rank Healing Potion. At the end of this period, he calcted that it might work, and produced a list of necessary materials. After he received these materials, he would begin the experimentation process.


    Over the course of a month, Furyus'' family was also subjected to professional interrogation, and they were eventually forced to admit that they were linked to Furyus'' death. However, they were killed by someone before they could give much detail. Of course, these people were members of that ''Dark'' organization.


    Heinald didn''t care any more, he had done the best he could and had given the academy the necessary intel. He had no intention of getting himself into trouble by going into more detail. He also managed to get full points from the task for doing what the academy asked him to do.


    ***


    Heinald was staring thoughtfully at the materials on his desk in theb of his academy home. He had sent Orinath outside so he wouldn''t be distracted, the potion he was going to be working on was far beyond the abilities of a novice like him.


    On the table were five Polos Leaves, a small tube of Kevser Bear blood, a Lefen Seed, and a quarter tube of Azure Fanur Rose Extract. All but Azure Fanur Rose Extract had to be detoxified, and all these ingredients were extremely delicate.


    He had to be very careful throughout this entire process!


    Heinald had bought these materials not with Achievement Points, but in exchange for arge amount of Arkana Stones. He didn''t want to spend more Achievement Points on materials. So he left the academy and traveled to several cities and bought the first part of the materials he had listed.


    If he did not find sess with these materials, he would continue to experiment with other materials that he calcted as a result of his analysis that might work.


    Five Polos Leaves, a small tube of Kevser Bear blood, a Lefen Seed, and a quarter tube of Azure Fanur Rose Extract were just the ingredients needed for a potion. He had bought all of these materials twenty times, as he would only use them for experimentation; so he would use twenty full potion ingredients for his experiments.


    "Okay, let''s begin..." Heinald sighed and began the experiments.


    The hours began to pass quickly.


    As he had anticipated, the experiment was challenging for the duration. Although he could control his Spirit me almost perfectly, he still had a hard time eliminating the toxicity of these materials. While one of the biggest challenges of Potion Brewing was eliminating toxicity, that wasn''t the only challenge.


    The most important thing was timing!


    When brewing a Potion, the reaction of each ingredient added to the cauldron must be carefully observed and added to the mix just in time, or the potion would most likely turn into a mess. On the other hand, even if there was no garbage, its purity would be quite low; which meant that this potion only had a lifespan of one or two uses.


    While Heinald was able to sessfullyplete the detoxification process, he had repeated failures because he could not calcte the exact timing of adding the ingredients to the boiler.


    All this did not demotivate him. Creating a potion form was quite a challenge, thanks to his impable memory, he could remember every piece of information he learned perfectly, but this information could only help a little in practice.


    In order to sessfully brew the High Rank Healing Potion he was working on, he had to determine the reaction timings perfectly and add the ingredients to the cauldron ording to these results in the next process. Since the new potion form he created was entirely created by him, naturally he had to determine all these details with various experiments.


    That was the most challenging part of Potion Brewing!


    A Potions Master wouldn''t just collect forms and brew potions, he would also strive to create potion forms.


    Most Ainsars stayed away from this branch as these experiments would require too many Arkana Stones.


    The days passed quite hard for Heinald.


    He experimented a lot and unfortunately did not get a sessful result. He had used all the materials at his disposal for his failed experiments. He had to buy the same materials again and continue his experiments.


    Although he gained a lot of experience from his previous experiments, it was difficult even for him to quickly detect the reactions of a High Rank potion. Although he was able to detect reactions much more clearly and quickly than other Ainsars thanks to his eyes, he still had a hard time.


    When Heinald left his home smallb dayster, he asked his apprentice to clean it up. He then went to the Potions Division of the academy. Since he hadn''t been to the Potions Division for a long time, the potions he needed to brew had umted quite a bit. So he spent the next few days in the building''sb.


    Fortunately, the potions the academy wanted from them were those that already had a form and were rtively easy to make. It was Heinald''s idea, though; ording to him, these potions were not difficult to brew, but the same could not be said for the other members of the Potions Division.


    After Heinald brewed and delivered the potions he needed to brew, he walked towards the exit door to leave the Potions Division.


    "Heinald!"


    He noticed Ellying from the opposite direction and calling out to him.


    "Hello." Heinald smiled faintly.


    "I don''t see you around here very often" Elly touched her beautiful chin.


    "Actually, I was pretty busy with various experiments. So the potions I had to deliver had a bit of a backlog, I''ve spent thest few days herepleting them." Heinald shrugged.


    "If I''m not mistaken, you were also in trouble with the assignments you took from the academy." Elly chuckled lightly.


    Heinald smiled lightly and shook his head, "I''ve managed to ovee them, but I haven''t been able to collect as many Achievement Points as I wanted yet. I have to do a lot more quests to get the amount I want."


    Elly''s brows furrow slightly for a moment, "Heinald, can I make you an offer?"


    "Hm? What is it?" Heinald was intrigued.


    "At Ruthas Academy, headmasters can take on various special missions. I got an offer for a very special mission the other day. They asked me to make a special potion, a kind of strength potion. However, the purity of this potion will be at least 80%. Considering that you are talented, you can help me best. If we get a sessful result, we will split our Achievement Points in half. What do you think?"


    Heinald''s eyebrows rose slightly as Elly exined the situation.


    "Strength Potion? Hmph!" Heinald grinned, "Ruthas Academy is asking a Potions Master for help with a high-purity potion?"


    Elly exhaled, "Not only that, of course, the 30% physical strength boost effect that willst at least twenty minutes is among the conditions... However, we will earn a full 40,000 Achievement Points in return."


    "Ruthas Academy must have a potion form by the standards you say... Why would they ask you to do something like that?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    Elly shook her head, "You''re looking a little shallow... As you know, the most effective potion forms are monopolized by the big families. There are strong families behind Ruthas Academy as well and they give a lot of support to the academy but they don''t givemercial independence. If the academy has their own potion forms they also have their own independent source of ie, which naturally gives them a widermercial space."

 Chapter 155: Purpose Chains

    Chapter 155: Purpose Chains


    After thinking for a while, Heinald epted Elly''s offer; however, Achievement Points obtained would not be shared in half. If this potion form sessfully spawned a potion, he would receive 75% of Achievement Points.


    It was clear that Elly alone would not be able to create a potion form with the desired conditions. So he had pinned all his hope on Heinald, and he was well aware of it.


    Elly might have been a very beautiful and attractive woman, but Heinald was too strong-willed to give up his self-interest for it. She had to ept this because she had no other choice. After all, Heinald was really going to do most of the work, so it was only natural that he would get the most out of it.


    Heinald left the academy soon after saying goodbye to him. He would travel to the cities closest to the academy to continue the healing potion experiments he had been working on before, buy the necessary materials and return to the academy.


    He wanted to finish his unfinished work before he started working with Elly.


    He wandered the cities for days and finally managed to find all the materials he wanted in sufficient quantity. As he managed to get all the materials he wanted, he started his journey back to the academy without dy.


    The first thing he did as soon as he returned to the academy was to continue his healing potion experiments without dy.


    For Heinald, creating a high-rank healing potion form was more difficult than he thought; however, he still managed to sessfully brew a high rank healing potion by spending half of his newly purchased materials on experiments.


    He had gone through a lot of trial and error during this process, and he analyzed every mistake he made in the best way and calcted the best way to destroy them. After a lot of effort, he finally got the healing potion form, which he called ''Blessing of the White Angel'', to the result without error.


    When this potion was consumed, the person consuming it would be cured of most visceral injuries and all external injuries within 5 minutes unless the body destruction was over 80%. The purity of this potion was 75%, which was a really good rate.


    If Heinald had mastered this potion well, he only wanted to brew it and sell it. He was confident that this potion would get a pretty high price tag in the market. Of course he had more valuable forms than this potion but he just wanted to keep them to himself. So he definitely didn''t want to release them and attract attention.


    "ording to my calctions, it looks like I can sessfully brew White Angel''s Blessing in only one out of five attempts with my current state. However, I''m sure I''ll soon gain experience with the brewing process of this potion." Heinald scratched his chin as he looked at the potion called White Angel''s Recovery in a small bottle in front of him. The liquid inside this bottle had a purple and bright color, its consistency seemed somewhat dense.


    For the next few days, Heinald brewed the Blessing of the White Angel with all the ingredients he had left. Contrary to his calctions, he seeded in only one of six attempts, but it did not depress him much. He would soon be better at brewing this potion anyway.


    As a high rank potion; Blessing of the White Angel costs around 700 Arkana Stones in a single bottle. However, ording to his estimation, the value of this potion should have been set at at least 12 thousand Arkana Stones. The amount he had predicted could have been more or less, but he thought it would probably be around this.


    "Now I can start working with Elly." Heinald sighed.


    Next was to create a strength potion form with him. He hadn''t talked to Elly about how to get the materials needed for the experiments. After all, a new potion form did not emerge spontaneously; they had to do a lot of experimentation and so they needed a lot of material.


    Heinald went to his room to talk about it with him.


    "Heinald! Come sit down." When Elly saw him knock on the door ande in, she closed the notebook in front of her and smiled wearily.


    "Hello! I have something to talk to you about." Heinald also smiled faintly.


    "About the potion quest?" Elly asked while pointing to thefortable chair in front of her desk.


    "Yes." Heinald said, "You know, we''re going to have to do a lot of experiments to produce a form, and we''re going to need a lot of materials for the experiments. How do we get those materials?"


    "I think it would be more profitable for us if we could get the potions from the academy." Elly nodded slowly.


    "So we''ll use achievement points for ingredients" Heinald scratched his chin. In order to be able to say for sure, the materials to be used for the experiments had to be precisely determined first. Then, based on the rarity of the materials, they could most likely find the necessary materials in the academy''s stockpile.


    "Actually, I''m pretty short on Achievement Points as I recently copied some of the studies you need from the academy''s archive. Considering that we''ll be paying half the materials needed for the experiments, perhaps we can consider it a rtively easy task to collect the Achievement Points we need for the materials before we start the experiments."


    Heinald had a serious expression as Elly described her situation. At first he thought of giving up because he thought it would take too long.


    However, heter realized an important point; if they epted a quest, they would go to that quest as two Level 2 Ainsars. This would give them a huge advantage in terms of strength and would also help to finish the mission more easily.


    Before Ruthas Academy set up a research base in some ''dangerous'' area, it would send a team of scouts there and, ording to reports from them, offer missions to destroy dangerous monsters in those areas.


    There were too many dangerous and unexplored regions in the Ainsar World, and the dangers had to be eliminated in order for those areas to be explored with ease.


    That dangerous valley Heinald had been to before was one of those areas, but that area could be consideredrgely free of danger. The ce had already been fully explored, but notpletely freed from danger.


    Heinald thought they could ept one of the best-selling monster-hunting quests on the academy''s quest list. After all, two Level 2 Ainsars fighting together was no small thing.


    Moreover, the academy wasn''t offering missions that required a Level 3 Ainsar or higher realm anyway.


    "Then we can ept a hunting mission. I think we''ll get a good result if we both fight together." After a pause, Heinald nodded.


    "That''s right! Then let''s go right now and see if there''s a mission suitable for us." Elly smiled slightly and stood up.


    Heinald and Elly went to the quest building to choose a quest. After reviewing current quests, they were able to find a quest suitable for them.


    Their new mission was to kill the Red Horned Iron Ox within half a year. In that region, it was stated that the greatest strength was the Red Horned Iron Ox. The power level of this beast was not far from a Level 3 Ainsar.


    Still, for two Level 2 Ainsars, it wouldn''t be too much trouble to kill a monster that hadn''t reached the power realm of a Level 3 Ainsar.


    This mission rewarded 15,000 Achievement Points. Elly and Heinald thought this amount would be sufficient to meet the supplies for their experiments.


    Although Heinald wasn''t sure that this amount would be exactly enough, since they had a high-purity High Rank Healing Potion to create, Heinald didn''t want to get upset early and dismissed the thought.


    Heinald and Elly prepared for the mission for a few days. They both brewed the potions they thought they might need during this time. After everything was ready, they informed each other that they were ready.


    The Boiling Sand Region was far from Ruthas Academy. This ce was located in arge in called the Daylight Chamber. The area was generally a ce that no Level 1 Ainsar would ever want to go near unless they were arge group, because too many dangerous creatures were living in that area and it was quite arge area.


    Heinald went to Revakender, who lived in arge area at the back of the academy area, and waited for Elly there.


    Revakender was known to everyone in the academy. While most people were quite afraid of it at first, as time passed, everyone got used to it and became interested in this supreme creature.In ancient times, dragons were much more popr creatures, but rumor has it that their numbers have dwindled considerably around the world. Moreover, some dragon lineages were said to bepletely extinct.

 Chapter 156: Krik

    Chapter 156: Krik


    After obtaining Hercules Boar''s blood, Heinald started running out of the Dark Forest at full speed. Although he heard many roars and humsing from various parts of the forest, he did not care about these sounds and started running with all his voice.


    He had to stop and rest for a while after running non-stop for days despite his highly durable body. Luckily, he managed to find a small secluded spot, where he rested for a few hours without making a sound.


    After a short rest period, he started running non-stop again. After running for days, he finally managed to get out of the Dark Forest. He had encountered many Magical Beasts during his run, but most of those he encountered were weaker than him and he knew it. However, some had the strength of a Level 2 Ainsar; they chased him for a long time but stopped chasing him when they realized they couldn''t catch him.


    When Heinald got outside of the Dark Forest, it took some time to limate to the daylight. He summoned the Revakender and, after riding on his back, traveled to Lord Fedor''s castle.


    By the time he got there, his orders had already arrived. Lord Fredor was kind enough to host him in his castle for a while and ordered his servants to prepare a room for him.


    After Heinald gathered all the ingredients he needed, he prepared the mixture. For a potion master like him, it wasn''t hard to prepare this concoction. The real thing about this mix was its rare ingredients, not the difficulty of mixing it.


    "Alright! Let''s get this stain off." Heinald cast a bright nce at the bottle in his hand.


    When He drank the mixture in the bottle, contrary to what he expected, he felt a rather refreshing and sweet taste. He felt nothing for a few minutes, but as time went on he felt a slight blurring of consciousness. He felt the way an ordinary person feels when they have a few sses of wine.


    Heinald felt his consciousness go numb, he probably wouldn''t have been able to speak if he tried. His consciousness and spirit had entered an unidentified state, but strangely, this did not bother him.


    He felt like he had taken his mind and soul on vacation after contemting something for a long time.


    Hours passed.


    His consciousness was getting more and more numb with each passing second, before he fell into a deep sleep he saw the faint ck smokeing out of his eyes, mouth, and nose.


    An unknown time passed.


    When Heinald recovered, he felt quite rested and calm. He felt that when he focused on his mind and soul, there was not the slightest trace of smudging.


    "Huuh! Looks like I''ve gotten through this ordeal" Heinald was quite relieved to get rid of the stain that had bothered him for so long, so he took a hot bath to rx even more.


    During the bath, he was considering what his future moves would be. He had achieved his primary goal; he could nowplete the quests he received from Ruthas Academy and start earning Achievement Points.


    His next goal was to deal with the mysterious disappearance of Furyus Almhad. This man was a member of Ruthas Academy''s Life Forms Anatomy division. He was one of the few Level 2 Ainsars that Ruthas Academy had and had mysteriously disappeared two years ago.


    Heinald learned that a number of people had tried to pitch their chances for the jobst year, but were unsessful. A Level 1 Ainsar was even attacked and killed by a Magical Beast while searching for clues. That''s why this quest is rmended for Level 2 Ainsars.


    Furyus Almhad''s family lived in Allivion, an independent city close to the academy. Hest left the academy to go to his family and then disappearedpletely.


    Neither saw nor heard him.


    Heinald would go to his family first and ask them first what was going on. So he first traveled to the academy and left Revakender there. Then a carriage rented a luxury carriage and traveled to Allivion City.


    This city was one of the oldest cities in the Ainsar World. During the ancient Ainsar period, this city was called ''Poskem''. It was not a big city, in fact it could even be said to be a small city. However, despite this, quite a lot of Ainsar lived and visited this city.


    The most important reason for this is that it is a very old city, and many well-established families lived here. When this was the case, the goods and various valuable materials in this city''s market were also high-level. Of course this was rtive, some might not find anything they were looking for in this city. Because the real trade was in the underground market of this city.


    However, very special people could naturally enter this underground market, and those who could not, had to make do with ordinary materials in ordinary shops.


    When Heinald arrived in Allivion City, he was looking out the window of his luxury carriage and observing the city''s architecture. Although there are many restored new buildings, some ancient buildings reveal the history of this ancient city.


    Heinald went to the address given to him, to the house where Furyus Almhad''s family lived. This house was built on top of a small hill at the back of the city. It had arge garden, and the house, though not veryrge and ostentatious, was still well above average. The house and the garden were surrounded by pine trees, there were many Apprentice Ainsars standing guard around.


    After all, this was the property of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    When they spotted Heinald, they knelt before him in fear and let him pass.


    As Heinald walked towards the front of the house, the servants who had noticed himing immediately knelt in front of it and greeted him.


    "Lord Ainsar, it''s an honor to host you! I''m the chief servant of the household, Ajneras, please allow me to serve you!" A suit-wearing man with gray hair and a gray beard bowed before him. This man was a low-phase Level 1 Ainsar, looking like he had just made a breakthrough.


    "I''m here to meet with Furyus Almhad''s family." Heinald said.


    "Please allow me to take you to Lady Annabelle Almhad." The chief servant Ajneras bowed his head.


    Heinald nodded and started following him.


    After entering the house, walking on the left side of a corridor that splits into two sides, he saw three people standing at the entrance of arge hall, waiting for him.


    These three people were Furyus Almhad''s wife, daughter and son. The energy waves Annabelle Almhad emitted showed that she was a peak-phase Level 1 Ainsar. His son and daughter were mid-phase Level 1 Ainsar.


    "You honor us by visiting our house, sir!" Annabelle Almhad gracefully greeted him. Likewise, her son and daughter also greeted him.


    Heinald gave a slight nod and said, "I came here for my assignment from Ruthas Academy. I want you to tell me everything you know about Furyus Almhad."


    "Of course, my lord. Pleasee into the hall." Annabelle lowered her head and pointed to the great hall behind her.


    "Because my husband is a member of the Ruthas Academy, we couldn''t spend much time with him. Sometimes for months, he was doing various experiments and researches and made him miss him. One day we received a letter. It was from him, and he said he was going to visit us soon..."


    Annabelle began to describe what had happened, but was interrupted by Heinald''s intervention.


    "Did hee here?"


    Annabelle nodded, "Yeah, he spent about ten days with us."


    Heinald nodded. "Continue!"


    "An old friend of my husband''s invited us to a ball for his daughter''s wedding. We spentte at night there, but there was something wrong with my husband. He had a worried expression on his face that he was trying to hide from us. I don''t know what caused it, but I''m sure it''s rted to his disappearance."


    Annabelle''s voice trembled.


    "What do you think could be the reason for this?" Heinald asked.


    "I''m not sure. But he might have some issues with the academy..." Annabelle shrugged.


    "Did he have that worried expression the first day he came to you?" Heinald asked.


    "This...I...I am not sure. I guess it wasn''t, at least not as much as it was on prom day." Annabelle hesitated for a moment.


    "Then she was worried about something about her wedding day. He might have been afraid of someone or something at the prom, he obviously knew something was going to happen to him..." Heinald''s speech slowed towards the end of the sentence.


    "Then she was worried about something about her wedding day. He might have been afraid of someone or something at the prom, he obviously knew something was going to happen to him..." Heinald''s speech slowed towards the end of the sentence.

 Chapter 157: Revenge

    Chapter 157: Revenge


    When Heinald came to a clock tower, he stopped. The height of this clock tower was about 50 meters. It was made entirely of stone, and at the very top of this tower was a bell. When he entered the clock tower, he saw spiral steps leading upwards. When he got up, he came to an iron door.


    The door was locked.


    Heinald knocked the door.


    A few secondster, the iron door opened with a creak. The person who opened the door was a small boy, about twelve years old.


    "Greetings, my lord!" The little boy immediately bowed his head and greeted him.


    "I''m looking for Avnord Tellsen, son." Heinald didn''t give the little boy the stern stare he gave most people. This boy was also an Apprentice Ainsar and reminded him of his own childhood. Apparently, this little boy was also getting an education.


    "Come in!"


    Heinald went inside when he heard the voice rising from the back. A rather cluttered room appeared before him. There was arge table in the middle of this room, but the top of the table waspletely filled with papers, books, candles and cups. On the left side of the room was the mechanism of the great clock of the clock tower. On the right side of the room were two beds packed into a small space. Apart from all these, most of the ces were covered by libraries.


    He saw a man in front of one of these bookshelves trying to find a book he was looking for. His face was not visible; He had a long but slender body and white hair. There was no hair on the top of his head, only on the sides and back. He was wearing a long gown of dark green with white flower embroideries. The waves of energy emanating from him indicated that he was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    As Heinald learned, this man was a witness to the event, Avnord Tellsen!


    When the man found the book he was looking for, he snapped his finger, and after pulling it out from among the other books, he turned and looked at it, "You''re here for Furyus Almhad''s disappearance, aren''t you?"


    "How did you know?" Heinald asked.


    "It''s not hard... A young genius who managed to be a Level 2 Ainsar at a fairly young age is learning and visiting the address of someone like me who has little to do with the outside world. You''re obviously from the Ruthas Academy. It''s easy to understand why you came here with a simple deduction. "


    Heinald chuckled lightly, "You''re right, I heard you knew something about Furyus Almhad''s disappearance."


    "You heard?" The man grinned, "As if you''d better say you gave that goddamn witch thousands of Arkana Stones..."


    "Then let''s call it that." Heinald shrugged, "After all, there are some things I want to learn and I''ve been able to reach out to someone who knows ''some'' things."


    The man sighed, "That damn witch is using my address as part of her trade..."


    There was a brief silence.


    The man shook his head and said, "My advice to you would be to just let it go, I can tell you what''s going on, but believe me, any reward you get is not worth pursuing."


    "I''ll make the final decision on whether to continue or not, once I know what''s going on anyway." Heinald said.


    "Furyus Almhad has been kidnapped by a group that can effectively use ck Magic, which is reason enough for you to stop pursuing it." Avnord Tellsen picked up a nk sheet of paper from his desk and began to write on it.


    "I can also use ck Magic effectively." Heinald said.


    "Maybe. However, can you do that in the heart of a city and easily disappear without leaving a trace?" Avnord Tellsen stared at his face for a few seconds, then his gaze fell back onto the paper in front of him. "If so, we''ve found the person who had a hand in his disappearance."


    Heinald sighed, "All I''m asking you to do is tell me what the attack was like, and if there''s anything that caught your attention, tell me."


    "When the sun went down, they came like shadows on the mountains and took Mr. Furyus and disappeared." Avnord Tellsen''s writing hand stopped, "Whoever those people were... They weren''t just regr users of Dark Magic, so my advice to you is to let it go and move on with your life.


    Avnord sighed when he saw his stern gaze and said, "If you want to die so badly... Mr. Furyus'' wife and children were in league with his kidnappers."


    "What!?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    "When their carriage was attacked, they calmly got out of the carriage and talked to the people hiding behind the shadows.


    Avnord''s brows furrowed.


    "I have no idea why his wife and children would do such a thing, but Mr. Furyus must have gotten himself in a lot of trouble."


    "They told me that Furyus looked worried, were they telling the truth or were they lying?"


    "Is Furyus'' old friend also involved in this?


    Heinald had a storm of questions in his head. The matter was getting more and moreplicated.


    "What do the city guards think of this situation? Have you heard anything around?" Heinald looked at Avnord, who was still typing something.


    "The city guards came to the scene veryte that night... You know what that means, right?" Avnord shot him a nce.


    Heinald nodded slowly, looking rather thoughtful.


    He had a dark expression on his face when he left the clock tower. Whoever attacked Mr. Furyus was certainly not a member of an ordinarymunity. He wasn''t sure about going after it.


    "I will present the information I have obtained to the academy, let someone else take care of the rest. I am sure I will earn some Achievement Points with the information I get." Heinald had made up his mind when he got into the carriage.


    Those who kidnapped Mr. Furyus seemed to have authority even over the city guards.


    "Hmm?" As Heinald was looking out the window of the carriage, a bird came to his window. A small roll-shaped note was left on this bird''s back.


    He immediately opened the window, took the note and began to read.


    "I know what happened to Furyus. Tomorrow night,e to the inn called Nighthawk. I''ll find you."


    Heinald frowned, "What the fuck is going on?


    He pocketed the note and continued to watch thoughtfully. Of course he didn''t trust this note, but after all he hadn''t been summoned to a deserted ce, he didn''t think his life was in danger.


    "Furyus was attacked in the city" Heinald thought of the attack the person he was looking for had encountered.


    Still, he was going to the inn called Nighthawk tomorrow night. He believed that even if attacked, he would be able to survive this attack. He had the energy and energy source of his Protective Type Magical Treasure.


    ***


    The next night he went to the inn called Nighthawk. When he got out of the carriage, a man in a suit met him.


    "Wee, sir. I have been informed of your arrival, please follow me."


    Heinald started following the man. This bar, Nighthawk, was the most luxurious and ostentatious inn he had ever seen. There were girls dancing in the middle of the inn, the elite of the people here was evident even from the way everyone was drinking.


    No one seemed to be drinking enough to lose control. In the corner, a group of musicians were ying some pretty good-sounding music. There was no loudughter or shouting around.


    The man who greeted Heinald led him down a short corridor and into a private lounge. Inside was a middle-aged man with some gray hair between his ck hair. This man had a long nose and chin. He wore a rather loose gray robe. This man was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Oh! Wee." Seeing him, the man stood up and held out his hand to him, "I am Havin Volz, a very old and close friend of Furyus."


    "My name is Heinald." He gave a slight nod, "How did you find me?"


    "Actually, I''ve been following you for a long time, but only had the opportunity to talk to you today. I noticed you for the first time when you visited Furyus'' family. Despite your young age, I knew you were a Ruthas Academy from the fact that you were a Level 2 Ainsar and visited them."


    "Do you know anything about the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Furyus?" Heinald asked.


    Havin Volz''s expression darkened, "Yes He managed to send me a message that day. He saw something he shouldn''t have."


    "Actually, I''ve been following you for a long time, but only had the opportunity to talk to you today. I noticed you for the first time when you visited Furyus'' family. Despite your young age, I knew you were a Ruthas Academy from the fact that you were a Level 2 Ainsar and visited them."

 Chapter 158: Ultimatom

    Chapter 158: Ultimatom


    Heinald spent his first day in the mine area, performing the duty assigned to him and his unit to keep watch on the north side.


    Nothing had happened that night, they hadn''t even heard a sounding from the forest at night. Though, that made them a little more uneasy.


    It was quite strange and disturbing for them not to hear the sound of any living creature, especially in a forest.


    A few hours after sunrise the next day, Lord Esquis summoned all the Level 2 Ainsars to his side.


    They would take a few hours of wandering through the outermost chamber of of the ck forest and check for any clues.


    After entering the ck forest and starting to walk a little deeper, it seemed like it waspletely night. The only difference was that there was no moon illuminating the sky above, the surrounding area was illuminated by various nts and insects.


    They searched for clues for hours but found nothing. In the end, they did not want to go any further and turned back. It was strange that they hadn''t seen any Magical Beasts at first, but when they thought of the possibility that they might have escaped after feeling the energy waves of many powerful Ainsars, they stopped thinking about it.


    Two weeks passed quickly. There was no attack on the mine area and they found no clues in the parts of the forest where they were wandering.


    When Lord Esquis concluded that the attack was more likely to belong to another organization or academy, everyone rallied and the journey back to the academy began.


    Arriving at the academy after a two-week journey, the first thing Heinald did was travel to Mount Jewyna, one of the mountains in the south of the academy.


    At this very top was the headquarters of the Rasfor Trade Association. Actually, the headquarters of this unit was built inside the top of the mountain, there was no case of any extra structures.


    "Revakender, descend!" Heinald mentally gave orders to his Spirit Companion.


    As the dragon descended towards the top of Mount Jewyna, the Ainsars there were momentarily panicked. However, they were somewhat relieved after seeing that this dragon was being controlled by someone.


    "My lord, wee!"


    Couple of Level 1 Ainsars greeted him.


    After Heinald told them that the Revakender was his Spiritual Companion, he headed for headquarters.


    There was arge fifty-meter gate at the entrance of the headquarters of this association. When he entered, a very long and wide corridor appeared before him.


    On the right and left side of this corridor were roads leading to other ces. At the end of these roads were huge circr gates. Those gates were protected by some kind of security formation.


    A middle-aged Level 1 Ainsar greeted Heinald. This Ainsar who greeted him was bald and wore a small pair of sses.


    Heinald said, "I want to meet with Ewnzell Tally."


    "Oh" The middle-aged man paused for a moment, "Follow me, please!"


    Heinald started following the man. When they came with him to the end of the wide and long corridor, they were in front of manyrge stairs. As they climbed these stairs, another corridor met them, but this corridor was not very long and wide.


    "The road on the right leads directly to Lord Ewnzell''s settlement. With your permission, I''ll go and forward your request to meet him."


    Heinald nodded.


    Level 1 Ainsar quickly walked away and arrived after about half an hour.


    "Please follow me!"


    Heinald started following the man again. After passing through a corridor that was quite narrowpared to the others, they came to a long iron door.


    The long iron door opened automatically as soon as they arrived.


    "Oh" Heinald stepped through the long iron door and found himself inside arge, rather ostentatious hall. There was a lot of furniture and armchairs, it looked like a kind of lobby. There were roads leading to three different ces, right, left and middle.


    When the man turned to the road on the right, he followed him. At the end of this road, there was a door covered with beautiful embroidery.


    The man said, "Lord Ewnzell awaits you inside!"


    When Heinald opened the door and walked in, the first thing that caught his eye was arge white table. There were many notebooks on this table. The room was illuminated by candlesticks. Behind the desk was an old man sitting on arge armchair. Even though his face didn''t have many wrinkles, his white hair showed that he was old.


    This man was Ewnzell Tally and was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Hello, Mr. Ewnzell." Heinald greeted him.


    "Greetings! What brought you here?" Ewnzell gave a light nod.


    "I came here on Larten''s direction. We''re both in the same division and ww brew potions together." Heinald said.


    "Oh! So Larten sent you here" Ewnzell nodded slightly and continued, "Since you''re here, you must be looking for something special."


    "Indeed! I need materials that contain Spatial Energy." Heinald nodded.


    A look of surprise appeared on Ewnzell''s face, "Spatial Energy?"


    Heinald asked, "Is there a problem?"


    "Aren''t you a Potions Master?" Ewnzell asked.


    "I am."


    "I''m just surprised that you need Spatial Energy materials... Anyway, such materials are quite expensive, can you afford it?"


    When Ewnzell noticed Heinald''s gaze, he decided not to dwell on the matter any longer.


    "So you have materials containing Spatial Energy?" Heinald smiled faintly.


    "I personally don''t own it. However, I''m sure the materials you want can be found in our trade association."


    "Mm. I''d appreciate it if you could help." Heinald nodded.


    "Because you''re Larten''s friend, I''ll help you out! Please allow me to talk to some of my friends. You can wait in the lobby in the meantime."


    Ewnzell left to talk to a few friends about it. Meanwhile, Heinald went to therge lobby at the entrance and sat down in one of thefortable armchairs there and began to wait for him.


    A few hourster, Ewnzell returned. He told him that association had two High-Tier Space Stones in hand. A single High-Tier Space Stone was worth around 2,500,000 Arcana Stones. For most Ainsars, this was a fortune that they would never reach.


    However, this amount was no big deal for a Potions Master like Heinald. He bought the two High Tier Space Stones they had and thus spent almost all the Arkana Stones he had.


    After Heinald confirmed there was no deception in the two High Tier Space Stones, he left and began his journey back to the academy.


    He was confident that the spatial energy contained in these two High Tier Space Stones he had purchased would be enough to activate that portal. Next was getting permission from the academy and traveling straight to the portal.


    After reaching the academy, the first thing he did was topletely fill his Protective type treasure Blood Nighmare Shield with the blood of the Three Headed Inderno Crocodile, which he had stored. Afterwards, he went to the headquarters and informed that he was going to go on a journey and got permission.


    Later, he bought himself a horse and started traveling to Por Wind Forest. He didn''t want to go with Revakender because he didn''t want to attract attention. Before Heinald left, he had told his Spirit Companion that it could roam freely wherever it wanted.


    His journey was rather slow, as he was traveling on a horse.


    When he finally reached the forest, he immediately moved into the middle of the forest and was relieved to see that the camouge formation he had created was still active. He entered the formation without doing anything and immediately moved towards the portal.


    When Heinald arrived in front of the portal, he created an energy transfer formation and began to send the spatial energy within the High-Rank Space Stones into the crystals of the portal.


    The spatial energy from the two High-Rank Space Stones was entering the crystals in the form of a kind of stream of light.


    The crystals that formed the portal soon began to glow. The seals and symbols engraved on the crystals began to emit a white light.


    Soon after, a red sphere formed in the middle of the portal and began to growrger andrger. When this orb grewrge enough topletely cover the middle of the portal, an intense spatial energy began to radiate into the surrounding area.


    "I have to calcte how much energy this portal consumes or how long it will stay active by observing for a while." Heinald sighed and began observing the amount of spatial energy the portal was consuming.


    Heinald calcted that at the end of a day, less than 1% of energy was lost. This meant that he did not have much time. When this portal was activated, the portal that this portal opened was also activated. When this portal was closed, that portal would also be closed.

 Chapter 159: Greed

    Chapter 159: Greed


    Heinald didn''t know how long he had walked, but he was sure it was more than half a day.


    "Oh? Whats that?" As Heinald kept walking, he saw a skeleton ahead. Although it looked like a human skeleton, it wasn''t.


    This skeleton had four arms and only four fingers. These fingers were abnormally long. This skeleton had two legs, but each foot had eight toes.


    In his skull, two faces were intertwined. The sight he encountered made him very ufortable.


    Heinald muttered, "This skeleton must belong to a Cursed."


    After he stopped examining the skeleton, he continued walking. He generally no longer heard the sound of drops of water, all he heard was his own breathing and the sound of footsteps.


    But this situation began to change over time. He began to hear strange humsing from the deep.


    "Nyeek!"


    Heinald heard a high-pitched scream from nearby. Then he noticed arge number of footsteps approaching him.


    His ring radiated a silver gleam, and the ring turned into a silver beam of light that flew into his hand, taking the form of twin swords.


    The light of the orb could only illuminate a hundred meters ahead. A hundred meters away, a hideous-looking creature with two intertwined faces entered his vision. It had four arms and a curved spine.


    Before long, the number of these creatures began to increase.


    "These things must be friends of the skeleton I recently encountered" Heinald started to look at the Cursed, who were running towards him, a look of disdain in his eyes.


    "The Cursed: People whose souls have been corrupted and lost control of their souls after being subjected to some kind of soul curse or soul experiment for a long time. The severe damage to their souls also greatly affects their physical structure."


    Heinald remembered a text from a source he had read a long time ago. In fact, he just took pity on these things. Who does not have consciousness, does not actually live; but they were nothing more than life forms that seemed to be alive.


    "Let''s see how strong you are..." Heinald muttered and took a step forward, taking a firm position. He remembered the first time he had seen a Cursed; that Cursed was quite weak because the Apprentice had been killed by the Ainsars.


    Heinald dodges the Cursed, who dashed towards him and swung his w at his head, by taking a quick step to the right and cutting off his arm in one swift move.


    When the cursed''s arm fell to the ground, he immediately went behind him and plunged his sword into the back of his head.


    "Gwah!" A green liquid began to flow from the cursed''s severed arm and mouth, and he copsed to the ground.


    Heinald blocked the kick from his right, with the sword in his right hand as a shield in front of him, a swift swing of the sword in his left hand, and shing the Cursed''s head in two.


    "His physical strength is probably equal to that of someone who has managed to be a new Level 1 Ainsar" Heinald calcted the strength levels of the two Cursed ones he had killed.


    These power levels were even more harmless to him than a baby toy. Even if he just stood there all day doing nothing, he wouldn''t have been harmed.


    Heinald simply quickly sliced up the dozens of Cursed rushing towards him. The twin swords in his hand automatically drew Dark Energy, and as a result, he used the power of Dark Fire. Naturally, swords covered with ck mes could easily destroy their skin and bones in one stroke.


    In a short time he killed hundreds of them.


    "I think they''re done" Heinald heard no more shouts and footsteps, beginning to think he had killed all the Cursed; however, the voice he heard from the deep made him abandon that thought.


    Apparently, there was a lot moreing after him.


    Frost Wave!


    A st of freezing air blew out from Heinald''s body, freezing all the Cursed who hade near him. He walked normally through the frozen cursed and continued to advance.


    He walked for hours but did not encounter any other Cursed. The ce was dead silent again. He could only hear the sound of his own footsteps and breathing.


    It''s been a long time.


    Heinald was excited when he saw the blue and white lights ahead, it was quite bothering him to concentrate on looking around for a long time.


    As the light began to move east, he noticed that the road curved to the right.


    "Hm? This is" As Heinald entered arge room, the sight he encountered made his eyes widen.


    In the middle of the room was a huge flower with ice-blue petals. This flower was over six meters tall, and the stem of this flower was covered with a kind of energy barrier. This flower radiated a frightening aura of Ice Elements. At the back were ice capsules that looked like eggs.


    Heinald knew what this flower was.


    It was a Dementor Frost Flower!


    He was sure that the energy waves emanating from this Dementor Frost Flower were equal to a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar. This flower was an extremely rare species and very dangerous.


    When the Dementor Frost Flower opened its petals, beams of white and blue light began to dance around. Small pieces of ice formed on its leaves began to move like feathers in the wind and scatter around.


    A wave of ice-blue light shot out from the two petals of the Dementor Frost Flower.


    "Shit!" Heinald immediately activated the Blood Nightmare Shield. As the wave of light collided with the pale red barrier surrounding his body, a fierce cold and dense Ice Element Energy radiated out.


    Heinald had to squint at the sudden pain in his brain. The reason for this sudden pain was that Blood Nightmare Shield lost twenty percent of its energy in a single attack. Cracks had appeared around the pale red barrier surrounding it.


    "Infernal Fireball!" mes of terrifying heat appeared in Heinald''s hand, and they gathered together to form a ball of fire. The resulting fireball instantly melted the surrounding ice, creating ayer of red light around it under the influence of intense heat.


    He sent the fireball directly to the Dementor Frost Flower. The fireball, which radiated a scorching heat, began to fly, leaving scorching mes behind it.


    *Shoushh!* Ayer of ice appeared around the Dementor Frost Flower. The fireball exploded when it hit thisyer, and half of the great room was engulfed by the scorching mes. The Dementor Frost Flower was not visible.


    Magic Scroll: Divine Chaos!


    Heinald took the scroll out of the dimensional pocket of his robe and sent Magical Energy to it. As the Dementor Frost Flower was engulfed by the mes, lightning bolts appeared above it, and fierce lightning streaks began to descend on the Dementor Frost Flower one after another. Each lightning streak caused the entire room to shake violently.


    As he used two very powerful elemental spells in a short time, the surrounding elemental energy became very dominant.


    When the mes dissipated, the Dementor Frost Flower appeared. The pool ofva that had formed beneath him was damaging his trunk, the light emanating from his leaves was greatly weakened. The energy field surrounding his body seemed to havepletely disappeared.


    *Crack!* The Dementor Frost Flower quickly closed its petals and opened them back at the same speed. When its leaves reopened, a st of freezing ice spread and froze everything in the surrounding area, including theva pool below.


    An intense amount of Ice Element Energy began to gather in his petal.


    "Not good!" Heinald cried out inside. His ring turned into a silver beam of light and took the form of a battle ax.


    The Ice Element Energy that had umted in the petal of the Dementor Frost Flower exploded and turned into a streaky wave of ice that rushed towards Heinald.


    Heinald activated the second property of the Attack-Type Magical Treasure, damage absorption, and hurled it into a streaking wave of ice towards him.


    As the two attacks collided, intense waves of energy began to spread around. The ck mes surrounding the ax seemed to be bubbling. The entire room had started to freezepletely, if a Level 1 Ainsar were there, he would transform into a snowman in a matter of seconds.


    Heinald felt his entire body freeze, as he had guessed, his magical treasure''s absorption was not enough against this attack. The situation wasn''t going well for him, he''d better start thinking about something different.


    Heinald felt his entire body freeze, as he had guessed, his magical treasure''s absorption was not enough against this attack. The situation wasn''t going well for him, he''d better start thinking about something different.


    As the two attacks collided, intense waves of energy began to spread around. The ck mes surrounding the ax seemed to be bubbling. The entire room had started to freezepletely, if a Level 1 Ainsar were there, he would transform into a snowman in a matter of seconds.

 Chapter 160: King of Almad

    Chapter 160: King of Almad


    When Heinald and Towsak entered the rift, they continued on a straight road for a while. Towsak showed him the traps hidden in the road, one by one. However, Heinald had already noticed the traps before he had told him; it was hard for anything to escape his eyes.


    "The hums and tremors increased ..." Heinald said.


    "As I said, we are getting closer and closer to magic formation." There was tension in Towsak''s voice.


    "It''s a pretty straight road, will it always be like this?" Heinald realized that the road ahead of him curved in no direction.


    "No." Towsak shook his head, "We''re already about to reach the formation.


    "Is the formation you''re talking about some kind of security formation?" Heinald asked.


    "No, it''s more of a test formation to me." Towsak replied.


    "Test formation? What do you mean?" Heinald''s brows furrowed slightly.


    Towsak pointed ahead, "You''ll soon find out."


    Ahead was a semicircr entrance, but inside it waspletely dark. When he saw Towsak step inside without hesitation, he followed.


    The moment Heinald stepped inside, he realized that the energy around him hadpletely changed. The Elemental Energy Particles around him were almost half suppressed. This meant that any elemental magic he cast would be 50% less effective.


    All of a sudden, dozens of torches were lit, illuminating the surroundingspletely. He looked around and saw that Towsak was not with him. While he was trying to figure out what was going on, arge ck hole appeared in the air and many insect-like creatures emerged from it. Energy waves were not emanating from these insect-like creatures.


    Heinald waved his hand and a silver light emanated from the ring in his hand, turning into twin swords. The twin swords began to absorb the Dark Energy he had.


    The swords were covered with ck mes.


    Heinald stabbed both swords at the same time into the insect-like creature that was jumping towards him. Swords covered with ck mes quickly overcame these insects'' defenses and skewered thempletely.


    He parried the attack of the insect-like creatureing from his right side with ck sword which made entirely of Dark Energy. Then, he performed a horizontal sh with the original sword.


    *Criiik!" The insect-like creature let out a pathetic cry before being cut in half by the sword.


    He twisted his swords on his wrist and shed at them against the attacks of two insect-like creatures, who were simultaneously heading towards him.


    *Triinn!* A high-pitched crash resounded.


    These insect-like creatures were gray in color and had an oval body. They had four short legs, two small eyes, and arge mouth full of sharp teeth.


    This creature''s tongue was like a flexible sword, able to curl and dash forward, adding great agility to its attacks.


    Heinald realized that these creatures'' bodies were pretty solid, but they didn''t stand a chance against him.


    After repeating the same process for several minutes, all the creatures that came out of the ck hole were destroyed by him.


    The ck hole got smaller and smaller within seconds and eventually disappearedpletely.


    "It can''t be that simple...There has to be something different behind it." Heinald thought this test was too easy. As far as he could tell, Kawtils had failed to break through this test formation.


    Arge door opened automatically at the back of therge square room in front of Heinald. The space behind this door was invisible, all that was visible was darkness.


    As Heinald approached this door, he first poked his finger in. Then, when he inserted his whole body, he found Towsak staring at him.


    "What''s going on? Where have you disappeared to?" Heinald asked.


    Towsak said, "Look behind you!"


    Heinald turned and saw the semicircr entrance. He hade back to where he entered the formation. The Elemental Energy Particles around him had returned to normal again.


    "I went up to the same ce again" Heinald was looking towards the entrance with a serious expression.


    "It looks like we''re subjecting to some kind of illusion..." Towsak said.


    "But how? It felt so real!" Heinald shot him a nce.


    "Dreams feel real too." Towsak shrugged.


    "Not as much as what I just experienced."


    "Of course! It''s an illusion after all, much stronger than your dreams." Towsak sighed.


    Heinald trained three more times and tried to pass the test, but without sess. Each time he came back to Towsak.


    "We''ve lingered here long enough, we''d better go back now." Towsak sighed.


    "Mm. You''re right." Heinald nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face.


    The two of them returned to Kawtil City together.


    After considering helping them with the relic for a while, Heinald decided to decline. While he wasn''t afraid of the traps of the relic area, he was afraid of the formations there and a possible Ulltemol attack.


    However, that didn''t mean he gave up on that relic site!


    He wanted to single-handedly capture that relic. A coboration with Kawtils meant that he had to surrender half of the resources he was going to capture, and that the Ulltemols considered him as an enemy.


    Moreover, if he acted alone, he could move much faster and unnoticed.


    So even though he agreed to exchange information with them, he would refuse to help them with the remains.


    Heinald spent a few days just wandering around Kawtil City. One day he sent word to them to hold a meeting with the council. His proposal was epted by the council.


    Even as he wandered around the city, he had noticed that he was being watched by the council''s observers. They obviously didn''t trust him, just as Heinald didn''t fully trust them.


    "Heinald, do you intend to help us with the relic area?" Avnr asked him.


    "I haven''t decided yet. I will definitely make that decision if we can pass that test formation for sure. But I will help you to pass it." Heinald was not sincere in his words. If he rejected them outright, he might not be able to exchange their inherited knowledge.


    So he was trying to buy time.


    "Oh! That''s good to hear." Avnr nodded lightly.


    "Besides, I would love to exchange information with you." Heinald added.


    "Then we can make our offers to each other." Avnr agreed and continued, "First of all, I would like to present a few very valuable pieces of information we have inherited from the Great Ainsar Grildar.


    "Information about what?" Heinald asked.


    "Information about Level 3 and Level 4." Avnr replied.


    Heinald''s eyes suddenly opened and his heart started beating fast. Despite reading all the sources he found all these years, he had not been able toe up with the slightest knowledge theory about Level 3 and Level 4.


    Such knowledge would be absolutely jarring for the Ainsar World. Information about level 3 was only avable to a few of the most powerful families and ns.


    "The recipe for a Protection Formation I created that can easily stop Level 2 Ainsar, and some high-level knowledge of the Runes."


    Heinald made his offer.


    The eyes of the council gleamed. For them, this information was information that they did not need much. After all, they did not have differentmunities that they could rule using this information. It wasn''t a very important piece as they all knew this information.


    However, what Heinald offered would undoubtedlye in handy for them. After all, although they had some legacy of knowledge left by Great Ainsar Grildar, their general theory of formations and runes was minimal.


    Heinald immediately began to copy some of the information he knew and the description of the security formation onto the papers given to him.


    It worked non-stop for a few days. However, it was worth it; he would get information about Level 3 and Level 4 after all.


    The exchange waspleted when both sides met the requirements. Heinald immediately began to read the information about Level 3 and Level 4 in the sources given to him.


    The Kawtiller, on the other hand, began to study the runes and formation description given to them by Heinald with excitement and admiration.


    When Kawtils started working on the runes, they couldn''t understand how he had memorized so many runes. There were tens of thousands of copies of runes on the papers given to them. Moreover, all of these runes had been drawn wlessly.


    Heinald, on the other hand, was about to have a heart attack with excitement. The information given to him was important enough to start a great war in the World of Ainsar.


    Great families and ns kept information about Level 3 as their greatest treasure.


    Level 4 was something else entirely!


    Heinald wasn''t sure, but maybe 3-4 people in the entire Ainsar World should have known about Level 4.


    The information he obtained contained the requirements and directions to be Level 3 and Level 4. It was very easy for him to learn the requirements about the first two levels because his grandfather was already a Level 2 Ainsar.


    However, he had chosen the path to follow as a result of his own research.

 Chapter 161: A New Potion

    Chapter 161: A New Potion


    After Heinald learned the details from Kiel, he decided to go with him to the Shadow Ind Ruins. The area where the Shadow Ind Ruins were located was a deste and extremely frightening area where many dangerous Magical Beasts roamed freely. Various Ainsar sects and groups that had intrested in Dark Magic had made expeditions there, but they could not find the remnants and also inflicted many casualties in various attacks.


    Alongside them, many Level 1 Ainsars and two Level 2 Ainsars would join this expedition.


    In the following days, Kiel hosted him in his castle.


    Heinald easily memorized and analyzed all the information from the sources he had obtained. Later, he started working on the spell named Aoron''s Hand, which he obtained from the Melrungan Sect.


    Heinald had grasped the basics of Dark Energy but was still quite a novice. Controlling Dark Energy was much more difficult than controlling Elemental Energy. Moreover, the spell named Aaron''s Hand was quiteplex.


    About two weekster, Kiel and Heinald set out for the Shadow Ind Ruins. Since Revakander was with them, they found it more convenient to travel in Heinald''s horse carriage. A few dayster they reached a deserted seaside town on the southern border.


    "The house designated as the meeting ce is over there!" Kiel pointed to an old three-story house.


    When they went to the house and knocked on the door, a bat appeared in front of them.


    "Vonsley, stop kidding and open the door!" Kiel grumbled.


    The bat disappeared and the door opened.


    As they entered, an Apprentice Ainsar immediately weed them and led them through a secret passage to the basement of the building.


    When they descended into the basement, arge hall appeared before them. There was a middle-aged man sitting on the big sofa in the middle of the living room. He was a Level 2 Ainsar, and there were intense waves of Dark Energy emanating from him.


    "Old Kiel! It''s good to see you''re still able toe as undead." The middle-aged manughed.


    "Hmph!" Kiel rolled his eyes. "Meet Heinald, he wille with us to the ruins."


    "Greetings! My name is Vonsley."


    "Greetings!" Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "Hasn''t Kavael arrived yet?" Kiel asked.


    "No. He struggled to find many Level 1 Ainsars for this expedition, so it must have beente." Vonsley shrugged.


    Later in the day, Heinald, Kiel, and Vonsley talked about various rumors and myths about the ruins. The Shadow Ind Ruins were on a veryrge ind and the ruins covered a veryrge area. Moreover, there were not only Magical beasts on this ind, but also various cursed ones and evil spirits.


    Two dayster, a medium-sized ship approached the shore.


    This ship wasmanded by a Level 2 Ainsar named Kavael, and there were about twenty Level 1 Ainsars inside. After Heinald met him, the four Level 2 Ainsars signed a Blood Agreement between them.


    ording to this agreement, if they could reach the ruins, everyone would take as much as they could, and no one would be greedy and attack to seize the resources someone else had acquired.


    When the deal waspleted, they set out for the Shadow Ind Ruins.


    Heinald decided to leave Revakender in the seaside town for his safety. The area around the seaside town was a ce with arge number of ordinary animals. There he could easily hunt, and he would not encounter a monster that endangered his life.


    It would take them about half a month to reach the Shadow Ind Ruins. The sea they were traveling on was also known as a very dangerous sea.


    The days began to pass quickly.


    They did not encounter any problems until halfway through the journey, but their luck did notst long.


    "What is this!?" One of the Level 1 Ainsars on the deck shouted in fear.


    "Gavarcha horde!" Kiel''s expression darkened. "Kavael, activate the defensive formation on the ship now!"


    Kavael looked up at the sky and grit his teeth, then said, "I will activate it, but the defensive formation on this ship is not strong! Let''s try to kill them as quickly as possible."


    "Among them are grown Gavarchas!" Heinald had a serious expression on his face as he observed the sky.


    Gavarcha was a type of Magical Beast. Its appearance was simr to a flying jellyfish, but its three blood-red eyes made it quite frightening. This species always travels in packs, it was a nightmare to meet them, especially in the open seas. What was scarier than their appearance was that they were capable of ruling lightning. While its adolescents could be equal to the power of a Level 1 Ainsar, its adults were equal to the power of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    A kind of energy shield appeared around the ship.


    "Let''s hurry and kill them!" Kiel shouted.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald shouted in his mind. A scarlet ray of fire shot out from his hands and instantly turned the two Gavarchas in the sky to coal.


    Knowing that his Spiritual Magic was so powerful, Heinald had deliberately suppressed the heat it radiated, or the ship would have caught fire instantly. Especially after he became a Level 2 Ainsar, the might of his Spiritual Magic had be much more frightening.


    The moment Death Ray touched them, they scorched their bodies, causing them to fall into the sea as pieces of coal.


    Observing this, the Level 1 Ainsars began to look at him with both fear and envy.


    An intense wave of Dark Energy rose from the chain that Kiel had always held. He began to spin the chain and threw it towards the adult Gavarcha. The chain covered up with a ck beam of light and whipped it.


    *Sk!* A sharp voice was heard.


    "A single attack inflicted a severe wound on an adult Gavarcha!" On the one hand, Heinald had observed this attack. Kiel had clearly used Dark Energy in this attack, and it seemed that the damage potential was quite high.


    "Infernal Fireball!" Heinald noticed an adult Gavarcha approaching them from behind. He knew that he had to finish off immediately before he could attack, or defense formation would have been broken.


    Heinald raised his hands. A ball of scorching fire flew out suddenly hitting the Gavarcha squarely on its body. The whole process has taken only two seconds!


    *BAM!* The sky was covered with devastating mes and hotva spilled out.


    Gavarcha, whose entire body was engulfed in mes, crashed into the sea, screaming in pain. When it crashed into the sea, huge waves, exceeding five meters in height, appeared.


    "He killed an adult Gavarcha with a single spell!" Kiel, Kavael, and Vonsley looked at him with eyes too careful not to be innocent. But then they immediately turned their attention to the danger that was threatening them.


    "Dark Thread!" Vonsley cried out.


    A ck ring appeared around his body, and from within this ring five threads shot out, emitting intense waves of Dark Energy around him. The threads flew towards the herd and connected the five adolescent Gavarchas at once. Then the dark threads got stuck in a single spot and shattered the Gavarchas'' bodies.


    During this entire process, various parts of the defensive formation had been attacked. But fortunately, none of them came from an adult Gavancha. Thus, the ship''s defensive formation was still active.


    "God! We''ll get hit!" One of the Level 1 Ainsars shouted.


    "Damn it!" Heinald saw an adult Gavarcha about to attack. Fierce lightning bolts danced around his body.


    Heinald immediately raised his right hand and cast Lightning Spear. On his hand, lightning bolts gathered together and took the shape of a spear.


    Adult Gavancha attacked the ship directly with a fierce lightning strike, but before its attack could reach the ship, its collided with Lightning Spear.


    *BOM!* Violent lightning danced in the sky and streaks of lightning bounced off everywhere. Even the ship''s defensive formation had taken some damage from the explosion.


    Kiel muttered a spell, and a cloud of poisonous and corrosive gas appeared around him. This cloud of gas took the form of a snake and soared quickly through the air, reaching Gavacha, enveloping it and starting to burn it.


    Meanwhile, Heinald used the Death Ray again and began to scorch it.


    Finally, Kavael began to mutter a spell, and after about ten seconds, a spell pentagram appeared above Gavancha. Arge ck arrow shot out from within this magic pentagram and pierced it.


    Having suffered three consecutive attacks from three Level 2 Ainsars, Gavancha screamed in pain and crashed into the water.


    Finally, Kavael began to mutter a spell, and after about ten seconds, a spell pentagram appeared above Gavancha. Arge ck arrow shot out from within this magic pentagram and pierced it.


    Having suffered three consecutive attacks from three Level 2 Ainsars, Gavancha screamed in pain and crashed into the water.


    Kavael looked up at the sky and grit his teeth, then said, "I will activate it, but the defensive formation on this ship is not strong! Let''s try to kill them as quickly as possible.

 Chapter 162: Blink

    Chapter 162: Blink


    For a long time, Heinald encountered nothing as he made his way deeper into the Boiling Cauldron Valley.


    He could hear the roars and hums rising from various parts of the huge valley, but he had not encountered a beast.


    "Oh? There I see one over there..."


    After walking for a long time, he saw a Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile a few hundred meters away, next to theva flow.


    "Ornament of Death! Come to me!" As Heinald cried out in his mind, the ring in his hand shone silver and turned into two swords.


    He thought that this name would suit this Attack Type Magical Treasure he had recently obtained and gave it this name.


    The twin swords began to drain the Dark Energy he had; ck mes appeared from the dancing ind on their surface.


    Although these fires did not radiate warmth, they were quite destructive.


    He jumped over the twenty meter wideva stream and crossed to the other side of the stream, running directly towards the crocodile.


    When the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile spotted Heinald running towards it, fierce fire rose from all three of its heads, and fireballs soon formed inside its mouths.


    Fireballs from the mouth of the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile began to move directly towards him.


    As Heinald sprinted, he jumped with all his might and rose nearly thirty meters, dodging the fireballs with ease.


    As he descended towards it, the crocodile shot out a wave of fire from its mid-head mouth.


    Normally, crocodiles could not raise their heads. However, this damn thing was a Magical Beast. They were getting some changes in the evolutionary process.


    With the ck sword entirely made of Dark Energy held in his right hand, Heinald cut the wave of fire that came straight towards him.


    *Shoush!*


    When the ck sword, which was a copy of the original sword, cut the fire wave in the middle, a ck line formed in the middle of the fire wave.


    The ck fire had split the crocodile''s wave of fire in half.


    "Hua!" When Heinaldnded at the bottom of the crocodile, he spun around with the silver sword in his left hand, making a swift move. As he turned around, the silver light emanating from the sword and the ck mes that had formed a lightyer on its surface created a very elegant y of light in the air.


    These lights were only visible for about half a second. The only thing he knew then was the dense blood bursting from the crocodile''s middle head.


    Heinald''s attack had split its middle head in two!


    "Wraarh!" A cry of pain rose from the other two heads of the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile.


    "Frost Wave!"


    When Heinald realized that the other two heads of the crocodile were going to attack towards him, he immediately cast the Ice-based spell. Since this spell was a Medium Rank spell and he had already mastered this spell, he could cast it in almost under a second.


    A st of freezing air sted out of his body.


    Since the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile was so close to him, naturally this attack was enough to freeze it; however, this ''freezing'' state onlysted about two seconds.


    The thinyer of ice surrounding the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile''s body onlysted for two seconds.


    However, this time was quite enough for Heinald, he managed to open the distance between it and him. The swords in his hand turned into a silver beam of light and again took the form of a ring.


    When the crocodile broke through the thinyer of ice surrounding it, it started running towards him, but before it could reach him, he had finished casting the spell.


    "Divine Chaos!" Heinald eximed.


    An energy field formed around the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile. The giant crocodile immediately attacked its energy field and tried to break it with its teeth, but before it could do that, the lightning bolts that appeared above it were about to hit it.


    *BAM* *BAM* *BOM* Fierce lightning streaks began to descend on the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile with full force. Each streak pierced the giant crocodile''s body and damaged its internal organs.


    "Wraah!" The Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile was howling in pain. Although its skin was quite solid, after all, this spell was a High Rank spell and had been cast by a Level 2 Ainsar.


    After a hundred lightning streaks thatnded on it, the giant crocodile sank tens of meters into the ground.


    It had severe wounds in various parts of his body, which were reducing his stamina with each passing second.


    When the Three-Headed Inferno Crocodile emerged from the pit, it started to scream in pain and anger, but its scream was cut short.


    This was because Heinald''s Indignation of Ice hit it as soon as it emerged from the pit.


    The giant crocodile and its surroundings werepletely frozen, looking from afar it seemed like a small iceberg had formed.


    For this attack, Heinald had waited for it to pull it out of the pit and started casting the spell before it even came out of the pit.


    The silver ring on his hand shed again at him single thought, but this time it did n''t take the form of twin swords.


    The silver ring had taken the shape of a gigantic ax. This ax was surrounded by ck mes.


    Heinald gripped the ax in both hands and sprinted towards the crocodile with full speed and jumped towards it. He swung the ax in his hand from top to bottom with all his might.


    *Crack!* There was a sharp cracking sound. Theyer of ice broke into thousands of pieces and was thrown in all directions.


    The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile''s body was crushed by his violent thrust. When the axnded on its body, ck mes spread all over it,pletely destroying its defense.


    "Wragh!" The Three Headed Inferno Crocodile cried out in pain, as most of its body was destroyed by the help of the ck mes and the fierce ax blow.


    After Heinald made his move, he stepped back and began to observe it. Soon, the giant crocodile copsed and died.


    He stored his blood and removed its organs. This crocodile''s organs would be exploited by the Phoenix spirit inside one of his rings.


    After walking around the valley for half a month, Heinald found four more Three-Headed Inferno Crocodiles and killed them. He had killed each of these crocodiles in a simr way. The new attack-type treasure he obtained had really increased hisbat power quite a bit.


    He had managed to reach the middle of that valley within half a month''s time. Moreover, the Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy waspletely filled again.


    His goal now was to find the Hellfire Nightmare Snake and take its head back to the academy.


    Heinald began to observe and track around the valley. He concealed his energy and managed to escape the attention of many monsters. He could kill all the monsters he encountered, but he did not want to just waste his Magical Energy in such a dangerous area.


    That would be a pretty illogical move.


    After days of tracking and observing, Heinald found the Hellfire Nightmare Snake''sir.


    It lived in a hollow in one of the huge hills in that valley.


    He could easily observe him from hundreds of distances thanks to his superior eyes. Therefore, he was able to make some detailed observations about the gigantic snake''s body structure and attacks.


    In total, the Hellfire Nightmare Serpent was more than a hundred meters long, with a width of just over five meters. Its eyes shone like a diamond made of fire.


    This creature had easily killed many creatures during his observations.


    He was the king of this region!


    It was almost ofparable power to a Level 3 Ainsar. When this snake attacked, its scales turned into a hot iron and could be thrown into the environment at its will. These hot iron-like scales quickly destroyed its enemy''s defenses.


    Another attack he observed was a type of attack with the tongue of this giant snake. Its tongue stretched out like a whip and could engulf its enemies, burning them, or split them in two in a single move.


    If Heinald hadn''t filled up with Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy, he would have been quite nervous when facing this snake.


    However, his Protective Type Magical Treasure would be a huge assurance to him in this battle, that was for sure. Since obtaining this magical treasure, he felt much safer in his battles.


    After Heinald observed it, he spent the next few days nning an attack. If he didn''t make a good attack n, he thought he wouldn''t be able to defeat it.


    However, his Protective Type Magical Treasure would be a huge assurance to him in this battle, that was for sure. Since obtaining this magical treasure, he felt much safer in his battles.


    After Heinald observed it, he spent the next few days nning an attack. If he didn''t make a good attack n, he thought he wouldn''t be able to defeat it.

 Chapter 163: Fallen Chaos

    Chapter 163: Fallen Chaos


    When Heinald looked ahead, he saw many Magical Beasts running backwards. They were frightened by the fierce energy emanating from the fireball.


    "Sage is sacred!" One of the dwarves cried out.


    "Pray to Sage for saving us now!"


    Heinald ignored the dwarves'' shouts and started chasing after these Magical Beasts. In a short time he had already emerged from the borders of the swamp and entered the borders of Bleak Hollow.


    "The creatures that cross into the World of Ainsar alsoe from this region. Maybe with my research here, I can figure out how the portal was activated." Heinald muttered as he observed his surroundings.


    The Bleak Hollow area was a very rugged terrain. Even though he was far from there, he could see arge hollow ahead. The reason for this was that the hollow was veryrge. It was about 500 meters in diameter.


    The escaped Magical Beasts were running towards it. It was probably their of creatures and monsters.


    Heinald had no intention of entering it, but wanted to explore the white area. He began to circle around the hollow. After hours of observation, he found nothing.


    "I guess I better close this hole. So the poor dwarves won''t run into any more problems!" After thinking for a while, Heinald decided.


    "Lightning Spear!"


    Fierce lightning bolts formed on his hand, and they came together to form a spear.


    Lightning Spear sprang up quickly, and when it exploded, it destroyed part of the wide hollow.


    Heinald repeated this five times in a row, causing the entrance to the hollow to bepletely destroyed.


    "It didn''t turn out exactly the way I thought it would...Even though this hollow is superficially destroyed, those Magical Beasts will find a way out."


    A cold gleam passed through Heinald''s eyes as he observed the hollow.


    At that moment, he felt a slight jolt underground. At first he didn''t care at all because this jolt was so small. But as it started to increase, he realized that something was going to happen, and he cautiously walked away from where the tremor was strong.


    "Roarr!" With an all-epassing roar, a beast of a kind Heinald had never seen before sprang up from the underworld.


    With its appearance, all the soil that Heinald had filled in by demolishing the entrance to the hollow had flown several meters up.


    "What the hell is this damn thing!?" Heinald muttered.


    This beast that came out of the ground had four ws. His lower body was quite simr to the body of a bull. But it was muchrger than a bull and had huge ws protruding from its sides. His head was like a crooked lump and had only one eye and an antenna on the top of his head.


    Heinald realized that this beast''s energy was suppressing his own. This beast possessed the might of a mid-phase Level 2 Ainsar.


    "He doesn''t seem to have weak part anywhere on itsbody. Most likely, my attacks with my swords won''t do him any harm." Heinald made some inferences while observing the beast''s body.


    There was a st of wind as the beast closed its two front ws at the same time, and the resulting strong gusts of wind began to head towards Heinald.


    He immediately cast his spell named Whisper of the Wind and jumped to the right and quickly glided through the air.


    "Indignation of Ice!" Heinald shouted out in his mind.


    An intense coldness and ice fumes began to emerge from his arms. As he pointed his hand forward, an ice hand began to move towards the beast rather quickly.


    "Roarr!" The Beast roared and used his two front ws to grab the ice hand. However, as soon as the ice touched the hand, his entire body was covered in a thickyer of ice within seconds.


    "It has really strong physical stamina and strength ... His bodypletely froze, but still, some parts of the ice started to form cracks from his struggle." Heinald was quite surprised when cracks began to appear in the iceyer surrounding its body.


    This happened much faster than he expected!


    The spell he used was High Rank. If Heinald hadn''t had the impable memory he acquired when he had the Moon Thief''s eyes, it might not even have been possible for him to cast such spells. If he did, it would most likely take more than ten seconds.


    The fact that a High Rank spell could not affect this beast very much would show that it was very strong.


    Heinald had no intention of giving him a chance!


    Divine Chaos!


    An energy field surrounded the giant beast, and above this energy field, fierce lightning bolts began to coil like a snake. With the fierce Lightning Elemental Energy spreading around, the lightning streaks began to strike the beast continuously.


    The entirend was shaking, and the fierce thunder could be heard clearly even by the dwarves in the swamp. They could observe numerous lightning bolts forming above the energy field.


    The scenes these dwarves saw today would never leave their minds. For hundreds of years they had wished for a Sage to visit their swamp and save them.


    They thought that their wish had finallye true.


    "Roaaaarrr!" With a single thought from Heinald, the iceyer surrounding the beast had broken, and then hundreds of lightning streaks had directly struck it.


    Although its body was not extremely strong and durable, a Lightning-based High Rank spell had very destructive power. Various parts of this beast''s body were charred, and some of its bones had be salt-like.


    Fierce lightning hadpletely copsed the area where it stood, causing arge crater to form. Dense smoke was rising from inside the crater.


    When beast emerged from the crater, his right front w waspletely shattered. There was an open wound on the upper part of his body, from which a fluid resembling haze was oozing out.


    "Roooaaarr!" Beast roared angrily and raised his two rear ws. A pir of lightning began to form between his ws.


    "Will he use an innate skill?" Heinald began to observe carefully.


    Some advanced Magical Beasts were able to develop a special attack skill thanks to their experience. This Magical Beast should have a lightning element predisposition.


    Since this beast was prone to the lightning element, he was also immune to it; however, Divine Chaos had done him quite a bit of damage.


    The lightning pir formed by the Beast suddenly fell to the ground, and fierce lightning bolts enveloped the several hundred meters area.


    Heinald had immediately fled backwards, thus avoiding the violence of this lightning field.


    *Crack* Violent cracking sounds began toe from underground.


    "No!" Heinald cried out in panic. At that moment, a long thin crack formed over hundreds of miles, and the entire region began to copse.


    This was due to the violent explosions in areas close to each other and the fact that the underground had already been dug many times before.


    Most of the Bleak Hollow area and a small part of the swamppletely copsed. A strong earthquake was felt all around the area.


    "Roaaaaaarrrr!" The Beast roared fiercely as he sank into the ground with the copsing ground.


    Heinald began to fall deep underground, along with the surrounding earth and rocks weighing hundreds of thousands of tons.


    He immediately activated the Blood Nightmare Shield with a single thought. A pale redyer had enveloped him, protecting him from anything that could harm him during his fall.


    Heinald could easily observe the earth and rocks falling with him as he quickly fell down. It should not have fallen hundreds of meters with the weight of the soil on it in a few seconds, but it still had not crashed to the ground.


    "Whisper of the Wind!" Heinald cried out in his mind, and as he fell, he stepped on the rock below and drew strength from it to dash upward. But even this power did not allow him to pierce the tons of soil above him.


    "Damn it!" Heinald''s eyes widened at the yellow light he saw. It was about to fall directly into a sea ofva.


    *Squeak* Heinald crashed directly into the sea ofva and began to sink deeper into it. Numerous cracks began to appear in the pale redyer surrounding it.


    Heinald could feel in his mind that the energy of his Protective Type Magical Treasure was rapidly depleting. Falling straight into the sea ofva caused the pale redyer, the safety barrier that surrounded him to rapidly decline in durability.


    At that time, hundreds of tons of earthen stones began to fall on theva sea. If he didn''t find a way to quickly get out of the sea ofva, he would be swallowed by theva and die painfully.


    At that time, hundreds of tons of earthen stones began to fall on theva sea. If he didn''t find a way to quickly get out of the sea ofva, he would be swallowed by theva and die painfully.

 Chapter 164: Killer Back

    Chapter 164: Killer Back


    Heinald quickly began swimming in the sea ofva and went to a area away from the pile of earth and rock falling from above.


    With each passing second, the cracks in the barrier protecting him were getting bigger.


    "It can''t go on like this!" Heinald grit his teeth and cast his spell, Indignation of Ice. Some of theva around it solidified due to the intense cold, forming a small ground.


    Heinald immediately climbed to that ground and stepped out of the sea ofva.


    "Blood Nighmare Shield only has 1% energy left!" Heinald checked its condition in his mind.


    But for him, the danger was still not over. Even though he hade out of the sea ofva, he was very close to theva, and the energy of his Protective Type Magical Treasure was still taking damage, though not as much as inside theva.


    Whisper of the Wind!


    Heinald''s body was wrapped by the winds and he jumped, gathering all his physical strength on his feet. As he began to glide above the sea ofva, intense heat waves from theva further reduced the about to depleted durability of his Protective Type Magical Treasure.


    "Hold on a little!" Heinald grit his teeth, and ahead of him was arge piece ofnd. That was where the sea ofva ended.


    *Crack!* The Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy waspletely depleted and the pale red barrier protecting him waspletely shattered.


    Fortunately, just then, he had finished gliding over the sea ofva and set his feet on the ground.


    "So hot!" Heinald immediately began to run away, near the sea ofva.


    After running a safe distance, he threw himself to the ground and began to take deep breaths.


    This time he was really close to death!


    "In less than a minute, the fully charged energy of my Protective Type Magical Treasure waspletely depleted!" Heinald''s expression darkened.


    After some rest, he took out the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile blood from the dimensional pocket of his robes and began to recharge the energy of the Blood Nightmare Shield.


    That''s when he realized something. The Fire Element Energy that the phoenix in his ring had had greatly increased. He immediately understood the reason for this; when he plunged into the bottom of the sea ofva, he had entered a very dense Fire Element Energy field. The density of this energy field was even greater than the organs of the various Magical Beasts he had killed before.


    "However, nothing is still going on Even though I don''t know what the mystery behind this Phoenix spirit is, it would be pointless for it to gather all this energy for nothing. Something will definitely happen in the end." Heinald was lost in thought as he examined the ring.


    After a while he shook his head and walked away from these thoughts. For now, he could save those thoughts forter. He had to find a way out of this ce first.


    As Heinald began to survey his surroundings, he saw nothing but huge rocks and dirt.


    The rocks and tons of earth that fell with him into the middle parts of theva sea had managed to cover itpletely, but of course, there was no way he could get there. Even if he managed to get there, there was no way he would get back to the upper terrain.


    On the left diagonal was a long narrow passage. It looked more like arge crack caused by an earthquake.


    When Heinald illuminated this crack, he saw that the crack stretched quite far. When he looked around carefully again, he realized that there was no other direction to go, and he entered through the narrow passage and started to move forward. This passage was so narrow that the only way for him to move forward was to walk as side.


    After walking through the narrow crack-like narrow passage for about an hour, he finally came out into a wide area. When he illuminated the surroundings, he could see nothing but dirt and rock around him. But on his right was a ce that looked like a cave entrance.


    When he headed there, he began to take careful steps. He didn''t want to face a ground copse again. A curved road, not very narrow, appeared in front of him, and after walking carefully for a while, he came to the fork of a gigantic cliff.


    About fifty meters ahead of him was another piece ofnd and the mouth of the cave. However, in the middle of it was apletely abyss. If he fell, he would not be able to go up again.


    So he chose to follow a guaranteed method and cast his spell called Whisper of the Wind. He jumped forward as his body was wrapped by light winds and reached the opposite side after gliding over the deep void of the cliff.


    He entered what resembled the cave entrance on the side he had reached, and again encountered a curved road that was not narrow. After walking for several minutes, he reached a circr area.


    At first nce, he understood that this was not a natural ce. The surrounding stones and soil were specifically crumpled and excavated to create a rounded area.


    "The Ancient Ainsars of this ne were not idle, eh?" Heinald muttered as he saw therge ck gate about twenty meters in front of him.


    This gate had skull carvings on it and symbols he had never seen before. However, he was able to easily read an inscription on the top of the gate.


    "Dark Roads of Evryss"


    Heinald examined the door carefully for several minutes.


    "Did the ancient Ainsars build some sort of underground road?" Heinald muttered, "But why?"


    Heinald frowned as he touched the door and noticed the ck Energy in his body activate.


    As he started to send some Dark Energy to the door, he noticed a movement in the skull carvings above the door.


    As he increased the amount of Dark Energy he was sending out, ck smoke started toe out of the skull carvings eyes and mouth, and he slowly turned around.


    As the skull carving turned, hundreds of magical locks inside the huge gate began to open. In a short time, the gate opened in both directions.


    As the Gate opened, Heinald realized that he was surrounded by a dense ck Energy.


    It meant two things, that the power of a Dark Energy that he made in this ce would be stronger than in other ces. However, if he encountered a creature using Dark Energy like a Shapeshifter, it would put him in a difficult position.


    Elemental spells such as fire, lightning, earth, wind, poison could be cast using Elemental Energy; however, only Dark Spells could be cast with Dark Energy.


    It wasmonly called Dark Magic.


    Dark Spells would be stronger than Elemental Spells. Of course, this always depended on the rank of the spell and the might of the person using it, but if two people werepared with the same standards, the person using the Dark Spell would be the winner.


    However, the Ainsars were not the only ones to use Dark Magic. Some Magical Beasts and beings would also be able to use Dark Magic. Particr attention had to be paid to them, or death would have been inevitable.


    When Heinald stepped through the gate, the light orb, a simple magical object he used to illuminate the surroundings, could only illuminate a small part.


    Although he felt that the road he was walking on was not a narrow one, he did not know exactly how wide it was. His eyes, which could see well in the dark, could not ovee the darkness of this ce.


    Even though Heinald didn''t know this, it was perfectly normal because this road itself was made using Dark Magic. Arriving at this ne thousands of years ago, the Ainsars had built this road to hide some rather sinister remants.


    On both sides of this road, he was going into an endless darkness. No one looking there could see anything but deep darkness.


    Heinald started walking quickly down the road. Anxiety of being trapped underground tried to rise in his heart, but he was able to suppress it. He had learned to do this from the rigorous training he received from his grandfather as a child.


    "If you let anxiety take over you, you will never reach the solution!" His grandfather had told him this word once, and he had warned him to never forget it.


    Heinald walked for hours without stopping. He could see nothing but darkness around him. All he could see was the stone path in the small area illuminated by the light orb.


    He kept walking, hoping that this road would lead somewhere. Whatforted him was knowing that this ce had been built by the Ainsars. Even though he had no clue as to why it was built, he knew that this road would lead somewhere.

 Chapter 165: Battle Area

    Chapter 165: Battle Area


    Hit by Heinald''s Death Ray, a big cleft appeared in the Yeti''s chest, and that area waspletely charred. Although the Yeti''s body was very strong, Death Ray''s destructive power was too much. Moreover, he was not a newly ascended Ainsar, his spiritual power was far greater than that of a newly ascended Ainsar. Therefore, all of his spells were quite destructive.


    The severely injured Yeti started to flee with all his remaining strength due to his survival instinct. Various parts of his body were also burned while he was trying to get rid of the Fire Vines. There was hardly any part of his thick fur that didn''t burn.


    Normally, Heinald would chase and kill him, but this time he was intent on letting him escape. The weather conditions were already so harsh, he didn''t want to waste any more time chasing him. This yeti wouldn''t be any more of a problem for him anyway, as his injuries were so severe he would probably die soon.


    He did not linger there any longer and carefully crossed the pass to reach Mount Ariek. He could now see the huge castle which his master had spoken of. As he examined the surroundings to plot a route for himself, he realized that a path had been made leading to the castle.


    Heinald started his way up the mountain road, which had a very steep incline. Although he tried to move as fast as he could, it took almost half a day to reach the castle. Mount Ariek was thergest and highest mountain he had ever seen. As an Ainsar, despite his superior physical strength, to move forward against the constantly blowing gusts of wind made it very difficult for him. He had a hard time traveling especially at night. Even though his robe was a Magical Treasure and his body was very solid, the conditions were tough.


    When he arrived in front of the castle, he noticed that the entire castle was inside a protection formation. Someone with normal eyes would definitely not see this formation, but his eyes were far from normal. When he approached the formation and touched it, he was pushed back extremely powerfully.


    At that moment, Heinald felt the ground tremble under his feet. About two secondster, a stone golem half his height emerged from under the ground. He could see the various runes on this golem.


    "Exin your reason for being here!"


    The little golem standing in front of Heinald spoke with a human voice. He almostughed at this, but he managed to restrain himself.


    Heinald said, "I''m here at the request of Albin Redsand."


    The golem stood for a while without moving or making a sound. After a few seconds it started walking and said, "Please follow!"


    The protective field where the golem was walking disappeared. When both of them entered the formation, that area was back to its original state. Heinald had only seen such arge protection formation in Tn Town and Grandmaster Albin''s mansion before.


    Heinald felt a heaviness in his heart as he remembered the isted Tn Town. Most likely, no one there was able to get rid of the Century Raid. The formation there was also very strong, but it was surpassed by those creatures.


    As he and Golem arrived in front of the castle''s great gate, the gate slowly began to open. When they entered, he encountered a sight he never expected to see. Inside a huge fortified fortress built on arge mountain like Mount Ariek, there were stone buildings that looked quite ordinary. At the center of the buildings was arger and more ostentatious main building, yet still less ostentatious than most buildings he had seen in cities he had visited before.


    Heinald began to wonder the person who which own a casle like this, and also quite close to Albin Redsand. It was clear that he was an important person, but it seems like unlike Albin, he obviously wasn''t much of a show-off.


    "Lord Fredor will wee you soon." The golem''s strange voice snapped Heinald out of his thoughts.


    While walking, Heinald had seen many ordinary people. These people were servants working in the castle. He hadn''t seen any Ainsar yet, and this situation was strange to him, but this situation did notst long. These ordinary people wore very thick clothing to protect themselves from the freezing cold and tried not to stay outside for as long as possible.


    When they arrived in front of the great building, a bald and vigorous-looking man greeted them. The waves of energy emanating from this man revealed that he was also a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greetings! I''ll apany you from now on." The bald man gave a nod.


    Likewise, Heinald gave him a nod.


    Heinald''s thoughts about the outside of the castle slowly began to change as he saw inside. It was obvious at first nce that the stones on the walls of this building were special, he could also feel the energy emanating from these stones.


    "These stones must have been powered by runes." Heinald continued to examine the stones at the same time as he passed through a long and ostentatious corridor. This castle was built in a dangerous area and it was understandable that it was so protected. Even if the formation outside the castle was breached, it would be very difficult to pass the castle walls.


    After a few minutes of walking, they stopped in front of arge ck door.


    The big ck door opened slowly at that moment.


    "You cane in, Lord Fredor is waiting for you inside." The bald man gestured inside.


    When Heinald entered, the first thing that caught his attention was the intense Magical Energy surrounding the room. The interior of the room was quite tidy andrge, with many bookshelves around. Apart from books, on these bookshelves were spheres and various magic items that he had never seen before.


    At the very back of the room was a veryrge window, and in front of it was an armchair decorated with precious stones and a man sitting on it.


    His eyes widened slightly when Heinald saw this man. At that moment he realized that this man he was looking at was Albin Redsand''s twin brother.


    The man watching Heinald carefully gave a smallugh and said, "Looks like Albin didn''t tell you much about me."


    Heinald stared nkly for a few seconds, then recovered himself and bowed.


    Fredor stood up and walked over to Heinald, then opened his hand and waited.


    "Ah!" Heinald immediately understood what Fredor wanted, and took the box his master had given him from the dimensional pocket of his robe, and handed it to him.


    Fredor took the box gently and put on a satisfied expression, then said, "Albin told me about you. Even though you''re quite young, it is said that your Potion Brewing skills are pretty good!"


    "My master is exaggerating." Heinald gave a modest answer.


    "Albin doesn''t exaggerate anything." Fredor shook his head and continued, "If he thinks you''re talented, that means you''re talented."


    Heinald didn''t know what to say in response, so he wanted to open a different topic, "ording to my master''s order, if you need me for anything, I will do my best to help you."


    "Actually, I asked you toe here..." Fredor walked back to his seat and sat down. After stroking his beard for a few seconds, he continued, "I''m asking for your help, but not for myself, for my daughter Tisha."


    Heinald nodded slightly and asked, "Alright, but about what?"


    "What do you know about Ainsar academies?" Fredor asked.


    "I don''t know much. I just know that there are powerful families behind the academies. In these academies, education is given in various fields and Ainsars who are deemedpetent are invited by the families behind the academy."


    That was all Heinald knew.


    "Indeed! Academies are talent-finding tools for powerful families. However, if you ask me, every Ainsar should go there whenever they can." Fredor looked into Heinald''s eyes and asked, "Do you know why?"


    "For a quality education?" Heinald shrugged.


    "Actually, education is secondary..." Fredor shook his head, "The things that matter most are the research done there and the opportunities that wille your way."


    "What kind of opportunities?" Heinald''s eyebrows rose in interest.


    Fredor stroked his beard and said, "Only talented Ainsars are epted into academies. That means that you will be able to interact with many different talents like you."


    Heinald had never looked at it that way before. He wanted to go to an academy in the future to be able to ess the research done in the academies, but there were more important things there than research.


    Interacting with arge number of talented Ainsars in the academies will be very beneficial, especially in terms of knowledge exchange and experimentation!


    Heinald pondered for a moment, then asked, "And what does all this have to do with the task you''re going to give me?"


    Fredor asked, "Have you ever heard of Ruthas Academy?"

 Chapter 166: Battle Credit

    Chapter 166: Battle Credit


    Hit by fierce lightning and scorching fires, the Ogre was in a chaotic environment it had never encountered before. As fierce lightning pierced through its skin and into its bones, it also found himself in a pool ofva that surrounded it.


    "Woooooooo!" The ogre cried out in pain.


    An elemental energy field formed in its immediate vicinity, which soon turned into a powerfulyer of fire and exploded outward.


    Everything in that vicinity, including theva pool created by the Infernal Fireball, was destroyed by the violent explosion. Hundreds of meters of ground blew up as if a huge volcano had erupted and spread to the surrounding area.


    Heinald shielded his face with his arm to regain his vision, which was blocked by the gust of wind blowing toward him. The fierce wind made him grind his teeth in pain when it touched his burned skin.


    Heinald cast a spell called Akreem''s Eye Stone, which has been around since the spells he had learned just recently. A stone protruding from the ground appeared in front of him.


    A transparent energy field appeared that was constantly rotating in a wide circle. Small sparks were asionally seen in this transparent energy field. Various runes were shining on this stone.


    "Any fire skill he uses will now be 30% less effective." A cold look appeared in Heinald''s eyes.


    "Your tricks are endless, little rat!" The ogre roared and started running towards him. The ground trembled with every step it took, and the tremor was no less.


    "I''m going to kill you!" Heinald roared with all his anger, and with one thought, his ax reappeared in his hand.


    The ogre engulfed its fist in mes again and swung at him in full fury. Its fist was so fierce that; the air around it was torn, making its fist look like it was covered with a transparentyer. At the same time, a terribly hotyer of fire also surrounded its fist.


    Heinald decided to use his favorite feature of his newly acquired attack-type treasure. Through this feature, he would absorb some of the damage of its fist.


    Heinald gripped the ax tightly and swung it sideways. The ax shed like a silver streak of light and stabbed directly into the Ogre''s fist.


    *BAM!* Under the impact of the violent collision, a shock wave exploded and the surrounding area copsed, sting tons of earth into the air.


    Although this Ogre had the strength of a Level 3 Ainsar, it still did not have the strength of the body to easily resist High-Rank spells.


    Heinald was also iparably stronger than an ordinary Level 2 Ainsar. This being the case, the Ogre was badly injured and its strength was greatly reduced. The fire in its fist was no longer strong enough to harm Heinald, but its physical strength was far above him despite its severe wounds.


    "Arghh!" The bones in Heinald''s arms shattered into pieces from the violent collision. He flew back hundreds of meters, coughing up arge amount of blood.


    Ogre''s condition was also not good. The ax had cut his right arm in two.


    Wuoaaarr! I will kill you! I will kill you!" The ogre waspletely insane.


    Heinald struggled to his feet as his entire body trembled in pain and shouted out, "You''re the one who going to die!"


    The ogre roared as her ran towards him, its left armpletely covered in dark blue fire, clearly putting all its remaining power into this attack.


    Heinald immediately cast the spell called Frost Wave. Freezing ice particles appeared around him and exploded outward. Immediately after, he cast his spell called Indignation of Ice.


    Frost Wave hadn''t been able to freeze this Ogre for even a second, but it had somewhat reduced his running speed and the fierce of his mes.


    Heinald''s arm waspletely covered in ayer of ice, and a fist-shaped ice shot out from his arm, flying straight towards the Ogre.


    Ice fumes covered arge area when he collided with the ogre''s fist. The surrounding temperature dropped drastically and the ground was covered with a thickyer of ice.


    As the condensed ice fumes began to dissipate, the Ogre appeared to bepletely frozen.


    Heinald knew it was still alive. the energy waves emanating from it could still be clearly felt; however, the power of these energy waves was gradually decreasing.


    The thickyer of ice surrounding the ogre was covered with cracks.


    *Crack!* The thickyer of ice exploded like a dropped ss bottle and a st of freezing cold air swept over the environment.


    "Wuuaaarr!" The ogre roared in anger and dashed towards Heinald.


    With one thought, Heinald immediately activated the Blood Nightmare Shield. The area around his body was covered with a pale red barrier before the Ogre''s fist hit him.


    "BAM!" When the Ogre''s fist hit the barrier, the already heavily cracked barrier shattered into pieces.


    "Ugh!" Out of breath, Heinald flew backwards and crashed into therge boulder behind him.


    His ribs were broken.


    The Blood Nightmare Shield was able to absorb most of the punch''s damage, but this Ogre''s physical strength was unbelievable.


    "Puah!" The Ogre stumbled and fell to his knees, coughing up blood, after when it began to run towards Heinald again.


    After taking a deep breath, the Ogre got up and continued running towards him.


    Heinald cast a spell called Fire Vines, pushing the limits of his mind and body,pletely numb with pain.


    As the ogre rushed, fire vines emerged from underground and wrapped it. It tried to resist with all its might, but it was also badly injured and hadpletely run out of energy.


    With trembling legs, Heinald barely stood up and managed to lift his fully-broken arms, enduring the incredible pain.


    A ray of fire, hot as hell, shot out from his hands and directly hit the Ogre''s head.


    "Wuaaaarrghh!" The ogre roared in pain. It tried to get rid of the fire vines that gripped its whole body, but it couldn''t.


    The devastating fire ray hit into its head for seconds, and finally seeded in piercing its head.


    Life waspletely gone from the ogre''s body, and its huge body fell to the ground.


    Heinald couldn''t take it any longer and fell to the ground. He immediately took out the healing potion from his dimensional pocket of his robe and tried to bring it to his mouth with trembling hands.


    He was too badly injured to hold even a fairly light bottle to his mouth. After taking the potion to his mouth, enduring intense pain, he consumed all the liquid inside.


    He was aware that his eyes were darkening as he put the bottle down, the only thing he felt before he passed out was the intense itching in his bones and skin.


    ***


    Heinald opened his eyes after being unconscious for an unknown amount of time. As soon as he regained consciousness, the only thing that greeted him were the terrible aches in his body.


    "Arghh!" He straightened, gritting his teeth. He looked over to see that his robe waspletely covered with burns. He saw that the burnt skin on his hands had crusted over and fell off.


    The healing potion he had consumed was taking effect.


    Another healing potion appeared in Heinald''s hand. This was thest healing potion he had.


    He consumed it all at once.


    Although his burned skin was starting to heal, he still felt intense pain in his bones. Consuming one more potion would make his healing process much faster.


    "So you''ve finallye to your senses!"


    Heinald was startled by the sound he heard. Looking around quickly, he saw to his right the giant tiger he had seen earlier walking towards him.


    This tiger had told him that he was the guardian of these ruins.


    Seeing Heinald staring at him with cold eyes, it chuckled and continued, "It was quite an exciting fight, it was worth the wait!"


    "What do you want?" Heinald asked.


    The giant tiger looked directly at him, "Me? Nothing... I''m here to give you your reward. After all, you passed the test..."


    "What''s the reward?" Heinald asked.


    When the huge tiger lifted its w, a pearl appeared in front of its w. Although no warmth emanated from this pearl, no one would dare touch it. It looked like a little sun.


    The light emanating from it was the kind of light that could destroy even the deepest darkness.


    Heinald couldn''t take his eyes off this pearl. It was as if his soul was being drawn into this pearl.


    When the huge tiger lifted its w, a pearl appeared in front of its w. Although no warmth emanated from this pearl, no one would dare touch it. It looked like a little sun.


    The light emanating from it was the kind of light that could destroy even the deepest darkness.


    Heinald couldn''t take his eyes off this pearl. It was as if his soul was being drawn into this pearl.

 Chapter 167: Definity

    Chapter 167: Definity


    Heinald flew with them to the very top of the tower. A group of Kawtils greeted them on the top floor of the tower. The energy waves emanating from them were equal to those of a Level 1 Ainsar.


    After descending many stairs, they came to arge round door. There was some kind of tree shaped carving on this round door.


    As Towsak waved his hand, yellow lights began to emanate from the tree shaped carving, and the great door opened.


    When the door opened, a short corridor began to appear. There were about twenty doors along this corridor. At the end of the corridor, the road curved to the left.


    Heinald watched as they walked slowly down the corridor. This tower waspletely covered in a light gray stone, the inside looked just like the outside. However, it was clear that these stones were quite solid.


    It had a much simpler design and structure than most of the buildings he had visited before. There was no decoration or decoration on the walls or corridors.


    When they reached the end of the corridor, they followed the road to the left and emerged into another corridor. At the end of this corridor were stairs leading down.


    Heinald had passed many doors, but he had no idea what areas they led to, but he was sure that they did not lead to personal rooms.


    When they reached the end of the corridor and went down one floor, they encountered arge door again. This great door was exactly the same as what they had first seen and opened in a simr way. However, this time they did not appear in a corridor, but in arge area. In the middle of thisrge area was a long and graceful door. To the right and left of the gate were narrow roads leading to two different ces.


    Four Kawtils were waiting outside the door. When they saw Heinald and the othersing, they dropped to their knees and greeted them.


    "Open the door!" Towsak ordered.


    When the door opened, Heinald saw a crescent-shaped table in the middle and three Kawtils sitting around it. Sitting in the very center, Kawtil had the energy waves of a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar. Those next to him had the energy waves of early-phase Level 2 Ainsar.


    They stood up when they saw Heinald.


    "We''re the first to see a human after thousands of years, I think we can be considered quite lucky. Wee, mate! I''m Avrn." The Kawtif, sitting in the middle, greeted him.


    "Thank you for your kind invitation. It''s an honor to meet you." Heinald gave a nod. As far as he could see, they all looked alike, male or female. The male ones were bald, while the female ones had long hair. Regardless of male or female, they seemed to have very strong bodies.


    "You look injured." Avrn said.


    "An insignificant wound, if I rest it will suffice. Besides, it''s not a problem for me at the moment."


    Heinald''s wound was already starting to crust over, thanks to his rapid regeneration rate. However, the long cut in his robe greatly diminished the nobility of his appearance.


    "Please rest until tomorrow. In the meantime, I will send healers to heal your woundpletely. Tomorrow morning we will meet again and get to know each other better."


    At Avnr''s orders, one of the great and spacious rooms on the lowest floor of the tower was prepared for him, and healers were sent to care for his wound.


    Theing healers rubbed a mushroom Heinald had never heard of before on his wound. With an astonishing healing rate, this mushroom paste had almostpletely covered his wound within hours.


    The only problem was that this mushroom smelled very bad.


    Various craftsmen from the tower came and repaired the damage to his robe. Although Heinald had another dimensional treasure he had obtained from Hamra, he did not want to give up this robe. This robe was inherited from his grandfather and therefore had a special ce in his heart. Moreover, this robe was quite sturdy, otherwise he would have been injured much more seriously.


    The next day, Heinald was summoned to the meeting room. When he got there, he saw five council members waiting for him there.


    He had already met three of these five members.


    After meeting the two council members, Dabk and Kusep, they began to talk among themselves about serious matters.


    "The ancient Ainsars and their remains... Destroyed?"


    Heinald told them some facts about Ancient Ainsar and the lost millennium. After all, the Ainsars who remained on this ne were those of ancient times.


    "Have you ever heard of an organization called Al-Yuen?" Heinald asked.


    "No..."


    The council members thought for a while, then shook their heads.


    Heinald said, "I think this organization went after the remains of the Ancient Ainsars and destroyed them. I''m not sure, but I learned a few things about this subject during one of my travels."


    "Why would they do such a thing?" Towsak asked.


    "I have no idea." Heinald replied.


    "How did you get here?" Avrn asked.


    Heinald hesitated for a while about answering this question. Realizing this, Avrn immediately apologized for his rudeness and haste, and began to tell him about this realm.


    ording to what he tells, the Ainsars who came to this ne in ancient times seized various underground resources and nts on this ne. All of them ruled in various parts of the ne, but there was no war between them. One day, for an unknown reason, they all left this ne and left some legacy behind.


    "You see that painting?" Avnr pointed to the painting behind it, "This painting belongs to the Great Ainsar Grildar, who left us his legacy."


    Heinald began to observe the painting in the back. A young looking man with long ck hair and eyebrows is pictured staring sternly.


    "What do you know about him?" Heinald asked.


    "We don''t know much about him from our ancestors. We only know that he is a Level 4 Ainsar and is a master of various formations. Moreover, even from his time it is known that he had an intense research passion for ancient times." Avnr replied.


    "The Ainsar''s curiosity and quest for ancient times will never cease. It doesn''t matter what age they live in..." Heinald smiled faintly.


    "What do you think happened in the lost millennium you speak of?" Towsak asked.


    "I cannot know for certain. However, it seems to me that much longer than the lost millennium, some sort of disagreement arose among the Ancient Ainsars. Afterwards, a great war ensued, including the lost millennium." Heinald replied.


    The next day, Heinald was summoned to the meeting room. When he got there, he saw five council members waiting for him there.


    He had already met three of these five members.


    After meeting the two council members, Dabk and Kusep, they began to talk among themselves about serious matters.


    "The ancient Ainsars and their remains... Destroyed?"


    Heinald told them some facts about Ancient Ainsar and the lost millennium. After all, the Ainsars who remained on this ne were those of ancient times.


    "Have you ever heard of an organization called Al-Yuen?" Heinald asked.


    "No..."


    The council members thought for a while, then shook their heads.


    Heinald said, "I think this organization went after the remains of the Ancient Ainsars and destroyed them. I''m not sure, but I learned a few things about this subject during one of my travels."


    "Why would they do such a thing?" Towsak asked.


    "I have no idea." Heinald replied.


    "How did you get here?" Avrn asked.


    Heinald hesitated for a while about answering this question. Realizing this, Avrn immediately apologized for his rudeness and haste, and began to tell him about this realm.


    ording to what he tells, the Ainsars who came to this ne in ancient times seized various underground resources and nts on this ne. All of them ruled in various parts of the ne, but there was no war between them. One day, for an unknown reason, they all left this ne and left some legacy behind.


    "You see that painting?" Avnr pointed to the painting behind it, "This painting belongs to the Great Ainsar Grildar, who left us his legacy."


    Heinald began to observe the painting in the back. A young looking man with long ck hair and eyebrows is pictured staring sternly.


    "What do you know about him?" Heinald asked.


    "We don''t know much about him from our ancestors. We only know that he is a Level 4 Ainsar and is a master of various formations. Moreover, even from his time it is known that he had an intense research passion for ancient times." Avnr replied.


    "The Ainsar''s curiosity and quest for ancient times will never cease. It doesn''t matter what age they live in..." Heinald smiled faintly.


    "What do you think happened in the lost millennium you speak of?" Towsak asked.


    "I cannot know for certain. However, it seems to me that much longer than the lost millennium, some sort of disagreement arose among the Ancient Ainsars. Afterwards, a great war ensued, including the lost millennium." Heinald replied.

 Chapter 168: Hidden Path

    Chapter 168: Hidden Path


    After Heinald learned the details from Kiel, he decided to go with him to the Shadow Ind Ruins. The area where the Shadow Ind Ruins were located was a deste and extremely frightening area where many dangerous Magical Beasts roamed freely. Various Ainsar sects and groups that had intrested in Dark Magic had made expeditions there, but they could not find the remnants and also inflicted many casualties in various attacks.


    Alongside them, many Level 1 Ainsars and two Level 2 Ainsars would join this expedition.


    In the following days, Kiel hosted him in his castle.


    Heinald easily memorized and analyzed all the information from the sources he had obtained. Later, he started working on the spell named Aoron''s Hand, which he obtained from the Melrungan Sect.


    Heinald had grasped the basics of Dark Energy but was still quite a novice. Controlling Dark Energy was much more difficult than controlling Elemental Energy. Moreover, the spell named Aaron''s Hand was quiteplex.


    About two weekster, Kiel and Heinald set out for the Shadow Ind Ruins. Since Revakander was with them, they found it more convenient to travel in Heinald''s horse carriage. A few dayster they reached a deserted seaside town on the southern border.


    "The house designated as the meeting ce is over there!" Kiel pointed to an old three-story house.


    When they went to the house and knocked on the door, a bat appeared in front of them.


    "Vonsley, stop kidding and open the door!" Kiel grumbled.


    The bat disappeared and the door opened.


    As they entered, an Apprentice Ainsar immediately weed them and led them through a secret passage to the basement of the building.


    When they descended into the basement, arge hall appeared before them. There was a middle-aged man sitting on the big sofa in the middle of the living room. He was a Level 2 Ainsar, and there were intense waves of Dark Energy emanating from him.


    "Old Kiel! It''s good to see you''re still able toe as undead." The middle-aged manughed.


    "Hmph!" Kiel rolled his eyes. "Meet Heinald, he wille with us to the ruins."


    "Greetings! My name is Vonsley."


    "Greetings!" Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "Hasn''t Kavael arrived yet?" Kiel asked.


    "No. He struggled to find many Level 1 Ainsars for this expedition, so it must have beente." Vonsley shrugged.


    Later in the day, Heinald, Kiel, and Vonsley talked about various rumors and myths about the ruins. The Shadow Ind Ruins were on a veryrge ind and the ruins covered a veryrge area. Moreover, there were not only Magical beasts on this ind, but also various cursed ones and evil spirits.


    Two dayster, a medium-sized ship approached the shore.


    This ship wasmanded by a Level 2 Ainsar named Kavael, and there were about twenty Level 1 Ainsars inside. After Heinald met him, the four Level 2 Ainsars signed a Blood Agreement between them.


    ording to this agreement, if they could reach the ruins, everyone would take as much as they could, and no one would be greedy and attack to seize the resources someone else had acquired.


    When the deal waspleted, they set out for the Shadow Ind Ruins.


    Heinald decided to leave Revakender in the seaside town for his safety. The area around the seaside town was a ce with arge number of ordinary animals. There he could easily hunt, and he would not encounter a monster that endangered his life.


    It would take them about half a month to reach the Shadow Ind Ruins. The sea they were traveling on was also known as a very dangerous sea.


    The days began to pass quickly.


    They did not encounter any problems until halfway through the journey, but their luck did notst long.


    "What is this!?" One of the Level 1 Ainsars on the deck shouted in fear.


    "Gavarcha horde!" Kiel''s expression darkened. "Kavael, activate the defensive formation on the ship now!"


    Kavael looked up at the sky and grit his teeth, then said, "I will activate it, but the defensive formation on this ship is not strong! Let''s try to kill them as quickly as possible."


    "Among them are grown Gavarchas!" Heinald had a serious expression on his face as he observed the sky.


    Gavarcha was a type of Magical Beast. Its appearance was simr to a flying jellyfish, but its three blood-red eyes made it quite frightening. This species always travels in packs, it was a nightmare to meet them, especially in the open seas. What was scarier than their appearance was that they were capable of ruling lightning. While its adolescents could be equal to the power of a Level 1 Ainsar, its adults were equal to the power of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    A kind of energy shield appeared around the ship.


    "Let''s hurry and kill them!" Kiel shouted.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald shouted in his mind. A scarlet ray of fire shot out from his hands and instantly turned the two Gavarchas in the sky to coal.


    Knowing that his Spiritual Magic was so powerful, Heinald had deliberately suppressed the heat it radiated, or the ship would have caught fire instantly. Especially after he became a Level 2 Ainsar, the might of his Spiritual Magic had be much more frightening.


    The moment Death Ray touched them, they scorched their bodies, causing them to fall into the sea as pieces of coal.


    Observing this, the Level 1 Ainsars began to look at him with both fear and envy.


    An intense wave of Dark Energy rose from the chain that Kiel had always held. He began to spin the chain and threw it towards the adult Gavarcha. The chain covered up with a ck beam of light and whipped it.


    *Sk!* A sharp voice was heard.


    "A single attack inflicted a severe wound on an adult Gavarcha!" On the one hand, Heinald had observed this attack. Kiel had clearly used Dark Energy in this attack, and it seemed that the damage potential was quite high.


    "Infernal Fireball!" Heinald noticed an adult Gavarcha approaching them from behind. He knew that he had to finish off immediately before he could attack, or defense formation would have been broken.


    Heinald raised his hands. A ball of scorching fire flew out suddenly hitting the Gavarcha squarely on its body. The whole process has taken only two seconds!


    *BAM!* The sky was covered with devastating mes and hotva spilled out.


    Gavarcha, whose entire body was engulfed in mes, crashed into the sea, screaming in pain. When it crashed into the sea, huge waves, exceeding five meters in height, appeared.


    "He killed an adult Gavarcha with a single spell!" Kiel, Kavael, and Vonsley looked at him with eyes too careful not to be innocent. But then they immediately turned their attention to the danger that was threatening them.


    "Dark Thread!" Vonsley cried out.


    A ck ring appeared around his body, and from within this ring five threads shot out, emitting intense waves of Dark Energy around him. The threads flew towards the herd and connected the five adolescent Gavarchas at once. Then the dark threads got stuck in a single spot and shattered the Gavarchas'' bodies.


    During this entire process, various parts of the defensive formation had been attacked. But fortunately, none of them came from an adult Gavancha. Thus, the ship''s defensive formation was still active.


    "God! We''ll get hit!" One of the Level 1 Ainsars shouted.


    "Damn it!" Heinald saw an adult Gavarcha about to attack. Fierce lightning bolts danced around his body.


    Heinald immediately raised his right hand and cast Lightning Spear. On his hand, lightning bolts gathered together and took the shape of a spear.


    Adult Gavancha attacked the ship directly with a fierce lightning strike, but before its attack could reach the ship, its collided with Lightning Spear.


    *BOM!* Violent lightning danced in the sky and streaks of lightning bounced off everywhere. Even the ship''s defensive formation had taken some damage from the explosion.


    Kiel muttered a spell, and a cloud of poisonous and corrosive gas appeared around him. This cloud of gas took the form of a snake and soared quickly through the air, reaching Gavacha, enveloping it and starting to burn it.


    Meanwhile, Heinald used the Death Ray again and began to scorch it.


    Finally, Kavael began to mutter a spell, and after about ten seconds, a spell pentagram appeared above Gavancha. Arge ck arrow shot out from within this magic pentagram and pierced it.


    Having suffered three consecutive attacks from three Level 2 Ainsars, Gavancha screamed in pain and crashed into the water.


    Meanwhile, Heinald used the Death Ray again and began to scorch it.


    Finally, Kavael began to mutter a spell, and after about ten seconds, a spell pentagram appeared above Gavancha. Arge ck arrow shot out from within this magic pentagram and pierced it.


    Having suffered three consecutive attacks from three Level 2 Ainsars, Gavancha screamed in pain and crashed into the water.

 Chapter 169: Bad Luck

    Chapter 169: Bad Luck


    Heinald frowned, "What could he have seen to cause his family to betray him?"


    An expression of indecision appeared on Havin Volz''s face. Obviously, the subject he wanted to talk about was quite a deep one and he didn''t want to go into it simply.


    "Whatever he saw... His family wanted to get rid of him to avoid this danger, didn''t they?" Seeing his indecision, Heinald wanted to go further.


    Havin exhaled and said, "Furyus found a Memory Crystal from ancient times in one of the ruins he explored."


    "Memory Crystal?" A thoughtful expression appeared on Heinald''s face.


    "Yes, ording to him, this crystal belonged to a powerful Ainsar who lived in ancient times. However, it took a very strong mind to gather the memories inside this crystal. Even though Furyus was a Level 2 Ainsar, even he did not have such a mind. That''s why he asked me, his most trusted friend, for help."


    Havin''s face turned pale.


    "Just the two of you knew that?" Heinald asked.


    Havin shook his head, "No, Furyus told his family about the Memory Crystal as well. It was quite normal; after all, we''re talking about family."


    Heinald took a deep breath and sat back, "So his family told others that he had a Memory Crystal from ancient times?"


    "I don''t think so" Havin shook his head, "Havin was already a target if you ask me."


    Heinald''s eyebrows rose slightly, "What do you mean?"


    Havin sped his hands on the table and looked directly into his eyes, "I don''t think his family has told anyone that he found a Memory Crystal from ancient times... No! It''s something different. If you ask me, whoever destroyed Furyus has been around since the very beginning. They knew he had the memory crystal."


    Noticing that Heinald was staring nkly at him, Havin continued, "Many in this world, if they''re lucky, are able to obtain some valuable relics from ancient relics."


    Heinald nodded slowly.


    "About twenty years ago I had managed to inherit a legacy from ancient times, but no one came and took me away. Furyus found something that was not wanted by anyone to find it." Havin took a sip of the drink in front of him, "Whoever destroyed him, they reached out to his family first and probably threatened them. Furyus, in a letter he sent me the day before he disappeared, wrote that he found some letters in his daughter''s room and was sending letters to someone who wanted to destroy him."


    When Heinald put the information he had learned together in his head, he more or less understood what was going on. However, all this caused a huge question to pop up in his mind.


    Who eliminated it?


    Havin looked at Heinald, "You''re wondering, aren''t you? Who? Who''s behind this?"


    He shook his head.


    "Although I''m not sure, I think I know who''s behind this." Havin''s tone was as cold as ice.


    "Who?" Heinald asked.


    "An organization... An organization that wants some remnants of ancient times to be left behind the dusty pages of history." Havin was staring at his drink with a thoughtful expression.


    Heinald''s eyes widened, "Don''t tell me... Al-Yuen?"


    "Huh? Do you know them?" Havin sprang to his feet in surprise, his eyes wide open.


    "I can''t say I know much about them. I just know they don''t really like relics from ancient times." Heinald replied.


    Havin quickly sat down and whispered, "They''re specifically finding and destroying relics from the lost millennium era."


    Heinald frowned, "Are they destroying?"


    "Yeah." Haven shook his head.


    "Furyus was uneasy that day because he found his daughter''s correspondence... His family must have realized why, so they finished him off that night." Heinald muttered.


    "I may be their target, too, but I haven''t seen any of the memories stored inside the Memory Crystal. So, I probably don''t pose any danger to them. I was far from here when Furyus asked me for my help on this matter. And when I came here to help him. .. I learned that he had disappeared."


    Havin took another sip of the drink in front of him.


    ***


    When Heinald left the inn, his expression was rather dark. Although he didn''t fully believe this man named Havin, he could sense that he wasn''t lying. The organization called Al-Yuen was probably the oldest in the Ainsar World. Thousands of years of intelligence and interaction in their hands allowed them to be aware of many things and to hide behind the shadows perfectly.


    Heinald had not seen any information about this organization in any source he had read.


    He was thinking of giving up on this business. It was in stupid to go after an old and unknowable organization like Al-Yuen.


    Heinald left Allivion City and traveled to Ruthas Academy. Furyus gave information about Almhad that he had outside of Al-Yuen. The officer said that the academy will investigate this intelligence and he can get Achievement Points depending on the situation.


    Heinald''s next task was to listen to Count Vaarsen''s problem and try to find a solution for him. However, there were some things he wanted to do at the academy before going to his mansion. He was contemting a new potion form in his spare time. This potion form would be one that would increase the Ice Element Effect. However, it would not make this potion with a Magical Beast spirit.


    His goal was to create a potion form that was rtively easy to make, inexpensive, and readily avable. Since his sea of knowledge about various herbs and ingredients was vast and his memory was impable, it was easy for him to list the ingredients he thought might work.


    But the materials he thought might work, of course, might not really work. After all, he would havepatibility problems to ovee, and he did not want to use an extra method to solve thepatibility problem, as he did not want this potion to be too difficult to make.


    He had already listed the herbs and ingredients he thought might bepatible with each other, he would experiment on them and try toe up with a potion form if they were highlypatible.


    Before starting experiments with his new apprentice, Orinath, Heinald had managed to purchase all the herbs and materials he had listed for around 1000 Achievement Points. Now all that was left was to work hard and conduct sessful experiments.


    "Rosew Flower, Ajin Bone Powder, Stubborn Fish Tear, Sky Grass, and Fortified Ha Bull Blood Essence I have quite a few of these ingredients, I hope they will suffice for experiments" Heinald looked at the materials in front of the table.


    Orinath was admiring the materials on the table. He had heard of some of these ingredients before, as he could be considered more knowledgeable in potions than most Ainsar. For him, if not for Heinald, these materials were extremely valuable. The materials that he had worked on before were quite palepared to these materials.


    Moreover, the toxicity of these materials was quite high. As a result of various experiments, these materials would already be reduced, and if there was a problem during the elimination of toxicity with the Spirit me, the materials could run out quickly.


    Naturally, he knew that his master was a genius, but making mistakes in experiments was normal, even for geniuses.


    The days passed quickly.


    After a lot of hard work, Heinald and Orinath had sessfully created a potion form. As a Level 1 Ainsar, Orinath could easily go without sleep for a few days, but like his master, he could not work without sleep for two weeks.


    Heinald wasn''t mad at him for that. He was aware that Orinath was doing the best he could, sessfully following the instructions he had given him.


    That was enough for him!


    The potion Heinald created was one that increased the Ice Element Effect. He called this potion "cial Storm Potion".


    cial Storm Potion was increasing the effect of the ice element by 20% for 3 minutes. The purity of this potion was 60%. Unfortunately, this was the best he could get with the ingredients he listed. ording to him, this result was still very good, this potion didn''t require very expensive and hard-to-find ingredients and still had a pretty good potency. Moreover, the duration of the effect was not bad at all.


    Heinald used ice element-based spells frequently. That''s why he wanted to have a potion he could trust if he faced an enemy that he thought would be difficult to ovee in the future. Naturally, he knew that this potion wasn''t very effective, but the effect increase rate of this potion should be enough even for the strong enemies he will face, if not, that enemy is probably not in his league anyway


    Heinald used ice element-based spells frequently. That''s why he wanted to have a potion he could trust if he faced an enemy that he thought would be difficult to ovee in the future. Naturally, he knew that this potion wasn''t very effective, but the effect increase rate of this potion should be enough even for the strong enemies he will face, if not, that enemy is probably not in his league anyway.

 Chapter 170: Red Flawk

    Chapter 170: Red wk


    After Heinald finished his work at the academy, he traveled directly to the Velca Kingdom, a kingdom close to the academy. This kingdom was quite smallpared to other kingdoms, it only had two cities. Count Vaarsen was the count of the Jusse City in this kingdom.


    When he arrived in the city, he traveled directly to the count''s mansion. The entrance to the huge mansion was guarded by two Level 1 Ainsars.


    "Wee, my lord." One of the Level 1 Ansars immediately came in front of him and greeted him.


    "Coming from Ruthas Academy, I have something to discuss with Count Vaarsen." Heinald directly stated his purpose of being there.


    "Please allow me to escort you to Count Vaarsen, sir." Level 1 Ainsar said.


    "Mmm." Heinald nodded.


    After passing through a few corridors with Level 1 Ainsar, they came to arge door that was obviously made of very good quality wood. There were star and flower carvings on this wooden door.


    When Level 1 Ainsar knocked on the door, the door opened to the right and left; The two guards inside had opened the door.


    When Heinald entered, he found himself in a ratherrge room. The walls of this room werepletely ck and many paintings were hung on the walls. Apart from that, there was arge window at the back of the room, and in front of it was a very ostentatious armchair and table.


    A man with long white hair and a beard was sitting on the chair. One of his eyes was stuck, obviously he had lost that eye. This man wore a ck robe filled with gold embroideries.


    Count Vaarsen was suppressing the energy waves, but Heinald knew that this old man was a Level 3 Ainsar.


    "Sorry!" Heinald ced one hand on his chest and bowed slightly in greeting.


    "You''re from Ruthas Academy, if I''m not mistaken, right, young man?" Count Vaarsen sat back and began to observe her.


    "Yes sir." Heinald nodded.


    "Ah! A few others came before you, but Iter learned that they gave up the mission." Count Vaarsen sighed, "About three years ago, my son Cawl and my granddaughter Evvy went to Twin Obelisk Valley and never came back. I personally went there many times to look for them and sent a lot of people to find them, but they all came back empty-handed. "


    "Your son and grandson...what power realm were they in?" Heinald asked.


    "They were both a Level 2 Ainsar." Count Vaarsen replied.


    "What did they go there for?" Heinald asked.


    "I don''t know. I wasn''t in this city when they decided to go there. So I don''t know what they went there for. I asked my son''s and grandson''s friends the same question but got no answer." Count Vaarsen sighed.


    Heinald scratched his chin thoughtfully for a while, he asked, "People you sent there before... Did they notice anything strange?"


    "No." Count Vaarsen shook his head, "ording to the reports given to me, they had never seen anything but Magical Beasts in the valley."


    Heinald nodded slowly and said, "I will do my best to find your son and grandson."


    "Thank you, young man. Any clue you can find about them is very important to me." Count Vaarsen smiled bitterly.


    When Heinald left, he wasted no time on his way to Twin Obelisk Valley. He had mentallymunicated with Revakender and summoned it to the wide in north of Jusse City.


    After a long journey, when he reached the Twin Obelisk Valley, he wanted to observe the whole valley from above. Therefore, he started touring the whole valley with Revakender.


    Twin Obelisk Valley was not considered a very dangerous ce. This valley was not a veryrge ce, but it was still not without danger.


    Heinald did not think that the Magical Beasts in this valley would be able to ovee two Level 2 Ainsars. They must have had trump cards that would have saved their lives, especially given that these two people were descended from a count''s family.


    He didn''t know what was going on in this valley, but whatever happened, he didn''t think it was rted to the Magical Beasts.


    There had to be something else behind this!


    Heinald could easily observe the valley from a height of a hundred meters. It was clear that there weren''t many Magical Beasts around the valley. There were two big rocks in the middle of this valley, the source of the name of the valley was these two rocks.


    As he headed for the north-east side of the valley, he noticed something strange. There was ake there, but there was no stream of water going there.


    "Revakender, descend!"


    Heinaldnded next to theke. When he observed the surroundings of theke, he did not see any animals or their excrement.


    He went to arge rock nearby. After scrutinizing it for a while, he nodded and held it tightly, then lifted it up. This huge rock weighed tens of tons.


    Heinald looked like an ant next to this huge rock!


    As a Level 2 Ainsar, he had a very strong physique, but the tens of tons of weight was challenging even him. With the tons of weight on him, his feet pierced the ground with every step he took.


    "Hua!" Heinald gathered all his strength and threw the rock into theke.


    When the huge rocknded in theke, when theke''s waters overflowed, Heinald immediately jumped onto his dragon''s back. The waves were not big enough to swallow the giant dragon.


    During the tide, when most of theke''s water was out, he instantly noticed that there were many tunnel entrances at the bottom of thiske.


    Heinald immediately held his breath and plunged to the bottom of theke. He swam towards one of the tunnel entrances he had seen earlier. When he reached the entrance, suddenly a gravitational force began to pull him deeper. He was dragged down several meters in twisting tunnels with tens of tons of water, and when the tunnel was finished he found himself falling down in the dark.


    "Damn it!" Heinald cried out in panic. It was pitch dark around him, so he couldn''t calcte how high he had fallen. After he fell hundreds of meters, he crashed hard into the water. All his bones ached as he crashed into the water so quickly, but there was no major injury.


    He immediately began swimming towards the surface of the water. When he reached the surface, he pulled out a sphere of light from his dimensional ring and hurled it upward. After the orb of light rose ten meters, it hung in the air and began to illuminate the surroundings.


    When Heinald began to survey his surroundings, he saw nothing but water. He began to swim forward, the light orb following after him as it had an energy bond with him.


    He reachednd after swimming for hours.


    When he emerged from the water, he began to observe his surroundings. In the middle of the field he was in, there was a ck tree. However, this tree was not a burnt tree; Such was his structure. He had never seen such a tree before, went to it and began to examine it.


    When he touched the trunk of this tree, he began to feel a kind of relief inside.


    "This tree doesn''t seem to have any fruit..." Heinald muttered.


    After he plucked some leaves from the tree, he left and started to move forward. There was only one direction he could go, so he was moving in this one direction.


    After advancing for an unknown amount of time, he reached arge area. From this area, the number of ways he could travel had reached five. No light source wasing from beyond these five paths, so he decided to follow the rightmost path without thinking too much.


    The floor he stepped on and the walls filling his sides made him feel like he was moving through a corridor.


    "I don''t hear anything but the sound of drops of water" Heinald carefully observed his surroundings and ahead as he walked. He didn''t know where this ce went or by whom it was built, but if the earl''s son and grandson came here, they must have known about its existence beforehand.


    After all, it was obvious that they were not going to the Twin Obelisk Valley for a nature trip, on top of that it would be a huge coincidence that they managed to find it... It''s unbelievably huge.


    The floor he stepped on and the walls filling his sides made him feel like he was moving through a corridor.


    "I don''t hear anything but the sound of drops of water" Heinald carefully observed his surroundings and ahead as he walked. He didn''t know where this ce went or by whom it was built, but if the earl''s son and grandson came here, they must have known about its existence beforehand.


    After all, it was obvious that they were not going to the Twin Obelisk Valley for a nature trip, on top of that it would be a huge coincidence that they managed to find it... It''s unbelievably huge.

 Chapter 171: Ambitious

    Chapter 171: Ambitious


    When Heinald returned to Ruthas Academy, he began researching and experimenting to create a High Rank Healing Potion form for himself. He had already sessfullypleted his two missions and earned a total of 17000 Achievement Points. From the quest about Mr. Furyus'' disappearance, he hoped he''d earn some more Achievement Points soon.


    Now that he hadpleted his missions, he could devote himself to research and experimentation. If he was sessful in his experiments with Healing Potion, his next pursuit would be Spirit Potion. Normally, his priority would be Spirit Potion, but as soon as possible, he decided that he wanted a solid Healing Potion that he could trust. The forms of the healing potions on the market were broadly the same, his body waspletely immune to these potions.


    That''s why he was aiming to create a new potion form!


    He went through a one-month review, research, and analysis process to craft a High Rank Healing Potion. At the end of this period, he calcted that it might work, and produced a list of necessary materials. After he received these materials, he would begin the experimentation process.


    Over the course of a month, Furyus'' family was also subjected to professional interrogation, and they were eventually forced to admit that they were linked to Furyus'' death. However, they were killed by someone before they could give much detail. Of course, these people were members of that ''Dark'' organization.


    Heinald didn''t care any more, he had done the best he could and had given the academy the necessary intel. He had no intention of getting himself into trouble by going into more detail. He also managed to get full points from the task for doing what the academy asked him to do.


    ***


    Heinald was staring thoughtfully at the materials on his desk in theb of his academy home. He had sent Orinath outside so he wouldn''t be distracted, the potion he was going to be working on was far beyond the abilities of a novice like him.


    On the table were five Polos Leaves, a small tube of Kevser Bear blood, a Lefen Seed, and a quarter tube of Azure Fanur Rose Extract. All but Azure Fanur Rose Extract had to be detoxified, and all these ingredients were extremely delicate.


    He had to be very careful throughout this entire process!


    Heinald had bought these materials not with Achievement Points, but in exchange for arge amount of Arkana Stones. He didn''t want to spend more Achievement Points on materials. So he left the academy and traveled to several cities and bought the first part of the materials he had listed.


    If he did not find sess with these materials, he would continue to experiment with other materials that he calcted as a result of his analysis that might work.


    Five Polos Leaves, a small tube of Kevser Bear blood, a Lefen Seed, and a quarter tube of Azure Fanur Rose Extract were just the ingredients needed for a potion. He had bought all of these materials twenty times, as he would only use them for experimentation; so he would use twenty full potion ingredients for his experiments.


    "Okay, let''s begin..." Heinald sighed and began the experiments.


    The hours began to pass quickly.


    As he had anticipated, the experiment was challenging for the duration. Although he could control his Spirit me almost perfectly, he still had a hard time eliminating the toxicity of these materials. While one of the biggest challenges of Potion Brewing was eliminating toxicity, that wasn''t the only challenge.


    The most important thing was timing!


    When brewing a Potion, the reaction of each ingredient added to the cauldron must be carefully observed and added to the mix just in time, or the potion would most likely turn into a mess. On the other hand, even if there was no garbage, its purity would be quite low; which meant that this potion only had a lifespan of one or two uses.


    While Heinald was able to sessfullyplete the detoxification process, he had repeated failures because he could not calcte the exact timing of adding the ingredients to the boiler.


    All this did not demotivate him. Creating a potion form was quite a challenge, thanks to his impable memory, he could remember every piece of information he learned perfectly, but this information could only help a little in practice.


    In order to sessfully brew the High Rank Healing Potion he was working on, he had to determine the reaction timings perfectly and add the ingredients to the cauldron ording to these results in the next process. Since the new potion form he created was entirely created by him, naturally he had to determine all these details with various experiments.


    That was the most challenging part of Potion Brewing!


    A Potions Master wouldn''t just collect forms and brew potions, he would also strive to create potion forms.


    Most Ainsars stayed away from this branch as these experiments would require too many Arkana Stones.


    The days passed quite hard for Heinald.


    He experimented a lot and unfortunately did not get a sessful result. He had used all the materials at his disposal for his failed experiments. He had to buy the same materials again and continue his experiments.


    Although he gained a lot of experience from his previous experiments, it was difficult even for him to quickly detect the reactions of a High Rank potion. Although he was able to detect reactions much more clearly and quickly than other Ainsars thanks to his eyes, he still had a hard time.


    When Heinald left his home smallb dayster, he asked his apprentice to clean it up. He then went to the Potions Division of the academy. Since he hadn''t been to the Potions Division for a long time, the potions he needed to brew had umted quite a bit. So he spent the next few days in the building''sb.


    Fortunately, the potions the academy wanted from them were those that already had a form and were rtively easy to make. It was Heinald''s idea, though; ording to him, these potions were not difficult to brew, but the same could not be said for the other members of the Potions Division.


    After Heinald brewed and delivered the potions he needed to brew, he walked towards the exit door to leave the Potions Division.


    "Heinald!"


    He noticed Ellying from the opposite direction and calling out to him.


    "Hello." Heinald smiled faintly.


    "I don''t see you around here very often" Elly touched her beautiful chin.


    "Actually, I was pretty busy with various experiments. So the potions I had to deliver had a bit of a backlog, I''ve spent thest few days herepleting them." Heinald shrugged.


    "If I''m not mistaken, you were also in trouble with the assignments you took from the academy." Elly chuckled lightly.


    Heinald smiled lightly and shook his head, "I''ve managed to ovee them, but I haven''t been able to collect as many Achievement Points as I wanted yet. I have to do a lot more quests to get the amount I want."


    Elly''s brows furrow slightly for a moment, "Heinald, can I make you an offer?"


    "Hm? What is it?" Heinald was intrigued.


    "At Ruthas Academy, headmasters can take on various special missions. I got an offer for a very special mission the other day. They asked me to make a special potion, a kind of strength potion. However, the purity of this potion will be at least 80%. Considering that you are talented, you can help me best. If we get a sessful result, we will split our Achievement Points in half. What do you think?"


    Heinald''s eyebrows rose slightly as Elly exined the situation.


    "Strength Potion? Hmph!" Heinald grinned, "Ruthas Academy is asking a Potions Master for help with a high-purity potion?"


    Elly exhaled, "Not only that, of course, the 30% physical strength boost effect that willst at least twenty minutes is among the conditions... However, we will earn a full 40,000 Achievement Points in return."


    "Ruthas Academy must have a potion form by the standards you say... Why would they ask you to do something like that?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    Elly shook her head, "You''re looking a little shallow... As you know, the most effective potion forms are monopolized by the big families. There are strong families behind Ruthas Academy as well and they give a lot of support to the academy but they don''t givemercial independence. If the academy has their own potion forms they also have their own independent source of ie, which naturally gives them a widermercial space."


    Elly shook her head, "You''re looking a little shallow... As you know, the most effective potion forms are monopolized by the big families. There are strong families behind Ruthas Academy as well and they give a lot of support to the academy but they don''t givemercial independence. If the academy has their own potion forms they also have their own independent source of ie, which naturally gives them a widermercial space."

 Chapter 172: Jukusel

    Chapter 172: Jukusel


    Heinald spent his first day in the mine area, performing the duty assigned to him and his unit to keep watch on the north side.


    Nothing had happened that night, they hadn''t even heard a sounding from the forest at night. Though, that made them a little more uneasy.


    It was quite strange and disturbing for them not to hear the sound of any living creature, especially in a forest.


    A few hours after sunrise the next day, Lord Esquis summoned all the Level 2 Ainsars to his side.


    They would take a few hours of wandering through the outermost chamber of of the ck forest and check for any clues.


    After entering the ck forest and starting to walk a little deeper, it seemed like it waspletely night. The only difference was that there was no moon illuminating the sky above, the surrounding area was illuminated by various nts and insects.


    They searched for clues for hours but found nothing. In the end, they did not want to go any further and turned back. It was strange that they hadn''t seen any Magical Beasts at first, but when they thought of the possibility that they might have escaped after feeling the energy waves of many powerful Ainsars, they stopped thinking about it.


    Two weeks passed quickly. There was no attack on the mine area and they found no clues in the parts of the forest where they were wandering.


    When Lord Esquis concluded that the attack was more likely to belong to another organization or academy, everyone rallied and the journey back to the academy began.


    Arriving at the academy after a two-week journey, the first thing Heinald did was travel to Mount Jewyna, one of the mountains in the south of the academy.


    At this very top was the headquarters of the Rasfor Trade Association. Actually, the headquarters of this unit was built inside the top of the mountain, there was no case of any extra structures.


    "Revakender, descend!" Heinald mentally gave orders to his Spirit Companion.


    As the dragon descended towards the top of Mount Jewyna, the Ainsars there were momentarily panicked. However, they were somewhat relieved after seeing that this dragon was being controlled by someone.


    "My lord, wee!"


    Couple of Level 1 Ainsars greeted him.


    After Heinald told them that the Revakender was his Spiritual Companion, he headed for headquarters.


    There was arge fifty-meter gate at the entrance of the headquarters of this association. When he entered, a very long and wide corridor appeared before him.


    On the right and left side of this corridor were roads leading to other ces. At the end of these roads were huge circr gates. Those gates were protected by some kind of security formation.


    A middle-aged Level 1 Ainsar greeted Heinald. This Ainsar who greeted him was bald and wore a small pair of sses.


    Heinald said, "I want to meet with Ewnzell Tally."


    "Oh" The middle-aged man paused for a moment, "Follow me, please!"


    Heinald started following the man. When they came with him to the end of the wide and long corridor, they were in front of manyrge stairs. As they climbed these stairs, another corridor met them, but this corridor was not very long and wide.


    "The road on the right leads directly to Lord Ewnzell''s settlement. With your permission, I''ll go and forward your request to meet him."


    Heinald nodded.


    Level 1 Ainsar quickly walked away and arrived after about half an hour.


    "Please follow me!"


    Heinald started following the man again. After passing through a corridor that was quite narrowpared to the others, they came to a long iron door.


    The long iron door opened automatically as soon as they arrived.


    "Oh" Heinald stepped through the long iron door and found himself inside arge, rather ostentatious hall. There was a lot of furniture and armchairs, it looked like a kind of lobby. There were roads leading to three different ces, right, left and middle.


    When the man turned to the road on the right, he followed him. At the end of this road, there was a door covered with beautiful embroidery.


    The man said, "Lord Ewnzell awaits you inside!"


    When Heinald opened the door and walked in, the first thing that caught his eye was arge white table. There were many notebooks on this table. The room was illuminated by candlesticks. Behind the desk was an old man sitting on arge armchair. Even though his face didn''t have many wrinkles, his white hair showed that he was old.


    This man was Ewnzell Tally and was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Hello, Mr. Ewnzell." Heinald greeted him.


    "Greetings! What brought you here?" Ewnzell gave a light nod.


    "I came here on Larten''s direction. We''re both in the same division and ww brew potions together." Heinald said.


    "Oh! So Larten sent you here" Ewnzell nodded slightly and continued, "Since you''re here, you must be looking for something special."


    "Indeed! I need materials that contain Spatial Energy." Heinald nodded.


    A look of surprise appeared on Ewnzell''s face, "Spatial Energy?"


    Heinald asked, "Is there a problem?"


    "Aren''t you a Potions Master?" Ewnzell asked.


    "I am."


    "I''m just surprised that you need Spatial Energy materials... Anyway, such materials are quite expensive, can you afford it?"


    When Ewnzell noticed Heinald''s gaze, he decided not to dwell on the matter any longer.


    "So you have materials containing Spatial Energy?" Heinald smiled faintly.


    "I personally don''t own it. However, I''m sure the materials you want can be found in our trade association."


    "Mm. I''d appreciate it if you could help." Heinald nodded.


    "Because you''re Larten''s friend, I''ll help you out! Please allow me to talk to some of my friends. You can wait in the lobby in the meantime."


    Ewnzell left to talk to a few friends about it. Meanwhile, Heinald went to therge lobby at the entrance and sat down in one of thefortable armchairs there and began to wait for him.


    A few hourster, Ewnzell returned. He told him that association had two High-Tier Space Stones in hand. A single High-Tier Space Stone was worth around 2,500,000 Arcana Stones. For most Ainsars, this was a fortune that they would never reach.


    However, this amount was no big deal for a Potions Master like Heinald. He bought the two High Tier Space Stones they had and thus spent almost all the Arkana Stones he had.


    After Heinald confirmed there was no deception in the two High Tier Space Stones, he left and began his journey back to the academy.


    He was confident that the spatial energy contained in these two High Tier Space Stones he had purchased would be enough to activate that portal. Next was getting permission from the academy and traveling straight to the portal.


    After reaching the academy, the first thing he did was topletely fill his Protective type treasure Blood Nighmare Shield with the blood of the Three Headed Inderno Crocodile, which he had stored. Afterwards, he went to the headquarters and informed that he was going to go on a journey and got permission.


    Later, he bought himself a horse and started traveling to Por Wind Forest. He didn''t want to go with Revakender because he didn''t want to attract attention. Before Heinald left, he had told his Spirit Companion that it could roam freely wherever it wanted.


    His journey was rather slow, as he was traveling on a horse.


    When he finally reached the forest, he immediately moved into the middle of the forest and was relieved to see that the camouge formation he had created was still active. He entered the formation without doing anything and immediately moved towards the portal.


    When Heinald arrived in front of the portal, he created an energy transfer formation and began to send the spatial energy within the High-Rank Space Stones into the crystals of the portal.


    The spatial energy from the two High-Rank Space Stones was entering the crystals in the form of a kind of stream of light.


    The crystals that formed the portal soon began to glow. The seals and symbols engraved on the crystals began to emit a white light.


    Soon after, a red sphere formed in the middle of the portal and began to growrger andrger. When this orb grewrge enough topletely cover the middle of the portal, an intense spatial energy began to radiate into the surrounding area.


    "I have to calcte how much energy this portal consumes or how long it will stay active by observing for a while." Heinald sighed and began observing the amount of spatial energy the portal was consuming.


    Heinald calcted that at the end of a day, less than 1% of energy was lost. This meant that he did not have much time. When this portal was activated, the portal that this portal opened was also activated. When this portal was closed, that portal would also be closed.

 Chapter 173: Madness Meteor!

    Chapter 173: Madness Meteor!


    "Y-You...will...die." Ulltemol barely managed to say something. "It... is... so... strong!"


    Heinald felt that the energy emanating from him was equal to the energy of a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar; however, these ripples were very weak due to his severe injury.


    "Who are you talking about?" Heinald asked. He felt that this Ulltemol was not ordinary. After all, he hade this far.


    He was also carefully observing the surroundings.


    "Woooooo!"


    A mighty roar made the whole environment tremble.


    From behind a small hill hundreds of meters ahead, a huge figure leaped into the sky.


    Heinald immediately abandoned his current position and retreated. He did this so that he could understand the situation and observe it thoroughly.


    *BOM!*


    Jumping into the sky, the figurended where he had stood before. The shock wave caused by the hardnding blew away the surrounding stone fragments. The area where itnded had sunk a few meters.


    "It''s an Ogre!" Heinald cried out in shock.


    Ogres were huge life forms. They had long and incredibly strong bodies that could reach up to ten meters.


    The ogre in front of Heinald had no hair and no nose. It had a huge mouth full of sharp teeth and tworge eyes. It had a mane covered with mes, resting on his back. Its arms were like burning coal.


    The veins on his ck arms seemed to beposed entirely of fire, radiating an extremely intense heat.


    But all that aside, what worried Heinald the most was that the energy waves emitted by this Ogre were equal to the energy waves of a low-phase Level 3 Ainsar.


    "Damn" Heinald grit his teeth.


    "Another rat, huh?" The ogre''s growling sound echoed.


    It was staring at Heinald with disdain.


    When the ogre raised its fist, its fist was engulfed in mes. It lunged towards Heinald and swung its fist at him.


    Light Flow!


    Heinald''s body became lighter and he moved away with lightning speed.


    The energy waves that emerged from the ogre''s punchpletely shattered the area where he used to stand.


    Heinald flew hundreds of meters ahead in a single dash. He immediately took the Phoenix Feather Potion from the dimensional pocket of his robe and drank it.


    He was aware that this Ogre was predisposed to the Fire Element, but he wouldn''t have had the slightest chance against it if he didn''t use all the spells he had.


    As Heinald consumed the potion, the Ogre dashed towards him again.


    Heinald dash forward a hundred yards once more and sped away from that position.


    "Damn rat!" After roaring in anger, the ogre covered both of his fists with fire and punched the ground.


    *BAM* With the force of the fist, a wave of fire spread out in all directions. In addition to this wave of fire, the shock wave that emerged with the violence of the fist was also moving together.


    Heinald immediately used hisst dash to soar into the sky. He had flown hundreds of meters up before the fire and shock wave reached him.


    While Heinald was still in the air, with a single thought, he activated his recently acquired attack-type magical treasure. The ring in his hand emitted a silver glow and turned into an ax that spewed ck smoke around it.


    This ax started to exploit the Dark Energy he had. The ax was surrounded by ck mes.


    "Take this damn it!" The veins on his face were prominent as Heinald squeezed himself all the way.


    As Heinald descended directly on the Ogre, he gripped the ax firmly in both hands and held it high above his head.


    He would strike the ax directly into the Ogre''s head.


    However, the Ogre roared angrily and swung his fist at him. A fist-shaped form of fire shot out of the Ogre''s hand and began flying straight towards him.


    Heinald''s eyes widened. He immediately swung the ax into a fist-shaped fire form that wasing towards him at full speed.


    *BOM!*


    There was an explosion of fire in the air.


    Heinald was thrown tens of meters and sank to the ground. The explosion of fire he was exposed to hadpletely burned his skin, which was his most vulnerable ce. His muscles and bones were quite strong, but he had not applied a cultivation technique to strengthen his skin.


    "Argghhh!" Heinald cried out in the intense pain of his burned skin. He wasn''t fast enough to activate the Blood Nightmare Shield.


    His biggest mistake was underestimating the Ogre''s attack. This Ogre was a Level 3 Ainsar power, facing his attack directly was a pretty stupid move.


    If there was another Level 2 Ainsar instead, he would have died on the spot.


    "Heheheheh!" As the Ogre looked ahead at Heinald, who was groaning in pain, he chuckled, "Impressive to see you still alive, you little bug!"


    Icysoul Potion appeared in Heinald''s hand. He clenched his teeth and quickly straightened up, throwing the potion bottle directly at the Ogre.


    The Ogre spotted the bottle quicklying towards it at thest moment and was unable to react. It clearly did not expect such a move at all.


    As soon as the bottle broke, Ogre realized that his spirit and consciousness had fallen into the middle of an ice hell. He immediately activated his spirit and began to circte the powerful firepower he possessed in his spirit.


    Icysoul Potion could deal tremendous damage to the spirit of any lifeform equal a Level 2 Ainsar power. However, unfortunately, this Ogre had a power equal to that of a Level 3 Ainsar; so the potion wouldn''t have much of an effect on it.


    "Aodon''s Hand!" Heinald shouted out in his mind. As the Ogre struggled with the deep freeze in his spirit, he thought he should use this opportunity.


    ck arms appeared around the ogre and encircled him.


    "Wooaaarr!" The ogre roared angrily and tried to break free from the arms.


    "Ugh!" Heinald gasped. The power this Ogre exerted was clearly too much for him. The fact that the spell he had cast was immediately destroyed by it had dealt a blow to his consciousness.


    Heinald immediately began casting the newly learned spell called ck Fire Meteorite. However, since he had not yet mastered casting this spell, the time he spent in the casting process was longer than other spells.


    "Wuooarr!" With a fierce roar, the ogre spun around and freed itself from the ck arms that gripped it and tried to hold it still. It took him two or three seconds to get rid of this very powerful Dark Magic.


    Heinald hadn''t finished casting ck Fire Meteorite yet!


    The ogre took a deep breath and roared with all his might. A wave of fire came out of his mouth, so fierce that even the ground boiled, and flew straight towards Heinald.


    "Blood Nightmare Shield, activate!" As soon as Heinald finished casting his spell ck Fire Meteorite, he shouted out in his mind.


    Fortunately, there was quite a distance between him and the Ogre, and it took a few seconds for the wave of fire to reach him.


    This gave him enough time.


    A pale redyer covered his body. This barrier protected him from any possible damage.


    As the fire wave reached him, a huge ck circle had formed above the Ogre. A meteor covered with ck fire emerged from this circle andnded directly on the Ogre.


    Covering an area of 200 meters, ck fires rose into the sky.


    "Wuooaaarr!" The ogre cried out in pain.


    When the fire wave hit the pale red barrier, numerous cracks formed on the surface of the barrier.


    ording to Heinald''s calctions, this single wave of fire consumed 70% of Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy instantly.


    "Damn it!" Heinald grit his teeth. He looked rather pathetic, as his skin and robes were covered with burns.


    When he took a look at the ce where the ogre was, he saw that a huge crater had formed there.


    Heinald immediately began casting his magic called Divine Chaos. At the same time, a Magic Scroll appeared in his hand.


    The moment Heinald sent Magical Energy to this Magic Scroll, mes appeared in his hand that radiated a terrifying heat, and they came together to form a fireball.


    When the Ogre emerged from the crater, some parts of his body were seen to havepletely disappeared.


    If he didn''t have the power of a Level 3 Ainsar, that attack could instantly destroy this Ogre; because he was directly exposed to it.


    When the Ogre emerged from the crater, realizing that it was surrounded by an energy field, it was angry, "Damn rat, I''m going to drink your blood!"


    Arge number of lighning bolts appeared above it, and a session of lighning streaks began to fall on it. At the same time, a fireball consisting of red mesnded in its area and turned that area into hell.


    Arge number of lighning bolts appeared above it, and a session of lighning streaks began to fall on it. At the same time, a fireball consisting of red mesnded in its area and turned that area into hell.

 Chapter 174: Deep Injury

    Chapter 174: Deep Injury


    Heinald frowned, "What could he have seen to cause his family to betray him?"


    An expression of indecision appeared on Havin Volz''s face. Obviously, the subject he wanted to talk about was quite a deep one and he didn''t want to go into it simply.


    "Whatever he saw... His family wanted to get rid of him to avoid this danger, didn''t they?" Seeing his indecision, Heinald wanted to go further.


    Havin exhaled and said, "Furyus found a Memory Crystal from ancient times in one of the ruins he explored."


    "Memory Crystal?" A thoughtful expression appeared on Heinald''s face.


    "Yes, ording to him, this crystal belonged to a powerful Ainsar who lived in ancient times. However, it took a very strong mind to gather the memories inside this crystal. Even though Furyus was a Level 2 Ainsar, even he did not have such a mind. That''s why he asked me, his most trusted friend, for help."


    Havin''s face turned pale.


    "Just the two of you knew that?" Heinald asked.


    Havin shook his head, "No, Furyus told his family about the Memory Crystal as well. It was quite normal; after all, we''re talking about family."


    Heinald took a deep breath and sat back, "So his family told others that he had a Memory Crystal from ancient times?"


    "I don''t think so" Havin shook his head, "Havin was already a target if you ask me."


    Heinald''s eyebrows rose slightly, "What do you mean?"


    Havin sped his hands on the table and looked directly into his eyes, "I don''t think his family has told anyone that he found a Memory Crystal from ancient times... No! It''s something different. If you ask me, whoever destroyed Furyus has been around since the very beginning. They knew he had the memory crystal."


    Noticing that Heinald was staring nkly at him, Havin continued, "Many in this world, if they''re lucky, are able to obtain some valuable relics from ancient relics."


    Heinald nodded slowly.


    "About twenty years ago I had managed to inherit a legacy from ancient times, but no one came and took me away. Furyus found something that was not wanted by anyone to find it." Havin took a sip of the drink in front of him, "Whoever destroyed him, they reached out to his family first and probably threatened them. Furyus, in a letter he sent me the day before he disappeared, wrote that he found some letters in his daughter''s room and was sending letters to someone who wanted to destroy him."


    When Heinald put the information he had learned together in his head, he more or less understood what was going on. However, all this caused a huge question to pop up in his mind.


    Who eliminated it?


    Havin looked at Heinald, "You''re wondering, aren''t you? Who? Who''s behind this?"


    He shook his head.


    "Although I''m not sure, I think I know who''s behind this." Havin''s tone was as cold as ice.


    "Who?" Heinald asked.


    "An organization... An organization that wants some remnants of ancient times to be left behind the dusty pages of history." Havin was staring at his drink with a thoughtful expression.


    Heinald''s eyes widened, "Don''t tell me... Al-Yuen?"


    "Huh? Do you know them?" Havin sprang to his feet in surprise, his eyes wide open.


    "I can''t say I know much about them. I just know they don''t really like relics from ancient times." Heinald replied.


    Havin quickly sat down and whispered, "They''re specifically finding and destroying relics from the lost millennium era."


    Heinald frowned, "Are they destroying?"


    "Yeah." Haven shook his head.


    "Furyus was uneasy that day because he found his daughter''s correspondence... His family must have realized why, so they finished him off that night." Heinald muttered.


    "I may be their target, too, but I haven''t seen any of the memories stored inside the Memory Crystal. So, I probably don''t pose any danger to them. I was far from here when Furyus asked me for my help on this matter. And when I came here to help him. .. I learned that he had disappeared."


    Havin took another sip of the drink in front of him.


    ***


    When Heinald left the inn, his expression was rather dark. Although he didn''t fully believe this man named Havin, he could sense that he wasn''t lying. The organization called Al-Yuen was probably the oldest in the Ainsar World. Thousands of years of intelligence and interaction in their hands allowed them to be aware of many things and to hide behind the shadows perfectly.


    Heinald had not seen any information about this organization in any source he had read.


    He was thinking of giving up on this business. It was in stupid to go after an old and unknowable organization like Al-Yuen.


    Heinald left Allivion City and traveled to Ruthas Academy. Furyus gave information about Almhad that he had outside of Al-Yuen. The officer said that the academy will investigate this intelligence and he can get Achievement Points depending on the situation.


    Heinald''s next task was to listen to Count Vaarsen''s problem and try to find a solution for him. However, there were some things he wanted to do at the academy before going to his mansion. He was contemting a new potion form in his spare time. This potion form would be one that would increase the Ice Element Effect. However, it would not make this potion with a Magical Beast spirit.


    His goal was to create a potion form that was rtively easy to make, inexpensive, and readily avable. Since his sea of knowledge about various herbs and ingredients was vast and his memory was impable, it was easy for him to list the ingredients he thought might work.


    But the materials he thought might work, of course, might not really work. After all, he would havepatibility problems to ovee, and he did not want to use an extra method to solve thepatibility problem, as he did not want this potion to be too difficult to make.


    He had already listed the herbs and ingredients he thought might bepatible with each other, he would experiment on them and try toe up with a potion form if they were highlypatible.


    Before starting experiments with his new apprentice, Orinath, Heinald had managed to purchase all the herbs and materials he had listed for around 1000 Achievement Points. Now all that was left was to work hard and conduct sessful experiments.


    "Rosew Flower, Ajin Bone Powder, Stubborn Fish Tear, Sky Grass, and Fortified Ha Bull Blood Essence I have quite a few of these ingredients, I hope they will suffice for experiments" Heinald looked at the materials in front of the table.


    Orinath was admiring the materials on the table. He had heard of some of these ingredients before, as he could be considered more knowledgeable in potions than most Ainsar. For him, if not for Heinald, these materials were extremely valuable. The materials that he had worked on before were quite palepared to these materials.


    Moreover, the toxicity of these materials was quite high. As a result of various experiments, these materials would already be reduced, and if there was a problem during the elimination of toxicity with the Spirit me, the materials could run out quickly.


    Naturally, he knew that his master was a genius, but making mistakes in experiments was normal, even for geniuses.


    The days passed quickly.


    After a lot of hard work, Heinald and Orinath had sessfully created a potion form. As a Level 1 Ainsar, Orinath could easily go without sleep for a few days, but like his master, he could not work without sleep for two weeks.


    Heinald wasn''t mad at him for that. He was aware that Orinath was doing the best he could, sessfully following the instructions he had given him.


    That was enough for him!


    The potion Heinald created was one that increased the Ice Element Effect. He called this potion "cial Storm Potion".


    cial Storm Potion was increasing the effect of the ice element by 20% for 3 minutes. The purity of this potion was 60%. Unfortunately, this was the best he could get with the ingredients he listed. ording to him, this result was still very good, this potion didn''t require very expensive and hard-to-find ingredients and still had a pretty good potency. Moreover, the duration of the effect was not bad at all.


    trust if he faced an enemy that he thought would be difficult to ovee in the future. Naturally, he knew that this potion wasn''t very effective, but the effect increase rate of this potion should be enough even for the strong enemies he will face, if not, that enemy is probably not in his league anyway.Heinald used ice element-based spells frequently. That''s why he wanted to have a potion he could


    cial Storm Potion was increasing the effect of the ice element by 20% for 3 minutes. The purity of this potion was 60%. Unfortunately, this was the best he could get with the ingredients he listed. ording to him, this result was still very good, this potion didn''t

 Chapter 175: Achievement Point Shortage

    Chapter 175: Achievement Point Shortage


    After thinking for a while, Heinald epted Elly''s offer; however, Achievement Points obtained would not be shared in half. If this potion form sessfully spawned a potion, he would receive 75% of Achievement Points.


    It was clear that Elly alone would not be able to create a potion form with the desired conditions. So he had pinned all his hope on Heinald, and he was well aware of it.


    Elly might have been a very beautiful and attractive woman, but Heinald was too strong-willed to give up his self-interest for it. She had to ept this because she had no other choice. After all, Heinald was really going to do most of the work, so it was only natural that he would get the most out of it.


    Heinald left the academy soon after saying goodbye to him. He would travel to the cities closest to the academy to continue the healing potion experiments he had been working on before, buy the necessary materials and return to the academy.


    He wanted to finish his unfinished work before he started working with Elly.


    He wandered the cities for days and finally managed to find all the materials he wanted in sufficient quantity. As he managed to get all the materials he wanted, he started his journey back to the academy without dy.


    The first thing he did as soon as he returned to the academy was to continue his healing potion experiments without dy.


    For Heinald, creating a high-rank healing potion form was more difficult than he thought; however, he still managed to sessfully brew a high rank healing potion by spending half of his newly purchased materials on experiments.


    He had gone through a lot of trial and error during this process, and he analyzed every mistake he made in the best way and calcted the best way to destroy them. After a lot of effort, he finally got the healing potion form, which he called ''Blessing of the White Angel'', to the result without error.


    When this potion was consumed, the person consuming it would be cured of most visceral injuries and all external injuries within 5 minutes unless the body destruction was over 80%. The purity of this potion was 75%, which was a really good rate.


    If Heinald had mastered this potion well, he only wanted to brew it and sell it. He was confident that this potion would get a pretty high price tag in the market. Of course he had more valuable forms than this potion but he just wanted to keep them to himself. So he definitely didn''t want to release them and attract attention.


    "ording to my calctions, it looks like I can sessfully brew White Angel''s Blessing in only one out of five attempts with my current state. However, I''m sure I''ll soon gain experience with the brewing process of this potion." Heinald scratched his chin as he looked at the potion called White Angel''s Recovery in a small bottle in front of him. The liquid inside this bottle had a purple and bright color, its consistency seemed somewhat dense.


    For the next few days, Heinald brewed the Blessing of the White Angel with all the ingredients he had left. Contrary to his calctions, he seeded in only one of six attempts, but it did not depress him much. He would soon be better at brewing this potion anyway.


    As a high rank potion; Blessing of the White Angel costs around 700 Arkana Stones in a single bottle. However, ording to his estimation, the value of this potion should have been set at at least 12 thousand Arkana Stones. The amount he had predicted could have been more or less, but he thought it would probably be around this.


    "Now I can start working with Elly." Heinald sighed.


    Next was to create a strength potion form with him. He hadn''t talked to Elly about how to get the materials needed for the experiments. After all, a new potion form did not emerge spontaneously; they had to do a lot of experimentation and so they needed a lot of material.


    Heinald went to his room to talk about it with him.


    "Heinald! Come sit down." When Elly saw him knock on the door ande in, she closed the notebook in front of her and smiled wearily.


    "Hello! I have something to talk to you about." Heinald also smiled faintly.


    "About the potion quest?" Elly asked while pointing to thefortable chair in front of her desk.


    "Yes." Heinald said, "You know, we''re going to have to do a lot of experiments to produce a form, and we''re going to need a lot of materials for the experiments. How do we get those materials?"


    "I think it would be more profitable for us if we could get the potions from the academy." Elly nodded slowly.


    "So we''ll use achievement points for ingredients" Heinald scratched his chin. In order to be able to say for sure, the materials to be used for the experiments had to be precisely determined first. Then, based on the rarity of the materials, they could most likely find the necessary materials in the academy''s stockpile.


    "Actually, I''m pretty short on Achievement Points as I recently copied some of the studies you need from the academy''s archive. Considering that we''ll be paying half the materials needed for the experiments, perhaps we can consider it a rtively easy task to collect the Achievement Points we need for the materials before we start the experiments."


    Heinald had a serious expression as Elly described her situation. At first he thought of giving up because he thought it would take too long.


    However, heter realized an important point; if they epted a quest, they would go to that quest as two Level 2 Ainsars. This would give them a huge advantage in terms of strength and would also help to finish the mission more easily.


    Before Ruthas Academy set up a research base in some ''dangerous'' area, it would send a team of scouts there and, ording to reports from them, offer missions to destroy dangerous monsters in those areas.


    There were too many dangerous and unexplored regions in the Ainsar World, and the dangers had to be eliminated in order for those areas to be explored with ease.


    That dangerous valley Heinald had been to before was one of those areas, but that area could be consideredrgely free of danger. The ce had already been fully explored, but notpletely freed from danger.


    Heinald thought they could ept one of the best-selling monster-hunting quests on the academy''s quest list. After all, two Level 2 Ainsars fighting together was no small thing.


    Moreover, the academy wasn''t offering missions that required a Level 3 Ainsar or higher realm anyway.


    "Then we can ept a hunting mission. I think we''ll get a good result if we both fight together." After a pause, Heinald nodded.


    "That''s right! Then let''s go right now and see if there''s a mission suitable for us." Elly smiled slightly and stood up.


    Heinald and Elly went to the quest building to choose a quest. After reviewing current quests, they were able to find a quest suitable for them.


    Their new mission was to kill the Red Horned Iron Ox and all kinds of monsters in the Boiling Sand Region within half a year. In that region, it was stated that the greatest strength was the Red Horned Iron Ox. The power level of this beast was not far from a Level 3 Ainsar.


    Still, for two Level 2 Ainsars, it wouldn''t be too much trouble to kill a monster that hadn''t reached the power realm of a Level 3 Ainsar.


    This mission rewarded 15,000 Achievement Points. Elly and Heinald thought this amount would be sufficient to meet the supplies for their experiments.


    Although Heinald wasn''t sure that this amount would be exactly enough, since they had a high-purity High Rank Healing Potion to create, Heinald didn''t want to get upset early and dismissed the thought.


    Heinald and Elly prepared for the mission for a few days. They both brewed the potions they thought they might need during this time. After everything was ready, they informed each other that they were ready.


    The Boiling Sand Region was far from Ruthas Academy. This ce was located in arge in called the Daylight Chamber. The area was generally a ce that no Level 1 Ainsar would ever want to go near unless they were arge group, because too many dangerous creatures were living in that area and it was quite arge area.


    Heinald went to Revakender, who lived in arge area at the back of the academy area, and waited for Elly there.


    Revakender was known to everyone in the academy. While most people were quite afraid of it at first, as time passed, everyone got used to it and became interested in this supreme creature.In ancient times, dragons were much more popr creatures, but rumor has it that their numbers have dwindled considerably around the world. Moreover, some dragon lineages were said to bepletely extinct.

 Chapter 176: Taken Lands

    Chapter 176: Taken Lands


    After obtaining Hercules Boar''s blood, Heinald started running out of the Dark Forest at full speed. Although he heard many roars and humsing from various parts of the forest, he did not care about these sounds and started running with all his voice.


    He had to stop and rest for a while after running non-stop for days despite his highly durable body. Luckily, he managed to find a small secluded spot, where he rested for a few hours without making a sound.


    After a short rest period, he started running non-stop again. After running for days, he finally managed to get out of the Dark Forest. He had encountered many Magical Beasts during his run, but most of those he encountered were weaker than him and he knew it. However, some had the strength of a Level 2 Ainsar; they chased him for a long time but stopped chasing him when they realized they couldn''t catch him.


    When Heinald got outside of the Dark Forest, it took some time to limate to the daylight. He summoned the Revakender and, after riding on his back, traveled to Lord Fedor''s castle.


    By the time he got there, his orders had already arrived. Lord Fredor was kind enough to host him in his castle for a while and ordered his servants to prepare a room for him.


    After Heinald gathered all the ingredients he needed, he prepared the mixture. For a potion master like him, it wasn''t hard to prepare this concoction. The real thing about this mix was its rare ingredients, not the difficulty of mixing it.


    "Alright! Let''s get this stain off." Heinald cast a bright nce at the bottle in his hand.


    When He drank the mixture in the bottle, contrary to what he expected, he felt a rather refreshing and sweet taste. He felt nothing for a few minutes, but as time went on he felt a slight blurring of consciousness. He felt the way an ordinary person feels when they have a few sses of wine.


    Heinald felt his consciousness go numb, he probably wouldn''t have been able to speak if he tried. His consciousness and spirit had entered an unidentified state, but strangely, this did not bother him.


    He felt like he had taken his mind and soul on vacation after contemting something for a long time.


    Hours passed.


    His consciousness was getting more and more numb with each passing second, before he fell into a deep sleep he saw the faint ck smokeing out of his eyes, mouth, and nose.


    An unknown time passed.


    When Heinald recovered, he felt quite rested and calm. He felt that when he focused on his mind and soul, there was not the slightest trace of smudging.


    "Huuh! Looks like I''ve gotten through this ordeal" Heinald was quite relieved to get rid of the stain that had bothered him for so long, so he took a hot bath to rx even more.


    During the bath, he was considering what his future moves would be. He had achieved his primary goal; he could nowplete the quests he received from Ruthas Academy and start earning Achievement Points.


    His next goal was to deal with the mysterious disappearance of Furyus Almhad. This man was a member of Ruthas Academy''s Life Forms Anatomy division. He was one of the few Level 2 Ainsars that Ruthas Academy had and had mysteriously disappeared two years ago.


    Heinald learned that a number of people had tried to pitch their chances for the jobst year, but were unsessful. A Level 1 Ainsar was even attacked and killed by a Magical Beast while searching for clues. That''s why this quest is rmended for Level 2 Ainsars.


    Furyus Almhad''s family lived in Allivion, an independent city close to the academy. Hest left the academy to go to his family and then disappearedpletely.


    Neither saw nor heard him.


    Heinald would go to his family first and ask them first what was going on. So he first traveled to the academy and left Revakender there. Then a carriage rented a luxury carriage and traveled to Allivion City.


    This city was one of the oldest cities in the Ainsar World. During the ancient Ainsar period, this city was called ''Poskem''. It was not a big city, in fact it could even be said to be a small city. However, despite this, quite a lot of Ainsar lived and visited this city.


    The most important reason for this is that it is a very old city, and many well-established families lived here. When this was the case, the goods and various valuable materials in this city''s market were also high-level. Of course this was rtive, some might not find anything they were looking for in this city. Because the real trade was in the underground market of this city.


    However, very special people could naturally enter this underground market, and those who could not, had to make do with ordinary materials in ordinary shops.


    When Heinald arrived in Allivion City, he was looking out the window of his luxury carriage and observing the city''s architecture. Although there are many restored new buildings, some ancient buildings reveal the history of this ancient city.


    Heinald went to the address given to him, to the house where Furyus Almhad''s family lived. This house was built on top of a small hill at the back of the city. It had arge garden, and the house, though not veryrge and ostentatious, was still well above average. The house and the garden were surrounded by pine trees, there were many Apprentice Ainsars standing guard around.


    After all, this was the property of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    When they spotted Heinald, they knelt before him in fear and let him pass.


    As Heinald walked towards the front of the house, the servants who had noticed himing immediately knelt in front of it and greeted him.


    "Lord Ainsar, it''s an honor to host you! I''m the chief servant of the household, Ajneras, please allow me to serve you!" A suit-wearing man with gray hair and a gray beard bowed before him. This man was a low-phase Level 1 Ainsar, looking like he had just made a breakthrough.


    "I''m here to meet with Furyus Almhad''s family." Heinald said.


    "Please allow me to take you to Lady Annabelle Almhad." The chief servant Ajneras bowed his head.


    Heinald nodded and started following him.


    After entering the house, walking on the left side of a corridor that splits into two sides, he saw three people standing at the entrance of arge hall, waiting for him.


    These three people were Furyus Almhad''s wife, daughter and son. The energy waves Annabelle Almhad emitted showed that she was a peak-phase Level 1 Ainsar. His son and daughter were mid-phase Level 1 Ainsar.


    "You honor us by visiting our house, sir!" Annabelle Almhad gracefully greeted him. Likewise, her son and daughter also greeted him.


    Heinald gave a slight nod and said, "I came here for my assignment from Ruthas Academy. I want you to tell me everything you know about Furyus Almhad."


    "Of course, my lord. Pleasee into the hall." Annabelle lowered her head and pointed to the great hall behind her.


    "Because my husband is a member of the Ruthas Academy, we couldn''t spend much time with him. Sometimes for months, he was doing various experiments and researches and made him miss him. One day we received a letter. It was from him, and he said he was going to visit us soon..."


    Annabelle began to describe what had happened, but was interrupted by Heinald''s intervention.


    "Did hee here?"


    Annabelle nodded, "Yeah, he spent about ten days with us."


    Heinald nodded. "Continue!"


    "An old friend of my husband''s invited us to a ball for his daughter''s wedding. We spentte at night there, but there was something wrong with my husband. He had a worried expression on his face that he was trying to hide from us. I don''t know what caused it, but I''m sure it''s rted to his disappearance."


    Annabelle''s voice trembled.


    "What do you think could be the reason for this?" Heinald asked.


    "I''m not sure. But he might have some issues with the academy..." Annabelle shrugged.


    "Did he have that worried expression the first day he came to you?" Heinald asked.


    "This...I...I am not sure. I guess it wasn''t, at least not as much as it was on prom day." Annabelle hesitated for a moment.


    "Then she was worried about something about her wedding day. He might have been afraid of someone or something at the prom, he obviously knew something was going to happen to him..." Heinald''s speech slowed towards the end of the sentence.


    "This...I...I am not sure. I guess it wasn''t, at least not as much as it was on prom day." Annabelle hesitated for a moment.


    "Then she was worried about something about her wedding day. He might have been afraid of someone or something at the prom, he obviously knew something was going to happen to him..." Heinald''s speech slowed towards the end of the sentence.

 Chapter 177: Underground Formation

    Chapter 177: Underground Formation


    "Could the Ainsars who had ruled on this ne in ancient times also left because of some kind of war?" Avnr asked.


    "Possible." Heinald nodded.


    "What kind of ce is the World of Ainsar?" Towsak asked.


    "To me, it''s a pretty chaotic ce where the selfish are powerful. However, being selfish is one of the most certain and eptable conditions out there, because there aren''t enough resources for everyone. Other than that, it''s a ce full of dangerous monsters and creatures, where powerful families and ns rule the world." Heinald shrugged.


    "It doesn''t seem like it''s different from here" Avnr smiled crookedly.


    Towsak said, "Heinald heard of the Ulltemols from the dwarves living in the swamp. We had a short conversation about them on their way here. He knows they want our resources."


    "Ulltemols..." Avnr''s expression darkened, "The situation is not much different here either, there are not enough resources for everyone here, and we have to acquire them in order to be stronger."


    "I can''t say I know much about Ulltemols." Heinald said.


    "We''ve been inpetition with them for a long time. They outnumber us and we think they have more resources than we do. But they still don''t have the strength to surpass the formation we inherited." Avnr scratched his chin, an annoyed expression on his face.


    "However, that may change soon" Towsak sighed, "We have discovered a relic in the Infernal Abyys. We guess that this relic belongs to a Level 4 Ainsar. Unfortunately, we are not the only ones to discover this relic, the Ulltemols discovered it as well"


    Avnr added, "The side that has captured this relic will most likely dominate the other side thanks to the resources it has acquired. The area where the relic is located is protected by some formations and traps. So neither we nor they can make a move to capture the relics. If someone were to suffer significant losses there, it would break the bnce."


    Towsak said, "That''s why we want to invite you to cooperate with us. We all agree that we can help each other."


    "What kind of coboration?" Heinald wanted to hear their offers in detail.


    "First, we can share our knowledge with each other. Moreover, we are ready to hand over half the resources we will get from the relics to you if you help us in our fight against the Ulltemols to recapture the relics." Avnr made the offer in his head.


    Heinald thought, "It would be very unreasonable to ept such an offer without knowing the exact power of the Ulltemols. And I don''t know enough about the traps and formations in the ruins."


    When they saw that he was thinking indecisively, anxiety began to rise in their hearts.


    Heinald asked, "What do you know about the power levels of the Ulltemols?"


    Avnr replied, "We can''t say we know much, but we can make some inferences by observing their acts. Since they didn''t dare take direct action against us, we can say that their power level is close to ours."


    "They may not be taking action against you because they obviously don''t know the overall power you have either." Heinald said.


    Arvn said, "Of course it is possible... However, if they had a stronger existence than us, he would surely have been able to learn certain information about us.


    Heinald nodded slowly, "What about the dangers in the relic area?"


    Towsak said, "We can take you to the area of ruins so you can make some inferences about there."


    "Hm? Will the Ulltemols allow it?" Heinald asked.


    "The relic area is huge and there are too many entrances. Even if they find us, they won''t dare attack us because we''ll only be there for observation." Towsak answered. Both sides were using some agents to observe each other''s actions. Of course, it was impossible for these agents to control the entire relic zone, but still, the risk factor created by this situation limited their actions. Since the relic zone is considered a very dangerous ce, they and we can only dare to enter it as a group. Since this is the case, naturally, if we enter too many people together, our probability of being noticed is very high.


    "I would really like to exchange knowledge with you. However, I cannot agree to help you without fully knowing the dangers in the relic area. But if I decide from my observations that the relics are worth the risk, I will cooperate with you on this as well."


    Heinald did not ept their offer, but neither did he refuse.


    "Then we''ll go together to the entrance to the relic area whenever you want." Towsak nodded.


    "I think we can go now." Heinald shrugged.


    After all, he had nothing to do.


    Towsak said, "Alright! Then I''ll take you there!"


    ****


    Heinald and Towsak got on the giant Rafan''s back and they flew towards the Infernal Abyss.


    He was observing below as he flew over the vast desert. He was seeing creatures and Magical Beasts below that he had never seen before, although not very often. Although he wasn''t entirely sure of their power level, he could tell from his momentary observations that they were dangerous.


    Heinald thought, "Though, there are no non-dangerous creatures or Magical Beasts..."


    "Are we sure the Ulltemols won''t attack us?"


    Heinald wanted to talk to Towsak while observing the vast desertndscape.


    "I cannot guarantee that. However, remember that you are a human being. They will want to get to know you or at least observe you for a long time before attacking you. After all, you are an Ainsar!"


    When Towsak spoke his thoughts, Heinald openly agreed. The Ulltemols considered themselves the heirs of the Ainsars who ruled on this ne in ancient times. They too must not have seen a human in a long time; so the chances of them attacking him were pretty low.


    "But don''t they automatically see me as an enemy if they see me on your side?" After thinking for a while, Heinald asked the question that came to mind.


    "Even if they see you as the enemy, I don''t think they will make a clear move without observing your trump cards or yourbat power." Towsak shrugged.


    Heinald and Towsak traveled for hours to the south of the desert. When they finally came to the edge of the Infernall Abyss, they dived down. The bottom of this abyss was not visible. All that was visible was the dense fog below.


    For an unknown time they plunged into the bottom of the abyss.


    Resembling a giant eagle, Towsak pulled by Rafan''s reins, the Magical Beast pped its massive wings and hovered in midair.


    "See the huge rift ahead?" Towsak pointed to the huge rift on the cliffside.


    Giant Rafannded on the field in front of the rift. Heinald and Towsak jumped on its back and started walking towards the huge rift.


    Towsak was unaware of it, but Heinald was using his eyes at the margins to look around, careful not to miss the smallest detail.


    After all, ording to Towsak, this was the path to the relics left by the Ancient Ainsars. He was told that there were various traps and formations ahead. The trigger for these traps and formations could even be at the entrance; so he wanted to be careful.


    "Have you ever heard of Magic Path Karma?" Towsak asked as they walked towards the huge rift.


    Heinald said, "If I''m not mistaken, this concept is the main reason why Ainsars leave relics behind. For the continuation of the Path of Magic, Ainsars bequeath materials, spells, knowledge resources, and special techniques from the various experiments they''ve done. In turn, they believe that their future chances will increase. "


    "Do you think that''s true? Do you think the Ainsars, who have left us various relics, have met various chances?"


    Heinald shrugged, "I don''t know, as I said before, I think there was a great war between them. Considering that, I can''t say they were very lucky. However, sometimes luck can''t beat fate; if even the Ancient Ainsars believed in the existence of such a concept, it would make sense to follow their lead. After all, The Path of Magic must continue..."


    "Mmm." Towsak nodded slowly. He seemed to want to make some inferences about the Ainsars.


    Heinald had told him his true thoughts. As an Ainsar himself, he would begin to inherit knowledge of various experiments or various magical materials as a relic. Of course, he would also set traps and various formations at the entrance of these ruins. Thus, he would make sure that these relics would not be seized by the unworthy.


    His luck had always been good. If such a concept as Magic Path Karma really existed, he might be even luckier in the future and encounter events that would greatly affect his future.


    Heinald and Towsak continued to walk deeper into the huge rift. He hadn''t seen any detail that would have caught his attention. The surrounding Elemental Energy density was at normal levels and there was no other type of energy.


    "You''ve been here before, haven''t you?" Heinald asked hesitantly.


    "Of course! We have to walk a little further to reach the danger zone." Towsak replied.


    "Can you give some details about the danger zone?"

 Chapter 178: Difficult Way

    Chapter 178: Difficult Way


    Heinald didn''t know how long he had walked, but he was sure it was more than half a day.


    "Oh? Whats that?" As Heinald kept walking, he saw a skeleton ahead. Although it looked like a human skeleton, it wasn''t.


    This skeleton had four arms and only four fingers. These fingers were abnormally long. This skeleton had two legs, but each foot had eight toes.


    In his skull, two faces were intertwined. The sight he encountered made him very ufortable.


    Heinald muttered, "This skeleton must belong to a Cursed."


    After he stopped examining the skeleton, he continued walking. He generally no longer heard the sound of drops of water, all he heard was his own breathing and the sound of footsteps.


    But this situation began to change over time. He began to hear strange humsing from the deep.


    "Nyeek!"


    Heinald heard a high-pitched scream from nearby. Then he noticed arge number of footsteps approaching him.


    His ring radiated a silver gleam, and the ring turned into a silver beam of light that flew into his hand, taking the form of twin swords.


    The light of the orb could only illuminate a hundred meters ahead. A hundred meters away, a hideous-looking creature with two intertwined faces entered his vision. It had four arms and a curved spine.


    Before long, the number of these creatures began to increase.


    "These things must be friends of the skeleton I recently encountered" Heinald started to look at the Cursed, who were running towards him, a look of disdain in his eyes.


    "The Cursed: People whose souls have been corrupted and lost control of their souls after being subjected to some kind of soul curse or soul experiment for a long time. The severe damage to their souls also greatly affects their physical structure."


    Heinald remembered a text from a source he had read a long time ago. In fact, he just took pity on these things. Who does not have consciousness, does not actually live; but they were nothing more than life forms that seemed to be alive.


    "Let''s see how strong you are..." Heinald muttered and took a step forward, taking a firm position. He remembered the first time he had seen a Cursed; that Cursed was quite weak because the Apprentice had been killed by the Ainsars.


    Heinald dodges the Cursed, who dashed towards him and swung his w at his head, by taking a quick step to the right and cutting off his arm in one swift move.


    When the cursed''s arm fell to the ground, he immediately went behind him and plunged his sword into the back of his head.


    "Gwah!" A green liquid began to flow from the cursed''s severed arm and mouth, and he copsed to the ground.


    Heinald blocked the kick from his right, with the sword in his right hand as a shield in front of him, a swift swing of the sword in his left hand, and shing the Cursed''s head in two.


    "His physical strength is probably equal to that of someone who has managed to be a new Level 1 Ainsar" Heinald calcted the strength levels of the two Cursed ones he had killed.


    These power levels were even more harmless to him than a baby toy. Even if he just stood there all day doing nothing, he wouldn''t have been harmed.


    Heinald simply quickly sliced up the dozens of Cursed rushing towards him. The twin swords in his hand automatically drew Dark Energy, and as a result, he used the power of Dark Fire. Naturally, swords covered with ck mes could easily destroy their skin and bones in one stroke.


    In a short time he killed hundreds of them.


    "I think they''re done" Heinald heard no more shouts and footsteps, beginning to think he had killed all the Cursed; however, the voice he heard from the deep made him abandon that thought.


    Apparently, there was a lot moreing after him.


    Frost Wave!


    A st of freezing air blew out from Heinald''s body, freezing all the Cursed who hade near him. He walked normally through the frozen cursed and continued to advance.


    He walked for hours but did not encounter any other Cursed. The ce was dead silent again. He could only hear the sound of his own footsteps and breathing.


    It''s been a long time.


    Heinald was excited when he saw the blue and white lights ahead, it was quite bothering him to concentrate on looking around for a long time.


    As the light began to move east, he noticed that the road curved to the right.


    "Hm? This is" As Heinald entered arge room, the sight he encountered made his eyes widen.


    In the middle of the room was a huge flower with ice-blue petals. This flower was over six meters tall, and the stem of this flower was covered with a kind of energy barrier. This flower radiated a frightening aura of Ice Elements. At the back were ice capsules that looked like eggs.


    Heinald knew what this flower was.


    It was a Dementor Frost Flower!


    He was sure that the energy waves emanating from this Dementor Frost Flower were equal to a peak-phase Level 2 Ainsar. This flower was an extremely rare species and very dangerous.


    When the Dementor Frost Flower opened its petals, beams of white and blue light began to dance around. Small pieces of ice formed on its leaves began to move like feathers in the wind and scatter around.


    A wave of ice-blue light shot out from the two petals of the Dementor Frost Flower.


    "Shit!" Heinald immediately activated the Blood Nightmare Shield. As the wave of light collided with the pale red barrier surrounding his body, a fierce cold and dense Ice Element Energy radiated out.


    Heinald had to squint at the sudden pain in his brain. The reason for this sudden pain was that Blood Nightmare Shield lost twenty percent of its energy in a single attack. Cracks had appeared around the pale red barrier surrounding it.


    "Infernal Fireball!" mes of terrifying heat appeared in Heinald''s hand, and they gathered together to form a ball of fire. The resulting fireball instantly melted the surrounding ice, creating ayer of red light around it under the influence of intense heat.


    He sent the fireball directly to the Dementor Frost Flower. The fireball, which radiated a scorching heat, began to fly, leaving scorching mes behind it.


    *Shoushh!* Ayer of ice appeared around the Dementor Frost Flower. The fireball exploded when it hit thisyer, and half of the great room was engulfed by the scorching mes. The Dementor Frost Flower was not visible.


    Magic Scroll: Divine Chaos!


    Heinald took the scroll out of the dimensional pocket of his robe and sent Magical Energy to it. As the Dementor Frost Flower was engulfed by the mes, lightning bolts appeared above it, and fierce lightning streaks began to descend on the Dementor Frost Flower one after another. Each lightning streak caused the entire room to shake violently.


    As he used two very powerful elemental spells in a short time, the surrounding elemental energy became very dominant.


    When the mes dissipated, the Dementor Frost Flower appeared. The pool ofva that had formed beneath him was damaging his trunk, the light emanating from his leaves was greatly weakened. The energy field surrounding his body seemed to havepletely disappeared.


    *Crack!* The Dementor Frost Flower quickly closed its petals and opened them back at the same speed. When its leaves reopened, a st of freezing ice spread and froze everything in the surrounding area, including theva pool below.


    An intense amount of Ice Element Energy began to gather in his petal.


    "Not good!" Heinald cried out inside. His ring turned into a silver beam of light and took the form of a battle ax.


    The Ice Element Energy that had umted in the petal of the Dementor Frost Flower exploded and turned into a streaky wave of ice that rushed towards Heinald.


    Heinald activated the second property of the Attack-Type Magical Treasure, damage absorption, and hurled it into a streaking wave of ice towards him.


    As the two attacks collided, intense waves of energy began to spread around. The ck mes surrounding the ax seemed to be bubbling. The entire room had started to freezepletely, if a Level 1 Ainsar were there, he would transform into a snowman in a matter of seconds.


    Heinald felt his entire body freeze, as he had guessed, his magical treasure''s absorption was not enough against this attack. The situation wasn''t going well for him, he''d better start thinking about something different.


    Heinald felt his entire body freeze, as he had guessed, his magical treasure''s absorption was not enough against this attack. The situation wasn''t going well for him, he''d better start thinking about something different.


    As the two attacks collided, intense waves of energy began to spread around. The ck mes surrounding the ax seemed to be bubbling. The entire room had started to freezepletely, if a Level 1 Ainsar were there, he would transform into a snowman in a matter of seconds.

 Chapter 179: Interaction

    Chapter 179: Interaction


    When Heinald and Towsak entered the rift, they continued on a straight road for a while. Towsak showed him the traps hidden in the road, one by one. However, Heinald had already noticed the traps before he had told him; it was hard for anything to escape his eyes.


    "The hums and tremors increased ..." Heinald said.


    "As I said, we are getting closer and closer to magic formation." There was tension in Towsak''s voice.


    "It''s a pretty straight road, will it always be like this?" Heinald realized that the road ahead of him curved in no direction.


    "No." Towsak shook his head, "We''re already about to reach the formation.


    "Is the formation you''re talking about some kind of security formation?" Heinald asked.


    "No, it''s more of a test formation to me." Towsak replied.


    "Test formation? What do you mean?" Heinald''s brows furrowed slightly.


    Towsak pointed ahead, "You''ll soon find out."


    Ahead was a semicircr entrance, but inside it waspletely dark. When he saw Towsak step inside without hesitation, he followed.


    The moment Heinald stepped inside, he realized that the energy around him hadpletely changed. The Elemental Energy Particles around him were almost half suppressed. This meant that any elemental magic he cast would be 50% less effective.


    All of a sudden, dozens of torches were lit, illuminating the surroundingspletely. He looked around and saw that Towsak was not with him. While he was trying to figure out what was going on, arge ck hole appeared in the air and many insect-like creatures emerged from it. Energy waves were not emanating from these insect-like creatures.


    Heinald waved his hand and a silver light emanated from the ring in his hand, turning into twin swords. The twin swords began to absorb the Dark Energy he had.


    The swords were covered with ck mes.


    Heinald stabbed both swords at the same time into the insect-like creature that was jumping towards him. Swords covered with ck mes quickly overcame these insects'' defenses and skewered thempletely.


    He parried the attack of the insect-like creatureing from his right side with ck sword which made entirely of Dark Energy. Then, he performed a horizontal sh with the original sword.


    *Criiik!" The insect-like creature let out a pathetic cry before being cut in half by the sword.


    He twisted his swords on his wrist and shed at them against the attacks of two insect-like creatures, who were simultaneously heading towards him.


    *Triinn!* A high-pitched crash resounded.


    These insect-like creatures were gray in color and had an oval body. They had four short legs, two small eyes, and arge mouth full of sharp teeth.


    This creature''s tongue was like a flexible sword, able to curl and dash forward, adding great agility to its attacks.


    Heinald realized that these creatures'' bodies were pretty solid, but they didn''t stand a chance against him.


    After repeating the same process for several minutes, all the creatures that came out of the ck hole were destroyed by him.


    The ck hole got smaller and smaller within seconds and eventually disappearedpletely.


    "It can''t be that simple...There has to be something different behind it." Heinald thought this test was too easy. As far as he could tell, Kawtils had failed to break through this test formation.


    Arge door opened automatically at the back of therge square room in front of Heinald. The space behind this door was invisible, all that was visible was darkness.


    As Heinald approached this door, he first poked his finger in. Then, when he inserted his whole body, he found Towsak staring at him.


    "What''s going on? Where have you disappeared to?" Heinald asked.


    Towsak said, "Look behind you!"


    Heinald turned and saw the semicircr entrance. He hade back to where he entered the formation. The Elemental Energy Particles around him had returned to normal again.


    "I went up to the same ce again" Heinald was looking towards the entrance with a serious expression.


    "It looks like we''re subjecting to some kind of illusion..." Towsak said.


    "But how? It felt so real!" Heinald shot him a nce.


    "Dreams feel real too." Towsak shrugged.


    "Not as much as what I just experienced."


    "Of course! It''s an illusion after all, much stronger than your dreams." Towsak sighed.


    Heinald trained three more times and tried to pass the test, but without sess. Each time he came back to Towsak.


    "We''ve lingered here long enough, we''d better go back now." Towsak sighed.


    "Mm. You''re right." Heinald nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face.


    The two of them returned to Kawtil City together.


    After considering helping them with the relic for a while, Heinald decided to decline. While he wasn''t afraid of the traps of the relic area, he was afraid of the formations there and a possible Ulltemol attack.


    However, that didn''t mean he gave up on that relic site!


    He wanted to single-handedly capture that relic. A coboration with Kawtils meant that he had to surrender half of the resources he was going to capture, and that the Ulltemols considered him as an enemy.


    Moreover, if he acted alone, he could move much faster and unnoticed.


    So even though he agreed to exchange information with them, he would refuse to help them with the remains.


    Heinald spent a few days just wandering around Kawtil City. One day he sent word to them to hold a meeting with the council. His proposal was epted by the council.


    Even as he wandered around the city, he had noticed that he was being watched by the council''s observers. They obviously didn''t trust him, just as Heinald didn''t fully trust them.


    "Heinald, do you intend to help us with the relic area?" Avnr asked him.


    "I haven''t decided yet. I will definitely make that decision if we can pass that test formation for sure. But I will help you to pass it." Heinald was not sincere in his words. If he rejected them outright, he might not be able to exchange their inherited knowledge.


    So he was trying to buy time.


    "Oh! That''s good to hear." Avnr nodded lightly.


    "Besides, I would love to exchange information with you." Heinald added.


    "Then we can make our offers to each other." Avnr agreed and continued, "First of all, I would like to present a few very valuable pieces of information we have inherited from the Great Ainsar Grildar.


    "Information about what?" Heinald asked.


    "Information about Level 3 and Level 4." Avnr replied.


    Heinald''s eyes suddenly opened and his heart started beating fast. Despite reading all the sources he found all these years, he had not been able toe up with the slightest knowledge theory about Level 3 and Level 4.


    Such knowledge would be absolutely jarring for the Ainsar World. Information about level 3 was only avable to a few of the most powerful families and ns.


    "The recipe for a Protection Formation I created that can easily stop Level 2 Ainsar, and some high-level knowledge of the Runes."


    Heinald made his offer.


    The eyes of the council gleamed. For them, this information was information that they did not need much. After all, they did not have differentmunities that they could rule using this information. It wasn''t a very important piece as they all knew this information.


    However, what Heinald offered would undoubtedlye in handy for them. After all, although they had some legacy of knowledge left by Great Ainsar Grildar, their general theory of formations and runes was minimal.


    Heinald immediately began to copy some of the information he knew and the description of the security formation onto the papers given to him.


    It worked non-stop for a few days. However, it was worth it; he would get information about Level 3 and Level 4 after all.


    The exchange waspleted when both sides met the requirements. Heinald immediately began to read the information about Level 3 and Level 4 in the sources given to him.


    The Kawtiller, on the other hand, began to study the runes and formation description given to them by Heinald with excitement and admiration.


    When Kawtils started working on the runes, they couldn''t understand how he had memorized so many runes. There were tens of thousands of copies of runes on the papers given to them. Moreover, all of these runes had been drawn wlessly.


    Heinald, on the other hand, was about to have a heart attack with excitement. The information given to him was important enough to start a great war in the World of Ainsar.


    Great families and ns kept information about Level 3 as their greatest treasure.


    Level 4 was something else entirely!


    Heinald wasn''t sure, but maybe 3-4 people in the entire Ainsar World should have known about Level 4.


    The information he obtained contained the requirements and directions to be Level 3 and Level 4. It was very easy for him to learn the requirements about the first two levels because his grandfather was already a Level 2 Ainsar.


    However, he had chosen the path to follow as a result of his own research.

 Chapter 180: Pot

    Chapter 180: Pot


    As Heinald read the information written in the sources about Level 3 and Level 4, he understood the value of this information much better. In some of the chapters embedded in this information, he hade across some more information that had piqued his interest quite a bit.


    In ancient times, the Ainsars did not follow a single path to reach the higher levels. For example, when they reached the required amount of Spirit Energy to rise to Level 2, instead of cultivating their bodies, they would create a magical puppet and transfer some of their Spirit Energy to it. Thus, they could level up faster without having to think about how to strengthen their bodies. Various methods like this exist for all levels.


    He began to read a note written by the Great Ainsar Grildar himself.


    "Breakthrough to Level 3 Ainsar is one of the most important points for the Ainsar Path, because you need to determine which type of energy you will be prone to when breakthrough to Level 3..."


    Heinald took a short break from reading and muttered, "It means I''ll have to choose between Elemental, Dark, or Mystical Energy...I don''t know enough about Mystical Energy yet."


    Of course, he knew that this was not and would not be the only way to breakthrough to Level 3 Ainsar; however, he did not believe that he would find a guiding resource elsewhere breakthrough to Level 3.


    Even if he did, it would probably cost him dearly. So it would be best for him to follow the path shown by this source.


    Heinald continued to read.


    "When you are prone to the energy type you choose, the magic you apply with that energy type will naturally be stronger and easier than other energies. However, you should know that this process will be very difficult."


    Heinald took a deep breath before starting to read the details. Then he began to carefully read everything. Hourster, when he finished reading, he threw himself on his bed and began to think.


    Breaking into Level 3 Ainsar was unlike any other process he had experienced. Despite the sea of information in his memory, it was very hard on his mind to analyze concepts and make correct inferences.


    He felt that the power in his mind waspletely exhausted, on the one hand he had no energy to think about anything, on the other hand he wanted to think.


    ording to the technique he has acquired, in order to break to Level 3 Ainsar, it is necessary to select an energy type and acquire a predisposition for it. However, the process to be followed in order to achieve this predisposition is very difficult.


    ording to the Great Ainsar Grildar, the easiest way to obtain the energy predisposition was to obtain the blood extract of a pureblood Magical Beast who was predisposed to that energy type andbine it with your own soul.


    However, this process was of course not as short as described. it was very difficult to obtain blood extract andbine it with spirit; it was necessary to make veryplex formations and to apply very sensitive operations without errors. Still, finding a pureblood Magical Beast and seeding in killing it would be much more difficult.


    Heinald did not want to continue because his mind was too tired. Over the next few days, he only bothered to analyze the general and detailed information about Level 3 in detail.


    In the meantime, the council members came up with various offers to get more information from him, but he stated that he would listen to their offerster, as he was busy.


    When he finished analyzing the information about Level 3, he set up another meeting with the council and listened to their offers.


    They offered to give him copies of the spells they had in exchange for more rune copies and technical information on formations.


    When Heinald saw that the level of these spells was only Medium Rank, he couldn''t help butugh.


    "If you want high-level knowledge of runes and formations from me, you shoulde up with much better offers."


    Heinald had dismissed them with a non-offensive sentence. Normally, he would humiliate them if he didn''t have the resources he could get from them. However, considering the continuation of offers and exchanges, he managed to control his nerves.


    Before leaving this ne, the Great Ainsar Grildar had left some resources for them. It was so farcical to think that such a powerful entity would only have left them Medium Rank spells.


    The council members asked him for permission to prepare another proposal until the next day. The next day they sent him an invitation toe to the assembly hall.


    When Heinald went to the assembly hall, he saw the five council members sitting as solemnly as ever.


    "We''ve decided to give you the best offer we can make, but we will also ask you for a better offer than your previous offer." When Avnr saw him, he got right to the point.


    Heinald nodded, "All right! Let me hear your offer."


    "We will deliver you copies of the five spells that Great Ainsar Grildar qualifies as High Rank. However, we will expect an offer of the same value in return." After a pause, Avnr continued, "Three of these spells are Elemental Energy based, and the other two are Dark Energy based.


    A quick gleam passed in Heinald''s eyes, quite excited, but he didn''t show it to them.


    Towsak said, "Let me warn you. These spells are quite difficult to learn. If you can''t use Dark Energy, you can''t use Dark Spells anyway."


    "In exchange for these spells, I will give you high-level knowledge of runes and formations. Moreover, as a potion master, I will do research on nts on this ne and give you extensive study records of these nts. If these nts arepatible, I will develop some potion forms for you."


    After thinking for a while, Heinald made his offer.


    Although the council members were very excited about this offer, it was obvious that they did not find it sufficient.


    Heinald didn''t have much to worry about. Kawtils needed whatever higher level knowledge they could get from him. If they wanted to achieve victory over the Ulltemols, they had no choice but to rely on the knowledge he had.


    Their biggest disadvantage was that they did not have the opportunity to develop their knowledge resources. The reason for this was quite obvious: This ne was small and it was impossible to find various studies and resources. Therefore, although they had inherited very important information from a great Ainsar, they could not develop and use it for themselves. As it is understood, they were quite poor in terms of knowledge.


    Most likely, they did their Spirit Cultivation thanks to some important resources and various underground resources left by Ainsar Grildar.


    "There''s one more thing we want from you." Avnr said.


    Heinald asked, "What is it?"


    "Detailed description of how you got here." Avnr said.


    Heinald gailyughed and said, "You should increase your bid for this information."


    Towsak said, "But we''ve already provided you with the highest rank spells we have."


    "I''m sure there are other things you have too." Heinald remained calm and began to observe them.


    "Other than that, the only thing we can offer you is our Protection Formation. However, such an offer is out of the question." Avnr said.


    "Then you should consider mytest offer." Heinald said.


    The council members had to ept the offer after some time to consider among themselves. After all, the information they would get would be very important to them. The information about the runes and formations he gave would allow them to secure various regions. Of course, if they can find a source of energy sufficient to activate those formations.


    Moreover, Heinald would analyze various nts for them, and if they werepatible nts, he would create potion forms from them.


    Time began to pass quickly.


    Heinald wrote down some of the high-level knowledge and many runes he knew for them, and began experimenting with the nts brought to him.


    He exined and noted the effects of the Kawtils one by one after various experiments on various nt species they had collected from different parts of the ne.


    Although these nts were different in appearance, they were simr nts in the Ainsar World in effect, and frankly, they were all very mediocre.


    Heinald was able to develop only three potion forms after experimenting with all the nts.


    One of these potion forms prevented blood loss for five minutes. However, since the purity of this potion was very low, the body developed immunity to this potion very quickly. Moreover, after using it, it caused a two-day loss of strength as a side effect.


    Another potion increased his movement speed by 5% for ten minutes. The purity of this potion was also quite low.


    The final potion was a kind of antidote. It could be used to destroy low-level poisons. The purity of this potion was the lowest among them, ording to his calctions, with just one use, the body would develop immunity to this potion.

 Chapter 181: Sword Claw Shadow-Eyed Wolf!

    Chapter 181: Sword w Shadow-Eyed Wolf!


    Heinald frowned, "What could he have seen to cause his family to betray him?"


    An expression of indecision appeared on Havin Volz''s face. Obviously, the subject he wanted to talk about was quite a deep one and he didn''t want to go into it simply.


    "Whatever he saw... His family wanted to get rid of him to avoid this danger, didn''t they?" Seeing his indecision, Heinald wanted to go further.


    Havin exhaled and said, "Furyus found a Memory Crystal from ancient times in one of the ruins he explored."


    "Memory Crystal?" A thoughtful expression appeared on Heinald''s face.


    "Yes, ording to him, this crystal belonged to a powerful Ainsar who lived in ancient times. However, it took a very strong mind to gather the memories inside this crystal. Even though Furyus was a Level 2 Ainsar, even he did not have such a mind. That''s why he asked me, his most trusted friend, for help."


    Havin''s face turned pale.


    "Just the two of you knew that?" Heinald asked.


    Havin shook his head, "No, Furyus told his family about the Memory Crystal as well. It was quite normal; after all, we''re talking about family."


    Heinald took a deep breath and sat back, "So his family told others that he had a Memory Crystal from ancient times?"


    "I don''t think so" Havin shook his head, "Havin was already a target if you ask me."


    Heinald''s eyebrows rose slightly, "What do you mean?"


    Havin sped his hands on the table and looked directly into his eyes, "I don''t think his family has told anyone that he found a Memory Crystal from ancient times... No! It''s something different. If you ask me, whoever destroyed Furyus has been around since the very beginning. They knew he had the memory crystal."


    Noticing that Heinald was staring nkly at him, Havin continued, "Many in this world, if they''re lucky, are able to obtain some valuable relics from ancient relics."


    Heinald nodded slowly.


    "About twenty years ago I had managed to inherit a legacy from ancient times, but no one came and took me away. Furyus found something that was not wanted by anyone to find it." Havin took a sip of the drink in front of him, "Whoever destroyed him, they reached out to his family first and probably threatened them. Furyus, in a letter he sent me the day before he disappeared, wrote that he found some letters in his daughter''s room and was sending letters to someone who wanted to destroy him."


    When Heinald put the information he had learned together in his head, he more or less understood what was going on. However, all this caused a huge question to pop up in his mind.


    Who eliminated it?


    Havin looked at Heinald, "You''re wondering, aren''t you? Who? Who''s behind this?"


    He shook his head.


    "Although I''m not sure, I think I know who''s behind this." Havin''s tone was as cold as ice.


    "Who?" Heinald asked.


    "An organization... An organization that wants some remnants of ancient times to be left behind the dusty pages of history." Havin was staring at his drink with a thoughtful expression.


    Heinald''s eyes widened, "Don''t tell me... Al-Yuen?"


    "Huh? Do you know them?" Havin sprang to his feet in surprise, his eyes wide open.


    "I can''t say I know much about them. I just know they don''t really like relics from ancient times." Heinald replied.


    Havin quickly sat down and whispered, "They''re specifically finding and destroying relics from the lost millennium era."


    Heinald frowned, "Are they destroying?"


    "Yeah." Haven shook his head.


    "Furyus was uneasy that day because he found his daughter''s correspondence... His family must have realized why, so they finished him off that night." Heinald muttered.


    "I may be their target, too, but I haven''t seen any of the memories stored inside the Memory Crystal. So, I probably don''t pose any danger to them. I was far from here when Furyus asked me for my help on this matter. And when I came here to help him. .. I learned that he had disappeared."


    Havin took another sip of the drink in front of him.


    ***


    When Heinald left the inn, his expression was rather dark. Although he didn''t fully believe this man named Havin, he could sense that he wasn''t lying. The organization called Al-Yuen was probably the oldest in the Ainsar World. Thousands of years of intelligence and interaction in their hands allowed them to be aware of many things and to hide behind the shadows perfectly.


    Heinald had not seen any information about this organization in any source he had read.


    He was thinking of giving up on this business. It was in stupid to go after an old and unknowable organization like Al-Yuen.


    Heinald left Allivion City and traveled to Ruthas Academy. Furyus gave information about Almhad that he had outside of Al-Yuen. The officer said that the academy will investigate this intelligence and he can get Achievement Points depending on the situation.


    Heinald''s next task was to listen to Count Vaarsen''s problem and try to find a solution for him. However, there were some things he wanted to do at the academy before going to his mansion. He was contemting a new potion form in his spare time. This potion form would be one that would increase the Ice Element Effect. However, it would not make this potion with a Magical Beast spirit.


    His goal was to create a potion form that was rtively easy to make, inexpensive, and readily avable. Since his sea of knowledge about various herbs and ingredients was vast and his memory was impable, it was easy for him to list the ingredients he thought might work.


    But the materials he thought might work, of course, might not really work. After all, he would havepatibility problems to ovee, and he did not want to use an extra method to solve thepatibility problem, as he did not want this potion to be too difficult to make.


    He had already listed the herbs and ingredients he thought might bepatible with each other, he would experiment on them and try toe up with a potion form if they were highlypatible.


    Before starting experiments with his new apprentice, Orinath, Heinald had managed to purchase all the herbs and materials he had listed for around 1000 Achievement Points. Now all that was left was to work hard and conduct sessful experiments.


    "Rosew Flower, Ajin Bone Powder, Stubborn Fish Tear, Sky Grass, and Fortified Ha Bull Blood Essence I have quite a few of these ingredients, I hope they will suffice for experiments" Heinald looked at the materials in front of the table.


    Orinath was admiring the materials on the table. He had heard of some of these ingredients before, as he could be considered more knowledgeable in potions than most Ainsar. For him, if not for Heinald, these materials were extremely valuable. The materials that he had worked on before were quite palepared to these materials.


    Moreover, the toxicity of these materials was quite high. As a result of various experiments, these materials would already be reduced, and if there was a problem during the elimination of toxicity with the Spirit me, the materials could run out quickly.


    Naturally, he knew that his master was a genius, but making mistakes in experiments was normal, even for geniuses.


    The days passed quickly.


    After a lot of hard work, Heinald and Orinath had sessfully created a potion form. As a Level 1 Ainsar, Orinath could easily go without sleep for a few days, but like his master, he could not work without sleep for two weeks.


    Heinald wasn''t mad at him for that. He was aware that Orinath was doing the best he could, sessfully following the instructions he had given him.


    That was enough for him!


    The potion Heinald created was one that increased the Ice Element Effect. He called this potion "cial Storm Potion".


    cial Storm Potion was increasing the effect of the ice element by 20% for 3 minutes. The purity of this potion was 60%. Unfortunately, this was the best he could get with the ingredients he listed. ording to him, this result was still very good, this potion didn''t require very expensive and hard-to-find ingredients and still had a pretty good potency. Moreover, the duration of the effect was not bad at all.


    trust if he faced an enemy that he thought would be difficult to ovee in the future. Naturally, he knew that this potion wasn''t very effective, but the effect increase rate of this potion should be enough even for the strong enemies he will face, if not, that enemy is probably not in his league anyway.Heinald used ice element-based spells frequently. That''s why he wanted to have a potion he could


    cial Storm Potion was increasing the effect of the ice element by 20% for 3 minutes. The purity of this potion was 60%. Unfortunately, this was the best he could get with the ingredients he listed. ording to him, this result was still very good, this potion didn''t

 Chapter 182: Critical Aim

    Chapter 182: Critical Aim


    Hit by Heinald''s Death Ray, a big cleft appeared in the Yeti''s chest, and that area waspletely charred. Although the Yeti''s body was very strong, Death Ray''s destructive power was too much. Moreover, he was not a newly ascended Ainsar, his spiritual power was far greater than that of a newly ascended Ainsar. Therefore, all of his spells were quite destructive.


    The severely injured Yeti started to flee with all his remaining strength due to his survival instinct. Various parts of his body were also burned while he was trying to get rid of the Fire Vines. There was hardly any part of his thick fur that didn''t burn.


    Normally, Heinald would chase and kill him, but this time he was intent on letting him escape. The weather conditions were already so harsh, he didn''t want to waste any more time chasing him. This yeti wouldn''t be any more of a problem for him anyway, as his injuries were so severe he would probably die soon.


    He did not linger there any longer and carefully crossed the pass to reach Mount Ariek. He could now see the huge castle which his master had spoken of. As he examined the surroundings to plot a route for himself, he realized that a path had been made leading to the castle.


    Heinald started his way up the mountain road, which had a very steep incline. Although he tried to move as fast as he could, it took almost half a day to reach the castle. Mount Ariek was thergest and highest mountain he had ever seen. As an Ainsar, despite his superior physical strength, to move forward against the constantly blowing gusts of wind made it very difficult for him. He had a hard time traveling especially at night. Even though his robe was a Magical Treasure and his body was very solid, the conditions were tough.


    When he arrived in front of the castle, he noticed that the entire castle was inside a protection formation. Someone with normal eyes would definitely not see this formation, but his eyes were far from normal. When he approached the formation and touched it, he was pushed back extremely powerfully.


    At that moment, Heinald felt the ground tremble under his feet. About two secondster, a stone golem half his height emerged from under the ground. He could see the various runes on this golem.


    "Exin your reason for being here!"


    The little golem standing in front of Heinald spoke with a human voice. He almostughed at this, but he managed to restrain himself.


    Heinald said, "I''m here at the request of Albin Redsand."


    The golem stood for a while without moving or making a sound. After a few seconds it started walking and said, "Please follow!"


    The protective field where the golem was walking disappeared. When both of them entered the formation, that area was back to its original state. Heinald had only seen such arge protection formation in Tn Town and Grandmaster Albin''s mansion before.


    Heinald felt a heaviness in his heart as he remembered the isted Tn Town. Most likely, no one there was able to get rid of the Century Raid. The formation there was also very strong, but it was surpassed by those creatures.


    As he and Golem arrived in front of the castle''s great gate, the gate slowly began to open. When they entered, he encountered a sight he never expected to see. Inside a huge fortified fortress built on arge mountain like Mount Ariek, there were stone buildings that looked quite ordinary. At the center of the buildings was arger and more ostentatious main building, yet still less ostentatious than most buildings he had seen in cities he had visited before.


    Heinald began to wonder the person who which own a casle like this, and also quite close to Albin Redsand. It was clear that he was an important person, but it seems like unlike Albin, he obviously wasn''t much of a show-off.


    "Lord Fredor will wee you soon." The golem''s strange voice snapped Heinald out of his thoughts.


    While walking, Heinald had seen many ordinary people. These people were servants working in the castle. He hadn''t seen any Ainsar yet, and this situation was strange to him, but this situation did notst long. These ordinary people wore very thick clothing to protect themselves from the freezing cold and tried not to stay outside for as long as possible.


    When they arrived in front of the great building, a bald and vigorous-looking man greeted them. The waves of energy emanating from this man revealed that he was also a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greetings! I''ll apany you from now on." The bald man gave a nod.


    Likewise, Heinald gave him a nod.


    Heinald''s thoughts about the outside of the castle slowly began to change as he saw inside. It was obvious at first nce that the stones on the walls of this building were special, he could also feel the energy emanating from these stones.


    "These stones must have been powered by runes." Heinald continued to examine the stones at the same time as he passed through a long and ostentatious corridor. This castle was built in a dangerous area and it was understandable that it was so protected. Even if the formation outside the castle was breached, it would be very difficult to pass the castle walls.


    After a few minutes of walking, they stopped in front of arge ck door.


    The big ck door opened slowly at that moment.


    "You cane in, Lord Fredor is waiting for you inside." The bald man gestured inside.


    When Heinald entered, the first thing that caught his attention was the intense Magical Energy surrounding the room. The interior of the room was quite tidy andrge, with many bookshelves around. Apart from books, on these bookshelves were spheres and various magic items that he had never seen before.


    At the very back of the room was a veryrge window, and in front of it was an armchair decorated with precious stones and a man sitting on it.


    His eyes widened slightly when Heinald saw this man. At that moment he realized that this man he was looking at was Albin Redsand''s twin brother.


    The man watching Heinald carefully gave a smallugh and said, "Looks like Albin didn''t tell you much about me."


    Heinald stared nkly for a few seconds, then recovered himself and bowed.


    Fredor stood up and walked over to Heinald, then opened his hand and waited.


    "Ah!" Heinald immediately understood what Fredor wanted, and took the box his master had given him from the dimensional pocket of his robe, and handed it to him.


    Fredor took the box gently and put on a satisfied expression, then said, "Albin told me about you. Even though you''re quite young, it is said that your Potion Brewing skills are pretty good!"


    "My master is exaggerating." Heinald gave a modest answer.


    "Albin doesn''t exaggerate anything." Fredor shook his head and continued, "If he thinks you''re talented, that means you''re talented."


    Heinald didn''t know what to say in response, so he wanted to open a different topic, "ording to my master''s order, if you need me for anything, I will do my best to help you."


    "Actually, I asked you toe here..." Fredor walked back to his seat and sat down. After stroking his beard for a few seconds, he continued, "I''m asking for your help, but not for myself, for my daughter Tisha."


    Heinald nodded slightly and asked, "Alright, but about what?"


    "What do you know about Ainsar academies?" Fredor asked.


    "I don''t know much. I just know that there are powerful families behind the academies. In these academies, education is given in various fields and Ainsars who are deemedpetent are invited by the families behind the academy."


    That was all Heinald knew.


    "Indeed! Academies are talent-finding tools for powerful families. However, if you ask me, every Ainsar should go there whenever they can." Fredor looked into Heinald''s eyes and asked, "Do you know why?"


    "For a quality education?" Heinald shrugged.


    "Actually, education is secondary..." Fredor shook his head, "The things that matter most are the research done there and the opportunities that wille your way."


    "What kind of opportunities?" Heinald''s eyebrows rose in interest.


    Fredor stroked his beard and said, "Only talented Ainsars are epted into academies. That means that you will be able to interact with many different talents like you."


    Heinald had never looked at it that way before. He wanted to go to an academy in the future to be able to ess the research done in the academies, but there were more important things there than research.


    Interacting with arge number of talented Ainsars in the academies will be very beneficial, especially in terms of knowledge exchange and experimentation!


    Heinald pondered for a moment, then asked, "And what does all this have to do with the task you''re going to give me?"


    Fredor asked, "Have you ever heard of Ruthas Academy?"

 Chapter 183: Ells City

    Chapter 183: Ells City


    When Heinald returned to Ruthas Academy, he began researching and experimenting to create a High Rank Healing Potion form for himself. He had already sessfullypleted his two missions and earned a total of 17000 Achievement Points. From the quest about Mr. Furyus'' disappearance, he hoped he''d earn some more Achievement Points soon.


    Now that he hadpleted his missions, he could devote himself to research and experimentation. If he was sessful in his experiments with Healing Potion, his next pursuit would be Spirit Potion. Normally, his priority would be Spirit Potion, but as soon as possible, he decided that he wanted a solid Healing Potion that he could trust. The forms of the healing potions on the market were broadly the same, his body waspletely immune to these potions.


    That''s why he was aiming to create a new potion form!


    He went through a one-month review, research, and analysis process to craft a High Rank Healing Potion. At the end of this period, he calcted that it might work, and produced a list of necessary materials. After he received these materials, he would begin the experimentation process.


    Over the course of a month, Furyus'' family was also subjected to professional interrogation, and they were eventually forced to admit that they were linked to Furyus'' death. However, they were killed by someone before they could give much detail. Of course, these people were members of that ''Dark'' organization.


    Heinald didn''t care any more, he had done the best he could and had given the academy the necessary intel. He had no intention of getting himself into trouble by going into more detail. He also managed to get full points from the task for doing what the academy asked him to do.


    ***


    Heinald was staring thoughtfully at the materials on his desk in theb of his academy home. He had sent Orinath outside so he wouldn''t be distracted, the potion he was going to be working on was far beyond the abilities of a novice like him.


    On the table were five Polos Leaves, a small tube of Kevser Bear blood, a Lefen Seed, and a quarter tube of Azure Fanur Rose Extract. All but Azure Fanur Rose Extract had to be detoxified, and all these ingredients were extremely delicate.


    He had to be very careful throughout this entire process!


    Heinald had bought these materials not with Achievement Points, but in exchange for arge amount of Arkana Stones. He didn''t want to spend more Achievement Points on materials. So he left the academy and traveled to several cities and bought the first part of the materials he had listed.


    If he did not find sess with these materials, he would continue to experiment with other materials that he calcted as a result of his analysis that might work.


    Five Polos Leaves, a small tube of Kevser Bear blood, a Lefen Seed, and a quarter tube of Azure Fanur Rose Extract were just the ingredients needed for a potion. He had bought all of these materials twenty times, as he would only use them for experimentation; so he would use twenty full potion ingredients for his experiments.


    "Okay, let''s begin..." Heinald sighed and began the experiments.


    The hours began to pass quickly.


    As he had anticipated, the experiment was challenging for the duration. Although he could control his Spirit me almost perfectly, he still had a hard time eliminating the toxicity of these materials. While one of the biggest challenges of Potion Brewing was eliminating toxicity, that wasn''t the only challenge.


    The most important thing was timing!


    When brewing a Potion, the reaction of each ingredient added to the cauldron must be carefully observed and added to the mix just in time, or the potion would most likely turn into a mess. On the other hand, even if there was no garbage, its purity would be quite low; which meant that this potion only had a lifespan of one or two uses.


    While Heinald was able to sessfullyplete the detoxification process, he had repeated failures because he could not calcte the exact timing of adding the ingredients to the boiler.


    All this did not demotivate him. Creating a potion form was quite a challenge, thanks to his impable memory, he could remember every piece of information he learned perfectly, but this information could only help a little in practice.


    In order to sessfully brew the High Rank Healing Potion he was working on, he had to determine the reaction timings perfectly and add the ingredients to the cauldron ording to these results in the next process. Since the new potion form he created was entirely created by him, naturally he had to determine all these details with various experiments.


    That was the most challenging part of Potion Brewing!


    A Potions Master wouldn''t just collect forms and brew potions, he would also strive to create potion forms.


    Most Ainsars stayed away from this branch as these experiments would require too many Arkana Stones.


    The days passed quite hard for Heinald.


    He experimented a lot and unfortunately did not get a sessful result. He had used all the materials at his disposal for his failed experiments. He had to buy the same materials again and continue his experiments.


    Although he gained a lot of experience from his previous experiments, it was difficult even for him to quickly detect the reactions of a High Rank potion. Although he was able to detect reactions much more clearly and quickly than other Ainsars thanks to his eyes, he still had a hard time.


    When Heinald left his home smallb dayster, he asked his apprentice to clean it up. He then went to the Potions Division of the academy. Since he hadn''t been to the Potions Division for a long time, the potions he needed to brew had umted quite a bit. So he spent the next few days in the building''sb.


    Fortunately, the potions the academy wanted from them were those that already had a form and were rtively easy to make. It was Heinald''s idea, though; ording to him, these potions were not difficult to brew, but the same could not be said for the other members of the Potions Division.


    After Heinald brewed and delivered the potions he needed to brew, he walked towards the exit door to leave the Potions Division.


    "Heinald!"


    He noticed Ellying from the opposite direction and calling out to him.


    "Hello." Heinald smiled faintly.


    "I don''t see you around here very often" Elly touched her beautiful chin.


    "Actually, I was pretty busy with various experiments. So the potions I had to deliver had a bit of a backlog, I''ve spent thest few days herepleting them." Heinald shrugged.


    "If I''m not mistaken, you were also in trouble with the assignments you took from the academy." Elly chuckled lightly.


    Heinald smiled lightly and shook his head, "I''ve managed to ovee them, but I haven''t been able to collect as many Achievement Points as I wanted yet. I have to do a lot more quests to get the amount I want."


    Elly''s brows furrow slightly for a moment, "Heinald, can I make you an offer?"


    "Hm? What is it?" Heinald was intrigued.


    "At Ruthas Academy, headmasters can take on various special missions. I got an offer for a very special mission the other day. They asked me to make a special potion, a kind of strength potion. However, the purity of this potion will be at least 80%. Considering that you are talented, you can help me best. If we get a sessful result, we will split our Achievement Points in half. What do you think?"


    Heinald''s eyebrows rose slightly as Elly exined the situation.


    "Strength Potion? Hmph!" Heinald grinned, "Ruthas Academy is asking a Potions Master for help with a high-purity potion?"


    Elly exhaled, "Not only that, of course, the 30% physical strength boost effect that willst at least twenty minutes is among the conditions... However, we will earn a full 40,000 Achievement Points in return."


    "Ruthas Academy must have a potion form by the standards you say... Why would they ask you to do something like that?" Heinald scratched his chin.


    Elly shook her head, "You''re looking a little shallow... As you know, the most effective potion forms are monopolized by the big families. There are strong families behind Ruthas Academy as well and they give a lot of support to the academy but they don''t givemercial independence. If the academy has their own potion forms they also have their own independent source of ie, which naturally gives them a widermercial space."


    Elly shook her head, "You''re looking a little shallow... As you know, the most effective potion forms are monopolized by the big families. There are strong families behind Ruthas Academy as well and they give a lot of support to the academy but they don''t givemercial independence. If the academy has their own potion forms they also have their own independent source of ie, which naturally gives them a widermercial space."

 Chapter 184: Eternal Ordeal

    Chapter 184: Eternal Ordeal


    When Heinald and Towsak entered the rift, they continued on a straight road for a while. Towsak showed him the traps hidden in the road, one by one. However, Heinald had already noticed the traps before he had told him; it was hard for anything to escape his eyes.


    "The hums and tremors increased ..." Heinald said.


    "As I said, we are getting closer and closer to magic formation." There was tension in Towsak''s voice.


    "It''s a pretty straight road, will it always be like this?" Heinald realized that the road ahead of him curved in no direction.


    "No." Towsak shook his head, "We''re already about to reach the formation.


    "Is the formation you''re talking about some kind of security formation?" Heinald asked.


    "No, it''s more of a test formation to me." Towsak replied.


    "Test formation? What do you mean?" Heinald''s brows furrowed slightly.


    Towsak pointed ahead, "You''ll soon find out."


    Ahead was a semicircr entrance, but inside it waspletely dark. When he saw Towsak step inside without hesitation, he followed.


    The moment Heinald stepped inside, he realized that the energy around him hadpletely changed. The Elemental Energy Particles around him were almost half suppressed. This meant that any elemental magic he cast would be 50% less effective.


    All of a sudden, dozens of torches were lit, illuminating the surroundingspletely. He looked around and saw that Towsak was not with him. While he was trying to figure out what was going on, arge ck hole appeared in the air and many insect-like creatures emerged from it. Energy waves were not emanating from these insect-like creatures.


    Heinald waved his hand and a silver light emanated from the ring in his hand, turning into twin swords. The twin swords began to absorb the Dark Energy he had.


    The swords were covered with ck mes.


    Heinald stabbed both swords at the same time into the insect-like creature that was jumping towards him. Swords covered with ck mes quickly overcame these insects'' defenses and skewered thempletely.


    He parried the attack of the insect-like creatureing from his right side with ck sword which made entirely of Dark Energy. Then, he performed a horizontal sh with the original sword.


    *Criiik!" The insect-like creature let out a pathetic cry before being cut in half by the sword.


    He twisted his swords on his wrist and shed at them against the attacks of two insect-like creatures, who were simultaneously heading towards him.


    *Triinn!* A high-pitched crash resounded.


    These insect-like creatures were gray in color and had an oval body. They had four short legs, two small eyes, and arge mouth full of sharp teeth.


    This creature''s tongue was like a flexible sword, able to curl and dash forward, adding great agility to its attacks.


    Heinald realized that these creatures'' bodies were pretty solid, but they didn''t stand a chance against him.


    After repeating the same process for several minutes, all the creatures that came out of the ck hole were destroyed by him.


    The ck hole got smaller and smaller within seconds and eventually disappearedpletely.


    "It can''t be that simple...There has to be something different behind it." Heinald thought this test was too easy. As far as he could tell, Kawtils had failed to break through this test formation.


    Arge door opened automatically at the back of therge square room in front of Heinald. The space behind this door was invisible, all that was visible was darkness.


    As Heinald approached this door, he first poked his finger in. Then, when he inserted his whole body, he found Towsak staring at him.


    "What''s going on? Where have you disappeared to?" Heinald asked.


    Towsak said, "Look behind you!"


    Heinald turned and saw the semicircr entrance. He hade back to where he entered the formation. The Elemental Energy Particles around him had returned to normal again.


    "I went up to the same ce again" Heinald was looking towards the entrance with a serious expression.


    "It looks like we''re subjecting to some kind of illusion..." Towsak said.


    "But how? It felt so real!" Heinald shot him a nce.


    "Dreams feel real too." Towsak shrugged.


    "Not as much as what I just experienced."


    "Of course! It''s an illusion after all, much stronger than your dreams." Towsak sighed.


    Heinald trained three more times and tried to pass the test, but without sess. Each time he came back to Towsak.


    "We''ve lingered here long enough, we''d better go back now." Towsak sighed.


    "Mm. You''re right." Heinald nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face.


    The two of them returned to Kawtil City together.


    After considering helping them with the relic for a while, Heinald decided to decline. While he wasn''t afraid of the traps of the relic area, he was afraid of the formations there and a possible Ulltemol attack.


    However, that didn''t mean he gave up on that relic site!


    He wanted to single-handedly capture that relic. A coboration with Kawtils meant that he had to surrender half of the resources he was going to capture, and that the Ulltemols considered him as an enemy.


    Moreover, if he acted alone, he could move much faster and unnoticed.


    So even though he agreed to exchange information with them, he would refuse to help them with the remains.


    Heinald spent a few days just wandering around Kawtil City. One day he sent word to them to hold a meeting with the council. His proposal was epted by the council.


    Even as he wandered around the city, he had noticed that he was being watched by the council''s observers. They obviously didn''t trust him, just as Heinald didn''t fully trust them.


    "Heinald, do you intend to help us with the relic area?" Avnr asked him.


    "I haven''t decided yet. I will definitely make that decision if we can pass that test formation for sure. But I will help you to pass it." Heinald was not sincere in his words. If he rejected them outright, he might not be able to exchange their inherited knowledge.


    So he was trying to buy time.


    "Oh! That''s good to hear." Avnr nodded lightly.


    "Besides, I would love to exchange information with you." Heinald added.


    "Then we can make our offers to each other." Avnr agreed and continued, "First of all, I would like to present a few very valuable pieces of information we have inherited from the Great Ainsar Grildar.


    "Information about what?" Heinald asked.


    "Information about Level 3 and Level 4." Avnr replied.


    Heinald''s eyes suddenly opened and his heart started beating fast. Despite reading all the sources he found all these years, he had not been able toe up with the slightest knowledge theory about Level 3 and Level 4.


    Such knowledge would be absolutely jarring for the Ainsar World. Information about level 3 was only avable to a few of the most powerful families and ns.


    "The recipe for a Protection Formation I created that can easily stop Level 2 Ainsar, and some high-level knowledge of the Runes."


    Heinald made his offer.


    The eyes of the council gleamed. For them, this information was information that they did not need much. After all, they did not have differentmunities that they could rule using this information. It wasn''t a very important piece as they all knew this information.


    However, what Heinald offered would undoubtedlye in handy for them. After all, although they had some legacy of knowledge left by Great Ainsar Grildar, their general theory of formations and runes was minimal.


    Heinald immediately began to copy some of the information he knew and the description of the security formation onto the papers given to him.


    It worked non-stop for a few days. However, it was worth it; he would get information about Level 3 and Level 4 after all.


    The exchange waspleted when both sides met the requirements. Heinald immediately began to read the information about Level 3 and Level 4 in the sources given to him.


    The Kawtiller, on the other hand, began to study the runes and formation description given to them by Heinald with excitement and admiration.


    When Kawtils started working on the runes, they couldn''t understand how he had memorized so many runes. There were tens of thousands of copies of runes on the papers given to them. Moreover, all of these runes had been drawn wlessly.


    Heinald, on the other hand, was about to have a heart attack with excitement. The information given to him was important enough to start a great war in the World of Ainsar.


    Great families and ns kept information about Level 3 as their greatest treasure.


    Level 4 was something else entirely!


    Heinald wasn''t sure, but maybe 3-4 people in the entire Ainsar World should have known about Level 4.


    The information he obtained contained the requirements and directions to be Level 3 and Level 4. It was very easy for him to learn the requirements about the first two levels because his grandfather was already a Level 2 Ainsar.


    However, he had chosen the path to follow as a result of his own research.

 Chapter 185: Destiny

    Chapter 185: Destiny


    "What happened next?" Heinald asked.


    "Later,te at night, when the celebrations and entertainment were over, we got on the carriage to return to our house. After traveling for a while, ck smoke surrounded our car and they leaked inside. None of us remember what happened after that, when we came to our senses, my husband had already disappeared." Annabelle''s eyes filled with tears.


    Heinald listened for a while, then nodded. After getting the address of the wedding venue from him, he left and set off. He traveled directly to the wedding venue to inspect.


    Furyus Almhad and his family were attacked in the streets of Allivion City. This meant only one thing: The people who attacked him were very confident in the power behind them.


    To attack a city meant to assemble all the guards. There was a ban enforced by all the kingdoms in the Ainsar World, it was absolutely impossible to fight or attack someone inside the city.


    Every city in the Ainsar realms had numerous formations to quickly spot their attack territory. These formations were all very well hidden, sensing the energy waves and vibrations produced by the magic and revealing that area. Although he had visited many cities, he could not detect a single formation.


    But the person or persons who attacked Furyus Almhad found a way to bypass the guards or formation.


    This situation made Heinald somewhat ufortable. Although he would receive a good amount of Achievement Points for this quest, it was no more important than his life. If the veil of secrecy behind this attack went too deep, he would let it go.


    When Heinald went to the address that Ms. Almhad had given him, he found himself in front of arge mansion. Noticing him, the guards immediately bowed to him, and one of them rushed to inform their lord.


    When he entered the outermost door of the mansion, he could clearly see the ratherrge garden. In the non-grass areas of therge garden there were various flowers nted in a circr stone field. Apart from that, there were various ornamental and duck ponds in various parts of the garden.


    "Wee, my lord. I am the chief steward of House Awnard, please follow me and I will escort you to my masters." A middle-aged woman came in front of Heinald and greeted him.


    Heinald began following the woman. They started walking on the marble path made in the middle of the garden, leading directly to the entrance of the mansion. When they entered the mansion, there was a couple waiting for them at the entrance.


    They were naturally Mr. and Mrs. Awnard.


    "Wee, friend. I''m Ren Awnard, this is my wife Ay Awnard."


    The tall and well-built man stepped forward and introduced himself and his wife. He was wearing a long ck Ainsar''s Robe, not that he had a youthful appearance, but he did not have an aged appearance either. A Level 2 Ainsar''s energy waves were emanating from him. His mate beside him had the energy waves of a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "Greetings! I''m here to ask you a few questions, I hope you can spare me some time." Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "Of course, please go into the living room." Ren Awnard smiled faintly.


    When they entered the great hall, the servants offered them drinks.


    "I suppose you''re here to ask questions about my old friend Furyus Almhad." Ren Awnard went straight to the point.


    "Yeah." Heinald nodded, "If anything caught your attention that night, please tell me.


    Ren Awnard caressed his chin for a while, "There were a few other people who came before you. I told them the same thing, we had to deal with a lot of people that day and I couldn''t pay much attention to him, but he looked same same to me. However, his wife is not thinking like that, she told me that day he was a little strange."


    Heinald nodded, "I know that. Do you know anything else?"


    "No." Ren Awnard shook his head.


    Heinald left the mansion empty-handed. The people he talked to hadn''t given him much helpful information. He was peering thoughtfully out as he rode in the carriage. It was obvious that he had to take a different path, so he would start looking for witnesses. In every city, there would be people who gave a certain amount of intelligence, but the important thing was to find them.


    Heinald traveled to the city''s market square and after wandering around a bit, found a potion shop. When he entered, a middle-aged man who was a Level 1 Ainsar greeted him.


    "Wee, esteemed sir." The middle-aged man immediately bowed before him.


    "Mmm." Heinald gave a slight node and took out a few potions he had stored in his dimensional ring.


    "These potions" The middle-aged man looked at these potions in surprise. It was clear that he didn''t recognize these potions.


    "It''s normal rare potions that you can''t identify them, and I''ve made some improvements to them. Doesn''t your shop also have one of the magic items that can identify potions'' effects?"


    Heinald smiled faintly.


    "Did you make some improvements to these potions?" The middle-aged man looked at him in surprise, then at the potions.


    The middle-aged man was even more shocked after identifying the effects of the potions with a magic item. He had realized that Heinld was no ordinary potions master. He was both a Level 2 Ainsar and a top Potions Master.


    Heinald had several reasons toe to this shop. One of them was his ability to use potions as power indicators; he could be considered a Potions Grandmaster. Therefore, those who saw his potions would naturally be more easily convinced that he was no ordinary Ainsar. The second reason was that potion shops in cities were always under the control ofrge families, so they would keep a close eye on other shops in the city.


    This middle-aged man was just someone who worked in this shop, but he must have known a lot about the shops in this city.


    Heinald knew that if he made a strong impression on him, it would be much easier to obtain some of the information he wanted. One of the biggest reasons for this was, of course, his fortune as a top potions master.


    "Do you know a ce where I can get intelligence?" Heinald asked.


    "I know, my lord." The middle-aged man nodded.


    "I need intelligence for an important job, if you can give me the address, I will give you these potions for free." Heinald pointed to the potions in front of him.


    The middle-aged man''s eyes shone with excitement, he immediately took a piece of paper and wrote down an address.


    Heinald had a slight smile on his face as he left the shop. When he got into the carriage, he told the rider to go to the address written on the paper.


    After a while the carriage stopped in front of a shop in a narrow street.


    The sign of this shop read "El''s Armhood".


    When Heinald walked in, he saw many liquor bottles on disy. In the back of the shop was a skinny man with messy gray hair. He wore round-rimmed sses that were too small for his face.


    "Wee, sir. How can I help you?" When the man noticed him, he stood up and greeted him. This man was a Level 1 Ainsar.


    "I need to get some intelligence." Heinald said.


    The man''s expression turned serious, "Enter through the back door, then go down the stairs."


    Heinald headed for the back door, opened it, then went down the stairs. When he came down, he saw a stone wall covering his vision. In the middle of this wall was a small window.


    "What do you want to know?" A soft female voice was heard.


    "Do you know anything about Furyus Almhad?" Heinald asked.


    "He saw or heard something he shouldn''t have known. That''s why he was eliminated." The soft female voice was heard again.


    "What?" Heinald''s brows furrowed.


    "I can give you the name of someone who knows some important information on this subject. This person is also an eyewitness. But it will cost you dearly."


    "How much do you want?" Heinald asked.


    "Ten thousand Arkana Stones."


    Heinald left the shop with a straight expression. He went straight back to the address given to him. Ten thousand Arkana Stones was a small sum for him. Compared to the Achievement Points that the quest he was after would earn him, this amount was definitely an ant staying next to a giant.


    "How much do you want?" Heinald asked.


    "Ten thousand Arkana Stones."


    Heinald left the shop with a straight expression. He went straight back to the address given to him. Ten thousand Arkana Stones was a small sum for him. Compared to the Achievement Points that the quest he was after would earn him, this amount was definitely an ant staying next to a giant.

 Chapter 186: Demonic Soul

    Chapter 186: Demonic Soul


    After Heinald learned the details from Kiel, he decided to go with him to the Shadow Ind Ruins. The area where the Shadow Ind Ruins were located was a deste and extremely frightening area where many dangerous Magical Beasts roamed freely. Various Ainsar sects and groups that had intrested in Dark Magic had made expeditions there, but they could not find the remnants and also inflicted many casualties in various attacks.


    Alongside them, many Level 1 Ainsars and two Level 2 Ainsars would join this expedition.


    In the following days, Kiel hosted him in his castle.


    Heinald easily memorized and analyzed all the information from the sources he had obtained. Later, he started working on the spell named Aoron''s Hand, which he obtained from the Melrungan Sect.


    Heinald had grasped the basics of Dark Energy but was still quite a novice. Controlling Dark Energy was much more difficult than controlling Elemental Energy. Moreover, the spell named Aaron''s Hand was quiteplex.


    About two weekster, Kiel and Heinald set out for the Shadow Ind Ruins. Since Revakander was with them, they found it more convenient to travel in Heinald''s horse carriage. A few dayster they reached a deserted seaside town on the southern border.


    "The house designated as the meeting ce is over there!" Kiel pointed to an old three-story house.


    When they went to the house and knocked on the door, a bat appeared in front of them.


    "Vonsley, stop kidding and open the door!" Kiel grumbled.


    The bat disappeared and the door opened.


    As they entered, an Apprentice Ainsar immediately weed them and led them through a secret passage to the basement of the building.


    When they descended into the basement, arge hall appeared before them. There was a middle-aged man sitting on the big sofa in the middle of the living room. He was a Level 2 Ainsar, and there were intense waves of Dark Energy emanating from him.


    "Old Kiel! It''s good to see you''re still able toe as undead." The middle-aged manughed.


    "Hmph!" Kiel rolled his eyes. "Meet Heinald, he wille with us to the ruins."


    "Greetings! My name is Vonsley."


    "Greetings!" Heinald gave a slight nod.


    "Hasn''t Kavael arrived yet?" Kiel asked.


    "No. He struggled to find many Level 1 Ainsars for this expedition, so it must have beente." Vonsley shrugged.


    Later in the day, Heinald, Kiel, and Vonsley talked about various rumors and myths about the ruins. The Shadow Ind Ruins were on a veryrge ind and the ruins covered a veryrge area. Moreover, there were not only Magical beasts on this ind, but also various cursed ones and evil spirits.


    Two dayster, a medium-sized ship approached the shore.


    This ship wasmanded by a Level 2 Ainsar named Kavael, and there were about twenty Level 1 Ainsars inside. After Heinald met him, the four Level 2 Ainsars signed a Blood Agreement between them.


    ording to this agreement, if they could reach the ruins, everyone would take as much as they could, and no one would be greedy and attack to seize the resources someone else had acquired.


    When the deal waspleted, they set out for the Shadow Ind Ruins.


    Heinald decided to leave Revakender in the seaside town for his safety. The area around the seaside town was a ce with arge number of ordinary animals. There he could easily hunt, and he would not encounter a monster that endangered his life.


    It would take them about half a month to reach the Shadow Ind Ruins. The sea they were traveling on was also known as a very dangerous sea.


    The days began to pass quickly.


    They did not encounter any problems until halfway through the journey, but their luck did notst long.


    "What is this!?" One of the Level 1 Ainsars on the deck shouted in fear.


    "Gavarcha horde!" Kiel''s expression darkened. "Kavael, activate the defensive formation on the ship now!"


    Kavael looked up at the sky and grit his teeth, then said, "I will activate it, but the defensive formation on this ship is not strong! Let''s try to kill them as quickly as possible."


    "Among them are grown Gavarchas!" Heinald had a serious expression on his face as he observed the sky.


    Gavarcha was a type of Magical Beast. Its appearance was simr to a flying jellyfish, but its three blood-red eyes made it quite frightening. This species always travels in packs, it was a nightmare to meet them, especially in the open seas. What was scarier than their appearance was that they were capable of ruling lightning. While its adolescents could be equal to the power of a Level 1 Ainsar, its adults were equal to the power of a Level 2 Ainsar.


    A kind of energy shield appeared around the ship.


    "Let''s hurry and kill them!" Kiel shouted.


    "Death Ray!" Heinald shouted in his mind. A scarlet ray of fire shot out from his hands and instantly turned the two Gavarchas in the sky to coal.


    Knowing that his Spiritual Magic was so powerful, Heinald had deliberately suppressed the heat it radiated, or the ship would have caught fire instantly. Especially after he became a Level 2 Ainsar, the might of his Spiritual Magic had be much more frightening.


    The moment Death Ray touched them, they scorched their bodies, causing them to fall into the sea as pieces of coal.


    Observing this, the Level 1 Ainsars began to look at him with both fear and envy.


    An intense wave of Dark Energy rose from the chain that Kiel had always held. He began to spin the chain and threw it towards the adult Gavarcha. The chain covered up with a ck beam of light and whipped it.


    *Sk!* A sharp voice was heard.


    "A single attack inflicted a severe wound on an adult Gavarcha!" On the one hand, Heinald had observed this attack. Kiel had clearly used Dark Energy in this attack, and it seemed that the damage potential was quite high.


    "Infernal Fireball!" Heinald noticed an adult Gavarcha approaching them from behind. He knew that he had to finish off immediately before he could attack, or defense formation would have been broken.


    Heinald raised his hands. A ball of scorching fire flew out suddenly hitting the Gavarcha squarely on its body. The whole process has taken only two seconds!


    *BAM!* The sky was covered with devastating mes and hotva spilled out.


    Gavarcha, whose entire body was engulfed in mes, crashed into the sea, screaming in pain. When it crashed into the sea, huge waves, exceeding five meters in height, appeared.


    "He killed an adult Gavarcha with a single spell!" Kiel, Kavael, and Vonsley looked at him with eyes too careful not to be innocent. But then they immediately turned their attention to the danger that was threatening them.


    "Dark Thread!" Vonsley cried out.


    A ck ring appeared around his body, and from within this ring five threads shot out, emitting intense waves of Dark Energy around him. The threads flew towards the herd and connected the five adolescent Gavarchas at once. Then the dark threads got stuck in a single spot and shattered the Gavarchas'' bodies.


    During this entire process, various parts of the defensive formation had been attacked. But fortunately, none of them came from an adult Gavancha. Thus, the ship''s defensive formation was still active.


    "God! We''ll get hit!" One of the Level 1 Ainsars shouted.


    "Damn it!" Heinald saw an adult Gavarcha about to attack. Fierce lightning bolts danced around his body.


    Heinald immediately raised his right hand and cast Lightning Spear. On his hand, lightning bolts gathered together and took the shape of a spear.


    Adult Gavancha attacked the ship directly with a fierce lightning strike, but before its attack could reach the ship, its collided with Lightning Spear.


    *BOM!* Violent lightning danced in the sky and streaks of lightning bounced off everywhere. Even the ship''s defensive formation had taken some damage from the explosion.


    Kiel muttered a spell, and a cloud of poisonous and corrosive gas appeared around him. This cloud of gas took the form of a snake and soared quickly through the air, reaching Gavacha, enveloping it and starting to burn it.


    Meanwhile, Heinald used the Death Ray again and began to scorch it.


    Finally, Kavael began to mutter a spell, and after about ten seconds, a spell pentagram appeared above Gavancha. Arge ck arrow shot out from within this magic pentagram and pierced it.


    Having suffered three consecutive attacks from three Level 2 Ainsars, Gavancha screamed in pain and crashed into the water.


    Meanwhile, Heinald used the Death Ray again and began to scorch it.


    Finally, Kavael began to mutter a spell, and after about ten seconds, a spell pentagram appeared above Gavancha. Arge ck arrow shot out from within this magic pentagram and pierced it.


    Having suffered three consecutive attacks from three Level 2 Ainsars, Gavancha screamed in pain and crashed into the water.

 Chapter 187: Pray

    Chapter 187: Pray


    Heinald spent his first day in the mine area, performing the duty assigned to him and his unit to keep watch on the north side.


    Nothing had happened that night, they hadn''t even heard a sounding from the forest at night. Though, that made them a little more uneasy.


    It was quite strange and disturbing for them not to hear the sound of any living creature, especially in a forest.


    A few hours after sunrise the next day, Lord Esquis summoned all the Level 2 Ainsars to his side.


    They would take a few hours of wandering through the outermost chamber of of the ck forest and check for any clues.


    After entering the ck forest and starting to walk a little deeper, it seemed like it waspletely night. The only difference was that there was no moon illuminating the sky above, the surrounding area was illuminated by various nts and insects.


    They searched for clues for hours but found nothing. In the end, they did not want to go any further and turned back. It was strange that they hadn''t seen any Magical Beasts at first, but when they thought of the possibility that they might have escaped after feeling the energy waves of many powerful Ainsars, they stopped thinking about it.


    Two weeks passed quickly. There was no attack on the mine area and they found no clues in the parts of the forest where they were wandering.


    When Lord Esquis concluded that the attack was more likely to belong to another organization or academy, everyone rallied and the journey back to the academy began.


    Arriving at the academy after a two-week journey, the first thing Heinald did was travel to Mount Jewyna, one of the mountains in the south of the academy.


    At this very top was the headquarters of the Rasfor Trade Association. Actually, the headquarters of this unit was built inside the top of the mountain, there was no case of any extra structures.


    "Revakender, descend!" Heinald mentally gave orders to his Spirit Companion.


    As the dragon descended towards the top of Mount Jewyna, the Ainsars there were momentarily panicked. However, they were somewhat relieved after seeing that this dragon was being controlled by someone.


    "My lord, wee!"


    Couple of Level 1 Ainsars greeted him.


    After Heinald told them that the Revakender was his Spiritual Companion, he headed for headquarters.


    There was arge fifty-meter gate at the entrance of the headquarters of this association. When he entered, a very long and wide corridor appeared before him.


    On the right and left side of this corridor were roads leading to other ces. At the end of these roads were huge circr gates. Those gates were protected by some kind of security formation.


    A middle-aged Level 1 Ainsar greeted Heinald. This Ainsar who greeted him was bald and wore a small pair of sses.


    Heinald said, "I want to meet with Ewnzell Tally."


    "Oh" The middle-aged man paused for a moment, "Follow me, please!"


    Heinald started following the man. When they came with him to the end of the wide and long corridor, they were in front of manyrge stairs. As they climbed these stairs, another corridor met them, but this corridor was not very long and wide.


    "The road on the right leads directly to Lord Ewnzell''s settlement. With your permission, I''ll go and forward your request to meet him."


    Heinald nodded.


    Level 1 Ainsar quickly walked away and arrived after about half an hour.


    "Please follow me!"


    Heinald started following the man again. After passing through a corridor that was quite narrowpared to the others, they came to a long iron door.


    The long iron door opened automatically as soon as they arrived.


    "Oh" Heinald stepped through the long iron door and found himself inside arge, rather ostentatious hall. There was a lot of furniture and armchairs, it looked like a kind of lobby. There were roads leading to three different ces, right, left and middle.


    When the man turned to the road on the right, he followed him. At the end of this road, there was a door covered with beautiful embroidery.


    The man said, "Lord Ewnzell awaits you inside!"


    When Heinald opened the door and walked in, the first thing that caught his eye was arge white table. There were many notebooks on this table. The room was illuminated by candlesticks. Behind the desk was an old man sitting on arge armchair. Even though his face didn''t have many wrinkles, his white hair showed that he was old.


    This man was Ewnzell Tally and was a Level 2 Ainsar.


    "Hello, Mr. Ewnzell." Heinald greeted him.


    "Greetings! What brought you here?" Ewnzell gave a light nod.


    "I came here on Larten''s direction. We''re both in the same division and ww brew potions together." Heinald said.


    "Oh! So Larten sent you here" Ewnzell nodded slightly and continued, "Since you''re here, you must be looking for something special."


    "Indeed! I need materials that contain Spatial Energy." Heinald nodded.


    A look of surprise appeared on Ewnzell''s face, "Spatial Energy?"


    Heinald asked, "Is there a problem?"


    "Aren''t you a Potions Master?" Ewnzell asked.


    "I am."


    "I''m just surprised that you need Spatial Energy materials... Anyway, such materials are quite expensive, can you afford it?"


    When Ewnzell noticed Heinald''s gaze, he decided not to dwell on the matter any longer.


    "So you have materials containing Spatial Energy?" Heinald smiled faintly.


    "I personally don''t own it. However, I''m sure the materials you want can be found in our trade association."


    "Mm. I''d appreciate it if you could help." Heinald nodded.


    "Because you''re Larten''s friend, I''ll help you out! Please allow me to talk to some of my friends. You can wait in the lobby in the meantime."


    Ewnzell left to talk to a few friends about it. Meanwhile, Heinald went to therge lobby at the entrance and sat down in one of thefortable armchairs there and began to wait for him.


    A few hourster, Ewnzell returned. He told him that association had two High-Tier Space Stones in hand. A single High-Tier Space Stone was worth around 2,500,000 Arcana Stones. For most Ainsars, this was a fortune that they would never reach.


    However, this amount was no big deal for a Potions Master like Heinald. He bought the two High Tier Space Stones they had and thus spent almost all the Arkana Stones he had.


    After Heinald confirmed there was no deception in the two High Tier Space Stones, he left and began his journey back to the academy.


    He was confident that the spatial energy contained in these two High Tier Space Stones he had purchased would be enough to activate that portal. Next was getting permission from the academy and traveling straight to the portal.


    After reaching the academy, the first thing he did was topletely fill his Protective type treasure Blood Nighmare Shield with the blood of the Three Headed Inderno Crocodile, which he had stored. Afterwards, he went to the headquarters and informed that he was going to go on a journey and got permission.


    Later, he bought himself a horse and started traveling to Por Wind Forest. He didn''t want to go with Revakender because he didn''t want to attract attention. Before Heinald left, he had told his Spirit Companion that it could roam freely wherever it wanted.


    His journey was rather slow, as he was traveling on a horse.


    When he finally reached the forest, he immediately moved into the middle of the forest and was relieved to see that the camouge formation he had created was still active. He entered the formation without doing anything and immediately moved towards the portal.


    When Heinald arrived in front of the portal, he created an energy transfer formation and began to send the spatial energy within the High-Rank Space Stones into the crystals of the portal.


    The spatial energy from the two High-Rank Space Stones was entering the crystals in the form of a kind of stream of light.


    The crystals that formed the portal soon began to glow. The seals and symbols engraved on the crystals began to emit a white light.


    Soon after, a red sphere formed in the middle of the portal and began to growrger andrger. When this orb grewrge enough topletely cover the middle of the portal, an intense spatial energy began to radiate into the surrounding area.


    "I have to calcte how much energy this portal consumes or how long it will stay active by observing for a while." Heinald sighed and began observing the amount of spatial energy the portal was consuming.


    Heinald calcted that at the end of a day, less than 1% of energy was lost. This meant that he did not have much time. When this portal was activated, the portal that this portal opened was also activated. When this portal was closed, that portal would also be closed.

 Chapter 188: Dawn of Victory

    Chapter 188: Dawn of Victory


    Heinald quickly began swimming in the sea ofva and went to a area away from the pile of earth and rock falling from above.


    With each passing second, the cracks in the barrier protecting him were getting bigger.


    "It can''t go on like this!" Heinald grit his teeth and cast his spell, Indignation of Ice. Some of theva around it solidified due to the intense cold, forming a small ground.


    Heinald immediately climbed to that ground and stepped out of the sea ofva.


    "Blood Nighmare Shield only has 1% energy left!" Heinald checked its condition in his mind.


    But for him, the danger was still not over. Even though he hade out of the sea ofva, he was very close to theva, and the energy of his Protective Type Magical Treasure was still taking damage, though not as much as inside theva.


    Whisper of the Wind!


    Heinald''s body was wrapped by the winds and he jumped, gathering all his physical strength on his feet. As he began to glide above the sea ofva, intense heat waves from theva further reduced the about to depleted durability of his Protective Type Magical Treasure.


    "Hold on a little!" Heinald grit his teeth, and ahead of him was arge piece ofnd. That was where the sea ofva ended.


    *Crack!* The Blood Nightmare Shield''s energy waspletely depleted and the pale red barrier protecting him waspletely shattered.


    Fortunately, just then, he had finished gliding over the sea ofva and set his feet on the ground.


    "So hot!" Heinald immediately began to run away, near the sea ofva.


    After running a safe distance, he threw himself to the ground and began to take deep breaths.


    This time he was really close to death!


    "In less than a minute, the fully charged energy of my Protective Type Magical Treasure waspletely depleted!" Heinald''s expression darkened.


    After some rest, he took out the Three Headed Inferno Crocodile blood from the dimensional pocket of his robes and began to recharge the energy of the Blood Nightmare Shield.


    That''s when he realized something. The Fire Element Energy that the phoenix in his ring had had greatly increased. He immediately understood the reason for this; when he plunged into the bottom of the sea ofva, he had entered a very dense Fire Element Energy field. The density of this energy field was even greater than the organs of the various Magical Beasts he had killed before.


    "However, nothing is still going on Even though I don''t know what the mystery behind this Phoenix spirit is, it would be pointless for it to gather all this energy for nothing. Something will definitely happen in the end." Heinald was lost in thought as he examined the ring.


    After a while he shook his head and walked away from these thoughts. For now, he could save those thoughts forter. He had to find a way out of this ce first.


    As Heinald began to survey his surroundings, he saw nothing but huge rocks and dirt.


    The rocks and tons of earth that fell with him into the middle parts of theva sea had managed to cover itpletely, but of course, there was no way he could get there. Even if he managed to get there, there was no way he would get back to the upper terrain.


    On the left diagonal was a long narrow passage. It looked more like arge crack caused by an earthquake.


    When Heinald illuminated this crack, he saw that the crack stretched quite far. When he looked around carefully again, he realized that there was no other direction to go, and he entered through the narrow passage and started to move forward. This passage was so narrow that the only way for him to move forward was to walk as side.


    After walking through the narrow crack-like narrow passage for about an hour, he finally came out into a wide area. When he illuminated the surroundings, he could see nothing but dirt and rock around him. But on his right was a ce that looked like a cave entrance.


    When he headed there, he began to take careful steps. He didn''t want to face a ground copse again. A curved road, not very narrow, appeared in front of him, and after walking carefully for a while, he came to the fork of a gigantic cliff.


    About fifty meters ahead of him was another piece ofnd and the mouth of the cave. However, in the middle of it was apletely abyss. If he fell, he would not be able to go up again.


    So he chose to follow a guaranteed method and cast his spell called Whisper of the Wind. He jumped forward as his body was wrapped by light winds and reached the opposite side after gliding over the deep void of the cliff.


    He entered what resembled the cave entrance on the side he had reached, and again encountered a curved road that was not narrow. After walking for several minutes, he reached a circr area.


    At first nce, he understood that this was not a natural ce. The surrounding stones and soil were specifically crumpled and excavated to create a rounded area.


    "The Ancient Ainsars of this ne were not idle, eh?" Heinald muttered as he saw therge ck gate about twenty meters in front of him.


    This gate had skull carvings on it and symbols he had never seen before. However, he was able to easily read an inscription on the top of the gate.


    "Dark Roads of Evryss"


    Heinald examined the door carefully for several minutes.


    "Did the ancient Ainsars build some sort of underground road?" Heinald muttered, "But why?"


    Heinald frowned as he touched the door and noticed the ck Energy in his body activate.


    As he started to send some Dark Energy to the door, he noticed a movement in the skull carvings above the door.


    As he increased the amount of Dark Energy he was sending out, ck smoke started toe out of the skull carvings eyes and mouth, and he slowly turned around.


    As the skull carving turned, hundreds of magical locks inside the huge gate began to open. In a short time, the gate opened in both directions.


    As the Gate opened, Heinald realized that he was surrounded by a dense ck Energy.


    It meant two things, that the power of a Dark Energy that he made in this ce would be stronger than in other ces. However, if he encountered a creature using Dark Energy like a Shapeshifter, it would put him in a difficult position.


    Elemental spells such as fire, lightning, earth, wind, poison could be cast using Elemental Energy; however, only Dark Spells could be cast with Dark Energy.


    It wasmonly called Dark Magic.


    Dark Spells would be stronger than Elemental Spells. Of course, this always depended on the rank of the spell and the might of the person using it, but if two people werepared with the same standards, the person using the Dark Spell would be the winner.


    However, the Ainsars were not the only ones to use Dark Magic. Some Magical Beasts and beings would also be able to use Dark Magic. Particr attention had to be paid to them, or death would have been inevitable.


    When Heinald stepped through the gate, the light orb, a simple magical object he used to illuminate the surroundings, could only illuminate a small part.


    Although he felt that the road he was walking on was not a narrow one, he did not know exactly how wide it was. His eyes, which could see well in the dark, could not ovee the darkness of this ce.


    Even though Heinald didn''t know this, it was perfectly normal because this road itself was made using Dark Magic. Arriving at this ne thousands of years ago, the Ainsars had built this road to hide some rather sinister remants.


    On both sides of this road, he was going into an endless darkness. No one looking there could see anything but deep darkness.


    Heinald started walking quickly down the road. Anxiety of being trapped underground tried to rise in his heart, but he was able to suppress it. He had learned to do this from the rigorous training he received from his grandfather as a child.


    "If you let anxiety take over you, you will never reach the solution!" His grandfather had told him this word once, and he had warned him to never forget it.


    Heinald walked for hours without stopping. He could see nothing but darkness around him. All he could see was the stone path in the small area illuminated by the light orb.


    He kept walking, hoping that this road would lead somewhere. Whatforted him was knowing that this ce had been built by the Ainsars. Even though he had no clue as to why it was built, he knew that this road would lead somewhere.


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