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Now sitting by the riverside, Nori couldn’t help but ask, “…It’s strange that we haven’t come across any others even after walking around for so long, right…?”

“It truly is… It makes me wonder if we’re a little too far off from the others,” muttered Gerald—who was also finding the entire experience to be rather perplexing—in response.

The second his sentence ended, a blast of water suddenly shot out from the river… and the duo found themselves staring wide-eyed at the green dragon that had just leaped out of the water!

Now hovering in the air, the dragon glared at Nori and Gerald before releasing a mighty roar that resonated across the area!

Neither of them could have anticipated that such a creature was living in that river!

However, now wasn’t the time to ponder about that. After all, the green dragon suddenly began diving toward Gerald and Nori without warning!

“Watch yourself!” shouted Gerald as both he and Nori leaped to the side to avoid the attack!

While they were fortunate enough to dodge the attack, the fact that the area they had been sitting on had completely crumbled proved just how powerful the dragon was. Had they failed to avoid the attack, they would’ve surely died on the spot…

“Why the hell is there a dragon all of a sudden?! Aren’t we supposed to only be fighting against other people?!” asked the shocked Nori.

Based on the current turn of events, Gerald felt that the dragon was just another kind of magical challenge within this illusory space…

With that in mind, Gerald then shouted, “Go hide first, Nori! I’ll deal with the dragon!”

Following that, he summoned Jade Infused Blade and turned it into a sword. After tightening his stance, Gerald then began charging toward the dragon!

For a moment, the dragon almost appeared excited as it began diving toward Gerald as well!

“Slaying Surge of Turmoil!” roared Gerald as his aurablade flared red and flew toward the dragon, piercing right through it!

Roaring in pain, the dragon attempted to struggle for a while… until its eyes eventually turned grey and its massive body came crashing down into the river…

With the dragon now slaughtered, Gerald raised a brow when he saw that two shining items had appeared on the surface of the river.

Heading over to inspect them, the items stopped glowing once he got close enough. The first item was a jade charm whereas the second appeared to be a dragon egg…

After taking the two items for himself, Gerald then returned to Nori.

Now that things had calmed down, both of them began inspecting the two curious items. Neither of them had expected to be rewarded for slaying that dragon, and that only served to prove how magical this illusory space was…

A while later, Gerald slipped the jade charm into his pocket and carefully placed the dragon egg in his backpack.

Both of them had been unable to guess what those two items could be used for, so Gerald made a mental note to study them properly once the challenge was over. Whatever the case was, Gerald was sure that both of the items had to be extremely valuable, either in terms of usage or the fact that they could be hiding secrets within them…

Gerald’s train of thought was cut short when he suddenly heard Nori asking, “Come to think of it, what was that move you used earlier? It was super powerful!”

Nori could still remember how amazed she had felt when she saw Gerald’s red aurablade earlier…

“Well… Quite frankly, I have no idea either! It just sort of happened!” replied Gerald as he shrugged. He wasn’t bluffing when he said that.

After all, the one who had earlier launched the attack was Jade Infused Blade. With that in mind, it explained why Gerald wasn’t able to answer Nori’s question.

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Regardless, both of them soon packed up and left the riverside…

It was about ten minutes later when both of them heard the clashes of a fierce battle…

Turning to look at Gerald, Nori then said, “It appears that there’s an intense fight happening up front! Let’s hurry over and have a look!”

Gerald agreed with Nori’s statement. After all, if the fighters were already battered, then there was definitely a chance that both of them could obtain something without any effort. What more, if the fighters were taking on something particularly dangerous, Gerald and Nori could always step in once they were taken out.

With that in mind, both of them then swiftly proceeded forward before masterfully concealing themselves behind a large rock.

Staring ahead at the small forest before them, both of them were greeted by the sight of several black-robed men attacking a youth in white clothes. Since the shoulder areas of his clothes were dyed red, it was only fair to assume that he had been injured there.

Despite his injuries and being severely outnumbered, the youth still fought vigilantly.

Even so, Gerald knew for a fact that the youth was fighting a losing battle. Then again, why were those four people so insistent on taking him down? There had to be a reason for their actions…

“Those four men are clearly bullying that poor youth, Gerald! Let’s step in and give him a hand!” grumbled Nori as she glared at the situation with resentful eyes.

Of course, Gerald saw no issue with that. It was a virtue to play the white knight, after all.

Meanwhile, in the forest itself, one of the black-robed men found himself sneering, “Come on Zelig! Stop playing so hard to get and give us your divine stone already!”

“Over my dead body!” scoffed Zelig in response, clearly still having quite a bit of fight left in him.

“If you insist!” roared the man in anger as he gestured for the other three to attack Zelig at the same time!

Seconds before Zelig was hit, a ray of golden light suddenly engulfed Zelig, shocking the other four men enough to momentarily retreat!

Following that, slight rustling could be heard, and the next thing everyone knew, two people were already standing guard before Zelig!

“How villainous for four of you to take on a single person!” scoffed Gerald as he stared at the four people with contemptuous eyes.

Hearing that, all four of them took turns exchanging glances with each other. They hadn’t expected to be interfered with halfway through what they were doing.

Shortly after, what seemed to be the leader of the group then glared at Gerald before warning, “Look, buddy. Beat it and leave us to our affairs. Otherwise, don’t blame me for killing you too!”

“Hah! I’d like to see you try!” retorted Gerald as his eyes suddenly began glinting murderously.

Before any of the black-robed men were even able to reply, Gerald tossed two secret technique talismans—that he had earlier hidden inside his sleeves—toward the men!

Appearing to burn up just inches away from the talismans’ targets, the duo that Gerald had attacked found themselves being engulfed in flames before they were even able to react! And just like that, the two black-robed men had been burned to death…

“…W-what…?!” shouted the two remaining men, momentarily unable to process what had just happened.

Quickly snapping out of it, the shocked leader of that group then shouted, “You… You’re a Talisman Master!”

To think that they would actually bump into a Talisman Master here of all places! With that in mind, the two men instantly attempted to bolt off.

‘Bold of you to even attempt escape!’ Gerald thought to himself. It was evident that they weren’t going to be leaving alive!

With that, Gerald then tossed another two secret technique talismans! Upon collision with the escaping duo’s bodies, were instantly ensnared by vines that appeared out of nowhere!

Fully bound, the duo flopped to the ground, utterly terrified as they watched Gerald slowly walk toward them.

Staring back at them, Gerald then casually said in a frigid tone, “Well then, thanks for giving us your divine stones!”

With that, Gerald summoned his sword before swiftly ending the remaining two men…

There was no mercy in his attack since Gerald was well aware that not being cruel to his enemies would mean that he was being cruel to himself…

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Regardless, Gerald then took all four of their divine stones before slipping them into his pocket. Gerald now had five of them.

Either way, he then turned to look at Zelig before asking, “Are you alright?”

Shaking his head, Zelig then replied in a gratuitous voice, “I’m fine, thanks to you saving me! Also, where are my manners! My name is Zelig Lear!”

Upon hearing that, Nori found herself momentarily stunned.

Lear? The second young master of the Lears

at her, Zelig—who clearly hadn’t expected her to know who he was—found himself raising a slight

think I’d bump into the second young master of the Lear family here! What

an extremely strong family in Jaellatra, and many of its members were so strong that some had even

strong his family was as well. With that in mind, to think that he had been caught in the process of failing to defend himself against only four assailants… It was rather embarrassing, to say

before replying, “You’re exaggerating it, Young Lady Zahn! I’m just a good-for-nothing who’s been

young master of his family, his training was honestly rather low in comparison. After all, he had only managed to enter the Ninth-rank in the Rune Realm. The fact that he couldn’t even breach the Sage Realm had caused

he said, “…I can sense that due to some odd reasons, you haven’t been able to progress past the

gather, there seems to be a strange aura within my body that’s keeping my elixir-of-life field sealed. That’s the reason why I haven’t been able to make any

it’s not like your situation is incurable. You just haven’t been using the right methods to properly

Zelig was instantly surprised though joy quickly overtook that feeling. The fact that Gerald was able to say that definitely meant that Gerald had a way of helping

see! But before that, where are my manners indeed! How should I address you?”

just call me Gerald.

in exchange! I’ll be there

to the fact that Zelig wasn’t even close to feeling like a villainous character, Gerald decided that he wasn’t against helping him

you should focus on gathering five divine stones first. We can talk about this in more detail once

Gerald already possessed five divine stones and Nori had two, Zelig hadn’t managed to gather a single stone. With that in mind, they needed eight

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he

set off together

were rather weak, so in no time at

the exit to get themselves authenticated. Once that was successfully done, they then left

wooden token. The tokens were proof that they had passed the challenge and served as ‘passes’ of sorts that granted them entry

had been waiting to enter the Leicom Continent for quite a while now, the trio then—rather impatiently—went through the

of white light, they eventually made it

this place was. Not only did everything look marveling, but the

when he suddenly heard someone jeering, “Well, well, well!

source of the voice, the trio was greeted by the sight of a youth—who had a dark green robe

scowled Zelig as he

was the young master of the Bayfield family in Jaellatra, and he had managed to enter the First-soul-rank within the

Someone must’ve helped you, right?” scoffed Lev

rely on others to fight for him, but before Zelig could even reply, Lev had already turned to leave, laughing mockingly throughout

Lev’s tongue could be. Now that I’ve witnessed it first-hand, I can safely agree

clear that though she hadn’t met Lev before, she had definitely

in, the trio quickly realized that the Leicom Continent’s currency was rather different from theirs! Since they weren’t going to be able to use earth or Jaellatra’s currency here, all three of them knew that they had to start thinking

there was a famous auction house here that went by the name of the Aurum

people then swiftly headed off for

everyone trying to auction things there came from Jaellatra. With that in mind, the crowd

easy to tell apart who came from Jaellatra and who was a local too due to how different the two cultures looked. If that wasn’t already enough,

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Gerald and the other two finally

to him, the trio watched as

it for a while, the appraiser then said, “…Come with me!

that, the trio then followed him deeper into the Aurum Auction

the sight of an old man who had a

to the old man, he then whispered something into his ear, prompting the elderly

at Gerald for a while, the old man then asked, “How

to reveal the information, Gerald eventually replied, “I obtained it after I slaughtered a green dragon that I came across during the Challenge of

the old man’s initial surprise quickly

this jade charm is incredibly valuable since the only way to obtain it is by defeating that dragon! Nobody else

how valuable the jade charm was, Gerald couldn’t help but ask, “How valuable are we talking

it for a few million gold coins, you’d still find a buyer! That’s how valuable it is! Now that you know how much it’s worth, please tell me whether you’d still like to

much, Gerald and the other two instantly found themselves getting excited. After thinking about it for a little longer, Gerald finally declared, “Very well!

end, no matter how valuable the jade charm was, money was still the priority since without any, they wouldn’t be

that the Aurum Auction House will get a share of thirty percent off the final

to object to the idea. With that, Gerald then nodded

me to the waiting area! We’ll be auctioning the jade charm of the green dragon very soon!” said the auctioneer as he led the trio to an area where the other sellers were. With how the area was positioned, the sellers were given a clear

arriving, Gerald and the two others sat

a few minutes later when they saw the crowned old man walk up the stage. The auction was

elderly man then declared “Ladies and gentlemen! We have a wonderful array of valuable auction items today

first auction item, revealing a golden fan! Since the feathers on the fan were supposedly phoenix feathers, the item was definitely an

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at a hundred thousand gold coins! As a reminder, each bid’s increment has to exceed

the bidding process had officially begun, the crowd instantly went

increased the bid by a hundred thousand gold coins right

was sitting opposite of

really worth that much. Even so, who were they to judge? These people were filthy rich, so they could do anything they wanted with their

before who had

hours for the next two

jade charm of the green dragon was the fourth and last item to be auctioned for the day, the trio had

had been auctioned off, all three of them instantly began focusing on the auction again as

throat, the old man then declared, “For our last item for today, we have the jade charm of the green dragon! I’m sure I don’t need to elaborate on how rare this treasure is! With that said, the bid starts with three million gold coins, and

his sentence ended, someone

up! I’m paying six million

million gold coins! It’s

the bidders were increasing the final price of the jade charm, it wasn’t long before the bid amount went over ten million gold coins… Even then,

By that point, the crowd had quieted down, and nobody dared to further increase the already outrageous bid

hammered on the podium before looking at the final bidder—a young man wearing a royal-looking outfit who was seated at the front-most row—and declaring, “Prince Severin has bid twenty million gold coins! Even if anyone else wishes to compete against that, I’ve decided that Prince Severin will be the rightful owner of the jade charm! With that said, congratulations, Prince

was the prince of the Leicom Continent’s royal family, that

trio, however, it was as though they had hit the

back from exclaiming, “By god! Twenty million gold coins!

charm of the green dragon alone could be sold for this much,

that he had the egg yet. Besides, it wasn’t as though he was

man ordered his men to carry three huge chests filled with gold

seen so many gold coins at once! Due to that, all three

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look at Gerald before asking, “…That’s… quite a lot. How on earth are we going to carry

it was going to be far too much of a hassle in the long term. What more, once people saw all that gold, they would surely be tempted to rob

bring all that money around, the crowned old

Gerald couldn’t help but ask,

keep your gold in that so you won’t have to fret about carrying it about!” explained the

I can’t just accept something like this for free! How about this? I’ll buy this ring off you for a million gold coins! Is that acceptable?” asked Gerald who simply wasn’t the kind of person to willingly take a free

to refuse.

the ring on, Gerald gently tapped it, prompting a pocket space to suddenly appear before

was inside, Gerald quickly placed the remaining money within that space, making sure to put his

convenient the storage ring was, Gerald couldn’t

with Nori and Zelig when the old man suddenly called out, “Please wait for a moment! There’s

the trio was instantly puzzled. After all, they had just arrived at the Leicom Continent. Who on earth could be

that he had their attention, the old man then led

that the one who had wanted to meet up with them was none other than Prince

the jade charm of the green dragon, Prince Severin had been keen on meeting the person who had

the name of Prince Severin, and he comes from the royal family of the Leicom Continent! He’s also the one who bought the jade charm of the

couldn’t help but stare at the prince for a while. Though he didn’t really know how to greet a prince, Gerald was

in mind, Gerald then greeted, “It’s

Gerald with a curious gaze, the prince then replied, “…You’re the one who sold the

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right. My companions and I came from Jaellatra, you

the jade charm of the green dragon is…?” muttered the confused

for one, honestly had no

was he not in dire need of money, he wouldn’t have sold off the jade charm. After all, he hadn’t even studied it yet. Even so, Prince Severin’s tone alone was enough to tell Gerald how extraordinary a treasure the jade charm