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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.

master of

expected her to know who he was—found himself raising a slight brow as he curiously replied, “…I am. And

Nori from the Zahn family! I didn’t think I’d bump into the second young master of the

in Jaellatra, and many of its members were so

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

Young Lady Zahn! I’m just a good-for-nothing who’s been left

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 his family to collectively label him as being useless. With that in mind, Zelig

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

what I’ve managed to gather, there seems to be a strange aura within my body

You just haven’t been

was instantly surprised though joy quickly overtook that feeling. The fact that Gerald was able to say that definitely meant

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

call me Gerald.

to offer you my entire life in exchange! I’ll be

words were. Adding that to the fact that Zelig wasn’t even close to feeling like a villainous character, Gerald decided that

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

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 more

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right, Mr. Crawford!” replied Zelig as he instantly began tending

then set

no time at all, the trio

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

world, they were each given a wooden token. The tokens were proof that they had passed the challenge and served as ‘passes’ of sorts that granted them entry into the Leicom Continent. Naturally, this meant that people who didn’t own the wooden tokens wouldn’t be allowed access into

the Leicom Continent for quite a while now, the

they eventually made it into the Leicom Continent without a

time here, he was momentarily taken aback by how beautiful this place was. Not

found himself snapping out of it when he suddenly heard

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

Zelig as he

young master of the Bayfield family in Jaellatra, and he had managed to

must’ve helped you, right?” scoffed Lev as he looked

to fight for him, but before Zelig could even reply, Lev had already turned

previously only heard tales of how sharp Lev’s tongue could be. Now that I’ve witnessed it first-hand, I can safely agree with those rumors!” scowled Nori rather contemptuously as she glared at Lev’s

it was clear that though she hadn’t met Lev before,

to stay 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

form of currency here. They also came to realize that there was a famous auction house here that went by the name of the Aurum Auction House. That was definitely going to be their best shot of quickly obtaining this foreign

then swiftly headed off

came

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, many of

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two finally got their chance to reveal their auction

charm to him, the trio watched as

a while, the appraiser then said, “…Come

that, the trio then followed him deeper into the

by the sight of an old man who had

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

while, the old man then asked,

“I obtained it after I slaughtered a green dragon that I came across during the

man’s initial surprise quickly turned into

were able to slaughter the green dragon! Just so you know, this jade charm is incredibly valuable since the only way to obtain it is by defeating that dragon! Nobody else has been able to do it but you! How exceedingly powerful you must be!” praised

couldn’t help but ask, “How valuable are we

“How do I even say this… I can say for sure that even if you auction it for a few million gold coins, you’d still find

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

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

glad to hear that! However, do note that the Aurum Auction House will get a share of thirty

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

the green dragon very soon!” said the auctioneer as he led the

upon arriving, Gerald and the two others sat side by side as they waited for

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

and gentlemen! We have a wonderful array of valuable auction items today as well! Without further ado,

the old man then pulled the red cloth off the first auction item, revealing a golden fan! Since the feathers on the fan were supposedly phoenix feathers, the item was definitely an exquisite

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

that the bidding process had officially begun, the crowd instantly

thousand gold coins!” shouted a wealthy-looking man. Since he had increased the bid by a hundred thousand gold coins right off

sitting opposite of

told, Gerald and the other two felt that the old hand fan wasn’t 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

the businessman from before who had started the bid—for a

about two more hours for the next

to be auctioned for the day, the trio had to patiently wait throughout the bidding

second-last item had been auctioned off, all three of them instantly began focusing on the auction again as the crowned old man removed the red cloth covering Gerald’s jade

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!

sentence ended, someone

I’m paying six

gold coins! It’s

jade charm, it wasn’t long before the bid amount went over ten million gold coins… Even then,

increase the already outrageous bid amount. After all, twenty million gold coins was already far beyond what anyone could have anticipated the final price

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

Severin was the prince of the Leicom Continent’s

was as though

hold herself back from exclaiming, “By

high price. If the jade charm of the green dragon alone could be sold for this much, then the

others to know that he had the egg yet. Besides, it wasn’t as

the auction ended, the trio watched as the crowned old man ordered his

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

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turned to look at Gerald before asking, “…That’s…

technically carry one each, it was going to be far too

was stressed over how to bring all that money around, the crowned old man then handed a

startled to suddenly be given a ring, Gerald couldn’t help but ask, “…I’m sorry, but

ring with a particularly huge storage space! You can keep your gold in that so you won’t have

this ring off you for a million gold coins! Is that acceptable?” asked Gerald who simply wasn’t the kind

old man chose not to refuse. And just like that,

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

it was inside, Gerald quickly placed the remaining money within that space, making

convenient the storage ring was, Gerald couldn’t help but consider it to

was just about to leave with Nori and Zelig when the old man suddenly called out, “Please wait for

was instantly puzzled. After all, they had just arrived at the Leicom Continent. Who

man then led them

had wanted to meet up with them was none

charm of the green dragon, Prince Severin had been keen on meeting the person who had even considered selling the precious treasure in

the name of Prince Severin,

Though he didn’t really know how to

greeted, “It’s an honor to meet you,

gaze, the prince then replied, “…You’re the one who

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My companions and I came from Jaellatra, you see, and since we had no money, I decided to sell the

the jade charm of

one, honestly had

told, 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