Chapter 99: The Transaction

With Magnar, Neil was as usual roaming the cold place, slaughtering every Frost Bear he found.

He hunted different beasts on alternate days, already having killed a lot of them.

At least he wouldn’t be lacking in shards for a while and could quickly upgrade his Domain.

Just as he pulled the blade from the heart of a Frost Bear, Neil paused, as he sensed some distant vibrations.

’Is it a big group of Frost Bears?’ he wondered and decided to hide first, it would be bad if the beast king was there.

Just then a message flashed before him…

[Would you like to receive the trade from C#$&H%@?]

“Master, it’s a trade from your teacher it seems…” Nemo spoke, equally surprised.

With the strange interference of something unknown, the trade or chat weren’t working properly.

So, there was a high chance of it failing.

“Accept it!” he replied hurriedly, as he and Magnar hid in the snow.

“Oh, it seems a few items might be lost in the trade.” Nemo said unsurely, as objects were sent separately.

Nodding, he glanced at the new objects that had appeared in his storage, while the vibrations in the surroundings intensified.

“An Emblem?” the first thing he found was an emblem, it was green and had a strange line pattern over it.

“It kind of symbolizes that you are her student, and you can call her in times of emergency with it. It might also have a protective barrier. Aside from the privilege and authority, it also gives you those features.” Nemo explained, it was a good object.

Neil put it away, it would be more useful in the outside world.

Though if it had a barrier, then it might come in handy.

『

[Runic Spear]

[Rank]: 3rd Origin Diamond Class

[Description]: A spear that complements all abilities and enhances your prowess, can be controlled with mental energy.

』

Neil held the golden spear which appeared very classy and precious, with intricate patterns.

“Enhance my strength?” curiously, he activated Aquamorph to try it out.

But since no link was around, the activation failed, he had to try a few times before it finally worked.

The skill worked at least two times faster and needed only half the amount of energy for a twice as powerful attack.

“Woah, the increase was nearly four times!! Maybe it’s because of the difference between our ranks.” He was very much satisfied with this spear, and decided to use it for now.

Cinthia had trained him a bit with spears too.

Placing the dual swords on his back, Neil looked at the other objects, holding the spear which even enhanced his physical strength.

“Domain Cores!!” his eyes widened in surprise as he took out the two round crystal-like balls.

[1st Order Diamond Class Domain Cores!]

“There are only two? Did one get lost in the transaction? Damnit.” Neil frowned, if he could upgrade his Domain, then things wouldn’t be so difficult.

Storing them away, he sighed, maybe he could try going back to the settlement and check.

There had to be at least one Diamond Class Domain, but he would have to leave his own Domain behind for that.

The distant vibrations grew stronger and battle cries of beasts could be heard, it really seemed Frost Bears were fighting someone.

Cinthia had also sent food and some clothes, and many things might have been lost in the transaction.

For now, the spear was of great use.

“Should I go out and check?” Neil wondered, as he gazed into the foggy distance.

The sound of battle was coming from far away.

After a moment, he sprinted forward. Even Neil’s speed was enhanced by this spear.

With a thought, it began to fly around him at rapid speed, piercing through the air and flying along him.

After running for a while he slowed down, the more he ran the further the sound seemed.

“Magnar, let’s speed it up.” He spoke, as Magnar’s size grew and he jumped onto his back.

The fiery figure dashed forward at full speed, sprinting through the heavy storm.

And before long they finally saw a big group of Ten Tailed Scorpions and Frost Bears fighting.

Many were dead while over a hundred were still engaged in the battle.

“Good, let’s hunt them all.” Jumping from Magnar’s back, Neil held the spear that was floating and stabbed it into one of the bear’s head.

Magnar roared, engulfing dozens in the magma breath.

Within moments, the two had killed them all.

“There are more?” Neil could still hear the sound of battle, he decided to keep going.

The two rushed forward and after running for a few minutes, a surprising sight came into view.

It was the makeshift settlement that was moving forward very slowly, while lots of Frost Bears and scorpions were attacking it.

A few human dead bodies could be seen while many of them were still resisting.

“They are alive!!” as the shock vanished, he rushed forth with Magnar, attacking the beasts.

[You have killed a 2nd Origin Silver Class Ten Tailed Scorpion!]

Messages quickly flashed before Neil as he used the sharp spear to cut the beasts to pieces.

The spear was very sharp, even better than his dual blades.

The humans inside noticed them, almost instantly recognizing him, he was the one to give them food before.

Quickly, the beasts those people were struggling to kill were all annihilated, leaving the place full of corpses.

“L- Lukas? Is that you?” a tired voice sounded from up the wall, it was none other than Hiroshima.

“Yes!” Neil was surprised they had managed to survive.

“Haha that’s great, thank you for your warning, if not for you we might have all died.” Hiroshima spoke.

His and Zeke’s ability could complement each other, Zeke could make all Domains around float while Hiroshima’s Domain could pull them like a magnet.

Which was how they had managed to move the whole settlement.

But it needed great power to move it all.

“Come up, where is your Domain?” Hiroshima said, looking around carefully.

Right after getting the message, he didn’t take it lightly and moved the Domain towards the distant sea.

Which was how they survived the initial clash, and now began to move back.

Neil took Magnar and jumped, entering the settlement, Nemo reporting back everything.

He did feel a bit bad about leaving them all behind but he would do the same again, his own subjects, his family was way more important for him.

Right after entering, Neil’s first question was: “Is there any 1st Order Diamond Class Domain here?”

“Huh? Uh…” Hiroshima who was about to share news and pleasantries was surprised.

After thinking, he replied: “There should be one or two, but why are you asking?”

“So I can take their cores and evolve my Domain, isn’t that obvious?”

“Huh? Oh right, we can do that…”

Neil was calm while Hiroshima and Zeke beside him were completely baffled and looked at one another in confusion, their entire world shaken.

Why hadn’t any of them thought or tried it? They could have easily evolved a lot of Domains that way and grow even stronger, but none of them even thought about it.

“Hurry up, bring me there, I need one Domain Core urgently!” Neil said, finally there was hope.

If he could evolve his Domain and then himself and Magnar, he would be able to fight against those beast kings.

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Thanks for reading… adios

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