Ivan was suspicious as to why the man did whatever he just did but didn’t ask, this person must be of high status to be sitting with the vice tower master.

Ivan collected the file, and he left with his group; they were told to report back after filling out the form with details of their mission, and after cleaning up, they were allowed to pick any empty room in the dorms.

After the five left, the man turned to look at the vice tower master, a stunned expression could be seen on his face.

“What do you think?” The vice tower master asked with a serious tone. Ivan and his group didn’t know but this man was one of the founders of the Dominion Tower that was on very good terms with the Owen Tower.

This old man’s name was Carl Barry, and he was a powerful Nexulyte with analyst talent; this allowed him to see the flaws of others. In short, his talent allowed him to decipher the errors and weak points of anyone and anything!

While this talent was not really powerful in some sense, it was a very vital ability that could end a fight if used wisely along with well-planned opportunities; this was because everyone and everything had weak points; even the hardest substance would possess a weak link that could destroy it.

This was why he had used his talent on Ivan just now. He had heard James and Karl talk about this kid nonstop and he was also present during the fight for who would keep Ivan after his talent was discovered.

He had never met this special kid before despite having engaged in a bloody battle because of him; this was why he decided to take a look at Ivan after finally meeting him, and he was shocked.

His talent was able to work on even the likes of Karl, Gareth, and Myles, showing their weak points. But he wasn’t able to see anything when he looked at Ivan. When he looked at Ivan with his glowing eyes just now, all he saw was a bubble of three-colored light surrounding his body like a small invisible cocoon; there was no gap or gray spot!

This had shocked him greatly, but he had managed to control his expression; he had decided to check on the rest of Ivan’s group out of curiosity. Ralph, Glen, and Karin were normal, and he was able to see their weaknesses, but Clint gave him another shock.

Just like Ivan, this red-haired kid had a veil of darkness surrounding him. Just that his veil was weaker than Ivan’s three-colored cocoon.

Carl looked at the vice tower master for a while before speaking.

“Impressive, I wasn’t able to see anything. That kid is hiding a lot of things.”

The vice tower master frowned when she heard this and couldn’t help looking toward the door of the office.

“The tower master suspected the same; that’s why he purposely assigned this mission to them; he’s aware of a powerful monster in Region 17 and hopes to use it to force out some of his secrets,” the vice tower master stated.

Carl raised an eyebrow.

“And he didn’t send a secret backup? What if the kid wasn’t hiding anything and died in there?”

The vice tower master shook her head slowly.

“I had similar thoughts but apparently, the kid is like that other kid…or even better. He defeated a mobile forbidden zone twice back at the training center and his speed wasn’t slow during both times.” She informed. Carl’s eyes widened.

” You mean, he’s better than that Vlad kid? Defeating a mobile forbidden zone? That’s preposterous! Even Domain Lords can’t do so easily.” Carl said with agitation.

“You saw it for yourself, now it has been confirmed that he’s hiding things about his talent; we still haven’t found anything on it.” The vice tower master sighed.

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They were still searching for information on Ivan’s talent since his awakening but haven’t found anything, James hoped to use this mission to get a better understanding of him.

“The new generation sure is bringing us more pleasant surprises. I almost forgot, he wasn’t the only one,” Carl suddenly said and the other party looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

“That red-haired kid, Clint, was his name if I recall correctly. I wasn’t able to see anything on him either; he’s just like that Ivan kid but weaker. I presume it’s their difference in ranks.” Carl ended.

The vice tower master wore a serious look on her face and didn’t say anything else.

…..

After Ivan, Clint, Ralph, Glen, and Karin left the office, they easily found the dorm in the base; it was one of the biggest structures in the base and was located on the west side with countless rooms.

The group went in and picked five rooms for themselves, they agreed to come out after twenty minutes and meet outside the dorm.

Ivan entered his room, and the door slowly closed behind him. The room was a small space with just a bed, and a door that led to the bathroom could be seen on the left wall; this room was even smaller than his room back at the training center.

But Ivan didn’t mind this, he took off his protective suit and storage device before walking toward the bathroom; he hadn’t taken a bath for so long, none of them had.

Splash!!

The cold water burst from the holes in the shower head and fell on Ivan’s head and shoulders before washing down his body.

The coldness of the water cooled him down as water droplets ran down his skin; Ivan’s mind could not help but wonder while he washed.

The life of a Nexulyte was really different from what he had imagined. He had only gotten a glimpse of it after entering the training with his two friends, but he only felt the seriousness of his new identity after coming here.

He had spent more than a month away from human settlement and had wondered inside what could have been their grave with just four people to rely on. They had faced many life-and-death situations together and gained knowledge of things he never could have imagined.

Aside from that, he had also gotten stronger, far stronger than he would have imagined, and this was all thanks to that one-eyed priestess.

Ivan raised his right arm, his fingers clenched and opened repeatedly.

“With this level of strength, I should be able to start with my plans,” Ivan mumbled to himself as the water continued to fall on him.

He still remembered the little girl who had appeared a day before he awakened. He still couldn’t tell if that was a dream, but it felt so real.

But the thought of more beings like the priestess made him hesitant, he was totally helpless against her; would he be able to survive if he encountered another monster like her?

Ivan suddenly clenched his fist hard with a determined look in his eyes; no one knew what he was thinking.

After a few minutes, the five of them gathered outside the dorm. They had all washed up and changed from the miserable states that they were in when they arrived earlier, though they currently had overgrown hair; that was something that they could take care of after returning to the real world.

They went back to the structure that acted as the office building and found an empty room before filling the forms with details of their mission.

They only wrote important details as they couldn’t write every single thing that they encountered during the mission; it took them a while to finish filling in everything that needed to be written.

After which they returned to the office to give their reports.

Upon getting there, they found Sir Peter instead of the vice tower master. The group was slightly stunned but not too much; this was originally Sir Peter’s office, after all.

Sir Peter stared at the five with a look of astonishment in his eyes before quickly changing it to a calm look.

“You came back quickly, the vice tower master tasked me to take care of your report.” He said to them from where he was sitting.

Ivan’s expression was calm as he walked over and dropped the file on the table. He also brought out the stone slab that had strange inscriptions on it and the nightmare flower and gave them to Sir Peter as well.

“We found these during our mission,” Ivan said.

Sir Peter stared at the nightmare flower with a shocked face, he wasn’t able to maintain his expression this time as his eyes widened and his mouth opened wide enough to fit in an egg.

“This…this is a nightmare flower! How did you get it?” He looked at Ivan’s face and asked.

” The details are in the file,” Ivan replied calmly without a change in expression.

Sir Peter took a while to calm down, he cleared his throat before saying.

“The nightmare flower is a very valuable item and rare to find, it will be of great use to the tower’s general development. Naturally, the tower won’t rob you of what you found while on a mission, you’ll be rewarded for it. The money for the nightmare flower will be deposited into your account along with the payment for completing the mission.”

“What about this?” Ivan tapped his finger on the stone slab.

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