Gabe and Mia crossed a massive area full of towering redwood trees. They saw big bears, fire-breathing salamanders, huge elks that were busy sharpening their horns, and slugs that took their time to travel around.They were approached by squirrels, and Mia fed them pieces of bread.Some hungry reptiles and greedy spiders also approached them with different intentions, but Gabe electrocuted them a little and they all ran back to minding their business.Eventually, Gabe and Mia stopped by in the next town, Frankfoot, named after the genius engineer for his contribution in creating machines that made crop and fruit harvest a whole lot easier.Mia’s jaw dropped when she saw machines that shoot out rubber things out of their mouths and fetch fruits without damaging them.“It’s like watching lizards catch their prey,” Gabe was also astonished.One man cut the grass on his garden by sending out a cutting blade which floated through the air using magnetic energy. He remotely operated the blade

It was a gentle bite, but it sent a strong surge of electricity through Mia’s whole body.Her startled reaction made him move his head back. “D-Did it hurt? I didn’t mean it. You can bite my ear if you want.”Mia didn’t say anything, but her heart was still racing.Gabe blew air onto her ear, on the bitten spot. It tickled her and made her feel excited even more.She could tell that Gabe was trying to help, but his actions weren’t exactly helpful.She was in a tough spot. She wanted to give him something in return, but they were in public, so she held herself.It wasn’t easy, but she was able to keep her feelings in check.Eventually, they dropped the clients at the destination and unloaded the boxes full of jewelry and gold coins.In return, they were paid 100 gold coins, which was quite an enormous amount, considering that the average income of the people in these areas was about sixty silver pieces.One gold coin was worth 100 silver coins, and one silver coin was worth 100 copper

Gabe spun through the air like a spinning top.Everyone thought Gabe was done for.Gabe, however, landed on his feet and appeared to be just fine. He cracked his neck one while keeping his eye on Frida. “That was a good kick. I thought I moved back enough, but your foot still reached me. It doesn’t seem like you used aura, either. Was it a system’s skill?”Frida, on the other hand, stood still. (I cleanly struck his jaw with enough force to knock down even an elephant. So, how is he still fine?) “Hmph, it seems you really contributed to the capture of Desert Twins.”“Are you really 22 years old?” Gabe asked. “I can’t bring myself to hit you as you look like a kid.”Frida hated it whenever someone called her short, but the fact that Gabe uttered such provocating words after tasting her foot hurt her pride even more.“I was only planning on teaching him the hierarchy,” Frida muttered under her breath, “but he’s asking for more than a harsh beating.”She clapped her hands together.The s

After attacking nonstop for over 150 seconds, Frida stopped.She was out of breath, and Gabe was also huffing and sweating. Both their limbs felt heavy for different reasons.Frida’s limbs felt heavy from exhaustion and overwork, whereas Gabe’s arms took the heat of the opponent’s attacks and his joints swelled in return.“Even moving my arms is painful,” Gabe frowned. “My body is far stronger than a normal human’s body. Even so, her aura was able to do this to my limbs in just a few minutes of exchanging attacks. She doesn’t look as troubled as I do. It just shows that if I can learn aura, I will improve and become stronger than my current self.”“You are nimble like a cat,” Frida snorted with annoyance. “I’ll give you that. But…” She stomped on the stage. “Try tanking this!”The entire stage burst to pieces, and all the rocks flew toward Gabe from every direction.Was she controlling the rocks with aura? Or was she manipulating the senses?Gabe couldn’t tell.He could have released

The Metalwright Merchant headquarters was a stone fortress built on a hill.Everybody entering this place would be thoroughly checked.The only reason Gabe and Mia were able to enter through the fortress walls was because Martin brought them along.Even still, they were closely monitored until they were taken to the captain commander Zack.Robbery was something that rarely ever took place in this fortress, so everybody was shocked when the news of Frida getting kidnapped started spreading.“Who can kidnap Frida? She’s pretty strong, isn’t she?”“Maybe her opponents were stronger?”“I heard that the one who took her away was the innkeeper of Sword Inn, and that a waiter boy helped him.”“They must be after her Five Sense System.”“I hope nothing bad happens to her.”“God forbid!”The people living in the fortress anxiously waited to see what would happen to Frida.Martin and his squad members went after the trails left by the innkeeper.However, after entering the eastern woods and tra