"Yes, I was present. I also happened to meet the abomination that was born from it," Samuel replied."Did you... did you ever encounter it?" Zaki asked."Yes, I did. I almost died back then. I wasn't even in the Golden Core Realm," Samuel said as memories of Egean City surfaced in his mind."Wait, that was barely a year ago. How have you already reached this level?" Zaki asked, stunned."At this rate, the Urgabas know more about me than anyone else does. They know my age and how powerful I used to be, for example. The people here barely know anything about me. Anyway, I came across something interesting here in Heavenspire, and it's related to the Egean City incident.""What's that?" Zaki asked curiously."Never mind for now. It's pointless even if you know. I'll be taking this mission." He raised the paper."Identifying and killing the Urgabas at Tavas."Zaki glanced at it and nodded. "Go ahead. Even though it's going to be an easy mission for you, I guess I owe you that much for thi

"We must provide the souls he wants," the bartender said as he poured alcohol for the cloaked man."We can't, not really. With just a few movements, the world is already restless. If we act any further, it will cause a war," the cloaked man sighed."Are you questioning the Dark Lord's ways?" the old bartender asked, pausing."Does it look like I'm questioning him?" the cloaked figure replied sharply."It better not be. You, of all people, have benefited the most from this. The first large-scale massacre in the past year happened because of you.""Please don't pretend it all started because of me. Before the Egean City Massacre, there had already been similar incidents...""In the past! For nearly twenty years, there had only been small-scale massacres. The Egean City Massacre was the first large-scale massacre in two decades."The cloaked figure looked at him and chuckled."Don't forget that you only gained your current strength through the Dark Lord. You were never talented."The clo

Samuel looked up calmly."Are you the Division Lord in charge of the Urgabas in Tavas?" he asked casually, watching the man descend gracefully from the sky."Samuel of Merika, we finally meet. I have heard about you in Merika and all the trouble you have caused. The Divine Lord hates you. I will sacrifice your soul to him to earn his favor."Kendrick declared as he exploded forward. Mana surged wildly around him.Aether qi surged through every one of Samuel's meridians as he shot forward to meet him.A blazing sphere of mana condensed before Kendrick. With a flick of his hand, he hurled it straight at Samuel.Normally, Samuel would have simply dodged. But his people were still clearing civilians from the area, and he couldn't allow the attack to strike any of the nearby houses.Four Slashes of the Heavenly Consortium! Third Slash!Sword intent erupted from Samuel as his blade flashed through the air, cleaving the blazing sphere cleanly in two.At the same time, Samuel communicated wit

To him, someone like Ozzai didn't need to beg anyone for access. All he had to do was make a request, and the gates would open for him without hesitation."Ozzai wants everyone to hand over most of the roots they find to him. He believes there's a method hidden somewhere within that dimension's inheritance for creating breakthrough pills for every level of the Ancestor Realm. According to him, he read about it in an ancient book that prophesied the discovery of that dimension."Samuel's eyes immediately lit up."Similar breakthrough pills have appeared in the Main World," Zaki continued. "But they only work for the Golden Core Realm and the Grandmaster Magus Realm.""Ozzai doesn't even know how to create those pills. Does he really think he can skip straight to making breakthrough pills for Ancestors? That's not how alchemy works," Samuel said."But if he finds a book that explains the process, why can't he?" Zaki asked with a shrug."Because it isn't as simple as reading a book and i

"Samuel." Zaki nodded as Samuel approached. "I heard you came to see me," Samuel said. "Is there something urgent?" he asked. "No. I just figured you might not have heard all the rumors spreading around the city, so I came to give you a piece of advice since you're so foolish," Zaki said angrily. Samuel raised an eyebrow. "What rumors?" "You seriously don't know? People are claiming you'll be selling pills that can allow anyone below the Third Level of the Nascent Realm and the Archmagus Realm to break through with a hundred percent success rate. They're even saying you'll have pills for every realm below that. It's ridiculous. Someone is deliberately trying to destroy your business before it even begins!" "Oh, that's what this is about?" Samuel asked, amused. "Yes, that's what it's about. You should postpone the opening of your shop tomorrow and clear up the misunderstanding. Otherwise, your reputation could be ruined before you've even started. No business wants to begin und