The Nascent Beast Lord’s massive claws swept across the air one after another while its gigantic jaws snapped repeatedly, each attack coming so quickly that Calvin had no opportunity to create distance.He continuously reshaped darkness elemental energy around himself, changing blades into shields, shields into spears, and spears back into blades almost instantly as he relied upon the overwhelming amount of ambient darkness elemental energy surrounding the storm rather than his own reserves.Every construct appeared only for the instant it was needed before immediately becoming something entirely different, allowing Calvin to hold his ground against an opponent whose raw physical strength and elemental energy reserves far exceeded his own.Sweat continuously rolled down Calvin's forehead despite the rain pouring over him, his breathing becoming heavier with every exchange as the burden of controlling such an enormous amount of ambient darkness elemental en

Calvin raised his cross bag and pulled out the elemental core of the Nascent Beast Lord he'd just killed.The black, basketball-sized orb, still stained with fresh blood, radiated dense darkness elemental energy.Calvin looked from the elemental core to the enormous spatial tear suspended above the city before muttering, "Ah... I see why that thing suddenly began ascending into a Beast Lord. It devoured the rift's elemental core and became the core of the rift space itself, which is why its power could influence the entire rift space so easily.Now that I've killed it and removed its core, the rift space has started collapsing."Like every rift space that had lost its elemental core, it had become unstable and, whenever that happened, the world's laws created a spatial tear connecting the collapsing rift to the real world.It wasn't simply an escape route, but the world's method of reclaiming everything that belonged to it before the rift space com

Sam gestured towards a large display showing the estate's layout as he continued his sales pitch."The estate itself is divided into several zones, each identified by a letter. Every zone functions as a small residential community made up of approximately five to six buildings, and every building within each zone has its own number for easier identification."He then moved on to another display and pointed at it."Our security system is also one of the estate's biggest selling points. Residents are issued access cards that allow them through the residential entrance. Visitors, on the other hand, require permission or an escort from a resident before they're allowed into the residential section of the estate."Calvin looked mildly surprised by that, and noticing his expression, Sam glanced at Rickley."Rickley's call drew your attention here right away, so you probably didn't notice, but the gate you entered earlier is only the estate's outer entran

"What do you mean by that?" Martha asked after hearing Calvin say he'd be in even more danger.Calvin studied Martha’s expression for a moment before deciding to spin a small story based on facts."I told you I was going to get involved in business, didn't I? That's going to be my second profession alongside being a combat elementalist.I did get involved in business while I was in Slatfield. In fact, I currently own a jewellery company. I haven't gotten a factory or started operations yet, but the company has already been registered, so it legally exists. I already even have a manager with two decades of experience handling things."However, the business world is no less dangerous than the elementalist world because competitors can go to any lengths to eliminate the competition, and I've already experienced that first-hand in just a weekend. A competitor already tried to eliminate new competition.So regardless of the risks that com

Left alone in his room after Martha left, Calvin sighed once more before plopping down onto the bed behind him.Truth be told, his plans for today had only involved going to school and then taking Martha out for the shopping trip that he’d had in mind for weeks but hadn’t gotten around to because he’d been so busy.But with how furious she was, along with the fact that she’d already taken every practical step necessary to make sure he wouldn’t leave the house, that plan had to be shelved for now.‘Guess I’ll bring it up another day.’There was no real official business that needed to be handled today, since he’d already concluded all the negotiations and the like in the days before.The only reason he’d been out and about so much this week was simply because of elemental stone gambling and because he’d been looking for suitable office spaces.Calvin planned to name his jewelle