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Chapter 92: A Surprise In New Banners
Chapter 92: A Surprise In New Banners
"5000 S-grade Magic stones! I want that pill!"
Just as the last Exceed-rank item was sold on the auction and the second Primeval-rank item appeared on the auction, Aleron opened his eyes on the couch.
"Food is also here," Rias smiled and gave a glass to Aleron, "here, your tasty juice."
"Haha, thanks," Aleron grinned and tasted it as his eyes lit up, "Delicious."
The trio snacked and drank juice as the auction continued.
The following items were of primeval rank, all from the battlefield zone, but all of them were broken.
Most of the equipment items and artifacts were broken and Aleron didn't bother to buy any of them since they weren't interesting or powerful even if fixed.
After half an hour as the auction finally neared its end, the last item was unveiled on the platform. Usually, there wouldn't be any working and intact Primvel-rank items daily but there were two today.
One weapon and another an artifact.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this artifact has been named Devil's Umbrella. Upon activating it, it creates a protective barrier covering a 500-meter radius."
The auctioneer grinned and continued, "To give you an example of its prowess, we have tested this artifact and it has withstood the full-powered attack from Lady Mesina, the Golden Needle, while also rebounding an attack to the attacker capable of disrupting their Mana flow."
Instantly, an uproar ensued.
"What?!"
"Lady Mesina is one of the most powerful solo Primeval-rank powerhouses!"
"Could it be that she was the one who found this artifact?"
Everyone was shocked at the prowess of this artifact. Lady Mesina's forte was her piercing offense with her mastery of Metal and the same elemental aligned Bloodline she manifested, hence her title the Golden Needle.
To be able to protect from her most powerful attack meant that this artifact had one of the highest defensive prowess among other items on the Lightdusk continent.
Due to the tension and preparation for the upcoming war, nobody wanted to miss out on such a powerful card that could save them.
The big shots knew that since it was a Primeval-rank artifact, it must have two or more effects at least and the auctioneer didn't reveal it all, but they didn't need to know everything to buy
it.
"The bid starts from 1 SSS-grade magic stone. Let us begin!"
...
"What? A protective artifact," Aleron clicked his tongue and shook his head, "This is useless. I can make protective artifacts more powerful than this. Sigh, I wanted a weapon."
Rias heard that and looked at the bangle on her wrist. 'He gave me this as well.'
"Give me," Aleron grinned and looked at her wrist, "I'll empower since I am more powerful now."
'I should create more of such bangles that can withstand emergency attacks and give them to everyone who will be working for me,' Aleron nodded as he took note of this. 'Even though they are one-time use items, they can still be useful.'
[Gachapi: Just create one and leave the rest to me. I'll copy-construct it into hundreds of such bangles. Also, I've finished creating enough Xorg Serum for four thousand people.]
'Awesome! Thanks a lot, Gachapi,' Aleron grinned.
Roxen looked at Aleron modifying the protective bangle, feeling slightly envious as she also wanted such a protective charm.
However, Aleron suddenly did something after he finished modifying the bangle and an exact same second bangle appeared.
"Here, for you," Aleron handed it to Roxen and stood up before stretching his arms, "Alright, we are done with the auction, so let's go."
--
The trio roamed around in this area of the city until around 5 p.m., visited various fun places, and enjoyed before finally entering the secret realm.
When Rias and Roxen saw the necropolis were dumbfounded.
"T-This....wasn't this occupied by demons?" Roxen uttered with disbelief. "All big forces are still searching for this so they can prevent unexpected attacks from demons....."
Rias was dazed.
"Cough, actually...," Aleron coughed before putting his hand behind his back and shaking his head with a somber expression. "You know I was summoned as a Hero, but you don't know who summoned..."
Aleron told Rias and Roxen about everything while he also got entangled in his own heart regarding this city.
Looking at all the zombies, vampires, and werewolves living in the city who were once human civilians, Aleron sighed and said, "All of them are looking happy and enjoying their life here, but...they don't have their memories of being humans."
"I don't know if they are really happy about being Undead..."
'He is conflicted... Someone who is so kind, but became a cause of this,' Rias looked at Aleron as her eyes trembled slightly. She grabbed his hand and said with conviction, "They are happy, Ale. Moreover, it's not your fault. It's nobody's fault."
Roxen was silent.
"Yeah, but I'm still not satisfied. I am not at peace when it comes to this," Aleron weakly smiled at Rias. "So, there's only one way. Once Dax breakthroughs to Primeval rank and awakens his soul, his spells regarding Death and Necromancy will improve."
"He can't return their memories yet, but once he awakens his soul, he will be able to do that," Aleron clenched his fist as he overlooked from the palace. "Once they know what happened to them, I'll enact a judgment on myself from their response."
"Anyway, this is a thing for a later date. Let me show this secret realm and my Hell, in which I might also have to go later, haha."
...
After showing Rias and Roxen the Beastfolk village and Hell, he took them to the Hall of
Secret Realms.
Looking at the board, Roxen asked with a dumbfounded expression, "This is not real, right? Please tell me you don't have more secret realms' doors inside..."
Rias's mouth was wide open in shock.
"Come in," Aleron laughed and opened the door.
In the next second, Rias and Roxen saw an almost empty hall with five 5-meter circular
portals standing vertically on the floor in a row!
Aleron pointed at three secret realm portals one by one, introducing the Flame Blaze Abode realm, Dark Tide realm, and Terraflux Grove realm.
"These three secret realms are elemental ones. People who want to improve in Fire, Darkness, Earth, and Metal Syllasbus to create their own arcane syllabus for their skills can go there to comprehend the elemental powers shaped naturally by nature."
Aleron smiled and added, "I also want to improve, so we will go there later. I can't let you go alone because it's dangerous inside."
After all, those secret realms were open with their cracks often appearing and disappearing across the cosmos, allowing lucky powerhouses from other planets to stumble inside.
"However, you can still roam on this island and practice," Aleron grinned as he turned to Rias and Roxen, "there's no lack of resources in this secret realm, so you can go and fight for resources."
"Really?!" Rias's eyes sparkled.
Roxen's heart raced her face turning red due to excitement, "Can we really do that?"
After all, Roxen wasn't a royalty. She came from a poor family and rose only because of her
talent and hard work.
For her to get stronger, she needed to work for the royal family and brave dangers with Rias as
her guard for resources.
As such, this offer from Aleron was a god-sent blessing to her.
"Of course, you can," Aleron smiled. "This secret is frankly toooooo big, hahaha."
"We are still not done emptying this island and there are thousands of islands more..." Aleron grinned. "This secret realm can sustain a civilization for hundreds if not thousands of years."
"Of course, the dangers in this realm are also high. There are more Primeval-rank monsters here than the number that's appeared on the Lightdusk continent for centuries, so be
-careful."
Rias quickly nodded, thrilled. "We will be careful, Ale. But I still feel like I am dreaming." "Haha, go and explore. I'll send two Death Lords with you."
"What about you?" Rias blinked.
"I am going to that colosseum," Aleron said as he pointed at a faraway huge colosseum.
"I haven't shown you that because it's a mess right now," Aleron wryly smiled. "But..." Aleron's eyes glinted. "Once I am done finishing my work there, I'll show you my new
army-the Xorg Guardians."
...
Rias and Roxen excitedly went to explore the island with Death Lords as their team members.
On the other hand, Aleron was greeted by two notifications that also excited him.
[The new banner, Myriad Wonderous Bloodlines is ready.]
[The new banner, Job Class Manifesto is ready.]
[Gachapi: Master, we are in for a good surprise with the Job Class Manifesto since it was
triggered by Divine Blessings, which is a power from the higher cosmos wielded by Elysia
Gothwing.]