Chapter 106: Payment
Princess Charlotte stared at the lord of the city, whose name was Jack while Aldric thought that the NPCs in this game were really so similar to ordinary humans that they could even be threatening.
After all, Jack was really an NPC. He existed because of the existence of this game, unlike Ramsey who was a player.
"Jack, are you unable to accept defeat?" Princess Charlotte asked him in response.
Her voice was cold and indifferent.
"It's not about whether or not I can accept defeat. This is a competition and this competition isn't over yet. If I lose one competition, I can find another way to win another." Jack didn't seem to care about the moral concept of competition.
He responded to the princess' words calmly as if there was nothing wrong with his way.
"Hmm, so, what do you want?" Princess Charlotte didn't seem to want to mince words.
She got straight to the point.
"As long as you're willing to lend me the leaf when I want to borrow it, then I won't make things difficult for you," Jack replied.
"In your dreams..." Charlotte looked instantly angry at that.
Jack had of course been expecting her refusal.
He laughed softly as he said, "Well then, goodbye!"
He waved his hand and the boat took off in the direction of the city.
Chasing after him would certainly not be easy since he was on his ship, unless they attacked his residence in the city.
"Your Highness, what do you plan to do?" Aldric and Princess Charlotte stood quite far away from the others. He could call her Your Highness as he asked.
"The Ancient Realm Leaf is very valuable. This will naturally make me targeted by many Senior Magicians," Princess Charlotte replied. "However, even if Jack doesn't spread this news, there will be others who do. His threats are nothing more than nonsense. I was prepared from the start."
"So you have a way to deal with it?"
"It's not like that, but I can easily hide if only from Senior Magicians, even those at the 10th Stage. For the time being, I will choose to go to places full of monsters to fight nonstop. In a short time, I'm sure my strength will grow so that I can ignore the threats from all the Senior Magicians."
Apparently, she already had a long-term plan before even starting this hunt.
Aldric wanted to sigh as he himself had not thought that far ahead.
"Right, it's time for me to pay everyone," the princess said again.
She signaled for everyone to come over.
Of course, they all came quickly except Hunter and Charles.
They stood at the back to watch.
The first to be paid by Princess Charlotte was Elsa and then the others.
It was unknown how much she was paid. The pay for the others was also unknown except by themselves.
The final result of the negotiation with all of them was obviously different and it had to be kept secret.
What was clear was that everyone seemed happy after receiving payment from the princess.
"By the way, we haven't negotiated how much to pay you," the princess said after everyone left.
She looked at Aldric.
The latter was a bit hesitant to respond. He had indeed not negotiated with her.
From the beginning, he had only accepted when she said she would pay.
"Well, your contribution is much greater than Elsa's. I've given her £500, so I'll give you £1000, what do you think?" she said, almost making Aldric stumble.
"Your Highness, this is too much," he said hastily.
He couldn't imagine that just helping with this would earn him more money than two hours of transporting suitcases that weighed 95 kg each.
Of course, the fact that Elsa also got 500 pounds was also surprising.
"It's what you deserve," Princess Charlotte replied, looking like she had paid very little.
After she said that, Aldric saw the money go into his game account so he couldn't say anything else.
"We're going back to the city now," said the princess.
Meanwhile, inside his Artifact Space, one of his clones was collecting all the treasures he had gotten.
He wanted to use those treasures now.
The first one he held was the Monster Boss Core where the soul inside the core was clearly visible.
Of course, it wasn't really a soul because if the soul was still there, it meant that he was still alive.
What was inside the Monster Boss Core was perhaps more suitable to be called a manifestation of the soul.
The most convenient way to absorb that soul was basically to swallow the Monster Boss Core, absorbing that soul and its spiritual energy.
However, Aldric thought of giving the spiritual energy from the Monster Boss Core to the Slith Cat.
He felt that it would give the cat a chance to advance to level 11.
The Slith Cat was a rare breed, keeping her evolving would be of great help to him.
Hence, he had to separate the soul of the Monster Boss from its Core.
Fortunately, it could be done.
First, he cut a small hole in the Monster Boss's Core.
Then, he released the power of his Genesis Core, allowing it to enter the hole in the Core.
As his Genesis Core power entered into the Monster Boss's Core, he could feel the sensation of coming into contact with the boss's soul.
He then pulled it with the power of that Genesis Core.
Because the Genesis Core was so powerful, pulling that soul was surprisingly not difficult.
Others naturally wouldn't be able to do it as easily as him.
Buzz!
The soul came out of that Core, revealing an extremely ferocious-looking figure of that Monster Boss in soul form where its eyes emitted boundless golden lava.
Perhaps his eyes would have always been like that if only his strength had not decreased.
Aldric felt that he should be able to release golden lava endlessly.
It certainly wouldn't be easy to fight him in his prime.
Unfortunately, his Genesis Core still easily absorbed the monster's soul.
Xiu!
It sank inside his forehead then was absorbed by his Genesis Core.
When that happened, he saw a rapid increase in his Genesis Core.
From just over 40% initially, it suddenly became 60%, then it became 80%, and it continued to increase non-stop.
In the end, it stopped at 99%.
[Nickname: Dark Crow]
[Magic: 2nd Stage Senior Magician]
[Spiritual Energy: 0/3,000,000]
[Core Genesis: World Soul < SSS Class
- Level 2 {99%} ]
[Power: 27,500!]
[Body: Ancient Sky Body < SSS Class]
[Wheel of Life:
-Nine Stars <SSS Class>
- Forest of Life < SS Class]
[Incantra Spell:
- Swallowed Sky] <SSS Class>
[Explo Spell:
- Swallowed Sky < SSS Class>
- Star Formation < SSS Class>
- Forest of Life < SS Class
- Hell Gravity < 75% S Class]