239 Invitation (2/2)
\”Oh, right. You said that your main reason to learn and improve in formations at the moment is to make Spirit Stones. Once you get access to the Headquarters network, you should be able to get better tasks that pay more. As I said, since you joined just in name, we can't offer you any extra resources, but we can still help you to get better jobs.\”
Feifei's eyes immediately lit up.
\”That's great! Then I'm counting on you, elder, to make the necessary arrangements.\”
Hiu nodded and then sent Feifei, or better, Feier out. Feifei didn't catch any significant attention in this Formations Master Competition thanks to her ranking. Also, the fact that no one knew her age and name helped a lot too. Because of that, Feifei didn't have to be afraid of being followed or anything like that.
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As for the second event, that is happening back in the Alchemist Organization. Inside an office room, there was a man with an awful expression on his face. At the same time, Rico Guli kneeled in front of him while Lagan kept him in place so that he didn't try to escape. Who else could that man be if not Rico Guli's father and the Solar System Alchemist Organization Head, Amark Guli?
\”You left our solar system behind and joined another power, fine! It's not like it is an obligation that someone's son has to join his father's organization. You are free to select anything you want, just like anyone else. But then you come from the neighbor and start stealing our Solar System talents. Not only that, but you did it more than once. Can you tell me this time why 'YOU' would do that?\”
Rico Guli avoided his father's eyes and said.
\”It's not like you don't know, and I'm not going to say anything else. You can deal with me any way you feel right, but in the end, you will have to let me go.\”
Even though Rico put a strong front, he was really terrified at the moment. He knows how strict his father really is, and although what he said is true, he is sure that the punishment will not be anything light.
But unexpectedly, his father didn't seem angry this time. If anything, only disappointment could be seen on his face. They had caught Rico Guli doing those things in the past. And even after sending him through a hell of pain, he still came back time and time again to do the same thing. Not only that, but according to their information, he was also sent to other solar systems to try to take away their alchemist talents too.
Of course, he wasn't the only one, and neither was it something rare to happen. The competition for resources and talents is something that happens everywhere. But recently, the Yure Solar System, which is the Riren's Planet Solar System neighbor, had been acting extremely blatantly.
The Yure Solar System was quite big and had a few more planets than the Riren's one. They had been acting to gather resources and talents from the other Solar Systems on a grand scale. Everything indicated that the Yure Solar System was trying to raise its ranking in the Dalin Universe. If they are successful in that, they will get a lot more attention from the other Major Universes. They will then receive more resources, and the cultivation speed of its residents will rise as a whole.
To be able to do that, they need to provide the necessary environment in their home. The only way to achieve this objective without having to wait for their Solar System to slowly develop is to gather more and more talents. Those talents will then become the leading front that will carry the 'upgrade' in their Solar System.
But what Amark Ruli couldn't understand is why his own son is helping another Solar System to steal their own talents. It doesn't matter how many times he asked, Rico Guli had never given him an answer. In the past, before Rico joined the Yure Solar System, he was quite a passionate Alchemist of their Organization. He cared a lot for their home and participated in several competitions between solar systems to defend the Riren Planet's Solar System banner.
Amark Guli then shook his head and told Lagan.
\”Just let him go, due to the rules that all alchemists must follow, we can't really kill or cripple him anyway. There is just no point anymore in trying to punish him.\”
Lagan was surprised by that.
\”Are you sure about that? Even if we can't do what you said, we should still punish him anyway. Otherwise, he will come back even earlier.\”
Amark shook his head and didn't say anything else.
Lagan then sighed and released his Spiritual Pressure, which allowed Rico to get up once more. He looked at his father's disappointed face and felt bitter inside. Still, he greeted his teeth and got up. Just as he was about to leave, he left two words behind.
\”I'm sorry.\”