297 Start the Gathering (2/2)
”The Elemental Sect is losing big with us here, don't you think?”
Krune then shook his head.
”It's just that we have the Elemental Meridians. If you think about it, those collection passes are a great idea in the end. The ones who pay for it need to give back 100 Elemental Path Stones of any tier. Since there will only be Elemental Stones for 2 to 3 years only, the Sect is profiting a lot more than if they didn't issue those passes. Don't forget that the stones lose their power if not store well.”
Tiane then commented.
”I just hope no one notices our actions. Even though they wouldn't be able to do anything to us since we are following the rules, it would attract too much attention in the end.”
Ruik shrugged his shoulders after hearing that.
”It should be okay. Even if we are finding this many, the fact is that the planet is enormous. Compared to the number of stones that the Elemental Sect is getting from this full-scale search, our stones can, at most, be considered a spec of dust. And that is only because we have the Elemental Meridians. Otherwise, a speck of dust would already be considered an overstatement.”
Krune nodded.
”Ruik is right. Besides, we already decided that we won't stick to a single place for longer than we should. At most, we will stay for two or three days and then go somewhere else. This way, no one will pay much attention to our presence.”
Everyone nodded.
”Alright, let's keep looking for the stones. This time, Feifei and I will be moving around the North-East while you two go to the South-West.”
Krune's group then immediately separated once more.
Time passed, and the agreed three days were over. By now, Krune's group had already found enough Elemental Path Stones to give at least 300 or so to each other. Once they gathered again, they decided to move back to the city and go to a Hotel.
Once inside their room, they started to count how many Elemental Path Stones they got so far.
”So, we have 1348 Elemental Path Stones here. They are all pretty much around the same quality, with just a few of them having more energy. So it is 337 for each one of us.”
Just as Krune was about to distribute them equally, Ruik stopped him.
”From now on, you take 10% more than Tiane and me, this will be the payment for the Pills that you used in the Collection Passes. Both of us already discussed it, as well.”
Feifei nodded and did the same.
”You can get 10% of mine as well.”
Krune shook his head, though.
”I don't need it. We have a lot of time to collect more, so it is not necessary.”
Still, Ruik, Tiane, and Feifei didn't hear him. It wasn't a question of needing it or not, it was more a pride issue.
”We are not accepting them either. So what will you do, throw the Elemental Path Stones away? If you insist on not taking the stones, I will just go to an Elemental Sect Branch and buy a collection pass with them.”
Tiane and Feifei nodded vigorously after hearing Ruik's words.
In the end, Krune could only sigh and accept to take 10% more from now on.
”Alright, here are 303 Elemental Path Stones for each one of you, satisfied?”
Ruik and the others smiled and nodded.
”Very satisfied.”
Krune then looked at everyone and said.
”Okay, let's start absorbing all of them. I know that we should use as much of our time as possible to search for the Elemental Path Stones. But just in case, I want to prevent a situation where we are found holding thousands of them. Any idiot would notice that something is wrong and that we probably have a better way to look for them.”
No one complained about that idea since they know that Krune is right. Even if their method of looking for Elemental Path Stone isn't against any rules, they couldn't deny the possibility that the other part greed is big enough to ignore Krune's Wisp Protection Law. Not to mention that that protection law is only applied to Krune alone, not them.