Chapter 69：Road To Become A Tycoon (1/2)

”It was a dungeon break,” The unfamiliar, weak voice answered his questions. Arthur was startled and turned around with a face of someone who knew he was guilty of intruding. Ellen's father walked in and lightly patted his shoulder.

”It's okay, just don't talk to Ellen about it. She didn't take it well.”

Arthur nodded his head, a sympathetic look on his face. He kept his head down and the two left the room. After washing his face in the bathroom and finishing his business, the three gathered for a meal. They chatted idly and Arthur took notice of the fact that Ellen's father ate barely three spoons.

After thanking them for the dinner, Arthur helped clean the dishes before he left. His shadow was long as it stretched along the pavement on his way home. It seems that everyone had circumstances that they fought against.

Dungeon breaks became common a few years ago. There was a state of instability after the appearance of new dungeons everywhere. Avarice, one of the sins dungeons in their city, was one such dungeon. Until now, no one had cleared it. That was the reason Kera city was expanding by the second. Even though dungeons meant danger, it also meant opportunity.

Arthur reached his home, entered it, and locked the door. His mother was leaning on the counter, reading something.

”Oh, hi Art.”

”Hey Mom, what are you doing”

His mother waved the bank's notice, that has just arrived, for him to see. She was already seeing Arthur was an adult, one she could share the worry with. Arthur took it and read through it. He has been too busy to pay them back, but he had already received the money from Joe for the cores he sold.

”Don't worry, I made some money lately.”

”Uh-huh,” His mother sulked and turned the faucet on, cleaning the kitchen's utensils. Arthur sighed and placed the letter on the table before he hugged her.

”I'm sorry for leaving for two days, I had to.” He remembered how his mother was against him leaving to hunt in the wilderness. Even though he didn't explain what he was doing, she had the general idea of it. She disapproved of it.

”I just, it's been hard losing one of my family again. I don't want it to happen again.” His mother's body slightly trembled, making Arthur's heart heavy. He hugged ever tighter and she held his hands that were wrapping around her.

”Promise you won't do anything dangerous.” His mother pleaded.

”I won't,” He lied.

Playing it safe was no longer an option. He was already planning how to find the truth about his father and then venturing to the other world to find his father. If not because he wanted his family to reunite, it would be because he wanted to give this woman, whom they loved dearly, her husband back.

Arthur went upstairs and opened his bank account on his phone. He then paid this month's installment and checked what he had left afterward.

'5632 dollars,' Since low-mid-tier cores were no longer useful to him, he gave them to Joe to sell. Joe sent the money to his bank account number through a direct transfer, keeping Arthur's anonymity.

They have taken a loan of $500 thousand to buy this house and pay for Oren's education. If not for his father having some friends here and there, they wouldn't even be able to take that loan. Now that Arthur was also studying at the academy, he needed to make more money.

The goblin's village was a good project, but it needed some time to ripe. For now, he messaged Mr. Tate about some cheap armors and he replied instantly that he should drop by at any day. Arthur smiled and closed his phone. He needed to study for the upcoming exams.

After he was done with all of this, he took out his books and started to study. Even if he got stronger, that didn't mean knowledge would still appear in his head. He needed to work hard to stand out in the college exams.

Even though it was a plain book, filled with details about monsters and different species and what countered them, Arthur still enjoyed it greatly. Every piece of information would be crucial one day to him, and it was simply fascinating to read about exotic creatures. When it was late at night, Arthur placed down his books and stretched his body.

He didn't need a lot of sleep, so he took out the cords and the brush. He tried a couple of times but he still failed, so he redirected his training toward how to make his usage of rune look normal.