Chapter 93: Eavesdrop (1/2)

His mouth felt dry, he had to gulp and let go of a breath that he didn't know he was holding. It was here, the price he had to pay for this power. The price he had to pay for the abilities he gained from the legacy. A legacy quest. The concept was simple. How did a legacy owner specify what they wanted to be achieved? Through legacy quests. If the legacy receiver failed to do the quest, their legacy would be gone.

”I don't know why you have asked for information about this particular person, Arthur.” Si continued speaking. ”However, it's best for you to not get involved. This thing reeks of danger, and you have no reason to butt in.” He warned, but Arthur couldn't hear what he was saying.

”Can you tell me their next whereabouts?” He interjected. Si gave him the stare of someone who's warning has just been ignored. He sighed and sent Arthur a location and time. His ability didn't only work on the present, so this much was easy to obtain.

”Arthur…”

”I know, Si. I'll be careful. This is just something I need to do.” Arthur saw that Si was about to warn him again, so he quickly said and ended the call. Alone with his quest now, Arthur proceeded to read the rest of the messages.

[Learn the Enders' goal and stop them from achieving it.]

The Enders… Was the black being Arthur saw near the tower one of them? Were they the mastermind behind whatever is going to happen?

'A weapon of mass destruction…'

This was bad. If these creatures were a part of the reason Jizo wanted him to stop the Era of Yore from coming back, it spelled doom. He had no idea how Tyrin would fit into such a grand scheme, but he was his only lead right now to learn of the Enders' goal.

Arthur rested his hand on his left chest, his heart was beating rapidly. He was nervous, scared, and excited. He hated that he couldn't get stronger right now due to his evolution, but he could train. He sat on the couch, crossed-legged, as he began his mana-control training just like Master Ronin taught him. It was past midnight that Arthur decided to sleep.

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Morning of the next, Arthur wore his workshop attire and left his room. He was glad that he had agreed to Emma's invitation since he realized he would be needed to learn a new rune. It might sound rude to ask her to share some of their runes databases, but Arthur will see how it goes since he didn't want to go unprepared.

”Sure, I doubt you'll get any studying done right before the competition though,” Emma said as she sliced the egg with her knife and ate it. ”Your skill level would represent us in the competition, don't worry about our support.” She chewed on her food. ”There will also be a monetary award depending on your rank in the competition.”

”There's no need,” Arthur waved his hand. ”You have already done so much for me.”

”The minimum is a million Yalveran dollars…”

”Only the selfish turn down the generous,” Arthur's face turned serious. ”I can't turn such generosity down.”

”Pft, hahaha!” Emma laughed heartily at his change in character and Arthur laughed as well. They finished their breakfast before heading toward the workshop.

On the way, Emma told him he could access the virtual library once he was there. He'd be able to learn about any basic-tier rune he wanted, but only one. This worked for the rest of the apprentices since no one needed to research more than one rune per day unless they were Runes Masters.