3 New World (1/2)

in the sky above a huge great city with thousands ofbuildings, the unparalled dark prison overlord is watching everything happen below with great interest.

”a city with 800.000 population, not bad... lets get down there” dark prison start to descend and landed slowlly near a bustling plaza full of peoples.

if anyone sees a person especially a human suddenly floating and descending from the sky then they will be totally shocked, because only those who had high cultivation that can fly orraces with wings in their body which is very rare sight in the realm.

but it's just simple thing for the dark prison to hide his presences as no one in the entire realm can see nor feel him, if he doesn't want to.

not long he decide to reveal his entire body but nobody bats an eye as there is so much crowds in the plaza creating confusing sea of peoples, thus he continue to swaggering without attracting attentions while listening to peoples chatting, shouting and kids running around.

when he walk there is lots of activities happening from merchants selling their wares and goods, some people just strolling around while looking and haggling around the stores, others who's busy working or some who just sitting doing nothing, it's extremely vibrant atmosphere, and for the dark prison this is very refreshing feeling as it's been long since he experienced it.

he then sit in the side of large fountain in the middle of plaza, as he can see lots of painters, entertainners, musician, bards and singer showing off their skill, even seeing several beautiful elf male and female among the musicians group, playing their instruments and singing an echanting but relaxing song.

'hemm back then many race seldom interacting with another outside their kind, but now.... even the elfs start mingling with others' dark prison thought return back to when he still walked around the plaza earlier, where he sees lot's of peoples from another race not just human who heavily involved in many activities.

this is lightly surprised him as back in the past interaction between races are extremely rare to happens, in fact races back then are competing and exterminating each other.

but now he can see a dwarves smithing an axe for his tigerman customers or a troll lifting huge load of goods with an oxhead man, and pretty elf woman singing song accompanied by a human musician, while there is a lizardman haggling prices with a ratman merchant.

'hahh the gaia realm is trully changed hah...' he thought and sigh faintly.

while he sitting there with relaxing posture, over the time many more people start paying attention to him, as the dark prison emittingnatural dashing aura even when he concealing his strength, with his masculine handsome face and light purple eyes and short stylish black hair, he is also wearing dark light armor along dark trench coat that looked expensive and ethereal, he gives seemingly out of this world feeling.

not long there is a male wolfman carrying huge backpack suddenly sits beside him and start drinking water from an animal skin pouch.

”huahhh.... it's really hot sunny day right..” the wolfman starting conversation with the dark prison.

”yeah..... ” dark prison mumble answering the wolfman who looked very tired and sweating all over his furred body.

'hmm just an early human rank' dark prison thought while gauging the wolfman strength.

”what's with the huge backpack?”.

dark prison asked about the wolfman backpack, he already know what's inside but still curious about it's functions.

”hehehe inside it's my item refining tools, i'm a refiner master haha” wolfman said while patting the backpack.

refiner master is a proffesion in which these people weretalented in making many usefull tool and magic items.

”you?? a refiner master?? a wolfman like you?”.

dark prison asked doubtly, he think that the refining tool this wolfman had is really different that he knows in the past.

'he's a wolfman right, never seen a wolfman being a refiner masters'.

dark prison thought as he looking the wolfman.

”hey don't look down on me alright, i know.. i know that i don't have talent in fighting and cultivating but..... hehe....if it's refining tools then this wolfman in front of you right now is one of the most talented in the business”.

wolfman then patting his chest while smiling brightly, he seems proud of himself.

”alright alright..... i just thought that all wolfman are bunch of muscleheads that only know how to fights”.

dark prison said while remembering the wolfmans he knows in the past..

”well that stereotype more or less is true, we wolfman only knows how to fights, but i'm different okay, me basically are much more smarter than averages wolfmans heheh,refining magic tools needs working brain instead how strong your punch is”.

wolfman explaining while resting beside the dark prison.

”oh yeah.....my name is schmidt, from clausewitz tribe, i'm a level 2 fighter rank hehe.... it's not bad huh but my old man the tribe chief who is a warrior at level 1 super warrior rank wanted me to succeded him in future, but i got neither a talent or interest in cultivation or became a chief, instead here i am.... far away from home, trying to get a masters certificate from astoria refiners guild....what is yours by the way??”.

wolfman named schmidt start introduce himself and explaining why he is here for, while offering his hand for handshake.

the dark prison is stunned for a while and hesitating, he can't just give the wolfman his title right, the title of dark prison overlord is a nickname that he received because of his own created space type sealing technique named the dark prison seal.

this skill has terryfing reputation across the realm, as no one is able to escape when their soul is sealed by this seal, they were doomed being imprisoned for eternity.

but right now using the title that was so overbearing is kindaweird, beside he really does not want causing troubles.

instead after awhile he decide to use the name that has been long since been heard and almost forgotten.

”heh the name is arno, also just arrive here from a remote island overseas... but what fighter and super warrior rank you say earlier exactly is?? is it cultivation rank or something?”.

arno who from now on decide to use his original name instead of his used to be famous title, he grab schmidt's hand then they start to shakes hands, and also asked about dubious thing he heard from schmidt mouth that seems like a cultivation level.

”hehe arno heh.... ehmm why do you ask about that?? that's right they were cultivation rank.... wait... don't tell me that you didn't know about it ? ”.

schmidt is kinda shocked and confused because it looks like arno really did not know about cultivation rank.

”well yeah i already say it before right, i'm just arrive here, we kinda using a different names for them back in home”.

arno did not lie, back then people did use different names forthe cultivation rank.

”ah i see i see... it's kinda shocking really, but maybe your island its so remote and isolated because, here in dawn continent we use the same names for cultivation rank anywhere, wheather in here astoria or back in my home tribes in the west or even in the far orients....well fine anyway about cultivation rank.....”.

then schmidt start to explained about cultivation rank.

schmidt explaining that in this dawn continent the largest continent in greysia realm the new name for the former gaia realm central region, cultivation rank seperated into 4 rank with 6 sub-level, which from the bottom is fighter, super warrior, grandmaster and saint.

while schmidt also revealed the existence of mages, who can harness the power of mana to create powerfull spell to eradicated their enemy, mages cultivation are also seperated into 4 rank and 6 sub-level aswell, which is novice mage, adept mage, grand mage, and arch mage.

'things are getting more confusing after god knows how many long since i've been dormant hibernating... but this new world is so much interesting.. hmhm' arno surprised for a bit as his heart seems filled with happiness and curiosities after hearing schmidt explanation about this whole new world.

according to what the wolfman says and arno's own finding, for example schmidt said that he's a level 2 fighter while arno gauging the accurate strength and energiacoming out from schmidt's body is equivalent of early stage human rank, based on that, cultivation rank is more or less still same except people currently using different names for it, so schmidt father the chief who have the strength of level 1 super warrior means that he is at initial earth rank.

that means a grandmaster is equivalent to heaven rank, while saint rank is martial lords.

'heh only 4 ranks huh..... it looks like he doesn't know that there are still higher rank... he's just common people so maybe he simply did not had access to the information....but this mage and mana... hehhm i need more info on this....'.

arno think that he still need to researching the situation more...

”that's it then.... i'm pretty knowledgeable huh for a wolfman....ahahaaha,..... oh shit it's already the time for the test.. can't be late for it, i guess this is it then arno i need to get going, it's been great talking to you, wish me luck okay”.

schmidt then remember that he still had an urgent business, and picking up his backpack start saying goodbye to arno.

”alright.... good luck to you then, and thanks for the studies”.

arno then thanked the wolfman for the informations.

”heheh fine fine don't mind it, well.... hope we meet again.... goodbye”.

schmidt the refiner master start walking fast towards his appointment, unknowingly that he just had conversations with the strongest being in the entire realm, even lecturing him.

'hmhm what a funny wolfman, and hehehe it looks like his destiny faintly connected with me, we definitly will cross path again in the future'.

arno who already had breaking the shackles mortality can feel faintly that schmidt destiny had something to do with him in the future.

his smilling lightly that drew a dazed look from countless people that already paying attention to him since awhile ago, but he pays no mind about it.

'library might be good place, as still need studies about history...but need money first, well i can sell some useless trash in my space ring'.

he decide going to library to studies more about the world but before that he needed to have money first for some minimal necessities.

so by asking around he find stores that buys and sells odd kinds of things near the plaza, as he did not have single money right now, but he still had a lot valuable things in his posession that can buy the entire world if he want to, so he can be said a penniless but also rich person at the same time.

actually he doesn't need to do all that trying to gained information, it's very simple for him to just scan common peoples brain to get knowledge from their memories with his divine sense, as they don't had any strength to resist in the first place, also they wouldn't even know that their memories are being stolen, and if he need money he can just stole it without ever getting caughted, it's not like he never does that before.

but arno from the very beginning he descend to the world already decide that he will do things slowly and just enjoying the process, that's why he limiting the use of his ability.

he enter the stores that buys and sells odd goods, then scanned the entire bulding with divine sense, there is single rather chubby male toadman race inside, also 2 female, human and dark elf in 3rd floors and some workers in the warehouse at the back.

”hello welcome welcome to the fanctom's odd store, we here sell many things from antiques to magic tools, we have it all, we also buy things from you if you had any odd things, and my name is fanctom the store owner, so is there anything i can help you with ?”.

the toadman owner lightly shouting welcoming arno, while smiling brightly, the toadman mouths is incomparble large.

”im here to sell these, if you are interested then give me your best price”.

arno does not want to waste time here, so he quickly takes out several useless trinkets and and small ornaments that was not too conspicuous andwill not attract many attention from his space ring.

”w...wa...w..ait wait, did you just take these from an in..inventory ring??”

the toadman suddenly shocked and stuttering when he sees arno taking out things from his space ring in his right finger.

'inventory ring? heh another name for this old ring' arno somewhat find the toadman little funny, because arno can perceived that the toadman owner is half faking his reaction.

”well it's just an old ring i got from my father, it's capacity is also really small it's not worth for you to getting shocked at it right”.

arno pull some bullshit about the ring from out of nowhere.

”not worth getting shocked at?? sir the thing in your fingers is an inventory ring, i have never seen one before, it's very rare you know, only handfull exist, that's why only some powerfull family or royalties and famous people that had those rings, even i'm sure that many haughty nobles does not even have one,... sir if i may ask, are you the members of nobility or famous people at least??”.

the toadman suddenly ask arno's identity because he possess an inventory ring which is in the toadman's mind signify that arno must be a royalty or came from famous family.

'sigh... it's just a space rings, but judging from his reaction..... maybe the production process for this ring already lost or something'.

actually for a divine overlord like arno, he does not need a space ring to store things anymore.

in fact cultivation above martial sovereign can make their own small pocket dimension to store many thing as they had high comprehension of universe law, and also their capacity are much more bigger than average space rings.

arno actually only use his space ring to store many useless small items, while he kept the important things like supreme or emperor class weapons, armours, and anykind of treasure or tools inside his own pocket dimension.

but suddenly something attracted his attention.

'hemm an item that can scanned body, from the lamp in those wall huh, hehehe well nevermind....'.

arno found out about an item inside the lamp that in process of scanning his body, but he did not plan to do anything so instead he just let it go.

”no, just from a common family, my father got this ring from some ruins in his adventuring days, so anyway are you interested in these ornaments?”.

arno does not want to waste more times, so he quickly dodge the ring issue with some stories about his fictional father.

”ah i see..... haha ehmm well then... yes yes i'm interested, these ornaments that you brought is really exquisite and their workmanship are wonderfull.... let's see i take them all for..... 4 nnooo how about 6000 gold??”.

the toadman did not pry any more, but still stealing glance at arno' finger, as he continue to examined the goods that arno wanted to sell and offering a price.

”alright i'll take it.... hemm can i ask you questions??, it's like this, i'm just arrive here from an overseas island and does not really know about the living cost and general economic situation in this place, can you tell me the details?”.

arno decides he agree on the price, and did not mind about the toadman gaze at his rings but instead asking something about how economy running in this continent as he had some curiousity about it.

”hehm... about the living cost, well of couse it's depend on where do you live, but in countrysides or small towns on average, a family of 4 can live with between 5 to 15 gold coins for a month, that is already includes basic necesities and maybe a bit of small luxuries, but if you live in a big city especially city like here in astor the cost will definetly higher...”.

the toadman also explaning that almost the entire greysia realm is using the same currency which is a gold coin supported by a silver coin as lower currency, 1 gold coin is equivalent of 100 silver coin.

”now the general economic situation in astoria empire, it's weather is good basically, many merchants from verona republic and the orients came to astor by the ships via vasir oceans, the land trades is also great, routes from the western city states to dwarf nations in vega moutains are relatively safes, astorian military did lots of good work with maintaining the roads and it's security, but..... sigh majority people and traders now avoiding southern parts of the empire, that because the southern empire borders are extremely dangerous area currently as frequent barbarians and demon beast raids from the gobi deadlands is happening right now, many astorian legions already dispatched to the south but they still unable to control the situations”.

when the toadman finish his explanations, arno is thinking that currently the greysia realm situation are much more calmer compared to chaoticly gaia realm in the past, and it's people way of thinking is also different.

”so that is all, anyway, 6000 gold for these ornaments, and sir about the payment do you want to take the coins directly or you want me to transfer it to your bank accounts?”.

the toadman had finally finish his lectures and confirming the payments method to arno who kinda confused after hearing words he never heard before.

”no i'll just take the coins directly, but what is bank accounts??” asked arno.

”oh you dont know... ehmm bank account is... well it's a bank accounts, it's virtual personal account that you create in the banks of verona to deposit your money and you can saving aswell as retrieving the money from your account in every branch of the banks, they also providing loans and credits to individual or business group, and... with this... ehm wait a moment..ah there it is, this device is issued by the banks, you can just activate it with your mana and tadaa, hehe it's function is so that you can checks your account balance aswell transfering money to another account, but that's not all, it also able to receive notifications if you had money transfered by another people...so you dont have to go running very far to the nearest branch of the banks... hehe how is that”.

the toadman enthusiastically explaining the banks function while holding a small magic device in his hand.

'sigh... because space ring are extremely rare now thats why this bank really is an absolutely ingenious thing as it really convenience for people, so the don't have to carrying lots of gold pouch everywhere they go, and that device also hemm... it looks like need a unique distinct pattern on peoples energia to work”.

arno thinking something that wonderous as this banks can exist in this current times.

”yeah it's..... really marvelous, i'm sure it greatly helped merchants like you ha..., but is this banks of verona are credible and safe ?”

arno nod then asked about the bank credibility, while he also really thinking this bank truly can foster the economic growth in long term by making it easy for merchants to have transcation and by providing capital loan for people to start new upstart business.

”yes it did in fact really helped us, as sometimes we did a lot of business transaction in huge numbers heheheh..., besides the banks of verona had huge and respected reputation in the continent, it primarily patronized by the republics of verona but almost any other countrys such as here astoria empire, eastern states, the dwarf nations even the laurentia empire across the sea to the north supports it, so yes it's completely trustable and safe....and here sir all 6000 gold of coins inside the pouch, please accept it”.

the toadman clarify that the banks are totally safe and reputable, at the same time handing the payment to arno.

”alright then, because i still had another errand so we need conclude our business here, and also thank you for the lectures”.

arno received the gold pouch, putting it inside the space ring and thanked the toadman for the informations.

”no problem sir... have a good day”. the toadman then sees arno off to the store door, and he return back to the store cashier.

'heh those 2 woman upstairs is keeping an eye on me back inside, i wonder why though hehhe, well.... now onto the library'.

back inside the store during his conversations with the toadman, he discovered that the 2 woman in 3rd floor secretly spying him while using a magic item to scan his body, but he doesn't care about it, instead he continuing walking slowly toward the library near the city main roads.

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back in the fanctom's odd store, the toadman owner is climbing up the stairs to the 3rd floor, then he arrive outside a room before knocking the door lightly, he enter the room and sees 2 beautiful woman, a human and a dark elf.

the human female is tall with long legs, her face is extremelly beautiful with long purple hair, blue eyes and enchanting full light red lips, while her body is really voluptuous and her skin is light white toned, she's wearing deep purple pretty dress that cover almost her entire body, she's standing near the window looking outside seems pondering.

while the dark elf had a bob styled silver hair, green eyes with pink lips, she also had a voluptuous slightly muscles body that lightly covered by dark light armor and bronze color healthy skin, she's sitting in a chair while drinking a wine.