Extra's Ascension To Power Chapter 94: You won’t tell us

"You really are fast about this," Ethan muttered.

He was staring at the work getting done on the House land. The wooden structure had been taken down, and a stone foundation was being laid.

Ace nodded.

It had been three days since their journey into the cursed land and their return. The Academy had not yet received another shock when all of them returned alive without a single hair out of place.

Ace hadn’t wasted ti as he imdiately went to sell the goods. At first, the rchants were wary about the tree monsters until he gave them a sample to check overnight.

The next day, the rchant had personally co to visit him in his dorm, rubbing his hands and smiling cheerfully. "You’ve not contacted any other rchant, right?"

So he sold the dead tree monsters that were on the land as well as the dead dark cloak. Unlike the tree monsters, the dark cloaks didn’t make as much money, but they were still profitable.

"There is no ti to waste."

Building in this world isn’t a simple matter compared to where Ace ca from.

Here, buildings must be made with security in mind.

So they had to employ a formation master.

Those who are proficient in the laying of formations, in writing runes.

Each foundation stone was set with runes engraved on them, and Ace had to use his blood to imprint each of them so that when the house was finally done, all the formations would be keyed to him.

And not only that, formation masters are responsible for creating channels for the central power to flow through the rest of the House.

They are like electricians in that aspect.

The other part was the Academy administration. They sent soone over to work with the formation master so that they could carve a tiny portion of the system into the building.

It would be like a business email but with more power, like directly controlling things if he wasn’t there.

Again and again, Ace was left surprised by the marvels of his new world. He read everything in the book, but it was another thing to see it with his own eyes.

Almost everything is powered by Etherion.

"Huh? Isn’t that four eyes?"

Julius was with the Academy administration, speaking quietly with the man.

"He said he wanted to learn more about the administration work and the House protocol to the Academy."

"Oh," was all Ethan said.

"What do you want?" Ace wanted to know since he had already given everyone the week off together with fifty thousand gold coins each.

About fifty dollars in his world’s currency.

They made twenty-five million gold coins from the cursed land.

Ace hadn’t sold the Etherion stones yet; he was going to use them as a backing for the House.

Ethan shrugged. "We are thinking of hiring an instructor and buying so techniques."

"Oh?" Ace smiled faintly.

He was glad that his team was interested in actually getting better.

But.

"Not now. You should wait a bit. I’m going to get an instructor to be a patron of the House."

Ethan sucked in a sharp breath. "Wait, what?"

Patron?

All the Houses have patrons, instructors who are exclusive to that certain House and will instruct them without the mbers paying extra.

Of course, the House leader will keep compensating such an instructor.

Ace had thought about it, and he knew his knowledge might be broad but limited in narrowing down the specifics that his House mbers needed.

What they need is soone who will give them continuous monitoring.

And besides, Ace had been having a weird feeling before he went to the cursed land, and it had only intensified when he returned. Sothing strange might be happening soon.

"Yes. It’s ti our House had sothing like that."

Ethan grinned. "Ace, how about this? I want to officially join your House. I’m already benefiting from it; let’s make it official."

Ace paused, and he did a quick calculation. "Your blackmail situation. I promise you that if you don’t ss up against , then I will have no reason to fight you."

Ethan smiled warily. "I know. I also hope we don’t fight for the sa interest but from different boats."

They shook on it.

"Once we have a patron, more mbers will want to join, if only to reap the benefits of the instructor," Ethan said.

Ace nodded. "That can’t be helped, but my recruitnt won’t be like the others. I don’t need to fill up the House if two of its mbers can’t take soone like you on, Ethan."

"Quality over quantity," Ethan nodded in satisfaction. "But which instructor are you hoping to hook?"

Ace frowned once again because he didn’t know their na. "Well, I know he’s male, a drunkard, and ca from the battlefield, not because he was old but because he was too violent. I can’t rember his na though."

Ethan frowned as well. "An instructor like that?"

Suddenly, he stiffened as he whirled on Ace. "You an the mad dog Ardent? What the fuck! That’s who you want as patron of your House?"

Ace nodded. He didn’t know his na; in the book, he knew there was an instructor like that, but Lucas Dawn only t him at the end of his Academy life where they shared a drink, and Ardent told Lucas that he had nothing to teach him but could have made him more powerful than he currently was if he had been teaching him since year one.

"You must be crazy, Ace! That instructor has broken and nearly killed a lot of students, and that’s why he doesn’t teach much these days. He’s also a drunkard, and anyone who goes to him for instruction only ends up robbed with a beating. He’s the worst of the worst!"

Ace nodded. "Right. That’s him, alright."

Ethan took a deep breath and rubbed his face. "Okay, tell when you’ll be going so the whole team will go along with you. We also need to buy a lot of healing potions for it."

Ace nodded. "Alright."

Ethan sighed again. "You won’t tell us."

Another nod. "You’re right."