The three sages exchanged glances before faint smiles appeared on their faces. The atmosphere inside the room gradually beca lighter after the earlier serious discussion. Arthur leaned back slightly in his chair and looked directly at Victor with calm eyes.
"Very well. We can discuss the other matters later," Arthur said. "For now, you need to beco much stronger if you truly wish to enter their empire. Tell what you need."
Victor did not hesitate for long. He had already planned everything carefully in his mind during the journey back to the shop and in this three days. Since he now had access to enormous resources, there was no reason to hold himself back.
"President, I need three elite spells belonging to different elents," Victor replied calmly. "For the light elent, give a healing spell. For the tal elent, I want a spell related to magnetism that can influence other tallic attributes as well. For darkness, I need sothing that allows to rge with darkness itself."
He paused briefly before continuing.
"And I also want one legendary lightning spell. Besides that, I need four physique cores. That should be enough for now. The money I am about to receive should cover everything, right?"
Arthur nodded without surprise. It was obvious that Victor had already thought deeply about his future combat style.
"Yes. Altogether, it should cost around one billion dollars," Arthur answered. "Compared to what you are about to receive, that amount is insignificant. You will be getting nearly one trillion dollars."
Victor’s eyes widened slightly. Even though he knew his achievents were extraordinary, hearing such a number still felt absurd.
"That much?" he muttered before shaking his head lightly. "Then thank you. I think my condition has already recovered completely. I want to enter so dungeons soon."
Before Arthur could respond, Diana imdiately frowned. She clearly disliked the idea of Victor throwing himself back into danger so quickly after everything that had happened. However, Arthur raised his hand slightly before speaking again.
"Before that, would you like to et your future team mbers?" Arthur asked. "I am also considering sending you to the northern battlefield of the Moon Empire."
Victor beca interested imdiately.
"The northern battlefield?" he asked.
Arthur nodded slowly.
"Wild monsters frequently appear there," he explained. "White Dungeons also erge from ti to ti. There are also many green dungeons as well. The stationed soldiers rarely have the opportunity to clear them because they must maintain peak condition for constant combat duty. Most of them can only enter dungeons once a week."
Diana was about to object imdiately. Victor had only awakened recently and his growth speed already bordered on insanity. Sending him directly to one of the most dangerous battlefields in the world sounded reckless even to her.
However, Victor answered before she could speak.
"Alright," he said without hesitation.
Diana glanced at him silently after hearing his answer, but in the end, she did not say anything.
Arthur suddenly beca serious again. The slight relaxation in his expression disappeared completely.
"There is another secret," he said quietly.
Victor imdiately noticed the shift in atmosphere. Even Elyndros and Diana looked more solemn than before.
"What secret?" Victor asked.
Arthur folded his hands together before speaking slowly.
"We control several ancient ruins hidden across the Federation," he said. "Those ruins belong to civilizations that existed long before ours."
Victor listened silently.
"According to the information we recovered," Arthur continued, "there were at least three civilizations before humanity’s current era. Every single one of them surpassed our science and technology by an unimaginable margin."
Even Victor beca slightly shocked hearing that.
Arthur’s expression darkened further.
"They possessed warriors called martial warriors," he said. "Their strength was comparable to elite awakeners. So records even suggest that they were stronger. However, the truly terrifying part is their weapons. Certain ancient weapon systems were capable of killing sages."
Victor’s face imdiately beca serious.
"When you say martial warriors," he asked carefully, "did they use so kind of breathing technique to beco powerful?"
The reaction of the three sages was imdiate. Arthur, Elyndros, and even Diana stared at him with widened eyes.
"How do you know that?" Arthur asked sharply.
Victor’s heart skipped for a mont, but his expression remained calm.
"I probably read sothing similar in old fantasy novels," he lied smoothly.
In reality, he was connecting the information to cultivation stories from his previous life. The similarities sounded far too obvious to ignore.
Victor leaned forward slightly.
"Can you show one of those breathing thods?" he asked with visible excitent.
Arthur shook his head almost imdiately.
"Do not beco too excited," he replied. "We attempted to comprehend those techniques many tis in the past, but none of us succeeded. Every attempt resulted in backlash from the System itself."
Victor frowned slightly after hearing that.
"What about non awakened humans?" he asked. "They are not directly connected to the System. Could they learn those techniques?"
This ti Elyndros answered instead.
"So people tried exactly that," Elyndros said calmly. "However, the mont they approached success, the System interfered and restricted them as well."
Victor fell silent for several seconds after hearing the answer. The more he learned about the System, the more mysterious and oppressive it seed.
"Even so, I still want to see one of those techniques eventually," Victor said. "And when can I officially head toward the battlefield?"
"You can leave in ten days," Arthur answered. "Your resources will arrive before then."
The three sages slowly stood up, signaling that the eting was over.
Diana looked directly into Victor’s eyes before leaving.
"Do not do anything reckless that could harm you," she said quietly.
Victor simply nodded.
After they left, the room finally beca silent again. Victor sat alone for several monts before a grin slowly appeared on his face. Excitent surged through him uncontrollably.
If martial warriors truly existed, then his physical limitations might eventually be solved completely. The body strengthening spell was effective, but the progress was painfully slow. Victor did not possess enough patience to wait decades for gradual improvent.
"System," Victor called inwardly, "now that I have reached the Novice Realm, how many tis can I use the Chaos Elent?"
The familiar chanical voice answered imdiately.
[At your maximum condition, you will be capable of casting it five tis per day. Currently, even using it twice would place imnse strain on your body.]
Instead of disappointnt, Victor felt satisfied. Compared to before, this was already massive progress.
"That is more than enough for now," he thought happily.
Without wasting further ti, Victor changed into casual clothing and prepared to leave. He wanted to test the Chaos Elent inside a dungeon while waiting for Arthur to send the requested spells and physique cores.
Soon, he boarded a taxi and headed toward the Federation Hall to upgrade his hunter rank officially.
When he arrived and stepped out of the taxi, several nearby people imdiately recognized him.
"Look, His Highness is here!"
"Oh my God, he looks even more handso in casual clothes!"
"I want to hug him at least once!"
Groups of girls instantly beca excited after spotting him. Victor’s expression stiffened imdiately when he noticed the rapidly gathering crowd.
Without hesitation, he escaped at full speed.
A few minutes later, he entered the Federation Hall and quickly searched for the person in charge of rank upgrades. The employee behind the desk beca visibly shocked the mont he recognized Victor.
The man hurriedly stood up in panic, but Victor imdiately gestured for silence.
"Please keep things quiet," Victor whispered.
The employee nodded rapidly.
"Your Highness, please give your hunter card," the man said respectfully. "I will process the upgrade imdiately."
The employee himself was an Adept rank warrior who had survived the battlefield thanks to Victor’s actions earlier. Unsurprisingly, he had already beco one of Victor’s admirers.
Within only five minutes, Victor’s hunter rank changed officially from F Rank to E Rank. The employee did not even ask for combat proof.
"Thank you," Victor said before leaving through the back entrance.
Soon, he entered another taxi and headed toward a dungeon known as Orc Forest.
The dungeon possessed twenty floors. Ordinary monsters inside were at the Novice Rank, while the final boss possessed Adept Rank strength.
Dungeon entry restrictions were extrely strict. Apprentice Rank awakeners could only enter E Rank dungeons. Novice Rank awakeners could enter both E and D Rank dungeons. Adept Rank awakeners could enter D and C Rank dungeons, and the pattern continued upward similarly.
Victor had already inford Elyndros beforehand. Because of that, the guards guarding the dungeon gate personally sealed the area for everyone else.
The other hunters did not complain after learning the reason.
Instead, hundreds of people gathered outside simply to see Victor in person. So opportunistic individuals even opened temporary stalls nearby. Within a short ti, a small marketplace ford around the dungeon entrance.
When Victor arrived, he stared at the enormous crowd in disbelief.
"What is happening here?" he asked blankly.
The next mont, everyone bowed simultaneously.
"Greetings, Your Highness! It is an honor to et you!"
Victor felt the corner of his mouth twitch violently.
Without saying another word, he imdiately rushed toward the dungeon gate and entered at full speed.
Only after arriving inside did he finally release a relieved sigh.
Unfortunately, that relief lasted less than two seconds.
A massive orc suddenly roared and swung a gigantic axe directly toward his head.
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