"I just want a share of the treasures that are rightfully mine. They didn’t want to cooperate," the sentence infuriated the Duke again. Years in power meant that his patience was not regularly tested.
"What right do you have? Nothing here was done with your help!", the Duke would continue shouting, but Azir’s pressure intensified on him and prevented him from doing anything.
"Before you take sides, look at this brooch, and don’t create any enmity between us," Kayden took out the brooch he received from Merlin, and as soon as Azir laid his eyes on it, he was surprised and then afraid.
Fortunately, he had intended to help Kayden in this situation from the beginning. He never made a mistake with a bet and decided to bet on Kayden following his instinct. This pin made the process of showing him he was right easier.
"Don’t worry about it. Apolo must have already given you a card and a cell phone with a bank account. What percentage do you want from the Britten family? It will be transferred to you today" If the negotiation had gone smoothly, Kayden wouldn’t have minded to be fair, but now?
"Seventy percent and I want to enter the mansion’s treasures to choose some," the sentence was like a stab in the heart of everyone in the Britten family.
"Of course, it will be done today. You can come with me. I can feel the treasures in a secret room below the mansion. Do you need anything else?", Azir asked in a friendly manner.
"No, please lead the way." It was funny how their relationship changed over time. In the past, the Duke was superior to Kayden, and he was demoted even before Kayden fell into the abyss. Now, his relationship with Azir had also reversed. He was superior but in consideration of all the times he helped Kayden, the young man didn’t mind being friendly. He would even do Azir a favor at the end of all this.
"How much have you grown during this time?" Azir asked as they flew.
"It remains the undisputed pinnacle of humanity. I have no way of making comparisons with my current level of power", the arrogant phrase was said in a carefree manner by Kayden, as if commenting on the temperature of the day.
"I hope we can maintain our friendly relations as always." Azir was no fool and knew this was the right time to attack his influence.
"Of course, don’t worry about it. What level of strength are you at right now?" Kayden asked a question he had always been curious about over the years.
"Fifth realm and third level. Unfortunately, I hit a block in my advancements centuries ago and until now could not advance." The old man responded darkly. They didn’t continue their conversation as they entered the Britten family’s treasure room.
The room was immense, over 500 meters long and wide. There were hundreds of gold coins piled up, forming huge mountains everywhere. In the center, they had the real treasures inside glass boxes.
"Kayden!", Milena called to him in a euphoric way. Her blank tone sounded like something had attacked her. "Can I...can I have this jewelry?" She pointed to a corner where there was some of the most beautiful jewelry that humanity has produced. She looked like a child who found a candy store.
"Of course, you too, Astolfo, take what you want." After saying that, Kayden went towards the center together with Azir and started looking for the things he wanted. There were some impressive pills that he took possession of.
Unique ice element spells were in some books. Kayden paid a lot of attention to this part. He picked high-grade fruits and seeds. Furthermore, any book with knowledge he didn’t have was usurped.
In the end, he ended up taking less than 70% of the things, because he wasn’t interested in the rest and just left them aside. Azir didn’t mind either and gave his opinion to Kayden about some of the treasures. Kayden waited for his son and Milena to finish their collections.
"Astolfo, Milena, and Felix leave the room and wait for us outside, please." As soon as the three left, Kayden broke the button that called Melin. The god arrived so quickly with his mana suppressing everyone in a region of more than a thousand kilometers that not even Azir was able to react.
"A mere fifth realm dares not recognize my symbol?" Merlin had put so much pressure on Azir that every bone in the old man’s body had already broken and turned into dust.
"God Merlin, don’t kill him, he is a friend and if you can heal his injuries, I would appreciate it." Kayden’s sentence confused the god a little, and he frowned. Even so, it healed Azir instantly.
"What do you want, boy? I didn’t tell you not to call me stupid," Kayden felt a weight start on his back, but it was lifted instantly. This was Merlin trying to teach him a lesson and being suppressed by the heavens.
"I know that, God Merlin. I just wanted to ask a small favor. With all your knowledge, it should be easy. Please help my friend here break through the barrier he is in right now," Kayden was extremely respectful.
Merlin didn’t care about Kayden having the potential to become a god. Seven lightning bolts were rare, but normally there would be about three per world every thousand years. It was something rare, but for how long he lived, God had already seen hundreds of future gods who failed to achieve anything.
The only difference was that Kayden had gotten seven lightning bolts much earlier than the rest. Most of the time, they could only get seven rays in the fifth or sixth realm. But that wasn’t the main thing; it was the warning he received from Thoth to take care of him.
God didn’t even need a minute to understand Azir’s situation. It was a very common case of wrong leveling. Most likely, he had been trying to advance all these years without correcting a tiny, tiny error at his foundation.
"In your seventh circulation of the fire technique, you don’t balance the mana in your body. Even if your core is perfect for advancing, it impedes your advancement so that the rest of it isn’t harmed. Just fix that, and you should be fine." able to get a few more levels", and as soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared into thin air.
The pressure that was on all living beings instantly disappeared. It was as if it never happened. Azir was still trying to reason what happened and think about God’s tip. Merlin’s button regenerated on Kayden’s clothing, and he hid it again.
"Azir, let’s go out so you can think about God Merlin’s tip better", Kayden called the old man, who regained his senses, at least partially. This was the most important moment in recent centuries.
God’s words entered his mind like hot iron. He followed Kayden out, still a little lost. He was reviewing his technique every inch and with every second he understood more where he went wrong and how to fix that mistake.
Kayden left, and Milena and Astolfo joined him. Outside was the Britten family, waiting for them with a defeated look. Kayden didn’t care and didn’t even give them a second glance.
"I’m going now, Azir," the old man just gave a nod and left in another direction. Kayden just walked off in a random direction along with his companions. After checking the map for a few moments, he found where the elf kingdom was.
"Let’s take another trip for a day or two towards the elven kingdom. There we will establish a residence near the Dawn academy," Kayden gave instructions, and they headed in the direction he pointed.
Again, they passed through dozens of cities. They were not stopped even once. The number of people followed a high pattern everywhere. Kayden had gotten used to it by now.
About a day and a half later, they entered the elf border. It wasn’t long before they were stopped by a team of people in the fourth realm. There were about three of them with the leader at the peak of the fourth realm.
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Two of them had white skin, looking like pure milk, while the woman had dark skin. The funny thing is that elves only had these two extremes, either extremely white skin or extremely dark skin.
"Identify yourselves," the older elf, who showed some signs of age, spoke with a voice that carried more than a kilometer of distance between them, something simple for any wizard with some power.
"I am Kayden Heart and these are my companions, I just want to settle in the elf kingdom until the contest" Kayden played his line with mana to get to the elves. They looked like they had been in this situation before.