"My strength is all the nuances of a fight. I can teach you about mental toughness and how to conduct yourself in direct combat." The director was a good fighter but would not doubt the ruling family’s choices.
"Early tomorrow, appear at the top of the ship. You will teach an open class on general combat." Kayden thanked the director and entered the apartment. After a few seconds, he sat down and began to observe the movements in the city with his spiritual sense.
Many people noticed that Kayden was spying, even some in lower realms. Kayden had to admit that this place had top-level techniques. Fortunately, his high realm caused his reaction speed to be superior in some cases, and in others, his path suppressed this difference, so no one could notice it was him.
In just a few hours, he understood how everything worked in this place. Children, for the most part, were in the first and second realms, with teenagers reaching the third realm in some cases. Most of the adults were in the fourth realm, but that seemed to be the limit of the strength of the people in this city.
Furthermore, most just wanted to lead a normal life, without the lust for power like Kayden. He saw several elderly people in the fourth realm just living their lives with simple and dull jobs. It was strange to see something like that in a world of magic, where you could fly and cause mass destruction.
The truth is that few dared to leave their comfort zone to train enough to become great wizards. And of those few who had courage, an even smaller number had the discipline and talent to reach great heights.
Kayden found the shopping area where he could exchange some of the items he got in the past for this world’s money. This money, in turn, could be exchanged for information in different places.
"Where are we?" Felix woke up and said in a sleepy tone. Kayden had even forgotten about the animal’s presence. This made him realize how strong Felix was becoming, as not even one person could identify his strength in this place.
If Eldora had noticed the beast, she would have made it sign an oath on the same terms as Kayden’s. Kayden explained to Felix where they were and what their plans were for the next few years. Felix just nodded and ordered something to eat.
Kayden had a frightening amount of stuff stored in his space earring, from tons of food to tons of treasure. He currently had two earrings, one he received from Merlin and one he received from Conor at his wedding.
Conor’s was an incredible two miles wide. Kayden placed enough treasure and resources in each of his compartments to build a small empire if necessary.
"They have seven wizards in the fourth realm with seven rays, but only four of them pose any real danger. The rest is just talent without strength. But you must be careful, if you have any problems, come to me." Kayden recommended to the cat before leaving. Felix was in one of his rare moments of rune training.
The cat just purred at Kayden and the boy left. His exit from the ship was constantly monitored by some spiritual senses, but it was clear to him that they were just guards hanging around the ship.
He went directly to the huge dome where local businesses were located. It was made up of several little shops arranged in squares at different points. Some were on the ground, while others floated, all offering a large number of different items.
To an outsider like him, it seemed like an extreme mess. All spots were occupied by people. Kayden saw several foreigners like him walking around the place. This was probably a meeting point.
As he was standing still, thinking about what to do, he saw a boy wearing tattered clothes and barefoot appearing in his vision. He was just a teenager in the first realm, someone far behind most people his age.
"Welcome to the city market, Mr. Wizard. If it’s your first time, I can introduce you to the place and recommend the best points to negotiate. All this for an affordable price of just ten coins." Kayden noticed, at that moment, something he ignored.
The economy of this world was completely cloudy for him. It had been so many years since he had worried about the price of something that this detail went completely unnoticed to him.
"I need somewhere to exchange treasures for coins. After that, I can pay you." The boy’s eyes lit up when he saw a possible client.
"Sure, come with me." The boy guided Kayden to a tent a little larger than the others. Furthermore, it was completely closed. Without hesitation, Kayden walked in and saw only a few armchairs with silent runes.
In each of them, there was someone negotiating something. Some presented delicacies while others came to buy delicacies. This seemed to be a general house where everything could be sold and bought.
Kayden was advised by the boy to sit in an armchair and wait. After doing so, it only took a few seconds for a water race man to appear in front of him, wearing a black seaweed outfit that resembled a luxurious outfit.
" Hello dear customer, what can we do for you?"
"I’m here to exchange some treasures for money. What do you need most right now?" Kayden decided to play the scarcity game to blatantly raise the price of his products.
The man seemed to have been in this situation before and took a book out of his pocket. Kayden could see that this book was connected to other people in this room by a thin thread of mana that should be invisible to everyone. After reading for a few seconds, the man began to pass a list to Kayden and tell him the priority of each item.
"How much are you able to offer for ten-third realm deep earth cores?" Because it was a village relatively far from the land, they had few centers of this type. The man looked at Kayden in surprise at how much the boy in front of him had.
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"Ninety coins for each core." Kayden, without any emotion, played a higher price.
"One hundred coins per core. You don’t have many fighters around here and this type of nucleus is very far from where your hunters go." The two could continue talking and fighting over price, but the market knew a customer like Kayden from afar. He made an offer and wouldn’t go back on anything.
"One hundred for high-quality cores and only seventy for low-quality ones." Kayden agreed and took out the ten worst cores he had. Unsurprisingly, they were all rated as low quality.
This was obvious considering they were from a place with a much lower average level. The man gave Kayden a total of seven hundred coins for this little bargain and offered Kayden a discount on his products, something he refused for now.
"Here." Kayden threw ten coins to the boy who was waiting for him outside. "I need some general information about the city and other information about the region. Show me a place."
"I know everything an ordinary person can know, sir. For just ten coins, I will summarize the entire region for you." Since the boy had already helped him before, Kayden didn’t mind waving at the boy.
"We have four big spots around our city. The red coral is a huge space measuring tens of kilometers and the floor is made of huge coral. Only players who want to face other players go to this place. It is a lawless land where everything is permitted. Then, we have the storm of wisdom, a huge mass of clouds that rains uninterruptedly. When someone dies on this spot, a golden air comes out of the person and whoever is nearby receives a bit of momentary wisdom."
Kayden was interested in both points. The first would provide a stage for him to get more viewers and the second could be used for him to improve his path and return to his peak.
"We have a staircase with a hundred steps, where on each one you have to solve a mana pressure problem to pass, in addition to voices and other torments. As incredible as it may seem, it is the place with the highest mortality rate of the four. For each step, you receive a fruit that improves your body or some organ slightly."
This would be useful for Kayden to be able to further break the barrier of the fourth realm. He was extremely strong, but he wanted to reach an even greater level. In this place, his strength was nothing special.
"Lastly, we have something strange. At one point in the lake, there is a small, unknown metal platform. In it, there is a man full of muscles wearing war clothes from primitive tribes. His strength is unfathomable and he has never lost a single battle. But as long as you prove yourself worthy, he’ll give you some advice. Each person must pay with a certain amount of blood to receive your help."