"Presents?! Let's see what's inside," Zoe exclaimed in surprise as she grabbed a gift box and opened it.
Everyone looked closely, and when Zoe finally unwrapped the gift box, she saw a pair of figures resembling her and Arkhen!
They stood on a creamy platform, a stage box with a garden background, and both wore wedding outfits.
Everyone was also surprised.
"Could it be…" Evelyn thought of something and grabbed a random gift box before opening it and found her and Arkhen's figures in a wedding outfit. Still, it was a different outfit with different poses than Zoe's. The platform and background were also distinct.
The others also took a gift box each and found the same thing! Each of them was paired with Arkhen in wedding outfits, different poses, platforms, and backgrounds.
"I don't want to open a gift box. Who knows if I also get paired with Arkhen, hahaha," Gerald laughed.
Everyone laughed.
"No, hahaha. Brother, open it. I want to see," Meya said as she almost wheezed while laughing.
Gerald grabbed a gift box and opened it. However, the moment he saw the two figures inside, he panicked and…
*Boom!*
"Waa! Why did you destroy it?" Meya widened her eyes before she pouted. "What was the gift? Tell us!"
"What was it?" Zoe asked in curiosity as well.
The two figures inside belonged to him and… Tiffani!
"Cough, nothing. I'll tell you later if it becomes possible," Gerald said with a hollow laugh as he briefly glanced at Tiffani.
…
Afterward, everyone found a good spot on a big branch of a tree and settled there.
Today was a rest day, so they didn't do anything other than talk and rest and...
Arkhen put on a big theatre to watch movies by using some reality motes as everyone enjoyed while having popcorn and soft drinks.
A short while later, the theatre screen attracted others' attention, and some people curiously came to look and started watching.
The movie Arkhen played was called Drishyam, and everyone was hooked because of its suspense and thrilling aspect.
When the movie ended, everyone was surprised.
"Haha, I knew it. I knew he hid the body there," Evelyn said with a grin.
"Damn! No one will know and suspect that place!" Meya was impressed.
"Mhmm, unless there was someone who saw him entering there," Sierra said with a nod. "But who would see him in that late at night?"
"Well, there's a second part of the movie, and it's even more of a banger because he expected that the truth would come out and started counter-measuring from the start, haha," Arkhen said with a laugh before he said with a faint smile, "Actually, Someone indeed saw him coming out of that place with a shovel."
"What?! Then it's going to be bad," Sasha frowned. "It's that bastard's fault, and his parent's for not raising him with morals. Even if the truth comes out, police shouldn't punish the main character's family."
"But in that law system, you are punished since you committed the crime of killing. However, haha, even if the truth comes out, there will be a good twist. Just wait for it."
"Brother, can you play the 2nd part, please?"
"Yeah, I want to watch it."
The new people sitting and standing behind the group started speaking after hearing Arkhen's words.
"That's the plan," Arkhen grinned and started the 2nd part, Drishyam 2.
[A/N: btw, I recommend this movie. Drishyam and Drishyam 2. They are good :D]
…
After taking a whole day's rest while watching movies and enjoying and finally eating at a beautiful restaurant somewhere in the meadow, the group decided to enter into one of the mini-dimensions.
"You all go hunt beasts while I look at the settlements here," Arkhen said. "I'll come to you in five seconds if you encounter any trouble, so hold on for that long."
"Got it," Luna nodded as she was fired up and grinned. "I'll collect the hundred thousand reality motes fastest."
"It's unfair," Zoe pouted. "Sister Luna has a powerful Bloodline, so she is way more powerful than us."
"That's right!" Meya said with protest. "Sister Luna will be excluded from the competition. Or, she can get her to wish fulfilled, but won't be considered in the top three."
Arkhen wryly smiled and said with a nod, "Alright. Luna will get her wish fulfilled if she reaches the goal, but will be excluded from the top three, so three more winners."
…
While everyone went their different way to hunt and train, Arkhen flew towards a big town while following a blue arrow.
After half an hour of flying at a moderate speed and killing beasts who attacked him, Arkhen finally saw the town.
The 4th Ring powerhouse slave didn't come with him as Arkhen commanded him to stay at the vast forest area where everyone was training.
After entering the town, he saw that it was pretty lively. All of them were powerhouses, and they had made necessary things.
There were hotels, stores like an alchemy shop, blacksmith forge, Jewelist shop, delicious restaurants with high leveled Mystic chefs, and such.
He wanted to get some elemental crystals, the primary currency in the 2nd realm.
As such, he went to the alchemy store and told them he could craft potions.
Obviously, class-10 potions were not much effective in the 2nd realm. Only 10% of their total effectiveness could activate here.
But Arkhen already got the knowledge to craft 2nd realm potions from Immortal Idol Alchemist. Now, he just needed to use that knowledge and practice a bit.
"What?! You don't have money, but you still want ingredients to practice, and you guarantee that you will be able to craft Ring-1 to Ring-5 potions and repay the money quickly?"
"Get out!"
Arkhen frowned at the response of the store owner. Anger bubbled in him, and he wanted to use his Empyrean's authority to subdue this 4th ring powerhouse.
[Calm, my lord, you must control this anger.]
Arkhen took a deep breath, knowing nothing was wrong with this store owner's thinking.
In common sense, someone couldn't learn alchemy that fast.
Suppressing his anger, Arkhen asked Velshi if this guy had any problem in his body, like some illness and injury.
"What are you still here for? If you don't have money to pay for ingredients, I can't let out practice here, humph."
Velshi deducted the reality motes and quickly gave the result to Arkhen.
"How about I fix your problem, and you let me practice without paying for ingredients? You can limit the amount as you deem fit," Arkhen said as his lips twitched slightly.
"My problem?" The middle-aged man with a grey beard was surprised. "How do you know about that?!"
"I am a Mystic Physician as well," Arkhen replied and continued, "That problem arose because a 5th ring powerhouse injured you, right? That energy is unique, probably a combination of that person's two elements with properties to leech your life."
The middle-aged man was shocked and quickly said, "You are right! I am hiding in this dimension because I am being hunted, and no one here can cure that!"
He grabbed Arkhen's hands in desperation and said, "if you can cure this, I can even give you this entire shop! With that energy disrupting my inner space and heart, I can't fight at my full strength and progress further."
'Velshi, how much to cure it?'
[2498 reality essence.]
'Reality essence and not motes?'
[Yes.]
'Fine, do it. The last two Dream Fragments already gave me fifteen thousand Reality Essence anyway.'
…
After Arkhen cured the man, he asked for ingredients for his practice.
For three days, Arkhen practiced and could easily craft Ring-4 potions at perfect grades.
The middle-aged man was even more shocked at that and wryly smiled. He thought that Arkhen was bragging, but it turned out that he was speaking modestly.
In three days, Arkhen started crafting better potions than him!
"I'll give you 20% of the profit, so bring me ingredients," Arkhen proposed a deal.
"Alright! I also planned to stay in dimension until I reach the peak of the 4th ring power base."
…
Although five days passed, the girls still entered Mystic Wonderland every day to purify Dream Fragment.
Naturally, they didn't kill all dream beasts since there was no need to do that anymore. They would just quickly purify the Dream Fragment in less than an hour and leave.
On the fifth day, Luna finished collecting 100k reality motes and entered Mystic Wonderland.
In the town, Arkhen was crafting a potion in the crafting room when suddenly, Luna came out of Mystic Wonderland.
She hugged him from behind and said with a smile, "Arkhen, I completed the task!"
"Good job."
Arkhen turned around and kissed her before saying with a smile, "I'll hear your wish later. For now, get a supreme boost of lightning in Elemental Ruins and reach level 3 lightning affinity."
"Okie," Luna said quickly with a chuckle. "I already have my wish thought out, so look forward to it."
After Luna left to comprehend her Lighting Affinity in Lightning Elemental Ruin, Arkhen also stood up and stretched his arms a bit.
So far, he had collected 5830 Elemental Crystals of various basic elements, which was no small amount.
Arkhen's perfect-grade potions were getting famous, and many people came to buy them every day.
[Sierra is in trouble. Five men are chasing her because she saved a girl from them. The girl is also a 2nd ring powerhouse like Sierra, but those five men are 3rd ring powerhouses.]
Arkhen's eyes turned cold as white motes appeared around him.
After five seconds, he entered Mystic Wonderland and quickly came out, but at Sierra's side.
"Arkhen!" Sierra's eyes shined as she saw Arkhen and quickly said in anger, "Those bastards! We have to kill them. They are worse than beasts!"
[They truly are scums of the bottom, my lord, those skulls hanging at their waist, especially those small ones, belong to little kids.]
Arkhen's top instantly blew when he heard Velshi's words and looked at those skull accessories on those five men.
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