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From quick questions to the people around was enough to confirm that reaching Skillian City is hard.
Perhaps, for a normal personâit would be impossible.
Rex didnât know what exactly the Skillian Divine Court was created for but since they were tasked to protect the sky, presumably by the Spirit Emperor himself, their task must be of utmost importance, and meeting them was a pipeâs dream for almost all people.
Not to mention, Rex wasnât going there to meet with themâhe was going there to demand Devo.
It was infinitely more challenging than visiting the Skillian Divine Court.
Perhaps, he would need the Spirit Emperorâs own seal to do that.
Regardless, it was going to be hard.
Even though he didnât know the details, he was almost a hundred percent certain that he needed status.
"Becoming a noble is hard, and this⦠this contest is your shortcut," Amanir said, pointing at the poster.
Snapping out of his initial shock, Rex reached for Amanirâs massive ear and pulled on it.
"Ow~ Ow~ Ow~!" Amanir writhed. "Why are you pulling on my ear?!"
"Because youâre playing around with me," Rex clicked his tongue. "No way I would use that way. I can become a noble without anybodyâs help. Besides, doing that would only give me more trouble when I come back"
"Who doubted you about that?" Amanir retorted, pulling his ear away.
He was blowing on his ear but he was serious about what he said.
"Nobody doubted you could become a noble with your strength," Amanir shook his head, casting Rex a sharp side-eye. "You became an Emperor in the Mortal Realm, Iâm sure youâll be fine here. But you said to me that youâre in a time constraint, you said to me that this is life or death. You are not here to prove yourself, youâre here to survive, and this might possibly be the way"
Upon hearing this, Rex was silenced.
Nothing Amanir said could be refuted, it was all spot-on.
"Even Qonvale predicted that youâd die soon enough. She could see your fate and if Iâm not mistaken," He added sarcastically. "The Dark Elves treated her words very seriously. I know you might be suicidal but you clearly cared for the others so do you want to die and make them suffer? Remember, this is my world, not yours so you donât need to think about repercussions"
Rex felt a pang in his heart when he heard Amanirâs last sentence.
Of course, he knew about that but to be slapped to him so brazenly hits right home more than ever.
Especially when it came from Amanir, the spirit who he looked down on most of the time.
Hah⦠Iâm getting too used to becoming an Emperor.
I prepared to do anything but that anything I thought was killing and killing but that wasnât it.
Nodding his head, Rex placed a hand on Amanirâs head, patting him.
"Thank you for reminding me," He said appreciativelyâAmanir has been living inside his head, and out of the others who knew him deeply, Amanir had become one of them. "But still, I never knew you had it in you to say something like this"
"Hmph! I just donât want to see Evelyn cry," Amanir exhaled roughly from his nose.
Rexâs face twitched when he heard that, "Since when are you siding with Evelyn?"
"Since you forced me to train and her taking care of me," Amanir snorted, walking away in annoyance.
Upon seeing this, Rex wanted to run after him but stopped.
He glanced back at the Nameless Dragon Arena poster.
After contemplating for a moment, he reached out his hand and ripped it before placing it in his pocket.
Iâll keep this, maybe Iâll need it later.
Once Andreas finished showing around Arbitgea, he stopped in front of a hotel located on the very outskirts of the city. It wasnât rundown and it wasnât lavish either. It wasnât empty and it wasnât crowded eitherâa perfect place for some peace and not be isolated at the same time.
"So, what are you guys going to do?" Andreas asked, turning toward the others.
Rex looked at the hotel in front of him and shrugged, "We might as well settle in for the night,"
"Do you have any money to stay here?" Andreas asked again but he already knew the answer, Rex was only wearing a robe and so was Linthia while Amanir didnât have anything. None of them seemed to be carrying around money so Andreas handed a pouch. "Here, this should cover you guys for three days straight"
"Are you sure about this?" Rex asked, accepting the pouch filled with spirit coins.
Andreas waved his hand dismissively, gesturing that it was only a kind gesture, not something that Rex and the others needed to be burdened about, "All of you seemed like good people so donât mention it. Of course, Iâll be expecting a treat to drink when we meet again but until thenâ¦"
Upon saying that, Andreas excused himself and turned around to leave.
"We lacked a person like that in our world," Linthia mumbled.
Rex nodded in agreement but was still skeptical, "He has no bad side, I canât trust him fully"
"Demon Spirits are like that, we help each other so donât probe too much into it," Amanir intervened.
Shaking his head, Rex and the others stepped into the hotel to settle in for the day.
At the receptionistâs desk, the staff greeting him was a spirit that looked like a green genie and he happily took care of Rex. As he was taking the key to the room, Rex couldnât help but ask, "Iâm new around hereâbut I heard I can find anything in this city. Can you tell me where I can get information? Like a place or someone"
"Like anywhere else, go to the Void Hub," the genie answered. "You can get everything there"
"Void Hub?" Rex repeated with a raised brow.
Seeing this, the genie paused for a secondâeveryone should know about the Void Hub.
But then, his face eases, "Ah, you must be from the Imperial Bubble. A Void Hub is like the Royal Hub"
Rex didnât know what the genie meant by that at all but he forced out a smile and nodded.
He went back to Amanir and Linthia when he had the key and headed upstairs.
Of course, he asked Amanir about the Void Hub or Royal Hub and Amanir told him that those places were places for Walkers. People could purchase anything there, post missions, and also accept missions as a Walker.
Like a bounty hunter, most Walkers were sent on kill missions.
Despite the protective bubble provided by the Obelisk of Life, the bubble needs regular maintenance.
And whenever they needed maintenance, the bubble would be compromised and Voidal Monsters would be attracted by the life energy that the people were emanating. For that, Walkers were usually hired to clear out the surroundings before the maintenance began.
It was a job for the strong and capable.
Unlike the Mortal Realm where others could grow stronger through beast cores or other forms of growth to a new realm of power, here in the Spirit Realm, those who confronted the Voidal Monsters would not grow in strength.
All Walkers were repaid through riches and glory while risking their lives.
Rex was going to go to the Void Hub to check but he has one thing to do first.
Upon reaching the room, it was modestâtwo separate beds and another floating bed for Amanir.@@novelbin@@
Not even wasting a single second, Amanir went to the floating bed to rest.
In hindsight, the floating bed was only a pair of two sticks on the wall but once it sensed spirit energy or rather, life energy from Amanirâit created some sort of hammock that Amanir could lie on. It looked quite comfortable.
Opening the Systemâs Shop, Rex purchased clothes for him and Linthia to wear.
Since they werenât aiming to pull attention to themselves, he only purchased bleak tunics and pants.
"Your Majesty, are you going to stay in that form?" Linthia suddenly asked.
Rex looked down at his body, he was still in his Werewolf form and his head was about a mete off from the ceiling. He shrugged nonchalantly, "No, I was only keeping this form because of Andreas. I donât want him asking questions. Also, call me by my name when weâre here"
"Yes, Your Ma-" Linthia stopped mid-sentence, correcting herself. "Rexâ¦"
Nodding his head, Rex went ahead to the bathroom to change.
Once he was done, it was Linthiaâs turnâbut as soon as she came out, Rex was already sitting on the edge of the bed in his Human form. He glanced over at herâbefore gesturing for her to sit in front of him. Nervous, Linthia could feel her heart pounding inside.
She didnât know what Rex was going to say but she knew that it was something serious.
Hesitantly, she sat across him with her hands clasped together.
"After we had this conversation, wake Amanir up and ask him to teach you about spiritâs power. You will need to keep up with my pace or youâll be left behind here," Rex opened the conversation, causing Linthia to firm her resolve inside. "Firstly, Iâm going to tell you exactly what youâre going to face in this realm"
Upon hearing this, Linthiaâs body tensedâshe remembered what Rex had said before coming here.
He said that there was a chance that she would suffer something more painful than death.
Pausing for a second to gather his thoughts, Rex then continued, "When I accepted you, Dindoraâand Gelmar, I had the vision of making the three of you my future generals. Because of that, I also decided to research the bloodlines of the Dryad, Elf, and Fairy. Have you heard of the Dark Drifting Spirit bloodline?"
Linthia shook her head.
She has never heard of that bloodline, not anything remotely close to it.
But from the way Rex brought this up, it must be a rare bloodline of the Fairy race.
"Itâs not only a rare bloodline but itâs the strongest bloodline for your race," Rex clarified seriously.
Hearing this, Linthia could only suck in a cold breath.
Just hearing the word âstrongestâ was enough to make her heartâpound hard, the strongest Dark Fairy bloodline she knew was the Lady of the Dark which was the Fairy Originâs nemesisâ bloodline, which was quite a nightmare in the past.
Although not as strong as the high-rank Supernatural race, the Lady of the Dark was formidable.
Some high-rank Supernatural races even have an avoid mark on her.
If this Dark Drifting Spirit was even stronger than that, who couldâve had it? And how did Rex know?
"From what Iâve found, the bloodline isnât exactly the normal path of Dark Fairies," Rex explained, his knowledge was all stem from the System. "It was a mutation that could occur on every race that fell to the Well of the Untold. Itâs only that Dark Fairies has a higher chance to come out of it alive and youâre going to go in thereâthe Well of the Untold is in the Spirit Realm"
Silence enveloped the room when he said that.
Linthia closed her eyes and inhaled deeply before she opened her eyes again to look at Rex.
She was calming the storm inside her mind.
"How many people have gone through that well and come out alive?"
"I donât know"
"What would happen to me if I went into it?"
"I donât know"
"How do I exactly survive and come out of the well?"
"I donât know"
Upon throwing rapid questions and getting the same answer over and over again, Linthia bit her lip.
Rex has no answer to any of her questions.
"All I know is that the Well of the Untold is real, the Dark Drifting Spirit bloodline is real, and if you really came out of it you will no doubt have that bloodline," Rex explained, that was all the information from the System. Learning more requires gold that he didnât have. "As I said, you will be the strongest if you manage to go through this"
As he said that, Linthia paused again and breathedâthis time she didnât take longer to contemplate.
She was already ready the moment she stepped in.
"I have one more question," She suddenly mumbled.
Rex gestured for her to ask away.
Looking at Rex hopefully in the eyes, she opened her mouth, "Do you think I could do it?"
"Yes, without a doubt. Or else I wouldnât have brought you here" Rex answered instantly.
As soon as he said that, Linthiaâs face turned resolute, "Then thatâs all I needed to hear"