'Huh?'
Ajax frowned when he heard the huge battle-axe's hoarse voice in his head.
"What is it?"
Nevertheless, he asked the huge battle-axe what it wanted from him.
For him, he had to reach grade 3 in battle-axe dao in the next 10 hours and his only chance to do that was with the help of the huge battle-axe.
"Master, I need some essence of nature to give you the knowledge of battle-axe's dao which was locked by my previous owner,"
The battle-axe replied to Ajax after a little hesitation.
'So, it is the reason why it wanted some essence of nature from me?'
Ajax understood that the huge battle-axe was in its weakest form and needed some essence of nature to unlock its true potential. However, for him, the essence of nature is not a problem. So, he agreed to its request before asking, "How much essence of nature do you need to transmit all the knowledge about the grade 3 battle-axe dao?"
"Only 10000 units of the essence of nature,"
Hearing Ajax's reply, the huge battle-axe became a little excited and hurriedly answered him.
"What? You call 10000 units of the essence of nature a small amount?"
Ajax froze for a moment when he heard how much essence of nature he had to give to the huge battle-axe to learn the grade 3 weapon dao.
'Deal….you can absorb the 10000 units of the essence of nature in my spirit consciousness. I will wait aside until you finish absorbing it,'
In the end, Ajax accepted the deal and asked the battle-axe to absorb the essence of nature.
Ajax was only shocked because earlier, the battle axe said that it only needed some units of the essence of nature; however, it didn't imagine the 'Some units' will be 10000 units of the essence of nature.
However, it was a good deal to get a grade 3 weapon dao just for 10000 units of the essence of nature.
Moreover, compared to other cultivators, who needed to cultivate for many hours to get a few units of the essence of nature, for Ajax, 10000 units of the essence of nature is easy to get back.
'Ding,
The host's battle-axe wanted to consume the essence of nature from the spirit consciousness. Do you want to give permission to it?
"Yes,"
Ajax didn't think much before giving access to the battle-axe to consume the essence of nature.
'Ding,
10000 units of the essence of nature are consumed by the host's contract weapon.
'What the heck?'
However, just as he gave thee access to the battle-axe, he received another system notification that gave him a shock and he hurriedly looked at the huge battle-axe.
'Master, I can now transmit the knowledge regarding grade 3 weapon dao to you,'
The huge battle-axe said in its hoarse voice without thinking much about the shocked expression on Ajax's face.
Even after consuming 10000 units of the essence of nature, there were no major changes to the huge battle-axe and it looked just like before.
'Looks like 10000 units of the essence of nature is really a 'Small amount' for it,'
Only now did Ajax understood that the battle-axe's words were true.
Consuming 10000 units of the essence of nature in one go...what kind of concept it is?
'What if….,'
All of a sudden, Ajax thought about something and asked the huge battle-axe, "So, if I give you the required amount of essence of nature, I can get the full knowledge about the grade 4 battle-axe dao, right?"
While he was asking, Ajax hoped that it should work out like that.
"Yes,"
The hoarse voice gave a positive reply making Ajax very happy; however, after hearing the later words of the battle-axe, he felt like he was celebrating a little early.
"Other than 100000 units of the essence of nature, there are two more requirements to be fulfilled. Only then the seal placed by the previous owner will be unlocked,"
The battle-axe explained the conditions that needed to be fulfilled to get access to the grade 4 weapon dao.
"100000 units of the essence of nature?"
Ajax's eyes started spinning with the amount of the essence of nature required to unlock the grade 4 weapon dao. Moreover, it is only one of the three conditions. So, he was utterly shocked by it.
'However, paying 100000 units of the essence of nature for the grade 4 weapon dao is not a bad thing,'
Nevertheless, Ajax thought that it was worth it when he thought that there were only a few cultivators who were able to reach the grade 4 weapon dao and it took them more than 100 years or even 500 years.
"So, can I pay it in installments?"
If he wants to gain more essence of nature, he just has to wage the war in the inner section of the cursed wilderness. Since Giamont was weakest among all the spirit beast kings, others would definitely agree if he requested to wage a war on other spirit beast kings' territories hoping that they would gain Gaimont's territory.
So, as long as he could pay the essence of nature in installments, 100000 units of the essence of nature will not be a problem for him.
"I am not very picky with the essence of nature. Moreover, your essence of nature is somewhat different than my previous master's essence of nature. I liked it very much. So, you can pay in installments with 10000 units of the essence of nature as extra,"
Even though the battle-axe has acknowledged Ajax as its master, these rules were set by its previous master. So, the huge battle-axe can't do anything about it.
"Good,"
Since he was already paying 10000 units of the essence of nature, another 10000 units seemed very little to him, and nodded his head at the huge battle-axe.
'I am also starting to feel 10000 units of the essence of nature are little,'
All of a sudden, Ajax revealed a slight smile on his face and asked the battle-axe, "And, what about the other two conditions?"
Since he felt that the first condition is within his range, he asked for the other conditions.
"Master, I am still bound by the rules of my old master. Only after you complete the first condition, I can say you about the second condition,"
The battle-axe replied in an apologetic tone.
"It's fine….I can understand,"
It was already good for him to reach grade 3 in battle-axe dao and grade 4 is still reachable.
It is almost impossible for someone to reach grade 4 weapon dao in the Zrochester province unless they were lucky. So, as long as there is some hope to reach grade 4, Ajax felt it is good to give it a try.
"Okay then...I will complete that after the champions contest,"
Ajax wanted to see the so-called heaven's son, a genius among geniuses from the top powers of the Zrochester province. So, he didn't want to miss it.
Moreover, he didn't have enough power to wage a war against other spirit beast kings' territories right now. So, he asked the huge battle axe with an excited look on his face, "Transfer the knowledge regarding the grade 3 battle-axe dao."