Chapter 48 - Search ( 1 )

"Sir Xagan, can you tell me how strong you think those old men are?" Cyril asked in a polite tone.

He didn't want to be charged with his life by this normal question.

Luckily, the demon didn't mind it and gave his opinion…

"Well, not as strong as those Awakened you've brought in my Arcane World."

"Ahh… You mean in my previous life. I get it… I guess they are just old B-Rank Awakened."

Cyril was just probing to see whether there are already some old S-Rank Awakened from the Association. It would be interesting to find that out after all.

'I guess I have a free time for now. I still have to wait for my license to do some other stuff… Should I hunt for crystals again?'

Cyril thought as he finished the examination earlier than expected.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

He suddenly heard his phone ringing and found an unknown caller.

As soon as he answered, he immediately identified the person on the other line.

"Britta, how is it?"

"Heh~ It's good that you still know my name. Right, I already sold out all of the lesser healing potions you gave me. I can now transfer all the earning to your bank account."

"Finally! That's good to hear."

Cyril smiled widely. Although he still has several million that he received from his first clients, earning more to buy the best possible Artifacts and to get better living conditions for him and his Aunt is not a bad idea.

After all, he would get worried for his Aunt once he started getting busy exploring the Arcane World, especially the high-class ones.

Those explorations would take weeks or months and he wouldn't be able to contact her for a long time.

Aside from that, there are even cases where the explorers are unable to get out unless they have killed the final boss of the Arcane World and take full control of its space. Though they are not common in the top-class Arcane Worlds, it can still happen especially if he's planning to find the best Arcane Worlds where the clues about the Tree of Life can be found.

"Right… How was your connection with the Old Crafter?" Cyril asked the young lady on the other line.

"Oh? So you're also looking for him? I didn't think that a man who had just recently awakened knows him… Interesting. What do you want from him? Even if I did not form a close relationship with him yet, I can at least send him a message for you."

Britta answered with a smile.

"Didn't you tell me that you can form ties with them through the potion? I'm looking forward to that after hearing it, you know?"**

"Eh… Did I say that? Alright… Anyway, just tell me your concern…"

"I want to commission him with something… I'm sorry, I can't tell you the detail. However, it's a job that only he can do…"

'At this time, at the very least.' Cyril added in his thoughts. This is related to the Goblin Musket that he bought from her.

He's thinking of fixing it himself since he knows that theory on how to resolve its current issue. However, after hearing that he could get probably get in contact with the Old Crafter. He might as well let the old man do it for him with his instructions.

As for the red goblins in his Arcane World, they are unfortunately incapable of creating it, much less fixing it according to his request.

"Hmm… Alright. Don't worry, I won't take a fee for this." Britta replied kindly as she has finally paid off all of her debts and could now start her plans for the expansion of her trading shop.

After their conversation, Cyril decided to find some notorious people instead. Now that he's reminded of the Old Crafter, he thought of looking for the talents that might be useful for his cause.

He may be a strong S-Rank Awakened and knows a lot about the future. However, it doesn't change the fact that he's alone right now.

Soon, the Abyssal Beasts will be discovered, that would be on December 25 to be exact. Though it will not be the start of the war against them yet, it doesn't mean that he shouldn't be prepared.

Once these creatures started coming out, they would cause 100 times more destruction than what the Vampires did.

Luckily, they would not start pouring out in massive numbers like what happened with the vampires and would just come out in groups of 10 or 20.

It would feel like they wouldn't pose any threat at all but at the time when everyone started relaxing, these abyssal creatures went on a rampage and started pouring out waves after waves…

"Haa~ That's right… Several S-Rank Awakened with heavy responsibilities would die at that moment. I can't relax with my current strength. I have to get stronger while looking for the Tree of Life…"

Cyril muttered in exasperation as he decided to search for these talented people. He already knows several ways to gain their favor or perhaps take them under his wing and the only problem now is to meet them.

Luckily, he's already in Kaiser City. There should be plenty of talented people around here and finding them is just a matter of time.

He also has Xagan around him that he could use if he no longer has any other options…

In the meantime, he decided to visit the place where the current Arcane Explorers would frequent... The Ascension Tower, the place where the information that could not be found online about the Artifacts, Magical Creatures, and Arcane Worlds can be found if you managed to speak or trade information with the right person.

Just by its name, anyone would find out that this is the alternate version or the legal version of the Ascension City that the underworld organization is controlling.

Anyway, he only had to ride a taxi for fifteen-minute to arrive in front of the skyscraper.

The place is open for all the licensed Arcane Explorers or even the unlicensed ones so he didn't have to worry.

It means that only the non-awakened people are not allowed to enter the place.

'Alright… let's see if I could find familiar people here…' Cyril smiled before entering the building with a confident stride…

As expected, a lot of eyes followed him but he didn't mind it at all.