Chapter 137: Wil meets Akiko

One day later, as he reached the Marsh Islands once again, Wil dismissed the Pegasus and dived into the ocean while activating his bubble skill upon reaching the surface of the water.

Bubble (max): Create a bubble around you to breathe and swim underwater without losing mana or stamina for 120 minutes. Cooldown: 1 day.

Surrounded by the bubble, as Wil was slowly diving into the depths of the ocean, he found a creature that resembles an electric eel. 

Smelling the presence of an angel, as it hurriedly swam towards him, Wil unleashed Heavenly push skill, thereby killing but also several fishes that are minding their own business

*Ding. You received 3.6m exp

*Ding. You received 360k exp.

*Ding. You received 390k exp.

*Ding. You received 390k exp.

*Ding. You received 3.9m exp.

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*Ding. You received 360k exp.

*Ding. You level up.

*Ding. You reach the maximum level. Advance to 3* to receive exp again.

As the drops submerged in the ocean, Wil didn't bother to look for them and continue to dive until he reached the bottom of the ocean at 5800 meters, where not even a speck of light can be seen, although this isn't a problem for Wil as he has night vision goggles on him. 

While the Bubble around him block all the pressure and flow of the water, Wil slowly started to walk while keeping his concentration on the ground to check if the book has hit the bottom or not.

"Hmm, what is this?"

Picking up a palm-sized white crystal, Wil inspected it.

Crystalium

Description: A crystal that is used in legendary or above grade equipment crafting.

"Ohh... That's awesome. I should collect these things as much as I can. Might come in handy in the future."

After throwing it into the inventory, Wil continued his search.

Two hours later;

*splash*

Wil reached the surface of the water in time as the bubble around him disappeared. 

Looking at the items in the inventory, Wil sighed, "only crafting materials. I would have been satisfied even if I found any treasure chest. On the other hand, no sign of the book, yet.

Two possibilities. One is that it might have been swept far away. Second is that an oceanic creature swallowed it. But, since it is a legendary grade item, only the same grade or above creature has the ability to do that. Even if it's a Heroic grade monster consume it, in the end, it will evolve to legendary grade."

In that case, I need to find and kill all the legendary grade oceanic creatures in this region before someone else kills one and gets it from the drops."

Glancing at the endless ocean before him, Wil sighed, "Man, times like these, I miss the feeling of being a Summoner..."

Meanwhile at the Kingdom of Zuweth, while a huge army of soldiers boarded the warships under the leadership of a general, on the other hand, on a barren land at an unknown place, a group of players placed their palms on the ground while an Archangel is chanting some incantation in an unknown language.

Then, a player, who was covering his face with a mask, placed a purple crystal in the middle of the seal. As soon as the stone was placed in the circle, the Giant seal underneath them began to glow for a while before the crystal started absorbing it before transforming into a purple portal.

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Griffin Kingdom, North Zalfari;

*Ting.*Ting.

"Did you find out their background?" asked Supreme Conqueror while training under a level-200 NPC on the training grounds.

"No, we haven't found them, yet. All the guilds in our city declined about those two. I think they might belong to one of the eight cities," replied one of their Vice-Generals, who handle information network.

"I figured that much. An expert who can shoot two arrows at once couldn't be unknown in our city. Contact the Galaxy-Net and ask for the information. Oh, and I'll send you eleven NPC names. I also need info about them. 

The Vice-general nodded and left him alone with his training.

Back to Wil who was trying to fly at a low altitude to attract the legendary grade creatures of the seam, finally discovered one after massacring lower grade monsters on the way.

Otto, the Great queen Squid

Grade: Legendary

Level: 350

Hp: 21.2 Billion

Dodging one of its arms, Wil shouted, "Did you swallow a book?" But, as the creature wasn't interested in communicating and kept attacking him with a couple of long arms, Wil's face turned serious as he raised his bow and conjured an ice arrow.

"Since you refuse to answer, then, let me ask your dead body," mumbled Wil as he pulled the string as hard as he can. 

Just when he was about to release the arrow, a notification rang in his ears.

*Ding. Someone sent you a text from the outside world.

Silver: Young master, we're done here. The flight is ready on the highway.

As Wil paused for a second to read the message, suddenly, one of its arms rose from the water and attacked him from behind.

"Careful, from behind," shouted the dragon princess from the bow.

Upon hearing her warning, Wil directly flapped his wings to fly upwards and then used 'Short teleportation' to increase the distance further, successfully dodging the ambush.

"Thanks, Averil," whispered Wil before looking at the Giant squid, a hundred meters below him, "Let's postpone your death, later."

Getting out of the capsule after a day of flying and another 6 hours of playing, the first thing he did is to hit the shower while Silver and Storm are finished with packing the luggage to leave the house and the city for good.

Meanwhile, at a high-class hotel in the city of Leafway, Kiyumi was moving back and forth while looking at her watch.

*Ring. *Ring.

"Hello, Mr. Silver. Okay, thank you. We'll be there on time. C'mon, it's not a trouble at all. After all, Mr. Ravens should understand our sincerity, right? Yes, thank you for understanding."

Disconnecting the call, Kiyumi turned around and saw Akiko was busy drawing some graphs on the tablet while listening to songs through headphones, not paying any attention to her sister's presence from the moment they checked in the hotel.

Kiyumi took her headphones away after calling for a couple of times and then said, "Your hubby is already on his way."

"I got it," Akiko nodded and keep the headphones again before continuing her work.

"This girl…" poking the tongue lightly into the cheek and inhaling a long breath, Kiyumi quickly snatched the headphones and said, "Let's go out shopping. You can continue your project, later. Come on."

A few hours later, after dragging her sister for shopping, upon Akiko's request, both of them went to Manchong Street for street food to try something new while their bodyguard continued to follow them.

"Kiyumi-Nee, look at that," said Akiko as she stared at a large crowd before a stall.

"Oh, that looks incredibly popular," commented Kiyumi before turning toward their bodyguard, "Shohei-san, go and check it out. Bring their popular dish."

"But, Miyazaki-sama…" As the bodyguard hesitated as he looked around the horde of people walking around, Kiyumi assured him, "go, we'll be fine."

"How about you two sit in the car. I'll go and bring every dish from all the stalls," said the bodyguard, clearly willing not to leave them alone.

Hearing his words, Kiyumi frowned, "What's the use of coming here, then. Just go and bring it. I told you we'll stay here, right?"

Looking at the bodyguard nodded and joined the crowd, struggling to move forward, Kiyumi's lips curled up, "Aki-chan, see… even our Elite bodyguard is useless mere civilians when it comes to things like these. This is the power of the numbers. You know Federation is discussing whether to increase people's vote to 50% in the next elections… Huh?" Kiyumi turned around only to see Akiko missing.

Meanwhile at an Ice cream cart, "one vanilla, one strawberry, and mint chocolate chip, please"

As the ice cream is handing over the ice creams to the girls, Akiko reached there and asked, "Excuse me. One mint chocolate chip flavor."

"Uhh… Sorry miss. This was the last one," replied the vendor as he handed the last one to the girl.

Looking at the girls, Akiko called out, "Excuse me."

As they turned towards her, she glanced at the ice-cream on the oldest girl's hand, and asked, "Can you give me that, please?"

"Sorry but I love this flavor," replied the girl before turning around.

"Wait. I'll pay you, double the amount. No, how about triple?"

This time the girl didn't even turn and licked it before replying, "in this world, there are a few things that can't be bought with money. One of them is this ice cream... Mmm... Delicious," and walked away with her two sisters, leaving Akiko in disappointment and a little bit angry.

"What a rude girl," mumbled Akiko before turning towards the vendor and asked while looking at the menu card, "Do you have Black Raspberry chocolate chip, not the cone but the box?"

*Ring.*Ring.

As the vendor nodded, she replied, "1 Liter, please. Thank you," and then, picked up the call, "Kiyumi-Nee… Ah, Sorry… No, I wasn't roaming around. Just at the ice cream cart nearby… why should I care about what the bodyguard thinks... Okay, fine."

Meanwhile, one of the three girls asked, "Do you need to be that rude with her?" The eldest one snorted, "hmpf, one glance at her and you can release, she's a pampered rich girl. Those rich girls often lack humility and think everything can be bought with money."

"Well, you are close with Wil, though," commented Jiwon, to which Hyori defended herself with, "Nah, he's different. He might have some personality issues, but he never bragged about having money or something."

Jiwon shook her head with a sigh.