Chapter 376 Greed

Chapter 376 Greed

Alex swiftly bound the mask to himself before taking the dark elf form, and the first thing he did after that was ask his guardians to see if they detected any abnormality to confirm that he was using an identity-changing skill.

To his absolute delight, not even his guardians could tell he was not a real dark elf, at least not if they didn't use the blood sense and see that the blood running through his veins was still human, and he also had two hearts with his mana heart being bigger in size resembling more of a human heart than an elven.

This issue was resolved by recoding another blood clone, and ten minutes later, besides him having two hearts, which was not normal for humans or elves, he was a normal dark elf, and unless he was forced to tell the truth, no one was going to discover his identity.

Alex also asked his guardians about the Aegisian Morphosphinx race, as besides needing their law cores to unlock further skills, he was curious about the elusive race who could mimic and replicate any race, yet the answer he received was slightly disappointing.

The Aegisian Morphosphinx race faced extinction in the ancient world, likely hundreds or even thousands of years ago, but despite this, there were rare cases that validated their continued existence. There were cases of people who encountered them under peculiar circumstances, with all of them being in closed space pockets, with the Ancestral Blood Ground's pocket dimension being the sole known location to host them.

However, Alex didn't need to worry about acquiring the required law cores as he could easily purchase them from the Ruler shop.

Alex followed by checking the rewards for killing the Beast king, and besides his level, shooting to the cap of level 400, which gave him the rank promotion quest, he received plentiful rewards.

The rewards included one diamond-grade system wish, 425 million galactic coins, the legendary armor, spear, and the shield used by the beast king, but the most or least valuable item was one of eleven shards of the Deathbringer legacy item.

The name Deathbringer sounded great, but it was an anomaly because even a legacy item shattered into eleven pieces and still retained its origin was unheard of, and it only meant that the legacy was extraordinary.

But collecting the remaining ten shards of an unknown legacy with any clue was as close to impossible as it gets, and the only way that Alex knew of completing it besides getting extremely lucky was through the help of Zero.

The conditions for the Fifth Rank promotion were much more challenging than he expected, as he not only needed to create a mana body with 100% purity but also mastered the concept of Darkness and Chaos to 25% each.

The difficulty level was on the level of insanity, as understanding 25% of not one but concepts was already hard enough, but on top of creating a mana body with 100% purity, it was pushing the limits.

The process of achieving both these tasks would be time-consuming, and even with his talent, it could take more than a year.

"So, Now you can either kill me or become a vessel of my clan in private, as we do not want to announce to the world that the mystery man is still alive,"

"In return, my clan will share whatever secret that man holds," Taeral said, his calm smile widening with the moment, showing his shiny teeth.

"I know you think if you could strike a deal with any of the two Beast Emperors, you probably wouldn't receive the secret but would end up with vast resources," "But the time you will spend convincing one of the Emperors of your story, we would have the secret, and the man would be dead, and after that, if it is something of great value to us, we will get the Empire involved, and if less than make a deal with one of the Beast Emperor,"

"So, do we have a deal, or do you want to try your luck," Taeral said after moments of silence as he extended his hand.

"We have a deal, but once we extract the source of aura from the kid, I will be the one to kill him," Granger said as he shook hands, closing the deal.

Unaware of the mess he was in, Alex spent his time between focussing on training and monitoring his brother's progress and repeating the cycle, and he did so for three days, taking full advantage of them.

------------------

(Three Days Later)

Alex returned to the ancient world, expecting that he would need to answer some questions about his source of power and such, but nothing that couldn't be handled.

However, to his surprise, he woke suspended midair, with his arms and legs stretched tight by the chains binding him, in a dimly lit chamber that was too cold for his liking.

Alex was baffled by his situation, but as quickly as he opened his eyes, he closed them back to first get comfortable with the situation and hopefully gather some intel as to why, instead of lying on a soft bed, he was being chained and hung like a criminal.

"Your Aura changed, meaning you have finally regained consciousness," A deep voice echoed, followed by Alex feeling a presence inches away from him.

"Stop pretending, and open your eyes so we can talk peacefully before my patience runs dry," The unknown figure said again as he released his thick aura that unmistakably belonged to an Elemental Ruler.

Alex opened his eyes and met the gaze of the dark elf, and it took but a mere glance to recognize the man to be Nocril Uzash Vulraigosh, the patriarch of the Uzash clan.n0Vεlb1n