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Another Info Dump Below
Of course, even after learning of all this information, Azmond was still not willing to let Crystalline go off on her ownentering a sect filled with who knows what dangers. Nonetheless
She was her own person, and he had to let her grow on her own. He wanted her to be safe above all else, but he also wouldn't allow himself to put her in a box like some caged bird. He had to let her grow her wings and fly!
And it wasn't like Crystalline was doing all this on a whim or purely because the elder of her sect commanded her to. She truly wished to become the sole Heiress of her sect.
After all, the 'heiress' and subsequent 'Sect Leader' titles were not just for show. The ones in possession of such titles were given the privilege of taking whatever they wanted from the sect's storage!
And that wasn't all, as they were also qualified to obtain majority control over most of the forces of the 'Hidden Lotus Syndicate'.
Neither Azmond nor Crystalline cared much about the second part of the benefits; however, both of them were very interested in the 'sect storage' matter. After all, just imagine all the gold coins and spiritual stones that could be stored inside that 'treasure vault!
It was presumed to be at such an unbelievable level that it could be just what Azmond and Crystalline needed to catapult themselves up by a few major realms!
Now, such a large amount of treasure being stored away was mainly due to two things. The first being that this 'Hidden Lotus Syndicate' was no normal sect and ranked in as a Tier 9 Secret Sect of the World of Asterion.
What did this imply, you might ask?
Well, the world of Asterion had a sect ranking system, just like they also had a kingdom ranking system.
And both of those ranking systems happened to be very similar to each other, although don't misinterpret 'similarity' with 'equality'for a kingdom and a sect of the same tier could very well be miles apart in terms of how strong they were.
The Kingdom and Sect ranking system went like this, from descending to ascending order
Kingdom: (Tier 1-9)
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|Uhmm I'm sorry for being rude and calling you a dumb, fat, stupid cow! I've not talked to another woman in forever, that's all!| Boundless apologized while fiddling with her hands.
It was obvious that she was completely unused to this whole 'apologizing' business.
"... You didn't call me half of those things, you know?" Crystalline responded with twitching eyelids.
Was this girl looking for a fight or something??
|Oh! Did I not!? Oopsies, well anyway!|
"Don't 'well anyway' me. What sort of apology is this??"
|It's an awesome apology! I thought it up myself! So, do you forgive me!? Please forgive me!|
"That is not how you ask for forgiveness."
|Is it not!?| Boundless questioned with an astonished expression.
|Are you sure about that!? I read somewhere that the best way to apologize was to convey what you were feeling to the one you were trying to apologize to! That's what I'm doing right now! That means I'm awesome, does it not!?|
"..." Crystalline was left exasperated at this girl's personality.
Was this what Azmond had to work with every day?
She wanted to be mad at him; however, for some odd reason, she couldn't help but feel a little bad for him
'Finally someone understands...' Azmond would be crying tears of joy right now, if not for the sparks flying through the air.