Chapter 71: Genius Stats

Before David could even recover, he was bombarded by tens of notifications at the same time.

[Regretfully!....]

[Regretfully!....]

[Regretfully!....]+

David looked at each notification one by one. Every single one said the same thing: it was a full squad wipe.

David was at a loss for words.

Maybe his prayers had really worked.

On the board, all forty glowing lights suddenly dimmed at once.

Seeing this, the bearded man's expression turned ugly. He knew exactly what had happened for all of them to die at once.

Without a doubt, they had all encountered a spiritual storm.

"No way, what happened?"

"Am I seeing things? How could all of them die in an instant?"

"Is the board not working properly?"

The crowd almost went mad after witnessing the scene and started to question reality.

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This time, they had all died as soon as they entered.

The hope they had in their hearts was brutally crushed.

Some with weaker hearts fell to the ground in despair.

The higher your hopes were, the more pain you felt when they were shattered.

"Calm down, everyone. There's no need to panic; they might have encountered an accident," the bearded man announced in a loud voice in an attempt to pacify the crowd.

He couldn't believe the people would be so unlucky as to encounter a dimensional storm right after entering.

"They might have encountered dimensional storms. Although rare, it happens."

His words didn't seem to have any effect on the crowd. The blow was simply too great—it had crushed their spirits.

Ashford Augustus' face also turned grim. The situation was worse than he had expected. At this rate, all of their efforts might be for nothing.

But he remained silent, floating in the air, not interfering. He had found something even more interesting than the Dimensional Gate.

His eyes landed on David—or, more specifically, on the table in front of him.

"Interesting!" Ashford muttered in a low voice. With a single glance, he identified what the table was made of.

Divine Thunderbird Tree!

He had seen it once when he entered the Dimensional Gate alongside Emperor Damien Rising Sun.

"The same fiery wood." Without a doubt, it was the same. But where had this black-haired man gotten it from?

In the next moment, he slowly descended to the ground and stopped in front of David.

"Can you tell me where you got this table?" he asked in a curious voice and looked at David's face waiting for him to answer.

As if David was really going to answer his question!

David looked at the floating man silently and coolly said, "You want a loan?"

Augustus didn't seem offended by David's words; he only shook his head in response.

"Then don't ask me questions." With that, David turned his head away, looking toward the bearded man, wondering if he would announce the next round although the chances were slim.

"Hey! Mr. David, answer Sir Ashford's question. Don't be disrespectful," Jin spoke from the side. He was a big fan of Ashford Augustus and wanted to be like him in the future, so therefore he didn't like the way David was treating him.

Ashford Augustus was someone who had changed the world completely with a single discovery—Jin still remembered the challenges before there were storage rings.

David didn't care about Jin's words as he waited for the bearded man to speak.

In the next moment, the bearded man opened his mouth, but his words left David disappointed.

"Okay, everyone, that's it for today. You can come back tomorrow to try again," the bearded man sighed and said.

He had no choice but to cancel the exploration; the crowd's morale was completely destroyed by today's accident.

In the next moment, he turned off the formation and began to remove the gemstone embedded in the center.

The crowd started to disperse—there was no point in staying any longer.

Meanwhile, David decided to choose option 4 for everyone who died. He wasn't interested in their Crystallization of Life or the items they had during their lifetime.

Moreover they weren't important people so there was no point in absorbing their memories.

If someone like the man in front of him had died, he might have chosen the second option. He had a feeling the blonde-haired boy in front of him had a lot of information.

After the crowd disappeared, the bearded man approached Ashford Augustus with a respectful expression.

"Greetings, Sir Ashford," the bearded man's voice was filled with awe and respect.

However in the next moment the bearded man frowned when his eyes landed on David.

"Young man, with whose permission have you set up your stall here?" His voice was cold and piercing.

"What? I need permission to setup a stall."

"Yes, you need permission from the authorities to operate here…" Before the bearded man could finish his words, he was interrupted by the blonde-haired Ashford Augustus.

"It's okay, gentlemen. No need to get worked up about it," Ashford calmly smiled and looked at the bearded man meaningfully.

The bearded man wasn't a fool; he easily read between the lines and backed away with an ugly expression.

"Ahh! You look like a nice guy. Earlier, I saw you looking at this—you can have it," David said, standing up and smiling.

"Thank you!" Ashford didn't pretend and accepted David's offer without hesitation.

David was surprised by Ashford's straightforward attitude and couldn't stop himself from laughing loudly.

"Hahaha..."

"You really are an interesting person."

"I'm staying at the Lime Green Inn temporarily. If you need a loan, feel free to come by anytime," David said, flicking his wrist, causing the chairs and board around him to disappear.

However, before leaving, he had to take a look at the genius's stats.

[Request for Status Report.

Target - Ashford Augustus.

Cost - 300,000 spirit stones.

Accept/Reject.]

David wasn't surprised by the cost; he had expected something like this.

Even so, he still felt a pang in his heart when he accepted.

In the next moment, a window displaying Ashford Augustus' stats appeared in front of him.