Fantasy System

Chapter 67: The offer

Ed headed outside. It was time for him to reclaim his items and money. He showed the receptionist his ID for confirmation.

"The items you have generated 515.000, while the items you bought totaled 39.000. We give an 8% discount so that comes up to 35.880. This means you made 479.120. In addition with the auction fees it comes to 469.120, we'll round it up to you for 470.000 since we hope you'll remain our faithful customer." The receptionist was quite quick with his math. 'They charged 10.000 as fees; quite cheap.' Ed was satisfied with his earnings and was about to leave.

"May we have a moment with you, Sir?" Ed was approached by the two men who had bought the most expensive items. He guessed what they wanted, so he was prepared.

"Of course." He turned around and faced both of them.

"We know that you are the one who made those high-grade potions. Or at least, you know who made them." One of the men brought up the main cause for stopping Ed, which was just what he guessed. "We want to know if it would be possible to make a contract with you. We hope to acquire a stable amount of those potions."

"I would love to, but unfortunately, it takes a long time to gather the materials and concoct the potions. I would barely be able to make the next batch by the time the auction reopens." Ed lied to the two of them. He wanted to get strong, not to become a contracted worker for the rest of his life.

"It seems that you are unwilling." It seemed like both of them saw through Ed's lies. "Well, we can't force you. We look forward to the items you'll bring out next time." After saying this, both of them left the auction. Ed had some cold sweat going down his back. Both of them released a little killing intent when they noticed his lies. Most people didn't even notice it, but Ed's training with KI and Nen made him extra sensitive to hostility. 'I'll need to be careful with such people'. Both of them were exceptionally strong, which just shows how they could generate so much money.

Ed left the auction and headed to the room he booked in the inn. He notified the keeper that he didn't need the room any longer and left. It was getting close to sunset so he had to hurry back to the academy. He undid his disguise outside of the capital and hurried back to the castle. The guards were already familiar with him, so they didn't bother to check his identity every time.

He headed to his room and started preparing the cockatrice. It was better to do it while it was still fresh. The cockatrice was basically just an oversize yellow chicken with a lizard's tail. Ed drained the blood and started butchering the monster. It didn't take him too long, as he had some experience with some other monsters. Ed finished in half an hour and stored the meat in his Inventory. He was excited as he was thinking of as much dishes he could make as possible.

"Maybe I should treat my friends. What do you think Suika?" Ed was thinking about enjoying the meal with his new friends in this academy. He did enjoy their company after all.

"Suu ~~" Suika, who was accompanying Ed, sounded her agreement. Both of them headed to the training room. It was time for their usual training. Raikou followed after them as well.

"I want you guys to try and use the advanced techniques. After that, do the Ren training once more." Ed summoned his monsters and got them to train. He had to try some of his skills which he neglected. Mainly, his Shunpo.

'Let's try it on its own first.' Ed tried to use it at first and kept slipping and falling. He had never used this technique before, or anything similar to it, so he found it quite difficult to adjust to it. On the sidelines, Suika and some of the monsters kept giggling every time Ed fell down. This caused Ed to go red from the embarrassment.

Even though Ed was training, he didn't forget to rotate between his monsters. He can't summon all of them now, so he needed to create equal chances for everyone. About an hour into the training, Ed finally succeeded in using Shunpo. He was able to cover a great distance just from this first step. After trying it a couple more times, Ed was getting better and better at an incredible speed. Shunpo is a movement skill that used the least amount of steps to get from point A to point B. Ed was getting so good at it, that his monsters couldn't follow his movements anymore. However, it quickly drained him. It was a physical skill, so Ed would handle it better as he gets stronger.

After two hours of training, Ed could use Shunpo to run around the training room. You couldn't see him until he reaches the room's corners where he had to change speed. 'Let's try something a little crazy' Ed stopped and asked everyone to move out of the way. He activated his Ken and focused his aura on his legs with Ryu. He took a stance for running and used Spectral Shadow Steps along with Shunpo. Ed's speed was more than impressive in less than 1 second, he was near the end of the training room. However, he wasn't used to this accumulation of speed techniques, and couldn't stop.

Ed went face first into the wall, and a huge crashing sound reverberated throughout his room. Suika and the rest were worried about him, so they all ran to see how he was doing. Ed only had a nosebleed due to the crash. This was thanks to his clever use of Ken and Ryu, allowing his aura to instantly increase to surround his body, protecting him from fatal injuries.

Ed decided to train this technique somewhere more open instead of this small room. He trained his Ren with his companions for a while before heading out to eat. All of them took a bath as usual and slept. In the morning, Ed was going to ask about the details of the tournament that was taking place this week.

Author's Thoughts

Shigun

Hello everyone! Hope you enjoy the chapter.