Charles slowly explained, “Here’s the deal: I need your light attribute skills to help me with training, and it won’t take too long—about an hour should be enough.”
“Huh? That’s it? No other requirements?” Sadie was clearly surprised. This task was not difficult for her at all, in fact, it was incredibly simple and hardly seemed worth a revival pill as compensation.
“That’s all. So, what do you think? Can you do it?” Charles asked.
Sadie nodded without hesitation, agreeing readily. If others found out about this, they would definitely be insanely jealous!
“Charles, what about me? What can I do to help you?” Jace asked, a bit impatiently.
Charles scratched his head and replied directly, “For now, there isn’t anything you can assist with. Why don’t we wait and see?”
Jace’s expression fell. He knew he couldn’t help Charles at the moment, unlike Sadie, who had light attribute support skills.
“Alright then, if you ever need me, just let me know.” Jace said. After a moment, he curiously asked, “Charles, I heard from the A-Class students that you picked an orange-quality piece of equipment from the royal treasury. Is that true?”
Charles answered without hesitation, “It’s true. It’s just an orange-quality piece of equipment, though.”
“Just an orange-quality piece? Oh my gosh! For most Beast Masters, not only is it rare to own one, but they’ve never even seen one!” Jace explained, listening to Charles.
Sadie nodded beside him. The reason she agreed to Charles’ request was that she wanted to buy a suitable weapon but lacked the funds.
“Charles, can I see that orange-quality equipment? That way, I would already be ahead of most Beast Masters!” Jace said, his face filled with anticipation as he stared at Charles.
Charles couldn’t stand it anymore. He took off the outer layer of clothing and handed the Overlord Heavy Armor to Jace.
Clearly, Jace didn’t know much about weaponry and couldn’t tell the quality of the Overlord Heavy Armor, but that was enough to make him happy. He laughed like a child beside him.
Charles thought to himself that he still had an orange-quality Overlord Broadsword that he hadn’t revealed yet, otherwise, Jace would be even more shocked!
After a while, Charles and Sadie left the cafeteria. Jace seized every moment to train diligently.
According to Sadie, Jace had been working really hard lately, as if he wanted to challenge the A-Class students, hoping to attend classes with Charles.
Charles could only wish him well in that regard.
Before long, Charles took Sadie to the training ground at Cyber Academy.
To prevent any interruptions from others, Charles specifically spent extra money to secure a private training area.
Charles took out the black gold long knife, ready to go. Sadie summoned her light attribute mystical beast,
— the white deer with giant horns —
[Attribute]: Light
[Level]: 24
[Quality]: Gold
[Skills]: Extremely fast light bullet, blessing of light…
[Weakness]: Dark attribute
…
[Blessing of Light]: Condenses light attribute energy from the antlers, enhancing speed and defense, and also boosting the Beast Master’s energy control.
Charles looked at the information prompt before him. It seemed that the level of the white deer with giant horns was higher than before, indicating that everyone was making progress.
Without thinking too much, the blessing of light fell upon Charles. He quickly tried to infuse the attribute energy from his body into the black gold long knife.
The first attempt at merging the three types of energy took a full thirty seconds, far slower than the explosive speed he had shown when facing three level five Beast Masters before!
The terrifying energy gathered within the black gold long knife. Charles did not rush to unleash the black gold knife glow, he wanted to control this energy as much as possible.
Time passed little by little. Before an hour had elapsed, Charles felt himself growing weak, clearly unable to continue any longer.
“Let’s call it a day. Next time, I’ll contact you in advance.” Charles said to Sadie.
Sadie’s expression had long since gone numb. She had witnessed the knife light that Charles unleashed, which was not only fast but incredibly powerful. He truly was a monster student at Cyber Academy!
“It’s not even an hour yet. How about…?” Sadie felt the time was insufficient and wanted to suggest reducing the reward a bit.
To her surprise, Charles waved his hand dismissively and said, “It’s fine, we’ll count it as an hour. Your help has been very important to me, so it’s only fair.”
He took a revival pill out of the jet ring and placed it in Sadie’s hand.
“This… this is too much, it’s a bit too precious.” Sadie hesitated.
Charles said, “It’s nothing. I made it myself, it’s not as valuable as you think.”
At this, Sadie’s eyes widened as she stared at Charles. She knew that Charles was a high-level alchemist, but she only had a vague understanding of it. She hadn’t expected that Charles could actually create a miracle drug like the revival pill.
In Calivia’s treasure house, a revival pill was worth two gold coins!
Ordinary green-quality miracle drugs were nowhere near as valuable. However, the revival pill was essential for Beast Masters, as it was perfect for healing injuries.
This made the price of the revival pill higher than that of other miracle drugs of the same quality.
“Thank you, Charles. If you ever need anything, please feel free to contact me.” Sadie said. After saying this, she suddenly realized something was off with her previously cute expression.
Why did that statement seem to carry other meanings?
Her face gradually turned red. To prevent Charles from noticing, Sadie turned and jogged out of the training room.
There was still some time left in the evening. Charles didn’t return to his dorm to rest, instead, he went to a place specifically for Beast Masters to train.
He wanted to make the most of his time to improve his strength.
He took out the miracle drug that Colton had given him earlier from his storage space.
[High-Level Auxiliary Training Miracle Drug]
[Quality]: Orange
[Description]: This is a training aid potion that, once consumed, rapidly increases the user’s Beast Master training speed for half a month!
Without any hesitation, Charles downed the high-level auxiliary training miracle drug in one gulp.
After digesting the effects of the drug, Charles didn’t notice anything special, he would need to train as a Beast Master to see the specific results.
Sure enough, with the assistance of the orange-quality miracle drug,
Charles’s training speed increased by more than double!
At this rate, in just over a week, he would become a level four Beast Master!
“However, advancing too quickly isn’t necessarily a good thing. After becoming a level four Beast Master, how should I choose my fourth mystical beast?” Charles didn’t allow himself to get lost in joy.
He remained quite clear-headed. If he were to contract a fourth mystical beast, and there were no better options available, Charles planned to contract a gold attribute mystical beast.
This would better enhance his defensive capabilities and physical attributes.
Fortunately, there was still a little over a week until the biggest auction in Genosha Calivia began.
He would check the auction to see if there were any suitable mystical beasts available.
It was already quite late.
After finishing his training and just returning to his dorm, he encountered Hale waiting at the door.
“Teacher Hale? Were you waiting for me?” Charles asked, somewhat puzzled.
Hale helplessly displayed what he was holding and said, “Of course, I was waiting for you. These things are all gifts sent to you by others.”
“Gifts for me?” Charles was even more confused. He didn’t have many close relationships in Genosha Calivia and couldn’t think of anyone who would send him gifts.
He opened the dorm door and let Hale into the room.
Charles took the bag from Hale’s hand, opened it, and looked closely at its contents, instantly stunned.
Inside were various items—sweets, fruits, vegetables, and several letters.
“Teacher Hale, who sent all this?” Charles asked while carefully unpacking the letters.
Hale didn’t answer. He knew that Charles would understand once he finished reading the letters.
Charles pulled out a sheet of paper. The handwriting was messy and crooked, with some misspellings:
[Brother Charles, thank you for saving me. I can see Mom and Dad again!]
[Brother Charles, Mom said you saved me. You’re really a hero.]
…
Hale had thought that Charles would be very happy and joyful upon seeing these letters. Unexpectedly, Charles remained silent.
There was no expression on his face at all, he carefully placed the letters back into the envelopes and then into his storage space.
Hale, who was perceptive, sensed an undercurrent of sadness in Charles, like an iceberg floating on the surface of the sea.
Beneath that sadness lay boundless anger!
“Don’t overthink it. You’ve done enough, Charles. Having too strong of an empathetic ability isn’t a good thing for kind-hearted people.” Hale comforted Charles.
He seemed to recall something, and a flicker of pain crossed his previously calm eyes.
“I’m fine, Teacher Hale. It’s getting late, you should head back and rest.” Charles replied.
Seeing this, Hale didn’t press the issue further and quietly left.
Once Charles was alone in the dorm, he slowly took an apple out of the bag, washed it, and started eating.
As he ate, Charles looked out the window towards the direction of the abandoned factory.
He had not forgotten what had happened in that pure white room underground, it was etched deeply in his mind.
“316, 316, 316!”
A calm voice echoed in the room. If Jamie were beside Charles and heard this number, he would surely be shocked,
because it was the exact number of children who had met their fate underground!