"I don't care about it." Theo shook his head, looking at him with a serious expression. He only had one purpose in coming here. It was to get his reward. He took out his Skylink and opened the contract they had made before the competition. "I want the reward."
"Sure." Nart smirked and looked up, recalling the contract. "Anyway, the promised rewards are two C Rank Spears and Skill Cards in advance, money for the mansion with the size depending on the completion, and your brother's information.
"I have given you the first one and since you have done your job splendidly for the second one, I am thinking about giving you forty million in cash. It should be enough to get you a quite big home for yourself.
"As for the information, you need to get inside first so as to avoid anyone from listening to it." Nart pointed at the door behind him.
"Is that so?" Theo nodded and used his Blink to appear behind the counter, reaching the door as if he had done it many times. "Let's go inside and talk."
"…" Nart was speechless as he looked at Theo's back while shaking his head. "Looking at this guy makes me want to sigh."
The two entered the room, which happened to be the storage of this shop.
Theo could find many weapons, armor, and cards scattered around. However, he had enough equipment, so he turned around and stared at Nart, wanting to end the business as soon as possible.
Nart leisurely took out his Skylink and pointed it to him. "Come. I'll send you the money… Though it will only arrive after I go back to the other side."
Theo nodded and handed him his Skylink.
After that, Nart fell silent and scratched the back of his head. "To be honest, I don't have much information about your brother. All I know is that his base of operation is on the other gate and it's in a quite high-level area.
"If you wish to visit him, you are required to have a high level or you will just become the prey of the monsters."
"Can't I just bring you there?" It was clear that the problem would be solved the moment he brought a high-level expert to protect him.
Albeit, Nart shook his head. "I'm sorry, boy. As much as I want to help you, you and I have no common relationship. I don't have any reason to help you. Since many countries want you so much, you should probably ask them. Of course, you can also marry my granddaughter since you looked so cute when you were together."
Theo looked away. He didn't want to rely on those countries easily because they would pick this contribution as their main negotiation point. And as he said, marrying Alea was never an option. For the time being, he couldn't rely on anyone so as to force them to give him something of their own initiative, making him able to negotiate a bit more in the future.
And as his brother said, he really needed to reach level 350 first before even venturing to that area if what Nart said was true.
"Where is that area?"
"It's beyond the Great Canyon. That's where I met your brother. However, I don't know the exact location, so I can't say much. The monsters residing in that place are mostly around level 400-500, so please proceed when you have enough strength."
"I know. Thank you for that information." Theo nodded and looked down, contemplating the information he got. "What else do you know?"
"Hmm… Other than that, I think your brother is involved in something bad, considering he never visited this place anymore. I don't know. Not many people want to live in that place for a long time, so I think that's probably the reason. Even so, this is just an empty accusation. You can choose to believe it or not." Nart shrugged. "That's all I can say regarding your brother."
"That's enough." It was clear to Theo that the message Ava brought with her was genuine. His brother believed he should have enough strength to challenge that place when he reached level 350. However, that also meant it was going to be a gruesome journey.
It was hard for a normal Level 350 expert to kill Level 400-500 monsters with the status alone. Hence, what he required to close that gap were the Five Aspects. He needed at least to master the Materialization and another Five Aspects at the same level of Materialization. Else, he might not get a chance to meet his brother.
Steeling his resolve, Theo looked at Nart and said, "Thank you for the information. With this, the contract has been fulfilled."
"Are you not going to threaten me? If Alea knows about this contract, she will be disappointed in me, you know. You can threaten me to give you more." Nart smirked evilly as if he was challenging Theo.
Unfortunately for him, Theo simply shook his head as if he had thought about it. His answer came to amaze Nart.
"I can do it easily. However, there is a certain price I need to pay. First, our relationship will become worse. I don't know what you will do… And you may even make my entire plan fail if you put your heart into it. I don't need to make the Eilric Family my enemy just for a couple of million Zils. That number can easily be obtained as long as I work hard enough."
Nart smiled and patted his shoulders. "You have grown up. Well, it's a shame that I can't recruit you to my family, but I think my family will only bind you down. I have one more thing to say… Thank you for making my granddaughter shine in front of the world.
"It makes me proud and happy. I would like to thank you not because of the contract, but because I'm her grandfather. Thank you."
Theo extended his hand with a smile.
Nart smiled back and shook his hand. "Good luck, Young Man. May your wish come true."
Theo nodded while adding inwardly, 'You won't say it if you know my goal…'
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye." Theo turned around and left the room before using his Blink to disappear from the store, returning to the other side to buy or rent a house.