The Task Hall is crowded as usual, which makes Rex slightly uncomfortable because it is so different compared to Faraday University.
Many students look around to get missions as well, but most of them are second-year or above students.
Only top rankers can freely do missions, if a student is not a top ranker then they will need to attend class to learn more about the theories.
It is beneficial for Rex to attend these classes.
He is in a need of strength, and the System knows many things about Supernatural so he’s not worried.
He rather does missions to raise his level than learning more about the Supernatural in classes.
Rex and Adhara went to see the lists of available missions,
While they’re looking inside the Task Hall, many students decided to greet him because of his achievement against Faraday University before.
In their perspective, Rex brings Ochyra University’s name to new heights.
It will benefit the university later on because of Rex’s win, they will probably get supply from Ratmawati City equal to Faraday University or perhaps even more.
They all become friendly to him because of it, and they all got Rex’s cold shoulders.
“Rex, we can take this one”, Adhara said while pointing at the mission, she’s pointing at a mission in the peak rank three sections.
Rex glance at it before he said, “Let’s try to find early rank four missions, it will be good to be used to fighting stronger opponents for you”
Although he looks considerate, he’s saying that because it will take a long time for him to level up if he only fights against a peak rank three Supernatural.
He then scans the lists before his eyes laid on one mission,
Adhara saw the mission Rex is looking at before she shakes her head, “Are you serious? a battalion of orcs lead by a Warchief?”
Rex smiles, he then takes the mission before he gave it to the counter.
“I’ll take this mission, can you sign this mission to both of us?”, Rex said to the staff.
The staff looks at the mission, he wanted to say something but when he saw Rex the words got stuck on his throat, “Okay, I’ll sign it to you right away”
Rex nodded his head before Adhara intervenes from the side, “I’ll become a burden if we go there”
Hearing this, Rex chuckles, “Don’t worry, I’ll give you something after this”
Not long after, Rex and Adahra got assigned to the mission before they left the Task Hall to instantly prepare to depart.
The mission will take place in Wedron City a level four city that houses a few thousand people, it takes about two days of train travel and about eight hours of driving because it’s a level four-city.
It is stated that a battalion of orcs is currently sieging the city because of unknown reasons.
The city is far from Ratmawati City so it didn’t get the reinforcement it needs, it’s a horror for humans that live in level 3 and 4 cities because they’re not important enough to be protected by Ramtawati City.
Time is rough these days, and many cities that can’t keep up will be abandoned.
Arriving at their room, Rex immediately tells Adhara to sit down before he takes out the mid-rank fire affinity that he bought from the system.
A fire orb appeared on his hand making Adhara widened her eyes.
“What is that? I can sense dense pure fire mana in it”, she said with marveling eyes, she never saw this kind of orb before.
Rex then hand the fire affinity to Adhara, “Take this and try to absorb it, it will boost your power”
After saying that, Adhara shuts her mouth before she follows what Rex told her to do.
Although Adhara is shocked because Rex can take this orb out of nowhere, she didn’t question it because she trusts that Rex will tell her at some point.
After a couple of hours, the orb between Adhara’s hand disappear.
Adhara’s body sent a subtle shockwave that breezes Rex’s cheeks, fire started to envelop her body as another gentle breeze exploded within her.
Not long, Adhara opens her eyes which glint with a fiery blaze.
She clenched her hands before she said, “I don’t feel any changes in my power, what is that thing Rex?”
“Try to meditate”, Rex replied with a smile.
Hearing this, Adhara closed her eyes before she started to meditate.
The red ball that floats around her suddenly got sucked way faster than before, the increase in absorption speed is astonishing.
Adhara paused her meditation before she looks at Rex with a shocked expression.
“Amazing isn’t it? Now you can become strong faster than before”, Rex said before he started to pack his stuff.
Just after he said that Adhara said, “It’s really great but I can’t breakthrough rank four”
Rex got confused, he bought the affinity so that Adhara will be his right hand in the future but this caught Rex off guard.
Adhara glance at Rex before she said, “My element is still basic, I can’t raise to rank four”
BOOM!!
These words sent lightning inside Rex’s brain, he forgot that in order to enter rank four an Awakened need to upgrade their element into Great Element first.
If an Awakened only has a Basic Element then an Awakened will be stuck at rank three.
Basic Element can’t create a rune to amplify an Awakened mana, only Great Element or above can create these runes.
This is the cause for so many people to be stuck at rank three, upgrading their element is not something easy to do because they need an immense amount of resources to do that.
To upgrade a Basic Element to a Great Element, an Awakened needs two things
The first one is to have a remnant of a higher rank element to be their upgraded element, the second one is to have a catalyst to make the higher rank element merge and engulf the basic element.
If an Awakened manages to find a remnant big enough to turn their entire element, they don’t need the second ingredient.
Just like Rex when he found the Dark Mooncress,
He can turn his lightning element to Black Lightning with the help of a catalyst.
If he somehow manages to find many Dark Mooncress petals, he can instantly turn his lightning element without the need of using a catalyst and went through the horrendous process.
Rex face-palm himself in frustration, ‘How am I so careless’
He then scrolls the system shop and found a couple of remnants for Adhara, he only chooses a remnant that can make Adhara’s element into a peak Great Element.
There are two choices that he found the most attractive,
<Fire Soulstone>
A stone that resides a slight essence of True Fire, it can be used as a material to upgrade a Basic Element into a Peak Great Element, Purple Fire, or also known as Fire of Jealousy. It is a type of fire below True Fire, it will become stronger the more emotion the user puts into it.
<Magma Flower>
A mutated flower that can only be found inside a volcano, it can be used as a material to upgrade a Basic Element into a Peak Great Element, Lava. It is a higher form of Fire that can melt anything upon its touch.
Reading this, Rex becomes complicated.
He wanted to ask for Adhara but he refrains from doing so.
“Wait here for a second, I already thought of that”, Rex said pretending that he didn’t forget about that.
Adhara looks at Rex who is running outside with a confused look,
Rex waits for a couple of minutes before he came back to his room with the Fire Soulstone in his hands.
He can tell Adhara about the Werewolf thing but not his system.
The Fire Soulstone shines under the light, the crystal-like stone is bright red and there’s a slight purple fire inside it that dances around as if it wanted to break free.
Adhara looks at it with a surprised expression, she can feel the fire mana inside her got stirred.
Rex gave Adhara the Fire Stone as Adhara held it with trembling hands, she knows just from a glance how precious this item is.
Seeing this, Rex nodded his head, ‘It’s good that you held it with care, that’s 6000 gold worth of item!’, he thought with a satisfied expression.
Although it is expensive, Rex can’t take revenge on the Supernatural alone.
That’s why he invests so much in Adhara, he needs a right hand that he can trust because he can’t be in different places even if he’s really strong.
The war is not only about himself, he understands it perfectly.
“Where did you get this? This…This is beautiful”, Adhara said with a shaky voice.
Rex then said, “It’s called Fire Soulstone, it can be used to upgrade your elements into a Peak Great Element, Purple Fire”
Hearing this, Adahra widened her eyes.
She looks at Rex in disbelief, “You…Did you buy it for me? How much does it cost?”
Rex chuckles lightly, “You don’t need to think about that, just get stronger for me”
He can’t say that he bought it from the system for 6,000 gold, it’s about $600,000 if converted into dollars.
This much is not that expensive for the current Rex,
With his $4,150,000 in the inventory, he got about 41 thousand gold right now.
If Adhara heard this then she will faint from shock, not because it’s so expensive but because it’s utterly too cheap for this high-rank item.
Normally, an item that can upgrade an Element into early Great Element will cost a few million.
It’s even more expensive than buying the Fire Soulstone from the system’s shop.
An Item like this Fire Soulstone if words got out will make even the strongest family pour out their money, it’s akin to buying a high-rank Awakened and it will easily reach tens or even hundreds of million dollars.
Adhara nodded her head in determination, she looks at the Fire Soulstone fiercely.
“Wait here, I will definitely upgrade my element successfully with this Fire Soulstone”, Adhara said before she left the room.
Rex looks at Adhara determined face with a smile, ‘Let’s pack up’
~
Inside the Vampire Kingdom,
King Solomon and Nezera are inside their beds with darkened faces, they pace around the room in worry.
“What should we do? She became unstable now”, Nezera said worriedly.
She then added, “We need to find that Werewolf, let’s just catch him and feed him to her. I can’t see her like this, it breaks my heart”
King Solomon sits on the bed with a frown,”But if we do that, the Eyes of Terror will be weakened. It’s a miracle that we got to see these eyes twice in our lifetime, it’s supposed to be an ultimate power!”
Hearing this, Nezera eyes glow as she shouted, “BUT THAT’S OUR DAUGHTER!”
BOOM!!
The ground trembles because of her erupting might, this caught King Solomon off guards because of Nezera’s sudden aggression.
King Solomon then approaches her, “We’ll figure this out, let’s ask the elder”
“Fine, but if you take too long then I will be hunting that Werewolf myself!”, Nezera said while turning her face away in anger.
King Solomon sighs, he wanted to leave the room when suddenly Nezera called.
“How’s meeting the Demons? Do you find anything?”, She asks.
King Solomon stopped in his track, he then turns his body with a smile, “I found a way to increase our number, the Demon will start to do it soon too”
“What is it? How can we do that?”, Nezera asks impatiently.
Looking at her expression, King Solomon laughs, “If this becomes successful, added with the Spell Research, Humanity will face their doom”
He glances at Nezera wickedly, “I manage to create a method to turn humans into Vampire with the help of the Demon’s elder, this can end the war against humanity once and for all”