'Untouched Monster Corpses, and the corpse of an extra-terrestrial Adventurer? What do you want to…No, forget it…'
The Clerk halted in his tracks and the professional smile plastered on his face crumbled for a mont, revealing utter confusion beneath. However, he regained his composure just a mont later and nodded his head.
"Untouched Monster Corpses and the corpses of recently killed Monsters cost more than ordinary Monster carcasses, but I think that you're aware of that. As for the corpse of an extra-terrestrial Adventurer…it can be quite expensive," He said and added lightly, "But you can use the appraisal room with your Golden Bartholow mbership. That's no problem!"
Michael expected to be frowned upon a little bit more, but that didn't happen. It was quite interesting that his weird request was accepted just like that.
The Clerk gave sobody a quick call before they entered the appraisal room.
Ten minutes later, they finished their business. Michael sold the corpses of the monsters he and his team had hunted in the lizard cave, and he was about to sign the deal to increase his fortune by a small fortune once again.
However, before they could sign the deal, Michael received the corpses he had requested. The Clerk left him alone in the appraisal room where four monster carcasses and the body of an extra-terrestrial Adventurer were spread out on separate tables.
Michael was not sure what kind of extra-terrestrial race the Adventurer had belonged to, but he had a Tier-0 War Rune on the back of his right hand – or what he presud to be his right hand.
Michael closed his eyes for a mont. He sensed the Symbol of Extraction deep inside his consciousness and exerted the Soultrait. Several golden streams shot out of his palms. They spread through the appraisal room and started to extract the five corpses.
rely two minutes later, Michael was done. The corpses were near-perfectly dissected, but not a single SoulStar Fragnt or any item created by the Will of the Origin Expanse had appeared.
"Usually, it doesn't matter whether the corpses are looted inside or outside the Origin Expanse so it is of no importance…let's conduct another test…" Michael mumbled to himself. He got an idea and left the appraisal room and turned to the clerk, who was waiting for him.
"I need another batch with the sa criteria," He requested.
"I want to sell the dissected corpses as well. I don't need them anymore."
In the next 15 minutes, Michael waited for the new batch of corpses. He sold the dissected body parts and signed the deal for the other goods in the anti.
When his goods arrived, Michael stored them inside the spatial space of his War Rune before he set off.
As he left, Michael's actions attracted the interest of the House of Witchery's Staff.
"That was weird," One of them comnted.
"Even if it was weird, it's even more confusing how he dissected five bodies nearly perfectly in less than five minutes. Either ti passes differently for him, or he is a godly butcher!" Another one mumbled, just for a third to join the conversation,
"I wonder what he's trying to do with those corpses. It has been a while since anyone was even remotely interested in the corpses of Tier-0 Adventurers of a foreign race. Our esteed custor doesn't look like a scientist either."
"We might never be able to find out what is going on in the mind of our custors…but maybe it is better that way…" The first said, and the others nodded their heads in agreent.
Maybe it was better not to know what weird thoughts were running through their custors' minds. They were simple clerks who did their mundane job and returned ho after work hours.
Now that he finished his purchases, Michael returned to the Origin Expanse.
He extracted the untouched monster corpses and the corpse of the extra-terrestrial Adventurer inside the Origin Expanse, but the result stayed the sa.
"Does that an, I or my subjects have to kill the monsters for Extraction to increase the special loot created by the Will? No, that shouldn't be it. I used Extraction on the Frenzy Deer horde and most of them were killed by the Black Bear. In that case…does that an I have to be in the vicinity when monsters die for Extraction to work properly on them?' Michael tried to co up with multiple theories but most of them could be proven wrong quickly.
"It's obvious that Extraction works on the monsters killed by or my subjects. My subjects are directly connected to my soul through the Link of Loyalty. There is not much to debate…but what about the monsters killed by others?'
Michael ca up with several theories that couldn't be proven wrong imdiately.
First, corpses weren't allowed to leave the Origin Expanse, otherwise, Extraction wouldn't be able to increase the loot generated by the Will of the Origin Expanse.
Second, he had to be in the proximity of the monsters when they killed others for Extraction to work properly.
Third, monsters killed in the vicinity of his territory would et the requirents to provide additional special drops according to Extraction's star rating.
There were more theories, but Michael considered these three as the most important for the ti being. If he was to travel to Xiltra and purchase a few corpses, he could continue his experint, and prove the first theory to be right, or wrong.
However, he didn't have the ti to travel to Xiltra right now. Michael had yet to advance to the 1st Tier, and the day of the aptitude assessnt was inching closer.
'I should hurry a bit.' He thought, before joining Tiara and the others to go out hunting again.
After all, the fastest way to refine his War Rune was to go out and hunt powerful monsters!
A few days later, it was already the 18th of the Month outside the Origin Expanse. In two days the Saphirelake Military Academy's aptitude assessnt will be held.
Michael was extrely tired, but he left the Origin Expanse with a faint smile on his lips.
Given the trendous amount of energy sweeping through his body, he should have more than enough energy to refine his War Rune past the Peak of Tier-0. He had more than enough to break the barrier and advance to the 1st Tier.
However, instead of staying inside the Origin Expanse, Michael t up with his brother.
It had been a few days since Michael and Danny's last eting, and it was about ti that they spent so quality ti together.
Who knew how much more ti they would receive after Michael was accepted in the Saphirelake Military Academy?
Like usual, the brothers went out to fill their stomachs to the brim. They spoke a lot while taking care of their endless hunger.
"By the way, how has your expedition been? Seeing that you're not injured, it should have been a success…but you never know," Michael asked with great interest. The more he researched about structures of forgotten civilizations, and creations of the Origin Expanse's Will the more interested he grew.
Danny smiled when he saw Michael's eyes that twinkled brightly in curiosity.
"The expedition was a great success. We gained a lot more than we anticipated. It looks like the Pridival Pyramid is even more valuable than we thought at first. In a few weeks we'll enter the inner area of the Pridival Pyramid, once we finish preparing thoroughly for the dangers lurking inside," He said with a trace of excitent in his voice.
Danny usually tried to hide his emotions and act unbothered, but even he found it increasingly difficult to hide his excitent in front of his brother. He wanted to brag to Michael but held back as much as he could.
After all, he knew Michael very well.
His brother would only hear about the treasures and ignore that it was extrely dangerous to conquer any kind of ancient building or creation of the Origin Expanse!
What Danny didn't know yet was that Michael had already found an old temple and that he hadn't rushed inside like a maniac.
Thinking about the old temple, Michael's shot up from his chair.
His eyes widened and a bright smile ford on his lips.
'Maybe Danny can tell more about the language used in the old temple!'
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