As soon as Reiji heard the guide's notification, he celebrated a little as he finally stopped the Cursed Arcana…

He was actually worried for a moment that the Trident still has the skills to resist his Sword Slave Marker. After all, he can't use his Overload ability for a long time since it consumes SP every second.

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Then, it was followed by numerous notifications.

[ Congratulations! You have completed the Slaving Arcana Mission! ]

[ You have received 1,500 Skill Points! ]

[ Unable to create a new mission. Finish the last two missions to get the Rank Advancement Quest. ]

[ Congratulations! You have completed the Besting a Sentient Arcana Mission! ]

[ You have received 1,300 Skill Points! ]

[ Unable to create a new mission. Finish the last two missions to get the Rank Advancement Quest. ]

The last two missions being referred to here are the killing spree and blood collection mission.

Finally! After completing more than 50 missions in the past 5 years, he had reached the limit of Unique-Rank and was about to get his Rank Advancement…

During the past years, he had used most of his SP to Max almost all of his skills. That's right, it's not just his Cloning Technique that was maxed.

He actually focuses on maxing his Void Slash and Sword Intent.

The Void Slash costs 1,650 SP for each upgrade and it is now level 10 and his Dimensional Storage Space is already larger than ever.

On the other hand, his Sword Intent costs 570 SP which is also quite expensive…

Those two skills alone ate most of his savings.

Anyway, with this much SP, he can finally max his Slave Marker without any worries and still leaving him some reserves.

[ You have upgraded Sword Slave Marker. ]

[ You have upgraded Sword Slave Marker. ]

[ Sword Slave Marker – Lv 10 ( Max ) ]

[ You have spent 1,160 SP ]

After checking his guide and completing the upgrade of his Marker, he finally had the time to check his new slave.

[ Name: Slave Twenty-One ]

[ Spiritual Energy: 400 units ]

[ Status: Weakened, Increased Sword Affinity, Cursed ]

Szaaz, or the Trident Arcana, is now Reiji's 21st Slave.

Aside from the 5 Guardians of the Half-Imp's Villages, he has 12 Minotaurs as his slaves and 3 other Flying Beasts roaming the sky.

Those three are scattered within the limited range of his ability to ensure that he has a full grasp of the situation of this chaotic land.

After maxing his Slave Marker, he can now have a total of 50 Slaves around him and a total of 20 kilometers ( 12.4 miles ) range to keep them alive.

"Szaaz… How's your Durability?"

"Master, I still have 38 points in my durability..." The slave answered and this time, he no longer speaks like a crazy being.

"Alright, tell how can you recover your Durability so fast?" Reiji asked.

He wanted to learn all the secrets of this Ancient Cursed Arcana. He also has many questions for him since he seemed to be aware of the history of this world and is most likely within the same generation of the Crown Arcana, Nero!

Nero was said to be the first Arcana that has ever existed and was said to be the creator of the Mind Collection!

In order to learn everything he knows, they would probably need a few weeks to talk about it. So Reiji decided to ask his main concerns first.

"Master, I have a skill called Mystical Energy Conversion. This ability allows me to convert my Mystical Energy as my Durability, Arcane Magic, Curse, and even my Form can be changed with this ability…"

"Whoa~ Isn't that too good?"

"It's one of the gifts given to me by my Patron…"

"Patron… You mean the Deity that has blessed you. Crol is their name, correct?"

"Yes, Master. But be careful of mentioning his name in this world as they may notice you. Luckily, the array here is still active so anything including our conversation would not be detected by anyone." Szaaz reminded him which confused Reiji.

"Why, can he still affect the real world? As far as I know, they are not capable of doing anything…"

"You're correct, Master. However, it's not surprising for them to have human followers here on the surface and created magic to detect anyone who dares to tarnish his name."

Reiji nodded his non-existent head after hearing this.

"I see. That makes sense."

Szaaz then continued to explain his other abilities to Reiji.

This would help the latter know how to use his slave in the future.

"You're indeed strong as you said. I wouldn't know who would win if I fought you in your full strength… I got lucky, I guess."

Reiji said after learning that his Vampiric Aura and Toxic Aura can be more powerful if he has enough Mystical Energy…

Aside from that, his Self-Destruction was also greatly suppressed due to the powerful confinement array.

"Ahh! I have to check those items now!"

Reiji was finally reminded about the Silver Skeleton and other items on the surface…

Of course, he didn't forget to forcefully take the three Aqua Pearls or the core arrays of the previous lake.

He wanted to have someone study them and perhaps allow him to use them in the future. If not, perhaps he can sell them for a good price to get an Epic-Rank or Unique-Rank Arcana to prepare for his advancement.

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Fern is now looking at the two members of the Sun Fire Knights that will attempt to pull him out.

He can tell that the two already have a powerful Arcana with them. Though he can't tell the rank of those, he can feel that those two aren't Sentient Arcana like him.

'I guess if none of them can still pull me out, I would have to consider looking for someone in another kingdom… Should I try going to Enetha Empire?'

Fern pondered as he wasn't expecting too much from the two.

Anyway, he thought that going to Enetha is quite a decent choice since there's a lot of powerful Arcanists there…

As a matter of fact, there should be around 500 current Mythical-Rank Arcana users in that Empire.