Nick arrived at his sanctuary where he wordlessly went to his room and began cultivating. the next morning nick awoke and left his room to find jakob training fiercely in the front yard. "morning , any particular reason you are training so hard?" nick asked while stretching. jakob stopped and took a moment to catch his breath , sweat dripping from his forehead. "yeah i just got word from my clan that the entrance to a forgotten realm was found in a cave within my clans land however you need to be at least as strong as a normal nascent soul warrior at the fifth tier. i am only as strong as a fourth tier nascent soul warrior so I'm trying to increase my strength quickly." jakob explained after catching his breath. nick thought about what jakob said and became excited as an idea came to him causing a smile to come to his face subconsciously. seeing the smile on nicks face jakob spoke up again. "alright lay it on me what's your idea?" he asked with a grin. nick chuckled "am i so easy to read? maybe i should work on that." he said with a grin. jakob shrugged "its not a bad trait in my opinion , makes you seem more trustworthy." he said honestly. nick shrugged "if you say so , anyway i thought that if you needed to get stronger quickly i might have a way that should work and i might give it to you …. for a price." nick said with an evil grin. jakob rolled his eyes at nicks antics "what do you want?" jakob asked half heartedly. nicks grin grows even wider "i want in!" he said excitement in his voice.

jakob sighed "i figured which is why i managed to get you a quota immediately." he said his his own grin this time. nick was surprised at first when he heard jakob but was then touched that jakob thought of him. "well in that case the way to quickly grow stronger is extremely easy for you to get." nick said with a chuckle. "if its so easy to get how come i didn't think of it." jakob said sarcastically. nick ignored the sarcasm but answered the question anyway. "it's simple really the method while easy to get would involve a lot of suffering for you so it probably wasn't even a thought in your mind." jakob could tell that something wasn't adding up but couldn't help himself from asking "what is the method?" nicks answer was perfect "you must fight me at my full power." he said with a evil grin. "that's not suffering that's suicide!" jakob yelled out in shock. nick laughed hard at jakobs reaction since it was just to funny. after laughing for a few minutes nick finally managed to stop with a great deal of effort. "i wouldn't kill you since i would have that goddess make sure to grab you before i could." nick said seriously. jakob panicked "didn't you outrun her!" nick scoffed "please , if she really wanted to catch me i wouldn't even be able to run." he said seriously.

jakob calmed down as he thought about what nick said and indeed the more he thought about it the more he realized that what nick said made sense. "ok but that's a lot of suffering for such a stupid reason as growing just a little stronger." jakob said seriously. nick shook his head "I'm only a nascent soul tier one warrior yet how strong am i at my full power?" nick asked. jakob thought about it for a moment "around the peak of the nascent soul level I'm guessing." jakob answered. nick shook his head again "my full power puts me at just as strong as a normal void chasing tier one warrior." nick said truthfully. jakob was stunned to hear it from nicks own mouth how strong he was and he could be lying since nick disdained lying about something so petty.