Chapter 84

Chapter 84: Wings Strengthening (1)

Essence of Earth: 62 

Essence of Wind: 22 

Essence of Darkness: 39 

These were the essences piled up in the warehouse .

Some were obtained from Kang-jun’s battles, while others were found in mines, lakes and grasslands .

The essences were used for advanced facilities, upgrades and summoning high level troops at the barracks .

In particular, the Essence of Earth were used to summon golem ratigers and the Essence of Darkness were necessary for the vampire mages . Keirun was collecting the Essence of Earth to create a future golem ratiger army and the Essence of Darkness to summon 100 vampire mages .

In other words, these essences weren’t easy to gather . They were literally rare items .

So he had to make a choice . Either strengthen his wings or strengthen the power of the base .

'Shall I see how much I get first?’ 

Kang-jun pulled out one Essence of Earth and brought it to his wings .

Then a question immediately appeared .

[Do you want to convert the Essence of Earth to Chaos Power?] 

Yes/No] 

‘Yes!’ 

The wings shone with a bright light .

[One point of Chaos Power has been obtained . ] 

-Chaos Power needed to upgrade to Stage 2: 1/1000 

'What? Only one point?’ 

Kang-jun was dumbfounded . This meant that 1,000 essences were required to upgrade it to Stage 2 .

He thought that the Essence of Wind or Darkness might give more Chaos Power .

[One point of Chaos Power has been obtained . ] 

[One point of Chaos Power has been obtained . ] 

-Chaos Power needed to upgrade to Stage 2: 3/1000 

"Each one only gives one point! 1,000 points is required to reach Stage 2 so this isn’t the answer . ” 

Then Keirun spoke with a confused expression .

"I've never seen the Wings of Chaos, just heard it through rumours . But one essence only gives one point . I don’t think it will be easy to strengthen your wing unless you meet a dimensional merchant . ” 

"What is a dimensional merchant?” 

"You can meet them at the Dimensional Shelter . ” 

"Dimensional Shelter?” 

"A shelter can be created using a Dimensional Piece . When a shelter is created, a dimensional merchant will appear . You can buy various types of essences . ” 

A merchant selling all types of essences existed . Kang-jun was delighted .

"That's great . By the way, how can I get a Dimensional Piece?” 

Keirun scratched his head and said .

"If Lord is lucky then you might find it in an Aok, but it won’t be easy . ” 

"Aok . ” 

It meant a prison space . Kang-jun had the Aok Key that could be used three times, but he hadn’t found an Aok yet .

It was at that moment . Naga Queen Melinad spoke with shining eyes .

"I have a Dimensional Piece, Lord . ” 

“Really?” 

Kang-jun was surprised . Keirun’s eyes widened . Melinad just smiled .

"I’ll give it to Lord if you need it . ” 

"I'm very thankful . " 

Kang-jun didn’t refuse . A dimensional store wasn’t just good for strengthening his wings . It was possible to summon high level troops in large quantities since he could purchase essences in bulk .

Melinad pulled out a ring that shone with a blue light and pushed it towards Kang-jun .

"Accept it . ” 

"It is this ring?” 

“Yes . A dimensional ring . It was my mother's keepsake . I’ve only received bad luck from this so I hope you get good luck . I had wondered if it was a ring of misfortune . Still, it is nice to know that Lord needs it . My best luck was meeting Lord so I don’t need any more luck . ” 

Kang-jun’s heart swelled with emotion .

“Thank you . Tell me if you want anything . ” 

“It’s okay . I am just glad that I can help Lord . ” 

"Then I'll get you a really good ring . ” 

“No . Just sometimes . . . ” 

“Sometimes?” 

Melinad avoided Kang-jun’s gaze like she was embarrassed .

"It would be nice if you could stroke my hair sometimes, but I know that isn’t easy . ” 

"It is easy . Of course I will do so . ” 

It was natural to stroke her head if she did something worthy of praise .

Seuk seuk .

Kang-jun immediately stroked Melinad’s head . Melinad laughed brightly like she was in a good mood .

"Thank you . " 

"I will stroke your head at any time . You deserve it . ” 

Kang-jun smiled . On his other side, Keirun was staring at the dimensional ring .

"If you have a Dimensional Piece and 10,000 nodes then you can construct a Dimensional Shelter . The jewel in this ring is clearly a Dimensional Piece . ” 

"Make it right now . ” 

“Yes, Lord . ” 

[A shelter is being constructed on the roof of the Yugang building . 1%] 

[2%, 3% . . . 100%] 

[A Stage 1 shelter has been completed on the roof of the Yugang building . ] 

Surprisingly, it was completed in seconds . Kang-jun went up to the rooftop with Keirun and Melinad .

Meanwhile, the rooftop door had changed to a portal .

There was a shimmering deep blue light that was like water .

As they passed through, a large square was revealed .

[You have entered the Dimensional Shelter . ] 

[The Dimensional Shelter is a place for weary strangers wandering the dimensions to rest . This is now a deserted vacant lot and there will be no visitors other than merchants . ] 

[Two Dimensional Pieces are required to upgrade a shelter to Stage 2 . If the shelter is connected to the rest area then more people will find it . ] 

'Do I need another Dimensional Piece to get it to Stage 2?’ 

He needed two of them . It was hard to get one so how can he obtain two? 

He would be satisfied with Stage 1 for now .

On the other hand, the square was empty .

There was only a large magic circle on one side of the square .

Chuuuot! 

At that time, the magic circle glowed and a person in a grey hood appeared .

He stared into Kang-jun’s eyes but didn’t show any noticeable reaction .

"Hmm, why is the atmosphere so cold? There is no trade . Anyway, I am here so let’s pick a spot . ” 

He muttered as he trudged across the square and sat down .

Seuk . Suuk .

Something similar to a mat appeared in front of him .

On top of it were all types of sparkling beads of different colours .

‘That?’ 

They were all essences . They weren’t just the Essence of Earth, Essence of Wind and Essence of Darkness, but other essences as well . There were beads that seemed like fire was blazing or water was swirling .

Keirun smiled .

"Lord, that person is a dimensional merchant . You can’t know their identities, but the job of a merchant is to move around Dimensional Shelters to do business . They sell various types of essences . ” 

“Then shall I go and find out the price?” 

Currently, the base had more than 60,000 nodes . A few nodes were paid as tax, but most of them were the result of Kang-jun’s constant hunting and missions .

‘I can use around 30,000 nodes . ’ 

He was overflowing with money so it wouldn’t be a burden .

Keirun asked the merchant .

"I came to ask the price of the essences . ” 

The merchant laughed and replied .

“Huhu, customers came as soon as I opened my business so I am happy . Yes . How many moonstones do you have?” 

"Why are you asking for moonstones? Do yoy not deal with nodes?” 

The merchant shrugged at Keirun’s question and replied .

"I guess you don’t know . Who deals with nodes these days? The value of nodes is too bloaded due to Hwanmong . I won’t trade unless it is with moonstones . ” 

Kang-jun was surprised .

‘Moonstones? Moonstones are used as currency?’ 

Kang-jun asked .

"I have some moonstones so tell me the price . ” 

Then the merchant gave him a friendly smile .

"These are the prices . ” 

Essence of Earth – 2 Moonstones 

Essence of Wind – 2 Moonstones 

Essence of Fire – 3 Moonstones 

Essence of Water – 3 Moonstones 

Essence of Abundance – 4 Moonstones 

Essence of Enchantment – 4 Moonstones 

Essence of Darkness – 5 Moonstones 

Essence of Light – 5 Moonstones 

There were no Essence of Chaos . But the cheapest Essence of Earth and Essence of Wind were two moonstones each .

In addition, Essence of Darkness was going for five moonstones .

Of course, the standard was for the small size .

Keirun frowned and whispered to Kang-jun .

'It sounds like ridiculous prices . Wait a bit and see . Usually the prices will decrease when more merchants arrive . ’ 

Kang-jun also thought like that .

Currently, he had approximately 1,800 small moonstones . If that was the case, he could buy 900 Essence of Earth from the merchant .

When combined with the essences at his base, the 1,000 Chaos Power required to upgrade his wings would be fulfilled . However, the value of the moonstones couldn’t be lowered .

"Then I’ll come next time . ” 

“Huhu, don’t think that it is expensive . Who else besides me will come to such a sad place? Anyway, you can get a small discount if you buy it in bulk so think carefully . ” 

The merchant waved his hands .

Kang-jun exited the shelter with Keirun .

In the meantime, one scroll had arrived .

It was from Heksia .

[Lucan, I no longer have the right to command you now that you have become a captain . We are in equal positions .

Wouldn’t it be a good idea to visit headquarters to say hello? 

Give us a chance to celebrate .

-439th commander Heksia . ] 

‘Yes . It will be good to talk to her . ’ 

He hadn’t heard anything yet so he decided to go and meet Heksia .

After a while, the 439th Army Headquarters .

However, Heksia couldn’t be seen when he arrived . Only the sovereigns were there .

His allies, including Avia and Haniel, stared at Kang-jun .

"Lucan! Welcome back . Congratulations on becoming a commander . ” 

"Welcome . "I've heard about it . You have become the first ranking commander among the sovereigns . Congratulations . ” 

The other sovereigns were also staring at Kang-jun .

Some of them belonged to Hardis’ alliance that opposed Kang-jun, and the ones who weren’t close to him didn’t congratulate him .

They just returned to their work .

"How about 20 million per moonstone?” 

"I can’t afford to give away my moonstones . ” 

"Then 30 million? Please sell me one . ” 

“Ah, let’s see . I can’t sell it . I want to sell but I can’t . Although you are giving 30 million per piece, I only have a few pieces . ” 

Everyone was eager to buy moonstones . Kang-jun asked what was going on and Avia replied .

"Heksia said it would be the evaluation when she comes back . The people with less than 100 achievement points are eager to buy moonstones . However, moonstones are in short supply so no one is selling . ” 

“I see . ” 

Kang-jun nodded . The rate of moonstones dropping was quite low, so it was quite difficult to find some even when hunting evil spirits .

Therefore, it wasn’t easy to find someone who could spare their moonstones .

Who would sell it in this situation? 

At that time, a sovereign carefully approached Kang-jun .

"Lucan! I am Sovereign Ruel . ” 

It was a female voice . She wasn’t one of the sovereigns in Hardis’ alliance and had never had a conversation with Kang-jun .

She just suddenly walked over and greeted him .

“What is it?” 

"This might be presumptuous, but can you please sell me three moonstones? I think that you have quite a lot of moonstones . I’ll buy one at 30 million won per piece . ”