Months passed and both Shakal and his friend, Eden, advanced into the Heavens Arena. The two made a lot of money, surpassing the huge amount of 300 million jenny. Aside from the incredible amount of money, Shakal gained a lot of experience in combat. Fighting twice a day for three months, without counting the daily training, He managed to improve his combat skills to an incredible level, beating most of the fighters at Heavens Arena. His nen also strengthened, in the first two months, he managed to completely dominate the basic principles, and although not perfectly, he could now use In and Gyo in combat without having to focus on them.

He learned to control his Blood Manipulation technique almost perfectly, creating various weapons such as daggers, a scythe and some swords. Instead he did not have the opportunity to practice the other skills he possesses.

The two of them made it to the 200th floor, passed the tests, and won their respective battles.

Shakal tried to find Dorian, but unluckily he had already left the arena.

Shakal also knew Eden more deeply, apart from his background, as the member of a mercenary, who shielded their support for the one who paid the most and his long journey to raise enough money to pay for his departure from the clan.

The two friends also fought each other for practice several times, although Shakal was rarely able to claim victory, as Eden's nen type makes him extremely strong in one-on-one combat.

Inside his private room, Shakal was lying on the bed, holding his mobile phone in his right hand.

"Hey, how are you?" - the boy asked Eden.

"I am resting, it is very rare that you call me on the phone, I think this is the third time in all this time." - Eden replied.

"Yes, I hate talking on the phone. Look, I wanted to tell you that tomorrow I'm going to sign up for the hunter exam. I'll be leaving very early in the morning, so we won't see each other for a while. " - Shakal said.

"Very well, once I get to make the five hundred million jenny and buy my exit from the clan, we will meet at the assigned point. Until then try to recruit more people for our group and above all get your hunting license. " Eden said.

"Understood, be very careful with the leaders of the upper floors. They seem quite strong. I'll call you back once I get my hunting license. In the meantime, if I meet someone interesting, I will invite him to join our group. " Shakal replied.

After several more minutes of conversation, the two said goodbye.

The next day, first hour in the morning, Shakal already packed all his luggage in a small backpack.

These months, despite having a lot of money, he doesn't bought too many things, the little free time he had was dedicated to his training, so he did not have time to go shopping.

Shakal said goodbye to the two girls at the reception and quickly headed towards the train station.

Now his mission was to find a guide to take him to the location of the exam. The first thing was to get out of the city of Heavens Arena and head towards a coastal city. There he will find a broader source of information about the hunter test.

Time passed quickly and the train was about to reach the closest city to the ocean.

When leaving the train, Shakal observed a young girl, quite short, with pink hair, wearing a ponytail.

A pretty attractive girl. The woman was resting with her eyes closed on a bench covered by a cement roof to protect from the rain, but what alerted Shakal was the huge crack that was quickly opening in the cement of the roof.

Shakal quickly, with his inhuman speed obtained after several months of training, came right in front of the woman. Although Shakal did not pay much attention to her since he was concentrated to see where the roof was going to fall, he managed to see that when he arrived right next to her, the woman quickly opened her eyes and tensed her entire body.

Shakal quickly realized that the woman was a nen user since she sensed his presence immediately. Seeing that Shakal was standing right in front of her. She opened her aura to intimidate him into walking away. But without the woman expecting it, Shakal grabbed her hand to save her.

When Shakal's hand grabbed the girl's arm, she was already on the verge of counterattacking him, but stopped when her aura came in contact with the huge concrete slab that fell from the ceiling.

Once out of danger, Shakal gently released her arm, and raised his hands, trying to calm the lady down.

The girl quickly understood the situation, and withdrew her aura either in a zetsu state or perhaps in a In state.

"Sorry, I scared you! I saw that the building was about to fall and I ran as fast as I could." - Shakal said returning to his normal body position.

The woman stared at him for a while before speaking.

"My name is Machi, thank you very much for helping me." - replied the girl, bowing her head.

Don't worry, it was nothing. Take better care of yourself next time, bye! " - Shakal said as he walked towards the exit of the station.

"One second" - Machi shouted for Shakal to stop. "I don't like to owe people favors, there is something I can help you with, anything."

Shakal thought for a few seconds, before answering.

"I would like to participate in the exam to become a hunter, but I have no idea where the tests take place. Won't you know somewhere where I can meet a guide? " Shakal asked.

Machi pondered for a bit before speaking.

"Currently a friend of mine took his license a short time ago, he could give you the address of the city where he found his guide." - replied the girl.

Without letting the young man speak, Machi opened his mouth again.

"I think that with just this little information, the debt would still not be paid, so you can ask for something else. "

"Hm, thank you very much for the information. It really is not necessary. This information is enough for me. " Shakal replied.

"For me, owing someone a favor is very important. So tell me whatever else you need. " - Machi said.

"I see that you insist a lot on this. But I also have nothing else to ask you. " Shakal replied.

Without giving him time to say anything else, Machi quickly spoke.

"Think of something, anything." - said the girl.

"Hm. Then join me in taking the exam, unless you already have a license. " Shakal said.