“Now I know most of you are confused. This seemingly ordinary rock is not so ordinary at all. It is actually an embryo. Inside this embryo, a powerful weapon is being nurtured. This weapon is so powerful, all other divine weapons pale in comparison to it.”“That is all I can say about this embryo. For certain reasons, I cannot go into more detail about it. But let me say this. Previously, I said that only those who are fated can obtain this embryo. That is because it is only meant for a single individual... an individual who might be amongst you all.”“Now to my fellow Aeth kinsmen, please rest assured that concerning this matter, there is no foul play at hand. Admittedly, when we first discovered the embryo among the items to be auctioned, the others in my team were frankly surprised and disturbed, as all of you are. But after calling back home, we discovered that the embryo is one that has been left untouched for more than four hundred years. In all these years, it has remained unmo

Complicated as she felt, Brianna was not selfish. She may not care for others as much as she cared for herself, but to her friends, Brianna was always honest with them. After pulling herself out of her complicated mood, Brianna finally spoke to Arran. “Aren’t you going to go over?” Brianna asked. Seeing as Arran did not respond, she continued, “It’s calling out to you, isn’t it?” Arran nodded. “Then what are you waiting for? Go over and claim what is yours. For it to have come all this way for you, it must have felt lonely without you. How much longer are you going to keep it waiting?” As if she had spoken the magic words, a light suddenly lit up in Arran's dazed eyes as he stared at the embryo on the stage. Then, with rapid but steady steps, Arran moved. Arran vaulted over the guest stand, jumping from above to the ground below. Landing strongly on his feet, Arran walked to the main stage. At the start, no one noticed Arran at all. Even when he jumped from the seats to t

Arran’s case was certainly unique, that much he knew. But right now he didn’t know what to make of it... if it was good or would end up becoming a problem later on.While Arran was lost in thought, the stars continued their conversation.“Big sister, I’m happy that big brother had come to see us. But why is he just staring at us like that?”“Now that you mention it, you’re right. Big brother has just been staring at us all this time with a silly look on his face. Don’t tell me he is dumb?”“Oh no. After all this time, that big brother has been away. If he turns out to be dumb, what will the eldest brother say? Eldest brother was already not happy before, so he is still sleeping instead of coming out to greet big brother. If he finds out that big brother is dumb, he will throw a fit.”“Oh, what do we do now? We have to cure big brother before eldest brother wakes up!”“...”Nani?!For a moment there, Arran was speechless... he didn’t know what to say. It was one thing for him to be sur

There was a hushed silence in the hall, following the woman’s protest. Everybody had looks on their faces that said they were waiting for a good show to begin.Sloan’s face was dark. It didn’t look like he liked what he was hearing.“What do you mean by that?” Sloan asked tentatively.“Exactly what I said,” the woman said.“Just now he was going to leave the stage after acquiring the item. That is against the rules of this auction.”“This is a place where benefits are exchanged. Not where one can arbitrarily pick up any item they fancy without consideration for the other parties involved.”Sloan felt a headache coming on. Listening to the woman’s words, it was clear what she was getting at. Basically, she was saying Arran simply taking the natal weapon without offering any benefits in exchange was against the rule.In normal cases, this would be true. But this was not a normal case at all.Sloan did not panic. He slowly tried to resolve this matter as best as possible.“Miss, before t

Arran was already expecting to be challenged, and he was really looking forward to it. Now that they had come clean with their objective, there was no reason for Arran to hesitate. He immediately accepted.The woman who brought up the issue in the first place was a little surprised at how quickly Arran had accepted the challenge. Then she became amused at the next moment.The woman could see that Arran had already guessed her objective from the very beginning and was just waiting for her to come to clean herself. In a way, it was very embarrassing for a child like Arran to see through her thoughts like this. But the woman didn’t mind too much. Instead, she slightly admired him once more.If before Arran being able to stand firmly before all these powerful people were worthy of admiration, then now his seeing through the woman’s intentions was enough for her to acknowledge Arran as a talent.The woman in question was a representative of the Furor race. In the universe, not much is know