“I like that hat,” just then, Miranne pointed at the hat Ulmer was holding.The female worker immediately scuttled over to Ulmer and snatched the hat from his hands. “This is already sold.”“What?” Ulmer looked baffled as she went and gave the hat to Mirianne.“I’ll give this to one of the servants in my estate,” Miranne said aloud so that Ulmer would be able to hear.Did she purposely take the hat to annoy him? Ulmer wondered, but he didn’t think too much about it and looked for other things that he could buy.He picked up a diamond bracelet. “I’ll take this,” he said.“I will take that bracelet, too,” Mirianne said.Ulmer frowned. “Is there something wrong with you?”His words startled the female worker. “How dare you question a noble!” she barked at Ulmer. “Get out of the store, or I’ll call a sacker!”Ulmer tossed the diamond bracelet to the female worker. “I’ll be leaving, so have fun buying everything,” he told Mirianne.“It was your fault to begin with,” Miranne replied. “When
Ulmer was looking for a nice restaurant.Though he bought some corn, they didn’t taste as good as the ones he had eaten in Oscar’s room.He was sniffing at various restaurants, but their smells weren’t impressive. As he kept walking, his nose felt a smell that was particularly good. He traced the smell and ended up arriving at a weightlifting competition.The challenge was simple. People had to lift the thick crystal boulder placed in the center. The one who were to lift it would get to eat some of the skyfish soup.Till now, dozens of bodybuilders tried it but failed.And then a knight entered the scene. He was wearing only simple armor and shorts.“It’s Barbell Knight!”“The monstrous knight who can lift heavy weights with ease!”“His level is in the seventies, isn’t it?”“He can definitely win this.”As people expected, Barbell Knight was able to lift the boulder with great effort. The problem wasn’t just the weight of the boulder but also the fact that the surface of the crystal w
Rever’s fist flew like a missile at Ulmer’s face.Ulmer shuffled his feet and dodged the attack.Rever threw another fist almost immediately.Ulmer swiveled and appeared behind Rever. With a knife-hand, he struck the back of Rever’s neck, knocking him out cold.Rever collapsed flat on his face.The people who saw that had their eyes pop out of their sockets.“B-Barbell Knight lost in one hit?!”“Are you freaking kidding me?!”“W-Who the hell is that young man?”“I’ve never seen or heard of him before.”As the people’s attention completely shifted toward Ulmer, he was chewing on the skyfish soup. “This thing doesn’t have small bones, which makes it easy to chew. And it’s pretty good. I’m sure it’ll go well with rice. You can decipher the recipe from the taste, right?”[Of course.] Dove said.“Once we go back, I’ll make this skyfish soup and have dinner with Ayana and others,” Ulmer thought. “But for that, I need to catch some skyfish first. And then store them in the inventory.”Procur
Rever hadn’t said a word to Ulmer along the way, not because he didn’t want to but because Mirianne was right with them, and he didn’t want to talk about his defeat and embarrass himself even more.An old couple appeared out of nowhere and stopped in front of their cart.The driver had to stop the cart.“Why did you stop?” Rever stepped out of the vehicle, and the old couple were quickly down on their knees and begged.“Please give us some money. We are dying from hunger, O Great Knight!” they pleaded with tears in their eyes.Rever took out a couple of gold coins and tossed them to the side. They thanked him and gave the way.“Don’t stand in my path again,” Rever warned. “Or, I’ll break your legs.”And then he returned to the cart.“Don’t waste your money, Rever,” Mirianne told them. “Those two people were probably lying to get your hard-earned money.”“I don’t know if they were lying or not, and I don’t have enough time to check, so I gave them some money,” Rever said. “Two gold isn
Edward met Ulmer and invited him straight to the dinner table.A magnificent dinner menu was prepared in less than an hour. More than a hundred items were served.“Did you prepare all these for me?” Ulmer asked.“This isn't much, Mr. Ulmer,” Edward smiled. He was a handsome blonde and looked young despite his age being in fifties. “When I heard that Rever was beaten, I didn’t believe it, but then I was told that you also rejected Dracarius’ request to join him. I know that Dracarius isn’t the type to just let go of anyone he could oppress. Since he has not done anything to you yet, even after you’ve given him a cold shoulder, I believe that you are strong. Probably in level eighties, I presume?”“I will not disclose my level,” Ulmer said. “I prefer to keep it a secret.”“That’s fine. We can already guess your level, but would you mind if we made you start with my personal knight Zebron? He’s at level 90.”Normally, Ulmer would have refused, but he was yet to fight someone at such a hi
“Minerva Brianne Craig…” Mirianne was talking with Ulmer while they sat on the balcony. “That’s her full name, but these days everyone knows her as Brianna.”“Were you both friends in the past?” Ulmer asked.“Not really. We just played together for a few days in the royal castle,” Mirianne said. “That’s all. I haven’t met her personally after that. She wasn’t even in the picture of the race to the throne, so it’s very surprising that someone like Dracarius wants to support her now. Just what did he see in her for him to change his mind and be her aide? It is very baffling.”“We can’t read people’s hearts, so we can only judge them by their actions,” Ulmer said.“That’s right.” She smiled. “By the way, don’t think wrongly of me for asking this, but… do you still have those energy crystals?”Ulmer nodded a little.“Can you sell them to us?” she said. “We’ll pay a fair price, of course.”Ulmer appreciated that she was straightforward instead of doing unnecessary things. “I’ve eaten your
That afternoon, Zebron didn’t arrive at the estate yet, so the duel was postponed to the next day.This gave Ulmer free time to roam around the city.However, Rever was sent with him as an escort.“Why are we walking on foot?” Rever asked.“Do you want to walk on your hands instead?” Ulmer asked him back.“That’s not what I meant, Mr. Ulmer,” Rever said. “You know what I meant.”“I want to view this city,” Ulmer replied. “It’s aesthetically very pleasing.”To Rever, it looked normal because he was born here.Both Ulmer and Rever were wearing normal clothes because Ulmer didn’t want Rever to wear his knight gear as he’d stand out too much.Ulmer wanted to roam peacefully, so both of them were wearing goggles right now. Rever even had a hat on, saying he doesn’t like dirt getting into his hair.Ulmer first stopped at a toy store and bought spinning tops and walking robots and so on.“Who are you buying these toys for?” Rever asked him.“My sister,” Ulmer said.“Oh…” Rever didn’t have si
Ulmer made his way through the crowd and reached the shopkeeper who was on the ground and was bleeding badly from her mouth. He stopped down to her level and gently put his hand on her shoulder.The shopkeeper looked at him confusedly, not sure if he came to help her or hurt her some more. But his touch felt very gentle.“Mm?” Monroe looked at Ulmer. “Hey, what are you doing? Is she your bitch?”Ulmer, however, was looking at the shopkeeper. “God helps those who help themselves, lady. He doesn’t necessarily help those who don't even help themselves. If you know you can’t fight against them, then you should at least run away and live somewhere far away from these monsters. You can just enter a jungle naked and expect the mosquitoes to stay away from you just because you prayed to God. That’s not how God’s grace works. You can’t take it for granted.”“What nonsense are you spouting, brat?” Monroe annoyedly said. “State your identity right now, or I’ll deem you a threat and arrest you.”