Chapter 72 - Light

"So where are we going again?" Julius asked his master as he took off his weighted shirt and trousers which made him feel a lot lighter than he left before.

"We're going to go to the greater market of all, the 'star shopping market'," said as he began to lead the way back up to the mountain top with Julius following him.

Without meaning to, when Julius stepped on the mountain, he caused a little bit of it to separate from the mountain which made Jun turn around to give his student a look of disapproval.

"Sorry…" said Julius as he began to walk more carefully up the mountain so that it didn't accidentally cause the entire thing to get destroyed.

"Anyway, like I was saying. The star market offerers hundreds of not thousands of weapons and armour which anyone can purchase for the right amount of money. Of course the best ones there cost the most as would be expected since so much time and effort goes into making them," Jun explained.

"But what makes them special? Aren't they just pieces of steel, I can just break them with my bare hands," Julius replied.

"You see, you're much too naive which is why we need you to start focusing on intelligence training. Nevertheless, I shall explain everything for you for the time being. The most valuable items in the market are not just made of steel but also infused with a special item called a core. More specifically a monster core which are often dropped by high level monsters either in the dungeon of in the wild. Items which are infused with monster cores often gain effects such as increasing the user's status points by a certain percentage for a temporary amount of time. However, there are also some weapons in the world which have been infused with the 'lord class' monster cores…" Jun said which brought curiosity to Julius' face.

"Lord class monster cores?!" Julius asked as his face lit up.

"Yes, those types of cores are found in the strongest monsters this world has to offer and if their cores are infused into a weapon or armour, they gain a special trait. Of course the users of such a high weapon place a name onto them to signify their worth," said Jun as he finally reached the mountain top and got on his jade dragon with his student following behind.

"What do you mean by special trait?" Julius asked with a confused face as the dragon began to take flight.

"Special trait are abilities which the orbs give onto an item such as harnessing lightning or being able to produce poison," Jun explained.

"So do the 9 rulers of the great kingdoms posses a weapon such as that?" Julius asked.

"Of course, not only their weapons but their armour. They are all made by a special blacksmith which forges their weapons and armour out of gold but makes sure to create engravings on the item which he crushes the monster cores and places those in there. He's a very skilled person and is known throughout all the land," Jun explained.

"So I would need that type of armour myself if I want to stand a chance against the kings and queens?" Julius asked.

"Yes indeed. However you should know that there is already a monster core which has been prepared for you which you would take once you were ready to become king over your father's kingdom," Jun told his student.

"I'm sorry but I can't take that. It would feel dirty to stood so low as to use the gift of someone to defeat them later in with it. I'll get my hands on my very own monster core," said Julius as the jade dragon began to descent from the sky into the ground where it looked to be a whole other kingdom which was filled to the brim with stores.

"Amazing, isn't it?" said Jun as he got off his pet and began to walk towards someone of the stores with Julius walking behind him.

"So are we just looking around?" Julius asked his master.

"Yes, there's no need for you to purchase anything right now since we'll just come back here to speak to the famous blacksmith once you attain a monster core of your own," Jun replied to his student.

"Speaking of monster cores, do you know what special trait the one that's waiting for me is?" Julius asked.

"Not really but I have a vague idea of what it might be since I'm pretty sure your father spoke to me about it once. I'm not sure if this is 100% correct but I think it's a monster core which allows you to control light itself. Even though your real father wasn't able to be in your life, he still cared enough to give you the best core he had ever found. However, do not be misled as it probably partially had to do with him wanting his kingdom to be protected in the future generations as well," Jun replied.

"L-Light?! If I had that, I would be able to completely annihilate every single one of the kings and queen and even be able to stand a chance against the weapons of the other world, master Jun, is there a way to obtain another one of the light monster cores?" Julius asked with anticipation.

"Sadly, no. There has yet to be 2 of the same lord class monster cores. However do not be displeased as there are more monsters cores which are far stronger than the light monster core," said Jun as he tried to cheer his student up from missing he opportunity of a life time.

"Are you lying or is that actually true?" Julius asked.

"It's actually true. Your real father is still struggling to get into the dungeons for cultivation level 85 and above. With your physical strength and other status points, you should be able to quickly surpass him, however you'll need to do some intense intelligence training.. But seriously, you can worry about that later, for now, just look around this magnificent place," Jun instructed his student.