Chapter 13 - Search Options

"Contractor, with your current life span… it wouldn't even be enough to find an Arcane World…"

Xagan replied without any hesitation.

Cyril can even promise that the Demon looked at him with a disdained expression!

"Fine… I guess looking for an Arcane World is too much. How about locating a nearby Purple Crystal? That shouldn't be expensive, right? I'm only asking to find something."

The young man changed his question. After all, finding a specific entrance for an Arcane World does seem to be very difficult, considering that he doesn't even have any clues about its current location at all.

"Hmm… Locating a nearby Entrance Crystal? Not a bad request, Contractor. You might want to list this. I'm sure that you'll ask for this again." Xagan kindly reminded him.

He probably hates repeating himself.

"Alright. I'm ready." The young man replied after getting his pen and notebook.

"Good. Now listen, I can search within a 10-kilometer radius for 50 days of your life… 20-kilometer radius for 150 days of your life, and 50-kilometer radius for 250 days… and before you ask, I'm not giving an option for a search lower than a 10-kilometer range. These Crystals are special… even if I'll search them within a kilometer, I will still spend the same power when searching them within a 10-kilometer range."

"Fine, I get it… Thank you for explaining. Anyway, I'm guessing that the reason why the price is increasing that much is because of that special power being used as well."

"You are correct, Contractor."

Cyril pouted at this. He wanted to treasure his remaining days so if he probably needs a 20 km search, he would think of using 10 km first then use it again after walking for another 10 km or perhaps farther than that.

'Hmm… The town isn't that big as well. I guess I can use it now to try finding the purple crystal?' He had a sudden idea.

However, he immediately shakes his head after remembering that he hasn't awakened yet. Even if he finds that Crystal, he wouldn't be able to protect it if someone saw him keeping it. He might get forced to sell it to the market and the worst thing is that it might even be stolen letting the others benefit from the 50 days of his life that was spent.

Then, Cyril also asked what would be the cost if he wished for Xagan to take that Crystal for him.

Unfortunately, it would cost a year of his life span! Then, the farther it is, the more expensive it becomes.

Apparently, the components of the Entrance Crystal don't seem to be a good match on the Demon. This is why he had to spend more energy when dealing with these things.

Anyway, he even said that putting curses on people would be less expensive. He even offered to curse everyone in this town for only 250 days! It must be noted that there should be about 10 thousand people here!

It was such a good deal but he doesn't have plans on doing that!

Anyway, this allowed him to learn that the demon can still do almost anything. The prices just vary depending on the nature of tasks that were requested.

Basically, doing evil things is less expensive… doing good things is expensive… doing random things has normal prices… and dealing with anything concerning the Arcane World can be super expensive.

"Alright… It's good that I'm knowing a lot more things about your powers." Cyril said as he was indeed happy that he's getting a good grasp of the Demon's powers.

Anyway, he knows that he still has a lot to learn but he's not in a hurry. He still has a month of preparation before he dived into the world of the Awakened.

Ring! Ring!

He suddenly heard his mobile phone ringing and thought that it is his Aunt.

However, he realized that it was Jenny, his co-worker, that was calling to him.

'Hmm… Is she worried about me?'

He then decided to answer the phone.

"Cy! Where are you?" Jenny asked in a hurry. It seems that there weren't too many customers today since she can still use her phone.

"That's a secret. Why did you ask?" He replied.

"Ugh… Trying to be mysterious? When are you returning?"

"Boss Sir already fired me. I'm not returning."

"The Boss is no longer angry… You can return to work now. He was just driven by emotion. I think... maybe he didn't feel well this morning?" Jenny did her best to explain. It seems that she really can't handle her job there without him.

Anyway, he's already done with that job. He can't waste his time working there with his current life span.

"I'm sorry, Jenny. I've decided to quit the job. Please tell the Boss for me. I'll be treating you next time we meet." Cyril said before ending their conversation.

Jenny will become an F-Rank Awakened as well and he might consider helping her a bit.

He remembers that they were the only ones in the same age group within that diner so they have gotten comfortable with each other.

However, after he decided to work as a full-time helper within the Arcane World, he lost contact with this young girl and has forgotten her after a few years.

'I wonder what happened to her…'