Chapter 53 - New Arcane World ( 2 )

"Sir Staub… Are you going to meet that person? He looks quite suspicious."

A woman in her thirties asked the middle-aged man sitting comfortably on his chair. The man didn't answer immediately but and he just read the report they received about the man's claims.

The woman then remained silent as she didn't want to offend her boss. She's the secretary of this man who is one of the directors of the Aeson Company.

Their company was indeed a car manufacturers company but due to the recent decline in profits, most of the directors are thinking of investing in Arcane World Exploration.

Of course, they are already supporting the Northern Badger Guild and benefitting from it. However, the benefits aren't that much since they aren't in full control of the guild.

They also wanted to have several Arcane Worlds that they could control. Unfortunately, it is easier said than done. Almost every talented Awakened would rather go to the Association or powerful guilds to grow.

They could offer money and even Artifacts but it's difficult to sway those they truly needed in their Exploration Team.

In short, only those with mediocre talents can be recruited by their company. They have several D-Class and C-Class Awakened with them right now but unfortunately, they were all just newbies and can hardly be trusted to explore an Arcane World.

Their first few Arcane Explorations resulted in many deaths and wasted tons of resources. Unfortunately, even if they have low-rank Arcane World in their possession, combat skills are still important no matter how high your rank is as an Awakened.

"Haa~ We have no other choice. I don't know how he got such information but his offer is tempting… I can only see benefit from what he's offering us."

The man finally said as he put down the report. His name is Eduard Staub and is currently in charge of managing their secret Exploration Team.

About half an hour ago, a man came announcing that he's capable of helping them with the Arcane Exploration as he could communicate with the Elves…

They were of course surprised about his skill since they've never thought that there is someone capable of such a feat in the first place… But what truly stunned them was the leak of information regarding their Arcane World with the presence of Elves!

They have never announced it before and they do not have plans of doing it until they have fully controlled the Arcane World. They even avoided hiring powerful rankers to keep this a secret!

There were those powerful Awakened that can indeed be hired for a single exploration in exchange for money. They will not be tied to their group and will only work for a single time.

They will destroy any unruly being inside the Arcane World and subdue any weaker being living inside. These Awakened can be from underworld organizations or even official guilds.

However, they do not want to risk spreading the fact that they have elves in their arm's reach! Since they do not have a strong Awakened on their side, the people that they hired might become greedy and request for something that they didn't want to give out.

Of course, there are also Paper Artifacts that could bind the Awakened to keep their mouth shut but the problem is that not many Awakened are willing to be bound by this. After all, there have been many cases recently that the Paper Artifacts secretly contains a curse after being applied.

Right now, no one trusts the Paper Artifacts unless it is from official channels like the Awakened Association.

"Let me speak with the man first and let's see what he can do."

Eduard said as if he was speaking to himself.

He entered the reception room where the young man is comfortably waiting for him. The man does have good features and looks respectable with the way he clothes.

He also doesn't look nervous at all while there are five D-Rank Awakened around him.

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Cyril noticed the middle-aged man enter the reception room and quickly stood up to politely greet him and introduced himself.

In truth, Cyril felt that his decision was a bit rash but considering that he might never find an opportunity like this again, he decided to gamble and see their reaction.

Revealing his status as someone who was newly Awakened as B-Rank and had a contract with Awakened Association wasn't a big deal.

However, his knowledge of the Elven Race's Language is something that he should be careful of.

"You said that you can understand the elves… Is that true?" The man asked after nodding at Cyril's greeting. He didn't even introduce himself thinking that Cyril already knows him.

"Yes… I was lucky to purchase an item in the black market that helped me understand them." Cyril answered revealing that he has access to the black market.

Eduard raised his brows after hearing this. He actually liked how Cyril answered. If the young man said that he received help from the Association or other Guilds, he would not believe it.

However, the Black Market owned by those underworld organizations have various items that should not be existing in the surface world.

It would indeed make sense to have such an item. However, it is definitely not something cheap.

Then, Eduard heard Cyril continue…

"Right… I also have a connection to someone who can create lesser healing potion… If you want to order. I can make a request for you."

"What?! So you're connected to that person?"

Eduard suddenly exclaimed after hearing this. There was no way that he hadn't heard the rumors about that person.

That's right, there's already a rumor that an Alchemist who had learned from a high-rank Arcane World is now roaming around the country.

Those rumors are of course made by Britta as she sold the potions and from the three clients where Cyril sold his potions.

Cyril didn't expect that the man would get excited after hearing this. Luckily, he already made him aware that he is connected to the Alchemist instead of him being the one who made the potion.

Soon, they discussed the matters of the Arcane Explorations with him… Since they can't subdue the Elves, they are now planning to negotiate with them through Cyril's mediation.

Once this becomes successful, it would surely become more beneficial to them than eliminating the elves together with their knowledge and skills.