Chapter 62: Nightmare Pill

It's not bad to learn multiple types of magic, but Marcus noticed that Ned's spells from each discipline had the same level of power. His flame spells were just as strong as his wind spells. His earth spell is most likely the same level as his two other spells.

He was focusing on all three of them at the same time. It would have been somewhat okay if it was in the Heavenly Realm, but here where the mana is thin and people had no access to mana stones, it would be better to just focus on one.

Marcus' fist landed on Ned's head. It wasn't that strong of a blow since killing was not allowed here.

Right from the start, Ned already stood no chance against Marcus.

When Marcus went in a while ago he checked everyone's aura. They were no rank 8 Elites and above so Marcus changed his initial plan. He now only wanted to get a ranking in the leaderboards.

"What a boring fight." Marcus walked down the stage and headed towards the elevator.

"Wait!" A shout came from the audience behind him.

Marcus turned to look. It was a man who looked to be around his early 20s and has blond short hair.

"I'm not going to fight anymore." Marcus said and started walking again towards the elevator.

He jogged as he slowly got closer to Marcus. "I'm not here to challenge you. I'm a rank 6 Elite, it would be useless to fight. I just wanted to ask if you're new in town."

Marcus didn't stop and continued walking. "Yes I am."

"If you're looking for a job, my family can offer you one." The man said.

Marcus stopped and turned his head.

Seeing that Marcus stopped, the man thought he was interested.

He immediately continued "You can work as a guard or someone who does missions on other planets."

Marcus inwardly scoffed, but he didn't show it on the outside though.

"What's your name?" Marcus asked. He already had a guess as to which family this man comes from, but wanted to make sure.

The man scrunched his brows. Marcus's slight disrespectful tone triggered him a bit.

He calmed himself down and answered "I'm Krey Flavus."

'I knew it. Hahaha, my luck is really good.' Marcus's thoughts were right, this man was related to Leo. He was just not expecting it to be Leo's brother.

Leo told him about his Krey. Just a bit though as Marcus wasn't really interested.

'Rank 6 Elite, hmm, I still can't use 'Army Manipulation' on him.' His chaos magic might not be able to help yet, as he just started collecting chaos essences and turning them into chaos mana last night..

"I don't know. How much are we talking about?" Marcus asked.

"There's a bar downstairs, men should negotiate with whiskey on the table, don't you think?" Krey chuckled. He wanted to recruit talented people. A person who looked to be this young and is already this strong is a gem here in Estra.

Marcus nodded.

They went to the elevator and arrived at the bar on the first floor and sat on the brown stools. Kley tapped the bar table and ordered a drink.

Marcus placed his right hand in his pocket. The hand turned red and a short vermillion colored string came out of his index finger. It soon passed through his pants and went straight to the bartender.

The bartender paused slightly, his eyes turned vermillion but it disappeared after he blinked. That pause only lasted for a second before he started preparing the drinks again.

"So how about it?" Krey grabbed the glass that the bartender handed to him.

He just finished telling Marcus about his offer. To work for his family and he will get paid handsomely. The family will also give him a scholarship to study in Estra University.

Marcus did the same. "Why should I work for your family? Other families can also give those kinds of offers don't you think?"

"You see, I'm an honest and upright man. If you work for other people, other big families here in Estra, they'll get rid of you when they're done using you." Kley downed the contents of the glass and signed the bartender for one more.

"Let me think about it a bit more. Let's taste another one of their drinks." Marcus did the same, he drank the contents of the glass, but he snuck a pill inside his glass and carefully handed it back to the bartender.

The bartender got both their glasses and retrieved the pill from Marcus's glass and placed it in Kley's new glass. The brown pill slowly dissolved and got mixed in with the drink that the bartender poured.

Marcus received his drink, raised it a bit, faced Kley, and said "Salud"

He drank the contents and placed it back on the table.

"Cheers" Kley replied as he did the same.

Marcus stood up "I'm sorry but I can't accept your offer."

Krey looked at him, brows furrowed. "Why?"

Marcus began walking towards the door "I don't need it. I'm rich."

Kley looked at Marcus's back. He blinked a couple of times before shaking his head.

He's not going to do anything to the guy, but he is wondering why he agreed to have a drink.

'Could it be?' Krey checked the glass.

He chuckled 'I must be getting paranoid. He's only a kid.'

He paid the bill and went back to the third floor.

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Marcus sat in his car, face slightly red. He's finally on his way home.

'Those two brothers are really the same.' Marcus tapped his index finger beside the window.

He just gave Kley a 'Nightmare Pill'. Once a person ingests this pill, the person will experience horrifying dreams for the first 3 months. Dreams that will make you not want to sleep. The nightmares that's being experienced by the person does not disappear unless it's treated.

After 3 months, other effects start to come in.

Stinging pain around the body during cultivation, slow loss of eyesight, and drowsiness.

'I just hope that guy survives the first three months.' Marcus thought.

He arrived at the house around 10 pm.

He got out of the car and headed towards the living room where Nexus was still sitting watching tv.

"You and Big Sis will check the building beside the boulevard tomorrow." Marcus strolled in.

"Mhm" Nexus nodded. "You'll also be attending Estra University by the way."

Marcus paused and looked at Nexus "I was also going to suggest the same thing."

Nexus turned towards him and tilted his head.

"We need concrete identities. You and Eva will both be my adopted parents. I, your adopted son, will enter Estra University and be a normal student. It's a perfect cover for the three of us." Marcus explained.

Nexus nodded and turned his attention back to the tv.

Marcus walked towards the kitchen, grabbed a glass, and poured a drink. He unbuttoned the top part of his black long sleeve polo, showing the middle part of his chest. He then went outside in the direction of the pool with a drink in hand.

'I think I forgot to tell him something.' Nexus thought as he lazily sprawled on the couch.