"Hmph!"Ms. Quill snorted after listening to Titus but decided to ignore Frank as Titus had advised. However, she would shoot Frank hostile glares from time to time, her eyes making it clear that she was planning something and that she was not going to let him off easy."Frank…" Silverbell appeared a little worried, as judging from Titus' politeness, Ms. Quill was a force to be reckoned with.Frank, however, remained nonchalant—the young woman was simply uncouth, and he was not concerned about making an enemy of her."Hehe… Sorry to keep you waiting."Mobius spoke in his broken Draconian as he entered from a back door, flashing a broad grin at everyone—especially Frank.After all, he understood that Frank had the most reason to be upset, since he had invited him here.While it was clearly a one-on-one trade initially, Mobius had suddenly changed the trade into an auction, and he actually felt a little guilty about that."Alright, let's get started," Ms. Quill snapped impatien
When it came to certain attributes, the Celestial Dew was actually superior to the Bloodcrane Spiritbloom!On top of that, Frank was aware of the Celestial Dew because it was one of the main ingredients for making the divine pill.And as each main ingredient was a millennial natural wonder, the quality alone was above question."Hehe. It seems that Mr. Lawrence is the most knowledgeable man in this room, just by being aware of this…"Titus smiled as he took out a pure silver ring from his pocket with a tiny container fastened to it.And the container held a thick sapphire-blue fluid, spiraling at the center of the container as if alive. It would also assume the form of various livestock as if alive!"The Celestial Dew is the purest raindrop, refined along with various rare herbs and natural wonders across generations for over a thousand years. I'm sure everyone can understand how precious this droplet is, considering that it was refined into this amount from a full tank."At Tit
The moon curved like a scythe that night.Silverbell, as instructed by Frank, was lying in bed and napping, fully dressed.Suddenly, there was a knock on her door, and Frank soon entered."Frank?" she murmured softly, her eyes flashing viciously. "Are we doing it now?""Nope," Frank replied, narrowing his eyes as he turned to look at Mickus Salor's room, which was directly opposite Silverbell's.Narrowing his eyes and taking out a voice recorder, he said, "For now, just listen to me…"-Silverbell's cheeks blushed beet red after Frank told her his plan, and she pouted like a little girl. "Do I have to, Frank?""It's a diversion—we need to especially distract Titus," Frank said with a dead serious look."O-Okay…"Silverbell held up the voice recorder and tried what he had asked her to. "Ah!"Frank frowned a little. "Again. Put some feeling into it.""Ah?" Silverbell did her best to do what Frank asked, but he still shook his head, indicating that he felt nothing from it."I
"Interesting."Just as Frank and Silverbell arrived, Frank was surprised to overhear Titus chuckling instead of Mobius' voice."Eh?"Silverbell turned toward Frank, while he put a finger on his lips.Silverbell nodded, and they both dangled outside the window and listened to the voices inside, where Titus was speaking with a hint of anger. "Ms. Quill, Frank Lawrence had at least brought an item to trade, while you came empty-handed… Don't you think you're out of line?"To Silverbell and Frank's surprise, Ms. Quill was in the room too, snorting. "Hah! Frank Lawrence, you say? Do you really give that scum that much credit? Well, I'm telling you—I'm much smarter, so don't compare me with him!""I do agree, in a way."Titus chuckled coolly again. "You certainly can't compare to him, what with your ego and unscrupulous behavior.""What did you say?!"Ms. Quill snapped angrily. "I warned you not to compare me with him! I've had enough of that!""Enough of that?"Frank frowned—who
In reality, the waif balm was an airborne gas that would deviously stay dormant in a victim's body. It would then be triggered by the poisoner on cue, immobilizing the victim's senses and their body, leaving them at the mercy of the poisoner.And yet, what made the waif balm formidable was not the waif balm itself, but its potency as a medium. The poisoner would use it to facilitate delivering the real poison or something that could hurt the victim from the inside, all while the victim remained clueless.At that point, even Ascendant-ranked elites would have trouble escaping.Nonetheless, Frank only knew about the waif balm when he read it by chance from an old text.He was certainly not capable of brewing anything that could incapacitate Ascendant-ranked individuals at that time, but the scent described in that text was exactly the scent he was smelling now.There was no chance of him mistaking it.Hence, Frank quickly sat down in meditation, directing his pure vigor throughout
Frank had really thought that he had to be discreet, but there was no point for that now.The three parties—or four, including Mobius—were each plotting to be the winner who took it all, be it the spiritron vein or the natural wonders.And seeing Ms. Quill's glare of contempt, he was even more sure that the young woman knew him.Still, Frank did not hesitate.Since her sentries were some distance away and busy keeping the Clear Winds Pavilion apprentices at bay, he leapt up and seized Ms. Quill by the collar, snapping coolly, "Who are you? Why do you know me?!""Let her go!"The sentries panicked when they turned and saw Frank seizing their charge, and they charged toward him right then."Stand back!"Frank snapped coolly as he wrapped his fingers around Ms. Quill's neck. "Any closer, and I'll snap her throat!""How dare you!""You'd better think about this, kid!""Yeah… if you lay so much as a finger on her, you're a dead man!""There won't be a place for you in Draconia i
Standing in the distance, Titus shook his head and sighed at how brutal Frank was. "Mr. Lawrence, as a fellow man, I think you should show some chivalry. Ms. Quill is born a beauty, but you'd trample all over her so ruthlessly? It's honestly disappointing…""What's it to you?! Fuck off!"Frank was just seeing red because of Ms. Quill's foul attitude and was especially indignant that Titus would use the fact to poke fun at him now.Titus glowered at Frank's outburst in turn."Frank Lawrence! How dare you insult Mr. Lionheart!"Azar Salor, the chief of Clear Winds Pavilion, certainly would not pass up the chance to lick Titus' boots, even asking him, "Mr. Lionheart, please give Clear Winds Pavilion your permission to subdue that insolent wretch!""Go."Titus did not stop Azar this time.For one, he was actually a little upset by Frank's insolence.While he was also curious to see the depth of Frank's strength with this, it also went without saying that if Frank or Azar killed Ms
Eventually, giving in to the imminent threat of death, Ms. Quill growled through her teeth, "My grandfather is Governor Quill!" Azar, who was still holding up his knuckle, seemed to freeze right then.As such, when Ms. Quill turned, she found Azar only staring fixedly straight ahead, still poised for attack but stiff like a statue."Hmph!"Ms. Quill laughed coolly as she looked on, pursing her lips. "At least you know your place. If you lay a finger on me, my grandfather will destroy everyone in this room!"However, while Ms. Quill was relishing in the delight of making Azar back off, Frank scowled and snapped at her, "Shut up.""You shut up!"Ms. Quill could not care less now that she had played her trump card, smirking as she glared at Frank. "The same goes for you too! If you touch me again—""I'm telling you to shut up! Don't breathe!" Frank snapped viciously.Ms. Quill flinched and quickly clasped a hand over her mouth.It was only then that she realized Frank had alrea