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Upon seeing the notification for a heroic reward, Ethan quickly checked the reward.

Until now, the rewards Ethan had received were one grade below this heroic reward.

‘Still, since I perfectly cleared the quests, they were enhanced rewards that were close to heroic grade, but basically they were lower than heroic rewards.’

But this was clearly a heroic reward. In terms of grades, it was quite a high-level reward.

‘Moreover, this is an enhanced heroic reward.’

Then how amazing would this reward be?

Ethan couldn’t help but smile.

“Ethan Whiskers, I will never forget this. I never dreamed you could heal my wounds so perfectly.”

Tror approached Ethan.

Completely freed from the Stigma of Exile, Tror was emitting a much stronger aura than when first seen.

It was the earth’s energy, said to be the most reliable among natural energies.

“This is my sincerity. I won’t accept refusal.”

-You can receive an enhanced heroic reward from the Earth Spirit King Tror!

[Spirit King’s Hammer S+]

[Spirit King’s Necklace S+]

[Spirit King’s Guardian Stone S+]

They were three S+ grade items.

It was surprising enough to get S+ grade items as a reward, but the real important one was the last.

‘No way.’

Ethan’s gaze stopped on the third item.

Spirit King’s Guardian Stone.

He never expected to get the Spirit King’s Guardian Stone as a reward.

Ethan doubted his eyes.

‘He’s giving a guardian stone?’

The guardian stone was the best item obtainable from spirits.

While its effects were incredibly powerful, spirits were reluctant to give these guardian stones easily, so everyone went through tremendous hardship to obtain them.

‘Actually, I’ve never properly obtained one myself.’

Despite building good relationships and trust with countless spirits and raising his spirit power to a considerable level, obtaining a guardian stone was no easy feat.

‘I’ve only gotten one once.’

What he had obtained was a low-level spirit’s guardian stone. It was the lowest among guardian stones, but even this low-level stone was something most people couldn’t get.

‘Even though it contained the power of a low-level spirit, it was quite useful.’

Guardian stones held that much value.

So without hesitation, he immediately chose the guardian stone.

-You have received the Spirit King’s Guardian Stone!

A pentagonal, ochre-colored jewel fell into Ethan’s hand and was immediately absorbed into his body.

Shaaaaaah-!

An intense energy was felt from the absorbed jewel.

-A trait has been added!

-Spirit King’s Guardian Stone trait has been added!

<<Trait: Spirit King’s Guardian Stone – Receives magic protection effect. Reduces magic damage by 40 percent. Increases all stats by 5 with the power of earth.>>

The effect was as certain as expected.

It was an effect that reduced magic damage by as much as 40 percent.

‘This is insane.’

It was an incredible effect.

‘Bluntly speaking, even if hit by 9th circle magic, it weakens by nearly half?’

It meant that even if hit by tremendous magic like hellfire, only 60 percent of its power would come through.

Even by simple numerical calculation, one could guess how amazing the ability of the Spirit King’s Guardian Stone was.

Ethan smiled contentedly.

‘It was worth fully healing him. The enhanced heroic reward is definitely good.’

Additionally, the effect of increasing all stats by 5 was also tremendous.

“Since I kept my promise, I’ll make sure to keep mine too. And you know what? This is too much even after fulfilling that promise. It’s like I need to give you change.”

-Spirit power greatly increases!

-Contract spirit’s trust has reached 100 percent.

Reaching 100 percent trust meant that the spirit would never refuse the contractor’s orders.

‘The amount of spirit power increase also varies depending on trust.’

It meant that as time passed, he could use Tror’s power more actively.

‘Of course, I probably won’t summon Tror directly very often.’

Ethan planned to make this Tror a powerful link connecting Prochet and Whiskers territory.

‘Prochet will never betray, but still, there’s always a possibility.’

Life doesn’t always go as desired. Even seemingly perfect things always have flaws.

“If you have any requests, don’t hesitate to tell me.”

“Alright, then let’s settle that change bit by bit.”

Tror was a being with high utility in many ways. If he’s this eager, it’s all the better for him.

“Teacher, I learned so much.”

Roanna’s eyes sparkled.

“Thank you so much for the advanced learning session. I’ll really do my best next semester.”

Roanna also grew rapidly through this quest.

‘Thanks to that, it wasn’t difficult to get here.’

Having grown this much, she was sure to show overwhelming results at the Academy Exchange Festival, the main event of the second semester.

At the same time, he thought of the other children.

‘I wonder if the kids are doing well.’

Yuna, Ron, and Mason.

‘The Academy Exchange Festival is no easy task. With their current skills, they absolutely can’t win.’

They needed to raise their skills to the level Ethan had in mind.

“There’s no need to stay here any longer. Let’s return to Prochet right away.”

“Wait a moment.”

Ethan briefly stopped Tror as he was about to open the door.

“You’ve just been healed, so rest for a while. Roanna, you must have been very tense too, so take a break.”

Ethan recommended rest for both of them and immediately used Pulse Diagnosis on his own body.

‘Hua Tuo said he couldn’t cure the Extinction in my body, but it’s not bad to check directly at this point.’

-Using Pulse Diagnosis.

-Analyzed constitution.

-Constitution: Taeyangin

Ethan’s constitution was Taeyangin.

‘Maybe I can fix Extinction.’

Shuk shuk-.

Ethan inserted needles near his heart. Then he immediately used Hua Tuo’s Open Surgery Technique.

‘Oh no.’

But using it on oneself was extremely difficult.

While using Hua Tuo’s Open Surgery Technique, Ethan’s energy kept moving, and suppressing it with Heo’s Acupuncture made it difficult to move his hands smoothly.

‘That’s not the problem. I can’t feel it at all.’

He couldn’t feel the energy of Extinction at all.

‘Of course, it couldn’t be cured easily.’

It’s not for nothing that it’s called the King of Curses.

‘The more I learn healing techniques, the more I realize how amazing this Extinction is.’

How desperate would Ethan have been if he didn’t know about this Extinction?

‘It’s fortunate that I know.’

If he had started without knowing, it would have been mentally more challenging.

‘Still, I’ve gotten much better at using acupuncture and decoction techniques, so I should be satisfied with that for now.’

Come to think of it, doesn’t it mean he can cure any disease or curse lower than Extinction?

‘I even removed and recovered from the mark that a demon realm grand duke put all his power into.’

Though regrettable, Ethan decided to be content with this for now.

“It’s done. Let’s go back now.”

At Ethan’s words, Tror immediately opened the door.

But then.

Rumble-!

A thunderous noise began to be heard.

“What’s that?”

There shouldn’t be any such noise here.

A bewildered Tror looked to the side.

“That’s……”

Terror filled Tror’s eyes.

Crack-. Crack crack.

Suddenly appeared cracks were breaking.

Moreover, their shape was similar to the one on Tror’s side.

Ethan frowned.

‘What’s this? There wasn’t supposed to be an event like this.’

This was an event he had never experienced before.

Boom-!

With a louder thunderous noise, an arm suddenly protruded from the crack. Soon after, a head and body completely emerged from the crack.

“You’ve been hiding for quite a while, Tror.”

What came out from beyond the torn crack was a demon with huge horns.

Tror clicked his tongue.

Why had this demon realm grand duke come at this timing?

“How……”

As he said that, he realized that this place was now shaken because of Ethan and Roanna.

“You’ve been… waiting for an opportunity all this time?”

At those words, the demon realm grand duke, who had fully extracted his body, revealed his teeth with a sinister smile.

“Did you think I’d never find you? That’s why you hid in a place so difficult to escape from. But look, I finally found you. My eyes have always been on you, you damned bastard.”

The demon realm grand duke said with a snicker. Along with that smile, a third eye opened on his forehead.

Suk-. Suk-. Suk-.

Crack-!

The demon realm grand duke hadn’t come alone. The cracks spread further, and black figures began to appear one by one in the green-filled space.

“……Teacher.”

Roanna called out to Ethan, trying to calm her trembling heart.

However, she was in an extremely anxious state. The energy emanating from those demons was not something a student like Roanna could withstand.

“I’m sorry, this is all my fault.”

Tror clicked his tongue. This was an unavoidable situation.

“I’ll try to do something, so escape……”

“It’s already too late to escape. All exits are blocked.”

This place was a space close to the Spirit Realm. Even Ethan’s Wind Cloud wouldn’t work here.

At Ethan’s words, Tror let out a sigh.

“There is a way, though it’s not perfect.”

Tror was a Spirit King with good preparation.

Although he hadn’t expected such a serious incident to occur, he had made some contingency plans.

“It’s truly regrettable that this happens less than a day after forming a contract, but a human of your caliber could easily form contracts with other tremendous spirits.”

Tror snapped his fingers. Then, a magic circle activated beneath that spot.

“Thank you.”

Ethan looked at the magic circle. It seemed to be a magic circle that Tror needed to keep activating here.

“Teacher.”

“How touching. You’ve made a new contractor in the meantime? Don’t worry. I’ll kill you all cleanly.”

As the demon realm grand duke gestured, the number of demons began to increase rapidly. Even at a glance, there were over a hundred.

“Humans, I’ll personally make you two my slaves.”

“Go quickly!”

Tror tried to push Ethan into the magic circle. But Ethan slapped away Tror’s hand. Then he disrupted the magic circle.

“Wh-what are you doing!”

“Tror. From now on, there’s only one thing you need to do.”

Ethan turned around.

He faced the huge demon realm grand duke, the demons, and the living corpses.

The outcome was clear to anyone who saw.

“No matter what happens, protect Roanna. She shouldn’t get even a small scratch.”

Ethan said.

“That’s enough. The rest……”

Shaak-.

With those words, he drew his sword.

In one hand he held the Frost Sword, and in the other, the Thunder Lightning Sword.

Frost Sword Lea and Thunder Lightning Sword Ymir began to resonate.

Frost began to spread around Ethan.

Bzzztt-!

“I’ll handle it all.”

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