As Runeth spoke, he calmly raised his hand and waved it. A moment later, a small potion vial appeared out of thin air and landed on his illusionary palm.
At that moment, Fennelis and Nicolaus noticed another 100,000 points disappeared in a blink.
Without waiting for them to ask another question, Runeth opened the vial and signaled Umi to open her mouth.
"Drink it." He added.
In the meantime, Umi first looked at her mother and asked for permission. After seeing Fennelis's nod, she took the potion bottle from Runeth's hand and drank it with one gulp.
Like the last time, she blanked out sooner and fell with a thud.
A second later, her spirit forms appeared outside her body and began to increase in size. At that moment, her outer appearance started to change. Umi's silver hair changed into a golden color, and her height increased slightly. After that, an oppressive aura appeared inside the room, followed by a sharp temperature drop in the chamber.
"Come on, let her go through her advancement in peace," Runeth spoke as he turned around and started walking towards the artifact section.
Meanwhile, Nicolaus and Fennelis nodded their heads and followed after him quietly.
As soon as they arrived closer to the artifact section, Runeth glanced at the nearby blue interface-like box and spoke.
"You guys still have a total of 127,000 points remaining. What do you want to buy?"
Fennelis quickly turned her gaze towards Nicolaus and spoke.
"It's your turn, Nicolaus."
Nodding, Nicolaus moved closer to the glass-covered artifacts and inspected them individually.
After a long search, he finally focused on a unique silver gauntlet and furrowed his brows as he read the artifact's name.
"Hand of Lightning?"
"Yes. It is a powerful Artifact with a spell model called [Hand of Lightning] inscribed inside and has the power to kill a Tier-3 or Pseudo Legendary Mage in one snap. Once you activate this gauntlet, it will release a pure lightning essence and incinerate anyone in its path. It was created by a legendary Titan and had some mysterious history behind it." Runeth paused for a moment and soon shook his head.
"But whenever you use this spell, it will consume your vitality. If not careful enough, this artifact will suck your body dry and even turn you into an old man. Unless you are a Titan with infinite vitality, I don't recommend you to buy this artifact."
"Pity." Nicolaus let out a deep sigh and was about to turn his gaze towards the next artifact but stopped.
Although he didn't understand why he stopped just now, he strangely felt this had something to do with the 'Hero's Intuition' skill.
'The intuition wants me to buy this artifact?'
He quickly made up his mind and spoke in a deep tone.
"I'll purchase this artifact."
Meanwhile, Runeth paused in surprise and soon nodded his head.
The silver gauntlet flew out of the glass a moment later and landed on Nicolaus's hand.
"It looks good." Nodding, he wore the gauntlet on his left hand and tried to clench his fingers together.
The next instant, the silver gauntlet turned more like glass and became invisible!
At that moment, Nicolaus felt that the whole gauntlet had become a part of his body and assimilated into his hand!
"Interesting," He smiled pleasantly and felt more confident inside.
After checking the artifact, he turned his gaze towards Fennelis and spoke.
"This is more than enough for me, My Lady. Please use the remaining merit points and buy something useful for you."
Meanwhile, Runeth glanced at Fennelis and reminded her.
"There are still 25,000 points remaining."
Fennelis nodded and bought a 20*20 cubic meter spatial ring for 15,000 points, four mid-tier healing potions for 8,400 points, and four explosive potions for 1,600 points.
At that moment, Umi also woke up from her unconscious state and sat up with a stiff face.
As usual, Runeth moved towards her hurriedly and checked her progression.
"Royal Rank indeed." He said calmly.
On the other hand, Fennelis moved closer to her daughter and gave a light pat on her head.
'Even the noble families have to respect her from now.' Fennelis felt so proud of her daughter now.
She knew how hard it would be to break the bloodline shackles for a commoner beast kin. Although her status was a little above the commoners, she was still a commoner in front of the Noble Bloodline Beastkins.
Unlike other races, they had no gods to give blessings to remove the shackles.
Because of that, the beastkins were killed, enslaved, and hated.
'Well, if not for that peaceful agreement between the Elven kingdom and the Beast Empire, all our kins might have already died.' She shook her head, turned her gaze towards Runeth, and spoke.
"We are all set and ready to leave, Lord Runeth."
Runeth also nodded his head and spoke with a nod.
"I wish you have a long and beautiful journey up ahead." He suddenly paused for a moment as he thought of something, touched the blue gem-embedded necklace around his neck, and removed it.
Afterward, he moved closer to Umi and put it on her neck.
"Listen, young lass. If you end up in a bitter position one day, hold the blue gem with your hand and say my name three times. It will save you."
As he spoke, he took two steps backward and waved his hand.
A moment later, magic rune circles lit under their feet and teleported them out of the pocket dimension.
Fennelis and others reappeared in the outside world in a blink and found themselves standing next to the Mysterious Maze.
Fennelis looked around warily and checked if they were in a safer position.
After confirming no dangers nearby, she breathed a sigh of relief, turned her gaze towards Nicolaus, and asked.
"What are you planning to do now, Nicolaus?"
Nicolaus made a thoughtful look and spoke solemnly.
"I am going back to Bare Keep town, My Lady. My parents must be worried about me for the past few months. So, I've to see them first." He deliberated for a moment and then added.
If you have no plans, feel free to come and stay in our mansion for a week or two." Nicolaus invited.
Meanwhile, Fennelis shook her head and waved her hand.
"Nah, I will continue searching for my husband's whereabouts. Do you know where the 'Taiga sloth woods' is?" She asked.
"It's in the opposite direction, My Lady. It's in the Keris kingdom. You can go to the Silverland city and ask for some adventurers' help to scout the Taiga Sloth woods before venturing deep inside." Nicolaus responded.
"Thank you, Nicolaus. Once I find my husband, we will return to your hometown and stay there for a while. Also, if you meet that half-elf, convey my thanks to him." Fennelis said while bowing her head.
After exchanging a few words, Nicolaus moved towards Bare Keep town direction while Fennelis and Umi moved towards the northern direction.
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