Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 301 Show me the money!

Chapter 301 Show me the money!

"So the stakes in this place has been raised." Alex muttered to himself as he sat back on his bed. He looked back at Asteria, who seemed to be enjoying the reaction on Alex’s face.

"You seem to be enjoying this." Alex commented as he glared at Asteria. "Why are you feeling this way? Perhaps, something interesting will happen in this mission?"

"Oh, you will see what I mean once you choose the mission that you will do." Asteria replied as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Do we even have to choose now?"

"Well, you don’t actually need to vocalize your choice. Your actions will be the ones that will indicate the mission that you’ll do." Asteria said as she flew closer to Alex. "Just do what you want to do, as long as it’s related to the mission that you want to do."

"I see. You’re still picky with what you want to say." Alex said as he shook his head. "It was as if you want us to do the choice in this mission out of our own volition..."

"Of course I want you guys to make the decisions by yourselves." Asteria replied as she glared at Alex. "After all, the consequences of your actions here will affect this whole world. Since it was like that, the ones who should have the responsibility to make the decision was you guys."

"The way you said that is so irritating, but I cannot argue with your logic." Alex replied ruefully as he let out a sigh. His face then turned hungry as he stared at Asteria intently. "Hey, now that we know about the Main Mission already, can you now show the new Items? I want to get cool powers already!"

Behind Alex, Alina and the other women could be seen nodding their heads, as they seem to understand Alex’s enthusiasm.

"..." Asteria, who was now the subject of these excited gazes, crossed her arms as she said,

"Okay okay! I shall tell it you now guys! Hmph, why are you this excited now? You were not even this excited when I showed you my paintings!"

"It’s because your paintings suck, Asteria."

"Hah? What did you just say hooman?"

"Nothing. I said nothing."

"..."

Asteria, who was now wearing a pout in her face, slowly hovered towards Alex as she gave the latter an angry look.

Once she was near Alex, she touched the glowing symbol on his forehead. She stayed that way for a few seconds before she let go.

She then went back to her previous position, with Alex and his allies waiting for her to speak already.

Asteria seems to relish on the attention given to her, as she spent 1 more minute basking under the impatient gazes of her companions.

It was only when Alex slowly became pissed that Asteria started to talk.

"Okay hoomans. So from what I have seen in the Item List, all the Items that you can buy at the Four Moons World are still in the list. As for new Items, I can only see 4 new Items here."

"Wait, just 4 new Items? Alex blurted out before Asteria could continue talking. Are you sure about that?"

"What the hell? Are you doubting me now hooman?"

"You know well out of everyone here that you can be.... unreliable sometimes."

"Hey!"

"But I know that you are also serious in your job, so I will have to believe you now."

"Hooman, why does it sound like you are insulting me?"

"Nah, I did not do that. You know what? Why don’t you just describe the new Items that we can buy?"

"Hmph, fine hooman. But I won’t forget the words that you just told me here!"

"Fine, fine. Just get talking already."

"..."

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Even if Asteria was a little irritated with Alex, she still did her job, describing the 4 new Items that appeared in the Item List.

As Alex and his Companions listened to what Asteria was saying, their eyes could not help but widen, especially when they heard the prices.

"Damn!" That was all that Alex could say as Asteria finished talking. "That new Items... surely are expensive!"

It was a miracle that Alex did not curse out that badly after hearing what Asteria said. After all, the new items that she just endorsed were all hella expensive!

[[IMMORTAL CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE- 150 YEARS OF LIFESPAN OR 750,000 CONTRIBUTION POINTS]]

[[SUPREME ART OF CHRONOMANCY – 120 YEARS OF LIFESPAN OR 600,000 CONTRIBUTION POINTS]]

[[WISDOM TREE BLOODLINE - 140 YEARS OF LIFESPAN OR 700,000 CONTRIBUTION POINTS]]

[[DIVINE LIFE MANUSCIPRT – 75 YEARS OF LIFESPAN OR 500, 000 CONTRIBUTION POINS]]

Any Traveler who will hear the prices of these 4 new items will surely be shocked!

After all, the least expensive among these Items were still at a mind boggling 75 YEARS OF LIFESPAN! That was almost as expensive as the cost of travelling into another world!

As Alex and his allies repeated the prices they heard inside their heads, they could not help but laugh, realizing that everything has stepped up in this world.

"Wow! Even if there’s only 4 new Items, all of them looked to be extremely domineering!" Alex exclaimed as he let out a sigh. "And those prices! If it were not for Emperor Litch feeding me those moons, I might have been unable to afford these!"

"Hmph, instead of just acting awed by those prices, why don’t you three make up your minds on what you will buy?" Asteria said as she placed her hands on her hips. "Surely you must be salivating to buy those items..."

"..."

As he did his best to ignore Asteria’ s jeers and taunts, Alex slowly narrowed his eyes as he weighed down the options that he can use here.

"Even if I am not sure on the exact amount of Lifespan that I have, I am sure that all the Bonus Missions that Emperor Litch did for me will help me buy the Item that I want." Alex thought to himself as he stared at Asteria. "Now, the only thing that I should worry about was on the item that I should buy..."

After having these thoughts, Alex took a deep breath as he decided to make a choice now on the Items that he will buy.

But before Alex could start calculating the expenses in his mind, a sudden influx of powerful presences approaching their location forced him to stop.

"Hm?" Alex hurriedly stood up from the bed as Alina and Queen Mother jumped in front of him with wary expressions on their faces.

They seemed to have sensed the arrival of the powerful presences too, evidenced by the build-up of their power inside their bodies.

Professor Frances on the other hand hid behind the trio as she hurriedly manipulated the 5 cocoons beside her.

"Hmph, so those people have already arrived. With Alex here, the worst case scenario can be avoided." Professor Frances could be heard muttering these words as she continued on fiddling with the cocoons. "But even with that assurance, I cannot just be confident! As long as we have a way to make those people hesitate, then I shall gladly do it!"

Her hands, which had been moving quickly earlier, started to blur as she sped up her movements.

Alex who was listening to what the Professor was talking about, could only shake his head.

"So you want to use those 5 as hostages to slow these incoming people? It’s a classic move, but you won’t need it here." Alex muttered to himself as he watched the professor with a sideways glance. "But who knows, something bad might happen later... Maybe these hostages can actually help us out..."

Alina, who heard what Alex was saying, let out a sigh as she tried to say something to Alex.

Alina however was unable to speak up as the incoming people has now landed in front of their shack.

"Boom!" A powerful pressure came from the outside, which all hit Alex and his allies head-on.

Alex let out a grunt as he faced this pressure, as he felt somewhat threatened by it. Alina and the others had the same reaction as Alex too, although they could be seen readying their attacks too.

"What great pressure... So this is how the people of the Covenant of Immortals greets us..." Alex thought to himself as he straightened his posture. "These guys must be wary of us since they did not attack us immediately. Hehehe, I am flattered of their wariness against me."

"Boom!" A powerful pressure then erupted out of Alex’s body as he started to walk forwards.

His companions all followed the same suit, releasing their own oppressive pressure as they walked behind him.

"Since you greeted us this way, let me greet you this way too!" Alex exclaimed as he kicked the door open. "Hehehe, let’s see how you will react to this..."

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Elise was extremely nervous right now.

After all, she just found herself joining a rebel organization which she had only heard on the newspapers.

Half a day earlier, Elise was busy at the UBT, bickering for her brother’s Time.

But now? She was at a forest located thousands of miles away from her real house, doing a job which she should not have been doing!

"S**t, why did I even agree to join the Covenant of Immortals?" Elise muttered to herself as she looked around her. "Was it because they promised to pay for my brother’s loan? F**k, that was the reason!"

Right now, Elise found herself in a crowd, with 20 people standing alongside her.

Of these 20, 15 were at the Dao Soul Stage like Elise, while the remaining 5 were at the Spirit Domain Stage.

In one look, one can say that this is a formidable line-up, and Elise thinks the same way too.

However, even with this line-up, Elise could not help but feel uneasy.

"After I joined the Covenant of Immortals earlier, they immediately made me do a mission along with these people around me..." Elise could only shake her head silently, as he realized that she was an idiot for accepting a mission this early.

"For my first mission, we were told to talk to the trespassers who entered the territory of the Covenant without permission." Elise thought to herself as she narrowed her eyes. "From what I know, these trespassers had abducted 3 of the members of the Covenant, with each member at Core Formation Stage. Our task is to save these 3 hostages, and if possible, recruit the trespassers to our cause. If they do not agree, then we will have to exterminate them."

After thinking of these words, Elise’s eyes flitted around her as she looked at the structure in front of her.

In front of Elise was a small shack, which looked a little worse for wear.

To anyone looking at this shack, they may think that this is empty, but Elise knew otherwise.

"According to the info that we have, the trespassers were said to stay in this shack." Elise thought to herself as she looked at the shack with trepidation. "They have been staying in this shack since earlier, and they only left it once."

After looking at the shack for a little longer, Elise’s brows furrowed as she thought to herself,

"Since all of the trespassers were here, the hostages were most likely here too."

This realization did not sit well for Elise, as she realized that they will have a lot to do to save the hostages!

One wrong move, and the hostages will most likely die! If this happens, Elise was not sure if she can go back to her brother alive!

After all, one of the hostages was the son of an Elder in the Covenant!

"Huhuhu, I never should have gone here..."