(Chapter 42)

'But how come I wield the bow before my body awakened to the Mana?...'

Shyrveen thought the time when he was testing the bow in the training area in the association, and only to hear Irveen's voice for the third time, explaining about it.

'That's because you're body is already used to the Mana in the first place, and has been forged by the tortures but the scars on your body were your restrains so you can't feel the body's real power back then~

You can say that, after getting the first Soul Shard, your body awakened back to its peak or should be its 'original state'~

And now, the body became stronger than this 'original state' or than steel, because some of the restrains from the tortures were overcome or healed after you awakened from the Soul Shard~

But don't be mistaken to think that, that's the real power of your body~

Until the scars on your body are still present, restrains will be present too~

Eggie didn't waste time to cultivate that body for 18 years, you know?~

Just think that, this is the fruit of all the hardships that you endured for a decade with the addition of Eggie's effort too before the great disaster struck~...'

'Ohh... Thanks, and how come you can speak to me now?'

'... Mana, we have plenty now, and add that its quality after being dense is superb~... But I can only speak to you five to ten times a month~...'

'Alright...'

Then Shyrveen heard Yang Manli shouting and ordering the Bullseye team back to their training and pull him back to the office, leaving the mumbling Liu Hongtao on the ground.

He shrugs after seeing this and they reached the office.

"I saw what you did... Can I buy your bow?"

"... C'mon stationmaster, don't pull my leg. Every time you saw something in me you're laying down your offer so fast for it."

"Well, Manli?"

"12 to 13 rating."

"... Then what about the technique of processing such weapons, Shyr?"

Qin Xuan drinks some water, Yang Manli as well.

"... Even myself, don't know the technique... By the way, since you bought 20 of Mutant fishes from me, I'll trade another 20 bodies for 100 kilograms of Z-Steel with 1000 Kilograms of Alpha Alloys, they should be in a bar, like gold bars."

Shyrveen took the offense token from Qin Xuan's hand and said his offer to counter-attack this time.

That only for both women to spurts their drinks, they wipe the waters from their mouths and Qin Xuan smack her hand on her table and shouted at him, not knowing if she will be amused or angry by this.

"Shyrveen!!! Do you think the Z-Steel is like those any common compound metals!? Even if you don't have the common sense to this, you should already guess how scarce and extremely rare for those Z-Steels to be found..."

Then was followed by Yang Manli as extra knowledge for Shyrveen to know.

"Well, there's a company that can produce arrows with 1 percent Z-Steel, but cost 1 million Levo Dollars each piece."

"Then can I know where is that, I'll try to offer for their raw Z-Steels."

Shyrveen glance at Yang Manli and only to be answered by Qin Xuan.

"... He is the person who is isolating Ass Freak."

"You mean, with you?"

"Hey! I already lifted any orders to isolate your friend okay!?"

"... Then isn't that Son of Heaven?"

"Yeah, as the young master of Starry Group, Son of Heaven owns mines and factories of Z-Steel."

Shyrveen massages his forehead for another headache.

'I should ask Han Sen first about this.'

"... Another assignment for me then... I need to study all the things related to the Alliance and used my disguise to trade with the Starry Group, with you as well to be my 'connection' to the military, so they can't do some strict rules to know the real me..."

Both women facepalmed, then Qin Xuan strongly stated.

"It isn't that simple as that, you moron... First of all, the person will be confirmed first no matter if its a politician, military, noble, or commoner. Second, you have a plan to hack the data servers of Alliance? I'm telling you, I'm the one who will arrest you, here, now, before you can do that. And lastly, if you pulled me into this scheme of yours, my face will be revealed with yours as wanted criminals and my old man will kill me, okay?"

"... Tch, what a waste..."

Shyrveen mumbles softly but he made sure that Qin Xuan will hear it.

"You-!... Arg! Just get out of here and do your things!"

"Alright, alright. I'll stop."

He raised his arms to indicate that he surrenders.

Then Yang Manli remembered something and asked her best friend.

"And Xuan Xuan~ Can I have the temporary pass? I invited Shyr to train in the combat room in the Roca planet. He won't be able to use the teleportation device there to go back here if he don't have a pass."

Qin Xuan thought about it and some ideas popped on her head and decided to agree but.

"... 30 Mutant fish."

"1."

"You!!! 25! And I'll create a permanent pass for you to be used to any teleportation device to any of the three teleport stations!"

"... 15."

"Arg!!! 20!"

"Deal... Thanks!"

"Fuck off!... And you woman! Go back to work!"

Qin Xuan swears that her nerves on her neck will burst in any minutes now, but only to hear another absurd request from Shyrveen.

'This scummy dead man!'

"By the way, can I request for her to take a day off today?"

"... Why?"

"I need help and I want her to be as my girl, and not as a member of the gang."

"That's my right-hand woman, Mr. Yñiguez..."

Qin Xuan glared at Shyrveen's eyes.

"But she's my woman now, Ms. Qin..."

That Shyrveen accepted the challenge, which made Yang Manli pouted but she didn't intervene, because her freedom from today's work is on her boyfriend's hand.

"10."

But only to be shocked by what Qin Xuan means about that number.

"Oi!"

Qin Xuan looked at Yang Manli and reasoned well.

"He is asking you to leave your work. As the Head, I can't let that happen. If he wants it to be free then wait for your work to be done first, that should be done by any men in the first place right, Shyr?

And if that happens I can't do anything anymore for that, except for being a best friend that will stop you both dating each other. But I won't do that, because I don't want to hear a song dedicated to me."

Shyrveen can't think of any possible thing to counter this reason and gave up, he already wasted one hour from satisfying Liu Hongtao's antics, and now he needs to start collecting and merging Beast Souls.

"... Isn't that overpriced for the work that will be left alone?"

"Don't think that her work is just as simple as that, Shyr! That's looking down on my gang, I'm warning you..."

Qin Xuan became mad after hearing this thing from Shyrveen's mouth and Shyrveen realized his own fault too and Yang Manli helped him massages his head.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I was thinking of my own things recently."

"It's good that you know..."

Qin Xuan calmed down after hearing Shyrveen being sorry about it but only to be exasperated again.

"Then 2."

"5! No more bargaining, goddammit!"

"... With extension to three days."

"..."

Qin Xuan didn't say anymore but snaps as she grabs the big book on her desk and throws it at Shyrveen.

But Shyrveen run outside after saying his last bargain and pulled Yang Manli out of the room too, and he closed the door in time for the flying book to hit the door.

Then all of the people in the building hear the usual curse from their Head, and shook their heads again for this

'Sir Shyr can really be amusing... Nothing happens to him with all of those things that he did to the Head.'

"SCUM!!!"

Yang Manli giggles then kisses the cheek of Shyrveen.

"Thank you, darling!~ And you're still alive, huh? Even me, I have a hard time to swallow her anger, you know?~"

"... Why?... I'm not being greedy, it's called rationality, I don't feel any wants to these things but my mind thinks that I need them, so I'm like this."

Shyrveen explained to his girlfriend while shrugging but only to hear another voice from Qin Xuan inside.

"JUST FUCK OFF ALREADY! I CAN STILL HEAR YOU, YOU BASTARD!"

"Hahaha! Let's go, darling... I swear the door will fly on us any moment after you open that mouth of yours again... Hihihi!~"

Then both of them to their room to fetch some clothes.

Shyrveen put them all in his inventory and holds the hand of Yang Manli as they went to the room of Han Sen first, he left a note for his friend telling that Shyrveen will find a way for how to eat the Super creature's meats and about the whole body of the Obsidian Dragon for Han Sen.

"I'm done. Let's go to the creek."

Shyrveen grabs the hand of Yang Manli again and states where they will go, which made her confused and ask him.

"Why there? Only Ordinary creatures inhabit that place. And what kind of help you want from me, darling?"

"... Since Han Sen is out of reach for one month or so, this will take me forever if I did this by myself... And as I said to your friend, I need your help as my girl... To keep my secret, because I'll reveal to you another one."

"Ohh!"

Yang Manli is satisfied to be trusted by her boyfriend and thinks that Shyrveen already thought of this thing.

She knows that if he requested another help again from her as a member of the gang, Qin Xuan will erupt again.

On their way, she didn't say anything and only to savor this beautiful moment of her life.

With the normal pace of walking, they reach the creek within fifteen minutes.

"So, what we will do?"

Yang Manli asks while seeing Shyrveen pulling out the bed mattress that he took from his bedroom and laid it down on part of the creek that isn't full of rocks and won't get wet from the water stream.

Then Shyrveen summoned his Black Beetle in a sleep mode to give to Yang Manli.

"Take this first and I'll show after I got another one."

And after his tenth killed, he got another Beast Soul of the Black Beetle.

"Now, give me back the first one and you will see why I need I trust you as my girl."

As he said that, Yang Manli's eyes get wider after seeing the two Beast Soul merge slowly into one and became deep Black Beetle.

"Do you get it now, sweety?"

Yang Manli nodded and tears started to drop from her eyes.

"Shhh... I trust you because it is the basic foundation of lovers... And I don't want to scare you about this but, this will be a fact once there's another person than you and brother Sen to know about this... I'll be kidnapped and experimented to be tortured again."

Yang Manli shook her head strongly and murmured.

"No! I won't let you experience that again! You already opened yourself about your past to me and now that knowing you experienced such things. I won't accept that! Thinking about it makes me go insane, and will be crazy once it happened! So don't worry! I won't reveal this even to Xuan Xuan! I swear! Hic... Just don't leave me!"

She can't let go of Shyrveen no matter what and how good or expensive the thing that will be given to her.

She was tired of being ordered here and there by her parents, tired of socializing with such shits just to expand their family connections, and soon will be engaged by someone she doesn't know? Just for another expansion again?

'I'm tired of all of this!!! Just one word with darling, I'll go with him to his world even if I can't back to my family... I found my happiness and won't let it go just to go back to my indifferent family... But I can't voice it out to him because he felt guilty by losing his family and now his guilt will be added by my selfishness?... No... Not yet... There will be a time... The right time, that I can get my freedom without burdening darling while being with him...'

Shyrveen caresses her back for fifteen minutes to calm down and wipes her cheeks.

"You okay now?"

She nodded and smiles brightly at him, which he nodded and kissed her lips then waited for another fifteen minutes before going back to the Beast Soul.

He summoned the deep Black Beetle to Yang Manli again.

"That's good... Now, with my teleportation, ice, space bag, and meddling with Beast Souls, Innate Abilities. I can merge the same Beast Souls to evolve to another higher stage, take this, and check it in your mind while I'll try to gain another one..."

Then he went near the creek to kill Black Beetles again, and after his fifteenth kill, he gains his fourth Beast Soul and went back to merge the two Adult Black Beetle (1 Star)...