Mashia and Baron Ascension

 "Thank you for telling me this. And once again, I have to reiterate, that none of this get out, or else," everyone nodded, understanding the importance, not to mention the fact the Barony might suffer if the knowledge of such treasure trove fallen to the hands of their neighbours, or heaven forbids, the Kingdom itself.

 "We will discuss what will be done to the Secret Realm after this expedition is over. For now, lets grab as much treasures as we can," the Baron said, earning nods from the rest of the group. Soon, they flew away from the tower, though Shuri gave Ryker a wink.

 The silver-eyed man smiled back, as he take a closer look at the key he manage to gain and kept, the one that would lead him to the largest fragment of the Secret Realm.

-x-

 "Th-this is," the Grand Advisor find himself losing his ability to talk, too awestruck by the sheer amount of treasures in front of him. And not just him, the rest also suffer from awe as the treasures are beyond their imagination.

 "So many treasures, the number of Grade 9 is at the double digit," One of the Vice-Principal of Mariz Academy exclaimed, his eyes glued to the said treasures.

 "The Grade 7, 8 and 9 will be split up equally between us, though the Barony will get the extras," the Baron said, the others not objecting the split. After all, if not for the Baron telling them of the Secret Realm, they will not be able to get a share of the bounty.

 As for those below, first come, first serve but don't fight one another for the treasures, or I will personally disciplined those that did so," the warning of the Baron received another round of nodding.

 With that, the higher-ups soon split up the main treasures that is Grade 9, while the rest looked  for any other treasures in their vicinity. Though, one person did not try to do so.

 "You found the place yet, Mashia?" Ryker asked, looking at the dragon girl with some concern.

 "Not yet, but there should be a perfect place," she waved him off, before flying to find the said perfect place. Ryker sighed but let her do as she please. She clearly knew what she was doing so Ryker did not need to intervene.

 Though he do plan on seeing her ascension, hoping to learn something from it. While he already experience the breakthrough to Genesis Source, he never witness a Beast or Monster Race ascension from Tier 5 to Tier 6, so he planned to do so.

 Though, he realize Mashia is not the only one who search for a place to breakthrough. From the corner of his eyes, he could see the Baron doing the same, which made sense as the man already reach the peak of Genesis Source, and likely planning to breakthrough the next major realm.

 At the thought, maybe he could get the man to owe him some more.

-x-

 The Baron tried to hide his anxiousness, but it is hard to do so when your life and death is dictated by what will happen in the next few hours. After all, he will be breaking through a major realm, which carry some danger unlike a breakthrough in the minor realm.

 As he pondered over whether he should continue or forcefully stop himself, Ryker walked towards him and put a piece of jade slip on his palm. He wanted to ask what it is but the young man already left. 

 Deciding to put his trust on him, the Baron read it before his eyes widened.

 "T-this is-" he said in a shocked tone, as he read the method of breaking through the Genesis Spring Realm, plus the experience of the person who wrote this.

 He wanted to thank the young man but at the moment, he need to focus on his own problem, and search for the best place to breakthrough which undoubtedly be inside the Secret Realm.

-x-

 "I wonder if he survive," Ryker said with some worry. After all, he did not know if the Baron is ready for it or not, but in the end, the fluctuating qi from the man told him it is a good thing he gave the slip, or the Baron's condition would be worse.

 With the Baron's problem dealt with, he turned towards Mashia, who also searching for the place with the highest energy concentration. Thankfully, her need is less than the Baron, so she don't need to fight for places with the leader of the Barony.

 Ryker then searched for the dragon girl, before spotting her on top of a small hill, with the Baron besides her.

 "I'm not sure if that is a good idea," the Grand Advisor exclaimed, also seeing what he was seeing.

 Ryker had to agree. After all, during breakthrough, absorbing worldly energy from the surrounding is important to help raise their cultivation. That is why, cultivators often put piles of Energy Crystals around them to help their breakthrough. 

 However, the two did not share the same concern as they continue to absorb the worldly energy. The surprising part of it is the fact the two did not try to absorb one another worldly energy, splitting it up between the two of them.

 "They should come up with an agreement, and also, the Secret Realm do have enough energy to produce Grade 9 Materials, so it should be able help them breakthrough without much issue," Ryker said, feeling slightly dumb for forgetting something so simple.

 As Ryker and the Grand Advisor watched the two breakthrough, the others soon come towards the place as well. In fact, the Genesis Source and Genesis Core experts are shoving one another for the right to see this.

 Then again, seeing people breaking through would give them knowledge of how to survive their own breakthrough, not to mention, increasing their understanding of the next major realm they trying to ascend.

 As more and more people come to watch, the two people become the center of an energy storm, hungrily absorbing the energy around them, their qi reserves slowly rising, until, the two let out a powerful fluctiluation, causing disturbance around them.

 No one dare to do anything, fearful they might disrupt the two people. As they watched with bated breath, both Mashia and the Baron's qi erupted to a whole new level, signalling their success in reaching the next major realm.