Fruit of labor

Alan made sure to change and clean the blood that covered his whole body before heading to the northern gate of the town.

Showing his ID to the guards He went inside the town and headed towards the Beast Masters Association.

Entering the association, he found an empty reception window.

Alan: "Excuse me, I have a beast's carcass that I want to sell. The number's a little bit big; where can I unload them?"

Receptionist: "Good day to you, sir. You can head to the third warehouse; there you can unload them, and the manager of the warehouse will provide you with the payment details."

Thanking the receptionist, Alan headed towards the third warehouse; there he found the manager.

Alan: "Good afternoon, sir. I was told by the reception that I can unload all my beasts carcasses at your warehouse."

Manager: "Good afternoon, let's get inside. I will help you sort them out."

Alan followed the manager inside the warehouse.

He summoned Nova from his sanctuary and started taking all the bodies inside Nova's subspace.

The manager, who was watching at first, did not think much of it, but more and more corpses were coming out. His expression started to change from confusion to a little boredom then to utter shock.

More than 300 corpses of beasts line up inside the warehouse.

Manager: "232 first-stage beasts, 77 second-stage beasts. For the first stage beasts, they are valued at 247,000 federation dollars with 2,380 contribution points; for the second stage beasts, they are valued at 830,000 federation dollars with 8,200 contribution points.

With a stiff smile on his face the manager tried his best to be professional.

As for the contribution point that the manager mentioned, it was a system adopted by the federation to give an incentive for the residents of the federation to hunt beasts actively, as the contribution points have multiple functions. The first and the most important is that it can be used in place of money, as there are many resources on the association's website that can only be bought by contribution points.

The second most important use, which is that it grants the contributor a higher status inside the federation, in simple terms, the more you contribute, the higher your social standing will be.

In a way, contribution points are much more valuable than money, but one contribution point is valued at a thousand federation dollars.

In another perspective, Alan this time managed to amass 11,580 contribution points that are worth 11,580,000 federation dollars, but in reality, it is worth much more as it will allow him to procure special resources that can only be bought by contribution points.

Alan: "Sir, I would like to sell all the first-stage cores that I have left, exactly 137 of them."

Manager: "That would be 712,000 federation dollars."

After Alan finished dealing with his expedition spoils, he walked out of the association with 1,789,000 federation dollars and 11,580 contribution points; his mood improved exponentially.

He immediately took the bus to head home; on the way, he reflected on his trip to the forest this time, especially the encounter with the three mysterious individuals, although he could only look at them for a moment. The information that he saw froze the blood in his veins.

Name: [Jake Foster]

Stage: [7th stage]

Name: [Lao shang]

Stage: [9th stage]

Name: [Natalie Portman]

Stage: [????????]

2 of them were high class beast Tamer with one of them being a peak high class beast tamer, and the young women who was the most terrifying as this was the first time for Alan not being able to see any info beyond the name which suggest that she is at a realm higher than the 9th stage that was visible to Alan.

If they were enemies then he would have died right then and there.

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down. He reached the house in no time.

He entered the house, but was surprised as he didn't see anyone inside, today was supposed to be a holiday so his mother and sister should have been home.

Just as he was about to call his mother to check up on her He Heard The laughing sound of Lily coming from the backyard.

He walked to the backyard of the house and opened the glass door only to find Lily playing and running around, with his mother lying in that recliner chilling out in the sun.

This scene warmed his cold heart and his tense nerves finally relaxed.

Ariana: "My little prince is back. Are you hungry? How was your work?"

Lily: "My brother is back. Huge."

The moment Lily saw Alan, she ran towards him, opening her hands and demanding a hug, to which Alan obliged.

Alan: "thanks mother, I'm indeed a little bit hungry, The work although intense was very productive so it's good"

Alan: "how was my little princess The last 3 days did you miss big brother"

Lily: "Yes, yes, I miss big brother very much, but big brother forgot to bring me candy."

Alan looked at Ariana, and both of them laughed; this little foodie does not miss a chance to get snacks and delicious food.

Alan: "I already ordered a few delicious snacks for you; you just need to wait a little bit, and they will be delivered soon. How can I forget my little princess?"

Ariana: "I'm going to cook for you; why don't you play with Lily until I call you to have lunch?"

Alan spent the afternoon playing with Lily and Nova.

...

After having lunch, Alan, alongside Nova, entered the training room. He decided that he would order a huge batch of resources and focus on consuming them to get stronger as fast as he could.

He didn't waste any time as he accessed the association website, although he did not have much money left. He had the contribution points valued at 11 million.

So he immediately bought 10 third-stage cores.

For Nova, the faster her progress was, the stronger he would become.

Alongside with the second stage core's and one third stage core from the alpha wolf, they would be sufficient for a while.

Having spent 5,000 contribution points, the moment that resources were delivered, he immediately started his intensive training alongside Nova.

….

On the third day after his return from the forest, while Alan was meditating, he immediately felt a familiar sensation as he felt a huge amount of Ena flowing like a flooded river inside his body. Having experienced this before, he did not panic like the last time, as he meditated and focused on regulating the Ena flow inside his body.

The moment The raging Ena started to subside. He opened his eyes as he looked at Nova.

Name: [Nova]

Stage:[third stage] [0%]

He smiled and then focused on himself.

Name: [Alan Ortex]

Stage: [2nd stage] [90%]

Alan: "congratulation Nova, you broke through to the second stage one week ago and now you broke through a gain, even geniuses cannot compared to you"

Nova was pleased with Alan praising her.

They did not celebrate like last time after the encounter at the forest. They knew how week they were, so they dived back into cultivation silently as if nothing had happened.

….

It has been 1 week since they came back from the forest, other than taking a short break to play with Lily or to Cook a meal for his family, Alan and Nova continue their intensive training and the results were phenomenal, especially Nova who in the last 5 days consumed all the third stage core's that Alan had.

Name: [Nova]

Stage: [3rd stage] [32%]

Name: [Alan Ortex]

Stage: [3rd stage] [3%]

Alan following Nova also broke through to the third stage, The fruit of their effort and intense training clearly showed up.

Having consumed all the resources at hand, Alan was debating using the rest of the contribution points to buy resources.

Just as he was about to buy more resources using his contribution points there was a message reflected on his terminal.

Curious he took a look only to be frozen stiff by the shock, it was an update message from his banking service informing him about the changes in his bank account.

Two new transactions were made to his account:

180,000,000 federation dollars have been deposited into your bank account.

1,750,000,000 federation dollars have been deposited into your bank account.

Although he had anticipated that he would get a fortune from the discovery of the 7th class treasure and buying the 6th class treasure of the high-class beast tamer hands, still the amount shocked him.

As he was in a daze thinking about the many resources that he could buy now. His terminal rang with an incoming call that he answered absent-mindedly.

Carla's: "hello little brother your big sis missed you so much, how can you be so cold and not show me your face after you got back from your training in the forest?"

Alan: "big sis I sent you a message the moment I entered the town, And I'm sorry I have been very busy going through intensive training"

Carla: "If it's for training then I think there is no choice, but you could have at least called, anyway little brother you are now a true rich man, congratulations on getting this fortune, If your sister was fired soon will you take care of her?"

Alan was already used to Carla's drama, but the moment he heard how her tone shifted he asked her.

Alan: "big sis what's wrong, please tell me if you have any problem"

Carla: "I wanted to let you have more free time to focus on your training, but a power play inside our chamber of commerce put our small division in Howler Town into the middle of the storm, and I don't think it's a problem that we can solve. If I say it in simple terms, we are being sacrificed to divert the anger of a powerful faction that someone at HQ in the capital could not handle, so they throw their big problem on our small branch."

Alan, who understood that the problem may be much more complicated if it has brought this much pressure on his big sister.

Alan: "I'm coming soon. I don't know if I can really help, but I will do everything in my power to help you, and if you are truly fired, then feeding you, big sis, won't be a burden at all."

Cracking a simple joke to elevate the depressive mood, Alan immediately puts Nova inside his sanctuary and freshens up before heading out to the Blue River Chamber of Commerce.