Tang Shaoyang squinted his eyes, observing the sly old man before him. The old man wanted to be friends with him and assumed he had a big future ahead. However, Tang Shaoyang could tell this meant a business deal more than anything else. If the six God Alliances mentioned earlier were involved, the old man would not stick with him, which has the opposite meaning of being a friend.
The old man wanted to be friends with the future Tang Shaoyang. Tang Shaoyang, who achieved the God Rank, not the current Tang Shaoyang. That was what the old meant by no-risk investment. It was not hard to understand the old man's stand; not something he should be upset about. That was how the world worked.
"Then you have the deal, Old Man Gortham. I will help the guild within my capability, but I will not risk my life for the guild." Tang Shaoyang agreed to the friendly deal with the Karian Guild Adventurer.
Gortham was astonished for a moment before he quickly understood what Tang Shaoyang referred to. The old man smiled. "That's the deal."
"Then, while waiting for my guild card, can you explain more about the God Alliance?" Tang Shaoyang did not really care about their future relationship. The thing he worried about the most right now was the potential that the God Ranks kept hunting him down. Even though he could not do anything to these God Ranks, he still wanted to know more about them, preparing for the future.
'He doesn't know about the God Alliance, which means his faction does not have a God Rank yet. However, the fact that Nirvana and Abyss work together for him is proof that he does really have the potential to be a threat to the God Ranks. It might be possible that this young man comes from a new realm, meaning this is his first Dimensional Tower.'
"Since you know about the God Rank, then I have to start it with how being a God Rank." Gortham smiled. "You should be aware by now that you have to pass a trial to reach the next rank, right?"
Tang Shaoyang responded with a simple nod.
"The same with the God Rank, but it's a different trial. I can say that the System is more than cruel for the last trial to reach the God Rank. The Demi God Rank that qualified for the trial will face each other, killing each other in order to reach the peak, the God Rank."
Tang Shaoyang was not surprised by that as he already knew about that from Avyn. However, Avyn did not know the origin of why the other God Ranks were hostile to the Spirit Contractor Class. It could not be explained except that the class was too strong.
'Huh?' Gortham was surprised and confused as he did not see any reaction from the young man. There were two possibilities why the young man kept his expression flat. First, that was his nature, cold and unfazed. Second, the young man already knew about the last trial despite being Ancient Rank which was absurd considering the young man did not know anything about the God Alliance and the God Realm.
'I can't really read him.'
"Once you achieve The God Rank, there's a realm where every God Rank can travel, and it's called The Realm of God. As its name refers to, it's a realm where the God Ranks gather. That's the place where an alliance between God Ranks forms. In the end, it's the same with our world, but the scale is much higher.
They fight for resources up there, for artifacts, for their belief, for their pride, and to keep themselves alive. Hence God Alliance is formed." Gortham explained. That was the simple way to explain the God Alliance.
As Gortham said, it was the same with the faction in their perspective worlds. The faction was the alliance, and the dimensional tower and territory were the resources they fought for.
"You want to know more about the God Realm, huh?" The old man shook his head with a smile on his face. "That's the only information I can share with you. You need to find out anything else by yourself, like what kind of place God Realm is. Unless you have a solid reason for me to share it with you.
Anything about God Realm has nothing to do with you being hunted by The Nirvana and Abyss, so telling you about the God Realm does not really help you with your current situation."
Tang Shaoyang shrugged and took out the broken Dragon Destroyer. "Since you don't want to tell me about the God Realm because it does not help me with my survival, you can help with this, right?" It was just another word telling the old man that he wanted to help to repair the Dragon Destroyer. Again, even though he had a better weapon, he was fond of his battle-ax.
That was his first weapon, and he still wanted to use it.
"That's your aim, huh?" Gortham took the broken battle-ax. He could not identify the weapon's grade, but he could tell the quality of its material, and he found something that amazed him. He could tell the mix of the dragon scale on the blade. That surprised him to find a weapon made of dragon scale. "I can help you repair your weapon, but I don't think we have the right material for it.
Dragon Scale is not something you can easily find, and no one is crazy enough to sell such precious materials." Gortham handed back the Dragon Destroyer.
"Can't it be repaired with different materials? It does not have to be Dragon Scale, but maybe materials at the same level of the Dragon Scale or slightly lower than dragon scale." Tang Shaoyang was reluctant to part with his battle-ax. He would do anything for it to be repaired. Of course, he could save it for now and ask the dwarves to repair it once he returned. However, it would take too long.
"The price does not matter. I can afford it."
"It's a pity to add other materials to repair it, why don't you make a new one instead? We have a good blacksmith, and it should not be hard to make something similar." Gortham offered a different option.