"So we will go there tomorrow?" Fein asked.
Sofia answered. "Yes, are you ready?"
"Hehe. My hands were already itching for some action." Fein was rubbing his hands.
He can't wait to fight some stronger monster and harvest rich exp. He really wants to upgrade his talent so bad. Because he would have a lot of options after his talent reach S rank. At that time, his swordsmanship which was stuck at level 5 would break through. And maybe he would find a solution to solve Chess Perception shortcoming. Although Chess Perception is good. But if you can't walk and just look at the enemy foolishly. How Fein possibly stand it? He's not the type of person to become passive. Furthermore, if he can move with Chess Perception it would be a game-changing skill that would be equivalent to SSS skills! Well, if there is a ranking in skills in this World.
"This is some relevant information about the secret realm." Sofia handed Fein a book that was covered in a rough sheepskin.
Fein glanced at it before taking it in her hands.
"This isn't confidential right?" Fein stared at Sofia with a strange expression.
Fein was starting to notice how Sofia was providing him with some information that was supposed to be a secret. Like how she answered honestly about her ace. How her father can transform into a human... Isn't it too much? He felt pressure on the trust that Sofia was given to him. But he also felt grateful because she was answering her questions unreservedly.
"No, father asked me to give it to you," Sofia said while playing with the small bird on her shoulder.
Hearing that it was Lucius's intention. Fein started flipping the pages. He touched the pages curious about the soft texture they gave. After that, he proceeded to look at the content. On page 1, Monster World Origin was written on the headline. He started reading it. Apparently, the Secret Realm had already existed since ancient times. A period when gods and demons were still walking on the planet. The secret realm is so mysterious that even after thousand years of existence of constant exploration by Humans. The information they possessed was still quite limited. What was most shocking was the fact that it spans millions of miles bigger than two continents combined. The book mentioned that in the secret realm there is a separate dimension. It was divided into three. Lower Realm, Middle Realm, and lastly Upper Realm. What really astounded me was, in the lower realm, the minimum strength of Monster is A-Rank and the S ranks are abundant. And our predecessors only manage to explore half of it even after their countless sacrifices. That's why only strong people will come here. What's in the Middle Realm? How strong are the creatures there?
There's a theory that this realm isn't natural but artificial... This sentence in the last row of the page 1 caught Fein's attention. What in the name of god who could possibly create this!? He exclaimed in his mind.
There's a lot of benefits when venturing into the Secret Realm that was listed in the book. First, it was said that there were various inheritances from ancient civilizations. During, the last exploration there was a fortunate person that manage to luck upon inheritance. Do you know what happened to him? He died.
Fein knew that even if you are lucky you had to have sufficient strength. Opportunities may turn into danger anytime when the one who encounters them is weakling.
Though, there is a precedent in the history where those who successfully challenge an Inheritance. Even a peasant would become an emperor.
Fein would in sure that, when the opportunity came, he was confident to face it. He even guess that items with the same caliber as Ryujin would be there.
After that Fein flipped the rest of the page. Although, the content was not as surprising as the first and second pages. Nonetheless, it is still as relevant.
The rest of the information is about the safety zones, type of monster, and the experience of veterans that would be helpful for the next people that would explore the secret realm.
Fein gave the book to Sofia after reading it.
"So how about it?" Sofia asked, her eyes were round, looking at him with interest.
"It certainly expanded my horizons. Now, I'm very much looking forward to our adventure there" Fein's eyes were shining due to the excitement that he was feeling.
Since he was going to Secret Realm. Fein decided to use his lottery chance now. He calculated that he probably has 13 now but he is not really sure since it has been a long time since he last check. Why did he let the lottery ticket instead of using it quickly to improve his strength? Well, it was the system's fault. Because apparently... There are three kinds of tickets. Regular, premium, and VIP tickets.
A regular ticket can be expected every month. Usually, it would give decent items and skills with a 60% probability that you would get legendary skills like berserk grieves. The premium ticket can be expected after you fuse 12 regular tickets. Regular tickets need 1 month thus you need to wait for a whole year to have a premium ticket. But it would be worth it because it would give you a certain chance to get legendary skills and a 75% chance to win mythical skills. What are mythical skills? They are skills that that was even rarer than the Thunderstorm domain!
As for the VIP domain... Forget it. You need to collect 100 premium tickets for it. That means a freaking 100 years! It's okay if I didn't need to urgently increase my strength. But in this World. The faster you get stronger the higher chances of your survival are. Although VIP is tempting to him. Because items and abilities that it gave were already on the level of Ultra Instinct, Stand, Time Manipulation and even freaking Reality warping if you are lucky. One step to become a god! Well, he plans to attempt it if he can didn't need to use premium tickets. As long as he can hold out he would not use them. It would be only a last resort. Because VIP ticket is not just game-changing. It was fucking life-changing!