The First Store System

Chapter 670: Panagea(End)

Since Aakesh now had his candidate, there was no point in continuing to activate the skills.

The next moment, light particles started moving away from the smaller projection. It didn't take long for it to disappear, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again. A similar phenomenon happened once again as the second projection also vanished.

The next moment, a blank transparent screen only visible to Aakesh appeared in front of him.

It suddenly lightened up as Aakesh's candidate appeared on it.

Aakesh could only hope to gain some rewards, which wasn't a waste of his twelve hours since the number of golden lines wasn't in overwhelming quantity when he had looked at the Elf using the Fortune Eye.

***

While Aakesh was selecting his candidates, a group of people was in discussion inside the lord's house.

"Is the news credible?" The lord of the settlement asked one of his henchmen, with a heavy look on his face.

"Yes, boss! I have gotten it from none other than Gordon after paying a large number of Soul stones," The henchmen replied, with a mixture of confidence and heartbreak in his voice. The reason for the heartbreak in the man's voice was none other than him spending Soul stones from his own pocket.

"Hmph, you are more worried about Soul stones than what's to come?" The lord of the settlement couldn't help but rage after sensing the tone in the man's voice.

The henchmen couldn't help but shudder as he knelt straight away and apologized for his mistake.

'You don't pay me a penny, but I shouldn't worry about spending my money,' At the same time, the henchmen thought in his heart. He didn't dare to utter those words out loud as he knew that if he did, death would be the best result for him.

"Call Carlen for me," The lord wasn't impressed with the henchmen's apology as he ordered the man.

"You all have heard it. What do you think should be our next step of action?" The lord of the settlement then asked the people seated on chairs. He didn't use the same tone as he did with his henchmen, as every single person seated on the chairs came from an affluential family. They had their own issues for coming here, but it wasn't something the lord could do about, despite him being several levels above.

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[BLARE!]

[BLARE!]

[BLARE!]

Aakesh, who had been silently waiting for an event to happen, suddenly stood up. He knew the time of action had arrived after hearing the warning alarms going over the city.

[THE CITIZENS OF NEVADA SETTLEMENT, YOUR TIME TO PAY THE DEBT HAS ARRIVED!]

[THE CITIZENS OF NEVADA SETTLEMENT, YOUR TIME TO PAY THE DEBT HAS ARRIVED!]

[THE CITIZENS OF NEVADA SETTLEMENT, YOUR TIME TO PAY THE DEBT HAS ARRIVED!]

The next moment, an announcement about some debt rang in the area.

Aakesh didn't have to think much about the reason as not long after, another round of announcements rang around the settlement.

[THE LORD OF PHOENIX SETTLEMENT WANTS TO ATTACK NEVADA SETTLEMENT, FOR WE HAD FOUND A SOUL STONE MINE. NEVADA OFFERED YOU A RESIDENCE WHEN YOU HAD NOWHERE TO GO. PAY YOUR DEBT BY DEFENDING NEVADA OR DIE A DEATH OF DESERTER!]

[THE LORD OF PHOENIX SETTLEMENT WANTS TO ATTACK NEVADA SETTLEMENT, FOR WE HAD FOUND A SOUL STONE MINE. NEVADA OFFERED YOU A RESIDENCE WHEN YOU HAD NOWHERE TO GO. PAY YOUR DEBT BY DEFENDING NEVADA OR DIE A DEATH OF DESERTER!]

[THE LORD OF PHOENIX SETTLEMENT WANTS TO ATTACK NEVADA SETTLEMENT, FOR WE HAD FOUND A SOUL STONE MINE. NEVADA OFFERED YOU A RESIDENCE WHEN YOU HAD NOWHERE TO GO. PAY YOUR DEBT BY DEFENDING NEVADA OR DIE A DEATH OF DESERTER!]

The announcement still rang three times so that no one would be able to miss it.

"Adventurer, come with us. The Lord wants to meet you," The sound of the announcement hadn't even subsided when a man appeared in front of Aakesh.

Aakesh didn't refuse the invitation since he could sense a new quest approaching him. He was here for an adventure, and how could he let go of that?

Time flew by.

As Aakesh had expected, right after meeting the lord of the settlement, a new blue window appeared in front of Aakesh.

The blue window contained the details of the quest.

After reading the details, Aakesh found out that the content of the announcement was different from what was happening in reality.

It was correct that the Phoenix settlement was attacking Nevada, but the reason for it wasn't Nevada's lord finding a Soul stone mine. Instead, it was the other side that had found the mine, and Nevada was the aggressor.

It was a stealth attack, and unfortunately, the son of the ruler of the Phoenix settlement was also one of the casualties of the attack.

Aakesh then looked at the reward section. Since the quest wasn't manually generated but automatically, the system set a price of ten trillion XP as the reward.

Aakesh considered the danger of the quest, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to accept the mission.

Aakesh didn't care about the reason for the conflict, as it was natural for others to attempt to gain resources. If he would have been in Phoenix right this moment, he would have fought from their side. But since he was in Nevada, he would fight for them.

Aakesh then tapped yes on the screen and accepted the quest.

There were many Level 250+ cultivators on both sides, so Aakesh knew that he couldn't fight without considering the danger.

Ten trillion XPs weren't a lot for the amount of XP he needed to gain a level.

Aakesh told the lord of the settlement about it, and he was more than willing to give four Level 255 men to help Aakesh in such a situation. Those four people were for Aakesh to decide what to do with them

Time flew by.

Around an hour after the announcement, the battle between Nevada and Phoenix began.

Aakesh skillfully used the four Level 255 guards and killed anyone he could kill. He became an untouchable being in the war.

Unfortunately for Aakesh, despite his efforts, Nevada lost the war. The lord of the Phoenix also came from an affluential family, so he had called his uncle before attacking Nevada.

At the same time, the quest only asked for Aakesh to fight on Nevada's side; he didn't fail the mission.

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