Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 163

Cyril left the Fantasy Weapon Shop after completing his transaction with Glen.

Each Mid-Grade Healing Potion is worth the same as a Rank-B Artifact at the moment due to the scarcity of the supply. So each of them can be sold at 3 million Ains.

This is largely similar to the price of the Lesser Healing Potion when it was sold in the Black Market in the beginning.

However, the Lesser Healing Potion’s price now is moving between the prices of 80,000 to 400,000 each, depending on the supply. Aside from that, there are also some healing ointments being sold so the potions started becoming an option instead.

Nevertheless, the appearance of the Mid-Grade Healing Potion is of course different since aside from its strong healing abilities, it should be capable of rejoining torn limbs and broken bones as well. This is truly a life-saving potion that any Arcane Explorers would like to have in their pocket at all times.

‘Should I visit Britta?’ Cyril thought since he’s already in the Black Market anyway.

He would be going to the Traoland Archipelago soon so he might as well ask the woman if he has some other intel in that place.

Britta was the one who gave him the information about the Nine Crows Guild in the Traoland Archipelago. This Guild has a High-Class Arcane World where Dragons live!

In case she missed some detail over the phone, he can ask her about it again and perhaps sell some of his unused Artifacts since he barely has any money right now.

Soon, Cyril visited Zero Trust Trading Shop and chatted with Britta.

Luckily, she wasn’t too busy anymore since she hired plenty of staff to work for her. She only had to manage them from time to time and handle VIP customers.

“Keke… So you want more intel, huh. You’re lucky. I got interested in that guild after I learned that they have a High-Class Dragon World. It’s all in this paper.”

“How much?” Cyril immediately asked.

Britta smiled after hearing his question and raised her two fingers.

“Bring me a couple of Beatrix Premiums! It can only be sold there so take some with you as a souvenir, okay?”

“Eh?”

“What? You haven’t heard of it? That’s Traoland Archipelago’s pride! Just two bottles of wine are what I’m asking for!”

“Ahh! So it’s a wine. Why didn’t tell me earlier? Alright, no problem.”

After several more minutes, Cyril finally left Ascension City to prepare for his trip to the archipelago. He decided to keep the three Rank-A Artifacts for now as they might be useful for his mission.

Currently, he’s planning to either steal the Entrance Crystal of the Dragon World or enter it by force to meet the Dragons.

He has to resolve his limited number of days after all.

If he’s unable to resolve this problem, he would probably be the unluckiest regressor ever. He has to live longer than his previous life at all costs!

Cyril informed Valerie about his plans to go out of the country. He didn’t give too many details and only mentioned that he’ll be trying to find some Entrance Crystals.

Anyway, as long as he participates in some Explorations after he returned, there shouldn’t be a problem about it.

***

Cyril bought a plane ticket to visit the Traoland Archipelago and just boarded the plane. It will only take four and a half hours to arrive there so he didn’t feel sleepy. He just decided to review the information he received.

Thanks to Britta’s further research, he learned several more things about the island country.

Right now, there are three large guilds dominating that country, and Nine Crows Guild that he’s targeting is one of them.

Britta noted that there are several ways to enter or make a transaction with the Nine Crows Guild and the easiest one is of course for a B-Rank or A-Rank Awakened to join the guild.

Once they enter, they could easily have access to high-class Arcane World Exploration.

However, Cyril can’t do this considering how he already joined his nation’s Awakened Association.

If they saw his Awakened License, it would be very easy for them to validate his information.

Anyway, the other method is to defeat one of the nine crows of the guild.

That’s right. The Nine Crows are referring to nine powerful Awakened of the guild. They are the core or the foundation that built the organization composed of high rank Awakened!

If someone managed to defeat them or at least make quite a performance when battling them, your identity wouldn’t matter and you can become the guild’s Shadow Protector!

‘Well, it’s quite a grand name but perhaps they’re just some kind of hired assassins or bodyguards.’ Cyril thought he recalled the information from Britta.

As for the Final Method, it is to actually make a trade with the guild! If he has a High-Class Arcane World, there might be a chance to trade with their own High-Class Arcane World!

It seems that the three large guilds of Traoland have been doing this to find a compatible Arcane World that they can explore.

‘I brought the Beastmen Arcane World with me. However, I doubt that they’ll easily give up on that Dragon World. They should be aware that it contains a different level of reward once they managed to conquer that place. Sigh~ I guess I can only hope that they’re not that desperate to have it.’

Cyril mused as he looked at the window. The weather is quite good so he thought that there wouldn’t be any problems and he’ll safely arrive in the island country.

However, he soon realized that he was wrong… An explosion outside the plane suddenly occurred and one of their engines stopped working!

‘What the heck?! Why am I so unlucky?’ Cyril bitterly smiled after the captain of the ship warned them about the situation.

He didn’t panic like the others and stayed calm throughout the situation.

Apparently, it was said that a flock of large birds was the cause of the problem.

“No! Those are definitely not some normal birds!”

A woman’s voice attracted everyone’s attention as she looks outside.

Cyril looked at her and realized that she was a familiar person!

‘Asta Bleuer! Why would an S-Rank Awakened of Silent Crawler Guild be here?’

Furthermore, this blond woman should have a Lucky Charm or something. However, why would she be involved in this unlucky incident?

“She’s right! It’s not over yet!”

“More of them are coming!”

“No way! Those are gargoyles! There’s no way we can win here! We need to land immediately!”

“What?! Gargoyles!”

Even Cyril was surprised since there shouldn’t be an incident like this before.

‘Ugh! I thought that Vampire Outbreak was the first outbreak! What’s going on now?! First, the Thralls! Now, the Gargoyles?! Something is definitely wrong in this world.’

Cyril thought for a moment about what to do in this situation. If the Gargoyles started attacking this defenseless aircraft, many of them would surely die.

‘Wait… The Conqueror Staff!’

The Gargoyles should be considered as a beast, it means that his Beast Control should be effective against them.

Even if it’s not effective, he can still use his Domain to protect the Airplane for a while. Though he won’t be able to attack from his position, it should give them some time to fly away or perhaps, wait for their reinforcements.

He swiftly connected to his Dimensional Storage Space and secretly took out his Conqueror Staff and covered it with his jacket.

However, as he was about to pour his Aura to activate his Domain, Asta decided to make her move and crushed a small spherical glass with her hands.

It shattered into pieces attracting many but it created a bright light that made everyone pause for a moment.

“Everyone! Can you hear me? I’m Asta Bleuer! An S-Rank Awakened of Silent Crawler Guild! Do not panic. I just created a barrier that will protect this plane for a short while.”

Hearing her soothing voice calmed them immediately. After all, just the name of an S-Rank Awakened is already a guarantee in itself! They are also known as Miracle Workers after all.

“Finally! We’re saved!”

“That’s true! We’re lucky that an S-Rank Awakened boarded this plane”

“Right, how come we’re seeing Gargoyles here? Did we enter an Arcane World without knowing?”

“Huh? Is that even possible?”

“Well, how can you explain their appearance then?”

The people started whispering as they were indeed surprised about their existence here in the human world.

Luckily, Asta decided to brief them of the situation as well.

“The monsters attacking us aren’t some sort of Magical Creatures but failed experiments. There should only be a dozen of them and they’ll be killed in a few minutes by my team members. These failed experiments are made some wanted criminals and I’m chasing them. Anyway, my team is already rushing to end this! Don’t worry!”

Asta assured everyone but she worriedly looked outside.

Luckily, the barrier is indeed effective against the Gargoyles which made her sigh in relief.